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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1939

Page

8

Culver Midshipman Adler Makes Naval Honor Roll

Robert H. Adler of 147 Beach road Glencoe, a second year midshipman at Culver Military Academy, earned the Quartermaster rating and was placed on the Honor Roll for naval achievement after passing demanding tests. He joined other top seamen recognized for mastery of soundings semaphore signaling and handling small sailing craft.

Robert H. Adler Beach Road Glencoe Culver Military Academy

Navy petty officer candidate remarks on shipboard skills

A report notes a candidate’s comments about coursework in racing Cub boats and various seamanship tasks. It highlights instruction of new crew, proficiency in cutters and sloops, signaling, and a good conduct record while describing duties of the Quar termaster and Navy Standard compass.

Navy

Two Central Avenue Women Plan East Trip

Miss Dorothy Hall of 500 Central Avenue and Miss Ann Klapperich of 412 Central Avenue left Friday for a week or ten days traveling east. They will visit the New York fair and visit friends in Philadelphia.

Dorothy Hall Central Avenue Ann Klapperich Philadelphia

Mid West boarding schools offer diverse options near Chicago

Marjorie McLean Leary notes many fine boarding schools around Chicago including a girls’ country school and convents for both grade and high school boarding. She lists locations from Beaver Dam Wisconsin to the Illinois North Shore, Aurora and Mt Carroll, Godfrey Illinois, and Bloomfield Hills Michigan, highlighting the region’s breadth and advantages of boarding.

Mid-West Marjorie McLean Leary Chicago Beaver Dam Wis Milwaukee Kenosha Lake Forest Illinois North Shore Aurora Mt. Carroll St. Louis Godfrey Detroit Bloomfield Hills Mich

School Consultant Offers Free Services Through Magazine

Marjorie McLean Leary serves as the authorized School Consultant for this news magazine. Services are free to all readers and available to parents by appointment via the magazine. The consultant has extensive experience in direct school contact nationwide and offers her services without cost or obligation.

Marjorie McLean Leary This News Magazine

School Visit Policies Vary by Institution

The text notes schools sit near yet distant from homes to preserve social structure. Some permit monthly weekend visits while others allow trips only during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter vacations.

Dads in Spotlight at Culver Academy Summer Fathers Week

More than 250 fathers from across the country attended Culver Military Academy Summer Fathers Week. They lived in barracks, dined in the mess hall, and joined in golf tennis sailing rifle shooting and band events with their sons. S. F. Meyers of Wilmette was among the attendees.

Culver Military Academy S. F. Meyers Linden Avenue Wilmette

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