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Highland Park Press, 19 Mar 1942, p. 5

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Miss Woolhiser Robert C. Bennett . Married In Winnetka Miss Marion Woolhiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Woolâ€" hiser Winnetka, and â€" Robert Case Rennett Jr..son .of the.Senior Robert Case Bennetts, Highland Park, were n-riedMWe::em fl-u: the Winnetka tb-dcm thurch, with Rev. Samue! D. Harkness officiating. A reception folâ€" lowed at the Woolhiser home. The regular business luncheon meet ing of the Senior Board of the Highâ€" land Parkâ€"Ravinia Center Infant Welâ€" fare will be held at the home of Mrs. Bernard E. Newman, 122 North Sheriâ€" dan road Monday, March 23 at 11 a.m. Mrs. Tom Leeming and Mrs. Jess Halâ€" sted will be the assistant hostesses. Fiâ€" mal arrangements will be discussed for the joint meeting to be held in April. _ Don‘t forgetâ€"Time, April 1â€" at 8 p.m., Placeâ€"Community Center. This group is really a class, with Mr. X instructing. ‘nlenextmoemg' is open to the public, so come if you are interested. Since it falls on April 1, the dance will be in the nature of a party, and refreshments will be served. Square Dance Club Meets April First April 1, the popular day for wise fools, is the date set for the next meeting of the Square Dance club. ‘This group, starting their meeting at the Community Center at 8 p.m., will be kept busy throughout the evening by square dances, circle twoâ€"steps, and other early American dances. Mrs. B. Newman To Entertain Infant Welfare Highland Park Music Club to Meet ; At Schaat‘s The Highland Park Music Club will meet on Wednesday, March 25th, at the house of Mrs. Clarence Schaaf, 200 Ravine Drive. will sing a group of Deleussey songs, and a Stravinsky "Pastorale". She is the choir director of the Lake Bluff Union Church. Miss Constance Kocbelin, a junior at the Highland Park High School, will play the viola, giving three numâ€" bers by Viadumir Bakaleiuikoff, "Winâ€" netto", "Air" and "Javotte". Miss Koeâ€" belin is also a talented pianist. Mrs. Schaaf, beside her duties as hostess, will play a group of piano numbers. completion of the course, certificates will be awarded. Mrs. Pearson of the Chicago chapter of the American Red Cross is the instructor. Through the courtesy of Mr. Paul Phelps the use of the vacant store, corner of Judson and Roger Williams Avenues has been given the committee and the chairs reâ€" quired during the class period have Hilander Club To Hear Talk By Dr. Lois Greene "Medicine in China" will be disâ€" cussed by Dr. Lois Greene, of Highâ€" land Park, at a meeting of the Hilanâ€" der club Friday at 7 p.m. in the Presâ€" byterian church. A pot luck supper will precede the program. Each member has been asked to bring a casserole or a salad and each will provide his own sandâ€" will be the subject of a talk by Ruth Ciarahan at the April first meeting of theâ€" Ravinia Woman‘s club. In conâ€" nection with her talk, Mrs. Clarahan will have on display a table setting of old glass and during her lecture will ing their historical background. Mrs. Clifford Makelin is chairman, has organized a class in Home Nursâ€" ing which is now in its third week. ‘The group meets every Tuesday mornâ€" ing from 9:30 to 11:30 and has a About Old Glass Ravinia Woman‘s Club to Hear Thursday, March 19, 1942 Woman‘s Club To Hear Rowena Bennett The Civics committee, of which "Something New About Old Glass" generously donated by Iredales. Lindbloms Announce Baby Girl Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lindblom anâ€" nounce the birth of a baby girl born at the Highland Park Hospital on Februâ€" ary 20. Name, Edith Sylvia. % LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE The Highland Park Loyal Order of Moose will meet Monday at 8 p. m. in Witten hall. The. business session will last until 9 p.m. when the social proâ€" gram, to which the public is invited, is scheduled to begin. A trio of Lake Forest college students will present a program of songs and skits. s Last year several members of the Creative â€" Writing . group, â€" including Mrs. Bowden, sentâ€" a shipment of books to the Y.W.C.A. business girls library ‘of the Manila Philippine Liâ€" brary. Such service projects add to the "creative" interests of the writâ€" ing group meeting at the Y.W.C.A. on Thursday mornings under the leaâ€" dership of Baker Brownell, «author and professor of philosophy‘ at Northâ€" western university. Society â€"â€" Womens News â€":â€" Locals ors, is this week sending some addiâ€" tional books contributed by friends of Marguerite Lyon to help found her Ozarks library. Mrs. Lyon, author of "Take to the Hills", is thus receiving a definite "bookish thankâ€"you" for her personah project in appreciation of her volunteer Highland Park USO proâ€" gram. Those who have read Mrs. Lyâ€" ons‘ true story of life around her Mountain View, Missouri farm reâ€" member that some of the library users will want picture books because they cannot read while others are eager to read the classics. = In