Wilmette Board Heads to Midwest and District Conventions
The Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board will suspend work for four days next week to attend the Midwest Physical Education convention in Chicago and the District convention of the Playground and Recreation Association of America in Oak Park. Host Oak Park Recreation board will organize the latter event with Miss Josephine Blackstock directing. Recreation staff including Miss Joe Skidmore, Mr. Gathercoat, Mr. Stone, and Daniel M. Davis plan to attend and gain new ideas.
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Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Oak Park
Oak Park Recreation Board
Josephine Blackstock
Harry Fanckboner
Lester Ball
Glen W. Gathercoal
Dudley C. Stone
Daniel M. Davis
Joe Skidmore
Gathercoat
Stone
Davis
Wilmette
Marble Tourney on Deck at Green Tomorrow Morning
The third annual marble tournament of the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board will be held tomorrow at 9 on the Village Green. Entry from Howard, Logan, Central and Stolp schools includes past champions George Green and Harold Barre.
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Green
Glen W. Gathercoal
Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Howard
Logan
Central
Stolp
Fourteen Try for Northwestern Golf Team Positions
Coach Leon Kranz opens the Northwestern golf program to tryouts, the largest candidate pool ever for the university. Veterans returning include captain Douglas McKay and Bill Miller John Whitaker and Connie Savikus. Seven conference contests are set, starting May 4 at Columbus against Ohio.
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Leon Kranz
Northwestern
Douglas McKay
Bill Miller
John Whitaker
Connie Savikus
Ohio
Columbus
Danville Publisher Donates 233 Acres as Harrison Park
John H. Harrison, publisher of the Danville Commerce News, announces the purchase of 233 acres of scenic ground near Danville including the country club property. He donates it to the city to be used forever as a public playground and to be known as Harrison Park.
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John H. Harrison
The
Danville
Northwest ern tennis team rebuilds with new players
Coach Arthur Nethercot of Northwest ern plans a spring tennis season without four veterans. Juniors Ed Martin Art Rooney Herb Weld and Rus Bergheim seek regular spots alongside promising sophomores Bert Reil Al Perrin and Cliff Nelson. Tryouts include Don Nelson John Curtiss and Al Bagge. The schedule opens April 23 against Loyola at Evanston with trips to Michigan Minnesota Purdue Indiana Wisconsin and a conference meet at Ohio in late May.
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Arthur Nethercot
Northwestern
Loyola University
Evanston
Ed Martin
Art Rooney
Herb Weld
Rus Bergheim
Bert Reil
al Perrin
Cliff Nelson
Don Nelson
John Curtiss
al Bagge
Michigan
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Purdue
Lafayette
Indiana
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Ohio
Evanston Golf Club Introduces Special Membership
The Evanston Golf Club announces a new membership type granting use of club facilities other than the golf course. Eligible members gain access to tennis courts, with rights extended to wives and minor children, but cannot attend meetings, vote, or hold office or own club assets.
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Evanston Golf Club
Girls' Athletic Club Closes Season April 30
The Girls' Athletic club will end its season April 30 with the Tuesday gymnasium class at Howard school gymnasium. Miss Joe Skidmore, assistant in charge of women's activities, says the class will meet for the last time this season as the Howard gymnasium is in use that evening for other purposes.
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Girls’ Athletic Club
Howard School Gymnasium
Joe Skidmore
Howard Gymnasium
Women Sports Calendar Highlights Spring Sessions
The listing shows April events including women’s swimming classes at Sovereign hotel on Fridays and Evanston Y M C A on Wednesdays, a third annual marble tournament at Village Green, and women’s and men’s gymnasium and volleyball sessions at Howard and Stolp gyms through May 1, with last girls’ gym class on April 30.
