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WILMETT'·E VOL XVII., NO. 54 \VILMETTE, ILLI~OIS, LI ·FE PRICE FIVE CENTS Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second c lass matter . March 13, 1924, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, und er ~ h e Act of March J., 1879. S'ubscription price sz.oo a year. SEPTEMBER 27, 1929 BAPTIST CHURCH OFFERS SPECIAL SUNDAY ·SERIES Music Page Now Weekly Feature of Wilmette Life Invites Villagers Wxi.~lE'l'T~ LIFJ~ presents to its readers on page 44 of this issue an entire page devoted exclusively to news pertaining to the north shore and Chicago musical \\·orlds. This page will in the future he a regular The postponement of the \Vilmette weekly feature of \.YJi.~lJ~Tn: L1F1:. ~unda \' C\'ening club season openin&r and devotees of music are urged to i(')r three weeks lea yes a gap which aid in making it truly representa the pastor and officers of the \Vilmette Baptist church haYe deeidtcl to tive of the realm it serves. fill bY offering a series of three SunThe attention of the reader i::. da ,. night services of a popular and also respectfully directed to Jl' :--:I OJ< inter-cknominational character. SenL1n:. appearing on page ~H and temher 29. October o, and October 13, similarly a regular feature of \VII.at 7" :30 o'clock. :o.lET'I'I·: LirE. ]L·:--:wK LrFE is no\\' enEach service will begin with a brief · tering upon its third school year of organ recital of familiar and well-loved existence. Published under tbe numbers pia ved hv Miss LYdia Koch. supervision of the \\ ilmette P laythe talented organist of the church. ground and Recreation board. it A slwrt song service will follow under contains news of the schools and the direction of Madame Gi lcl crov playgrounds written and concei,·ed Scntt. ]·,nglish contralto, who \Yill also hy the pupils themselves. It will render a solo. b~ of especia l interest to parents. Rev. George D. Allison. pastor. \\:111 present three discussions of an unusual pulpit h'JH:, the first dealing with bingraph\", th.e ·s con<l with the late st Methodist Cornerstone to noYel and the third with the phase of Be Lat"d Sunday, Oct. 6 the drama. The topic for the biog-raphical address · this Sundav evening- I The cornerstone of the new \ Vilmette \\·ill be "The Bensons. a Stuch· of Fam. . . ·1 v L ova It " anc1 I .ove " . 0 n 0 c t o 1 ,. P _ ansh Methodist church no\\· 111 co urse 1 )er o, ·Dr. Allison will use "The Cncertain of construc tion at Lake avenut: and Trumpet". th e eagerh· awaited non·l Tentb street. \Vihnette. ,i,·ill be formfrom the pen of A. S. M. Hutchison, ally laid Sunday mornin.Lr. October h. author of "This Freedom" and "One it was announced this week. The cereTncreasinJ! · Purpose"·. On October 13. nwnv will take place at 10:30 o'clock it is expected that the talk on "Drama" in the morning. Bishop Edwin Holt will he illustrated hv a medieval miracle Hughes of the Chicago area of the nladet. Methodist chur ch will preach at the A cordial invitation is xtendecl regular 11 o'clock services that SundaY. to members of all th e churc hes and Bishop Hughes is a resident of \Vil· .) the l!enera l public. The Baptist mette and has maintained a keen in'"·burch is th edifice with the lighted terest in th e huildin.Lr program ni the rrnss at the corner of \ Vilm et t e and local church. Forest :nenues. PUBLIC HEALTH GOOD Jud~e Allegretti Speaks Conta~ion in Wilmette i::; verv lig ht. t~ Wilmette Rotary Club according to the report of the Wilmette .ludgc Francis Alkgrctti of the Ju- .Health department this \reek. th ere venile branch of the Chica.L[o ).futli- bei n(! on tv six q na rantines of \\·hicl1 ripal court " ·as the speaker at the \Vil -· three arc whooping cough. · - - - - - -mette Hotan· club lun cheon \V eclne . daY noon of this ·w eek. Judge Allel!retti attrihut eel a high percenta).!e nf im·enilc delinque ncv to disrupted hn:11e I life. l Ic made a olea to the Rotarians tn not nnh· visit the Tm·eni le C(ltlrt frequenth· hut to assmn~ an active interest in ~uictinq- ho\·s ancl gir ls ,,·ho r1a,·e been marked as ".Lroin).! tn the · had ." . Tnd.l!e :\ll cgrett i \\·a:-; intrnclucl'd b) the Rotarians hv Fln,·d L. Bateman ni \\'ilmettc \\'ho is prtsident of the Chiraun Rotan· c1 uh. Paul \\'esthurg, a fnrmcr president I of the Chira(!o Rnt:1n- rluh .;ounded :1 ;1 a npea I to th e \ Yi lm l't te rl u h lllL'lll her:-; j tn lend thtir assi..;tance in insuring the surcc.;..; nf tlH· Sih·er Tuhilcc rom·ention of Rotan· Tnterniltilll1al which i..; 1 tn he held in ChicaQ"o next June. RECOMMEND REZONING OF WEST RAILROAD AVENUE Kenilworth Zoning Commission Favors Creating Business District Invite Villagers to "Services of · Popular and Inter-denominational Character" J 1 TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK! Central Standard time \\'ill hc resumed again throughout the Chicago area Sunday morning. Scptenlher 29, and