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~ ' WILMETTE VOL. XVIII. NO. 22 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 21, 1930 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS P'u.blished weekly by LJoyd Hollister !no., 1tU-1U6 Central Ave., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second class matter Ma 1·ch 1S, 19!4, at the post office at Wilmette,Illinoia. under the Act of March 3, 1819. Subscription price $!.00 a Stear. Citizens Demand Change in Zoning Laws Georg.e H. Redding WOMAN'S CLUB JOINS Petition Village Board to Revise Elected President SEPARATION CAMPAIGN of Community Chest Codes to Permit Better Structures Direct Communication to Village Georrre H. Redding, 1516 Elmwood ayenue~ was elected president of the Greater Wilmette Association Takes Field in Interest of Civic Board Requesting That Body \Vilmette Community Chest association Development; Matter Referred to Zoning Commission, to Aid Project <Jt a meeting of the advisory hoar4 of to Call Hearing in Near ,F uture that organization held Thursday mght cf last week in the Village hall. He succeeds Hector Dodds, who has served c.s president for . two terms. Other new officers also were elect<·d. as well as a new advisory board. Ralph H. Durham is the new ,·ice-president He succeeds C. Miles McDonald. F. Dewey And.erson was reelected treasurer. and Mrs. Leslie F. Gates takes the place of Mrs. Paul L. Roche as ~ecretary. The executive secretary for this year has not been elected. Except for a few changes, the n~r sonnel of the advisory board remains the same. Members of this board for 1930 are: Charles A. Burrows, Hector Dodds, Lyman M. Drake. Clarence E. Drayer, Ralph H. Durham. Robert ~1. Johnston, Harry C. Kinne. C. Miles McDonald, Mrs. Paul L. Roche, A. B. Seibold., Mrs. W. P. Seng, Dan G. Stiles, Robert Stoddard. Judson F . Stone and Mrs. 0. E. Thaleg. A meeting of the new advisory board was scheduled for Thursday night of this week when plans were .to he discussed for the Commumty Chest's :.~.nnual campaign for charity funds. Beneficiaries of the Community Chest fund last year were: Arden Shore Infant Welfare, the Salvation Army: local charities, Ne~r East. ~e~ lief, the Young Woman s Chnstlan <1ssociation, the Red Cross, and the Boy Scouts. Members of the various Commun;ty Chest committees for this year are to be announced in the near future. Anoth er homh shell in the campaign to bring the village out of a seeming slump in civic development was tossed on the doorstep of the Village boarn Tuesdar ~1ight in the form of a petition signed by 174 property owners and asking for a modification of the prest'nt zoning ordinance to permit the ·~s tablishment of buffer zones for apartments around the central business d;strict and a modification of the buildin g: code to ~ermit the erection of high class apartment buildings on a profitd ble basis. The petition was presented hy the Greater \Vilmette association follo·¥mg a mass meeting of interested propc.:rty owners last Friday night. At 6is meeting John H. Davies, former president of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, was made permanent chairman of i:~1e Greater Wilmette association and was empowered to select a committee of ten to associate themselves with him in presenting the matter to the Village board. A. R. Eddjngton is secretary of the ·Greater \Vilmette association. · Referred to Zoning Board The petition was referred by Vill~~e President Earl E. Orner to a zonmg commission composed of Robe-rt Stoddard, chairman, F . J. Newey, · ]. D. Roth, F. C. Hoffman and Lloyd C. A vres. This commission, in compliance with the village zoning laws, will call a public hearing on the matter, probably within the next three weeks. After this hearing the zonbg '1 he grade sl'paratton driye in .\ \'ilmette swept this week into genumely ytllage-wide proportions when the \\'il meae \\'oman's club adopted a re:;olution heartily endorsing tne move and aligning itself witl the Wilmette. Cham · ber of Commerc~ in the latter s campaign to secure it. Equally important to the eventual success of the proJect was the addre~::> ing of a communication by the \\'oman's club to the \Vilmette \"illagc J:Sr·ard of Tru~tees, calling attention tu the resolution and suggesting that that body give its official support to the petition being tiled bdore the Illinois ~ta tc Commerce commission. Placed on File \Vhile the \\'oman's club's commu!lication was referred to the Public sen·ice committee of the board with in::.tructions to "place it on file," and while the board took no action other titan this. the letter has primary imp(.rtance through the added moral pressure it brings to bear on the Village board. lt has been repeatedly pointed out that while the yarious civic organizations, such as the Chamber of Com,nerce and the \Voman's club, may endorse the project and through this endorsement and filing of petitions indicate to the Illinois State Commerce commission that the citizens of the village want grade separation, the Village itself must work out v.