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Sovereign Hotel
Village Green
Howard Gymnasium
Stolp
Evanston Y. M
Henry Fowler Named to Wilmette Recreation Board
Henry Fowler was appointed to the Wilmette Recreation board in July 1928 to fill the unexpired term of Henry Haack. Fowler has long served Wilmette civic welfare, including the School and Park boards, the Boy Scout council, the Community Chest board, and the original Recreation board that helped establish the recreation program.
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Henry Fowler
Henry Haack
Fowler
Wilmette
Boy Scout Council
Community Chest Board of Directors
Women’s Volleyball O’Kays and Wildcats Face League Odds
The record shows O’Kays and Wildcats with sets 12 15 7 and 15 7 15 against Horsefeathers and Roughnecks in a league standings context. Listed players include Marcella Kummer Leona Hoffman Alice Nord Blanche Keil Dorothy Smith and others with referees XYZ and a second official. The standings section marks league results and team rosters for the season.
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O’kays
Wildcats
Marcella Kummer
Leona Hoffman
Alice Nord
Blanche Keil
Dorothy Smith
Marjorie Miller
Clementine Antoniono
Eleanor Phillips
Emma Hicks
Jane Krier
Gladys Engels Lorraine James
Isabel Reimer
Alma Jones
XYZ
Dorothy Kummer
Frances Kelly
Gladys Fehlen
Marion Russell
Elizabeth Nelson
Elizabeth Hoffman
Gertrude Koerper
Marjorie Warble
Roberta Mother
Peggy Betts
Betty Ryerson
All Stars Defeat Presbyterians in Cage Engagement
The All Stars defeated the Presbyterians 31 to 19 at Howard gym, April 11, in a Wilmette Recreation Board semi annual banquet event. Captain Charles Lauer led the Presbyterians with most points early, while Manny Powers and Bob McLean sparked the All Stars in a strong second half. The lineup included Eugene Hardt, F Herbert Weld, Bob McLean, Jack Cullen, Tom Varney, Frank Arnold, Wesley Considine, Charles Lauer, Manning Powers, Ed Hill. Previously the Peewees also played, with 1928 Peewees beating 1929 Peewees 14 to 2 between halves.
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All Stars
Presbyterians
Howard Gymnasium
Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Bal Robinson
Wilmette State Bank
Eugene Hardt
Herbert Weld
Bob McLean
Ralph Whitsett
Jack Cullen
State Bank
Tom Varney
Frank Arnold
Wesley Considine
Charles Lauer K
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Manning Powers
G. Ed Hill
Harry Stone Co
Frank Reynolds
Clyde Hamilton
Charles Hoover
Peewees
Change Gym Night Time at Stolp Gym
Daniel M. Davis announces the men’s gymnasium class meeting moves from Thursday to Tuesday at 7:30 PM in Stolp gymnasium. The date change supports staff attendance at the Midwest Playground and Recreation convention in Oak Park on April 25 26 27.
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Stolp
Daniel M. Davis
Oak Park
New York Track Men at Kansas Relays This Weekend
Northwestern's track squad resumes competition at the Kansas Relays in Lawrence over Friday and Saturday. Coach Frank Hill plans to enter about ten athletes with hopes of securing multiple titles. Sophomore pole vaulter Tom Warne, who set indoor world records, seeks outdoor honors, and Bill Portness, a leading broad jumper and Central A. A. U. champion, is among the top entrants following wins at SMU and Texas relays.
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Northwestern
Lawrence
Frank Hill
Tom Warne
Bill Portness
Portness
Southern Methodist
Texas University
Close Gym Schedule for Women at Howard School
The Thursday evening gym class for women at Howard school concluded last night. The Wilmette Playground and Recreation board, sponsor of the class, issued the announcement.
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Howard School
Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
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Harold Barre
Nethercot
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O'Kays
Chiss
Roughnecks
Ted Stone
al McLean
Dick Steen
Paul Williams
F. Marshall Dovse
Vance Soule
Paul Soule
Otis Gooch
George Maxwell
Donald Campbell
Jack Stackhouse
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