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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Nov 1926, p. 26

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· 26 ·~ WILMETTE LIF E November 19, 1926 . : ~11 I:News oF the North Shore Clubs The second book and current e\·cnts talk given by Mrs. Anthony French ~lerrill, and sponsored by tl1e members of the North Shore Catlwlic \Voman's league, took place a week ago at the home of Mrs. David Hallinan of 1050 Spruce street, Winnetka, at 2:30 o'clock. Anyone interested is invited to attend ti1cse lectures, the league announces. Mrs. 1f errill spent some time discussing John \Vatson's book on "Behaviorism." and went into the subject at some length. "Hanner ] ohn" by Hugh Walpole \\·as emphasized by Mrs. Merrill, and "The \Vorlcl of \Villiam Clissold" bv H. G. \Veil s. The latter is consider~cl, as one member put it, "Wonderful but awful." "Early Autumn" was also included in the many books taken up and reviewed. Following the book talk, current e\·cnts were included in the afternoon program, Mrs. Merrill stressing European and Chinese current e\'cnts and situations. The next meeting will he held at the home of Mrs. Sjdne\' Hrech of 253 \Vaiden drive, G!rncor, at 2:30 o'clock, Thursday, December 2. .~1 usic guild \rill appear m a recttal Monclav eYening, November 22, at the Bvron JStolp school. This \vill be tl~e c"cnnd of the series which the WJlmctte cl1apter proposes to give. The ·first recital gi\'cn last February at the Howard school proved a signal success. Those '"ho will give the varie~ and entertaining program are all restdents of \Vilmctte and pupils of the following teachers: Catherine Granquist, Aflna Chinlund Louise \Vatkc, Ella Carlstrom,]. S. 'Meek, uc R. Lake .. \~'ini frcd 11ickey. Adelaide Jones, \Vmtfred Townsend Gertrude Lees Roberts and ~I me. Ed~ Goe.decke. r-1 ..__. tm, i) ~., lA'· National College Guild Teachers~ Pupils Co12cluding Plans Discusses Recent to Give Second Recit.al Students Supplying fbt Sale of W at Books at Meeting Thanksgiving Needs Pupils of the teacl~ers co1:1prising the V etetans, W otk of Catholic League \\Tilmett'e chapter at the l':Jorth Sh?re Under the direction of Mrs. Joseph Joyce of 531 Essex road. Kenilworth, who is assisted by an able committee pf Kenilworth women, the plans for the sale for the benefit of the disabled veterans at Great Lakes hospital are being completed. The sale will be held Tuesday, November 30, from 10 in the morning until 5 at night, at Mrs. Joyce'·s home. Included in the large committee assisting Mrs. ] oyce are Mrs. ]. K. Farley) jr.,. pn;side11t of The Neighbors, ~1rs. A!f~;.cd R~.y Hulburt, Mrs. Joh~ C. Carperfter,. .· U~ · Robert Danly, Mrs. Harry L:--TinMnins, Mrs. Alex S. ] oslin and many others. The artifte~·- -on sale will be those made by tl!.k_. ~\,erans at the hospital. Rugs, sc~rrs; ~~!~ nini1er~ . wo\'en by the so ld~~fl~ flk~ baskets, and many .other thii'lg~~l.. .s,ale.. The comnuttee urges people.. ·to ·come and see the type work turned out by the Yeterans. for · 1t feels that people will be interested in this constructive livelihood aff{)rded to the wounded men. Aside~ from the sale, donations arc g 1ad 1y, accept eel by the committee. There ~ a man of slight build " ·ho is attemp~ng to . upport his two little ho\'S. But thi::; Ycteran is unable to wea\'C baskets, Or to work 011 scarfs. So the committee asks that clothes for a t11an, about size 3(), and for a boy either 4 or 6 years oi age be sent in. The members add if one is unable to deliver the donations at Great Cakes, either Mrs. To,·ce at Kenilworth 2134 or Mrs. M. H." Dement at Kenilworth 1641 \\'ill !'ee that all articles are delivered. ; Bananas and bird