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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1928

Page

7

Baby Queen Rules At Kenilworth Carnival

A three and a half year old Barbara Brown daughter of Kenneth C Brown of 515 Abbottsford road Kenilworth was named Miss Kenilworth at the Kenilworth club water carnival. She won first place among forty in the bathing beauty contest and a gold crown. Maids of honor were Betty Bennett Catherine Tiedeman Barbara Burch and Suzanne Taylor. Peggy Ketcham 9 won the high point in swimming events. Over 300 to 350 people attended the carnival and meet.

Kenilworth Barbara Brown Kenneth C. Brown Abbottsford Road Barbara Kenilworth Club Atlantic City Betty Bennett Catherine Tiedeman Barbara Burch Suzanne Taylor Louise Hanna Betty Rich Betty Byrne Beverly Bouchard Dorothy Baggio John Dix Stanley Knight Robert Meter Harry Weese John Pearson Donald Vail

Skokie Tops Winnetka 4 1 in Triangular Net Meet

Skokie Country Club defeated Winnetka Tennis Club 4 to 1 in a triangular tournament last Sunday. Matches included Conrad Daniels defeating Ben Sherrill in three-set thriller and Lucy Jane Hedberg sweeping Doris Ferry 6 0 6 1. Other results show Eleanor Tietgen edging Sally Clover 7 4 6 3 and Hedberg teaming with Walter Webb to beat Ken Tietgen and Alan Ferry 6 1. Community notes mention Mrs. Dudley Taylor and daughter Betty spending summer at Powers Lake Wisconsin and Mrs. William A. Schertz returning to Pittsburg after a visit with Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathbone of Kenilworth.

North Shore Skokie Country Club Winnetka Tennis Club Skokie Winnetka Indian Hill Club Conrad Daniels Ben Sherrill Bob McMahon Alan Ferry Lucy Jane Hedberg Doris Ferry Eleanor Tietgen Sally Clover Walter Webb Ken Tietgen Dudley Taylor Betty Kenilworth Powers Lake Wis William A. Schertz Pittsburg Henry Riggs Rathbone

Neighbor States Invited to Sewage Plant Opening

Sanitary district officials say neighboring states protesting Lake Michigan water diversion will be invited to the Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard plant opening. The event aims to show reduced water needs and health safeguards for millions served. Date not set but expected between September 1 and 15.

Lake Michigan Sanitary District Oakton Street McCormick Boulevard

Napoleon Remains a Top Topic in Best Sellers

Wilmette Public Library highlights popular Napoleon works by Emil Ludwig and others. Notable titles include those by Anderson Bourrienne Browning Faure Headley Lockhart Ludwig Manuscript of St Helena Rosebery Tarbell and more, reflecting enduring interest in Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte Emil Ludwig Wilmette Public Library Anderson Bourrienne Napoleon Browning Faure Headley Lockhart Ludwig St. Helena Rosebery Tarbell

Postwar Morals Books Listed by Reader's Guide

Wilmette Public Library librarian Miss Anne L Whitmack highlights postwar moral novels from May Lamberton Becker’s Reader's Guide. Notable picks include Galsworthy White Monkey Silver Spoon Swan Song Rolland Soul Enchanted O S haughnessy Viennese Medley Wasserman Faber World's Illusion Maurois Bernard Quesnay Kaye Smith End of the House of Alard Iron and Smoke Gibbs Soundings Labels Deeping Sorrell and Son.

Anne L. Whitmack Wilmette Public Library Lamberton Becker Times Forsyte Galsworthy Rolland O’shaughnessy

Oregon State ag engineer resigns for UC dairy research

Russell Perry son of L L Perry of 1227 Greenwood avenue resigns from agricultural engineering at Oregon State Agricultural College Corvallis to accept a post in agricultural engineering and dairy machinery research at the University of California. Robert Drake son of Lyman Drake of 933 Lake avenue returns from a Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota harvest trip with a Dartmouth classmate.

Russell Perry L. L. Perry Greenwood Avenue Oregon State Agricultural College Corvallis, Ore University of California Robert Drake Lyman Drake Lake Avenue Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Dartmouth

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Garden Club Lehle Wilmette Wilmette Evening Garden Club Herbert J. Naper George F. Iliff Frank R. Eager Jones Roa PH A Ridge Avenue Pharmacy St. Joseph School C. C. Renneckar
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