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I WILMETTE VOL. XVII, NO. 43 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JULY 20, 1928 Published weekl21 by Lloyd Hollister Inc., l!U-1!36 CentraZ Ave., W"mette, lllinoi8. .Entered aa second cZa3a matter March 13, 19!.f, at the po3t o/ftce at Wilmette, Illinois, under the Act of Jlarch &, 1819. 8ub·oriptwn price U.OO a year. L ·I FE PRICE _ FIVE CENTS WILMmE LAUNCHEs PO'PULARITY ·coNTEST WHEELOCK RETIRES Juclaon F. St_,ne Becomes His Successor aa New President of Wilmette State Bank Thirty-four Young People Enter Steam shovels began ex<;avating on Members and Guests Dine, Dance and Enjoy Evming of EnterEarly for Village-Wide S. A. \Vheelock, president of the Monday morning for the new gymnatainment in New Ballrtom Wilmette State bank for the past thir- sium and assembly hall at the Joseph Voting Thirty-four Wilmette boys and girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen years are entered in the Chamber of Commerce contest to pick the most popular girl and the most popular boy for Wilmette Day, the annual village-wide celebration on August 8. According to the rules of the contest a voting card is given wit~ every twenty-five cent purchase at any Wilmette store that belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. Residents of the village are being urged to ask merchants for the tickets when they make a purchase and to vote for their favorite candidates for the high honors of king and queen of Wilmette Day. Votes for any of the contestants must be deposited in a ballot box furnished for thjs pul))ose in the office of ·the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. As previously announced, the contest ~ill close on Saturday, August 4. Any resident of Wilmette who is more than twelve years old and not over eighteen may enter the popularity contest at any time. Those in charge of the contest have pointed out, however, that an early start is conducive to more votes. The thirty-four young persons who had entered by Tuesday are: Vera Anderson, Mary Boozer, Anna J. Borre, Treat Burns, Jean Campbell, Florence Clifford, Marion Dennis, Alice Edmonds, Marjorie Eldred, Francis Ellis, Bob Fletcher, Walter Haas, Chester Hanson, Isabel Haskin, Howard Herbon, Beatrice Billinger, Marjorie Houghton, Margaret Huerter, Elizabeth Kaspar, Jane Krier, Marcella Kummer, Thomas McDonald, Billy McMorran, Reba Michener, Meta Miller, John Ouse, Elsie G. Paterson, Frances Riley, Clara Rossberger, Hortense Schroeder, Dorothy Taylor, Else Von Reinsperg, Dorothy Wiedlin, and Pearl Zeutschel. Wilmette Day committees fiave been busy this week and general plans for the day are being pushed as rapidly as possible. The pr9gram will be announced next week. This year's village-wide celebration is being financed by five dollar subscriptions from Chamber of Commerce members instead of by donations from various firms and residents of the village and from wholesale houses as in the past. teen years, has retired from active connection with the bank. Upon his retirement, Judson F. Stone, a director for more than twelve years and chairman of the executive committee, was elected president. Mr. Wheelock came to the Wilmette State bank in 1915 after having retired from the firm of Wayne and Low, with which he was associated for many years, having been one of the foremost merchants on South \\' ater street. During his presidency, the bank has had a prosperous growth, the total deposits having increased more than $3,000,000. Mr. Wheelock is in his eighty-first year and until recently, has been very active in the bank affairs, but due to advancin~ years, he has decided to take a less. active part. He will remain on the Board of Directors. .Judson F. Stone, the new president, has been a resident of Wilmette for tw ~ nt.v-two years and is very active in Chicago and Wilmette, both in business and civic affairs. · He is managing agent of the McCormick estates and a director of the International Harvester company. He is also president of the Belle City Malleable Iron company of Racine, Wis., a director of the Republic Realty Mortgage company and also a director of various other financial and commercial enterprises. Mr. Stone was a former president of the Chicago Association of Commerce. He is also a director of the Chicago Regional Planning commission, and he has served as a Wilmette Village trustee and on the zoning board. The other officers of the bank are : Philip Hoffman, vice president; W. D. Leary, vice president; J. M. Budinger, cashier; \V. B. Robinson, Jr., assistant cashier, and F. D. Anderson, assistant cashier. Sears school in Kenilworth. Beginning of the construction work was made possible after the $30,000 mark had been passed in the campaign for $60,000 to cover the entire cost of the new addition to the school. The school board of the village of Kenilworth at its regular meeting last week decided to let the contract for the shell of thf) building, including the ioundation, the roof, and the interior steel work. John K. Byrne is chairman of the committee which is raising subscriptions from Kenilworth citizens for the completion of the project. Contracts for the interior fit_tishing work and the installatio.n of equipment cannot be let until sufficient funds are raised. Every effort is being made by the drive committee to collect the $60,000 necessary for the