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WILMETTE YOL. XVI, NO. 31 WILMETTE. ILLINOIS. APRIL 29. 1927 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS l'ttblishetl weekly by Lloyd Holliste?', Inc., 1!22 Oentral A.ve., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second class matter Mm·ch H, 1914, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, under the Act of Mct1'ch 3, 1819. Subsc1·iptio~t p1·ice U.OO a year. Lusk Is Knighted MAIN STREET PROJECT FAVOR ALLEY PAVING Milan SEEK MEN'S VIEWPOINT by Monarch of Roumania of Local Improvements Acts INCITES VERBAL JOUST Board ON SERVICE OF CHURCHMtlan Lusk, violinist and resident of Favorably on Projects in Various Wilmette, has been given the honor Sections of Village In the public hearings held before the Village Board of Local Improvemcnts last Tuesday evening, seve n . Xot the slightest vestige of a cloud I petitions for alley paving were :1pileckcd the municipal firmament as the proved \dth minor changes and fur\Vilmette Village board of local im. .' .. , . . ' ... pro\'ements was -called to order bv thcr cons1deratton of one other pe ctPr:esident Earl E. Orner in the firs-t tion deferred until a later meeting of post-election session at the Village hall the hoard. on ~1 ay 10. la:-it Tuesday evening. Xot e\·en the The: petition for the paving oi the iaintest of signs warnetl of an im- first alley north of Forest avenue, hepending heated verbal conflict that was tween Eighth and Ninth streets, "·as to bring tl~ audience of more than the first to considered and pa~scd. a hundred citizens to the edge of their chairs in a sudden hush of expectancy. The first alley north of \VashingtOtl ·rt1e mcettnR . convened \Yith all of aYenue. lying between 17th street and . Ridge road also carried withom t I1e trustees 111 their scats and prorl'eded through the regular routine of change. preliminary business. The first probThe project taking in the fir st alley km raised, the openittg of hids on ~wrth of Linden avenue and extending water mains for the Indian Hilt es- from t\intlt street for t\\'o hlocb ,,·e~t tates, was speedily disposed of and was passed. t \\·o bids ordered held over for furThe width oi the paving propos,·d thn consideration at the meeting on for the alley lncakd just to the west ~I ay 3. The letting of the contract of 13th street and south of Elmwood · fm the laying of the mains \\'a s also aYenue. was rcdtked to fourteen feet deit·rrcd to the same date. I upon the reque st of the -residents in County Officials Attend that district and the petition wa s th t:n The hoard then turned its attention appro\'ed. t.o the ~. lain street \\'i~lening- and payThe width of the paYing propo~cu 111g- project upon whtch it has been for the first alleY west of Fifth str<..'ct -,,·orkit;g for some time, . and wl~ich I between Gregor;- 3\'Clltl(: and f:...ahell<l pro\'c~l t_o he the hone ot contcut1on. I street, was incrC'ascd to ten feet from .\t tl11s Jlln_c ture. ~rcsil~en.t Orner i~t- the proposl'd eight iel't · \\·i<lth. '1':1;~ t.roduccd l ounty Comm1sstoners \ 'V1l- ;tlso \\·as appro\·ed. !tam Busse and Oscar \Y. Schmidt, the After an exten,-;iye disctt:"i:->ion, rite lattl'r at on~ time president of the . · f h 1 1 . t1 .. 11 1) 1 k · fl · \rH1 te 1)ropose<. \ 1 ag·.e. ,ot 1 spo ·e hrte y concermng . t 1 (Jt ~. . . pa\'Jng · · .o . t c , thl' rounty's proposed share in the proj- . ft~~t. a~lc~ ..n~r.th of \\ ashmg~?n ~\ rt~t:c n·t and expressed a de sire to hear from het\\et:n Sc:c:nteenth and h.tdgc roa l, the re~idt·nts of \\.'ilmettc as to the ~,·a~ made ~lxtl'en. fn·~ thr:Jugh 1:ut: a:: gt·neral sentiment regarding the pro- mcn·asc ot t\:o It'd 111 nne :'l.'t' 11 811 all(J posed new highway. There ensued a a .decrease ot 1\Yn feet at another plarid discussion of paving \\'idths and pomt. lamp-post positions. The joint paYing project of the ShortlY after the di:-.rus~ion \\'as alle\'s at Hill street and Oak Circle 1·pened. Trustee Clarence E. Dra,·cr car;icd \Yidth t had 1 hcen 1 1after the k tl t arose and asked for the floot· ·. irn- c 1angcc to ma ·c 1e cas 13 1 . 