Cash Basis Resumed by 10 Taxing Bodies in Township
Ten of thirteen taxing bodies in New Trier Township are now on a cash basis after prompt tax payments and an audit of 1933 rolls. The New Trier committee reported $81,000 distributed, with $119,767.67 still due to districts including New Trier High School and Wilmette entities. Partial collections show real estate 75.4 percent, personal 46.7 percent, railroads 53 percent, as county collector Gill considers extending local collection through Oct 25.
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Sanborn Hale
New Trier Committee
New Trier High School
Village of
Glencoe
Glencoe Park
Winnetka Village
Winnetka Park
Winnetka
Kenilworth Village
Kenilworth Park
Kenilworth
Wilmette Village
Wilmette Park
Wilmette
New Trier
Gill
Hale
Amos H. Watts
Village to end diagonal parking on Main Block
On Tuesday night the village board instructed Village Manager Platt to remove diagonal parking on Main Street between Wilmette and Central avenues. The move aligns with the state highway commission code prohibiting diagonal parking on state highways, affecting only this Wilmette block.
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Committee On
Iff
Village Board
Platt
Wilmette
Central Avenues
State Highway Commission
Warning of Ponzi-Scam Rover in Village
Police issue alert about a man targeting housewives by claiming husbands won large sums on pony races and seeking tax payments. He is said to be active intermittently in the village. residents urged to notify authorities if seen.
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Department
Police Department
Tax deadline extended for New Trier township taxes to October 25
Taxpayers in New Trier township may pay locally until October 25 after a telegram from County Collector Joseph L. Gill extended the deadline from October 10 and then to October 25. The extension aims to boost early tax remittance as over one million dollars had already been collected with $557,000 distributed to thirteen taxing bodies.
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Sanborn Hale
New Trier Township
Joseph J. Gill
Hale
Trustees Opposed to Truck Routes Over Local Streets
The Village board, backing the North Shore Property Owners' assoc, passed a resolution opposing freight truck lines on village streets. It states the village does not need such lines and will continue opposition to any pending or future Illinois Commerce Commission applications.
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North Shore Property Owners’ Association
Willett Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Wilmette Public Schools Enrollment Tops 1 586 for 1935 36
Enrollment in Wilmette Public schools for the 1935 1936 term reaches 1 586 with 650 at Howard 605 at Central 99 at Laurel 159 at Logan 73 at Highcrest. Total slightly below last year but expected to exceed 1 600 with late entries. Central kindergarten unusually large at 47. Howard kindergarten at 45.
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Wilmette
Howard School
Central School
Laurel
Logan
Highcrest
Journalist to Speak Before Townsend Club
Wilmette Townsend Club No. 1 announces its next meeting for Friday evening October 18 at 8 in the Wilmette Village hall. Boyd Gurley Pulitzer prize winner and Townsend Weekly associate editor will speak. Club officers report 325 members and a goal of 1000 by the national convention October 24-27 in Chicago. A Townsend national convention mass meeting is set for Sunday October 27 at 3 in the international amphitheater 43rd and Halsted streets Chicago with Dr. Townsend as speaker.
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Wilmette Townsend Club No.1
Wilmette
Boyd Gurley
Townsend Weekly
International Amphitheater
43Rd and
Halsted Streets
Chicago
Dr. Townsend
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N.T
Carlos
Carl A. Peterson
Maple Avenue
American Legion
Peterson
Naval Service
Boy Scouts
N. S
Townsend Club
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