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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Jul 1929, p. 3

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Julv 19. 1929 WILMETTE LIFE WILMETfE LEGIONNAIRES JOIN IN GREAT JUBILEE Drum and Bugle Corps in Prize Competition Tomorrow; Post Also Enters Float \Yilmette Post, Ko. 46, of the American Legion is to , participate in a "big ,,·ay" in the Seventh District Legion Summer J uhilee to be .staged in Rogers Park tomorrow, ·which will have as guests of honor such notable Legionnaires as Col. Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion: Col. Ho\\·ard P. Savage, past tl_ational commander, and David Lee Shillinglaw, Illinois Department commander. The ~,. ilmctte Legionnaires are to be represented in the day's activities hv its Drum and Bugle corps, which will enter the prize competition in the· street procession. The local post will also enter a float in the parade. depicting "The Birth of the Legion." \Vilmettc wilt also vie for the award \\·hich is to go to the Legion post having the largest j)ercentage of attendance at the affair. PAIR FOR NET .EVENT -· Secretary Complete Drawings Within Few Days for Annual Tournament at New Trier High School Courts Drawings are expected to he made ' the la_tter part of this week or the first part of next \veek for the annual summer tennis tournament on the New Trier High school courts. Additional entries ba,·c been coming in during the past week. In the senior singles division F. R. Kilner, F. \V. Holter, J. ]. Samson, D. A. Knapp, and R. I. Adams ar~ among t~e new entries, while in the junior singles the names of Mel Augdahl, ]. Corns, Ed Harrell, Jean Samsen, and R. M. Brown have been adderl. There are several new entries also in that section of the tournament for boys under fifteen years and in the junior and senior doubles. G. H. Flaningam, who is in charge of the tournament, plans to hold a double's meet for boys under fifteen if there are enough entries. Prize~ will be awarded to winners in all sections of the tournament. The champions probably will receive racquets, while runners-up will be given a less expensive prize. BOARD. APPROVES.VAST STORM SEWER PROJECT Ordinance Establishing Michigan · Avenue as One- Way Street Passed Regarded as probably the most extensive improvement program to be projected by the Village in many years, the two separate sewer projects planned for the area west of Ridge road each moved a step nearer to realization last Tue.sday night when the Village. board gave its final approval to the $1,800,0()9 storm water sewer system as previously , approved by the Board of Local Improvements, and ordered the $233,0.31 sanitarv sewer project in section of the the Village known as the Hughes, Brown and Morgan subdivision ~eferred to the Sewer and Water committee and public notice given that the matter would be acted _upon by the Village board at its meeting on August 6. - Serves 200 Acres The ordinance giving the board's sanction to the first project goes into effect immediately. About 2,000 acres of land will be served by the system and the engineer's plans indicate that a total of more than twenty-six miles' of sewer will be laid. The. Hughes, Brown and Morgan subdivision progri!m calls . for the installation of sewers in portions of the following streets : Romona road, Washington avenue, Hibbard road, Centr~l avenue. Lockerbie street, Glenview road, Thaver avenue, Gregory avenue, Lavergne - avenue. \Vilmette avenue, Laramie avenue. LeamingtQ!.l avenue, Lecljl.ire avenue, LaPorte avenue, Lamon avenue. LaCross avenue, Skokie boulevard. Hotlv avenue. Knox avenue, Pine street.. Highland avenue, Birchwood avenue. Schiller avenue, and Lake. avenue. Meet at Armory \\.ilmette Legionnaires are to meet at the Broadwa,· Armorv at 2:30 o'clock SaturdaY afternoon: The program of the monster .iuhilee ha.