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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
1
Wilmette bathing beach starts Saturday June 15 and runs daily 10 am to 10 pm. Beach office sells advance tickets Thursday and Friday from 1 to 4 pm. Two ticket types: family season $4 with guest allowance and individual season $1.50. single admissions 50 cents weekdays and $1 weekends. New southeast entrance will ease access from Washington Park.
The Tenth District Young Men's Club convenes tonight at 8 at the Techny Fields Country Club. President Irwin D. Hintzpeter urges all members to attend the final meeting before the spring informal dance.
Voters in New Trier township are reminded the judicial election will be held Monday July 1. Two polling places serve the township with north of Elm street voters voting at Winnetka Village hall and south of Elm street voters at 609 Ridge avenue Wilmette. Voters choose one state supreme court judge and 21 superior court judges. The coalition ticket of democratic and republican candidates faces no opposition.
Annapolis appointments go to Dempsey a top student athlete at New Trier and Tri-Ship club leader. First second and third alternates named Philip Raeth Sydney Miner and H Edward Bent from Evanston Chicago Evanston respectively. Civil Service exam March 16 determined selection with an earlier appointment of Peter Shumway of Evanston and Northwestern University as principal.
The commerce committee accepted Congressman Ralph E. Church’s amendment authorizing dredging of Wilmette harbor to allow the coast guard lifeboat to depart in storms. Church testified shoal water traps the boat, hindering emergency response. local pleasure craft owners also support the project after long agitation.
Open to Wilmette children the annual summer playground program starts Monday at Wattman Park. Six weeks of activities with minimal supply costs, under Daniel M. Davis, amid a reduced recreation fund. Illinois Emergency Relief Commission will provide much supervision. Program begins at 9 AM.
County Assessor John S. Clark announced the 1934 personal property assessment is complete and sent to the board of tax appeals for revision. Total valuation fell to $909,839,091, down $20,621,007 from 1933, while country towns rose from $92,040,640 to $106,708,948. Sanborn Hale pending New Trier township totals.
New Trier Township to honor 505 graduates at tonight's commencement in the Leslie F. Gates gymnasium. The class includes 452 June graduates, 30 February graduates, and 23 August graduates. Diplomas will be presented by A A Peterson and Mrs Elizabeth Farwell.
St Francis Xavier school in Ninth Street and Linden Avenue will hold its annual graduation exercises at St Francis Xavier church tonight at 8 o clock. The Rev Bernard Brady pastor of the church will present diplomas to graduates. Names of the top scholars will be announced during the ceremony.
The Wilmette avenue station of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railway was burglarized early last Sunday. A display case was smashed and cigars and cigarets worth 20 dollars were stolen. No trace of the burglars has been found.
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