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WILMETTE VOL. XVII, 1\0. 44 " \ VILMETTE. ILLINOIS, JULY 19, 1929 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS Publisllerl weekly by Llo..yd Hollister Inc., 1232 -1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second class matter JITrwrlt 1 J. JQ24, at tlte post office at Wilmette, Illinois. unde1· tile Act of March 3, 1870. Subscription price sz.oo a year. 17,500 BATHERS USE SCHOOL. SITE WANTED Petition Asks Special Election to Authorize Purchase of Land for School in Northwest Section of Village Petition s ,,·ere being circulated in \Vilmette this week requesting the Board of Education to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of School Di strict No. 39 the question of the proposed acquisition of a srhool building site in the section of the Vil lage north of Lak., a\·cnue and west of Ridge road .' Three hundred signers are necessary before the Board of Education can legally call a special election to decide the matter. Surh an election probahh· will h e held within the next few weeks, it was intimated h.v officia ls. rt is the plan of school authorities to bu,· an adclitional school site in the northwest section of the Vi ll age un land which is not vet subdivided and which, therefore, ca~1 he obtained more cheaply. ~o school building \vill he erected at present. Looking ahead towards the future development of the Indian Hill Estates. Kenilworth Gardens, and surrounding areas, those who are urging the acquisition of a school site in that section point out that the tihle to hu~· the land is now. \Yhen a school is built in the district hounded b\· Lake avenue on the south and Ridrr.e road on the east it will he for the ·lower grades on lv. Chil dren of the upper grades will be taken to the Ho\Yard school by bus. BEACH DURING MONTH 1,276 People Utilize Bath House on Friday, July 12, Chairman METHODISTS CLOSE OLD CHURCH EDIF rE SUNDAY I Largest Day Approximately 17.500 hathcrs used t ht: \Vilmette .bathing beach at the ·foot of Lake avenue durin .~ the first month of the 1929 bathing seaso n. according 10 figures compiled thi s \n~rk from the records of 1-Irs. :~v! argard Hilton, heach matron. The beach opened on Saturda~·. ] unc 15. and the figures - are base d on the first month's register<:d attendance at the popu lar summer playground . The total of 17,500 includes batber s on ly, and docs not take into account the large numb er of persons u sing the beach who do not go into the water. Unique Ceremonaes to Mark Entry Into Community Hall of ·New Church Bui·d~g;; OLD CHURCH, GOOD BYE (Bv Emnx MoRr.r-:v STAFFoRn) As to a frirlld f'1·r k11o·wn A11d lo<·cd lhrortqh 11amr/css years, Wlzilr har<·csts iw··c bcr11 grown · 'Mid· shadow. shi1Lr a11d trnrs. !'7 ·c come at last to sen. Gnod b)'l', nld frzcll(l m;d trztc Wlzr11 dmt'IIS allnthrr da\' I'll srrk a friclld.~hip 11('7~'. Hl ithin tin· n·afls T src Fond facc·s. old a11d ~·oung, That llOW come back to me; T hear tlzr gospel sung And prracltrd to some 7.C'ILO fell Asleep to dream and smile. And wake where all is well, Onrc l07:ed a11d lost a·while. 1,267 In One Day Friday, ] uly 12, wa s the higge . t day at the beach thus far this season. One thousand h\·o hundred and sixty-seven bathers were re~istered on that date, ).f rs. Hilton report s. This is in contrast to the opening day when the temperature of the water was 38 degree s and the beach was used by onh· 170 hat hers. Althou~h 150 feet of frontage were lo st hecause of Jake storms and the rise in the lake level thi s spring, the \\' ilmette beach is in exce ll ent condition. and it s wide expanse of sand has attracted bathers not on ly from this Village hut from Evanston and other towns where the storms damaged the The second term of the New Trirr beaches considerahlv. The \ Vi lm ette beach is under the -juri sdiction of the High school ~ \dmming classes b egan this \Yeek. Registrations are st ill com\\'ilmette Park board. ing in. Edgar Jackson, the swimming Wrenahaw Beach Master reports. The seconcl term J ~ mcs A. \V rens ha \\' i. in cha rg·e nf instructor. \\·ill cnntinue for four weeks, or up to 1he beach again this ~·ear. He is asAugust 9. and the same sched.ule of ~iste d · h\' · four regular li fc guardscl:-t"scs \Yill he followed as heretofore. Tames Kenm·<h· . .t\1 Bro\\'n, \\'alt r r ·H ulbert. and Bill Holmes. The hearh Pers o ns de s i ri t~g the swimming inis officiallv open from 10 o'clock in ..;trurtion mav enroll at am· time and period as the.y \\'ish. the mornin~ to t l1e sa me hom at ni~ht ior as long C. ¥iles ~cDm~ald, 104.6 ).