Wilmette Plans Twelfth Street Widening and Washington Ave Paving
The village announces widening of Twelfth Street from Central Avenue to the first alley north at the village’s expense with Wilmette State Bank and Van Deusen grocery funding. The street will gain six feet on each side to forty feet and be resurfaced with asphalt. A second project, paving Washington Avenue west from Ridge Road to Twenty first Street in Pine Crest, was approved with an estimated cost of 104 009 dollars.
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Twelfth Street
Central Avenue
Central
Wilmette State Bank
A. S. van Deusen
Wilmette
Lake Avenue
van Deusen
Washington
Washington Avenue
Ridge Road
Twenty-first Street
Pine Crest Subdivision
John Brumbaugh Jr Killed by Skokie Valley Train
Funeral services were held for John H Brumbaugh Jr 13 of 1612 Lake Ave who was killed Tuesday when struck by a Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee electric train near the Skokie Valley route in Wilmette. Robert Willis 14 escaped injury while walking with John as both boys hiking earlier that day.
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John H. Brumbaugh, Jr
Lake Avenue
Chicago
John
Cornerstone Ritual For Wilmette English Lutheran Church
The cornerstone of the Wilmette English Lutheran church will be laid on Sunday afternoon August 11 with ceremonies. Dr John Hammon of Chicago will be the principal speaker. Rev Carl J Empsons leads the laying. The church history committee will seal a history in the stone. Clarence Lineberger chairs the committee.
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Wilmette English Lutheran Church
John Hammon
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church of
Clarence Lineberger
Asbury Avenue
Hubbard Woods
Wilmette Postoffice Closes for Village Frolic
Wilmette post office will close at noon on Wednesday August 14 for the community picnic sponsored by the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. One morning mail delivery only, no afternoon service. mail dispatch and collections proceed as usual on the picnic day per Postmaster Joseph I. Shantz.
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Wilmette
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Joseph I. Shantz
Shantz
Chamber of Commerce
Forest Preserve
Harm Road
Glenview Road
Wilmette Day Program Schedule Preview
Free bus leaves Village hall at 9 00 a m for picnic grounds. Lunch noon to 1 00 p m with band music. Races and contests 1 00 to 3 00 p m. Baseball Rotary club vs Optimist club 3 00 to 4 00 p m. Horse shoe tournament 4 00 to 5 00 p m. Golf all day nearby Northwestern golf course. Music and dancing after noon and in the evening.
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Wilmette
Village Hall
Gallagher Radio Corporation
Public Service Company
Pass Ordinance to Legalize Purchase of Incinerator Site
Wilmette Village board passed an ordinance authorizing the purchase of a five and a half acre site for a projected incinerator plant. The site lies on Glenview road between Twenty second and Twenty third streets extending to Wilmette avenue at a cost of 22 250. The executors of the deed are Margaret Bough William Boughn Joseph Haberle Sophie Haberle Zahner Edward Zahner Rose H Boyle Frank Boyle and Joseph Arnold.
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Glenview Road
Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette
Margaret Bough
William Boughn
Joseph Haberle
Sophie Haberle Zahner
Edward Zahner
Rose H. Boyle
Frank Boyle
Joseph Arnold
Alley Project Sanctioned by Board of Improvements
The first alley west of Woodbine avenue between Gregory avenue and Isabella street will be improved with drainage facilities and concrete paving. The Wilmette Board of Local Improvements recommended the project to the Village board after a public hearing at the Village hall last Tuesday night. Estimated cost is $3,143.96.
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Woodbine Avenue
Gregory Avenue
Isabella Street
Village Board
Wilmette Board of Local Improvements
Kenilworth Extends Mail Service to West Section
Kenilworth extends Earlston and Sterling road delivery starting August 1 announced by Douglas Crooks postmaster. Service area lies south of Kenilworth Avenue and west of the North Western railway, on land formerly the North Shore Golf course.
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Kenilworth
Earlston
Sterling Roads
Douglas Crooks
Kenilworth Avenue
North Western Railway
North Shore Golf Course
Library Board Seeks Tax Increase to Boost Services
Wilmette Library board members urged the village board to raise the library levy from nine-tenths to one and two-tenths mills, aiming to lift annual revenue from $12,000 to $16,000 to expand services. They noted operating costs are well below similar communities while service levels exceed averages. The village board said it would consider and work out a program to permit the increase.
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Wilmette
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State Bank and
van Deusen Grocery
John Brumbaugh, Jr
Skokie Valley
Willis
Wilmette Erish Lutheran Church
Basehall
Rotary Club
Optimist Club
Northwestern Golf Conse
Board of Improvements
Library Board
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