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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1929

Page

2

Wilmette Bay Embarks on Extended Oceanic Trip

Thomas Edward Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Wilson of 415 Ninth Street Home from Edgewood school Greenwich Conn joins two friends Herbert Hewitt of St Louis and Stanley Reynolds of California for a ten month oceanic journey through the Panama Canal to ports in South America and up the Western Canadian coast They will stop at Rex Terrace Mich with Harry Clark before sailing to Chester Pa to board their steamer and are due back in mid September.

Thomas Edward Wilson Gordon Wilson Ninth Street Edgewood Greenwich Conn Herbert Hewitt St. Louis Stanley Reynolds California Panama Canal South America Canada Chester Harry Clark Rex Terrace Mich

Harold James Nilson Earns Noted Art Exhibition Honor

Harold James Nilson of Wilmette is recognized in the 1928 29 National Academy of Art students exhibition in Chicago. Dean Hubert Ropp praises Nilson for remarkably fine water color and strong oils work showing promise for a young artist.

National Academy of Art Chicago Harold James Nilson Central Avenue Wilmette Nilson Hubert Ropp Academy

Mosquito Abatement Work Under Way in North Shore District

Superintendent William Edwards reports large progress since April 15 with two foremen two truck drivers and fourteen laborers cleaning roadside ditches and draining swamps. He lists multiple species including Culex Pipiens and Anopheles varieties and urges homeowners to remove standing water and tall grass to aid efforts.

North Shore Mosquito William Edwards Edwards

Smithers To Sail Abroad This June

Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Smithers of 711 Lake avenue will sail June 18 from Quebec for a trip abroad lasting until September 1. They will visit Cherbourg Genoa Naples pass time in Switzerland Italian lake district Venice Paris two weeks and a three week motor trip through England. They expect to meet Clyde T. Hays Mrs. I. K. Stover in Paris and Albert N. Pages in England.

P. L. Smithers Perry L. Smithers Lake Avenue Quebec Cherbourg Genoa Naples Switzerland Italian Lake District Venice Paris England Clyde T. Hays I. K. Stover Albert N. Pages

Barrett Family Returns Home From Denver Visit

Mr and Mrs Frank Barrett and their daughter Mary have returned to 55 Essex road Kenilworth after a six week stay in Denver Colorado.

Frank Barrett Mary Essex Road Kenilworth Denver Colo

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