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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1931
Page
3
Two Wilmette residents and Evanston neighbors organize a charity production of Tommy a three act farce at First Methodist church Evanston on April 23 and 24. The show directed by Miss Marie Moeckel stars Northwestern group members including Pauline Griffith Hazel Singleton and Willard W. Grant with a cast listing several Evanston residents.
Wilmette Chamber of Commerce retail committee mails 3311 Wilmette families and 426 Kenilworth families a card urging local shopping under the caption The Golden Rule Applies to Business. The message promotes faithful service from the local merchant and urges fair weather business for rising needs. Costs are covered by a merchants advertising appropriation.
Mrs. Dana Pearce hosted a tea at her Highland Park home in honor of her sister Mrs. Rufus Porter. Porter has rented her Cumnor road residence for a year and plans to move soon to Maine to reside there.
Dr. Paul Bretscher head of River Forest Normal school will be principal speaker at the Lutheran students convention in St Johns Lutheran church Wilmette and Park avenues. Students from colleges and universities of the Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America will attend the session set for Saturday and Sunday April 18 and 19.
Mrs Walter Marx of Essex road Kenilworth hosted her sewing club last Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Herbert Dahncke of Park avenue entertained guests at three tables of five hundred on Saturday night.
The North Shore Methodist church circle led by Mrs. Chester Bland will hold a rummage sale on Thursday April 23 from 7 AM to 7 PM in a vacant Vernon avenue store in Glencoe. Helpers include Mrs. L Duncan Lloyd and Mrs. C C Tatham.
B N Cox of 1116 Elmwood Avenue is convalescing at Evanston Hospital following an operation performed last Thursday.
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