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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 17 Dec 1927, p. 72

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Ee a 72 WINNETKA TALK December 17, 1927 Kennels De Luxe Gladden North Shore Dogdom S one drives north on Wauke- gan road, from Chi- cago, just north of Winnetka road and near the village of Glenview, attention is attracted by a group of buildings on the left, in gay yellow, and by a large billboard-- "Crawford's Happy Home Kennels." The name is well chosen, for here is perhaps the chief of de luxe kennels in the Chicago region. There are four buildings--an office and residence for the kennel man, two small buildings for the dogs, owned by the kennels, and the large boarding kennel house, which is shown in the illustration above. The visitor is ushered into a large and well furnished office. The boarding kennels have fifteen long outside runs on each of the two sides. All kennel buildings can be heated from a central furnace. table. for the fencing. raised floor just outside the door from the inside stall. Mrs. William R. Crawford, the owner, finds delight in giving the dogs her personal attention and Mrs. Craw- ford, herself a sportswoman and horsewoman of note, spends several hours daily in overseeing the kennel affairs. The entire three acres, a most valuable piece of property, is being landscaped with flowerbeds and a hedge of poplars on all four sides. ing list. Mrs. Crawford fancies chows and foxterriers. Her The Crawfords have been residents of Wilmette for 13 years. Here he finds lounging chairs and a reading A special fox wire is used Fach runway has a storm lobby and boarding kennels usually have a wait- NOTICE VILLAGE OF WINNETKA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GENERAL NUMBER 463,984 VILLAGE OF WINNETKA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, VS. MARY EVERETT KOHLER, AND ALL WHOM ITMAY CONCERN. ; THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, by order duly en- tered in the above entitled proceedings, having directed that as to such defend- ants as are shown by the affidavit filed in said proceedings, to be non-residents of the State of Illinois, or whose resi- dences are shown thereby to be unknown, and the defendants designated as "All whom it may concern," the Clerk of said Court cause publication to be made in the Winnetka Talk, a secular newspaper published in the Village of Winnetka, County of Cook and State of Illinois, con- taining notice of the following matters: Notice is hereby given of the pendency of the above entitled proceedings insti- tuted by the petition of the Village of Winnetka, heretofore filed in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, designated General Number 463,984 in said Court, praying for the ascertainment of the just compensation to be made for the private property to be taken or damaged for the making of the improvement hereinafter described, and for the ascertainment of what property will be benefited by the making of said improvement, and the amount of such benefit. The Commissioners duly appointed by the said Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, to investigate and report the just compensation to be made for the private property to be taken or damaged for said improvement, and also what real estate will be benefited by said improvement, and the amount of such benefit to each parcel of land assessed, duly made a spe- cial assessment to raise the cost of such improvement, and filed their said report and assessment roll in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said Cook County, on the eighteenth day of No- vember, A. D. 1927. Thereupon a summons issued out of said Court against the defendants above named, and the defendants described as "All whom it may concern," returnable in said Court at the County Court House in the City of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the ninth day of January, A. D. 1928, as is by law required, which proceeding is now The total cost of said improvement, as shown by the estimate of the President of the Board of Local Improvements of the said Village of Winnetka and the re- port and assessment roll of said Com- missioners, is the sum of Six Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty-three Dollars and ninety-six cents ($6,583.96), Now unless you, such defendants as are shown by the affidavit filed in said pro- ceedings to be non-residents of the State of Illinois, or whose residences are wn thereby to be unknown, and the defendants designated as "All whom it may concern," shall be and appear before the said Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, at the County Court House, in the City of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the ninth day January, A. D. 1928, and plead, an- swer or demur to the petitioner's peti- tion or object to the report and assess- ment roll of the Commissioners afore- said, the same and the matters and things therein charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a judgment en- tered in accordance with the said report and assessment roll and the prayer of said petition. The following is a description of the said improvement, and includes a de- scription of the lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of land sought to be taken for the said improvement. That Tower Road and Green Bay Road be widened by condemning therefor that part of lot or block twelve (12) in Hub- bard Estate Subdivision in the northeast fractional quarter of section seventeen (17) in township forty-two (42) north, range thirteen (13) east of the third principal meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded in the office of the re- corder of Cook County, Illinois, on the eleventh day of June, A. D. 1895, in Book 69 of Plats at Pages 22 to 28, as Docu- ment Number 2232780, that is described as follows: Beginning at a point two hundred twenty-four and five tenths (224.5) feet west of the southeast corner of said lot or block twelve (12) as meas- ured