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mi*::: ■if?: LAKE SH as -= Which we are striving to• perpetuate •by'jthe organization of this sotelety tor \h& fefre_hTng~ of - old memories and the renewing of old friendships. We are gathered here to pay homage' to old time things." ^ .■. :'!--;C . ,t..'•' Word from Mrii PJeraoh.'^^ /| Mrs. John. Gage read a paper en- titled: "Reminiscences of ^Early- Days In Wilmette," and this was fol- lowed by a series of communications from members unable to be present. Among these ~was~a letter addressed to" the society" by Mrs. Stella M. Pler- ^sbh,widowof the lateH-ibuis Jr-Pier- son, "former president of the organisa- tion and member of Its board of di- *rebtpr8 at^thcr time' of^ his death on the lSih of last month. In this letter? read by Mr. Gage, Mrs. Pierson ex- pressed her regret in being unable to -attend the-meeting, as well^as_Jier_ gratitude for "the wonderful friendli- ness of our friends." Mrs. Stolp, historian of the society, numbered the list of those of the old settlers who had passed into the T^Great Beyond*' during the past year. Among them were: J. D. Brown, who settled in this vicinity in 18<38; Thomas M. Brooks, a settler here in ri87!flTlufu¥TjrKirk,. who died August io; in Rochester, N, Y.. and Frank E. Ballard, who died April 5. ttt-^--r -Amend By-Laws. __j_xs^Jr-MelviUft Browny Henry Gage, and S. A. Wheelock were" nominated. and by the peculiar rule-of the so- ciety were unanimously elected mem- bers of the board ofdirectorsr---■--*-^-- The by-laws of therassociationTwere amended"to read that henceforth any "person shall^be eligible1^%o member- 's hip in the society who hafc been a resident of the village of Wilmette -25 years-previous to the date_of his application r for membership, =57 clauae-lo go into effect three years ^rencer-- As the spokesman for the ever-in- creasing army of newcomers to the village, D. E. Ambrose»jeditor of a lo- jsarpaper, was. catted on to address a <^-few^emarksllo the assembly.7. He ptfHT 5:: warm tribute to the "fellowship of ~r: kindred minds" as the keynote of the success of the organization, of which he was ■ the guest. ~~~- "" T~~ The speeches_and buslness^of^the evening were concluded with a few songs popular in the olden days, ren- dered by .the Old Timers' Quartet, which was comprised of Mrs. %Villiam Doig, Miss Jennie Doig, sisters, and JMr--John-Paige, all children of first settlers; and Mrs. H. E. Moore, her- iself one^rthe ofiglnat pioneers of the BectldhT^The quartet first sang"Nel- jle «Ho!'-'- and flnaliy,; "Aula - Lang -Syne^ Exhibit Treasured Curios. Two of the committee rooms were ^crowjed with curios 'dear to tne mem- ories of thT^bTder7~fesidentsr among- yhich were treasured heirlooms, which w *M-be«n handed down t hTongh. their ,f ^her famlj^ collection, ftp- ering reminded one of a lot of gigantic Beared a\te«jeb*at,-^ was a,J^of«ennjM among the oldest in this section, read a-letter from Miss Mattie G. Brooks, daughter of Thomas M. Brooks, first secretary of the Old Town Folks ""of WllmattB-lnHpart^iu^ better lau as follows: ""' ) "While it wasn't difficult to drive out the Indians, they having been giv- en a gQverQjjient grant of land,-it" was necessary to secure the assistance of Chicago lawyers to prevent the Bale of land, clejtrJEiHe^ to> which were Al- most' impossible to get. Hence the development of Wilmette was haih- pereriHJ not?actually halted, for many spciabillt/* displayed ifhen we. gaih ered abou,t file warm stove to light wp for the lfdTnwhrtfl*ioiins«y^^oii*>-r^ about it, the winters were colder *a4 the snows