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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
1
Linden avenue paving began this week from East Railroad avenue to Main street. WPA labor performs the work, paid from the village gas tax fund share.
A Wilmette Life forum questions a $55 000 WPA project debt for eight concrete tennis courts and road work. It proposes moving funds to the Park district and expanding the district to cover the west Wilmette side to share costs. The letter notes beach ticket payments and school district disputes, and ends with a May 10 Mother’s Day reflection.
Editor urges residents to back the Community Chest drive, praising a single efficient campaign that saves time, energy, and money for Wilmette citizens and expressing hope the plan continues unimpeded.
Wieboldt's of Evanston allocates ten full pages for announcements in this issue. The extensive display is described as a historic first for the publication and aims to inform every household in the community about the retailer's offerings and notices.
At Tuesday’s meeting the village board authorized sending a Wilmette police representative to the Illinois Municipal League Police Training School at Champaign in June. The one week course will be conducted for police officials and the representative will be chosen by Police Chief Cloyd C. McGuire.
North Shore Harbor association to conduct temporary dredging over about three weeks to deepen and widen channels along south and north breakwaters. The effort will remove a bar at the harbor mouth and create space for 600 small craft and Coast Guard use while awaiting a War Department survey on widening and deepening.
Mrs Jacques Willis returns to 1606 Forest Avenue after Derby week in Louisville Kentucky. Mr Willis has gone south.
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