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WI L.M ET. T E VOL. XVIII, NO. 40 \VILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JUNE 21, 1929 Published weekly by Lloycl Hollister Inc., IZJZ-1236 Central Ave Wilmett Ill" · March IJ; 19Z4, at the post of/ice at Wilmette, Illinois, unde1· tlie.'Act of M~;ch ~nolt8s.79 ea. a~ 8eco!'cl class a matter , · E~'terb QU scrtphon pnce Sl.OO year. LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS MADE N. U. TRUSTEE LEGION MAKES PLANS Arthur M. Long, of Wilmette, FOR JULY 4 PROGRAM Mrs. Former .Northwestern Dean of Women, Wins High Honor Wins Award RE~AIR STORM DWGE AT KENILWORTH BEACH Annual Children's Party to Be ·Held in Afternoon at Village Green Wilmette will observe the FOltrth of July this year with the annual children's party at the Village Green in the afternoon. according to present plans of the Wilmette Post of the American Legion. Clark Leach is general chairman of the Legion committee which is arranging the program. Mr. Leach is workii1g in cooperation with members of the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board in making plans for .the party. There will be games and races "for all ages and sizes," Harvey Hopp . commander of the \Vilmette Legion announces. Legion committees are negotiating with merchant of the village to give prizes to winners in the various events. The purpose of the annual party and program at the Village Green. according to the sponsors of the e\·ent, is to provide for the safety of children on the Fourth by keeping them off the streets. Parents have been invited to attend .. Bugle Corps to Perform The Wilmette Legion Drum _and Bugle corps is scheduled to take part in the ceremonies at the Village GreenJ Two clowns will he on hand. to entertain, and there will be several Punch and Judy shows. Although no official celebration is planned by the Village, a large crnwd is expected to turn out in the afternoon for the children's party and program. Wilmette's baseball team, which nas been winning games regularly this year, will play on the Fourth, but it is not certain whether the contest will be staged on the local diamond. The annual fireworks display at Dyche stadium, Evanston, in the evening is expected to attract many people from \Vilmette and other north shore villages. Mrs. Arthur M. Long, 401 Tenth street, \Vilmette, was elected a member of the board of trustees of Northwestern university at the annual meeting of the board last Saturday. Mrs. Lon~ . who was the nominee of the alumni assgciation of the university; will succeed Mrs. Carl R. Latham, of Evanston. whose . term expired this year. according to regulations of the association. · Mrs. Long, who formerly was Winifred Richardson, was dean of women at Northwestern for six · years. She resigned just a year ago and shortly afterward was married to Mr. Long. Fred W. Sargent, of Evanston, presirlent of the Chicago and North Western railway, and Arthur W. Cutten, Chicago financier, . also were made members of the board to fill vacancies caused by the deaths of John T. Mitchell, Chicago banker, and Miiton H. Wilson. Life Guard on Duty This ·Satur· day; Bathing Ground to Open Soon Although Kenilworth's beach will not open officially until the latter part of next week, Jack Boyle, the life gu_ard who was there last year, will be on duty· this Saturday, June 22, and every day thereafter until the opening of school in September from 9 o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock at night. The beach has been damaged. considerably by the recent storms. according to W. A. Knoop, chairman of t,he Kenilworth club committee which has charge of beach activities. Work is now under way to retrieve some of the fifty feet of beach frontage lost as a result of the storms. In anticipation of recurring high water the Village of Kenilworth is considering the building of a retaining wall to save the remainder of the beach, Mr. Knoop states. Construction of a new boardwalk and platform is expec-ted to be completed by the end of next week. New Dressing Rooms New dressing room quarters for the bathers have been provided in the Kenilworth Village water works. From fifty to sixty persons £an be accommodated here at one time. The lake water at the beach is to be tested daily during the bathing season. Beach admission buttons are being mailed to members of the Kenilworth club and their families. All activities at the beach are under the direction of this club. Ralph Starr i<; the president. No Delivery Unless Mail Boxes Are. Put Up-Shantz ·Postmaster Joseph E.