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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Aug 1928, p. 28

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2B I ' WILM'ETTE There LIFE August 3. 1928 North Shore Line Family in Annual Frolic Aug. 22 ._ Officl.als and employes of the c'h 1 N h cago, ort ·Sh ore and Milwaukee railway are to hold thet'r seco11d antlttal basket picnic in Sunset park, Highland Park, Wednesday, August ·22. will be sports and contests for all ages and the annual baseball game between picked teams · representing · · · ftheh Illinois d and· Wisconsm dtvtstons o t e roa · C. G . Goo d se 11 ts · c h atrrnat · 1 of the com mittee on arrangement~. Northwestern Graduate Heads Jennings School . Jennings S emm.ary at A urora, th . e .only Methodt'st school west of Phtladelphia for high school girls, is under.going a change of managern~nt t~ts summer as Miss Bertha Barb~r, pnn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cipal of the school for twenty-fo~r - ------years, has resigned and Miss Abbte Probasco has been appointed to take her place. Miss Probasco goes to Jennings from I_ daho where for the last year she was executive secretary of Gooding college. From 1920 to 1925 she was a missionary under the Methodist church and had charge of ConferRefreshing home-made candies for . hot ence Academy, a school for boys, at Summer days ~ packed in attractive Nanking. Miss Probasco has a background of experience as a high school imported German candy tins. principal and teacher. Her education was received at Upper Iowa and\at Northwestern university and Garrett For &ttet Biblical Institute where she received 1V' ~""'" twict ~·ilg her 1faster's degree in 1927. Hom. MtUlt .,.,.,, in Boanlton Urge Tourists ·to Visit Borden Co.~ Model Dairy Plant By Jouriat Some Saturday or Sunday-or, better still, some other day of the weektake the family for a glorious drive to view the bea.uties of Lake Geneva and visit the int ernationally famous district where' "selected" milk is produced and bottled, advises a tourist. This plant has been inspected and its method s studied by public officials from all part s of the United States anrl by the repres entatives of many foreig n countries. The best route at present is by the Northwest highway, and it is suggested that the return trip, for variety, be made via Antioch and Libertyville, and Milwaukee avenue. It is interesting as you begin to leave the north shore behind, to notice how far to the northwest the real estate developments have extended. Historic Landscape Soon you come into rolling coun~ry \vhere every hilltop presents a view of great beauty. The Pottawatomie Indians had their grand lodge on the shore of Lake Geneva, and it was through these hills and valleys that they used to roam and hunt. Arrow heads and other relics are still picked up frequently in the fields oi this historic section. All too soon you will reach the land of the estates on the shores of Lake Geneva. Turning east at \Valworth and keeping straight ahead you drive past the beautiful Ceylon court of the ~fitchetl family and glimpse the quaint buildings moved piece hy piece to this exquisite setting from the Chicago \\'oriel's Fair. If you dri ve slowly and look hack sharply, you can se e the statue of Andy Gump at th e entrance to Sidnev Smith 's estate. Piant Near Lake Geneva Right on Highway Xo. 12, nestling on a hill ahoYc the village of Lake GencYa, you find the " Selected" ~[ilk bottling plant of the Borden company . .-\t th e side of the plant, a cozy. \Yhit e r eception cottage has been built for the Yisit ors, \Yith all the faciliti es a t hand for comfort. If you rearh th e plant be for e ten :\ . 'JL you \Yill find th e farmers bringing in their milk. The can s are oovcred with wet blankets in summ er to k ee n th e mil\: cool. '!'\o milk is accepted i.f the temp erature is oYer 50 degre es Fahrenh eit. Th e compl ete proce . s of handling the milk ancl receptacle s in this model plant may he viewed by th e visitor in ·minute st cl etail. Th e Yisit or is aL o urged to inspect th e model dairv farms ne::trhy. · B. & G. CANDY 56 7 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka Ca~in 1633 Orrin.ton Ave. Evanston CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES "Spirit" will be the subject at the services of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Wilmette, Sunday morning, August 5. at 11 o'clock. The session of the Sunday school begins at Y :35 o'clock. Growing by serving---serving by growing GOOD PRINTING built this modern plant. And the function of this plant as an organization is to build good printing-step by step, from the original idea to the finished product. Add Community Singing to Children's Concerts INC. 12 3 2-3 6 Central Avenue Wilmette 4300 Winnetka 2000 Wilmette Greenleaf 4300 Sheldrake 5687 At the children's concert on Th~trs day afternoon, Augu t 9. at Ravinia park, the second half of th e program is to he devoted to community singing under th e direction of H. Barnhart. The Ravinia players wilt present a play Thursday, August 16. entitled "The Sleeping Beauty," under the direction of Mildred Haessler. On August 23, the children will haye another opportunity to see Ruth Page and the Ravinia ballet, and those who remember the crowds when she appeared a few weeks ago wilt want to be on hand early. The last program wilt be on August 30, and wilt be announced later. Plans are being made to make this a special treat. 1~14 Forest avenue returned Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Donald Maxwell of mght from a week-end trip to Marengo, Ill. They have been making short tri~s. there nearly every weekend to vtstt Mrs . .Louise Shepardson.

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