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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Dec 1930, p. 14

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DROMEDAEY Pitted Dates. xiLE souit PiT!rE ChWerries )NO>NEI.sucu ,,-Mjince Meat. Raisins PKG. 2lic NO. 23 '~14c when McFadzean's car skidded into Wiley'Ys,. accoïdîng to 'the Wilmette police report. Mr. and Mri. Robert Drake of New York City ar~e spending t.he. Christ- mas holidays in Wilmette. Théjy are the housegueàss of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman. M. Drake of '933 Lake avenue.. Mrs. Robert Drake is the daughter of J. D. Swan, 932 Lake avenue. Mrs. Robert, P. Bichi of 1119 Lake avenue will entertainher sister, Miss Laura Collen of Crystal Lake, as a houseguest over the, holidays, and ..l etrain, several friends' for Christmas dinner. 0o 4.LB.25c Fancy.Budde'd Walnuts..LsAi~ezoLB. 35c Canada. Dry Ginger Aie'. 3 White Adriatic Figs Sliced Piapple. Hershey Cocoa Bokar Coff.ee Fresh fruits> and z . ... JJOTTLBM 50c * # ~.Z 17c ILIBBY'S OR . No. 2%41' DEL MONTE Cix 27c . . . . *. .. e * * e ~4JA. lN14c, LBI 35c I i JQHNSQN -wIl.known on the. 1Décember 26 for 724 MLANTIC & PACIIC TEA *Miss Frances Bredin, who lives with her aunt, Mrs. Hayes McKmn- ney of 1035 Chestnut avenlue, durivg the school year, ha. gone t'o hee home near Cle.veland to. spend the hoiidays. 1 The fire, which started in the base- .men~t and quickly spread throùghout tthe west wall and to the roof, is sup- posed te have resulted from some de- fect in the electrîc wiring, according* te Dr..J.. W. F. Davies, in charge of Community House activities. It spread so rapidly that the .Winnetka Fire department, promiptly on. the, scene wVith its two eng ines, >soon realized that, the, blaze was beyond control, lind -Chief G.)M. Houren summoned assistance f rom Wilmiette and Glen- coe. The firec was discovered. about 6 o.clock, when the instructor of a dancing cas in thle Neighborhood room, reported to the office that she detected a strong odor of *smoke -in that room. > Fin& RasoenBua P lames Janitor Carl,.Kiausen, hastened to the, basement, which lie found a mass of.flames,' but hie managed te shtt off the steam, frefire lea-virg.- Miss Kathryn Flinn, at the main - office desk, turned in the alarm, and for more than four hours the coni- biiied forces of fire-fighters, with double lines of hose f rom each of thé four engines which completely sur- roundedý the burning structure, coni- tinued the fight. Matz hall, diréctly to the west Of' the burning 'building; the beauti'ul stonie edifice of the Wlnnetka Con- gregational church directly adjoining Comnwnity House te the north-east, and the'large two story residence oi the Rev. Richard Ë. Shields, just south of the ýdoomed structure, were, savel froin- damage, except f rom smoke. The damage is partly covered by insurance, it is announced. Carpenters and electricians were on the scene ýearly Tuesday morning, making teni- porary, adjustments in the undamaged buildings that Community Flouse ac- tivities may be resumed with littie, if any delay. Organimtioas 0Mer Aid Schools.of thie village, Christ Epis- coPal- church, Contrv, Davchna1- Mixed Nuts i23c k: t i. i I

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