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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
2
The New Trier Dramatic club presents Shaw's Androcles and the Lion on Friday December 19 in the school auditorium. A one act curtain-raiser Place aux Dames offers a spoof on Shakespeare's heroines.
E. Sawyer Smith of the Hill and Wheeler real estate firm was elected president of the North Shore Real Estate board of Suburban Chicago at the annual meeting and election. W. G. Stacey becomes vice president, with Robert L. Wyatt as secretary and Clark T. Northrop as treasurer for the ensuing year.
Rev. B. S. Stoffer of Wilmette's First Congregational Church will receive a new Ford car as a Christmas gift funded by proceeds from a church school pageant. Rehearsals for the holiday pageant have been underway for several days and the event is billed as an elaborate Yuletide departure.
Twenty two new members were added to the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce after an intensive late November drive. The new members were installed at the December meeting. The list includes Dr. M. R. Barker William T. Blasdell Bob White Blossom Shop Central hotel Dr. E. F. Christie City Market Dr. W. W. Hawkins A. P. Hills Home Laundry Henry Hoth Dr. L. W. Jones A. H. Modine Charles E. Olewine William P. Parks Radio Sales company Dr. D. W. Rapp Dr. D. K. Robinson Sanitary Grocery and Market Dr. W. F. Schur Shorty’s News Stand Wilmette Food Shop Wilmette Realty company. The Chamber voted to urge the Village board to pursue improvements to the annexed Gross Point territory. Credit blanks will be provided by individual merchants rather than Chamber offices. The street decoration committee led by Ernest Cazel proposed uniform holiday flag decorations after street widening is completed. Officer elections for 1925 will be a main feature at the January 12 Chamber meeting.
The Wilmette Woman's club hosts a comedy titled The Old Maids Return as a follow up to The Old Maids Convention. Presented by the Woman's Catholic Club of Wilmette this evening with tickets from Mrs Frank H Jones.
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