Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Jul 1936, p. 44

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

N IISIO RE STOPý FEW ý-MINUTES F01ý slO $111118 He was the first man to don the uniform of ,a policeman after the village was incorporated, and later Born in Gross Polit, December became chief of the early day de12, 1860, Mr. Schafehen went witb partmnent. For several years he held bis parents to Winnetka when only the office of tax collector -of New six years. of age, and resided îii the. Trier to.wnship, and for a number of year 1S was in the employ ofc the Chf-~ cago and. North Western- railway. -He retired from >active life en àar aÉo;. Tbe famnily residence for the past 51I years bas been.at 635 Willow road. Witniessed Chicago- Fire Whenf in a,.remtiniscent, mood, Mr. S.clafehen!would recali the ýdayso>f the Chicago fire, and relate hoW he and the late Fred Deily walked from Winnetka to the, scene of the cohflagration. Ini recalling the early days of the« foôrth shore, he would tell of the swarnpywcondition of Wihnette ini the springtime, wben Wagons could flot 4,f driven through therc.: Gross Point resi.dents, he explained, went to WVin~neth-a when they "started for town," as the low spots ini Wilmnette were impassable.' Not that Winnetka was the dryest spot: in the. countryside, but it had a sandy soil, he pointed out. Widow Survives 1 mr. Scbaf elen is survived .by his Nicholas H. Schafe.hen .1%vidow, Mrs. Marigaret Hein SchafePeter J., 706. Ash t Lv. Chcao Cn.-Aiyo1ds AtTwinCie ~ 5$J 6:30* oAU 5 M 3.30 pu ha Airport5:50 pu mmf 9:50 pu otner THI convemnt n ew scledule,, effctive july 1, ailows you 10 mep aboard a I.xurious North- sli fouir ocmer roumdtips daily bereen the Municipal Airporu and Twin Citin e&çar=aes at and 8 grandcbildren. The brother is John M. Schafehen, 846 Cherry street, Winnetka, and tbe sister is Mrs. Wesley Pruitt, of Portland, Ore. The two step-brothers are Anthony Clifford, 06 Park avenue, Wilmette, A three cornered figbt for the lead in the point standing for the outdoor a nd Henry Leach, 805 Cherry street, Winnetka. SThe step-sisters are, Mrs. Charles Foshu, Sacramnento, Calif.. and Mrs. present ethée vw 111 Star Pilots Battie in Riverview Races Nou. 1 tor imget racrng. at the i>een given the fifth-of-a-mile oval. rest w~ay. The meets are conducted the rigid rukes and regulations national- governingi body in big racing. tless racing is assured as a of special treatment which bas The course was installed the latter part of May and attention of track engineers to date bas been centered on smnoothing out the rough spots., Now they are dressing 'it do"n to eliminate dust.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy