Kenilworth Plans Memorial Day Parade and Services
Kenilworth will observe Memorial Day with a parade at 2:45 PM from Kenilworth Avenue east of Warwick Road led by Robert W. Townley, followed by services at the Village Memorial Park and a 3:15 PM program in the Kenilworth Assembly Hall. The line of march includes Great Lakes units, Scout groups, church members, and New Trier students.
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Kenilworth
Village Memorial Park
Kenilworth Assembly Hall
Kenilworth Avenue
Warwick Road
Robert W. Townley
Great Takes
Buple Corps
Great Lakes
United States Naval Band
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
the Colors
Sea Scouts
Joseph Sears School
New Trier High School
Church of the Holy Comforter
Leicester Road
Woodstock Avenue
Raleigh Road
Herbert L. Willett
Kenilworth Union Church
Charles Bemis
Lucy Dix
Guard of Honor
Nancy Wilds
James Kingsley
Jack Mervis
Martha Roberts
Kenilworth Beach Opens Formally Monday
Kenilworth beach will open for the season Monday June 13 announced by Frank Ketcham chairman of the beach committee of the Kenilworth club which runs the popular summer playground. John Geehan returns as a lifeguard with another guard yet to be chosen.
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Kenilworth Beach
Frank Ketcham
Kenilworth Club
Ketcham
John Geehan
Wilmette Post Office Closed Memorial Day
The Wilmette Post Office will be closed all day on Memorial Day May 30 with no mail deliveries and the regular Sunday dispatch schedule in effect.
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P. O
Wilmette
Dispatch
Harmony convention plan for village offices approved in Wilmette
Wilmette residents at a Friday meeting in the Village hall adopted in principle the Harmony plan for selecting candidates for village offices. Hoyt King was named chairman and Albert A. McKeighan secretary. The convention will have three members from each of twelve precincts, replacing six at large members. A rules committee was set to report at a future public meeting.
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Wilmette
Perpetual Harmony
Wilmette Life
Hoyt King
Albert A. McKeighan
Fred M. Clarke
Oakwood Avenue
William Edmonds
Frederick M. Clarke
New Trier P T A to Ponder New Problems
A New Trier High School PTA general meeting is set for Wednesday June 1 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The program features Otto R. Barnett presenting the board of education view and another speaker on administration and teachers, with George B. Everitt speaking for the PTA and a boys octet singing.
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New Trier Parent-Teacher Association
New Trier
Otto R. Barnett
New Trier School Board
Board of Education
George B. Everitt
Winnetka
Parent-Teacher Association
Memorial Day Obser vances in Wilmette Lunds Honor Dead
Wilmette residents pause Monday May 30 to honor a fallen soldier in Memorial Day ceremonies led by Joseph H. Heinzen of the American Legion Wilmette Post 46. Events include flag raisings at Village Hall Green at 6 30 am and a Washington Park service at 11 am with Brig Gen John V Clinnin as speaker.
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Washington Park
John V. Clinnin
Wilmette
Joseph H. Heinzen
Wilmette Post No. 46
American Legion
Legionnaires
Glencoe
Hubert Carleton
America
New Trier
John V. Clinn
James T. Veneklasen
F. J. Dowd
Women's Auxiliary of
United States Naval Reserve
Stanley Peterson
Wilmette Post
Drum and Bugle Corps
Parade Line of March Through Village Center
Assembly at Villagehall Green, march proceeds Wilmette Avenue west to Park Avenue then north to Lake Avenue. It turns east to Eighth Street, south to Central Avenue, east to Sixth Street, south to Linden Avenue, east to Fourth Street, north to Central Avenue and east to Washington Park at the Lakefront.
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Villagehall Green
Wilmette Avenue
Park Avenue
Lake Avenue
Eighth Street
Central Avenue
Sixth Street
Linden Avenue
Fourth Street
Washington Park
Lakefront
Memorial ceremony and street procession in Wilmette honors Lieut Wessel
A Spanish American war veterans firing squad and the Legion Drum and Bugle corps participate in the ceremony. At 7 PM the Legion conducts memorial services at Lieut Ralph E Wessel's grave in Memorial Park. The annual street procession begins at 9 PM, led by the Wilmette Drum and Bugle corps with Capt Edward A Evers as marshal, followed by Maj George R Harbaugh Maj George Turner Lieut Carl Peterson and Naval Reserve squad and local bands and scouts en route to Washington Park.
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Legion
Memorial Park
Ralph E. Wessel
Wilmette Post
Washington Park
Lake Front
Edward A.evers
Naval Reserve
Wilmette
George R. Harbaugh
George Turner
Carl Peterson
New Trier High School
Legionnaires
Memorial Day Floral Decoration Drive by Patriotic Committee
School children are asked to bring flowers to Howard Logan Central and St Francis Xavier schools between 10 A M and 2 P M Sunday May 29 for graveside decorations at Memorial Park cemetery. Flowers will be placed on veterans graves later that day.
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Howard
Logan
Central
St. Francis Xavier
Memorial Park Cemetery
Huerter Legion Post Plans Memorial Day Parade
The Peter J. Huerter American Legion post schedules a Memorial Day parade in Ridge Avenue area and a commemorative service at St. Joseph's Cemetery. The 9:30 a.m. march starts at Wilmette Avenue, includes St. Joseph's School pupils Boy Scouts and a North Chicago hospital drum corps, with Stephen A. Day as the cemetery speaker and a firing salute by the post. William Hillinger leads arrangements.
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St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Huerter Post
Post
St. Joseph’s School
St. Francis Troop
Psychopathic Hospital
North Chicago
Stephen A. Day
William Hillinger
Spencer Avenue
George W Springer Elected President of Chicago Mortgage Bankers
George W Springer of Wilmette has been elected president of the Chicago Mortgage Bankers association. He is vice president of the Chicago Bank of Commerce, serving Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia on mortgage loans.
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George W.springer
Mortgage Bankers’ Group
George W. Springer
Forest Avenue
Wilmette
Chicago Mortgage Bankers Association
Mr. Springer
Chicago Bank of Commerce
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Philadelphia
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