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OR Ls 21 WINNE TKA "TALK June 4, 1927 A Few North Shore Societies and Circles Still Meeting Four Women's Groups Announce Plans for Future Activities By JEAN TEN BROECK One by one activities of women's clubs other than garden have lulled themselves to sleep for the summer months. Their members have more intimate things on hand, family out- ings, weddings, perhaps, and plans for long periods of travel. However, a few groups still have announcements to make. The Kentucky society of Evanston and the North Shore is to hold its next meeting Tuesday afternoon, June 14, at the home of Mrs. T. Edward Quisenberry, 2517 Lincoln street, Ev- anston, at 2:30 o'clock. The program will concern itself with some phase of the History of Kentucky which is the theme of the summer and fall meet- ings. The board of directors of the society will gather at the home of Mrs. E. J. Buffington, 1140 Forest avenue, Evanston, for a meeting next Tuesday morning. The Wilmette board of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago held an all-day sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. Frederick Tilt in Evanston, Thursday, May 26. A nominating committee was appointed to report at the annual meeting to be held the fourth Thursday of June at the home of Mrs. Robert E. Kenyon, 1011 Greenwood avenue. The next meeting of the North Shore Wellesley circle will take place Tuesday, June 7, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. George E. Bliss, 522 North Linden avenue, Highland Park. The North Shore Catholic Woman's league will continue to hold its regu- lar meetings in the Winnetka Woman's club, it was decided at a board meeting held May 27, at the home of the new president, Mrs. Wil- liam Schildgen of Evanston. There will be no club meetings until October. The following committee chairmen were chosen at the last meeting: Mrs. John Janette of Kenilworth, member- ship; Mrs. Charles Coyle of Winnetka, auditing; Mrs. Leo J. Hillman of Glen- coe, house; Mrs. William Pavey of Winnetka, service; Mrs. Raymond Kloepfer of Winnetka, revision: Mrs. Nels Anderson of Evanston, social. Winnetkan Elected Head of Sorority Association Mrs. L. E. Mitten of 562 Hill terrace was elected president of Tau associa- tion of Kappa Alpha Theta at the annual meeting of the association held May 25, at the Greenwood Inn, Evy- anston. All the old directors were re- elected. Mrs. D. Bligh Grasett of 797 Walden road is one of these. The alumnae also held a meeting at the same time and place as the association meeting. They conducted their regu- lar business. The alumnae will give a luncheon for the Theta seniors at Northwestern June 8, at the North Shore hotel. Mrs. MacMurray of Chicago has charge of the luncheon. Sunday Club Officers "James Simpson, Horace W. Arm- strong, William C. Boyden and Rush Butler are Winnetka 'men who recent- ly were named officers of the Sunday Evening club of Chicago. Clifford W. Barnes of Lake Forest, president of the club, has left for Europe with his 'wife and daughter, partly for the pur- pose of engaging some prominent per- ) s for the club program next season. David R. Laster to Wed Florida Waples June 22 The date of the marriage of Miss Florida Waples, daughter of William S. Waples of Downers Grove, to David Radcliffe Lasier, son of Mrs. D. S. Lasier of 731 Lincoln avenue, has been announced this past week to be Wednesday, June 22. The cere- mony will be performed by Rev. Hugh M. MacWhorter of Ottowa, Ill, in St. Andrews Episcopal church of Downers Grove, and will take place at 8:30 o'clock. A reception will follow the ceremony in the bride's home. Miss Waples' attendants members of her class at Rockford college, and in addition to these friends, a group of Rockford college friends will be included in the guests. Mrs. Laura Grant Short, head of the music department at the college, will play the organ, both for a program before the ceremony, and the wedding march. Miss Elizabeth Ritchie of Chicago will attend the bride as maid of honor. Miss Marion Chinn of Duluth, Minn, and Miss Cordelia Hancock Lyons of Wheaton, Ill, will be the bridesmaids. Mr. Lasier has asked his brother, John Lasier, to serve as best man. The list of ushers includes R. Bruce Mac- Clellan of Delavan, Wis., and George E. Waples of Lexington, Ky. The bride's brother, William A. Waples of Ashland, Ky., will give the bride away. In addition to the above attendants, four nieces and nephews of Miss Waples and Mr. Lasier will be in the wedding party. Ruth Harris, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harris, Jr, of Winnetka, and Billie Waples of Oak Park, will act as flower boy and girl, while James Harris and Katherine Waples will be the ribbon stretchers. After a month's honeymoon, Mr. Lasier and his bride will make their future home in Winnetka. Miss Wa- ples is a graduate of Rockford college. Mr. Lasier is a graduate of New Trier High school and a former student at the University of Michigan. During the World war he served in the army. Gives Tea Wednesday for Miriam Johnson Mrs. Cedric Smith, 62 Warwick ave- nue, Winnetka, was hostess at a tea at her home from 2 until 6 Wednesday afternoon in honor of her sister, Miss Miriam Johnson, who is to become the bride of George Turnley Dyer, Jr., of Evanston, son of Mrs. George Turnley Dyer of St. Louis, Wednesday, June 8, at 4 o'clock, at 18 East Elm street, Chicago. Bishop Griswold will assist Dean DeWitt in performing the cere- mony, which will be followed by a re- ception. Miss Alice Dyer of St. Louis and John Caswell of Cleveland will be the only attendants. : Mr. Dyer and his bride will make their home at 816 