along the north line of Tower Road; thente northwesterly along a curved line, convex southwesterly, having a radius of two hundred seventy-seven and five tenths (277.5) feet to an Intersection with the northeasterly line of said Green Bay Road at a point ninety-five (95) feet northwest of the intersection of said north line of said Tower Road with the aforesaid northeasterly line of said Green Bay Road; thence southeasterly along the aforesaid northeasterly line of said Green Bay Road, to said inter- section of aforesaid northeasterly line of Green Bay Road and said north line of said Tower Road; thence east along said north line of said Tower Road, eighty-nine (89) feet to the point of beginning, all within the Village of Win- netka, County of Cook and State of Illinois, and that when so widened, said Tower Road and said Green Bay Road be improved by clearing, grubbing, ex- cavating, draining, grading, raking the parkways, preparing the subgrade to re- ceive the concrete pavement, and com- bined curb and gutter, adjusting valve vault covers, adjusting macadam pave- ment in Green Bay Road and Tower Road, moving an electric light pole, fur- nishing one (1) new catch basin cover, removal of trees, constructing ome (1) new catch basin with cover, constructi and relocating sidewalks and sidewal approaches, adjusting existing walks, constructing concrete combined curb and gutter, constructing a concrete island twenty-two (22) feet wide at the west end, five (5) feet wide at the east end, and forty-two (42) feet long, constructing a reinforced concrete pavement, includ- ing curbing, protecting, cleaning said pro- concrete pavement and combined curb and gutter, removal of all surplus excavated materials, and cost of en- gineering services, all within the Village of Winnetka, County of Cook and State of Illinois. Dated at the City of Chicago, Count of Cook and State of Illinois, this nint day of December, A. D. 1927. SAMUEL E ? CKSON, Clerk of the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois. FREDERICK DICKINSON, Village Attorney. T40-4tc HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Miss Louisa May Greeley's dancing class of seventh and eighth graders will be given a Christmas party on December 23. Mrs. C. H. Zeiss is their hostess, and the party is to be given at the Indian Hill club. ---- Miss Elinor Coffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding Coffin of 33 Lo- cust road, is expected home Thursday from Milton academy, Milton, Mass. The Coffins returned recently from Boston, where they had spent the sum- mer and fall. --(-- Mrs. E. Moerel and her son, Frank, have returned to their home at 272 Poplar street, after a visit to Mineral Springs, Mountainsville, Ind. Mrs. Moerel's mother, Mrs. Francis Block, who was at the Springs for the past month, returned home with her daugh- ter Tuesday night. --e The Rev. A. E. Rohrbach, pastor of the Christian Fellowship, spent last week in the East. He was at James- town for two days visiting a relative who is the Swedish consul there. He spent the remainder of the week in New York City. --p-- Owing to a bereavement, Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Lackner are recalling the invitations for the tea which they were to have given for their daughter, Louise, on Monday, December 26. --O-- Two Winnetka girls, Miss Helen Bell and Miss Virginia Hobart, will return next Thursday from Bryn Mawr to spend vacation at their homes. ---- Wayne Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Andrews of 785 Willow road, returned yesterday from school at Lawrenceville, N. J., to spend the holidays at home. ---- Harry Dubsky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dubsky of 627 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, will return from Willises college Thursday, Decem- er --p-- Mrs. A. Montague Ferry entertain- ed her bridge club at dinner and bridge last evening at her home, 504 Ash street. Four tables were in play. HONORED AT COLLEGE Miss Elizabeth McKinney, a fresh- man at Carleton college, was among the thirty-five women recently elected to membership in the Women's Ath- letic association. Only those who have earned 100 points through participation in athletic activities are eligible for membership in the organization. The new members were formally sworn into the association at an initiation party held on December 2. Herbert Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Woodward of 685 Ardsley road, returns Thursday from the Choate school for a holiday period in Winnetka. ---- Roslyn Sincere is returning to her home at 196 Beach road, Glencoe today from Gulf Park college, Gulfport. Miss., for the holiday season. Miss Sincere, because of her scholastic standing, is to be an honor student for the next six months. --_--Q-- Auguste Babize, Jr., will return to his home, 484 Sheridan road, Glencoe from Williams college on Thursday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Auguste C. Babize. ---- Mildred Olsen, 630 Walden road, and Margaret Sterrett, 488 Ash street, have been elected members of the Eulexia Literary society at Northwest- ern university, the oldest literary group on the campus. a F. E. M. Cole of Essex road re- turned to Kenilworth on Sunday from a two weeks' trip to Washington and New York. Wet Basements Made Bone Dry We tell you how to fix them (from inside.) No obligation. THE U. S. WATERPROOFING CO. 608 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, lil. SAM GOLDMAN BEST PRICES Junk -- Rags -- Old Clothes Magazines -- Tires PHONE WILMETTE 3334 JUNK DEALER mm... OUR NAME describes our business to a "T." We are in business to serve the people of the North Shore, with a high class luncheon and fountain serv- ice, We feel that we have accomplished this aim, and invite the residents of the North Shore to come in and see how faithfully we have fulfilled our desire. Delicious Food Drive by--and try it Indian Hill Eat Shop Near New Trier High School 464 Winn. Ave. Phone 2266

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