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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Sep 1928, p. 18

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WILMETTE ~IFB A Toloff Portrait in Oil Colors Done By Our ArtiSt in ·the Studio Special Until Oct. 1, $15 (Regulu price, Sl 5) Jostph D. Toloff Out Photographs Live Forever 518 Davia Street Phone Univ. 2178 Charles Carrol Burgesser, of York, Pa., died early Tuesday morning at the home of William C. Reinhold, 1005 Ashland avenue, Wilmette, where he had been visiting. Mr. Burgesser was 62 years old. He was in the real estate business at York. Mr. Burgesser had driven to .Wilmette with his wife, who is a sister of Mrs. Reinhold. He was taken ill while here and died a few days later. The remains were taken back to York for burial this week. Mrs. Reinhold accompanied Mrs. Burgesser home. LIBRARIAN RETURNS Miss Winifred Bright, children's librarian at the Wilmette Public library, r~turned to .h er duties this week after a month's vacation spent with relatives and friends at Appleton and Green Bush, Wis. ). Burlington Rigg, Charles C~ ·Burgeaaer Ia../ Summoned by Death Here Noted Baritone, to Reside in Winnetka It will be of interest in the musical circles of the north shore to know that ]. Burlington Rigg, the well known baritone, has moved into his new home at 199 Sheridan road, Winnetka. The son of a distinguished musician and poet, ]. B. Rigg was early in life destined for a musical career and studied vocal art under eminent teachers in Europe. His early years were devoted to church and oratorio work in his native city of Glasgow, Scotland. He later was heard in London in concert and appeared at Queen hall and other leading halls under the auspices of the National Sunday league. Soon thereafter he toured the principal cit_ies of Great Britain and Ireland, appearing with Symphony orchestras at Margate, Bournemouth, Harrogat\!, and many times before Royalty. Hi~ next venture was in opera, and he became principal baritone and played in thirty-five operas, including "The Merry Widow," 44 The Dollar Princess," "The Geisha," "Amasis," "The Greek Slave," "The Runaway Girl," uMiss Hook of Holland," and others. His tours have taken him to Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, India, Ceylon, Burmah, Malay stat'..!S, China, Japan, and he came to the United States to olav and sing the leading baritone role in "The Quaker Girl,"' after a tour of Canada from coast to coast. He returned to Canada during the World war and enlisted as a private soldier with the Canadian forces, with whom he served with distinction in Belgium and Flanders, returning with the rank of captain. He re-entered the U. S. A. and immediately took out his citizenship papers and since 1919 he and Mrs. Rigg (Mi5s Birdyce Mills, A. A. G. 0., a well known organist) have been associated with the musical life of Chicago and vicinity. For the last seven years he was soloist at Unity church, Oak Park, and Mrs. Rigg was organist and director for seventeen year5. Captain Rigg is composor and author of many songs both sacred and secular, and he has had the unique experience of recording his own songs on the Vocation records. Capt. and Mrs. Rigg are looking forward with pleasure to the pipe org-an they 'viii soon be installing in their new Winnetka home. Gracious Living in quiet surroundings People who seek beyond externals for underlying merit-who look for true values and recognize them instinctively -for such people, The Orrington·holds an infinite charm. Here is obvious refinement with homelike comfort . . . elegance without a burdensome formality . gracious living in quiet, exclusive surroundings. · Why not an Orrington home for you? -happy, comfortable, carefree. Chinese Art Subject of Guide-Lecture Journey Guide-lecture tours at Field Museum of Natural History next week will begin with "The Moon and Meteorites" and uChinese Art" at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. respectively OJ! Monday, September 10. On other davs at the same hours the subjects wi'll be: Tuesday, "Economic Trees" and "Egvptian Burial Customs"; Wednesday, "Fruits and Flowers" and uPrecious Stones"· Thursday, two general tours of anthro~ pology, botany, geology and zoology; and Friday, "Beasts of Burden" and "Industrial Plant Models." These tours of museum exhibits under the guidance of staff lecturers are free. Parties assemble inside the north entrance. ALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP Featuring the golf J)rogram ~" at · the North Shore Golf club Saturday September 8, will be the first round ~f the Alley championship. In this event ~very member of every alley is elig- · 1ble to compete. There will be four rounds of play beginning this Saturday and continuing to Saturday, September 29. Mrs. W. T. Gough and daughter Dorothy, and son, Jimmy, of 619 Mapl~ avenue have returned from Pickett Wis., where they spent the summer. ' r

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