Wilmette Chamber of Commerce Aims During 1930
The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce summarized 1930 activities at the January meeting, led by secretary B. T. Clark. Highlights include tax reassessment efforts, village manager government support, grade separation advocacy, bringing a theater to Wilmette, civic membership plans, Community Chest donations, registration drives, a call to tighten bail laws, a Home Show presence, support for a storm sewer, Cleanup Week, fare reductions, Main Street extension, an employment bureau, business project screening, investment scrutiny, and ongoing legislative work.
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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
B. T. Clark
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Clark
Harry S. Cutmore
Board of Review
Wilmette
Community Chest
Wilmette Community Chest Association
Illinois
United States Chamber of Commerce
The
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Association of Commerce
Illinois State Bar Association
Chier Bar Association
Chicago
Ridge Road
North Shore
Kenilworth
Linden Avenue
Wilmette Avenue
Main Street
Elmwood Avenue
Chicago and North Western
Brick Thrown Through Window At Papageorge Tailor Shop
A padded brick was hurled through the window of Papageorge Brothers Tailor shop at 521 Fourth Street before 7 am Wednesday. Taxi drivers at Linden avenue L terminal alerted police. no loot was taken and no suspects were located.
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Papageorge Brothers
Fourth Street
Linden Avenue
L” Terminal
Wilmette
Papageorge
Lake Drive Aims to Double North Shore Population
Robert Kingery of Winnetka warned at the North Shore Architects Association banquet that population on the Evanston to Waukegan north shore could double in twenty years. He cited plans for a lake shore park system and an outer Lake Michigan drive, aided by cooperation among the Chicago Regional Planning Commission Evanston Plan Commission and city council. Thomas Tallmadge echoed, aligning the town plan with regional goals including a boulevard along the drainage canal and a civic center.
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North Shore
Evanston
Waukegan
Robert Kingery
Sted
Winnetka
Chicago Regional Planning Commission
North Shore Architects” Association
Kingery
Lake Michigan
Evanston Plan Commission
Thomas Tallmadge
Tsianina Sings at Shawnee Soiree Promoting Opera Ties
Tsianina a renowned American Indian singer whose career spans concerts and operas in all states and nine foreign countries. The Shawnee Soirée at the club promises dinner dancing and a midnight buffet, with a junior dinner dance planned for Friday January 16.
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Tsianina
Oklahoma
America
Schumann- Heink
Melba
Edith Mason
New York Symphony
Minneapolis Symphony
Russian Symphony
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Metropolitan Opera
Shanewis
Cape Harvey
Radio Broadcast Promotes Wilmette Living
A Wilmette Chamber of Commerce sponsored radio program aired on WLS Chicago at 12 40 pm for about half an hour. A. S. Van Deusen Jr. coordinated the retail committee bid with Swift and Company handling courtesy. The segment covered Wilmette’s history location transport churches schools playgrounds and housing appeal for shoppers and residents.
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Wilmette
WLS
Chicago
Swift and Company
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
A. S. van Deusen Jr
Chamber
Church Council Elected at Evangelical Lutheran
The Wilmette English Evangelical Lutheran church elected F. W Strube Charles F Brandt Ted Peterson Walter Reisner J H Hopp William Melbye Sr Arthur Stark Arthur Dolbeer and Clarence Lineberger to its church council. Installation is set for Sunday January 18 at 11 o clock with the first meeting scheduled for Tuesday January 20.
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Evangelical Lutheran
Wilmette
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
F. W Strube
Charles F. Brandt
Ted Peterson
Walter Reisner
J. H. Hopp
William Melbye Sr
Arthur Stark
Arthur Dolbeer
Clarence Lineberger
St Marys Society Elects Officers at Saint Joseph Church
The St Marys society of St. Josephs church elected officers last Sunday at the school hall. New officers are Mrs J F Steffens president Mrs John Selzer vice president Mrs Peter Steffens secretary and Mrs Peter Roemer treasurer. Installation is set for January 25.
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St. Mary’s Society
St. Joseph’s Church
J. F. Steffens
John Selzer
Peter Steffens
Peter Roemer
Miss Ann Knox Visits Springfield Relative Soon Return
Miss Ann Knox of Springfield Illinois visited her sister and family the Harry W Bettinghouses at 1231 Ashland avenue and returned home early this week.
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Ann Knox
Springfield
Ill
Harry W. Bettinghouses
Ashland Avenue
Radio talk on district women’s clubs literature
Mrs Earl Whitaker chairman of literature of the Tenth district Illinois Federation of Women's clubs will broadcast over WMAQ Thursday afternoon January 22 at 4 o clock. She will discuss general work in literature done in the forty clubs of the district.
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Earl Whitaker
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
WMAQ
Mrs W Wallace Kerr Hosts Bridge Luncheon Club
Mrs W Wallace Kerr of 707 Forest Avenue entertained members of her bridge luncheon club on Tuesday.
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W. Wallace Kerr
Forest Avenue
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Shoreline Highway and Park System
Princess Tsianina
Raymond Hentschel
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