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April 5, 1929 in the board's athletic leagues, RECREAnON BOARD IN ticipant and their guests, to the members of gymnasium and swimming classes BIG BANQDn' APRIL II the conducted by the board, to all mem- Leaders in ViL,e to Attend Festivity at Howard SchooL Omer Makes Awards "The Third Milestone," will be the slogan for the annual spring banquet of Wilmette recreation workers at the Howard school gymnasium: Thursday evening, April t 1, at 6 :30 o'clock. The occasion will mark the termination of the third year of organized recreation in the village a·3 shown on the records of the Playground and Recreation board whic·h ends its fiscal year May 1. Members of the original Recreation board, who were appointed by Village President Earl E. Orner, to introduce community playground and recreation ·activities for Wilmette, will be honor guests, as will also President Orner. The original board member3 were: Enoch Steen, Henry Fowler, J. C. Capen, Ira L. Reynolds, John Steffens, and Mrs. Jay R. Brown. J. R. Harper, superintendent of public schools, who also played an important part in hringing organized recreation to the village, will be present and will give an address. Members of the present board, including H. A. LaRoy, Lincoln C. Torrey, Henry Fowler, Mrs. Jay R. BrowP and Miles C. McDonald, anrf Director of Recreation Daniel M. Davi·s, will be hosts to the former board members. Invitations are issued to every par- - bers of the clubs and organizations sponsored by the board, to the member3 of the recreation council and the members -of the teams which they represent. Each person will be allowed to bring one guest but reservations must be made by 5 o'.clock, Monday evening, April 8, at the recreation office, Tenth street and Central avenue, telephone 468. Arrangements are being made for 100 people. Following will be the program for the evening : Recreation Songs - led by Dr. C. B. Blake with accompaniment by J. Walter "Swede" Nelson · "Beginnings of Recreation in Wilmette," by former board members "Recreation as It Is at Present," H. A LaRoy, chairman, Recreation board mRecreation and the School," J. R. Harper, superintendent ·of schools "Athletic Program," John J. Moran Awarding of Prizes, Village President Earl E. Orner Airplane Exhibition, Members Areo club Basketball game, Presbyterian vs. AllStars Ton1 Martel Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Brown, 1710 Walnut avenue, returned last week for his spring vacation from the University of Illinois where he is a freshman and pledged to the Theta Xi fraternity. "CARL'S" RIDGE NEWS Vol. I Publiahtd in tht inttrtat of Wilmtttt ptOplt and tht Ridgt Road uicinitv bv tht April 5t 1929 ·a ball and rub the hat gently and firmly and the results wilt be perfect. "Are you a one arm driver? "Naw, I take a cab and use both." Now that t h e balmy days are here -mention · of our· delivery service and Chapell's Ice Cream is in line. " 'N uf sed." Mary had a little mule, It followed her to school, The teacher, like a · fool Went up behind the mule, And bit him with a rule, And there wasn·t any schooL RIDGE AVE. PHARMACY CARL C. RENNECKAR, Editor. Favorable reports are coming from the business front, and 1929 looks from now on as one of the former years of our history. All ex-service men of Wilmette have their tickets for the Athletic show at the Hippodrome n e x f Monday night. Wall paper cleaner, bought in cans, is wonderful in cleaning felt hats. Make Prof. : In which of . his battles was King Gustavus Adolphus killed? Sleepy fresh: think it was the last one. The most wonderful thing in life is . sleep, because it takes you out of life. RIDGE AVENUE PHARMACY "With Vigoro our lawns have been thickly matted, a ri~h green all season," says W. L. Austin, head gardener, Frank 0. Lowden Estate, Oregon, Ill. "Flowers were hardier, heavily blossomed." Typical of the success with Vigoro! Complete, Balanced, it supplies all elements of plant food required for early growth, perfect development. Clean, odorless! Costs only lOc to 20c per 100 sq. ft. "L · awns '· h green,, · · · rtc FERTILIZER PRICES s. tb. pkg....... soe so. tb. bag ...... $~.oo 25 ..lb. bag ...... $1.'75 too..lb. bag ...... $5.00 The Calendar of Plant Feeding THIS MONTH 1. LAWNS: As soon as grass shows green, or any time thereafter, apply plant food. · 2. FLOWERS: Work plant food into soil before seeding; or for perennials, as soon as plants appear. For early large and richly colored blooms make later feedings. 3. VEGETABLES: Work plant food into the soil before seeding. Later feedings will hasten maturity t increase yields. 4. SHRUBS, TREES: Apply plant food any time after leaves appear. SACCO ·111IikU:Jiiiiilji" r:..::t!:l 6iow IIi Makes lawns thick, green and velvety. Wonderful for trees, ........ shrubs, ilowm and vegetables. Ecu, to Gpp~,. 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