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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Jan 1930, p. 48

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48 WILMETTE LIFE January 17, 1930 Wilmette Playground and Recreation Activities Dancing Class to Launch New Term at Stolp Tonight terJn of the dancing class for married couples will hold its opening meeting this e\·ening at 8 o'clock at the :->tOIIJ gymnasium under the direction of the Pla~· gTottnd and Recreation board. The fir st class meeting o f the new term is t o take the place of the danc ing party original!\, vlall!H'd for thi s crcning :wd annouun·d in last \\·eek 's \YILMETTI; LIFI~ . The part\· ha s been indefinitely po~ tponed. Jeannette Adland. of tht.: :\dl~u1 " Dancing studios \\·ill continue tu in~ struct tht cla s!'o. ~ ew st eps, raria tions of the iux trot and \\'altz \\'ill be introduc ed this tl'rm. alth ough then: will be a preliminary review of the stet)S taught last ttrm tn enable beginners entering the cla ss ior tiH· tlr st time to make up thl' \\'nrk alrcad.' · given. l\o previous registration i:- ncce~ !'l ar .' to enter th e class since t ickeb in r term memb'cr ship " ·ill hr :-old at the door. :\ IlL'\\' SPORT CALENDAR )fonday, Junuary 20 7 p . m.- Sleigh ri<lt.·. Girls' basketball t~nms. Meet at Xtolp gymnasium. 7 :30 p, tn.-Men's ,·ollt>yball. Howard :~ Bridge Expert Begin Tutelage in Bridge Game Early Next Month The date for the beginning of the Bridge class announced by the \Vilmett(' Playground and Recreation board has been changed from the first to the second week of February and will follmv directly the lecture given by Paul H. Seymour scheduled for 8:15 o'clock this Fridav evening at the Shawnee Country club. Hcgistra_tions for the cuurse arc al ready being received, Daniel ~1. Davis, director of recreation, ann ounces, and tic~ ~ ts for the lectures were placed on ale la t ~{onday. ~r r. Seymour, who is the Bridge edi tor o f the Chicago Daily News and lecturer over Radio Station \V .MAQ. will speak on the subject: "An Easy Transition from Auction to Contract Bridge.' ' which \\'ill he the subject elaborated on bv Helen H nle Carter. north s-hore Bridge expert, -in the suc ceeding course oi six le ss on s spon Sl)rcd by the Recreation board. ~1r. Sey mour will US{' for hi s lecture the saml' system taught by 1\f rs. Carter. The well-knpwn. ".\ccording to Hoyle," referring to the Hoyle "Book oi Game s" \vhich has become passe during the past few years, ha s been r evised by ?\lr. Scvmour a s hi s latest contribution to the science oi hridg\.'. He is also the auth or o i " ~\u c ti o n Dridgc for Beginners." "Highlight s on .\uction," ".\uction Bridg{' Si111plitied." and "Simplifil'd Bridge :\uction and Contract," and at th e present time 1s sening a s pre sident of the ~atiunal .Auction Bridge In stitut e. ~ir s . Carter's lecture s and l cs~ on => \\'ill be hrld on Friday aftern oons ior beginners in au~ ti o u bridge and on l' ith er Monday or 'l'hursday cn: ning ~ for contract bridge player s. The date for the eYening classes and the place where the clas s \rill meet arc to he clefinitvh· d('termined thi !-o \Y eek g.ftcr more of the enrollmt..'IH cards hare been returnl'd and the prc ferenct s in<Jjcated on th em tabulated. A fee \rill be charged for the sixlesso n course and tirkcts ior the lecture arc placed on sale icn· each. No registration s will be acc(.:pted for single les sons and enrollment fees are payable in ach·ance. l{e,£·istration may be made \\·ith ).1 r~ . ] ay H.. Brown, 12i Sc,·cnteenth street. member of the Pla\'gruuncl and Recrea tion board. \\·ho is sponsoring the class; with Director of 1\t..·cn:ation Danit.:! .\1 . Davis; with ?