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ILM-E T TE LIFÉ Publishied weekly byLLOYD HOLLISTES INc., '232-1 236 C entrl AveuWlcteIlioi.Spb&crption price $z a yea Entered as second clama matter March 'l3, 1924, at the poot office at Wilmette, Iliri ois, umder the act of M"rit» 17. VO.L. XXIII, NO.ý 19 LEi.:VY 0F $78,500 IS GIVEN 0. K. IN KENILWORTH Village Board Makes Careful Study of Traffic Problenis; Wants Stop Ligbts Keîîîlwo*rtbi'.s aniual tax levy or(in- aice was passed Monday iligbit by- tbe Village board of trustees at the fir;t session the board bias held silice july 16. The tax levy for 1934-35 amounts to $78,500 and is similar. in practically every détail to that of the past year. The 1933-34 levy amounted fo $75,.- 750, tbe differeuce between tbiat amount a-id this year's figure being due largely to a difference in princi- pal on maturing bonds. The tax levy ordinauce is based on tbe annual appropriation bill, whicbi wvas passed by tbe Village board at its July meeting. Study Traffic Problem The -question of traffic regulation at the triple intersection of Green, Bay road, Kenilworth avenue and Park drive was discussed by the board Mogy night. Several suggestions were made by the trustees as to mneans of eliminating the traffic hazard at the intersection and on Green Bay road .iust northî of Park drive, wbiere the parking of automobiles in front of. stores creates a traffic safety prob- lein. . Village President Harry P. Harri-_ son suggested that tbe Village require automobiles to be parked parallel lu f ront of tbe stores on Green Bay road instegd of witb tbe right front wlicel to thecurb, as is the case at present. Backing of parked cars iinto the street at tbis particular point, wvhere Green Bay road starts a graduaI curve away froni the railroad tracks and wbere tlhere is a l)edestrian crossing. creates a difficuit traflic problemn. Wants Stop Lights Trustee Harold F. Tideman sug- gested tbat stop ligbts be installed to regulate traffic at the busv- Green Bav road-Park dri%,e-Keiiilvortbi avenue lunterse ct ion. Thle entire matter was referred to the police. commîttee, of wliich Trus- tee Porter Fox is chairman. Thle coin- (Continue<l on page .10), School Days Separate Bermingham Famnily Edwin Bermingbam, son of MIrs. Walter Bermingham of 718 Laurel avenue, who recently returped f rom a tbree montbs' visit to the west coast and Mexico,. left'last week f or Prairie du Chien, Wis.,. where he will begini lus sophomore year at Campion Pre- paratory school. His sisters, Gertrude and Catherine, will enter Mundelein college September 24, as a sophomore and freshman respectively. Miss Gem- trude, wbo had several entries in tbe college art exhibit last spring, lias been elected' as treasurer of tbe Mundelein Art society for the coming year. Miss Catherine graduated froni St. Agnes academy lu Ka nsas City, Mo., june 5, where she won manv honors in 'the music depatment of the academy. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1934 A uto Radios Taken in General Raid on Wilmette Garages Burglars broke into six private gar- ages iu Wilmette in the past week, stole one car, five automob)ile radios, one hot water lieater and a pair of twin Delco horns. Four of the six burglaries occutrred early on the mnorniug of Tbursday, Septeniber 6. at the followiug loca.- tions A. Foy. 414 Laurel avenue. Walter H. Hildebrand, 610 Laure~l avenue. George H. Simpsou, 815 Gregiir% avenue. N. A. Altmaun, 423 Laurel avenue. At aIl of the garages entered the Iocked doors were jimmied. and in two instances the thieves cnt boles in the tops of the automobiles to get at the radios. One radio was stolen f rom each garage. At the Hildebrand garage a radio in a second car was ioun(l to be almost disconnected, but the tliieves ap- parentlv becan-se frightened and fled be- fore completing their purpose. Trhe hot water beater wvas stolen from the Foy' car and the twin horus from the Simpson car. On Monday night of this week the garage-l)reaking hurglars were busy again. Sometime between 10 o'clock at nigbt and 8:15 o'clock Tuesday morning the C. E. Stube garage at 103 Garrison avenue was broken into and an automobile radio stolen. Mr. Stube's ueighbor, Maurice A. Xeldon. 101 Garrison avenue. was even more un for- tunat.e. The thieves broke 'luto bis garage and took bis sedan. lEntrance to botb garages was gaine'i in the saine wa, by breaking glass ini the door and then reacbing in and unlocking the door. the police report. RETURN TO COAST Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Fitch, with Betty Lou, their eldest daughter. will depart from W\ilmette Saturday, of this week to drive to their home i California. They have been spending about two weeks with Mr. Fitch's parents, Mr. an d Mrs. Claude E. Fitch of 1033 Elmwood avenue, and seeing the Fair. Mr. Fitch came east on business. GOES TO COLLEGE Hubert Pelott, 1101 Ashland. ave- nue, is Ieaving this week-end for Hamuàlton college in New York. REGISTER SEPTEMBER 29! Every citizen of New Trier town- ship Wbo.desires té Vote at the elec- tion in November MUST personally register on Saturday, Septernber, 29. The County Clerk's