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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Nov 1933, p. 18

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mlanager C. M.. usborn, and reads ini part as follôws: " At the last session of the legisiature the Motor fuel tax law was aniended, so that after 'January 1. 1934, one-third of the uiotor fuel tax fund wil be ap- portione« to the severai muni cipalities of the state. From Information avail- able ln this offie,, It Is estlmated that Wilmette will receIvýe approximately- $22,000 per year from this source. The flrst allotment will be niade as soon as niaY hé after February 1, 1934, anîd monthly thereafter. Ontjlne Purposes "The law provides that the money al- lotted to each muicl.paility shall be used for one ormore of the following pur- pose$: 'IL The construction. and reconâtruc- tion of state highways In muflicipalhies. "2. The construction, reconstruction and maintenancef a. system of arterial atreets or throughfares other than state highways ln the municipalities, as may be designated by the council or president and board of tru8l$ees and approved by the Department of Public WoIrks and1 *03. The construction, reconstruction and maintenance cf extensions of such: arterial streets and thoroughfares oui- s Ie the corporate limits of the mu- liilifty. "4. The payment of engineering cost iii connection wlth ail such work here- tofore described. -5. The payment of any municipal in- debtedness which has been or na y be 'i1ncurred ln the construction, reconstruc-r1 tion and maintenance,. opening, *id ning or 'Improving of such arterial' streets or thoroughfares or state hlghways. State Clalis Priority PrIority ln the use '0f these ftirds ehall be given to the construction and reconstruction of state highways 'ln the NiUflcipality. The law also provides that the councîl or. president and board' of trustees of the inunlcipaltty shall, f rom tie to turne, paý s ordinances or resolutions,' stating s-Peclicaliy the' purposes for whlch these funds shaij. be used, and such ordinances or resolutions are sub- Iset to the approval of the Departnient of Publiç Works and Buildings," M4ay Designate Streets Tb.1re term. "arterial streets" vvas ex-, laizied as meaning streets connec t- ing witlu a state highway intbe vil-. lage, such as Main street, Lake ave- nue, west of 'Ridge1 road,, and Sher- idan road.- According to the itîfornia- lion the gas tax funds could be used Io pave and mnaintain any street designated by' tbe Village board as "xrteristl." It mioht nlsn hue u'sedit G>eorge Seaberg, eminent young concert pianist, is *sbariîîg the p)rogramï with thein and is also to play *t h e accomnpaninient f o r most of the dances. tickets are, now on sale at Win»etka Conxniunity House; Lyon & 'Healy's,, Evanisto*n; Renneckar's Drug s t ore, Wilmette; Hillman's Drug s t o re, Glencoe; Gsell's Drug store, Highland, Park. Mr., Seaberg bas. a large following on the no rth shore as well as ini Chica- go, 'for, since he won th- piano ,contest, spofisored y. the Society of Anie ic-a'î M usicians three years agoy- I'ý- has steïdily gainied prestire and is Ilooked on with great respect and ad- mira'tion by the concext-going pubif- lc i response to a number of recîue.sts from bis nortb -shore pa- trons, be is to include in bis first, group four of bis most popular nuni- bers. The second group will be the saine as that 'plaved Tecently in Chii- cago wben be and tbe dancers ap- peared so successftîllv at the Punch & Juidy tbeater. A iiumber of piano students of thej iiorth shore are planning to lheair Mr. Seaberg on November 27, and they may 'be interested to, know tbat lie has scbieduled "Arabesque," by Scbui- Central-Laurel P. T. A.I Meilibers' and guests of t he Cen- tral-Laurel P. ,T. A., you 'have a fine treaàt offered you Tuesday, No vemnber 21, at 2:30 p. m., when Miss Esther Requartb, a nationally. known' psy- chologist who bas ber studio iniTbe' Little Theater of Rvanston wii1"sn2k. IManni; 1MalaicAfS.ai rangement of Liszt's "The Nightingale"; Liszt's ar- rangement of Mendelssohn's "On Wing's of 'Son'g"': Liszt's '"Valse 'Impromptu"; "Gardens in the Rain" and ."Veils," by Debussy: "The Silvèr Cascade," Niemanti; and Pouilenr'-s spicy, "Toccatta.' Miss Cornell and Mr. Graif are ta 'include a duet, "Dance of Deatb" to. music by Sibelus, on their prograin. This dance caused a sensation last Spring, wben tbe two yotung artists put it, on the programn at the . Chii-. cago Woman's club tbeater, just. after their retuirn from' Europe. It is a dance that New York critics de- clare .possesses a mood that is. entertained in the school rootu for Miss Carmody and the motbers. Mrs. R.ý G. Rowe, 1356 Ashland avenuîe,. opened ber home for Miss Turner and the mothers. October 31-Mrs.' Eugene Arms. 221 Woodbine, Mrs. Herron andthe second grade Laurel school motbers. October 16-Mrs. R. A. Marffiadukce entertained the first grade mothers, i\rs. Burge, teacher. November 7-Mrs. H. W. Kemp- iabantiiaigiy uarx% ana cerie,i yet also. curiously clear- and aloof, a dance that would leave one witb'a. feeling of . ho rror, were' it flot so ex~quisitély' restrained. "Daphinis and Cbloe," to music of Debussy's "Clair' de Lunne" is an-, other of the several duets that Miss Corneli and Mr. Graif will include'. This biad its 'premier in the recent -Chicago recital, and one critic wrote of it : "It presented themn as two' charming children, playing and lov- ing, we. might imagine, on the sea shore; so ingenious, so crystal clear ini its refreshing youth, yet 80 entic- 'ing in its lutle love motif, the au- dierice begged for a .repetition." Shows Library's Need for More Periodicals. .More and more readers are found in the Wilmette public library reading its current magazines, and consulting the bound files. Tbey have discover- .ed tbat the latest information-and, often the best-îs to .be found in periodicals, and it 'is doubly unfor,. tunaté that tbe last three years bas seen a steadilv decreasing amount of Edward C. Hildretb, 2006 Beecb- wood avenue, is in the Evanston bos- pitàl recovering from an operation. -0 Mns. William J. Sbiley, 1102 Central avenue, left last Tuesday for Detroit on business tô be. gone about a week. More cars are neaded for convey- over the past week-end. - would be verylhappy to have 'con- ing the boys ta their games. "Hap's" 0o tributors. car is doing more than double duty. Victor C. _McKeighan, 1025 Green- * leafý avenue, left Monday' by auto- Mrs. Eugene Mancinelli, 1010Sheri- MORE TEAS FOR MOTHERS mobile for Los Angeles, for an in- dan roigd, gave a luncheon and bridge OÔctober 30-Mrs. R.* C. Moulding definite stay. for twelve at hér homne yesterday. i

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