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December 21, 1928 WILMETTE INVITE VILLAGERS TO · H. R. V ant Elected XMAS EVE OBSERVANCE President of N ·orth · _ Children of Public Schools to Lead Way to Community Service at "Living" Tree · Several hundred villagers will gather around the "living" Christmas tree on the lawn nortr of the Village hall Christmas Eve at 7:30 o'clock to participate in the eighth annual Christmas Carol service. In accordance with tradition, the service will start with "Silent Night," \vhich will be followed by various other carols su ng under the leadership of R. D. Burtner. Children have been practicing the carols for several weeks during their music periods in the public schools, and one of the features of the service will be the children's chorus. A children's band will accompany the carolers. J. C. Schumacher will direct the band. Village President Earl E. Orner will give a short address at the service. The program for the evet;ing follows: "Silent Night, Holy Night" (1 v~:>r:-;e . ) "0 Come, All Ye Faithful." "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing." "Away in a l\fanger." "The First NQel the Angel Did Say." "We Three Kings of Orient Are." "Si)ent Night, Holy Night" (3 verses.) Christmas Address Shore Realty Board - - - - - - - - - · I LIFE' 3 GREATHOR01nTZHERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT Outstanding Pianist of Decade to Play Before Thousands at New Trier Gymnasium "Many are calleu but few are chosen." That promises to be the situation upon the occasion of the appearance of Vladimir Horowitz, sensational Russian pianist, at the Leslie F. Gates Memorial gymna3ium, New Trier High' school, Wednesday evening, December The program, which is sponsored by the Wilmette Playground and Recrea/ tion board, was arranged by a committee composed of Daniel M.. Davis. director of recreation; Lincoln C. Tor· re\·. and R. D. Burtner. The service wfll close promptly at 8 o'clock to make it possible for the children and parents who attend the opportunity to spend Christmas Eve at home. With no opposition ticket in the field, the regularly nominated slate headed by Harold R. Vant of Deerfield, was elected by the North Shore Real Estate board at its annual meeting at Ye Old Style 'Inn last Monday night. Thirty-three members of the board attended the meeting which was presided over by retiring president Lewis 1'. Dodds. The new officers follow· President, Harold R. Vau t, Deerfield; Vicepresident, IsabelJa Harkness, Highland Park; treasurer, Ernest M. Kimhall, Glencoe: secretary, A. R Eddington, Wilmette. Lewis T. Dodds in stepping out of the presidency, which office he has capab ly managed, was elected as a director for three vears and therefore will be an active fi-gure iM guiding the activities of the board. The board, after having electeo officers, decided that the annual banquet will be held next month. The . date has not been set, but it wiJl ne sometime before the January meeting. Among those attending the meetin?" was J. M. Budinger, retiring cashier of the \Vilmette State Bauk. Mr. Budinger is soon to sever his connec. tion with the local bank to accept a responsible position at a large New York bank. The board members congratulated Mr. Budinger upon his big for·ward step and incidentally pl'esenterl him with a rhampionship cup which symbolizes ht. prowess on tht> golf links. Mr. Budinger was the winner of the hoard's tournament l..tst summer. 26. Demand for tickets to this Winnetkai Music · club program-one of the regn-: Iar Artist-Recital offerings of the current season-indicates a crowded house· next Wednesday night, even though the club has found it necessary to present the program in the expansive new· gymnasium rather than in the less: spacious high school auditorium where the Artist-Recitals are customarily held . This demand for an opportunity to hear the foremo3t pianist o~ the decade has, of course, been unprecedented. The Horowitz recital will attract the largest audience e\·er to attend a north shore music event . Balcony Open to All It has been emphasized that balcony seats, sold at a reduced price to ac-1 commodate students, also are available to others. The de.;ignation as "student section," it is explained was made merely to attract students of music who would otherwise find it impossible to hear the ma3ter pianist, because the higher cost of main floor seats. Holders pf Artist-Recital season tickets will be given the best main floor seats in exchange for tickets applying to this recital, and with no added charge. A section of the auditorium has been re.;erved for season patrons. Music critics have exhausted their supplies of adjectives in attempting ~o con':ey to th~ public an adequate 1mpresswn of the great Horowitz. After attending last Sunday's recital in Orchestral hall. a leading critic said: Dr. Herbert L. Willett, minister of the Kenilworth Union church and member of the faculty at the University of Chicago, will deliver a Christmas message at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club December 23. Dr. \\Tillett ranks with the leading divines of the country. Librarian to Visit in East During Holidays Miss Anne L. Whitmack, librarian at the \Vilmette Public library, anrl Miss Lillian Doing, registrar at New Trier High chool, expected to leave thi s Friday. December 21, for \1\' ashington. D. C. Baltimore. and \\'in~hes ter, Va., '"here they will Yisjt relatives and friends of Miss Doing-. They pb11 to return on January 2. or Villaf!e Board Holds Brief Meeting; Business is Nil The regular open session of the \Vilmette Village