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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 3 Sep 1927, p. 33

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: | | { 4 | { | ] a ee cs 'tests. RAAT - morning golf for low gross. "Quinn of Ridgewood won the guest 32 WINNETKA TALK September 3, 1927 Women Vie for Golf Championships at North Shore Clubs Late Summer Days Are Champion Days for Local Clubs By JEAN TEN BROECK In this instance it is not the pro- verbial bad penny that turns up, but news of our north shore golf clubs. Throughout the summer these clubs are the center of society's pleas- ure, both socially as well as in sports, but ever so often there is an especial flare-up of activity to cause interest more widespread. Now it is the club championships for women, special events, and dinner dances with which we are concerned. Some club champions already have been made this season, others are even now in the making. Miss Janet Byrnes of Wilmette has achieved the honor of winning the woman's championship at North Shore, with Mrs. H. D. Fargo, runner-up, Mrs. Lloyd Clark Ayres is Class B champion, with Mrs. C. L. Bode, runner-up. Mrs. E. T. Schild- berg leads Class C, with Mrs. Fred Hipp runner-up. In the qualifying round Monday of last week Mrs. H. D. Fargo had low gross score for Class A, Mrs. Lloyd Clarke Ayres for Class B, and Miss Agnes Bichl for Class C. Thursday afternoon a con- solation match was played by those who lost in the first round. Miss Katherine Winship had first low net and Mrs. C. E. Driver, second low net. In the afternoon a four ball foursome with handicap was played over nine holes. Mrs. A. D. Collins and Miss K. Winship had low gross and Mrs. G. D. Wolf and Mrs. C. E. Driver, low net. Sixteen qualified in each match, and Friday, August 26, the prizes were awarded after luncheon was served. September 9 is Lad and Lassie day, one of the biggest and most attractive events of the season. It is the annual woman's invitation day. Golf events are arranged for the afternoon, and the plans, not yet complete, will in- clude prizes for combined low net and low gross scores, and for putting con- Following the afternoon golf, a dinner dance will be given. Miss Mercedes Bush continues as champion at Westmoreland this year and Mrs. Rodney Bliss is runner-up. The championship play took place dur- ing the past week. There were four flights of eight players each, and in addition to the contest for the club title, championship was decided as follows for first, second, and third flights : Mrs. Lily Drexsmit, first; Mrs. Chapman of Winnetka, second; Mrs. Charles Burgsall, third. Wilmette Golf club has the same champion again this year, Mrs. John Arends, with Mrs. Glen Dewey, run- ner-up. Mrs. Chester Carroll won the second flight, with Mrs. F. L. Dougher, runner-up. Mrs. James Milliken led the third flight with Mrs. George Martin, runner-up. About sixty at- tended Guest day Tuesday of this week. Prizes were given for the Mrs. prize, and Mrs. Fred Otte and Mrs. W. T. Davis won the low gross for guests. Mrs. Walter Otto and Mrs. Fred Werner won the members' low gross. Bridge was played in the after- noon. The. championship tournament is now in play at Sunset Ridge club, which deviates a little from the usual order of things, and plays one event September Debutante Photo by Reick At a tea given by her aunt, Mrs. William C. Boyden, at "Knollhurst," her home at 725 Pine street, Miss Susan Burlingham, daughter of Mrs. Frederick Burlingham of Winnetka, will be introduced to society, Saturday, September 17, from 4 until 7. Follow- ing the reception, Mrs. Boyden will give a dinner at Indian Hill club for her niece and her assistants at the tea. The list not yet complete of girls who will assist at the debut, many of whom are debutantes themselves, in- cludes the Misses Elizabeth Boyden, Louise Lackner, Antoinette Lackner, Mary Miller, Virginia Wallace, and Ashton Wilson, of Winnetka; Phoebe Nelson and Elinor Dennehy, of Win- netka and Chicago; Louise Carr of Lake Forest and Chicago, and Jane Rowe of Chicago. Hostess at Vassar Tea Miss Cynthia Kohlsaat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Kohlsaat of Winnetka, was hostess Monday at a reception at Marshall Field's for fresh- men who will attend Vassar college this year. Miss Cynthia, president of her class at Vassar, was assisted by her sister, Miss Susanne. Mr. and Mrs. Montague Ferry moved this week into their new home, a farm on Hibbard road. They have sold their old home at 419 Sheridan road to H. H. Windsor, Jr. formerly of Evanston. Mrs. Ferry left Thursday for the East. Next week she will bring home her daughter, Phyllis, who has been spend- ing the summer in camp at Arden, Brattelboro, Vt. each week until the match is com- pleted. The semi-finals will be played next Tuesday, and the finals the week following. At Skokie, too, the championship play is on, with the finals to be played off Saturday morning, in all probabili- ty. There are three flights of eight each, and one non-qualifying round, and a consolation match. The championship tournament com- mences at Indian Hill Wednesday. Eight players will qualify in each flight. Illinois, Skokie, Indian Hill, Sunset Ridge, Wilmette and the North Shore clubs are having dinner dances Satur- day evening, September 3, in celebra- tion of the Labor day festivities. Reid-Huguenin Wedding Takes Place in Garden One of the charming late-summer weddings of the season will be the marriage of Miss Genevieve Rozella Reid, daughter of Mrs. Genevieve Puf- fer Reid of Downers Grove, to Daniel Van Horne Huguenin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Huguenin of 506 Lake ave- nue, Wilmette, which will take place at 1 o'clock Saturday atternoon, Sep- tember 3, at the Puffer