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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

29

Associated Players Open Series at Wilmette Club

The Associated Players, a stock company long active at East Orange Woman's Club, began a Wilmette engagement in August at the Woman's Club auditorium. Each weekend features a new bill, mainly comedies. The New Idea is set for Friday and Saturday. No general admission. attendees contribute, perhaps the price of a movie ticket, to support ongoing performances in Wilmette.

Associated Players Woman’s Club East Orange N. J Woman’s Club of Wilmette

Drive for Members Opened by League of Women Voters

Wilmette League of Women Voters begins soliciting new members for the fall opening. Membership chair Mrs. L. K. Gillson invites all Wilmette women interested in joining. A Yale expert lauds the League as nonpartisan and thorough in its governmental study and recommendations.

League of Women Voters Wilmette League of Women Voters L. K. Gillson Wilmette Francis W. Coker Department of Government and International Relations Yale University The League Gillson

Gas Model Plane Society to Hold Flight on Sunday

The North Shore Gas Model Airplane Society will stage its first flight contest Sunday afternoon September 3 on the field south of Curtiss Reynolds airport in Glenview. Admission is free for spectators while only members may enter models. Judge Ronald May and Bud Schurmeier supervise. Contest categories cover 5 percent and one half inch engine bore models with prizes for total gliding time after a 20 second lift. Each flyer gets three flights. 20 to 25 entries expected starting at 2 6 o clock.

North Shore Gas Model Airplane Society Curtiss-Reynolds Glenview Lake and Shhermer Avenues Ronald May Bud Schurmeier

Move to Savanna by Crosses. Mrs Cross Accepts Civil Service Post

Mr and Mrs James B Cross relocate from 1734 Elmwood Avenue Wilmette to 240 East Milwaukee Street Savanna Illinois Mrs Cross accepts a position offered by the U S Civil Service Commission as assistant clerk stenographer in the Constructing Quartermaster s office at the Savanna Ordnance Depot Proving Ground Illinois

James B. Cross Elmwood Avenue Wilmette Milwaukee Street Savanna Ill Cross U. S. Civil Service Commission Savanna Ordnance Depot Proving Ground

Mrs Davidson and daughter return from Wisconsin vacation

Mrs B C Davidson of 1437 Forest Avenue and her daughter Edna have returned to Wilmette after two weeks in northern Wisconsin. They stayed near Green Lake and were in Eagle River.

B. C. Davidson Forest Avenue Edna Wilmette Wisconsin Greenlake Eagle River

New Trier High School Names Nine New Faculty Members

Six former New Trier teachers have resigned effective September 11. The school board fills vacancies with nine new staff members including Miss Virginia Anderson and Miss Blanche Veach in girls physical education, Carl Clader in science, Douglas Hindley and Arthur McKinnie in English, Miss Eileen White, Miss Louise Lambert in drama, William Nickels in industrial arts, John Stenvall in art, Miss Elizabeth Webb in mathematics, and Orville Oaks swapping positions with Walter W. Smith for the year.

New Trier High School Jane Adair Inga Page Alice Burchard Alice Fairbairn Betty Rehage A. B. van Deusen Virginia Anderson Northwestern University Blanche Veach Ilinois Wisconsin Carl Clader Northwestern Douglas Hindley John G. Hindley First Congregational Church Wilmette Arthur McKinnie University of Michigan Springfield Eileen White Proviso Township Louise Lambert William H. Nickels Ancho New Mexico John Stenvall University of Nebraska Art Institute of Chicago Elizabeth Webb New Trier Orville Oaks Manual Education Walter W. Smith Honolulu Hawaii

Birth announcement for Anderson son in Rogers Park

Mr and Mrs Burton Anderson of Rogers Park announce the birth of a son on Monday August 28. He has a brother Bruce four and a half. Mr Anderson is the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar A Anderson of Wilmette and the family formerly lived in Winnetka.

Burton Anderson Rogers Park Winnetka Bruce Mr. Anderson Oscar A. Anderson Wilmette

Family News: Congers Return from Wisconsin Trips

Juli Ann Conger of 935 Forest Avenue has returned home after two months at Whispering Pine ranch camp in Mercer Wisconsin. Her parents Dr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Conger also returned from a trip to Wowona lodge in Woodruff Wisconsin.

Juli Ann Conger Forest Avenue Whispering Pine Ranch Mercer Wis Sidney B. Conger Wowona Lodge Woodruff

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