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The Timely Record of VOL. IX, NO 4. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1921 TWENTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Adopts Community Service Idea SUPT. HARPER SAYS BOND ISSUE CUSTOMARY FOND RAISING PLAN Says Tax Levy for School Building Food is Entirely Insufficient to Provide Funds for Proposed School Building; Explains Finan- cial Status of Schools; Raphes to Statements Made by 5* J* Wordofr The $30,000 which the Wilmette poard of Education will receive next rear for the school building fund will >e insufficient to cover the cost of construction of the proposed new school building here, according to Superintendent J. R. Harper, who re- terates his statement, which appear- id in The Lake Shore News two reeks ago, that the only feasible me- bod of financing the school building imposition is through the floating of I bond issue. "It is the customary thing not only I Wilmette but in every small school istrict in the, state to levy bonds for le erection of school buildings, says [r. Harper in reply to a statement in ist week's issue of The Lake Shore fews made by S. J. Nordorf, 1507 ike avenue( in which Mr. Nordorf .pressed the opinion that tile annual x levy for school building purposes lould provide ample funds for the oposed new building in Wilmette. fj have no desire to enter into a icussion in regard to school mat- s except to present such facts as jm to be necessary to clear up the nation as we go along," says Mr. rper. Tax Levy Lost "I wish therefore to" comment on o items in the article in last week's iws from Mr. S. J. Nordorf. In the t place in regard to the levy for m ioj^ihk^ecar let.roe-say that ha levy was made and filed with F. A. Andrew, Township Treas- r, as we are required to do by It was Mr. Andrew's duty to this with the County Clerk. He so, sending the leyy along with lers by registered mail but it has idently been lost in the County jrk's office. We were quite sur- ised last week to receive a letter >m the County Clerk stating that had no levy on file. Let me as- e the tax payers of Wilmette that luplicate blank has been sent to the nty Clerk's office and that the jal school taxes will appear on ir tax bills for this year. Shows Finance Status "Now in regard to erecting a new :hool building out of current funds, Jr. Nordorf was right in stating^ that from this year's taxes we A3 modestly as they began life to- gether and lived it happily through a half-century, Mr. and Mrs. T. Sla- ter Gillette of 830 Lake avenue, Wed- nesday, observed their 50th wedding anniversary, quietly and at home. Mr. Gillette is best known to Wil- mette residents as a judge and clerk of elections, whose hobby is amateur photography. Pressed by a representative of the Lake Shore News for a story of his life, Mr. Gillette proceeded modestly after this manner. "I came to Chicago in 1852 and at the time of the Chicago fire was a billing clerk for the American Ex- press company. Immediately after the fire I went to Camp Point, 111., •siu iv wtvi ».« *.ww«~„ ~. - â€"o~ where Mrs. Gillette and I were mar- school building at this time, one-oL rfod on November ffi-lo^L school children, the Board of Edu- cation, through Superintendent Har- per, has explained in The Lake Shore News that adequate facilities to ac- comodate the school children could be brought about only through the erection, within another year, of a new four or five room school build- ing, preferably adjoining, or near, the present Logan school at Central and Prairie avenues. Many residents of the village are said to favor the erection of a larger not less than eight rooms, and the suggestion has gone forth that Wil- mette might emulate* Winnetka in securing a modern school structure by public subscription. Wilmette Generous To the Red Cro$$ Village Contributes $1,021.51 in An- anal Roll Call; Woman's Club Praised by Chairman Wilmette not only exceeded its quota in the annualâ€"Redâ€"Cross^ Roll Call fund campaign which terminated on Thanksgiving day, but passed its 1920 contribution by $297.91, accord- ing to the final report submitted this week by campaign