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September 17, 1927 WINNETKA TALK N N N77 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N NY Ny Ny N N NY Ny N| N NY NY NY N Ny Ny N N N N N N N N N Ny NY N N N N N Ny N N N N Ny Ny N 3 Ny N Ny Ny N Ny Ny N NY N N N N NY N NY N N NY N Ny Ny N N Ny NY N NY N Ny N NY N N N Ny N NY N N Ny N N N N N N NY Ny NY Ny N Ny N N N N N MERGE OUILMETTE CLUB WITH EVANSTON GROUP Site of Club House on Wilmette Shore to Be Improved With $700,000 Club The Ouilmette Country club on Michigan avenue in Wilmette, for many years the center of Wilmette's social life, is losing its identity and historic name in the announced merger of the Country club with the Century club of Evanston. The name of the newly merged club has not been defi- nitely determined, it having been learned that a title tentatively selected conflicts with the name of another club organization operating under a charter in Illinois. Plans to erect a preten- tious $700,000 clubhouse on the site within the next year, were announced following a joint meeting of the boards of directors of the two clubs held last Friday. The property at Michigan and Lake avenues constitutes one of the out- standing club sites on the north shore and the building which will replace the clubhouse now there is to be a distinc- tive structure, a credit to its location, according to the club's officers. Plans are being drawn by B. H. Burnham and company, Chicago architects. Thwarted by the Evanston zoning laws, in their desire to erect a club- house on a shore site in Evanston, the directors of the Century club found that the Ouilmette Country club was planning a program of expansion. The proposition of consolidation w a s broached and met with mutual ap- proval resulting in the action taken last week. Both clubs exist for prac- tically identical purposes and it was felt that the interests of each could best be served by one big club. The membership in the new club is to be restricted to 1,250 persons, 250 of them life members and 1,000 annual dues paying members. The new club- house will be equipped wtih a swim- LLL LLL LL LLL 2777070 Building and Remodeling Remodeling is an art in itself. In order to get the best results it is necessary to have men experienced in this line. The men employed by Mr. Ekelmann are of this caliber, Max Ekelmann Builder ¥ Contractor Phone Glencoe 420 MZ 77777777 7 27 7727777772077 77 2 adi daar rrrrrrrrrrrr7? 7 ming pool, the roof of which can be rolled back in mild "weather, tennis courts, a ballroom equal to the present, other features to interest the younger generation of members and the chil- dren of members, whose needs figure largely in the consolidation plans. Card rooms, bowling alleys and squash, and handball courts are among the items planned for. The officers of the Ouilmette Coun- try club are: A. N. Page, president; R. E. Rickson, vice president; H. L. Fogg, secretary. The members of the board are: C. M. McDonald, M. J. Hammers, M. L. Redfield, J. A. Ron- an, C. P. Dubbs, J. J. Johnson and A. J. De Berard. Dr. C. H. Searle is president of the Century club and W. I. Osborne is sec- retary. The board of governors con- sists of Lewis G. Blessing, Eugene H. Garnett, W. I. Osborne Jr, C. H. Searle, Elmer Bersbach, Charles M. Ballard, Walter G. Deemer, Richard T. White, John C. Slade, James B. Westcott, John B. Utley and Hubert Burnham. The officers and board of governors of the new club are to be elected at a joint meeting of the board of directors this week. -- Stepping Stones -- for Walls and Sidewalks -- Rubble Stones -- for protection of your lawn or the curve in your driveway -- Driveways -- We'll build a new one--or repair the old. B. W. BLOW Established 1905 660 Center St. Phone Winn. 201-202 Fees: The Webb School of Dancing (Established 1911) Announces a.... BALLROOM DANCING CLASS on Wednesday Evenings Opening October 12th, from 8:30-10:30 P. M. at The Winnetka Woman's Club One hour's instruction in this Season's New Dances One hour's Social Dancing Also A Children's Dancing Class Saturday mornings from 10:30-12: Opening October 15th. T he Children's Course includes: Training Steps, Deportment, Ballroom Dancing and special solo. (payable in advance) Ten Week's Course--$15.00 per person--3$25.00 per couple Apply to FLORENCE WEBB qe Member of the Operatic Society of Great Britain Fellow of the Imperial Society Judge of the World's Ballroom Championship 1923-26 Private Lessons by Appointment 525 Chestnut Street Phone Winn. 268g "Dancing is an accomplishment necessary to complete education" oS r