-ith the railroads the form and financial basis upon which it is to be effected. Riding on Other's Work It is the contention of the Chamber and allied organizations that by remaining aloof from the North Shore Grade Separation committee, \Vilmette as a municipality, is "riding" on the efforts of Kenilworth, Vv mnetka, Glencoe aod Highland Park. Moreo\·er, it is pointed out, the failure of the \Vilmette Village board to lend its aid could seriously handicap the other villages or, dangerously possible, thwart the success of the project altogether. That the people of the village are beco111ing very decidedly "grade separation conscious" is clearly evident. The topic is arising more and more frequently in every circle and is scheduled for attention at earlv meetings of several organizations. · The resolution of the Woman's cluh follows: commiss!on will make its repo'rt and recommendations to the Village board. The portion of the village which the Greater \Vilmette association wishes to have rezoned from a residential classification to one which would include apartment houses was described in the 11etition 'lS follows: The Area Affected "The south half of block between i lth street and vVilmette avenue on the north side of Forest avenue to the alley; also all property between lOth street and 11th street from the south line of Forest avenue to alley south of Linden avenue except property facing on Central avenue between 10th street and 11th street; also property on both sides of Linden avenue between 11th street and the railroad. All property on both sides of Lake avenue between 11th street and 15th street except that now zoned for commercial and 1 he park; also both sides of Park avenue from Lake avenue to Oakwood avenue except thCJ.t which we are asking to be changed to commercial; also property c!escribed below at the elevated terminal both sides of Linden avenue from the' North Shore electric to Third street; also both sides of Greenleaf avenue between 4th and 5th streets excepting that which is now zoned as · commercial property." Included in the petition also was a request that certain sections near the rentral business district of the village be included in the commercial zone. These sections were described in the petition as follows : · For Commerc.i al Use "The i)roperty facing both sides of Central a·.renue between lOth street and 11th stre<·t. The north easterly a'ld the south easterly corners of Central avenue and Park avenue. The property on the north side of Wilmette avenue lying east of the library to the present business zone; also property on south side of \Vilmette avenue east of the Lutheran church to the present t usiness zone." The letter to the Village board containing the petition cclso included. a statement of the reasons for requestmg a change in the zoning classification. It said, in part : "These petitions are presented to vou as tile property owners in the (Continued on page 43) North Shore Librarians Hold · Meeting in Glencoe North shore librarians met at Glencoe Thursday night of this week. Librarians from all of the towns along Lake Michigan from Evanston to Lake Forest attended. After dinner at Glengables the librarians adjou:ned to .the Glencoe library for thetr meetmg. Miss Winifred Bright, Wilmette children's librarian, represented the Wilmette Public lihrary at the meeting. 1 In This Issue Amusement Directory ..... 49 Automoliiles ........... 41-42 Book Comment ........... 34 Boy Scout News .......... 32 Church News ............. 46 Claaaified Ada .......... S0-52 Club Activities ............ 38 Editorials-Shore Lines ... 28 Girl Scout Affairs ......... 22 Journeys Through Old Trier Z3 Janior Life ............... 44 Music Page ............... 30 Recreation Events .......... 14 "Whereas, the Village of Wilmette ha~ not seen fit to become a member of the North Grade Separation committee which organization was perfected late in 1928 by the towns of Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, and Highland Park, for the purpose of making preliminary studies and plans for the separation of the plane of the Chicago and North Western railway and the Chicago, North Shore :md Milwaukee railway companies' roadbeds and tracks from the grades of streets and public places in said villages, 'l.nd to presept same befor.e the Illinois Commerce commission ; and . "Whereas, said plans have . been completed and presented, but the hearing on this proposition has been postponed to NEXT WEEK THE REAL ESTATE SECTION S.,. NeW. ... : ... ;_ .. .. : . ;·.38 Wanderer in Franee ....... II North Shore real estate is .always an interesting subject. . Your perusal of our Real Estate Section in next week's issue will inform you of its ever changing phases. Health Department Reports Eight New C·e· of Disease Eight new cases c£ ..contagious dis· cases we"e reported by the Wilmett_. Health department this week, including four new cases of chicken pox, one of sc-arlet fever, two of whooping cough and one of mumps . .Four other ca.ses ·of scarlet fever and -one of whooptng cough are still active. Four new easel ' of pneumonia also were reported. · (Continued on page 10) ......_ _