Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Jun 1934, p. 3

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At the rgular meetinig of the Wil- mette Park board Monday night the anmual appropriation ordinance came upJ for consideration by the commis- sioners. After an exhfaustive dis- cu-ssion the measure, totaling $23,000, was 'passed. The fact that this figureý 1i, lo)wer by approximately $5,000 than last vear inidicates that dhe board bas used the pruning knife 'on expenses for the coiniing year in order to effect e co n omy. A resolution xvas received fromi the %Vilmette Village bo ard whichi trans- fers control of that part.of the Vil.- lage beach- represented by Lake ave- nute.extended and the two lots.Upofl -licli the waterworks stand to, the Park board, which is to police, it and niaintain it in the. sanie rnanner as the rest, of the béach. This, it is ex- plained, is in« the interest. of, unified cojitrol ,and management and the avoidance> of .confiicting authority. l'li Park board accepted the auth or- i t for that period -during which the beacJi is open, it being assumed fhiat tliat wvas the intent ýof the Village (bommissioner Percy B. Idler, chair- iian, and Miles B. Geringer, member of theý beach committee, brought up tlie subjec t of beach control, which precipitated a lengthyý discussion of tlat extrernely knotty.problem. After tlhe views of the board had been ex- lress .ed, it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the committee- for .final solution. The sense of thbe board in regard to beach rules and regulations was that they must be rigorously enforced, but in a manner that will secure the voluntary coop- eration of patrons and not arouse $4 Tickets .More.Popular' Ani initeresting feature of the beach commiiittee's reportt touched the ques- tion of sales of beach.tickets. Coni- trarv to. the expectations, of ,many, the sales of the $4. full privilege fami-' lv season tickets outnu mbered the * $1 restricted priviiege tickets by more than two to one, the exact counit being 534 to 250.. Economny Shop is open six days ini the week from 9 a. m. until 5 p. ni. Visit the shop and become acquainted with the part it plays in the life of the community. ý-rs. A. L. Grininell,,,chair.man Note: E(:tbiurnyi Shop) is conducted by the Woniani'. Club of Wilmette. Villager.s Slow in Paying 1932 TLaxes Collector Sanborn Hale reports that the second instalmnent of. 1932 taxcesis coring ini si wly. SUp to. Tuesday evening, he sai(, only about 500 taxpayers- had- availed' themselves Of. the opportunitv to ai the se.hools and other local taxing bodies by coming in and payine their taxes to the' local collector. Those, ivho. di d pay, he said-, appeared. to be the smaller- tax payers. Mr. Hale stated that he would 'col- lect uip to Friday night, one day longer than hie had originally plan- ned, thus affording every opportunity possible to those who have flot paid t.o niake paynment locally. It wvill simplify miatters and avoid congestion at the collector's office, .Mr.. Hale explained;, if, when inaking9 checks for payment, the taxpayer will pay eight), per cent of the second instalîment on bis that cover resi- dential improved property only. Do flot deduct any discount f roin bis for vacant or business property, he advised. W. C. Huggins Succeeds Hindley as Rotary Head Th Wedneçsday meeting. of thec, Rotary Club of Wilmette marke.d the close of, the ýfiscal.-vear and the re,- tirenient o.f the officers and hoardof directors who have guiddteoo ship Rotary, throughi the past twelve months.. The Rev.ý Johin G. Hindlev is the retiring president. The new presi-ý dlent, XW. C.. Huggins, 100 Thirteenth street, now takes the helini and will direct the voyage for the next twelve I litrarian. at the vv umette publiclil- brary. Along with its reminder of summer privileges. the library is suggesting some books for readinz. Adult bor- rowers may have ten books on a -vacation loan extending to September 30: juvenile borro>wers may have six., Here.are some books you have al.