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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 11 Oct 1918, p. 3

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. ' \ " ig WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918 : 3 ocial Happenings on y\ (the . North Shore by Ruth Risley | CTIVITIES in the Village this week and for the coming week, if the quarantine is not lifted are indeed, exceedingly quiet. All of the club meetings, missionary circles, and various small luncheon clubs and social gatherings have been ordered discontinued until the Village is considered safe from the epidemic. If the restriction is lifted, a delightful meeting, open to women and children, has been arranged at the Winnetka Woman's club on Thursday, October 17. At this time, Mrs. Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen, a story-teller of renown, will be the speaker of the day, and we are assured that this will be one of the most interesting meetings of the year. A take part in the parade to be held in Chicago on Saturday, in be- half of the Liberty loan. The banner, which it is expected will be credited with 100 per cent by that time, will be borne by two Boy scouts of the Village. Mrs. Alan I. Wolff, is chairman of this com- mittee. &- NUMBER of Winnetka Liberty Loan workers are planning to o& Mrs. Ashley M. Ballou of 5348 Winthrop avenue, Chicago, was hostess at the Fidgewater Beach hotel Monday at what was to have been a prenuptial luncheon and "shower" for Miss Zella Mickey of Barrington. The affair developed into an impromptu wedding breakfast, however, when the guest of honor made the unexpected announcement that her wedding to Edwin G. Fisher of Winnetka had taken place in the morning at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher will devote two weeks to a honeymoon in Wisconsin after which they will be at home at 638 Ash street. - BUY A BOND Among the north shore young women who entered Northwestern university this fall, the following have been pledged to sororities: Miss Darthea Ravenscroft, Glencoe, Kap- pa Alpha Theta. Miss Elizabeth Jrown, Wilmette, Kappa Alpha Theta. Miss Virginia Buchanan, Winnetka, Kappa Gamma Kappa. Miss Marion Seng, Wilmette, Pi Be- ta Phi. Miss Jane Highee, Kenil- worth, Kappa Alpha Theta. Miss Helen Knapp, Wilmette, Delta Gam- ma. Miss Helen Ruth, Kenilworth. Pi Beta Phi. Miss Lucille Curtis, Kenilworth. Pi Beta Phi. a Mr. and Mrs. H. A. deWindt of Sheridan road, were among the list of bhoxholders at Orchester Hall on Tuesday evening, when Miss Blanche Slocum, the Oak Park contralto, made her debut. Other Winnetkans in the audience were Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Poff and Mrs. Harvey I| Jrewer. -- ie The George W. Blossom family of i 955 Green Bay road, Hubbard Woods | will close their home about the twentieth of this month and leave for New York where they have taken an apartment for the winter. -oarp- The meeting of the Fast Willow Street circle, which was to have been held at the home of Mrs. Charles I.. Thorne on Tuesday, has heen post- poned until further notice, ---- The first party to have been given by the North Shore Dancing club next Tuesday evening, has been in- definitely postponed. Lieutenant Lester I. Mee is spend- ing a ten day furlough at his home, 1227 Chestnut avenue. He will re- turn next Monday to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., where he will be sta- tioned until he sails for France. --_-- The Chi Omega sorority of North- western university will hold a "cozy" tomorrow afternoon at the home of Miss Ethelwyn Magee, 820 Elmwood avenue. tf Mr. Percy W. Armstrong and family, who have been spending the summer in Winnetka have returned to their home in Glencoe. Stn i is Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCue and children, 631 Washington avenue, have returned from an outing in northern Michigan. Miss lorraine McCue, with her two guests, Miss Frances Schadel of Red Oaks, Ia. and Miss Betty McLennon of Spring- field, Il1l.. returned the first of last week to National Park Seminary, 'Washington, D. C. Hut Carlton Kaumeyer, son of Mr. and |, Mrs. E. A. Kaumeyer, 601 Linden ave- nue, has accepted a position in Lex- ington, Ky., as a soloist and the lead- er of an orchester in one of the lead- ing theaters. He will also take a post graduate course at the Uni- versity in Lexington, i A, There will be no luncheon on Fri- day at St. Augustine's parish house and no auxiliary meeting in the after-: noon, owing to the recent quarantine in the Village. i Ellen Johnson, 102 Spruce street, is at the Chicago Union hospital, re- covering from Spanish influenza. FOR A SAILOR BUY A BOND Mr. Allen Higgins of Indianapolis. Ind., was the guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kaufman, 1029 Elm- wood avenue. --tf-- : Owing to the death of one of its members, Mrs. B. F. Affleck, the Thursday Luncheon club will not hold its regular meeting this week. Miss Edith Corette, who has enter- ed the Presbyterian hospital for training as a nurse, is spending a fortnight with her parents in Flint, Michigan. --_-- Mrs, P. J. Schaefer and son, Frank. 