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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Apr 1928, p. 58

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\.llue·a, Dlinoia GENERAL REAL ESTATE A. L. Carlisle state a w s~ Mrs. Charles Wells . fer.rilerly' · ·of H. ighland Park but who ree~ntly ·~oYed to Wilmette, has just returned .from Mrs. Frank , W. Kingsley, a member Florida where she spent sev,ral of the Garden Club of Evanston, was months. · -oelected corresponding secretary of the Mrs. Robert P. Biehl and her Garden Clubs of Illinois at the meeting Monday at Hot~l Shennan at ~aughter, Janet, returned last Saturwhich its new officers were chosen. day fz:om a week's visit at the home Mrs. Frederick Fisher of Lake Bluff~ of Mrs. Biehl's mother at Crystal · a member of the Glencoe · club, con- J~ke, Ill. -otinues as president. Mrs. Charles D. Ewer of Wilmette b recording· secreMr. and Mrs. Hugo H. Kuhl . and tary. Mrs. John ]. Healy also repre- their daughter, Jean, · of 630 Maple sented the local Garden cfub at this avenue, left yesterday for French Lick Springs for a three weeks' stay. meeting. M rL . ialaerH ol OUb . State 'Ganlea . . I ·Grade "L" crossings in Evanston will be entirely eliminated by Jan. 1. 1929 if present plans go through as · expected. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad will start '!o~k on the elevation of the tracks wathm the next two weeks, according to statements made by officials of the company to the Evanston council's t r a n s p o r t a t i on .tommittee and to Mayor Bartlett. All of the concrete work will not be in place by the first of the year but the tracks will be up "on ·the sticks'" by that time, it is hoped. The prese.nt grade · at Davis street will be continued north to Central street, where it will begin to drop until the tracks reach the ground level again before entering Wilmette. The subway at the intersection of Lincoln street and Ridge avenue will be the only major one with. o ut center piers. A lOS-foot span is to be con5tructed at this point and the two streets will be run through at right a,-agles. Sixty-six-foot subways will be constructed at Emerson street, Foster street, Hamlin street, Gaffield place,. Noyes street, Colfax street and Central street. Clark street will have a 26-foot ·subway, the alley north of Foster street a 16-foot one, Ayars place a SO-foot one, Simpson street a SOfoot one, the alley north of Simpson a 16-foot one and the alley north of Gaffield a 16-foot one. University place will not go through. A number of streets will be put through t)lat were not included in the original plan and the entire width of each subway will be· utilized either in roadway, pier or sidewalk, another improvei!Jent over the original plan. T'h e ordinance providing for elevation was passed by the council last year. The improvement will cost, it is estimated. well over $1,000,000. - SINC& IBSJ "'=~!' My Wife Enjoys Living 1n Deere Park "Because she is relieved of the problem of selecting the children's companions, as well as the watchful care necessary when we lived in the congested City. · · "She knows that their play will be wholesome · and healthful. "She herself has found new enjoyment, and her cheeks are made rosy by invigorating air and bright sunlight. "She now feels confident in her motoring ability, and drives to nearby towns without fear. "The pleasant neighbors she has found in Deere Park have made it the most pleasant place of residence we have ever known." A DEERE PARK RESIDENT English Profs Gather and Discuu Problems A convention to ·discuss problems arising out of teaching English in colJeges, was held Friday and Saturday under auspices· of the English department of Northwestern university. The meetings were held in Harris hall lecture room, after which the representatives were entertained at lunch and .dinner at the North Shore hotel. About forty middle western colteges. including Knox, Wabash, Beloit, Coe. Rockford, Grinnell, Notre Dame, St. Olaf, Illinois, Wabash, North Central and De Pauw, were represented. Professor W. F. Bryan presided. The problems discussed were those pertaining to the teaching of literature and composition in college~ and the preparation of high school teachers. This convention is expected to· be an annual occurrence. Mrs. Thomas White and family of Richmond road, Kenilworth, spent Easter with her sister in St. Louis. Mrs. Helen Hepburn and dau~hterp Catherine, were also in the South. They visited Biloxi, Miss. .& UIJ WITHOUT Aft COMMlSSION oa De~lraltle · · · · ad .A....-eal BaRd lap Jalpa Haacoc· Mataal Life J..-· DEERE PARK Sheridan Road (Route 4 2) to North Boundary of Glencoe -at the Lake BAIRD;[WARNER DIVISION OP COMMUNITY DBVELOPMBNT .. - 646 N. Michigan Avenue .. .. Superior 1855 L 0 -- ... c ....., A. D. LANOWO&TBY, Loaa .Apal Ill W. 81., «*ea.. A.····

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