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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Aug 1939, p. 51

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Lenoir Rood Miller, two brothers, John, 18, andi Robert, 14, andi a sis- ter, Mrs. L. H. Burd, of Evanston. Mémorial services were beld ah First, Presbyterjan cburch, Wilmette, Mon-' day -and burial wa 's private. The accident occurred as Mr. Mil- ler' was driving nortb with. Miss;' Marjorie Hianson, from bher home in, Mason City, Iowa, -to Grinneil, Iowa, in a car owned. by Miss Hansoni's father. Mr. Miller was driving as they were crossing a narrôw one-lane bridge. Witb only th.ree feet of the bridge. to traverse, a gravel truck, going inthé oppositie direction, drove' ontô the structure. failing to give right-of-way. No. Clearance Mr. Miller swerved.bis car in an attempt to edge past the end of the bridge and thereby gain clearance, but in so doing bit the cernent rail- ing anrd the bad<' of his car was thrown against the truck. This caused his car to swerve to'the left bridge. and to turn over several( times. According to the statepolice1 report. the door on Miler's side was1 broken open by the impact with the1 truck and he w-ýas thrown qLt. [t1 could not be definitely determined whetber the car rolled over birn or * fot. Miss Hanson suffered a fractured * collar bone and nurnerous bruisesf * but is reported recovering. New Trier Graduatet MVr. Miller wlio had iived in WiI- mette for 20 years, graduated from New Trier high school in 1935. H1e *was captain of the New.Trier bas- ketball team during his senior year. a member of the basebali squadand was president of his freshman. class at tbe higb scbool.c. H le planned to enter into bis senior year ah Grinnel college, in the fail. He was a member of tbe basketball and golf squads there. thatt he rmarked gains registered mutyl ocre i hsya' duigthe first hall of. the year record." Mr, O'Connor pointed out, will be conitinued in the rernaininig, i htfrtefrt.treifc' months, according to John R. 'Con- hae ee per ating applications for for, state -direchor of tbe FHA. insurance of- mortgages covering Mr.. O'Connor reported that new construction exceeded by a June of this year the .local offi1ce cornfortable margin .those for -the refinancing of. eiisting propertieu. Furthermoré, the precentage of gain daughters, Dorotby, 17, and Alene over 1938 in new construction. fin. Rose, 12, and a son William - Robert, ancing far exceeded the ýincrease in 10 years old,' and a sister, Mr.1s. Rose totl uiness., IC. Marling of Glen Oak acres, West "During the. firat hall of 1939, â:. of Wilmette.: plications for insurance of' mort- Mr. Wieland, wbo retired from ac- gages. covering new construction tive business witb tbedairyr interests totalled. $20,023,250cmaedwt in 1928, had been a resident of Kenil- 1ê93oOi h sm eidls wvortb since 1931, formerly residing, year, a gain of. 101 per cent. This in Chicago. increase in new construction In the Funeral services were held, ah the icoara om re wih n Wieandhom o Wenesay ndavet'age gain of about 40 per cent interment was at Memorial Park. i for the nation as a whole, be said. MRS. FIDELIA R. ROPER Une1e Rglto Mrs. Fidelia Richards Roper, wife'SneJl ,teFAbsbe operating undér the new regulations of William Winston Roper, Jr., and of the National Houslng Act as em- daugbter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcusj bodied in the amendments recently D. Richards of the Hornestead bo- passed by Congress, extending cer- tel, E4'anston, died Friday in .t he tain pbases of the law andi revising Pennsylvania Lying-in bospital ah otiiers. FIlA- officiais report, how- Philadeiphia. Her home was at 8011 ever, that business bas been -con- Ardlet road, Cbeshnut Hill, Pa. tinuing "~as. usual." Mrs. Richards and her daiugbter, Mr. O'Connor also reported brisk Mary Louise, who were vacahioning activity in other phases of the Act ah their sflmmer bomne in. Maine, during the first six mnths. Insur- flew to Pbiladelphia, wben .tbey re-, ance of boans for modernizatioù anti ceived word of Mrs. ýRoper's condi- improvemeat purposes totalled ap- tion!'. proximateiy $6,000~,000. The addition The, Richards family formerly of an insurance premium'ho be pald lived in Hubbard Woods and had by the lending institution on tbese recently leased their borne for' two loans appears to have had littie or years tQ live in the Ilomestead. i no effect upon the 'volume of appli- Mrs. Roper is also survived by an cations eurrently being. submitted. infant son, William Winston Roper. III, born the last of July. Funeral services were beld Mon- New Schoc day afternoon in Philadelphia. Other charges of assault and bat- tery, andi resisting arrest, against the two, were noile prosseti. The twoboys, who were arrest- ed Thursday 'eveninig, Auguttil, when neighibors complained, that they were breaklng street lights,: were reprimanded and warned that thê.y will be fined. on the charges which have been dropped if they are ever arrested again.ý Mm. Opal K. Alldredge, 90B Cen-' tral avenue, left Saturday for Mat h- vlle, Tenn., where she. will spend' ten days visiting at: the home ni ber aunt Mr. William C. Richey. Miss Frances Bickham, 429 Ninth street, sailed August 17, on the Mari- posa frorn Los Angeles to spend the ensuing year with ber sister, Mrs. J. C e. n , @Honoll Mrs. AI F. Albrecht of 1627 Emn- wood avenue returned home a week ago from, Augustana hospital, where she had spent two weeks, recover- ing from an operation. 0o Mrs. Harvey A. Bush of 721 Green- wood avenue recently returned froin GuIl Lake, Mîch., wbere she had been visiting ber sister-in-law, Miss Hattie Bush. In the large scale rentai housing f ield two projects. were eompleted 'during the flrst half of tlhls year, work was begun on another- and negotiations were colsed on a fourth development involving a commit- ment ho insure a mortgage in 'an amount of $2,460,OOQ A for Boys go, and Christian since 1934. RI. Two others,1 Funeiral services were held on are deceased. Wednesday afternoon at the Bruecks Wieland is ur- chapel, Hubbard Woods, with inter- low, Alma; two meént at Northfield.

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