Wilmette Playground Plans Elimination Track Meet Next Week
The fourth week of summer playground activities opens Monday at Central Wattman park and Village Green with elimination track contests to pick entrants for the village wide meet at Village Green. Junior and intermediate girls prepare dolls for a show, craft baskets begin, and scooter races for under nine will be held at multiple playgrounds.
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Wattman Park
Village Green
Daniel M. Davis
Easy Pitching Soft Ball Game Scheduled
Dudley C. Stone promotes an exhibition easy pitching soft ball game between the Baptist and Village Cleaners playground teams at 7 p.m. next Thursday on the Village Green. The ten man format forbids steals and bunting to expand each player's involvement. The sport recently spread through Chicago area recreation leagues and Wilmette fans showed strong interest.
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Baptist
Village Cleaners
Chicago
Dudley C. Stone
Stone
Wilmette Playground
Playground Ball Leagues I II Schedule At Village Green
League I plays on Tuesday and Friday nights at Village Green with games at 7 15 PM. Forfeit rule: if opponent fails to appear by 7 30 PM a forfeit is called. July dates list matchups among Elites Hawks Hoffman Florist II Terminal A C Steiner Plumbers Village Cleaners. League II plays Monday and Wednesday at Village Green with 7 15 PM start and July pairings Ridge Ave Pharmacy St Johns A C Freshmen Schneider Shoe Store Washington Park.
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Village Green
Hoffman Florist I
Hoffman Florist II
Elites
Village Cleaners
Hawks
Steiner Plumbers
Ridge Ave. Pharmacy
St. John's, Jr. A. C
Schneider Shoe Store
Washington Park
Jr. A. C
Ridge Ave
Pharmacy
Freshmen
St. John’s
Summer Playground Schedule with Mixed Sports
The calendar lists July events at Wilmette beach Village Green and Central playgrounds. Guests include Elites versus Hawks in playground ball, Hoffman Florist II against Terminal A C, and multiple swimming lessons, plus many men’s and girls’ playground ball and horseshoes games across Wattman Park Ridge Avenue Pharmacy Schneider Shoe Store and other venues.
Cubs Invite Wilmette Children to Brooklyn Ball Game
The Chicago Cubs invite 225 Wilmette playground children to watch a Cubs game with Brooklyn on July 20. A special bleacher section will host the guests, chosen for regular playground attendance and merit. A North Shore line train will transport them, with free park admission and only carfare required. This outing begins a series of summer playground hikes for the children.
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Wilmette
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn
Daniel M. Davis
Cubs
North Shore Line
First Meeting Today of Women's Swimming Class
The first meeting of the annual women's swimming classes at Wilmette beach will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Recreation assistant Miss Joe Skidmore announces the free program open to ticket holders at Wilmette beach.
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Wilmette Beach
Joe Skidmore
Village sports schedule lists events and matchups
Village Green hosts a variety of events with teams Wilmette Grocery versus St. Johns at 9:00 a.m. Friday July 10 and Hoffman Florist I versus Hawks at 6:15 p.m. Village playgrounds offer golf class for men and playground ball for men. A beach meet at Wilmette beach occurs with meet at the playgrounds at 1:15 p.m. Village Cleaners versus Steiners Plumbers play at Village Green.
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Gregational
Mergenthalers
Village Green
Wilmette Grocery
St. John’s
Wilmette Beach
Hoffman Florist I
Hawks
Village Cleaners
Steiners Plumbers
Annual Swimming Lesson Program Opens at Wilmette Beach
The Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board starts its annual swimming program with lessons for beginners and advanced swimmers at Wilmette beach. Schedules show hourly activities on weekdays with separate sessions for Wattman Park and Central Village Green playgrounds and culminate in the annual Beach carnival in August.
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Wilmette Beach
Women’s Gym Class Hosts Picnic Reunion
The women’s gymnasium class from Howard School held a reunion and picnic at the forest preserve yesterday. About thirty members attended and brought their own lunches. Recreation board supplied games and equipment including balls bats horseshoes croquet sets and other items for entertainment.
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Howard School
Forest Preserve
Recreation Board
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Terminal A. C
Hoffman Florist
Hoffman
Hofman Florist II
Lage Cleaners
Terminal A. Co
Villavlage Green
Terminal A. C. Village Green
Central
Wilmette’ Beach
Ridge Avenue Pharmacy
St. John's
A. C
Terminal
Yopom
Hoffman II
Junior A. C
I, O
N. T
Ridge Pharmacy
Department of Public Works
Congregational
Playground and Recreation Board
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