introducing Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. William Denzel, program chairman, will tell of the recognition she has won nationally through verses being featured in many anthologies, school readers, such magazines as "The Satâ€" urday Review of Literature." Many of her poems have been published with music written for them by Berenice Benson Bentley. Rowena Bennett is the author of several books of chilâ€" dren‘s poetry, a contributor to "Child Life", former contributing editor .of Mrs. George K. Bowden, a member of the North Shore Creative Writers who sponsored the Victory Book Party securing books for soldiers and sailâ€" A calendar. of poems, featuring flowers and plants in the order of their blooming is the ‘unique theme around which Mrs. Bennett will give her talk on the inspirational side of gardening. Not only poems from many authors will be used as illustraâ€" tions but also many of Rowena Benâ€" nett‘s own word pictures of garden scenes. Repeated by request will be some of her verses which she gave in her previous talk before this group enâ€" titled "The Poet Walks in Her Garâ€" den". Those who work with the troâ€" wel will see their gardens bloom this year with added appreciation of each beauty after hearing the colorful lines Rowena Bennett has culled from poet natureâ€"lovers. "Jack and Jill". Within the last few weeks she has written some of the poems that will welcome spring to North Shore gardens. As manuscript leader for the Annual Writers‘ con ference and leader of the North Shore Creative Writing group for four years Mrs. Bennett has established a repuâ€" tation as a critic and teacher. She has spoken recently before the Friends of American Writers in Chicago and the Winnetka Woman‘s club More Books Sent to Lyon‘s Ozark Library Rowena Bu-n.pu-ih:t‘-m. will give her "Escape from Mm”Mmmepolth Highland Park Woman‘s club on Tuesâ€" day, March 24 at 2 o‘clock. Mrs. O. i.. A)leson is opening her home at 369 Moraine Road ‘for this special meet: img. Hostesses for the afternoon are: Mrs. E. S. Gail, Mrs. E. D. Fritsch, Mrs. A. V. McPhee, and Mrs. E. G. As a result of outstanding scholastic achievement in her academic work at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., Joanne Sigrist, daughter of Mrs. A. J. Sigrist, 1138 Lincoln avenue, was cited on the Dean‘s Honor Roll when it was announced this week. In addition to her regular studies, she is actively participating in the colâ€" lege‘s extensive defense activities orâ€" ganized as an integral part of the eduâ€" cational program. Lila Buckmaster of Highland Park, a junior at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisâ€" consin, made the first semester honor roll. <The announcement came from the school registrar. "Made in America" is the title of the spring operetta to be presented at Eim Place School on next Thursday evening, March 26, at 8 o‘clock. Pan American in theme, the fiesta repreâ€" sents the good neighbor policy between South American and North American countries. The characters are taken from colorful periods of history such as the 1849‘s in the West, and the Civil War days, and they bring these times to life again with dancing and songs. Out of American folklore come such characters as Paul Bunyan to add to the performance. Miss Virginia Sproul, author of the operetta and composer of many of its songs, directs, and all pupils in the fourth, seventh, and eighth grades participate in the production. Ingenuity rather than expense has been the watchword in planning and Patricia and John O‘Leary, children of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. O‘Leary, 137 South Green Bay road. Patricia, two and a half and her brother, John four, both have red hair and haze! eyes. Joanne Sigrist On Deans Honor Roll At Stephens making costumes and scenery for the play, and a share of the proceeds will go for defense, The admission charge Music Festival March 26. At Eim Place Auditorium Spi+g! The Younger Set ably MARTHA WEATHERED in every line and detailâ€"moderately priced to conform to present day conditions.‘ ANNOUNCING THE PRBMILRR INFORMAL PRBSENTATION oP OUR NEYP Germaine is a Junior at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa and has been an active member in the Drama deâ€" partment. . She had feminine lead in the fall play, "Night Must Fall" by Evelyn Williams. Germaine Walish, of 955 South Linâ€" den Avenue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Walsh, has been pledged to the Phi Epsilon Delta of the National Collegiate Players. It is an Honorary Dramatic Fraternity. is 25¢ for adults, and 15¢ for children. The main characters are as follows: Jimmie .............. Jimmie Bench Banjo Bill ............ Paul Zeisler Joe, the Wrangler .... Jim Liewellyn Frisco Kid .......... George McNutt Fedro .............. Angelo Pasuello Zitag ................ Christ Chagios Aristocratic Llama ................. .. John Hedberg and Erwin Pahnke Paul Bunyan .......... Mack Schultz Mary Ella . Mary Esther Livingston Manuila Gaucho .... Phillip Minortini Margo .........,.... Elvira Nichols Nadita ................ Nell Taussig Conchita of Brasil Germaine Walsh Pledged To Dramatic Fraternity Mrs. Harry Elliott, 739 Ridgewood drive, entertained the members of the Ladies‘â€" Aid Society of St. John‘s Evangelical church at her home last Thursday afternoon. .... Jim Liewellyn ... George McNutt .. Angelo Pasuello ... Christ Chagios . Camie Pickett .. Paul Zeisler Nell Taussig P. T. A. Convention At Stevens Hotel March 23 Mrs. E. L. Andrews Will Entertain Infant Welfare Miss Joan Frable Invited to Join Dancing Class Miss Joan Frable, a sophomore at MacMurray College, has been invited to become a member of the Dance Club at MacMurray. The club meets weekly and its aim is to stimulate more appreciation in the dance through actual participation. In deâ€" veloping this aim the girls hope to offer themselves an opportunity for advanced work. Miss Frable, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Frable, 2420 North Deere Park Drive, Highland Park, Illinois, is taking a general course at MacMurray. She is active in dramaâ€" tics on the campus. Mrs. E. L. Andrews Jr., 234 Laurel Ave. will be hostess to the Highland Park â€" Ravinia Center of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. on Monâ€" day, March 23rd. The following will serve as assistant hostesses: Mrs. K. M. Prichard, Mrs. James Parker, Mrs. H. C. Hawes and Mrs. John Stoddar. Please come prepared to make reâ€" servation for the Annual Luncheon to be held April 27th. Announce Birth of Son Mr. and ‘Mrs. James Kittleman (Maâ€" deline Bliss) Evanston, are receiving congratulations on a birth of their first child, a son, Earle Bliss, born Sunday, March 15 at .the Evanston hospital. Morton Raff Recognized At Swarthmore An excerpt from the Swarthmore College weekly ‘"The Phoenix" says in regard to the "Open House"â€"a reception tendered by one of the Boys‘ dormitories to a large group of women students," ‘The high spot of the afternoon was provided by Mort. Raff‘s rendition on the violin of Bach and Mozart, with Rheams‘ phoâ€" nograph providing background. Morâ€" ton recently won his "singles" match in the 8 to 1 badminton victory .of Swarthmore over the Haverfordtéam: He is a Junior at Swarthmore, and was graduated from the local high school in 1939. We invite you to see thase new 1942 apartment homes, featuring new uses of color . . . new fabrics and other .materials and_ fumishings . . . new lighting arrangements, oo'nbining decorative efâ€" fects and utility . . . new and unique Hospitality Corners, an improved design of this popular conâ€" venience, first presented in Chicago in the 1941 To Live as You Like . . . Without the Usual Housekeeping Cares and Costs APARTMENT HOMES EIGHT DAY SHOWING OF NEW April 1st to April 8th Dewey Apartments NO SERVANT PROBLEM NO HOUSEKEEPING CARES NO TRANSPORTATION WORRIES The 1942 state convention of the lilinois Congress of Parents and ‘Teachers, which will be held in the Stevens hotel, 7th Street and Michiâ€" gan Ave from April 21 to 23 is rapidly being organized. The Committee on Tours recently met under the leadership of Mrs. Rolland Allen and planned five trips There will be one tour to the Cradie in Evanston with dinner served at the Cradle. Another is planned for those who have always wanted to visit Jane Addams‘ famous Hull House. Chinaâ€" town will be seen with a real Chinese dinner on still a third trip. Dinner will be served at International House on the tour through the University of of Chicago and there will be special music at the Rockefeller Foundation. .A special exhibit of home furnishings dating from 1883 to the present day will catch the eye of many and unâ€" doubtedly this will prove one of the very popular tours. On Tuesday, only, a sky line drive will end with a smorgasbord dinner at Sweden House. On Wednesday the Art Institute will have a tour espeâ€" cially planned for the P.T.A. guests. Also on Wednesday, the Merchandise Mart will be visited and the group on this tour will attend a popular radio program being broadcast in the NBC studios followed by dinner at Henâ€" rici‘s. These trips will all leave the Stevens lished in "The Coâ€"operative Building" at 4 o‘clock, returning in time for the evening sessions. Three thousand delegates are expected to attend the P.T.A. convention. As a number of people in each tour is limited, it will not be long before each will have its quota. If you care to join any of these tours you can make reservations by writing to Mrs. Frank Dowd, 1301 Asbury Ave., Winnetka. 6 _ Harriet Hussvedt, daughter of Mrs. ‘and Mr. D;vid A. Hustvedt of 225 Highwood Avenue, . who..is..a..sophoâ€" more at St. Olaf College, Northfield; Minnesota, recently won second prize on her essay, "What Democracy Means to Me," in a national essay contest sponsored by the Coâ€"op Pubâ€" lishing Association and the Northern States Coâ€"op Youth League. Miss Hustvedt is majoring in ecoâ€" nomics and is active in the study and furtherance of the coâ€"operative moveâ€" ment. Harriet Hustvedt Wins Prize for College Essay The prize winning essay is to be pubâ€"

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