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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jun 1928, p. 12

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·12 W-ILMETTE LIFE : June· 1, 1928 ' Popular Scout Troop No. 5 Scores Success at Parents' M e.etin.~ With more than 100 people attendin g the annual Parents' Night held la st Friday evening by Boy Scout Troo1. No. 5 at the Fir.;t Presbyterian church the affair was assured o..f success fron; the beginning. So much interest was created by thi ~ meeting in Scouting that immediatl'h· plans ·were formed to organize a clu h composed of the parents of Scouts i11 the troop. It \\-·as also proposed th a· the Scouts be given a club room in the church where they might kee p their trophie~, library a!1d picture s. Scout Executive Walter McPeek ul te North Shore Area council addre ssl'd the parents on the "History and Pm .. pose of Scouting." His talk \\'as not only instructive but very intere ting. Mr. McPeek also invested the Tenderfoot hadge on six new Scouts wh o joined Troop No. 5 that evening. H. Otto Von der Hoff, Outdo nr member of Troop 5 committee, reacl the report of t.he troop's activiti c~ during the year. He cited the remark 1 able record of having secured fift re 1 new recruits into the troop in the Ia ; t twelve months, that one member had achieved the Eagle Scout rank; anoth er was made a Life Scout: two had reached Star Scout classification . ; eight boys had become First Cla:;s Scouts. and nine were ele\·ated to Second Class. The \Volf Patrol, Fred Robinson, patrol leader, was pre~ented with a hand .lome shield by Scoutmaster Frank Reynolds. This trophy \vas for cfticiencv and advancement of the rntin· patro.l during the year. Clark Haye s. chairman of Troop 5 committee. preSf'nted the year's efficiency medals to Alvin Bartholomew, junior ass istant Scoutmaster; Henry Foster. pat r o 1 leader. Panther patrol; Fred Robin son, patrol leader, Wolf patrol. Honorable mention was given to Hubert Prtlott. Ralph Morris and Frank Eager. . The parents were entertained for fifteen minute3 by an inter-patrol spelldowi1 contest. \Volf patrol won tht.' contest. Troop . No. S's executin· organization includes: Frank Reynolds, Scout master; Alvin Bartholomew. j u n i or assistant ·scoutmaster; Ralph ~I orri s. senior patrol leader; Frat1k Eager. Scribe. The Troop committee is cotn · nrised of Clark Hayes, chairman: H . Otto Von Der Hoff, Outdoor member: T. E. Denholm, Thrift member: Roy Marquardt, Advisory member. John Barrymore plays his famou s dual characterization again in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at the Varsity theater Friday, June 1. A Moment With Her Now .. May mean n1ore than an hour in later years Aside from being ass~red of clean clothes satisfaction~ women send the family laundry to us so that they will have plenty of time for their children . . . . reading . . . . bridge .... friends. Photo by Toloff THE WASHINGTON LAUNDRY WILMETTE 145 Nellie Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Gibb of Elmw<:>od, rll., \\'ho has lived in \ Vilmette at the l:omc of Miss Alice Burchard, 142-l Forest avenue, for 3everal years, has hee n voted the most popular girl in tl1e ~cnior class at Northwestfrn universi ty. Miss Gibbs who has made her l-:omc with Miss Burchard since entering New Trier High school as a sophomore seven years ago ha3 been prom inent in women's activities at North western since her Freshman year. ~1iss ---li NORTH SHORE BOOTERY In the North Shore Hotel Davis St. at Chicago Avenue, Evanston lOth Anniversary CLEARANCE SALE SHOES Values up to $13.50 at $4.85 $,.85 'ALL SALES FINAL No Exchanges ~ Co-operate to Re-elect [8] JudgeJosepbSabath [8] of the .. No Refunds . . . . No Credits SUPERIOR COURT Nominatecl by Democratic and Republican Partie· And endonecl by Chicago Bar Associations On Sale I terns NORTH SHORE BOOTERY Davis St. at Chicago Ave., Evanston ELECfiON MONDAY, JUNE 4th, 1928

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