it wi 11 he necessary to turn yo ur time-pieces hack one hot1r if \ ' Ott wish to conform with the sch.cclu le o{ things on Sunday. All ch urch serv ic" es on Sunday will h e in accordance v;ith cr ntra l Standani time. Turn your clock back one hour upon retiri-ng Saturday ni ght~ The REALEST ATE SECTION - reviewing a month's progress in Wilmette realty and building circles- appears in this issue. After considering the views expressed by a large number of Kenilworth re . irlents who attended the publi c hearing Monday night on the rezoning of \V est Railroad avenue in Kenilworth for business, the zoning commission of that vi llage has decided· to recomn1end to the Kenilworth village hoard the passage of an ordinance providing that all of West Railroad avenue from Kenilworth a\·enue north to th e vi llage limits he rezoned for business. Discuss All Phases Seve ral persons who spoke at the public hearin g felt that part of \Ve st Railr oad avenue north of Kenilworth avenue should remain in the residential The Re,·. George D . Allison, pastor, classification. It was pointed out, is offerin.B' a series of unusual inter- however, that lots bordering on \Yest esting evening community services at Railroad avenue are undesirable for residential purposes since the street the \\'ilmette Baptist church beginning runs parallel ' with the railroad and. this Sunday and co ntinuin g for thre1: since the new street, when widened Sundays or until tht ~ pcning of the and paved to form a part of McCorritick highway through the i10rth shore \\'ilmctte Sunday Evening club season. villages, will cut down the depth of ~I r. Allison's subject this Sunday c\·t- lots bordering it to 100 feet. The con ning will bt "The Hensons, a Study of temp lat ed track eleva tion through KenFamily Loyalty a11d LLWL' ... :\11 ,-il- ilworth was a lso mentioned, and it was brought ·out by proponents of the ,\Vest lager:-> are inYitt·d t\) participate in Railroad avenue rezoning that to leave the research department. part of th e stree t in the resident;al cla.~s i fication would e nc ou rage the construction of cheap and undesi rabl e Bruin Aces Speak at N. T ., residences in this vicinity. . Besieged for Autogr _ aphs Although it is proposed to zone a ll i \Vest Railroad avenue north of J{ousing cheers and hundr eds of rc- Kenilworth avenue.' for business, part quests for ·.utographs greeted "Kiki" oi th e street will be designated as "D Cuvlcr, Riggs Stephenson and Cliff comme rcial " and part as "E co mm erHeathcote. members of the champio n · cia l," according to the plans. The plan Chi ca)!n Cubs baseball team. who spoke is to zone the str eet from Kenilworth to students of New Trier High schoo l avenue to Pleasant avenue "D comin the old auditorium at the sc hool mercial"- fo r retail business only. "F. \\'edn esda,· afternoon at 3 o'clock. The commercial," which permits garages plavers told tori cs and baseball ·uH.·c- and tilling stations also, will be applied dotes. Their appearance at ~c"· Trier tll the secti on of \ Vest Hailroad avenue was Slh)nsored hv the Tri-Ship Bo,·s' from Pleasant avenue north to the club oi \\'hich Dnnalcl Frisbie i~ t hl' . village limits. f acu lt )· al1vtser. . · S 'ld' L' ets 8 u1 1ng me TAKES POSITION IN EAST The prc~posed o~dinance relative to \\' illiam Edmonds, sun of \1 r. and I the rczc~111.n g p_rnvHles for a t\\:enty\1rs. \Yilli anl EdnH':lncls. 1730 \\' a lnut foot hlllldmg hn e on \\ est ~a1lroa_d a\·cnue. wit~) attended .-\rmt)ur in . titutL' a\'Cilue. so that whe!1 ti_Jc v1l~ag e. 1~ in Chicag-o last year. has accepted a n:ady t_ o go ah~al~ w1th. the w1demng pnsitinn t hi s fall wit h tht: Techniculnr ot the street btnldtn~s wtll be s~t bac~ · ~roving Picture cuncl'rn t)f Jlo~tnn. in ~ar cno11gh not tt) mterfere w1th the the H~·se:trch department. tmproYemcnt. /\. group oi citizens residing on Brier street in th l' vicinity ,of l\f ackan avenue, where Br ier st reet runs a lmost parallel with il ll<L becomes the first Pages s~rt·et west oi \V est Railroad avenut!, Automobiles .......... 51, 55 h:1ve reta int<l legal counsel for the Boy Scout Affairs ..... 32, 33 purpose nf fighting the proposed n.·Book Comment . .. ........ 46 zon ing of the street, it was declared by T. (~iliH.'rt, one of those interestChurch News .......... 23-24 1-'aul t el in co mbattin g th e rezoning 111lWC, Club Activities ... ..... .. . 42 late this week. Editorials-Shore Lines ... 38 Anotlwr impqrtant public ltcarillg- i..; Junior Life ............ 48-50 sch ed uled for n c:'i: t ·Monday night in Real Estate News ...... 56, 66 the Kenilworth As. embh· hall at ~ o'clock. The widening an~! repaving of Music Page .............. 44 I 1 \V est Hailrnacl avenue. which is to he Society News ............. 40 'Kenilw or th' s link in the \lcl'Pnnirk Classified Ads ... ....... 68-70 highway thr ough the north shnrc 'illages, will be di sc nss('c\. In This Issue