deeper than now, and utie writer well remembers the many cofrdl pi hard,knotty wppd he bad to dig from deep show mounds each winter ib' *eei> .tHe ' wng* ^averneJl stores going. v • • " -,: -• -"/.j--:---^ X.1/ VlHa^ 6r«y» Slowly. "Each hotae was provided with, ft well for drinking water and a cistern for soft water. We all remember the necessity of "pttmnig the/pump" to summer and thawing It ou"t with hot water to winter^ Songs about the Old TowngPump or the Old Oaken Bueket • ■ r> in "were 'very7 familiar and greatly apprd- n_and ft Paul ae^_eIated^ l .mignt addV^gexms and mi- crobes" were an unknown quantity in those days, in spite_ofT^ilch fact _we were a healthy lot. We had frequent and cisterns, and we all were compelled to ower. Mi». Edwtu'd Ri ,WjeJWtor JKirtfeited her great, g~eat grandmother's shawl, which, too, Long since had passed'the century mark of sacred r^Mo*.,..Mrs1. Byrbn C. S^phT loafied* k elbak t& ithe exhibit, which 'was "Hcnly worked in silk, and tb^ugti «e 4xaet age-is jjih- kriown, was one of the' real ihtlques. Mrs. ^heelock loa*ed,la sheet p| wallpaper Vnd a collection, of plumbs, the latter worn by hef ancestors in the Continental army, and both articles dating back to the eighteenth century. Mrs. Helen S. Gage exhibited a flak wheel, which must have been~ several hundred years old; ..while another exr hibiii--_oI-, Mrs.--John i&gela-aros |n jncient^jvarmim vere lantern. "Rellgton^;Hamper«d Churches. Miss Esther Dunshee, daughter of E. P. DunBhea, and ^hhse fwm^y-4a4-d^»fthai these- dryi: years. . ■■*., From 1874 to 1884_there-was-jyeryi little building, done here, becausethere was no sale of landi' But after thiB many deBirable people joined the UW streets as well as the purses of the people. ■-..,,.-.; "Evanston -was always inclined to laugh at us, hut one spring day they invited us to become-a part of their city. A 3turdy, independent spirit thrived here, and therefore Wilmette remained apart with a town govern- ment of its own. ™f. I). •« ■' |S|' Sacrificed; Bonnets to Church. "The religious opinions of the peo- ple here interfered v/ith the religious development ot-the~village. The first church built here was a Union church,, and it couldn't be completed for the lack of funds. It was finally bought by Henry A. Dingee, who took it over on a mechanics' claim. The structure was later purchased by the" Methodist church, the congregation renting the property from Mr. Dingee. -- "In '76 eame the. Congregational churchrbrinieing with them Wllmette's first resident ^pastor.. Both churches worked for the good of the coinm Tf~niJtnperfectr-they--were-rv«r ip pRrnoat.' anj'yt-^y much alive. ■latter rhurch W ^iliea through many generations. '\rteeWe several extfibito or tftmny antiques,"Mrs. Helen S. Gage was wearing a costume which had been her party gown in,1868, and with.it a filmy bonnet, a part of her trousseau, createda-year later. A topaz pin, a full dentury old, clasped the quaint collar about her neck. Mrs. E. E. Russellr a~resident of Wilmette thirty years, was wearing ^century--oldr--whleh^-had- -tions^ " a gown- originally been her mother's, Mrs. E, T Paul, who resided in Canada. -- Also a treasured aYticlc with the ^ociety^sjnembersjwas the large ma- hogany box affectionately named "Ye- Old Town Talk," and which contains the first issue of the Athenaeum, the -first newspaper published in the vil- lage; along with'the minutes of the meeting and__the society's records. Into this box will go the. paper read at the-meeting by Mrs. Stolp. Around -the--wails- of--the- rooms-were^ phot o- graphs^of old residents and