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ionaries of yesterday is the expressed belief of those forward-looking citi- zens who are now discussing the pos- sibilities. of replacing the antiquated and outgrown Wiimette public library building witb a new and imposing structurethat will be in keeping.with present day requirements. BuilW in 1904, the old' building,; Say those who favor the erection of a new one, undoubtedly :met the needs of, that day, and compared 'f avorably with other public .buildings. But times bave cbanged, . tbey assert, -and .wbat. was suitable tben. may. be entirely obsolete, now.. The consensus1 appears to he contained in tbe one word, "outgrown."j The point stressed is that wben tbe present building was erecfed the vil-' lage had .a. population of about 2,000, wvile today it numbers some, 16,000, and.thaf in .al thesepast thirty years* no. space, bas beenadded to-accomf- inodate* an 'ever-increasin.g patron age and 'a constantly enlarging number of books that> such patronage requîred. The resuit is, say observers, that the 'facilitiés of the-iibrary are so restricted tbat its officiais are unable to renider tbe full measure of service to whicb the community is entitled and wbich they are more thanl anxious to give. Leaders Commeunt. In an effort to secure an accurate *cross-section of tbe views of citizens active in the civic ljfe of the village. WII,MiETTE _LiFe during the past week *intervi'ewed tbe leaders of several or- ganizations, and for the information of its readers presents tbe following sym- *posium wbicb contains specific and definite reasonis why in tbeir opinions the proposed project should be under- taken at once: George H. Redding, 1516 Elmwood avenue, president of Wilmette Civic league, said: "Wben tbis'matter was frst brought to my attention l thought that. here is1 a real. proposition that shouid' engage tbe immediate attention of Wilmette ýcitizens. I heartily favor a new library- building, and efforts in that' direction wiilhave rny 'full sup- port. We ail know that the p resent buildinig is entirely ,inadequate and that larger quarters are badly needed.I :CUUitCU l t uimodern I4ciliiUCs. 1' er- tainly f avor the plan to provide theni." PIedges Suppoet Henry E~. Cutler, 407 Central ave- nue, president, of Wilmette board of education, pledged his suport in these, %vords: "You can say for me that, 1 arn for this project. 100 percent, 'and that anything 1I can do to promote it .w411 be -gladly, done. I arn awaro the needs of the public lin the way of library accommodations .and, will joi most heartily in 'any efforts. to. pro - cure tbem. When my assistance is re-, quired just say the Word.' There are ways in wbich I may be especially belp- fui,. and I would be bappy, to render such service to the village." In expressing ber views on the sub- ject Mrs. John D.. Kinnear, 2241 ýChest- nut avenue, president of the. Logan- Howard Parent-Teacher association, re- vealed a broad knowledge of library* needs as well as past improvements, in tbe village. She said: Faîi.d t. Keep Pape -The ltbrary building is, the only public structure that bas flot ke.pt pace with the growth of the, village. Our schoois have been added to or new ones (Continued on Page P7) "'Terminal Group Plans Fail Festival On bebalf of the "L" Terminal Business association AIder Tighe and Mrs. Esther R. Stone appeared before the Village board Tuesday night and reqttested permission for that aggressive organization to stage a fali festival- on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 4, 5, 6 and 7. Tbe scenie of the merrymaking is to be, laid at the corner of Linden avenue. and, Fifthý stree 1t, a large plot- of, vacant property to be used 'as the stage. The frolic is to begin at 7 o'clock and:-continue until Il o'clock or thereabouts. Permission was aiso sought to close Linden avenue be- twee n Fourth and -Fifth streets on the last two nights. The board granted the desired perm'issionls sub- cageo ~ctober 2 te 5, are already tak- en, Wilmette pôst bas started toelEst rooins wbich this - village bas avail- abie-for Legionnaires who have not yet made their reservations. 1Local rooms will be listed at -the information booth which Wilmette post will- conduct, f rom September 28 te October 5 on tbe site of the Mi*ra- Iauio in No Man's Land.. Thé bootli- wiil aiso provide facts about the con- vention. Leégionnaires desirinigadvance reg- istratiois- obtainable. at a nominal fée are instructed to telephone Willmette 3~753. Urge, Kenilwo0rtk - People 'Sign NRA While the. business concerns of Kenilworth bave signed the NRA codes and are operating under tbe prescribed regulations, no .teps have as yet been taiçen to secure consumer pledges of compliance . This is due te tbe fact tbat the 'village has no chamber of commerce or otber com- mercialorganization to take tbe ini- iative in the creation of an adminis- tr ative organization, it is explained. In this situation Postmaster, Doug- las S. Crooks niakes the suggestion. that residents of Kenilworth caît at tbe postoffice and sign the cards, upon which action lie will issue thé Blue Eagle. insignia. This voluntary action will, Mr. Crooks points out, preclude the necessity of a 1iouse-to- bouse canvass to secure signaturesý He now bas the cards andi stickers in readiness, and urges ail residents to sign witbout delay. MOVIE STAR HERE Janet'Gaynor of Hollywood, popu- lar motion picture star, was the bouse guest. last week-end of tbe Frank J. Rothings, 7111 Linden avenue, Wil- mette. Miss Gaynor is: a cousin, of Mrs. Rothing. west of thé flQrth shore villages. Forty-eight of the buildings wilI be erected at the Sicokie boulevard and Wl'llow road camp to accommodate the eight hundred men employed, there, and twelve wilI bouse. the ftwo companies ini the Wilmette« avenue and Harms road came:- Thle bulld- -ii- will be subit antial, designed'to, protect tbé workers ;againist severe winter weatber. 'They will. be heateil with bot air furnaces. In connection witbh the announce- ment made Mônday by Major T. IL McCarron, the. camp, commander also- explainied that hee bas been instructed- to locate a'conivenient camp site for five additional comipanies, or one thousand more men, wbo are to be placed ini the Skokie projeet at an. early date. As soon .as he determ . mes upon a site, Major McCarron will erect per- manent winter quarters, the buildinlgs to be the saine in number and design as those which have just been auth- orized for the existing camps.. Armyof 20 Tbis will then make a total of, 2,000 men engaged in the Skokie reclania- tion project, in addition to large -con- signments of machinery 'which it is announced will be placed into the work frorn time to time as required. Further evidence that the govern- ment is planning to carry on indefi- nitely ini the great Civilian Conserva- tion corps movement of wbich the Skokie project je' a unit, je'. indicated in information received this week from the Sixth Corps Area War department headquarters, in, Chi- cc'othat an additional 120 reserve o0ficrs, front the> states of Illinois, Michigan,, and WisconsËin ýhave been ordered. to-active duty .with the Civil- (Continued, on Page 9) Hearing Gates wooci avenue, presfi Women's club,. stru isni in giving the p "There je a. better a note ot optiXIJ a shipmenIt iLO!pi ct ber approval. and-'bringing h, ing existing. now number. of 'bass. Ve il> me n me, thems rés, ai Cail Wilmette 4300 ASK FOR AD-TAKER roilment to a point just below th 2,20W mark. Po r several years tlh number of students attending Nei Trier has increased at the rate 'of ae proximately one bundred a year. Tb' increase tbis year is anormnal o.ne.