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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1934

Page

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Yale concert marks seventeenth annual New Trier program

New Trier High school musical groups including choruses glee clubs and orchestra present their seventeenth annual Christmas program for residents of the New Trier villages Sunday afternoon December 16 at 4 o clock in the Leslie F Gates gymnasium auditorium. The program is free and expected to draw a record crowd similar to last year when about 4000 attended. Mrs Marion Cotton heads the music department directing with Adelaide Jones Bradburn Emily Roberts Frances Anderson and George Swigart guiding rehearsals and audience participation in carol singing. The event has become a major yearly calendar highlight drawing attention beyond the north shore.

New Trier High School New Trier Leslie F. Gates Marion Cotton Adelaide Jones Bradburn Emily Roberts Frances Anderson George Swigart North Shore

Illinois adopts separate 2 Per Cent tax line item

The Illinois Department of Finance issues revised rules after the state supreme court upheld the sales tax. Merchants may add the 2 cent tax as a separate line item to show exact amounts to consumers and aid income tax deductions. Chicago area merchants switch to direct charge as of Wednesday morning.

Illinois State Supreme Court Illinois State Department of Finance Chicago Suburbs

Wilmette Home Owners to Elect Officers December 19

At the village hall the Wilmette Home Owners Association will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday evening December 19 to elect a president other officers and directors with terms expiring this year. Notices are being sent by secretary T C Kniep.

Home Owners’ Group Wilmette Home Owners’ Association T. C. Kniep

Masons Elect Tonight at Wilmette Lodge Meeting

Wilmette Lodge No. 931 A F and A M holds its annual meeting tonight in the Masonic temple. Officers for the coming year will be elected as part of the evening’s business.

Wilmette Lodge No. 931 A. F A. M Masonic Temple

Lechner Heads Committee to Recommend Candidates

Village officers for the next two years will be guided by three of four committees formed for the Harmony convention. Joseph W. Lechner heads the committee on candidates with a roster of precinct representatives and a communications group led by Mrs. J. D. Kinnear. A platform committee, chaired by Warren T. Fifer, was also appointed with one member from each precinct.

Lechner C. E. Drayer Elmwood Avenue Joseph W. Lechner Wilmette Avenue NRA Herwig C. Toeppen Charles R. Bixby Ashland Avenue Dwight Chapman Herbert J. Leach Washington Avenue J. Hardy Weedon Third Street George A. Hahn Sixth Street A. F. Hooper Linden Avenue Edwin P. Phelps Woodcourt John M. Steffens Harry B. Johnston Greenwood Avenue William Edmonds A. L. Grinnell Kenilworth Avenue J. D. Kinnear Chestnut Avenue Thomas E. Thompson Ralph W. Faupel Tenth Street H. A. Finney Stover Moulding Oakwood Avenue Henry J. Haack Gregory Avenue Hugh J. Welter Fifteenth Street L. E. Matson Fred S. Rye Forest Avenue Paul H. Gathercoal Thornwood Avenue Warren T. Fifer Highland Avenue Max Zabel W. T. Hopeman Henry J. Brandt John M. Davis Francis L. Daily Greenleaf Avenue Arthur J. Dixon Laurel Avenue

Public Meeting on Candidate Suggestions in Wilmette

The Wilmette Harmony convention will hold a public meeting in the village hall council chamber Monday evening December 17 at 8 oclock. Citizens or groups may suggest candidates for village offices to be voted on in April. Nominations are not taken at this meeting but all floor names will be considered. Citizens are urged to attend.

Wilmette Harmony Convention Council Chamber Convention

Scholarship for Violin Student Offered by North Shore Musicians Club

The North Shore Musicians club announces a violin scholarship for the balance of the school year starting January 1 1935. Open to violin students aged 17 to 20 residing north shore from Evanston to Highland Park. applicants must apply by December 31 1934.

North Shore Musicians Club Margaret M. Geppert Chicago North Shore Evanston Highland Park Otto E. Geppert Ninth Street Wilmette Dorothy Wing Macauley Northwestern University Woman’s Symphony of Chicago Board of

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