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The Lake News N«urly Ererybody In Wilmette R««ds The Lake Shore Ncw» VOL. VIII, NO. 22. WlUfcfeTTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS REDSKINS "RAN" OUR TOWN BACK IN 1871 Rev. William Netstraeter Thrills "Ye Old. Town* Folks" With Story of Early Life in Ouilmette OUILMETTE THE FOUNDER Old-Timer*' Annuel Feast and Fel- lowship Gathering Attended hy Ui Village Pioneers Are you proud of Wilmette? Do you know your Wilmette, its inter- esting history, something of its phe- nomenal growth? Certainly your chest swells with pride when you tell the out-of-town fellow that your home town is Chica- go's most beautiful and neighborly suburb, but you, cannot know all about its early -history unless, by good fortune, you or your, forbears have resided in the village for a period of not less than 25 years. One hundred and twenty-five vil- lagers, members of "Ye Olde Towne Folks," heard some interesting, not to mention thrilling things, about Wilmette Tuesday evening at the an- nual dinner and paw-wow of that time-honored social group. Pioneer TelU Story Rev. William Netstraeter of St. Joseph's parish, who came to the village in 1871 when Anton Ouilmette, et. a!., were sole proprietors of our fair hamlet, was the principal speaker and thrilled his audience in an ac- count of the early days. Upon coming to Wilmette, then known as the "Ouilmette Reserva- tion," Rev. Netstraeter encountered a tribe of Pottawatomis who eeked out their livelihood under the just but autocratic sway of one Anton Ouilmette. Land could be purchased at that time atJfigQan having sirtee^advlnW to . The Chicago and Northwestern trains passed through the village but did not hesitate for passengers. One walked to Winnetka or Evans ton in those days when bent on a trip to Chicago. Wilmette's first railway sta- tion was built in 1874. East Side a Forest Gradually the village developed on the west side of the "tracks/* The boys of thirty years ago picked hick- ory nuts from under the trees in the woods just east of the••â-  "tracks." A single, narrow road led into the for- est stretches of the east side, follow- ing the general direction of Central avenue and turning south in the: vi- cinity of Sixth street, gradually verg- ing east to the lake shore. A shack, characterized a club, was hidden in the dense forests near the lake shore. E. P. Patch and some of the other TAX WCREASESJOPIC FOR PUBLIC MEETING Wilmette Club off Engineers and Architects Invites Citizens To Hear Experts on tax Problem , Architects and engineers of Wil- mette, (and there are many repre- sentatives of those professions in the village) banded together in the Wil- mette Club of Engineers, are spons- ors for a public meeting to be held at the Byron C. Stolp school audi- torium, Friday evening, April 15, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of discussing the proposed increase in'taxes. "Taxes have been steadily going up and promise to take another jump this year," writes W. A. Melchiof, secretary of the Wilmette Club of Engineers. "Engineers and architects in Wil- mette have called a public meeting to discuss the proposed increase in taxes. Mac Lean Is Speaker "William-IT. MacLean, county com- missioner for this, district and D. Southerland, secretary of the Civic Federation of Chicago Wilt address- the meeting. Everybody is invited to attend." The Wilmette Club of Engineers which effected organization several months ago, already has rendered in- valuable service to the.community in offering important and timely sug- gestions to the Wilmette Plan Com- mission in the work of formulating Glencoe Gets Corner on Voting Activ- ity With Tapper and Crocker Workers On Job In one of the lightest and generally most uninterested elections in the history of New Trier Township, the North Shore Township ticket swept the field Tuesday in what Was prac- tically equivalent to a complimentary ballot., The sole opposing candidate, James R. Crocker, who sought re-election to a justiceship as an Independent was literally overwhelmed even with the desultory voting. Battle In Glencoe In Glencoe alone, were there any appreciable signs of activity in the vicinity of the Township polling places. In that VHtage the Interest centered upon George W. Tapper, Jr., North Shore Township ticket candi* date, and Crocker who conducted a brave but futile fight as an isolated candidate. Tapper swung the vil- lage heavily into the column of the regular ticket a circumstance which nailed securely the defeat of his rival. Both men labored diligently up to the plans W^he future Wilmette Beau^flast^minute of voting thereby attract- ing the undivided interest of k b. r.ratcn ana some oi â„¢ ?