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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Apr 1929, p. 21

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A.pril 12, 1929 I WILMETTE a check for fifty dollars which was used to purchase one of the original paintings. Mrs. G. W. Kelly, of Ken. ilworth, fitted up th,e fir~place with a screen, tongs, and other equipment. Albert N. Page, of Wilmette, presented to the club , a portable orthophonic Victrola. Miss Lulu Wright, faculty advisor of the club, stated t.his week that the new club room belongs to the New Trier girls who have graduated as well as· to those who are now in school, . an~ the alumnae will be welcome whe~ they return. Two senior girls act as hostesses in the room during each period of the day. The room is open after school also. Two social events will be held in the new club room next week. On Tuesday afternoon the club will give a tea for the New Trier teachers. On Thursday afternoon girls who have come to New Trier from other high schools will be given a tea by the old girls. LIFE Zl. New Trier Girls at Last Located in New Club Room F. A. Troya Announce Club Ground Breaking to Bring Ceremony ·April Z4 Daughter's Engagement This week New Trier High school girls had the use for the first time of their new club room in the Leslie F. Gates gymnasium, for whic.}l the girl students and alumnae of the school have saved and planned during the last eight years. The room is spacious, comfortable, and lavishly furnished, and is said to be the finest center of soci~l activities for girls in any Chicago or suburban high school. The floor of the room is carpeted and the furnishings include overstuffed lounges an.<J chairs, a large reading table, a desk, an old English dresser, book shelves, benches, lamps, mirrors, attractive curtains, and other things which give the room a homelike atmosphere. There are two original paintings in the room, one by E. Martin Mrs. Frank Sherritt, 330 Oxford Hennings and another by Franklin road, Kenilworth and her daughter, · Brown. Joan, are expected home the latter The girls' club is indebted to \V. S. part of May. Mrs. Sherritt has been Brown, manual training teacher, and to spending the winter in Florida so that the boys in the manua_l training classes she could be near her daughter who who made the book shelves and attends a private school near Miami. benches for the room, as well as to Frank Sherritt, who has bee~ with his Herbert W. Paulson, of \Vinnetka, mother for several months, will re-~ who decorated the walls. Many gifts turn to Kenilworth in a few weeks. were received from parents and friends of the girls. Mrs. Grace E. Drake, 401 Fullerton Miss Lee White, of Winnetka, do- parkway, Chicago, who has a number nated a green and white enamel kit- of frif"nds residing on the north shore, chen table for the kitchenette, which ha l~ft on a motor trip of about two is a part of the club room. Mrs. R. months' duration. She wil1 spend about Tencher, of Wilmette, and her daugh- ten days of her time in Hot Springs, ter Martha, a New Trier student. gaye · Ark. ·Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Troy of Scarsdale, N.Y., formerly of Wilmette, announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Florence, to George B. Young, of New York City. Miss Troy is a graduate of Swarthmore college, Swarthmore, Pa., a member of Delta Gamma · sorority, and of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Young attended Cornell university, rs a member of Delta Phi fraternity, and the Southern club. I The breaking of ground for the .new addition to the Woman's club of Wilmette will be observed with special cer~mony at the regular meeting o· the club Wednesday, Apri1,24, immediately followi_ ng the Junch~on and preceding the afternoon session. The committee in charge of arrangements for the event consists of Mrs. Herbert B. Mulford, chairman, and Mrs. Hayes McKinne¥, Mrs. Harvey A. Bush, Mrs. James A. Burrill, Mrs. H. E. Pdronto, and Mrs. W. A. DurPRESENT PLAY gin. "Good Morning Glory" is · presented This celebration occurs at the last this evening and tomorrow evening in regular meeting in the old building. the auditorium of the National Kindergarten college by students at Northwestern university under the direction Vote The Peoplea Party Ticket of Garrett Leverton, member of the faculty of the school of speech. The "Pony chorus," consisting of twentyTUESD~Y, APRIL 16 four, many of them girls from the north . shore, is a great success as well as A Cross in the Circle WiD Do It are the other features. STRAIGHT PHOENIX SPORTEES Juniors and K.nickerso:x: From kindergarten to hig1 Attractive Pajamas $2.95 Typical of the unusual values in the Lower Priced Room are these attractive pajamas in fine rayon. They're cleverly styled and colorful with appliqued bands. Peach, flesh and blue. 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