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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 1 Oct 1927, p. 21

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October 1, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 19 Name "Pro" Soon for Golf Course of Breakers Club Selection of a "pro" to direct the new golf division of the Breakers Beach club, exclusive north shore busi- ness men's organization, will be made shortly, J. E. Roy, nounced this week. The golf division eighteen-hole and a golf course 'ready for play in the spring. The property is on Waukegan road, fifteen minutes from the clubhouse at Wilmette. An additional eighteen-hole course will be constructed in the spring with bridle paths and several batteries of tennis courts. As a fea- ture, also, the country home now there is being converted into a modern club- house. The golf courses are being laid out by Leonard Macomber one of the best known architects in the country. He built the Mission Hills Country club, the Biltmore Country club, the Poland Country club of Youngstown, and many others. Assisting him is Benja- min J. Gage, who planned the Wil- mette park system, and designed Skokie Heights and the Knoll Wood Golf club. The Breakers Beach club has a membership of 3,000 prominent busi- ness men in Chicago, with a ma- jority living in Wilmette, Evanston, Winnetka, Highland Park and Lake president, an will have an nine-hole Forest. The first unit of the club- house, which is to be a twelve-story structure, will soon be open. The property has a frontage of 353 feet on the lake. Mrs. Rowland Hale of Sewanee, Tenn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ran- dolph Buck, of 1290 Scott avenue. "Colonel Harry" S Marshall Photo John Ridgely Harry P. Harrison of 306 Abbotts- ford road, Kenilworth, will soon be familiarly known among his many north shore acquaintances as "Colonel Harry," for that's his new title, rep- resenting a distinction accorded him by Gov. William J. Fields of Kentucky. Colonel Harrison recieved this signal honor in recognition of his valuable services to the people of Kentucky in | his capacity as manager of the Red- path Chautauqua. He has provided Chautauqua programs for fifty or more Kentucky cities for 14 years. arranged with skilled availed themselves of iastic about it. attended to at once. fur and cloth coats. Your Winter Coat Relined At Little Cost From Silks Selected at The Silk Shops For the convenience of our patrons we have coats at a nominal charge. The work is done carefully, promptly and economically. Just bring in your coat, select your lining from our fascinat- ing array of new silks and your order will be The offer applies to both EDGAR A. STEVENS, THE SILK SHOPS 1638 Orrington Avenue Evanston 19 East Madison Street 63rd St. at Woodlawn Ave.--4052 W. Madison St. (near Crawford) tailors to reline winter Those who have this service are enthus- INC. North Shore Residents Are Guests at College Affair President Edna Dean Baker and members of the faculty of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college, Evanston, will hold a reception in Har- rison hall, on Friday evening, Septem- ber 30, for the students and their parents, the board of trustees and local members of the governing board and alumnae. The following are among the guests expected at the reception: Messrs, and Mesdames Philip .D. Armour, III, E. J. Buffington, Fred A. Cuscaden, Abel Davis, Percy B. Eck- hart, Andrew MacLeish, William M. McMillan, John S. Miller, Jr., Douglas Smith, Merritt Starr, Robert Stoddard, John E. Stout, William Sutherland, Miss Madeline Foreman, Mesdames Henry Babson, John Boyd, Henry M. Cooper, R. R. Donnelley, E. G. Elcock, Alexander Friend, Edward Hillman, Emma C. Long, Howard Spaulding, Luke I. Wilson and Mr. R. D. Long. The reception is an annual affair on the north shore and it held for the purpose of presenting the students, who come from twenty-eight states and eight foreign countries, to the faculty, the board of trustees, govern- ing board and alumnae. Among the north shore girls: who have been pledged to sororities at the University of Illinois are two from Wilmette, Althea Northam, a Delta Teta pledge, and Katherine Arndt, who is to join Alpha Omicron Pi. Albert and James Peirce, sons of the Albert FE. Peirces of 656 Ardsley road, have left for the Hill school at Pottstown, Pa. Their sister, Miss Agnes Peirce, has returned for her second year at Ratcliffe college, Cam- bridge, Mass. Burning Bladder Even though you have suffered from "burning bladder" for years, don't mm give up hope and re- sign yourself to a life of misery. Hundreds of other people have gained relief by the use of Mountain Val- ley Water from Hot Springs, Ark. It should do for you what it has done for them. 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