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WILMETTE VOL. XVIII. NO. 21 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 14, 1930 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1U!-1U6 Central Ave., Wilmette, Illinois. Entered as second class matter March 1S, 1924, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, undet· the Act of March S, 1819. Subscription price U.OO a 11ear. Ta. xpayers Will Hold Mass Meeting Tuesday . N. T. Citizens' Committee to Propose C. OF C. ASKS VILLAGE Definite Course of Action in Local TO SLASH THEATER FEE Present Rate of $300 a Year Is Unreasonable, Business Men Declare DE COU AGAIN BRINGS DREAM PICTURES HERE Sunday Evening Club Changes Meeting Place to New Trier Because of Popularity Drive Again·s t Inequitable Taxation Kenilworth Residents in Meeting Last To Hold Seaaion at New Trier High Monday Night; Committee to Go School; Warn Property Owners to Before Board of Review Get Property Valuation Information A mass meeting for taxpayers of New Trier township has been called by the Citizens' Tax committee for 8 o'clock next Tuesday night, February 18, at New Trier High school. At that time definite plans·for a campaign for ec;uitable taxation will be presented and the reassessment situation as it relates to this town.ship will be outlined. Taxpayers Act Now! Simultaneously with the announcement of the meeting, an urgent warnit.g was issued by the committee to all residents to immediately secure information as to the assessment valuations placed on their property by the Board of Assessors. This · information can be scccred at the office of the Board of Assessors, Room 319, county building. "Take :vour 1927 tax bill with you," the committee charged. "If you wish to file an individual objection before the Board of Assessors, this must be done not later than Monday evening, February 17." In this connection a memorandum form listing the information that will be needed, should an objection be filed, is published on page 6-l of this issue. The decision of the committee to call the meeting resulted from an executi,·e session that lasted well into the morning hours Thursday and followed closelv on the heels of a m~ss meeting held by Kenilworth citizens Monday. An account of the Kenilworth meetin~ is carried in an adjacent column. Tnformation now available indicate<; (Continued. on page 62) · · Again moving in accordance with a At a mass meeting of Kenilworth definitely outlined program-in effect, a concerted effort to bring the village taxpayers in the ] ose ph Sears school Monday night a Kenilworth Citizens' out of a seeming slump in civic develTax committee ·was created for the opment and to project it along a course purpose of obtaining information relathat will in time place it on a compara- tive to the tax situation as it affects tive par with neighboring communities that village and to advise as to the - the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce course of action to be pursued . on \Vednesday of this week addressed Members of t3e committee are: A. a communication to the Wilmette Vil- R. Peterson, chairman, Courtenay C. lage Board of Trustees requesting that Davis, se cretary Harry P. Harrison, 1 body to make a stringent reduction in Allan T. Gilbert and George C. Richthe $300 annual fee assessed for the ards. operation of a theater here. Assessed Value Doubled Fee Inequitable On behalf of this committee A. R. Recounting the long continued efforts Peterson, the chairman, issued the foloi local citizens to secure a motion pic- lowing statement this week : "The citizens of Kenihrorth. the ture house for the village and pointing out that such an institution has been same as citizens m every district of definitely proved to have a decided Cook county, are willing to pay their hearing on trade conditions, the letter just proportion of taxes, but no more. drafts a c<mtrast between the · fees Our assessed valuation 1s more than assessed by Evanston and Highland double that of 1927. The sole object of Park-and that charged by \Vilmette the citizens' committee is to ascertain and deplores the unreasonableness of \\ hether the valuation as made conthis villa~e's , high rate. E\·anston, it forms to the valuations in other disi..; outlined, charges but $200 a year for tricts ·a nd also to correct many inequa:t theat.er seating 1,840 people, and lities in our own neighborhood. Un1-: ighland Park assesses the Alcyon, less this is clone there cannot be equality in taxes. \Ve propose to accomplish with a capacity of 1,000, only $50. \Vith these facts in view, the Cham- t!