Kenilworth Village Election Set for April Sixteenth
Kenilworth voters head to the polls on April 16 to choose a village board with incumbents Ralph R. Hawxhurst John L. Wilds and Richard Wolfe seeking reelection. Joseph Joyce aims for a full term as trustee. Leslie McArthur has resigned.
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Kenilworth
Ralph R. Hawxhurst
John L. Wilds
Richard Wolfe
Joseph Joyce
Leslie McArthur
McArthur
George Rothermel
Frank R. Young
Ralph Starr
Albert W. Dilling
Chicago
West Village to Add Sewers in Western Section
Village board approved ordinances Tuesday night to build sanitary house drains along Washington avenue from Twenty first street to Ridge road and to install storm water sewers with house service on Highland avenue Washington avenue and other western Wilmette streets.
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Washington Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Ridge Road
Highland Avenue
Wilmette
Rev McCormack to lead Pilgrim Foundation at Illinois
The Rev William E McCormack minister of education at First Congregational Wilmette will resign September 1 to become director of the Pilgrim Foundation at the University of Illinois. The foundation supports religious work among UI students.
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Toloff
William E. McCormack
First Congregational Church
Wilmette
Pilgrim Foundation
University of Illinois
State University
Dr. M. H. Bickham Heads to Ohio College Conference
Dr. M. H. Bickham of 429 Ninth Street departed Wednesday evening for Columbus to attend a conference of the Ohio Federation of Colleges. He will address the main body Friday morning and speak to the sociology department later. He planned a stop in Delaware to visit his daughter Catherine before her showing with the Ohio Wesleyan Singers club travels to Washington DC.
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M. H. Bickham
Ninth Street
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Colleges
Bickham
Federation
Delaware
Catherine
Washington, D. C
Ohio Wesleyan Singers Club
In This Issue Highlights Across The Paper
A compact index signals stories inside including Automobile News Boy Scout Affairs Club News Junior Life Music Page Real Estate News Sports Recreation Society News Travel Corner Theaters and Classified Ads across pages 36 37 20 21 30 31 48 60 70 22 44 52 72 73 76 79.
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Automobile News
Boy Scout Affairs
Eisladh
Society News
Charles H. Fox Named Director at First National Bank
At a stockholders meeting of the First National Bank of Wilmette Charles H. Fox senior vice president of the Chicago Trust Company was elected a director. Fox has long been active in Illinois and American bankers groups and serves as chairman of the executive committee of Old Dearborn State Bank. He resides in Kenilworth.
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First National Bank of Wilmette
Charles H. Fox
Chicago Trust Company of Chicago
Fox
Illinois Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago Trust Company
C. T. C. Securities Company
Monroe Safe Deposit Company
The
Trust Company
Old Dearborn State Bank
Kenilworth
Roof Placed on Howard School Addition Progress
Work on the Howard school north addition continues with the roof completed early this week. The expansion balances the gym annex to the south and will be ready for use when school reopens after summer vacation with an auditorium and four classrooms for kindergarten science and art and music departments.
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Howard School
Shawnee Recital by Milan Lusk With Miss Thoman Accompanist
Violinist Milan Lusk will present a program at Shawnee Country Club lounge on Sunday April 7 at 4 PM. Tea will be served after the musicale. Accompanist for Lusk is Miss Esther Thoman.
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Milan Lusk
Shawnee Country Club
Esther Thoman
Lusk
Filing Time Ends for Village Candidates in Wilmette Election
Filing closed Tuesday April 16 for Wilmette’s annual village election. United People’s party slate includes Earl E. Orner as president, Samuel J. Nordorf for magistrate, and trustees Ernest C. Cazel Hans von Reinsperg Stanton Van Inwagen with two library trustees named Mrs Josephine L Gates and Mrs Bessie L King. Earl E Pettibone opposes Nordorf for police magistrate. Arthur Lee sought a village trustee post with about 350 signatures, unclear ballot status.
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Wilmette
United People’s Party
Earl E. Pettibone
Arthur Lee
West Lake Avenue
Lea J. Orr
Lee
People’s Party
Pettibone
Samuel J. Nordorf
Improvement Plan for Laurel Ave Section in Village
Village actions to drain and improve Laurel Avenue between Sixth and Eighth streets after property owners complain gutters stay waterlogged. Village Engineer Charles N. Roberts to survey the stretch and prepare recommendations for improvements.
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Charles N. Roberts
Laurel Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Village Board
Re-election of Wilmette Park Commissioners Gillson Bateman
Louis Gillson and F. L. Bateman were re-elected to the Wilmette Park board without opposition. Gillson received 228 votes and Bateman 236. Gillson has led the board for twenty years and Bateman has served about ten years as commissioner.
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Louis Gillson
F. L. Bateman
Wilmette Park Board
Gillson
Mr. Bateman
Park Board
Bateman
Wilmette Village Engineers Move to North Shore Office
The Charles N. Roberts engineering firm, village engineers for Wilmette, have opened north shore offices at 1222 Central Avenue in the former Wilmette Life building.
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Charles N. Roberts
Wilmette
North Shore
Central Avenue
Wilmette Life
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L. M. Willis
Park Board Post
E. F. Hamm
R. Ward Starrett
Starrett
Willis
Hamm
Ohio College Meeting
1St National Bank
Howard
Police Magistrate
Trustee
Laurel Ave
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