their chil- rarenrwhich arealscf preserved by the society. Was^ln the^Revotutlonit There was an old flint lock_piatql loaned the exhibit by Miss Hattie Brooks, which had been the property of Commander Goodspeed and had agflii service in the, Revolutionary bat- tles^ about Boston. ____-T.._.._._______ .'Mrs. W. J. Hasmer was wearing her mother'St wefdding shawl, over a hun- dred years old. "MfsT Gedtge ^Barry appeartt Howered gown, which bote the unrols takable^stamp of the^early dayajat:. the. ^S nlheteeQth Century;, ahe wore a bruouh given her by General Dix, and a comb which was the property of Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte, sister-in-law of the great Napoleon, and who met her in Bordento^rn^ N. J., after her family had been ousted from their European throne. Mrs.'Barry also wore a prized Old medallion, which had been a fam- ily' 'htelribbm more than a hundred "Had it and^^th< yfhl$h I olanted as'mere slips two feet hign, Pwpimd not have recognized the haul water from tha springs along the | oghize. not having seen her :for-so Gross Point road, or from the lalce, S tiling half in getting up the steep- iaaksv-e-^. . ' _' ■----------_■ . .... ■. ■ "For years the village scarcely ex- tended east of Eighth street or north of Lake avenue. ,JLweJJ. remernber the advent of Mrl; George Rogers on For* est avenu^ and the interest excited aihohg-the-bpys by the -onijE^daughter, andjhe rigging of a "tick tack" against the front window tb-frtghtenr-her. The tables were turned. However, by Mr. Rogers\appearing on the scene with a shot gupoTana"^s^oTn^oTtherboys^dtd not" stop running untiithey^reached North rEvanstcor----- .v^'indians wj I torslnlRe' early days,Tabd whenabout -we boys kept closely at home; because o/f the fearful but, entirely fanciful tales told of themrr'fEci oil painting on the north wall of this room is not a far fetched -idea of the shore bluffs trCcoTony: TheyIIdrd"lioT"Iike~us, as we were and told us'how we ought to be. Hence this quiet^romantic; beau- tiful spot came under the hand of the Improvers, who made it over into a town up to date.--They-^drained theJ^near Lake avenue, omitting, of course, the Indian camp. ^-^5!an"y"Eere^' remember Mr. Henry Kinney, who sold iis- our--groceries, was station agent, -postmaster, ex- press agent, village treasurer, and general confident and friend of the needy. "The old hard coal stove- in the rear of his store was a" meeting place for all, and the starting point of many a story or bit of gossip while waiting for Mr. Kinney's cry/'All "up.* f- "You will nptice_pn East R. R. ave nue a long wooden building, used by Mr. F. H. .Gathercoal as a --irpenter ishop. For many years this was our /pretentious theatefr-or hall for all pub-, lie occasions, dances, theatricals, and! ©ven-^ehureh--ser-viees.^--Xt--fOErueriyi *wMA Mm^r EW§, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 19*6. been for the old oak tree Messrs. McLeish and Smith made ^j,-^mW»,- JbPUbL i^l^rapejui iljLtle speecbea-ol. paeting, de- claring their associations on the'board had been not only very agreeable, but I^^a4B^n^^ohTe7l^i«1ticlly aavantageons to -them^fronj: --: the business point of view-----~J^- An ordinance to reconstitute the board of local improvements was in- troduced by Mr. -^handler- and' ap- proved. ' -~ '"■ '"'^ ^; ~^"""7" ■; : L~ easterly ?w«e to ibis (house that I took my bride and bfneatb its rbdf five jofV«ay ctil- wwre^borhf-^ feit like'lUp Van inSle. ^ i wis': ^niing' away a e.asant looking man greeted me. 