Wilmette Ruling Put to Acid Test of Zoning Law
The Illinois case pits Min Ehrlich against the Village of Wilmette in a bid to compel permission for a new apartment building at Fourth and Laurel. The suit, served July 1, seeks a final ruling on Wilmette’s zoning ordinance with town meetings and elections already highlighting the issue. Previous nearby battles, including the Hess case on Twelfth Street, foreshadow potential appeals beyond the Superior Court.
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Ilmette
Samuel E. Son
Superior Courtoak County
Min H. Ehrlich
Prop
Fourth and
Laurel Avenue
Wile
Wilmette
Edward Zipf
A. Hoffman
John C. Baker
Ence E. Drayer
John F. Wiedlin
Tt N. Page
Frederick Tilt
The
Sage of
Home and
Ehramd
Hess
William E. Hess
Twelfth Street
Forest Ave
Optimists Plan Forest Preserve Picnic In Wilmette July
Wilmette Optimists and families plan a Forest Preserve outing near Keeling Illinois on Sunday July 13. Autos depart Dannemark's Blec shop on Wilmette Avenue at 11 o clock and the group will meet at the Galitz home in Keeling before entering the picnic site.
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Wilmette Optimists
Forest Preserve
Keeling
Autobiles
Dannemark
Wilmette Avenue
Galitz
Ineeling
W. J. Kitchen to Preach at Wilmette Baptist July 13
Reverend W. J. Kitchen, recently ordained in the Baptist ministry, will occupy the pulpit of the Wilmette Baptist Church Sunday morning July 13 at 11 oclock. His sermon topic will be The Christ Within You.
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W. J. Kitchen
Wilmette Baptist Rch
Thatch
Earl Orner Named Ambassador to Persuade Tree Trimming
Earl E Orner was appointed by the Village Council as minister plenipotentiary to the Northwestern railroad to obtain trimming of trees east of the tracks between Wilmette and Linden avenues at no village cost. The move followed a railroad letter noting obstructed views near Wilmette avenue, deemed a safety menace.
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Earl E. Orner
Northwestern Railroad
Mr. Ormer
Wilmette
Linden Avenues
Mr. Orner
Board of Trustees
Wilmette Avenue
Orner
Zipf
Rotary hears plea for child welfare work in Illinois
C V Simmons of the Illinois Home and Aid society urged Wilmette Rotarians to help salvage neglected children in Cook County. He outlined the society’s efforts in rehabilitating poverty struck families and placing children in fostering and boarding homes with figures showing hundreds of children helped last year. A receiving home is at 26 Ridge Avenue Evanston with board members including Mrs Frank M Barrett Wilmette and Mrs Percy B Eckart Kenilworth.
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Illinois
Cook County
Wilmette Rotary Club
C. V. Simmons
Illinois Home and Aid Society
Simmons
Rotarians
Chicago
Mr. Simmons
Children's Home and Aid Society
Society
Ridge Avenue
Evanston
Frank M. Barrett
Wilmette
Percy B. Eckart
Kenilworth
Wilmette Chamber to vote on constitution August 11
The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce introduced its new constitution and by laws at a regular meeting and voted to table the measure until August 11 to allow members time to study the document before the vote.
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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Sunday School Picnic Moves to July at Glenview Forest Preserve
St. John's Lutheran parish moved its Sunday school picnic from June 28 to Saturday July 12 due to rain. The event at Glenview Forest Preserve will feature activities for all ages and is open to families and parishioners.
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St. John's Lutheran Parish
Forest Preserve
Glenview
Monsignor Kelley Heads to Rome Before Oklahoma Bishop Role
Monsignor Francis Clement Kelley pastor of St. Francis Xavier Wilmette sails from New York on July 5 for Rome aboard the Carmania before his September consecration as Bishop of Oklahoma. He plans to return in about a month and is celebrated for expanding Catholic work across the United States. The monsignor, a former head of the Catholic Church Extension Society, has long been a prominent figure in religious and patriotic circles. A Wilmette sendoff with a purse and Godspeed is planned.
