What People Are Doing in Evanston
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- Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Dec 1912, p. 14
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A brilliant affair was the reception and dance given Monday at the Country Club by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Glenn and their daughters, the Misses Mary and Helen Glenn. More than 400 persons were in attendance. Southern Smilax and poinsettia were the decorations which so charmingly set the club house off in all its beauty. The grand march, which featured the evening dancing festivities, was led by Miss Mary Glenn and Mr. Harold Pynelon. Preceeding the evening Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mead gave a dinner for their daughter, Miss Lorraine, who is a debutante of the season. Mrs. Harry A. Pearsons also entertained at dinner. Those who assisted Mr. and Mrs. Glenn and the Misses Glenn were Miss Eva Vail of Chicago, Mrs. Jay Vandergrift Hall of Lansing, Michigan, Miss Mary McClae of Scranton, PA., Miss Helen McRae of Detroit, and Miss C. Eloise Sherin of New York City.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. charles French, 1945 Maple Avenue, a daughter.
Mr. Blair Moulton, 819 Madison street, spent Thanksgiving near Rockford, Ill.
Dr. E. H. Webster left Saturday night to spend two weeks on his farm in Mississippi.
Mr. W. S. McKay, 2308 Central street, returned Wednesday from a trip through the sast.
Mr. Ralph B. Dennis, formerly a famous university man, is visiting relatives in Evanston.
Mr. Battles of the Northwestern Pharmacy and his family have taken an apartment in the Judson.
Mrs. O. H. Mann, 1001 Grove street, is in Evansville, Indiana, visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Eugene Mann.
Mr. percy Kidder of Hammond, La., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Kidder, 2307 Harrison St.
Mrs. S. G. Grubb, 2015 Lincoln street, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry Morgan of Springfield, Ill.
Mrs. Edwin M. Ashcraft, 1244 Forest avenue, gave a family dinner Thursday. Covers were laid for eighteen.
Mrs. A. H. Williams, 1735 Asbury avenue, has been entertaining her cousin, Mrs. L. D. Bunker of Milwaukee.
Mrs. A. R. Vinnedge, 310 Maple Avenue, is entertaining Mrs. C. E. Andrws and her daughter of Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. R. E. MacRae, 2516 Park Place, spent Thanksgiving with her son, Mr. Elvyn MacRae at Delafield, Wis.
Mrs. Frank E. Payne, 1810 Sherman avenue, enjoyed a visit from her mother, Mrs. Burnham of Adrian, Mich.
Miss Gladys Boesch of Wilmette enjoyed her Thanksgiving at the home of Miss Catherine Quinlan, 1206 Main Street.
Miss Bertha Swisher, 816 Foster Street, was the thanksgiving guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Fuller, at Burnham, Ill.
Miss Josephine Dole, 1104 Michigan avenue, and Miss Glady [sic] Spry, 1101 Forest avenue, returned Monday from Bryn Mawr college.
Mr. an Mrs. John Bowman of 2308 Harrison street spent Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. Merritt B. Mott of Rockford, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bush and family, 2310 Harrison St., spent Thanksgiving at Somerdale, Ill., as the guest of Mr. Bush's parents.
Mrs. S. Blair and little daughter, Virginia, of Morton Park, Ill., are guests of Mrs. Blair's sister, Mrs. Philimene Goodman, 314 Rinn Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Pettan and son, Reed, 2323 Harrison Street, are spending Thanksgiving in Kankakee, Ill., as the guests of Mr. Van Pettan's parents.
Miss Helen Hendy of Sewanee, Tenn., has been visiting her sister, Mrs. John F. Strickler, 533 Sherman avenue, and Mrs. Vernon Ward, 1726 Wesley avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grantham, 2415 Hartzell street, entertained their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Schumacher and family, 2403 Hartzell street, at dinner Thursday.
Monday Mrs. William A. Illsley gave the last of a series of informal teas which she has been giving through the month of November to meet her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edward Illsley of Chicago.
The marriage of Miss Lillian Armour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armour, and Dr. Thomas I. Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Porter, 1505 Wesley avenue, will occur December 26 at the home of the bride's parents, Worcester, Mass.
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Miss Anna Kinney of Grinnell, Iowa, spent Thanksgiving the guest of W. J. Schatz and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hobart, 1308 Maple avenue, left Monday night to spend the winter in Redlands, Cal.
