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April 22, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE 3 ·PORTER W. HEAPS TO GIVE VESPER CONCERT Noted Organist to Be Assisted on Sunday Program by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hanson (Contributed) The cover of this week's · issue o\ \Vru.11~rn: Ln·~ presents to the public the likeness of one of the young men engaged in our village life of whom ·we arc all justly proud and from whom this community may expect great things. Porter Warrington Heaps, \vho is to g-ive the closing recital at the Baptist church in its 1926-27 series of Vesper concerts. Sunday, April 24, has been for more than a year the organist of the First Congregational church of \Vilmctt e. Prior to that t ime he was for :omc Years the organist of the \Vilm ette Parish ~1 ethodist Episcopal church. ~1 us ic lover s on t h c north s hor c wilt he glad of this opportunity to hear l1im in hi "i first recital since hi s name hac;; risen among the notables in the world of organ music. In the recent national interstate studen t organ contest conducted by the National Federation nf ~fusic cluhs, under the auspices of the Scc;;oui-centennial Music committee of Philadelphia, Mr. Heaps first won the state contest for the entire state of Illinois. Then, in competition with r epresentatives of the states of Illinoic;, \Visconsin, Iowa and Minnesota he was again placed first, 'thus having th e honor of representing this district at Philadelphia. On Kovemhcr 2. in a contrst h eld at the Calvary Prc shYt crian church in Philadelnhia. in which representatives of nine differ ent districts of the United States appeared. Mr. H l'aps again received fir st a ward. ~f r. Heaps is a senior in the Northwestern UniYersitv Scl10ol of ~fusic, and i~ a pupil or"StanlcY 'Ma rtin. head of t hr organ departmPnt. He i. · also president of the student council nf thf' music school. and is a m cmhe r of Sinfonia. honorary music fraternity. SYMPHONY SOLOIST Seventh Concert, April 25 WD.MEM WOMAN HAS Agnes Bodholdt Conover, Pianist, Will _'_'R_u_th--th_e_L_o_ya_l'_'__. IMPORTANT PLAY ROLE I Be Soloist at little Symphony's Appearing as soloist with the Little Symphony orchestra of Chicago next Moqday night will be Agnes Bodholdt Conover, pianist. This will be the la st concert of seven in the 1926-27 season, to be conducted by George Dasdi. The hour is 8:15 o'clock at the New Trier high school auditorium. This is the fifth season that the New Trier Township Orchestral association, with the co-operation of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette and Winnetka, has sponsored concerts. The program is to be: Overturf>, "In Spring·" (Opus 3fl) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldmark !"rom Symphony Xo. 1, E Flat Major Opus 26, ' "ThE> Ru~tic \Y rlcling" ..... Goldmark Fourth 1\ro\'l·nwnt: "In the Garden." roncc·rt? ~o. 1, B Flat :\Iinor, Opus 23, for P1ano and Orchestra TsC'haikowsky A llt, gn, non troppe f' molto maestosoAllrgTo con spirito Andantino sr·mplice A Il<·grn C'On fuoco IXTERl\llS£HOX Mrs. Paul S. Perry to Appear in "The Detour" Coming Production of Theatre Guild . \ Vilmette will be represented in "The Detour," the season's last production by the North Shore Theater guiJ~, by Mrs. Paul S. Perry, well known member of Wilmette's younger ·set, whose recent dramatic activities ;nclude the leading part in "Spirals," ·"e first Playshop production this year. Mrs. Perry will be seen here in the part of Dora Lamont, an artist's wife, · when the guild play comes to the Ouilmette Country club on May 2, as part of it3 quarter-yearly itinerary. Others in the cast are Mrs. Taliaferro Milton, C. ]. Eastman, Marga.ret De Lay, and Gordon Van Kirk, of \Vinnetka; Jame s Wetheratl, Malcolm Smith and Jack Leimert, of Evanston; 1.nd Moncure Paynter, of Glencoe. r -iuitt·, "Fnm1 tile South" ....... . Nicode Andalusicnne :\l oorish DanN· Song In tlH· 'l'axern Choose to Suit Parts In selecting this cast, the guild has adhered to its policy of choosing peonle to suit parts from the best talent the