Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Mar 1939, p. 57

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left the story for- the reader. Mrs. Frank -Kaye, chairman of the department, Mrs. Frank J. Roth- ing, Mrs. William Otter,- and Mrs. Frank Steel 'comprised t he club :quartet whose rich, .warm vièices charmed, their audience, With songs ty-pical of Ireland and St. Patrick's day perio7d. Mrs. John E'alvey, was their accompanist. Later. she and Mrs.:H. .S. Siamin-played duet-,num- bers. With- verve and clean, clear. tone they gave ýtheir spirited per- formance,' and *as we listened, we knew howv much time and interest they ýhad. put into thejr programn, andi with what enjoyment they had prtac-ý ticed it, then presented it. Mrs. Fai- vey also played a solo. As a surprise feature of the afternoon, Mrs. Wil- liamn Germer read a verse of her own h'ig,- ' 'O0,e t¶dà DàhflaiôéIkýIa fanciful, .timely poemn well recited, We remember at this trne, too the Eiazabeth, a story ofthtre 'visu tnere of the yoting queen. The- chaotic affairs of the 'world tody (s f. that time) were dis- cussed:by the'Rev. l{ay, O'Connor, who, in his "Fish Eye View 'of the Post Munich Wor " endeavored to give a completely detached approach to his.subject. He*wasan.enthusi- astic, alert,. forceful speaker, Who gave information ý and stated facts purposely to make his. hearers think. "The Munich Pact may turri out to be the Most historie event in the world since the birth of Christ," he said. 'He likenied the' pact to a pkrgMe , played to effectth best terms at wvhichpeace could be arrived-and expla .ined at what price that peace was secured. He remarked that that pact should be the sign for "the breaking down of our srriolce sèrefi'ad sÔud d away with any idea that the United States, should ever be drawn into I Barbizon Ul f7~ '3 p r EDGAR A. n vaso EDGARA.m.Enso 11 Inc. Inc. &ansfon E.va nsfon

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