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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 25 Aug 1928, p. 37

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36 WINNETKA TALK August 25, 1928 Lake Shore Clubs Carry Activities Yacht Clubs, Beach Clubs Come to End of Season's Parties' The season of yacht club activities and beach club play days is about over. There will be many nice days in September and October, but the weather will not be dependable. Cold days discourage the parties by the lakeside, for there is no colder place than the lake shore on a cold day. The Sheridan Shore Yacht club staged an exciting race last Saturday between the wives and friends of ts members. Boats were borrowed for the afternoon and the women were the sailors. Mrs. Earl de Moe won the race sail- ing her husband's boat, "Dream Star." Mrs. J. Corcoran sailed Commodore Harold Elliott's boat, "Carol," taking second place. The third place was won by Mrs. Wesley Bowman sailing the "Stork," belonging to her brother, Dr. Charles E. Galloway. Prizes were given to first and second place and a consolation prize to the last boat fin- ishing. During the afternoon, the guests who were not sailing boats played bridge. The next bridge party will be Saturday afternoon, September 1. Two dances are being planned for the end of the month, one for this Saturday night and one for the Saturday of Sep- tember 1. The Buccaneers' club, which finds its home in the famous "Port of Miss- ing Men," has done very little this year in the way of organized club so- ial activities. A large dance was given early this month, but no others have been planned for the rest of the season. Instead, the activities that have been carried on are the many individual parties given by the club members. The speed boats and sail boats have been sailed in many informal races and the club has been the point of depar- ture for many short cruises about the lake. The club has also been a favorite place to hold swimming parties during the hot summer. Last Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Atkin of Indian Hill road, Winnetka, gave a party for Mrs. Ed- ward Isom, a former resident of Win- netka who is now the houseguest of Mrs. Robert Laird of Ridge avenue, Winnetka. The Club Vista del Lago is having its usual number of members enter- taining there. One party of interest was given by Mr. and Mrs. Wirt Far- ley of 870 Bryant avenue, Winnetka. Forty guests were entertained at din- ner on Tuesday night, August 14, for Mrs. Mrs. Farley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sydney Putney of Wan- kesha, Wis. The celebration was oc- casioned by the Putney's fiftieth wed- ding anniversary. Two sons, Roy Putney of Waukesha and Aaron Syd- ney Putney, Jr. of Chicago were among the guests Mrs. Edgar F. Alden Entertain I. W. A. C. Mrs. Edgar Foster Alden of 352 Linden avenue entertained more than two hundred of the "old guard" of the Illinois Women's Athletic club at a large garden party from 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon until midnight last Saturday at her home. The enter- tainment included community singing and short talks given by various club officials. Mrs. Bertha M. Severin, founder president; Mrs. M. J. Seifert and Mrs. Goldy Young the two vice- presidents, and Mrs. Kearney Spencer, and Mrs. Minna Schmidt of Evanston were among the speakers. 3 Two Midsummer Brides Photo by Ray Mrs. E. H. Berglund Miss Elizabeth Jeanne Curll be- came the bride of Edmund Harry Berglund, August 11, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Kifer Curll of Wilmette. Mr. Berglund is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Berglund of Glencoe. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Berglund will re- side at 1710 Atkinson avenue, Mil- waukee. Photo by DuBois Mrs. Philip A. May Visiting Debutantes Are Guests at Many Parties Two visiting debutantes are doing much to enliven the affiairs of the younger people at the present time. Miss Austin Wilson who is visiting at the home of Miss Virginia Wallace, 815 Mount Pleasant road, and Miss Polly Odell of Newburgh on the Hud- son who is the guest of Miss Margot Atkin, 12 Indian Hill road, are being entertained during their stay here. Miss Wilson and Miss Wallace spent several days last week with Miss Ruth Hunter of Lake Forest. In- formal events filled the early part of the week and the first larger party was that given yesterday by Miss Wallace at Indian Hill. She enter- tained at luncheon and bridge for Miss Wilson and then last night gave a dinner and dance at the Vista del Lago, also for her. This evening Miss Atkin is enter- taining at dinner at Indian Hill for Miss Odell and there will be the regu- lar club dancing later. Sunday, A. R. Carman of Evanston is to be host at a Treasure Hunt to be held at Ben- sonville, Ill, at which the girls will be N. honored guests. Miss Wallace and another Winnetka girl who made her debut last year, Miss Betty Pain of 1417 Tower road are planning to have an unusual win- ter. They will leave for Paris late in September or the first week in Octo- ber and will study at the Sorbonne during the winter months. Mrs. I. A. Weary of Winnetka en- tertained at luncheon and bridge for sixty guests on August 14, and Mrs. F. E. Senear 'of 592 Cherry strect, Winnetka entertained at a smaller luncheon on Thursday of last week. Miss Betty Frey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Frey of 80 Locust road gave a tea Friday, Au- gust 17, for Miss Muriel Hedges of New York City who is the house- guest of Miss Frey. Miss Mary O'Connor Weds Philip A. May Attired in an ivory satin dress trimmed in lace from her grandmoth- er's wedding dress, Miss Mary Louise O'Connor was married Thursday night, August 16, to Philip Arthur May in St. Mary's church, Evanston. