Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Apr 1931, p. 15

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ORDINANCE 1590 Section i, entitled "Adoption," reads. in part: "That the comprehesie panofPublic Streets, roadan highways1loking to THE PRESN adfuture dvlp ment of tbe Village of 'Wilmette **be n hesieis hereby adopted and made thé official1 Plan of.Wilmette." Mr. NeweyCandidate foillg Peid nt.on the' Civic Party: Ticket, was a member, of the Plan Commission. at the * time this Plan Ordinance was. adop-ted, and .yet in. bis speech arthbe ByronStolp School, March, z7th, lie stated: 'I: want to emphasize the fact that the. Plan Commission neyr dvocated any programn of street widening." Mr.,Newey further stated in the saine speech: "That nearly every street with the exception of Greenleaf and, Washington are all eighty4oot streets"' The plat attached and made part of Ordiriance No. 1590 *does not show Greenleaf and Washington as streets affected, but'it does show Michigan Avenue, part- of w h i ch is66, feett also MapeAne , wich 6 feand Sixth Street, which * is also 66 feet, as streets to be changed into 8o-foot streets. Now then, drawyour own conclusions. * Remember: The Public Welfare P a r t y is opposed to street widening. The Public Welfare,*Party ALBERT W. FROEHDE. ARTHUR LEE Candidates for Village Trustees

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