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WILMETTE LIFE May 3, 1929" WILMETTE LIFE by ' LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 123!-1236 Central Ave.· Wilmette, Ill. Chicago oftlce: 6 N. !llcblgan Ave. Tel. State SSH Telewaltone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·· . . Wilmette fiOO 188UBD FBID.AY OF EA.CD WEEK Dame and addreu of the writer. Articles for pubUcatlon must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure appearance In current Issue. , Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other aftalra where an admittance -charge ls published. wtll be charged at regular advertising rates. IUB8CiliPTION PRICE .... . . . ....... ti.OO A TEAB All communications must be. accompanied . by the Grade Separation will save life. Let's have immediate action 1 The completion of the concrete highway which will parallel the North Western railroad from McCormick boulevard to the . north limits of GlenPut the Highway coe is bound to be of great benefit to the Through! entire north shore. For this entirely sufficient reason every individual who can in any \vay help to finish the project should put his· shoulder to the wheel and push hard. . With the willing assistance of the county commissioners and the property owners concerned. Evanston intends to construct its portion of the highway from McCormick boulevard to the beginning of Wilmette's stretch at Isabella street. The section from this street to Elmwood avenue is now in use. It is probable that the section of the highway north of Elmwood in Wilmette will be completed this summer. As yet Kenilworth has n1ade no visible step towards building its section; although that comn1unity is vitally interested in the enterprise and is earnestly working to solve certain problems connected with the acquiring of n1ore property on which to construct the road. Winnetka has put in a section of .the highway from Winnetka avenue to Eln1 street and is losing no time in extending the road · on Center street to connect 'vith the already completed portion in Hubbard \Voods. Legal objections to the enterprise in Glencoe have been retnoved, and the prospect of its early completion in that village is very good. \Ve understand that the authorities in Kenilworth are meeting with aln1ost insuperable obstacles in their attempts to build their port.ion of the highway, but it is to be hoped that when all parties concerned realize the importance of getting the whole road finished, when they appreciate fully the benefits that will accrue not only to the individual communities but also to the entire north shore on the completion of this tremendous undertaking they will make extra efforts and sacrifice. to supply the missing links. · Do we ever thank those men and women who serve us without pay? In every north shore village there are dozens of public s p i r i t e d individuals Do We Ever who work for us with~ out receiving one red Thank Them f cent in return. They serve as village tnistees, school trustees, library board trustees, park board trustees, receiving no money for the time and energy they put into the labor of acting as trustees of our interests. Some of them give up more than one evening a week r.egularly to work ·which brings not a dollar into their pockets, but on the 'contrary often takes dollars. They serve us for four, eight, and even more years, and then retire from public office with very seldom a word of gratitude from us, and not seldom several words of unkind criticism. Sometimes it is hinted by those who should see more clearly that these public servants sought office merely to gratify selfish ambitions and attract attention. But anyone who has ever held public office knows of how little worth it is to be in the public eye. Let us voice our thanks to these civic servants. Let us give them no reason for judging us ungrateful. Is it not true that if we did express our appreciation clearly and emphatically, fewer of our able fellowcitizens would be unwilling to run for village offices. One special1y trained, highly efficient health comn1issioner for all of New Trier Town hip, including Wilmette, Kenilworth, \iVinnetka, Glencoe, and Unified Health that part of the township outside the corProgram porate limits of the four villages. That is the pnmary requisite in a unified health progran1 for New Trier. Such a unification would be .. of great advantage not only to the . township as a whole but also to the included villages. Enough ·money could be obtained to engage the full-time services of a specialist in the field of public health. The result would be the initiation ancl maintenance at the highest standard of a systen1 of inspection o{ hygienic conditions, prevention of disease, and cooperation with other agencies. Un{.:er such unified control the villages and countr) districts in the tO\Ynship could work together to secure ideal health conditions: they could also see to it that in time of need effective quarantine was established and maintained. Inasmuch as only good can come from such a