'Is •tifii? Charges'■!:P. Westerfleld ?' , he asked, and!in him ilrecogniied Mel- ville Browiji, the son of ah old and jj&sbected^resident of the village." *-Making ^he tour of the" town, the, visitor catted at Doctor Stolp's resi-> denco. "I Iwas greeted at4the door/' he Bays, in fctfa letter, "by- Mrs. Stolp; but it was "not the glrllBh figufe qf the" young bcide I had Kissed years ag£. While the good looks still re- mained, of~course. she^ad grown to ave the rather rotund^ figure of the matron whom^I-dld not at first rec The president announced the new" standing committees for the coming year as follows: ' f Finance--Rayenscroft, Penfield and: Bbardman. ■'.■' * Public utilities--Penfield, Haupt and Ravenscroft. --^....t... ■ Street A and -alleys >-- Chandler, Hausch and Haupt.' ■ Ffre; Crater and sewers--Haupt, Ra- venacroft and Chandler. _V ' ~ 7 PQlice--Hausch, BoardmanHahd PenP" field. ■" - . ------------^ Buildings--Boardman, Chandler and ^Hauscir: '^rrrr---: ^-----=r_- Adjournment was"taken to Tuesday. April 18.;;:' ^i;v->,v^#^pg^-----^^----■■•v-.--' jnjny yearB.; 1' **:' Helj»ed-l:ay Out the TpwnVs After .ATijIcasaht cnat-Mrr-weistef^ field Wandered. _ west along Lake ave- nue, where lie remembered having assisted his tather, then deputy coun- ty surveyor, in fixing the lines of that street.___ ■._""""./': Along thir Thoroughfare he had, in the early d;o< hauled^ with ox teamr many loads >>F white ash logs from his father's !^tiri"^n the old Oullmette reservation Vy^he^ residence of hi? aunt, Mrs, f:. M. Djjngee, 5rT In turn be" renewed tie1 visited the1 homes and Tfi cquain tance _^qf old ■i'g- these were Charlie ends. Ai j( McDaniels,. ■. nother of his""army com- rades^ whOn -f?e, found: .at work as of old/ "Of «*i l se,- his hair was gray and his hfta i long and ailvorcd, but. he was the :am« Charlie," wrote Mr. Westerfleld. "Tad this chance meet- hnnrecaired--i he occasion when' the elder Westrr-fi^ld-had predicted the ^coming of tV.'<- trolley car to this neighborhoo'l. t thing then unknown, except on a v.y'streets in Chicago. Me-'ts Old Friends. He next s<n tiiit the home 'of- Joseph Shantz, a gnnison of one of "your early se.ttfer.i ;; thence he went to the home of Chief-vf Police E. G. Sieber, 1118 Lake a-'i-nue. in quest of Maxim Durham, "brtii old residents of your town," and t!:- latter with Charlie McDaniels «nu myself being the old- est 'old ttmi'rs^of the village yet liv- Jng." . / ' In Gross Point Westerfleld met; while walkiac; down Ridge avenue, two more a'.fjo'iri'ntances. "One. Otto stood on Central avenue, about where- ^Miss" Cramer's store Is now IocatedV, T they Meld Big Eatatea: ; ~~~ .^v ■-;.- «MdnM_4'.V village. Heonce had bull>^fepy^i*%-H»«M^-.:« .° a building o: street. The work was financed at greWTRIcTrtfi:t-oh the"p^y't ol tue hleitt1 _hersX4he..'_wom»:a.-rfbr instance, offer- ing to go without new bonnets until the church was built. Perhaps this was hard for the women, but harder on the men, who had' to look at the old. bonnets during church service. But this marked the beginning of churches in'WilmetteT^Now we have a repra^ mentation of almost all the denomina- Kemp, who "■s-ti-M pegs away; at the shoe business, and Mri Blazier, son of another---off^Tt^f--yicinity's. .