Heavy Rains Halt Tennis Tournament Play
Bad weather across the Village Green delays the village tennis tournament started August 1. Only four games played. no women’s matches, three men’s games completed. Notable results include Keenan def Foslund 6-0 6-0 and Cornes def Burhan 6-2 6-3. Thelan def Hawkinson 14-12 6-8 9-7. Finalist first-round date extended to August 11 due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground and Recreation Board
Frank Keenan
Walter Foslund
James Cornes
Iver Burhans
Jerrome Cicchini
Claude Hill
Director Davis Names Poster Contest Winners
Forty five participants from three public playgrounds competed in a village wide poster contest announced by Daniel M. Davis. Winners were listed by age group with first and second places, posters shown at the Recreation Board office before final exhibition at the last week of summer playgrounds.
Junior Doll Show Winners and Gold Medal Race
In the junior division Rosalind Craig won first with Sherman Crumlish second. Doll show winners included Wattman park Jane Redlin first Frances Alles second Doris Jean Hargis third Central Joanne Collyer first Village Green Jacqueline Miller first Alice Meyer second Ruth Pape third. Ribbons awarded to top three in each contest with points toward a season gold medal for top overall. A second gold medal goes to the next high scorer, plus two silvers and two bronzes for the following four. Mr and Mrs James P Reinhold of Wilmette and relatives visited in Illinois then planned a California stay mid August. Mrs William C Reinhold hosted Dr J T Mann and wife before they traveled to Silver City N M. Miss Mary Farmer of 915 Elmwood avenue attended a Chi Omega sorority luncheon in Indianapolis and is Purdue graduate. Mr and Mrs Joseph Stier and Coreline Bitner of Fort Wayne visited V J Rader on Gregory avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Craig
Sherman Crumlish
Wattman Park
Jane Redlin
Frances Alles
Doris Jean Hargis
Joanne Collyer
Village Green
Jacqueline Miller
Alice Meyer
Ruth Pape
Mary Farmer
Elmwood Avenue
Indianapolis
Chi Omega Sorority
Miss Farmer
Purdue University
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George Thelan
Stanley Hawkinson
Davis
Daniel M. Davis
Central Playground
Elaine Leis
Emily Kohl
Vatman Playground
Virginia Green
Vattman Playground
Virginia ‘Tobin
Marion Pickard
Rose Toscani
Mary White
Wattman
Marie Meyer
Recreation Board
O’leary
Vattman Park
Kate McConachie
Vattman
Katherine Simonds
Loretta Steffens
Lucille Hoffman
Kathryn Holway
Wattman Playground
Ruth Sanderson
Dorothy Davis
Muriel Kinney
Marjorie Hill
Dorothy Eisler
Carla Heiss
Suzanne Lyons
Charles Moon
Donald Hoffman
Village Green Playground
Billy Fanckboner
Tommy Meier
Blanche Kreusch
Marjorie Weiller
James P. Reinhold
Wilmette
Mr. Reinhold
William C. Reinhold
Ashland Avenue
California
J. T. Mann
Philadelphia
Silver City
N. M
Manns
Reinholds
Mrs. Joseph. Stier
Coreline Bitner
Fort Wayne
Ind
V. J. Rader
Gregory Avenue
Asta-Marie
Central Ave
Ph. Wilmette
Linden Avenue
Pearson’s Market
A. C. Pearson
Prop
Ridge Avenue
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