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Wilmette Life in Wilmette, Illinois

04 Jun 1931

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Wilmette Life

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Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1931

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Wilmette eighth grade graduates 183 pupils on June 12

Wilmette Public Schools will hold the eighth grade commencement Friday June 12 at 8 pm in the Howard School gymnasium. Supt. J. R. Harper will present the class and Henry E. Cutler will present the diplomas. The Rev. J. G. Hindley will deliver the invocation. The Class of 1931 includes a long list of students and names among the graduates.

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Wilmette Howard School J. R. Harper Henry E. Cutler Largo Xerxes Handel Semele Wilplom Asees Board of Education Loyalty Sonc Es John Adams Fern E E. Ahlstrand Blythe S. Akely Mary Louise Allen Donald A. Anderson Dorothy J. Anderson Emil A. Anderson, Jr Vera R. Archambault Parvene H. Bagdadi Beverly Baird Josephine Balhatchet Howard N. Ball George G. Battles Anne Bayliss Anna M. Bebas Georgette M. Becker Eleanor L. Beecher Barbara Ann Behr Mildred W. Farmer William J. Faymonville, Jr Thomas R. Finlayson Jeane Fisher Donald A. Ford Myra E. Fullen Carlisle L. Galvin Reeva J. Golden Grant G. Goodrich Edith B. Gordon Mary L. Gordon George F. Green Virginia L. Green Dorothea E. Hacker Florence C. Hanson Frances D. Haskin Mildred C. Haugh Frederick F. Shannon Central Church of Chicago New Trier High School Leslie F. Gates Shannon Middle West
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Wilmette Reduces Public Works Bond to 1000 Dollars

The Wilmette Village Board lowered the bond for the superintendent of public works from 5000 to 1000 dollars at its Tuesday night meeting. The amending ordinance to the 1917 Wilmette code cites that the official does not handle village funds as the reason for the reduction.

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Superintendent of Public Works Wilmette
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Village President Denies Secret Meetings Charge

Village President Carlton P. Dubbs refutes claims that the new board held secret meetings closed to the public. He explains the Monday informal discussions were general and not official adjourned sessions, with no records kept and all official business done in open meetings.

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Dubbs Carlton P. Dubbs Dobbs Star Chamber
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Wilmette Chamber Plans September Meeting Schedule

The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce will hold its next regular meeting on an early September Monday. No regular sessions will occur in July or August, though committees and the board of directors will meet during those months.

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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
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Wilmette Names New Zoning Plan and Appeals Boards

Village President Carbon P. Dobbs announced the appointment of members to the Wilmette Zoning Commission Plan Commission and Board of Appeals. Myles J. Phillips chairs both commissions with terms ending 1936. Other members include Welldon Fowler Youngberg Mouat and Kinne Owen Fuermann Miller Reiling with various term years ending 1932–1935. The old commissions resignations were accepted and ordinance 1590 on the Major Street plan will be repealed after new boards propose replacements shaping street widening setbacks and western village development.

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Carbon P. Dobbs Wilmette Zoning Commission Plan Commission Board of Appeals Village Board Zoning Commission Myles J. Phillips Public Welfare Party Plan Commissions William J. Weldon Henry Fowler Arthur C. Youngberg A. J. Mouat Kinne Appeals Harry C. Kinne L. F. Owen F. W. Fuermann William Rix Miller Herman T. Reiling Zoning and Plan Commissions Dobbs Commissions and Board of Appeals J. D. Roth Robert Stoddard Frederick J. Newey F. C. Huffman Lloyd C. Ayres Wilmette
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Booster Pump Station Contract Awarded In Prairie Avenue Area

Village Manager C. M. Osborn said the emergency booster pumping station at Prairie avenue and Isabella street was let to John W. Moore for 1339 dollars. The board approved the contract and the station should be in operation by week end.

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C. M. Osborn Village Board Prairie Avenue Isabella Street John W. Moore Mr. Osborn
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Ascher J. G. Hindley Mozart Afton Water Home Old Wing Cole Old English Air Armeonieit Phillips NEW Plan Board
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