chairman Rob. W. Webber: Wilmette*s~tdta1 contribu* tion in the Fifth Roll Call was $1,021- 51. The total for 1920 was $723.60. The report by stations was as fol- lows: Mrs. C. N. Reese, Elevated station, $274.14. Mrs. J. J. Siddall, schools, $172.10. Mrs. E. P. Bartlett, First Nation- al Bank, $151.32. . Mrs. R. W. Webber, C. and N. W. station, $139.50. Mrs. M. J. O'Brien, Wilmette State Bank, $122.75. . . Mrs. G. L. Emrich, Renneckar Drug Co., $87.45. . Miss Margery Stewart, Cafeteria, $63.00. ^ Mrs. M. H. West, North Shore Elec trie station, $1125. Of the total collected, stations in iting that cnarge of Wilmette Woman's club iroiu tins t i c^v v. shall se-' worj(ers contributed $759.26, anevi- cure about $30,000 for the Building jence of the excellent work of the Fund. Let us see how this money organization. must be spent and how much would "Without the wliole-hearted and ac- be left for building purposes. It is tjve support of the Wilmette Wo- the customary thing not only in Wil- man»s ci„b the drive could not have mette but in every small district in been the SUCcess it was, declared the state to levy bonds for the erec- I chairman Webber. tion. of school buildings. This is due)------------------------ .to the fact that the amount raised WHAT 0F THE FUTURE? Tor buiiaihg-purposes in any one year I «oUE BEAUTIFUL PLACE! is not sufficient to erect a building I 8W",i W* of any size. In a large district such as Chicago it is possible to erect sev- eral buildings out of current funds so that ah issue of bonds is not neces- sary. Wilmette has followed the usual custom in the erection of the present buildings so that we have out- standing $76,000 worth of bonds. This is not a large amount when we con- sider the fact that our school build- inge were valued recently by a rep- resentative'of the insurance compa- nies at $285,000. This is irrespec- tive of the school grounds. These bonds are being retired at the pres- ent rate of $6,000 a year. This with the interest on the bonds will require $10,000 of the $30,000. Then the up- keep of our buildings in the way of insurance, repairs, etc., conies out of this fund consuming several thousand dollars more. Finally any new equip- ment in the way of desks or chairs comes from this fund. So that not a great amount is left for building Purposes. Certainly not ^pnough to erect a $60,000 building and there is no way of carrying the indebtedness forward for payment in the future "Tears-except by issuing bonds.** |I New West Side School Because of the present overcrowd- ed condition in the public school, woupht about by the fast increasing Population of the village and the consequent increase in the number of Fifty Year* Of Wedded Life /* """" Joy Of Gillette* "Shortly after out marriage we went to Keokuk, Iowa, where I ac- cepted a position as superintendent of telegraph and master of transpor- tation of the Mississippi Valley and Western railroad. "When that railroad was taken ov- er by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad we returned to Chi- cago in 1881 where I entered the ser- vice of the Western Union Telegraph company and, twenty years ago, be- came associated with the Postal Tel- egraph company and am still on its roll. "Mrs. Gillette and I came to Wil- mette about twenty years ago. There was one concrete sidewalk in the vil- lage at that time and one of the prin- cipal pastimes was fern and wild- flower picking in our 'forests'. The village has developed with almost miraculous rapidity since that time." C. W. LASHER STRICKEN WHILE LEAVING. A TRAIN Funeral services for Charles W« Lasher, 124 Laurel avenue, who pas^ sed away suddenly Saturday after- noon, November 26, were held from the residence Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. ,. â-  Mr. Lasher passed away shortly af- ter he had left an elevated train at the Linden avenue terminal station. Mr. Lasher was 76 years of age and came to Chicago as a boy from New York state. He was for many years a prominent resident of Evanston, coming to Wilmette a few years ago. He was affiliated with the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Evan ston, and at one time