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WILMETTE LIFE January 10. 1930 Wilmette Playground and Recreation Activities Recreation Board Sponsors Series of Bridge Classes Bridge classes, contract and auction. will be the 1930 contribution to the Wilmette Playground and Recr·eation board's activities. Introduced bY a lecture from one of the country's foremost bridge authorities. Paul H. Se) mour, on February 7 at the Shawnee Country club, the course will proceed on a wide-spread scale under the direction of Helen Hyde . Carter. north shore bridge expert and teacher. Mr. Sevmour's lecture will be on the subject, -··An Easr Transition from Auction to Contract Bridge," and is scheduled for 8 :15 o'clock. Accredited to be a member of a triumverate including Milton C. Work and Wilbur C. Whitehead, ranking as the outstanc!ing bridge authorities in the country, he has been a member of the Chicago Daily News staff for many years conducting a column on the science of bridge. He is also a weekly lecturer on bridge over radio station, WMAQ. In these lectures he explains the logical solution of intricate plays and gives a short cour~ in contract bridge since the wave of popularity in that branch has swept the country. Mrs. Carter, who is a former resic.lent of Wilmette, will conduct a six weeks' course for beginners and experienced players in both contract and auction bridge. The classes will begin the first week in February. The beginners will meet on Fridav afternoons and the evening classes · for more experienced players will be conducted either on Monday or Thursday evenings, a definite d;ay being determined by a majority vote of the class enrollment. Enrollment blanks are being sent to all of the ci\'ic organizations of the village and persons desiring to register may do so by obtaining one of thc5e blanks from the head of any civic organizC\tion, (P. T . A., Optimist and Rotary cluhs. \Vilmette Woman's club etc.) and filling in the data and mailing it to the Playground and Recreation board office. Registration may also be m·a de by simply filling in the accompanying blank and mailing it to the Recreation hoard. Tenth and Centr~l streets. Mrs. Jav R. Brown. 127 Seventeenth street. a charter member of the Pla\'ground and Recreation board is spo;1soring the etas~ and further information mav be obtained hr telephoning her at \'Vilmette 3018. She announcc~s that the lessons will he available at a very reasonable rate although a definite price has not yet heen set. With Recreation Leagues . ~lEN'S YOJ.,LEYBALL Howard P. T. A. Presbyterian Il (11, 15J. 9) (15, 4, 15) Jess Walworth Stanley Peterson Hay H.obinson Bert Colvin John Baughman Leonard Koen~n L. E. Matson Arthur Seldon Leslie Hannawalt Clyde Morgan Walt<'r Lindblad Fr·ank LaBonte Frank Getman Clyde Smith Stone, refer·ee Recreation Gives Tone to Entire Day LAY and recreation are importP - ant for the "a,fter work" hours, but they are impot"tant for the work $127 Donated by Civic Groups to Hallowe'en Fund Baptist (l ii, 1!)) ~l e n' s Gym I (5, 7) Geg_rl'e Wi_llia ms \V iJ.l1!! r Doose Fran]5 GuthrjdgtCarl Geppert Earl Carlson Art Austin Earl McDow \Villiam lVlacMoran Art Youngberg· Stanley Peterson AI Gurhn Gathercoal, referee Ridge Electric (12, Hi, 15) .Jacob Hoffman James S<.'haefgt-n D. I. Davis Will Shinier Elmer Hacker Hidge A ,·e. Pharmacy (15, 0, 3) Hay Steffens C lare nce Steffens Harry Peters .Toe Kraft Tony Shinler StOlW, referee \Von Lost ret. 0 1000 1 875 Yollt·;rball Tt·am Stuuctlngs Baptist S Hidge Electric 7 ~le n's · Gvm l .6 Howard P. T. A. . .. 4 Presbyteri9-n II . ... .... 4 Men's Gym Class 11 . ..... . 4 St. Joseph . . . . . . ... ... 3 Hid.re A venue Pharmacy .. a Presbyterian I . . ... .. 2 Methodist .. · . .. .... 2 Optimist . . ...... 0 I. 0. 0. F. . . . . . . . ... .... 