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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 25 Sep 1920, p. 5

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EAA Huh "Rapids, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920. Jocial Happenings | Winnetka Hubbard ood] by Ruth Risley = uff and Mr S. Mass., ton, : cau mm FAI FIERY I] TTL errs esd ] i E H 3 n A. de Windt, will make her debut at an afternoon recep- tion from 4 to 7 o'clock today. Miss de Windt will be Mr. Delano de Windt who have come on from Great Barring- especially for this occasion. In the receiving line with and Mrs. de Windt, and Mr. In the evening, from these trees will swing gayly colored lanterns to make a veritable fairlyland as a setting for the evening dinner and dance for about fifty young people, to be given in the attractive bungalow called "Bluff Cottage" right on the brow of the bluff that overlooks the lake. At the opening meeting of the Winnetka Woman's club on Thursday afternoon, October 7, representative women from Chicago will discuss "The Platforms and Candidates of our Political Par- ties". Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns, chairman of the Illinois Republican Women's Executive committee, will speak for the Republican party and Mrs. Samuel Slade, chairman of the Executive committee for Chicaco, Cook and Lake counties, for the Democratic party. Socialist party will be represented by Mrs. S. and the Farm and Labor party by Miss Lillian Herstein. The Vera L. Rodriquez, This meet- nig is put at this opportune time in order that we may be more in- telligent voters at the election in November. expected. A large audience is Mr. and Mrs. Zero Marx of Chicago. ° Edmond H. announced the engagement of their daughter, have Frances Louise to Stephens of Kenilworth & ad Miss Mary Delafield Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard Carpenter, whose wedding to Mr. William Cowper Boyden, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cowper Boy- den of Winnetka, takes place this afternoon at the country residence of her parents at Lake Geneva, has chosen her cousin, Miss Cordelia Car- penter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carpenter, for her maid of honor. The bridesmaids will be the Misses Margaret and Elizabeth Boy- den, sisters of the bridegroom; Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, sister of the maid of honor; Mrs. Preston Boyden, sister-in-law of the groom; . the Misses Ethel and Frances Dummer, New York, cousins of the bride; Miss Marion DuBois, Miss Virginia Fitz-Hugh, Miss Betty Quick, Miss Marion Farnsworth, Miss Beatrice Thorne and Miss Marie Goodrich of Milwaukee. Mr. Preston Boyden will serve as best man to his brother. The ushers will be Messrs George Sturges Carpenter, brother of the bride; Francis Peabody Boston, Mich.; Arthur Dixon, John V. Farwell 3d, Lawrence Callahan, Revilo Fuller, Sidney Greeley, Wil- liam H. Mitchell, Leonard Marshall, Frederick W. Copeland, and Hunt Wentworth. PCA A pretty home wedding was sol- emnized on Saturday afternoon of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Dietrich, 964 North avenue, when their daughter Dorothy was united in marriage to Hugh Nelson Mavor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mavor of LaGrange. The cere- mony was read by Dr. Leonard of LaGrange, at 4 o'clock. The bride wore a lovely gown of flesh pink satin, and her veil, which is an heirloom and hundred years old, and at one time was worn by her grandmother, is an exquisite piece of fine net beautifully em- broidered by hand. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and white baby asters. Miss Jean Mavor, sister of the groom, who at- tended Miss Dietrich as maid of bonor, wore a frock of pale green taffeta and carried a mixed bouauet of pink roses and blue larkspur. Mr. Courtland Horr of LaGrange served Mr. Mavor as best man. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Guy Stewart Bailey sang two delightful selections. The wedding march was played by Starmar's orchestra, from Chicago. Following the reception Mr. and Mrs. Mavor left for a trip in the east. They will be at home after October 1, at Fifty-fourth and Harper avenue, Chicago. ---- Miss Ruth Tatham became the bride of Kenneth D. MacMillan of Pittston, Pa., Monday evening at the Blackstone hotel. Miss Lesley Pope of Glencoe acted as maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Mary Hall and Mrs. Lachlan Maclean. Franklin Moore of Cleveland served as best man, and the ushers were Lachlan MacLean and Herbert Woods. fet Yr Mrs, George F. Brown, Jr., 860 Spruce street, and Mr. William S. Phelps of Evanston, left Wednesday for a motor trip to Massachusetts and New York. Magoun of! Leon S. Chichester of Grand | tions should Today 200 Indians, representing tribes from Minnesota to Oklahoma, will hold council and conduct cere- monials at Deer Grove forest pre- serve, near Palatine, Ill The Indian Fellowship league will hold a camp celebration in the forest preserve, which will be open to the public, on Saturday and Sunday. Peter Reinberg and Ransom Kenni- cott of the forest preserve board are co-operating for the celebration. Northwest Division of Boy Scouts will be hosts to other Boy Scout di- visions. Miss Clara Rubly, a Camp- fire Girl, will take part in the In- dian ceremonials in the Navajo room of the Marshall Field store Saturday. The object of the Indian Fellow- ship league, fostered hy the Chicago | Historical society, is to bring about a better understanding and more cor- dial relations between the Indians and the white race. Women of the north shore who wish to become familiar with the sub- ject of the proposed League of Na- avail