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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 12 May 1928, p. 26

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24 WINNETKA TALK May 12, 1928 Announce Big Increase in Suburban Railroad Traffic The growth of Chicago's suburban communities is exemplified by the tre- mendous suburban traffic in and out of the Chicago and North Western terminal during the month of March, just announced by the passenger traffic department. During that time 1,829,725 suburbanites traveled to and |. from their homes on the North West- ern suburban trains, according to C. A. Cairns, passenger traffic manager. Suburban traffic increased 51,490 pas- sengers for the month of March of this year as compared with the cor- responding period in 1927. HOME GARDENS TENNIS COURTS FLAGSTONE SIDEWALKS , Specialty: Black Soil $7.00 truckload delivered. Telephones: GLENVIEW 181J-1 and 141-J North Shore Garden Service VALLEY VIEW FARM--West Lake Ave., near Waukegan Road--GLENVIEW Building and Construction of PARKS PLAYGROUNDS GOLF COURSES DRIVEWAYS, ETC. i Y . gm. SC -- $2 --> > Si =~. 5 fomh «GN LEN FLOOR § aos he at Wabash Avenue | md = and at { oo THE COMMUNITY SHOPS i SS Sani ~~ T&S > u- pt A Gr # oF Convine P, Pum pb yi hon & 7060 South Shore Drive + (Chon a LV bttoagtls EF ster «CAMPUS" fle i 2 Produced in Genuine Python with Covert Beige Kid, this shoe admirably illustrates the pronounced values of Foster <«CAMPUS" productions--zke modes of youth JE Toster & Company 115 North Wabash Avenue Community Shops' The Drake Hotel 1 519 Diversey Parkway Orrington and Church, EVANSTON and in KANSAS CITY oR ---- S----' Mrs. H. U. Nelson's Play "to Be Staged on Campus "The Knot," a three-act romantic drama written in the play- -writing classes of the Town and Gown project by Marion Lawrence Nelson (Mrs. Herbert U. Nelson), will be presented at the School of Speech, Northwestern university, May 29, 30 and 31 and June 1. The play will be presented by a cast of players from Evanston and the North Shore towns with Jean Burns of Evanston carrying the lead and Miss Dorothy Pickard of Evanston as ingenue, and Mrs. Chorpenning of the School of Speech will direct it. It has been highly praised by those interested in the activities of the Town and Gown project. Mrs. Nelson is author of "Spirals," a one-act play given suc- cessfully some months ago at the School of Speech as a part of the joint project of its organization and that of the Drama club of Evanston. The play has subsequently been published by Samuel French. Tuesday evening, May 29, the play will be produced for the students at the School of Speech. Wednesday and Thursday it will be given for the North Shore Theater guild; and Thursday for criticism of Playshop members. Mrs. Nelson removed recently from Evanston to 373 Sunset road, Win- netka. CORRECTION In last week's issue of the paper an error was made in announcing the meeting day of the North Shore Con- gregation Israel Sisterhood as each Wednesday morning during the sum- mer, The Sisterhood will meet on the third Wednesday of the month during the summer to sew for charity and to make a few articles for the Temple. The meeting this month will be on Wednesday, May 16. UNITARIANS TO MEET Western Conference to Hold Its Ses- sions at All Souls' Church The 67th session of the Western Unitarian conference will be in session at All Souls' church, Evanston, be- ginning Monday and ending Wednes- day. The general program themes will be "The Personal Life," "The Social Life," and "The Church as an Instru- ment in the Development of Personal and Social Life." The session will open Monday evening with the preach- ing of the annual sermon by Frederick M. Eliot of St. Paul. Tuesday's speakers will include Sid- ney S. Robins of Ann Arbor, Frank S. C. Wicks of Indianapolis, Arthur L. Weatherly of Iowa City, Kenneth Mc- Dougall of Boston, Robert C. Dexter of Boston and Sydney B. Snow of New York. Wednesday's speakers will be George R. Dodson of St. Louis, Charles P. Connolly of Rockford, Mrs. H. F. Waring of Memphis, George L. Parker of Toledo, Mrs. N. G. Symonds of Hinsdale, Walter M Macpherson of Joliet, Edwin H. Wilson of Dayton, Clayton R. Bowen of the Meadville school and Preston Bradley of Chi- cago. The fellowship dinner of Wed- nesday evening will conclude the con- vention session. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT "Mortals and Immortals" will be the subject of the services in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Win- netka, Sunday morning, May 13, at 11 o'clock. The Service club at New Trier held a party on Thursday of last week at the home of Miss Georgiana Fowler of 512 Roslyn road, Kenilworth. 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