Bids Next Week For New M. E. Church
Proposals open next Tuesday for the $400 000 Methodist church to rise at Lake and Wilmette avenues. Gothic design will feature a large auditorium, club rooms for scouts, a neighborhood hall, a front Lake avenue chapel open for private devotions and weddings. Dr Horace G Smith, with past building experience, leads as pastor. T C Moulding chairs the 25 member building committee. Granger and Bollenbacher are architects.
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Lake and
Wilmette Avenues
Chicago
Lake Avenue
Horace G. Smith
Hemenway Methodist Church
Evanston
Glencoe
T. C. Moulding
Granger and
Bollenbacher
Kenilworth Club Golf Tourney Set For Next Thursday
The Kenilworth club will hold its second annual golf tournament at Barrington Hills Country Club next Thursday September 6 starting at 1 PM. It features eighteen hole medal play handicap match with prizes for winners. entry is limited to eighty and reservations are advised.
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Kenilworth Club
Barrington Hills Country Club
Methodists Plan College Day September 9 at Wilmette Parish
The Wilmette Parish Methodist church will observe College Day on Sunday September 9. The annual event gathers college students at the morning service before they depart the village to resume studies.
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Wilmette Parish
Wilmette Drum Bugle Corps Debuts at Legion Parade
Wilmette Post No. 46 plans its first competition in the state Legion convention parade at Waukegan September 10 and 11. The drum and bugle corps wears new uniforms and aims for a prize, with many members expected to attend, though post meetings move to September 18 due to the convention.
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Wilmette Post No. 46
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Waukegan
Wilmette Post
Wilmette to Begin Construction on 400000 Gallon Water Tank
Joseph Kneip has won a sub contract from Chicago Bridge and Iron Works to pour concrete for a 400000 gallon capacity water tank. The 65 foot tower will stand at the west end of the Village Green near Ridge avenue. The project starts next week as part of a broader plan to expand Wilmette’s water system and pressure equalization.
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Joseph Kneip
Washington Avenue
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Village Green
Ridge Avenue
Wilmette
Chicago
Kneip
Hosmer to Address Presbyterians Sunday Sermon
Dr. Frank A. Hosmer pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Greenwich Conn will preach at the local church Sunday morning September 2 at 11 o clock His sermon is titled Is Jesus Christ a Fact The Rev George B Laird of Coral Gables Fla will preach September 9 at the same service.
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Frank A. Hosmer
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwich
Secretary Returns From Week Vacation By Wilmette Chamber
Miss Irene Strickler secretary of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce returned Monday morning from a week long vacation at Saugatuck Michigan.
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Irene Strickler
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Saugatuck, Mich
Gardens Win Awards in Chicago Tribune Flower Contest
The Chicago Tribune announces winners in the second home flower garden contest. North division prize recipients include Mrs. E. L. Scheidenheim of Wilmette for fourth place and Mrs. Louise M. Graves of Glencoe for fifth. Wilmette Kenilworth Winnetka and Glencoe residents also won $25 prizes. Judges are listed, with北shore hopes for more honors as top prizes await announcement.
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Chicago
North Shore
Chicago Tribune
E. L. Scheidenheim
Lake Avenue
Wilmette
Louise M. Graves
Jackson Avenue
Glencoe
Kenilworth
Winnetka
William O. Belt
Abingdon Road
Edwin S. Youngberg
Ninth Street
E. H. Johnson
Church Road
Winnet
Wade Avenue
Highland Park
Post Office to Close on Labor Day in Wilmette
The Wilmette postoffice will be closed all day on Labor Day September 3 according to Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz.
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Wilmette
Joseph E. Shantz
Main Street Widening Seen As Part Of Regional Plan
Wilmette moves to widen and repave Main street into a 52 foot highway from Isabella to Elmwood as part of a regional inter community route. County pays forty feet while property owners cover twelve. total cost about $200 000 with further extensions planned toward Kenilworth Glencoe and Green Bay road.
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Village Board of Local Improvements
Main Street
Wilmette
McCormick Boulevard
Glencoe
Wilmette Lire
Isabella Street
Elmwood Avenue
Kenilworth
Cook County Highway Department
Winnetka
Center Street
Elm Street
Tower Road
Hubbard Woods
Linden Avenue
Green Bay Road
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M. E. Church
H. B.taylor
Post Office
Lloup Hollister Inc
Chicago Regional Planning Association
Robert Kingery
Regional Planning Association
Sheridan Road
Shore Line
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