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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
4
A promotional piece touts Swain Nelson landscape artisans who transform ordinary lots into lawns and gardens of distinct beauty. Their work promises charming, restful options for home grounds and landscapes.
Sigmund W David of Glencoe 167 Maple Hill Road won a prize in the nation wide amateur photography contest judged under Lastman Kodak company. His entry, among about 750000 competitors, earned a place in the informal portraiture class and features Allan Lippett David, son of Mr and Mrs Sigmund W David of Glencoe.
Capier Schmidt of Wilmette Bauer Cab was fined 25 dollars and costs after midnight arrest for leaving his taxi with no lights in the rear alley of 920 Sheridan Road. Capt. Albert Barre and Officer Joe Sehmidt made the arrest at the Wilmette Police department.
Mrs. Raymond Kiken and her two daughters Shirley and Merilyn arrived back at their Wilmette home on Sunday after a vacation.
The lumber schooner Petrel, longtime Buccaneers club house and privateer ship, burned and sank off Montrose Avenue and now lies in Chicago Municipal Fill. Once a Great Lakes cargo vessel, it faded after Sheridan Shore and Sea Scouts funding gaps, with the ship recycled into drive-fill.
The North Shore Real Estate board convened at the Green Tea Pot Inn in Highland Park on Monday evening August 20. Members returned from vacation with optimism and renewed interest as CC L Perkins spoke on advertising and Carl Gurshin and Miss Isabella Harkness reported on the Boston International Real Estate convention. Albert Ickart of Crosby Realty was voted into membership and the next meeting was set for the same venue.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Harlan Cattin of 132 Central Park Avenue hosted Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cattin of Omaha Nebraska who returned home on Monday. Also hosting were Mr. and Mrs. E. G. A. Walter of 525 Forest Avenue who entertained eighteen guests for their son Edward's birthday on Friday August 16.
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