^pld, rest dents^' tii -The- early large land owners were Mr. Hr=AT~Bingee, Mrr-Alexander^Mc- _JKfistexfiehL--Miv Gage, and the Dusham& Ma- stramenta_*kh which-thfr-original hone-y^J Mr? H. A. Dingee was reported: :»nes- of Wikneke-were. run, a copy ' ' - of the. minur-s the first meeting -of as well as.1n"_ Melville Brown's Version. The following-essay was penned by J. Melville Brown, today one of the most prominent and most prosperous of WJimeite>_ citizens. It was read by the author's wife, Mrs. J. M. Brown. I . v ^My earliest recollections are of fol- lowing a wagon," says Mr7~Brown, "filled with household goods from our h^meTirEVanstonTthTough a beautifn^ forest to Wilmette. The first house sighted was a small one./since en- larged to the present BocMins fesi- -deneer-A-Mftie clearing was^Just east^ farmed at the -time- by; a.--German named-Rudolph---It was reported this was aJwigwam settlement at^one time, but there exists no evidence to sup- port this theory. For long years the house wa5~vacant. and the supersti- tious thought it haunted. Certainly mahy young people' hurried by after nightfall with bated breath. The clear- ing afterward became a hotly con- tested balLfffeld for the school boys. Lhe-^Afe*ander McDaniels residence, afterward known-as the Dr. Childs* tllage. Ahiut-at-ioh ticket ; -s> -.■•*.■' 0/c/e&kvc/£a^^ Real rEs tale News r - /; By Paul Schroeder. < > ?--^ Renting season is now on in full blast with many inquiries lor a good class of houses. ^"Our special this.week for rent: Best"! 7-room house on west side, rfurnace^ heat, good lot, fine trees, and garden spoJt^_Located_,at_r j.^ftS_ Spencer_A.ve£ Only $30 per month:•'■;Wealso have a number of . other"s*from $35, $45, $50, i $60, $75,-$«W^$-125s-$i5'o4)e!- month. Now is the time to see jis for. your.;f rents. Our special this weeli is as follows: "Vacanf- 50 m-400" ft.'bn.Speuwr-Avf?,- E. Z terms, $17 per ft. l^r"^- "'" 5Q or 100 ft. on 17th Sty?t~$12: T50 ft. corner1 lot, Elmwopd Ave cash".$57o;": :,"-:. ' •. '■■■■■■; .-^JIIZ 100 ft. on 15th St., at $8 per ft Fine Hill St. corner lot. TreesJ^IoOf 50 ft., assessments all paldr-rl^ake Ave. lot, ?25. , * 82 ft. Sheridan road.; best buy. $t>f 50 ft. near Sheridan_road and lake, $57.50. '..-■ .. .-- 40 ft. flue Dupree PI. lot, $35l 50 ft. Hill St.. fllie lot/838. -- Remember we have three autos. Will call for you or your friends in any-=part of Wilmette, Kenilworth Gross Point or Evanston every day; j including, Suriday,-to show you homes, [ vacant ~6r~ rents. Phone 6987 Paul/ Schroeder & Co., office near "L" sta tion.--Adv."-- ' ----=--------------------- ^ HEAR WITHOUT EARS, Police and Detectives Are Using Lip j _ Reading in Place-of-the^ Dictagraph. -T-housands-of--deaf people--are todbi}; throwing away all hearins devices and -enjoying' till e«'nvei^:;ilirisi. T;..;1 nV th- bd is'1'.easily and, tjuirkh by Wilmette ai-enue; Centra} and 11th street, and promised H-ieinal ordinaiH es en- tbrougli, Qiir system/" ! only rhinfi of its kind to • wteri; donate it to the village for park-pur^ poses, but his heart failed him. j*hd he sold it for real money. pTrp"%^ . • "There was always genuine fellow- ship and enjoyment at the town pic- nics- in^the_^vacanLpasture. just_east. ofi,ake avenue and 6th street, which everyone attended. There was a fair ball field on this same spot, and on Sat- urday afternoons or holidays our town 4)oys entertained the entire populace in baseball combats with the neighbor- ing town nines, and no league game of the present days excitedf more intense: interest."