Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Jan 1939, p. 5

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ls Sufficient: Night classes at N'ew ship Tigh school may t on a fee basis if the pi is sufficiently large. cternact .u That statement was . ma de this week by Superin- tendent Matthew Page Gaffney. Before proceed- ing w i th plans,~ however, h i g h - s c h oo1 officiais announeed t h a L they would like to determine Wheth- er there are t h pcoplmun teoughpeolein M. P. Gaffney who would care to take advant- age of the opportunity if offered and what subjects -are desired. ist Subjects It would be possible, Mr. Gaffney' added, to give offerings in.industrial arts, home economies, fine arts, or any of the academnic subjects should enough interest be manifested. Residents of the township inter- ested in such courses were urged to write Mr. Gaffney in care of the high school or to telephone him there during the day. "No plans have been worked- out," Mr. Gaffney explaiied. "We wnild> Mrs. Alfred S.Ascul o f Winnetka. is general chairman of the Jewôish 'Relief Fund cam- paign in the North Shore villages. The drivbe is, in p ro gress, with wo Men of the North Shore piedg-. ing to fulfili. a -quota of $15,OO.. lage councul on Tuescaay evening. 0f thiis sum, $3,700 was appro- priateid from' the Village treasury, and the balance of $3,800 by the Works, Progress, ,administration, which supplied most 'of the labor. The- new pier becamenecessary when the old brieakwater was grad- ually washed away in a succession of .Storms., At one time,,the founda- tions of the watér works at the foot' of Kenilworth avenue; were .endan- gered by lake encroachments. Since its completion a few weeks ago, 35 feet of beach has been-buit out into the lake, Th e new breakwaifer is of special design so that the sanrd will pile around it equally instead of wash- inig up on theë weather face and scour- jing out the lake bottom on the lee side, it was explained,. 56,000 on Petiô o Date To Keep Raîlroad Going Goal of 75,000 Signatures s. estate, school -and improvement or- Near, gays Committee;~ ganizations in the area have also AppoveFedralLoR adopted official- resolutions of sup- Apprve edeal La prt.Among these are the following: eral Assembly Soon Editor's note: The following article, discussing th~e proposaIs to abolish manzj junctions of the township governme.nts, was written by Mrs. Bernice T. Van der Vrigs, 968 Pine street, Wïimetka member of,.the house of representatives' of the Illinois LegisLature, from the seventh sena-- torial (subuirban Cook county> district. By 13ernIce .T.- Van, der Vries Elow much >of home ru le a re subürbanite cit- ze ns8of ÇCooU county willinig to give. Up .forthe sake. of alleged efficiency in gov- e rn me nt that neyer cornes to Pass? In. particular do they wish all their - tax assessments to be decided by county asssor rs. an der Vries or would they prefer them made by the local township assessor who la near to the job and knows his coin- mnunity? Would they prefer to have all tax collections macde ini the jamn and con- fusion of the county building or pay the local township collector? Would'the local taxing boards pre- fer to have all tax collections go- di- rect to the ! vtnnnuy iirt,.,, ... Backs Petition To Aid Railroad Petition of Nýorth Shore citizens to the federal government to consider a ban of $3,000,000 to the North Shore electric line w-as endorsed Tuesday evening by the Kenilworth catgo, NUVriI bnre and iliîwauke electric -railroad, reports that more than 56,000 residents of the area servedby the line have signed the petition, requesting a federal loan o! $3,5000 to relieve it of press- ing needs. The goal is 75,000 signa- tures, and this total is expected to be reached by January 15. New Trier Toivns Approve Sixteen city councils and village. Commlittee Is Busy A general committee, consisting. of more than 200 leading men and women, is voluntarily carrying on the work of securing petition sig- natures. Ail are urged to complete their work and get the petitions into the hands o! the committee not la-fer than January 15. Would the tax-payer no w contrib- buting his money to poor relief taxes at rates determined separately ac- cording to the needs o! the respec- tive township relief loads, rather have aIl the job o! suburban relief thrown into one county agency? Fin ally would the officiais of sub- urban public sehools prefer to do away with township school treasur- ers and have ail sehool taxes a wn- Clarence W. Sorenson. will give an discuss the a, illustrated lecture on "Arabia as if- Mermbersc is Today" at an assembly of the charge of the students of the Joseph Sears school,- rin S. Dowse, Kerilworth, Friday morning. He was George H. M~ formerly official photographe-to the road, and H( cèrown prince of Sweden. Private road. ion. To Place a Want Ad Call tee ini le: Or- WILMETTE 4300 et, Dr. WI 1NNETKA 2000 Willow -J. A., Note: Economny Shop is condu*,d by the Womnan's Club of Wilmnette. Proceçds are directed to Phlanthrop.. ic purposes. 1 :

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