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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 2 May 1919, p. 5

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» I - church. * AMrs. Phelps WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919 ocial Happenings on the . North Shore by Ruth Risley N SATURDAY evening of this week society will assemble at the Winnetka Woman's ciub for the benefit performance to be given for the Henry Booth House, "The House by the Side of the Road." On this occasion two attractive plays will be given. The Junior League Players presenting "The Worsted Man," a comedy with music by John Kendrick Bangs. The cast of characters will include the Misses Florence Folds, Marion Farns- worth, Margaret Hambleton, Louise Hassert, Lucretia Green, Eilleen Kelly, Frances Thorne and Mary Rend. "The Land of Heart's Desire," will be presented by the Henry Booth House Play- ers. This is a study in Folk Lore, one hundred vears back, by Wil- liam Butler Yates. The committee in charge of the affair includes: Mrs. Merritt Paul Starr Miss Ruth Matz Miss Katherine Pierce Miss Beatrice Starr Miss Louise Thorne Mrs. Laird Bell Mrs. T. Philip Swift Miss Augusta Fenger The patronesses are: Mrs. Benjamin Carpenter Mrs. Frederick Copeland Mrs. Heylinger de Windt Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns Mrs. James Fentress Mrs. J. Allen Haines Mrs. Edwin Fechheimer Mrs. George Farnsworth Mrs. William Green Mrs. George Groves Mrs. Frances Lackner Mrs. William Otis Mrs. James Porter Mrs. John Miller b, A Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hopkins, 940 Sheridan road, anfiounce the engagement of their daughter, Ruth, to Mr. Thomas IL. Shack- ford of Chicago. oH wv A meeting of the Winnetka branch, Mrs. M. H. Lieber entertained in- of the Infant Welfare society was! formally at her home, 988 Elm street. | i Mr. and Mrs. William Blair, 8293 Ash street, have sold their residence | and are located at the North Shore hotel in Evanston, prior to building a new residence in Winnetka. ST Yl i Mrs. Lewis Day of 454 Sheridan | road, has returned from Santa Bar-| bara, California, where she has been | visiting her sister, Mrs. S. K. GG: Billings, for two months. -------- | Superintendent C. W. Washburne | will be formally introduced to the | teaching staff, at a meeting at the | Horace Mann school on Monday | afternoon at 4 o'clock. { PE | The Alpha Omicron. Pi sorority of Northwestern University will give a| dancing party at the Winnetka Wom- | an's club this evening. ----f ee The Rosewood Circle will meet with Mrs. C. H. Hodgson, 407 Central | avenue, Wilmette, on Friday after-| noon, May 9. at 2 o'clock. A full at-| tendance is urged. | ------ Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Greiner, 631! Lake avenue, assisted by Mr. and | Mrs. Robert Ricksen, will be hosts | and hostesses, at the Army and Navy | club dancing party on Saturday | evening. Nurses from Fort Sheridan will also be guests of the evening. ---- Mrs. Fred Cain of Hubbard Woods, will entertain, the Thursday Lunch- eon club at her home next Thursday afternoon. : --&-- Mrs. Walter Koch and children of 1080 Green Bay road, have gone to Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, for the summer. -- Cw Mrs. Laird Bell will be a dinner hostess on Saturday evening of this ing. R. DD. Winnetka Important Insist on getting Genuine Ford Parts when your Ford car needs repair- Don't allow "bogus" or imitation Parts to go in your car. 810 Church Street, Evanston Authorized Service Stations WINNETKA LS LTS HL ESHA ASTI AT LHS ALLL LA FH LAA FA 1 1 EAE A FA HA A A FEA TY AOA prt Ford ITotor Company CUNNINGHAM Authorized Dealer Phone 4884 Evanston Auto Co. EVANSTON Garage 2 LLL IIL ILL LILLIA SSIS I ASS LIS SIA SS ASSIS IAI I 111111117 LLL zzz azz 777777777 7 7 77 7 7 AN AUTHORIZED AUTOMOBILE LOCK FREE The insurance companies are adding the price of a lock to your premium if you do not have one. held Friday morning, April 25, at 1124 Pine street. It was announced that plans had been formulated to estab- lish a Thrift House in Edgewater for the benefit of the Infant Welfare so- ciety as a whole. The president ap- pealed especially to the members of the committee to send any usable or saleable articles they might wish to give away to Mrs. Philip Smith, 5426 Sheridan road, who is collecting the articles for this purpose. Mrs. D. Dallas resigned from the presidency and Mrs. Robert Stevenson, Jr. was elected to fill her place. The plans of the finance committee were later discussed. Several people of Win- netka responded to the appeal for funds recently sent out by the socie- ty. but only a small portion of the | amount needed has been received and | it is hoped the public will keep in mind the very special need for money this year to do the work planned. The society hopes to raise the re- quired amount of $3,500 within the next few weeks. Ba On Wednesday, May 7, there will be an all-day meeting of the Wom- society of the Congregational Following is the order of the program for the day: Important business meeting at 11 a. m., lunch- eon at 12 o'clock; election of officers at 1:30 p. m. followed by a musicale in which Mrs. Frederick Dickinson and Mrs. Aza Cooley will take part. A ASP: Mrs. Frank O. Magie and family an's and Mrs. Magie's daughter, Mrs. Chester A. Wardwell, and small danghter of Brookline, Mass., will go in June to Asquam Lake, Holderness, N. H., where they have taken a cottage for the season, as has been their custom for several summers. ee Wf Major and Mrs. Frank Ww. Blatch- ford will return the middle of next week from the east, where they have been since Major Blatchford's ar- rival from overseas. Mrs. Blatchford has been visiting relatives in Penn- svlvania, and the Major has been stationed at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, this past week. Mr. and Mrs. T. Philip Swift, who have been at the apartment of Mr. Swift's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward F. Swift of 1550 North State parkway, Chicago, since their return froin the east, have taken a house in Winnetka for the summer months. They moved out last Monday. 