Mr. L. C. Downs, who has been residing at 1127 Hinman avenue, left Monday for Wincheser, Vt., to reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morby, 1113 Sherman avenue, are rejoicing over the birth of a son, born Friday November 29.
Mrs. E. D. Simpson, who has been residing at the Hotel Monnett, left this morning for Mobile, Ala., to spend the winter.
Mrs. O. H. Berry, 1225 Forest avenue, returned to Erie, Pa., with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Churchill to remain two weeks.
Miss Helen Blomfield, 2650 Ridge avenue, left for Hawesville, Ky., Monday, to visit Miss Julia Hinckle for three weeks.
Mrs. S. W. Youngquist, 2318 Harrison street, entertained Friday at dinner i honor of Miss Rose Goldsmith of St. Louis.
Miss Mabel Barnard, who is teacher of music and drawing in the township schools in western Indiana, spent Thanksgiving in evanston.
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Jeffrey of Detroit, Mich., were the Thanskgiving and weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McLeod, 2516 Central St.
Mr. Robert Warren, who has been the Thanksgiving guest of his daughter, Mrs. C. E. Ware, 1021 Judson avenue, has returned to Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. Arthur W. Underwood and two children left Monday for Florida for the winter. Mr. Underwood will reside at the Avenue House while they are gone.
Mr. Axel Abrahamson, who has spent the summer at Regina, Canada, came Thanksgiving Day to make his home with his sister, Mrs. Nels Meyers, 519 Dempster St.
Miss Ruth Atwell, assistant in the laboratory at the University of Urbana, came home to spend thanksgiving with her parents, Prof. and Mrs. c. B. Atwell, 1938 Sherman Avenue.
Maj. and Mrs. McClure, who have been spending the summer in Elmira, N.Y., have returned permanently to Evanston, and are located at the home of Mrs. A. j. Brown, 1515 Oak Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Fuller and little sons, Robert and Wallace, Jr., spent Thanksgiving with Mr. Fuller's sister, Mrs. Louis A. Wheeler, 1028 Elmwood avenue. They returned home to Hamilton, Ohio, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Williams, 1940 Sheridan road, had as their Thanksgiving guests their daughter, Miss Lucy Williams, of Clifton, Ill., and Mrs. Williams' sister, Mrs. Kate Corkhill, of Appleton, WIs. Both returned home Monday.
Bryant Judson of the University of Illinois spent his Thanksgiving vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Judson, 912 ridge avenue. He had with him as his guests, Leon Swartz of Urbana, Ill., and Evans Kern of rockford, Ill.
Mrs. Edgar C. Linn of brookline, Mass., who was the Thanksgiving and weekend guest of her sister, Mrs. J. A. Odell, 1802 Church street, left Monday for home, accompanied by her father, Mrs. Gideon Hawley, who will spend the winter in Massachusetts.
Thanksgiving vacation guests of Principal and Mrs. Helm were Prof. G. N. Stewart, head of the physics department of the University of Iowa, and Prof. John C. Kirtland of the Phillips Exeter academy. prof. Stewart was Mr. Helm's college roommate for two years, and Prof. Kirtland was his faculty associate at Exeter for six years.
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Miss Blanche Lowry, 2227 Harrison street, spent a few days visiting in Milwaukee last week.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Anderson, 1328 Sherman avenue, are at home from their wedding trip.
Miss Josephine Buswell, 1014 Greenwood boulevard, is a guest of Mrs. W. H. Duckworth in New York City.
Miss Ruth Earhart, 628 University place, had as her Thanksgiving guest, Miss Beulah Mitchell of Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bauerle of Aurora spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Potter, 908 Main St.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Buchanan, 2015 Lincoln street, entertained Thanksgiving day at dinner. Covers were laid for twelve.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wehrstedt of 2603 Sheridan road spent Thanksgiving day in Elgin, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fehrman.
Mrs. Alonzo Kimball and Miss Marjorie Kimball, 502 Lake street, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright in Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. James Woods and Miss Estelle A. Woods, 1145 Judson avenue, will spend the winter in De Land, Florida, leaving for there next week.
