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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 7 Jun 1924, p. 11

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$ | | » w, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1924 11 LOCAL CLUB UTILIZ Library Club of Glencoe Launches Drive for Members HE board of directors of the Woman's Library club of Glencoe has set August 1, 1924, as the time limit of the membership drive. Any applications received after that date can not be considered until the club season opens in the fall and such names will not appear in the 1924-25 year book. The committee i$ anxious to receive as many applications as possible by the end of June. Fach member of the club may sign for two applications, and each application must bear three signatures. Signed applications are to be forwarded to Mrs. Sherman M. Booth, 265 Sylvan road. Announcement is made at this time of the names of the club's officers, di- rectors, the different committees and the delegates : Mrs. William A. Fox, president; Mrs. William T. Cresmer, Ist vice president ; Mrs. Homer F. Horton, 2nd vice presi- dent; Mrs. Benjamin F. Pinkerton, re- cording secretary; Miss Ethel Serene Del.ang, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Harry D. Wiley, treasurer. Directors : Mrs. Francis S. Graham, Mrs. George E. Orr, Mrs. Fred B. Patton, Mrs. Chesley R. Perry, Mrs. Mark D. Rec. tor, Mrs. Charles A. Steele. Commit- tees: program, Mrs. Charles A. Steele, chairman; Mrs. Elbert E. Haight, Mrs. George W. Mieth, Mrs. Fred W. Park- er, Mrs. J. Milton Trainer, Mrs. Clyde E. Ustick; music--Mrs. George E. Orr, chairman; Mrs. James D. Fulton, Mrs. Walter C. Hughes, Mrs. Roy K. Jones; civics--Mrs, Fred A. Patton, chairman; Mrs. August C. Babize, chairman French department; Mrs. Albert H. Gates, Mrs. William Heuer, Mrs. John I. Lane, Mrs. Forest H. Montgomery, Mrs. Sperry B. Pope; membership--Mrs. Homer F. Horton, chairman, Mrs. Ern- est O. Best, Mrs. Ralph E. Stoetzel; printing--Miss Fghel Serene Del.ang, chairman; Mrs. William T. Cresmer, Mrs. Homer F. Horton; social--Mrs. Francis S. Graham, chairman; Mrs. Wil- liam J. Hagenah, Mrs. Wilber Hattery, Jr, Mrs. James Henry, Mrs. H. Earl Hoover, Mrs. William LL. McGowen, Mrs. Gordon Ramsay, Mrs. Ralph B. Rogers; house and grounds--Mrs. 'Mark D. Rector, chairman; nature. commit- tee--Mrs. George H. Engelhart, chair- man; Mrs. Paul L. Battey, Mrs. Alfred W. Brintnall, Miss Cora Dietz, Mrs. Frederick Fisher, Mrs. Don E. Marsh; flower committee--Mrs. Arthur Clarke Goodnow, chairman, Mrs. Stuart I. Drum, Mrs. Stewart W. Purdy; build- ing fund--Mrs. Albert O. Olson, chair- man; Mrs. William H. Johnson, Mrs. Alfred Washington; building committee --Mrs. Sherman M. Booth, chairman; finance department of building commit- tee, Mrs. Sherman M. Booth, chairman; Mrs. Chesley R. Perry, secretary; Mrs. Albert O. Olson, treasurer; Mrs. Wil- liam T. Cresmer, Mrs. Andrew Mac Leish, Mrs. Edward H. Ravenscroft; Mrs. William A. Fox and Mrs. Harry D. Wiley, ex officio officers; editor of bulletin and chairman of publication, Mrs. Chesley R. Perry. Delegates--Tenth Federation: Mrs. Fred E. Hubbard, Mrs. Thomas M. Lothrop; alternates, Mrs. Charles F. Pearce, Mrs. Frank H. Stowell; Mu- nicipal Art league, Mrs. Harry B. Boardman, Mrs. Harry Hardwicke; al- ternates, Mrs. F. Kimball Montgomery, Mrs. Norman Williams; Drama league, Mrs. Clyde E. Ustick, Mrs. Fred Lee Williams ; alternates, Mrs. John M. Compton, Mrs. Frederick W. Hill; Bet- ter American Speech commitee, Miss Sarah Nohelty; Vocation Supervision league, Mrs. Allen G. Mills; Confer- ence of Club Presidents and Program Chairmen, Mrs. William A. Fox, Mrs. Charles A. Steele; Glencoe Board of Health, Mrs. George J. Pope; Glencoe School board, Mrs. Fred W. Parker, Mrs. James M. Sheldon; Glencoe Pub- lic Library board, Mrs. Fred A. Fager, Mrs. Edward J. Sherman; Glencoe Re- lief and Aid board, Mrs. William S.