WILLENHANCE GOLF, COURSE Comimunity R lecreation Associ-. ation Annotinces Plans to. Beautify Canal Links l'le - .*.%vanstot)IlCnîl ivRec- reatÎin association, wihoperates the coiumnuiuity (If course on the righit-ot-way of the Drainage canal iii Evanston and Xilnette, lias de-. cided. on a prograni Of. beautifying spots, along thie'course_ wliclm runls froni Sheridan road in iiW'lnette to tjie point wbcere the Chicago and North WVestern railroad crosses the Drainage canal in' Evanstol. W. P. Crane, Jr., a young architect of Evanistoni, who is doing some c1x- cellent %vork in conniection with: the, ,Century of Progress Exposition ini désigîiing exhibits,. lias been retainied by lte FEvanston Comnmunity Recrea- tion association to inake, a study of the.golf course and reconînxend points iv bere special treatment can1 beý given1. Iii the' first place, the starter's bouse -and the adjacent grounid s:about it àt t 1he Central Street station of thé. eleévated huie iii Evanlston haee been grcatly inproved su that thie effect is very pleasing. Plant Shrubs Nex.t, Mr. Crane suggested tîhe plantin.g. of slirubs nort.h of the green at Sheridan road iii Wilmnette. This bias becni oîîe and further -work will lie plannied inI Minette. There are seven bloles of the course [ocated iii \X.ilnete and eleven ini Evanston. 'lle Evanston Cotnînxunity Recrea.- tion association, after paying al carryiîgý exl)enses, divides -the profits proportionately. 'bselevenl-eighit- iecnthis of tbe, profits goes to f'hle parks and recreation committee of the Ev*ýatîstoni City coquncil and seiéen-. eighteettis to thbe .Winette Park board f roiwbence the Wilrniette -portion is turned over to the play- ground and recreation. board. The dent; Mr. Ornier, vice-president; C. M. Cartwriglit of Evanston is secte- . tary and James F. *Ieahly of Evans- ton, treasurer. W. L. McGoodwin, theJ nianaging director, has been *ini charge:of tie'golf course for a num- ber of years.L Will Wilmette Public Sehools Open Next September? * By HenyE. Cutir (Pretsidtoit I'Vilin'tte Sehool -District) The Wilniiette public .sehools w ill close tlîis week, haviiîg been kept open 'for the fui. tern.i ony beicause the 'teachers and those wvhohave furi-Jshcd necessaryschiool 'supplies havýe taken scoltax warraits iii part, paynmenit.for %vhat was due themn or are now unpaid., 'To date our unpaid bis1 are in. excess of $10,000, -exclusive of over $19,10W due teachers. and $18,086.25 duejuIy 1 and, August le o f this year for maâturing bonds and interest. The,,house-tp-house canhpaign for sale of school tax war-; rajîts began last wiîter pr.oduced, only- $29,439.94. In addition 'U9,781.42 wvas:received frorn seven.public spirited citizens, coin- paîuies and associations, (two citizens furnisbinig $17,500 ýof thîs anount) and $40,000. canme from :outside financial institutions. This. makes a total of .$89,221.36; received fromn school tax wýarrant 'sals. As printed Ili the ju>ne 2 issue Of WILMETTE LIF£ our budget for 1932-33. school year 'is $2Q4,723, being approxinx -ately $70,000 less than the.budget last year for generai expenses and over .$100OO00 less than the total budget. for 1931-32 'chl y ear. This was accoi npli she d",blà reducing teachers anld othe erpoes salaries, decreasing. the number of teachiers. and, other, saving-s. The sclîool tax levy for thé vear 19,32 will. be $250,000,.bin $50,000 less than the tax levy for thie year 1931 and the tax bis for thie'1932 school tax will sho9w a substatitial reduction. Your board of education feels that it lias responded to thec uîecessity of cuttiing public expenditures anid yet maintain a schiool systeni wvorthy of the i'iehs of. Wihinctte citizens. Schoos canniot func tion ý,%itliout imoniey. Tkle oîily source of getting îîîoney is frofiuî sale- of. tax warrants.. To date tax wvarrants against the 1931 ichool.taxes hiave either. been. sold or delivered to' teachers ,aid,,to otlier creditors -in the,,sui, of $123,254.33. About $100,000. tax warraiitsý are: yet',av*ailable for sale. and caîî be bought at the schpo1, office,, 738 Tenth street on anv day fromn now on throut.gh thé sumnier. These tax wa rrantscn be used iii payrnent of your 19.3,1 Wilnîeétte sehool tiaxe. Froin the foregoing it appears ýthat ony 4,21.3 cho tax. warrants, were purchiased by 'Wilniette p)eople and- that anîounit inicludes two citizens' subscriptionis of $17,500. Yet wer boast of ôver fifteeu thouisand l)optlatiotî, ninerous fine churchies, coinfortable houles, fine cars, mîodernî public inîiprove- nients, itnposinig club bouses, a pruud atid initelligent people with over seveîîteeu hiundred schiool chliIdrei spare! *-Mrs. Henry Cutier; cliairman. Note: Economy Sbop is conducted by the Woman's club of Wilmnette. Proceeds are directed to.cbarifty.- STEPS FOR WARD Citizens Convene Again in Ef- fort to Establish Harmnonjous Village Elections T1WO more steps toward. the forma- tion of a Perpetual Harmony- conven- tion to select candidates f or.Wilmette Village offices, ýas outlined in the -May 5 issue of WILMETTi IF Li, were taken at a meeting of representative citizens at' the, Village hall. on Monday night of this week. The first step was the approval of the Perpetual Harmony cnvrenion plan as amended ýto provide for the selec- tion of four representatives f rom each of the twelve votung precincts by. the Creative coimnittee. The Perpetual Harmony 'convention, plan, which. was aPProved, in i principle by a group of représentative citi zens on May 20,'had .provided for the selection of three representatives f rom ecd precinct and sixk f rom: the village at large. Lawàcm Cal Committoe. The 'second step taken on Monday. set the machinery of the plan into mo- tion with the election of two meii' who will each select one mnember of a com -, mittee to be known as the Cail com- mitee. J. E. Worthen, president of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, and Ralph H. Ricc, 1007 Thirteenth street, were chosen to name the Cail comm~it- tee's first two members. After the two members of thé Caîl committe are selected, they, iii turn, will choose a third member of' that committee.L Monday*s harmoniy session was f ea- tured by discussion in which nearly everyone present participated. Flashes of wit, and -somfe .genitle sarcasm-but no. bitterness--enlivehed thectalk. Opposes P"a Myles 'J. 1Pillips said-lie opposed the Perpetal Harmôfi3r convention plan on the ground that Monday's meeting Was liot sufficienitly representative to war- rant the adoption of such a measure. Hie added, lbowever, tht lie. did ,iot want to be regard.ed as an obstruction- ist. as n iporantgoler ncitemiple that monning and proceed ini who lias constant recognition fer a body te the First Congregational excellent ability ini that field during church where they will attend the lis college course, bas been elected regular mornnng worship at 10:45. captain of'the college teamn for next The lodge attends the services at the year. He will represent bis college invitation. of the Rev. John G. Hind- ini the interscholastic games, at Hot ley, tnunister of the Congregational Springs the last of this montb.' churcli. . 1 - 1 1 1 1 . ij j