â„¢*Z type of lam "youngsters" started the club, wKiclr y{? T ^ may be considered to be the fore- runner of the Ouilmette Country club of which those pioneers were the charter members. Later as the village gradually in- cluded the east fide in its steady de- velopment, what is now Greenleaf avenue was termed Depot place and the east limits of habitation for many years was on the line of Eleventh street. The entire business section was on the west side. Wilmette was a struggling hamlet. Gross Point was quite a town. "And, prophesied Rev. Netstraeter in conclusion "Wilmette will some day be the leading suburb of Chica- go." Surely, as some eminent humor- ist once remarked, "The world do move." Want Old Name Back Animated discussion followed a suggestion by Dr. George W. Has- kin that the village revert to the original name "Ouilmette". The beau- tiful and picturesque Indian name, he said, had been discouraged and event- ' ually obliterated by hard-headed shop keepers and all too practical real estate men whose tongues and peris found difficulty in properly manipu- lating . the Pottawatomi appellation. The annual report of the historian, Ada Watkins Joy, was received with interest by the "Folks". Beautiful tribute was paid the two members of "Ye Old Towne Folks" who passed j^vay^durwg the yearx Jilrs^Annifr McDonaldDoig and Mrs. Estella M. Pierson. The historian emphasized the need for a permanent Historian's room for Wilmette where records arid "things of interest", now in the pos- session of "Ye Olde Tqwne Folks" might be placed. Following the -old-timers d'nner came the annual election of officers with Dr. Tohn Segsworth chosen as tiful." The club has constantly in terested itself in civic ventures of interest to the community at large arid is rapidly developing into one of the outstanding forces for community advancement. At its meetings the club discussed many topics of par- ticular interest to Wilmette and hundreds of .property owners are ex 15 for a candid discussion of a question which concerns every house- holder. Demonstration Lights To Be installed Soon Two Lights to Be Placed at Im- portant Intersections â€" Expect Estimates on Lighting Soon Another important step in the plans for an electric street lighting sys- tem for Wilmette was made known at the Tuesday Village Board meet- ing in the announcement that a cer- tain electrical firm will install two "sample lights" in the village to dis- play the effectiveness of a particular Under the terms of an agreement with Village officials one of these lights will be placed, shortly, at the triangular intersection of Wilmette, and Lake avenues and Eleventh street, and another at the intersec- tion of Washington street and West Railroad avenue. These !ij£t5 arc to be fully equipped as for normal operation. .'*„ â-  With the announcement of this unique demonstration feature comes the information that-«timates~-for Installation of a complete systemwil^ be in the hands of the Village Board by May 1. . . WE WERE GOOI*AHi>*IEALTHY DURING MARCH, SAYS NURSE NORTH SHORE TICKET WINS "HANDS DOW Regular Ticket Buries James R. Crocker, Independent Candidate, in Annual Town Election BALLOTING LACKS INTERES election workers all along the line in the township. For a time the opposition felt j**** pelled to admit Crocker had a fight- ing chance in view of the light voto in other sections of the township and the coriiparativelv heavy balloting in Glencoe. But Tapper, earned as to the Independent Ticket. The estimated total vote on^the justices tabulated prior to the final â- rid official canvass follows; Frederick R. Crossley ....••......JW Jacob M. Dickinson, Jt^^^j-^^ «2JJ OttoFalk ..<...............•......gg Daniel M. Mickey ............ ....7°5 George W. Taoper. Jr.,.......... .«J7 Tames R .Crocker vv« •' â€"â„¢-J Without contest the following con* stables were elected: Edward Cummings, Thomas M. League, / Tacob Rudolph, Peter Schildgen, Joseph A. Sheppard. Charles H. Hubbard - ^was--elected without opposition^ to the office of New Trier Township School Trustee, his name appearing on the regular ticket. FATHER OF WILMETTE MAN PASSES AWAY IN CHICAGO Paul H. Hoffman, 4130 Greenview avenue. Chicago, father of Paul A. Hoffman. 