{i chigan averibe; theniber ot the tllage board and repre!entativ e from that body o ·· the Wilmette Playground and Recrea:.. tion board, was elected chairman of the latter gro·up this week. M.r. :\1cDonald succeeds H. A. LaRoy as ch~irman. He has been a resident of \ Vi lm ette for manv years and active in ci\'iC affair .. v ***** It seems b11t wstcrda"· So swift llzr ;,wments. fly. Rut uo1.c' wc'1.·c come to SO\' T n thrr. Old Church. good bye, A11d lrm ·e to ruth less halld To wruk a11d lay thee low, TlzoulJh thou 1. ·crt lzumbl3' grand A fr7.C' short years ago. August 12 and 13 Set as Dollar Days in Wilmette The retail comm ittee of the Chamber of Commerce, meeting in the Chamber offices \ iVe dnesda,· morning, decided to ho ld Dollar Da\'S in \Vilmette on Monda~· and Tuesday, August 12 and 11 On these dates merchants of the V il lage v.-·ill offer unusual bargains to their regular c u stomers and out-of -town s hop pers \\·ho will he attracted here for the Dollar DaY:-;. The se special davs are always of particular intere~t to botl1 merchant ancl buyer. Remem- Open Second Term for N. T. Swimming .Classes <'\·en· dav. and the g-uards are on clut\· at all tin'lc.., during tho se hours . The ronclition of the water is closch· sup erYi:-<·d 1)\· the \\'ilmtttc Health - department. Church Cornerstone Will -----·-------------------------Be Laid Here August 11 a C.ll1iles McDonald A service, unique and unusually significant. is expected to attract a large summer audience to the Wilmette Paris h Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, when the congregation will make its formal departure from the present church edifice and hold it s initial service in Community hall of the nr\\'ly constructed building at Tenth "treet and \\'ilmette avenue. The ceremonv, outl in ed by the pastor. Dr. Horace C. Smith, will begin in the old church l'clifice and terminate \rith a brief scn·ice of dedication in Communitv hall. :\fceting- at 11 o'clock iit the old Comerstone-laying ceremonies \Yill ht building, thL congn:gation will h old a held Sunday, Aug-ust 11. at the sit e ·'ritual of gratitude" in which tribute of the \Vilm ette English Lutheran ch ur ch edifice now under construction (Con tinued on Page 15) at Greenleaf a\'C nttc and Se\:enth street. Detailed ac'c nunt nf the pDgram will be found in a later is" ue of \ y II. :\1 1-:TTI·: LIFE. PLAN PICNIC SUP·P ER Thr Young- Peoplc"s cl ub of the \\'hooping cough is espec ially active First Cong-regational church will hotel in \ V ilmette L)r this season of th e year , a picnic supp er in Lake Front park at accordi n g t o a report issued this week the foot of \Yashington a\·cnue Friby Dr. \ V. \V. Hawkins. \\'i lm ett e day ('Vcning, July 26. health offtce r. From July 9 to 15 inclu~ive four new cases of the disease were r epo rt ed, while nin e othe r cases \H~ re active and s ix were released. Measles cases have show n a decided Pages decrease. on lv s ix new ones being reAutomobile News .... .41-46 oorte<t for th e week endi ng July 15 Boy Scout Affairs . . . . . . . . 24 while tw e nty-o n e were released. The Book Comment ........... 14 numb e r of active cases of this disease seve n . Church Items ............ .40 was One d ea th amon~ cases of pm' nmrn1ia Editorial-Shore Lines ... 30 which followed measles and \\'hooping Junior Life ............... 18 cough was r epor ted . There is also Recreation Page .......... 38 one new case of pneumonia \\'hich also a mea sles attack. Two cases Society News ............. 32 followed of scarlet fever and the same number Theaters ........ .'. ·........ 8 of chicken pox were active 011 July 15. Classified Ads . . . . . . . . 54-56 The total numb e r of cases under quarantine at that tim e was twenty-one. Whooping Cough Is Active in JVilmette · Health Officer Says In· This Issue