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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1930

Page

6

Need More Ear Phones for Vets at Hospital

Mrs Randolph McCandlish on behalf of the Legion Auxiliary Wilmette Post 46 asks for more radio ear phones for ward 16 N at Great Lakes hospital. Loudspeakers are unsuitable for some patients and the Auxiliary thanks donors and requests additional donations by calling Wilmette 4320.

Ward 16-N Great Lakes Hospital Randolph McCandlish The Legion Auxiliary of Wilmette Post 46 Wil

Tea by Eleanor Campbell for Quad Rangler Club

Miss Eleanor Campbell of 631 Central avenue hosts a tea Saturday afternoon at Shawnee Country Club for members of the Quad Rangler club of the University of Chicago to which she has belonged.

Eleanor Campbell Central Avenue Shawnee Country Club Quadrangler Club University of Chicago

Three Men Visit Camp Counselor Ernest Solomon in Eagle River

Walter Cary Howard West and Roy Knauer spend two weeks in northern Wisconsin and on the way north stop to visit Ernest Solomon at the Eagle River camp where he serves as counselor.

Walter Cary Howard West Roy Knauer Wisconsin Ernest Solomon Eagle River

Mrs Isaac Returns Home From New York Trip

Mrs George F Isaac of 701 Kenilworth Avenue recently returned home after a visit to New York City and spent the last few days at Mackinac Island Michigan.

George F. Isaac Kenilworth Avenue New York City Mackinac Island, Mich

Miss Lorraine Thoms Sets September for Her Wedding

Miss Lorraine Thoms daughter of Mr and Mrs A P Thoms Winnetka will wed Gerald S Bean of Hastings on September 11 at the bride's home. Attendants include matron of honor Mrs Walter Pagenkopf and bridesmaids Miss Ray Kriete Miss Marjorie Smith Miss Dorothy Nelson and Mrs Ralph Farmer. Best man Charles Radway Jr ushers Eugene Thoms Ralph Keilholtz and John Farle Edwards. Mrs Thoms is UW Madison graduate Alpha Gamma. Bean is NYU graduate Phi Lambda.

Lorraine Thoms A. P. Thoms Winnetka Gerald S. Bean Hastings-on-the-Hudson New York Walter Pagenkopf Ray Kriete Kenilworth Marjorie Smith Wilmette Dorothy Nelson Ralph Farmer Eva Benson Alpha Gamma Sorority Mr. Bean New York University Phi Lambda Fraternity

Ladies Entertain Friends Before Evanston Trip

Mrs. H. G. Van Winkle hosted a luncheon and bridge on Thursday August 14 at 318 Park avenue for Mrs. C. R. Custer Mrs. G. W. Cooke and Mrs. G. R. Lemmer all from Evanston who are soon leaving for their vacations.

H. G. van Winkle Park Avenue C. R. Custer G. W. Cooke G. R. Lemmer Evanston

East Tour Returns for Hodglin and Grant Parties

Mrs J A Hodglin and daughter Katherine of 1421 Forest avenue and Mrs Bessie Grant and son William have returned from a ten days tour of the east.

J. A. Hodglin Katherine Forest Avenue Bessie Grant William

George E. Cole Civic Leader Dies at 85

George E. Cole, longtime Chicago civic figure and first president of the Municipal Voters' League, died Monday at North Shore Health Resort after five weeks of illness. He was 85, a Wilmette and Winnetka resident, and head of the George E. Cole company. Funeral August 20 at his son Munroe Cole's Winnetka home.

George E. Cole North Shore Cole Wilmette Winnetka Munroe Cole Arbor Vitae Road Roy E. Bowers First Congregational Church Congregational Church Lakewood Ohio Graham Taylor Ravinia Union League Club Chicago Biloxi Miss Municipal Voters’ League Citizens’ Association

Fraser sisters depart for Washington visit with family

Misses Doris Helen and Agnes Fraser daughters of Mr and Mrs George Fraser of Kenilworth 645 Abbottsford road motor to Washington DC to visit Mrs John Spiller Hazel Fraser and Lieut Spiller They plan to return for the September 8 school opening Agnes will begin her junior year at New Trier High School Also noted are Mr and Mrs J C Gapen and Mrs Culbertson returning from Pine Lake Wisconsin with Clark Gapen Jr staying with Eugene Hildebrand at McKinley Lake Wisconsin for two weeks

Doris Helen Agnes Fraser George Fraser Abbottsford Road Kenilworth McHenry Washington, D. C John Spiller Hazel Fraser Spiller Washington New Trier High School J. C. Gapen Gapen C. W. Culbertson Elmwood Avenue Pine Lake Wis Clark Gapen, Jr Eugene Hildebrand Wilmette Hildebrand McKinley Lake

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