0 2 4 750 56R 568 3 3 3 !i 5 6 5 6 500 500 375 284 250 000 000 WOJIF.S'S HAl-iKETBALI~ lllinois (2) Northwestern (18) Virginia Fitzhugh Elizabeth Faber Marjorie Iverson Annf' Stempel Helen l1 unter ::\larion Pearson \Vinnifred Barr:r n.uth Braun Dorothv Vollman Mary Lauer Helen ·Miller ·· Grace Lw..lwig Jan s. rf'feree Brownie~ (:l6) Notre Dame (2) Josephin e PridmorE> Anne Stempel Mary Lauer Gladys Engels Janet Brown Ruth Connelly Mary Niestadt Katherine J>earson Margat·et Wieberg Marjorie Paterson Eliza hPth Blaylock Harriet McDermott Jans, referee Alief' Nord Wisconsin (27) Rita Weber Geraldine Weber Elizabeth Faber Vera Johnson Anne Stempel Dorothy S. E.rickson Katherine DidiPr Naomi PriC'e Ruth Smith gthel Keenot· Han;iet McDermott J ans, referee Roughnf><'l<s (20) \\·nnien'l' bask e tball team standings: Won Lost Pet. Wisconsin ........ 6 0 1000 Roughnecks 5 l 833 Dark Horses ... 4 l 800 Horsefeathers .. 4 1 800 Northwestern 4 1 soo O'Kays .. 3 1 750 Br11wnies ..... 4 2 666 I I 1 . A total of $127, donations from the hours as well and for the hours various civic organizations and indivispent in going to and from work I duals. has been received by the \V~land also for the sleeping hours. · mettc Playground-Recreation board to help defray expenses for the annual Man's life is like ~ lake with the Hallowe'en parties staged at the Ho\Vwaters flowing now into recreation, ard and Stolp gymnasiums. The total then into work, then into sleep. amount of donations was made publi c There are no watertight compart1)\· Daniel M. Davis, director of recreaments. What affects one part of tion. in a statement announcing the the life affects all. Raise the level receipt of additional checks from both of one part and your rai se the level the Rotan· and Optimist clubs of $15 of all. and $12 re spectively. Both organizaThree hours of music, swimming, tions had previously donated $10 gifts tennis, drama, baseball in the evein re spo nse t o the appeal for ftttds ning hours-are only three hours sent out before the parties. by the clock but these three hours Other organizations and individual s "after work" of spare time may be who donated monev for the fund are: what gives color, tone, vitality to A. T. Sherman Lodge, No. 892, I. 0 . 0. all the other hours. F · Woman's club of \Vilmette: OpAnd recreation cannot be comti~ist club: Central-Laurel P. T. :\.: pletely satisfying except as it has 'Voman's Catholic club; Mr. Rohcrt thus pervasive quality. After all Stoddard; \Vilmettc court, Catholic the work hours and the hours goDaughters of America: 'Vilmettc in~ to work, and returning home, Chamber of Commerce: Howard-Logan the noon hour, the washing up P. T. A.: \Vilmettc Council. Ko. 922. from work, the thinking about work Knights of Columbus; Rotary club .. before and after, mean that perAn estimated attendance of 1,800 chtl._ haps the average amount of time dren was reported at the two g~·m principally occupied by work nasium s for the 1929 partie s. thoughts is not less than ten hours a day. Horseshoe Lea~ue Starts Sleeping, dressing, undressing, shaving, powdering one's nose, the Second Round on Thursday little essential tasks, involve perThe second round of the Village haps nine hours a day and we Horseshoe Pitching league will start must remember that work for many dominates the subconscious mind· next Thursdav evening when the Playground and Recreation Board will start during much of this time. the follov\'ing new schedule: Meals. morning and night take 'l'hursday, .TaJtuary 16 perhaps an hour and thirty min7 :30-Gym etas§ vs. Congregational : Methodist vs. I. 0. 0 . F. II. utes. At most the time left is not s :30-St. John's vs. I. 0. 0. F. I; St. mor~ than four hours and thirty John's, Jr.. Ys. Wilmette Grocery. minutes. And find it I Thursday, January 21 From seven to ten P. M., or per7 ::lO-Gym class vs. Methodists: St. John's vs. Congr~a.ti~nal. haps eleven P. M., three or four 8 :30-Wilmette Grocery vs. T. 0. 0. F hours at a stretch, is really the II ; St. John's, .Jr. vs. I. 0. 0. F. I. spare time period of the average Thursday, January 10 day and many men are frequently 7 :30-Gym class vs. St. John's: Wilmette Grocery vs. Methodists. too tired during this period for any8 :~0-St. John'R .·Tr., vs. Congregational. thing more than restful recreation. T. 0._ 0. F~ II vs. I. 0. 0. F. I. Remember, too, that children's Thursday, Frbruarx. I problems, church, parent-teachers 7 :30-Gym class \'S . Wilmette Grocery: St . .John's vs. St. John's, Jr. associations, civic organizations, 8 :30- I. 0. 0 . F. I vs. Methodists : make many demands upon these T. 0. 