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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 26 Sep 1925, p. 9

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 Lo AUTUMN NEWS OF WOMENS CLUB ACTIVITIES VARI Golf Luminaries Mrs. Walter Dodd to Hold Second Citizenship Class Invited to Play HE club women of Wilmette | . . 7 ; have united in securing Mrs. at Indian Hill Walter E. Dodd, the well known OME of the most outstanding | authority on Illinois and its govern- 5 women players in America's golf | ment, to conduct a morning citizen- world are coming to Indian Hill | ship class. The Woman's club of Wil- club for the tournament which will |mette, the Woman's Catholic club of open October 5 and continue through- | Wilmette, the Wilmette League of out the week. Invitations have been | Women Voters, the Logan-Howard sent to leading players in Canada and |and the Central Parent-Teacher as- the East, South, and West, and those eligible are golfers with handicaps up to eight, and will be players of the type qualifying for the national golf championship and the woman's west- ern. In fact, the greatest number of invitations have been sent to the field entering the woman's national that commences Manday in St. Louis. Among the out-of-town players who will come for the Indian Hill match are Glenna Collett, Bernice Wahl! of Oshkosh, Frances Hadfield of Mil- waukee, Mrs. H. D. Sterrett of Kansas, formerly Missouri Valley state cham- pion, and Miss Harriet Ellison of Duxbury, Mass., all of whom will be the house guests of Miss Dorothy Klotz. The woman's championship for In- dian Hill club has been played off, with Miss Dorothy Klotz winner, and Mrs. George D. Forrest, runner-up. The points prize for the season was won by Mrs. Paul Noyes, and Miss Klotz had the ringer score. Entre Nous Matinee Club Announces Opening Season FEYHE Entre Nous Matinee club will hold its first meeting October 7. Members and their guests will assemble at the College inn at 12 o'clock noon, and after luncheon they will attend the matinee performance of "Rain," at the Harris theatre. The hos- tessess will be Mrs. G. A. Eddy, Mrs. T. I.. Grisamore, Mrs. A. W. Sexsmith, Mrs. C. G. Austin, and Mrs. William P. Eisenberg. _ This, interesting club was organized in October 1921. Its object is sociabil- ity and enjoyment of the theater, and it had its inception with a few women who enjoyed a luncheon and matinee once a month. The club appealed to so many, that the little gathering grew until the membership had to be limited to 125. Mrs. Harland Fankboner was responsible for the origin of the club that has become so popular that it 1s never without a waiting list. Members of the theatrical profession are entertained at the monthly lunch- eons. Many interesting features have been planned for the pleasure of the members of the Entre Nous club dur- ing the coming season which begins in September and ends in June. The executive committee is com- posed of Mrs. Harland Fankboner., formefly of Winnetka, Mrs. David I McCammon. and Mrs. Frank O. Neu- bacher of Winnetka, with the following assistants: Mrs. A. J. Cline, Mrs. H. E. Smoot, and Miss Ray Hilliker. Mrs. William D. McIlvaine and Mrs. Hevliger deWindt are sponsors for Blanche Slocum's recital at the Stude- baker theatre Sunday, October 4. Miss Slocum was one of Mary Garden's early nrotegees, and her career has been followed with keen interest by many lovers of music. | foctarians are all sponsoring this class which will begin October 15, to con- tinue for six successive Thursday morn- ings at 10 o'clock in the Wilmette Woman's club. Mrs. Dodd is co-author with her | husband of "Government in Illinois." | This text is used throughout the state "in schools and citizenship classes. Mrs. | | Dodd gave a similar course last year in the Woman's club, and her effective speaking and charming personality made this one of the most popuar classes ever held in the village. This season's series of lectures is new, but will be linked up with the course given last year. The subjects of the talks are as follows: October 15, "On the Floor of the Senate"; October 22, "Superlatives of State Legislation"; October 29, "The Gov- ernor's Share in Legislation"; Novem- ber 5, "Some Inequalities"; November 12, "The Administration of Justice"; November 19, "Looking toward the April Primaries." The entire course of lectures is given for a nominal sum, and tickets may be secured from the civics committees of the various organizations inter- ested. They will also be on sale at the door on the mornings classes con- vene, Wilmette Garden Club Journeys Northward HURSDAY September 17, mem- bers of the Wilmette Garden club attended in a body the third annual flower show given under the auspices of the nature committee of the Woman's Library club of Glen- coe. They found many attractive ex- hibits, one of the most interesting of which was the children's table. The display was of especial interest to members of the Wilmette Garden club who had an exhibit of their own Sep- tember 4. Besides the flower show, the visitors wandered through two well known gardens, the much admired dahlia gar- den that Sigurd Samuelson has cul- tivated on the Ickes estate, Tower road, Winnetka, and Mrs. E. H. Rav- enscroft's garden in Glencoe. Open Catholic Woman's Club with a Musicale HIS afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Woman's Catholic club of Wil- mette is launching its new sea- son with an observance of President's day, with the following past presidents of the club as hostesses: Mrs. L. W. Crush, Mrs. W. P. Seng, Mrs. W. L. Ballard, and Mrs. Joseph Verhalen. The Florentine trio will give a mu- sical program. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Sterrett, 488 Ash street, and daughter Margaret who have been traveling in Scotland, Eng- land, and the continent since early summer have returned to their home. Skokie Closes Woman's Golf Season on Monday HE last of the women's golf days and the annual meeting will take place at Skokie club, Mon- day, September 28. In the morning at 9 o'clock, members will compete in a one club event, with first and sec- ond low net to be awarded to players who have not won a morning prize during the season. The final luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock, and in the afternoon elections will be held and awards made. Mrs. Paul Chase, Mrs. Morton Basset, and Mrs Albert Frost com- prised the threesome winning the three club event Monday of this week, and Mrs. W. R. Watson won the approach- ing and putting contest: Postpone Golf Matches Because of Bad Weather AIN again Tuesday caused the postponement of the women's | golf at Sunset Ridge and the { Wilmette Golf club. The match plan- | ned for this week will be played at the [former club next Tuesdaz and to make | up for the lost day, the committee has | decided to have a match one Tuesday | in October. | Winnetkan to Address Citizenship School { Mrs. William Gold Hibbard, 840 | Willow road, a member of the Win- netka League of Women Voters, also | Fourth Regional director of the Na- tional League of Women Voters, will preside at the October 13 meeting at Mandel hall which will open the Citi- zenship school to be sponsored by the Illinois League of Women Voters at the University of Chicago. An address will be delivered by Mrs. James Mor- rison, president of the Illinois organi- { zation. Professor Charles E. Merri- man, head of the department of poli- tical science at the University, Pro- fessor S. P. Breckenridge, Professor Ernst Freund, and possibly Dean Edith Abbott, will be the lecturers of the school. Winnetka women are already joining the French classes at the Winnetka woman's club. 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