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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
2
Residents along arc lighting petition led to a vote at the village board meeting. The Public Service Company was tasked with installing the arc street lights between Twenty third Street Illinois road Locust road Thornwood avenue and the northern village limits.
Mrs. Lloyd Crossett of 529 Cumnor Road Kenilworth will entertain her sewing club for luncheon on Friday.
Justice of the Peace Ralph E. Sinsheimer announced that final judgments will be entered December 20 against residents of Wilmette Kenilworth and Winnetka who are delinquent in paying 1931 personal property taxes. Executions and levies will follow to satisfy judgments and costs, with no exemption for personal property.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Converse of 1610 Highland avenue return from a motor trip to Melbourne Florida to visit Mrs Converse parents Mr and Mrs Fred C Irwin and sister Mrs Arthur Stewart and family. They were accompanied by Miss Virginia Green of 1600 Highland avenue.
Ashland Tennessee family known for radio work will visit Wilmette Friday on a touring stop. The Pickards have appeared on Lucky Strike hour Socony Land Sketches Gold Spot Pals and NBC Farm and Home hour with members Ruth Bob Ann Chuck Mother and Dad. Jack Holden WLS chief announcer will host with Chicago radio figures joining the event. The Aladdin Players will also present a radio feature arranged by Edgar Fellers.
At Tuesday night’s meeting the Village board approved by consent the installation of automatic stop and go lights at the Skokie boulevard Lake avenue and Glenview road intersections by the county highway commission.
The Highcrest Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening December 11 at 8 oclock in the school. After a brief business session L E Hildebrand will present a lecture on Mexico with motion pictures. A social hour will follow.
Dr. Herbert Willett of Kenilworth attended the Society for Promotion of Christian Unity meeting in Baltimore and Washington last week. He spent Thanksgiving with his son Herbert Jr., a Community Chest director in Washington. He left Monday for Dayton Ohio to join the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America convention.
The Young People's Sunday Evening club at Kenilworth Union Church sponsored a program of readings by Gordon Van Kirk a New Trier High School English teacher and drama assistant. Forty guests attended and refreshments were provided by Mrs. Louis Jones and Mrs. A T Cruttenden.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spinney of 927 Ashland Avenue entertained their bridge club on Monday of last week with a duck dinner. The ducks were brought down by Mr. Spinney on a recent hunting trip.
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