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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1936

Page

2

Women pilots to perform at Chicago aviation meet Sunday

Leading women aviators in the Chicago area will compete at Curtiss-Reynolds airport with speed races stunt displays and parachute leaps. Jane Ray chairs the event and champions plans to train women for army aviation and Red Cross missions.

Chicago Curtiss-Reynolds Lake Avenue Shermer Road Ninety-Niners Amelia Earhart Putnam Chicago Girls Flying Club Miss Ray Army Aviation Corps Red Cross Joliet Naperville

Local aviators embark on weekend flights to state fair

Al Sprague Jr with Miss Viola Crosby and C E Seidel entered the handicap race to Spring field last Saturday, sponsored by the Illinois Aeronautics commission. They will file a full report upon landing at the state fair. Dr and Mrs Eugene Cary flew Fond du Lac Wisconsin round trip from Palwaukee airport Sunday. William Willett returned to Palwaukee after a business trip to Munising Michigan. Conway Olmstead, new Fairchild buyer, has been flying twice daily for weeks. Mrs Charles Dewey and Mrs Conway Olmstead take flying lessons in their husbands planes at Palwaukee.

Jane Ray Meet Illinois Aeronautical Commission Chicago Eleanor A. Domack June H. Kraft Evanston Doris Langher Katherine A. Lindemann Margaret E. McCormick George Meyer Cherry Street Winnetka Dorothy West Pelza Elsah Ill Dorothy King Emma Sprague Michigan Ave Wilmette Mabel Wilson Schiller Park Pilwaukee Milwaukee Avenue Palatine Road Central Gas Joe Trefney American Airlines Hubert Bodiner Sterling Harper United Airlines Harper Mr. Hill Cliff Condit Hill Mr. Harper al Sprague, Jr Viola Crosby C. E Seidel Springfield Illinois Aeronautics Commission State Fair Eugene Cary Fond du Lac Wis Palwaukee William Willett Lumber Company Munising Mich Charles Dewey Conway Olmstead

Kunath to Return From Detroit Trip

A. H. Kunath manager of Sky Harbor airport on Dundee road was set to return early this week from a business trip to Detroit.

A. H. Kunath Sky Harbor Dundee Road Detroit

Wilmette Library Adds Fiction and Biography

The Wilmette Public Library expands its collection with new fiction by Buchan Dos Passos Edmonds Fergusson Gilpatric Kelly Sherrif Thomas and non fiction works by Kasper Walter Culbertson Humphrey Stern Cushing Smith plus Vincent Van Gogh biographies and a Spain reading list including Madariaga Sedgewick Ortega y Gasset Gunther. The Van Gogh retrospective at the Art Institute runs August 26 and readers may borrow these titles.

Buchan Norlands Dos Passos Edmonds Fergusson Followers of the Sun Gilpatric Glencannon Kelly Sherrif Greengates Thomas Kasper Walter Genetics Culbertson Humphrey Green Mountains Sierra Stern— Monogram Cushing Surgeon’s Journal Smith—Gaspe Vincent van Gogh Irving Stone Art Institute van Gogh Meier Graefe Pierard W. Earps Wilmette Public

Kenilworth Family Attends Sioux City Wedding

Mr and Mrs Armand H Peycke of 240 Raleigh road Kenilworth and their daughter Jane plan to travel to Sioux City Iowa for the marriage of Miss Helen Huff to Thomas Hughes of Boston Mass this weekend.

Armand H. Peycke Raleigh Road Kenilworth Jane Sioux City Iowa Helen Huff Thomas Hughes Boston Mass

Northbrook Dog Exhibit Entries Close Thursday

Northbrook Kennel club hosts a dog show at Curtiss Reynolds airport on Sunday August 30. Entries close Thursday morning. Dogs split into three pedigreed classes with judges including E ly Adair and R Blakesley. Children’s class judged by display rather than dog quality. winners receive silver trophies and all entrants get candy.

Evanston Northbrook Kennel Club Curtiss- Reynolds America E.ly Adair Pittsburgh R. Blakesley Niles Center L. W. Browne DeKalb R. R. Hughes Harvey R. T. Winn Elgin E. J. Woodward Libertyville

Shower for Bride Miss Marjorie Hasselberg

Miss Marjorie Hasselberg daughter of Mrs Harry Hasselberg of 605 Park Avenue was honored at a miscellaneous shower August 5 hosted by Mrs Ferdinand Klepp of 419 Linden Avenue and Miss Faye Mateus of 503 Monroe Street at Mrs Klepp's home in preparation for her September 26 wedding to Peter R Cosyn of Chicago.

Marjorie Hasselberg Harry Hasselberg Park Avenue Peter R. Cosyn Chicago Ferdinand Klepp Linden Avenue Faye Mateus Monroe Street Klepp

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AVIAT Rod-Airo Army Aviation Service Curtiss-Reynolds Field Skinner Ashman March Field Los Angeles Green Bay Conway Olmsted Ann L. Whitmack The Wilmette Public Library Spain Madariaga Sedgewick Ortega Y Gasset Gunther Europe Northbrook Bride Park Board Wattman Park Fifteenth Street Spencer Avenue
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