Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Mar 1932, p. 7

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wactow of joseph Sears, the founder of Kenilworth, died Thursday, Feb.- ruary 25, at her home, 417 Warwick road, Kerilworth. Mrs. Sears was born near Milburn, Ill., on Mardi 3, 1843. She was the djâghter of Samuel Stedman Barry a.nd Abigail Corbin. Abbot Barry, .pioneers from. Salem, Mass'.hI 1851 lier family moved to Chicago where she was educated, graduating from the West Side High school. She married Joseph.Sears in 1868 and they remained residénts of :Chi-ý cago for the-following twenty-three :-ears. Six chiîdren were born: John Barry, Philip R.,.Helen A.,, Marion Louise, joseph Alden, and Dorothy. The second daughter died in infancy and the eldest son in 1916., In 1889 'Mr. Sears and his associates purchased the 224-acre tract lying ýbe- tween, Wilmette and Winnetka, whe the suburb of Kenilworth was found- ed. The famil y nxved from' their home at 1815 Prairie avenue, Clhi- cago. to Kenilworth in August, 1891. %vlere they continued to reside ini their biouse on the lake front until MNr. 'Sears' death in 1912. Mrs. Sears continued lier residence in the village to the time of lier deathl last, Thursday> morning, living for the past ýsixteen vears in the bouseî on Warwick road buiît and occupied' by lier parents in the early days of1 Kýen ilworth.i qlle was a nieniber of die Chiica.go' The LAXATIN Min 0 a at Brio>n Residence The North Shore Art league will hold its next.meeting Sunday after- noon, March 6, at 3 o'clock ini the. home of Mr s. Fdwgrd A Brion, 181 Beach road, Glencoe,. Mrs. Walter Griffin, not ed painter, will speak on "The Romance of the Treeg." Mrs. Griffiný has an exhibat of her work at Huyler4 on North Michigan avenue, Chicago. ft con- sists of Iandscapes in which ,trees, are made the. predominant note. These landscapes are painted on satin and are misty and dreamy in tone and mood. Tbey represent 1 scenes i ii Aus- tralia where M 1rs. Griffun lived' for seventeen years. Her husband was engaged in town planning so Mrs. Griffun saw much of Australia. On Sunday, afternoou, March 13, the new studio of the Art league will be opened:lu the niew ýCommunity House at Winnetka. The' members have been invited to be pres'ent and to view an exhibition of the works of Frank Peyraud,~ Rudolph Ingerle, AI-' len Philbrick, and James E-well, the- scuiptor. Kate Bacon Bond is chair- mnan of the hangiug committee. Nfrs. W. W. WVheelock. 132 Oxford! road. Kenilworth, is in California visit-' 'ing her daughter, Becky (Mrs. J. W.; Buel). She will be gone about a mnont.' (E EFFECT of neraI Ou . .but' :y as .a Desserti1 my people want the beneficial, non-. Togh automobile. Teman arrested was Peter Cher- ati, 903 Linden avenue, Hubbard Woods. He was held on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and later was released on bond. Accord- ing to the Wilmette police, Cherati confessed that he.sped away after his car struck the milk wagon. MichaelF., Becker, 2031' Lake ave- nue,' Wilmette, the wilk, wagon driver, who is, employed by the Bowman Dairy company, was badly shaken up but suffered. no serious injuries. The wagon t oppled over. on its 'side when Cherati's Car struck it. The accident was- reported to the Wilmette police about, 4:55' o'clock Sunday morning. At 6:50 that same found by the police ini the 1600 block on, Walnut avenue. Its 1931 license, 1mtinuet. .As t gton pr( pupils uîuirooxu of *M. CA. iccasion is a m, several of dance the Mr. and Mrs. WÀilliam Plumer (Jane Rkidgway)- of Boston are visiting the latter's> parents, Mr.. and, Mrs. Grant Ridgway of 207 Cumberland avenue,. Kenilworth. for KIDNMEY DI SORDERS PHONE GREENLEAF 4177 M f MUi s not to0 lote ïobegin héaîing your homre wifh gast this winter. Changing over from yourpe- ent fuel tokes but a f.w hours-just time to instlil a gus conversion bum.er ini the Oire box of your prsent furnace or oplr YES.. we'liibe glod oUel yoiv how much this wiII costî and estimote whaî your fuel GARLL y@ ourIH«EATING CONTRACTOR or your PUBUC SERVICE COMPANY STORE., hai fE1 ormnug, laxative eufect of minerai oi-but. object to oily tastes. Agarz la C.nfaI~iIm1t.Aveues Phones: W~imit. 28 and 29 Central-Wilmeffe Avenues

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