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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Feb 1934, p. 1

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Judge Gentzel- Rules for Plain. tiff ini Mandanius Suit;. Appeal to High Court Fridavy of last week Superior Court judge Robert E. Gentzel lianded dovn a decision adverseto the. Vil- lage of Wilrnette in the action for mandatvus to compel the village to issuie a permnit to erect a1 garage on the lot -at the. northwest corner of Main street and Lake avenue. el ie action wvas- brought by.. the State. Banik& Trust company of Evaîsonand Herbert L. Zipf, trus- tees (if the estate of Arthur A. Zipf, o erof the property. They were represented, by Attorney William Lis- ter cif. Evanston. The \rillage wvas re.presented lw Attorney William H. Syninies of th e law firmn of Kirkland. Fleming. Green & Martin. Chicago. Village Refuses Permit On 'March 1., 1932, the plaintiff .Made application to the building coII- ,nissionier for a permit to erect a gasoline filhing station on the prop- erty. The application was denied on the grouind that tinder the zoning lau- flling stations were tiot permitted Nvithin the Class - B" commercial zone, and that the property of the applicant as described in the appli- cation is in a commercial district. An amnended application was filed by the plaintif on April 22. 1932. for a permit to, build a garage on the property, the zonipg ordinance at that tiîne permitting garages to be erected in the commercial zonie. This application was also denied, and the Village board immediately amended~ the zofiing ordinance removing gar- ages from, the commercial" district ,ân( permitting them In the Class '.C", industrial classification. Theý appli- catît .insisted* upon iissuance. of ,the permit.,.pointing out that the pr op- ertv is zotied for commercial uses (Continued on page 6) "L" Busilness Leaders A t Sunday (C1lub 1 The Wilmette Welfare board is reniewing its appeal to Wihnette citizens for work by the day or hour for both men and women. Who are and have for a -long time been unemployed, Many men in the village Who are registered with the CWA have neyer been called to work, and,. flot- being on the, county relief rolls, are receiving no public hel1p. Residents of the.'village are urged to supply ail possible work for these people. Cold. weather gÉeatly increases the'need- for warm winter cloth-' ing for men,. women and cbildren, also for bedding. If. inconvenient to take such contributions to the office of the bo,*ard, No. 1 Electric place, cal! Wilmette 2550 and someone Will calfor them. it hs explained.: Indict Schwall on EmbezzlingCharge Nicholas Schwall, assistant caslîiei of the former. First National Banik of ,Wilmette, late last week was naîned in 'an indictment returned before Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley on a charge of embezzling $56,000 front the bank over a period of six months. Schwall disappeared a fcw dàys after the First National bank closed its, doors on Julie 25, 1932, directing a~ letter to officials of the bank. in which, it wvas alleged, hie admitted mnisappropriation of bank funds and intended to commit suicide. The funds involved in the defalcation, largely represented in securities, were fully covered.by insurance, it was asserted atthat time. 'SchwalIl had been con- nected with -the bank for fifteeii years., The indictmnt was drawn by. As- sistant Ùnited States District At- tornev James C. Leaton. Judge Lijndley lfixed the fugitive's bond at Sea,çoiiable .wiinter weather, twith, occasional dips of the thermkownter into the sub-zero --one, should ina/e ti nusuéally attractive the, Prograin to 1,e off ered. at thse Wilrnette Siinday Even ing club on February 4, whe»i .,rliu Pillsbury, naturali,çt, scien- tist, explorer and author, Presents his illust iated <twith. i>iotioki Pic- tures) lecture entitled "k and t.';der the, South Seat." In the barbor of Pago Pago, Amer- ican Samoan Islands, Mr. Pillsbury;, without the ability to swim or a weapon of any kind, walked over the ocean bottom, set up his tripods, pic- tured the coral and fish, studied them in their -natural habitat, and with, pencil and slate sketched them in life,. and,' with a color chart he inade, registered their wonderful colors, and gathered specimens_ for lapse-timne pictures in the acquarium, where their life stôries. were pictures. under the microscope and camera., Little Change in Enrollment at New T ri er; Students, Approve Council Plan When the second semnester opens.at New Trier igh, schpol next Monda4y, the enroilment will be practically the same as at présent, between 2,150 and 2.200. There wiIl be a f ew studeints entering fromgrammar schools of the" township and s'ome transferring from other schools, - according to, W. L. Brown,, director of réference and re- search. bhut> the number ofnew stu- dents :will be offset by: the fact that there will be a few mid-year graduates and, qome students dropping put of, schuol.: For'several years, the enrolîmentat New Trier bas been increasing. at the rate of approximatelv- one hundred,.a year. Giron Hearty Approval l'le start of the second semlester *will mark the inauguration of a per- mnanent st udent, council Plan at the high schopol, the purposes of which. are to provide for studelnts constant,. contact with the administration in re- gardl to matters affecting their Ainter- ests in school, and at the same time to give the superintendent and other school authorities an opportunity for direct contact with the student body through its representatives. The plan. which' was started as an experimental measure last faIl, was given the over- whelming appiroval of New Trier stu- dents îr an election held last week. and soon after the opening of the new semester the students will elect their own represent:ativ.ts to a new couuicil. Thievote 1in the, election last,,week, was almost1 3 to I in f avor- of the plan, the final tally showing, that 19469 stu- dents were for it and ,.525 against- it. Senior BOYS Oppose, The senior boys comprised the only groun disapproving the proposai. They voted agaînst it, 115 to 77. Senior girls, however. were in favor of' a student counlcil. 182. to 25. A reason for this hia ef ound in the fact that one Year 'Rounid." Before the lecture she wvill have the opportunlity of reneWing, acquaintances at a luncheon,.that is to be given for 'ber, as Riverside was ber former home. Mrs. Spicer's Blue Pen- cil club met with her yesterday morn- ing at.10 o'clock. ers' bureau oULmeUnICago dur the American Federation of 1 and arniember of the NRA pliance board. Président C. P. E will also speak on a civic mati mutual1 interest, it is antinunc nit of Girl Scout Newsa.....14 Labor Junior Life......1.. 42 GOES TO FLORIDA com- Miuc..................Frank, son of Mr., and Mrs. Frank )ubbs weter r,10 sln vne eso N. S. Personalities ....... 21 e r r,10 sln vne ter ofleaving Saturday for St. Peters urg c. Soit Pages 3235436-37-39, Fia., where. he will visit his aUnt;ý --j_ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ .Ann Hall.

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