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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Feb 1929, p. 5

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February. 8, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 5 I I '-----------------! '. B an · k er Throughout Boy Sc~ut Anniversary week, February 8-14, there is to be a display of Scout hobbies in the window front of the Central Barber shop at 1122 Central avenue. Troop 4 of Wilmette is to provide the display which is to include, many interesting pieces of handicraft, model airplanes, and a variety of collections. ENTERTAIN AT TEA Miss Payton's advisor room of New Trier High school entertained at tea last Sunday evening, February 3, at the home of Loretta White, 310 Richmond road, Kenilworth. They invited Miss Packer and Miss Price and some of the other teachers to be their guests. Scout Troop 4 to Exhibit . Hobbies in Store Front PRE-SCHOOL GROUP MEETING The next meeting of the Pre-'3chool Parent-Teacher's circle will be Wednesday evening, February 13, a.t the Howard school at 8 o'clock. Mrs. R. H. Henderson will lead an open discussion on two chapters of Thoms' "Everyday Problems of the Everyday Child." The chaP,ters will be "ParentChild Relationship" and "Obedience and Discipline." Miss Loui se Nilles , 1522 Central avenue, left recently for New Haven ~ Mich., where she is teaching kindergarten, and the first grade in the public ·3chool. It Is Time· to Think aboutyoursUDUDervacation ARE YOU INTERESTED IN -oMrs. G. Howard Ganniff, 723 Central avenue, suffered two strokes of paralysis Monday, and is at present very ill at her home . a trip to Europe a cruise through the Inside Passage to Alaska a restful vacation in Ber· mud a a bus trip through the east a tour of the west a trip on the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence a vacation trip in the north woods p p p p p p Armstrongs Linoleum (,.. E.wry tJw Hotu. Floor in Come in and let us help you with your plans. Make this year'· va· cation just what you want it to be. We book you anywhere at ·o ·~Ira · Sold Carpeting Laid cost. Evanston Travel' ~au Mrs. U. S. Grant, Direelor Commercial Trust & Savings Bank University 9400 701 Davis Street Evanstoa, Ill. FLOOR-O-LEUM STORES Evu·a ton Rubber 1009 Davia St. Greenleaf 1941 Raymond G. Kimbell of 422 Forest avenue, Wilmette, is president of the Kimbell Trust & Savings bank, 3000 Fullerton avenue, Chicago, an institution which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this week. While now a resident of Wilmette, Mr. Kimbell lived for the greater part of his life in Logan Square, whe!'e his forefathers had built an interesting background. His grandfather, Martin Nelson Kimbell, was a pioneer of Chicago, coming from New York via covered wagon in 1836. He was an outstanding character in his c ommunity and reared a large family of eig ht children who made their homes in Logan Square. Kimball avenue in Chicago beiJ.f'3 his name, (with a slight divergence in spelling) and the land on which h e lived until his death had been purcha sed for $2.50 an acre short ly after hi s arrival in the city. Mr. Kimbell is active in vVilmette circles as well as in Chicago, ~nd is financ e chairman of the building com mittee of \Vilmette Parish Methodi st church. He i·3 also president of th e West-CitY Trust & Savin g s Bank. 2350 N. Cicero avenue, Chicago. Monday evening the D elta Kappa EP'3ilon fraternity of the Northwestern association held its annual banquet at the Blackstone hotel. "Dream Pictures of European Wonderland s" were shown by Dr. Branson De Cou. ' Georg eo us -oMr. and Mrs. Lusius B. Sherman. 575 Sheridan road, Kenilworth w er e at the Biltmore in New York a few days before sailing on Saturday on the Coronia for Havana. Flowers for St. Valentine's Day Stately, colorful potted Tulips, Jonquils, Hyacinths, Begonias and others. Fresh, fragrant cut Roses, Sweet Peas, Carnations, and Tulips, all waiting to greet that beloved someone on St. Valentine's , Day. -oM iss Alice A. Patterson of Marshalltown, Io"·a, who has been vi sit,n g Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Matson of 616 Fifteenth street for the past six weeks. returned to her home Saturday. --oMr. and Mrs. Edwin Knudtson. 1141 Chestnut avenue, will leave tomorrov.· for Pasadena, Cal. to be gone ab out four weeks. -oMr. and Mr3. Houghston McBain. 705 Rogers avenue, Kenih,·orth are leaving this week for California. They expect to be gone a month. ···{ Evanston Store: Sherman Ave. University 502-86o7 1 6 14 Phone University 502, 8607 or Wilmette 2 12 8. W e,ll gladly deliver. We also deliver by telegraph. -oMrs. Robert Osgood (Eleanor Buck) of Kenilworth and her mother, Mrs. Gallegar, left Saturday for Biloxi to svend two or three weeks. JOHN WEILAND FLORIST 1 161 --oMr. and Mrs. Alb ret Dilling, 545 Essex road, ·Kenilworth returned this week from California. Wilmette Store: Wilmette Ave. Wilmette 2 1 2 8 /

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