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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 24 Mar 1928, p. 63

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64 WINNETKA TALK March 24, 1928 BENEFIT FOR EASTERN STAR The Winnetka chapter of the East- ern Star will benefit from a bridge party to be given on March 28, at the home of Mrs. A. W. Appel of 540 Skokie road, Glencoe. Reservations are being made with Mrs. Sadie E. Frye, at Glencoe 1339. Mrs. William S. Miller and her daughter, Susan, of 647 Spruce street, will leave April 1, to spend about a week visiting at Wellesley and Smith colleges. Billy Miller is spending his vacation from Yale at Bermuda with some of his classmates. INVITE TO DANCE The Highland Park Social club is inviting north shore dance-goers to its annual Confetti ball to be held this evening in Wittens hall, opposite the Alcyon theater, Highland Park. Herbie Hatkinson's orchestra will provide the music. Mrs. Benjamin Affleck, formerly of Winnetka, now of Lake Forest, was one of the women having a table at the luncheon Tuesday, March 20, at the Stevens hotel, given by the Drama league for the all-star cast of the play at the Blackstone theatre--"Diplom- acy. HEAD BANKERS' CONFERENCE Fred G. Murbach, 775 Lincoln ave- nue, manager of the savings depart- ment of the Union Trust company, was vice-chairman, and A. W. Con- verse of 396 Hawthorne lane, vice- president of the First Trust and Sav- ings bank, was chairman of the con- ference held Friday, March 16, at the Congress hotel, when bankers repre- senting sixteen or more middle west- ern states, congregated to discuss various aspects of their business. Brig. Gen. Abel Davis, 600 Sheridan road, Glencoe, vice-president of the Chi- cago Title and Trust company, was the principal speaker at the luncheon. Look Ahead a Few Years and imagine the value of a homesite on Lake Michigan-- within easy distance of the city and accessible to all the many advantages of the North Shore. Deere Park is the "'last stand' of lake locations of equal desirability. Its beauties are beyond words, its values beyond estimate. Private beach--private park--abund- ant foliage-- winding streets--all improvements in and paid for--many of the best people already occupying homes here, or building. A few of the choice lots--some as low as $120 per front foot--are still left. Liberal terms. DEERE PARK Sheridan Road (Route 42) to North Boundary of Glencoe --at the Lake Ti HIGHLAND PARK DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P55 646 N. Michigan Avenue NORTH SHORE ARTISTS SHOW OPENS MARCH 27 Seventh Annual Exhibition to Be Hung at Woman's Club; 100 Entrants; Plan Events (Contributed) The seventh annual exhibition of North Shore artists will be opened at the Woman's Club of Evanston Tues- - day, March 27, at 10. At 11 Mrs. Percival Truman will conduct a tour of the exhibit for club members. Members, their friends, exhibiting artists and their families are invited to the afternoon reception be- ginning at 2:30. In the evening the public will be admitted, and, as usual, many of the artists and their friends will be there. Frank Dudley and Mrs. Dudley, the well-known Chicago artists, will be guests of Mrs. Robert Elliott that eve- ning and will be with her at the club- house. 100 Artists to Exhibit Approximately 100 artists will be represented and the work exhibited will include painting, sculpture, minia- tures, drawings and other examples of the graphic arts. Among exhibitors will be such artists as Mrs. Mary H. Buehr, Rudolph Ingerle and Lenore Smith Jerrens who have received prizes at the current exhibition by artists of Chicago and vicinity at the Art institute. Among the etchers are Alan Philbrick and Elizabeth Engle- hardt whose works are a part of the etchings exhibit at the Art institute. Others exhibiting are Mrs. Kate Bacon Bond, Karl Buehr, Carol Lou Burn- ham, Pauline Graf Davis, Percy B. Eckhart, Elizabeth B. Millard, Eliza- beth Peyraud, Antonin Sterba and Edith Boynton. Names the Art Jury The jury to pass on the works of art will include Miss Anna Helga Hong, Earl Reed, Jr., and Carl Scheffler. Members of the hanging committee are Mrs. Daniel Boone, Miss Eliza- beth Truman, E. G. Drew, Robert L. Elliott and Benjamin Smith. There is every expectation that the exhibition, under the efficient manage- ment of the chairman, Mrs, William E. Lamb, will be even more represent- ative than before of the best art pro- duced along the North Shore. Mrs. Lamb is being assisted by a committee whose members are Mrs. Frank McElwain, Mrs. Harry Jenkins, Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mrs. Stephen V. Balder- ston, Mrs. R. W. Bartholomew, Mrs. Barry Gilbert, Mrs. Chancellor Jenks, Mrs. O. G. Long, Mrs. James Lyman, Mrs. Holman D. Pettibone, Mrs. Charles O. Rundell, Mrs. Percival Tru- man and Mrs. John A. Wheeler. APARTMENT ROBBED Wesley L. Brown, of the New Trier High school research department, re- turned to his home in Evanston one night last week to find the apartment turned "topsy-turvey" and suits, sox, ties and divers other articles listed as "missing." Mr. Brown was partic- ularly annoyed that his visitors were so impolite as to take his suitcases as a means of transporting their spoils. WITHOUT L 0 A N o COMMISSION On Desirable Homes and Apartment Buildings John Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ance Company A. D. LANGWORTHY, Loan Agent 112 W. Adams St., Chicago

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