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Frank Stack Captures North Shore Championship at Ice Carnival
Frank Stack of Chicago won the North Shore mile and the two mile events at Wilmette’s fourth annual Ice Carnival held on the Village Green. Evanston skaters Paul McDonald and Bud Housel placed in the mile, with Housel second in the two mile. Nearly 500 spectators braved extreme cold as Stack anchored a Chicago Athletic Club relay team to victory.
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Dudley C. Stone
Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Village Green
North Shore
Frank Stack
Chicago
Aurora
Franklin Park
Sleipner Athletic Club
Paul McDonald
Evanston
Bud Housel
Stack
John Minster
Chicago Athletic Club
Daniel M. Davis
Phil Runnfeld
Jules Bianucci
North Western
Vernette Lewis
Elsie Thelen
Doris Paterson
Central Avenue
Betty Todd
Highland
Dorothy Davis
Park Avenue
Ed Colegrove
Spencer Avenue
Donald Specht
Oakwood
Bob Henderson
Blackhawk Rd
William Qoecelerich
Greenwood
Margaret Lively
Central
Shirley Garniss
Tom Finlayson
Laurel Avenue
Henry Todd
Wilmette Avenue
Howard Ball
1609
Else von Reinsperg
Dick Preston
Walter Foslund
1618 Central
Bob Hermanson
Elsie Paterson
Hie Toreani
Elmwood
Colin Finlayson
Laurel
Ronald Fuermann
Isabella
Marshall Doose
Prairie
Erwin Foslund
John Jordan
Washington
James Hoffman
Clarence Steffens
Washington Avenue
Victor Schultz
Howard Williams
Lake Avenue
Ridge Avenue
Bud Houses