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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Feb 1927, p. 35

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February 4, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE ordinance by the Village board Tuesday evening, the cost of public garage construction was almost prohibitive, it was said. The alte.r ed ordinance, Chairman Paul A. Hoffman of the J udiciary committee, explained, will in no wise augment fire hazard. The amendment applies only to garages of less that· two stories in height. 35 Village Amends Ordinance School Art League ~n Public Garage Building Conducts Annual W I met t e's boilding code was ·Membership Drive ~~~~H.·nclcd Tuesday of this week to per1 Winnetka Building P~nnit List in January $109,000 The Wilmette Public School Art nnt the use of slow-burning or mill league is conducting a 'membership construction material for public garage drive that starts today, and the grades roofs, thus taking off the restriction in the various schools are competing which heretofore required that roofs of the public ga;ages be of absolute fireproof for the prizes that are offered to , rooms with a 100 per cent membe~- constructiOn. ship of parents and children. The caml'ndcr the regulations in effect prbr paign is to continue for ten days. . to the enactment of the amendatory The Art league, one of the oldest , . of its kind, is devoted to furnishing 1 objects of art to the school rooms. This league was established twenty years ago, and Chicago ts now emphasizing this sort of organization in its schools. The league manages trips by the sixth, seventh. and eighth grades each year to the Art institute, in relation to some particular topic they are studying. The league found "-. its origin under the auspice s of the ~ .........__ art department of the \Voman's club. ~,_ ··. The adult membership in the league is open to all persons having children in · school. Building permits in Winnetka for the month of January totaled $123,650, including five residences, $109,000; four permits for alterations at a cost of $11,150; one for a garage costing $500 and one for a commerical building costing $3,000. Despi~e . the cold .and Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Maloney 535 snow in January, bUtldmg operatu:~ns \Varwick road, Kenilworth, spent the continued throughout the month wtth last week in New Orleans. little cessation. .· Resume Basketball Play in Grammar School League I 1 I . . . .1 · ·,._· ... The 1\'orth Shore Grammar SchoJI 1 Basketball league program. which \\·a" I badly disrupted by the Boltwood ~chool fire in EYan stnn. i~ no\\' being rr!--chedulL·d hY the director.-;, Stone of \\: ilmet te. Jackson of E ,·an ston and T(m·n le,· nf Kenilworth, and will < >on he in o-peration again. T cams will he di,·i<lecl into rlasses by weights---85 pounds and under. 95 pounds and un - , der, and over 95 pounds-and each I tcalll \viii meet twic e r\·cry other team in ih class. An\· school nutsidc of those under th{' . jurisdiction oi tlw al>on· mentiJned men who wi:-.h to tntl'r the league arc requested to get in I touch with Robert \\·. Townl ey at Kenil\\'orth 130(), nr t.'itlH:r oi the other ,. t\H> directors. 1 ·· ··. I" · ... - ··· ~ .. ... ~ .... · ·····~·~ ...... ·. '.. ,. ..... . ,.. ......... ..... . Girls Challenge Boys to Competition in Soccer For ;-;ome time the girls oi the Joseph Sears school han· been watching \vith great interest thr hJys' soccer games. Recently they have organized their O\\'n teams and arc rapidly becoming proficient in the finer points of the sport. As a result, it is rcprtcd, they arc now bucll_v boasting that they can defeat the boys at their o\\'n game. Among those who have advanced the most rapidly in mastering the game are Pauline Spiegel, Babe Frazier, Caroline Roberts and Be a trice Dri,·er. I True Kindred Announces Card and Bunco Affair Lake Shore Conclave of the True Kindred of \Vilm ette \vill hold a card and bunco Tuesday evening, February 8, ~t the Masonic temple, Central avenue, \Vilmette. Regular meetings are held th..e second and fourth Tuesday evenings at 7 :30 o'clock. · Cha.rity se,..·ing is done the first and third Tuesday from 10 o'clock until 4 o'clock at the Masonic temple. Miss Medora Bright and Mr. Philip Bright, 731 Ashland avenue, returned home on Wedi1esday evening from Beloit college, for the semester vacation . . Miss Bright is entertaining two house guests, Miss Peggy Claus and Miss Francis Gitrie of Alantown, Pa. -0- Fur ddailed information, rt·servaand tickets, apply .E. E. <lrnt:>r, Agent, C. & N. W. Ry., Wilm\'tl(', Ill., Phone 4. ,V. J. Chap!llan Ag-ent, C. & N. W. Ry., Kenil\\'Orth, Ill., Phone 1267. t illi1S Latest type Pullmans · · · lul1111i· ous observation·louage car ··· through dining car ··· new blgb baek seat coaches. A smooth double track.··· a good night's rest- thea C)maha. Lv. Chlca1o Ar. Omaha Lv. Oauha Ar. Chlca1o 6:05p.m. sz Other 11ae Tralaa between Cblcago and Omaha DaD~ 7:ZS a. m. 6:00p.m. 7:ZO a. m. CHICAGO & , I The "H. and W." club mrt on Tuesday evening, February 1, for dinner at the home of Mrs. ]. G. \Vray, 615 \Vashington avenue, Glencoe. -oMrs. S. S. Dingee of Wausau, Wis., visited Mrs·. S. M. Dingee, 926 Lake avenue, over the week-end last week. 1222E ORTH

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