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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
1
A Wilmette reader challenges Wilmette Life to present accurate per pupil costs for New Trier High School. He cites uncollected taxes, a $134 900 levy reduction in 1936, and questioned table methods, urging publication of actual expenditures and audited figures to clarify education costs.
The Wilmette Health department lists the week ending April 30 with scarlet fever 1 and measles 9. The document discusses fiscal factors in schooling and town government, including tax machinery, non recurring capital items and a breakdown of costs for New Trier Township High School. The letter from John P. Balemay, chairman of the Finance committee, endorses transparency in education funding.
Alfred Brown of Wilmette a Lake Forest college senior placed third in the finals of the interstate oratorical contest at Northwestern University. Representing Illinois he spoke on The Children Hour about horror programs on radio after winning the state championship in February. Twenty-one colleges from eleven states were represented. first went to Nebraska Wesleyan and second to Carleton College.
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice will be presented in the Joseph Sears school gymnasium Kenilworth Friday evening May 13 by eighth grade pupils under the direction of Elmer L Nygaard superintendent announced this week.
Mrs H C Toeppen of 1200 Elmwood avenue spent the weekend with her son Daniel at the University of Illinois for Mothers Day events. Mrs John Merkel of Milwaukee visited at the home of her parents Police Chief and Mrs Cloyd C McGuire at 515 Greenleaf avenue.
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