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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1937

Page

3

St John's Lutheran Wilmette services July Independence Day

J H Gockel pastor at St John s Lutheran Wilmette Park avenues holds preparatory service for Holy Communion at 9:00 a.m. first service with Holy Communion at 9:15 a.m. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and church service at 11:00 a.m. with organ pieces, offertory and sermon The sermon focuses on The Christian and His Government. Announcements note communion sign up Friday 1 to 8 p.m. and vacation services with guest preachers through August.

St. John’s Lutheran Wilmette and Park Avenues J. H. Gockel Pedro von Solo van de W. F. Bach Mendelssohn

Wilmette Baptist Summer Services and August Plans

Wilmette Baptist on Wilmette and Forest avenues announces united summer services with Kenilworth Union and First Congregational Wilmette. Dr. Hindley preaches July 4 and throughout July on Our Belief in Our Country. Grace Parmele solos. Miss Lydia Koch and Miss Emily Roberts on organ. August 1 Allison returns to preach, with August pulpit at the Congregational church. Summer Assembly at Lake Geneva July 25 to August 1. July 9 and July 23 ladies’ meetings. July 25 to August 1 for youth events. August 19 church meeting to finalize teaching staff and courses.

Kenilworth Union Allison Baptist Church Congregational Church Conference Point Lake Geneva Virginia Dalstrom Board of Religious Education Joseph D. Dingle

Fruits of Envy preached at First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian on Ninth Street at Greenleaf hosts 11 am morning worship with theme The Fruits of Envy. Edward Otis sings Seek Ye the Lord and O God Our Help In Ages Past. Miss Erma Rounds plays Breeze Scene and Postlude Finale. Sunday school at 10. Adult Bible class grows, studying Revelation. open to visiting scholars.

James T. Veneklasen Ninth Street Greenleaf Avenue Edward Otis Erma Rounds Herod Coleridge-Taylor

English Lutheran Church Services and Summer Program

The English Lutheran Church on Seventh Street at Greenleaf led by Rev. David R. Kabele announces two Sunday services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. with a summer church school, music program, and a junior Luther League meeting on Tuesday July 6. The summer program includes illustrated slide lessons on the Life of Christ and ongoing church activities for all.

Seventh Street Greenleaf David R. Kabele Christ Hoffman Junior Luther League

Methodist Church in Wilmette Hosts July Worship

Rev Amos Thornburg and Dr I G Whitchurch will preach at 11 o clock worship Sunday July 4 at the Methodist Church Wilmette avenue at Lake avenue. Special music includes Franck pieces and organ postlude. nursery provided. church school paused for summer. summer assembly programs underway at Des Plaines Camp Grounds with Young People Weekend Institute July 9 11 and July 16 18 and Bishop Waldorf speaking July 11.

Wilmette Avenue Lake Avenue Amos Thornburg I. G. Whitchurch Garrett Biblical Institute Dr. Whitchurch Franck Marie Briel Pants the Hart Thiman Fletcher Harrington Des Plaines Young People’s Weekend Institute Chicago Bishop Waldorf Conference Commission Chi

Chicago District Camp Meeting and Institute Schedule

The Chicago district announces a July 18 to 95 camp meeting and a July 20 to 23 Institute of Conference Women’s Organizations. No admissions charge at gates this year.

Cago Institute of Conference Women’s Organizations

St Augustine’s Church Activities Include Communion and Conferences

Dr Hubert Carleton rector at St Augustine’s outlines services for the sixth Sunday after Trinity with 8 am Holy Communion and 11 am Communion and sermon. The first Sunday of the month is Corporate Communion Sunday for the Boys and Girls leagues. Miss Araxie Jorjorian and Miss Winifred Norris attend diocesan and national church workers conferences in Racine Wisconsin and Evergreen Colorado. The rector led Mrs E B Shapker’s funeral and Miss Jane Engel’s wedding. Jack Sweeney represents St Augustine’s Troop 4 at the National Jamboree in Washington DC.

Hubert Carleton Araxie Jorjorian St. Augustine’s Racine Wis Winifred Norris Evergreen Colo E. B. Shapker Jane Engel Jack Sweeney Maple Avenue Boy Scouts Washington, D. C St. Augustine

Hindley Preaches in Wilmette Baptist Service

First Congregational minister Dr John G Hindley delivers Sunday sermon at 11 am in the First Baptist church at Forest and Wilmette avenues. He is guest preacher in July and serves all three Wilmette Kenilworth parishes while residing there. A new front approach project has been authorized and contributions may be given at services or mailed to the church office.

