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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 14 Jul 1928, p. 18

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WINNETKA TALK July 14, 1928 SAIL BOATS Bright ones that dance ea Shs up ..50¢ RI A |] BEACH BALLS Large and small ones, brilliant The Ripple ......... The Sea Gull ....... colors. 85c to $1.50 KIDDIE FLOATS Comical horse, dog and floats. "$3.75 - $5.00 WATER WINGS S0c PLAYTHINGS for NORTH SHORE KIDDIES Children like playthings. Bright interesting objects that keep them busily occupied. Make your child's warm sunny hours at the beach one joyous frolic with our color- ful beach playthings. SPEED BOATS Regular racing motor boats. Flying Yankee Flying Yankee BEACH PAILS Pails and shovels of bright colors, 25¢ - 38¢ SAND MOLDS Clever sets of rabbits, fish, dishes and sieve, 35¢ - S0c HEALTH BALLS $2.50 up frog SPORTING GOODS Complete tennis balls, TENNIS of Spalding equip- ment. Rackets, presses, sneakers, ducks Second Floor GOLF Golf clubs, bags, balls, shoes and knickers. Everything for the golfer in our Spalding line and eye shades. line, Tennis Sets as low as $5.85 Golf Sets as low as $8.95 Tennis Balls 50c each Kro-flite Seconds $5.65 doz. Evanston's Spalding Store Chandler's 630 DAVIS STREET EVANSTON University 123 DeMoe to Compete in International Regatta Earl T. De Moe in his Dream Star won the star class elimination races last week and as the winner will repre- sent the Lake Michigan star boats in the International regatta in California at the end of August. His third in the first race, first in the July Fourth race and fifth in Saturday's final elimination, run in conjunction with the Daily News regatta, qualified him for the international event. In winning this year, De Moe is repeating his performance of 1927 and retains for the second year the Ship- ping Board inter-club trophy for the Sheridan Shore Yacht club. This weekend's feature at Sheridan Shore will be a club competition in which the owners will exchange boats for the afternoon's races. The start- ing gun Saturday will be at 3:15 p. m. In the July Fourth elimination which De Moe won, John Dennison in Hummer finished second, and third and fourth places went to Columbia Yacht club boats. Saturday's star class race was won by a Columbia boat, Bee; Dr. Danforth's Katydid, sailed by Max Hayford, crossed the line in second po- sition, followed by H. H. Elliott's Carold and C. H. Pajeau in his Lady Bug. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Byrum, 791 Walden road, and one of their sons recently returned from an eastern trip of about a month's duration. Another son stayed on at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cope, and will come to Winnetka later. Cn Mary Louise Maloney, formerly of Kenilworth, is at Camp Tegawitha, Mount Pocono, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Maloney have taken a house at the seashore for the summer. Home, Garden Club Names the Winners in Flower Contest Contests in flower arrangements and specimens of flowers and their plants were held Monday afternoon by the Kenilworth Home and Garden club at the home of Mrs. John L. Wilds, 224 Oxford road, Kenilworth. Mrs. W. W. Wheelock won the first prize in flower arrangement with snapdragons ranging in color from the yellows to the rose pinks in a dull pink bowl. Mrs. John P. Oleson won the second prize with her arrangement of delphinium in a green bowl lined with blue. Mrs. Oliver Barrett took the third prize with her exhibit of cherry branches in an old pewter pitcher. Honorable mention was accorded to Mrs. Robert McNeil Burns for a beautiful corsage bouquet made from garden flowers. Among the specimens of flowers ex- hibited were Madonna lilies, colum- bine, foxglove, snapdragons and other flowers now blooming profusely in the gardens. Mrs. Walter Gore Mit- chell, president of the Wilmette Gar- den club, gave a talk at the end of the contest on the judging of flowers and floriculture. Preston Farley and Gene Hustings have been on a ten day cruise on the Atlantic ocean with the R.O.T.C. from Northwestern university. This division from Northwestern joined the units from Harvard, Yale, and Georgia Institute of Technology, on board the U.S.S. flag ship, Wyoming. They made stops at Halifax, Nova Scotia and Portland, Maine. The two boys will be home the end of this week after a trip to New York and Phila- delphia. Largest Exclusive Carpet, Rug and Linoleum Store North of Chicago JULY CLEARANCE SALE 10 to 359% Discount Thursday morning, we launch our regular JULY CLEAR- ANCE SALE that will mean real values and big savings on every item offered. This special discount applies to all merchandise--Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Summer Floor Coverings, etc. David G. Barry New Location: 806-810 Grove St. Cleaning and Repairing Phone Univ. 5712 Greenleaf 2300

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