Village Appropriation Bill Sets Yearly Expenditures at 325900
The village board adopted the annual appropriation on July 2 and set the current year’s estimated expenditures at 325 900 dollars a reduction of 11 500 from last year. The plan continues 1928 improvements into 1929 with projects previously listed facing fulfillment challenges. The bill designates 25 000 for a site and incinerator, 50 000 for a municipal playground, 12 000 for police and fire pension funds 1 200 each, plus street, drain, lighting, and office costs totaling 325 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mette Lark
North Shore artists highlighted on Ravinia program
The Ravinia Thursday program featured a second half by North Shore residents Mrs Francis L Bailey directed the show. Singers included Mrs Gilbert Smith Evanston Mrs George Creer Erskine Wilder Frank Blatchford Jr and J Williams Macy Winnetka. They performed scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan operas The Gondolier Pirates of Penzance Iolanthe and Pinafore. The first half was conducted by Eric Delamatter with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Ravinia
North Shore
Francis L. Bailey
North Shore Country Day School
Gilbert Smith
Evanston
George Creer
Erskine Wilder
Frank Blatchford, Jr
J. Williams Macy
Winnet
Coventry road extension bid set for Kenilworth meeting
Kenilworth boards to open bids Monday night July 22 for Coventry road extension through Block 36 with paving. The project declares a short cut to Ridge road, necessitates removing a garage and other structures, and plans two new blocks forming a village hall and fire station site with work to start soon.
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Kenilworth
Ridge Road
Coventry Road
Kenilworth Avenue
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce Team Opens Twilight Games
The Wilmette C of C baseball team begins twilight games with a Thursday July 18 6 30 pm match at Village Green. The Old Chicago Blues appear for the inaugural evening tilt on the Village Green diamond and a large crowd is anticipated.
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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Village Green
Chicago Blues
Ceremony to Mark Closing of M E Church on July 21
The Wilmette Parish Methodist Church will hold a Sunday ceremony July 21 under Pastor Horace G Smith to mark the old church closing. The rite includes doors closing, a procession to the near completed new church portion, and opening of the old cornerstone from 1908. Parish members will carry symbols of faith and activity.
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Wilmette Parish
Horace G. Smith
Drainage Additions Planned for Woodbine Alley Project
Wilmette Board of Local Improvements adjourned hearing to add drainage facilities to the first alley west of Woodbine between Gregory and Isabella. Engineer to draft new specs, increasing estimated cost from 2236 to about 3236 dollars. Bids for paving the adjacent alleys were rejected. new bids to be sought at the July 23 meeting.
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Wilmette Board of Local Improvements
Woodbine Avenue
Gregory Avenue
Isabella Street
Spencer
Greenleaf Avenue
New Trier Township Population Estimated at 38 200
New Trier Township including Wilmette Kenilworth Winnetka and Glencoe shows a total population near 38 200 based on a Chicago metropolitan zone survey by S W Straus and Company. Wilmette 17 500 Kenilworth 2 800 Winnetka 12 000 Glencoe 5 900 Evanston 67 500. Suburbs total 1 411 661, up 11 percent since 1928 while the city rose 8 percent.
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New Trier
Wilmette
Kenilworth
Winnetka
Glencoe
Chicago
Building Survey Department
S. W., Straus and Company
Investment and Financial House
Chambers of Commerce
Straus
Northbrook
Glenview
Evanston
Straussigures
Girl Struck By Car on Wilmette Avenue Seriously Hurt
Eight year old Anna Edwards daughter of E O Edwards of 314 Fourteenth street was hit at Wilmette avenue and Fourteenth street by a car driven west by Mrs L Skog of 135 Seventeenth street. She was taken to Dr Lester E Mee’s office then to St Francis hospital Evanston with a severe head injury and a broken leg and was unconscious mid Wednesday.
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Jean Anna Edwards
E. O. Edwards
Fourteenth Street
Wilmette Avenue
L. Skog
Seventeenth Street
Lester E. Mee
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Logan School
J. D. McDermott
Ninth Street
Wilmette
Deerfield
Maple Avenue
Federal Electric Company
E. Herron
Eddy Street
Chicago
Fourth Street
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North Shore Artists
Kenilworth’s
Wilmette C. of C
M. E. Church
Woodbine Alley
Shore Lines
Junior Life
New Trier Township
Straits
Jean Edwards
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