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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1931
Page
2
Mrs H O Crews returns home from a three week trip visiting her sisters in Henderson Paducah and Morganfield Kentucky then goes to St Louis to see her mother Mrs Mary M Niles and another sister.
Mr. and Mrs. S John Duncan Clark of 228 Woodcourt departed Wednesday for a two weeks visit to Biloxi Mississippi with plans to enjoy the vacation by the coast.
Gregory Barton, of Wilmette, assumes management of the Shell filling station at Main street and Oakwood avenue Wilmette. The station offers Shell products and a side line of specialties including spot remover and related items with greasing and oil changing services.
February arrests totaled 24 per Wilmette chief H Brautigam with fines of 138 dollars. Offenses included eight speeding tickets three stop sign violations one single front light violation muffler open two sidewalk blockings parking over ninety minutes four disorderly conduct one drunk and disorderly conduct one driving while intoxicated one car larceny and one lamp post damage.
Wilmette Fire department answered ten calls in February per Fire Chief Walter H. Zibble. Prairie fires accounted for five incidents, with total month losses estimated at 500 dollars. The remaining five calls included two house blazes, two automobile fires, and one inhalator use case.
Mr and Mrs Frederick W Harrison of Rogers Park announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred Pearl to Wil fred Eliot Huntley on March 5. Huntley is the son of Dr and Mrs G A Huntley of Boston Mass, formerly of Wilmette.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Leisch of 1044 Ashland avenue host a bridge party for about twenty friends Tuesday evening at their home.
Vista del Lago Club schedules a season of events for March including a formal bridge dinner on March 7 hosted by the Burpee Haynes and Shaffer couples. Dudley Crafts Watson lectures March 8 on Earthquakes and Bullfights. A March 11 family dinner and bridge, a St Patrick's dinner dance March 13, and March 14 seniors party are planned with NBC Nighthawks and soprano Mary Kilpatrick.
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