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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1939

Page

4

End of Fiscal Year Highlights Washington Spending

The June 30 deadline closes the 1939 fiscal year with expenditures over 9.25 billion and a 3.6 billion deficit. Congress raced to pass six major appropriation bills including a WPA measure. The House stalled on the District of Columbia bill and the Senate faced a clash over extending presidential devaluation powers. Friday proved a tense, red-letter day for taxpayers and the New Deal.

Washington, D. C Congress House Senate District of Columbia Department of State Sam Rayburn Texas William B. Bankhead Alabama State Department Millard E. Tydings Maryland

Lake Zurich Players Taming of the Shrew Opens Friday

The Lake Zurich Players present a modern version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew for a three night run starting Friday July 14. Petruchio is played by Robert Hoffmann and Kate by Kaye Spelletich with Henry Kurth designing sets. Director Mary Elizabeth Aurelius leads a cast including Don Hanmer Maurice Stein William Stigall Alan Hancock Ralph Brown Lynn Miller and others. Curtain is at 8 45 pm and reservations are at Lake Zurich 2521.

Lake Zurich Robert Hoffmann Petruchio Kate Kaye Spelletich Henry Kurth Mary Elizabeth Aurelius Don Hanmer Maurice Stein William Stigall Alan Hancock Ralph Brown Lynn Miller

Trip to coast by Metzger family and Mrs Springer

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Metzger with daughters Frances and Harriet Anne and Mrs. Lewis B. Springer of 419 Maple Avenue departed Sunday for the West Coast. They will visit San Francisco then travel to southern California for an extended stay.

Victor Metzger Frances Harriet Anne Lewis B. Springer Maple Avenue West Coast San Francisco California

Mrs James I Johnson and daughter return from Baltimore

Mrs I Johnson of 833 Fifteenth Street and her daughter Lou Rey have returned from a week in Baltimore Maryland where they spent the past week.

James I. Johnson Fifteenth Street Lou Rey Baltimore

Certified Smoked Ham with Rice Risotto Border

A recipe for Certified Smoked Ham prepared with a mustard bread crumb paste and oven baked slices. Sliced ham rests on a risotto border made from cooked rice onions peppers tomatoes and stock, finished under broiler to brown. Serves six.

Chamberlain Wilson Wilson Clear Brook

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