Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Aug 1928, p. 42

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WILM E Tr.T E . L.IPE · · '\ I August 24, 1928 J. Garden Talks Wilmette,s Police . Catch Eight Youths Stealing in Vicinity Eight Chicago youths, ranging in a~e from 12 to 17, were r~unded up thts week by Wilmette poltce officers ~s they ·attempted to steal from the Wtlmette Golf club and from an abandoned car at Hibbard road and Lake avenue. , · On Mot~day night about 9 o'clock Officer Joint caught four boys, !he oldest only 14, in the act of steah~g golf clubs and balls from the Wt!mette Golf club. The boys gave thetr names as Joe Pantyka, 13, of 884 North Hermitage, Stanley Mitchell, 14, of 1217 North Lincoln, and two brothers, Joe Skupien, 12, and William Skupien, 13, both of 835 North Hermitage. The parents of the boys were called and the ·youths were ordered to keep out of Wilmette . The following night at about the same time Motorcycle Policeman George Schaeffer and Officer Poppet caught four more Chicago youths _ as they were stripping a car belonging to Tonv Campanale, of Winnetka, which had been wrecked in an accident the day previous and was left at the corner of Hibbard road and Lake ayenue. The boys said theit1 names were: Dan Trimmer, 15, of 7252 Pingree stre~ Fred Sch·w ab, 16, of 7248 Pingree street, Carl Nelson, 15. and Gordon ~elson, 17, both of 2316 Greenleaf avenue, Chicago. The, boys were turned over to the juyenile authorities of Rogers Park and their parents were notified. even know who it was in each church who gave her tiine and thought and love, each Sunday, to this kindly service. A . . . .f claoi~ two aacl three room apartments aYailable in this attraetiY~ lnn1dinr and teady for immediate occupancy with rent concessions until September. $62.50 and up. Also ·a number of desirable olice and sto~e locations still aYailable. ... . FOR' RENT IN WINNETKA ' sru~t!~"~~~~N INCORPORATED E.SAWYER~ CHRISTY Exclusive Agents 736 ELM STREET WINNETKA WINNETKA PHONES I .·p-147 Rental Listings ·Wanted By listing your property now you can select desirable ttnants from our long list of applicants. Immediate information will assure a quick rental. We offer this form for your convenience to supply the desited information. (Contributed by the Wilmette Garden Club.) The opportunities to enjoy beautiful things are so many in this fortunate community in which we live that we accept them as a matter of course and seldom realize that all communities are not so favored.' I thought of this last Sunday when I ·entered a church on the south side of Chicago. My eye unconsciously sought the altar to see the flowers. What I saw was not pretty. A tall container of small diameter held a huge bunch of dull pink phlox whose stems were so tightly crowded together that one wondered that the flowers remained fresh. Whoever arranged them could not have cared for flow~.rs. They looked crowded and uncomfortable. When I reached home, the first thing that my eye fell upon as I entered the house was a basket of magnificently arranged flowers that had been sent over after the services from one of our Wi lmette churches. for the benefit of the Plant, Flower. and Fruit guild. The flowers were simple ones-pink, gladioli, lavender and white stock, blue larkspur, and lilac buddleia. But the arrangement was the thing. An artist ,,·ho loved flowers had created something yery lovely with these flowers for her medium. That basket of flowers must have seemed like the spirit of beauty, on the altar in the morning, offering a gracious welcome to all who came. Then it occured to me that every Sunday in this church and in the other churches here, were other baskets of · flowers, almost, if not quite as beautiful as this, and that we had become so accustomed to them that we did not RENTAL LISTING COUPON (Pl.., fill out in full) House Number . .··.....·....·...··........·.. · · . · · · · · · Coastraction: D Brick · Tile ... : . · Slse 0 Stucco 0 Frame Sleeping Porch 0 , Size Lot sizt ······ x · . · · . · Baths . . · . . · Bedrooms · · · . . · Living Room . . . . . · x ...·.· Breakfast -Room Nook Dining Room . . . . . . x . . · . . · Kitchen ·..... D 0 Slse x H. W. Heat 0 (air) Oil D Coal 0 Sun Parlor ..... . Porch D .... car garage Gas 0 to .......·....··.... Will rent trom at $ . . . · · . · . · . . . ptr month. Is tbt above home for salt? 0 Yes D No Owner .....·.·.........· · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Addrtss . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . · . . . · 'f · Telephone No......·...· · · ·· · · · Plastering ~ Contractor Plain and Ornamental Plastering - Exterior Stucco Work a Specialty (All information strictly confidential) CrosLy & McKendry 566 CENTER ST. WINNETKA TEL. WINN. 2032 Chas. E. Welter 115 Fifteenth St. Phone Wil. 2151

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