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WILMETTE LIFE August 31, 1928 Several persons were injured and three cars damaged on Sheridan road near Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, Sunday night · when a fourth car speeding north on Sheri'dan road took up more than its share of the room and forced the other three to crash. Traffic was tied up , while the damaged automobiles were untangled. The speeding car failed to stop, and its owner is unknown since no license number was obtained. The other cars involved in the accident belonged to L. ]. Dunlap, 1209 Gregory avenue, Wilmette, Jerry Klutz, 2023 Orrington avenue, Evanston, and D. F. Proctor, 1456 Edgewater avenue, Chicago. Klutz was injured internally, while several other persons were bruised or cut about the face by broken glass. .......H "Brings Triple Supt. Harper to Crub on Sheridan Road · Return to Desk National Champion Tuesday, Sept. 4 Word has come from Superintendent ]. R. Harper. of the Wilmette Public schools, who is now on his farm near Hartford. Mich .. that · he will be back at his office Tuesday. September 4. to see anvone in regard to school work. The s~hool office will be open every day. · The \Vilmette schools will open a week from :Monday, or September 10. with an estimated enrollment of 1.550 and a teaching staff of sixty- five. Superintendent Harper has set Saturday afternoon. September 8. ~t 2 o'clock as the time for the first meeting of teachers. The meeting will be held in the Stolp school library. Mr. and ~[ rs . C. D. Ewer, 1111 Ashland avenu e. are leaving this evening on a motor trip to California. They will drive out through Colorado and the. Feather River canyon and return by way of Santa Fe. Their trip will keep them away from Wilmette for about a month. -o-Mrs. Philip Vaughan Bright and her daughter, Mis~ Medora. are again in Wilmette after a month 's outing at High Lake, Wis. Miss Medora is not returning to Beloit coHege this year, but will remain at home and take up her junior year work at Northwestern university. -o-Le on B. Allen of 423 Cumnor road Kenilworth has returned to his home from the ho pital where he had been because of an injury to his neck. -o-Mr. · and Mrs. David Crabb of 925 Greenleaf avenue returned early this week from a ten days' trip to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Appointed Members of Fair Committee Col. R. R. McCormick, chairman of the centennial World's Fair athletic committee. has appointed Walter A. Strong, 1377 Tower road, Winnetka; Harvev T . Woodruff, Evanston; Beverley. B. Vedder, 590 Willow road, Winnetka; T. E. Rodman, 341 Hazel avenue. Glencoe, as members of the boxing committee for the fair. Othtr members of the committee include John M. Sellers, middleweight champion of the Chicago Athletic association, and George Lytton. former world's heavyweight champion. ~[ r. and ~ir s. \Villiam S. Selby d H ubbarrl \Voods, formerly of Wilmette. announce the birth of a son, Ronald Gene. August 28. at the St. Francis ho3pital. -o-Mr. and "Mrs. Elmer A. Claar. 1301 Chestnut avenue. left yesterday with their two children to spend . ten days at Lac du Flambeau. Wis. -NORTHBROOK5 rms. ~nd b~th. modern conveniences. on luge lot 6ox300, 1 ur gu~ge, fruit, <4 blocks to depot and stores. Price S6.soo.oo. Terms. 7 rms. ~nd bath. on 1 ~ere of ground. modern. paved street, 1 car guage, cbicktn house ~nd fruit. 2. blocks to depot ~nd stores. Price S1o.soo.oo. Terms. Exctptionally attractive English Colonial of 7 rooms and bath. modern throughout. ~ ur garage. on large beautifully landsuped lot. Paved. street. Price SI.f.SOo.oo. Vaunt lots as low ~s $1 7.00 per foot. with sewer. water and sidewalks. Acreage in .tracts of I to 5. I o. 2.0 acres and up as low as $8 so.oo per acre. Call Sam M. Campbtll. Nonhbrook 15 5 or 1 93· 1 1 II Lo'-'·ell Comee, son of Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. Comee .. 1612 Forest avenue. \Vilmette. ~ ew Trier High school student, won the archery championship of the Cnited States in tr.e junior division of the national tournament sponsored by the :\merican Arch ~ ry association. The tournament was held at Rye, X. Y., last week. Prominent archers from all parts of the. country took part. I , I I 1 I I -GLENVIEW-. 5 rms. and b~tb. modern. bot water hut, 1 c~r to school. station and stores. Price $8,soo.oo. 5 rms. and b~tb. bot water hut, ~ c~r garage. Village of Golf. Price S1o,soo.oo 7 rms. and bath. brick. tile roof. ~ ur gar.age 3 blocks depot and stores. Price Sro,soo.oo. V.ac.ant lots sox 13 5, $2.o.oo per foot, water ;and for. 3 to _. blocks depot .and stores. Choice acreage u~cts in vicinity of Glenview. garage. convenient on lot 75x I so in on lor 57. sx 18 5· sewer in .and paid WYATT & COONS -REALTORS- I II Northbrook 193 Glenview 81 Buy Through a Realtor More new books are announced at S ak E · Cl b the Wilmette Public library. Tht> pe er at ven1ng U most recent adrlition includes seven (Contributed) new rental books and ·nine regular Many of U3 driving on Tower road two week book3. Fallowing is the 1 have noticed the beautiful dahlias Igrown by Harold L. Ickes. We have list: Rental Booka marveled at their size and beauty. 1. Bowen-"Hotel." Next Tuesday · evening before the 2. Bovd-"Shadow of the Long meeting of Evening Garden club of Knives." Wilmette at the Woman'3 club, Mr. 3.-Farjeon-"House of Disappear- Ickes will tell us all about them. We ance ." feel verv fortunate in securing Mr. 4. Glaspell-"Brook Evan3." Ickes and are looking forv.-ard to a · 5. Tameson-"Farewell to Youth." most instructive as .welt as a pleasant 6. Rinehart-"Two Flights Up." evening. Knight Com ~s Arrangement3 have been made for 7. Weaver-"Her Riding." members to bring their surplus stock Two-Week Booka of bulbs and perennials to the club1. Haire-"Folk Costume Book." house in order that they may exchange 2. Tressler-"Wealth of the Sea." plants as well as ideas that evening. 3. J ackway-"Principles of Interior Decoration." ~fiss Mary Maud Bermingham of 4. Welch-"Appreciation of Music." 718 Laurel avenue and Miss Mary 5. Dickinson-"Study of the History Crush of 710 Laurel avenue have reof · M u.;ic." . turned to their homes after a two 6. Horn-"Harold the Webbed." weeks' v1s1t at Muskegon. Mich., 7. Hendrick-"Training of an Amer- where they were guests of Miss Mary ican." Hickey. 8. Liggett-"A. E. F." -o-9. Standing Bear-":~,fy People the Jane Burrill. Mary Lannen, Pearl Sioux" -· I ~f unro, Margaret Gillson, and Marian Mi;,s Anne L. \\ hitmack. librarian. L. Page will soon be leaving for Rockhas announced that a large box of ford college where they have been books has just come back from the registered for the coming year. bindery and that she is getting them -oready for · circulation. Miss May \\' itcher and Miss Jones, teachers at the Logan school, are 'M r and ~{ rs. George C. Lowell of spending their vacation at the sum900 Ashland avenue returned this week I mer home of '}.Ir. and Mrs. ]. G. Mefrom a trip to Europe. Kibban at Weigand's Bay, Wi3. NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY 1 Owner of Dahlia Garden