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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 2 Jul 1927, p. 31

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---- Clubs Celebrating 30 " WINNETKA TALK July 2, 1927 Society Is Observing Fourth of July in Usual Manner Pastel Shades Prevail in Bridal Attendants' Gowns Gowned in the traditional white satin, Miss Helen Louise Mearns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth : A Mearns of 51 Warwick road, was mar- The occasional staccato popping of req Wednesday evening to Wallace firecrackers, village ordinances against \Whitmore Weld, son of the Herbert them notwithstanding, is an early re- \Whjtmore Welds of 315 Sunset road. minder of coming Independence day. Phe service was read at 8:30 at the which, every year is especially marked Kenilworth Union church by Dr. Her- by village and club celebration. Vil- pert Willett, pastor of the church. lage events scheduled for the Fourth, Following the service, Mr. and Mrs. as well as special golf matches and Mearns held a reception at their home. yacht races, will be chronicled else-. The satin bridal gown was made in where in these pages, but a word or 5, fant style, with tight bodice and two concerning the events entirely so-" fu) skirt, and was embroidered in cial we note here. = pearls. The tulle veil was fashioned Westmoreland is making the Fourth with orange blossoms. The bride of July a family day. For the children carried lilies of the valley, orchids, and two hours of afternoon entertainment white sweet peas. will be provided, commencing at 3 Miss Ruth Mearns, who was maid of o'clock. Following the five big acts, honor for her sister, wore green, and a § o'clock supper will be served in the the bridesmaids were in other pastel Grill. There will be dancing from 5:30 shades. Miss Barbara Mearns and to 9 and at 9 a display of fireworks Miss Helen Lane, of Evanston, wore will be given. North Shore Golf club blue, and Miss Frances Weld of -Win- observes the holiday with a dinner netka and Miss Lucille King of Chica- dance Saturday evening. The Wil- 'go, wore peach. The attendants' gowns mette Golf club is- having its usual hvere made of taffeta and tulle, in Saturday afternoon bridge game and bouffant style. The bridesmaids car- a dinner dance. in the evening. Indian ried pink roses and dephinium, and the Hill is celebrating socially with a din- maid of honor carried vellow roses and ner dance Saturday. evening as are "delphinium. Sunset Ridge, Skokie, and Briergate. Roger Low of Wilmette served Mr. The Illinois Golf club, in addition to Weld as best man, and the ushers its dinner dance Saturday evening, has ere Stanley and Herbert Weld of Holiday by Dance, Dinner, Fireworks By JEAN TEN BROECK planned for a special dinner and fire- works Monday evening, July 4. To turn to a club whose primary interest is in things aquatic, we learn that the social season for the Sheridan Shore Yacht club opens this evening with a dance at 8:30, with Bert Ram- melt and his Yacht club orchestra supplying the music. From now on until September 2, there will be danc- ing every Friday evening. Saturday afternoon bridge is scheduled for those members of the fair sex not partici- pating in the sailing races. ! Invite to Arden Shore Picnic Friday, July 18 The time comes again for the annual picnic day at Arden Shore camp, which this season, is planned for "Friday, July 18, commencing promptly at 12:30 o'clock. From Evanston to Lake Bluff, friends of Arden Shore, those who have contributed to it, anyone interest- ed in it, are invited to come to the camp to see for themselves the work done there. Those attending are re- quested to bring their own lunches, which will be eaten in the Camp dining room where coffee will be served by the camp. : In the afternoon the heads of the various departments will tell of their work. Donations of clothing will be ap- preciated, it is announced, for while the mothers are there this summer, they are taught how to make over clothes for their children. To Have Day at Ravinia The Hubbard Woods and Winnetka committees for Ravinia will entertain sixty girls from the Park Ridge School for Girls on