Sunday Movie Debates and No Man's Land Politics in North Shore
The piece notes Winnetka ordinances against Sunday motion pictures and a ban after 11 pm with hefty licenses and censorship. It highlights Community House opposition, Glencoe referendum talk, and shifts in Evanston Wilmette attitudes toward Sunday cinema. No Man's Land and liquor issues loom as 1937 begins. It also mentions Thomas J. Lynch winning the Democratic township committeeman seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enue
Templecourt
Evanston
Wilmette
No Man’s Land
Kenilworth
Lake Michigan
New Trier Township
Wilmette Woman On Northwestern Rifle Team
Esther Mathilda Padley of 321 Maple Avenue Wilmette is among thirty four Northwestern co-eds chosen for the university rifle team. The squad is part of the Northwestern naval ROTC unit with ROTC officers instructing. The team competes in interclass and telegraphic meets with other universities.
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Esther Mathilda Padley
Maple Avenue
Wilmette
Northwestern University
Northwestern Naval R. O. T. C
Miss Pachley
Frank G. Pachley
College of Liberal Arts
Lake View High School
Chicago
Holiday Visitor Hill Blackett Jr Returns for Christmas
Hill Blackett Jr son of Mr and Mrs Hill Blackett 614 Pine Lane Winnetka returned from Tucson to spend Christmas with his parents. This is his third year at the ranch school in the Santa Catalina Mountains at Sabine Canyon near Tucson. He will return for classes on January 4.
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Hill Blackett, Jr
Hill Blackett
Pine Lane
Winnetka
Tucson
Ariz
Blackett
Santa Catalina Mountains
Sabine Canyon
Marine racing star discusses two cycle motors at school
Jerry Westerfeld, marine racing expert from Winnetka, spoke to New Trier High School auto mechanics classes. He explained two cycle engine workings and marine outboard use, and noted he spends four to five hours in the shop for every race minute, stressing precision in all mechanics.
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Jerry Westerfeld
Jane
Winnetka
New Trier High School
Westerfeld
Yale Dean Brown to Speak at Chicago Club January 3
Dean Charles R. Brown of Yale, noted preacher and educator, will address the Chicago Sunday Evening club on January 3 at Orchestra Hall. His talk titled Religious Life under These Changed Conditions follows a June portrait reception for Yale, as he helps usher in the universal week of prayer designated by the Federal Council of Churches. The event includes a concert by the Chicago club choir of 125, directed by Edgar Nelson, with the New Year motif running through.
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Charles R. Brown
Yale University
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Orchestra Hall
Yale
Dean Brown
Jesus
Federal Council of Churches
Edgar Nelson
Wilmette Student Joins Northwestern Charity Ball Committee
Ian Fraser Steven of Wilmette has been named to the executive committee of Northwestern University’s annual charity ball set for February 19. The event funds the Northwestern Settlement in Chicago to aid West Side residents. Honorary chairman is ex-VP Charles Gates Dawes. Steven, son of J A Steven, is a Beta Theta Pi member and a junior in the School of Commerce after graduating from the Edinburgh Institution in Scotland.
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Ian Fraser Steven
Broadway Avenue
Wilmette
Northwestern University
Chicago
Charles Gates Dawes
United States
Steven
J. A. Steven
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Edinburgh
Scotland
School of Commerce
Visit in East Leaves Families for Michigan Holidays
Mr and Mrs George Salisbury of 229 Essex road Kenilworth take their daughter Evelyn and Mr and Mrs Warren Hillis of 512 Central avenue to Bloomfield Hills Michigan to visit their sister Mrs Irving B Babcock and Mrs William C Salis bury for the holidays.
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George Salisbury
Essex Road
Kenilworth
Evelyn
Warren Hillis
Central Avenue
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Irving B. Babcock
William C. Salisbury
New Trier High Faculty Return From Winter Break
High school faculty at New Trier prepare to resume classes next Monday after winter vacation. Delegates from the lake shore Illinois Education association gathered in Springfield, including Wesley L. Brown and Frederick C. Windoes. Numerous Evanston and Wilmette teachers return from as far as Texas Nebraska and California with students and schedules awaiting them.
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New Trier High School
Wesley L. Brown
Thirteenth Street
Wilmette
Frederick C. Windoes
Hartrey
Westfield
Wis
North Shore
Ethel Evans
Ridge Avenue
Evanston
Yankton
S. C
Adah Flemington
Maple Avenue
Wahpeton
N. D
Frederick Donald Frisbie
University Club
Riverside
Calif
Robert E. Gatten
Church Street
Lexington
Inga Gerup
Chicago Avenue
Aberdeen
S. D
Clyde O. Grater
Sixteenth Street
Lebanon
Ind
Elizabeth Hadden
Orrington
Muskegon
Mich
Margaret Healy
Crain Street
Lake Wales
Fla
Alma Hurst
Eleventh Street
Death of Cotton Broker C C Prescott in Wilmette
C C Prescott a cotton broker of the Merchandise Mart Chicago residing in Wilmette died at his home aged 67 after months of ill health. He mourned the loss of two sons John and Chase within months. his daughter Helen a New Trier High senior survives. Funeral services were held at Scott chapel Wilmette with burial at Greenland cemetery.
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C. C. Prescott
Charles Chase Prescott
Linden Avenue
Wilmette
Mr. Prescott
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
John
Chase
Helen
New Trier High School
Scott Chapel
Graceland Cemetery
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Glencoe
Glencoe Road
Hazel Av
Democrat
Thomas J. Lynch
Green Bay Road
Kelly-Nash
Henry Horner
Mathew Francis
C. M. Osborn
Oakwood Avenue
Public Works Administration
Henry A. Gardner
Bryant Avenue
Henry Fowler
N. T
Marine Racing Star
J. Westerfeld
East
Eleanor Libbey
Oak Avenue
Oshkosh
Chester E. MacLean
Spanish Court
Beloit
Irma Moschel
Orrington Hotel
Washburne, Ill
John M. Nay
Wilmette Avenue
Sheridan
Elizabeth E. Packer
Skokie Road
Upper Mon
Foster Street
Miami Beach
Eva E. Thorne
Hinman Avenue
Peru
Gordon van Kirk
Sheridan Road
Pomona Calif
Dorothy D. Walker
Crain
Piqua
Ohio
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