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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 2 Jun 1923, p. 12

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WINNETKA, WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1923 "Some Milk Please" Let your children have all the BOWMAN'S MILK they want. It will assure proper growth, strength 'and body development. Because BOWMAN'S MILK is pure, rich, whole milk, bottled in the country. One of our clean, white wagons stops at your door. It will be a pleasure to serve you. owman Moy Traveling for Pleasure On the North Shore Line The speed and frequency of North Shore trains, their dependable living up to schedule, the ex- cellent dining service, are not all that recom- mend the road of service. In the spring, especially, it is important to note that the North Shore Line runs through as pic- turesque a stretch of lake-and-woods country as ever delighted the eye of a traveler. Central Standard Time Limited trains for Milwaukee leave Winnetka every hour from 4:47 a. m. to 11:47 p.m. Express trains for Waukegan leave Winnetka every thirty minutes from 5:10 a. m. to 11:11 p. m., then at 12:21 a. m. and 12:51 a. m. Dining Cars on trains leaving Winnetka for Mil- waukee at 6:47 a. m. daily except Saturday and Sun" day, 11:47 a. m. daily, 12:4/ p. m. Saturdays, and 5:4/ p. m. daily except Sundays. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. J40HS HIAON Elm Street Station Telephone Winnetka 963 OCIAL Roberta Skinner Becomes Bride of Thornton S. Adams NE of the most charming wed- O dings of the season was celebrat- ed on Saturday afternoon of last week, at St. Augustine's church, when Miss Roberta Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Buel Skin- ner, of Wilmette, was united in marriage to Thornton Shaw Adams, son of Mrs. Elmer H. Adams, of 535 Wel- lington avenue, Chicago. The gowns worn by the bridal attendants were very effective, the wedding gown being of white chiffon, made with a tight bodice and circular skirt. The Mrs. Thornton Shaw Adams veil of tulle draping the shoulders as a cape, was edged with rose point lace and held in place by two strands of pearls. Besides the little white prayer book, the bride carried a shower of lilies of the valley. The matron of honor, Mrs. G. Ross Stewart of Wilmette, the bride's sister wore a draped gown of orchid, and a large horse hair hat, and carried a bou- quet of orchids. Miss Virginia Buch- anan, of Winnetka, as maid of honor, also wore a draped gown of green, a large green hat, and carried a bouquet of or- chids. The bridesmaids, Miss Dorothy Hardenbrook of Winnetka, Miss Lucile Weller of Chicago, Miss Rebeccah Stick- ney of Boston, Mrs. Stanley B. Adams of Chicago, and Mrs. J. Eliot Warner of Evanston, wore frocks fashioned of grey chiffon trimmed with monkey fur, and small grey hats, with long grey rib- bon streamers falling over the shoulder. They carried bouquets of yellow snap- dragons. Little Shirley Adams, as flow- er girl, was dressed in pale pink, and carried an old fashioned bouquet of spring flowers. Stanley B. Adams served his broth- er as best man, and the ushers included J. Eliot Warner, G. Ross Stewart, Thompson Merrick, Arthur Ferguson, J Lorenzo Walter, Edward Robbins of Pittsburgh, and Reeve Hoover of Wash- ington, D. C. Rev. Hubert C. Carleton read the services at four-thirty o'clock. A re- ception at the Ouilmette Country club followed. Decorations both in the church and clubhouse were large palms and ferns, and numerous baskets of spring flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have gone to French Lick Springs for a fortnight, and will be at home after June 16, at 535 Wellington avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Adams is a graduate of Miss Wheelock's school in Boston, and also attended Devon Manor in Pennsylvania. Mr. Adams is a Yale graduate and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra- ternity. PC Ya Hildegard Lind Marsh will present the following pupils in recital on Saturday afternoon, of this week, at the home of Mrs. Roland D. Whitman, 640 Hill road, Winnetka: Mary Newhall, Mary Cush- man, Betty White, Ruth White, Joyce Whitman, Carol Whitman, Margaret White, Katharine Bersac and Alice Odh- ner of Winnetka, Jane Springer, Gregory Barton, Dorothy Bichl, Martha Springer, and Katherine McClure of Wilmette. sn Dr. Paul Starr has been awarded the Walcott fellowship in Clinical Medi- cine for the year 1923-24. This fellow- ship is devoted to clinical research in Masschusetts General