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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 25 Dec 1926, p. 43

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WINNETKA TALK December 25, 1926 its i hd Room 412 Nx Toupees and Wigs Natural as the Hair that Was onee your own. Phone Central 0604 FUNK & CO. 36 So. State St. 7 a ( CTO \ a ~ MUA r Chicago UNIQUE STYLE SHOP B. COPLAN, Prop. 1126 Central Avenue "and a Very Merry Christmas to Our Friends" Phone Wil. 2403 1] | | | | a AT SUNDAY CLUB Dr. S. H. Clarke of the Universi- ty of Chicago, well known interpre- ter of literature, will speak before the Wilmette Sunday Evening club Sunday, December 26, at the First Congregational church. Mme. Nor- melli will be the soloist. The serv- ices begin at 7:30 o'clock. In 1925, the State of Illinois had an | annual payroll for its officers and em- ployes of more than $25,000,000. The value of Illinois real estate is 13 billion dollars. Ask Your Eleanor Bird Seed A Song In Every Seed. It's better than what you think is best. Dealer for ARE YOU BURNING Too Much Fuel? Are your upstairs rooms colder than those on the first floor? YOU CAN CORRECT THIS I can insulate your house with Thermofill the greatest fireproof in- sulating material at a small cost ($50 to $100.) There is practically no inconvenience to you. The saving in fuel easily pays the expense in a year or two. ....and your house will be cooler in summer. Estimates cheerfully given without obligation. R. E. CROSBY CONTRACTOR # BUILDER 566 Center St. Winnetka Ph. Winn. 2032 Season's Greetings To his hundreds of friends old and new, Fred Miller extends the heartiest good wishes of the season. Cafeteria closed all day Christmas Day and New Year's Day Open Sunday as usual 2 to 5 CENTRAL CAFETERIA Nelson Building Central Avenue, east of Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE \ i Christmas Girls Friendship Circle Meets and Sings Carols The Girls' Friendship circle held its | regular meeting at the Community House, Tuesday night, December 21, at 8 o'clock. Due Mrs. Dale, who directs the gymnasium class, had left for the Christmas holidays, the gymnasium held, group spending its time singing Christ- mas carols, and conducting the regular business. to the fact that hour was not the Many members of the circle are leaving Winnetka to spend Christmas and the few days following at their homes, so the December 28 meeting will not be held. The next regular gathering will be Tuesday, January 4. Miss Margaret White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James White of 1341 Tower road, returned Saturday, De- cember 18, from Carlton college, Northfield, Minn., to spend the holi- days with her parents. -- Miss Vera May Ogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ogan of 845 Locust street, has returned from the Boston School of Physical Education, to spend the holidays with her par- ents. Cabray Wortley, son of Mrs. Eloise Wortley of 565 Lincoln avenue, has, returned from Williams spend Christmas vacation mother. to his college, with . 7 re (G. Nabors) COLD TABLETS They will cure Cold, or Cough. Will prevent Pneumonia, and Flu. Paul Pokes Fun at Wilmette"s Arctic Climate It is suspected that Paul Schroeder, the man who gets a new community job every time he lands in Miami, Fla., 's kidding us about our Wilmette climate, more particularly at this sea- son of the year. Paul this week directed a copy of [the Miami Herald to the editorial of- fices, in which there is comment at some length concerning our plight during the water shortage last week caused by an ice clog at the intake |'o the Evanston pumping station. In a nearby column Paul gets off his bit of fun by underscoring the cor- responding temperature for Thursday | of last week which found Miamians | basking in a clime where the ther- mometer soared to 81, with the lowest reading of the mercury at 69. STUDENT DANCE AT CRILLON The Crillon and Four Hundred club was the scene of a formal party for about three hundred students from Northwestern university on Friday evening, December 17, from 8:30 to 1:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Bell of 1352 Tower road and their family, left Thursday, December 23, for Winona, Minn., to spend Christmas and the fol- lowing week with Mr. Bell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bell. ---- Mrs. Claude Peck of Cleveland and three children, Betty, Bee, and Marion, are the holiday guests of Mrs. Peck's mother, Mrs. Hermon B. Butler of 715 Prospect avenue. --C-- Mrs. Roger Sherman of Winnetka was hostess to forty-five guests at luncheon and bridge, Monday, Decem- ber 20, at the Indian Hill club, in honor of her dayghter, Eleanor. Purer Because Carbonated 50c Full Quart Brick Division of National Dairy Products Corporation SPECIAL This Week: | Plum Pudding Ice Cream

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