Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Sep 1947, Anniversary Supplement, p. 87

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WILMETTE LIFEWUmettes 75th Anniversary 1872-1947family moved to Wilmette. Formany years he was western exam-iner of a large insurance company.Three of his children live in Wil-mWeatitden. erThey are: Mrs. William N., 1046 Greenwood avenue,Mrs. Stanley K. Gage, 932 Elmwoodavenue, and George L. Panushka,1041 Forest avenue.Education BoarcPsPresidents ListedPresidents oi the board of educa-tion of school district 39 (Wilmette>in the past 40 years have been asWfollows:. C. ShortJefl1904-1912Edward Zipf* 1812-1917JW. ilCli.a Wray1917-1918m P. Eabcock 1918-1922Arthur H. Howardt1922-1924Herbert B. Mulford 1924-1927Enoch Steer1927-1920Henry Edwin Cutler 1929-1937CIVIC LEADER For over 40Henry John Brandt1937-1940years a resident of Wilmette,Staver Moulding 1940-194-!William Panushka was presi-James Golvln Badgert ....1944-1946denRobert J. Lascelles1946-19*7t of the village from 1888 to1889James D. Peterson 1947- and a member of the board Later village president: tdied inof trustees in the years 1877 tooffice; t resigned1879. He also had served aspresident of the Wilmette boardof education.Roll of CitizensREMNANT OF OLD TRAIL The original Green Bay road not thehighway which boars that name today hugged the lake shoreMr. Panushka was a well-knownChosenthrough the territory of the Ouilmette reservation. Portions oi it as Clerksinsurance man in Chicago and wasCitizencan still be traced, as in the photograph taken near Sheridan roads who have been chosen toactive in insurance circles in thein the northern part cf the village. (Photo from the collection ofserve as clerk of the Village of Wil-city until his death in 1914.mettthe public library).e are as follows:Born on May 21, 1847, in Prague,Charles A. Vail1872-1875then part of Austria, Mr. PanushkaChG. W. Curley 1903-1905FULL TIME JOBcame to the United States with hisWarelsetse rfPieolmeroyd1875-1878Earl E. Orner t1905-1925Among early civic leaders of theparents at the age of four years.UntiR. S. N. Bennett 1878-1879Lea J. Orr1925-1926township, before the incorporationl 1872, he resided in St. Louis,wherJohn Gedney Westerfleld* .1879-18B1Nicholas J. Miller 1926-1928of the villages, was Lambert Blume he entered the fire insuranceFrank Henderson Drury .,1891-1895Lea J. Orr1928-1932who served as township highwaybusiness.Edward Patrick Fatch ....1895-1897Nicholas P. Miller 1932-commissioner, clerk, assessor, jus-In 1869, he married HenriettaC. L. Williams1897-1898 -Previously president; t-later pres-tice of the peace, overseer of theThompson and in 1873, he and hisEdmund P. Dunshee 1898-1903identpoor and highways, and supervisor..F. VICTOR YOUNG^rioratSpecialist in . .Weddings PartiesYears of experience at your disposal 10 make yourweddings radiant with beautiful ilowers. Call me fnrihat gay party thai needs the beauty of a special floralarrangement.Appointment OnlyCall R VICTOR YOUNGPhone Wilmette 2989WILMETTE

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