PUPILS PRESENT UNIQUE TWO PROGRAMS TODAY AT RIDGE SCHOOL
Wilmette public schools stage an art and music program this afternoon and evening at Ridge School. Thirty-one famous pictures will be shown with elaborate costumes lighting and musical numbers. The program lists artist teachers and models for each piece and notes intermission performances by student groups.
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Wilmette
The
Ridge School
Reynolds
Miss Smith
Charlotte Wachs
Melon Eater
Murillo
Mrs. Carson
Paul Williams
Foster Bennett
Boy and the Rabbit
Raeturn
Miss Loftus
Reynolds Ossutche
Tide the Beach
McPartlin
the Colby Twins
Blanchefleur
Hitchcock
Mrs. Savage
Mary Morley
Hoecker
Miss Johannsen
Isabel Thompson
Willard
Miss Stevens
Jack Schuman
Adelbert Smith
Lane Carter
Bob Sherman
Ferris
Mrs. Groves
Gene Paddock
Marshall Ling
Richard Schuettge
Robert Spiegel
Jean Fisher
Esther Hunt
Butts
Selma Wax
Charles 1
van Dyck
Mary Ferrarini
Wilma Guenter
Lillian Hills
Madchen Bildniss
Schramm
Miss Look
Sarah Laing
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Miss Nash
Rosanna Hess
J. W. Smith
Miss Decker
Harriet Taylor
Mrs. Maxwell
Sarah Crew
Miss Jones
Virginia Connell
Miss Doyle
Janet Bertram
Helena Mickey
Dorothy Anderson
War not over for Wilmette man
F. J. Mitten former Wilmette public school manual training teacher served in World War I and was badly gassed overseas. After Armistice he returned to teaching, then resigned for health reasons and now rests in a Helena Montana hospital. Superintendent J Harper invites letters from former students and friends.
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Wilmette
F. J. Mitten
Hiss
Helena
Montana
Mitten
J. Harper
Seniors Present May 24 Play At New Trier High
New Trier High School will stage The Boomerang a modern comedy in three acts on Saturday May 24 at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Dick Cody Ada Boulter Edwin Felke and others with all seats reserved.
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Winchell Smith
Victor Mapes
New Trier High School
New
Dick Cody
Ada Boulter
Florence Scribner
Virginia Bixby
Margaret White
Fred Stone
Jack Corlett
Helen Drynan
Everett Fox
Richard Burke
Installation of the newly elected vil lage trustees set for May 20
The village board plans the installation of trustees John Clark Baker Clarence E. Drayer and John F. Wiedlin for Tuesday evening May 20 at the regular board session. The ceremony was postponed by a quorum absence at the May 4 meeting, disappointing supporters of the election. President Zipf, ill May 6, expects to preside at the May 20 session.
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Pears
Villake
John Clark Baker
Clarence E. Drayer
John F. Wiedlin
Zipf
Road Work Underway On Township Highways
Road crews have been busy after winter storms spreading gravel and stone on several routes in preparation for oil surfacing. Bids for additional gravel oil for all south township roads are to be opened within 90 days, per Highway Commissioner Sherer.
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Sherer
Wilmette Public Library reports year with 1583 new books
The Wilmette Public Library reports 3178 residents use the library. During the year 1583 books were added, total holdings 8672, and 334 periodicals are received. About 60,440 books were borrowed for home use, funded by a village tax of roughly one mill or $6500.
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Wilmette
Board of Library Trustees
Caay
E.s
Seecens
Youth Is Burned When Automobile Takes Fire
Kenneth Heimlick of Chicago was slightly burned about the face when an automobile carrying him and Thomas Bledsoe caught fire at Fourth street and Central avenue. The pair, after stopping to inspect the gas tank, avoided a worse outcome as a flame erupted. Police and firemen suspected a match near the tank mouth, a claim the driver denied. Miss Dorothy Burns and her sister Blanche, Northwestern University students, escaped unharmed as the car was damaged.
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Kenneth Heimlick
Chicago
Fourth Street
Central Avenue
Heimlick
Thomas Bledsoe
Heimlich
Dorothy Burns
Blanche
Northwestern University
Camp Fire Offers Three One-Act Plays Saturday
Wilmette Camp Fire Girls stage a threefold program at Byron C Stolp school Saturday afternoon directed by Ruth Van Pelt. The one act plays are Tempest and Sunshine Pierrot and Pierrette and Dicky's Harem. Proceeds go to the Camp Fire Girls charity fund launched last year.
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Wilmette Camp Fire
Byron C. Stolp School
Ruth van Pelt
Pierrot
Pierrette
Dicky
Virginia Prost
Tean Upson
Marjorie Mann
Jean Thompson
Nancy Andrews
Marian McDonald
Mary Lannen
Ian Clagett
Florence Biesemeier
Betty Burns
Clara Wray
Lolita Bertling
Frances Allworth
Inez Webster
Elwyn He
Rotary backs chest project in Wilmette
Wilmette Rotary initiates a plan to establish a Wilmette Community Chest for local charities. A committee will seek church and group cooperation to run a single annual fund drive, reducing duplication from the several spring campaigns. The plan outlines directed or general contributions and a central committee to canvass the village.
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Wilmette Rotary Club
Wilmette Community Chest
Stephens. Lloyd
Lloyd Hollister
Ton
Wilmette
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Near East
Arden Shore
Cleveland
Merchants Aid Memorial Day Observance In Wilmette
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce backed a coordinated Memorial Day program promising store decor and street beautification. Jimette Post of the American Legion gathered local supporters to plan events with participation by the New Trier Township High School band and the village school band in the procession. Special observances will be held at the Memorial Tree grove in Lake Front park.
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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Jimette Post
American Legion
New Trier Township
Lake Front Park
Form P. T. A. at New Trier Organized on May 8
Clarence T. MacNeille of Glencoe was elected president of the New Trier Township High School Parent-Teacher Association at a May 8 organization meeting held during the second annual Parents Night. Officers include Mrs. James Porter vice president and Mrs. Edgar Stevens secretary-treasurer, with four sectional chairmen to be named.
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Clarence T. MacNeille
Glencoe
New Trier Township
E.L. Scheidenheim
Wilmette
A. R. Hulbert
Kenilworth
J. M. Olmsted
Winnetka
Douglas H. Carnell
Frederick Edson Clerk
New Trier High School
George Gordon
Arthur Desbold
George Pope
Clerk
Wil- Mette Life
Parent
Boy Struck By Auto While Cycling. Injured in Greenwood
Fourteen year old Charles A Keller Jr of Greenwood Avenue sustained a gash below the right knee and his bicycle was demolished when an automobile driven by R H Perrill of Lake Avenue struck him Monday night. Keller was taken home then to Evanston hospital for treatment. he was reported home Thursday with minor bruises and precautions against infection.
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Charles A. Keller, Jr
C. A. Keller
Greenwood Avenue
R. H. Perrill
1500
Lake Avenue
Evanston Hospital
Bateman Heads Y M C A Schools Reunion Committee
F L Batemen of Trans-Continental Freight Co is named chairman of a committee arranging a May 19 reunion for former Chicago Y M C A school students. Ex Governor Frank O Lowden and William Jennings Bryan are among those invited to attend and speak. The educational service began 35 years ago.
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Chicago Y. M.C. A
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Merchants Promise
New Trier
New Association
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