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25 YEARS AGOon October 1, 1922Pearsons Grocery and MarketWas Founded in Wilmetteby AUGUST C. PEARSON, SR.ON THIS CITYS 50 th ANNIVERSARYRidge Road as it appeared back around 1922 . . .Pearsons as it appears today, 1947, with the firstwith Pearsons Grocery and Market on the right asand second stores in early photo combined and withit appeared then.the handsome front it now has.During the earlier part of this yearMr. Pearsons three children took overthe ownership and operation of PEARSONSDonald J Pearson James E Pearson La Verne A SchneiderEven as Wilmette has grown and developed beyond all recogni-tion during the past 75 years, so have we grown in the pastquarter century through loyalty and patronage of our towns-people, whom we serve daily.813 Ridge RoadWilmette 4000Established 1922