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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 21 Jul 1928, p. 25

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Ha 3 fred Hauxhurst, 24 Each Village Has Part in Ravinia Circus July 26 By R. E. J. A big day is being planned for the children at Ravinia park on Thursday, July 26, when north shore children will participate in a carnival in the after- noon. The main feature will be the Hodson equestrian act, comprisi four horses and four acrobats, who perform all their favorite stunts for the hundreds of children expected in the audience. Another feature from Chicago will be Dashington's dogs and cats, animal acrobats that have never failed to thrill young audiences. A real honest-to-goodness clown from the Sells-Floto circus, Joe Coyle, will keep things humming during the afternoon with his fun. J. Williams Macy of Win- netka will act as ring master, and the Great Lakes band will furnish the mu- sic. Each north shore town will have an opportunity to contribute some of the gaiety for the occasion, for there are to be side shows, which will be open at 2:30 o'clock, and a three ring circus that opens at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Gordon Wilson is in charge of Wilmette's part in the program, Mrs. William IL. Page of Kenilworth's, Mrs. Floy Little Bartlett of Winnetka's participation, Mrs. J. Williams Macy of Hubbard Woods," and Mrs. H. C. Champlin of Glencoe's contribution. Evanston children are working under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Boettcher, Ravinia under Mrs. Frederick J. Horn, Lake Forest, Mrs, George Blossom, Lake Bluff, Miss Juliet Brown, and Rogers Park, Mrs. G. DeNaer. Theo Robertson, with his clever lit- tle puppet show, will represent Wil- mette's participation. Kenilworth children are doing their bit as midgets in the side shows and these tiny folk will be impersonated by Marian Guinon, Polly Kuby, Sally Robertson, Dorothy Starr, Renée Small, Catherine Tideman, Jimmy Guinon, Ralph Hawxhurst, Jr., Tom Ketcham, and Frank Ketcham, who will be dressed in evening clothes. Winnetka and Hubbard Woods will be represented by three side shows. The first of these villages will have an original puppet show written by its manager, Herman H. Lackner, who will be assisted in its production by Ade- laide Atkins, Helen Walcott, and De- Forest Davis. A performance of magic will be given by Roland Simonds of Wilmette for the Winnetka committee. A group of Jesters will represent Hubbard Woods. Those taking part will be Dorothy Brown, Louise Stein, Jane Parker, Frances White, Dorothy Wilder, Carolyn Sutherland, Mary Lyon, and Barbara Totman. Glencoe children are busy rehears- ing as clowns. The boys are to be clowns, and the girls will do pyramid building. Those who have already signed up for the circus are Lesley Champlin, Margaret Loomis, Kather- ine Jane Lightbody, Rachel Merrifield, Jane Rogers, Nancy deBeers, Margaret Jean Sinclair, Phyllis Root, Margaret Stoetzel, Rose Stoetzel, Jane Young- love, Virginia Glenz, Louise Galbraith, Mary Inez Potter, Lois Potter, Ann Potter Martha Bryant, Amy Hen- schell, Betty Jane Morse, Patty Morse, Constance ough, Patrice Clough, Louise Keckly, Doris Keckly, Wini- Hauxhurst, Ann Louise Musson, Audrey Calhoun, Rose Mary Pennington, nne Goodnow, William Krumsick, d Younglove, Trent Fisher, Stanley Fisher, James Lightbody, Henry Allen, Francis Allen, Ralph Stoetzel, homas -- Rodman, and Wayne Weld. --, WINNETKA TALK North Shore Children Are in Ravinia Carnival Plans Fahey-Rudolph Wedding Takes Place in East Mrs. Franklin Rudolph, 745 Sheridan road, Winnetka, left last Saturday and Miss . Pauline Rudolph, last Monday, for New York, to attend the wedding of Miss Margaret Fahey and Franklin Rudolph, which took place Thursday, July 19. . The marriage ceremony, which was read at 8:30 the Ascension on Park avenue, was attended only by the two families and a small number of intimate friends. Miss Eleanor Fahey, the brides sister, and Miss Pauline Rudolph, a sister of the groom, attended Miss Fahey. Charles Rudolph was the best man, and the ushers were Harold Cook of New York and F. Donald Bateman of Wilmette. Mrs. Rudolph, Pauline