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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
1
Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz warns of a heaviest holiday mail season with Christmas three weeks away. No mail delivery on Christmas day except special and parcel post. Public urged to shop and mail early to ensure gifts reach destinations in time. The volume rises about 200 percent during the holidays.
Village leaders report progress on reducing a $32 000 deficiency in the budget. By midyear the board notes that $16 000 of the shortfall has been cut through department economies, aided by President Dobbs informing officials to tighten spending.
A supplemental assessment of $31 846 29 was authorized by the village board to cover a deficiency in special assessment No 148 for the ornamental street lighting system. The supplementary charge will be spread on all properties east of Ridge Avenue.
The First National bank receiver removal weeks ago did not close the building. Offices remain open including H. E. Barackman dentist Ralph M. Evans chiropodist C. E. Geisse osteopathic physician Robert S. Arnold and L. Morgan Yost architects.
Wilmette residents Mr and Mrs Otho W Stephens celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at 418 Maple Avenue with family including sons William and Fred and daughter Mrs Charles Dahncke. Grandchildren total ten and great grandchildren two. Mr Stephens received a gold medal last year for fifty years with the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.
Two more evenings of shows await visitors at the three day Christmas Fair in Wilmette Parish Methodist Church House. Tonight The Aladdin Players from radio station WLS present old time dramas and a backstage broadcasting studio impression with rehearsals and sound effects.
Frank D. Fulton of Winnetka was chosen president of the Chicago Tennis Association at a banquet held at the Allerton hotel last Tuesday night. His daughter, Helen Fulton, is Chicago's women’s tennis champion.
The 1935 Wilmette Harmony convention met at St. Augustine parish house to begin selecting candidates for village offices in April. New officers include Chairman C. E. Drayer and Vice-chairman Mrs. J. D. Kinnear with other posts filled by Paul Gathercoal and Mrs. A. I. Grinnell. A public meeting at the Village hall on December 17 invites citizen input though nominations are not made at the gathering.
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