1638 -Washington avenue, was buried yesterday afternoon at Forest Home. He died at his home Tuesday morning, April 5. Mr. Hoffman, who was 73 years of age, was a resident of Chicago for 71 Tears. Want a Home? Wilmette is in excellent health and there is a minimum of delinquency and truancy, with few calls for re- lief among the poor, according to the March reoorts of the Visiting Nurse and the Probation Officer, read before the Tuesday evening session of the Village Board. The village, these reports indicate, is to congratulate itself upon its eeneral wellbeing, a situation aided materially by the excellent and de- voted services of these important village officers. "WALK IN," ETC Bids for the "lettering" of office door5=sffib^tyâ„¢w4«aows' submitted by John J. Webber, were reviewed by the Village Board Tuesday eve- ning. The Presidentand Village Manager were empowered to act ra- the matter. officers elected were Mrs. UIKan. D. Northam, vice pres«dent, E. P. Fatcn, secretary and Cwire Hosmer, treas- 933 Linden A** Here is a new one Frank Reid, who specializes in Hubbard Woods and Glencoe real estate, has joine* the ranks of the north shore real estate brokers who are listingtheir offerings in the classified advertise- ment section of th\s paper. If you will read these small ads. every week you may find just the place you are looking for. Then* too, you may find a place for those friends in Chi- cago who^'just Tove the north shore and want you to find a place out here for them. Turn to page 12 of this issue. ____ FOR SALEâ€"IS 250; 7-ROOM HOUSE fn Hubbard Woods; lot 50x200; old house; needs some money spent on it; tine location. Hubbard Woods; Colonial large light rooms; nice $15,000. __A ..^ ^iSfe^aBrgL-J&iftfla^^aast^jgSiffe frame house; garage; Jot $11,500. home. 7 location; PREDICT HEAVY VOTE IN APPROVAL OF ZIPF Paoplo's Ticket, Headed hy Village President, Stands Alone in Field With Filing Time Expired Edward Zipf, President of the Vil- lage of Wilmette, stands unopposed, as a candidate for re-election to the post of chief administrator ot Vil- lage affairs. Time limit' for filing of petitions in the village election ex- pired Monday night, April 4, with the strong Peoples' Ticket, headed by President Zipf, alone in the field. Absolute lack of competition for Village offices appears to indicate silent endorsement of the Zipf ad- ministration by a majority of the voters in the village. There is evi- dence that the electorate approves the business-like management of af- fairs of the past four years and is favorable to continuance of the policies laid down and faithfully ad- hered to by the president, his Board of Trustees and assisting officials. Positive expression of approval is expected .on April 19, Village Election Day, when it is thought a represent- ative^omplimentary ballot will be re^VnrnaT ^ gistered as an instrument of en- couragement to the officials who have worked tirelessly and without mone- tary compensation in the interests of Village advancement. COMMUNITY CENTER PLAN TABS SHAPE Prepare For Definite Action In Near Future; Enlist Support off Rep- resentative Leaders Representative Wilmette leaders, . men and women who have assumed fort«M«P1ttir the responsibilities and the.arduous e chances off tasks to Community Betterment work whether in church or club, social or official circles, will be enlisted in the approaching great drive to provide Wilmette with a modern, completely equipped Community Center. The movement, started two years ago by the Wilmette Woman's club, has now assumed the proportions of a village-wide enterprise and the sponsors are prepared to commit the task of-^futureâ€"developmeiitof^ih* Community idea to the town as a whole. In the near future an expert will appear at an opening meeting here to outline feasible methods of procedure in a campaign to interest every res- ident of the-jrillage in some type ot permanent Community enterprise which will reach every person in Wil- mette. Plans will be discussed with the view of getting organizations and individuals solidly behlria^some con- certed movement looking toward the ultimate goal, > a great Community Center. The present Community- House at Wilmette and Park avenues, purchas- ed for the village by the Wilmette Woman's club, is entirely inade- quate for the Heeds of the commun- ity. It represents what its sponsors feel certain is the nucleus of that crreater Community Center of the futureâ€"of the very near future, it is honed. Meanwhile the women are working diligently, bent upon securing uni- versal interest in the stupendous pro- ject and more definite plans will be ripe for announcement within a short ^im FRESH FISH ON FREE LIST AT RENNECKAR'S NEXT WEEK The Renrieckar Drug Company witl be converted into a temporary aquarium next week, what with a host of gold fish swimming about, in globes, to be sure, a fish to a globe or a Hobe to^-fishj-as you please. • The fish are to be utilized as an in- ducement in a special sale of toilet articles under the interesting ar- rangement "a fish and a globe" with every purchase of certain stipulation. 