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WILMETTE VOL. XVIII, NO. 34 LIF.E PRICE FIVE' CENTS Publvhed weeldJI bJI LIOJid HoUvter lno., 1ZJZ-1ZJ6 Cntrcal Ave., WUmette, llUnols. Bntered G8 aeocmd olaaa mGteer Jlcaroh u_ 1914, cat the poat ol/ke at Wilmette, lmft.Ma. "f:'der the Act of March J, 1119. 8ub10riptwn price IZ.OO G Jlear. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, MAY 10, 1929 ANNUALGARDENMARKETI IN WILMETIE TOMORROW Two Garden Clubs Complete All Arrangements for the Yearly Event C. of C. Secretary I "Clean-up Weeks" Here Announced as May 13-25 DELAY APPOINTMENTS .. I The annual Wilmette Garden market, held under the joint auspices of the Wilmette Garden club and the Evening Garden club of Wilmette, will take place this Saturday, May 11, on the green opposite the North Shore line station at Wilmette avenue. Garden furniture, bird houses, trelli ses, plants, shrubs, Aow_ers, candy, pottery, awnings, bas~ets, gan!en hats, flower pots, baker.y goods, garden tools, oilcloth kneeling pads , and paintings will be displayed to tempt the visiting public. An oil painting d'onated by Mrs. Gordon Wilson will be given a s a special award in connection with the garden s how. 8th Graders to Register Flowers and plants selected for those at New Trier on May 16 in search of gifts for Mother's day on May 12 will be an especially attractive Wilmette eighth grade pupils will go feature of the market, the proceeds Photo by Berni ~ to New Trier High school Thursday, of which will be devoted to the beauti Breckenridge Clark has succeeded May 16, to complet, e their registration iying of Wilmette. ~~iss Irene Strickler as s· e cretary of for next ,Year. Course cards which Mrs. C. D. Ewer is chairman of th e th e Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. were distributed at meetings of the committe e in charge of arrangements Mr. Clark, who was until recently a eighth graders this week will be filled ior the garden market. Mrs. Herbert field secretary with the Chicago Asso- out and turned in at that time to be ] . Naper and Mrs. Ralph T. Huff are ciation of Commerce, took up his new approved by the New Trier authorities. vice chairmen. Following are the duties May 1. Miss Strickler has gone Tuesday of this week boys of the Wilwomen who have charge of booths : to make her home in Pasadena, Cal. mette eig_hth grades heard Frederick .Mrs. John F. Weedon and Mrs. Frank 1 - - - - -- - -- - -- - - -- A. Kahler, dean of boys at New Trier, Eager, plant and shrub donations; M r s. explail! registration at the high school. A. ]. Stinson, colonial bouquets; Mrs. ENACT "HEDGE" LAW On the same· day Miss Elizabeth E . Packer, New Trier dean of girls, gave T. E. McElroy, and Mrs. Herman Reilling, delicatessen; Mrs. C. R. Bixby and Village Board Passes Ordinance a similar talk to the girls' group . Mrs. ]. B. Schaub, candy; Mrs. John Regulating Height of Shrubs and Clark Baker, Mrs. Robert Dameier, and Fences at Alley and Street Corners HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Mrs. Earle D. Lyon, sewing; Mrs. The annual meeting of the \Vilmette Gordon Wilson, art, and Mrs. John F. An ordinance regulating the height Baptist church membership will be held We~don, posters. Mrs. Charles N. of hedges, boundary wall, fences, or vVednesday evening, May 151 in the Hurlburt is the purchasing advisor, and shrubbery at street and alley inter- church social room s. There "vill he a Earle D. Lyon is chairman of grounds. sections in Wilmette was passed by the congregational dinner. The Public Service company is don- Wilmette Village board Tuesday night r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ating all the lighting to be used on the over the opposing votes of two board mar]cet place. members. The ordinance, which is Winners of prizes offered recently effective at once, restricts the height by the Wilmette Garden club to the of such hedge.; and fences to four eighth grade pupils of the Stolp and feet for a distance of fifteen feet from Howard schools for the best posters to the street or alley intersection. It be used in advertising the sale tomor- also specifies that tree branches must row were announced as follows.: Beth be kept at a height of at least seven Mclllraith, of grade 8-A Stolp, first ; feet above the ground level. Lucy Clagett, of 8-A Stolp, second; The purpose of the ordinance. as Carrie May Dilkes. of 8-C Stolp, honpointed out by its sponsors, is to safe orable mention and Marjorie Seubold, guard the lives of Wilmette citizens by of 8-A Stolp, honorable mention. The preventing accidents cau sed by ob judges were not familiar with the chilThis is the one day of all structed views at street intersections. dren or with their work, as no names Violation