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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Jul 1926, p. 29

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= - 926 July 2, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE . IN TWELFTH SEASON Winnetka Music Club to Enter Upon New Year Next Autumn With Tito Schipa as Recitalist ve ad nd . 111 art. Oil- an t lll' ar t t·' Ill l t· n; 11 1 I Ill! !1>1 ' I · , lh 1t' ]\' h' 11 The \Vinnetka Music club , the organization that has sponsored the Artist-Recital series at New Trier audi-0torium, bringing to the north shore Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Cooper and such famous arti ts as Madame Louise Homer, Gabrilowitch, Edward John- their daughter, ).1iss Eaith Cooper, 824 , son, Brailowsky, Giannini and many Lake avenue, left this week to spend others, has completed its eleventh year a month at their summer home at Pine Lake, Wis. of active work. Founded by Mrs. Edwin Snell, in 1915. with a membership of seven, this club has steadily gone ahead ·w ith its good purpose, of bringing pleasure and benefit to itself and the communitv. The seven original members were Mrs. Edwin· Snell, :Mrs. Valona Brewer, Mrs . \Villiam Jack son, Miss Mahel Higgins, Mi ss Elizabeth Layman, l\1 rs. Hen·ey Anning, l · l rs. Je sse Rick s, and 1\f r:' ~ Percival · Hunter. Limited now to thirty members, the club meet s at the homes of different members. Programs are given by th e members, \\·h o are occasionallv assisted by visiting artists. In 1924. )..{ r s. Roland \Vhitman, \\"ho "\\·a~ pre sident, conceiver[ the idea of thL: Artist-Rec-ital series, considered one of the most outstanding accomplishments of the club. F.ntl1usiastic over la st Year's succr:;:;ful serie s under the c-hairmanship of )..{ rs . \\'hitman, the club ha s arranged for an unu sual and brilliant g-roup of arti:-ts who will appear during- the season. The fir st concert will h e gi,·cn hy Tito Schipa, tenor, well knmvn to RaYinia lo\·e r:', and a brilliant member of the Chicago Civic Op era compan~·. Cecilia Han se n, violini st , who will givC' the second concert, is sometimrs called the grratest \\·oma n violini st of today. C.uiomar ~0\·acs, pianist, who has been called the gr~atcst woman piani . . t of the pre:'et1t, appears on the third program. The remarkable English ~n~emble si nger s, brought to this co untry hy ~Ir s. F. S. Coolidge to appear in her Library of Congress Fe sti\'al in \\'a shington last spring, " ·ill gi\·e the iourth concert. And Maria Kurenko. Rus sian so prano, famous for her voice and famou s as a lawyer, will complete the se rie s. The members of the \Vinnetka )..f usic club include the following: )..frs. Burton Atwood, l\Ii ss Nina Babcock. )..[r : : . Guy Stuart Bailey, "jfrs. Sidnev Bartlett, ~Irs. S. F. Bo~ '}his JHOaem \\·orth, Mr ~. Valona Brewer, ~hs. IrigiJaire~ Frederick Burlingham, :Mrs. Preston Burlingham, Mr .. Charles Byron. ).Irs. iCCt A"a B . Cooley, )..frs. Arthur Dean, !\frs. George Frazer, Mrs . John Hanse l. ~Irs. Everett L. Harris, Miss Clara Harsh, 11rs. vV. Sherman Hay, Mrs. Percival Hunter, Mrs. C. E. Karstrom, "jf rs. Robert Kingery, l\lrs . \ Villiam )..f cAdams, ~Irs. Dwight C. Orcutt, \f rs . \Varn er Robin son, ~1 rs . Louis Schmid, Mrs. Josephine L. Seyl, l\f rs . Robert Smith, ~~ rs. Harr~· Street, 1\f rs. \\'illi am Thrall,· Mrs. Ruth Tracv, 1\frs. Charles W ecks, an d ).[ rs. Roland D. \\'hitman. · Cart Keith, Jr., 310 Warwick road, lourc~ washed Kenilworth, will spend the summer at frweifyou riDI Ul W. L. Child's camp in Canada. Miss Harriet Keith will go to a girls' camp, Warwick Woods, at Sayner, Wis. Miss Jean Keith will be at Big Lake, the Keith's summer home. Miss Jane Darling and Miss Johnson wilt visit her there. Electrical Repairiq Radio Sets and Suppliet Eveready "B .. Battel1ea Music Master Loud.Speakera Base Plugs Installed Fine Lin· of Lightiq Fixtures Vac;wunEIKtrid .'1. ' WASHER EA!i'~ I .. 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I: Frigidaires are priced as low a.J $245; Frigid· aire mechanical wnits for installation in standard makes of ice· boxes are priced as low at $190. Prices f. o. b. Dayton, Ohio. AnJ' Frieidaire may be bought on the GMAC lkferred payment plan. The new metal caMnet -o'Mrs. George W. Keehn of the Orrington hotel, formerly of Kenilworth, will be hostess at dinner at the Orrington hotel Wednesday evening. Her guests will be the members of her e\·ening bridge club. ~.fr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lundburg, -o- 1538 Walnut avenue, left Thursday of ? last week for Morris, Ill., to attend a reunion of Mrs. Lundberg's family. S'fOVER CO. X. :Uichlgan Ave. (Bell Building) Chl~ago, Ill. 'l'tl.: Sut·erlor 5ii8 itii Oak St. 956 Linden Ave. Winnetka, Ill. Hnbbard Woods, Ill. Winnetka 1!2 Winnetka 151! <&69 Prospect Ave. 6708 Stony Island Ave. :!'lllwankee, Wis. Chicago, Ill. Lakeside !Oil6 Hyde Park Ill! :a::

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