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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 May 1939, p. 32

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YMCA CAMP FOR BOYS OPEN that was prifnarily responsible for the exploration. of Alaska, and-it was from Russia, rather than from the, United tates.that the -early de- velopmnent of the, land got its iratý ipetus. At the cotnmand' of Peter the Great and his Empress, Cath- erie 1, Vitus Bering, a Danish cap- tain, sailed to this Northland, land- ig' in 1741, near Prince William Sound. The sea-otter sklns, which his men carried home from this expedition sold for nal $30,000 and caused an excitement among the Siberian. fur, hunters that was only exceecled by the mad rush for gold which oc- curred more than a century and a iss E zna Mv. ,TUe, ta editor of this netes magazine, ia qualifled by long experfence anud direct contacta, to pro vide au- thentiec trayeZ information for NorthShore resîdents. Inquiries dected ,to us, , wl,Zbe given prompt, and expert attention ut no, obligation. By - avocation and vocation Miss True la a woTld tTaoeler. Since 1926, she lias conducted the North Shore Trayel Bureau, State Bank building, Evanston, and in that capacity, serves hun- dredà of North Shore residents. 1Her information la flrst hand andi basedi upon actual visits t6, the countries and places uhich oîa" for a two-morn stay in EJurope. She will be accompanied by Miss Louise Collussi of BerkeleY, Calif.,' who bias relatives i Milan, Italy, and. in London, JEngland, with whom the g irls* have been' Ïiited to: so- journ'during their visit :abroad. Their itinerary includes'stops in Switzerland and Paris. Miss Vincent plans her return from *Rotterdam n the "Noordam." She will join her parents,, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Vincent, i Wilmette for a brie! visit before retur.ning to California. Winnetkans WZill Join in its i,- and r st. Drive ont route 45 to Milburn, turn Ieft and follow signs 2 miles to Camp. Just 50 miles ýarnong the reserve of- Northwest- board ships 'y this sum- tice cruise. re: Arthur street, and r., 1437 As- ffoods. Both Trier Higli ores in the eir markcs e maps o! Horsenianship, ail bed- ding, towels,) soap. mod- ern sanitary system, bath house, hot water, electricity, ail - weather came a possession of States. mia and mis ed, be- rest United nit at mhe University o« Wasn- )n a crulse to Alaska. Gradu- the four-year course are corn- ed as ensigns in the naval GO TO ENGLAND. Clayton Seaman and her George C. Otto, 1234 Glen- on p

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