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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Jun 1933, p. 14

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number of members in good ,hfna*ciaI standing met witb strenuous objections by opposing counsel which were sus- tained by the master. Mr. Nelson was asked wbere mos t of -the members lived, and stated . that.of 808. members, 304 lived in Wilmette. Cousuit Photograplas The concluding witness of Tuesday's session was Fred C. Winzenburg, 829 Lnden avenue, anotber photographer, who testified that lie bad taken skeveral, photograpbs wbich complainant had in- troduced into evidence. Tbe object of mnost of these photographs was to show the residential characterof teneigb borbood in wbicb the Sbawnee club ià located, and -the unsightliness of the locality due to construction operations. The hearings are being attended by Village officiais and. citizens interested in the outcome of the case. Albert N.' Page, 901 Ashland ave- nue, was the first witniess at the Wednesday session, the purpose of his tèstimony being to show the character of the locality adjacent to the Shawnee club. It was establisbied that bie had.,been president of the club during the. major part of the construction of its present building. Questions touching upon bis aétivi- ties during and following the ref- erendumn campaign on the water- works brought a sharp clashb hetween opposing counsel and a discourse by tbe master on wliawas permissible evidence. Piece by piece the -proper- ties of the neighborhood were de- scribed in response to questions Mr. had advgnced in value for the.,1)ast1 several years, an.d the exclusiveness. of the district bad become estab-r lished. Attorneys for the village proceeded te show that Mr. Page had an interest in preventing con- .structioni of the waterworks, an in- terest wbicb the witness did not seek to bide. In response to, ques- tions lie stated that .be believed the project inimical to the best' interests of the taxcpaver-s and that lie was aiso motivated bv a desire to prevent -a summer en June 20. l5esides tis dental clinic the Hloward and High: Crest scbools bave conducted similar clinics during the scbool, year. In ali over 300 cbildren bave been cared foir at' these clinics.. Ail the other clinicsi that are conducted by the Wilmette Healtb. center will remain open*during the suni- nmer months,' as, the Healtb center isý carried on twelve m ontbs. of the year., Tbe next Infant Welfare iclinic will be held on june 28. Edward MeCarthyDies; Noted Paving Contractor Funeral services for Edward, J. McCarthy, 834, Sheridan road, Wil- mette, who died suddenly on Mionday at bhis dairy farm on the Dua Page river near Joliet, w 41,7 Wi4p- day 'morning at St. cksi*W,? in Joliet. Burial took >place at Cal- vary cemetery, Evanston. Mr. McCarth-y, a contractor, who- bad been engaged in paving and road construction in Illinois for more than fifty years, was 74 years old. At one time be was deputy controller of Cook county under Robert M. Sweitzer. He was a former president of the John V. McCarthy company and _had remained active in its -man- agement. Three sons and two daughters sur- vive Mr. McCarthy. The sons are John V. McCarthy of Joliet, Edwar(l J. McCarthy, Jr., of- Rogers Park, and Gerald F. McCartby of Wilmette. The daugbters are Mrs. Toseiph A. Kolb and Miss -Edith A. McCartby. botb of Wilmette. Mrs. Frances B. Kincaid, 85, Taken by Desith Here1 Mrs.. Frances -B. Kincaid, who hia-d resided for the past four years with ber %daughter, Mrs. C. A. Wheeler 265 Wood -court, died on June 7 at the age of 85. Funeral services and burial took place last Saturday at Farmer City, Ill., Mrs. Kincaid's former bomne. Mrs. Kincaid is sur- A rant 1>t ot t <~ ~ Cboate school, he is a member of Delta Plii f rater- nity, and of Quit!. and Dagger. He was a member of the Fresbm-an Cross >Co un try teani,,. the college H. N.W@odatd rack team (junior year) and the Intramural