Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 11 May 1939, p. 9

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NUles Center, (.lenayre and Glen- view. 1,200 Boys on. Pro jeet ý,'The Skokie lagoonis.and drainaae. devrelopment is the. largest ýCCC project in the Un ited States. There are 1,200 young men at work'from. six ýcompanies. two of which are composed of colored boys. 1The work consists mainly of ex-. cavating 4.000,000 cubic yards. of earth to form seven lagoonis aver- aging about 25 acres eaeh. ' The ex- cavated material fromn the lagoons is piled, up into. continuous but ir- regular Mies, surrounding the-la- goons. These dikes are then cover- ed with black Cirt and later planted with grass and trees. Construct Parkc Areas in addition to the excavating, the CÇÇ bpys, are lp, ,ontruting, parking areas, bridie and. foot trails, shelters, concrete dams,, and other facilities for the enjoymrent of the public, when the park, extending from Wjllow road on the south, to Dundee road on the north, is com- 1 pleted. The work hours of the boys is su- pervised by the personnel of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. under direction of Address Bahadi Group "The Old Order Changeth" is to bc the subi ect of à lecture to be given by Robert Thiess of Chicago at the Sunday afternoon meeting on May for 1914' 25 Years 1939 We arc celebrating our SILVER ANNIVERSARY with

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