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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Jul 1939, p. 16

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Street. - ney were becèalmed and eévldently had been drifting for quite a, few hours The, boys were taken &board the cutter'andtheir boat waà towed. to shore. WIlinoi8 Country Club To ibld:.Dance Saturday The Illinois, Country club Will pre. sent the Continental. Four at a dane- ifg Party for members and. guests Saturday evening, july 29. A "mrid- rught festive snack" awaits the frol- ickers. Attractinig widespread atten- tion among flower- lovers are the sunken gardens at the club, now ini full bloomh and, presenting. a riot -of color. fHereo s ow to UgIy Fat road continuqusly. for forty Yeats. During his ten- uire here Mr.Or nier,* because of his efflciency, ac- e r re curacy, devotion to d uty and fine personality, was frequently off ered. promotion to much more important stations, but always declined. He.liked Wilmpette. and its friendly people, and, prefer- red to remain here. He was grow- ing, up with the town, -and probably, witboutpersonal knowledge of the fact, was'also growing in the esti- mation of bis neighbors, in their con-' fidence, respect and affection. Village Institution He was growing, too, into the. his- f ýrry~ of <Pie villauiÉe,- and fhrougli the years almost grew into one of its Imost prlzed traditions. As the mile- stones of bis service were reached, one after another, patrons of his' office and feliow-participants in civic, social and. fraternai activities became so accustomeci to him he was accepted as a permanent fix- ture-sorneone wbo had become s0 intimately woven into the warp and woof of community life- that he oInersV~, protesting agaînst a apg kennel at North avenue and Ninth street, was read and placed on file.". "In hearing the bis read1 we no- ticed, tbat at the meeting of1 April 10, bis amounting to $3163 were read and ordered paid, while the bis.à at this meeting amouningt $162.87 were read and ordered paid. It bas been our a.im to get the peo- pie of this 1community1 to economize, therefore we. wisb to, Point out tbis gross expenditure of public 'funds, and wisb to make it clear that our Publication Will not support -anyý person who.believes in this extreme extravagance. *Expenses must .be' checked with dloser scrutiny if Wi1- mette is to grow." T-ht 6aturday Nght Bath "The president 4G. E. Fernald) reported that it woûld not bc possi- ble for him to be present at board meetings on Tuesday evenings, and suggested that another evening, bc seiected. Thereupon Trustee Dingee (S.S.) moved that the attorney bc instructed to amend the ordinance to provide for meetings on Saturday nights. Violent protest was irnmedi- ately made against this motion, the pracV1LLeWILU Iecovnsiderea inl a series of addresses covering such aspects of the problem as .the liter- ary qualities emphasized by differ- ent~ fields of scl)olarship, the uses and limitations of literary criticism.. the organiza tion :of. library proce- dures, the dissémination of litera- ture, and the book ùs a physical, object. Miss Ann' Whitmack of the Wil- mette- library 'is to. attend, ýand it was- anniounced ýat* the Winnietka and Glencoe, libraries this week that membérs of their staffs were plan- ning to be present at a number of. the sessions. Mrs. Margery McCormick .',New Ideas, for a1 New. World Order" is tbe subject on wbicb -Mrs. Margery McCormick of Winnetka wili speak at the Sunday afternoon meeting at 3:30 o'clock, Jly 30, in ~PoundatioTn hall, Baha' i Universal House of Worship, Linden avenue and Sheridan road, Wilmette. Mrs. McCormick is chairman of the'Re- gional Teaching committee of the Baha'is of United States and Can- ada. The Children's Hour will be held in Foundation hall at il o'clock Sunday morning. Sam Dingee often wear hip boots a nUngry r There are noi lista, strenut cises or takfi Yeti-in a IVr. Ojrner s5fl1U oe rawn to mu- nicipal service. Ini 1905 hé was elected Village clerk, and served in that capacity continuously througb 1924, a tenure of twenty years. In the spring of 1925 he was elevated to the position of Village President, the bigbest gift of confidence within the power of bis fellow villagers to bc- stow. In this capacity he served continuonïîlv initil thé- srneiof li'1- iWigst LancUinganitn tionable when they to take a bath.' woulct.be, ques7,J would be abl e1 Money Worries, To. Financial problems botbered the trustees then as now, as witness the: following: "The Sewer and Water committee reported that the base- ment at 1219 Wilmette avenue. he- vu.ruunele. If winmette we Must, have healthy. Dewey Brothers were awarded aj contract. for piank cÇrossings at street intersections, at a cost of $2.27' each. Up with a is to grow Plekie Vines about piçkle over the sidev *and definite, a Pesky Compiaints growing out were re.Dorted. i,"t4jatuil oaectonua arec before3raceDrury. nryGates is approximately1,5. would ette's mrvey, before lui, bnuwea mry Gates étace ,]Cýruey,,.

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