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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1938

Page

3

Deadlocked Springfield Session Faces July Deadline

After four weeks only five of 22 governor call items have passed. Relief funding totals include 4.5 million for unemployed relief, 700 thousand for a new University of Illinois building, and 175 thousand for Old Age Assistance burials. A second special session may be needed to resolve truck regulation and broader funding.

University of Illinois Department of Finance Treasury Assembly House McGrath Education Board Tangle

Mrs Prendergast Visits New York Daughter in Summer Stay

Mrs Martin J Prendergast of New York is visiting her daughter Mrs Thomas M Mints at 50 Crescent Place for a month. Miss Margery Mints returned from Beloit College for summer vacation. Mr and Mrs Mints and their daughter drove to St Louis to visit friends and plan to return home next Monday.

Martin J. Prendergast New York Thomas M. Mints Crescent Place Margery Mints Beloit College

Williams family plans ranch summer in Colorado

Mr and Mrs A N Williams of Kenilworth expect Mrs A N Williams Jr of New York and her son Christopher with Ruth and Miss Agnes Demare to travel from Radcliffe College Cambridge Mass. They will drive to Colorado to spend the summer at the Williams ranch beginning in early July.

A. N .Williams Maclean Avenue Kenilworth A. N. Williams New York Christopher Ruth Agnes Demare Radcliffe College Cambridge Mass Colorado Williams Ranch

Hit on Highway in Skokie Intersection Collision

On Sunday June 12 Alfred H. Foxcroft of 220 Lawndale Avenue driving west on Lake Avenue entered Skokie Boulevard on a green light and was struck by a Milwaukee driver Henry Kramer who did not observe the light change. Both cars were damaged and towed. Foxcroft filed a complaint. police Joseph Steffens and Edwin Whiteside responded.

Alfred H. Foxcroft Lawndale Avenue Lake Avenue Skokie Boulevard Henry Kramer Milwaukee Mr. Foxcroft Kramer Joseph Steffens Edwin Whiteside

Home for Vacation Brings Ellis Sisters Home

Last Friday Miss Katherine Ellis daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Ellis of 823 Greenwood Avenue returned from her post as supervisor of music at the South Haven public school in Michigan for summer vacation. Her sister Betty a student at Denison College Granville Ohio arrived home Wednesday of last week for the break.

Katherine Ellis William H. Ellis Greenwood Avenue South Haven Michigan Betty Denison College Granville Ohio

Wilmette Glencoe to Play Next Sunday in N S Softball League

Six teams in the North Shore Amateur Softball league will play three games Sunday morning at Evanston diamonds starting 10 30. Glencoe faces Evanston Camp man Schmitt Dodgers at Mason Park with Huebner pitching, while Evanston will start William Harper for the Dodgers.

Wilmette Glencoe N.S North Shore Evanston Diamonds William Clarke Huebner Evanston Campman-Schmitt Dodgers Mason Park Davis Street Florence Avenue Dodgers William Harper Bent Park Hastings Avenue Central

Huck Is Invincible as Wilmette Halts Mt Prospect Nine

The Wilmette Athletic club amateur baseball team beat Mt Prospect 6 to 3 behind Huck s dominant pitching. Huck allowed two hits and struck out 13 to push season strikeouts to 45 with three wins and no losses. Upcoming game: Wilmette vs North Chicago Sunday June 19 at 3 p m on the Village Green near Howard school. Also reporting a baby boy Barton Pierce born May 31 at Passavant hospital to Mr and Mrs Halbert O Crews 522 Forest avenue who returned home with mother and child Tuesday.

Huck Wilmette Athletic Club Mt. Prospect Wilmette North Chicago Howard School Halbert O. Crews Forest Avenue Passavant Hospital Barton Pierce

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