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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
8
Paul T. Gilbert Jr of Kenilworth receives a Nolan scholarship for his junior year at Northwestern University. He has maintained a straight A average through freshman and sophomore years, and he is a member of the Wranglers, Purple Key electee, and varsity track team member.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson and sons Earl and William with Mrs Maud Wilson and Mr and Mrs Coon of Lockport IL visited the Albert A McKeighan family at 1025 Greenleaf avenue. The group, joined by William McKeighan's family of 1615 Walnut avenue, spent the day in Washington Park with a picnic lunch. Virginia Wilson, who vacationed two weeks with Esther McKeighan, returned home with her parents.
Mr and Mrs A F McCanney of 200 Catalpa Place Wilmette announce the betrothal of their daughter Gladys to Carl C Engels of 923 Ridge Court Evanston.
Mrs. Royal D. Smith hosted Mrs. George Landee and daughter Jane of Moline Ill over the past weekend. Miss Landee, Stanley Smith’s fiancée, is mentioned amid a sequence of visitors and upcoming bridge luncheon plans at Skokie Country Club.
A group of North Shore students and graduates from New Trier Township High School organize a new dance orchestra. Led by Peter L. Gilbert class of 1934 and first trombonist of the school band, the ensemble includes John K. Mathison piano Robert Walker violin Robert Robertson flute and piccolo Paul T. Gilbert Jr clarinet and piano Raymond Westergren trumpet Leonard Larson drums Bruce Karnes saxophone.
Mrs. Marguerite W. Gody and her son Thomas with friend William Bell of Washington drove to visit Mrs. Gody’s sister and the Hodgkins family at 421 Abbotsford road Kenilworth. Mrs. Hodgkins and her daughter Helen drove to Oconomowoc Saturday taking houseguest Virginia Jones home.
W. D. Dallas of Jefferson City Missouri arrived at Curtiss airport last Thursday from his home town. He came in a Stinson S. This was Mr. Dallas second trip to Curtiss field in two weeks.
An aviation representative from Pure Oil arrived at Curtiss airport last Friday aboard a cabin Waco painted in Pure Oil colors blue and white.
Dr and Mrs Lester E Mee of 1229 Chestnut Ave plan a August month away in Banff with Doris Jack and Ed ward. Their home will be cared for by Mrs Fred E Harwood and family of Evanston in their absence. Mr and Mrs Robert Dawes Smith of Chicago announce the birth of a daughter July 30 at St Francis Hospital. The baby is the first grandchild of Royal and Dorothy Smith. Dorothy Massig of Wilmette visits Janet Bertram at Kentuck Lake Wisconsin while staying at Janet's uncle William T Osgood's summer home in Gregory Ave. Herbert Taylor of Kenilworth and his wife left July 27 for Lake Shebandewan Ontario for a week with Mrs Leslie Gooder of Winnetka.
Murray Hall a Department of Commerce inspector for the north shore airports has been transferred again this time to Alaska for two years. He recently flew a Stinson and stopped at Curtiss airport en route to his new duties. Bill Winston another well known inspector is now with Pan American Airways and is flying south from Miami.
Wayne King, the famed orchestra leader and aviation enthusiast, visited Curtiss Field last Friday where he stores his Stinson. He has not flown much this season and recently returned from a California vacation, resuming duties at the Aragon ballroom.
H. S. Darr, president of Chicago Aviation, operators of Curtiss airport, flew to Wayne Michigan early Wednesday of last week and returned Friday morning on business. Wayne hosts the Stinson factory, with Darr acting as the distributing agency for Stinsons in the region.
Earl Sark of Cookeville Tennessee, a frequent Curtiss airport visitor, brought his Warner Travelair last week to fix landing gear and a wing after the aircraft struck a rock during landing. Sark uses the plane for barnstorming tours in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Jim Roth flew a Stinson from Curtiss airport to Kansas City last Wednesday to pick up Walden Shaw, father in law of Daniel Peterkin Jr. Roth previously piloted Shaw from California in Shaw's Hammond several weeks earlier.
Several ships from nearby airports gathered at Curtiss field last Friday to host the official visit by Department of Commerce Inspector C. F. De Laseaux as part of the inspection program.
An Army transport ship from Bolling Field Washington D C was at Curtiss airport over the weekend of July 21 22.
Jack Faulkner operates an auto giro for aerial advertising from the Curtiss field hangar. He keeps the aircraft stored at the Curtiss field facilities.
Bill Lear of Lear Developments Inc a New York City based airplane radio maker visits Curtiss Airport on Sunday July 22. He flies a Stinson Reliant owned by Chicago Aviation Corp and recently bought a Beechcraft four passenger cabin plane with about 160 mph cruising speed powered by a Jacobs engine designed by Walter Beech. A similar plane is entered in the London to Australia race. Lear had sold the Stinson about three weeks earlier in New York City.
A new Aeronca Collegiate was flown from the Aeronca factory in Cincinnati to Curtiss airport by a company sales representative for demonstration. The two place side by side cabin monoplane cruises at about eighty miles per hour.
Department of Commerce officials from Washington visited Curtiss airport last Thursday to inspect the new round wing Nemeth aircraft and watch it fly. Dwight Morrow, a veteran flying instructor, piloted the plane on a demonstration flight and has been the sole pilot on test hops.
Texaco aviation representative Aubrey Keif arrived at Curtiss airport in the Texaco 14 a Wasp powered Stearman. He traveled from Detroit via Grand Rapids. At Curtiss the ship received a temperature gauge windshield glass and a thorough cleanup and inspection.
Two Thomas Morse O-19 ships returned to Scottfield at Belleville last week after aerial maneuvers at Fort Sheridan. The vessels towed targets for anti aircraft practice and were stationed at Curtiss airport near Glenview during the training period.
H. B. Griggs made another trip to Marion Indiana last week in the General Household Utilities Bellanca. One of the companys plants is located at Marion and the Bellanca is kept in the Curtiss airport hangar.
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