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MET·TE Published weekly VOL. :XVIII. NO. 20 by Lloyd Holltster Inc., 1ZJZ-IZJ6 Central Ave., Wilmette, IUt?~ois. Entered aB second class matter LI F E .- March IJ, 19Z.f, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, under the Act of March J, 1879. SubscritJtion price SZ.OO a year. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 1. 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Automobile News ...... 37-39 .. ·Chamber . o · f Commerce Invites · Book Corner .............. 36 Boy Scout Page ........... 22 Citizens to Discussion of Church Items .... 44, 46 & 48 Irriminent Problem Club News ............... 32 Henry F. Tenney, president of the Editorial-Shore Lines .... 28 Village of \Vinnetka and chairman of Junior Life ............ 40-41 ·the North ·. Shore Grade Separation Kenilworth Hap~nings .... 16 committee, will head a group of speakMusic Page ............... 34 erg who · are to appear at · tlYe meeting Sports, Recreation Bd. . ... 42 of the \Vilmette Chamber of Commerce ~~ onc!'ay eyening. Fel?ruary · 4. Society News ............. 30 at the Central Cafeteria in the Nelson 1nheaters ............ 48 & 49 building. Classified Ads .......... 50-51 . Other notable speaker.:; on the roster will be Francis X. Busch. the attorne'.' retained b" the Grade Separation con{mittee to· handle legal phases of the projt:'ct to further a grade separation plan involving the t\YO railroads tra versing the north shore communities. and \Valtcr Shaw, engineer, who is ma~-~pg a study for the committee of the engineering aspects of the grad12 .separation scheme. 11onday'. meeting. scheduled to hf.~ g-in at 8 o'Clock, is open to Lhe public, according to Hoyt King, chairman of the Civic -committee of the Chamber of Commerce. \Vilmette Village officials have been especially im·ite d. The grade separation prohl~m. it is . felt, i:; one commanding the attention of every 11orth shore resident and tl,e Chamber of Commerce has consented. in respon:;c to many requests from villagers. to afford the public an opportunity to hear at fir t hand irom t1lc Grade , eparation committee just \\·hat is the program under consideration ancl what progress. if any. has he en marie to\Yarcl realization of actual grade separation. that is, cJeyation or de pre ss ion of track.;. '·J i yon arc interested in the imminent probkm of grade separation. the meetin g next ~1 onda~· cHning should f1us.l ~·0y counted among those prcsen ~ r~ a ChamhL' r of Commerce itl\·itat1on tn the citizen" of \\"ilmvttl.' . ·HOLD MEETING 'MONDAY . oN·GRADE SEPARATION IN THIS ISSUE Page 'Grade' Chairman CITIZENS' LEAGUE TO mT TUESDAY, FEB. 5 President J. M. Dickinson An· nounces Session to Ponder Candidates' Slate J. M. Dickinson Jr., of Winnetka, president of the Citizens' League of New , Trier township, has called a meeting for Tuesday afternoon, February S, .a t 2:30 o'clock at the City club in Chicago for the selection of candidates for the Township election in April. There is said to be little, if any, opposition to the present incumbents in office, all of whom, it is thought, will seek re-election. The offices to be filled are five justices of the peace, a supervisor, clerk, assessor, collector and five constables. The highway commissioner, J. A. Williams, was elected last spring for a term of five years. The present justices of the peace are, Daniel M. Mickey, John Peters, Samuel Vowe l, all of Wilmette; R. E. Sinsheimer, \Vinnetka, and George W. Tapper, Glencoe. Mrs. Gertrude M. Thurston of Winnetka is the incumbent of the office of supervisor which she has held for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Margaret S. Pierson of Wilmette is township clerk; Sanborn Hale of \\.' innetka, collector; George Harbaugh of Wilmette, assessor. The five constables are: Edward ~fau and John Schildgen of Wilmette; \\'alter Gregory and Arthur McKay of \Yinnetka and Jacob Rudolph of Glencoe. Credit Association Elects Directors, Officers for Year At a m<"eting of the recently elected directors of the \Vilmette Credit Men'; association \.Vednesclay morning in the Chamber of C'otilmerce offices William Taybr \\'a s re-elected president of the organization for the ensuing year. C. E. Rcnneckar was named vice president to succeed A. S. Van Deusen, and Dan G. Stiles wa 3 re-appointed treas urer. !\cw directors of the credit men's a:.sociation were unanimouslv electr: d hy mail ballot after their names h2f} been presented to the members bv a nominating committee. Dr. C. H. -E ldred and Llovd Hollister, whose on~ year terms as directon had expirf'd, ,,.