- wavs meant to read:, Duaàs-Count of. Monte Cristo. HTugo-Léq Miserables. Homer-Illad. Euripids-PIays;. Plato. Molere-Playq., Bunyan--Pllgrlm's. Progress. Defoe-Robinson Crusoe. Swift-GuIliver's Travels.' Sterne-Trlstram Shandy. Sheridan-ýThe Rivais. GoIdsnîth-She 'Stonps to Conquer. Austen-Pride. and Prejudice. Seott-Kenilworth. Dickens-David Copperfield. Dickens-Pickwiek Papers. Thàekrav-Henry Esmond. Bronte-Jane Eyre. TrolIope-Barchester Towers. Eliot-I!Il on the Fos Lyttoni-Last Days of Pompeii. Ujndset-ýKrlstin Lavransdatter. Proust-Remen-branee of Thbigs Past. Hardy-Returri of the Native. Ga4sworthy--Forsyte- Saga. GaIsworthy-Collected Plays. Woolf-To the Lighthouse. Ho-w to Be a Better Sportsmian! Beasley-How to Play Tennis. Morrison-Pocket G;uide to Better Golf. Calahan-Learning to, Sali. Jessup-Boys' Book. of. Canoeing. RIggin-Mýodei-n Swximiming and Diving. New Air Mail Rate to Be in Effeet July. l Postmaster joseph E. Shantz an- nounces that the new postal rate on air mnail,~ to go into effect july 1, wvill be 6 cents for each ounce or frac- tion thereof. The rate at present is 8 cents 4~or the first ounce and 13 cents for each additional ounce. The iiew rate should stimulate use of the air mail, it is believed. SAILS FO 1RGE RMÀNY Miss Estelle Swigart of Wilmiette sailed on June 26 on. the Ilsensteiný for Germany. :She, Will spend the sum- mier in Berlin, returning in, Septem- b)er to resume her cello teaching. Students who were graduated from New Trier High school in the class of 1934 will be attending colleges and universities in widely separated sec- tions of the country next fait. That a large percentage of these students plan tô continue their edu- cation is, indicated by the fact that the registrar's office at thé high* school has had more requests this year to send records of the graduates' high school cr dits to colleges than et the saine time last year. There were 364 June graduates t his year, and 31 more students illi finish their. work at New Trier ýin A ugust when the summer school closes. If is expected that more thand haîf.of these students wil l be attend- ing college'som.ewhereý next year. 56.4 Percent Go To Coliege, This assu mption is based on the fact that of last year's class of 4W8 grauats,230, or 56.4 per cent. Went on to coliege, and this year interest in higher education seems to be even greater among the New Trier gradu- ates. , One hundred and seven girls and 123 boys f rom the class of 1933 at New Trier entered college lIast faIt. The numbert of girls who continued their education w'as 55.2 percent of the tta nmber of girls ini the class, 'iwhile the comparative percentage for I)045 was 57.5. 76 CoIIqges Repreteated Last year's graduates went to 76 different colleges and universities throughout the country. This year requests. again are, being received for the forwarding of credits to a large number of schools. Northwestern university leads ini the number of students it draws from New Trier. Many of the graduates also go to the University of Illinois. Other Big Ten schools, as well iý sthe eastern universities, wliere entrance requiremients are high, are also pop-, ular among the N-\ew Trier graduates.. Cars Collide on Main Street; No One Hurt, An automobile accident at the in- te ry of the party were H. b. u-!Inuey, eui- tor of the Herald, Rutland, Vt., Dr. V.J. Hindley of Seattle, editor of the Xorthwestern Merchant, and W. W. Hinidley, assistant to the editor of d'be Spokesman-Review, Spokane', Wash.-, Dr. Walter F. Schur, 1167 Wil- mette avenue, is on a two weeks' fishing trip at Minocqua, Wis., with Jack Emrich of Glenlcoe and Dr. A. H. Wagner of Crystal Lake. Mrs. Schur, in the meantimie. is staying Iwt Mrs.ý Margie M. Penick, 609 Central, aventre. your v, notif y change the date of address1 me - just of your by çalling Wilmette 4300, 18 THIS YOUR BICYCLE? Thie Wilmette -police department is holding a small boy's Roilfast bi- cycle w1ich was found at Greènwood avenue and Thirteenth street on' March 1Il. The owner can secure samie by- proving ownership, the police Say.

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