Farm, the residence of the bride's mother, who was born and married in this same house. The service will be read in the gar- den, with the Rev. Percy Norwood of St. Andrew's church of Downers Grove, officiating. Miss Reid has chosen as her maid of honor, Miss Helen Puffer of Saska- toon, Canada, and as her bridesmaids, Miss Betty Hays Sheridan of Evans- ton and Miss Jean Pomeroy of Hub- bard Woods. The best man is to be Archer Ken- nedy of Evanston, formerly of Wil- mette, and the ushers, Wesley Kieft of Wilmette and Joe O'Keefe of Ev- anston. The bride will wear a Lanvin period frock of white satin with a real lace veil, an heirloom. After a short honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Huguenin will be at home at the Puffer Farm. Sorority House to Open Formally September 14 One of the beautiful new sorority houses just completed at Northwestern university may be inspected by in- terested friends on September 14. The Gamma Phi Beta sorority, occupying the new building on the southeast corner of Emerson street and Orring- ton avenue, announces for its formal opening and housewarming, two card parties. One will be given in the af- ternoon at 2 o'clock. The other in the evening at 8, will include men guests as well as women. Prizes will be given for each table, and refreshments will be served. The parties are sponsored by the Gamma Phi Beta alumnae and tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Duane Peterson, 1014 Starr road, Winnetka. Plan Simple Wedding A simple, informal wedding will take place Saturday evening, September 10, when Miss Vina Wyman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wyman of 150 Lake avenue, Hubbard Woods, becomes the bride of George Eberhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Eberhardt of Chi- cago. Dr. Douglas H. Cornell of the Glencoe Union church will read the service at 8:30 o'clock, in the presence of relatives and a few most intimate friends. An informal reception will follow the ceremony. Miss Elsie Eberhardt, the groom's sister, will be maid of honor, and Miss Wyman's brother, Charles Wyman, Jr., will act as best man. After September 15, Mr. Eberhardt and his bride will be at home at 4603 Campbell avenue, Chicago. The Dorcas society will have its next meeting Friday, September 9, at 8 in evening. The meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. F. W. Duncan and Mrs. Turis, 1040 Oak street. All former students of the Universi- ty of Illinois, as well as those girls who are entering this fall, are cordial- ly invited to the tea the Chicago Illinae club is sponsoring on Septem- ber 10, in the gardens of the residence of Mrs. Charles H. Dennis, 1225 Mich- igan avenue, Evanston, the committee in charge announces. Rockford College Girls Guests at T ea September 16 Following a custom of several years' standing, Mrs. Catherine Waugh Mc- Culloch will entertain girls planning to enter Rockford college this fall at an acquaintance luncheon where they will meet Dean of Women, Ellen T. Gould, and Prof. Lorena M. Church, registrar. The date has been set for Friday, September 16, and invitations are being issued this week to the prospective students and to some who have already attended the college. Mrs. McCulloch, herself a distin- guished Rockford alumna, has enter- tertained the students each September for the last three years. This year's event will be a luncheon at the hostess' home, 2236 Orrington avenue. Student guests will be from Chicago and the north shore mostly, but others from Hinsdale, Oak Park, and Ham- mond, Ind., are expected to attend. There are approximately 30 girls in the Chicago district who will go to Rock- ford this fall for the first time. Illinois Club to Have Women's Western Day The Illinois Golf club is to be the gathering place for members of the Women's Western Golf association Wednesday, September 7. The wo- men of the Illinois club are planning to make the day an attractive one for the visitors, with golf events to fill the morning and early afternoon hours, and, perhaps, a game or two of bridge in the mid-afternoon. Seven prizes for the golf matches are to be awarded for first and second low gross scores, for first, second and third low net, for the least number of putts, and for the low score on the four short holes. Several of the club members who will not be playing in the events will be hostesses. They will act as guides over the course, and will help serve the light luncheon at the tenth tee. In case of a downpour in the morn- ing the proceedings for the day will be reversed, those in charge announce. To Lecture at Garden Club September will bring to a close the summer season for the North Shore Garden club. There will be two meet- ings, however, during the month, one on September 6, and one on Septem- ber 13. The former is to be held at the home of Mrs. Charles A. Stonehill on Sheridan road in Glencoe. At that t:'me Prof. Herman Dorner will give a talk on "Bulbs and Their Uses." The last meeting will be addressed by Dudley Crafts Watson, who will illustrate his subject, "European Gar- dens," with slides. Mrs. Charles Ru- bens will be the hostess. In Junior Golf Play The Western Girl's Junior Golf tournament opened this week at the South Shore Country club. In the qualifying round Mildred Hackl led the fifteen entrants with a score of 41-42-; 83. Helen McMorran, daugh- ter of the professional at Indian Hill, tied for the third place with a total of 89. Jean Armstrong of Indian Hill also played in the first round of the tourney. J. Williams Macy of Hubbard Woods will give a half hour program of songs of the fabulous forties Tuesday eve- ning, September 6, at 8:30 o'clock, over WLS, the Sears-Roebuck radio station on the Sherman hotel.

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