\lr.s. Carter, or with an . of the staff assi st ants on the Recreation hoard. Enrollment may also be made by filling out the blank on the Recreation pagt and mailing it tt..) tlw Recreation board, Tenth street and Central avenue. school gymnal'ium. Ol'l1' ll :30-9 :30- lce Rl-:ating· \ ' illagt· and gcdf course. 'l' n<>foltln y, .J nn nu r:r 21 7 :30 p. m.-Girls' basiH·thnll. Sto lp gymnal'ium 7 ::W-GirJ:.;' :~ .Athldic · Howard s e hool l'lub m f'P ting. r~ vmnasium. ::W-!'l :30- lce sl.;ating. !i :40 11. m . -\Yonwn· ~ !-;\\'illlming <'lass . 'V···Inf'Sfllll, ,Jannnr:r 22 1 n . m .-:\Jt·n's h:ts).;Pth:tll. Stolp gymnasium . 7 p, m.- :\I en' s h;c s l-:c' thall. Howard i So\· e r c h~· n hot<' l. gymnasium. 3:30-9 : :~0-1 ·e sl<:lfirlg. 'fhursdn)··.Junuar.r 2:1 7 :30 p , m.- :\fe l'tint{ ,\Pro l'luh. Central school manual tr:tininp;. 7 :~10 p . m .- t::-·mnasimn L'la ss for w o m pn . II own rcl schoo l gymnasium . 7 : ~0 p . m .--n:-·mnasium l'lass for w om en . Stc·h~ sl'iwol gymnasium . 7:30 n. m. -- llorsc·shor s fnr 11)('11 . llnwa.rd school attic. }'rldu~· . ,Jnnuarr 24 7 n. m .--.Jtlllitll' l'lllic ·t· :tlhl..ti c h nur. :1 ::W- !1 : 3(1- lr<' s l-:a ting. Howard school. 7 :30 n . m .- Hr1xing· ll o ward H C'h nol. , J). :11HI wrf'stlin~ . . clas:-; Athletic Leagues )11-::S'S \ ' OLI, Efll .\J,L 'l'4'1llll StUIHliliKS \\' . fo r m<>n . H oward :-;chool gymnasium. ll n. m .--·Married Cotmles' rlnn<'im: cla s s. ~tnlp g·ymnnsinm . :: ::W - :1 :::0 - Tcr skating-. Frldn:\·. l"c·hrunrr 7 S: l 5 n. m .- Lc · c·tur~:· . Paul II. Seymour. "An Ens\' Transiti o n from Auction tc· t'ontr;wt H!'iclgc· ." ShawJH><' <'onntr:-· club. m . -n:nnnasium INTRAMURAL CALENDAR )IIIJHIIIJ, .Tilllliiii'J' 20 Baptist Ridge Electric Men's Gym J Howard P. T . .-\ . Presbyterian .Men's Gym I 1 Ridge Avenu t· I 'h a rnw n · St. Joseph Methodist E'resbyte rian J !' ' · j L. U ., !Jet. IOO tl 6~;) 3 :30 77 S ii S ,, d n . m .- - Ho~·s ' h:u;IH·tlmll- Sto lp a.nd I [nwanl g·ymna~iums. Tut·stiUJ, Jnnunr:\· 21 3 :30 p. m . -C:irh:;' h:l SIH: tiJall. l Io ward 62j 4H H4 gymnasium. 3 :30 l). 111. - C: iri s' g;vmnasium. yoJ}toyhnll . Stolp ·J 426 ti li ;~ :! Optimist I. 0. 0. F . o ll oou 01\ll ~ ;~o a:tl . " ' N1nc·stlnl ··Junuury 22 3 :30 p . m.- Hny:-:' basl\ e tball. StPlp a.nd llowanl gymnasium s. 'l' hurstlny; ,Jnnuan· 2:l Howard 3 :30 p . m.- Girls ' hask Pth:cll. g-ymnasium. 3 :30 p. m .-nirls' Yc·lkrh a ll. ~to lp g-ymn : t~inm . :\IE~'~ IIOU~ESIIOES Tt·n Ill St.UJHtlngs W. L. Wilmette (.:rol'l'l' , . St. John's Methodists Men's Gym C la:-:s I. 0. 0. F .. IL Congregation a I I. 0. 0. F .. l St. John's, Jr. 1n:~'S r, I 'c l. 71 :! 71~ Frldnl·· .Junuurr 2:c 3 ::10 p . m .- Hn~· s' bnskt'lhall. and lloward c:ymnasiums. Stolp 712 71:.! .. 1 ll :~ :J7:! 4~ ~ 4 li girls' basketbal) games, will as si. t 111 14 :1 chaperoning the sleigh-ride partv. 000 Helen Hyde Carter has been chosen by the Playground and Recreati\_)11 board to conduct a six weeks' cour~e i1~ ~o ntract and Auction Bridge, Dl:!·gmnmg the second \reek in February. ln addition to being a former resident of \..Vilmette, Mrs. Carter is widdy known as a bridge expert. She is a contributor to various bridge magazines and is a student o f Wilbur C. \\.hitehead and oth er experts. Six weeks of each year she spends in the Ea st attending cnn,·entions of bridge exp ert s gathert d there fr tHn all ov er the country. On on e such occasion sh e studied the \ 'anderhill convention of bidding and part of her lectures will be dc,·otcd to this particular phase of bridge. Other conYentions of bidding, the two demand 'bid s, forcing bids, etc., will als o be taken up during the course. Pattern hands and deal s \\·ill he gi\·r n to illu strate point s covered. -------------- · ---- - UAS I\ E 'l' HALJ, 'l't·nm Stnntllngs \\' ' L. ~ u Presbyterian