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WILMETTE LIFE October 22, 1926 The Community Handclasp We, the business and professional interests of Wilmette, extend the hand of fel~owship to you. We want every loyal citizen of Wilmette to grasp it, and to feel the strength of its sincerity and eagerness to please-to serve you in the most efficient and economical manner. · We want you to join with us in this Community Handclasp for the betterment of Wilmette, and' to llevelop a closer spirit of fellowship and community niterest; we want You to realize the value of the _'home spent' dollar, and to appreciate that business confidence and credit is the underlying bulwark of a greater community development. We want you to help us create a greater pride in the progress and prosperity of Wilmette. ( We want you to know what the business and professional interests of Wilmette have · already accomplished in developing this community; how unhesitatingly they have cotne forward with fina~cial aid-often when they could least afford it. With that determina-