of the ordinance will condays when n1others should were allowed to be printed on the stitute a misdemeanor. Fines of from ~)o s ters. five to two hundred dollars will be be rentembered w i t h imposed on violators, according to the tokens of love and devo· Head of U. 5. Bankers provisio·ns of the ordinance. "Clean-up Weeks" in Wilmette, the annual period in the spring time, when all householder3 and business folk are asked to co-operate with Village authorities in clearing away all accumulations of rubbish on pri,·ate and public grounds, have been designated by Village Manager C. C. Schultz as extending from May 13 to 25, inclusive. In accordance with Manager Schultz, announcement, Vi 11 a -g e trucks will haul away without charge all rubbish placed in the alle::ys at the rear of propertie:;. The schedule follows : Area east of the railway right-ofways, May 13-18. Area west ~f the railway right-ofways, May 20-25. This year's general renovation en. terprise represent s the tenth annual "Clean-up \Veeks" in the Yillage. PENDING ORDINANCES Postponement iD Naming Officials Will Not Retard Village Business Appointment of a new Wilmette police chief, which was expected to take place at the meeting of the Village board this week, has been postponed until the next meeting of th~ board pending the drafting of ordi-· nances affecting the matter. The appointment of the Village attorney, Village collector, and Village fire chief also was delayed. The fact that the appointments were. not made will in no way retard the official machinery of the Village, since the incumbents of all of the offices, with the exception of police chief, are filling their positions as usual. Capt . Henry Brautigam is acting police chief pending the appointment of a successor to Charles W . Leggett. who re- · signed early this month. Reappoint Stoddard Robert Stoddard, 524 Lake avenue, whose term as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals expired February 19, was reappointed by Village President Earl E . Orner for a term of five years at the meeting of the board Tuesday night. Holdover members of the_ Board of Appeals are L. C. Ayres, J. D. Roth. F . C. Huffman, and F. J. Newev. Mr. Roth's term expires next vear. Mr. Ayres' in 1931, Mr. Huffman's 1n 1932, and Mr. Newey's in 1933. The expiration date in each instance is February 19. Members of the Board of Appeals \\'ere appointed as .a speci~l. zoning commission to investigate pehtlons for rezoning of property in the village. An important zoning case to be brought before this commission is the requested rezoning from Class A residential to Class B commercial of the Dempsey property north of Elmwood avenue facing Main street. Names Committees Standing committees of the ~ilmette Village board for the ensumg year were announced by Village President Orner and confirmed hy the hoard. Following are the co~mittees : . Finance-A. L. Grmnell. ch.amnan: Stanton Vaninwagen, and C. M1les McDonald. . Public service-Hans vonRemsper<!. chairman; Ernest C. Cazel, and Gordon Wilson . Fire-Gordon Wilson, chairman: A. L. Grinnell, and Stanton Vanlnwagen. Streets and alleys-Ernest C. Cazet. chairman : Hans ·v onReinsperg, and C. Mites McDonald. Sewer and -water-C. ~ile,s Mc Donald, chairman; A. L. Grmnell. and Ernest C. Cazel. Judiciary-Stanton Vanlnwagen, chairman: Gordon Wilson. and Han!; vonRein~perg. Mothers' Day Sunday, May 12th Craig Hazelwoo~. pre~id~nt of the American Bankers a1.;soctat10n and executive vice president of the First ~ational bank, Chicago. is building a iwme in Canterbury court, Wilmette, and plans to move to Wilmette a~ :;oon as the residence is completed. Mr. Hazelwood recently sold a home on the south side of Chicago, which he had owned for several yeart5 and is now living at a hotel. It is expected that his new Wilmette residence will be completed by next fall. Builds Home in Wilmette Huerter Post Auxiliary to Sell Poppies May 28 Permission has been granted to the Peter J. Huerter American Legion Post auxiliary to sell poppies in Wilmette, Tuesday, May 28. Action to this effect wa'3 taken at the regular meeting of the Village board Tuesday night. The board also acted favorably upon a petition from the Chicago Federated charities to hold a tag day in Wilmette Monday, September 9. tion. Helpful suggestions as to what to give may be found in the Mothers' Day advertisements ap· pearing in this issue. ---------------- 100 Wilmette Children on Music Festival Program One hundred eighth grade children from the Wilmette Public schools will sing "Dryad Kisses" by W. Otto Meis~~ ner at the Chica~o. North Shore Mus1c festival to be held the week of May 27 in Patten gymnasium, Evanston. The pupils are being trained by Mrs. Agnes Clark and Mrs. Stella Maher.