Hospital with teaching in Harvard Medical school. He will be located for the summer at Duxbury, Mass. --TY-- Miss Mildred Hertel, 196 Myrtle street, of the Chicago Teachers college, and Miss Luella Burrows, 216 Myrtle street, also of the Chicago Teachers Col- lege, will conduct a summer Kindergar- ten in Christ Church parish house, for children, beginning Monday, June 18. Mrs. P. B. Kohlsaat is entertaining the Roycemore school seniors at luncheon today at her home on Woodland avenue. --_---- Mrs. John Lindeman, 1089 Spruce street will entertain the Pine Street Cir- cle on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:30 o'clcck. CTIVITIES Decoration Day morning proved to be a most wonderful day for the first gen- eral meeting and breakfast, of the Rid- ing Club of Winnetka, since its incor- poration this past winter. Members were permitted to entertain ladies as guests at breakfast and to participate in the ride. Heyliger A. deWindt is president of the club; C. Colton Daugha- day is vice-president; Martin Lindsay, secretary, and Howard W. Fenton, treasurer. At the meeting, the organ- ization committee, consisting of Chair- man Rush C. Butler, Stephen A. Fos- ter, and Archibald W. Shaw; the bridle paths committee, Mr. Daughaday as chairman, Arthur M. Cox and Walter F. Wallace; and the stables committee, consisting of the chairman, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Butler and Mr. Fenton, all reported briefly. ------ Among those who have recently taken up their residence in Winnetka, are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Morphett and sons, Archibald, Fred and Donald. Mr. Mor- phett was for some time associated with a Chicago daily newspaper, as Religious and assistant literary -editor, and is at the present time a member of the edi- torial staff of a large publishing house. Archibald Morphett was the winner of the Chicago Architectural Club trav- elling scholarship for the year 1921, and quite recently returned home after an eight months' tour in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Morphett reside at 964 North avenue. aes Pupils of Miss Marion Lasier, who will appear in recital this afternoon at the Winnetka Woman's club, will in- clude Dolly Uhlemann, William Cunny- ngham, Jack Thompson, Dorothy Thompson, Mary Virginia Wilson, Helen Parsons, Janet Orwig, Elizabeth Richards, Margaret French, George At- kin, Edward Vaumann, Robert Pearse, Janice Fisher, Loren Converse, Guern- sey LePelley, Nancy Thomas, Marion Thomas, Helen Capron, Jack Bartlett, Louise Hubsch, Margaret Hubsch, Eliza- beth Parker, and Jean Henning. te Miss Marjorie Buhrer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Buhrer, 398 Elder lane, Winnetka, president of the Junior Class at the Chicago Kinder- garten Teacher's college ,Miss Luella Burrows, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Burrows of Winnetka, and Miss Miss Marjorie Buhrer Dorothy Bennet of Wilmette, will take part in the three one--act plays to be presented by the Junior Class of that college, at the Winnetka Wo- man's club on the evening of Friday, June 8, "at eight o'clock. "King Reme's Daughter," a Danish miracle play, "The Ghost Story, by Booth Tarkington, and "The Roadhouse in Arden" are the playlets to be present- ed. Miss Irene Skinner of Chicago is coaching the students. The proceeds will be turned into the school scholar- ship fund. ys Mr. and Mrs. Adams Emory Albright and son, Ivan Albright, and Malvin M. Albright, are to hold a serries of "at homes" at their Log House studio, on Sunday afternoon during the month of June, from 2 until 6 o'clock. Mr. Al- bright is exhibiting for the first time his paintings made this winter in south- ern California. --0-- Mrs. Delbert W. Poff and her small daughter, Ruth, accompanied by Mrs. Ceorgae Slocum and her two sons of Wilmette, left this week to spend the summer in Hollywood, Cal. They have taken a bunglow near their sister, Mrs. Milton Barker, formerly of Wilmette. --0-- Mrs. Frank D. Fulton, 864 Hill road, is president of the Chicago Woman's Ideal Club, which has just closed its first year's activities, having been or- ganized last autumn for the purpose of studying along several lines of educa- tion, civics, philanthropies and culture. SROs Robert Boak and his daughter, Alice, of Hubbard Woods, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Magie, daughter of Mrs. Frank Ogden Magie, formerly of Win- netka, have gone abroad to spend the summer. >a Lo Aart D> a .-

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