Mr. R. h. McColl, manager of the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co., will go to Atlanta, Ga. the first of next week to attend the gas convention.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Williams, 1940 Sheridan road, are enjoying a visit from their daughter, Miss Lucy Williams, who is teaching in Clinton, Ill.
The Misses Mary, Katherine and Imogen Voorhees, 1315 Hinman avenue, went to St. Louis, Mo. to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. W. S. McChesney, Jr.
The Rev. Prentiss Hovey Case and wife of Quincy, Mich., the last of the guests at the Case-Pearson wedding to depart, left Friday morning for their home.
Mr. C. P. Coffin and family, 1130 Michigan avenue, are in Escanaba, Mich. Mr. Coffin will return Monday. Mrs. Coffin and daughter will remain away longer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ferry, 2130 Harrison St., left last week for Oak park, where they will spend a short time with Mrs. Ferry's paents, Mr. and Mrs. Speck.
Miss Blanche Bushnell, 730 Emerson street, who has been visiting school friends and relatives in Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, since Oct. 1, returned home Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Smith, 720 Clark street, are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter, whicharrived November 23. Mr. Smith is college Y.M.C.A. secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Colby Davis, 1723 Asbury avenue, and their daughter, Mrs. John Robb of Philadelphia, spent Thanksgiving in Janesville, Wis., the guest of Mrs. Davies' sister, Mrs. Howard.
Alfred L. Lindsay, 2326 Orrington avenue, who has recently returned from Europe, will be the soprano [sic] at the First Methodist church in the absence of Mrs. Tewksbury, who is abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Lansing B. Warner, 542 Michigan avenue, have had as their guests Miss Louise D. Warner of New York and Dr. Elizabeth Newman of Boston, who returned to their home Thursday.
Mrs. C. A. Gale and Miss Helen Woods announce a display and sale of hand-painted china and water colors, Dec. 2 and 3, afternoon and evening, at the home of Mrs. Gale, 2119 Lincoln street.
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Flake, 1625 Judson avenue, entertained Miss Frances Gilman, a sophomore at Northwestern University and her cousin, Miss Alta Gilman of ANgola, Indiana, on Thansgiving.
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Frost, 1632 Hinman avenue, arrived home Thanksgiving day from Kensington, Prince Edward's Isle, where they spent a month the guest of their daughter, Mrs. George Morris.
The many friends of Mrs. frank F. Corby, 1462 Wesley avenue, will regret to know that for two weeks she has been unable to be about and is still suffering from a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism.
St. Hilda's guild for college women will meet today, from four to six o'clock at the home of the director, Miss Lorraine Mead, 1810 Hinman avenue. All college women who are either Episcopalian or regular attendants upon the services of that church are invited to be present.
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Mrs. Robert Candee, 1411 Chicago avenue, left Monday night for Milwaukee.
Miss Esther Blomquist, 1941 Dewey avenue, who has been very ill, is convalescing nicely.
Miss Guhnild Friedholm, who has been the guest of Miss Selma Abrahamson, 519 Dempster street, for two weeks, went to Jacksonville, Fla., Friday
Miss Eva Kranz, 826 Monroe street, has been entertaining Miss Lucile Thinnesch of Dubuque, Iowa, for a week. Miss Thinnesch returned home Thursday.
A. C. Galitz and family, 1633 Oak avenue, spent Thanksgiving at the home of Miss Galitz' parents, Justice and Mrs. John W. Brower of Niles Center, Ill.
Mr. Loyal Wheelock, who is attending the University of Illinois, is spending his vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wheelock 1040 Hinman avenue.
The Misses Olive and Leone Star and Miss Louise Lanners of Champaign, Ill., were Thanksgiving guests of the family of Mr. George Woolridge, 943 Wesley Avenue.
Mrs. Clarence Vandenbark of Chicago, daughter of Congressman William R. Warnock of Urban, Ohio, who spent two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Houston, 1426 Forest avenue, returned home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pettigrew of Bridgeport, Conn., stopped over to visit for ten days with their daughter, Mrs. Roy Shuman, 1610 Ashland avenue, on their way to spend the winter in Pasadena, Cal. They left Thursday for the west.
Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Ford, West Railroad avenue and Central Street, have as their guest Mrs. Ford's brother, Mr. Moorhouse of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. Moorhouse is manager of the Lumber Insurance Company of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Seldon P. White, 419 Greenwood boulevard, had as her Thanksgiving guests, Mrs. White's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson of Ishpeming, Michigan, and their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Mart Richards of Horton. They will remain over Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Houston, 1426 Forest avenue, had with her for Thanksgiving dinner her niece and husgand, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vandenbark of Chicago, and her daughter, Miss Alice Houston, who with Mrs. A. Starr Best spent two weeks in New York on Dramatic League work, returning the day before Thanksgiving.
Miss M. Grace Murray, 1141 Noyes street, and little niece, Mabel Bostwick, left Thanksgiving day to be gone two or three weeks. She will first visit her cousin in Manson, Iowa Then she will go to South Dakota to visit her sisters, Miss Florence M. Murray, superintendent of schools of Jerauld county, and Miss Hazel Murray, a teacher at Wessinton Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Banks, 1204 Sheridan road, had as their guests for Thanksgiving their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Roy Alexander of Cleveland, Ohio, their son, Mr. Duke Alexander of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Banks' sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson of Oak Park and Miss Mary Ainslee, also of Oak Park, Mrs. Lena Swearingen, Mrs. Minor Laughlin of Evansville, Indiana, Miss Katherine Barker of Chicago and Mrs. M. G. Babcock of Los Angeles, California.
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Mr. Bernard Roesing, 2341 Pioneer road, has returned from Battle Creek, Michigan.
Mr. Edward Olstad, 928 Chicago avenue, sailed Nov. 28 on the C. F. Tietgen for Norway, where he will live.
Mr. Emil Peterson, 1521 Greenleaf street, sailed November 27 on the Mauretania for Sweden to remain abroad.
Mr. Oscar Enmark and family, 1700 Washington street, sailed November 23 on the Megantic from Onntreal to remain in Sweden.
Mrs. David N. Olson, 918 Main street, returned Friday from Oneida, Ill., where she was called some weeks ago by the death of her father.
Mr. and Mrs. William Compton, Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Campbell were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Knisley, 2720 Woodbine avenue.
Mrs. Frank cotton of Grand rapids,Mich., after a month's visit, the guest of Mrs. Charles Poor, 805 Michigan avenue, returned to her home Monday.
Miss Guhild Friedholm, who was the guest of Misses Anna Reisberg and Selma Abrahamson, 519 Dempster street, has gone to Florida for tthe winter.
Mr. W. H. Callow, 831 Foster street, spent Thanksgiving at his old home, Cobb, Wis. This is Mr. Callows' first Thanksgiving home in twenty-five years.
Miss Lucy Chambers, who is attending school at De Kalb, Ill., is spending her Thanksgiving vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Chambers, 1319 Main Street.
miss Ruth Aker, who is teaching school at Dundee, Ill., spent Thanksgiving and is remaining the weekend the guest of her prents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Aker, 912 Wesley Avenue.
Miss Olivia Carlson, 1402 Chicago avenue, sails December 5 from New York on the Oscar II, for a brief visit to Kasko, FInland. She makes but one change en route, that at Copenhagen.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Knisley, 2720 Woodbine avenue, entertained at tea Sunday afternoon. Coves were laid for ten. Miss Marjorie Lusted of Wilmette furnished the musical numbes.
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Goltz, 1029 Ayars place, spent Thanksgiving at Hartford, Mich., where they have purchased a country home, which they expect to occupy about April 1 . They report two inches of snow with good sleighing.
The festivities of celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of St. Nicholas' church closed Thursday in a dance which was given by St. Agnes' sodality at Redfield hall. There was a large crowd present and all had a splendid time.
Mrs. Herman J. Witt, 712 Main street, gave a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday. Covers were laid for nine. Miss Ruth Crandall was the especial guest of honor, it being her birthday. A hamdsome bouquet of one dozen mammoth white chrysanthemums adorned the table.
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Selma Abrahamson, 519 Dempster street, was wedded to Mr. Nels Johan Meyers of Evanston at the home of Pastor Nelson of the Lake View Swedish Lutheran church. There were no attendants. A wedding supper was served at the home of Mr. Nels Reisberg, 1104 Barry Avenue, Chicago. Mr. and Mrs Meyers are at home at 519 Dempster Street.- Featured Link
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