Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Jun 1927, p. 6

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WILMETTE LIFE June 3, 1927 must hasten actual work on this comprehensive street recou st ruction program and the Main street proposition offers the logical opening \vedge to the ,. entire system of improvement. Muat Do Job Now ).[oreover, President Orner continued we have before us now an np· portunity' most communities . \\·ould hasten to grasp, namely, that ot county aid in the ~lain street project to thv extent oi $100,000. That appropriatinn is inr thi ~ nar. It may not he a\'ail ahle in atll.~thcr year. It is the:eior c imperatin~ that we pr oc et"d \\:tthou! deJa,· with th e actual proscc uttcm 01 thi : · impronment. ).,fain s.trcet mu· t he widened and pa\·cd th1 s s unlmt·r . The prrs<:nt road\\·ay is a disgrace to \Yilml'ttc. tht" street entirely inadequa tt· to handle e\·en a small part of it-. share ni the incrt"asingly great YOltl lli t· ~f traftic coming through the villag· ·. There is no \'alid reason for delay . On Tue sda\· evening, June 7. tlH· board of loca·l improve'm ents will i· ~r · malh· rcc0mmcnd to the Village hoard the j)a~sage of the Main street Highwa~· orclinanre. Mrs. Florence Crowell Is Taken by Death Thursday The death of ~{ rs. Florence Crowell, mother oi ~~ rs. R. G. Read of 901 Centra I avenue, occurred Thursday, Mav 26, at Mrs. Read's home, following. a short illness. No funeral services were held in Wilmette, the remains being taken immediately to Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived by a son and daughter, Preston Crowell of Harrisburg, and Mrs. R. G. Read. Mrs. Read expects to return from the East Saturday, June 4. · ~ CHALLENGE OBJECTORS TO MAIN ST· WIDENING (Continued from page 1) \\'innetka, Hubbard \\'oods, and Glencoe for both truck and pleasure cars. "If adopted, the plan will receive the aid of the county to the extent of approximately $100.000. ·'Objecting nH:· mbers ni the Village board have been ill\·it ed \\'ith the vie-.v to sec if tht"ir nhjections cannot he ironed out." Sense Opposition Thi:; procedure on the part oi the business and professional people in the communitv came as a direct result of action- taken at a n1eding of the \\'ilmette Villagr hoard of local impronments Tuesday CYening, ~ray 24, at which the Yote oi Village President Orner wa s necessary to break a deadlock on the hoard in balloting on a resolution to draw up an ordinance provicHng for the pr~>posed high\\·a y, 52 feet in width, that \\'O ttld txtend throughout the length of the Yillage . In the balloting on that occasion President Orner Yotecl in favor of the resolution with Trustees C'azel, Hoff- ,........................ M. Portenhauser : 1 : Painter and Decorator Estimates Without Obligation 1 I 1 ~. man and vonReinsperg, atl of whom were successful People's party candidates in the recent Village election. Trustees Baker Drayer and Wiedlin, holdovers ·on tl1e board, all affiliated with the defeated Home party group, opposed the resolution. . Prior to the vote on the resolutton the newly elected trustees and President Orner ,·oted against a motion introduced )),· Trustee Baker, which proposed to ~efer the l\Iain street improvement matter to tl~e Village .Plan commission and the Vtllage Engmeer ,,·ith instructions that a conference be held \\'ith a previous Plan commission (several oi the members of which arc no Ionge~ residents of \Vilmette) ,,·hich ~c,·eral Years ago prepared plans ior a simiiar improv ement taking into account grade . rparation of the railroad right-of-,,·ays jn relati on to fixing the grade ior the proposed higlnYa\·. Tru sters Baker, Drayer and \\'irdlit~ fa\·ored the Baker motion. Job for Engineers President Orner and Trustee Hoffman, both veteran village official s, have contended throughout all the recent board discus . ions regarding the :Main street project · that the matter of establishing a grade that \\·ould ta into account possible future grade separation is simply a problem for engineers to \\·ork out. They argue that with the county offering the services of its higln\'ay engineering experts to cooperate with the Village Engineer, that problem could be solved without great difficulty and avoid prolong('c\ delays. Termed Key Thoroughfare ").I a in stre.ct is the key thoroughfare to the entire street improvement system in \Yilmctte," President Orner declared this week in commenting on the highway proposition. "\Ve 111 ust establish a through traffic artery to take care oi traffic while other streets are undergoing reconstruction. \Ve 1030 Greenleaf Phone 2764 ~-------------·-········· "e Thursday, June Sixteen, New Trier Alumni Day :\ L .,,. Trier Alumni clay ,,·ill ht· llt·ld upnn Thnr-.day, June lo, according t·l an announcen~t·nt issued by the Alu n.ni as;-;ociation this week . On that d;l\·. officia I open house will be observed h~· the :-.ch::)!)l .and the graduates will rl' turn to participate in an all-day prc )· gram which will include cver~·thing from 1110\'ing pictures and cloggtng tc) grand opl'ra, according to those in chargt. A general meeting \'i·ill he held in the :;chool ~less hall where the IH'\\ . graduates will he received into t ht· Alumni rank s and a reunion of tea rh ers and classmates will he he \d. MOTORS SERVICE In~orpo.roeed EVErtVTHING &ehe AUTOMOBILE Disappearing NEVER. CLOSED LUGGAGE CARRIERS Footman Loops and Straps Everything to Make Baggage Carrying Convenient Wilson's Bread Is Better Bread --------------------------------------------Our bread is made from pure fresh milk, Pillsbury's Best Flour. good shortening and other materials such as you would use at home. It has a delicious "home-made" flavor and is baked fresh twice daily. The Largest Motor R~air Do not be deceived by being told that so·me other is "just as good." Shop ····-·······-···----------------------------·········-----------------------------------When you order from your grocer-specify (/Wilson's" --------------------------------------------- in Wilmette The Wilson Bakery 1 16 2 WILMETTE AVENUE PHONE 414 ·

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