{'n' re-elected for a period of twn ,·cars. A. S. Van Deu se n and· A. C. \\'olff, the other outgoing directors, ,,·ere replaced by Paul Rensch ancl Louis Redke. Mr. l~edke, · however. presented hi:; resignation at the directors' meeting \\'edne:iday m:::>rning. This vacancy ,,·ill be fi11cd in th e ncar future. Holdover director .; \Yhose t erms rnn for another year arc \Villiam Tay lor, C. E. Rcnncrkar, and A. C. Pearso!l. Dominic Pagliarulo was chosen to fill the unexpired term o t Bernard :\I evrr, \Yho ha:i renw\-ed his l.n1 si nc ~s to bes Plaines. The \\'ilmcttr Credit ~[en' s ass : :> riatinn ,,·a .; organizel\ rt year ago. The cigh t r1 i re.ctors, \\.hie h include the pre .,i<knt and vin: president. are elcc :e rl fo r two -Year ternts, four nc\\' directors being: cl;oscn each year. The organ:zatinn f1as enjoyed a successful yea·:, acrlH·di ng tu the r epo rt of the ofticer<;. It is planned to hold a meeting of ail members ,.;qon. President Henry F. Tenney of Winnetka, who is chairman of the North Shore Grade Separation committee, will head a li st of speakers at the meeting of the \\"ilmette Chamber of Commerce Monday evening, February 4. The public i3 urged to attend this meeting at which first hand information is to be given concerning what progress, if any, has been made toward consummation of a Grade Separation plan involving the railroads traYersing the north shore community. TO DESIGNERS CONVENTION Legion Auxiliary Invites to ~asquerade February 8 iI \ j I The \ \ T ilmette ~ ra sonic temple auditorium \rill he the srciW ni cnt.,riul fc stivit\· on the t!\·c ni11 g r1i FrirJa,·. Fchru:tn· lJ. upon the nccasil.lll L)f the _}.fa ~ q uL·rade dance tu hL' gin·n l;y 1he \Yilmet tl' _\mrrican Lq.~: P n auxiliary. There arc to he pri ze~ inr th l' mnst beau tifu l and unique c~):-> ttttm·s an<l the entire ~..·n· ning \viii he given OVL'l" to great jL)lli lication. Proceeds t'n)m the dance go into the sen-icc fund of the auxilian·. Ti ckets for the chtll'C mav be obtained from member~ uf the aux·iliarv pr at. the ~nidcr-Cazl'l. Rennec\~ar. Hidge and \\.inbcrg drug stores. Wilmette Teachers Plan Party to H·e ar "Macbeth" Twcntv-fivc teachers from the \Vilmette· Pt1hlic schools wiiJ \vitness this Friday night's performance of "1facbcth" at the Auditorium theater in Chicago. The leading roles of Macbeth, Lady Uacbeth, and ~f acduff are being taken by Lyn Harding, Florence Reed, and \Villiam Farnum respective ly. · Emil A. Nord of the firm of Schult7. History, Geography Pupils and Nord, Inc., \\"ilm ette tailors aucl cleaners, v;ill go to Detroit Sunday to A series of stereopticon slides on spend a week attending the sessions o£ historical and geographical themes is the· Cutters and Designers convention being shown every Tuesday at the Central and Howard schools. The.se 111 th~t city. slides, which are for the fifth and sixth grade history and geography pupils, are shown at the Central school in the morning and at the Howard school in the afternoon. Last Tuesday the subject of the pictures ·was. "A \Vorld Tour." Next Tuesday it will be "Panama." The schedule of slide showings from now until March 26 fo11ows: February 5, "Panama;" February 12, "Greece;" February 19, "Palestine and Syria;" F~bruary 26, "l~gypt ;" March 5, "Alaska;" March When you 12, "A Tour of the United States;" ~[arch 10, "Canada," and Uarch 26, invest your money "South America." Various groups of pupils from the fourth, fifth, and sixth in printing, grades attend the slide demonstrations. Stereopticon Slides Help * be sure you invest it right! Superintendent Nygaard Attends ·School Meeting 2 Fire Departments Fight $12,000 Kenilworth Blaze Fire departments from vVilmette and \Vinnetka fought a $12.000 fire for more than four hours in sub-zero weather early Saturday morning, January 26, at a large residence under construr.tion on Wood tock avenue, Kenilworth, near Sheridan road. The fire started about midnight and gutted . the second story and attic of the building, which was being erected by a Chicago party at cost of more than $100,000. The blaze was of unknown ori~in. Supt. E. L. r.i'ygaard, of the Kenil~ worth Pubiic school, attended a superintendents' round table at Harvey, Ill., last Friday. One of the principal events on the program arranged for the visiting superintendents was a tour RETURNS FROM EASX of inspection of the ·new Harvey J. H. Dyon just has returned to his elementary school dedicated recently. The guests were served a chicken din- home at 1310 Ashland avenue from a ner by the Harvey Parent-Teacher ten day trip to New York and Philadelphia. association. LLOYD HOLLISTER lNC. WILMETTE 4300