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Despit~e frigid weather, plus ex- tremely "skiddy" streets, about 2,000 villagers crowded the au~ditoriumu of the Masonic temple last Monday night to participate in the Big Buck Auction sale sponsore b the Wil- mette Chamber of Commerce. From 8 o'clock, whenChief Auc- tioneer J. R. Harper (more familiarly known as Wilmnette's superintendenit Of schools), banged the gavel to get the bidding und.r way,, until after midnight, the affair proceeded'iii car- nivalsirt with eveyod apy and bidding in on the more than two hundred attractive items of merchan- dise offered inithe "Ducc", carnpaigi and auctiôn. Hope for Amnual Euret The unique' merchandising enter- prise,. which had' no precédent in, the village, was pronounced a complete success, and hundreda of bidders ex- pressed the hope that the "Bu~ck" camipaign and *aaçtion would becoane an~ annual event in the commnty. The crowd was thoroughly rep- resentative of the commnunity. It re- quired no policing. Mcii, women and chbildren, thronged unto the spacious hall long bëfore 8 o'clock-the official openung hour-a happy crowd that took the weather ini stride, shouted banter and greetings hither and yon, caught the truc holiday spirit and ini- dicated clearly tliat it was out for a gay and profitable time. A score or Mathew Francis Phiotto Here uw have éipkrXvd a part of thse great array of merchandise pro-* vided for tise bidders at last Monday uight's big Buck Auctwon saie held in, the4 Maspypic temjple audit9rrum.I!ithe pitare fron~ft tto rji M ef creue of volunteer'auctiomeers, (let tb ,4ght) A. <C. Pearbon, Jr., D. * Allen, Jr., J. R. Harper (on tise rostsrn), W. W. Rogers, and W. B. "Bal" Robinson. m., 1514 Wlmette avenue. 436 Teath street. hIer, 1903 UÀvingston street, 823 Greenool avenue. Dron, 1221 Chestnut avenue. 637 Garland avenue, Wlii' of Philo Carpenter, Who came to Chicago, then Fort Dearbona, in 1832. Thspionter..establishd hil ls drug store in the Village. of Chic*g, and founded >the first Congfregational church in the city. Edward Hildreth, grandfather ýof Mn.ý Hiidreth, was an oerdineid miu- isterin the' Congregational church,. who moved from Chicago to Colo rado Springs-' Philo Carpenter Hildreth, his father, was professor, of history at Parson's college,. Fairfil.IôIwa, and bis widow still resides there. After-bis grammar school days Mr. Hildrethentered Lake Forest acad- emy, and from this institution he went to Beloit college. Hie wasa suember of Sigma. Alpha Epsilon. In~ bijunior year he miliste l inthe army and was in France for the duration of the w. He retuned to Beloit college to completé bis aca- demic education., It was during hi. college days that lie met Miss Mar- garet Owen, who became hi. vife on February 7,1925. To theni were born two sons, Owen Richard and &Idwid Carpenter junior, who, with thefr mother, reside in Wilmette. The fauuuly is, affiliated with the Finit ciaIyý vertlying purcuases. Net a Hiteli Although an innovation, the auction sale went off without a hitch. The Buck Auction was the çulmi- nation of a niechandising campaign participated ini by more than sixty Wilmette merchants, and the store and shop owners, without exception, pronounced it a distinct- achievement. For several weeks the 'merchants street me., le. 'enue.1 iston ogton trnsere 8AAA U A and Company. death he was pe that company.- time of. lais manager .for Shtu4o&n Wa*L fuaum On Friday mornning, February 15,, Mr. Hlildneth. was stricken witb pneurnmnia andon Febmuary 19 he paesed, away. The funeral services r of C.ommerce; I <r abool, Lobe av$-lSI i 1 DUm u tL. a" Imm Dy IM Xob