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SE ER se Sa WINNETKA TALK December 22, 1928 eT Se MARSHALL A : avoid last minule gift choosing Be among the few who decide wisely and select their gifts be- fore the last mad day. ..choosing' a few extra gifts in case of emer- gency. This now becomes a lux- urious pleasure in the Evanston Store which is not only conven- ient, but brilliantly filled with the thrilling, welcome gifts awaiting position on the Christmas tree. Just arrived! A new collection of novelty jewelry. "The Evanston Store G20 Church Nitrecet F1 ELD Winnetka Girl Wins Honors at Vassar Miss Beatrice Ripley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ripley, 29 Indian Hill road, returned home yester- day from Vassar. Miss Ripley is prominent this year in extra curricular activities. She is vice-president of the senior class, director of the mando- lin orchestra for which she has writ- ten and transposed several composi- tions, and is a member of the varsity hockey team. Her brothers, Hampton and Wilder, also reached Winnetka yesterday to spend the holidays. Hamp- ton attends Duke university in North Carolina and Wilder is studying at the Asheville School for Boys. Winnetkan to Entertain at Dinner Before Play Seymour road, and Charles Markley, 777 Burr avenue, have returned home from Lawrenceville, where they are mem- bers of the senior class, to spend the holidays with their parents. Seymour Morris is giving a dinner party for thirty guests at his home Friday evening, December 28, before the Williams college Cap and Bells production. The guests will include Helen Dawes, Mary Cook, Helen Lord, Marian Hymers, Elinor Rew, Stanley Craven, J. H. -S. Lee; Jr, Harold Pulsifer, Sarell Beall, Charles Markley, and George Dyche. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS George Massey, Jr., arrived home Thursday afternoon from Yale to be with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 'Massey, 705 Sheridan road. George, Jr., sings with the Yale Glee club but will not make the holiday trip with them. His brother, Loren, who is working in South Milwaukee with the Bucyrus Steam Shovel company, will also spend Christmas at home. Morris, 1170 Westmoor | Mrs. Ida Sherman Charles A . Dies at Tucson, Arizona Mrs. Ida Sherman Charles, 69, mother of Mrs. Walter Rompel, of 855 Hill road, Winnetka, died Monday at Tucson, Ariz, where she had gone several months ago in the hope of re- gaining her health. Mrs. Charles was the widow of John Joseph Charles, former president of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company, who died at Pasadena in 1926. Born in a residence at Michigan avenue and Van Buren street, Chi- cago, in 1859, Mrs. Charles moved with her parents to Evanston in 1880. She was a resident of that city for more than forty vears. Mrs. Charles' great-grandfather, Francis C. Sher- man, was one of the founders of the Sherman house, and her grandfather was at one time mayor of Chicago. Two daughters, Mrs. Rompel of Winnetka, and Mrs. B. A. Talbot of Pasadena, Cal, and two sons, Sher- man and John Joseph Charles, of Evanston, survive. Funeral services were held Thurs- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in St. Mark's Episcopal church, Evanston. Burial was private at Graceland. PLAN GET-TOGETHER SUNDAY A special program and get-together for alumni and members of the Win- netka Young People's club, as well as the regular discussion, will be held Sunday evening. Bill Hughes, an alumnus, will lead the discussion on "Tradition." Refreshments and a social hour will follow the meeting. Miss Bernice Carlstrand, formerly of Winnetka, will arrive today from Carleton college, Northfield, Minn., to pass the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Carlstrand, 2201 Ridge avenue, Evanston. every need Pine at Center St. Christmas We can supply your Flowers by Wire Member F. T. D. [lg's Florist 26 Years in Winnetka Phone 313