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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
1
The meeting, chaired by Village President, reviewed historic negotiations on grade elimination and rail alignment affecting Kenilworth and AVin towns. Officials urged renewed talks to align planning, amid administration changes and unsettled citations from 1923.
The Wilmette League of Women Voters announces a busy year with plans to attend county board, forest preserve, and Board of Education meetings. New president Mrs. Shelby A. Singleton says local leagues will send representatives to village trustee meetings and pursue citizen classes and broader political involvement.
Dr. Schermerhorn serves as vacation pastor for a Methodist church as Dr Horace G. Smith takes a rest period. The meeting discussed appointing capable local leaders to guide the parish during the several years of this arrangement. Representatives from Wilnette included Trustee Path Hoffman and C. F. Drayer.
Next week's Wilmette Life will debut a Real Estate and Building section. The monthly feature appears on the first issue each month and covers north shore real estate, building activity, and general market conditions.
The Wilmette Village Board awarded paving and street lighting contracts Tuesday night. Winnetka paving firm W. Reschke won a $54 379 10 bid for southwest village streets named Oklahoma Avenue area and north of Forest Avenue to Twelfth Street. Reschke also won the bid to pave alleys north of Forest from Wilmette to Twelfth. An electric street lighting contract near Indian Hill West is set at 47 000 and supervised by Village electrical supervisor I Nadelifty with Shiles as village electrician assisting.
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce considers a plan to keep shop windows brilliantly lit late into the night to create a bright street environment. The idea aims to rival other communities’ great white ways and attract nighttime activity for local business centers.
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