Why New Trier High School Tax Rate Increased in 1931
Otto R. Barnett, president of the New Trier Township High School Board of Education, explains that a bond issue of 875000 was approved to enlarge equipment. About 661000 has been spent, raising fixed charges by about 30000 annually, with 25000 bonds due 1 July 1932 and interest on tax anticipation warrants totaling about 29000 per year.
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Otto R. Barnett
Board of Education
New Trier Township
Village Election Filing Deadline Set for March 14
Filing deadline for village candidates is March 14 at midnight with petitions accepted by Village Clerk Nicholas P. Miller at 1775 Washington Avenue. The election is planned for April 18 with two tickets, Harmony and Village, likely a third party undecided. Incumbent Village President C. P. Dobbs leads the Village party ticket and Harmony backs him for reelection.
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Nicholas P. Miller
Washington Avenue
Harmony Party
Village Party
C. P. Dobbs
Harry W. Miller
Arthur Lee
Manor Drive
Walter C. Farrar
Greenwood Avenue
Clinton B. Cochran
Walnut Avenue
Edward C. Hildreth
Beechwood Avenue
James B. Hoffman
Carl J. Zipprich
Forest Avenue
Earl A. Pettibone
Betty Mulford Returns Home From Panama Visit
Miss Betty Mulford came home to 835 Elmwood Avenue on Tuesday after more than seven weeks away. She stayed with Capt. Paul Blackburn Mrs. Blackburn and daughter Miss Eleanor at their Panama residence.
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Panama
Betty Mulford
Elmwood Avenue
Paul Blackburn
Wilmette Community Notes Bank Holiday Ongoing
Wilmette remains calm as the Bank Holiday continues to affect Wilmette State Bank. Boxholders access safety deposit boxes during hours and independent merchants extend credit, urging cash payments to support local businesses amid the crisis. Residents express confidence in a gradual upturn and maintain humor with the slogan brother can you spare a dime.
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Wilmette
Wilmette State Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Washington
Roosevelt
Hour
Return of John McKanna from Arkansas Visit
John McKanna aged 75 or 105? returns home from an extended visit in Little Rock Arkansas with Clifford Olders and Clifford Olders Jr accompanying him. The travelers reached home with their parents still at the Arkansas residence.
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John McKanna
Linden Avenue
Clifford Olders
Little Rock
Ark
Clifford Olders, Jr
Tax Payments Pass $740 000 as County Plows Through Bank Holiday
Sanborn Hale, county collector for New Trier township, reports $740 000 in tax receipts by Tuesday noon despite a bank holiday. About $240 000 in cash has been paid to taxing bodies, with roughly $140 000 in anticipation warrants. Hale notes March 15 remains the last day for first installments before a 1 percent penalty, and that books will be kept until March 31.
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Sanborn Hale
New Trier
Hale
Personal Property Tax Bills Mailed to New Trier Residents
New Trier township residents received the final personal property tax bills from Collector Sanborn Hale. Bills are due by May 1 with a 1 percent penalty after that date. Hale notes he handles no issuance or correction of bills and asks taxpayers not to file complaints with his office.
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New Trier
Sanborn Hale
Hale
Village Maintains 2 A.M. Street Light Shutdown Policy
Trustees voted to keep all village street lights off at 2 a.m. after a public service committee recommendation. A February 21 meeting saw a petition urging lights to stay on until dawn, but the board upheld economy measures and continued minimal expenditures.
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Public Service Committee
Joseph Heinzen
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