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40 WILMETTE LIFE February 25, 1927 "I BELIEVE--" I BELIEVE in Wilmette and its future, and I shall do my part in maintaining and contributing to its good reputation. I BELIEVE in a clean and healthy Wilmette, for the safety and comfort of her citizens is the key-note of civic contentment. I BELIEVE that the responsibility of a good local government rests on my shorildersr and I shall do my best to honestly bear my share of the burden. I BELIEVE in championing worthy causes for community development, and I. shall lend my whole~hearted co~operation and energy to the furtherance of them. I BELIEVE in patronizing Home Merchants, and giving them my entire ·( support, for by so doing I am bettering my town and securing the safety .of her progress and prosperity.