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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Feb 1930, p. 6

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6 ON CLUB PROGRAM A Valentine dinner dance will be given next Friday night at the Kenilworth dub with Mrs. w ·e ndell H. Clark ani Mrs. Alfred S. Wiltberger as hostesses. According to the hostess- WILMETTE LIFE February 7, 1930 :- · I Next Week- February 1Oth to 15th inclusive, Mrs. Brekka, a well-known Beauty Specialist, will gtve a Facial. and instructive demonstration on the . proper use of Krank' s Face Creams and other Toilet Requisites. This is to be given in your own home at es, the party will renew the youth of Shawnee Country Club to the club members who attend. Mrs. Hold Men's Night Feb. 10 James Ralph Ellis and Mrs. Le?!1 T. "Men's Night" wil1 be featur:ed at the Ellis are the hostesses hr a Mthtary Euchre party which has been planned Shawnee Country' club Monday evenJ ing, February 10. Seven amateur b?xfor tonight. ing bouts and one amateur wrestltng match are scheduled on the program, in addition to cabaret . entertainment during the dinner to be served from 6 to 7:45 o'clock. The bouts are arranged, it is announced under the supervision and jurisdiction of the Illinois Boxing commission, and should prove e·s pecially interesting, HUBBARD WOODS BANK ROBBED ON WEDNESDAY Anned Pair Herd Employes, Customers in Vault, Escape With $11,337 Two bandits, one armed with a sawed-off shot gun, the other with a revolver, entered the Hubbard Woods 1 rust and Savings bank, 952 Linden avenue, Hubbard Woods, shortly after the bank opened Wednesday morning, herded the bank employes and patrons in the vault and escaped " ·ith $11,337 in currency. The pair entered the bank at 9 :26, and seven minutes later, with loot crammed in a hank hag, marked with the name of the Foreman-State hank of Chicago, made their exit through th e only doors, leading to Linden aYenue, entered a two-door Chrysler sedan parked at the curb and drove south. The license plates numbers were obscured by mud. 3 Employes On Duty I ENGAGED Mr and. Mrs. Ralph Hubbart of Chicago announce the engagement of their daughter, Mattiebell, to ] :~ ck Schweizer of X ew York, son of ).h . and Mrs. Hans Schweizer of Saint Gall. Switzerland. Miss Hubbart formerlv lived in Kenilworth and i~ a gradttate of Roycemore school in Ev< .nston and attended. Northwestern uni'-'e rsity for one year. She is a memLer of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She al so was a student in ~{iss Bennett's school in the east for one ye1r. The wedding is to take place in the <:arty part of the Spring. no cost. Ph. Wilmette 316 for appointments Harold Mark, assistant cashier: ~I i ~~ ~Lary Anderson, secretary, and ~tiss ~~abel Glover, bookkeeper, were the employes on dutv when the robbers cnt Crt' d. The man with the revolver remained at the door. His companion, advancing towards the banking counters \\'ith the sa wed-off shotgun concealed hcncath his coat suddenly bared the weapon, forced patrons and employes into the yault. th en went calmly about the work of collecting the curr-ency. Xo shot s were r,red, and no one harmed . The men, according to th e description giYCn to Chief o f Police \\". M. Peterson; who was on the ~ccne shortly after the hold-up, were well dressed, well spoken but firm individuals. Their hands were gloved. They \\'Orked calmly and with a precision t~1at indicated the robbery wasn't their hrst and that it had been carefully planned. Chief Peterson declared. Greets Incoming Patroru · YouR VALENTINE FLORIST PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY-PLEASE! "Wiln1ette' s Most Popular Telegraph Florists" Two or three patrons of the bank entered while the hold-up was being staged. They were met at the door by the man armed with the revolver ~nd taken to the vault. · The vault door was closed but not locked. It is the custom of the bank when opening for business to extend the bolt locks and secure them to prevent this very oceurrance. The Hubbard \Voods Trust and Saving bank does not have a burglar alarm system. The police were notified by telephone and were quickly on the scene. This is the first bank robbery in the village. Few clues were left on which to work, other than a splendid description of the men who staged it. No effort will he spared to apprehend the robbers. The bank's loss is fully covered by insurance. GARDEN CLUB MEETS TODAY The Wilmette Garden club is met>ting Friday afternoon, February 7, a· the home of Mrs. ]. P. Young, 1030 .Ashland avenue, Wilmette. Ralph Carrenter of the Swain Nelson nurserv will give a talk on "Evergreens" and - Miss Anne Whitmack, librarian at the Wilmette Public library, will give a brief talk on "The Garden of the Librarian." A selection of seeds to be planted by club members also will be on display. A Dutch di~ner Mo~day evening, February 17, m the F1rst Methodist cl.n~r~h is being sponsored by the Third dtVISlon of the Lad.ies Aid society. John Weiland Florist Wilmette Store: 1161 Wilmette Ave. Wilmette 2128 SPONSORS DUTCH DINNER Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cullen 1226 Ashland avenue, will leave on W~dnes day, February 12, ·for Winter Park Fla., to be gone until the first ot April.

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