^ "The boys were reaLboys-JheiL as now, and some of their antics con sisted of carrying fence gates to, the depot platform, stealing horse-blocks. oari-1'" pidtjwslki:. Mr. ( y^g Our proposition if Westerjieif'f resides at 416 Porter! _guarirr rf-'stiM: street. \\> *'regan. GLENCOE EXTENDS LIGHTING SYSTEM digging up hitchThgTpbsts, tick tacking on church ^wihdows at night time climbing to the roof, of the old school buililing^or into the Methodist church tower and ringing the_bells, a sternly residence., waa^built immediately ant. followed soon, afterward hy othera; IMts. John Gage exhibited a quilted ^m skirt about eighty yj^airs old, and made for her grandmother's wedding. With this piece wenT a pair of slippers of the same golor and patSSrn of cloth. The slipperB were made byHhe bride's father. In this particular exhibit was a man's silk yest and Btpck, each ope Mtae ftarktr in. Saint-Garb. _i*i_/ -f MisB Mira K. Barker wore her grandmother's, wedding dress, wHTclf Shawl, the property of her. ancestor afid^ of abotit the same age as the dress. At her throat, clasping her neckkerclilef, she wore a cameo pin which jjad, ijeen the property of Mar- tha Washington and bore the likeness of Raphael. Miaa Barker also wore a silver comb in her hair, which reputed to be 100 years old, while sh* " ah ostrich feather fan of like The first public mlilding to be. erected was the old schoolhouse on the corner of Central avenue and 11th street, which was used f^or school purposes, church gathering and public or polit- ical tneetingsiVThe first teacher was Miss May Sfceldpn, and some business men of mbre"than loeal fame sat on those small-oak benches. I might men- tion the Westerfleld bpys^ Mr. Alfred. Walters, Mr. G. Tr-BoggSi-Mise-Grace Gassate, The Gedney brothers, and la- ter the Lathams/ famous in business and law; the JJills, Furmans, Spring- ers, and not the least, our departed po/ litical Warwick. Mr. S.0S. Dingee. Php-V tographs of this old school building," also of the old Congregational and family ^tradition says is one hundred y^gTB^hwiitr°Witlr~itr-Bha -wore a^ lacer|-phig^'ainB^-^Thc old plank--sidewalks -Methodist churches,, long since demol- returoing^ej^for^ajyisit_a few w« Jshed,. can, be sean here this evening^ inHb^-rtfom~TieTPte<l-to--ftgtttiues. .."-■' "Our roads~were dirt or corduroy, lined by deep ditches to tarry the sur- were continually getting ijut oi repai and were responsible for many a hard fall. The. street lamps were of the oil- burning kind,' and few and far be- tween. A request for a. lamp in, some benighted section: 'caused heated dis- cussions at the vJilage meetings. E^ch household had its supply of lanterns I open book before him."' "arwayl^ carried/ oltiaark nights, and a procession headed to some public gath- ,__._. Following^ fofhfdden pastimerT^he-lake-was-theL|-Mr^_McL£i; drawing point in 'summer time, and many the boy who played "hooky" for ah afternoon's forbidden swim "We are aH Allied with the spirit of old time memories, and as our thoughts turn^backwardr~we"drink:lihz the beauty of Riiey's^'song-or Long for exten.-i in some's^ ^trictrwh^iv Mr. Chan". Ago," the opening stanza of which | in memory reads: ?^S .. "j----.------' s........... ^A-song of Long/Agor:- ' Sing it lightly--sing it low-- ^--^ Sing it softly--like the lisping of the --itpa we used to know . ~"~r When bur baby-laughter spilled . From the glad hearts ever filled ^/ With music^ blithe as' robin "ever -^trilled." - _ / /";-:■. Old Settler Returni^';'./lyi/ /-' Mrs. Helen S. Gage read a* paper addressed to the meeting by Charles F. Westerfleld^ now of Waukegan, but. fifty yearsf-'ago-ar resident of Wil- mette, and the son of ope of the first -settlerS-in this vicinity,' when" tho-ter^ ritory was known as Gross Pointr-and as related in Mrs. Stolp's historicaT reminiscences, he lived with his father on the tract of land acquired from the Indians by Antonine^Onilmette tor 1828. This property was acquired by John Westerfleld in 1857, and his son, ago, recalled incidents which -had hap- pened sixty