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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 21 Jun 1924, p. 10

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1924 Social Happenings | North shore society will turn out en masse teday for the largest event of its kind to be given this sum- mer. The interior of the Patten gymnasium and the surrounding grounds will attract large crowds with the 100 exhibits, the stage program to be given twice a day, after- noon and evening, the fashion show fea- turing Evanston society girls"asi models, the vaudeville and circus acts, the outf heen chosen president of the General door features and the teas room. Today, the Polish dancers from the settlement, with Polish costumes and music, will appear on the program. In the tea room made festive with Russian decorations, where subdebs and college boys in Russian costumes will he waitresses and cashiers, delicious luncheons and dinners will be served. In addition, "refreshments at all hours," and a "wonderful" jazz orchestra to play for the dancing and dancing con- tests, will induce the spectators to step in for relaxation and refreshment. Mrs. Carol Wilson Alton and Mrs. Norman Westerhold are co-chairmen, with Miss Elizabeth Campbell and Miss Arla Avery in charge of the waitresses. Fifty women of social prominence along the entire shore will act each day as hostesses. Mrs. Henry Kitchell Webster, Mrs. Walter Dill Scott, Mrs. E. Crain Wilson, Mrs. Allan Withers, Mrs. Bruce MacLeish, Mrs. Alfred Granger and Mrs. William Mitchell Blair comprise the committee in charge. --_--Q-- . There is great activity these days Loth in the house and on the grounds of the Rush C. Butler place on Locust road, where a youthful band of "movie" actors are energetically ab- sorbed in the production of a picture which will be completed in about two weeks. "Adrift," the story and scen- 2rio the co-work of Crilly Butler and _E'dridge Anderson, will be depicted by about four reels of film taken by the moving picture camera of Crilly Butler under his direction. The stu- dents of the North Shore Country Day school are taking part in the play, for which the scenery was made entirely by the children themselves. The first showing of the picture will be given in the "moving picture room" of the Butler home. Ome Mrs. William Morse, 433 Provident avenue, left Wednesday for Mobile, Alabama, where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. William Gaines, for a few weeks. --_--Q-- Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, 565 Lincoln avenue, entertained the Ash Street circle, Tuesday, at her summer home, "Binkie Lodge," on the Fox river. sreenC om Mrs. J. A. Richards, her two daugh- .ters, and her son leave on Monday for their summer camp at Bridgron, 'Maine. : GO Miss Alice deWindt gave a picnic luncheon Thursday on the beach for Miss Katherine Mordock whose mar- riage occurs June 28. Dn Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Foster Alden, 352 Linden avenue, are entertaining a party of ten today at a picnic luncheon at Round Lake. --_--0-- Miss Kathlenn Air entertained her pupils Friday afternoon in the Studio at a "farewell" party. Vacation be- gins this week. --0-- Mrs. Frederick K. Copeland, 665 Prospect avenue, has taken a cottage at Pine Point, Maine, until the middle of September. oh Mr .and Mrs. Joseph Wolschon, 1041 Oak street, announce the birth of a daughter, Margaret Dolores, on June 5. --) The piano pupils of Miss Margaret Tufts gave a very interesting recital at her home, 114 Bertling lane, Win- netka, on Saturday afternoon, June 14 --_---- The North Shore Musical society is holding its annual business meeting and luncheon on Monday at the Orrington hotel. --_--Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Ratcliffe sailed on Saturday on the Megantic for Great Britain and the continent. Ott Mrs. George Gordon and family, 874 North avenue, have gone to Michigan for the summer. cy The Bridge Dinner club is meeting this evening with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Stutson, 479 Sunset road. --_--(-- Mrs. W. S. Johnson, 386 Fairview avenue, sails for Europe today for a trip of about four months. a Mrs. W. W. Case and Miss Eliza- beth Case have returned to their home in Hubbard Woods for the summer. Sale Miss Dorothy Day, 454 Sheridan road, is sailing July 5 for Europe, to be away until October. Bain Miss Josephine Hoyt will be hostess at a dance on Thursday evening in honor of Miss Katherine Mordock. FIRE DAMAGES AUTO An automobile driven by Sylvester Mills caught fire while at Sheridan road and Elm street, last Saturday morning, shortly after 8 o'clock. The fire department put out the blaze. HAWLEY HEADS N. U. G. ALUMNI Prizes for Big 1924 Parade Are Awarded Melvin M. Hawley, of Evanston, has Alumni association of Northwestern university for the next year. President Hawley follows Brig. Gen. Nathan Wil- liam MacChesney who made his fare- well address Saturday afternoon. The new president is a prominent citizen of Evanston and a well-known attorney. He was graduated from the college of lib- eral arts of Northwestern university in 1907 and from the law school of North- western in 1909. He is extremely pepu- lar in N. U. alumni circles and served as secretary of the general association for several years. Other officers for the coming year are: Murray C. Hobart, recording sec- retary; George P. Ellis, treasurer; six vice presidents as follows : Harry Hill, Los Angeles; Frank Jones, Kansas City; Andrew S. Graham, New York City; Dr. Allen B. Kanavel, Chicago; Dr. Charles H. Mayo, Rochester, Minn., and Robert Baird, Milwaukee. Charles Ward, for several years the popular secretary of the Evanston chamber of commerce, continues as secretary of the | alumni association with headquarters at | 31 W. Lake street, Chicago. | Two new trustees of Northwestern university were chosen Saturday, June |14. The are Mrs. A. Montgomery Ward, who recently gave a large sum for the creation of a great Medical-Den- i tal Center on the McKlinlock Memorial campus in Chicago, and George Allen Mason, a Chicago lawyer who was graduated from the Northwestern uni- 'versity law school in 1894. Mr. Mason's election to a trusteeship means that the alumni of Northwestern have an addi- , tional voice in the governing board. An announcement of Alumni Day prizes--to the classes making the best I showing in the big parade last Satur- |day--is as follows: To the best-cos- tumed class to 1914 which represented a: living cake; for the most typical North- western turnout, class of 1911 with its juvenile football team consisting of children of alumni; the noisiest class, { 1920, with shrill whistles; the class with | the most original costumes, 1909, rep- | Telephone 1098 ALEC 'W. KYLE Contractor PLUMBING--HEATING 674 Vernon Avenue GLENCOE, ILLINOIS resenting farmers and carrying a sign held over th head of a delegation of kid- dies, "Watch Our Crop Grow;" class with best parade formation, 1912, a Maypole formation, with purple umbrel- las and ribbons. These prizes were awarded Saturday afternoon at the annual meeting mid much applause and shouting. Firemen Quench Blaze and Rescue Pony, Too A pony in the garage at the home of Dr. E. Sullivan, 550 Ash . street, was trotted out by the Winnetka fire department, Wednesday morning at OAK TERRACE LAUNDRY CLEANERS AND DYERS Wet Wash, 20 lbs. $1.00 Rough Dry, llc per Ib. This includes tliat pieces ironed. Oak Terrace Laundry For information: Phone Highland Park £7 3 1 hy 4 4 10:50 o'clock, when the garage caught fire. There was little damage done. The fire started accidently on the outside of the garage and worked its way in The fire department was, called aa it put the fire out before it got muc headway, and led the pony out. for Perennials Shrubs Bedding Plants Vegetable Plants Window Boxes Planted 290 Greenwood Avenue GLENCOE Glencoe 155 962 Linden Avenue HUBBARD WOODS Winnetka 2168 0 222% THINK OF THE RELIEF! Home This does not duties less burdens more attractive. SOT. ~ = A a Buy a Wealth of Comfort mean spending a lot of money--but spending it wisely. 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