l . Schultz and Nord Methodist .. State Bank Presbyterian Jl Woltf-Griffilj ' ti 6 4 4 0 ,, :! Pet. 1000 1000 . Shawnee Indians Seek Triple Auto Collision; Lead in Cage League One Passenger Injured A triple autnmnhile cullisinn at 1\n?lfth street and Lake aYenue ~1nn day e\'ening about 6 :20 o'clock resulted in injurie!'o to a pas senger in one of the cars and heavy damage to the machine in which he was rid.ing. According to the p()lice report, Forest Cole. 601 Main ~trert. \\'ilmettr. driYing north on Twelith street. ran into a car which Fred \Vaidner, 1046 (~reen wood avenue. wa s dri,·ing east on Lake avenue, \Vaid1wr's rar struck annther machine which A. E. ~[cDaniel s . 1064 Linden aYenue. was clri,·ing we st on Lake avenue. Tn thl' car with \\.aidtier were Phillip J .Cressy, 913 Forest avenue, and Tames Sheridan. 935 F ~lr est aYenue. ·cressr's arm was injured. and the \\'aidner rar wa~ hadlv dam aged. · The cage tilt scheduled fur January 7;)0 750 ·12 ~ 4 4 4 500 30 between the S ha \\'n ee I 11 eli a ns and 500 St. Joseph Terminal A. C. Hidge Pharnw··.r Junior A. C. Schneider Bootery English Lutheran .. 3 5 ;, :r;:. 12ii ~:iO 375 Women Cagers Forego Games for a Sleigh Ride Instead of taking their l'Xl'n' isc in the usual way, the members of the fourteen women's basketball teams in the Playground and Recreatit)ll hoard league have decided to substitute a sleigh-ride for the schedull'd games next Monday nening. · All the teams' members will me<:t at the Stolp school at 7 o'clock with fi f t, cents in their pockets readv to clim i> aboard two. huc:e !-oleighs chartered for the occasion. In addition to the fare which includes two hours' ride, each girl must bring her own money for re fresh~~ts, ~fiss Joe Skidmore. assis tant in charge of women's actiYitie~. announces, After the ride the party will adjoum to a local tea room for hot sandwiche~ and drinks. The re~ular basketball games scheduled for that evening will be played Monday evening, January 27. Miss Helen Jans. official referee for the ----------------- 0 .." 000 the Xews- Index quintet promi:-es :o he the outstanding cla sh in the l·:van st 1n Recreation league. Th e t eam !'\ :-~re ti "d for ftrst place \\·ith f tl tlr win:-. and no lost g·ames each and the C\' e nt \rill place one or the other out in front in the race for the champi onship. During t-he fourteen days int err cning between now and the game. ho":e\·er. both team s meet other contestants and while each of these has pre viouslv been defeated. ('ither the r11 dians - or the :.Jews-Indrx ()tltfit maY Mallinckrodt Girls Enjoy logically meet defeat. At the prese·;t Sleigh Ride Sunday Night reading, the Owls, Arbor-Vitae. Ye oThe girls of Mallinckrodt High men and Puhl ic Servin· fi vc s are tied school enjoyed a sleigh ride party hst for second plarr \\'ith t\\'n games · lost Sunday 11ight under the direction of and two wnn . Miss Helen J an s, director ·of athletics at the school. The girls met on Church street, Evanston, about 6 :45 o'clock PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION BOARD and, after riding about an hour and ~ Wilmette, Illinois quarter in three sleighs chartered for ARE YOU INTERESTED IN the purpose. stopped at Mary Lou's :\uction Bridge cabin in Evan:-;ton for lunch. The party was chaperoned hy Mrs. Frank T. Contract Bridge Barry. and M r~. Ray C. Pearson, hoth of Wtlmette. :\ fternoon Class (Friday Afternoon) En·ni~g Class Of on day or Thursctay l Xa me :\ddress Clau to begin first week in February parents, Mr. ~nd Mrs. M. J. P. Barrett. 533 Forest avenue, since the Christ..: mas holidays. Miss Andrews retur,ns tomorrow to her home. N. Y. has been visiting her grand~ Miss Nancy Andrews of Bronxville

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