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August 2j), 1926 WI L M ETTE LIFE 5 Kenilworth Clttb Is Genuine Community (:enterSUBSCRIPTIONS BRING KENILWORTH ITS CLUB Movement Which Brought Pres- . ent Civic Center Dates Back to Days of 1896 On January 4, 1896, ten or fifteen prominent citizens of Kenilworth who " ·ere interested in communit\· affairs got together and organized tl~e Kenil\\·orth club. The group was lead by one of Kenilworth' s enterprising former c1ttzens, Rollin K~yes, who lived at 140 ~f clrose aYenue. He was the fi r~t president to he elected lw the mcmhers.ancl the secretary for the first term \\"as Harrv A. H<;ll, "·ho then lived in the F.cigar Stevens home at 330 ,Ahbottsford road. 1n those earlier clavs' the members l1acl no clubhouse, httt fir st met at their homes. Later, \Yhen the mem·her:-;hip had inrrcased to the extent that it wa s necessarv to have more room for its meeting ·place. the group met-at ,,·hat \\'as known in those davs as the Rahcock school. The Babcock school is a sq uare old building on Cumnor roa d. and the school hell ma\· stilt he seen suspe nded from its hanger on the porch of the structure. Hub of Social-Civic Affairs ·----------------------------------------------·------------~ I N EIGHBORS ISGROUP OF VARIED ACTIVITY In Existence Since 1895 it Has Been the Center «'f Women's. Affairs in Kenilworth. T The first meeting o£ the Keni1worth· Neighbors was held more than a quarter of a century ago at the home of Mrs. Homer Taylor, and was at~ tended by about fifteen women. Mrs. Taylor was the organizer of the club, anrl it was she who gave it the name of "The Neighbors." The first meeting took place on February 15, 1895. i Until the Kenilworth club assembly hall was built in 1907, the Neighbors had no regular meeting place, but met at the homes of the members. In those clays, the club was quite small with less outside interest than it now has. There are twenty-five charter members, of whom only two resident mem~ hers are now living, Mrs. Charles \Vare, who served three terms as president, and whose mother-in-law~ Mrs. ]. M. Ware, was influential in .the founding of The Neighbors, and Mrs. Carolyn 0. Ellsworth. For the first few years, the average attendance Built By Subscription r .i ft' Photo by Lchle at the club meetings was fifteen or six~ \Yh en the need for a clubhouse he ~ituated in its beautiful setting of fore st shade trees and broad expanse of teen and now the roster has reached 247. camr more and more apparent a g-roup 1 b o ff ers an mv1tmg · ·· 1awns at t 1 . 't' 1 T ·< S 1e \·en· gateway to the vt'11 age, t h e K ent·1 wort 1 1 c u n t ct tzens. 1ea(1 e<1 1 >,v . osep 1 1 , ears. . .~ . National Connections thr founder of the Joseph Scars sc hool, ~pectacle to Ytsttors to the communtty that was founded by Joseph Sears and At first the Neighbors were not affiland ~fr. Culbertson, fnr whom the patterned closely dtcr that famous old English ,·illagc in the heart of the iated with any other club, but it now Ct~lhcrtson gymnasiu111 \\·as namr<l. Shakespeare countn~. This club house. built by public subscription, has been has national and international associratsed moneY for the nc\\' structure hv . · . . . · popular . uf>scription. . In 1905. th.e tltc scene of soctal and cn·1c gathenngs for many years, and ts now .t he center ations including the American Woclub of Paris, General · Federah~~ntiiul clubhouse at 21_1 Kc.nilwort_h i u_i all comm.un.ity activity. . ~n addition to the many groups that utilize its. fac.ili- man's tion of Woman's clubs, Illinois Federa' ~ 1:uc ~,· as the rc . nit ot thetr puhl1c t1e s the bmldmg· also provtcles headquarters for the Boy Scout organtzattOn ation, Tenth District Federation, Drasptrl 111tcrcst 1 numerous c 1 'ld ren ·s at 11 · 1 · 1 act1v1t1es. · ·· ma league, Municipal Art league, Civic . . . an( '1'1 te<l K - · · 11 1 et1c an< SoCia 1tng wa s H' enr 1 wort 1 1 c111 1 > 1 m1 1 c Music association and Wild Flower fir~t f)\\'lle d 1l\· the .'\s:-;cmhh· Hall as- 1 Preservation society. soclatton. T]1is or~anization_ rented . Home Garden Club Is The officers for the coming session out the hr111 tor \'artous mcct1ng-s and · are: Mrs. ]. K. Farley, Jr., president; vill ~wc affairs. 'J'hc. Kenil\\'~rt·h c1uh Fast Growtng Group :Mrs. George M. Spangler, vice-presilea~ed the hall tor 1t s meet!nr;s. In ' The Kcnihv(lrth Home and Garden dent; Miss Helen Hepburn, corre1021. th e A-;.;emhh· Hall as.;o,·tatton rc - l 1 · I f · l UStCQ S sponding secretary; Mrs. Walter A. r . I ec1 1 't . 1't t I I 'II" ...1 I (' l1 ) \\·as orgamZC( our \'Cars ago )y 1·11 ci1 11 :' 1 s ng 1 :-; n t 1e >UI <mg-. anu ).f F k Cl . ·1 · . 't fi ·t The Kenil\\'orth Neighbon who arc Knoop, recording secretary; Mrs. Roy since that time. the club ha;; managed I. rs.. ran 1Crr~. :' 10 \\as Is . rs . . . ' . Next year the it a.; their own. · I presHlent. !he cluJ? ts a compar~tn·e- well known for thetr Interest tn the Hulbert, treasurer. Tl K . 11.· · . 1y nc\\' one 111 the vtllag-e as there ts an affairs of the mu sic \\'Orld intend to meetings will be held on Tuesday afternoons instead ot Thursday as has H' ent 1 \\·ort 1 1 -'<'11-! 