unified health program for Ne\v Trier township we urge the early consideration and adoption of such a program. Few factors in high school life have such beneficent effect upon students as membership in one or more student societies and participation in the activities of these societies. If the purpose of such a society is purely social, the n1en1bers at least form friendships and gain certain good social habits that will last perhaps throughout their entire lives. If the purpose of such a society is in1provement in public speaking, debating, or dramatic work, the members are sure to be greatly benefited. Every high !school student should b~ a member of some student social organization. A mere list of the names of the musicians who will participate in the 1929-30 ArtistRecital series will no doubt whet the musical appetites of many who have not as yet decided to go. Here's the list-Florence Austral, soprano; Amadeus, flute-player; Edward Johnson, tenor; the Smallman Choir; Claire Dux, soprano; Piatorgorsky, cellist; Vladimir Horowitz, pianist. SHORE LINES GLENCOE'~ P·ROBLEM . . LENCOE'S citizenry, or at least a portwn of tt, has been for a time considerably wrought up over the presence of a ·.;mall ch!cken f~rm located right in the heart of a well restncte~ ~etghbo:hood in that village. Matter of fact, the mct~ent-tf ~ne dare term it that-has come to the offictal attention of the Village Fathers. . Nothing could be done about the matter. tt seems, until it could 'be proved beyond shadow of a doubr that the chicken fancier was operating on a commercial basis. And then, suddenly there appeared a possible "out" in the n~ture of an adverti·.;ement in Gu~coE NEws, offermg for sale fresh eggs, and other products of the miniature poultry ranch. Ah there's the solution, observed various members of 'the official family .... but, no. · Village Trustee Nevin·.; steps into the picture to aver · that he- being a nearby neighbor of the chicken menage-cotildn't find any particular objection to the close proximity of a well ordered egg factory. Be·3ides, he continued-by way of pacifying his fellow legislators and a few dozen slightly overwrought citizens-this man plans to pick up his entire business within a few weeks and move it to Fox Lake for the summer season. And, so the Glencoe Village board will turn its attention 'to less perplexing problems-including the widening of Vernon avenue, and laying a storm water sewer and thwarting Lake Michigan's on.;lauaht upon the new water works-pending the c . . return of the chickens fr6m thetr summer vacatiOn at Fox Lake . G A Serious Thought What to do, what to do? Wilmette pedestrians, long accustomed to the dangers attendant upon dodging motor traffic, are divided in their opinions concerning the new permanent markings at the Wilmette-Central avenue intersection. By order of Village authority workmen have placed parallel strips of cement indicating the bounds within which the lowly pedestrian must be confined while ess;~.ying the perils of that busy crossing. . These strips, one learns, also serve the purpose of designating an absolute stop for motor traffic-thus augmenting the stop and go lights. The next step, no doubt, will be the issuance of a book of rules prescribing proper conduct alike for motorist and pedestrian upon approaching this suburban equiva. lent of the b. c. in thew. One villager, questioned concerning hia strange antics in emulating a tightrope performer, allowed as how he suppo.;ed the cement strips were new crosswalks . Herewith is presented the latest Rogue's Gallery portrait of Gin, the Type Eating Terrier. whose most recent offense against the orderly procedure of things wa·.; the complete demolition of Augie's Evanston print sl1op, as so startlingly set forth in our last edition of SHORE Lr~Es. The case will be reviewed before Magistrate Pettibone in the \:Vilmette Municipal court this Saturdav afternoon. Admission will be by card, or bone. ~The defendant wa·s la st seen .in th e custody of Sheriff Joseph Shantz. The seven thousand, seven hundred and seventyseven odd (or even) people who have requested invitation to the House Warming in SHORE LINE's new domestic aborle, wilt please form a line to the right and await further instruction. (continued in our next). They Oughta Be Lynched Indignant denials of rumors to the effect that he had been politely but firmly tossed into the street for non-payment of rent, are forthcoming from Tommy Lynch, the celebrated north shore tree surgeon. Waltzing blithely into Tommy's accustomed domain on Lincoln avenue, Winnetka, the other day we were encountered by the · s trange scene of Tommy, himself and in person, bathed in copious tears. "'Taint so, 'taint so," he sobbed, "why can't you see that I'm moving just across the street?" We agreed, soothingly, that ·:Something should be done about it. And so, we've gone and done it. One may or may not be interested to learn that Limperopoul()s is a member of the University of Illinois baseball nine. And how he can limp around those sacks I -Mique·.