Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Nov 1933, p. 1

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Day Observanc es Here Cçremonyon Village Hall Green ,to Precede, Programn in Village Theater. Wilmette Posi No. 46, American Léegion. will hold a five-mninute ..cere- tnony at Wilmelte and Central avenues Saturday morning of this weeék at il' o'clock in observance of the fifîeenth anniversary of the signiiig of the Armis- * tice that ended the World war., A firing squad, will be present 10 ire a salute. Immediately f ollowing this brief ceremo ny a program will be presented a4 the Wilniette theater under the aus- * pices of Post No. 46. This program, starting at 11:10 o'clock, wil include a 15-mninute talk- by Charles W. Dad"Schick, and 'four- res of official War department films. The en- tire prograin will bc free tQ the public. Past State Commander 'Daddy" Schick, the speaker, has had a colorfui career. He is. a past commander of the Department of Ili"i nois, American Légion, as well as past commander of' the Naval .po,5t of the * tegion in Chicago. He is a Naval Rtserve officer and, is serving as a inember of the national defense coin- rittec of the niation--wide Legion or- ganizatioî. For forly-seven years hie, lias been connected with one of the large life insu rance companies. His * talk will bc on a subject appropriale for Armistice day. Evening Stag Party * On theeveniing of Armistice day Pust No. 46 %vill hold a stag partyat, the Sky Harbor airport'clubhouse, on Dundee road west..of Glencoe. Dinner N ational Leader Will Visit Cong'l Church The F:irst Congregational1 church of Wiîlmette will receive a visit. Sunday afiernoon f romn Dr. W. P. Minton. Dr. 4k f *tor Cjiits ot uiomes 1 The Wilmette Welf are board is emphasizing the critical need for winter clothingfor both men and women, underwear for children up to 8 years of age, and also blank- ets and bedding of ail kinds. Citi- zens are urged to search'.their, closets "for* any clothing flot in use and to take it to. the, office of the Welfare board at No.' 1 Electric, place. The telephone is Wil1mette 2550. As in the past, Wilmnette Wel- fare board- will1 cooperate in the. distribution; of'.Thanksgiving bas- kets to needy families of the vil- lage. by suipplying naines to those -philanthropic persons who findjo'y in feeding the hungry. Caîl the office and: participate in this worthy custom. Mrs. Lois A. Finney School Board Member, Mrs. Lois A. Finney, 833 Green- wood avenue, was elected a memnber of the Wilmette board, of education at a special élection held last Satur- day to fil a vacanc y on the board caused by the resignatioin of Mrs. Elinor Craig, who moved away fromn the village. Mrs. Finney received 269 votes. Eighty-three votes were cast for Harry Dornbos, 411 Linden avenue, whose name was written in on the ballot, and 41 for A. T. Bondy, 621 Harvard, street. Board to Get Bids for Big Water Main Pro ject At its meeting Tuesday night the Village board passed an ordinance authorizing advertising foôr bids on pipe and flttings for the 24-inch wa- ter main to beý laid in Lake avenue f romi the water works 'to Ridge ave- nue. The expense of this main. is tô be paid out of receipts fromn a bond issue of $100,000, authorized by refer- endum vote in 1931. Only $7.000 of Lengthy Session at Meeting Tuesday Culminates in: "6Bone.ry 99Meusure The Village. board passed the boue- dry liquor ordinance.at itsmeetinig Tuegday night, and-hencefortb it: will, be unlawful* for any person to manu- facture,, dispense, seli, barter., pur- *Chase, store for sale, or. expose for. sale any spirituous,. vinous, malt or, fermented liquids or compounds con- taining, one-half of one per centum orý more of alcohol by volume which are fit for beverage, purposes. .The expected consideration -of this- long-discussed ordinance drew a large crowd of interested citizens to the board's session,* many of whom, had been. active in crystallizing sen - timent for or against the, measure. Ini order to afford these people an op- ,portuiiity to excpres their opiniîons the regular order of business was de- ferred and consideration of the or- d inance taken up immediately after roll caîl. proseuts Petition ,Miss Rebecca Fitch, 1033 Elmwood avenue, opened hostilities by present- ing a petition containing 1807 sig- natures of citizens wbo favored the passage of the bone-dry law. This was an offset to the petition present- ed by a group of 575 citizens who re- quested the board to pass a liberal ordinanc .e permittirng the sale of beer i places where food is served, but excluding hard iquor. A communication from- the North- .west Men's club stated that a major- ity of ils members favored an or- dinance providing for the sale of beer in original packages, flot to be con- sumed on the premises where sold. William E. Hughes, 1917 Greenwood avenue,, asserted that the minority members did not agree and forced the ordinance as writlen. Leagg. "Votes" Dry rolled. Ini order tmat more oQ&mei ne.11V UU, in gra111 in fathers may attcnd, the daily schied- also voted to invite Mr. H; uIe of classes, instead of slarting ah tend the Decetuber meetin2 the regular time in the morning, will ime il is hôped home agreei begin at 3 o'clock ini the afternoon. be reached as to a definit conlinuing until 9 o'clock in the the township is to pay f ro eveniig. *Iceipts from»the1932. collect Oub.. at whîch ent may amount a ils re- pn., R. M. Johnston, 340 L.inden ave- Iflue, an attorney, appeared for a * (Continued on Page 6) wilI. bè served at 7 o'clqock, f ollowed by ;entertaînment. Members of Wil- mette post -and. other ex-service men have been invited.to attend. John W. Costello. is chairnm of the comm:ittee making arrangements for the party, and he is being assiseéd by joseph .I7einzen, Jr., and. Fred von. der Lippen. Gue&sa of -Studay Club Memnbers of the Winette post wil be.honor guests at,.the. Wilmette Sun- day k.venmgi club's annual Armnistice day progratu this Sunday, November 12. 'rhey, will sit in a tbody. Officerse of the post will.conduct. a Legion rit-- ual starting at 7 o'cl1ock,. and this wil be foiiowed, by an illustratedl lecture by Carveth Wells. Post Office Here Ordered to Handie Own Unclaimed Mail According to an order of the Post- mnaster General, issued at Washington October 21 and effective December. 1, 1933, ail unclaimed and unmailable first. class mail matter, including parcel post, except that originating ini Canada or M6exico, shall be treated and disposed of at post offices of the first class. Post, offices of, Jower class will continue to fseud such mail to the dead-letter branchas heretofore. This order, Post- master Joseph Sharitz sàid, wvi1l not, only effect a bi g saving for the postal department, but will result ian n crease of revenue for offices of the first class, whichi includes the Wilmette office. ýMoney or uncancelled postage stamps, found loose in, the mnails., it is provided, shall be held onenionth agwaiting re-ý clarnation. if fpot recaimedý in .that period, the nioney shall be deposited as part of the postal revenue of the of-. * fice, and the postage stamps destroyed by Lurning in the presence of a witness. t

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