cages, flowers and farina, 1 erfume and potatoes, talcum and tomatoes- these are a few of the items for the "Thanksgiving Basket" which the students of the N'ational Kindergarten and Elementa-ry college are packing for the Mary Crane Nursery school, Hull House. For manv vears the students of the collrge ha~re ·celebrated Thanksgiving ll\· bringing indi\'idual gifts of fruit or \'cgetahles for children in the scttlcm~nt districts, and the festi,·al is one of the happiest of the entire year. A committee, appointed by the students, visited Marv Crane Nursery recently and returnc(l \\'ith a length~' and varied li .;t of fruits and Yegetahles and an 1111\l 'i Un] assortment of other articles and commodities for which the children in the ~nr se r~· sclwol "·oulcl like to he thankful. This Ji . t h as hrrn posted and the students are busy de ciding whether their thankfulness could hr st he expresse(l by the gift of a sack nf flour, a check fnr flow er s or a basket of apples. -' r I Head of Allied Arts to Speak at Catholic Club Tohn ~1. Stahl, president of the Ailied Art s a:-.sociation. will talk on "Authors That I Haye Known" to the members of the \\'oman' s Catholic club of \Vilmettc at t.he meeting on Friday afternoon, :Kovember 26, at 2 o'clock. The club will meet at the home of 11:s. ~files ~hillips, ~025 ~1ichigan avenu.r. The sU~sscs 1or the afternoon 1nll he 11rs. ·rald ~fcCarth,·. ).fr s. \V. E. Hall. Mrs . E. F. Kcllc~· a·nd ~1rs . ]. ~f. Kra fthcfer. st Americanization Talks at College Open to All Mrs. B. F. Langv,·orthy of \Vinnetka, president of the \Voman's City club of Chicago, spoke on "Civics iq Chicago" before the students of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college on Thursday afternoon. This address, and that on "The Teaching of Citizenship in Clubs" to be gi\'en Thursday afternoon, December 2, by Mrs. Maurice H. Lieber of \Vinnerka, arc part of the series on different phases of Americanization _given at the college this fall. The lectures come at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon in Harrison hall, and those interested are cordially invited to attend. Wilmette Garden Club Plans Guest NighJ The \\'ilmette Garden club will hold its next meeting on Friday, Decemher 3, at the home of Mrs. ]. E. Redman of 1309 Chestnut a\'enue, \Vilm ette. \\"hile the club usually holds its meeting in the aft<-'rnoon~ this next fi1eeting is planned for the evening, and will be guest night. The speaker has not been announced. GARDEN CLUB TO MEET The Kenilworth Home and Garden club met at the home of Mrs. John L. Wild of 244 Oxford road, Kenilworth, Monday, November 8, at 2:30 oclock. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. John T. Dix of 236 Oxford road, at 3 o'clock, Monday, November 22. Papers will be read, and the subject under consideration for the winter season, "Old English Furniture," will be studied. Selec·t New Officers for Order of Martha The Order of Martha has elected Mrs. P. J. Klapperich as t)resident for the coming year. Mrs. G. E. Tarnow is the new vice-president: Mrs ]. Budinger, second vice-president; Mrs. R. C. Pearson, secretary; and Mrs. C. Kearn. treasurer. The meeting at which the officers were elected was held in the assembly room of the St. Francis Xavier school on November 1. \ The next sewing meeting will be held on Monday, November 22, at the home · On Tuesday morning fifte~n hundred of Mrs. ]. Koza, 627 Maple avenue. All Camp Fire girls, including the Glencoe members are cordially invited to attend g \ o up, \\·ere presented to Princess the meeting. Ileana of Roumania at a ceremonial meeting at the Palmer House when she wa·s made a Camp Fire Girl of America, WILL MEET TO SEW l The ~1an· Crane