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DeBerard, 802,7Elm- wood avenue, Wilmette, as Illinois state engineer for the federal public works administration. Mr.' DeBerard.bas'for many years been a resident of Wilmette, where lie has rendered signal service to. the village as a mnember of the board of trustees for two ternis. At the expir- ation of his termi in April, 1932, he was.,requested by the Village, board to remain as a dvisor to the commnit- tee on sewers and water,*which hie did, without 'compensàtion, thus ren- dering valuable aid in the. water works project now.in progress., He was also a member of. the Chicago regional planning commission. He lias long beeîî western. editor'of the Enigineering News-ýRecord. Worked ou ,Flood CoitroI -Nr. Deflerard is not new. to gov- eriimenit service. Duringthe is- sippi' floods of several years ago, hie was drafted by President Goo lidge to assist in a solution of the flood con- tto.l problem. In this activity lie a1- nmost lost his life, being twice thrown from a boat into the r'gn wtrso tie. Ohio river. He was finally rescued by, a negro rivermian. Previous to tihis, when Chicago was, seeking to Secure fromi the War department permission for, an increased flow of water trghthe drainage canal, it was .Mi. DeBerard who first recognized that the proposition was one of enigi- neering, and enlisted the aid of out-i standing engineers throughout the country. in appealing for: the permis- sion, whîchi was leventually granted. He is a sanitary, hydraulic and muni- cipal engineer of national reputation.5 Examine& Applications Ini his present position, Mr. De- Berard will acet as executive officer of the, sta.té federal public works board," rec ently created. His duies ,will in- cluciethe orga nizing of state offices, direction of personnel, and the ex- amnination of ail applications for fed- eral public works financing. His find-t ings -in respect to proposed projectsc pustothce and. by a gro- *Although property was acquired by condenination a few years ago on' Green Bay road at Kenilworth ave- nue as a village hall and, ire station site,. the village bas been* without funds to erectý a municipal building,, and the village boardvoted to enter into a new five-year conitract- with the Kenilworth Park board, which ownsIthe property where the present. village office, is located, for the use of. the two vacan 1t stores adjacent to' the office on the north. ýThe new office will be approxi- mately, 75 feet by 34 feet, consider-, ably larger» than the pre$ent one. Part of the partition between the two. vacant stores .where the village 'office is,to be located will be torii out, and.there will*be-s eparat .e quar- ters for the police. department- and the general office. For several years the business of the police department andthe general office- has been coîwý clucted in crantped quarters iii à smiall room.- Alterations in the two vacant stores where the niew village office is to be located will be made without cost to the village by men furnishedf by the Cook. County Emergency Re-, lief commission. High Sehool Redeems Ail Its 1930 WarrantsI Ail, 1930 tax anticipation warrants issued by New Trier Township High school, representing a total of ap- proxiniately $495,000, have beenri e- ?leenied, according to information re- ceived from officiais of the high school, 0f the 1931 New Trier High school w a r r a n t s, totaling approximately $461,000t- the last of which were is- -sued in Ifay of this year, ther e are. outstanding9 about $204,000 worth. Approximately $35,000 in,1931 war- rants that have been redeemed will be paid- to persons who' purchased1 these warrants on request of the pur- chasers, it is stated. announced t] of Wilford mhat a recent accident was reported as having occurred at Lake avenue and the highway, when in f act it was at Glenview 'road and Skokie Higbway. *Te signs were ordered placed as in- dicated pending negotiations with the stae bghwy, departmnent for the. n stallation of permanent signs'or;traffic contro.l*signais. In the saine report, Mr. Lee proposed that Locust roadinorth, of Lake avenue be removed from the throughi street classification and Avoca road_ substi- tued. He urged that this be, done be- fore Skokie .Highway is o penled, and the board. ordered. the change made. Plan Cornerstone Rites at Sitie of. Waterworks Reporting f or. the sewer and, water committee at the Villa ge board meeting Tuesday night In the absence of its chairman, Trustee S. N. Tideman, Trustee Arthur Lee proposed, that ar- rangements b. *made for the laying of the cornerstone of the new water- works with appropriate ceremonies. In this connection Village Manager C. M. Osborn was instructed to authorize the Village engineers on the project to instruct the general con- tractor to provide the stone of suit- able size andi with an aperture for the1 receipt of a copper box 14x6x6 juches. The stone is to be inscribed with the -year "1933." The date of the laying of the cornerstone has not yet, been set, but it is expected to be the latter part 'of August. TIMERS FOR TRUCKS At its meeting Tuesday night thei Village board accepted the recommerid- 1ation of Village Manager Osborn that two seven-day service recorders be pur- chased for installation, on village trucks. This device is designed to show the time the trucks are in o.peration. during the day, constituting a check uponr the drivers. If the two oridered- prove satisfactory, the other trucks will be siinilarly equipped. vehi1cles stiouldbedne QuAltîer some lar and special Meetings of July 5, the' discussion it was decided ta draft an regular meetings of July 18 and August amendient to the village code to cover 1 and the special meeting of August 8. the operation of trucks. Presumably Ail members of the board were present this is ta include the designatiorr of with the exception of Trustee S.,Ný. truck thoroughf ares. Tideman. Cail Wilmette'1300, leCIIOndition ztor the races, VIS ITS RELATIVES -Mrs. Claude Burnham, 536 Rosl-yn * road, left Tuesday for St. Paul a.ad M inneapolis to v;st rélat.i es. main'at nome tis year so that they will be here to attend. the Interna.. tional Air races at Curtiss airport from September i to 4, inclusive. Tflic event is the officiai. air show of A * Century. of Progress exposition. e I conjunction with the"air races the Gordon-Bennett .balloon race also will be held, giving aviation enthu- siasts of the, New Trier villages an opportunity t- witness an interna- tional event which may not be held in. this countryr: again. for several years. The race started from. Basle, Switzerland last year. It is expected that: the north shore suburbs wilL be well represented at the air racesi since Curtiss airport, where they, are to be held, is only a, few1 miles west of Minmette on Lake' avenue, and can be reachedý withiný a few, minutes on paved roads from ail directions. ,Invitations- have been extended to thirtytree nations *iaving aerÔ1iau- tical societies affiliated with the Fed- eration Aeronautique Internationale, the world-governing body for air sports, to send entries to Chicago for both the heavier and light-than-air events. World renowned aviators wilI be on hand to take part ini the coin- petition. $10,000 PrmeRace Besides à free-for-all race prograin, which will culminate in an interna- tional race for a $10000 cash purse on Labor day, it is planned to have Army, Navy and Marine corps par- ticipat ion, spectacular. acrobatie dem- onstrations, delayed parachute ju'mps and similar events designed to thrill the crow4s. For the feature race on Labor day the qualifying speed will be 225 miles .an~ hour., The Gordon-Bennett balloon race will be of parti cu lar interest to resi- dents of Chicago and its suburbs this year, flot only because the event is to be held here, but because the win- ner of the race last year, Lieut. Commander T. G. W. Setule, U. S. N., will again be one of the entrants