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March 29, 1929. WILMETTE LIFE 'I 1929 Chest Drive FILE PETITIONS FOR Excels in Cash VD!AGE CANDIDATES Returns, Report United People's Party Slate Headed by President Orner Gets Endorsements Petitions were filed early thi s week in the interest of candidates for the various offices to be voted upon at the annual Village election Tuesday, April 16. To date, the slate of last v;eek candidates nominated at the caucus of the United People's party appears to b e unopposed in the forthcoming election. with the single exc eption of the office of Police Magistrate where the People's party candidate, Samuel ]. Nordorf, attorn ey, is to be opposed by Earl ~ · Pettibone, insurance broke r. who this week filed his petition as an independent candidate. Filing time for candidates in the Villag-e election expires early next week aJ1d ·3hould there be plans afoot to place a ticket in the field in opposition to President Orner and hi s People's party slate. its originators have been succes sful in keeping their preparations from public notice. President Orner, Treasurer Harry W. Mill er and Trustees Ernest C. Cazel and Hans vonReinsperg, will be candidates for reelection on the strength of th eir records . Orner and Miller are veterans in the public service, the forme r rounding out t\\·enty-three years as a municipal official , four as Viltarre President and nin et ee n as Village Clerk. Mr. Miller has bee n treasurer many ye ar s. Cazel and vonReinspe:g are completing their fir st t erms as Vtllage Tru stees , both serving on important board committees during their tenure of office. Stanton Vaninwag en , former command e r of Wilm e tte Post, American Leg ion, the third trustee candidate of the People's part y, who ha·3 been a resident of the village several years, is associated with Season, Good and Mayer, municipal bond selling firm, and was formerly in the banking business. He served in the ~avy during the \Vorld war. Other candidate·s on the People's Indications are that Wilmette's 1929 Community Chest drive for charity and welfare funds will be a decided success. Hector Dodds, president 'of the Chest association, stated this week that drive captains who served both last year and this year report that not only is the J929 response a gre'a t deal better,. b~t a larger proportion of the subscrtpbons are paid in cash. The unified drive for charity and welfare agencies.' funds was launched Sunday, March 17, but is not y~t. entirely completed. Many of the sohctt?rs have had to · make return calls, owmg to the fact that the date set for the driYe happened to be an ideal. ~ne for mL·toring and other outdoor activity. Beneficiaries that will receive Community Chest allotments thi s year include: Infant Welfare, Arden · Shore , Local Charities, Salvation Army, ~oy Scouts of America (Wilmette counCil) , Near East Relief, American Red Cross (Chicago chapter) , an? . the Y.oung \iVoman's Christian assoCiatiOn ( Ch1cago unit). * IT'S NOT EASTER Without a Supply of Clerk Family on Home . Ab d Journey From roa Supt. Frederick E. c;1erk ? f New . Trier High school and h1s fan11ly we~e scheduled to sail Thursday of tlus week from London on their return trip to America. Superintendent Clerk left la st October for Europe and has been spending several months there making a study of secondary education. He is expected to be back at his desk by April 15. or soon thereafter. Upon arriving at New Yor.k City the Clerk family will drive their car the remainder of the way home . . . party t1cket are ~amuel J.. Nordorf, attorney, for Pohce Magtstrate, Mr.s. Josephine L. Gates and ~rs. Besste I L.' King. for the offices of hbrary trustees. DUTCH MILL CANDIES Choose your Easter candies from. our 101 varieties of delicious sweets. Their purity, their freshness~ their distinctive flavors have an irresistible appeal to those who demand the best. .· t~IIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1 '~ Delicious Chocolate Bunnies Cream Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs lOc to $2. ~50 25c to $1.50 Dainty Easter Baskets filled with gaily colored Candy Eggs and Bunnies. Vol. I Published in the interest of Wllmette people and the Ridge Road vicinity by the March 29t 1929 is exhausted a light mav be obtained by ign.iting any kind of paper on the electric toaster. Easter Bunnies No. 12 to improved weather, partly to spring sales. We think the r e must be something in the gasoline Norton sells ... judging from the line of cars waiting their tu_ r n at the pumps. Instead of shaking your mop from the back porch or wind o w, t u r n yo u r vacuum sweeper upside down and draw the mop back and forth over the opening. EASTER GREETINGS! Priced as Low as Salted Almonds Cashew Nuts 3 5c Salted Pecans RIDGE AVE. PHARMACY CARL C. RENNECKAR, Editor. Sal ted Pistachios Spiced Almonds Since we have been asking for contributions to the "Ridge News," we have received and printed many, but we bet you boys would like to know wh<? sent in thi'> one: He: "You ought to see the . altar in our new church." She: "Well, lead me to it." Peter J. Huerter Post 669, American Legion, meets Tuesday night, April 2nd. Comamnder Kloepfer likes to see a good attendance. Let's all be on deck to greet him. Carl. E a s t e r Chicks Easter Candies Kovelties. and If caught by traffic in the middle of the street, the best thing to do is to stand still, says an expert. And if time permits, scribble a farewell message on the back of a visiting card. A wide selection of Easter Cards to select from. Retail trade in most sections has been enjoying great activity in recent weeks. Sales have increased considerable, partly due DUTC 75 Wilmette Shop 118 7 ·Wilmette Ave. Opposite Village Hall ,t 't AND ONE DOLLAR THE LB. ~~ ... ~ ~v..._.. RIDGE A VENUE PHARMACY Opposite St. Joseph's School Lake Forest Shop 284 E. Deerpath Ave. Lake Forest Shops All Over Chicago If the match supply Phone Wilmette 316 ------------------------------------~