and Charles are leaving immediately for Europe where they will remain until next spring. Junior School Boys to Benefit by Fete A Garden fete for the benefit of the Chicago Junior school will be given under the auspices of the North End branch the afternoon and evening of Thursday, August 2, at the home of Mrs. Minna Schmidt on the beautiful grounds of her home, 2715 Sheridan road, Evanston. A series of card games, prizes for each table, dancing on the beach walk, swimming, professional fortune tellers, and entertainment by musicians and various other artists will be provided for the pleasure of those attending. Afternoon tea and dinner will be served, and booths will be arranged where ice cream, candy, cold drinks, coffee and sandwiches may be obtained. The Chicago Junior school, located near Elgin, i3 a home and school for the underprivileged boy. Mrs. Helen Hyde Carter, bridge expert on the north shore, will give assistance with the card game. North Side Golf Teams Play at Skokie Monday Skokie Country club will be a gath- ering place of the north shore golf teams, Monday, July 23. During the summer, under the auspices of the Woman's Western Golf association, teams from the four sections of Chi- cago and its suburbs and villages have a series of matches, first among the teams of each section. In the fall the winner of each group plays the winner of the other sectional matches for the city championship. The north shore teams meeting at Skokie Monday will be the Skokie, Glenview, Indian Hill, North Shore, Sunset Ridge, Glen Flora, Briergate, Exmoor, Evanston, and Bunker Hill. Makes Debut in Fall One of the debutantes of the coming fall, Miss Jean Stevens, is spending the summer in Winnetka. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G. Stevens, have taken the Francis Peabody Butler home on Private road, for the sum- mer. Their son, John, will return to Princeton for his senior year when the family goes back to its home at 1412 Astor street for the winter season. Sunset Ridge club has a mixed four- some match scheduled for July 22, and on July 24, the women golfers will have Guest day. Friday, July 27, will be the occasion of annual Gyest day for women golfers at Skokie Country club. Luncheon will be served at noon. EA EAN o'clock at the Church of Arden Shore Invites Public to Its Picnic Arden Shore still is extending its invitation to its friends to come to a picnic on Friday, July 27. Those wish- ing to visit the camp on that day are asked to bring their own box lunches and coffee will be served. The lunch- eon hour is 12:30 o'clock. Those in charge of Arden Shore have been stressing nature work this season, and the entertainment for the afternoon given in honor of Arden Shore's guests will consist of a nature study pantomime, an Indian play, and the presentation of "Robin Hood." The Arden Shore association urges especially that those who have never seen Arden Shore in its summer activi- ty come on July 27, to discover for themselves the scope of the camp's work among little children and their mothers who come from Gad's Hill for a fortnight's vacation from the heat of a city settlement district. Edkins-Macomber Wedding to Be Very Quiet Affair The marriage of Miss Phyllis Louise Edkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Edkins of 925 Linden ave- nue, Highland Park, to Donald M. Macomber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank IL. Macomber of 635 Hill road, will take place Tuesday, July 24, at the home of the bride. Miss Ruth Powers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Powers of 725 Wal- den road, will be the bride's only at- tendant, and Phil Stiles of Chicago will serve as best man. Owing to the illness of Miss Edkin's father, the wedding will be very quiet and simple, with only the immediate families and a few very intimate friends present. Del Lago Club to Put on Children's Carnival The first of this week ushered in the new season for the Club Vista del Lago in a brilliant manner, and from now on, until the autumn brings it to a close, that unique and charming beach club will be the scene of many gay affairs. The children will hold sway tomor- row afternoon. A carnival, with a clown band, a