Edmond Simonds designs valves for Hoover Dam project
Edmond M. Simonds of Wilmette works on high pressure gate valves for the Hoover Dam on the Colorado. The 42 valves are 10 feet high with eight foot openings, weighing tons, and operated by hydraulic pressure. They sit 500 feet below ground at the dam base, resisting over 250 psi. The dam will rise about 700 feet creating a 100 mile long lake 600 feet deep, enough to cover Kentucky to a foot depth.
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Edmond Simonds
Hoover Dam
Edmond M. Simonds
Sixteenth Street
Wilmette
Colorado River
Kentucky
Miss Mary Farmer Plans Christmas Return Home
Miss Mary Farmer of 915 Elmwood Avenue will return this weekend to spend the Christmas holidays at her home.
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Mary Farmer
Elmwood Avenue
New Books at Wilmette Public Library Offer Romance and Adventure
Miss Anne Whitmack lists volumes for young readers and adults including Lorna Doone and A Tale of Two Cities. Travel and biography titles feature Voyaging and Sea and the Jungle, with stories set in Ireland, France, Canada, England, and the United States.
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Wilmette Public Library
Anne L. Whitmack
Lorna Doone
Blackmore
Devon
Birmingham
Ireland
Boyer
Red River Valley
Greenmantle—Buchan
Constantinople
Luca Sarto
Brooks
Paris
Louis XI
O Pioneers
Cather
Nebraska Prairies
Davis
Dickens
Vicctoria
M Hamsun
Maria Chapdelaine
Hemon
Lake St. John
Ramona — Jackson
California
Ola
Pulsford
Ing
Quentin Durward
Scott
King Spider
Charles the Bold
Snedeker
Delphi
Black Arrow
Stevenson
England
Charwoman
Stephens
Mary Make Believe
Dove
Yonge
Germany
Kent
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
Shala — Lane
Alabama
Tomlinson
Sugimoto
Greene
Lagerlof
Hudson
Ten Year Old Pianist at Shawnee Next Sunday
Shawnee Club music committee chaired by Mrs Miles Gerringer presents a special program featuring 10 year old pianist Miss Lada Bullenbcek performing works by Mendelssohn Grieg Nevin Weber and others. Opera star Bragagnola will sing two arias from Verdi Ernani and The Bartered Bride.
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Shawnee Club Music Committee
Miles Gerringer
Lada Bullenbcek
MacDowell
Will-o-the-Wisp
Nevin Rondo
Weber
Mme. Boza Ouimeroff
Bragagnola
Verdi
Ernani
Ely Family Plans Holiday Visit and New Year Reunion
Mr and Mrs Robert P Ely and their son Robert Jr of Freeport Illinois will spend the holiday season with Mrs Ely's parents Mr and Mrs Everett B Wilson of 350 Green leaf avenue On New Year's day Mr and Mrs Wilson will entertain at a family reunion.
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Robert P. Ely
Robert, Jr
Freeport, Ill
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Wilmette Shop
Wilmette Ave
Evanston
Orrington and Davis
Chicago
Lake Forest Shop
E. Deerpath Ave
Shawnee
Kodaks
Helena Rubinstein
Charles
THE
Ritz
Eaton, Crane and Pike
Julia King’s
Gobelin
Sheaffer and Wahl
Kenilworth
North Shore
Wilmette and
Central Aves
Wil
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