Threshold Players announce Front Page from Hecht and MacArthur
The Threshold Players of Glencoe plan public tryouts for The Front Page a fast moving Chicago newspaper drama set in a Criminal Courts building press room. Eighteen actors needed dates February 23 and 24 with tryouts January 15 at 8 00 p.m. director Helen Buell will oversee all aspects of the production.
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Threshold Players
Glencoe
Thresholders
Chicago
Life
Ben Hecht
Charlie MacArthur
Criminal Courts
Threshold
Park Avenue
Glencoe Road
Helen Buell
Move to Wilmette From East During Holidays
Mr and Mrs Charles L Allen moved their family during the Christmas holidays from the East into a rental house at 1144 Lake avenue Wilmette He returned to Rutgers University to finish his semester as head of the journalism department and will come back in February to join Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism as assistant to Dean Kenneth Olsen The Allens previously served as executive secretary of the New Jersey Press association They have two children Charles Jr 9% and Patricia 2 months old
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Charles L. Allen
Lake Avenue
Wilmette
Allen
Rutgers University
Kenneth Olsen
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
New Jersey Press Association
Charles, Jr
Central School
Patricia
Holiday Visit Highlights for Macalister Family
The two daughters and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nye Macalister of 918 Ashland avenue were home for Christmas. Isabel Macalister, Mrs. R. F. Underwood, Mr. Underwood and their baby visited from South Bend Indiana, and Mary Macalister from Duke University in Durham North Carolina. R. H. Macalister has returned to St. Louis after holiday time here.
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J. Nye Macalister
Ashland Avenue
R. F. Underwood
Isabel Macalister
Mr. Underwood
South Bend
Ind
Mary Macalister
Duke University
Durham
N. C
R. H. Macalister
St. Louis
Kent family returns to town moves to 526 Laurel Avenue
Returning after a two year absence Mr and Mrs Richard P Kent and their children Richard Jr Charles Thomas Mary Jane Robert and Phyllis have moved to a new address at 526 Laurel Avenue The return marks a family relocation and reestablishment in the community.
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Richard P. Kent
Richard Jr
Charles
Thomas
Mary Jane
Robert
Phyllis
Laurel Avenue
Kents
North Shore Scouts Plan 1940 Program At Dan Beard Rendezvous
Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan chapter leaders and about 100 Scouts met at Bethany Church Highland Park for a New Year’s gathering. New officers include Chief Stanley Gamble and Vice-Chief Bob Maeser. Northwestern University students from Wilmette and Kenilworth contribute to the Syllabus yearbook. All are former New Trier students.
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Order of the Arrow of the North Shore Area Council
Bethany Evangelical Church
Highland Park
Bob Black
Stanley Gamble
Waukegan
Bob Maeser
Kenilworth
Chuck Wells
Glencoe
Christmas Return to Village Home After Move
A Chicago resident who lived there for two years returned to the village in time for Christmas celebrations having moved in on December 23.
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Chicago
Woman and Leap Year Proposals, a Shifting Social Trend
Dr. Arthur J. Todd of Northwestern says feminism has shifted courtship norms and leap year customs. He notes ten million women now compete with men, changing how proposals occur, advertising, advice columns, and public dress reflect a move toward immediate pleasure and reduced traditional authority.
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Arthur J. Todd
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Dr. Todd
Police Arrest Man on Spurious Check Charge
Tomas B. Headley, living at 519 Forest Avenue, was arrested on a warrant by Stephen Shimonek for cashing a $15 check and two $5 checks drawn on Wilmette State Bank with no account. Earlier, Headley faced a drunkenness charge, and police traced him to a lodging house where bail was sought.
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Tomas B. Headley
Germantown
Forest Avenue
Stephen Shimonek
Green Bay Road
Shimonek
Headley
Wilmette State Bank
Lyman Pharmacy
Linden Avenue
Town Hall Station
Chicago
H. G. Vance
Twins Born to Chicago Family. Cedarlunds Move to Wilmette
Mr and Mrs Harry Cedarlund of Chicago welcomed twin boys born January 7 at St Vincent's hospital. The mother is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Weeks of 1720 Walnut Ave. Next Monday the Cedarlunds will relocate to Wilmette to live with the Weeks family.
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Harry Cederlund
Chicago
St. Vincent’s Hospital
A. H. Weeks
Walnut Avenue
Cedarlund
Wilmette
Second New Year’s baby born at St Francis Evanston
Linda Lou Schultz born New Year’s Day at St Francis Hospital Evanston to Attorney E. G. Schultz and his wife of Chicago. Mrs Schultz formerly taught at Howard School in Wilmette.
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St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Linda Lou
E. G. Schultz
Chicago
Schultz
Howard School
Wilmette
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Jack and Jill
Mabel
Winnetka
North Shore
N. U
Boy Scouts
Order OF the Arrow
Philip Murphy
Thad Snell
Ida Grove
George Edward Moore
College of Liberal Arts
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Nancy Jane Brown
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Bonnie Boone Lamb
Woodbine Avenue
Miss Lamb
Liberal Arts
Louise Eleanor Menning
Michigan Avenue
Miss Menning
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
YWCA
Jane Henderson
Greenwood Avenue
Alpha Phi
Orchesis
Adrienne Kavanagh
Maple Avenue
Marilyn Laletha Hagan
Abingdon Avenue
Miss Hagan
Kappa Delta
Mary Leone Barrett
Essex Road
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Miss Barrett
Waa-Mu
Martha Hale
Abbotsford Road
Kappa Kappa Gamma
New Trier
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