board Tuesday night lasted onh- a few minutes. One small item of J)usiness came to the attention of the board-a water connection dispute between the Pennsylvania Oil company and the Krauss Cleaning and Dyeing company. The sewer a ncl \Yater committee expressed the opinion that the settlement of this dispute \\'as not within the jurisdiction oi .. he ,·illage. The trustees held a private session of more than an hour prior ~o the open meeting. · ·Depict Popular Books With Xmas Tree Posters Each room in the \Vilmette Publir schools from the fourth grades up has brcn co -operating " ·ith Miss \Vinifred Bright, children's librarian, in making Chri :' tmas tree po::;ters demonstratin('!' thr ten tn03t popular books \rhich the pupils ha\'C read either at the school or the village library. Mis~ Bright h~H prepared and sent to each room a paper Christmas tree mounted ou bri stol hoard, and the children h~Y~' placed on it as ornament.; their choice of the ten most popular books. "\Ve" b~· Lindhergh, "Royal Road to Ro mance" bv Halliburton, "Smok,·" hv James. an·cl "Count Luckner, th-e SeJ Dc\'il" by Thomas found great favo: 'vith the pupils. TO VISIT IN MILWAUKEE Marion Ortseifen, 337 Essex road. Kenilw rth will go to 11ilwaukee next \Vednesday to attend a reception given by :Miss Jane Cannon at the \Visconsin club. ~[iss Cannon is woman's tennis champion of \\ isconsin. : M iss Ortseifen will also 'attend the annual debutante ball, and a dinner dance WAR VET MISSING Harry Guler, 33 year old ex-sen·ice given by ~{iss Helen Phelan, who is a man of 412 Gregory avenue. Wilmette. student at Northwestern university. who has been missing since December 12, had not been heard from up to lat e \Vednesdav afternoon. according to the vVilmet.te police. Guier. who was \YOttndecl in the \Vorld war, had worked for his father, Max Guier, in the ornamental glass business. When Kenilworth Scouts Given last seen he was well dressed, and Merit Badge Certificates was wearing a new black wolf coat Eight Kenilworth boys received cer- purchased from the Huh m Evan· tificates Tuesday night showing that ston. the y had satisfactorily completed the The you rtg people's dance at the requirements for Scout merit badges. The certificates were awarded at the Kenilworth club, planned for the eveCourt of Honor held in the Joseph ing of December 28, has been postSears school. The following boys \vere poned until after the holidays. honored: Roger Barrett, Jack SindDavid and Philip Burnham, 536 ing. Tom Sinding, George Manlove, Roslyn road, Kenilworth returned Jim 'McArthur, Ben Matthews, Harrv from Princeton university Thursday to Weese, and Paul Gilbert. Donald Vail snc-ncl the Christmas holidays. was gi,·en a se.cond class Scout certificate. ~Iiss "Horowitz showed himself something more . than a mere master of the piano. The ll18trument even with all its possibilities, was entirely subordinate to the pe_rso~ality of the artist himself. Horo- . Witz IS . a young man of slight stature but of almost superhuman command of t~e piano and with a power of express~on that is relatively miraculous. His fmgers flew up and down the keyboard with uncanny speed and yet with unfailIng accuracy. His .Playin~ of the Chopin etudes exhibited tins marvelous dexterity But joined to this agility was an ability to produce fortissimo passages, not with me~e mechanical force, but with a dynamic intensity that was astounding "But those who have heard Horo'wtts know that he Is equally able to render adequately the lighter, more delicate portions of the pieces composing his programs. Again his fingers fly over the key~ but now producing almost inaudible tones. Almost inaudible but stfll each tone receives its full value. As one almost spell-bound listener In last Sunday afternoon's audience expressed ft 'He's not a miracle; he's a mystery,, "' Hore Than a lraster 'fransflgorlng Personality Edward Moore of the Chicago Tribune comt~lented, in part, in this manner conce~mng Mr. Horowitz' Sunday recital: Take a pair of hands a little more efficient. a~d alert than the most gifted m~>chamsm ever attached to a piano add' to It an expert knowledge of everything that can be done to a plano tone with or without the assistance of the pedals mix them thoroughly with a transfiguring personality--then you may hn. ve someth_fng faintly approaching Vladimir HoroWI.~z when he gives a piano recital. He gave his first in Chicago Sunday afternoon at Orchestra hall. To speak with entire accuracy, It was more than n recital. It was a full sized program plus the Liszt Sonata in B minor. But after three appearances with the Chicago Rymphony orchestra it was his first engagement without It, and twenty minutes ~fter h~ had played his last mtmber people still were cheering and applaudlnc and refusing to go home." In This Issue NIGHT SCHOOL ENTERTAINS Students of the evening school for foreigners at the \Voman's club entertainc-d at a Christmas party for seventy teachers and students last Mondav evening. There was a. Christmas tree, and carols were sung in German, Swedish and English. Mrs. \Vataza Pearson and Miss Elizabeth Groks were in charge of the party. The school will be closed during the holidays and witJ be resumed January 7. Society N e\vs . . . . . . . Page 28 Club Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30 Editorials-Shore Lines . . . Page 26 Church News . .. . . . ..... Pages 38-39 Theater News .. . ... Pages 42 and 48 Junior Life . . . . . . . . . .. Page 36 Music News . . . . . . . Page 32 Automobile Section . Page 41 Boy Scout Activities . . . 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