|- Hamm. N.K. E. C. Holds Its Annual Commencement HE thirty-eighth annual com- mencement of the National Kind- ergarten and Elementary college was held in the First Presbyterian church, 4106 Grand boulevard, Thursday after- noon, June 5. Dr. Edmund Soper of Northwestern university gave the commencement ad- dress, after which diplomas and the seven honorary scholarships were pre- sented by Miss Edna Dean Baker, president of the college, to the 148 young women of the grad- uating classes. The program also included several numbers by the student chorus under the direction of Miss Louise St. John Westervelt, and an organ recital by Mrs. Helen Worswick Ross preceded the exercises. Next Music Society Meeting on June 16 HE, North Shore Musical society is having a club luncheon and business meeting at the Orring- ton hotel on Monday, June 16. 2S SUMMER MONTHS TO GAIN MEMBERS Chicagoans Prominent at Biennial Convention PPROXIMATELY 1,000 women left Chicago, Saturday, in five special cars, for the west, where they are traveling as delegates from this vicinity to the biennial conven- tion of the General Federation of Women's clubs which opened in Los Angeles on June 2. Problems of world-wide and nation- wide interest will be discussed by such persons of note as Carrie Chapman Catt, Princess Cantacuzene, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., Dr. Hugh S. Magill, Rupert Hughes, Mrs. Kath- erine Knowles Robbins, Oswald Ryan, Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker and Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, the retiring pres- ident. . The morning sessions of the conven- tion will be for the delegates only, of whom more than 10,000 are expected to attend. During the afternoon hours, the meetings will be of a more gen- eral character, and visitors will be permitted. Mrs. George T. Palmer, now serv- ing her first term as president of the Illinois federation, is heading the women of this state. Mrs. Edward S. Bailey, former state president and retired general federa- tion director for Illinois, is also at- tending. Among other women from Chicago, well known in club circles along the shore, who are prominently participating, are: Mrs. Marx Obern- dofer, presiding at the fine arts con- ference; Mrs. William Harrison Cade, a speaker on "Getting Out the Wom- an Vote;" Mrs. George W. Plummer, presiding at a joint conference on "friendly cooperation with ex-service men ;" Mrs. J. Marc Fowler, Dr. Rach- elle Yarros, Dr. Caroline Hedger, Mrs. A. Starr Best, Miss Helen Bagg, and Mrs. H. I. Martenstein. An international evening program unusual Speakers eight nations. The work hours will be lightened by various affairs which have been planned by the hostesses for these delegates who are taking care of the interests of club women all over the country--unable to attend the conven- tion. In due time reports of what has transpired will be told them by their leaders "who go and come un- biased, without partisanship, and with- out self seeking." Mt. Vernonites To Aid North Shore Charities T the annual luncheon and meeting of the Mount Vernon Seminary association of Chicago, held on Monday at the Chicago Woman's Athletic club, the following officers were elected: Miss Edna Bain, president; Mrs. James Of- field, vice president; Miss Helen Rush- ton, recording secretary; Miss Dorothy Lewis, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Harry Bachmann, treasurer. It was decided at the meeting that the society should extend its .charitable work for the coming year, and members voted to make a donation to the Cradle society, and to undertake more work for the Northwestern settlement. will be an biennial. feature of the will represent Mrs. Langworthy Speaks At A Memorial Meeting RS. Benjamin F. Langworthy of Winnetka gave a talk on Wed- nesday afternoon when the Forty-sixth Ward branches of the Woman's City club held exercises in memory of the late Mrs. Ira Couch Wood at the Alice H. Wood Infant Welfare station. rm ---------- | No Waiting To Park Your Tray On and after June 8 the Cafe will be discontin- ued and we will devote our entire space to Cafe- teria service. We are preparing for your comfort during the summer months WELCH'S CAFETERIA Wilmette ~ JANE "Mrs. Spearin has trained the ; to a remarkably good style of singing"--Music News, Chicago. 1159 Wilmette Ave. Glover-Brown Bldg. 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