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32 WINNETKA TALK August 14, 1926 Edith Bideau Normelli Sings at Normal School Edith Bideau Normelli, soprano, who recently announced the opening of her large studio for the study of voice in the Studio Building, Sherman avenue, Evanston, returned a few days ago from a trip to Wisconsin, where she was heard in song recital at the State Normal school, River Falls, Wis. While there she was the guest of Dean and Mrs. Louis Geere and was also the guest of honor at a dinner preceding the concert. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE The lesson sermon at First Church of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday morn- ing, August 15, will be "Soul." Services will be held in the Masonic temple at 708 Elm street, at 11 o'clock, Sunday school at 9:35 o'clock and the testimonial meeting is held on Wed- nesday evening, at 8 o'clock. The Christian Science reading room at 526 Linden street, is open daily trom 12 until 6 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dunlap Smith, 669 Walden road, Winnetka have gone to Charlevoix, Mich., for the summer. 52 New Holidays a Year When You Send It to the Laundry Why tolerate the Washday Bugaboo, when a few words on the telephone or to Bill the Washington Laundry Man would remove Washday from your anter duties of life. Time is what we sell. 700-704 Washington Street Phone WILMETTE 145 calendar--your mind--and your home? By giving us your laundry each week you can have 52 new holidays a year in which to enjoy the pleas- Time is what you need. And Time is the reason why hundreds of North Shore Housewives are our steady patrons. CALL IN BILL TODAY-- KNOW ILLINOIS Between thousand freight cars are handled daily over the 160 miles of switching track at Gales- burg. During the 75 years Chicago has had gas at its disposal, service has never six and seven {been suspended, not even during the great Chicago fire. More than 50,000 persons annually visit the dome of the State Capital at Springfield, making the 100-foot climb up the circular staircases. Illinois' electric customers, standing hand to hand would form a line from Chicago to El Paso, Texas. Illinois was populated by approxi- mately 20,000 indians when the French first entered the land. The Illini were the original dwellers and Checaugua was their most famous chief. A new world's record for hoisting and loading coal was recently set at Commonwealth Edison company's mine Number 6, located at Sherman, when 5,137 tons were hoisted and loaded into 126 railroad cars in eight hours. With less than 6 per cent"of the country's population, Illinois' invest- ment in public utilities represents 8 per cent of the total for the country. One of the first papers established in the States was the Spectator, at Edwardsville, in 1819. It is not now in existence. Let Contracts for Rolling Green Country Clubhouse H. B. Wheelock, architect of the proposed Rolling Green Country club, states that the building committee has closed contracts for the erection of the $100,000 clubhouse. It will be on Rand road, Arlington Heights. President W. J. S. Ritscher expects to have the building ready for December {estivi- ties. Many north shore people are interested in the new club. Fred B. Thomas Co., Announces $500,000 North Shore Sales Frederick B. Thomas and company with offices in Chicago and Winnetka, report recent sales aggregating more than $500,000 in Winnetka, Glencoe and Highland Park. Among them are the following: For Francis W. Parker, Jr, to Al- bert E. Peirce of Winnetka, the 12- room English type residence with three acres of land on Ardsley road in Sko- kie View subdivision, Winnetka; for Christy Brown to Peter J. Brennan of Chicago, the 9-room Spanish type resi- dence with 100 feet of ground at the corner of Linden and Sunset, Winnet- ka: for Earl D. Weinstock to R. Metz, the brick residence at 854 Lincoln ave- nue, lot 75x150; for B. F. Reiman to P. J. Hoza, 8-room brick at 803 Fox- dale: for Eugene Marble to Eugene Leslie, 8-room frame, 100 foot lot, at 664 Lincoln avenue; for O. M. Collins to F. S. White, 7-room frame at 234 Woodland avenue; for I. E. Mitten to R. B. Kraetsch, 7-room residence at 455 Sunset road; for Sidney F. Bart- lett to R. V. O'Brien, 7-room brick at 821 Foxdale avenue; one acre in Sko- kie View subdivision on Pine street, to R. N. Golding; for Ada S. Ripley to James P. Gillies one and one half acres south of Hill road, west of Birch street, and for Pierce C. Ward to John C. Marshall the 9-room brick residence, lot 100x200, at 112 Green Bay road, Glencoe. Also 100 feet of riparian rights vacant in Shorecliff subdivision, Highland Park, to Rudolph Koenig. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jeffris, 811 Bry- ant avenue, have as their house guests Jean Drtteaux of New York, who is here for two weeks, and Mr. and Mrs. Reed I. 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