- Shantz this week catted. attention to the fact that in a recent issue of WrLME'I"fF. LIFE an·· article was published regarding the extension of the delivery service to the western section of Wilmette. The article stated that mail receptacles and hou~e numbers would have to be provided. In a great many cases, M r, Shantz states, these mail receptacles and house numbers have not been provided, and without them the post office is unable· to deliver mail. Such mail wilt be held for directory service, according to Mr. Shantz, and if the addressee cannot be located, the mail will be pl~ced in the general delivery for ten days and will then be returned to the sender or to the "dead letter" office in case there is no return aqdress. Johi1 Borncamp, 200 Sixth street, Wilmette, who was graduated from New ·Trier High school last week, is the . winner of the silver loving cup given by the Tri-Ship Boys' club at the school for the first time this year to the New Trier boy who most nearlv approaches the club's 'ideals in fello~ ship, sportsmanship and citizenship. the award is made entirely by student action and is considered one of the most coveted honors in the gift of the school. John plans to continue his education next fall at Northwestern university. Health Center Dental Open Branch Post Office Clinics Discontinued in Carl Renneckar Store The dental clinics which ha·ve beeP held weekly at the Grosse Point hertlth center will be discontinued for the summer, it was announced tl)is week. Miss Katherine Griffin, the nurse m charge of the health center, will have office hours during the summer month~ from 10 to 12 o'clock every morning except Sunday. Carl C. Renneckar has been awarded the contract to conduct a postal station in his drug store, 901 Ridge avenue, according to an announcement this week by Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz. The branch post office will be in operation on July 1. The business to be conducted at the station witt include the sale of postage stamps, money orders and stamped envelopes, and the handling of insured and C. 0. D. parcels, in: sured and registered mail, and othe·r business such as is transacted at the main Witme.tte post office, with the exception of mail delivery. New Trier Faculty Member Wins Phi Beta Kappa Key David E. Johnson, of Wilmette, head of the commerce department at New Trier High school, has been notified of his election to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity. Mr. Johnson has been taking work at the University of Chicago. He was one of fifty-five students of that university who gained the coveted Phi Beta Kappa key, the list including juniors whose averages are "A minus" or higher, some seniors whose averages are slightly less than "A minus," and f·ve elected "in recognition of clear evidence of intellectual service, leadership, and scholastic attainments." BAHA'I LECTURE "Christ's Supernatural Birth" the sixth in the series on scientific 'iuterpretatiQn of Bible Miracles, will bt ~he subject of the neJCt a~dress by Dr. Albert Vail, in foundati~1 hall of Baha'i temple, Wilmette, Sunday, June 23, at 4 o'clock. All of these lectures are open to the public. ------- Next Week! THE REAL ESTATE SECTION of WILMETTE LIFE Watch for it! THE COVER In ~his issue there appears a remarkable picture of the graduating classes at New Trier high school There are more than 300 students in the picture. Those who graduated in February do not appear in _the picture. Automobile News ...... 37-41 Boy Scout Affairs ......... 24 Book Comment ........... 34 Church ltenma ............. 44 Editorial-Shore Lines ·..... 30 Sports, Recreation Bel. ..... 46 Society News ............. 32 Theaters .................. 51 Classified Ads ........ 52 & 54 Travel Corner ............. 36 170 Bathers at Wilmette ' Be·ch Opening Saturday. Pages In spite of the chilly water one hun~ dred and seventy persons registered at Wilmette beach on the opening day of the 1929 bathing season last Saturday, Mrs. Margaret Hilton, bath house matron, reports. The temperature of the water at the beach on Saturday was only thirty-eight degrees. This temperature increased daily until it had reached fifty-three on Wednesday, and more bathers sought the cooling waters of the lake. The attendance on both Tuesday and Wednesday was more than eight hundred.