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WILMETTE VOL. XVIII. NO. 15 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 3, 1930 PublfahetZ tDeeldJI bJI LloJ1d HoiUater lno., IZJZ-JZJ6 Oe"trol Ave., Wilmette, Int"cn.. Ift&tered GB aecoftd oiGBB MGUer Jlaroh I J, 19Z4, at the poat ol!foe at Wilmette, IIU"cn., WftcJer the Aot of Jloroll J, 1119. BwbiOriptton prtoe sz.oo a JIBGr. LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS JANE ADDAMS FEATURES SUNDAY CLUB PROGRAM Co-Founder of Hull House to Talk on "International Relations" January 5 Miss Jane Adams, possibly the best known woman in the world, will speak at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club J~nuary 5 on the topic "International Relations." As Miss Addams has r~ turned only recently from another visit to the Peace conference at the Hague and is widely versed in world affairs, it is considered probable that her address will prove one of the most interesting of the present Sunday Evi:ning club season. Miss Addams has long occupied a prominent place in local, national and international circles. With Miss Ellen Gates Starr, she opened the social settlement, Hull House, in Chicago jn 1889. The enterprise quickly achie\'cd notable success and earned recognition from social workers throughout the world. Miss Addams has maintained her position as head resident of Hull Hou se since its founding. Presides at Conferences Wilmette C. of C. in First Meeting of 1930 on Monday The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce will hold its first meeting of the new year at the Wilmette Masonic temple, 1010 .Central avenue, Monday night, January 6. Installation of the new officers of the Chamber will be the principal event on the program. Reports of committees for the past year will be heard, after which several new items of business will be discussed. ]. E. Worthen, recently elected president of the Chamber of Commerce for 1930. issued a statement this week especially urging all members of the organization to attend this first meeting of the new year, since a number of important matters are to be taken up. A group of singers from the North Shore line railroad and a comedian will entertain at the -meeting. There are also to be refreshments at the close of the program. A talk by Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz on his war experiences, scheduled for next Monday's meeting, has been postponed to a later date. Officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce for 1930, all of whom will be installed Monday night, are : ]. E. \Vorthen, president; D. E. Allen, Jr., vice-president; Dan G. Stiles, treasurer, and R. M. Johnston, E. E. Griffi <>, Leo Mickel, John Schneider, A. E. Nord, Marcus Mick, Art Van Deusen, Paul Rensch and Carl C. Renneckar. Winnetka W altonians Vision Vast: Natural Preserve for North Shore Speaks Here Sunday Move to Retain Recreational Area as Wild Life Vanishes · Before Development Vision a natural forest retreat extending continuously from Evanston to the Wisconsin Jine; a slender preserve in which hardwood forests, unpolluted streams and marshes, flowers and grass covered meadows and prairies, animal and bird life, are maintained "as they grow." Vision this now, an area set apart from surrounding territory merely by boundary and not by any material difference, and then the same area in the near future when suburban development will have banished for all time with this sinRle exception, the natural beauties that have abounded along the lake shore in past years. Augmented by Parka Vision this and you have a brief glimpse of the motivating force which has prompted the Winnetka chapter of the lzaak Walton league to launch a program whereby it hopes to effect the creation of just such a mecca for, adults and children-a mecca that would be augmented by expanded pa:k facilities within the corporate limits of the various municipalities in the lake shore area and by the Desplaines river preserves, the latter to be made more accessible through "connecting routes.'· In a preliminary report, compiled following an extended inspection of the lake shore and a study of the possibilities for such a recreation area, the Outdoor Plan committee of the Winnetka lzaak Walton league voices the conviction that the material accomplishments of the county forest preserve and village park commissions toward the building of public parks should be but the beginning of a much more extensive program that eventually would provide an adequate opportunity for even a saturated population to enjoy the many human satisfactionsrecreational, spiritual and educationalthat such a territory alone can offer. While the report is necessarily but a casual treatise of the plan proposed, it details the manifold possibilitie5 of such a retreat, the many problems to be encountered in building it and possible means of overcoming the difficulties involved. The first installment