served on «« board of directors. , He is survived by the widow and four children, Charles W. Lasher Jr., Clayton Sanford Lasher, and Miss Ruth Lasher of Wilmette, and Mrs. Herbert Boice of La Grange. AN IMPORTANT MEETING A committee of Wilmette engineers, who, a year ago called a meeting at which Major Burt and Mr. Schetden- helm spoke concerning the Wilmette Plan commission, is planning a_meet- ine for Tuesday evening, December 13 at Brown's hall. While the sub WILHEnE CITIZENS EFFECT COMMUNITY SERVICE PLANS 1 Representatives of Various Organizations and Groups, Schools and Churches, Formulate Community Service Committee in Moating at Village Hall; John R. Cochran Named Chairman; Complete Organization Next Week Wilmette Tuesday evening of this week found itself as a genuine com- munity when, at the summons of Mrs. John C. Mannerud, president of the W'ilmette Woman's club, about sixty representative citizens of the village gathered in the assembly room of the Village hall, discussed plans for pro- viding adequate recreational and so- cial facilities for the village, insti- tuted a Community Service com- mittee as a beginning of the de- velopment of community activities after the plan outlined last summer by C. H. English, recreation specialist of Community Service, Incorporated, New York City. Ceshran Named Chairman John R. Cochran was elected chair- man of the_new community organiza- tion, HerhertHB. Mulford, vice chair- man, Mrs. Charles N. Hurlbut, secre- tary and Fred A. Smith, treasurer. Members of the Board of Directors including representatives of civic, so- cial and fraternal organizations, schools and churches, in fact of every community activity in the village and augmented by several other leading citizens, were announced as follows: Board of Dirtceors B. N. Cox, Methodist church. G. M. Hubbard, St. Augustine's Episcopal church. R. D. Burtner, First Congrega- tional churchr . Charles B. Brandt, English Luth- eran church. J. F. Byrnes, St. Francis Xavier church. _„_:______ Miss Casey, First Church of Christ. Scientist Robert Stoddard. Mrs. Louis W. Crush, Catholic Woman's club. Mrs. Charles N. Hurlbut, Wil- mette Woman's club. M.E.Barker Opens New Subdivision1 Mrs. Frank Scheidenhelm, Wil- mette Woman's club. P. M. Bingham, Library Board. Mrs. A. J. Taylor, Eastern Star. Hayes McKinney, Masonic or- der. McClure, . Sunday Knapp, Ouilmette Ouilmette Property Between Third .Street and Channel, Linden and Greenleaf Avenues now Selling Tie "Village Beautiful," as con- ceived by the Wilmette Plan Commis- () sison, appeared on paper Monday^. ct and speakers for the evening •v»nimr when the commission met at . t b n ann0unced the corn- evening when the commission the Village hall. Laid before the commissioners was an artists con- ception of the S^i&M* worked out in accordance with sug- gestions made by the commission. The Wilmette of the future, a glance at the artist's revelation will tell one, is to have a great stadium, or "bowl," where all manner of pag- eants, athletic events, e^£*&$ staeed; this .a memorial to Wil- rnette's war heroes. â-  Also there ap- pears a beautiful "Mall" for the WBut,5one never can tell. Stranger things, etc_________;_______ CENTRAL SCHOOL P. T. A Glen Halick, violinist, will give a recital Tuesday af!ernT;h?CCentral 6 before the meeting of the Central school Parent-Teacher association in tne Byron C. Stolp auditorium. The meeting is called for 3 o'cock Mo- thers of the seventh grade children in he school will serve refreshments __^^~ Mrs. Edward Elmer Beal^of De- troit. Mich., is the guest of >rs. CharWVwanner, 629 Central ave- nue. have not been announced the com mittee promises the topic will be of interest to every resident of Wil- mette. ARE YOU LONESOME ? That i* the question, put to ev- ery resident of Wilmette in the church advertisement^ en Page 10 of thi» issue of The Lake Shore New*. The question is P«t by the minister* of She various church - e* which subscribe to the com- mon Church aavertisement. If you are lonesome and seek comp.nion.hip and friends in the Tillage, the paster, ask -eu to call them otf-tne tele- phone. Tlio pastors wisk to welcome