officeè an- nounces that positivrely no one who fails to register will be permitted to vote, as an entire new r egistra- tion in the country towns wiIl be made. It will not be possible to iýote by affidavit. The November election is one of unusual importance-no voter, man or womnan, should fail to qualif y as an elector. PRICE PIVE ("PNT~ Phil Hanna to Address Constitution Meeting Né T. Students Need Permit toÔ Drive Car Parenti of New Trier High school students were reminded this week of the regulations regarding the driving of automobiles to school by students. No studeut is allowed to drive a car to school unless he bas received a permit from tbe office of tbe regis- trar, H. H. Herron. wbo also is super- visor of automobiles. fA permit mav be obtained for one oftwo reasons : 1. Illness. In this case tbere must be a letter f rom tbe family pliysician requesting that such a permit be granted, and the request must be passed upon hy the board of educa. tion. 2. Distance froni school and lack of other transportation. If a student lives an exceptionally long distance from the bigh school, witb no other transportation available, an automo- bile permit may be granted. The supervisor of automobiles decides what students are to receive sncb per- mit s. Permits granted last year are void this year, Nlr. Herron, points ont. Every student wbo finds it necessarv to drive a car to, scbool must make application for a new permit. Appli- cation blanks were to be ready by the middle of this week. SFor those students given tbe auto- mobile privilege parking is limited to Essex road. Student parking, on Winnetka avenue is probibited. Rooney Favors Local Collection of Taxes Walter A. Rooney, candidate for county commissioner on the demo,- cratic ticket, addressed the associa- tions of townsbip assessors and col- lectors at Riverside Wednesday even- ing of lastweek. He stressed the importance of local assessors and collectors making the assessments and collections, and in his campaign is po inting out the manv advantages ini having a resident aof New Trier townsbip on tbe countv board. He bas been invited to make another talk before tbese associations in the near.future. Mr. Rooney is an attorney ini Chi- cago, where he has been practicing law 27 years. He resides at 57 Crescent drive, Glencoe. He is a brother of Judge John J. Rooniey, of the Munic- ipal court, ofChicago., In This Issue Amusement Directory ...43 Aviatio'n...............2Z Book Comment......34 1 Boy Scouts.......20 Churcli News............ 38 Classified Ads ......... 42-45 E.ditorial-News-Commnent 26 t Home and Garden...... 36 r N. S. Personalities....... 19 Society Pages....... 28-32 f Yachting News .......... 40 Editor of Journal of Commerce I s Speaker. at Community Meeting Next Monday Final plans have been completed for the I)atriotic mnass meeting to be lield in Stolp school auditorium Monday evening. September 17, in commemn- oration of Constitution WNeek. The top-liner. on an unusually interesting and entertaining program is Phil, S. Hanna, editor of the Chicago journal of Commerce, wW, évIll deliver an ad- dress on the constitu tion, its framers. its purposes and its future. Cooperating in the presentation of this program are Wilmette Post No. 46 Amnerican Legion, Wilmette Chanm- ber of'Commerce, Wilmette Rotary club and Wilmette Optimist club. Commander D. J. L. Walther of Wilmette Post, is general chairman in charge of arrangements. Constitution Week, said Mr. Wal- ther, is being sponsored by national beadquarters of the American Legion. and meetings such as this are to be held ail over the country. Other groups are cooperating to make the event an outstanding success. Toid to Display FIag Among other things proposed is a display of the American flag by citi- zens, business concerns and public offices throughout the entire week. This, is said to be no small part of the national plan, and ail citizens are' urged to comply with the request. The committee in charge states that it considers itself and the commun- ity fortunate in the choice of a speak- er for the occasion.' Mr. Hanna -is well and favorably knowvn throughout America as an especially brilliant writer an'd speaker on economic and financial subjects. His daily column in the Journal of Commerce, "The Round Table of Business," is widely read for interpretat ion of -business news and trends, and as anon-par- tisan commentary on government and politics. He was formerly a re- (Continued, on page 5) TWO FIRE CALLS Wilmette firemen made only two us in the week ending Tuesday, September .1l. One was to, extin- guish a blaze in a private garage at 415 Washington avenue last Thurs- day afternoon and>the. other to Put out an automobile fire at 218, Wood- bine avenue last. Friday night. Only one of these fires, the garage blaze. resulted in damage. The damage, however, was reported to be slight. TRUSTEE RESTS Trustee Richard C. Johnston was unable to attend, the regular monthly meeting of the Kenilworth Village board Monday night because of ilI- ness. Trustee johnston is not con- fined to bis bed but is "taking it easy." He is recuperating, at Lake Geneva, \Vis. PRICE FIVÈ CENTS