completion of the new unit and the providing of adequate gymnasium and assembly hall facilities for the children of Kenilworth as soon as possible. Colorful, summery and gay as an evening in Old Spain. That terse sentence describes as accurately and completely, as is possible, the inauguration of the three day celebration marking the dedication of Club Vista del Lago's new Fiesta ballroom and Galeria, on Wednesday evening. Members and guests to the numller of two hundred and fifteen were there. They dined, danced and enjoyed an evening of entertainment. It was one of those unusual affairs in which the social side of north shore life indulged' itself to its most pleasureable degree. The members, coming from north shore suburbs stretching from Evanston to Lake Forest had as their guests other suburbanites, Chicagoans and there was one guest who claims far away Madrid as home. Spanish Atmosphere Everywhere Pass $30000 Mark, Shovels Excavating for Sears Addition DEDICATION OF FIESTA AT VISTA DEL LAGO GAY Board Receives Bids on Water Main Connection Bid~ were received at the regular meeting of the Wilmette Village board Tuesday ni,ght for a 16-inch connection between the proposed sixty-five foot water tank to be erected on the Village Green and the water mains west of Ridge avenue. The bids ranged from $2,165 to $3,308. All bids were referred to a committee for further con~idera tion. ·:;.- VISIT IN EAST Mr. and Mrs. George King,sley and family of Kenilworth are going east to visit Mrs. Kingsley's mother, Mrs. GrQssett, for about five weeks. From there Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley a~e going on a motor trip through the east. Kenilworth Village Board Discusses Ditch Pollution The report of the police and health committee of Kenilworth in regard to the pollution of the Skokie ditch by sewage from residences recently completed west of Kenilwor-th was one of the matters taken up at the regular village board meeting there last week. The committee stated that the Village of Wilmette will soon complete the connection of the sewers from these homes to the village outlet, and when this is done the pollution will disappear. Completion of the new loading and unloading platforms of the North Shore line at the Kenilworth station was also brought to the attention of the council. The platform for southbound traffic is located north of the Chicago and North Western station, and the other for northbound traffic is located south of the railroad station. The board authorized the hiring of a stenographer for the vill::~.ge office. Ruth Kutok, of Evanston, has been engaged by Village Manager F. L. Streed. The artistry of the new ballroom, which is the second step in the building of what is to be a most pretentious club on the lake shore .in No Man's Land, has been accomplished by the thought and deft hand of Mrs. Howard Linn of Chicago. Spanish atmosphere is there as it is everywhere in the club. Surrounding the dance floor are tables and· in the Galeria to the west there are more tables where the members and their guests dined at eight o'clock. Everywhere in this new unit of the club there is color, splashes of it, and under soft colorful lights the members and guests dined. Later in the evening they moved out to the Esplanade where they might dance ih the open where it was cooler. Spanish troubadors and native senorj!as provided entertainment which drew applause and encores, Leo Nadel of Chicago being the director. Pedroza, basso of the Mexican Opera company sang three songs. Miss Rubye McDaniel Bell of Kentucky, lyric soprano also appeared. Characteristic Spanish dancing was another feature. The music was furnished by Cope Harvey's orchestra. . A North Shore Throng C. C. Schultz Goes to New Jfampshire for Vacation C. C. Schultz, Wilmette superintendent of public works, left Saturday on his annual vacation of two weeks. He will spend some time in Lakeport, N. H., visiting relatives. During his absence Edmond Kerr, village collector, is taking charge of his office. Find a printer you can depend upon-tell him to go ahead and 44 do the job." Satisfaction and economy are sure to be the result! CLOSE BRANCH LIBRARY The Laurel branch of the Wilmette Public library in the Laurel school will be closed from July 23 to July 30 for repairs, it was announced this week. The branch library will be painted, redecorated, and given a general cleaning. LLOYD HoLLISTER INC. WILMETTE 4300 The members who entertained at dinner were representative of all the north shore suburbs. Commodore Blackton of Hollywood, California, who organized Club Vista del Lago entertained twenty-eight guests. At Mellon C. Martin's table there were ten guests. Elbert M. Antrim had ten guests and so did Ray Hollis. J. E. Worthen was host to ten guests at his table. Other members at the tables and .the number of their guests were: I. 1\f. Archambault, four; J. L. Barrett,. nine; Robert M. Burns, twelve; George Brumlik, four; F. W. Burpee and Mrs. S. Chapell, six; P. N. Dale, six; John H. Davies, five; R. L. Fowler, seven; J. R. Fugard, eight; Dr. Charles Galloway, eight; D. L. Jennings, four; Frank P. Kutten, eight; Charles J. Mitchelet, Jr., two; J. L. Markham, six; John C. Marshall, two; Macy Nicholson, four; Fred C. Rice, four; Mrs. Lucille Richardson, five; H. J. Thurber, three; Genevieve E. Teuton, six; George Norgren, two; (Continued on ,age 4)