Hon Martin L Davey to Speak at Wilmette Sunday Club
Hon Martin L Davey of Ohio will address the Wilmette Sunday Evening club this Sunday April 21 on Civic Beauty and Contented Living. The speaker, a former Kent Ohio mayor and longtime congressman, championed conservation reforestation and botanical knowledge while stressing community beauty.
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Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Wilmette Sunday Evening Club
Davey
Oberlin Academy
Kent
Congress
Washington
United States Botanical Gardens
Final Hearing on Street Lighting Set for May 6
The final hearing on special assessments for an ornamental street lighting system in Wilmette’s western section is scheduled for Monday May 6 at 10 o’clock in Cook County court. The proposed install includes sections along Twenty third Street Elmwood Avenue Iroquois Road Pontiac Pawnee Cherokee and Miami Roads. Objectors may attend the hearing to file objections and present defense.
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Wilmette
Cook County Court
Twenty-third Street
Lake and
Elmwood Avenues
Elmwood Avenue
Twenty Third Street
Iroquois Road
Illinois Road
Pontiac Road
Pawnee Road
Cherokee Road
Miami Road
Lake Avenue
Kenilworth Joseph Sears School Board Election
Unopposed candidates DeWitt S. Stillman and Walter H. Andersen won seats on the Joseph Sears school board in Kenilworth. Andersen received 40 votes and Stillman 39 on April 13. Current president Arthur T. McIntosh presides. holdovers are Harry E. Weese Mrs. John L. Wilds Miss Barbara Erwin and John Marshall Roberts with Supt. E. L. Nygaard as secretary.
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Kenilworth
DeWitt S. Stillman
Walter H. Andersen
Joseph Sears
Andersen
Mr. Stillman
Arthur T. MclTntosh
Harry E. Weese
John L. Wilds
Barbara Erwin
John Marshall Roberts
Deny Magazine Permit By Village Board
The Village board refused a permit for free distribution of a news picture magazine cover highlighting North Shore events to North Shore Rotogravure of Evanston. Officials cited a village ordinance that bans such miscellaneous circulars or magazines of the proposed type.
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Wilmette
North Shore
North Shore Rotogravure Company
Evanston
Realtors Vote to Keep Their Offices Open on Sundays
The North Shore Real Estate board members voted 16 in favor and 3 against keeping offices open on Sundays with 33 attending. The ruling follows a three month trial of Sunday closings and was decided at the Green Teapot Inn in Highland Park with President Harold Want presiding. The next meeting is set for Highland Park next month.
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North Shore Real Estate Board
Green Teapot Inn
Highland Park
Harold Want
Kenilworth Board Sets Regular Meeting Night
The Kenilworth village board passed a resolution designating the first Monday of each month as the regular meeting time. The board had met on the first Monday for six months despite an ordinance specifying the second Monday as the regular date.
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Kenilworth
Wilmette P T A Leaders Attend Illinois Convention
Wilmette delegates Mrs. Kendrick Mrs. Baldwin Miss Fox and others attend the Illinois Parent Teachers association four day session in Mattoon with speakers from Eastern Illinois State Teachers College Carthage College University of Chicago and national PTA. A seven scene pageant The Interpreter features five hundred participants and is staged by Mattoon schools. Delegates tour local schools and the Eastern Illinois State Teachers College enjoy a Friday banquet and a Friday night play led by John E MacWherter.
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W. A. Kendrick
L. A. Baldwin
Marie Fox
Clara A. Groves
H. O. van der Hoff
Wilmette
Illinois Parent- Teacher Association
Mattoon
L. C. Lord
Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College
N. Gould Wickey
Carthage College
R. L. Lyman
University of Chicago
B. F. Langworthy
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mattoon Public Schools
John E. MacWherter
Playground and Recreation Commission
Springfield
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Butler and Maid Rob Albert Dilling Home
A butler and maid robbed the Albert W. Dilling residence at 545 Essex road Kenilworth while the family was away last Sunday night and remained at large Wednesday afternoon. Albert Louis 22 and wife Katherine 19 fled in a car with three pistols and an ermine coat valued at $1,000.
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Albert W. Dilling
Essex Road
Kenilworth
Dilling
Chicago
North Shore
Albert Louis
Katherine
Scarifier Bids Presented by Wilmette Village Board
Bids for a scarifier and grader were read at the Wilmette Village board meeting Tuesday night and referred to the street and alley committee. The board had authorized purchasing a new scarifier grader two weeks earlier.
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Wilmette
Wilmette elects Cutler and Redding to district posts
Henry E. Cutler was elected president of District 39 school board in Wilmette at the April 16 election winning 22 votes. George H. Redding and Mrs. Ernest H. Freeman were elected trustees with 22 and 21 votes. Frederick A. Lind will fill the unexpired term. District 40 chose Nicholas J. Miller as president in a 106 vote tally, with Joseph Reagan and Joseph Schaefgen elected trustees. 225 ballots were cast.
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Henry E. Cutler
Central Avenue
Wilmette
Cutler
George H. Redding
Ernest H. Freeman
Frederick A. Lind
Enoch Steen
Gale M. Brooks
Laura W. Durgin
Nicholas J. Miller
Fred O. Nelson
Paul Nanzig
Joseph Reagan
Joseph Schaefgen
Reagan
Schaefgen
Peter Carlson
John Phillips
John Fiegen
William King
Ground Breaking Ceremony Set for Wilmette Woman's Club
The Woman's club of Wilmette will hold a ground breaking at 1 30 P M on Wednesday April 24 after the regular luncheon. Mrs Frank J Scheidenheim chairs the building committee and Mrs Hayes McKinney club president will turn the first spade. A Church council representative will offer prayers and Grainger and Boll enbacher architects will attend.
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Woman's Club of
Wilmette
Frank J. Scheidenheim
Church Counci
Grainger and Bollenbacher
Hayes McKinney
Herbert Mulford
McKinney
Scheidenheim
Harvey A. Bush
James A. Burrill
H. E. Poronto
William A. Durgin
Village Board OKs paving alley north of Spencer Ave
A petition to pave the alley first north of Spencer avenue from Fifteenth to Sixteenth street was presented to the Village Board of Local Improvements. Village Engineer Charles N. Roberts was instructed to prepare the necessary data for the improvement.
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Village Board of Local Improvements
Spencer Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Charles N. Roberts
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Deny Magazine
D. W. Rapp
Wilmette Optimist Club
Optimist Club
P.T. A
Rob Albert Dilling
Miller
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