you into the commu- nity which, they emphmme* is friendly, warm-hearted and de- ekeus that yeo outer mto its life and activities. If you are leeesome, you J"" be interested in the advert»se- ment on 'Page It- One of the largest subdivision open- ings in Wilmette in several years was projected Thursday of this week by M. E. Barker and company, realtors. The property includes blocks 5 and 15 of the Lake Shore Subdivision lo- cated between Third street and the Drainage channel, Linden and Green- leaf avenues. It includes, also, the northeast corner of Fourth street and Linden avenue. -----â-  The new subdivision comprises 19 lots which are now on the market at what is said to be a very reasonable figure. ;"- â€" The property was formerly owned by C. W. Shaver, of Chicago. PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DR. GEORGE F. BUTLER W. Frank Evening club. Byron H. Country club. Frederick Bowes, Country club. G. F. Hellmuth, New Trier Com- mercial association. Paul Hoffman, Wilmette Im- provement association. Mrs. Karl D. King, Central Par- ent-Teacher association. Mrs. D. H. Maxwell, Logan Pat- ent-Teacher association. __ Mrs. William E. Beazley, Logan Tarent-Teacher association. Milton £. Reed, Recreational club. Mrs. Ira A. Jones, Wilmette Le- gion Auxiliary. R. M. Johnston, North Shore Real Estate board. Mrs. J. R. Harper, Art league. A. C. Wenban, Wilmette Village Board. Mrs. M. L. Paterson, Economy Shop. Miss Esther Hoffman, Woman's Club Auxiliary. Henry Fowler, Wilmette Plan Commission. ...... William A. Melchior, Wilmette Engineer's club. . Mrs. C. K. Sanders, Babies' Friendly society. Munroe Cole. Fred A. Smith. Mrs. C. £. Douglas, Drama. George Turner. John R. Cochran. Harry W. Mons. Fred A. Troy. Mrs. John Hoffman, Health Cen- ter. Richard W. Jordan. Herbert B. Mulford. Mrs. John C. Mannerud, Wil- Presbyterian church. Charles D. Heller. George R. Harbaugh, Boy Scout troops. Earl E. Orner. W. B. Ewer, Wilmette Legion Post. Walter Campbell, Wilmette Baptist church. C. Leon Barritt. • Louis K. Gillson. Frank J. Seng. W. C. Shurtleff. William F. BabcoCk. Herbert Weld. E. W. Weber. The Board of DirectorsnjQpponft^~ ed a committee to draft a Const it u- Memorial services for the late Dr. George F. Butler, will be held on the afternoon of December 18, in the First Congregational church of Wil- mette. Co-operating in the service are" Physicians' clubs of the north I shore, the Chicago Press club, White Paper club, Society of Mid-Land Ati- i thors. and the Congregational church of WUmette, of which organizations i Dr. Butler was a member. ' Detailed announcement as to the program and the hour of the service will be given later. â€"â€"------- A CORRECTION Through misinformation The Lake Shore News last week stated that an automobile belonging to Dr. Lester E. Mee, struck a woman pedestrian at Wilmette and Central avenues. The facts are that a woman driver crashed hTto Dr. Mee's car which was parked near the intersection. The Lake Shore News regrets the error. tion and~By^lawsrnaming-Rr-Hi-Burt^ ner as the chairman.- This commit- tee was instructed to report at a meeting of the Board of Directors Tuesday evening, December 6, at the Village hall. Following the adoption of the Con- stitution and By-laws five members will be appointed to serve with the of- ficers as an Executive committee ot nine members. The members will probably be chairmen of various definite activities the Community Ser- vice committee' will sponsor in the immediate future. Offers Suggestions Timely suggestions as to the most effective plan of organization were made before the meeting Tuesday by Harry L. Alien, representative of Community Service Incorporated for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Activities to be undertaken by the Community Service committee can- not be stated definitely at this time, but it is practically certain that the new organization will follow through a definite program to develop certain activities now extant in the village. The completion of a permanent and smoothly working organization is considered the first and imperative need of the Community Service com- mittee. Ai