Wilmette Civic League pledges aid to Chest drive
The Wilmette Civic League joins the Wilmette Community Chest effort to raise 31 000 dollars. In a May 6 letter to campaign manager A C Youngberg the league offers cooperation and volunteers to contact roughly fourteen hundred nonresponsive local families. The note lists officers John P Ballman Elmer D Becker Paul C Lang and Herman T Reiling signing as leaders.
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Wilmette Civic League
Wilmette Community Chest Association
Wilmette
Infant Welfare Society
A. C. Youngberg
Civic League
Wilmette, Ill
Arthur C. Youngberg State Bank
Illinois
Wilmette Community Chest
John P. Ballman
Elmer D. Becker
Paul C. Lang
Herman T. Reiling
Wilmette Students Win Honors at Illinois Honors Day
Four Wilmette students will receive special recognition at the University of Illinois Honors Day convocation Friday. Betty Florence Turck William Berton Katz Warren Howard Young and Charles Fretz McCann will be honored for excellence in scholarship.
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Wilmette
U. of I
University of Illinois
Betty Florence Turck
Linden Avenue
William Berton Katz
Washington Avenue
Warren Howard Young
Dupee Place
Charles Fretz McCann
Lulu Belle's Pa and Ma to play at Wilmette dancing party
Lulu Belle's Pa and Ma and their Friendly Mountaineer Orchestra return to Wilmette next Thursday for the May dancing party hosted by A. T. Sherman Lodge No. 892 I O O F at Odd Fellows hall 1213 Wilmette avenue. Proceeds benefit the lodge Old Folks' home and orphanage.
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Lulu Belle
Mountaineer
Wilmette
A. T. Sherman Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Wilmette Avenue
Girl Scout Leader Is Speaker Here Tonight
The Great Lakes Girl Scout Regional conference meets in Chicago May 10 and 11 at the Palmer House to outline the local Girl Scouting program. Miss Alice Conway, National Girl Scout organizer, is featured for the two days and will address the Wilmette Girls Scouts Parents dinner at Wilmette Parish Methodist church.
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Great Lakes
Palmer House
Chicago
Alice Conway
National
Girl Scout Organization
Miss Conway
Wilmette Girl Scouts
Wilmette Parish Methodist
Mesdames Sprague L. Chapin
J. L. Starrett
Harry Adler
G. W. Wright
C. Prussing
C. L. Mitchell
L. P. Denoyer
H. E. Ringholm
Julian Stark
H. J. Dernehl
Ralph Moulding
F. Thale
A. Heerens
M. Wells
O. A. Jackson
Ira Reynolds
F. J. Dowd
Harriet Newey
Lillie Mae Humphries
Agnes Bichl
Economy Shop Seeks Old Fashioned Clothes Wringer
Economy Shop run by the Woman's Club of Wilmette requests a clothes wringer and an old washtub to aid in cleanliness. The shop is open 9 to 5, six days a week, and welcomes donations.
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Economy Shop
A. L. Grinnell
The
Woman’s Club of
Wilmette
Kinne and New Board Take Municipal Reins
Public Forum Witmerre Lire invites citizens to send letters for free expression on local matters. The paper guarantees space as a civic service and asks contributors to include full name and address for reference.
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Witmerre Lire
Wilmette Street Improvements Approved by State Highway Commission
At the village board meeting Trustee Arthur Lee reported the state highway commission approved widening and paving Wilmette avenue from Ridge to Park avenues and paving Illinois road from Wilmette to Lake avenues using gasoline tax funds.
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Arthur Lee
Wilmette Avenue
Ridge Avenue
Park Avenue
Illinois Road
Lake Avenue
State Highway Commission
Inaugural Ceremonies Attract Large Audience Announce Appointments
A capacity crowd witnessed the transfer of Village affairs from President C. P. Dobbs to President-elect Harry C. Kinne and the new trustees elected April 16. Officers were sworn in by Police Magistrate John J. Peters with Nicholas P. Miller administering the oath to others. The new board began a two year term as Kinne presided. Appointment highlights included Village manager Boyne H. Platt and Village attorney William M. James. Cloyd C. McGuire was named superintendent of police after a legal review.
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Council
C. P. Dobbs
Harry C. Kinne
John J. Peters
Nicholas P. Miller
Kinne
Michigan Avenue
Joseph Heinzen
Lake Avenue
S. N. Tideman
Linden Avenue
Washington
Clinton B. Cochran
Walnut Avenue
Walter C. Farrar
Greenwood Avenue
Arthur Lee
Manor Drive
Elmwood Avenue
Esther Dunshee Bower
Ashland Avenue
Nathaniel F. Webb
Hibbard Road
Michael J. Sporrer
Kenilworth Avenue
George F. Iliff
James B. Hoffman
Washington Avenue
Boyne H. Platt
E. H. Kerr
William M. James
Walter Zibble
Charles ¢C. Schultz
Martin H. Seifert
William H. Wolff
McGuire
Fire Department
Civil Service
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18Th Street
Mr. James
Charles H. Jackson
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Kinne and
New Board
State Highway Commission O. K.’s
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