1 ancd \\'CS k 0 a - C1rc l' an mcdiatel _ y launrhin.·r ;t SJ).··ncl t.1 1 of IJt.t- Sl'ctinn het ween !-... ........ · 1 ·1 t<.· r <.)\)\)<Js·t'tiott to tile i>roJ··~c .11. 11 y strel't a ten-foot paYcment am t te " t. ·· ·· action leading to the establishment of nthl'r :-l·ctiun to a )() foot \\'idth . a high speed truck and passcnRcr motor TIH' hearing :l ll the paving oi tit'· road should he· deferred 1111til after it fir~t aile\· so11th of Elm\\·nod an~nue is definitl'ly established what is to he het\n-l·n ·\inth and 'l'l'nth strel'ts was done ahout depression of the Xorth - <h-il'1TL·d t1) ~ra\· 10 because l)f Wl'stcrn tracks." he declared . changts lll<Hh· in the plans which ne"Oepression of the tracks is an cng·in· <·essitatcd another cost estimate to h~· t·cring impossibility," interrupted Pre"- made. ident Orner. "To come out of an elc,·ation into a depression is not possihlc and vou know it." Economy Shop Bulletin :\. -ripple of surprise pas~ccl ~wer the We have quite a stock of a udicnce- to he immediately superceded by a tense silence. "It is possible new goods donated by the and practical," rdurned ~[ r. Drayer Ballard Book Store, which \Ve \Yith fc·rvor. would like to have you exHoffman Takes Hand amine. Tell your friends about "That railroad question," remarked Trustee Hoffman in no nnc('rtain tones, the g.ood piano we have for "was decided last Tuesday and has no sale. Are y.ou needing new place here." A prolonged hurst of towels? Look at our hand a ppla usc greeted this rcmark- conccrn-1 ing the outcome of the recent Village embroidered linen ones. election-then again the <ll'ath-like Mrs. I. R. Adkins, stillness. Chairman. "Completion of the proposed highEditor's ~otl·: Economy Shop is way," continued Trustee Drayer, operated by th~ Wilmette Woman's ·'would render impossible any considerclub in the interest of recognized ation of depression, for it would l'ecescharity .and welfare agencies. (Continued on page 4) President Orner Gavels Down Trustee Drayer in Altercation at Board Session he decoration of Chevalier de la Caroana de Roumania by order o f King Ferdinand i n recogmtton o f his playing at t w o command p e r £- 0 r mances ~b e f 0 r (: Queen : M arie at her summer pal ace in Sinaia. Mr. Lusk received 0 f f icial notice of his R o u m a n ian M·"lan Luak knt'a-htllootl, \"t'tll "' the,., 1 ·11 format 1 011 tl14t the insignia are being sent to the Roumanian embassy at Washington, where ~Ir. Lusk will be officially dec1 orated. In addition to playing for the queen, · ~~ r . Lusk dedicated his composition, "Lady Hamilton \valtz" to Queen ~{arie. J-Iis command concerts were giYen in the summers of 1924 and 1925. Wilmette Baptist Church Ar~ ranges Series of Services Appealing to Men :\ series of evening services ha9 been arranged for the month of May hy the \Vilmctte Baptist church. Witll the close oi the Sunday Evening club, there is a demand for a church service at the evening hour, the officials of tltat church hdieve. The program for the month is built around the org.an'izations of men irr .thl· \'illag-t·. A special invitation has been sent ·o the Optimist and Rotary clubs. to the various fraternal groups and to the members of the \Vilmette Chamber of Commerce. Sunday evening, May 1, the sermon will he delivered by Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd. pastor of the First Congregational church of \Vihnette. He ha~ chosen as his subiect "The Church a1Hl th.e Community Organizations." Send out Questionnaire Re\ Francis C. Stifler. pastor of the Baptist church, has this week addressed a letter to each member of the \\'ilmctte Chamber of Commerc!', in \\'hich he has enclos<.'cl the follow:n!