Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Feb 1939, p. 8

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II BRIC FLL. QUART: 35c' Poe4 maCON IMMETE to note that, in those -early days, this high school printed and~ soid a school paper calléd the '<Schpol N ews." The press and -type. for this, venture were furnished by a member .of the board of education, H. H. Latham. The present New, Trier Township Hligh scci opened ýwith 35 pupils,* ail of themf frôm,,tl>i Wiimette \high sehool and the one 'etYl~innetka.' We then abandoned our local -high shool. In thé second year of superinten- denvy of Mr. Logie,, Mr. Latham equipped a manuai training- shop for. the boys, and. a year later. the Wom- en' s club organized and supported a ckmestic science department. Our 'ear of Me1t .Logie, ti ned their. Mis ClairE inder- :e as ýee as aniza - fta* beE of the 1,ears. Hie haE asstgrt sales manager )tel for the pasi four been ein the hotel and New Cas- ýr shortly after ,thwestern uni- places fimpossile. .The .stôrm rode in on a terrifie northe ast gale that swept the snow into every crevicè and cranny. piling it to a depth of many feet on streets and highways, and- blocking. traffic ini every direction. The temperature durinig the storm remained at. from 27 to 30,degrees, thus relievinig ped- estrians and.motorists of the.added discomfort of extrerne cold. Early Mornlng. Fury The wind and; snow wereý at, their pea k when dayiight* broke, sustain- ing the velocity:,and volume until midday, thus making it -inadvisable for village, officiais to put snow. re- movai equipment into ,service, as the snow drifted almost as fast as. the plows, couid. move. Shortly alter non, however, the storfn.began to abate, and. the plows were put into operation. * Wile rail service retuned to nr mai' late ini the day, motor traffic was> stiil difficuit -on .Tuesday anci will be until rising temperatures dissipate the snow and the ice be- neath. The streets in, the -businiess centers were being rapidiy clepred Tuesday and the' snow trucked away. Fine Scenery, Seighing A compensation of the storm, to many villagers, were the - beautiful "winterscapes" upon which their eves feasted whdw1itrs fur-v jItwas impossiblothe LfVtime tLU-.B tu ---, persuade the mTexibers of the board ers' 'Club of Pittsburgh, Delta Tau of education to bulld and equip a Delta fraternity, and other organiza- gymnasi um owing to the plea of tions. lack of funds. Even then the Wom- He was a stellar athiete at New en's club was in favor of physicai Trier. education i the schools, and sup- Emil Nord, more familiarly known ported the superintendent in his rec- as "Jack,' is head of the Schultz and om'mendation that the school board Nord Village, Cleaners tailoring and purchase the ground just north Of dry cleaning establishment on the Building andl Loan Shareholders Meet The 52nd annual shareholder s meeting of the Winnetka Building.' and Loan association will be held on Wednesday, February 8, at 8 o'clock at community house, 620 Lin- 'rnere -is a tee for thie abovej reported to be making pi of lectures.j ward recovery this week. STOP For Compete en~d Better Service 7 i at lays, 38 ess t-- i 10

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