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4 WILMETTE LIFE June 10, 19.27 The twentieth milestone in year:-; ;1i sen-ice in \Vilmette and in · the d\' n·lopmcnt of facilities for that senict·. ""ill he rrached next Monday hy C. 1·:. Rcnnrckar, \JWner of the Hcnncckar Drug company, located at \Vilmtttc and Central aYenues. Just t\Yenty years ago, or in jl11w. 1907. ~{r. Renneckar came to \\ 'il mrttc irom Chicago, purchasing thr Ackerman drug store which had ju:-t occupied the front part of the prt:-t·nt quarters in the 11C\V McGuire and nrr block. At that time the village hoa:-;tcd sntnc 2.500 inhahitanb and far 1~·.;, -; than the present amount of inrorpt·r ated territory. "Old Dobbin" pbddt c1 his wean· and unhurried ·way to ;tnd iro. nnh~cdfnl of the whirr oi nH·t<·r traffic or to an,· marked dcgret thv roughnt:ss oi tl1c streets. Th~· .~tPrt· maintained 011e clerk ancl carritd a stock abreast of the times but not in any sense comparable to the prt:-l·nt cs tab 1i~ hmrn t. A icw Years after taking O\'tr the store. due. to the incrca . e in the ~ile of the community and to ·a natur.tl . growth in business, ~{r. Rennl'rkar found it necessary to procure murc space and added to the store a rn0!ll adjoining on the north, connectin).! it with thr original room by the simpk expedient of remO\·ing a partition. :\ t the present time eight clerks are rt'quirecl as an operating force and t hl' establishment is a model of drug :-tc l rc · efficienr~~ both in operation and (·qu ipnH:n t. In cottttnemnration of it:> t\H'nt iv ' 1 anniYersary, the Renneckar lh tt:. :, compan~· has dcYotrd otic t'lltir~· "i nclrnr tL) the display of a nHmi>L"r oi n ·r .'· intne:-ting Yicws of early \\'illllt' th ·. all of " ·hich are over twent ,. ,·car-. <dd . ~fanr of the scenes \rill c;1·tt;l' tht t.! ·l tinlti:~ to recall one time i;uniliar in ridtnts and placl's . am! \\·ill <1fin ic· tlw JH' \\Tr resident:.. an oppnrtunity tu SC'{' the hamlet 1rhcn it could he r ;tlkd ju-.t that. THIRSTY? ll"htn sht is tlrirs(\' step this 'i·'IIJ'. "TiranA· yort kind si1·," is wlrat she '11 S!;, ,.. sHE will think that 'y ou're tiH: finest fcllov..· she ever met if you'll rendezvous with her at this entertaining shop. Buy her a hox of her favorite S\\'cets and sit in for a couple of sodas. Village Chocolate Shop Villaae Theatre Bide. Phone Wilmette 936