Travel West by Air Reaches High Peak
United Air Lines official reports record high air travel to California and the Pacific northwest after a two week survey. R F Ahrens, regional traffic manager, notes the San Francisco Fair and western attractions draw many visitors this summer as war in Europe looms. He expects many Easterners to vacation in the west this fall and winter and predicts hundreds of Legionnaires will fly to Chicago for the national convention next month. Ahrens resides in Highland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pacific Northwest
R. F. Ahrens
United Air Lines
Chicago
San Francisco Fair
Great West
Europe
Ahrens
Highland Park
Mrs H Lyle Norrington Visits California Family
Mrs H Lyle Norrington of 124 Robsart Road Kenilworth flew to California Tuesday night to meet her mother Mrs Julian Kerr in Palo Alto. Mrs Kerr left by train August 20 to visit her grandsons Robert and John Spencer Norrington students in the graduate school of commerce at Leland Stanford University. Mrs Norrington will go to Tucson Ariz after Thanksgiving and will spend the winter there. Mrs Kerr will remain in Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lyle Norrington
Robsart Road
Kenilworth
California
Julian Kerr
Palto Alto
Kerr
Robert and
John Spencer Norrington
Graduate School of Commerce
Leland Stanford University
Lipman Family Welcomes Puppies as Son Returns
Marc Lipman returns to Wilmette after two months at Camp Ojibwa in Eagle River Wisconsin. In the Lipman home Duchess Bon Der Remsburck, their great dane, has given birth to seven puppies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Lipman
Charles H. Lipman
Park Avenue
Wilmette
Eagle River
Wis
Camp Ojibwa
Lipman
Duchess Bon der Remsburck
Rides in Horse Show and Play at Perry Mansfield Fiesta
Miss Sue Finney daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Finney 833 Greenwood Wilmette rode in the annual horse show at Perry Mansfield camp Steamboat Springs Colo August 27 and appeared in the cast of Nala and Dami ente at the Perry Mansfield fiesta August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Finney
H. A. Finney
Greenwood Avenue
Wilmette
Perry- Mansfield Camp
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Reitz Family Plans Eastward Visit with Morans
Mr and Mrs Louis Reitz and daughter Lois of Belrose Long Island have stayed with Mrs Reitz sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Morgan at 522 Washington Avenue for two weeks. On returning to New York Saturday morning Mrs Morgan and daughter Diana will accompany them for a two week visit in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Reitz
Lois
Belrose
Long Island
N. Y
Reitz
Clarence Morgan
Washington Avenue
New York
Mother and Son Return From California Trip
Mrs. Charles O. Goodwin and her son Robert of Wilmette have finished a several weeks vacation in California. They traveled from Salt Lake City to San Francisco Los Angeles and back via the Santa Fe through Colorado. They visited Catalina Island San Diego Old Mexico the Grand Canyon Albuquerque and the Santa Fe artists colony. In Colorado they saw Colorado Springs Pike’s Peak Royal Gorge Cripple Creek Denver and Mt. Evans. Robert will resume studies in September at Northwestern University as a junior in the School of Journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Goodwin
Robert
Greenleaf Avenue
Wilmette
California
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Colorado
Catalina Island
San Diego
Old Mexico
Grand Canyon
Albuquerque
Artists’ Colony
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
The
Royal Gorge
Cripple Creek
Denver
Julia Booz to Sail For Paris Next Month
Miss Julia Booz daughter of Mr and Mrs Norton A Booz of 919 Forest Avenue will sail Saturday for the East to visit relatives in Philadelphia and New York for three weeks. On September 20 she sails on the Manhattan for Paris to study with the Wooster group for a year. She is a New Trier High School graduate and has been at Grinnell College Iowa for two years and will complete her junior year in France.
