Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Jun 1931, p. 5

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l'lie opening up last week of the new business district of Kenilwortl west of the Chicago aànd North Western railwav tracks completes one of the miost important develop- nients in this attractive north shore village. t marks the fulfiliment of the plan (with some changes) worked out a few years ago. by the late GereW. Mahier, celebrated arch itect and tomwn planiner, who wvas one of the -early residents- of thec village and whlo tQok a personal interest il' its development. Chief aniong Mr.. Mallcr's plans was the removal to the. west of the * railo f the Village's business dis- trict. and. the. acquisition hv th. Kenilworth Park district of aill ,uSi,- ness prol)ert yeast of the delpot. tear- ing down, of aIl the buildings and addiiîg the land l to the l)aàrk prôp- *erty adjoining. These properties were- acquired a few yvears ago by the Park district. Create New Are.k éThe Villatge lboard then. passeda new zoning ordifiance creating a new business district west of the railroad. In order to carrv out the plan cf- fectively it. acquired by condenina-, tion an entire block (If frontage on West Railroad avenue, extending f rom Knilivorth avenue s:outhi to the village imiits a distance of approx- imately five hundred feet, part of pubic ,vas tused lw two large Ibrick pulegarages and otiier smnall frame buildings. The land was acquired in order to widen the road and provide for a site for a Village hall. *Thiese buildings wcre demolishied and a niew systern of concrete roads installed wyith the provision for two large. parkîing spaces opposite the de- pot for automiobi1les. >The new ivide road paralleling- the west side of the railroad is now open for traffic and, in a short timie the conncecting links between .KeiiilwoËth7Wilmette' and *Winnetka, will be made, which iv ili. give a continuous %vide concre te .roa( froni McCormnick road in- Evanston through to the south end of Glencqe. Contiimnous Highway Plans were complcted recentlv by the Glencoc authorities and the Çook county officiais. forýcarrying this roai English Type Structure On the remnainder of -this saine site* is an attractive new buildinig with a frontage on the new road (Green Bay road) of 130 feet and a frontage on Kenilworth avenue . (now called Park drive) of 123 feet. The build- ing i-S of the'English type of arcli- *(Continued 'on Page 7) and .concurred ini bvthe, board The proclamation -provides iËt il dogs running at large in the village must-have substantial wire or leather muzzles securely put on so as t(, prevent them froin biting. Dogs iôund runningat, large antywhere ini lie vil- lage -without Mutzzlcs will he ina- i)ounded. and %if not redemcd With- ~nfive days will be siain. The dog licenses were (lue auac payable Juýne 1. Women'S Goilf Classes Are Opened Tomorrow The first meetings of the wonen 's golf classes to be conductcd by the Play~ground and Recreation board are to be hield tomorrow morning andi evening at the Village -Green and Vat tnîan, park, rcspectively. The morning class meeting at th 'e Viillageý Green will1 begin at 10 o'clocl< and- the evening class- meeting at \Vattman Park will start at 7 :39) o'clock, Miss* be Skidmore, womeix s assistant on the' Piavgr'ound( and Recreation board announces. Both classes are to be, under the instruction. of T. D. Harvey,. pro- fessional of the Evýanston ,Communityl Golfcoure, who haîs condu«Cted the Recreation classes 'for' the pas t two years. Registration miay le made at the first class meeting if it lias flot been nmade l)rcviously, it is anniogiiccd. . THREE FIRE CALLS Wilinetteireme~n werc called to the residence of F. G. Salerno, 501 Lake avenue, about 6:45 o'clock last Satur- day morning when smoke from an incinerator in the basemnent filled the. house. Therc was no damiage. ex- 'cept from1 the snmokc, Fire Chief .Valtecr Zibble reporte.d. The fire de- pa rtmet also made mie ruîî on Sun- dày. A. cail was. rcccived about 10:15) o'clock that night "to cxti"nguiish an automobile1 fire at Eleventh Street and Lake avenue. Tucsday aftcrnooni about 3: 15 o'clock the firemien went to the residence of O. E. OIson, 2430 Glenview r oad, to extingui.sh an oil burner fire., The only dJamage was.