7-room 50x150; Hubbard' Woods. 8-ropm ^»ro« j|°Jise; modern and up-to-datei 5 bed room i 2 baths; garage Winnetka. Indian west; EnglHh bedrooms; * ing porches; $17,500. Hill section; south brick and stucco; 5 bath rooms; t sleep- large sun porch; at- tached f»rage;bargainj 125.000. FRANK A. REID Hnbbard Woods THE "MORNING REPORT" friends interested in American Legion affairs, local, stalO and national, will he in- terested in the "Morning Re- port* column appearing sack w«k in The Lake Shore News, edited hy the Wilmette Post ad- to the interests off the ssident for the ensuing year. Other urer. Winnetka 1200 . GREAT AMERICAN BOY MADE AT ARDEN SHORE Mrs. Lillian C. Clark Tells What North Shorn Camp Does , For Gamins of the Tenement Districts "DEAD GUYS" ARE REVIVED Under-nourishod, Sickly and Frail Youths Converted Into Healthy, Alert Workers "Turning gamins into healthy, hap- py, normal American lads is our win- ter work and the close of the second season of this effort shows a distinct gain in results." The speaker was Mrs. Lillian Craig Clark, director of nutritional work at Arden Shore, who is one of the efficient and energetic staff at the Lake Bluff camp. "When these fourteen-year old boys come to us from the tenement districts of Chicago they are not only under-nourished, sickly and frail but spiritualty they "grig about as indicates. "While many are 'dead guys', as their companions characterize them because they are inert, ambitionlcss, worn out mentally with the ceaseless struggle for existence among sur- roundings where only the fittest can survive, there are a number of 'tough guys' whose unquenchedspirits have merely been misdirected and who are 'hard boiled', in their own jargon, simply because they have*built this shell around themselves as a defense from cruelty, oppression and greed of their daily life. Human Sympathy Cure "Under the influence of care and warm human sympathy ♦Vie jpnllw.L,.^ etic and rough boys ar* led step by step to realize that they are indi- viduals, self-respecting and with full social rights, instead Of oppressed, robbed and cuffed by what they have hitherto thought their fate. "?1>.fn heing suHenrngly, grouchy and distrustful, they are so changed that when they leave the camp restor- ed to physical normality their faces are bright, their shoulders squared and they look one directly in the eye. They are straightforward tittle Am- ericans, self-possessed and fated for the work they are so anxious to start. "And, because of this physical re- storation and the accompanying spir- itual regeneration they get better jobs and they hold them better than they could ever have hoped to do without the camp training. A Case in Point "This week we are sending home a restored lad whose mother died last Christmas*. Alth 35 there were t eldest* a brave gl had the care off alone for several father has been i help in that hous ed. He is fit to t she was onty ren. The eighteen, has brood almost iths as the ISpital. James' no badly need- le share of the family burden off ways and means. He is 'over the top' physically and his spirit is unconquerable. He will win. A sub-normal dullard it an optimist- ic, self-confident tad with his foot on the threshold of American busi- ness. "If millions.are spent in this coun- try every year for the breeding, care and improvement of horses, cattle, hogs and dogs, how keen should be the interest among the people of the north shore in Arden Shore where humans receive such tremendously valuable help." SCHOOL BAND IN CONCERT BEFORE PARENTS MONDAY Strains of the new Central school band will open the April meeting of the Parent-Teacher association on the evening of Monday, April It, at 8 o'clock. The occasion marks the initial appearance of the band which has been engaged in strenuous re- hearsals for several weeks under di- rection of Mr. Schumacher of New Trier Township High school. Augmenting the band concert will be several violin selections by Glenn Cotton, Director of Music at New Trier High school, will talk. Mothers of the third grade pupils will serve refreshments. BURTON EDWARD OFFNER iKr. and Mrs. Otto E. Offner. 2tS Doyle court, announce the birth of a son. Burton Edward, on Thursday, April 7. ^â- sa