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Julia Booz
Forest Avenue
East
Philadelphia
New York
Manhattan
Paris
Wooster Group
Booz
New Trier High School
Grinnell College
Iowa
France
Wilmette Hosts O'Donnell Guests From Winchester Ill
Dr and Mrs Fred ODonnell entertained Mrs O Donnells mother and sister Mrs N T Lashmet and Miss Nellis Lashmet from Winchester Illinois. Dr O Donnells parents Mr and Mrs Edward ODonnell also attended. The guests were in Wilmette for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O’donnell
Lake Avenue
Indiana Guest Libby Ann Wilson Visits Relatives
Miss Libby Ann Wilson of Terre Haute Indiana visits her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs H W Johnson at 1018 Isabella Street staying two weeks. Her sister Mrs Johnson and Libby Ann are sisters and Lenny Lou Libby Anns younger sister lives with their aunt in Wilmette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby Ann Wilson
Terre Haute
Ind
H. W. Johnson
Isabella Street
Carleton Gridders Report for Fall Football
Carleton college football players Dexter Sharp of Winnetka and Richard Torrey of Wilmette join fifty men expected to report to Coach Wally Hass on Monday September 11. Torrey, a letterman, will play tackle while Sharp is listed as a guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Sharp
Winnetka
Richard Torrey
Wilmette
Carleton College
Wally Hass
Torrey
Sharp
Mr and Mrs Donald McNeill Visit Lake Geneva Friends
Mr and Mrs Donald McNeill of 112 Dupee Place spent last weekend visiting friends at Lake Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McNeill
Dupee Place
Lake Geneva
Plans Year of Study in Sweden
Ashton Taylor son of Mrs Marguerite Calkins Taylor of Wilmette sailed from New York on the Mauretania to study in Sweden for his junior year. He won a scholarship from the American Scandinavian foundation. George Mead also plans a year in Sweden. They will return next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Taylor
Marguerite Calkins Taylor
Eighth Street
Wilmette
New York
Mr. Taylor
University of Chicago
Sweden
American Scandinavian Foundation
George Mead
Collins Family Returns From Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs William R Collins and their children Bill and Jane of 823 Greenleaf avenue Wilmette return from a two week vacation trip to Canada and the northeast United States They visited Minneapolis Port Arthur Duluth Mackinac Island Sault Ste Marie Calendar Ottawa and Niagara Falls traveling nearly 3500 miles including a stop to see the Dionne quintuplets in Caledon They returned home via Detroit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Collins
Bill
Jane
Greenleaf Avenue
Wilmette
Canada
United States
Minneapolis
Port Arthur
Duluth
Mackinac Island
Sault Ste. Marie
Ottawa
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Wilmette Student Wins Drake Commerce Scholarship
Jacqueline Goss of Wilmette receives a commerce scholarship to study at Drake University for the upcoming school year. Registration and freshman orientation run September 12 through 18, with classes starting September 19 at Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Goss
Wilmette
Drake University
Drake
Hollywood visit ends as travelers head to Michigan
Miss Doris Frykman of 1045 Ash land avenue Wilmette and Miss Sylvia Anderson of 121 Central Park avenue Wilmette, formerly of Winnetka, returned only last week from seven weeks in Hollywood visiting friends and sightseeing and left again Tuesday morning to be at Long Beach Michigan over Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Frykman
Ashland Avenue
Wilmette
Sylvia Anderson
Central Park Avenue
Winnetka
Hollywood
Long Beach
Mich
Labor Day
Mosses and Krietes Vacationing in Hartland Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs Earl C Moss of Kenilworth Illinois and Mrs George H Kriete of Chicago spent last week at Hartland Wisconsin near Beaver Lake.
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Earl C. Moss
Cumnor Road
Kenilworth
George H. Kriete
Chicago
Hartland
Wis
Beaver Lake
Return From Tour Of South By Mrs Paul Gilbert Family
Mrs Paul Gilbert and her son Paul Jr have completed a 2600 mile tour through the South starting in Chattanooga Tennessee moving to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to New Orleans then returning by Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilbert
Brier Street
Kenilworth
Paul, Jr
South
Chattanooga
Tenn
Florida
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Memphis
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Travel and Resorts
High Peak
Indiana
Carleton
Katharine Lord's
Davis Street
Greenleaf
Hieland Lodge
Kankakee
Big Hieland
Kankakee Iver
St. Anne, Ill
Lake
Nokomis
Deer Trail Lodge
Hertford Jct
Milwaukee Rd
U.S. Highway 51
North Shore Travel Service
Wilmette 5000
Edna M. True
State Bank
Evanston
Illinois
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