Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Sep 1939, p. 5

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Joint installation ceremonies of the Wilmette.post of the American Legion and its auxiiary unit wiU be held next Wednesday evenimg with a dinner program at the Shawnee Country, c lu ùb,, beginnling at 7:30 o'clock. Entertainment and dancing will be included in the. piogram.: William Merryman, psti om mander of the seventh.. district, will act as instaflmg offilcer for the post. Renfler New CeImauder William- J. - Benher - *111 succeed Edward. Drewes as post command- er.. Other new offilcers will be: first vice-commander, Fred 'R. Baker; second vice-commander, E. H. Myr-. land;, finance officee, John B. Bod- die;, directors, Earl W. Moon -and Ragner E. Dalstrom; delegate -to Cook County council,1 David Clark Leach; alternate, R. L. l*artman; delegate to seventh district, E. H. Myrland; alternate, F. CIintoen Bird. Mrs. Ë. l.Myrland wfi li e nsiai- led as president of the auxiiary unit to succeed Mrs. Edward Cullison. Other axuiliary officers will be: Mrs. Clark E. Nolan, first vice-president; Mrs, AI Rodenkirk, second vice- president; Mrs. George Bassier, treasurer.; Mrs. Guy L. White, sec- retary; Mrs. Harry S. Browne, chaplain; Mrs. Aram Mestjian, bis- torian; and Mrs. Earl Moon, ser- geant-at-arms. week. The harbor, which, accommiodate. more boats for its. size than any oth- er harbor in the W orld, is also the base for.the North Shore coast guard stationtWhlch patrols. the Ohore Ue from Cwëca9o to Kenosha. To .enlarge the harbor from ,its présent size of five acres to the proj- ected- 40-acre. size would require about $M0, 000. Approxlmately 40 per cent of this sum miust be ralsed Io- çally. Nit AUin I.cash It was emphasîzed, however, that ahi 'this: 'sum need, not be inicash, smnce' materials and services wll a- 50 be accepted. Under the supervision of the North- Shore Harbor association, a retalu- ing wall was built hast year and the dredghnW of the basln was cornpilt- ed. A spoil area which added con- siderable. land to the park district's property and the necessary pilings have ahso been part of the local con- tribution. Need About $100,W In aIl, from *80,000 to $l00,00 must sUi be raised. by local agen. cies. ".Yachting,,cf all t.,r n ïmr a Bank Depositor8 Edward J. Barrett, state auditor, this week announeed that he has au- thorized paymnent of a 10.8 per cent dividend, amnounting to $19,177.01, to the depoitors of the Hubbard Woods Trust and Savings Bank, Hubbard Woods. This is the fifth and final div- idend to be paid since the bank closed, bringing the total paid up to William J. Benner (upper right) tvl.be instaUed as commander1 of the Wilmette post of the American Legion at ceremonies to be held next Wednesday evenng at Shawnee Country club, and Mra. E. H.. Myrland (upper left) is to be the new president of the auxUiOTU unit. They wili suceeed Edward Drewes (lower right) and Mrs. Edward Culion, lower left). Photo of Mr. Benner by Tolof; of Mr. Drewea by Ca'rioa; of MTs. Myrland by Matthew Francis. Student Aid Dept. Asks Citizens' Help One of the increasmwgly. inrnrti

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