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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Jan 1930, p. 20

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WILMETTE LIFE ] anuary 17, 1930 Kenilworth Garden New Trier Lena Cub to 40 Sean School Pupils Kenilworth Class Studies See Shakespearean Play Produce Motion Picture Scandinavian Literature Club ·Plans Garden Forty of the pupils of the eighth grade at the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth, accompanied by E. L. Nygaard, superintendent of the school, and Mis.; Gertrude Herrick, attended the matinee performanc of "As You Like It," presented by Fritz Lieber and his company at the Chicago Civic theater Wednesday of this week. Later in the school year, the Kenilworth eighth graders will present another Shakespearean p 1a y, "Midsummer Night's Dream." Last year the graduating class at the Joseph Sears school Miss Fiorenza Johnson (Fiorenza da presented "The Merchant of Venice." Veiga), tbughter of Edward Johnson, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera comON HONEYMOON pany, has been the guest of Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. McDougal, Mrs. William Fitch and Miss Mar- Jr. (Mary Gillett), who were married garet Fitch, 416 Cumnor road, Kenil- Thursday evening, January 9, sailed worth for the past five weeks since the last Saturday at noon for Bermuda on close of the Evanston Stock company. the steamship Bermuda. They are staying at Pomander Gates on Pomander Walk and are expecting to remain there about two weeks. The Lens club. amateur photograp!1ic organization at New Trier High school, is working on a motion picture. Two scenario plans have been submitted, and it is planned to produce a news reel comedy on life at the school. The Tri-~hip Boys' club will assist the Lens club in promoting the Htbject. Bill Bradbury is chairman of the movie committee. Other members of the committee are : Bill Gates, Rob Forrester, Jane Ludwig and Bob King. The Ktnilworth Reading class met , Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rufus Stolp, Warwick ro.td, Kenilworth. Mrs. W. D. McClintock resumed the. study. and discussion of Scandinavian literature with a review of "The Axe" by Sigrid Undset, recent ,1\.·inner of the Nobel prize and brilliant Norwegian writer. Announcements have been mailed for the next meeLng of the season which will take place at the home of Mrs. Charles Ware, Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, Monday, January 20, and will include a discussion of "Peder Victorious" and "Giants in the Earth" hy Rolvaag. In succeeding meetinF!s "The Possessed" bv Dostoievsky and "Mohy Dick" by Melville will be read and studied in the same manner of group discussion. BRIDGE TOURNEY STARTS Announcement is made by officials of the Shawnee Country club that the Evening Cards Bridge tournament has begun for the months of January ~nd February. Further information may be obtained by calling Mrs. Max Zabel, chairman of the evening card parties. The Monday afternoon bridge parties will continue under the chairmanship of Mr.s. Walter Deemer of Evanston. Mrs. Carl Keith and her daughter, Harriette, of Warwick road, Kenilworth are leaving on Sunday for C'llifornia to be gone three weeks. They are going to New York first and will take the boat from there. Fair June 4 and 5 A meeting of the Kenilworth Garden club was held on Tuesday morning, January 14, at the ~ome of Mrs. Edward J. Phelps, Letcester road, Kenilworth. · There was a large <tttendance for this important annual meeting of the club, at which tim~ the reports of the various commttt~es were made and plans discussed for the coming season. Of especial interest were the activities planned for a Garden Fair, to be held in the Kenilworth Assembly hall and grounds on June 4 and 5. Announcement of these plans will be made later. Of further interest to Garden club members is the Illinois Garden club Flower show, which witt take place April 5 to 13, at the Chicago Stadium. It is called the Central States Gard.e n and Flower show. A number of the members of the Kenilworth Garden dub will enter exhibits for the event. An excellent report of the presidents' meeting ·o f the Garden Club of America was given by Mrs. Mark Cresap. This meeting is composed of the presidents of the garden clubs affiliated with the Garden Club of America. Indian Hill club announces that the rest of the winter dances will be held at the Kenilworth club through the courtesy of the officers of the Kenilworth c1ub. The next dance will be Saturday evening, January 18. .. TAXPAYERS See Pages 50 aad 51 Mrs. Frederick Burnham, 808 Mt. Pleasant avenue, Winnetka, was hostess to several friends at luncheon and bridge last Monday at Shawnee Country club. A Winter of Ease in Evanston EAL comfort, real happiness, awaits you at The Orrington. Evanston's most elegant residenti.al hotel. Not only an enjoyable changenew furnishings tn a wonderful hotel -but ideal environment also. 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