Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Apr 1939, 14-15

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IN 1 13 w-e oofed the residence 'and: gage of Mr. Will C. Braun at 807 Central, Ave., Wilmeêtte.ý Tý1ODA&Y after-26pyars of service Mr. Braun is so well pleased that he again gave us the contract to roof 'his home. WILME1TE STATE BANK BLDG. G. W. SWINEY, Mgr. Wilmette 1248 .'1911 The last few meetings have been devoted to test passing .wlth very good, resuits. There are. now five "'ordinary" scouts'. inthe, ship; namnely, George, Randal,, Everet. IEckenbeck, Richie 'Wilson, Dâve is the second of the tour ranks 'at- tainable i sea scouting. With these* flve men and four. more. the ship Imay become a second class ship., The whole ship meanwhile looks. forward to the beginning o1 the sail- ing season. With this i mid there have been frequent trips to the. ship- yards where the ship's craft have their winter berths. With much elbow grease and. no end of h ard wnrk the twn boats haVe'been over- was J. W. (Jerry) Swmney, ,owner and general manager of the Ajax Shingle and,Mo>derniziflg comPany, State Bank bvi1ding,l Wilmette, who supervised the job. But.that isn't ail ofthe story. Twenty-siX.,years agoMr. Swiney, just then starting his. concern on the. North, Shore.-, roofed that sanie bouse. In fact, It was one of his firstjobs in this vicinity. "I did that first job at 807 Central. in July, 1913," Mr. Swmney- recalls, "shortly after 1 got established on the Shore. At that time only, a lightiweight type of shinigle was man- ufactured., as the asphait Indu stry was then in its infancy. That first roof would have lasted manyýv more vears were 'it not for that fact that IMiss Jean Kleckner, daughter of ed. The garage roof, also installed IMr. and Mrs. Joseph B. K1eckner, in 1913, is stillinjr splendid condition 637 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, and does not yet require re-roofing.' spent ber E'aster vacation froni De- Mr. Swiney's record over a period Pauw university with her parents. of more than a quarter of a century Miss Kleckner bas recently been înm nteNrt hr ont osvr itiated into Kappa Kappa Gamma aliqu civmns o x jsorority. uiu civmns o x __o ample, his coneern has roofed 48 Mr.Lillyon Knox Figueira and homes on Ashland avenue in Wil- Mr. 1. n ý_mette, and about 25 on Greenwood CHERRY VALLEY HALVES OR STAI S19LICED PEACHES ONÇ THREE six NO. 3 NO. 31e a CAN CAýN 39o cue, CHERRY VALLEY GOLDEN (ACUUJM PACKM)3 'BAMAXCORiN ONE THREE six IZ-OZ. 100 iz-OZ. 0 -1ZOz. CAN CANS 2 CANS 49e --i 25e -s Uit POTATOIS CANS ONE NO. Z CAN 1hc ONE 24-OZ. ZOtTLE h No. 2 LAVORED -.8o I&oz.

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