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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Feb 1936, p. 9

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(Continued frorn Page 3) adequately improved would quickly eat up that mutch in construction costs and added valuations. Younmg Peope 0Barred" A group of young married people, ail born and raised in Wilmeëtte, were piaying bridge tbe other day and'the, question. camne up as -ta where they al iived. They camne, from Niues Center. Evanston and Rogers Park. Not a couple iived in Minmette, tbaughý ail their parents live here now, and their interests stili iargely center here. The cause is that suit- able living quarters are, not- available in Wilmette at rentiais these young people can afford -to pay. Unani- mously. however. thc~y said. they would welcome the ôpportunity to live here again wbere they still cati, it "home." This situation is a striking coin-- mentaryon what is happening to the familiesthat, so te speak, are being broken up.. Old home.s,.rapidly be- caming aid and out-of-date houses'. are occupied býj aging bome-owners. In many cases the children who have moved away could net alTord to keep up the homes. even if they were to inherit tbem. This seems to meani that to a very large degree the char- acter of thé future population is te be determined by new home builders and transient renters of aid houses. Those who have been raised ini the Wilmette neighborhood, socially. scholastically and traditionally are flot to stay here 'ta return to the carnmunity dividends culturally and civicly and a large part of the fine investment that bas been madle here during the past twenty-five years or more. Malring Terrible Sacrifice 0f course, in the last analysis this al gets down to the matter of dollar and, cents return on réal. estate in-. vestments. Fromn the point of. viewof the long-time owners of presently zoned commercial property In Wil- mette2 there is a terrible sacrifice in ntt being able ta get a reasonable return on the investmient. The center of town pretty large.lN. looks like typeb s oi sps not now seen nere. Anid ail these to contribute ta the welfare. nat anly of, the local busi- ness man but the real estate in- vestar and the tax-paying home- awner . Incidentally, mast local tradesmen express the, opinion that angles. A suciden increase of build- ing in 'ane area might put an Qver- iaad on water and sewage service, which in turn might càlI for tearing up streets, etc. While it does not seemn likely that railway tracks *ill be eievated for sonie years- to, cone, the constant threat of. this necessity makies a hard problem for property own ers on Main street. There is an- other problem 'of just w*heré there might be an -incre'ase of schoolpopu- lation and where such children wouid go to school. No Man's Land,.wbich bas presenited a. probiem for many, years. which cannot be easiiy solved, largely because apartmnents are there, would be iogicaily up for annexation discussion. The eight acres of other no man's land, at the west end of Greenwood avenue wouId present an-, other: problemi. T«ea,.Li". Elewl.re On the other hand, 75 per. cent of the' teachers of the village and high sc'hools Who now catinot find homes~ i the township might be living in the cammunity ta add their fine in- fluence in civic life. The consider- ably large number of Wilmette resi- dents who accasionaily rent their homes for a time and move te out- side hotels might be accomniadated here. With any considerable addi- tions ta the population there would be oppartunity for an expansion in certain fyýpes of services, that. would be a boon te aur homes and institu- tions. There was a time when the North Western raiiway apparently found it profitable to run about twice as many suburban trains as at pres- ent. We badly need a new Library building, which doubtless cannot' be bad until assessed valuations permit and increased circulation makes a definite demand on the authorities. We need aCommunity Hanse! One serions objection tealal this is likeLy ta arise., Property owners in the strictly residential areas may get frightened and think that their next door neighbor is ta be a gang- ling structure of.high front stoops and im 1a ZK8 Ibi dDK L Billy Sinks, 7 years aid, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sinks, 25 Crescent place, was bitten on' the face Ttiesda-by a calle dog bélong- ing té W. e. Sachse,* 15 Crescent .place, according ta a police report. TRIPLE CAGE CLASH, The 60, 75 and 85 Pound teams of Joseph Sears school, Kenilworth, will stage a past-seasan basketball clash this, Saturday I morning'at Sears gym with thr ee teamns f rom the - Evanston. Play. club. jwu vwl-u t 42itu, Ail plain garments sucd as Men's 3-Piece Suitsf TOpot (No creases ins,,s!eve's unless requaested) 1210 Central ýWII.lef.1800 No Heageral . e*~Is No Electicigy I Tis, ov priçe for a No Discomfort! ln e iu ny *New$$ _____ 0 You dreaïmed about it . . . And bec., am lot, # Ï81! 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