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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Jul 1926, p. 12

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' I 12 WILMETTE LIFE July 23, 1920 = ,...,. .1110Ja1. Methodist Church Dr. Stansell will speak at the 11 o'cloc~ hour next Sunday. The music will b · one number by the quartet and on~ number by Mr. Herlocker and :Mr. Smtth. EXPERIENCE, .FACILITIES AND SERVICE These are important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director and· should be borne in mind when .you have occasion to choose one. We are proud that the passing years have won us an enviable position in the inirtds of the people of this community. Our Limousine Hearse is the newest thought in Funeral Equipment. De Luxe Ambulance Service. Home in Winnetka Open for Public Inspection ~'oon The prize home located a~ the c?ravenue, Winnetka, will be open for The midweek ser;ice will be held on ner of Abbotsford Road and Warw1ck Vtednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The ladies of the ftrst division are in- public inspection from Sunday, J ui_Y vited for a social afternoon at the home 25, to August 21, it .was annot_Jnc~d th1s of Mrs. J. H. Dyon, 1310 Ashland aveweek. The attractrve hC?use 1s of. connue on Thursday, July 29. Songs and Stories Are Entertaining to College The orogram of stories ·hv M ~ss Grace Hemingway and songs by tss Penka Kassabova at the Natrona. Kindergarten and Elementary · college last Friday afforded a delig-htful hour s entertainment to the students and friends of the college who attended. Miss Hemingway told several unusual stories for children-"The Rahhit Who Thonf!ht the Euth W'rl.s Tumbling Ir.."' a Hindu version of the AnP"lo-Saxoa "Chicken Little." "The Wishing- Ring," and the old favo:itc "Briar Rose." She also gaYe a readmgfrom Kate Dollglas \Viggin's "Garden of Memory" ~hich will no douht he for many happy introduction to the !J ~ ~ ;oo ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ book. a "' ~ ~ Mis:o. Kas. ahova g-an' some of the old song-s of her country. very old in thc·ir weird. minor accompaniment, hut neither old nor new in thrir romantic content as tran slated hy ~fiss Kassabova. crete masonry construction, and IS being built by the Lehi.gh Portland Ce- . ment company of Ch1cag?· Hundreds of people have already mspected the model home. The house was designed by G. K. Surman. of Detroit, Michig~n, and it won second prize in th.e natiOnal con~ petition among arch1tects. In th1s contest 207 designs were submitted, and we~e passed on by. a jury of pr?minent architects. It IS one of tour homes built bY the Lehigh Cement compa11Y· The. others are in · N.ew York Birmingham, and Kansas City. Thes~ homes combine the ~vc es~en tials: moderate cost, attractive de s1gn, skillful planning. permanence, and fire safety. The \Vinnetka house is of an int~·r esting design suggested by .Itab~n villas and farmhouses. It contams ~IX rooms. and is built of concrete block covered with three layers of Lehi~h PortLand Cement stucco in grayish buff. ~fr. and :\frs. C. \V. Culbertson, with their famih·, are leaving next Thurs day to s prn.d ahou t t hrec or f nu r weeks camping in a cottage they han~ taken at Pine Lake. in the wood~ oi northern \Visconsin. They will tn<1tor up, and will !)e joined hy their son ancl his wife. -o-· A. G. ~Ieh·ille. 1022 Grt·< ·nwood <t\T nuc, left Tucsd~\· on a shnrt htt. ine~ :-; trip to New York. ~~ r. and ~~ rs. L. ~f. Owen. 707 Linden a\·enue. announce the birth oi ;L ;;. daughter. JoaP, July 15. at the St. ~ Francis hospital. ~frs. 0\\'cn was Phone Wilmette 654 1124 Central A venue ~ formrrly ~r adelrine Beem. ·WILMETTE ~ -o~ ~fiss Elizabeth Simmor~:-.. 10-L~ A:'- hResidence, 719 Ninth St., Wilmette ~ land avenue, has had as her gue st for ' the past two m0n1hs. hrr cousin. ~lis .> mu u111 mu u11c u11cu!lc "'"'"'ot!lcurrotllotrll~.l'"'"'o"""'" '"" "'" 1 li" " 1 " '"" ""c utJC>IIuum 11 Darrow. of Pa 'a den a. ~ It has set the A ·utomobile World Thinking! The Overland Whippet marks a new trend in light car construction. It is capa· ble of sustaining a speed of 55 miles per hour, gets 25 to the gallon of gas, is neat and compact yet roomy and comfortable. Has that foreign look that makes it very distinctive. The new Whippet strikes an economical note which has been well received by the automobile buying public. ' GEO. W. PEAK Willys ..Knight-SALES and SERVICE-Overland 917 Linden Avenue Hubbard Woods Phone Winnetka 2430

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