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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 22 Sep 1923, p. 12

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« 12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1923 OCIAL ACTIVITIES Society Returns to Town for Scott-Welles Wedding ANY delightful prenuptial parties have been given for Miss Eliza- beth Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott of Hubbard Woods, who will become the bride of Edward Kenneth Welles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Welles of Evanston, this afternoon. The long list of parties started last Saturday with a dinner given last Satur- day by Mrs. August Magnus for Miss Scott and Miss Catherine Rehm. After dinner the party went to Indian Hill club for dancing. On Sunday Mrs. John Stuart Coonley and Miss Frances Coonley of Chicago gave a luncheon for the bridal party, and Monday evening Mrs. Silas H. Strawn and her daughter, Katherine, gave a dinner party at their residence, 229 Lake Shore drive, Chicago, preceding a theater party at which Mrs. William H. Rehm and Miss Catherine Rehm were hostesses. Tuesday evening, Mrs. Thomas Donnelley and Miss Clarissa Donnelley were hostesses at a dinner dance at their Lake Forest resi- dence, and on Wednesday evening, Mrs. William Gold Hibbard gave a supper party. Thursday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Scott gave the bridal dinner at the Saddle and Cycle club, and last evening, Mrs. John H. Hardin of Hubbard Woods, entertained the girls of the bridal party Pool's Shoes and Hosiery Shoes and Hosiery of quality is what you want; and you do not have to go to Chicago to get either of them. The shoes are made expressly for me and are right in every detail. I am showing a wonder- . ful line of "Imported Wool Hose" made in England. Save yourself the worry of going to Chicago to shop and SHOP IN EVANSTON. S. POOL Shoes and Hosiery for Women and Children 1608 CHICAGO AVE. EVANSTON oS enberg The North Shore's Greatest Store SHERIDAN CLOTHES Rosenberg's Sheridan Clothes "Better Than Usual' Suits for Boys $15.0 These suits area source of joy to any boy's heart when he sees and wears them and the price, $15.00 will appeal to boys' mothers. Every suit is carefully tailored of selected woolens in manly styles and all suits have two trousers. We feel that we have conceived a suit that will give genuine satisfaction. Look for the label. The Boys' Own Store Is Located on the Second Floor 'place on at dinner, while Mr. Welles gave his bachelor dinner at Onwentsia. The wedding will take place at four o'clock this afternoon at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cluett, the bride's grandparents. Weather permitting it will be a garden ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Welles will reside at 39 East Schiller street. Katherine Mordock to Wed San Francisco Man R. and Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, 645 Maple avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine, to Mr. James Douglas Adams of San Francisco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Adams of Stanford university, California. Miss Murdock was formally presented at a tea dance given by her mother and her grandmother, Mrs. on December 23. Edwin Bayley, at the Ambassador M iss Marion Blachford to Marry Naval Officer R. and Mrs. Frank W. Blatchford of Forest avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marion Blatchford, to Lieut. Albert Gleaves Berry, Jr., United States Navy, at present at- tached to Great Lakes. Mrs. Albert Gleaves Berry. of this year's debutantes. Lieut. Berry is the son of Rear Admiral and Miss Blatchford was to have been one Affleck-Spoehr Nuptials Occur October 12 ISS Mildred Affleck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Affleck, of 695 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka, will become the bride of Victor Spoehr, son of Mrs. Charles A. Spoehr, of Chicago, on Fri- day, October 12. The wedding will take place in the evening at eight- thirty o'clock, at Christ church, in Winnetka, Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard officiating. Mss Gladys Readre Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Jones, of Glencoe, became the bride of Hugh MacMillan, of Grand Rapids, Mich, Saturday evening in the Glencoe Union church, Dr. Douglas Cornell reading the service. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a white satin brocade gown trimmed with rose point lace; her tulle veil was held at the sides with orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. Mrs. Dougall Kittermaster was matron of honor, wearing rose chiffon over yel- low and carrying Ward roses. Miss Hazel Jones, the bride's sister, was the maid of honor, wearing a jade green georgette frock trimmed in silver. Both attendants wore large silver lace combs in their hair. The groom's father, Lin- coln MacMillan, was the best man and the ushers were Edward Adams, Preston Burlingham, John D. Hibbard, Dougall Kittermaster, Donald Jones, brother of the bride, and John MacMillan, brother of the groom. Following the church service a recep- tion was held at the Jones residence, 136 Beach road, Glencoe. After their wedding journey, Mr. and Mrs. MacMillan will make their home in Grand Rapids. ols The Oak Street Circle will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 25, at the home of Mrs. Wil- lia Wersted, 906 Cherry street. Mrs. Gertrude Thurston will sing. Mrs. Ralph Childs, general chairman of all the circles, will tell of her plans for the coming year, and Mrs. Struggles will talk on "Winnetka Twenty-five Years Ago and Today." A {full attendance is desired. ---- Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Scott, of Hubbard Woods, rgqturned early this week after a three months' tour of France, England, Switzerland and the Italian lakes. Their daughter, Isabel, returns to the Masters' school at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. next week. Another daughter, Emily, and a cousin, Miss Barbara Scott, will sail early in October to spend the winter in Florence, Italy. ; ihm The marriage of Miss Marcia Mec- Eldowney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Edson McEldowney, of Wilmette, to John Norton Brushingham, son of Rev. John Brushingham, of Chicago, took Friday, September 21. The young couple will live in Rogers Park. ---- Mr. and Mrs. J. L.. Wehrheim, of 426 Sunset road, have moved to 1917 Bradley place, Chicago. with its Friends and alumnae of the North Shore Kindergarten and Elementary school are to meet at luncheon in the Orrington hotel, Saturday, September 22, at one o'clock, to discuss plans and in- terest others in the Christmas Toy Car- nival to be held December 8 in the Wom- an's Club of Evanston. Chairman of various department will outline details and exhibit samples of articles to be sold. Alumnae living on the north side of Chicago have organized a large group of workers, the result of a luncheon held recently at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Towns north are rapidly forming groups for active participation and new features are constantly developing. Organization meetings are held each week and will continue at the residence of Mrs. W. T. Hall, 1868 Sheridan road, Evanston. Meetings hereafter will occur on Mon- day, at 2:30 o'clock. --_--Q-- Plans for the Northwestern Movie Benefit are going enthusiastically for- ward. The committee, after a careful canvass, has selected the film, "The Last Days of Pompeii," the portrayal of Bul- wer Lytton's famous work of fiction remarkable historical back- ground. Its appeal should be universal, to old and young alike, and particularly since it has never been shown to movie- dom before. The scenes were taken in Italy, and the setting is therefore au- thentic. Td a The Winnetka Garden club wishes to announce that the Garden club meet- ing will be held at the WinnetkaWoman's club at three o'clock on Wednesday, Sep- tember 26, instead of as previously an- nounced, and extends a cordial invita- tion to all of Winnetka. Mrs. Charles Hubbard, nationally known landscape architect, will give her delightful lec- ture and exhibit pictures of Japanese and Chinese gardens. --_0-- Miss McCanne gave an informal musi- cale last week for some of the friends of her aunt, Mrs. Babcock, 566 Ash street. Miss McCanne had been study- ing music in New York for the summer and stopped off for a short visit before going on to her home in Seattle. i 0 Mitchell D. Follanshee, who has spent the summer in Winnetka with his sister, Mrs. William Gold Hibbard, is reopen- ing his home in Chicago this week. Mrs. Follanshee and the children, who have been abroad all summer, will return the first of next month. --(-- Dr. Walton-Ball has returned after spending a short vacation at Marquette and Negaunee, Mich.

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