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August 23, 1934WIMTP IP CANAL PROJECT MARKS START 0F PARK DISTRICT Former President Gilison Pre- sents G r a p h i c Historical Sketch of Progress By Louis K. Gilison TIhe Wil mette Park district owes its inception to Col. R. R. McCor- inick, now of the Chicago Tribune. In thie faîl of 1907, while negotia- tions were peuding relative to the construction of a link of the drainagei canal to connect the lake with the north branch of the. Chicago -river and to pass through Wilmette and. Evanston, Col. McCormick, then1 president of the Sanitary district, k" Louis K. Gilison Irsidcnt, Wilmette Park District -mflnuoiiçlv front 1908 ftp 1934. <eirelan address before the XVil- mette Men's club. Iu the course of this address, afWé~r stating the loca- tioni of the channel it wvas hrol)osed to excavate, he added that aIl of the sp)oil" removed ini the work doue east of the Northi Western railroad woeuld be dumped inito the lake be- tween WXashington avenue and the proposed inlet of the canal. It was estimiateEl that there would l)e cre- ate(l approximately twenty-two acres of -muade laiud," wvhich would become thte Irolerty of the' state of Illinois. He then suggested that, inasnîuch as the law l)rovided that unoccupied -made land"- lying iyithÎii the bounl- daries of au or ganized park district uxliglit lbe taken possession of by snch district for park purposes, the citi- Szens of W'ilnette would do0 well to arganize snuch a district and thus ac- (luire without, cost. a substantial site for a park. The, suggestioni was proniptly ýacted. upon, and petitions signed, by about one hundred citizetis were-presented to the county court by A. C. Wenban and an rlection was autlîorized. I notice that theé first signature on this petition is tlîat of our former 4ell-knowvn townsnian, H. K. Snider. 1 do not find the naine of Mr, Bodinghouse on the petition but I distinctly recaîl that he was one of the active promoters of the enter- prise. The election was held ini Janu- ary, 1908, and in addition to creating the Park district it designated as the first Board of Cominissioners thereof, the Rev. E. J. Vattman, David. (Continued on Page 34) .K. of C .Invitesq to Outing Aug. 25 The North Shore council, Knights of Columbus, announces its fiist an- îîual outing Saturday, August 25, at St. Paul's Park, in the Forest Pre- serve at Morton Grove. The affair is open to the public, it is announiced, and there will be no admission charge. The committee on atbletics is ar- rangiug a program of varied events for everyone and announces that sev- eral hundred prizes will be awarded. ini conuection with this feature of the day's festivities. There will also be dancing and cards, and luncheon and refresh- ments will be serve.d. Those who de- sire, however, may bring basket (inifers, it is auounced. The five councils uniting ini the plans for theouting are Ouilmette in Wilmette; Newman ini Evanston, Columbus in Raveuswood. and. Uni- versity in Rogers Park. joseph F. DeHaye and Anthony [udovice, of the Ou'lmette councill are members of the general commit- tee ini charge of the affair. Lieut. C. A. Peterson Now on Atlantic Cruise lieut. Carl A. Peterson, 144 Maple avenue, Wilmette, boarded the U. S. S. Mfarblehead at Norfolk, Va., last week, and is cruising ini Atlan tic waters for a couîfle of Nveeks. Mr. I>terson is a lieutenant in the U. S., Naval Reserves, and commander of 1 the 9th district, Chicago. He is also a niember of Wilmette Post No. 46 Amnerican Legion. At stated inter- vals the Navy departnIent tak'es of- ficers of the naval reserves on cruises of this kind for instruction in te neivest . îethods of navy operatiens, wvhiclî informationi they use ini teach- ing the b)oys of their comnmands. Lieutenant Peterson cones fron i' scafaring family. New Trier Book Store New dditon Re ad yfo High Sechool :ThisPl You Must Register to Vote in November S a t urd ay, Sefrtember 29, lias been set as. registration day for voters of the country towns of Cook county, the County Clerk's ofice announces. The importance of registering is impressed upon ail citizens. Abso- lutely no vo t er i n the country towns cati vote at the November election unless he or she appears personally at the place of registra- tion and registers. Mark this date on- your calendar and-do flot forget to register!1 Wilmette Police Hold Boy on Burgiary Charge Francis Sandiford, 17 years old, 3447 N. Marshfield avenue, Chicago, was turne(l over to Wilmette police Monday by the police of L.ake Forest. The boy, ,it was stated, had confessed to the burglary here on August 8 of the home of F. A. Spitznagle, 1045 Illinois road. He had committed a robbery iunILake Forest, according to the police, but was not held on that charge after retura- ing the stolen property. Sandiford asserted, it wvas said, tlîat lie lhad turned the proceeds of the Spitz- nagle buirglary over to a mani whon he knewv onlv as "Red," at 63rd street and Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, receiving $2 as pav for the job. Super- intendent of Police Henry Brautigam and