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November 15, 1934 WILMETTE LIFE u~ * ~..vwy u~ v~ duu~ w-rn v~ ISAK K1UI1VIi<A Guest Editorial M OV S OF ICESWilmeltte is today facing the most serious problem of its TO WAUKEGAN history., Never. bas thçre bëeen such widespread poverty-iiever lia* te aun sectr.of ývant stalked, so boldly- through our Eeonomy Prompts Decision to streets and into the beautiful homes of our village-neyer lias Handie Closed Bank's Af- resistance to disease been so'feeble-never bias the miorale of ouir fairsat Cetral ointpeople been subjected tosossevere astrain. ______Let's get right down to the bald, col(l facts of this situation, APDroval hlas been obtained from see and measure things as they are.. and thêeai ilupuoni our plain,. the Comptroller of the Currency to comimon sense for a solution. consolidate the office of the First Na- Alwvavs there hiave been a few famnilies that required t.eiporarv% tional Bank of Wilmette, insolvent, assi stance, b)ut aip.l nîeans ivere available. Io(lay the famiilie s with tlat of the Waukegan National ail batik, iinsolveet. at Waukegan. Pan- kn-owrn to be in distress, are coulited iii three fi-igres. and thie inean s ticularly tunden liresent conditions, it for relief are not noiv in sight.ý is enphasized. economny in administra-I Not to shock the sensibilities of the reader, but in the interest tion îs. a very important factor and of accuirate iniformiationi. the enl)arrassing conifession ilust b.c anvthing that miav be done without.; interfering with or delaving the liquid-:nmade that at this moment maîîi- of our fine people,. yotir ineigbbors ation proceedings cannot be over- lahi ours, niieni and woniien Nve are l)roud( to kniow and whose Iookd.elîdren are playiiates of our cêhildren, have reached the. 1imiit.s Emphiasis is place(l uponi the *fact, i () their resources and are \\vtiot teventel)rtesniaso ilso. that Frank J.,Seng's foreclosure life. Somie are still living in comifortable, even hiandsomie -homes unden bis mnortgage on the Finst Na- jileaieiitotnter sn ia ntehue tional Batik building compatny bas not p-lerhal)s lysleacehb\tnter sn et ntebue been a primary factor in actuating the: no provisions ini the larder. somnetiimes no0 iîght ini the ro()m. move t'O the Waukegan lieadquanters.'('lîllîreni go to bed hunigry t(> get wvarmi. M_. Seng, the batik neceiven assents. ' bias beeti excèedingly kind in bis; Ridiculous situation -for a village like Wvilmlette, isni't it ? Or co-operation in the liquidation pro- \\vuutld be were it not so freighited with tragedy. ceedings and should not, under any O)ur first dutv is to fix resl)oflsilility for relieving the-s-e---orthiy_ circumstances, lbe subjected to criti- cism for his action. His natural desire lHl Âo hmde trs Uecut guy o h to elpba case Mn Seg o~ ofederal goveriimient?«No. \Vith aIl possible enuphiasis w'e say to much father than the average mort- \oti that the responisib*iitv o aigfrWlmtesufruae gagee %vould go, says the receiven. lielongs only to WILMETTE-to YOU and to us. Who else can . Expense Unwarranted (10. it Nvith such fine, uniderstandinig and kinidly symipathy ? Vho The maintenance of a batik building'! cise can lessen the humiiiliation and.1 make o)f helpfulniess a Christian at Wilmette bias been expensive and!j ervice? the quanters occupied by the trust en- T a httebreii o ra o inet oba ln t!irely out of keeping with its needs, it 1 a httebre stogetfrWlet oba ln Fis explained. With the. reduction noi is to beg the questioni. It is NOT too great. W~e have the ineans possible in personnel and the elimina- to prevent ýthe stigmna of repudiation tiponi the good namie of our tion of the btindeîî of mnaintaining the villge, to preserve the honior of WVilmette,. by AT ONCE asstiming batik building the neceivenship may be îa operated on a vers' satisfactory basis. and(l (ischarging the dut-v that is clearly ours. The, receiven is liquidating three: This dutv can best l)e discharged thirough the Wilmette <Cuxtiîtd <utPav ~\Velfare b)oard,.wNithi futids supplied by the Coiunity Chiest. It is to this purpose thiat the first f unids collected , in the camipaigni Mv. E. Church Woman 's itrtng iiext Sunday m~il1 be devoted. AidPlns ma Par In a spirit of civic pride, with humanitarian instincts- thor- TeAnnuPan lrstinas air 'oi-oughly a roused, %vith an irresistill desire to*lhellp our neighbors, Tore by the Chrimas fai stht 1he knowledge that the dut- is OU.R duty, let us tackle the soe ythe Vilmette i' Aid society of job .that liés before ils \vith FA 11H in the future and( CONFID- the ilmtte Panisl Methodist 1ENCE. that huinan necds CAN and NVILL lie met. churh wIl akepIa~ tIIS LdSN1 e once "gave until it hurt" to D)ESTIROV life. Now let uls Decemnber .., 0, and 7, opeiling lm the rv uti.t.urs"t-SVElie moriig at 10 and contmnuing Wilniette Comnt - sIc throughout the evening. Homie iade j__ bakery goods, an apron booth, an attic booth, aogetiier ooth and(l dnldretn\ ; Congregational Men to Girl Scout Leaders to booh togeh witl the serving of Present Show Nov. 26-27 Hold Big Rally Nov. 26 whattheconinuittee toreteils w-ii wlx a very goo(l quick luncheon and a 'l'le Ien's club of the First Con- Eight short skits, songs, and report very good dinner," eachi day, will be grgtoa luc a opee rof the National Girl Scout convention the attractions the comimittee wifl f-gratolchchasoetdr- held last month ini Boston, Mass, wvilI fer, tfogether with *"good entertain- irangements and selected a cast for' be featured at a Girl Scout Personnel ment" every nighit.