- been outlined hrieflv as follows: 10 :30 A. ~f. 7th Distri-ct Junior Basehall Championship at Bolt\\'ood field, ().fa in street and Florence avenue) Evan . ton. 2 :30 P. ~f. Big Parade-Drum and nuQ'le cnrps, Aoats and marching units - Dcnln flH' nue. Clark street, Howard a n .' mte and ~heridan road to Farwell a ,·enue· and the lake. · -l P. ~f. Drum and Bugle corp~ priz~ cnmpditintl. S P. ).f. Addre::;s, Paul \ r. ~f cXutt ( Tntrn_durtnn· remark ~ ln· David L. ~hillin .tdaw). 3 :30 P . ).f. Prr:'entation Se,·enth District nllllr;-; - Tro"·arcl P. Savage . F H ' n i 111.{ prngram - Pu h lie Initiation c ncmt·n \·-r.cgi11n rit11a l in pageantry. .'tr~..· , · t dam·ing at Lunt a\'l' lltll' and Lake. . \cldu! icaturr;-;-\\.atcr sport:;, .-\. :\.l'. rh ; tm!li<lll~hip nutdot)r s\\·itnlllin!! ra r ~..· :--: llllthllard mntnr hnat rare~. Many Posts Cooperate L cL:"i C nl Jlt)...,b in the ~e,-enth cli:-;trit't ;11-c: Trn\\'ell. headed 1)\· \'nrman l( Bert.:": Sheridan, comma;Hier. Heid .\. \\'hitaker: Tn~eph ~f. Sestcrhenn at Gkn,·ie\\·. hca<kd ll\· Harold ·r.renninl!: Daniel C. Cihhins po:;t, Joseph ·P. Toale. commander: Xorth Ttn\·n. ~fill's F.. Barn·. commander: Peter ]. Huerter. (\ \'ilmette) ~f. J. Kloepfer, commander. :1n<l David Lee Shillingla\\', commander: :\'"orth Shore, H. J. He11strom. commander: Evanston, R. T. Chamberlin. commander: \Vilmette. Hane,· ~f. Hoop. commander: Rogers Park. H. ]. Diesel. commander: and Kites tO\\'tl. hip, A. ]. Lindemann. commander. Dani~J M. Davis, Wilmette director of recreation, has been named secretary of the \Vilmette Playground and Recreation hoard. He was selected as secretary at a meeting of the board held this week at which C. Miles McVillage Attorney E(h\'ard H. Jack- Don?lrl was chosen the new chairman son was instructed bv the vVilmettc of the board. Village board, at its m-eeting, held la~t Tucsdar night at the Village hall, to prepare an ordinance for presentation at the regular meeting on August 6, providing for the repeal of the ordinance authorizing the purchase oi the area known as the Ker\\'in tract as a :-.ite it)r the proposed \ ' illage- incineraThe hoard oi directnrs. ·retail comtor. mittee. and entertainment committee The action of the board iollcm·ed a of the hamber oi Commerce \\'ere to pul!lic he~ring. h_cl_ d. rcc<::~1tly, at \rhich ~ · meet ,-e~tenla_~· t.n di~t:~l s ' plans ior th_e re s tclents 111 the vtcll11ty (.)! the p,ropcrty. cnmnHtnth· ptrntc ,,-]lll·h that orgamlo catcd near the intersection of \\.il- ' zation '"ill . p1 1 nsnr nn \\.cdne:->da,·. mctte and Glcm·inr roads. tlpposed the August f-t. The iore~t presen·c \\'C~t l'l'nstrurtinn of the incinerator on the of \\'ilmette c)ll !!ann;-; rnacl ahnut h\'n :-ite sL·lcctcd cnntendin .~· that C<11lllllcr- blocks south n( Clen,·in\· road has rial pmpcrty ~hould he utilized for the be ·n selected a:-; tltc ~itc Pi the picni ". purpn:--1..' rather than rc;-;idcntial prnp:\t a rccrnt meeting oi the Chamhn LTt\". oi ( nmmerre the entcrtainnu·nt committee. Dr. C. 1 f. l·: ldred. chairman, \\'a:-i delegated to make arrangements for MOTORS THROUGH EAST Lisbeth ( ~t1:'S oi the \ \ .ilmdtc ~tate the event . bank, is motllring thrnugh the cast. Plans for the (la\· include a picnic She kit last Saturda\ \\'ith l1thcr mcm- lunch at nnnn iniiO\\'t'd 1J,· a prngrat]l l>n;-; oi th(' (~oss ian{il~·. of ra ,· ~..