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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jul 1939, p. 5

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Next Wednesday If any doubt existed as to the pop- ularity of the symphotiy concerts. being presented each summer in Wilmette arnphitheatre,- it m u s t have been dispelled last .Wednesday, eengwhen the first program of the 1939 series was presente.d. The eapaeity, audience' was recruited fromn Chicago to. Lake Forest, al attracted by 'the splendid, :outdoor symphonies in. an entrancing sÉet- ting. .The second of the series of' "Star- Éight Symphonies" tobegvnac Wednesday eveninig through, July and August by the Illinois Sym- phony, orchestra, will -be presented Wednesday evening July 19. at 8: 15. It will feature Albert Goidmani as conductor, and Virginia Auyer, contralto, soloist. The complete pro- gram is as followÉ: I. Overture to 'Rosan-unde," . Opus 26...................Schubert Wedding," Opus 26 ....... Goldmark Wedding March, with Variations Bridai Song Serenade In the Garden Dance Intermission 111. Aria, "Le printemipta qui commence" from "-Samson and Delilah-................Saint-Saens Aria, "O don fatale" from "Don Carlos"......1. ý........ Verdi Virginia Auyer IV.Intei-mç,zo, Introduction to Act III from "-Jewels of the DO YOU WANT THE SYMPHONY CONCERTS? If so, it is imperative that you help to defray the cost. Otherwise, it will be just as imperative thatthe seriés he curtailed. or finally abandoned. Note this, fact:i Notwithstandmg publici ty to the contrary, these. symphony concerts are NOT free to Wilmette. Only the salaries of -the musicians are paid'b te f 1ealgovet»mçnt. Wlmette must pay al other. expenses,m including the ost of soloists.ý The committee believes that, thus properly lnformed, Wil- mette. citizens wýill qaulckly provide, the. neeessary funds. It therefore asks that donations ofe $1 be sent 'to the treasurer, .8. Robinson, Jr., at Wilmètte. State bank, 1200 Central- avenue. In the event that the funds are not contributed,, that fact will he'accepted as an indication that Wilmette people do not want the concerts, and the committee will act accordingly. irea'idént Sign DPriver Card SOnt Reverse Side By actual count seventy residents of Greenleaf avenue appeared be- fore thie Village board at its meet- ing, Wednesday evening. of last week, to .prùotest against the. sug- gested routing of a. proposed bus line over that thoroughfare, f romn East Railroad, avenue to Fourth street. Appearan ce of the. protecting c'iti-. zens wa s occasioned by:an 'appilica- tion previously-ý made -to the board, by the Glenview Bus com'pany, Ine. of which IR. J. Nehmnzow Is preoi- dent, for a: permit to. operate an inter-village bus Une over Wilmette streets, -with its terminal, at the. "L" station at Fourth street and Linâlen avenue. Agalnst Added TraMfe A number of the property ýowners stated their objections to issuance of the permit, ini which the others acquiesced. They referred, for the most part to thé tact that Green- leaf avenue is now carrylng the Chicago, North Shore and'Milwau- kee electric uine trains, heavy duty trucks anid taxicabs, expressing the conviction that these were ail the avenue would bear. Representatives of the Northwest Men's club, and individual residents of the Kenilworth Gardens section, west of Ridge road, offered objec- (Continued on page 6)

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