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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Nov 1929, p. 3

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November 15, 1929· WILMETTI! NORTH SHORE ARTISTS Stellar N atators I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO EXHffiiT IN CHICAGO toat Display Prowes~ _ To Speak Sunday HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET _ Shawnee Tontght ._ ___ _ _ _ _ ____.._ Tonight Shawnee Country club is Invite Art League Members to holding the limelight with its ·stellar Participate in Woman's Club affair, the Inaugural Swimming meet. 1 Midwinter Show Northwestern university'c; countryinvitation of the Ch.icago \\ 't~tnan's club, active \1vorking memher:-; uf t lu· ~ orth Shore Art league , the Oak Park Art league, and the South ~hot:c Art league arc joining to particip;1k in ·the annual midwinter show c1f the vVoman's club. opening SutHI:l\·. :t\fO\·ember 17. Due to the limited space available e ntri es for thts c::-:hibiti<lll were selected h.r a jury, ahnut tiitecn being selected from each gr~)up. The paintings will he hun~ illl til December 1, a reception and tea marking the opening 011 Sunday. J{esponding to the insi st ent urge that <tll of the fine ~r.t~ be repre se nted' in one great e::htbttton ?t~ . the north ~. ~10rc. !ht wmter exhthttt.on of ti:e ~orth ~bore Art league tlus year wtll IItcludt.' C'xan.1pl~s of the work of th.ose \\'Ito " Prk _ 111 1ron, pottery, weavlllg. and nthtr l111c arts. It has been decidl'd tn uJ·e n this exhibit t o producing artisb Pll the north shore '~:ht~ ar~ t:nt members of the league. \\ tth thts 111Yitation iPr a general participation lJy :til tit ( ·:-<· interested in arts and crafts. it j.., c:-. pee ted a very r epresentative ~nd illtt'rt·~ting exhibition will result. Entries Close December 9 .-\II t.: nt rit: s for this win t cr s ho\\' m u:, t l>v 'in by ?\1 on day, December (), so that the pictnr~~ may be hung and ~hibits :trrangt·d in time for th e ope ning rcccptinll \\·t·dnrsday, Dec ember 11 , in . ~lati' hall. \Vinnetk:a Community .\t a ru:ent me eting of the boa~ d of dirn·turs of the Art league compreltt:ll~i\'(: plans were laid for the series nf mon thly meetings to be held this \\·inter. ~1rs. Frank Peyraud, chairman oi the committee, announced that Corn<:litts. noted archaeologist. ethno]CJg·iq and Arctic explorer of the Uni\'t:rsity of Chicago, had been secured fpr the meeting in the Camp Fire room ni \ \ ·i nnetka Community house on X on·mbrr 20. Other prominent men in art work have been ·lin ed up for future meetings, which arc open to the public. Begin Evening Classes The evening art class, under the direction of George Oberteuffcr of the Chicago :\rt institute, is und er way at the \ \'innetka Community house with nearly twenty entered. These classes will continue on Thursday evenings until Christmas, when there will be an intermission until after the holidays, " ·!t e n t h<:y \vill be resumed for a period uf ten weeks. h!ltl:-l' . I LIFE J :\ t tht· \\·ide famous swimming team will be · the guests of the club and in their tu~n will entt'rtain ' club members with a flashin g, splashing program of events. Chief among the e\'ents will be the attempt on the part of AI Sch·wartz, Birr Ten record holder and Purple star, to break the. record for the 300-yard ml'dley swim. Ri\'alin g this eve nt in popular interest will he the fane~· div ing- exhibition hy \Vally Colbath, Olympic d.ivin~ sta r, and others of the Uninr~itv team, among them Dick Hinch, team capta it\ Jimmie O'Keefe, Don Pctt·r;o;on, Ed Lennox, Sam Rosen, and ()mar .Miller. The latter will entertain with burlesque dive s and strokf's. Still anothn, and perhai)s . the mo~t <'xriting, event of the evening will be : the \\'ater polo game lllade up of the : s\\' immer s of .:-.Jorthwestern's team. : After the meet, the club will again : take o\'Cr t!tc dutic~ of entertaining in an informal dance to be held. in 't he club hallruotn to the rare and rollick · ing rhythms oi Cope Han·ey's orches· 1 tra. 1 1 325 Attend ,Fraternal Gathering at the Masonic Temple Wednesday Evening 1 · Charles Knapp, Wilmette, President of N. T. Frosh Charles Knapp of Wilmette was elected president of the freshman class at ?\e\\' Trier High school last Thursda \' ,\·hen th e final election was held. 11~ rectiYed 255 votes against 212 br John Ballenger of Winnetka. In the primary election held the day previous t<.' the final election Knapp and Ballenger re ce ived the highest number of YOtl's among the eight candidates for class pre. ident. ~larian Barber of Winnetka defeated Janet ~fcNulty of Wilmette for the vice-presidency, 300 to 181. In a close race for the office of secretary, Lucy Clagett of \Vihnette won over Eleat1or Chichester of Winnetka 239 to 228. Roger Barrett of Kenilworth is the freshman class tr easurer. He received 240 votes, while Dick Oliver of. Winnetka garnered 225 ... The cla ss is planning to hold its first partv of the year Saturday, November 23. ·H. H . Herron and Miss Ella Shaw are facultv sponsors for the freshmen. Three hundred and twenty-five persons were served at the annual W·ilmette Chamber of Commerce banquet held at the Masonic temple Tuesday night. The affair was said to be the biggest fraternal dinner ever held 1n the village. It was the most · successful banquet in the history of the \Vilmette Chamber of Commerce. Much credit for its success goes