Sergeant Herman Vance speut two niglits ini the soutlî side section of Chii- cago, in companti witlî the boy, ini a Isearcli for the man called "'Red." Clii- cago poilice brought ini several men. but the boy either could not or would not (lentify an>' of them. The prisoner wvill be arraigned before Police Magistrate John J. Peters to- 'NVi1IOpen Sptembe 6 dav on ithe Wilmette charge. The book store at New Trier Trowii-' 3 CONTAGION CASES ship High scbool will be open f rom. Dr. Martin H. Seifert, Wilmette 9 to 12 o'ck. - Thursday, Friday and Health officer, reports three new Saturday mornings, September 6, 7 and cases of contagious diseases, one of 8. Students are beéng urged to buy malaria, one 'of whoopiug cough and books at this time In order to avoid one of rnumps, -in Wilmette ini the waiting in line. the day school openS. %v.eek eiding, August 21. The book store is located in the main _________ building, Room 113.-ç GUEST PRIEACHER SUNDAY Dr. Robert L. Sawyier, p resident 4 of the Presbyterian College of Christ- S L 9 iani Education, will be the g u e s t l)reacber at the First Preshyterian churcli of Wilmette Sunday moru- is a pleasing Word to ing, August 26, at Il o'clock.- .-- ECON OMY, S140P NEEDS If anyoneha a bookcase, chest of drawers, dresser or anythi, no niatter how worn. that. can be used to store beloîîgings, Economiv Shop can use it at once. Anvthiîîg with slielves or drawer space. Also, there have been mauiy re- quests for children's coats. Sch9ol tume is almost here and anytîing of this descriptionî that has been outgrown'by your child will gladly be passed on to some smaller one who'can.wear it. There is a request for a brief case. Econoîny Shop is open, six days in the week from 9 until 5 o'clock.-Mrs. A. L. Grin- neli, chairman. Note: Economy ehop Is conducted by the Womnan's Club of Wilmette. one who wishes to dis- pose of. a posses sion. Advertisers in our Classified Section dlaim 'the pleasure. of this experience. So we take pride and pleas. tire in recommending WILIMETTE LIFE Classi- fied to seli for you and we are at your service now, at, Wilmette 4300. Il' Latest U nit âai New> Trier Ho use s Additionil Glas. rooms, Large Laboràtbries August 15, 1 934, marked a new era of elbow room for pupils at New Trier Township High.school. On that day the contractors of- ficially completed their work on the addition which virtually doubles New Trier's capacity. Wben the 2,300 stu- dents begin a new year at high school September 10, they will find a spick- and-span set of buildings with ample room for 3,000 pupils. During the past few years, t here were not enougli classrooms to ac- commodate ail the adviser groups, and some of tbem .bad to meet in the mess hall and in the gymnasium. Upper classmen will be contrasting 7 this year with last, wben New Trier sbulged with 2,200 students. The fresh- men will start their secondary-school if e with plenty of space for chest ex- pansion (which may prove a blessing *to atbletic mentors who are seeking grid stalwarts). Mmcli Work to b. D'one Plenty of work, however. remaini *to be done before the students returq~ to find "Othe biggest New Trier ever." t This week, sixty-five men are busv *moving in furniture and otberwise helping fit the new building for oc- cupancy, besides redecorating the rooms of. the older buildings. [.ast week, eigbty-five men were thus en- gaged. AIl equipment is on the grounds,, »and-most of it is ready for installa- tion, with the exception of two car- loads of chairs and desks scheduled for distribution about September 1. The new building will bouse science laboratories, a large number of class- rooms and domestic science rooms. Equipment for physics, chemistry, bi- ology and domestic science bas al- ready been installed. * Bieseeieer la Charge Yes, it's one of New Trier's busiest -vacation" seasons-and one of the busiest leaders in the battie for elbow room is R. L. P. Biesemeier, super- vising engineer. He is seeing bis por- tion of the arduous. job through from the 1931 start to tbe 1934 finish. It was back in 1931 that this addi- tion was begun. Work went steadily ahead until the exterior of the buildi- ing was completed. Construction was halted in April, 1932,ý because of tbe collapse of the bond miarket. The shell (Coutinuied- on Page 6) Aider R. Tighe, Takes Trip to Western Points Aider. R. Tighe of Tigbe Realty company, 521 Fourth street, ieft Thursday of last week on a combined business and pleasure trip to Denver and other points in Colorado. He will nieet bis brother, Drew, at San Pedro, Calif., andtogether tbey will enjoy tbe Rocky mountains for a time. On bis return, about Labor Day, Mr. Tiglie will drive to Lebo, Kan., to get Mrs. Tigbe's mother, Mrs. Maudeline Briteil, now- living thére with ber mother, and bring ber to Xilmette for a visit liere and with another daughter, Mrs. Wood, in Evanston. LOOT REALTY OFFICE The real estate office of C. R. Nor- man, 519 Ridge avenue, was entered by burg1ars"some time during Mon- day niglit. A typewriter and a small radio constituted the loot. J6. a ir M. 7 1 WILMETTE LIPE 7.., . - ,!& MW JE