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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
1
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra opens a series of five free concerts on the esplanade by the waterworks foot of Lake avenue next Wednesday at 8 30 pm. Subsequent concerts are August 12 19 26 and September 2 with a large audience anticipated.
The Village board adjourned after a briefing on zoning. A committee led by Trustees Sporrer Iliff and Cochran, with ex-trustee Arthur Lee, was authorized to negotiate with the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee rail line to establish a station at the Lake avenue crossing on the Skokie Valley branch. Officials also granted Federated Charities of Chicago permission to hold its Have a Heart tag day on September 14.
Ruth Tentler, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis A Tentler of Wilmette, injured while diving from a boat off the Wilmette coast. She sustained a fracture of three vertebrae, received medical care, and was placed in a plaster cast at home with expected release October 23. She attends New Trier High School.
Governor Henry Horner through the state department of agriculture declared a strict quarantine on all dogs in Cook County as an emergency measure to curb a rabies epidemic. Police enforce the order with municipal cooperation. dogs must be leashed or confined in escape-proof enclosures and exercised only on a leash. Cloud C. McGuire, Chief of Police, warns no evasion will be tolerated.
Dr. Thomas L. Grisamore of 411 Lake Avenue recently came back from a westward journey. He attended the American Dental Association convention in San Francisco and spent several days in Boise Idaho visiting a cousin at a ranch near the city.
Wilmette kicks off Dollar Days with a Thursday and Friday sale featuring a parade of merchants. A sound truck, decorated cars and balloons for children accompanied by vast store preparations offering summer and fall needs at unprecedented prices. C E Clifton Jr of the Chamber of Commerce says preparations indicate a highly successful semi annual bargain festival.
Convalescing Village Trustee George F. Iliff of 924 Linden Avenue has returned from Evanston Hospital and is at home recovering from surgery. He spends small periods outdoors each day under doctor supervision.
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