Athletic'. board(Senior year). He was.also chair- man of the Fresbman Banquet commit-. tee and a memtber of. the Junior'Smoker committee, the College Honor commit- tee sopomore, junior, and> senior years ) and the Corne!! Daily, Sun board (f reshima n, sophomore, and1 junior. years). His. senior year lie was elected associate senior editor of the bord. Robert F. Linin, Jr. 18 CIaimed by Death Robert F. Linn, Jr., dieçi last Sun- Jay morning at bis home, 320 Isabella street, Wilmette, at the age of 63 years. Mr. Linn, a food broker, had a wide acquaintance with wholesale grocers in the Chicago area. For the past year Mr. Linn liad' lived in Wilmette.. Prior to that he had made his home in Winnetka about ten years. He was born in Chicago and was one of the founiders of the old town of Austin, where he lived before moving to Winnetka. He was a member of the Winnetka Masonic lodge and of the Medinah Shrine in Chicago. Surviving him are his widow-, Mrs. Minnie H. Linn,. a- daugbter, Mrs. Ruth Lau cof Wilmette, and two grandchildren. The funeral services were lield Tuesday aft-ernoon at Scôtt's funeral1 home, 1118 Greenleaf avenue, Wil- mette. Burial 1was at Forest Home cemetery. John H. Brutnbaugh Is Taken by Death Friday JohnH.Bru Lake tl~cen wucu mis car uverturned mn a ditch near Delaware, Ohio, on Sun- day, June 4. He was en-route to his country borne in the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia when he met with the accident. It was thougbit at first that his injuries were flot serious, but later a heart injury was discov- ered and this resulted 1n bis death. 1 Mr., Carpenter, soni of Frank G. Carpenter, author and world traveler, was born .at Washington, D. C., on December 7, 1884. He.was educated at Corneil universityr, where he was prominent in athietics. After bis graduation fromCorneil hie was sent to, London as, a member of the United States Olympic team. in 1908. Prowint *Attorney Later'Mr. Carpenter studied,,law at the University of Chicago and at George Washington university. He began bis practice of law in Chicago iii 1911, when he was associated witb the firm of Linthicum, Belt and Ful- ler, patent attorneys. He later was a member >of the ý:firm of Munday, Clarke and Carpenter, but for the past ten years bad~ practiced~ inde- pendently. Among his clients were. such large corporations as 'the Amer- ican Can compaüy, the FeIt and Tar- rant Manufacturing company and the Staley Corn Products company. 1Kenilworth Civic Leader In Kenilworth Mr. Carpenter was act Ive ini community affairs. His club affiliatons included memberships in. the University club of Chicago, the Skokie Country club, the Cosmos club of Washington, D. C., and the University club of New York. Mr. Carpenter is survived by bis .widow, Mrs. Laura Elliott Carpenter, four children. Sue, Frank. William and Robert, and a sister, Mrs. W. Chap)in Huntingtoni. of Washington, D C. George Oberlander Is Taken by Death, June, 10 George Oberlander, who for the past two years had been making his home, with ),r. an-d Mrs. L.. StopJka, 1536) Lake avenue, <ied Saturday, June 10, at the age of 79 ycars. Mr. Oberander had hbeen a resident of ilette for the- last ten vears,. WVh.en h first carne tô Wilmette he in r~ Pli j L~.JiLIJ nt's case. Miss Barbara }Jolden, 527 War-- Danesi Mumme'rt of Houston, l'ex- wick- road, returned to Kenilworth as, formerly of Kenilwoî-th, arrive'! Wednesday of last week from Dixcin. Tbursday of last week to visit Bett - Ill., where she attended the annual1 McKay of,823 Chestfiut avenue. Suie bouse party of Alpha Phi on the Wal- is leaving today (Thursday) accomi- green estate. Trhere were fifty-six panied by Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Grulce guests. ,Mrs. Justin Dart <Ruth 'XVal- of Evanston, te attend commenci'~- v!reen) was bostess. ment exercises at Williams collegc. Il t- t0 De c age lb by recor( official ac %ý& t..% in, re. m.1 C.0m;

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