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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 11 Jun 1931, p. 20

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Briai Po rtr aits aYour Home or Studio Éxquisità portraits ascor- re f as the.. Ceremoriy itself-yet' at no exorbi- tant cost. MATHEW FRANCIS STUDIO' * For Appointmrent, Phone WiImette 2526 1 122 Central Ave.. N* i W.o ,4t i Wlmette Theatre which is comnpiling and .publishing the book. It will include besides Ev- anston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Win- netka and, Glencoe. Offices for tb e directory were at 518 Davis street. A staff of 22 per.- sons was employed -for some, tirne in gathering the information for the %book and the Evanston Chamber o f Commerce aided in the work in inany ways and incidental 'ly -recdmmended 14 persons for the local enumerating of residence -changes and additions. Sk y iarbor Now under -the ýpersonal manage- ment of Mui..R. W. SCHROHDER and Gnoeioe F. Fism EXPERTI INSTRUCTION For tho.. aterested in franklng' t. fiy Ail types of planes for sale Complet. airport facilities incltiding, storage and supplies BAILROOM AVAILABLE for prwvate parties Phone Northbrook 65' for reservations and full particulàrs SC~y ~ Si~1p~J~~ Discussion on Airplanes An open forum discussion on modern airpianes and airpiane en- gifles ivas held. in the fourth year en-' gineering class of New. Trier, High gchool last Friday m omning,. Capt., j. B.NelI bsemaagerofithe Curti'ss- Wright Flying'service located at Cur- tiss airport, Clenview, and H. Deale Densoni, sales manager for the same concern, were present to speak to the boys and to answer questions. Memi- bers of this class are interested, in avia.tion,*fromn the engineering 'stand- point, a-nd about fifteen- of the group visited Curtiss, airport recently on a tour of . inspection and study. R..' L P.. Biesemeier is the class instructor. Hospital Nurses Hold, Party at Sky Harbor A. group of about forty-five nurses f rom .St.' Anne's. hospital, -4950 Thomas Street, Chicago, held a Party at Sky ýHarbor .airport Sunday after- noon and evening. The aff air, which included a supper followed by air- plane rides, was arranged by ýthe junior nurses at the hospital for. the senior nurses who are graduating thi s year. Miss Dorene Kerr anid Miss, Dugggn, two of the junior' nurses, originated 'the idea of holding the party at the àirport. The group was accomipanied by Miss H4eléna Walder'-. hach, supervisor -of the nurses, and lier assistant, *Miss, Hughes. Expert Instruction in Flying, at Sky Harbor A display advertisement appearing in this issue carnies the announce- nienf that Sky Harbor airport west of Glencoe, wich.is.under the per- sonal management. of Maj. R. W. Scliroeder, and GeorgeF.- Fisher,. is offering expert instruction for. those intereste.d -in learning to fiy..tAil rtypes of planes are sold'at Sky Har- bor, ai-d the airport has complete faciities,- including storage, and sup- plies. The ballroom in the airport clubhouse ig available for private parties. DOCTOR STUDIES FLYING Dr. Edgar C. Cook - of Mendota, Ill., is a new student at the Curtiss- Wright Flying school, Glenview. He is taking a, special hourly course for aprivate pilot's license. Dr. Cook took his irst leèsson at Curtiss airport Trhursday of last week. Crowds at Curtiss A large crowd turned out for the Legion Aviation day at Curtiss air- port, Glenview, on Sunday, May 31. The affair was staged under the aus-' pices of Nules> Township Post No., 134 and i Evanston Post No. 42 of the American Legion. W. C. Bechtold. Commander of the -Evanston post, was general chairman,,. and Commander Irving, DiIg- of Niles Township post vice-chairman. .The. feature' airplane race over a course of about fifteen miles was won by "Dunny" Bent :of Sky Harbor. Another Sky *Harbor entry, Vincent ýC. Taylor, an -old-tipie, flyer and former memnber of l'e Royal Air corps in England, won second place. Both. Bent and Taylore used Fleet planes. Charlesý Lehr, instructor at. Curtiss-Wright Flying'school, copped third place, flyi 'ng a. Mercury Chick. One 'of the most intecrestiing.of the novelty events was a bomb dropping contest in which four 'students at -the Curtiss-,Wright Flying school took part The object of the contest was 1' dàrop bonibs inside a fifty-foot circle marked off in thé middle of the fieldjfrom a heiglit of 1,200 feet or More. Whitniey.Gregg, of Chicago was the, w inner of this event. Robert..Mc- Knlight was second and, Dwight H-amilton third. Gregg also took firs t place in the spot landing contest, in. whi-ch the idea was tô bring a plane to earth in a certain designated spot, Gregg hit the spot perfectly on his first attenipt. New Trier Hligh School Boy Is Air Enthusiast EdadMendun,, 605 Sixthi street,: Wilmnette. a junior at New TrierlHigh school, is one of, the mnembers Of R. L., F., Biesemeier's engineering class at the school who is actively in-ý terested in. aviation. Mendun already has a private pilot's liceénse f rom the Curtiss-Wright Flying -.school at Glenview and is working for a limited- commercial license. Harold Tarrant, also of Wilmette, .who was graduated from New Trier Highi *vvrg v*fl1 Lying scnLiUUL t-reviAew. il. is expected that she will be a full- fledged aviatrix in the ftear future. M. C. Megis of the American Weekly flew from Chicago to Detroit" and Indianapolis last week on busi- ness. Hfe left from. Skyý Harbor. air- port West -of Glencoe, using one 'of the Sky Harbor 'planes.. oý

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