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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Mar 1928, p. 12

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Sixth, seventh and eighth grade pupils of St. Francis Xavier school listened to a lecture on "First Aid" last Tuesday morning in the school hall. The lecture and demonstrations were given by Alex 'I'homson, Edward Menke, A. Carswell, and Edward Arndt. 7 Da,·· The pupils were shown how to treat cuts, burns and fractures, how to care Week? for a person overcome by carbon monoxide gas or drowning and aU the fundamentals of first aid. The talk NEVER CLOSED proved most interesting and the pupU. -~··-···llllli·····i.l.lli!lll·l showed their appreciation. Sia,terJIOOCI Meeta at Temple MUch 21 The next regular meeting of the North Shore Congregation Israel Sisterhood will be held Wednesday· March 21, in the new temple rooms on Vernon avenue, Glen<:oe. This is to be the first meeting held in the new edifice and promises -to be a gala event. All members have been urged to attend and non-members are cordially invited to participate in the program. Those desiring to join the Sisterhood are asked to presen,t their names at next Wednesday's meeting. There will be sewing, to start at 9 :30 a.m., and luncheon will be served at 12 o'clock. Madam Sturkow-Ryder, world renowned pianist, will speak She will also play some of her own compositions at a program to begin at 2 o'clock. Villaterl Enjoy Spirited Boxing Show al H owartl Five boxing and two wrestling exhibitions featured the program staged , by the Playground and Recreation board at the Howard school gymnasium last Friday night, all resulting in spirited contests. No decisions were given. The boxing bouts were between Llewellyn Jones and Adam Bauer, Bud Steffens and Eddie Bauer, Bob Knowlton and Tom Kennedy, Bob Leckner and William Christianson and Art Sommerfield ,and Johnnie Moran, and in every bout the lboys. e-Jreh'angeCJ punches with aggressiveness. Emmett Kivland refereed the bouts. In one of the wrestling matches Haydn Jones and Lowell Johnson were the contestants. At the end of ten minutes neither had scored a fall and the referee, Glen W. Gathercoal called a halt. Two Northwestern University students, Ed Blachburn and Tom Hall, provided the other mat exhibition and this also was stopped at the end of ten minutes, no fall being scored. Other features of the program were a training exhibition by Jabber Young, a Chicago boxer and a parallel bar exhibition by nine girls of the Lincoln Turner Hall of Chicago. The show attracted a fair gathering and the contests aroused considerable enthusiasm. Subscription blanks passed out by the ushers to those who .attended the Winnetka Music club Artist-Recital Wednesday .evening, March 7, may be returned by the subscribers to Mrs. Qessie Grant at the Winnetka State bank. It is hoped by the sponsors of the series that the subscribers act in this matter at their earliest convenience. Yl a.... o.,, Mumps Leada Contagioua Diaeuea for Febi'UU'J Mumps leads the list as the most prevalent of contagious diseases during the month of February, it was announced this w(ek by Dr. E. E. Moore, Wilmette health commissioner. There were 65 cases of mumps, 5 of scarlet fever, 5 of whooping cough, 3 of pneumonia and 1 of chicken pox registered during the month. Measles, ordinarily present, was entirely nonoccurrent, as was diphtheria, another common ailment. Mrs. John D. Pahlman of Evan entertained a number of friends bridge at her home in honor of Mrs. Frank Hoffman of New York.. Mrs. Hoffman is a former resident of Wilmette, having lived at 718 Laurel avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman will end their Wilmette visit on Saturday, returning to their New York home. -o.George E. Tarnow of 126 Fourth street left Wilmette last Monday on a business trip to the western states. He expects to be away for three weeks. -oMrs. Samuel James of Chicago is entertaining eighteen guests at luncheon at Shawnee Country dub March 30. WANT PLEDGES RETURNED MRS. CHARLES BEST DIES Friends of Mrs. William Kies, formerly of Kenilworth, will be sorry to learn of the death of Mrs. Kies' mother, Mrs. Charles Best, of Chicago. Mrs. Best died at the home of her daughter which is in Scarborough-on-the-Hudson, New York. Outstanding Wilmett.....-eKenilworth Values VACANT ' Kenilwortb-1 block from lake-75xl60-Sl2,500.00. Kenilwortb-100xl75 @ $17,500.00. View of lake. Wilmette-choice corner 60x 170 for fine residence-view of lake. $18,000.00. HOMES WILMETTE MUSIC SHOP CARLTON KAUMEYER Open TharM.v ·rHI S.tru4., 1179 WU.tttr A·r. Er~tning Phone Wil. 3006 Kenilwortb-9 room brick colonial 2 blocks from lake; 3 baths; gas beat, 2 car gar.: 100x175. $47,500.00. Wilmette-7 room brick in delightfully convenient east location; 2 baths, garage; 50x200. $30,000.00. McGuire & Orr K1nilaxwth Oflic1 122 Sbtridan Rd. Wilmett1 Ollie· Ph. Kenilworth 227 Ph. Wilmette 227 j P. Jl. 348 Liaclm Ave. Open San4llfll from 11 A. Jl. to

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