Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Apr 1938, p. 7

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*The large attendance at the Sunday Evening club meeting in the Winnetka community house on Monday, indicated enthusiastic approval of the New Trier Sunday 1Evening club and the progranis given for many.years under the leader- ship of W. Frank McClure Stanley.Simpson, general chairnian of the silver anniversary season of -the club, was in charge, of the mieeting. Tribute was ,paid to Lloyd Hollister Inc.,ý for coopera- tion in publicizinig the programs of the, club in- the April 21 issues of WILMZIE 1, LP E, ýWINETK'A TAi.K, NEws. This con- sisted of a sum- Hellmuth of the history of the club snce its .inception W. F. M«.Clure and *also sbowed the programs. that had been given in the past and the pro- posed speakers for the coming season. Dr. Donald M. Gallie of Wilmette spoke on the bistory of the club. He was connected with it when it started and he discussed some of the outstand- ing characters who had been on former programs. Dean Frederick August Kahler of New Trier High school talked about the influence of this club and what it means to the community. He stated that--the club will always havýe the eni- thusiastic support of the tuembèrs of the board of New Trier High school and its faculty. A. R.. Peter&joii, former president of the high school board, spoke about.bis connection with tbeclub and how .proud (Continued on page 43)- Rotarisans to, Hold District Session in Eranston May 5.6 Hundreds of North Shore Ro- tar12ians re hanntduo at~tepndl the Arrangements are being made visitors who wish to play golf some. of the nortb shore golf clp A banquet-bail will be held atî Edgewater Beach hotel Thursd evening. Henry Fowler, 1404 Forest ave-> nue,,Wilmeite senior waàrden of St. AugusttiF e'$ Episco pal church, was elected.president of the ChurG*-e «b ofte diocese* o. Chicago,Jaet'Moen-. dayeveint H àrry B. Johnston Named Playground Body Member At an adjourned meeting of the Village board* Tuesday night, Presi- dent Harry C. Kinne appointed }Iarry B. jolinston, 1320 Greenwood avenue, té the Playground and Recreation board, as a representative of the Board of Educat ion. The appoint-. m ent, which was approved by the Board of Trustees, is for two years, or such. part of that time as Mr. john ston may remain on the school board. ous types in the intake basin of the sanitary district at the Sheridan road bridge in Wilmette were made public this week by the harbormaster, Arthur Stowe Van* Deusen, Jr,, 1401 Lincoln street, Evanston. ,On Monday, , whe n th é option period for those -who held permits lastý year expired, 93 imorings. had been, definitely assigned. Remaining, on a firstý-cotne, first-served basis was. roomn for 41, small. power: and sail craf t, 17,substantial size cruisers, four large sailing vessels,, 16 of mis- cellaneous types, and 16. of the' star sailing-racing class. Together with the moorings already taken, a fleet of about 40 ,of the stars will race this season. Hiarbormaster Van. Deusen also an- iioiïfced that: instead of the former practice- of,allowing -the -yachtsmen to make fast to any moori ng buoy in the, harbor, assignment.s are to be made by numbers. Masons to View Filmns of Tour Around World, Beryl Collins, Chicago attorneyr and master in chancery of the' Superior court of Cook county, wil give an illustrated lecture at a social meeting of the Wilmette Masonic lodge this (Thursday) evening at the Masonic temple. He will show mo- tion pictures taken by himself on a recent tour of the world. " Ye Olde Towne Foikes" Will Hold AnimalGet-Together Soon REPORT'ON CONTAGIONS Ten new cases of meusles were re- ported by theWilmiette Health de- partment for the week ending Aprîl 23. oIt Greenleaf 43MX ASK FORý AD-.TAKER Quarter Century Re s iden-c e. Makes You Eligible. to Join' "Ye Olde Towne Foîkes," organiza- tion of long time residents of Wil- mette is planning its annual get-to- gether for Wednesday, May 18, at the Wilmette Masonic temp>le. previous to, membership.' were asked on Monday of this week by Carter jenkins, chief engineer of the division of waterways of the de- partment of publié works and build- ings of the state of Illinois. The bids.are tobe opened Friday. morning, of .next 'week .at the office of the division of waterw.ays, 35 East Wacker drive, Chicago. The action -of Mr. Jenkins brin's oneý step nearer fruition the long- awaited dredging of the intake bainm,. of the sanitary district, home, of the Wilmette harbor Coast, Guard station and of nearly 200, small -sailing and power yachts.. lât. D.ep Wate Under the plans the contractor will be requiredl to, remove 40,000 cubie yards, of material, riot only fromthe harbor itself. but from the entrance to a distance of 'several hundred feet into deep water. *At .present. the ha rbor and the harbor mouth are so blocked with the sand driven in hy the northeast storms of the past decade that in many places it. is possible to wade across it. Pleas to the federal government to 1have the work of dredging the. har- bor and to convert it into a haven of refuge for small craft' have up to this time been fruitless. The war department bas several times re- jected the proposal on , the ground that proffered local aid was flot suffi- cient. * »usy Statiop The Coast Guard station's crew, which patrols one of the busiest sec- tions of shore line. in the inland waters of the United States, and has calîs as far south as the mouth of the Chicago river and as far north as Kenosha, bas had dificulty for the past several seasons in launching its larger life saving boat especially dur-_ ing> heavy :weather 'ai. the time it was most needed. The waterways division also an- .nounced that the war .department's approval would have to be obtained and that it would have to issue a resident of the Vil- Ther< more than 25 years andd of application" for accor tary.

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