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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1929

Page

4

Evanston Pioneered Major Radio Plant Under McMurdo Silver

McMurdo Silver, 27, president of Silver Marshall Inc, built a small Evanston lab in a Demster Street garage, then expanded to a Chicago plant on West Jackson Boulevard. His firm grew with demand for radio parts and screen grid tech, planning a full radio set production in a 100000 square foot third factory turning out two thousand sets daily. Miss Eldora Hopkins and Miss Helen Hutchens depart from Chicago to attend the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Evanston McMurdo Silver Silver-Marshall, Inc Young Silver North Shore Demster Street Asbury Avenue Silver Warage West Jackson Boulevard Chicago Ingland Naime A. C Eldora E. Hopkins Greenwood Avenue Helen L. Hutchens Elmwood Avenue Golden State Limited Tucson Ariz University of Arizona

Wilmette Residents Return From West Motor Tour

Robert Biesemeier and his daughter Miss Agnes and Miss Betty completed a six week motor tour of the West. They visited the Black Hills Yellowstone Park Mount Rainier Crater Lake and Yosemite and stayed with relatives in Berkeley and Modesto. They arrived in Wilmette last week and resumed work at New Trier High School. Agnes teaches dancing while Robert is superintendent of manual training and Betty begins junior year at Northwestern University.

Robert Biesemeier Miss Agnes Miss Betty West Black Hills Yellowstone Park Mount Rainier Crater Lake Yosemite California Berkeley Modesto Salt Lake City Denver Wilmette Mr. Biesemier New Trier High School Betty Biesemeier Northwestern University

Johnsons complete 3400 mile Yellowstone motor trip

Mr and Mrs J O Johnson of 1515 Spencer Avenue and their sons returned from a four week motor trip to Yellowstone Park. They were accompanied by Mrs Johnsons parents Mr and Mrs G R Friesenberg of Moline Illinois. The journey covered about 3400 miles.

J. O. Johnson Spencer Avenue Yellowstone Park

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