Thursday, July 7. A bus will be sent for the girls in the morn- ing to take them to Ravinia park, where luncheon will be served. After luncheon they will attend the children's concert. Mrs. John Vennema has charge for the Winnetka committee, and Mrs. J. Williams Macy represents the Hubbard Woods committee. : Wednesday, June 29, was the occa- sion of a special day of golf and bridge for women at the Illinois Golf club. Winnetka, Raymond Roth of Wil- mette, and Hubert Sargent of Gales- burg. Mr. and Mrs. Weld are taking a wedding trip through Canada and the East, and will be home 'after August first at 810 Forest avenue, Evanston. Have Quiet Wedding In a quiet ceremony, attended only by the two families, Miss Cathryn Hoest, Hoests of 1147 Asbury avenue, Hub- bard Woods, and Walter S. Wood, © son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wood of Chicago, were married June 24. Dr. Barnum of the Rogers Park Methodist church read the service at six in the evening, in the Sheridan room at the Edgewater Beach hotel. After the ceremonyy, Mr. and Mrs. Hoest en- tertained at dinner in the Marine din- ine room. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have gone to the Dells of Wisconsin for their wed- ding trip, and will be home next week in Rogers Park.' ge Cradle Maisonette Opens A dinner party by members of the Cradle society in Evanston served as an introduction Thursday evening to the Cradle Maisonette, which was opened at that time. It is located at 612 Church street, and will be an at- tractive tea room during the summer months. Members of the Junior league of Evanston will act as waitresses in quaint costumes, and hostesses from Evanston, Winnetka, Highland Park, and Lake Forest, will preside each day. The hostesses for July will 'be Mrs. enry M. Dawes, Mrs. Horace Arm- strong, Mrs. Frederick H. Scott, and Mrs. Buckingham Chandler. Mrs. K. V. IL. Nicol, Mrs. Robert Shummin, and Mrs. I. O. White make up the committee in charge for three months. Hostess for Two Dinners Mrs. Frank Barrett, 55 Abbottsford road, Winnetka, is entertaining this Saturday and next Saturday evening for twenty-four guests at the Sunset Ridge club. The dinners will precede the regular club dances. daughter of the Carl A. E.- Raithel-Reed Wedding Held in Christ Church Christ church, Winnetka was the setting for the wedding Wednesday evening of Miss Georgine Raithel, daughter of Mrs. George William Rai- thel of 249 Mary street, Glencoe, to Frank. Campbell Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Reed of Shelton and Seattle, Washington, Dr. Hubert Carleton of St. Augustine's church, Wilmettte, read the service. Otto Stielmann of Chicago, an uncle of the bride, gave her away. The service was followed by a small reception for the bridal party and immediate fami- lies, given at the Glencoe home of the bride's sister, Mrs. E. Sawyer Smith. The bridal gown of white satin was trimmed with princess lace and pearls. A long tulle veil fell from the cap head-dress. The bride carried a show- er bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley. The attendants' gowns were made in bouffant style, long in the back and short in front. They carried shower bouquets of early summer flowers, larkspur,. delphinium, and stock. Mrs. E. Sawyer Smith, as her sister's ma- tron of honor, wore green tulle and taffeta. Two bridesmaids' gowns were of two shades of green chiffon, and two of two shades of rose chiffon. The bridesmaids were Miss Elizabeth Moore, Miss Barbara Cox, Miss Ar- lene Fischer, and Mrs. Willson Stiel- mann, all of Chicago. William Rufus Abbett of Chicago was best man for Mr. Reed, and the ushers were Sol Reed of Washington, a brother of the groom, E. Sawyer Smith of Glencoe, John Dewey of Chicago, and Willson Stielmann also of Chicago. The mothers of both the bride and groom wore shoulder bouquets of orchids and lilies of the valley. The parents of the groom and his younger brother, William, came from Wash- ington for the wedding. X Miss Raithel was graduated only last week from Northwestern university, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Mr. Reed is a Univer- sity of Washington man and a member of Psi