years ago when deer strolled" along -the wooded--"trails which are now known as Lake ave- JMie, together with several of the pioneer whites, were about ^the-only settlers. Be recalled in his letter the younger His Old Home Changed. Board Reorganizes as New /-Members-Take Seats--// ■■^0. Lochner^Iernoriahlsi// yoii. Cost is trffliag. See'what Dew:J-- International artists are taking up Lip Reading in order to play i pictures- _You ' can 1 uiiderstand^whaES people_are sa>oag; ^s_ f ar a^v-aj.L_as-->x)jxl_ can see" them, beyond the ran but mention money. The -.eye understands o'- of •hearing'.". Soud no this state whether or not you .are deaf. partijsulars will be /sent: you .absolute jy fre/ and ' with ho e.-qu-lis-e to yon Address, School-of-Lip l.aniiuasc; Kan sas City, Missouri.-r(^dvj_)..,'.':,'.-/./::;""' ■- ;t-.77T1T-^--"~^g^p - - The final meeting'of the outgoing council occurred Monday f vening, April 11 Ti^Timv Trustees jyerty prCS- ^ntT rea(i}M-T=take-eharge of the neA" ship of st ■'-• . evidently with a keen edge on fo the work bestowed upon them- by tin popular vote of April 4. reading of the minutes, ^chainrian^ J2f_-thre c^ua: utilities, introduced mittee oil"■""u,!>'lic the draft ot a i ordinance granting the Public-'Servtrrr-company rigpt of way •' of (lie lighting service '•ts in the southern dis- nrey are mu^lFneeded. cr Introduced resolution f ithe, late Carl Lochner, village col!'^or, which were adopt- ed viva vthl with sincere unanimity. An order was made that a transcript of the sam* "e sent to the family of thp rifippasni Mr. Ravens jroft .moved a "vote of thanks be_ext <nded the retiring mem- bers, Messrs. McLeish and Smithr This was uirai imously adopted. Pres- ident McRa'e/"who had ho vote, asked to be include I with those who had. He expressed his high appreciation of the work -ot*e by the two retiring meffibersr^whe visibly blushed at the accumulating compliments^ heaped up- on--thenw oti rd^proeeeded--to--bpen--they returns of tho village election, held on April 4. O reful computation made from the certificates appended to the poll lists showed no7Wriation-fTjOnr ?he returns ai already published, and formal official declaration was made pnt-on^r-aeordT-showing the elec tion <4f thejo;lowing Trustees- -Fr-ederick W. Penfleld, Harry HEpy Harry B. Boardman. Villiage-^to4^^Granvilie D. Hall, and other-^thoroughfares,- -andrf^-Street comiiiissioner-^Gebrge-^Diet" his family and a few Indians, trich. -------------------■ - ■ : , ■ Marshal--John M. Aleff. r Police constable--;H. V.'Richardson. Lihrai'y jir<^!bTs--Mrs. Alta SagerT days of J. Mplville.Broyn, who years ago was spoken of as a "yonth^who had. been known to saw wood with-an-i4h» oath of office administered--byi Ifftrkham ib.drde, fThe three new trustees-elect took President MacRae and signed certi-s fled copies of^same, prepared by At- Ati^oi Uei I! ?■ ill. llie- onii'ia etitirciy pVlWiii-a!;-,'^ it' v.'i 11 ;;4fw::' '™-B pa-per Mr. and Mrs'. Hollenbook are the guests" of their '-daughter. M^g^Cliarles. Dresser,. 147. Beach road.. /V . _. Miss.-.'Couch •lo'f/Zion,_Ci'tyrTnd Mrs. FItzgerard/of 'VVaukegan were, week- end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eehrens, 667 Bluff street. CHALMERS and O VERLAH Sold en deferred paymcrus. Old cars taken in\hrcdc. .- Winnetka Motor Company o > u CO «0 E o X Button Room 1122 Stevens Bldi 17 Np St at est leNoWabffiShAv Pnone:Central58j9 Chicago R0 A3? £ H 0IIS PnxMieASS STORAGE LONG DISTANCE MOYINfc Household Goods Moved, Packei Special Piano and Rug Room ^ Private Locked Rooms sssChairs and Tables for R« .±m