Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Sep 1939, p. 5

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Parents of al ehildren in the Cen- tral-Stolp schools were this week in- vited to attend a "sehool nlght" to be held on the evening of Monday, October 2, beginning at 7:30. o'clock and continuing for an'hour. The special evening session of the school, at which the.children will1 not be present, will be held, it was ex- plainied, in order that the parents may becomne familiar with the tyýpe, am ount, and uality of work Which the children will have during 'the current school. year. WiII Meet Teachers. It will afford an opportunity, also, for the parents to become'better ac-1 quainted with the child's teachers. At the same: time the parents will have an opportunity to observe the physical equipment of the school. In the upper'grades, where de- partmentalized schedules' prevail, the parents are to assemble in their child's home room and will theri fol- low a proglrafi of a serieÈ of 15-min- ute classes. At the Laurel school, a similar program will prevail that afternoon 1 from 3-to 4:30 o'clock. Ask Limited Parking DurngPaving Job On Central Avenue Motorists are being requested to cooperate with the Village board and the Chamber of Commerce in main- taining 30-minute parking on Wil.- mette avenue during the period of paving operationson Central avenue.. Signs are to be posted asking that motorists assist in the effort to keep the inconvenience to business con- cerns and their customers at a min- imum.. Merchants and others will provide additional parking spaces1 in alleys and wherever possible, in order that the public may be incon., venienced as littie as possible. Because the intersection of Central W. B. Robinson, Jr.,, representing9 the business interests of the central commercial -section, requested co- operation in, establishing ý3-mninute parking on Wilmette ýavenue during the paving operat ions on Central avenue. Paving Bids Opened Bids were opened on the' paving of Central avenue, with a 40-foot con- crete pavement from Park avenue east to Green Bay road, and a 50-foot pavement from that point I east to Eleventh street. Six firms competed for the contract, the Mun- icipal Paving company of Oak Park being successful on its low bid of $33,854.70. This is the same concern that p a v e d Wilmette avenue through thle. central business section a year ago. The work is expected to start in about 10,days, and to bc, completed by November 1, A' rescilution was introduced by Trustee George H. Recdîng that the billiardi room and restaurant li- censes issued to 0. F. Thorsen at 1211 Wilmette avenue, be revoked, effective then and there. The résolu- tion was adopted. The action was taken because of several arrests of> Thorsen on charges of maintaining gamblmng devicesi.to which charges, he pleaded guilty. ýMrs.: H. G. Van Winkle o! the Logan -,Howard Parent - Teacher association, is chairma& of gen- eral arrangements for the Dis- trict. 21.. Parent-Teacher con fer- ence to be he1d' in the. Howard school audi torium, Wilmette, -Fr1- day, October 6. Details of the conference are given elsewhere in this issue. Photographie Uub Wil, Hear Ada 'May Sandley Ada May Sandley (Mrs. Walter P. lÉastman) who has achieved an in.- ternational reputation in the field of pbotography and who particpates in many international salons, will address the North Shore Photo- graphic club Wednesday evening, September 27, in the penthouse on the roof of. the Orrington hotel, Ev- anston. T 'he club, organized less than a year.ago, now bas an active me»mbership of, 20 amnateur pbÔ- tographers, and te» associate mem- bers. Dr. C. B. Blake of Wilmette is presiderit of the group. LEAVES FOR COLLEGE Miss Kay Cummiskey, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Cummis- key, 1336 Elmwood avenue, left Sun- day for Champaign, to begin ber sophomorc year at the Un~iversity of Illinois. . T h e 1939 Wilmette Community Chest campaign is scheduledto ope Thursday, October 19, accordmng to an announcement released this weelc by Staver Moulding, -7àO Flmwood avenue, president of ..the Chest or- ganization. Plans eaUl for an inten- sive canvass, to be cofirpleted within ten days. Organizations participating in. the Chest, fund are as foflows,. the- amount of the allotments to eacb not having been released at this writ- Wilmnette Family Wel fare associa- tion. Wilmette Health Center. Boy, Scouts (North Shore Area Council). Girl Scouts.. Arden Shore association.. Infant Welfare association. Illinois Clildren's Home and Aid society. Àmerican Red Cross. Sâalvàt1ôn ArnMY. Volunteers of Amerîca. Namne "Preferred" Agéeles The budget- committee, of whlch Frank L. Wolfe, 718 Sheridan roadi, is chairman, has recç9mmended, and the Community Chest association has adopted, the plan of making the four first named organizations pre- ferred beneficiaries, théir allotinents to be paid in full from the firat ade- ouate receipts. Should receipts fall below the budget, the rernainlng beneficiaries will be given an equal percentage of t h e i r allotmnents. Should the paid subscriptions go above the budget allotinents these organizations will receive a propor- tionate increase. The basic thought is to first provide foi local charities not receiving funds fromn other sources. Functions Throuch Year The budget committee is belng highly, commended for its excellent work' Much time has been con- sunied in deliberations, and the ire- sults are said to be fair and just to aIl of the various organizations. A new tie'nzrture in the netivities of

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