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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Aug 1935, p. 22

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Woman s Club Will Picnic and Tour Famous Lotus.Beds The ways and means commit- téee of tbe Womnan's Club of wVilmiette is to chimax its sum- mier activities witb a tour to tbe higb spot of interest at tbis time of yearm-tbe lotus bedsý at Grass lake. Miss Rebecca Fitch, wbo.80so uc- cessfully o rganized, the first of the season's enterta juments, a trip to Dunham Woods and Lilacia park, is in charge of the present' project. .She h as the samne efficient commnittee to help ber.. Tbey are:- Mrs. George -T. Coonley, Mrs. Stanley F. Johuson, Mrs. Fred A. White., Mrs. Robert W. Hull, Mrs. John C. Milett, Mrs. James L. Surpless and Mrs. George W. Putnam. Miss Fitch announces that the tour wilI start from the club bouse on Greenleaf avenue and Tenth street at 10 o'clock on the morning of Wed- nlesday, August 21. Transportation will be by automobiles of the club niembers. A picnic lunch will be pro- vided and a boat trip from "Jim's Place" tbrough the lotus beds will foilow. A. limited number can be accommodated so it will be wise to make reservations eanly. During the short season ini wbich the lotus is in bloom Grass lake at- tracts tbousands of visitors. Early this week many delegates f rom the Garden Club of Illinois enjoyed this. rare sigbt as guests of tbe Douglas chapter of the Gardenclub of Wau-' kegan. The lotus fiowers bave been grow- ing in this pýlace,for cuntless years.ý It is said that the Indians used the tuberous roots as food and ground the pods and seeds for meal. At Bridge Luncheon Mrs. Alexander Reichmann of Bar- ington, formerly of Kenilworth, will behostess at a bridge luncheon Fni- dyto a group.of Kenilwortb friends atBarringtot His Country club.> Winifred Adkins To Be Married This, Saturda Miss Winifred Adkins, daugb- ter of Mr. and Mrs. I. R.Adkin.- ôof 1112 Central avenue. Wil- mette, bas chosenSaturday, Atu- gust 17, for the, date of, beriniar-. niage to John Fritiof Join son of 'Cbicago- The wè'dding will take place at 5. o' clock in the'afternoon under the protectig*.shadeý of a grove of -beecbi trees adjoining 'Miss Adkins' summer home, locited in the Prairie.'Club grounds at Harbert, Micb. Dr.D. T Deniman,* formerly of. Oak, Park, and 110w residing at Harbert, wil read the miarriage ceremnony. Miss Adkins, wil be attended by. Miss Della Tbompson of Evanston as maid of bonor, Mrs. John L. Austin, sister of the bride, and Miss Harriet Newey of Wilmette, as bridestnaids,. and by.littie Barbara Jane Austin as flower girl.. Mr. Johnson bas chosen bis brother,: William Johnson of Austin as best man. Edwin Wolfe and Daniel Boyce *of Cbicago will serve as ushers. Mr.' SJohnson's srnall son, Bruce, wi1l be the ring bearer. /Iugust. .5 ler zvecwmg aress zwas of whifte lace. 1-er hmue veu y ell.froe»»a hýalo of lacé ani$.gardéènias forrned lier boi quelt. The Vagers will -bc ai home. af fer ,eltember 1, ai 589. Sheridan square, Evan.sto>,. Jeann effe Crater Names Bridai Party Miss Jeannette Crater of is completing plans for ber to Stedman Willard of K( Country Fair in November An event of late faîl will be the Country fair that the wonien of the Wilmette Parisb Metbodist church will hold on. November 21 and 22. Mrs. F. W. Burpee, 129 Dupçee place, is, chairman of, the sale.. GuliId Asks Ail Villagers to'Share Their Flowers Evanston Mrs. C. E. Wells of the Wilm mnanriage Garden club wili collect flowers ,enilworth. the Cicago Plant, Flowen, players wil fot be inicluded that day or evening. Mrs. Fred Wonkman of Kenilworth is chairman of women's Saturday Wedding Day TIbis Saturda.y afternooii at the Côngrýgtationial.cbhurch of Minmette, the narige of Miss Alice King and Eli Welcb Garrison of 'New, York City,. wil'be solemnized. The cere- mony will bc perfo'rmed at 4:30 So'clock by the Rev. Roy Crosby of rWater bury, Cotin., a college friend d of the bridegroom. It will be followed Mrs. James Surpless of Wilmette (Rùtb Bower) and Miss Genevieve Emerich of Glencoe were hostesses at a handkerchief shower at tbe former's bomne last Monday afternoon for Miss King., Miss King's ,parents will give the bridal dinner at. the Georgian hotel this' Friday., .1

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