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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 19 Sep 1925, p. 17

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1925 25 Social Happenings | 1 Wilhite Miss Virginia Berry | Photo One of the out-of-town visitors in | Winnetka, is a former resident of the village, Miss Virginia Berry, who is now living in Hollywood, Cal. Many | teas and bridge parties have been given for her, and one of the recent | events in her honor was the dinner- dance given by Miss Audrey Stixrud | at Skokie club. Miss Berry, who is the guest of the H. I. Orwigs of 548 Willow road, will remain here until October 1. | Om Singly, and in groups, many young people of the village have been return- ing to their alma maters, or leaving Winnetka to feel for the first time | that thrill of "going away to school." | Our list far from complete, includes at the present time, these names. The University of Illinois has claimed the following girls and boys: Elizabeth Stutson, Audrey Stixrud, Jessie West, Irma Otten, Amy Hagen, William Martin, and Perry Lieber, Yale will have as its Winnetka representatives, Donald Crawford a sophomore, and George Massey, Crilly Butler, and Ful- ler Dean, who sailed from Naples Thursday to arrive in New York Sep- tember 27, all of whom will enter the portals as freshmen, and Edwin Clark who will begin his senior year. Mar- garet White, Mary Hill. and Boyd Anderson will enter Carleton college. Bud Hill and Bob Hill are going .to Tabor academy; Jack Hunter has gone to Lake Forest academy. Sherman M. Goble, Jr. has returned to Ann Arbor and Richard Goble is again at the Massachusetts institute of Technology. Janet Gorden will attend Gray Gables at Worchester, Mass. Jean Markley leaves soon for Welleslev, Dorothy Dickinson has entered Ferry Hall, Louise Badgerow leaves shortly for Miss Master's school at Dobbs Ferry and Sheldon Clark has left for Prince- ton. --_--O-- A number of Winnetkans who Wi k are enthusiastic members of Yacht clubs #r€ accepting invitations from the - Army and Navy club for the opening party of the season which will be a "Goodbye, Summer" dance aboard the U. S. S. Commodore, September 19, The invitation advises that summer sport clothes are the proper togs to wear and that the men are expected to bring their summer hats for the purpose of building a huge bonfire on the beach at the foot of Randolph street. This will be done through the courtesy of Capt. Edward Evers. --Q-- Mrs. A. E. Walgreen, 1072 Oak street, will entertain the Cherry Street circle Tuesday, September 22. at 2 o'clock. An invitation is extended to all women living on Cherry and Oak streets west of Provident avenue. who wish to attend. Announcement is made of the mar- riage of Miss Margaret Selzer of Win- netka to William Behrens, Jr., of Glen- coe, Saturday, September 12. Immedi- ately after the ceremony, the young people motored to Stephenson, Mich. where they will make their nome. hes Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Johnson, who are well known in Winnetka art circles and advanced students in the department of drawing, painting, and illustration at the Art institute, sailed September 16 on the Beregaria for a year of study and travel in Europe. Mr. Johnson, who was awarded the Bryan Lathrop traveling scholarship of $800 in 1925, and the American traveling scholarship of $125 in 1924, has already done work of such con- spicuous merit that much is expected of him with the coming years, it is stated by his friends. --Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Taylor, 261 Lin- den avenue, have returned to their home after a summer's vacation in the northern woods. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Foster of Dearborn parkway oc- cupied their home during their absence. --Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Anderson and their family returned to their home at 882 Oak street, Monday, from their summer home at Stoney lake, Shelby, Mich. Mr. Anderson reports a very successful camp season with a group of boys, and expects to accommodate a much larger group next summer. Mrs. Robert Chittenden of Scott avenue, and Mrs.Justus Chancel- or, Jr. of Oak street, are Winnetka members of the Fort Dearborn chap- er of the Daughters of the American Revolution who were guests of fohn J. Flinn of 845 Vernon avenue, Glencoe, at her home Friday, Sep- tember 18, at a luncheon. Mrs. Louis K. Gillson of Wilmette was the speaker. Reports and important announcements were given. fo Mrs. Emmons Baine, Jr, 960 Sheri- dan road, is at the McCormick camp on upper St. Regis lake, where she has as her guest for a fortnight, Mrs. Mrs. Emmons Baine, Sr. Mrs. Baine, Jr. has become quite a mountain climb- er and has scaled many tall peaks in the Adirondacks this summer. She will not return until late in the autumn. ees { At a bridge-lunch at the Briergate | Golf club Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Watson Quinby of 1282 Asbury avenue, announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Elbert Warren Clark, 111, son of Mrs. Clif- ton Bower Jacobs of Scott Hubbard Woods. 1368 Mrs. | avenue, | A number of the young folk of Win- |netka will attend the annual ball to |be given by the Illinois Club for Cato- lic Women at the Trianon, Monday, | September 28, for the benefit of the fund for a chapel for the House of |the Good Shepherd. The club has a membership of 11,000 women. Miss | Julia Deal is president and Mrs. Joseph [Owen is chairman of the ball com- mittee. yo | Linoel Robertson of Glencoe, who is [much interested in dramatics, is ar- | ranging to give a theater party for Miss Bertha Alling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van*Wagner Alling, who is to make her debut Saturday, Septem- {ber 19. The tea will be given at "Win- [field," the Alling's Lake Forest home, |nrior to Miss Bertha's return to Bryn | Mawr, September 20. i Os Miss Helen English, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. English, 375 Hawthorne lane and Miss Martha Watson, niece | of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Watson, 928 | | Pine street, Winnetka, will leave early | this week to attend Rockford colloge. | Miss English will enter as a senior and | Miss Watson as a sophomore. ~ Rew bain pe fence can give. 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