Forest avenue, Ev- anston. are all Mrs. C. Colton Daughadav of 180 Chestnut street entertained the Melo- dists, a group of Chicago musicians, at luncheon on Wednesday. Re tu Teddy Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ballard of 811 Auburn road, entertained ten friends at dinner at his home, preceding the Christ church concert and dance. (Op Mrs. M. G. Goss of 580 Orchard lane will entertain about thirty guests at luncheon and bridge at Sunset Ridge Country club June 10. : Mrs. May Bride 3 Koehne Studio Barrington, Ill, is to be the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Kenyon upon returning from their honeymoon, a motor trip through the East. Before their wedding on May 21, Mrs. Ken- yon was Miss Emily Foresman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Foresman of Kenilworth. Kaskaskia Board Members Luncheon Guests June 7 Kaskaskia chapter, D. A. R., will conclude its season with a luncheon to be given next Tuesday by Mrs. Ho- bart Young, at her home, 708 Prospect avenue. The eighteen members of the board will be entertained at this time. Mrs. William Babcock of 566 Ash street was hostess to the chapter May 24. After luncheon, officers were elect- ed. Mrs. Melville C. Chatten of 1025 Dinsmore road, Winnetka, was re- elected regent; Mrs. Ivor Jeffreys of Glencoe is the new vice regent; Mrs. Henry W. Bryant of Chicago, record- ing secretary; Mrs. Samuel R. Lewis of Chicago, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Hobart Young of Winnetka, treasurer; Mrs. James Victor Sill of Evanston, registrar; and Mrs. William L. Eaton of Chicago, historian. Helen Mearns Chooses Her Bridal Attendants Miss Helen Louise Mearns has chos- en Wednesday, June 29, as the day of her marriage to Wallace Whitmore Weld, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Whitmore Weld of 315 Sunset road, Winnetka. The ceremony will be per- formed in the Kenilworth Union church at 8:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Herbert L. Willett officiating. A re- ception will follow at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth John Mearns of 51 Warwick road, Winnetka. The list of bridal attendants includes Miss Ruth Mearns, who is to be her sister's maid of honor, and Miss Bar- bara Mearns, and Miss Frances Weld of Winnetka, Miss Helen Lane of Ev- anston, and Miss Lucille King of Edgewater as bridesmaids. Broadcasts Tuesday J. Williams Macy of Hubbard Woods is to give a half hour program of Gilbert and Sullivan selections over WMAQ, the Chicago Daily News sta- tion, Tuesday evening, June 7, com- _ mencing at 8:30 o'clock. ® Gertrude Bissell Selects Winnetka for Her Wedding Winnetka friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Russell Bissell, formerly of Winnetka, will be interested in hearing of the announcement of the date chos- en by their daughter, Miss Gertrude Bissell, to become the bride of Fred- eric Bennett Whitman of Cambridge, Mass. The wedding will take place Monday, June 13, at the Winnetka Congregational church, at 4 o'clock. Dr. J. W. F. Davies performing the ceremony. A reception will follow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby G. Walling of 1094 Private road, Hub- bard Woods. Miss Bissell will be attended by Miss Frances Badger, formerly of Winnet- ka, now of Chicago, as maid of honor. Mrs. Woodbridge Bissell, her sister- in-law, will be matron of honor. Al- len Whitman of New York City, the groom's brother, will serve as best man. The list of ushers includes Charles Young of Schenectady, N. Y., Roland Allen of Indianapolis, William C. Hubbard, Jr. and William Odell, Jr, of Lake Forest, Lanning Mac- farland of Winnetka, Woodbridge Bissell of Gary, the bride's brother, Charles M. Walter of Chicago, and Stuart Crocker and W. Huston Ken- yon, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Bissell and their fami- ly are old Winnetka residents, and have many friends both in Winnetka and the other north shore villages. They make their home most of the vear in Florida. At the present time they are living in the Virginia hotel in Chicago. Miss Bissell attended Girton school in Winnetka for two years, and then graduated from the Faulkner school in Chicago. After graduating from the University of Chicago, she attended Wellesley col- lege for one year, finishing with a year at the University of Colorado. Mr. Whitman graduated from Harvard in 1919. He and his bride will make their future home in La Crosse, Wis., where Mr. Whitman is associated with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy rail- road. Nethercott-Smith Wedding Is Small Affair of Today Miss Gertrude M. Nethercott of Winnetka and Fred Smith of Cham- paign will be married this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the Congregational church. Rev. James Austin Richards will read the service before a very few friends. Mrs. Betty Dale of Winnetka and I. Hughes of Chicago will be the only attendants. Following the ceremony, Mrs. Edna Woods will hold a reception in her apartment in Evanston. Miss Nethercott is at present teach- ing at the Horace Mann school and lives at 561 Lincoln avenue. She is a graduate of Ypsilanti Normal college in Michigan. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Illinois and is now doing graduate work at Northwestern uni- versity. Give Sorority Benefit Mrs. Ralph T. Huff of Wilmette is in charge of the sale of tickets for the card party to be given as a benefit for the Delta Gamma sorority house at Northwestern university. Mrs. John Russell Fox of Happ road, Wilmette, will open her home for the affair Wed- nesday, June 8, at 2 o'clock. Mrs. M. W. Welch of Glencoe is chairman for the benefit. a. =" a