3 Last Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hoyt and Miss Josephine Landon of 550 Sher- idan road, have returned from their winter place at Green Cove Springs, Florida. Mrs. E. E. Stearns and children returned with them and are visiting Mrs. Stearns' parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Landon Hoyt of Win- netka, until Lieutenant Stearns ar- rives from France next week. -- tf Benjamin Allen and his daughter, | B. Hoyt, and her daugh- ter, Emilie, and Lewis D. Alien, re- turned Tuesday from Atlantic City, where they spent Easter. They have | closed their residence at 40 East Ce- | dar street, Chicago, and have opened their Vvinnetka house for the sum- mer. es Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Brows Ju 335 Ridge avenue, left last week ior aj oe menthe visit with Mr. and Mrs. | G. Hoyt on a ranch near Tuscon, Oklahoma, and will later return by way of Grand Canyon, and Califor-- nia. week. WATCH YOUR DISTRICT on Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Fannie Blynd of Chicago Com- mons, who is leaving shortly 'to take up social service work for an in- dustrial plant at Mobile, Alabama, and Miss Ella Allen, social service worker for the Lying-In hospital. pn Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway Watson have leased the Victor Elting home for the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Glore of Chicago, will move to the Village for the summer. The Kenilworth Assembly Hall There will be a dance after the play Friday evening, May 16, when "The Spinner" will be presented. T7-2tc PAINTS Of all kinds in large and small cans WALL PAPERS, PAINTING & DECORATING Floor Finishing a Specialty RASMESEN'S PAINT STORE FREE PAINT INFORMATION FREE -- rf -- Lieutenant P. B. Buchanan, F. A. is now with the Troop Movement de- tachment at Brest in charge of in- coming troop trains. He expects to be abroad until July. ---- Drive in now and save this money. We supply and install the best theft-proof lock for $16.39. Let us show you the latest Willys-knight and Overland 0 models. wile Halfa Block NorthefDepaty | WILLIAM T. WEHRSTEDT, Proprietor Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Montgom- ery, who have been spending the winter in Chicago, have moved back to Winnetka, although their home will not be in readiness until early in July. N. J. FELLOWS REGISTERED OPTICIAN Eyes Tested. Frames Fitted Lenses Duplicated Frames Repaired ---- Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Allen and daughters, Marjorie and Mild- red, of 1448 North State parkway, Chicago. have returned from the east. They will open their Winnet- ka house about June 1. ---- » Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kenning, for- merly of Wilmette, moved this week into the house at 826 Lincoln avenue. WATCH YOUR DISTRICT WE THANK YOU Pus RELATION with the people of Wil- mette, Kenilworth and Winnetka has translated our early impression of the North Shore into a' conviction that its equal can rarely be found. The citizens have all treated us with great courtesy. Our customers have dealt with us in a manner to make us feel they were friends whom we liked to serve to the best of our ability. The business people (including our competitors) were men who have won our respect admiration because of what they are and their fair dealing towards us. The village authorities have always dealt with us in the kindliest spirit. To one and all we express our sincerest gratitude. We wish for evervone prosperity and true happiness. : Phone Winnetka 85 Room 3 Prouty Bldg. and All persons employed by us (with very few excep- tion) during these years have tried to serve customers and employers in a manner that merits approval. To these former employes (our friends) wherever they are to-day in the country's service or employed by us or others, we feel greatly thankful. ASPEGREN & COMPANY. SWAN ANDERSON OLIVER R. ASPEGREN Bargain in Residence Vacant GLENCOE--Sheridan Road, beautifully wooded lot, choice locality among fine homes, at a price you can't afford to pass up, if you are in the market for vacant property. Price © $32.50 per foot. HILL & STONE WINNETKA 524 LINDEN ST. JUST WEST OF DEPOT TELEPHONE WINNETKA 1544 A A LL a A WITH UNSHEATHED SWORD and the Liberty Loan her shield, Miss Columbia defies her foe. That good sword, never drawn except in the cause of freedom, justice and righte- ousness and never yet defeated, will not again be sheathed until right has triumphed. The Lib- erty Loan is your way of help- ing. Subscribe to a Liberty Bond to-day. Ask us about it. WINNETKA TRUST and SAVINGS BANK We close at 12:20 on Saturdays CAPITAL $35,000.00 Formerly BANK OF M. K. MEYER Established 1894 dizer 0 LSSSSIS SITS SISSSISISSSSSSSSSSS SSIS SSIS SSIS SIAL SSSI SSI ISIS SS SSIS SSS SIS SII Ys 7. Our Idea of Service Prompt Deliveries, efficient telephone service, intelligent NEW YOKK C. Victor Twiss Co. 14 E, 50th Street Interior Decorators and Furnishers c i ICA. O W. H. COLSON Telephone Wabash 6° 925FineArtsBldg. and courteous treatment and a stock of meats which we can recommend with every confidence that they will make us friends. VOLLMAN'S MARKET 796 Elm Street Winnetka, Illinois Lili iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiziiziziiiiizzz iia rrr rr (ls (dT 77 77 77 77 7777 77 7 7 77, (LL

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