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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 31 Aug 1933, p. 1

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iay Waterworks Corner Stone at Ceremonies Saturday Afternoon .Villge> Officiaids and Msn of the~ coppe r boxin to the1 unique CiicOranzaions to J0,,à features that have benincluded., in. Formai Rites in future years, thé box' should be opened, there will be found within iîts. confines pbqnograph recording cylinders Saturday, Septemnber 2i, will mark an upon which haveý been recordedtheý cpoch in ýthe-history.of W:ilmette. on voices of, the president-and board o that day 1will be laid, with. imprss> trustees as. they spektdy ofte and approproat ceeoisu, the corner efc h building of - the .waterworks stone of the new waterworks now un- will have tapon the future of the vil- der construction at the foot of, Lakce lage. Thése brief addressss are prefaced avenue, and which-Village officiais as-- by the following remarks ýby Village sert will be completed by the end of President C., P. D)Ubbs: tepresent year. Thus' will be brouglit statefent b y Petin to a successful conclusion the. efforts "We are In the thlid year of oneý of of those who baye thbought tbat .the best the worst depressions Ithe modern world interests of Wilmette demanded that has experienced.. Millions of people are it have isonwaeoupl ahrut of work. National. State and ail iti wn.watr_ sppl rahersubdivisions of the Government ar econ- than;to be dependent tapon some neigh-, tributing millions of- dollars for relief.ý boring plant 'over which, tbe village "This municipal water works ifs beAing had no control. - bullitof funds borrowed from the Fed- eral Governmient. Theinterest rate is tTnder the direction of Président C. live percent. A municipally owned water, P. Dubbs, elaborate préparations have worloe wil eventuaily save the people' been made for the fitting célebration of Wilmette a great deal ofrmoney. Our serlous and dangerous water shortage of an event that is dcstined to bave an Problem Is solved and our unemnploy- i mportant bcaring tapon the future de- ment situation is greatly relieved." velopment of the village. To Trustee Following President Dubbs the trias- Arthur Lee was delegated the duty of tees and Village attorney recorded for arranging the prograna, a perusal of posterity pertinent remarks on these whach wali show that an its prepara- subjects :- tion effort bas been directed toward Trustee W. C. Farriar-**General Pub- bringing into the affair ail those ele- îîcity." menti that go into a composite of- our Trustee Harry C. Kinne-'Legal As- village life. Forty different edticational. pects.", Tfrustee S. N. Tidernan-"NationaI. frtrareligious, patriotic and civic Aspect-IR. F. C.-N. R. A." organizations have been invited to par- Trustee Joseph I*einzen-"Histor1cal." ticipate. in the activities of the occa- Trustee Clinton B. Cocranl-"Tech- Sionand hus ontrbutethei par tComparisons.11 sionandthu conribte heirpa. to Trustee Arthur Lee-"Genieral effeet its proper observance. 'upon property values of the future." 1 Band t. Lead Para&e Village Attorney Willis D. Nance- *From Fort Sheridan comes the 202nd Wvashington." Field Artillery band, consisting of In addition to the voice recording irtiy-two pieces, directed by Band-' cylinders many articles having a1 bear- master G. F. Greenwood. Tbis splen- ing tapon the building- of the water- did- military band will lead the.>Parade Works and the present condition of the, and furnish those strains of martial village will be included. Among tbem music that always quicken the Pulse are the following:- and accelerate the step. The services oi. A photograph of the. Village hall, this band are by courtesy of Col. around whtcb wlI be grouped photo- Charles C. ] Dawes, comnianding Fort graphs of the preserat President and MoniImy, Septeawîber 11, to Mark Re- umuption of Classes in Ail Public Sçhools of New Trier -Vacation days end. in 'less, than'tw 1o weeks 'for. high school students ,and gramar sboolpupils of New Trier township, and activities preparatory to* the, opening of. the 'schools will take place next week. Monday, Sep- tember 11, is the opening date. for New Trier High school and for thé grammar schools in the four New Trier villages-Wilmette, :Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe., At New Trier Higb school' the de- partment heads will hold a meeting on Friday morning,. September 8, and a, meeting of the entire New Trier faculty wvill ' be held Saturday morn- ingSpebr9 S'imilar, teachers' meetings are scheduled for the latter part ,of next week ýat the grammar schools. F.ew aewlty Cham.a With a:" few exceptions, the teach- ing staffs at the high schools and at the grammar schools in the four vil- lages will be tht same as last year. M. P. Gaffney is contintaing as super- intendent of New Trier High school, and the heads of grammar school systems in the four villagers are the same-J. R. Harper in Wilmette, E. L.. Nygaard in Kenilworth, Carleton W. Washburne in Winnetka and' Gordon Mackenzie of Glencoe. in Wilrnette. the school office on Tcnth street will be. open every day next, week front. Monday to Friday inclusive for the registration~ of new pupils living -east of the railroad tracks, and Lowell F. Todd, principal of the Howard school, will be in bis office at the Howard school Wed- nesday, Thursday and Friday rnorn- ings, September 6, 7 and 8, from 9 to l2 o'clock for tbe registration of. new pupils living ,West of the, railroad. tracks. New Trier Higb school students will get their books next week. The book -store wiIl be open f rom 9 to 12 House - to à- House ,-Canvass to EnIist, Support of Consumer Launched This W.eek'. 1Seallng of the crypt. Placing of corner stone into posi- a tion. ai Music, band-"Illinois." n Benedietion. Song-atlonaai Anthem-the audience. a Of special intcrcst are the contents w )n the ded ity that i geffeet up evillge. -fuure e, again is ini charge of the JIgone to the 8 o"" from _his illnéss. .fore the close of cil tem .He has West to recuperate, t lu P-11 - ' > Rapid, progress is beîng made, in. the' national -recovery drive to recruit every consumer in Wilmetteý into the army that is destined to rout the forces of depression-and'. unemploy- ment and put America's idie citizens back to. work. Mondayevening Joseph W. Lech- ner, the general in charge of the'local drive, met with. the canvass committee. to complete, arrangements for., the h ouse-to-house canvass that. is to round 'out the drive, and bning the campaign, to a successful conclusion. This committee is headed byý Aram, K. Mestjian, 511 Main street, -who bas as his assstants A. C. Pearson, Jr. 813 Ridge avenue; J. E. Worthen, 1148 Wilmette avenuie, and Harry Dornbos, 411 Linden avenue. To Mr. Mestjian's unusual organizing ability is due much of the credit for the prompt manner in which the work of the committee was undertaken and the speed with which it is being pros-, ecuted. Cèuveatium Retard Proffram "Some things have operated to re-. tard the organization, of the canvass- ing group," said Mr. Mestjian, "nota- bly the American Legion convention at Rockford, which took niany of our best meni and womienworkers out of town- just at the critical moment. However, they are ail back now, and the committeec onfidently cxpccts that its work will be completed this week, which will dovetail with the. plans _of President Roosevelt.1 As ùsual, WVilmette will plot be behind in thi.s emergency drive,- but wil be rea dy with ts, report on tinte." Speaking of the difficulties' of the canvass, Mr. Lechner stated that "the workers are fiffding !nany peo-

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