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WILMETT .E VOL. XVIII. NO. 17 \VILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 17, 1930 Village Green Rink LIFE PRICE_FIVE CENTS Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1U2-1286 CentmZ Ave., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second class matter Jltl.m·ch 13, 1924, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, ·under tile Act of March 3, 1819. Subsc1·ipti01t p1·ice $2.00 a ·year. TORRID SESSION MAW PARLIAMENT LEADER IS ICE EVENT TOMORROW Boat"d Carnival Postponed ....__s_c_ou_t_sp_e_ak_er_........ TAXPAYERS' CONFERENCE SUNDAY CLUB·SPEAKER Reereation from Last Saturday to be Held on I J. Hugh Edwards "Ambassador of Good Will" Comes to Wilmette on January 19 ]. Hugh Edwards, distinguished Welsh statesman and member of the British ·Parliament, will be the speaker at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club, Sunday January 19, in the First Congregational church. Joel Lay is to be the soloist this Sunday. Mr. Edv,rards is engaged in a brief speaking tour of America as an "am~ bassador of international good will," it is pointed out. His subject will be, "Where Is the World Today, and Whither Is It Going?" Regarded as one of the most brilliant speakers in the British House of Parliament, Mr. Edwards is said to have a message that merits universal attention. A tour of America in 1928 was so successful that Mr. Edwards was prevailed upon to return to this countr:-y at the earliest poss ible time for further speaking engagemei1ts. Believes in America Mr. Edwards, a direct descendant of ] onathan Edwards, founder of Princeton university, declares that he has much in common with America. "He believes in America and American ideals," . reads a comment, "and in the necessity of linking more closely the United States and Great Britain." Mr. E_dwa~ds is the official biographer of Lloyd George, and recently wrote the life of this noted world-figure which is to appear in the near future. Of Mr. Edwards' American tour, Lloyd George has said : Praised . by. Lloyd George "I am interested to hear that Hugh Edwards is going to America . ... His visit cannot fail to be of great advantage t_ o the cause which he and I have at heart-bringing into closer co-operation the two great countries which speak the same language and cherish the same traditions. I am delighted to know that he will speak in support of ideals which should make their appeal on both sides of the Atlantic. I am sure that with his great gift for public speaking and his power of popular appeal his visit will be a great success." The fourth annual Ice Skating Carnival postponed from last Saturday will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock at the Village Green ice pond, Director of Recreation Daniel M. Davis, announces. A group of skaters from Waukegan, representing ~he VI/ aukegan Recreation board, are the latest entrants received at the recreation office and in addition, a number of residents from Evanston and other north shore towns have added their names to the contestants for the mile and two mile opei1 races and for the fancy skating event. In this latter event, Jules Bannucci, who won first place last year will again be a contestant. More than 200 registrations were received for the meet. Village President Earl E. Orner will be honorary referee of the carnival, and Director · of Recreation Eddie \Valkup of \Vaukegan will be an honorary official. Elmer vVitliams, wl!o has served as referee of all the meets conducted by the board, will again serve in that capacity and the list nf officials \\'ill include: Daniel M. Davi s, director of the meet; Herwig Toeppen, Hans vonReinsperg, John Finlayson, and Rollin Simonds, judges; Glen \V. Gathercoal, announcer; Dudley C. Stone, clerk; Miss J~e Skidmore, scorer and awarder of pnzes. · The order of events will be: 100 yard dash . Gi'rls under 11 years of age 100 yard dash . Boys unde r 11 years of age 220 yard da~h . GirlH under 13 years of age 220 yard dash .. Boys under 13 years of age 440 yard dash ...... Girls 13 years of age 440 yard dash .. . ... Boys 13 years of age 440 yard dash . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . ..... · · · · ....... Girls 14 years of age and over 440 yard dash ... . Boys 14 years of age 440 yard dash ...... Boys 15 years of age 440 yard dash . Boys under 18 years of age 1 mile open . 15 years of age and over Fancy ~:;kating .......... . .... . . . ... Open 2 mile OJ)en ..... 