to Dr. C. H. Eldred and his committee, who were in charge of arrangements, as well as to Breckenridge Clark, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and various members of the organization who directed the ticket sale. ] . H. Hudson of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce was the headliner on the program which followed the dinner. An all-star roster of vaudev ille enter! tainers prov.ided merriment throu~h1 out the evenmg. In addition to the members of the vVilmette Chamber, representatives of the Chicago Association of Commerce, the Evanston Chamber of Commerce, and \ Vinnetka Chamber of Commerce and President Earl E. Orner and ot h er Seize Man Charged With \Vilmette Village officia ls were present. John H. Davies. president of the WilForging 3 Checks Here mette Chamher, officiated as chairman John Stephenson, 2207 E. Sc,·emy- : fifth street, Chicago, former mail car - ' Capt. Tim Healy of the Anzacs, noted of the -meeting . 1[emhers oi the \ Vilmette Chamber ri'tr _in \Vinnetka, wh~ is cl_1arged \\'it_lt ,. lecturer and explorer, will address the had much praise for the systematic forgmg three checks Ill W1lmette Frt.. , . . . da _ ,., ~ovember 8, was arrested 1Jy \\ tlmett(' Slli.Hla~· 1'.n' mng cl~tb thts manner in which the catering service Highland Park police Tuesday when I Sunday t.'Hlltng on "Australta, .the \\'as handled. he tried the check forging stunt in tht· I Land oi the Southem Cr,,s~... Capt. Lake countv town. Three \Vilm.e tte Htah· i" an ackno\\'kdged authoritY drug stores cashed fifteen, twenty, and · J · · · . : t\\'cnty-onc dollar checks for a man on the ,·~ st 1 anfic cuntm:nt and 1s believed to be Stephenson who used also prommcnt throughout l~ urope an<l a different name for each check. He :\merica because of his activ-ities in the is being held by the Highland Park \\'orl<.l war. The Sunday Evening club Arrangements have heen completed meets in the \Vilmette Congregational police. for a debate between New Trier High church. school and the Northwestern university Telephone Employes Are freshmen next Februarv or March. The debate will be held at New Trier. This Hosts to Parents Thurs. Wilmette Library to Hold will be the second time that New Trier \\' ilmette employes of the Illinois Children's Book Display has met the Northwestern university nell Telephone company entertained freshmen, having engaged them in a The Wilmette Public library is holdtheir mothers and fathers at the Wilno-decision debate last year. mette telephone office, 725 Twelfth ing a chilt:lren's bookshop as part of The subject for the debate thi.s ~e ar its observance of Children's Book street Thursday night, November 14, will be : "Resolved, that the pnnctpal week. The library has arranged to from 7 to 10 o'clock. The parents of the chain store system is detrimental \\'ere given an opportunity to inspect have on display and for sale copies of to the best interests of the United the best and most beautiful children's the telephone apparatus with the asStates public." New Trier will uphold books. These books will be in the sistance of employes guides, and to see the negative side of the question library from November 17 to 23. the \\'ilmettc exchange in operation. a~ainst the university freshmen's Everybody is invited to see them. affirmative team. Peter Huerter Post While Northwes tern's freshman affirmative team is debating New Trier, Thanksgiving Eve Dance the negative team will engage the U niPeter ]. Huerter Post No. 669, Amversity of Iowa freshmen. The deerican Legion, will give a Thanksgiving bate at New Trier probably will be a Eve dance \Vednesday, November 27, decision affair this year, according to at Hoffman hall, Ridge and WashingChester E. MacLean, New Trier detau avenu es, Wilmette. Music will be bate coach . . by Toe Schneider and his orchestra. Hari·v Leis is chairman of the entertainment committee. Child Plays Doctor for I New Trier Debate Team Encounters N. U. Frosh Soon J; In This Issue Pages Automobiles ............ 53-56 Amusement Directory ...... 59 Book Comment ....... ..... 43 Boy Scout Affairs .. ... ... .. 28 Children's Book Page ..... 42 Church News .............. 46 Classified Ads ..... . ..... 60-62 Club Activities ............. 38 Editorials-Shore Lines .... 34 Football Contest ........... 51 Junior Life ............. S0-52 Music Page ................ 40 Recreation Events ......... 48 Society News .............. 36 Travel Comer ............. 44 Himself; Coughs Up Screw \Vhen physicians and the parents of young Leonard Boyce· Gilbert, two and one- half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen T. Gilbert 240 Leicester road, Kenih,·orth, had failed for five mortths to di slodge a small screw which w~s caught in one of his bronchial tubes, Leonard was taken with a fit of coughing and coughed up the screw. Twice the child had been taken to the Presbyterian hospital for an operation. Through X-Ray the screw was visible but the doctors were unable to recover it b~cause of its peculiarly inaccessible position. DON'T RUNAROUND IN CIRCLES USE THE CLASSIFIED ADS USED ELECTRIC SEWING machines, portables, treadles, consoles, guar. reas. 920 Chicago Ave. Greenleaf 7480. 100LTN6-5tc D. OF M. TO MEET St. Francis household., Daughters of Martha, will meet Monday afternoon, November 18, at the home of Mrs. Harry H. McDermott. 620 \Vashington avenue .

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