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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
1
A village crew under Bernard Meyer and the Decorations committee will decorate business streets for Wilmette Day. Work includes festooning street light standards and window fronts with a uniform holiday scheme this week.
Joe Schneiders Syncopators, known to the north shore dance public, will provide music for Wilmette Day at Legion Grove open pavilion. The band, made up of north shore men, includes Wilmette native Joe Schneider and will tune for a record dancing session next Wednesday evening.
A noisy outline lists events for Wilmette Day including a Bend concert, a parade, playground baseball, a Tucco war between employers and employees, a children's parade, an all ages baseball game, Legion Grove dancing and entertainment, and a Black Bottom contest.
The Silver Cup will go to the first prize group in Wilmette Day's Kiddies Parade as hundreds of children and bright decorated conveyances join the event. Leaders urge playgrounds to boost participation while approaching crowds expect 4 thousand youngsters in the procession on the Willowe Green.
Local businesses and Chicago wholesale concerns donate prizes for Wilmette Day contests. Chamber of Commerce headquarters report ample contributions from flashlights to coal ensuring prizes for winners across races and contests. Some prizes may be limited but ample supply is expected.
Mr and Mrs Lyman M Drake are returning to 933 Lake avenue tomorrow after an extended absence overseas, resuming their residence in the city.
Wilmette Day set for Wednesday August 17 with events from a village parade to a children prize parade. Dozens of committees led by Gen eral Chairman Dr Charles B Blake coordinate the program under the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. Post office hours will be shortened to noon and offices close for the celebration. The day features a morning band concert, a prize street procession at 0 30, a parade through Wilmette and Kenilworth, indoor baseball on the village green, field events at 11, a tug of war at 2 30, and a Children’s prize parade at 2 45 with a silver cup trophy from Paul Davey. Baseball on the village green follows at 3 30.Continued on page 2.
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