John G. Hindley First Baptist Church Forest and Wilmette Avenues Hindley Baptist Congregational Wilmette Union Church Kenilworth Prticipate Ile

Wilmette News Highlights 1917 Community Drives

Red Cross seeks additional women workers for classes taught by expert teachers. Howard Poucher announces a self governing plan for Wilmette children. The Wilmette Home Guard gears up for a July 4 celebration led by Hoyt King with Kenilworth Beach opening plans. Gardeners urged to maximize harvest by canning and rotating crops. Clyde Harrison completes initial training period at Great Lakes and earns a promotion.

Red Cross Howard P. Poucher Wilmette Playgrounds Wilmette Home Guard Hoyt King Forest Avenue Kenilworth A Lovedale Henry Evreett Bath House Clyde Harrison Wilmette Great Lakes

Village plans street resurfacing and police wage changes

The village board maps a major street resurfacing program and orders an ordinance to add three police officers with pay raises for all but the chief. Sheridan Shore Yacht Club schedules July 4 boat races. Kenilworth mail delivery begins modernization. Architects draw plans for the Methodist Episcopal church edifice.

Village Board Charles H. Jackson Sheridan Shore Yacht Club Kenilworth Methodist Episcopal Church

Fresh Air Hospital Renamed Birchwood Park Sanitarium

The 28 year old Fresh Air hospital at Western avenue and Howard Rockwell and Birchwood streets became Birchwood Park Sanitarium this week as directors align the name with its community and evolving patient care. The 20 acre site on Howard street northern Chicago was founded in 1909 to treat heart and lung diseases and now focuses on heart and nervous ailments along with rest and diet supervision for aged or infirm patients. For the first time private doctors may bring patients for personal treatment.

Chicago Fresh Air Hospital Western Avenue Howard, Rockwell and Birchwood Streets Birchwood Park Howard Street Chiago Patten Sanitarium James A. Patten George W. Patten Herbert W Gray Northwestern University Medical School Stat Cook County Hospital Birchwood Park Sanitarium Edgar B. Baumann Linden Street Winnetka Board of Trade Ralph W. Olmstead Ferdinand Street Chicago William A. Fox Greenleaf Avenue Glencoe Commercial National Safe Deposit Company Arthur T. Meeker Lake Shore Drive Arcady Farms Milling Company Ethan A. Gray Greenwood Inn Vanston Ralph B. Mitchell Willow Road Henry J. Patten Deerpath Inn Lake Forest Paul B. Kelley Abbotsford Road Kenilworth Constructors and Engineers, Inc Herbert W. Gray

Campers Wiese Brothers Head to Summer Camps

TO BE CAMPERS Jack and Raymorton Wiese sons of Mr and Mrs Raymond J Wiese 523 Abbotsford road Kenilworth left last Saturday to spend the summer at Camp Echo on Long Lake near Freemont Mich Bob Wiese will leave in about two weeks for Camp Manitowish in Wisconsin to join a party of campers for a four week trip into Canada

Jack and Raymorton Wiese Raymond J. Wiese Abbotsford Road Kenilworth Camp Echo Long Lake Freemont Mich Bob Wiese Camp Manitowish Wisconsin Canada

Local Youth Joseph Harrison Plans Summer Course Return

Joseph Harrison son of Mr and Mrs Harry P Harrison of 307 Abbots ford road Kenilforth recently returned from studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He will stay at home for about a month then return to MIT for a special summer course.

Joseph Harrison Harry P. Harrison Abbotsford Road Kenilforth Massachussetts Institute of Technology Boston

Holway family heads east to visit kin and spend summer

Mrs. A. S. Holway and family of 1227 Elmwood avenue left last week for the east. They motored to Long Beach, York, Maine, to visit Mrs. Holway's brother. From there they will travel to Osterville, Massachusetts, to spend the summer.

A. S. Holway Elmwood Avenue Long Beach York Maine

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Phareh News Wilmette Baptist Forest Avenues George D. Allison Harvey A. Bush Greenwood Avenue C. P. Dobbs Michigan Avenue First Presbyterian Protheroe Buzzi-Peccia Wilson Dressler Senate Guilmant Victoria McLeod Ministry of Music Beethoven Woman's Society Frank Hayson Our Church America Kabele Jaehne Roy Haskin Church School Roy Lundin First Fresh Air Hospital
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