Public Forum on Wilmette Evanston Water Talks
A Wilmette resident urges fair water pricing and negotiations with Evanston after disclosures in the Wilmette Star about water costs. The letter argues profits from water sales should benefit residents, not private gain, and suggests cooperative North Shore planning for cheaper water, power, and gas with Kenilworth and Winnetka.
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Wilmette
Evanston
North Shore
Highland Park
Glencoe
Skokie
Board of Engineers
Public Service Company
Northern Illinois
Kenilworth
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Winnetka
Ward letter disputes ballot labeling in Wilmette race
Eugene Ward, Jr. protests a Wilmette Life March 23 report on the high school election. He says Illinois school statute requires candidates be listed in filing order, not by independent or regular labels. He disputes that Ward is on an independent ticket and Mulford and Peterson on regular candidates.
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Wilmette Life
Ward
Messrs. Mulford and
Peterson
Eugene Ward
Walter Marshel Cowell Dies. Funeral Held in Wilmette
Retired lawyer Walter Marshel Cowell died last Saturday morning. Funeral services were Tuesday at his 900 Forest Avenue residence. The Rev Henry Hepburne and Rev John G Hindley officiated. Masonic rites followed at Memorial Park cemetery chapel. Cowell, a Wilmette resident for seven years, was born in Maine and practiced law in Chicago, Kenosha, and Idaho. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth Brown Cowell and two brothers J Harry Cowell of Nampa Idaho and Herbert Cowell of Plainfield Illinois.
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Walter Marshel Cowell
Forest Avenue
Henry Hepburne
Buena Presbyterian Church
Chicago
John G. Hindley
First Congregational Church
Wilmette
Memorial Park Cemetery
Kenosha, Wis
Cowell
Sears School Boys Turn to Baseball After Hobby Show
Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth shifts from hobby show to baseball under Robert Townley director of physical education. Outdoor gym work will keep 160 boys from second to eighth grade busy for the rest of the year with finals of the wrestling tournament in bad weather.
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Joseph Sears
Kenilworth
Robert W. Townley
Mr. Town
Tailor Bernard Bonnem Moves Shop to New Greenleaf Site
Bernard Bonnem, longtime Wilmette tailor, relocates from 1131 Greenleaf avenue to 1117 Greenleaf avenue after nine years at the old address and seventeen years in business. He plans to open at the new location today.
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Bonnem
Bernard Bonnem
Greenleaf Avenue
Wilmette
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Wilmette Live
Sears School
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