Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Mar 1938, p. 3

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THREE-DAY HOME EXPO WILL OPEN TUESDAY, MAR* 8 Househol1ders of North Shore Invited to Gala Event at Wilmette Club The three-day- annual B e t t e.r, Homes exhibit, designed as, an ýin- spiration to. homernakers, -WilI. be ,held Tuesday, Wedneésday and Thurs- day of next week at the Woman's Clubof Wilmette. Mrs. Arthur Dixon, wvho is in charge of the exhibit for the third year, says everythinig is ready except for the> actual work of setting up the booths, decorating and, lte pla.cing of exhibits. Opens Tuesday Morniftg At 10 :30 Tuesday morning the doors 'ill Open o11 a well prepared exposi- tion, finished in every detail, and for' three pleasant days and evenings- the exhibit is open: until 10 p. n.- neighibor wilI meet neighbor going throughi. the exhibits, watching dem- on stration s, winning awards here and there and learning about the Iatest devices in -mechanical equip- -mient for the home in the friendly, sociable atmosphere of the Woman's club, of which Mrs. Frank Adams is president, .Adnmission is free, and everybody coines to the Better Homes exhibit, soine îiot once but every day. The exhibit is a fasciliating place to be, * the Community. bas found-a little diff erent f rom any other thing -one goes, to, and the members of the (Con tinued1 on page, 24) Tufrn to Pages 50 and Classified Section AN EDITORIAL T H WlmeteCivic -league again rendered the community 'a signal service last Friday when it brought up for discussion tbe question of revision of the Wilmette building 'code, a subject which bas been approached, gingerly,. it is true,'during recent years, although the need, for revision bas been mor e and more apparent as timie passied. The discussion> revealed evidenceý of a growring, sentiment, for some modification of the stringent building restrictions which prohibit the ijse of new developments in materials now permitted in neighboring com- mnunities. There was-also evident a chanige. of mind on the part of pro- ponents of the',present code, or at least a willingness to give careful congideration. to any changes pro.- posed.. Pertinent Pointe Several pertinent po ints stand out in today's situation. The present code was written more than fifteen years ago, with the main purpose of preventing the erection of large apartment buildings, which were then advocated by some residents and property owners. In that it was suc- cessful. But at the same time it bhindered proper development of the, business sections-which resulted in the, hiiildinir-nf nne-story tax-pavers. code be liberalizecl to permit wil- mette to keep, pace with other com- munities in the appearance of corn-, mercial venters. There is now no appreciable.senti- ment for large apartment buildings. Progress bas also accomplished that.* Trhe small, residential type multiple home, especially the duplex, is ac- cepted as f ar more desirable. Be- cause of this, there is a demand for a "ranitin" oneadiacent to the DAY OF PRA YR .Tolof Photo Dr. Charles H. Heimsath, minis- ter of the Pirst Baptist church, Envanuton, ivill give the principal address at the World Day of Prayer observances in Wilmette Friday afternoo&, March 4, at 2 oclock,' in the First Presbyteriant church, Ninth street and Greenleaf avenue. 70-ACRE FARM AREA AFFECTED. IN, LITIGAT ION Section Contains Seven Piarcel. of Lan d in Extreme South- west Part of Town The prospect of another "NO Man's. Land" looms large on Wilmette's western horizon,, and will become, an established fact if an action for dis- connection from, the village, entered in the County court- by -a g roup of property owners on, February 2, should be successfui. Village offcialIs were served with summonses Friday, returnable in' the court of Cettnty Juilge Edmund, K. Jarecici on March 7, in a suit en- titled "William Rengel, et al, vs. Vil- lage of Wilmette," praying that the property of the petitioners be discon- nected f rom thé Village of Wilmette. The pétition, filed by Attorney Clyde L. Todd, sets. forth that the proper- ties involved in the action are not subdivided into city blocks and. lots, and that the disconnection asked for will not resuit ini the isolation of any part of the village from the re- Comprises 70 Acres Trhere are seven parcels of real estate incîuded in the petition, con- taining approximately 70 acres. The parcels, ail of which join, are located on the south sie of Wihinette -ave- nue, and are numbered .1 to 7. Be-ý ginning 166 feet east of Locust road, which ends at Wilmette avenue, the, (Continued on page 6) recession. ts your opporwunity to. help business and iniprove your own transportation at a national bargain sale. REPORT ON CON~ he Wilinette Heali ,rt for the week en, hows blanks for al ase cases except ich there were 36,. may mnace. ma reunion to DC Ah From there, she wil Mich., to 'spend m -ber mother,. Mrs., .. ý- 111, .-Iw

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