Xmsrr~· school 1\·;ts opened Ja . ; t fall hy the ~ational Ki ndergartrn and Elementary coll ege at Hull IT ouse, · ancl is conducted a:; a demon . tration center of nurse ry ~chao! work. Srveral of the social \Hl fare agencies of Chicago arc co-operating with the college in the medical care of Philanthropy Sewing at the children and research work. and tile combined effort 0f these group s is Woman's Club on Nov. 19 making the Nur se r~· school one of the f.lnest experimental stations 111 the \Vomen of \Vilmette interested in sewing for charity gather at the \Vil- country. mette \Voman's club again today at 10 o'clock, to continue their sev,:ing for the :Mary Bartclme home. Luncheon innetka Woman's Club is served. the workers at 12 :30 o'clock. w · The philanthropy department, under to Hear Piano Program whose auspices the work is done, cordially itwites all women of tl1e village., Tony Abele and Irma Goebel will whether they arc club members or not, he the artists appearing- in a two to join their ne1ghhors for thi s clay of piano r c cit a I gin·n by the music sewing. committee nf the \\'inndka \\' o man· ~ dub. TuesdaY, November 23, at 3 ().clock in the..: aft l' rno on. at the club. SINGS AT ATHLETIC CLUB Owing to the fact that 1faria Gerde s ~Irs. IIclcn Pctcr:;on-Barth. well Testa k1 s hern called out of town heknown contralto. '"ho is 110\\. a rcsiden t cau se of illness in her famih·, ).Irs. of \Vilmcttc, will sing at the Illinois Goebel has kindlv cons en t-ee! .t o ta kc Athletic club with Arthur Kraft, 1\e\\' her place in the 1;iano recital. Ynrk tenor, on Sunday afternoon, KoThe ho..;te:--se s fnr th l' d;l\· includ e nmber 21. ?\frs. Barth sings regularly ).fr .;. Pern· \V. Bradstreet. irr s. l~an at the First Baptist church in E\·ans- dolph Buck. ).frs. \Villiam 0. Coleman. ton. ~frs. · Dwight P. Green. ?\frs. HL·tny T. Stanton. and \frs. Ryland .\. \\'olcott. TO ADDRESS JOINT MEETING Dr. Frank D. Slutz of nation-wide note, and principal of the Moraine Park school of Dayton, Ohio, will be the speaker on the occasion of a joint meeting of The Neighbors and the Kenilworth club on the evening of November 30. He has chosen as the subject of his address "A Schoolmaster and the Twentieth Century." BRITISH CLUB TO MEET The :\orth Shore British American rluh \\'ill hold its regular mo1ithl~· mreting, Saturcla~·. Xo\'emher 27. at Com munitY 1[otlSL'. \\'inn'etka. at 8 o'clock. Follm~·ing the htisine.;s meeting, there will he informal dancing. · I . The Wilmette Arden Shore board is planniJig to have its December meeting at the ca111p. T-he members will drive up to spend the day Joing camp mending. T~ will take as their guests the members of a little club who sew for charity and···have sent their work to Arden Shore. The regular meeting of the Korth Shore Catholic \Voman's league will be held -at the home of Mrs. \V. A. Kittermaster, 816 Bluff street, Glencoe, the afternoon of Tuesday, November 23., The league sews regularly for an 0rphanage, making clothes for children and babies. Cards ha,·e been issued for the annual meeting of the Arden Shore as-. sociation to be held Friday, November 19, at the \Voman 's City club, 360 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, at 12 o'clock noon. The board members, the officers and the north shore town chairmen, have the privilege of bringing guests to the luncheon and meeting. MOTHERS' CLUB HOSTESS 1vf rs. William Kix Miller of 789 Michigan avenue entertained the . me~ hers of the Mothers' circle of the First Methodist church of Evanston Moriday evening. The sixty guests pr·~se~t heard a talk .given by Mary Pope_ of the National Kindergarten and Elementary .college.

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