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Francis Clement Kelley
St. Francis Xavier Church
New York
Rome
Carmania
Wilmette
Kelley
Oklahoma
Monsignor Kelley
Holy Name
Chicago
Boy Suffers Skull Fracture After Roof Fall
A six year old boy named Lawrence Phelps of 530 Linden Avenue Wilmette sustained a skull fracture Tuesday evening after falling from a roof near his home. He received treatment from Dr Parkes at Evanston hospital.
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Evanston Hospital
Lawrence Phelps
Linden Avenue
Wilmette
Parkes
Wanted to Rent Houses for Short Summer Stay
A reliable tenant seeks a two month rental of a small rushed house on North Shore with responsible party and excellent references. Gee W Stuart Franklin 0¢8s.
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North Shore
Gee
W.stuart
Franklin
Netstraeter Holdings Toward New Church Planned
In the will of Nev William Netstraeter former pastor of St Josephs church Wilmette who died April 7 1924 it is stated a new church will be built from his property within five years after his death. The exact value is unknown as parcels are being sold. The church is likely to be on property near the Lake and Ridge avenues site. Netstraeter born in Westphalia arrived in America at 28 ordained 1868 and became pastor in 1872 remaining at St Josephs until his death aged 83. Rev J A Neumann leads St Josephs now.principal details only.
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Nev
William Netstraeter
St. Joseph's Church
Wilmette
St. Joseph's
Netstraeter
Lake and Ridge Avenues
Westphalia
America
St. Joseph's Parish
J. A. Neumann
Etstrader
Store Robbery At Lukias Confectionery Stuns Town
A man posing as a customer at Lukias Confectionery on Main Street plus Central Avenue swindled $200 from a drawer with receipts. Peter Lukias reports a phony $10 check used by another local counterfeit, and hints at quitting after repeated losses to strangers cashing checks.
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Lukias
Main Street
Central Avenue
Peter Lukias
Peter
Lukas Brothers
Village Sponge Squad Moves to End Duck Ponds on Seeger Street
Wilmette residents gathered for a village board meeting Tuesday night where Alex Krause led a protest against numerous duck ponds on Seeger street. He urged a flood ditch to the Lake avenue sewer and the trustees referred the issue to the streets and alleys committee with power to act.
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Gross Feint
Wilmette
Alex Krause
Seeger Street
Krause
Lake Avenue
Denman to Camp Custer for military training season
Col. A. L. Denman Wilmette police superintendent leaves Saturday July 12 for Camp Custer to attend the military training season. He will return to the village August 1.
Safer Street Idea Defeated by Trustees on Technicality
The Wilmette village meeting rejected a widening plan for Wilmette and Central avenues amid filibuster tactics and petitions from property owners. Trustees Baker Drayer and Wiedlin were blamed for the loss while Hoffman's motion to revive the defeated ordinance sparked a row and chaotic scenes before a roll call vote halted the measure.
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Wilmette
John Clark Baker
Clarence E. Drayer
John F. Wiedlin
Baker
Drayer
Wiedlin
Central Avenue
Central Avenue Was the Storm Center of the Hippodrome
West Side
Central
Central Avenues
Main Street
Park Avenue
If Metre
Hoffman
Paul A. Hoffman
Albert N. Page
Frederick Tilt
Prolon
Presi
Exhibit Planned for Bible School Class
An exhibit and demonstration of work by Daily Vacation Bible school students from Byron C Stolp and Logan schools will be held in the Byron Stolp auditorium on July 17 evening. Local residents and especially parents are invited to review the exhibit and witness demonstrations covering many departments of the school handiwork.
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Byron C. Stolp
Logan
Byron & Stolp
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Jamin H. Ehrlich
ARTS
Proomises
Earl
C. of C
Mgr. Kelley
St. Francis Xavier
Netstraeter Holdings
NEW Church
Safer’ Street Idea
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