18 years of age and over 600 Take Part in Open Forum, Fire Sizzling Questions at Cutmore The reassessment revolt, which has been brewing in New Trier township for several weeks, rose to a fevered crescendo last Monday night when more than six hundred tax-conscious residents engaged in an open forum on the current tax muddle and fired sizzling questions at Harry S. Cutmore. director of revaluation for William H Malone, chairman of the state jax commission. So widespread was the lRterest aroused, the gathertng taxed to its greatest capacity the auditorium of the Howard school, Wilmette, in which it was held and more than four hundred people were unable to gain entrance. Pass Two Resolutions If, as is probable, Mr. Cutmore in · accepting the invitation of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce to speak at the session hoped to allay the rapidly increasing fear of residents that the present move of the state tax commission is placing in jeopard.y their interests, it may be stated without fear of contradiction that this ambition failed of fruition for the meeting resulted in the passing of two distinct resolutions-one calling on the lo~al governin~ bodies to scale down their tax levies for 1928 to their actual ex.penditures and the other authorizing the chairman of the meeting, Presid-:>nt J, E. Worthen of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, to appoint a committee to cooperate with the Evanston Real Estate board in its war on unequallzed taxation. In many instances questions addressed to Mr. Cutmore pertained to the motives of the tax commission and the program being followed by them, over which he has no jurisdiction, and for the most part those speaking had only praise for his efforts. In a few instances, however, questions of prime importance were asked concerning his activities which the speaker evaded. And in most of his answers he dealt with generalities =1nd other townships rather than the specific difficulties in New Trier. Evades Questions Outstanding among these was the _ question raised by George R. Harbaugh, New Trier township tax assessor, as to why-when the state law · prescribes that all assessors and their assistants must be residents and voters of the township in which appraisals are being made- Mr. Cutmore, has retained only three who meet such requirements, and employed thirty-six others who were residents of some other district to make the appraisal in New Trier township for the tax commission, ignoring Mr. Harbaugh, the elected assessor, altogether. This question was not answered. Similarly, another iss:.te raised by Mr. Harbaugh, that the revaluation director's office had delayed for more than eight months submitting the field books to the local tax assessor and had then demanded that he complete them hastily and refused him an extension of time, evoked no comment from Mr. Cutmore. It was at this time Mr. Harbaugh also called attention to the rumor that reg-ardless of the recommendations made by the local as(Continued on. page 4) \iValter \V. Head, president of the national l~ouncil of the Boy Scouts of America, is to be the guest of honor and speaker at the annual dinner and meeting of the North Shore Area council Friday evening, ] anuary 24, in the New Trier High school mess hall. Mr. Head is a resident of Chicago and president of the Foreman State bank. Health Situation Good As Contagious Diseases Wane St. Francis P. T. A. Will Hear Lecture on "Health" The Parent-Teacher association of St. Francis Xavier school will hold its next VIeeting Friday afternoon, J anuary 24, at 3 o'clock in the school aur1itorium. Mrs. Louis M. Featherstone will gi.ve a talk on "Health." The children of the fifth grade will entertain ~if mothers with a varied progra;n, 1· the mothers of the fifth grade chit. ;·iwill be hostesses. Six new cases of chicken pox were reported for the week ending W ednesday, January 15, by the Wilmette Health department. There are aiso two other cases of this disease in the English Lutheran Choir village still active. No other new conSponsors Lecture Jan. 24 tagion \vas reported, although th~re Abram Dale Gash, 527 Central ave- are three cases of scarlet fever and nne vVilmette will give an illustrated two of whooping cough active. lect~re on "TI\e City of Washington" Friday evening, January 24, at the \Vilmette English Lutheran church. The lecture will be followed by a musical novelty in which the choir, assisted by Hortense Lechler, soprano, .of Wilmette. and Hildegard Kraft, violinist, of Chicago, will give several numbers. The program is given under the auspices of the choir of the church. There will be a silver offering. In This Issue Pages Automobiles ........... 45-46 Amusement Directory ..... 53 Book Comment ........... 36 Boy Scout News ........ 34-35 <llurch News ............ 141 Classified Ads .......... 54-55 Club Activities ............ 40 Editorials-Shore Lines ... 30 Girl Scout A&airs ......... 10 Junior Life ............ 42-44 Music Page .............. 32 Recreation Events ........ 48, Lake Shore for Recreation .16 Society News ............. 38 The Chicago n al Natio. Automobile Show Begins Saturday, January 25 ~ ·'What Do We Live For?" is the Jject of the lecture which Rabbi J. Kopald will deliver Sunday : · JUis 1 ~-Atorning, January 19, at North Shore · Congregation Israel, Lincoln and Vernon avenues, Glencoe, at 11 o'clock. The general public is invited. 1 } J; {:.That Do We Live For?" · N. S. Congregation Topic Next week we publish our annual automobile number containing a resume' of the · local automobile and accessories dealers' and garage owners' activities, as well as a brief description of the new features of the 1930 model autos.