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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Aug 1933, p. 1

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President Dubbs t10 Request Public- Works, Body to Take Bond. Issue for Main Projet At. a special meeting of the Village, board, held last. week a resolution ivas ýpassed authorizing Pre -sident C. P. Dubhs to make a request, through: the state admninistratori to. the Fed- eral Emergency 'Administration ol Public Works to take ýan unissued bond issue of $93,000.for the purpose of exieinding, and improving Wl meitte's water distribution-ýsystem. At the- Village élection of, Aptil 21, 1931, a proposition was. submitted to the voters of the. village to issue bonds for the above purpose ini the sumof $100,000. This proposition w-as carried by a vote of 2,889 to 2,388, but only $7,000 of -the bonds were issued, this. amouint l)eing require d to put in1 sonie emergencv mains. Outîmne Improvement The proposed improvement will consist of a large water main to. ex- tend from' the water pu:nping station niow. under construction at the foot of 'Lake avenue to Ridge avenue and ILake'avenue. This main is to be laid ôn1, Elmwood avenue, using the park- way ini order that pavements may not be disturbed more than is .necessary. [t wIll bce ether 20-inch or 24-inch pipe. At Ridge avenue it will connect with 12-incli distribu ting mains, thus gîving the, western part of the village- an adequate supply of water. Other srnaller mains are included. In addition to the $93,000, Mr. ')ub.bs is asking for 30 percent addi- tionial, making a total of $124,900. This 30, percent represents the amounit the government is "contributing" to pub- lic works. Would E mploy, Local Labor In making the. application> it is set forth that thé bonding power: of the Village is $527,35 1.95; that there are. only $61 ,000 in bonds outstanding, and that the Village budget is bal- tila 111c Vi upci -u , ilILUUZ-1 ramn other-ivise on September Il. Cha- teau Thier Chapter No, 5 requested the date 'for its annual forget-me-not day, and the Village board granted the permission Tuesday night. It is an J Iorgaiztation of overseas veterans., Given U. S. Post Total attendance at the summe'r playgrounds conducted by the Play.- g round and Recreation board was. 37,960 for the entire season lastinKg f rom Juge 19 to noon Saturday, Aug- ust 12. This, total' exceeds :the. last year's record by. more than 7,500 and also exceeds the 1931, record, whichi was the peak year for playgroundat- tenidanceý by more than 2,000. In announcing the above statistics,' Daniel.M.- Davis, ;director of recrea- tion. announced ýthat the 1933 attend- ance was pa-rticularly praiseworthy,îii that.the highest record of attendancc ,-o far had been made in a'year when, there was little economic depression-. at least> it hadflot descended upon municipal boards, at that -time-and when, three playgrounds had been conducted. This year only. two play- grounds were provided due to a heav- ily eurtailed budget and the play- ground season had been shortenleû one week for the same reason. ShwIcrease Both the Vattman Park and Vil lage Green playgrounds showed increase in attendauce this year and a largei programi of activities were prese 'nted at each park. In accordance with a plan inaugurated last; year, several field trips were taken from the play- grouind to varions points of interest, an innovation introduced. to provide a ivell rounded educational programn for all chi1dren attendïng the .play- grounds. Among the field trips this year -ivere a trip to Wrigley Field ab guests of the Chicago Cubs' manage- nient, a trip made by the Village 'Green playground to A Century of Progress, a tour of the WILMfETEliF ýre plant made by the same playground.' and, several. bicycle hikes for boys and. girls of Vattman pr. AlTrips Prove Popular Alof the field trips were popular Nit. Davis said and were well at- nave tnose you are 4lscardir The book shelves, too, Ic strangely empty. Popular fici ils always saleab le. -Mrs. A, Grinneil, chairman. Wilford. W. DeBerard, 802 Elrn- wood avenue, Wilinette, ,iationallv kiiownmi engineer and forinerly a' nienber* of the Wilinette Village: board for tuo ternis, this wceek was appointed Illinois state engineer for the federal public zvorks admninistra.ý tion. The appoinnient. by Peesident Roosevelt carne through .Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Jckes of Wiu*etka zcwho heads the public 7vorks progrant Welfare Board Holds' Session This Friday There will be a special meeting of the.Wilmette Welfare board at the Village hall.* Friday evening, Aug- ust 18, at 8 *0,clock.1.e The meeting is one of unusuial ;im- portance, as the matter to be dis- cussed is affiliation with the Cook County Unemploymient W e 1 f a r e i iUCOVERY UNIT General and. Lieut.-General Nominees- Approved St NRA Meeting in village Hall An adjou rned sess ion of the advi- sory committee selected at the re- quest of A. S. VanDeusen, fr., presi- dent of Wilmette Chamber ofCo. merce, and composed of representa- tives of various civic organizatîons, to choose a general and lieutenant general, to organize, the village for carrying Out locally . the national. re- covery act, was held at the Village hall Monday night. S The. purpose of this meeting was to hear and pass upon the report of a nominatingcommittee appointed at the previous 'meeting and conisisting of D. J. L. Walther, John F. Hoff- mann, jr., Dr. D. W. Rapp, Mrs. jo- seph Schmitz and Mrs. A. E. Kiwi- der. This comrnittee reported their selections, which were approved, as follows: General-Joseph W. Lecbner, 1445' Wilmette avenue. SLie ut enan t-general-Mrs. George B. Bassier, 301 Seventeenth street. Ha~ve Complet. Power The general and lieutenant-general will have full power ini effecting the complete organization and carrying on the work as directed fron ime to timne by Gex,. Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of the national indus- trial recovery act. They have already begun the foi-mation of the permanent body,,. and the following co-chairmen have been announced: Publicity - Lloyd Hollister, 1232 Centrai avenue, Mrs. George H. Beaudin,ý 726 Elmwood avenue. Speakers-G. T. Hellmuth, 1700 Forest avenue. Mrs. Harry E. Smoot, 731 Park avenue. Canvass-Arar K Mestjian, 511 Main street, A. C. Pearson, Jr., 813 Ridge avenue, J. E. Worthen, 1148 Wilmette -avenue, Harry Dornbos, ng. two children, Jane and Leroy John, Mr. Fat ook I Jr., arrived Satnrday froni their the radio jol ' home in Cleveland,,. Ohio, to attend cars be msi 1,.I the Fair and to visit Mrs. Caldwell's and that a Iparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward the other Zeuitschel of '2022 WMinette, avenue. the board. rrar also recommended that taken from one of the old ,talled in one of the new çars, Lnew radio be purchased for one, wbich- was ordered by

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