ý fromn smoke. %ýa rcn s . .. ... ... ...zu Classified Ada ..... 48-50 Eilitorial--Shore Lines . .. 28 Garden, Section ..... 42 Girl Scouwts ....... .34 Junior [if .... .....40 Music page:...........3 Society Pages. ....3-33 De Moines, Iowa, june 11, 12, and.1,3. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is an organization of 'the %lounige buisiness and professional men of the United Statesç. Mr. Davidson was formcçrly imember of the board of di- rectors, of the St. Louis 'MiChami ber of Conmmerce. and also.a mcm- ber ofthe board of directors of the Chicago Juniior.,Association of Comi- mierce and vice-président of the Chii-' cago Association oif Commerce. Hie lias servedt as a pub>lic speaker in several ways. H-e vas. toastinas- ter at the annual banquet, and he was on the sî)cakcr's pro)grams of the, past. two-. national Juünior,.Ciam- ler of Commerce. conventions..TVie organîzation bas a, membcrship of al)oltý 30,000. Mr.. Davidson is the onlv Chicago member to, be clccted to a national, office. The Junior Chicago Chamber of Commerce' is planning a recognition. dinner. n iiiinor ofMr. Davidson. Request Repeal of Law on Realtor's License The North Shore Real Estate, board, in a communication rcad at the regular meeting of the Village board Tuesda-v night, asked that the ordinance providing a fee foi the operation of real* estate offices in IWil.mette be repealed. The commnuni- cation was -signed by eleven realtors. It was referred to the judiciary coni- mitte of the board for a report, Trustee A. W. Frochdc is- chairman. of tlïs: committee. DROP PROCEEDINGS Procecdin'gs for the pavin,- of [,ockerbie street froni Glenview road, south to Central street have been droppcd as a result of action taken Tuesday night by t he Wilmnfe- board of local imnprovements on recommeýndation of the streets, and alîcys committee. Arthtir *Lee is chairman of this cominittec. The boards action followed a public liear.iinj heMd on the mâ~ter. 1 wvil sl ai upuic auetiun mny househiold goods, Reali tate, aind personal proper June 20, 1931. Sale commèni at2 P. M. You are invited look over this prôperty bef( day of sale, located at 1, Sherner Ave., Northbrook, F. nols. Ernest Staehle, owner. Witb, the closing of the Wilmettt Pulc schools last week members of the faculty who do flot live in Wil- mette or are flot teaching in the sum- mer school bere have already left the village. SSupt'.and Mrs. . R. Harper plan: to leave Monday with- Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nystrom, 714 Central avenue, on, a trip to California, stopping enrôu te at the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mex-, ico and at Tucson, Ariz., where they will, visit Mr. Harper's brother,ý George A., Harper. Superintendent Harper, plans to be in Los Angeles for the, opening of the; National Edu- cation associatinnetion there on june 29. >Lowell P. Todd, principal of the Howard school, will be in Wilinette for six iveeks and then will spend six weeks in study'at the University, of Chicago graduate- school. Teacli Sumnner Sclaool. Several of the teachers, including Mrs. Katharine Julian, Miss Trenna Scott, M~iss Herma Wymian, M~iss Mildred VanHomne. Mrs. Pearl P. Jones, Migss Laura Flentye and Miss Frances Donnelly are teaching in the, annual sumimer session of -the Wilmnette Public schoo)ls. Miss ýNelle ,E. Moore, elementary supervisor, plans to spend the month of August in Mexico, driving to' Loui sia na, goîng by boat across the gulf to Vera Cruz, and then contin- uing by car to the Mexican capital. Mrs. Margaret Burtner, third grade teacher at Central, has planned a three weeks' fisbing trip in1 northern Wisconsin. She will go to Michigan later iii the summner. Directe Nurser'y School Mýiss, Charlotte, Reese, llrst grade teacher at the Tenth street building, will di rect the nursery sehiool at Gnin- neilicollege, Iowa. Miss Mary McKay, music: supervi-, sor, will study at Northwestern uni-, * vers ty Mkrs. Agnes. Jones, eighth grade teacher at Stolp. will spend the sumn- nier at Fratikfort, Mich.; and Recreation staff will teach swim- npng at Wilnmctte beach and do other recreation work.. 1He plans to spend a week later in the summner at a Y. «M. C. A. camp. Lester F. Bail,enianual training in- situctor,- will attend 's unmmer schoot at .4oiîder,,,Colo.

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