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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
7
Largest selection in Chicago with colonial andirons and fireplace furnishings. Visit our display to see offers and complete genuine fireplaces with brass damper and iron work.
Readers invited to submit a fireplace photography entry by January 6 with Kodak prints accepted. Prizes total $200 with $100 first prize and $50.50 for eight other prizes. In a tie, one prize awarded. Judges include an architect. Descriptive circular and entry form available.
The Wilmette Garden Club hosted its first Men’s Night at Mrs. Charles Hurlbur geaver’s home with about 60 attendees. Harry Wells shared garden views of Evanston Wilmette Winnetka Lake Forest and Lake Geneva while Van Tuyl and Robert Sanderson performed violin and cello. Refreshments and a social hour followed. On Friday December 19 Mrs. A W Peard will host an afternoon tea for members at 110 Third Street.
On Saturday December 20 Captain Day will give a talk titled A Sailor at Sea. Former troop members will visit and a surprise or two may occur during the event. Troop No IV mentions an upcoming meeting on December 10 with Mr. ?
Leach resumes duties after six weeks away. Four new Tenderfeet join the troop. After review, Leach and patrol leaders choose Frank Gilchrist as patrol leader of a new Evanston patrol.
Five patrols now exceed eight men each with some reaching twelve. Mrs A F Reichmann returned Tuesday to her Barrington country home from a two week visit to her sister.
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