11 1 )Ors lwlcl thr1r older garden cluh also The first of· ' · mt·ctings at the clnhhou.;c as ·. · 1 Ganten c 1u 1 develop a. mus1c department dunng the been the custom iu previous years. In .. · · · · does . · the c ,,cers ot t1 1e H ome ·an< 1, \ :ll:1ge hoard. A great vartrt~· _Pf in addition to ).frs. Cherr\', were Mrs. approachmg seaso n. Formerly the club September, the year book, announcing <~hatr.; ha\'c taken placr thcrr dunng 1 Charles HO\\'C', president· of th· e club has had a music committee. and it is the program for the sea<;On, will be the t\\' ent~· -one ~·cars. that theT c1 uh- this year, who \Y<.tS formerlv vice-prcsi- affiliated with the Civic ).{usic associa- off the press. !lO II:'C la S leen 111 existence. 1 las. I nar IJara E. Gives Annual Report · t tl l tl . I 1 . .t h I I < ent. anc1 '1' ~' tss .n\.·111, secre- tion. But the committee for the next II~ ru l. lC'ell 1.C SOC irt,. a;H CI\'IC l1) 1 tarV. The following annual report of Mrs. c·t the rommttnlt~·. Keml\\'orth cltth i · . . season plans to spe nd time in the \Vatter A. Knoop, recording secretary danres ha,·c al\\'avs been kno\\·n to he ; The membership of the club was denlopcment of a department of of the Kenihvorth Neighbors, shows a , urre:--srs. and the annual ~C\\" Year's formerly limited to twenty-five, h.11t music. vear of varied and extensive activities:· Fn·. p;ntics a" well as the fctrs durin~ thh~t number has hdec;l i~\creascd . to ~Irs. Amuel B. Spach, chairman of "The Neighbors held thirteen meetings C'hn~tmao:; holi<la\'S arr cnjoved ll\· t trty · to accommo a e tc oTowmg the committee, 1nnounces that there lH·th Young and (,J(t. P!a,·s h· ,. man\· number of garden enthusiasts in the will be a series of musical mornings. during the club year of 1925-1926. difft'rrnt . organizations . . particularh· vill'age. The Home and Garden club There arc to be five of these consist- There were eight regular board meetthno:;e ("i,·rn for charit,·. ha,·e hec>n l!iv- holds its meetings every two weeks ing of a program of papers and music ings and one special meeting. "During the year, eleven active memrn on .the stal!r at tllr hall it being . tlle I at the homes of its members. by club members and other residents 1 bers have been admitted to memberonh· plarc in the village adequat'c for l According- to ).frs. Frank Cherry, of the north shore. ship. t1w presentation of dramatic perform- the purpose of the cluh is to study Among the most interesting of the "The total membership is now 247. ancc·s. Ithe manv phases of gardening, and to programs for next year is the one to Two hundred and twelve are active . . Juliu~ Pete~eon, Presid~nt . enhance· gardens 0f its members. Al- he gi\'Cn in charge of 1frs. Charles l.hc presJCicnt ot tl1c rluh thts ~·car ts 1 though the club is a new one, its de- Ho\vc. It '"ill signalize the one hun- members, one junior member, twentyJullll" Pl'trrson. of 222 Cumberland votees arc ven enthusiastic and in- dredth anniversan· of the death of the nine non-resident members and · five honorary members. street. ~n~ th~ sccn·tar~·. Herl~ert Ta,:- teres ted in the- problems and delights great composer. Beethoven. "The department of Art and Literalor. "htlc t.1c offices of ':1ce-prcs1- of gardening. drnt an(! trrasurf'r, rcspectn·clv. ::tre The second of the series of morning ture held five regular meetings, one hrld In· '\'illi;:~m D. r.Jrnnon and \Viimusicales has been planncy by ?\.frs. tour of the Print rooms at the Art liam r.. Lod"·ick. and R. 0. Berger is Kenilworth Garden Club Ernest Fleischmann and will be given Institute and one tour of the Field Museum, conducted by Mrs. CockerilL auditor. h . R by ).[iss Helen Sears. Has Ent usiasbc oster Music by the Peterborough colony "The ct·epartment of Education arChambP.r Music Group Is The Kenilworth Garden club. dis- will come in for its share of attention, ranged a course of lectures on Current tinguished from the Home ancl Garden as well as ~facDowell music. Another Events, conducted by Mr. R. E. PatPooular in Kenilworth club by its greater age, ""as founded in feature '"hich is certain to prove of tison Kline. "Aside from our regular engaged Kenilworth is ver\' fortunate in hav- 1915 by Mrs. V. K. Spicer, who was its interest to the young mothers in the ing- manY of its residents as members first president. ).{rs. Spicer served in club will be a morning devoted to mu- speakers and artists. we are indebted of thr North Shore Cham her ).f usic that capacity for a period of nine sic in the nursery. SomeoP~ with for our entertainment to Mr. Louis assoctatwn. Th(' association includes years, and Mrs. Rufus B. Stolp ·was experience with young children will Meyers, Miss Helen Sears, Mrs. E. mcmhers from Evanston to Glencoe elected to the office last vear. The present this program. The fifth of the T. Johnson, Mrs. Carl Miner, Charles Clnd is influential in bringing some of other officers for the curret1t year are series is to be a program concerned Baron Fleischmann and Robert S. the best musicians to the north shore Mrs. S. D. Flood, vice-president, and with the development of American Wood, as well as several of our memMrs. Corrady, secretary-treasurer. music. bers." towns. 1 I I Neighbors Plan Series of unique M Orntng · M · [ I 1 1 'I 1 1 I I 1