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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Nov 1933, p. 10

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Ajax Shingle Co*.- G.I W. Swiwey, Mgr. Only JoIun-Mdanville Approved Roofers. inithis section 1137 Central A»e. WiL 1248 Dmni Fear wlth Cher-send tUs yemr.> Bey eariyfor boat soleton sud servlee. WILMETTE STATIONERY & CIFT SHOP linS wilmett. Ave. WIL 3051 FURRIER-TAILOR 0ow tg theUtie to bave jour Fur Ceat Ces maie to order. 1122 Castrai Aie. WiL 3303 Wiliam B. Lucke Plýiu.umWs-HeatCostractor 514 F. RaAir.a* A».. WILMETTE 3836 CRMFE'S AUO ItEAIR Battery S"ervc Chargint - Repairing Rest"i 120 AML 1). SHAWNEE TAILORS FURRIERS- Rtelining 1donc nov hefore thse rush 521 4TH STREET Plaqe WiR. 1907 Let Us Prepare Your' Car for Wintew Oompiete Battery servi~ce I ILER<sMILLER 732-12th St. Phop WuI.se WILMETTE TMILORS & CLEANERS Ouly shop la town wbere yeur elothes are atually premsi d y a Tailor. W'. Caliland Deliver ais Rictge Rd. WR. 243 TAX WARRANlTS An~d a&lCoupons accepted at their face value MOBIL(CAS - MOBILOIL ILL'SSERVICE STATION 421 Main St. WR. $410 Shoes ]Dy.d Dlaclk SO JV Coali dDoliver Free CENTRtAL 5110E REPAIR wflich 15 graduai- ly taking formn and bhis bopes for the S k o k ie develop- ment and eventu- ally, his hobbies that the intrvie proved, practically painless after ail, and sonieo the Fak ,. win.. things. uncovered will be new, it is hoped, to bis neigli- bors and colleagueso. Frank Windes is pretty much an institution in Winnetka, being One of tbe old citizens for one ýtbing and one of its leading civic-minded citizens for -anotber. Altbough lit was born, in. Missionary. Ridge on Lookout Mountain. in Tennessee, bis parents moved to Chicago in 1872 and seven yeat's later hadthe eqtaal foresight to inove to Winnetka, so that bis credentials for a native Winnetkan are good. Trais Plumnbing Tradle One tbing in bis life has led to an- other, be will con fide with one of those endearing smiles of his. H-e first attended tbe Chicago Manual Training scbool, graduating f rom it in. 1888. In accordance with. bis fatber's wisbes that eacb child learu a trade-"êI was the only one who took bim seriously," be laugs-he next attempted to Iearn the plumber's trade. After.a year bis boss sent him out on a job with sonie tools. and he wvas very proud for ordiiiarily an apprentice must serve tbree full years. before going out to do a job.. "1 badn't gone far, tbougb," pro- tests Mr. Windes, "beforeI met a journeyman plumber. fromi our sbop, and be, wanted to know where 1 was going. 1 told hit», and be made me turn 'around and go back to tbe shop witb bim. That made me mad, and I told the bos, wasT hrlici .. vtl j Bow1 and Dine 14umchern, Dlnners, sandwIelIes, li5,9Wilnaette Ave. Wi. 5362 library for years, were among his lWinn111ka raneddadlove lui I Personal Prolessional ServIce igirl pup~is in those early dcays. laiinng overathir astvlis He din't:sy ~ "Zertru~ de bowled him iover witl planning became. one of his. major, God'make yoU?", ing of an artifncial, mound, wnîch ne patriotically nanied Lincoln bill, as an eminence from which to su.rvey the £ountryside; and rather completely anticipating. the 1933 project for whicb bis, firml is now, serving as liai-, son officer; betweeîi the forest pre- servie.'tb&* Civilian Conservation corps totherwise known as the C. C. C.), and ýthe villages. In the years;between 1909 and 1933 the Skokie developmret has been dear to his heart and in his files are many photographà he has taken him- seli of the areas. usually flooded ea.ch sprinig. Now he bas dozens )fý snap- shots taken' of the-CCC boys in the sanie spots as tbhey engage in the task of beautifying this huge mfarsh -pu tting ini lagoons, pleasure drives, three dams, tivo roads and bridges at, the Towe r and South avenue inter-, sections. "The Skokie project i$ 30 miles long and drains an area of about 30 square mniles," explais Mr. Windies carefully in discussing the salient fea- tures of the map) which hangs in his office. "It is almost a mile wide at the pointof greatest width." Piopeered: Many Projects So much for 'the Skokie develop- ment, which in 1909 was relatdin .Mr. Windes' civic-mindedness to the problem of water supply and jewvage disposai. In bis own early rnap he had indicated the dangerous proxi- mit>, of water inta kes and sewage outiets along the lake shore, but this prôhlem bas long since been disposed of properly by the various villages. Grade separation, a civic center, and other improvements have been major activities of Mr. Wiiîdes, who says Commnunity House, for instance, is unlike any other in the country. Back in'1912, he liroudly recalis, he designed.the hangars:and grounds for the Gordon Air races inCbiago But bhe will hiinself tell you he is like the Englisil queen who so craved imperial expansion that she said when sbe died, the word Calais wnld' r;e-l1ýý;ý,'ýeýlýe1el-l'Im

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