- tuie presentation of the laughing suc- Rally in Wilmnette Monday evening, It w-as incorrectly announced last wveek in\ l IîTT .IF that the, Wom- an's Aid of the North Shore Mlethodist Episcopal church w-as hioldig the bazaar. Fund Is. Memorial to Winifred Von Meding Friends of the late Winifr'ed Mickey Von Meding, until recently, associated as instructor with the music depart- ment at New Trier High school, have established a memonialý fund which is to be directed to the House of Happiness, welfare center sponsored lby the Episcopal church in the Stock Yards area. The fund will be devoted to the music room of the center and applied to assisting youth- fuI musicians in their studies. Mrs. von Meding each year aided the House of Happiness music room in presenting a benefit program in Wil- mette. cess, -A Womanless ýVedding," which will be presented oni the even- ings of November 26 and 27.1 The cast, comnposed- of about fif ty, is' mùade up entirely of meni. Members of the cast will hold a dinner meet- ing, Monday, November 19., Proceeds f rom the show will be directed to the choir fund of the.church. Gives Lecture on India Today at Masonie Temple Dr. 0. B. Nugent, Chicago medical leader, who is a widely known travelog lecturer, will give an illustrated talk on India at an entertainmnent this evening sponsored by the Wilmette Masonic lodge. The entertainmnent, which is to begin at 8:30 o'clock, will be open to the families and friends of lodge members. Earlier. in the eve- ning tbe Iodge will observe Past Mas-, In This' Issue Amusement Directory . ... 63 Aviation........24 Book Commient ......50 Boy Scouts........... .20 Church News ..... ...... 54 Classified Ada......... 64-66 Club Pages......... 42-49 .C--m1.ity Chest ........0l Editorial--News-Comment 36 Girl Scouts ............. 58 Home and Garden........ 53 Home Moderniging .. ...-.52 Junior Life ............. 56 Music.................. 38 New Trier News........ 26 Public Forum ...........33* 'Society Pages......... 40-49 WILMETTE LIFE November 15, 1934, RIEFERENDUM ON RECOVERYACT Cham ber of Commerce Con- siders Action; Committee Wants, 90-Minute Parking The followving committee to nomin- ate officers and directors for 1935 was, approved at a meeting of the WVil- mette Chamber of Commerce on. M.onday night at the Wilmette Village hall: A. S. Van Deusen, Jr., chair- man; Leo Mickel, C. E. Renneckar, A. C. Wolff, and J. E. Worthen. This committee* had been appointed by Bradford L. Keeler, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Aninouncement was made of the receipt of a referendum from the Unitedl States Chamber of Commerce regarding the National'Industrial Re- covery act. Chambers of commerce throughout the United States are to express by vote their opinion as. (1 whether the NIRA should bloxU tinued ini its present form, or (2) be dropped entirely, or (3) be modified. STo Study R-eferendum -- The followinig committee to study the referendum and. to report, on it at the December meeting was ap- proved 'uîanimously by the Chamber of Commerce on Monday: E. C. Cazel. chairman; F. D. Anderson, Lloyd Hollister, Aram K. Mestjian, A. S. Van Deusen, Jr., and B. L. Keeler. A. C. Pearson, -Jr., vice- president of the Wilmette Chamber of -Commerce. liad named this comn- mittee. William G. Moore, manager of the Wilmette store of Hattstrom and Sanders. wvas voted a new regular menîber of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. A. C. W%,olff, chairman of the coin- mittee appointed in September to study the parking situation in the \V"ilmette business district, reported the committee's recommendation that the Village enforce 90-minute parking. The situation, declared Mr. Wolff in speaking for the committee, has beenl practically unchanged. by the letter which the committee sent out, sug- gesting that business men and em- ployes keep their cars behind' the stores so that shoppers will be able to find more parking space along the business streets. The evening ended with a talk byl W. W. Kester, editor of "Business Conditions Service," on the subjeet, -Whiat',s Ahead in Business?" P.redficts Graduai Recoveey Asserting that hie did not expect to see business much better for one or possibly two years, Mr. Kester con- cluded. ilevertheIpss, that we have an inidustrial system. strong enough to overcome the difficulties that confront uùs. "We have rcovered from tough spots before," he stated. "There is a tremendous vitality in the industrial system. We are, part of a world re- covery. There are figures to prove ,this substantially. We need an op- timism that faces the facts; there are fierce problems bu t big resourcèes. 1 think we can look forward to, a hap- .pien day." HOUSIN»G SESSION Chairman joseph H. Heinzen of the local. Better Housing committee of the Federal Better Housing Ad- ruinistration, announces that a meet- îng wiIl be beld in the Village hall,' Friday. November 16, at 8 o'clock. All citizens interested in thé modern- ization program are invited. Con-