Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 May 1934, p. 1

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AT Wilme tte Home Owners' Asso- ciation Cails Mass Mieetingé of Citizens for Tuesday Dissatisfacion, with the -cha rges made for the use of the W'im ette bathing beachi has resulted in the cali- ing of a mass mneeting of citizens1 of Wilmette to be held in the Byron Stolp school at 8 o'clock Tuesday evenig, May 29.. The meeting will be held under thé auspices of the' Wilmette Homne.Owners association. The Wilmettte beach, is under the direction of the Wilmette Parklboard and a fee. of $4 a famîily per year is how" being charged, and- the board, it is Said, is -contemplating restoring the old rate of $5 per year. In Ev- anistonl the beach fee is $1, ini Kenil- worth ne charge is made and in other north shore towns the fee is $2. The' ~il.mette Home Owners, association 'as been endeavyoring for somne time te get the board to reduce the fee to $2, but without success,, its leaders assert. The associaioninsists thiat of $4 Per season charged for of the beach is tee gre at a upon the people under vee the feej the use burden nit 'con- ae uvlxlg- I*avuy raxed. The beach, it enmphasizes, is highly important te the residents of, the vil- lage and the association insists on more, attention, being paid te its mnagement and, development. It dlares hat the fee. sîould be low enôugh te enable every famnily iii the village, te use the 'facilities of the beach.. Other 'beaches, it is stated, manage operations on fees itot in excess of $2 and are weIl operated. (Contintied on Page 8) Will Be Featured in, Wilmette Lif e TeHome andf Garden section of this week's issue of ýVILmETT1' LIFE contains a picture and story about. the historiclhomie.of Dr. M. C. Del- Manzo at New Hope, Pa.,.wbich won, the $1,OOO sweepstakes award in the 1933 Better Homes and Gardens Better Homes contest.: The contest, conducted for the purpose of receiv- ing suggestions for the. remodeling of homes,ý is being -repeated, this year under the. same auspices. 1 Entry blanks for and cemplete in- formation cence .rning the 1934 con-, test whicb continues tbrougho.ut the year,. are- in the hands of various north shore business concerns. These concerns îinclude: A B C Qil Burner Corp., Hubbard Woods;, Ajax Shingle cotnpany, Wilmette; F. D. Clavey Ravinia Nurseries,. Deerfield.; Eckart- HIardware company, Winnet- ka; Fred A. Ellis, Winnetka; Hoff- main Bros., Wilînette; 4Holand Furn- ace cempany, Hubbard Woods; Mer- cer Lumber companies, Wilmette and Hubbard Woods; Millen Hardware company, Wilmette; H. W. Nordin, Hubbard Woods; Swain Nelson and company, Glenview; H. C. Wienecke, Glencoe and Xubbard Woods; Wil- mette Coal & Material Yard, Wilà mette; Winnetka Coal-Lumber com. Remodelling of homes, wbetber in ninnr or n1mair fashin . is in the ail but complete cessation in honte building in the past several years due te the 'depression and the- attendant. difficulty in negot;ating adequate boans for sucit purposes. That remodelling, even of an exten- sive nature, can be effected at ex- tremely reasoniable cest,, bhas been thoroutghly demonstrated in the Better Homes and Gardens contest held last year. Each week WiLmerTTE LiF will Memorial..Observance Appeal for Flowers to Decorate Graves Wilmiette Post -No. 46, Amnen-, tan Legion, a nnounces tliat the ceremony of decorating the graves :)f dec eased soldiers will take place Tuesdayý afternoon, May 29.: It therefore requests that children and. others desiring te contribute flowers deliver tbemn to any of the Fschools wher e- hey',*ill.-be col- lected and taken to the cemeteries for the afternocon service.ý Invite Veterans to Services at Ch41urch Tbrough thé paster, the Reverend George D. Allison, an invitation bas been extended to Wilmette Post No. 46, Amenican Legion, the United Spanish War Veterans and the G. A. R. to worship at Wilmette Baptist church Sunday morning, May 27 ? N one of the organizations will attend in uniform or as a body, but as in- dividual civilians, although the cere- mony of pesting the colors will bel performed by muembers ,of Wilmette Post, it is explained. tenants upon. church services may jein with -spiritual uphift and patriotic inspiration, it is pointed eut. He bas chosen as the subject for bis sermon "The Religious Significance of Pat-* rietism." Numbers by the choir will include patrietic bymns. SAn urgent invitation is extendied te the pubflic te join, in. this service in preparation fo.r the rites of Memorial Day. gn.munity.cerem6nies to Bu H4eld at Lake FrOnt and-on village Hall Grounds FollowVing its usual custom, Wil- mnette post No., 46,. American Legion, will observe Memorial- day,- Wednes. day morning, May 30, in an imjs sive series of comniity ceremcqieýà wbib wllbegin at ;6:30o 'clock and continue until noon. *The'.program wiIl be, initiated at the Village hall ýwith raisinig of the flagby Boy Scouts and Junior Legionnaires, foéllowed at 7 o'clock by a similar ceremony,.at Memorial Park cemetery, where a mnemorial service will be cenducted by Wilmette post and Évatffton camp No. 57, United SPýanisb War Veterans. Tbis .wilt ho fôllowed by the Legien ritual service at the grave cf the latýe Russell C. Johnson. 1The scene then shifts te Washing . ton 'Park,, where a memorial service will be held for thôse members of Wilmette post who have answered thé last roll cal]. Mrs. Gertrude Johnsoi will place the memorial wreatb. Judge Burke t. Speak A parade will follow the solemu memorial service; the line forming in Washington park and movinoe te the Lake avenue te Paîrk avenue, thenceè soutb on Park avenue to Wilmette,. thence east on Wilmétte avenue te the Village hall grounds. Judg 'e Burke enlisted in- tbe First Oflicers' Training camp, where he earned a commission, as lieutenant. He served overseas wiÎth tbe 86th.,di- vision, and now holds a commission in the. Officers' Reserve Corps of the (Continued on Page 10) Avenue-b onfcctiponcry. nk Fiegen. on sale at mavy . and[ De in the offces of Wilmette net later titan 9 p. ni. on Monday te insure publication in next week's issue. WiLm1WITELiFE will appre- ciate titis coeperatien on the part of readers and advertisers. ................ ire PoeSoalities ............ iary of Minîette Post No. 40, Areican Legion, will "mian the corners"' with a plentifut, suppl ir of the bright littie symbols of,. gratitude. L-

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