Wilmette Christmas Seal Campaign Opens Drive
Pupils in Wilmette schools sell Christmas seals to aid the Chicago Tuberculosis institute. The drive runs from after Thanksgiving to Christmas with seals distributed by Boy Scouts to reach households. The chest clinic at the Wilmette Health center operates the third Monday monthly and has served 140 patients since opening.
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Wilmette
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Wilmette Boy Scouts
Tuberculosis Institute
Chicago
Inez Bliss
Wilmette Health Center
Auditors Meet Monday at New Trier Township Offices
The regular monthly meeting of the board of auditors of New Trier township will be held at the township offices in Winnetka Village on Monday evening December 5 at 8 o clock. The notice sets the date and time for residents and officials to attend.
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Board of Auditors of
New Trier Township
Winnetka
Deeds of Dan Promises Prizes for Young Readers
Children ages 6 to 14 are invited to read the Deeds of Dan story on page 20 and enter for cash prizes. The feature targets young readers with family friendly adventures and a contest outline.
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Dan
Boy Scout
Girl Scout News
Junior Life
New Trier
Hampton Quartet at Wilmette Jubilee Sunday evening program
Hampton Institute’s Hampton quartet will perform at the Wilmette Sunday Evening Club on December 4 offering Negro spirituals and plantation melodies. The ensemble comes from the oldest colored school in the South founded in 1868 and linked to notable educator Booker T. Washington.
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Hampton Quartet
Wilmette
Hampton Institute
South
T. Washington
New Trier Bazaar to Feature Psychometer Reading
New Trier Girls' Club bazaar at the high school on Saturday December 3 will include a psychometer reading machine. The device measures character traits to help raise funds for the club's scholarship fund.
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New Trier Girls’ Club
New ‘Trier
Gunman Robs Telegraph Office in Wilmette
A gunman robbed the Western Union office at 1137 Greenleaf avenue Wilmette Monday at about 5 45 listing $150 in cash money orders and traveler checks as the loot The attendant Francis Burke 911 Sherman Evanston was forced to place the money on a table The robber fled after hiding in a washroom Burke described the man as about 27 years old 5 feet 9 inches tall 150 pounds wearing a blue overcoat gray hat and white muffler No one else was in the office during the holdup
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Western Union
Greenleaf Avenue
Wilmette
Francis Burke
Sherman Avenue
Evanston
Burke
Wilmette Community Chest Hits $7500 With Drive Underway
Receipts total about $7,500 from Wilmette’s annual Community Chest campaign supporting the Board of Local Charities Infant Welfare society Arden Shore Rest camp and Cook County Emergency Welfare program. Treasurer Dewey Anderson notes the quota remains distant and canvassing continues through every home and business. The drive began November 13 with a $50,000 goal. the first $25,000 funds local needs, while excess supports the county relief effort totaling $7.5 million.
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Wilmette
Board of Local Charities
Infant Welfare Society
Arden Shore Rest Camp
Cook County
Dewey Anderson
Wilmette Community Chest Association
Chest
Board of
Arden Shore
Kenilworth Historical Society Dinner Planned
The Kenilworth Historical Society announces its annual dinner to be held Tuesday evening December 6 at 6 30 in the Kenilworth Assembly Hall. This marks the thirteenth year of the event with Mrs Mark Cresap as president, R W Starrett secretary, Mrs Hugh Foreman in charge of the dinner, and Miss Lovedale and Miss Isabel Cline organizing the evening’s entertainment.
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Kenilworth Historical Society
Historical Society of
Kenilworth
Mark Cresap
R.W. Starrett
Hugh Foresman
Lovedale
Isabel Cline
New Trier Christmas Concert Features Expanded Chorus
More than four hundred student singers from New Trier High school perform in the annual Christmas concert on Sunday December 11 at 4 PM in the Leslie F Gates gym. under Marian Cotton with Winifred Mickey Adelaide Jones Bradburne. two girls and two boys glee clubs join seven units. Handel Hallelujah Chorus and two pieces from Gounod St Cecilia Mass will be sung with the New Trier orchestra. Alumni including former concert meisters join again.
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New Trier High School
Leslie F. Gates
North Shore
Marian Cotton
New ‘Trier
Winnifred Mickey
Adelaide Jones Bradburne
Gounod
William A. Snyder
New Trier
Cotton
Church Guild Plans December 9 Meeting
The Woman's Guild of the Congregational Church will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday December 9. Luncheon is at 1 PM. Miss Flaherty from Onward House will speak. Guild members will sew in the afternoon. Neighborhood circle serves luncheon and North End circle oversees sewing.
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Woman’s Guild of the Congregational Church
Miss Flaherty
Onward House
North End
Club Luncheon Leads To Sewing Session
Mrs Samuel H Darst hosts the 4 G club at luncheon at 831 Central Avenue. The twenty member north shore group, organized over twenty five years ago, spends Tuesday afternoons sewing after the meal.
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Samuel H. Darst
Central Avenue
4 G
North Shore
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N. T
Yale
Snyder
Church Guild
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