Upsilon. a Mr. and Mrs. Reed sail July.2, from New York, for a honeymoon in Eu- rope. They expect to return in_the fall and will probably make their home in the West. ES Club Picnic Thursday = . The postponed picnic of the Current Events club will be held Thursday, July 7, at Barrington cottage, where a delicious luncheon will be served. Members south of Tower road arg to meet at the home of Mrs. Eugene Feuchtinger, at the corner of Provi- dent avenue and Oak street, promptly at 10 o'clock. The cars will be as§em- bled here and will proceed north, pick- ing up the other cars at the home of Mrs. Charles Aspenwall, 1195 Tower road. From there they will go on to Glencoe on an inspection trip through Mrs. Carl Miner's famous rock gar- den, then on to Barrington. For fur- ther details members may call Winnet- ka 388 or 701. Luncheon Hostess £ Mrs. William Ogden Coleman of Hill road entertained Monday at luncheory and bridge at the Sunset Ridge golf club for Miss Minna Gonbel. Miss Gonbel has the leading role with Frank Keenan in "Different Women," now playing in Chicago. Children's Concert Season Opened at Ravinia on June 30 "Miss -Isabel Cline of Kenilworth is chairman in charge of the children's concerts to be given at Ravinia park every Thursday afternoon during the season. Mrs. William Sutherland of Glencoe is vice chairman, and serving on the advisory committee are Mrs. Floy Little Bartlett of Winnetka, Mrs. William Thrall, also of Winnetka, and Mrs. Annette Jones of Highland Park. The purpose of these concerts is both to educate and to give pleasure, to give the children happy entertainment which they will like, and to give it in the best possible manner and through the best means obtainable, the com- mittee announces. Eric De Lamarter conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the first of the concerts, given last Thurs- dag, June 30, at the park. The pro- gram was as follows: March--"Trump- et and Drum"; Berceuse--"The Doll"; Impromptu--"The Top"; Duo--*"Little Husband, Little Wife"; Galop--"The Ball." : Following the intermission, Miss Lulu Chamberlain and her comedy troupe of educated dogs and trained animals gave the second half of the program. 4 Children of 12 years and under are admitted free Thursday and Sunday afternoons. The center section of the pavilion is reserved for children only. Children without adults will occupy the seats in front of the boxes. Children with adults will occupy the seats back of the boxes. Side sections will be open to all. Mrs. John Vennema, chairman of the Winnetka Ravinia committee, may be reached at Winnetka 554 by those who wish the coupon books of twenty tickets and have not yet obtained them. Winnetka Garden Club Views Members' Gardens The Winnetka Gagden, club spent a delightful _afterndon* Monday visiting the gardens of six of the members. At Mrs. Rush Butler's; home "on Locust road, they studied the interesting treat- ment of the pond, the lovély vista of orchards; and the charming formal garden. Miss Beebe, on Indian Hill road, has a diversified collection of most unusual plants. Mrs. Frank Bersbach has a lovely flowering border at the gardens of her Indian Hill road home. Mrs. Thomas McInnerney's gardens on Wynwyd lane have an in- teresting treatment of evergreens and ground cover. Mrs. John McEwen has beautiful roses in her gardens on Hill road. Mrs. Arthur Sullivan's garden, with its paved terraces and standard roses, was the last one visited. Tea was served there, followed by a short business meeting. Open W. W. G. A. Day Tuesday, July 5, is to be open day at the Wilmette Golf club for the Woman's Western Golf association. The morning match will be for low medal, low gross, best score on first nine, best score on second nine. In the afternoon the event will be the best ball fursome on the first nine. Mrs. Tracy Holmes is vice chairman for the women's golf events during Bridge and Golf Wednesday Indian Hill club is making a de- parture from its usual summer two-day schedule of golf and bridge luncheons for its women members, and now is having both golf and bridge on Wed- nesdays. a a Bilin con anil SV po BN te

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