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. O'Connor of 718 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. May of 562 Sheridan square, Evanston. Her dress was in the pop- ular style of uneven hemlines, and old lace was used to make a cape-like bertha. Her veil was of tulle held to her head with a coronet of real lace brought from Europe last spring by the bride's mother. Her bouquet was of orchids and valley lilies. Miss Alice Slattery of Chicago was the maid of honor and wore a dress cut in the period style of orchid taf- feta and chiffon. She wore a Juliet cap of tulle and carried an old-fashioned bouquet of flowers. Miss Margaret Spear of Evanston, dressed in a sim- ilar costume in pink; Miss Dorothea Garvey of Chicago, in green; and Miss Grace Boyle "of Chicago, in peach, were the bridesmaids. The best man was Dean Dodson of Chicago. The ushers were Walter May, Edwin Berwick, Curtis Gibbs, John O'Connor, and Theodore Streh- low. The Rev. Francis J. Magner read the service. LeRoy Wetzel, director of the Paulist choir of Chicago, played the wedding march and the organ mu- sic during the service. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor received for the young couple at their residence in Wilmette. Mr. and Mrs. May. will be at home after September 6 in Evanston. They left after the reception for a motor trip through Canada and the east. to Season's Close Skokie Club to Hear Lyric Voice, Cellist at Fourth Musicale A program of unsual interest has been arranged for the fourth Sunday afternoon musicale, which will Le given at 4:30 o'clock Sunday, at the Skokie Country club. Miss Helen Hedges, lyric soprano, and Richard Wagner, 'cellist, have selected num- bers that have proven popular with just such informal audiences as those at Skokie. Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt will accompany Miss Hedges at the piano, and Charles Lurvey will accom- pany Mr. Wagner. Miss Hedges studied in Chicago un- der Mary Peck Thompson and Rich- ard Hageman, and in Paris under An- dre Balbis. In Vichy, France, she worked with Jean Dereske. She has appeared as soloist with the Detroit Symphony orchestra, the Mendelssohn club, the Marshall Field chorus, and other leading musical groups. Mr. Wagner is the son of the noted 'cell- ist, Franz Wagner, and before joining the Chicago Symphony orchestra he was a member of the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra. He is also a member of the Gordon string quartet. The program Sunday will be as fol- lows: I Andante, Third Concerto ....Goltermann Concert Polonaise ................ Popper Mr. Wagner II Cantares es... co enn Turina Beautiful, Art Thou My Love... . Hyde SWANS... vrs taney Teas .. Kramer Zueignung .......c.«cvv. ys .. Strauss Las Locas por Amor .............. Turina Miss Hedges III Ariette Oubliee ................. Debussy MEDUEL-. vupausis hrm sfoss sb nasvs Rameau Blegie™. cv. AA. Brandoukoss Cayotte. ........ .:.. oer eas Perrin Mr. Wagner Iv At Kamaktura ........:....oeeinis Dyer Transformation .................. Watts Bell Song, "Lakme" ............ Delibes Miss Hedges Mets. Edward Isom Is Honored Eastern Guest Mrs. George Calkins, 1030 Hubbard lane, who recently returned from a trip in the east brought with her a former Winnetka resident who has, this past week, been the guest of hon- or at many parties. Mrs. Calkins visited Mrs. Edward Isom at her home in Scarsdale, N. Y., and after driving to Portland, Maine to visit with Mrs. Calkin's four children who are in camps there, they returned to Win- netka together. Mrs. Isom is the houseguest of Mrs. R. S. Laird of 225 Ridge avenue who entertained for her at a luncheon at Indian Hill last Tues- day. Nr. and Mrs. Godfrey Atkin, 12 In- lian Hill road, gave a dinner at the Buccaneer's club for Mrs. Isom early in the week and on Wednesday eve- ning Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Wilder gave a dinner dance for twelve at the Vista del Lago. Yesterday, Mrs. George Calkins was hostess at a "golf luncheon" at Indian Hill club. This evening Mr. and Mrs. R. Bid- dle of 290 Forest avenue are enter- taining at a dinner to be given before the club dancing at Indian Hill. Mr. and Mrs. K. Fosdick, Mrs. Fosdick is Mrs. Biddle's niece, will be guests of honor as well as Mrs. Isom at this last dinner. Mrs. Isom is leaving Monday for her home. Announce Engagement Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hannah, 256 Woodstock avenue, Kenilworth, an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Elizabeth, to Mr. Louis B. Roeser of Boston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Roeser of New York City.

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