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18 WILMETTE LIFE June 24, 1927 Build for Fire Safety, Wilmette Fire Chief Urges In revi ewing measures no w heing taken hy the Int ernational Association of Fire Chiefs to combat the appalling loss oi life and property by fire in the United Statt·s. Fire Chief Vv a Iter Zihble of \VilnH:tte, points out that one of the mo st effective ways to reduce the fire: danger is to give such building:- :a . wt erect th e highest degree of inco mbu stibility. "It would be impractical, of cour se , to build an all -fin:proof structure," Chief Zibhlc.: continues. "]n a residence of thi .. nature: the bed s would have to h~ ~tn· l or concrete slab s and furniture " o nld ha ,.e to he o f a sim ilar mat eri al. There could be no drape ri~s. rugs. linen and clothing . But it never i. " impractical t : :> construct a building a s fire -saie a s is cou1patihlc with com i o rt. "Take the an:ragc frame house · as an exampl~:. \\"hen the wo od frame is covered with a sheathing of wood, anrl this i·n turn is covered with wood siding; and when th e lath under the plaster and the :--hingle:5 on the roof arc oi wo::>d you have a highly combustible, conflagration-breeding type of construction-one that would put surrounding structures in jeopardy if a fire should break o ut. particularly if there were a high " ·ind blowing. For a high witH! would carry burning cnl bers to adjoining r::>of s and scatter · spark s far and wid{'. "But it i!' pwhahly a long way off hefort· \\"(Jod frame ho use s will he al togeth er ahandone rl. particularly sin ce the dcv e lupmen t <,f m od ern building materi a ls ha!' re sulted in a protect ed type oi w c,od c::>n stru cti on that retain .; all th e g uod i<:aturts of the atl -\\'O ()(I hou se. "Jn buildin g :o- uch a firt: -pro t ec tcd ,,·ood hon :-. c: tht· \\"(l(ld frame is er ect ed in t hl' rt·gHiar 111annt·r. But in ste a d of a :-.h l·at hing d \\"O::>d h e ing a ppli ed o Yer th e irame a n incomhu . ; tihle typ·: of sheathing i ~ n n w uq·d. This prn tect-; tlw frame irolll rhe out side . T n prntt:rt it irun1 the in .; ick a metal nr rock la tl1 i~ tt :-- l'cl in plact of wood lath. \\"ith a r ::>o f-con:ring of ashe ..;tos c1r lltht·r fin:-rtsi . ; ti\·c material, a house :-- o built JHI:-...; es..;c:-; a s high a degn·e oi protection from fir e a s 1, pos ~ ihk in a iramt :--tructurc ." ..,., Your Best Investment for a Happy Sunday: COME TO CHURCH FIRST .~ J'.'l l <~ 'f "l J \~ !!, I J :~ \ .l The Church Is Christianity Organized for Service. It . Blesses the Entire Community. ;,.. , YOU NEED THE CHURCH "THE CHURCH NEEDS YOU Services Every Sunday Throughout the Summer at 11 A. M. ·········· ·········· "'I ....., ' Directory of Churches: fbe Farst Presbyterian Church Ninth Street and Grunleaf Avenue Rev. George P. Magill Wheaton Garden Club in Annual Flower Show Th e \Vlwaton Garden club will hole! its Third Annu a 1 Flower Show toda,· at thr Episco tJal Gtiild hall from 2 o'clock in t ht afternoon until 10 o'clock in tht· tvening. Th e cunnnit te e is making several Ill novation s in thi s year's program in asmuch ;, " the show has developcci into a serious civic project rather than a spectacular flower display . The club is seriously trving to help raise horti cultural standards in its vicinitv and to encourage the stuclv of landscape architectnrt · as applied to the small g-arden. 'f.h,., space that has hitherto been d e vot<:<l to table arranl!rments will be, given ~ver to a competition for nerfrction in flowers. ancl the stage of the h<lll which has forme.rlv been arranged as a pleasant p-arden corner will he devoted to a serious architectural examPle of a terraced formal garden. Thf> emphasis will be placed not on floral he~ut,·. hut on the proper principles of la.n dsca1)e gardening. There is no garden club in this part of the country working with a more serious purpose than the vVheaton club, at.l d it is hoped there will be a large attendance of people who are interested. St. Augustine's EpiscopcJ Church 1140 Wilmette Avenue Rev. H uhert Carleton The w-dmette· Baptist Church Forest and Wilmette A venues Rev. Franci· C. Stiller St. John's Lutheran Church Wilmette and Park Avenues Rev. Herman W. Meyer Wilmette English Lutheran Church Greenluf Avrnur and Srventb Strrrt The F~rst Methodist Church· Lake and Wilmeur Avrnurs Rev. Horace G. Smith Farst Congregational Church Lake and Wilmette Avenues Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd PublUhed by the Interchurch Advertising Committee, Wilmette Church Federation -.J