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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1933

Page

3

Bayreuth Festival Echoes Wagner Tradition and Innovation

George McClay reports on Bayreuth's 120th Wagner birthday year festival under Richard Strauss and Karl Elmendorff, noting new Ring scenery and theater lighting alongside enduring tradition. The review highlights standout performances by Robert Burg, Rudolph Bockelmann, Sigrid Onegin, Fritz Wolff, Ivar Andresen, Emanuel List, and Erich Zimmermann.

Bayreuth Bavaria Richard Wagner Wagner Richard Strauss Karl Elmendorff Wiesbaden Strauss Arturo Toscanini Rhine Rudolph Bockelmann Sigrid Onegin Fricka Fritz Wolff Ivar Andresen Emanuel List Fafner Erich Zimmermann Valhalla

Mrs Kellogg Family to Move from Wilmette to Chicago South Shore

Mrs. George M. Kellogg Jr and her family plan a move from Wilmette to the South Shore area of Chicago. They have lived at 2112 Beechwood Avenue for two and a half years after fifteen years in Chicago. Son Paul George has been at Camp Lake Villa Ill for two months and Mary Jane is also moving. The family will miss their Wilmette friends but will stay connected through local organizations and social life.

George M. Kellogg, Jr South Shore Chicago Kellogg Beechwood Avenue Wilmette Paul George Kellogg Lake Villa Ill Paul George Mary Jane

Mrs H R Coffey Hosts Informal Tea Party

Mrs H R Coffey of 309 Driftwood Lane entertained a small group of friends informally at tea on Tuesday in a quiet social gathering.

H. R. Coffey Driftwood Lane

Former Wilmette Man Attends Press Reunion

Walter L. Cossar, a former Wilmette resident and retired newspaper man, joins the Veterans of the Press of 793 reunion for reporters and editors who covered the Columbian Exposition. He attends with granddaughter Marger y Hume of Wilmette as guests of A Century of Progress officials. A luncheon tea and Federal Building banquet with a Roosevelt message cap the day before Cossar returns to his Michigan farm after a week at the Fair.

Wilmette Walter L. Cossar Margery Hume Federal Building Roosevelt Cossar Michigan

Virginia Jones Leaves for Brutus Trip with Liddle Party

Virginia Jones of 1538 Forest Avenue traveled last Thursday to Brutus Michigan with Mrs Charles Liddle and her daughter Ann of Winnetka accompanying her by car for the trip.

Virginia Jones Forest Avenue Brutus, Mich Charles Liddle Ann Winnetka

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Bayreuth Festival Germany North Shore George McClay Alberich Robert Burg Lawsonia Wisconsin Lawsonia Country Club Green Lake Wisc North Side Cleaners Dyers CO The Dells Dell View Hotel Lake Delton M.E. Woolley Lawsonia Country. Club Michigan Ave Superior
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