1501 Washington avenue, who have RED TRIANGLE HAS HEADQUARTERS IN The thousand men who have just come to Evanston for training in Northwestern university S. A. T. QO. are to be in good hands. The com- munity is being well organized along [al lines of welfare work. The men will be kept, in true military fashion {within the camp most of the time. {Just now they are confined to the | bounds of the campus by order of the special period of detention. The army Y, M. C. A. in co-opera (tion with the university, has made provision for the comfort of the men at all times when within the camp. Two special secretaries have. been appointed to this work. The general secretary, C. E. Pettit, has had ex- perience at Great Lakes, and his associate, W. F. Bostick, comes from Camp Grant. A third secretary will be provided by the time the five hundred new men arrive October 15. C. A. work in the camp will be in the hands of Mr. Pettit and the universi- ty board, composed of professors Eiselen, Schaub, Philbrick, Ray and Gault. At the present time the work of the Red Triangle is considerably restrict- ed by quarantine conditions and the natural confusion of a new camp, The+Y. M. C. A. headquarters will be in the lounging room of Patten gym- nasium but just now this room is oc- cupied by the military for physical examinations. Within a few days the lounging room will become a typical army hut bringing its com- forts to the men of the camp. The secretaries have been distribut- ing stationery to the men and pro- viding them with stamps, getting fruit for the men in the hospital, and perfecting their organization for the real program ahead. FOR A SAILOR ILLINOIS UNITARIANS MEET ON NORTH SHORE The forty-fourth Illinois state con- ference of Unitarian and other Lib- eral churches was held in the Church of All Souls, Unitarian, of Evans- ton last Monday and Tuesday. A large number of delegates were in| attendance. The conference endeavored to dis- cover the factors which shall shape the religion of the near future, and especially what part liberal religion been suffering from i en z: is Fir as : ast week Are ven } fusaze this generally, and Unitarianism in par- as eek, are re o ) - 2 . A page' I ticular, shall play in shaping that re- proving. Vial a | ligion. -- > x % The conference opened Monday | Miss Ella May Shaw of Memphis, Mo., a teacher at New Trier hich school, is spending a few days this week as the guest of "Miss Helen Shurtleff. 815 Lake avenue. if Mr. and their daughter, Mrs. Burt Kin- caid; have closed their home at 1024 Linden avenue, and have taken an and Mrs. George E. Redfield, | evening, and sessions were held Tues- day morning, afternoon and evening. | The Reverend Arthur T. Brown of | Evanston was secretary of the con- | ference, FOR A SOLI IER BCB O'LINK WILL HAVE HARVEST HOME DINNER apartment in the city for the winter. ---- Mrs, Minnie Crippen returned to her home in Waterloo, Ta.. on Fri- day after spending a fortnight at the W. C. Shurtleff "home, 815 avenue. Lake -- Mr, M. Killbackey, 1711 Elmwood avenue, has reccvered from an at- tack of influenza. eet ee Mrs. John J. Schaefer, 1705 Forest avenue, is convalescing at the St. Francis hospital, Evanston. Dancing Class Opens Dancing Classes for children and adults in aesthetic, Russian and bal- let work at the Winnetka Woman's Club. Friday afrtenoons from 3 to 3: beginning October 4. For terms of class or in individdal instruction address Lily Lesem, Winnetka Wom- an's Club. (Friday afternoons) or 1605 Wilson avenue, Chicago. --Adyv. T30-3tc Announcement We wish to announce to the public that we are now open for business at 725 Oak street, Carlton Boulding. We make a specialty of Oriental and Domestic Rug cleaning. Trego and Fielding, French Dry Cleaners. Tel. Winnetka 83. --Adv. T30-1te Card of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Hayes and family wish to thank their many friends and acquaintances for the kindness and sympathy extended to them in the loss of their dear son and brother, James. New York will compile a history of all its soldiers who fall in war. Philadelphia refuses the gift of a deceased philanthropist's library be- cause of the German books in it. An interesting Indian mound has been excavated at Lake Bluff; also the skeleton of an eight-foot man. FOR A SOLDIER | President Wilson has declared Oc- | i tober 12 a holiday and requested that | Harvest Home dinners and. Patriotic meetings be held on that day. Ac- | cordingly the Bob O'Link club will | have a Harvest Home dinner at 6:30 o'clock, October 12. There will be | dancing after dinner. In the afternoon of October 12 the following matches will be played for the benefit of the "Overseas Tobacco Fund": Chick Evans versus Walter Hagan; Jock Hutchinson versus Bob MacDonald. There will be a volun- tary contribution. FOR A SAILOR MRS. AGNES AFFLECK VICTIM OF EPIDEMIC Mrs. Agnes H. Affleck. prominent Wilmette club women, died a victim of Spanish influenza and pneumonia, Monday, October 7, at her residence at 827 Greenwood avenue. Mrs. Affleck had been ill only a short time and her death came as a shock to her many friends and ac- quaintances on the north shore. She was prominently identified with the Wilmette Woman's club and other women's organizations on the north shore, Funeral services were conducted from the residence Wednesday, Oc- tober9, at 1:30 o'clock. Burial was at Graceland. Mrs. Affleck is survived by her hus- band, Benjamin F. Affleck and a daughter, Mildred. FOR A SOLDIER BRIDE AND SISTER INFLUENZA VICTIMS A double funeral for two sisters. victims of Spanish influenza, was conducted at St. Joseph's Wednesday morning. Mrs. Katherine Frake of Glen View, a bride of six weeks. and her 7 year old sister, Dorothy Thal- man, were buried side by side at St. Joseph's. Mrs, Frake died early Sunday morning and her little sister fell a victim to the epidemic Monday morn- ing. The sisters were daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Thalman of Gross Point. FOR A SAILOR PATTEN GYMNASIUM | | erty Bonds. The complete direction of.the Y. M. | Back Your Own with the Bond You PEAR WW WWW WW Yc Own. Money Means Munitions. Buy Lib- A Ai AW WW WSN Can You Wear? A 16, 36 or 38 SIZE COAT, SUIT or DRESS Tf so, we can fit you in a wonderful sample garment at wholesale prices Fall and Winter Showing Sample Cloak and Suit Shop Fifth Floor North American Bldg., 36 So State, Chicago Centtral 1830 > WW, » P, WW AWW Fire -- 5 Values Have Increased. 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