0. F. II vs. Congregational. evening hours. Much of this time, Tlnirsday. Ft>hruary 13 7:30- 1. 0. 0. F. I vs. Wilmette Grohowever, is semi-recreation time. C'ery: T. 0. 0. F . TI vs. St John's. Recreation must be vital enough R :~0 -C'o ngregational vs. Methodists: to affect the subconscious mind Gym class vs. St. .John's, Jr. to carry over into the atmosphere Thursday, February !0 7 :30-I. 0. 0. F. II vs. ·st. John's, .Jr. : and the attitude in work, meals and Wilmette Grocery vs. Congregational. sleep, to give life the sense of well8 :~0-St . .John's vs. Metho!!,ists; Gym being if living is to be kept from class vs. T. 0. 0. F. I. becoming routine.-Howard BrauThursi1R.:Y1 February 27 7 :30-Methodlsts vs. St. John's, Jr.: cher, secretary Playground and Congregational vs. I. 0. 0. F. I. recreation association of America. S : ~0-Gym etas~ vs. I . 0 . 0. F . II: St. John's vs. WllmE'tte Grocery. HOSE SHOES Tenm standings in HorsPshoe lE'ague: Won Lost Pdt. Wilmette Grocery ....... 5 1 833 St. .JQhn's . . . . . .... 4 2 667 Methodists ........... 4 2 667 I. 0. 0. F. II . . ... . .. 4 2 667 Men's Gym Clnss . ..... 2 2 500 Cong-regational ........ ..... 2 4 33~ I. 0. 0. F. I ..... .. ......... 1 4 200 St. John's, Jr. . . . . . . . . ... 0 3 000 Recreation Dancing Class Plans Party for Jan. 17 TNT XYZ · · · · · : ~ Chicago Ohio Purdue Members of the recreation. dancing lllinois class will complete the first term of Xotrf' Dame i .·· g .. 1 ~ ~ ~ ~~~ i~~ Kenilworth Scouts Enjoy 6-Day Camp on Fox River Seven Kenilworth Boy Scouts, How- 5 ~gg ard Carlson, Roger Barrett, Cy Mac- 166 their ten-lesson course this FridaY evening at the Stolp gymnasium and for a finale to the ending of the term a special dance and party is being arranged for Friday evenin~. January 17. \ The party will be held at the school at the same hour as the class meeting. 8 o'clock and \\·ill be a subscription party. Each member will be assessl!d the same fee charged for a single time's . admission to the dancing class. The party wilt be open to the public and class members may invite any number of guests. Following the party a nev.- class will be started at the school to continue for ten lessons. The same instructor, Jeanette Adland, of the Adland dancing studio of Evanston, will supervise the class. which will open January 17. Organize New Basketball League at Sears School A new basketball league has been formed at the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth for boys who are 12, 13, and 14 years old. It is called the fish league, and the names of the teams and captains are: Sharks, Henry Eggert: Octopus, Stanley Knight; Whales, Cy MacKinnon, and FJounders.. Jack Sinding. Ea~h team will play every other team in the league twice. The Rev. and Mrs. L. M. Morse and their small daughter, Carol Dorothy, have returned to their home at Rice Lake, Wi5., after a holiday visit with Mrs. Morse's brother-in-law and !'ister, the William Salters, 505 Maple ·avenue. Kinnon, Jack Sinding, David Wiemer, Robert Fulton, and Joe Harrison, accompanied by Robert \V. Townley, athletic director at the Joseph Sears school, enjoyed a six-day outing during the holidays at the summer home of C. E. Carlson on the Fox river Senior Member of Board near Carev. Mr. Carlson is the father Sponsors Bridge Classes of one of the boys. Skiing, skating, Mrs. Jay R. Brown, 127 17th stred toboganning, and hiking kept the boys is the originator and sponsor of bridg~ busy .from the day after Chrio;tmas classes being inaugurated by the Wiluntil the following Tuesday, December mette Playground and Recreation board 31. as a new activity. Mrs. Brown is the oldest member in point of service on PLAN SKATING TRIP the Recreation board. She has long Robert W. Townley, athletic di- ht>en active in dramatic enterprises in rector at the Joseph Sears school in Wilmette and the north shore. Kenilworth, plans to take 25 or 30 boys on a skati!lg trip to the F?x river this Mrs· Harry B. Rennolds returned Saturday 1f the weather ts favorable. the first of the week to her home 711 He plans to have t~e group skate from Central avenue, fro~ the Hen;otin Carey to Algonqum and back. hospttal, after undergomg an operation. I