Who Says There's No Santa Claus Shorty Demands Truth
A humorous tale from Good Valleys recounts Shorty at a mixed rolls bowling event where he doubts Santa Claus after a Saturday night incident. Later he regains faith upon encountering Santa near Randolph and Loop, declaring Santa exists to a Committee of Citizens.
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Santa Claus
Shorty
Blue Steel Razor
Ares
Roy
Toyland
Santa
Randolph
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Committee of Citizens
Northwestern honors student in 1924 Freshman class
Jean Javer of Wilmette achieved the highest scholastic standing in Northwestern University’s 1924 Liberal Arts Freshman class. She returned from Illinois with permission to attend the Honor chapel exercises in December to receive the award after graduating from New Trier High School in 1923.
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Cdge of
Liberal Arts
Northwestern Niversity
Jean Javer
Elmwood
Wilmette
Miss Draver
University of Illinois
Northwestern
Miss Drayer
New Rer High School
Enr
Chow
Winter’s Wonders of Bushes and Trees in Snow
A description from Glencoe Illinois portrays winter scenes where bushes and trees form delicate silver filigree against light snowfall. The image emphasizes fragile, spun glass like textures and a satin finish on natural elements.
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Glencoe
Pastor Magill Conducts Rites for Wreck Victims
Rev. George P. Magill of Wilmette Presbyterian officiated at funerals for Charles M. Pardoe and his daughter Mrs. Flossie Higgs in Minneapolis after their deaths in the Chippewa Falls Soo Line train disaster. The Pardoe and Higgs families were longtime friends and neighbors who vacationed together in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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George P. Magill
Wilmette Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles M. Pardoe
Flossie Higgs
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Soo Line
Chippewa River
Pardoe
Magills
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Magill
Welfare conferences for parents of small children
Parents are advised that a Child Welfare conference is held each Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM at the Grosse Point Health Center located at Ridge and Wilmette avenues. A child specialist attends these conferences. Mr and Mrs J Hugh Foster of 921 Greenleaf Avenue spent Christmas with friends in Chicago.
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Grosse Point
Ridge and
Wilmette Avenues
J. Hugh Foster
Greenleaf Avenues
Chicago
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Wilmette Ave
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Central Ave
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St. Joseph's Church
By A. D. Gash
Directory OF Churches
the First Methodist Church
Lake and Wilmette Aves
Gilbert Stansell
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Ev. Hubert Carleton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Wilmette and
Park Aves
Herman W. Meyer
Wilmette Baptist Church
Forest and
Wilmette Aves
Rev
Francis C. Stifler
First Congregational Church
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First Presbyterian Church
Greenleaf
Wilmette English Lutheran Church
Greenleaf Ave
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