The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

10 OFF TO CAMP NEXT WEEK Choir boys of St. Augustine's Epis'cop_ al church will go to their camp at Crystal Lake, \Vis., early next week. The camp, which is to continue until July 3, will be under the direction of Dr. Hubert Carleton, rector · of the parish. The boys will be taken to the qtmp in automobiles provided by· interested -parishioners. Miss Virginia Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hope Thompson, 1219 Ashland aYenue, with a group of Kappas from Northwestern university, left Monday for a week's outing at Spring Lake, Mich. WILMETTE PLAN ANNUAL ouTING LIFE I June 18, 1926 A moment with Him now means more than an hour in later years The annual Sunday school picnic in the parish of St. John's Lutheran US Or On church is sche.duled for Saturday, July 10, to be held 111 the Forest Preserve at Glenview. Arrangements for the outComplaint from various sources, ing are in charge of the Sunday school transmitted to the Village board Tuesstaff which is to confer regarding the day evening by Trustee Paul A. Hoffplans at a meeting this evening. man, of the unsatisfactory condition in the central business area as the result Mrs. F . .Q. Day, 1233 Elmwood ave- of the street widening project now in nue, is cxr>ecting her hvo little grand- progress, brought an ' explanation from children, Hugh and . Sarah Jones, to President Orner to the effect that the arrive from their home in Madison, contractor had been given to under\Vis.. today to spend two or three stand that he must take every precaution against danger to motorists and weeks with her. pedestrians and rush the ,:~,·o rk to completion. · President Orner also explained that the recent heavv rains had interfered materially with· the widening project. He predicted that the improvement \\'ould be completed within a few \";eek s should the weather be favorable. The contractor, he asserted, " ·as in a position to pursue the work without further serious interruption. The ditches formed at the pavement edges by the excavation work caused numerous automobiles to become marooned when front wheels slipped over the "brink" ana sank huh deep in the mud and water. Wrecking trucks from the various garages were kept busy for a time extricating the stranded machines. !Nudge Contractor ISSUE C!Lt FOR AILEY R h W k to PAVING PETITIONS NOW Street Widening (Continued from Page 1) of hibernation. In the fall, also, the contractors are usually busy finishing up jobs in advance of bad weather. Instead of many, but a comparatively few con tractors will bid for the new work, and those who do bid submit high figures in view of the prospect unfavorable weather conditions. For all of this the property owner pays. It can easily amount to 20 p.er cent or more of the cost or, say, $40 on a fifty foot lot. "In the face of these facts it is logi- . cal to expect that the property owners will petition for alley paving right now. Proceedings for every alley to be paved in 1927 should, therefore, be started at this time, so that all details preceding the advertising for bids may have h~en arranged in time to have all the Improvements widely adv~rtised t? contractors in the early spnng. It IS conservativelv estimated that three contractors ,~· ill present bids in the spting to even· one who seeks the work in the autum,{. Favorable . weather condition s and a number of jobs invite keen competition and results in a material saving to the property owners. The. fact that a number of jobs were advertised to he let at one time la st spring brought hid~ 30 per cent below the e1.1gineers' e:timates. This means a savmg of $1.0J a foot for each foot of property abutting on the allev or a s much as $50 on a SO foot lot. \lost allevs in \Vilmette arl· 20 feet wide and tl1e pavement an 1~ foot width of concrete. "The policy of the Village b oard i-. to favor paYing of alleys only wh~r c a majority of the property owner~ n_1\'0lved want the work done. Tt 1s. 111 pursuance of this policy and .to g1\'e citizens jus t as much as po s~ 1hle f(~r th eir money that this information 1;; offered." · -" ..... ' \ I 'l' . ·r .l I ·· ( I ~ ,. . ·· / ' ~. Invite Girl Scouts to Beach Party on June 23 A beach party and campfire is to he held \V ednesday eYening, June 23, at 6, for all girls who are active or associate Girl Scouts in the Village. All former sronts and girls interested in scouting have been im·ited to attend the festivity which will be staged on the beach at the foot of Lake avenue. Each girl attending is requested t<" bring along her own supper. That is why so many Mothers call upon Bill the Washington Laundry Man to give them more time with the little ones and less time with the wash. To them, washday is only a few words to Bill or on the telephone, and their bundles are promptly returned, gently but thoroughly washed, fresh and white. We turn Wash Day into Your Day- a day for your husband, your children, and yourself. Time is what we sell-time is the reason why so many women are our patrons today. CITY MARKET CO. 627 Main Street Phone: Wilmette 1870 Wholesale-MEATS-Retail -·' '.J .., Savings on Top Grades o2 Meat CALL IN BILL TODAY HE'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY-AND EVERY DAY SPECIAL SALE Saturday, June 19 ROASTING CHICKENS ................... 4ie Best quality soft meats 20% Discount on work brought in and called for POT ROAST, best native beef ........... 24e -----------------------------------LEGS OF VEAL, milk fed ................ )Se NATIVE RIB ROAST B~EF ............. )9e FRESH DRESSED BROILERS ............. . ARMOUR Cloverbloom Butter .......... 41e Large Fresh Selected EGGS ............. )Se Four Daily Deliveries: 9. a. m.-11 a. m.-2 p. m.-4 p. m. . , , .. .. Wilmette, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Winnetka