magician, entertainment, prizes, and refreshments will be in- cluded in the arrangements for the afternoon which is in charge of Louis C. Simmel, executive secretary. The guests of honor will be Boy Scout troop number 12 of the Vista fe] Lago, and the Vista del Lago cubs. Mets. J. Linn Visits Many parties are being given by north shore women for Mrs. James Linn of Hollywood, Cal., who is visit- ing at the Evanshire hotel. Mrs. Linn was for many years a resident of Winnetka and prominent in church and social activities. Mrs. Frank Fulton of 884 Hill road entertained Friday afternoon at Indian Hill Coun- try club with a luncheon and bridge, and many other affairs will follow next week. Troth Announced From the west comes the announce- ment of the engagement of Miss Mary Amelia Edmunds, daughter of Mrs. David Edmunds of Los Angeles, to Harold Patterson Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Starr Owen of 456 Ida place. Tentative plans for an autumn wedding are in the making. July 21, 1928 Children to Dance in Enchanted Wood at Midsummer Frolic A secret is out. Not only is there to be a children's midsummer frolic at "Craigie Lea," qn Monday, July 23, but it is to be a frolic in an enchanted wood. In a woodsy place elves will be seen dancing over the green grass and scampering about under the trees. Puck, the impish sprite, will be there and with his little elves will weave a spell of magic about the place until Uncle Remus, and Brer Rabbit will ap- pear, and the story of the busy shoe- maker and his helpful elves will be en- acted before the eyes of the little audience. Story tellers, as well as the brownies, rabbits, and elves, and the children who have watched and listened to "The Tale of the Enchanted Wood," will dance into that charmed wood where they will find--a surprise. This gives but a brief glimpse of what the Children's Midsummer frolic will be as presented by students of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college at 3:30 o'clock, Monday, July 23. The enchanted wood will be found in the lovely gardens of Mrs. Andrew Macleish at 459 Longwood avenue, Glencoe. Governing board members of the college who are sponsoring and assist- ing in the sale of tickets for the frolic are: Mrs. Andrew Macleish, Mrs. Philip D. Armour, III, Mrs. William M. Mac- Millan, Mrs. Douglas Smith, Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, Mrs. Merritt Starr, Mrs. William Sutherland, Mrs. N. Landon Hoyt, Mrs. P. W. Bradstreet, Mrs. C. G. Bolte, Mrs. Philip Cart- wright, and Mrs. Walter Marx. Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. Alexander Moseley, Mrs. Albert H. Ullrich, Mrs. Arthur H. Woodward, Miss Louise Lovedale, Miss Katherine Beebe, Mrs. Ralph Church, Mrs. George Olmstead, Miss Jessie Sentney, Miss Ethel Parry, and Mrs. George Tomlinson. Mrs. Harry E. Miller, Mrs. IL. T. Barnett, Mrs. R. S. Childs, Dr. Ida Laird Barroll, Mrs. C. S. Bigelow, Mrs. Harry Lay, Mrs. Theodore Coyne, Mrs. Fred S. Kingore, Mrs. C. P. Dubbs, Miss Olive Grover, Mrs. Robert O. Butz, Mrs. Herman Fabry, Mrs. Lloyd Hollister, Miss Madeline Foreman, and Mrs. William Kix Miller. Mrs. Albert Peirce, Mrs. Jesse B. Al- ton, Mrs. Wellington Coolidge, Mrs. A. Montague Ferry, Mrs. Arthur B. Jones, Mrs. Milton Wilker, Dr. Kath- erine Lomas, Mrs. Brown V. Ralsten, Mrs. John E. Wilder, Mrs. Budd Clarke Corbus, and Mrs. Harry Barnum. Mrs. L. T. Barnett is chairman of publicity and the sale of tickets in Glencoe for the Children's Mid-Sum- mer frolic. Win Golf Laurels The Flag tournament held a week ago at Indian Hill was won by Mrs. Raymond Durham with Mrs. Charles Matz coming in second. Last Wednes- day at the Member and Guest tourna- ment with selected scores, Mrs. Car- roll Kendrick and her guest, Mrs. A. D. Collins of the North Shore club, came in first and Mrs. Charles Matz and her guest, Mrs. Clinton Merrick of Glen- view, were second. Club Plans Another Hunt Sunset Ridge, probably because of the popularity of the last affair of this sort several weeks ago, is planning for another evening entertainment combin- ing a dinner, treasure hunt and mid- night supper to take place Saturday evening, July 28. 14

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