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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 9 Jan 1926, p. 18

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WINNETKA TALK January 9, 1926 Sonisnse ~ Frederick E. Lewis Resident North Shore Funeral Director Mr. Frederick E. Lewis, assisted by Mrs. F. E. Lewis, residing in Wilmette, will direct funerals in 2 manner to meet the most exacting require- ments. They have had twenty-one years of successful professional service in this field. Per- sonally recommended by Mr. Chas. A. Stevens of Chicago and a host of others. They come to the North Shore ready to render the most careful, courteous, conscientious service. All calls will be personally attended to by Mr. Lewis, who is the only funeral director residing in New Trier Township. ee ---- ( Very Latest in Modern Limousine Equipment Phone Wilmette 3552 2IIIFIIIFIDIIIDIIIIIIIIIIIIIFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDY, A br Mr. Frederick E. Lewis assisted by MRS. F. E. LEWIS WILMETTE 1120 Central Ave, iB ¥IIIIIIIIDIDIIIIIIIIIIIDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIIIIIID) Winnetka Voters League to Begin Study Classes The Winnetka League of Women Voters is planning to inaugurate study classes, and at the regular meeting to be held Monday, January 11, papers will be circulated among the members upon which each one may indicate what subject she wishes to study, and the course will be outlined according to the subjects most popular. It is stated that already plans have been made for study of county form of government, tax amendment, prim- ary law, and it is expected that the varios implending legislative meas- ures will be studied. The time for the classes is still in- definite and will probably be decided upon at the coming monthly meeting of the league. GIVES BRIDGE FOR GUEST Miss Ruthella Morse of Oxford, N. H., a former resident of Wilmette, has been the guest of Miss Margaret Backus of 245 Cumnor road, Kenil- worth, for a few days. Miss Backus is entertaining at a small bridge party today at the North Shore Golf club for Miss Morse and some of her former school friends. HORNER PIANO CO. Pianos Phonographs Radio Headquarters for ZENITH RADIO 1521 Sherman Ave. Phone Greenleaf 464 North Shore Players Appear in Radio Play The WMAQ Players of the WMAQ radio station of the Chicago Daily News, who number several north shore actors among their members, have in their current production of "The School for Scandal," under the direc tion of William Ziegler Nourse, Wil- liam C. Boyden, Jr. Charles J. East- man and Lloyd A. Faxon, all of Win- netka. The WMAQ Players produced acts 1 and 2 of the play December 30; acts 3 and 4 January 6; and act 5 will be heard Wednesday, January 13. The entire cast of the play includes: Sir Peter Teazle, Robert Graceland; Sir Oliver Surface, William C. Boyden, Jr.; Sir Harry Bumper, Walter A. Al- lan; Sir Benjamin Backbite, David A. Watts; Joseph Surface, William Zieg- ler Nourse; Charles Surface, Charles J. Eastman; Snake, Lloyd A. Faxon; Crabtree, James C. Wade; Rowley, Rockwell F. Clancy; Moses, David A. Watts; Trip, Frank A. Leonard; Care- less, Lloyd A. Faxon; Lady Teazle, Viola Roth; Lady Sneerwell, Helen Shanahan Kiley; Mrs. Candour, Mary A. King; Maria, Anne Johnson. 2 Wednesday nights from 9 to 10 is Play Night at WMAQ and the wave length is 448 meters. Aged Laborer is Suicide; Despondent Over Illness Monroe Portlock, 70 years old, who lives in a garage in the 400 block on Chestnut street, committed suicide on the last day of 1925 by shooting him- self through the heart with a revolver. Portlock, who was a laborer, had for- merly worked for the Village. He had been ill for some time and had been in the hospital for a while. His action was laid to despondency over ill health. His home was in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davis, 1080 Priv- ate road, had as their guest over New Year's, Howard Butterfield, son 'of 'he president of Michigan State col- lege. Their son, Arthur Davis, of Cairo, TI, was also with them during the holidays. Why? As this is our last winter in the nursery busi- ness, we can give you GREAT BARGAINS in AMERICAN ELM and NORWAY MAPLE trees for street or lawn planting from 6 to 15 inches in diameter. | Also some SPECIMEN TREES in other } varieties. PETERSON NURSERY |! Chicago Office--30 N. La Salle St., Chicago Phone Main 3613 Evanston Phone Univ. 1434 Buy Large Trees NOW! Because they should be plant- ed with a large frozen ball of earth. AO OG OE O-4-O-p-( gu

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