of the report, as submitted by the committee of which Arthur Fisher of Winnetka is chairman, follows. Others will be published in succeeding issues of WtLMt'l'tt LI~. The Report The Outdoor Plan committee has been organized for the purpose of preparing a plan, together with maps, for the preservation and development of outdoor recreational areas in Winnetka and surrounding territory. T~is region, bounded on the east by LaKe Michigan, extends approximately five miles south of Winnetka to the north· boundary line of Evanston, seven mites west to the Desplaines river and fifteen miles north to the Wisconsin state line. The plan includes an outline of what should be achieved by the end of a ten· year period, and also the preliminary steps which should be taken within the next year and in successive years to car_ry out that program. The plan cov· (Continued on Page 6) · Her activities gradually taking on greater and greater scope, Miss Addams since 1900 has gained extensive promiaence through her participation in various conferences on social work and national and international affairs. She was president of the Xational Conference on Charities and Correction in 1909: chairman of the Internatioual Committee of Women for Permanent Peace: and president of the InternJ.tional Congress of Women in 1919. She presided at conferences at the Hague in 1915: in Zurich in 1919: in Vienna in 1921: again at the Hague in 1922, and :11 Washington, D. C., in 1924. Eminent Author Rabbi Solomon Goldman to Address N. S. Congregation Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Chicago, one of the most brilliant speakers in the American Jewish pulpit today, 'will occupy the pulpit of Rabbi Kopald at the North Shore Congregation Israel, Lincoln and Vernon avenues, Glencoe, Sund.ay morning, January 5, at 11 o'clock. "Is Assimilation of the Jew Desirable?" is the subject upon which Dr. Goldman will speak. Dr. Goldman, during the four months of his residence in Chicago, has made a profound impression upon the community and has been speaking twice each week in his synagogue to capacity congregations. Miss Jane Addams probably needs no introduction to north shore residents. She will add.ress the Wilmette Sunday Evening club this Sunday evening on "International Relations." . Wilmette Public Schools to Resume Classes Jan. 6 Wilmette Public schools will resume the regular schedule of work Monday morning, January 6. The schools closed on Friday afternoon, December 20, for the annual Christmas vacation. A number of teachers living out of town who went home for the holidays will be returning to the village this week-entJ. As an author, Miss Addams also enjoys considerable eminence. Among her works are : "Democracy and Social Ethics," "Newer Ideals of Peace," "The Spirit of Youth and Cit:v Streets," "Twenty Years in Hull House," ·'A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil," "The Long Road of vVomen's Memorv." and "Peace and Bread in Time Supt. J. R. Harper Attends o{ War." Meeting of State Teachers Miss Anna Nyberg, accomplished violinist and welt known throughout Supt. J. R. Harper, of the Wilmette the north shore, will present a music:tl Public schools, attended the annual meeting of the Illinois State Teachers' ·program. association at Springfield Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. Indian Hill Club Badly Schools in alt of the north shore vilDamaged Fire Tuesday lages sent representatives to the conThe Wilmette Fire department was vention. called out at 3 :45 o'cldck Tuesttay morning, when flames threatened to destroy the club house at the Indian Hill Golf club on Ridg-e road. The Pages blaze, which was caused by defective Automobiles ........... 37-40 electric wiring, destroyed the furniture and interior work in the dining room. Amusement Directory ..... 44 Other parts of the club house were Book Comment ........... 36 damaged by smoke and water. An estimate of the damage had not been Boy Scout Affairs ...... 22~ made when WILM~TTE LIF~ went to Cburcb News ............. 10 press. Th.e Winnetka Fire depart- Classified Ads .......... 46-47 ment was called to assist the Wilmette firemen in fighting the flames. The Cub Activities ............ 30 only other fire call received by the Editorials-Shore Lines ... 26 Wilmette department during the week Music Page .............. 32 from Christmas to New Year's was at Recreation Events ........ 42 912 Greenleaf avenue Sunday noon. An automobile belonging to the Terminal Society Events ............ 28 Hardware company caught fire at that Travel Comer ............ 16 . address. Now For JANUARY BARGAINS. This is the month when the merchant gathers together his wares and offers them at bargain prices. This issue offers the first of January's b a r g a i n crop. Read tthe adver· tisements carefully, the big ones and the little ones. They will guide you to the best values and save needless running around. By In This Issue