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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Sep 1934, p. 17

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~vw i i r r 1 W L V A£IP ,LAA1p. September 13, 1934.W LM:11r George Pretzel Is Claimed. kv Death; Leaderin Chicg George, Pretzel, 6 8 years old, u ntil recently of 1035 Bluff. road, Glencoe, died of cerebral, hemoirhage at thç Highland Park hospital last Thurs- dav-,e ve - IF ining. 1iln - was at Ne- Park cen- Satu r d av af terrio o 1. with the Rev. Ben-1 jamin \Vill officiat ing. Mr. Pret- z/el, ivhIlo wvth bis familv lha( moved t o George Pretzel Lv a nsto n nii j uly, is survived bv lus widow, l.v(lia E'. Pretzel: a dauglhter, Ruth- eda, three sons, Carl, Join and Paul a brother, Frank, and twvo sisters, MNrs. Flora Heuser, and Nlrs. Eiza-1 l)eth Iirfurth. For the past year, '.Ir. Pretzel lhad hien president and manager of the Pretzcl Petroleun Products comn- paflv, and1 for a nunuber of vears previous liad been secretary and gen- eral manager of the Irving 011 and Supply coimpany. He wvon distinc- til in Chicago as alderman of the old t\%-etv-sixth ward from 1912 to 1920. during which period ,J11e as promîllient on rnany committýes1ýhic h lettered living conditions in Chiéago. He xvas chiairmani of the building conimiittee which bettered housing ct)n(itions, and he served for a num- ber of, vears on the hiealth committee. ini whîch capacity he visited innurner- able bakeries and cold storage plants and caused legislation vvhich forced theni to be more sanitary in handling food. As cliairmnan of the committee Io renamie Chicago streets, lie worked indfl(atigal)ly iii weeding out dupli- cate naines. Ris work in the council wvas of the higliest order, and he wxas knowvn as one of the fewv honiest aldermien wvho consistently refused to accept graft of an\, kind, and who accepted Ibis duties serionisly as a :ervant of his constituents. li 1915 a banquet ini Mr. Pretzel's honor ivas given by representative business iîuîen of Chicago, W ith over a thousand of bis frîeiids attending to 1resent inii with a -4iamond star and sapphire ring i appreciation of his services to the ity of Chicago. Mr. Pretzel -,as vice-president of the faiîus peace gathering at the Audi- torium theater just aiter the outbreak- of the World war, and among famous personages lie asked to be presenit andl take part in the great demnonstra- tion we re Theodore Roosevelt, and Madamie Ernestine Schumanin-Heink. l)uring.the time he was ini the cotin- cil Mr. Pretzel continued to -serve as Highi Secretary of the United Or- der of Foresters, a fraternal insur- aneorder. Editorials in the Chicago Tribune and, Chicago. Daily News, and bulle- tin 1s f rom the Municipal Voters league always highly recommended Mr. Pretzel' in his campaigns and spoke of him as a manl of "intelligent integrity," one who lad "complete devotion to the highest standard of official duty." Patricia Davis of 256 Woodstock avenue, Kenilworth, who was gad- uated from Kemper hall in June, is Ieain Sndy t4ete MUnnt Hol- THE HUB'S EVANSTON SHOP ~Announces In the American Apparel. Industry for Fali and Winter, 1934-35 'The MVost Distiiigiished Narnes in MVens~ and Young Menz's Clotkzng Completely Represented at The H;ib SHRTS - COLLARS ARROW HAI1NDKERCHiIEFS - NEWA MANHATTANUNEWA RESILIO NECKWEAR WESTMINSTER HS T BILTS * BUCIxLES HCKOKBClVC , -G RTERS MEYERS GLOVES VASSAR NFWA ,- -1- -1 DOBBS HAIS. STETSON RATS -,, e: -I BOSTONIAN HE FRENCH, SHRINER & URNE R 5110ES TIMELY CLOTHE S CHARTER HOUSEL 1TPOT LAMGORA LONDON DEW TPOT SA\VYER SPUN ;IS CH ICAGOAN SAXON -WEAVES1 I1S THEE '-HUB HEÉNRY C. LYTTON &SONS' Orrington and Church-EVANSTON SOpen Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings CT-T 4ýITS TOPCOAS ýUjiS.TER CATSCOT STEIN BLOC VROT OXFORD CLOTHE S& OVER(OATS k I WORSTED-TEX- KNIT-TEX TFCAI

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