themselves of the invitation of Mrs. Harry Vissering to attend a meeting at her home, 257 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, on Tuesday afternoon, September 28, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Harry New, wife of the United States Senator from In- diana, will discuss the proposed League of Nations from a Republican standpoint, and it believed that is "the women who avail themselves of this opportunity to hear Mrs. New will go to the polls next November much better equipped to vote in- telligently on this great issue. Copies of Mrs. New's address may be ob- tained upon request. aly pe On Wednesday, September 29, at 3 o'clock in the Neighborhood room of Community House will be held the Annnral Thank Offering meeting for the Women's Board of Missions of the interior. Miss Charlotte Willard who has had a rare opportunity "To interpret the Spirit of America" in circumstances that called for great heroism as well as ability, will tell of her experiences in Massovan Turkey. Miss Willard is a forceful speaker with an unusual story to tell and it is hoped a large number of the women of the community will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear her. Miss [Leslic Dodds and Mrs. George M. Pearse will act as hostesses. --f-- The matri age of Miss Lena Uedel- | hofen of Glencoe, and John Ertz of Bloomington, Wis.,, was solemnized on Thursday morning, September 16, at Sacred Heart church, Hubbard Wonds, at 9 o'clock. Miss Teresa Uedelhofen attended her sister as maid of honor, and Clarence Schafe- hen cerved as best man. A wedding breakfast was. served at the Uedel- hofen home. following the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Ertz are taking an ex- tended wedding trip through the west. --_---- The Music committee of the Win- netka Woman's club have arranged a most attractive recital for their first program of the year on Chursday, October 21. Miss Lucille Stevenson, soprano, will sing, and Mr. Gordon Campbell, the pianist will play. This is not an open meet- ing. Refreshments will be serv-! ed from a buffet table in a tent and on small tables placed under the | fine old trees that add such beauty to the de Windt homestead. Parliamentary "Law, which Mrs. Lieber is to conduct under the auspices of the Winnetka Woman's club, will -be -held--Monday, October 11. The Elementary class meets at 3 o'clock and the Advanced class at ten minutes past four. Mrs. Lieber will give ten lectures, the series closing on December 15. Tickets and further information may be ob- tained from Mrs. Wallace W. Chick- ering, 770 Rosewood avenue, Hub- bard Woods. ---- Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cody of Wilmette, have issued invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Kath- erine, to George Boldt McCormick of Evanst on, on Saturday evening, October 9, at 8:30 o'clock, in St. Au- eons Episcopal church, Wil- | mette. A reception will follow the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cody. ---- Miss Beatrice Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Fenton, has just left for California where she will attend the Bishop's School for Girls at La Jolla. Mr. and Mrs. Fen- ton have purchased the L. A. Hop- kins house at 818 Bryant avenue, and will be at home after October 1. aon i In place of the Bridge dinner which was scheduled for Saturday evening, October 9, at the North Shore Golf club a Stag party for the men is to be given. At this time the annual meeting and election of officers will alos take place. daughter of The Rosewood Avenue Circle will meet at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after- moon of next week at the home of Mrs. Charles M. Jacobs, 860 Burr avenue. The Lincoln Avenue Circle will hold their first all-day meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. E. W. Hawley, 734 Foxdale avenue, on Tuesday, September 28. Mrs. W. L. Felt will be the assisting hostess. The first m _meeting of the classes in| Miss Vivian A. Ratcliffe, daughter of Thomas H. Ratcliffe of 804 Lincoln || avenue, has entered Mount Holyoke College, South "Hadley, Mass., which opened Friday, September 24; "with an enrollment of 800. Miss Ratcliffe is a graduate of New Trier High school. Mr. and Mrs. Tones B. Beardslee have returned from Lake Mills, Wis., where they spent the summer and are settled in their new home at 560 Elm street. i Miss Emily Larned attended the wedding in Pittsfield, Mass., last Saturday of Miss Eleanor Ogden West and Perry Melville Shephard of Chicago. snes Ais Mr. and Mrs. Silas Strawn and their daughter, who passed the summer in Winnetka, have moved in- to their apartment on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. rh Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F. Hollister have moved from 310 Walnut street to 474 Chestnut street. EE Miss Elizabeth Duffy is attending Northwestern University again this year, having entered as a sophomore. Mildred B. Peirce CLASSES IN DANCING WINNETKA WOMAN'S CLUB Beginning 3 p. m., Friday, Oct. 8th Phone Evanston 1828 ee There was a dinner dance at Sko- kie Golf club last Saturday evening. Make Yourself Comfortable And just think Phone Evanston 2238 That's all we ask of the men we photograph. how happy it would make the whole family to be surprised with a modern photograph of father. Make an appointment to-day EUGENE 1. RAY STUDIO Hoyburn Bldg., EVANSTON M. P.LOUEN., Sales Mgr. Phone EVANSTON 4884. Sedan $886.14 Touring $589.39 Ton Truck $616.84 Chassis $506.09 People are placing orders without solicitation, and delivery will be very uncertain for those who de- lay. We will be pleased to call if you desire information. 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