Skippy Arcus Sets Travel Record in Alaska Adventure
Wilmette residents profile Captain Skippy Arcus a famed traveling cat aboard the S S Aleutian voyage to Seward and Anchorage He claims 17 children a broken down wife and seven upcoming birthdays while noting his feats as first round trip feline passenger for the Alaska Line with 37 states and Alaska air sights in his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Skippy Arcus
Wilmette
Ill
Alaska
Captain Skippy
Seward
Anchorage
S. S. Aleutian
Skippy
Schultz
Beatrice
Bettyjean Arcus
Washington Avenue
Alaska Line
Northern Territory
America
Recent Visitors Return to Moline
Mrs. M. C. Nutt and her daughter Barbara of Moline return home from visiting Mrs. J. D. Small and Stoddard Small at 411 Maple Avenue in Wilmette. Mr. Nutt joined them after a business trip south and Martha Louise remains at Sandstone Camp Green Lake Wisconsin for a five week summer term.
Norman J. Collins Plans Wisconsin Madison Start
Norman J. Collins of 630 Elmwood Avenue returns from a west coast trip through the Canadian Rockies and will enter the University of Wisconsin Madison in September.
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Norman J. Collins
Elmwood Avenue
West Coast
Canadian Rockies
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Sleepy Evanston Driver Arrested After Night Crash
At 1 30 a m Monday Robert W Parker 18 of 1327 Hinman Avenue Evanston fell asleep while driving south on Green Bay road at 25 mph his car hit the curb and struck a street light standard near Washington Avenue He is held on a charge of damaging Village property.
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Robert W. Parker
Hinman Avenue
Evanston
Green Bay Road
Washington Avenue
Mrs Wolff Visits North Woods Camp Idlewild
Mrs. Robert Wolff of Wilmette spends two weeks with her mother and father in law at Camp Idlewild in northern Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Brashears will stay another six weeks.
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Robert Wolff
Wilmette
J. W. Brashears
Camp Idlewild
Minnesota
Mrs. Brashears
Also Mentioned on This Page
SS. Aleutian
Steamship
Pica
Moline
North Woods
Lasscraf Mfg. CO
Chicago Ave
Uni
Carload Sale
Sherman Ave
University
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