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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Aug 1935, p. 30

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Roy1 West. to Be Carden Center Speaker Monday f ~ Roy Westof Huad Woods 5to be the, fiçst speaker in the August series o rgrams. at the North Shore Garden center. The Winnetka Garden club,. which bas charge of programs for the month, bas asked hlm to. speak at 10:-30 Monday morning, August. 5, in the headquarters at Community House on the, subject "Gladioli," a flower on which he is an acknowledged authority. Aniother timely talk was that given M 4da y Mrs. Frederick Beasley of Waukegan. Speaking on "Lilies in My Garden," Mrs. Beasley said that the secret of success with this bloomn is to select the varieties that thrive in'onePs own cornmunity and to pilant them among protective shrubs and grasses, where there is drainage. They require ýno fertilizer, like a neutr'al sandy loam, and. all varieties need mulching, whicb must flot be removed too early in the spring, Mrs. Beasley stated. She illustrated ber talk witb a diagram sbowing the time and Iengtb of bloom 'of hardy lilies, witb tbe colors and varicties. AM Travel Camp Miss Trudie Lynn of Glencoe andi Miss Patricia Speed of Highland Park returned to Chicago Wednesday -of last week after five weeks with the Olmsted Travel camp of-Oberlin, Ohio.. Miss Lynn, is one :of the councilors and 'Miss Speed was ole, of the campers. While camping on the Smith College campus, Mrs. Cal- vin Coolidge drove over and spoke to the girls. Trudie and ber sister, 'Daguerre Photo Miss Jean Hall of 500 Central avenue, is an active and talenlted nenber of the stock com/'aniv of the Beverly Shores Players, at Beverly Shores, hI.d., this suminer. She Is to play the roaiantic lead in "Holiday." Drama Group WiUi Give "Counsolor of Law . The Lake Zurich Sumnier. theater played to ihree appreciative audiences on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights wben it presented a Restora- tion comedy-"The Beaux' Stratageni," by George Farquhar, and on Saturday inaugurated its series of children';s plays with a performance of "Hansel and Gretel" before about a hundred .children. This week's schedule calîs for "Jack and the Beanstalk" on Saturday after- noon at 3 and "Counselor at Law" on Saturday night at 8:50. Àmong the Beverly Shores Players Miss Jean Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hall of 500 Central avenue, Wilmette, is. distinguishing herself this summer in' her work with the stock company of the Beverly Shores Players, at Beverly Shores, Ind. After,,graduation, from New Trier in 1931, Miss Hall inished at S ullins- Junior. College in Bristol, Va.,, and thenbegan work at the Goodman theater in Chicago. Last year ber. noles at Goodman included Theresa XTnables in 'the "Distaif Side" and Etlizabeth Wheeler in' *'Dark Echo," a premiere. She was also active in the Saturday Matinee. childrens' shows of Mrs. Charlotte Chorpenning and was stage manager of "The Circle." The Beverly Shores- Players at their "Theater. of. the D)unes" are having a most successful season.- Opening Jtine 1, they are under' cotitraci. to. play until August 31, witb a possible extension into the first two weeks of September. The companiy is made up chiefly of Goodman students., Miss Hall bas stirred unusually favorable comment this summer- by hier creation of character roles, and last week played with versatility the ingenue in "Drums of Jieopardy,," a fast.-moving mystery dramna. Tomnor- row nighit the company opens with "Holiday," in ,Nhicli Miss Hait plays the romantic lead. The Beverly Shores Players give a new show each week, and play every iîight except Monday. The curtain is at 9 o'clock. Bride-to-B e Horder - Yager Wedding Takes Place August.3. This -coming Saturday af ter- noon the mnarriage, of Miss jane .Margaret Horder of Glencoe and Richard S. Ya ger of Oak Park will take place in the>gar- deni of the brides, parents' home, 1%r.' and Mrs. Harry G.: Horder, :91 Beach road. The bride's sister,, Mrs. Edward I.' Stoddard of Evanistoni,. will be the matron of ýhonor and only. attendant, while t he bridegroom's> brother, Charles Yager, wil serve-as-brstmnan- The ceremoniy will be performied at 4 :30 o'clock, in the presenc e of about seventy-five gue.sts, and wilI be fol- lowed by a reception, .The bride and bridergroorn wilI $go on a motor-tnip in northern \Viscon- sin, returning to reside in Evanston, where they Nvili be at home .to their. friends after September 1, at 598 Sheridan Square. The mionth of JuIy. has beeni filled with parties and, sbowers given ini honor of, Miss Horder, and.she,'her- self, will, be' hostess at a trousseau tea this Friday afternoon. On Wed-' nesday of this week Miss Betty Basse of Oak Park entertained, at a pantry show er; last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Robent Lewvis, the groomi's sister, wvas hostess at a luncheon and bathiroom shower at the Oak Park Country club;- Mns. Willard Richards:on of Oak Park gave,:aw magazine shower on July 26-;. Miss Margery. Odegaard, of: Evanston entertainied a t a, kitcheu shower, on ,Jufly24,;>Miss Madeline .Bliss of Highland Parka, stocking shower July ý20; Miss jean Allen of Glencoe., a linien. showér at Skokie Country club July 17; and on July 13, Miss Gene Boyd and Miss Mlary Johnson entertained at a lingerie shower. AR. mette Mr$. William j. Tàylor of the Kenil- wortb inn will be bostess at'luncheon Tuesdaiy to her bridge club. Mr. and Mrs. George Keebn of the Orrington hotel, formerly of Win- netka, entertained their Kenilwortb bridgecl.ub atdinner Tuesday. Mrs. Howard Bowen bas returned f rom a visit of about six weeks withi friends in the east and is again witb ber son and bis.,family, the Harvey N. B3owens of 1025,Willow' road, Win- netka. Observes 2 1 st Bi rthday Paul Gilbert, 554 Brier street,' Ken- ilworth, a seniorat Nortbwestern uni- versity, entertained a groupe of col- lege boys at *swimming and tea.Sun- day in celebration of his.twenty-first birthday.

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