north shore offers, as demonstratl"d in the sho ws of othe.r organizations. It a'Iso aims to give these players a chance to act often enough to derive permanent benefit from the experi" nce . To date, one hundred anci eighty people have appeared in Theater guild productions, a summary made after the last performance of "Ariadne" proved. One hundred and twentyseven have appeared once, one has ~npeared twelve times: three, seven times ; two. six times ; three, five : six, 'our: Twelve, three times; and thirty Superintendent E. L. Nygaard of J,ave appeared twice. It is an unusual the Joseph Scars school addressed a record among the little theater organijoint meeting ·o f the Central- Laurel and zations of this country. the Logan-Howard Parent-Teacher asUniversal Theme In "The Detour," Owen Davis, one sociations and the Art league, held in t :mc winner of the Pulitzer prize for the Howard . school gymnasium last Monday afternoon, utron creative arts. the best play of the year, fOllows a Mr. Nygaard brought v.-ith him a col- very fundamental and universal theme. lection of paintings b~· Ghicago artists Tt .js t~e story of a mother who, in her and several pieces of sculpt ur e. This ):om1ger days, had the ambition to becollection will remain on exhibition for come a great painter. Headed for a two weeks and the pub lic i · invited to' brilliant career as an artist of unusual merit, she fell in love and gave up the view them at any time. caree r for ' marriage. Her husband An additional feature of the afternoon's program was the pre-;entation to prove s unworthy of h er, and as their the public schools of a decorative tile daughter grows to "romanhood, the fountain, by the Art league. The mother plans to live again in h er: to fountain has been placed on the east rea lize through her the ambition that wall of the Social hall of the Howard was thwarted. From here the play school and makes an attractive addi- unrolls in an entirely unexpected manner, and furnishes a novel solution to tion to the school's equipment. an old problem. "The Detour" is schedu led as follows: \Voman's club, Highland Park, April 27: Durant hall, L~ ke Fnrest, Apri l 2R: Jane Kuppenheimer MemCommande r Rufus King of 727 Cenorial hall, Skokie school, Winnetka, tral avenue will leave the latter part Ap.r il 29' and 30: Guilmette Country of next ·w eek for New York. He will club. \ Vilm ette. Mav 2: an rl \Voma n's go aboard the S. S. Lamson. which he will command. The ship is the division club of Evanston ot~ ~fay 3 and 4. I The lead in the play, "Ruth the 1 a) "Tamhourin C'hinois" ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kreisler-Dasch Loyal," which is to be presented this ' h) "t :ondolit·ra·· .......... Ri es-Dasch en~ning in the auditorium of the vVil· ··) "~p:1 ni~h l>ance" .. Granados-Dasch mette Baptist church by the dramatic \l:lrvll, ·'Pomp and CiJ·cum~tanct: " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l ·~Jg·a r group of the F. A. S. society, will be taken py Mrs. Paul S. Perry. The pro\4 ram promises to be unusually interes ting and a cordial invitation has been extended to the entire community to attend it. There They're Up; Now They're ·Down; Doc Says Measles One hundred and forty cases of meas le s have been reported to the local health department since January 1 according to Dr . E. E. Moore, h~alth commissioner. During this period the health department and school nurses haYe been engaged in piaying a modified form of the old game · "Button, 1Hltton. \\' ho has the button?" Ii1 'this instance, hm\' CYer, it ha s been "Me;tsle s. mea sle s. who 's next on the mea·de~ E. L. Nygaard Talks to P. T. A. and Art League ?" To Studv in Paris The prize of $500 a\\'arded at Philadclnhia thi s past summer Mr. Heaps will u se this summer in study with Dunre in Paris. He has alreadv studied in Boston and ~cw York as well as at Xortlnvrstern universi ty. Mr. Heap s .is not on lv an organist hut in his capacity at the Congregational chnrrh. is also director of the Young Pco.p lc's choir. The soloists who will assist in the prog-ram arc Mrs . Agnes A llch in Hanso n. soprano. and Harold T. Hanson. bariton e. oi F.