~is in a non-political, busine s-like her contends the fee charged by \\' il- manner, and to present the facts t0 th~ mette represents in a sense a penalty board of review for its consideration." The mass meeting of Kenilworth to the theater owner locating here and taxpayers on Monday night was called recommends that the board reduce the fee to $100 and further that $200 of hv a group of Kenilworth citizehs inthe fee charged the \\ ilmet.t e Theater ch:ding \V. H. Anderson, Arthur Bon(Continued on page 64) company recently he returned. This company ha s announced that work is ------------------------------~ to he started immediatelv 0;1 the re- sonable ' theater license charge and· modeling of the ol<-1 Ce"ntral aYenue recommend that your honorable body theater and that it will be opened with- amend the ordinance as of January 1. in sixty claYS. 1930, pertaining t.o such a license fee accordingly and refund :Mr. Kalaris The Letter The Chamhtr's letter. \\·hich will the difference in the amount of $200. Please read this letter at the next he read before the hoard on Fehrttan 18. follows: · meeting of the · Village board, FebruThe vVilmctte Chamber of Commerce ary 18. 1930. Very truly. h~s been advised that our present or\Vilmette Chamber of Commerce dtnance calls for a $300 license fee J. E. \Vorthen. for the operation of a mo\·ing picture President. theater in \Vilmettc. A theater means more business for the \·illage of \Vilmette and we have worked hard for two years to procure Pages same. In view of this fact it would seem that a fee of $300 as paid bv Amusement Directory ..... 58 1~r. Kalaris recently, is entirely too Automobiles .............. 49 htgh. Book Comment ........ 46-47 Our opinion in this case is based on Boy Scout News ...... 40-41 a cgmparison between the V..'ilmette Church News ............. 52 license fee and that being paid by simClassified Ads .......... 60-62 ilar smaJt theaters in other communities. · Club Activities ............ 44 In Highland Park, a town of 15,000 Editorials-Shore Lines ... 34 population the Alycon theater with a Girl Scout Affairs ......... 38 ~eating capacity of 1,000 is paying a Junior Life ............... SO fee of $50. Evanston with its populaMusic Page ............... 36 tion of over 60,000 has a fee of $200 Recreation Events ........ 54 for the Varsity the,ilter which has a capacity of 1,840. Society News ............. 42 We believe that $100 would be a rea- In This Issue Branson De Cou, who during the past three years has delighted no less than six Wilmette Sunday Evening club audiences, returns for his . fourth consecutive year this Sunday, February 16, to offer once again his "Dream Pictures of Northern Wonderlands of the Midnight Sun." And for the succeeding Sunday's program, Mr. De Con is again scheduled to present the companion production, "Dream Pictures of North African Wonderlands." Because it is realized that a much larger number of Wilmette ~esidents, as well . as a generous representation from other north shore communities, will desire to attend both programs, arrange'ments have been made for the use of New Trier High school auditorium for the next two meetings of the club. Demand Rescheduling To say that Mr. De Cou has enjoyed great popularity during the past three Sunday Evening club seasons is to put it mildly. With the conclusion of each succeeding engagement here the demand for an additional presentation of the two films has been so general as to make it almost mandatory upon Sunday Evening club officials to again schedule them. The "dream trip" through the "northern wonderlands of the midnight sun" begins in Berlin, with many glimpses oi the great German capital as it is rr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ today-once more a Mecca for American tourists, and one of the world's largest and most beautiful cities. Visits Copenhagen From Germany, the "dream tourist" goes to Copenhagen-another distinctive capital-and then by the Gota canal through the heart of Sweden. He visits Visby on the Island of Gotland, and then sees many views of Stockholm, the Venice Qf the North, one of the most interesting cities in Europe. Wilmette merchants again Returning to Oslo, he takes the OsloBergen Mountain railroad through the · offer a host of Dollar Day ht.art of the snow world, that exists bargains Monday and Tues· even in midsummer. Then begins his cruise through the fjords of Norway, day~ February 17 · 18. with special detailed study of the most Thrifty buyers will do well beautiful ones-Naero, Geiranger am~ Lyngen. to read carefully all the He visits Stalheim, Balholm, Odd a, advertisements in this issue. M erok, Oie, Heltesylt, Loen, the Kien<lal Glacier, Laetefoss. the Romsttal Exceptional v a I u e s are Valley-the cities of Bergen, Trondioffered in all lines. Make hem, and quaint towns, like Hammerfest, Tromsoe, Digermulen in the Loa list of your wants and use foten Isiands and climbs the North this issue as your guide to Cape. In the Lyngenfjord he encounters the full glory of the midnight sun, the best values. and visits a Lapp encampment. Then on to Spitzbergen and the Polar ice pack for a climax of color in the icebergs and glacien 'o f Kings bay, M·gdalene bay and Cross bay. Dollar' Days Are Here ·