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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1935

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Dr Vincent To Address Wilmette Sunday Club February 3

Dr George E. Vincent educator author and former Rockefeller Foundation head will speak February 3 at 7 30 PM in Wilmette First Congregational Church on Old Dreams for New Times drawn from Plato s Republic and Moore s Utopia His European travels and world affairs outlooks add authority and humor to the talk son of Bishop John H Vincent and former president of Chautauqua Institution and University of Minnesota.

George E. Vincent Rockefeller Foundation Wilmette Sunday Evening Club New Times Moore First Congregational Church Wilmette Dr. Vincent Europe Orient America Vincent John H. Vincent Louis A. Miller Akron Ohio Thomas A. Edison Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua New York University of Minnesota Rockefeller Institute

Mrs. Berg and Mother Hurt in Peoria Auto Crash

Mrs. Berg of Peoria sustained severe bruises after an auto crash near Peoria about ten days ago. Her mother Mrs. Hannah Duncan suffered a basal skull fracture but is recovering. McClellan Duncan, driver and Mrs. Berg’s brother, had several rib fractures when the Duncan car was struck head on by a speeding machine on a foggy highway.

Harry Berg Greenwood Avenue Peoria Hannah Duncan Wilmette McClellan Duncan

MacDougall to Speak at Wilmette Chamber Luncheon

Curtis D. MacDougall editor of the Evanston News-Index will address the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce at its February 4 luncheon in the First Congregational church dining room. Lunch served at noon with reservations due by Saturday noon. meeting expected to cover topics of interest to members.

Curtis D. MacDougall Evanston News-Index Wilmette Chamber of Commerce First Congregational Church MacDougall C. E. Clifton, Jr

Have You a Picture for a Dollar in Wilmette

Witmerre Live seeks old photos of Wilmette or Kenilworth for publication paying one dollar per picture. Submit clear images from any era. published or not, photos will be returned in good condition.

Wilmette Kenilworth Witmerre Live

Twenty seven New Trier seniors finish high school

The high school careers of twenty seven New Trier High School seniors end this week. Twenty boys and seven girls have completed the requirements for their diplomas. The mid year graduates include Albert Bohnen, William Challis, James Chambers, Jack Edmonds, Alfred Erickson, Charles Gibson, William Handley, Stanley Hillman, Philip Hoelz, Rudolph Kaspar, Edward Placek, Merton Postle, Robert Robertson, Lyman Sandy Jr, Arthur Schneider, Howard Steffy, Jack Stein, E. C. Sweeney, Hamilton Watson, Norman Wipperfurth, and Helen Crossley, Lovella Doyle, Fleeta Freeman, Virginia Henry, Katherine Hoffmeyer, Helen Massin, June Peister. The first semester ended Wednesday. vacation begins until the second semester opens Monday.

Albert George Bohnen William H. Challis James Rich Chambers Jack Hodson Edmonds Alfred Cornelius Erickson Charles O. Gibson William Robert Handley Stanley Hillman Philip John Hoelz Rudolph Paul Kaspar Edward Henry Placek Merton Meyne Postle Robert Robertson Lyman Gage Sandy, Jr Arthur Mathew Schneider Howard Leo Steffy Jack Solon Stein E. C. Sweeney Hamilton Campbell Watson Norman Joseph Wipperfurth Girlk Helen Frances Crossley Lovella Elizabeth Doyle Fleeta Fayette Freeman Virginia Wilma Henry Katherine Elizabeth Hoffmeyer Helen Margaretha Massin June Catherine Peister New Trier

Wilmette Chest Association to Hold Annual Meeting

The Wilmette Community Chest association will meet in the village hall council chamber Monday evening February 4 at 8 o clock. The meeting will present the audit of the 1933 Community Chest campaign and conduct the annual election of officers and five retiring directors.

Chest Association Wilmette Council Community Chest

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wilmette

The first annual meeting in the village hall drew Wilmette residents to invest in the new First Federal Savings and Loan. Secretary treasurer C E Clifton Jr and auditor Arnold Himmelblau reported a healthy finances with $50 000 working capital aimed to treble in 1935.

Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wilmette C. E. Clifton, Jr Arnold, Himmelblau Company W. F. Arnold

Optimists and Rotarians to Hear Alaska Program

The Wilmette Optimist and Rotary clubs host a joint dinner Tuesday February 5 at Shawnee Country Club. Harold Snell traffic manager of the Alaskan Yukon railway will present, with motion pictures of Alaska scenes, under Phil Hoffman’s program leadership.

Wilmette Optimist and Rotary Clubs Shawnee Country Club Harold Snell Alaskan-Yukon Railway Snell Winnetka Phil Hoffman The Optimist Club

Firemen Called Twice in Week for Apartment Fires and Baby Lockins

Fire department rushed to 1937 Wilmette avenue Friday when a closet fire sparked by a match consumed a mattress and clothing. At 201 Eighteenth street a baby locked in a bathroom for the second time this week, and firemen freed it. They joke the child may be playing a game for excitement.

Wilmette Avenue Eighteenth Street

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