-!' qtte~tionnairt · : I Inaugurate Orner, New Trustees at B d j'ltf M J oar eet ay I . Are you <t Church member? 2. \Vhy did you join the church of ,,·hich You an· a member? 3. r\re you satisfied with the program of t hr churches in Wilmette? -t \Vhat real service. if anv, do vou think c he rlturchcs in \Vil~1ette ·ar·.' giving? 5. \\.!tat " ·ould you su~gest as the' next mon· to . . trengthen the cau-;e nf religion? . o. \\'hat du .\"IHt believe would .r!:'sult frnm a closing nf all the churchrs in \Vilmette? i . \Vhat \\'ould \' 0~1 like . to hear th ~· preachers speak of particularly? Base T alktt. on Replies On the replies of these questions ~f is ext>ectt-d th;1t ·thl' h.trr sermons durin!! tbr month witt be based. On \-fay 8. Dr. George P. Magill o( the Fir..;t Preshvterian church will nreach. On :\[a\; 15. Stifler w:Jf hl' the :'neaker ·and on . May 22, Dr .. Horace G. Smith, pastor of the Wilmettr Parish ~[ ethodist church. \\'ilf ~1n· the address. A \ ' illagc Prtsident, three Village Trustee:"i and a Village Treasurer, all elected to < ·ffice on April l<J. wilt he formali_,. inauuurated Tuesda _ , . eveninu·. r-. "" \1 ay .1. at tht' oubet of the regular meeting oi the \\'ilmctte \'iltage bo:ud. Earl E. Orner. re-elected hv a t\\'~) w unc majority. \\'ill oA1cially .begin his :-econd tt·nn as Yillagt· Pre:-oident. Paul A. Hoffman, village trustee for six ~· ear:-. abo accorded an o,Yerwheltning \·otc oi confidence at the rt'Ct'ilt t'lection. \Yilt hL·gin hi~ fourth term as a tru~tee. Erm·st C. Cazl'l. \\.ilmcttl' lnt:->ines;-; ntall, and Hans YonRcinspcrg. attor nt·,·. HL' w he installed as trustee:"i, the · experienct· lH'ing their fir~t as municipal officials. Harn- \\'. ~liller. il)r 111an\' n :ars \\'ilmette\ Yillage treasurer, \~· ill. simply go through the formality of renc-.\·ing his oath tn continue his faithiul aiHl excellent senice to his hnmc community. There '"ill he a t'e\\' spl'echt·s. llluch applause irom the onrjoycd adherent:; oi the Yery 1H. ' '" hut husky People's party. and tlwre \Yill be floral tokens ~nd a general rousing send-off for \Yilmt'lte's ne\\. municipal personnel, but the ceremonies will he brief, t'or. saYs President Orner, "This is ou~· bus:· season." Mr. E L N P·LAN VICTORY DINNER :\ Victon- dinner in honor of Village ·P resident Earl E. Orner and the othet" ne·wly elected Wilmette officials is to he giYen at Ye Olde Havlofte in Evanston Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8 o'clock. ~[ayor Charles H. Bartlett of E\·anston is to he among the guests of honor. Tlw testiJ11;)Hial dinner is to he l!iven h.\· Frint George, owner of Ye · · ygaar e-e ect e Olde Haylofte. who has been for many' Association Secretary ,·ears a 1wrsonal friend ot President Supt-rintendent E. L. X~·gaard of the Orner. ] osl·ph Sears school was re-elected AID FLOOD SUFFERERS secretan· of the Lake Shore division The \\'ilmctte RotarY club at if.; of the illinois State Teacher's association in the meeting held last Monday luncheon \Yednesday ·of this week at the Evanston High school. .Over voted a contribution of $100 for the' 2.500 educator~ for North Shore edu- relief of Aood sufferers in the Miscational . institutions were in attend- sissippi valley. The .f und will he directed to the Red Cross. ance. dR I d