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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1939

Page

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Boy Cyclist Struck by Car Arrest Motorist

Joel Bowlby 10 of 627 Lake Avenue was struck by an automobile near 606 Washington Avenue. Driver Carl H. Behnke 25 of Palatine said he was going about 30 mph and blew the horn but the boy rode in the street. Bowlby suffered minor injuries. Behnke held for speeding and defective brakes.

Joel Bowlby Lake Avenue Washington Avenue Carl H. Behnke Palatine Joseph Steffens John Voss Behnke

Sponsors Card Party at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Glenview

Guild I of the Altar and Rosary Sodality hosts a card party in Glenview at the church Friday evening in April. Mrs. J A Mowatt chairs the event and numerous prizes will be awarded.

Guild I The Altar and Rosary Sodality of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Glenview J. A. Mowatt

Community Talent Show At Wilmette Parish Church

A variety program staged in the Wilmette Parish Methodist Church school auditorium begins 8 15 p m with stunts by groups from several churches and campus clubs. Co chairs Miss Mildred Farmer and Robert Maxwell of Theta Upsilon Rho. Tickets sold at the door 7 30 p m. Vincent Weis and his eleven piece orchestra provide intermission entertainment.

Wilmette Parish Methodist Church Taxis Club Presbyterian Church Walther League St. John’s Lutheran Church Kappa Pi Phi Congregational Church Epworth League Methodist Church Baptist Young People’s Society St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Young People’s Group Theta Upsilon Rho Mildred Farmer Robert Maxwell The Walter Lyman Ted Hosking Earl Terrill Albert Ackermann Marion Goode Barbara Betts Virginia Brooks Verna Parkhurst Vincent Weis

St John's Players rehearse Wings of the Morning in Wilmette

The St John s Players prepare their annual three act comedy Wings of the Morning by Charles Quimby Burdette for an 8 pm performance on Thursday May 11 in the Howard school auditorium Wilmette. The cast features Rex Ashdown Elsa Carlen Joyce Calvert Doris Wiese Norman Eilertsen Adrian Powell Herman Meyer David Banning Charles Taylor Eben Forthright Milton Dethloff Tonio DiSilvistri Edith Rouley Carlotta Leona Carlen Benedetta Marilyn Myrland Effie Luella Dallenbach Miss Wanley Jerrine Fromm Mrs Ellis Doris Trego Trudy Margaret Eggert Ellen Bert Simons Stanley Gordon and others under Rev J H Gockel.

St. John’s Charles Quimby Burdette Howard School 17Th Street Spencer Avenue Wilmette Elsa Carlen Walnut Avenue Joyce Calvert Doris Wiese Wilmette Avenue Loa Norman Eilertsen Ash Street Winnetka Adrian Powell Herman Meyer Sunset Road David Banning Charles Taylor Central Avenue Eben Forthright Geoffrey Milton Dethloff Elm Street Tonio DiSilvistri Edith Rouley Carlotta Leona Carlen Benedetta Marilyn Myrland Effie Luella Dallenbach Miss Wanley Jerrine Fromm Maple Avenue Ellis Doris Trego Trudy Margaret Eggert Roger Avenue Kenilworth Ellen Bert Simons Stanley Gordon

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