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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 26 May 1928, p. 31

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May 26, 1928 WINNETKA TALK Court of Honor Will Be Feature at World's Fair The Great Court of Honor to be laid out on the island which is to be built in the lake off of Burnham Park as the site of most of the Chicago World's Fair Centennial celebration will be twice as wide and half again as long as the Court of Honor at the first World's Fair. This was decided recently during a conference held by Daniel H. Burnham, secretary of the centennial; Dr. Allen D. Albert, assistant to President Rufus C. Dawes, and Edward H. Bennett, consulting architect for the Chicago Plan commission and a member of the Centennial Architectural commission. The Court of Honor will extend from Sixteenth to Twenty-third street, Mr. Bennett said, in going over the ground plan of the Fair grounds. Two ornamental bridges, from which visi- tors may obtain unobstructed views of the lagoon beneath, will lead directly to the Court. These will be in addi- tion to the regular bridges which will be built from the mainland to the island. The ornamental bridges, which will be like those along the Rialto in Venice, only on a larger scale, will be erected at Seventeenth and Twenty- second streets. A great tower, which also is to be highly ornamental, will be built on the Court. At the far end of the Court will be a moat, dividing the airport from the exposition grounds proper. Ac- cess to the airport will be by two bridges and four subways, all of which will be equipped with electrically-con- trolled gates. - The purpose of the gates is to prevent any great rush of peo- ple on 'the airfield upon the arrival of flyers and to prevent flyers and their planes being endangered by en- thusiastic crowds of the sort that swooped down upon 'Colonel Charles Lindbergh when he crossed the At- lantic. The landing field @self will be 3,000 feet in diameter, all in sod, this being the requirements of the aviation engi- neers for the mail service and the commercial companies now operating here. Girls' Dancing Class in Demonstration Program Wednesday, May 23, Miss Agnes Biesemeier's dancing class at New Trier gave an exhibition program for the mothers of the members. The affair was in the nature of a demonstration of the year's work. The class con- sists of about twenty-five girls who meet every Wednesday after school. This group received credit towards the Girls' Athletic association just as do any of the teams in hockey, basket- ball, and other sports, and is con- sidered an event in girls' physical edu- cation program just as well as any of the others. After the program refresh- ments were served. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Word has been received of the death of Emily C. Phillips, nee Harri- son, at Long Beach, Cal, on May 14. Mrs. Phillips was formerly a resident of Wilmette and Chicago. Burial will be at Long Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Heyliger A. deWindt of 205 Chestnut street returned last week from a short visit in St. Louis, where they went to attend the marri- age of Miss Eugenia Edmunds to Alexander Carver, a cousin of Mr. deWindt. They stayed with Mrs. Arthur O'Reilly, an old friend of Mrs. deWindt. SKOKIE D.A.R. TO MEET The Skokie Valley chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at the home of Mrs. Emory Andrews next Monday afternoon at the regular hour, 2:30. Mrs. Andrews lives at 785 Willow road, Winnetka. Mrs. Fannie Cope will give a report of the meetings of the Continental Con- gress held in Washington last month and chairmen of the various commit- tees working in the chapter will bring their reports. Giant City Park, in Jackson and Union counties, is called the "Switzer- land of Illinois." Pineapple, Strawberry and New York Tce Cream THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL "SOUVENIR" There is a : HyDRoX Agency NearYour Home The golf season has opened officially at beautiful Countryside Golf Club, Mundelein, Illinois. This rolling 18-hole public fee course offers alluring advantages to the discriminating golfer. It is easily reached --yet secluded enough to be enjoyably free from overcrowding. One can usually tee right off without waiting. Grass tees, rolling fairways, interesting traps and bunkers, large velvety greens bring out the best golf that isin you. Complete country club facilities are afforded--dining and luncheon service; practice putting greens; a competent professional. TheNorthShoreLine takes you to the beautiful new terminal at Mundelein, where the Countryside Club bus meets all trains. Through ticketing service from' your own home North Shore Line station to any railroad point in the United States, Canada or Mexico is now offered by the North Shore Line. Through tickets may be pur- chased, Pullman reservations may be arranged and baggage checked through to your ultimate point of destination. No charge is made for this con- venient service--you simply pay the regular rail and Pullman fares. The North Shore Line considers it a privilege to assist you in making travel arrangements. The next time you are going be- yond Chicago or Milwaukee, phone or call at the North Shore Line ticket office--test this new phase of North Shore Line service. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. Co. Direct Connections with Marigold Motor Coaches The Road of Service WINNETKA PASSENGER STATION Tel. Winnetka 963 WAUKEGAN to Fox Lake District, McHenry and Woodstock; WILMETTE or HIGHLAND PARK to Glenview, Techny and Northbrook; LIBERTYVILLE to Antioch; EVANSTON to Desplaines, Wheeling and Volo. 1.8. Re Y, . LAs, tk

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