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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1939

Page

27

Wilmette Lore Subject For Olde Towne Towne Folkes Dinner

Ye Olde Towne Folkes of Wilmette plans an annual dinner at Shawnee Country Club to discuss collecting and preserving data and exhibits on Wilmette’s settlement and early history. A historical committee or society may be formed to handle records and engage younger residents in safeguarding the village’s heritage.

Ye Olde Towne Follies Wilmette Shawnee Country Club Olde Towne Group Ye Olde Towne Folkes

Fight to curb truck traffic on North Shore routes

Attorney Edwin A. Robson spoke for the North Shore Property Owners Association before a Springfield sub committee to push the Harold D. Kelsey amendment to the Illinois Truck Act. The measure would grant municipalities under 100 000 population 30 days to object to routes proposed by trucking firms, a provision the Illinois Uniform Motor Vehicle Laws commission backs.

North Shore Springfield Edwin A. Robson Wilmette North Shore Property Owners Association House Committee On Roads and Bridges General Assembly Harold D. Kelsey Barrington Illinois Uniform Motor Vehicle Laws Commission Robson Kelsey Illinois Truckers Association Department of Public Works and Buildings Illinois Truckers Vehicle Laws Commission Illinois Commerce Commission Public Works Department House Senate

Will Preach Msgr Magner at St Francis Xavier 1921 24

Msgr Magner who served at St Francis Xavier from 1921 to 1924 directed the building of the parochial school. His elevation to domestic prelate by the new pope was announced by Cardinal Mundelein.

Msgr Magner St. Francis-Xavier Cardinal Mundelein Francis A. Magner St. Francis Xavier Parish St. Mary’s Evanston George Cardinal Mundelein Ninth Street Greenleaf Avenue Wilmette

Village Board Takes Office Without Pomp

The new village board was inducted Tuesday night with two holdover trustees two reelected and two new members. President Kinne announced committee appointments and listed department heads all incumbents. The board debated the absence of an acting village manager before ad journment, with a recess for conference.

Board of Trustees William M. James Edwin A. Robson Edmund H. Kerr C. C. Schultz William A. Wolff Martin H. Seifert Walter H. Zibble William J. Shiley Stephen Brownlee Willard M. Olson Ralph D. Clay Ruth Hansen Hitch A. J. Koenig Kinne

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