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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1926

Page

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Wilmette Club to Host Dr Charles W Gordon Sky Pilot Author

Dr Charles W Gordon author of The Sky Pilot and Black Rock will speak at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club on January 17. He has served as a minister in Winnipeg since 1894 and was a World War I chaplain. The program also features the New Trier High School Girls Glee Club of about 50 voices.

Charles W. Gordon Ralph Connor Black Rock Canadian Northwest Wilmette Sunday Evening Club Dr. Gordon Canada Gordon St. Stephen's Church Winnipeg Canadian Rockies New Trier High School Wilmette W. Frank McClure Branson DeCoy Dream John Timothy Stone Fourthreshbyterian Chicago Asa C. Baldwin Mt. St. Elias Alaska William FE. Barton Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Horace Ashton Los Angeles Porto Rico Cecil Roberts Europe Henry H. Curran United States Immigration Ellis Island Cleland Jh. McAfee McCormick Theological Seminary Frederick F. Shannon Central Church Max Mason University of Chicago

Wilmette Life Editorial Urges Sunday Evening Club Patrons

On the Wilmette Life editorial page an item urges readers who attend the Wilmette Sunday Evening Club to read the notice. The appeal warns patrons to engage with the content and not overlook the message published in the issue.

Wilmette Life Wilmette Sunday Evening Club

Bill Saunders Receives Holiday Note of Thanks and Support

A note to William Y. Saunders, a disabled postman, praises his loyalty and wishes him happiness in trying times. It notes a Christmas collection totaling over 800 dollars raised by friends and neighbors after his hospital stay since last February.

William Y Bill” Saunders Bill

Hold Meeting to Plan for Basketball League

Young men of the village will meet this evening at the Byron Stolp school at 7 30 to organize a basketball league. D C Stone director of athletics in Wilmette schools will lead the meeting and asks each interested team to send a representative. The league idea originated last year but lacked enough teams. better turnout is hoped this year.

Byron Stolp D. C. Stone Wilmette

State Bank Posts Growth in Wilmette Deposits and Capital

Wilmette State Bank reports year in deposits up about 385000, total deposits near 2500000, surplus rising from 50000 to 100000. Officers re-elected January 7 include S A Wheelock as president and Phillip Hoffman as vice president, with Dan G Stiles and others named. Board lists F L Bateman, W W Buchanan, Lyman M Drake, Hoffman, Benjamin F Lewis, Frank J Leng, C N Stevens, Judson F Stone, Arthur J Taylor, Henry Taylor Jr, and Wheelock.

Wilmette State Bank Dan G. Stiles S. A. Wheelock Phillip Hoffman W. C. Shurtleff W. D. Leary J. M. Budinger F. L. Bateman W. W. Buchanan Lyman M. Drake Benjamin F. Lewis

Ex Governor Morrow to Address Country Club Dinner Guests

Edwin P. Morrow former Kentucky governor and famed orator will speak at the Ouilmette Country Club dinner Saturday January 16. The program includes stage talent Henry E. Dixey and contralto Lucille Long with reservations due by noon.

Morrow Edwin P. Morrow Kentucky Ouilmette Country Club Kentucky Hills Charles W. Triggs Henry E. Dixey Lucille Long KYW

Nelson Laundry Hosts Luncheon for Employees

Nelson Brothers Laundry on Central avenue and Main street treated about 50 workers to a luncheon at Central Cafeteria on Thursday of last week. David Nelson and J Walter Nelson led the employees to the meal, described as a simple break in routine with no special anniversary. The firm is considering warm lunch facilities for staff.

Nelson Brothers Laundry Company Central Avenue Main Street David and J. Walter Nelson David Nelson

MacMillan to Speak at New Trier Hall

Capt. Donald B. MacMillan Arctic explorer will present an illustrated lecture at New Trier High School auditorium on Saturday evening January 16. He will screen 8,000 feet of film from the Bowdoin voyage showing ice breaking, muskox encounters, and Cape Sabine memorial plans.

Donald B. Macmillan Arctic New Trier High School MacMillan Bowdoin Capt. MacMillan North Shore Frederick E. Clerk Greeley Cape Sabine Explorer Melville Bay

Bank Re-elects Directors on Eve of Tenth Anniversary

The First National Bank of Wilmette held its annual meeting electing a full board: J. M. Annel W Appel Sanger Brown Percy B. Eckhart Charles F. Reinhoth Robert Stoddard and A C Wolff. Deposits surpassed one million dollars by ten thousand. officers for the coming year will be chosen. The bank opened February 26 1916 with M Annel as active administrator.

First National Bank of Wilmette J. M. Annel W. ©. Appel Sanger Brown Percy B. Eckhart Charles F. Reinhoth Robert Stoddard A. C. Wolff First National Bank M. Annel

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SKY Pilot Congregational Fisher Home First Congregational Church John W. Fisher Greenwood Avenue F. A. Cushing Smith Harold Spinney Jane Owen Frances Howard Ted Perry Seymour Burge Cushing Smith Porter Warrington Heaps Fisher State Bank Nelson Laundry New Trier Hall Northland WEBH Edgewater Beach
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