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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
4
Christ Jesus will be the subject at the First Church of Christ Scientist Wilmette Sunday morning service at 11 o clock. The edifice is located at 1003 Central avenue. Sunday school convenes at 9 45.
At Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan the local council awarded two week camping certificates to volunteer Scoutmasters as part of a five year training program. Recipients include James Bakers Troop 4 Thomas Mickey Troop 10 Ross Blaylock Troop 15 S K Ostergaard Troop 19 Frank Woods George Getgood Troop 22 William Moore Troop 33 H R Smith Troop 30 Walter Willard Troop 35 Winston Long Lake Forest Troop 45 James Tibbetts Troop 46 Vic Sinderholm Deerfield Troop 51 Ray Dobbins Troop 52 James Russell Libertyville Troop 71 Medill Balloff Jack Osborn Waukegan Troop 4 Herbert Oliver.
The Post Office department approved new schedules to speed air mail from Chicago as United Air Lines operates three mile per minute multi metered transports from Chicago Municipal airport. Air mail leaving Chicago at 6 p m DST reaches California and Pacific Northwest cities by 6 45 a m while late night flights serve long distances to Dallas and other points. Morning departures shorten travel times to Dallas by evening and cut Chicago to Cleveland by two hours and to Kansas City and Omaha by three. New York remains four and three quarter hours away with five mail passenger schedules daily plus six all passenger runs to New York.
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad announces a 60 percent open round trip fare between any two North Shore Line points for travel from August 31 to September 4 with return by September 12. A minimum round-trip fare of one dollar applies. Similar interline reductions apply to Western and Southwestern territories.
Dorothy Deacon daughter of Fred Deacon will return September first from Camp Wapome at Canoe Lake where she had spent a month. Mrs. Charles Cavanagh of St Louis was guest of Alexander Newtons in Kenilworth as Mr and Mrs Charles Hodges of Morgantown WV left after visiting the Bayliss family.
North Shore Area council reports strong Scout advancement at Ma Ka Ja Wan camp. Twenty six boys earned second class and twelve first class. sixteen became Star Scouts, ten Life Scouts and four earned the Eagle badge. Two earned Eagle palm. 285 boys spent 655 weeks over seven weeks at camp. 266 merit badges earned. 56 swimming and 41 canoeing merit badges. 22 junior Red Cross life saving and one senior. Forty Scouts and leaders gained Order of the Arrow first degree. twelve second degree. one third degree.
The Kenilworth Inn on the north shore has reopened under new ownership and management. The property changed hands over the past year and has been redecorated and modernized to serve the Kenilworth community with large rooms and grounds. Mrs Opal K Alldredge now manages the Inn under a lease negotiated by Baird and Warner's Kenilworth office.
Dr and Mrs Harry Baer and their three children from Pittsburg have stayed for a week with Mr and Mrs M B Mervis at 141 Robsart road Kenilworth.
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