· s and g-ames. Each famih· " ·ill bring- it. n\\·n l>a;-;ket lunch. :\ gnlf tournament on the nearhv Korthwestern ~olf cour. e prohahh· "·ill he on the day's schedule also. The picnic \\·ill take the nlacc oi t h e a nn u a I \\ ·i 1m c t t e D a,.. ". hi ch t h c Chamber ni Commerce · decided to abandon this vear. To Prepare Ordinance Rescinding Purchase of Incinerator Tract Plans for Community Picnic Discussed by Officers of C. of C. Michigan One-Way Street Ordinances. establishing Michigan avenue a . a one-way street and. pro,·iding the legal authority necessary to p.olice regulation of temporar~r zones of quiet and erection of temporary barricades \vere also pa . se (l bv the hoard . Cnclcr the provisions of the ordinance, ').fichigan avenue from Lake . treet north to Sheridan road rna,· he used onlv ln· north bound vehicles a11'1 a · fine of fr~1111 $5 to $100 is prescriberj for violation. The other ordinances prm·ide thP police with full authority to set as i(~' areas as temporary quiet zones anrl to erect barricades as they mav deem it necessarv for the effective regulation of traffic. Minneapc;Iis Man is Hurt When Truck Strikes Train C. C. Schultz Leaves to Snare Fish in Wisconsin Call Public Hearing on Alley Project for Aug. 6 A public hearing on the proposed installation of drainage facilities and paving of the first allev west of Woodbine avenue between Gregory avenue ami Isabella street "·as scheduled for Tuesday. August 6, bv the Wilmette Board of Local Tmpro,·emcnts at a meeting held la~t Tucsdav night at the Village ha11. Proceedings started several weeks ago, providing for the paving alone, were ahandC:.1ed l:tst \\·eck after resi .. dents had protested that the project ;tS proposed did not provide adequate drainage facilities. The Village engineer , was instructed to prepare specifications and estimates to include drainage and these, presented TuesdaY, set the estimated cost at $3.143.96.- The original estimate was $2,236. I wish I'd had WILMETTE LIFE sent here while I'm on my vacation Just call our Circula- } ...., tion Department--;-say ,..~ and W111.:re. { when They'll do the rest. I W. G. Sherridd, 48, of 317 Twentyseventh avenue, S. E., Minneapolis, narrowly escaped serious injury Thursday afternoon, July 11, about 2 :20 o'clock "'hen a truck which he was C. C. Schultz. \Vilmctte superinten- driving east on Lake avenue crashe~ dent of public works. left :Monday into the side of a southbound Nordi. mornino· on a t\\'O weeks' vacation. Shore line train at the Skokie valley He atHl his family ,vill spend se\·eral crossing. Sherridd was badly ct:t about claYs with relatives at Bruce and Lady- the head and suffered body brutses .. He;;mith. \\'is. Incidentally. ~1r. Schultz was take.n to the Eva!1ston hospital~ nlilns tn ctn some fishing in northf'rn 1 Accordi~lg to the pohce rel?ort, the \ \"isconsin. :danger s1gna l a~ the crossmg. was - -----------· 1 workil)g at the time of the accident. There are no gates at this crossin~·. E. Mink, 6231 Kenwood avenue, ChiECONOMY SHOP cago, was 'motorman on the train. Our stock at this time is verv low. Please send us anything for which you may have no further usc. \V c will gladly call for things if it is not convenient for you to Hans vonReinsperg and Ernest C. bring them. Call Wilmette 1544! Cazel. members of the \Vilmette VilMrs'. Jesse B. Denman, Chairman . lage board, left on _ W eclnesday night Note: Economy Shop is a charfor the Mayo hospit~l at Rochester, ity and ·welfare enterprise sponMinn. Mr. von.Reinsperg has been sored by the \Voman' s club of failing in health for some time and Wilmette. · will be placed under observation. Hans vonReinsperg Enters Mayo Clinic for Treatment

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