\·anston. c:reat favorites in that cit,· for th e ir wo.r k in the singing of . acrrcl duet s. · The · Program The program for next Sunday afternoon is as follows: A Jh-grC! non t roppo ('nnCt'1'1 Pi PC't' ~o. 2 "' · I "Whnt H:t.\' 1' 1 to oo 'Vith Thee," ('l'hC' \Vid ow and th Proplwt from Elijah l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn ::\Tt·. nno 1\fr!'l. Hanson Prrlud 0 and Fmntf' in n 1\linor . ... nupre Andantt' Cantabil (Fourth Symphony) .......... . ....................... V'lidor :\f. H NlnS Low Di\'init'. All Lo\'(~ Excrlling (Daught r r of .Jaint~) ................ Stahwr :\Tr. and :'.Tr~. Hanson Will o' thl' Whi~p ..... ...... .... .. Nevin Thr Hl' ll s of St. A nn e de Beaupre, Russ<>ll Thr Ride of the Vnlk~·ries ....... Wagner -:\1:r: Hea11s molto m:tC'~Io~o.... ...... .. Parkt ·r Fifth Ot·g-an Con('C'l't() .. .... ... .. llandl'l :\fr. Heaps l' For some time the disease was confined to the La.u rel school district, but :n the last two. months it has bern making the rounds of all of the local schoo ls and as fast as it was stamped out in one place would suddenh· bob up in another. \Vhile it has t{ot, at any time, assumed epidemic proportions, the disea se has maintained a .;teady rate of contraction and has been ~oo prevalent throughout the vi llage ' ::>r the peace of mind of those \\'atching over the kiddies. It is hoped that it will soon be stamped out. Scarlet Fever has been the most disturbing clement from a contagious standp_ oitH, i.n the community. \Vhile measles cases \vere at a 11 times confined to some particular district, Scarlet Fever cases ·w ere reported from all sect ion s of the yi llage at once; seve ral times in alarming numbers. During the month of February, 26 cases were lca.der of a scouting fleet, division 27, reported, while in March, 19 cases in the Atlantic ocean. made their apprarance. Onh· a few His son, Charl es King, and :Mrs. W. cases of other disea ses haYc ·been re- ]. Crosby, will leave at the same time porte d. to make their home in New Haven, Conn. Charles :will enter the Rectory school at Pomfret, Conn., in the fall. Commander King attended the Easter parade and review at St . .T ohu's eatro del go Issue Military academy last week-end. Pages 41 to 53, inclu sive, of this Commander King Directs Atlantic Scouting Fleet David Nelson Elected Rotary Club President David Ne ls o n. of the Nelso n Laundry company, ha:s been elected president of the \Vilmette Rotary cluh. Mr. Ne t. on was \'ire-president the club during the club year which is now drawing to a close. Mr. Nelson succeeds th e Rev. Stephen A. · Lloyd. Elected to serve as officers with Mr. Nelson, were D . E. Allen, Jr .. vicepresident; William D. Leary, treasurer; F. ]. Budinger, secretary, and Lawrence ]. Schildgen, se r geant-at· arms. Several m e mhers of the Wilmette club are attending the conference of the Fortieth district of Rotary International in session today at Kankakee. The new officers of the club witt not be installed until ear)y in July. of T La All arc cordiallv welcome to this Vesper concert. The church doors will be open at 3 :30 o'clock. Charles A. Lundberg, Jr. of 1538 Walnut avenue, left Tuesday for Champaign, where he is attending the University of Illinois.- He spent his Easter vacation at home. iss ue of \Vrr. :M~'J'TE: LIFe contain a wealth of inte.r esting information concerning Teatro del Lago, the Spanish type motion picture palace located in "No Man's Land," at Sheridan road and Tenth street. The doors of Teatro del Lago witl open Saturday evening, April 24, with the film drama "Afraid to Love," starring Florence Vidor, as the introductory feature. To Hold Reception and Banquet for New Members A reception and banquet for members affiliated with the First Congregational church of Wilmette. will be given at the church, Wednesday evening, April 27 at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. H. H. Riggs, formerly president of the Am erican university at Beirut, Syria, wilt be the speaker.