Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan Expands For Scout Camp
North Shore Area council reports Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan at Elcho Wisconsin will add a fourth two week session to meet demand. Capacity is 100 Scouts per session with paid reservations in council headquarters. Sixty enrollments by July 31 required to run the new period. last year 150 Scouts attended Chicago camp and this council sees a large increase.
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Council
King
North Shore Area
Glencoe
Ravinia
Highland Park
Highwood
Lake Forest
Glenview
Northbrook
Deerfield
Bannockburn
Libertyville
Mundelein
Diamond Lake
Chicago
North Woods
Urge Physical Exams for All Kindergarten Pupils
The Wilmette Parent-Teacher Associations urge parents to have their kindergarten children examined by their family physician this summer to correct possible physical defects before starting school in the fall. Each child will receive an examination upon entering kindergarten.
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Wilmette
Kenilworth Enacts Taxicab Regulation Ordinances
The Kenilworth Village board approved an ordinance requiring taxicab drivers to hold village licenses. A second ordinance outlines cab operation rules and the rates to be charged.
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Kenilworth
Wilmette Plans Fourth Annual Singles Tennis Tourney
The Wilmette Playground and Recreation board announces a July 15 to August 1 singles tennis tournament split into juniors and seniors with separate boys and girls events for under 15 and adults. Games on Village Green courts with entries due by July 13 at the recreation office or by phone Wilmette 468. Gold medals go to champions and silver to runners up in each division.
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Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Dudley C. Stone
Wilmette
Stone
Walter Botthof Named to Kenilworth Zone Board
The Kenilworth Village Board accepted the resignation of Fred D. Breit from the zoning commission at the July meeting. Walter Botthof was appointed to succeed him, joining the commission as Breit plans several months away from the village.
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Fred D. Breit
Kenilworth
Breit
Walter Botthof
Fourth Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan camp session planned in Wis
Karl D. King president of the North Shore Area council Boy Scouts of America said a fourth camp period will be held at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan near Eleho Wisconsin if sixty Scouts are recruited. Three sessions are filled and many current summer students may attend August 16 to 31.
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Karl D. King
Greenwood Avenue
Wilmette
North Shore
North Shore Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan
Eleho
Wis
Griffis Catches 40 Pound Muskelunge on Moose Lake
Ernest Griffis of Wolff Griffis Inc hardware merchants returned from a ten day fishing trip to Moose Lake Minnesota with a 40 pound muskelunge and many bass pike and other fish. He traveled by automobile with Calvin Beauchamp of Lake Forest and stayed at Cedar Wild lodge where guide Charles Voigt led their excursions.
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Ernest Griffis
Wolff-Griffis, Inc
Moose Lake
Minnesota
Picnic Planned for Wilmette Day Community Outing
Wilmette Day will become a forest preserve picnic with games and contests. The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce backed a simple get together instead of the former elaborate parade and program. Entertainment will include golf baseball and races. the Entertainment committee will arrange the event.
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Wilmette
Forest Preserve
Civics Committee
James J. McGuire
Chicago Association of Congress
Chicago
John H. Paterson
Central Avenue
Wilmette Girls Attend Baptist Guild House Party
Fourteen Wilmette girls joined the World-wide guild house party at Lake Geneva from June 28 to July 1. Local delegation leaders Mrs. George B. Williams and Mr and Mrs Joseph D. Dingle oversaw a group from Bertha Dubbs and Ann Judson chapters with members including Margaret Richards Ruth Eberly Dolly Bellamy Vivian Kerr Ardis Reed Winifred Dingle Loretta Anderson Ruth Phelps Lillian Scott Elizabeth Blaylock Eleanor Williams and Alice Dernehl. The event combined games and fellowship with a religious and educational program.
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Wilmette
Lake Geneva
Chicao
George B. Williams
Joseph D. Dingle
Margaret
Cynthia Richards
Ruth
Alice Eberly
Dolly Bellamy
Vivian Kerr
Ardis Reed
Winifred Dingle
Loretta Anderson
Ruth Phelps
Lillian Scott
Elizabeth Blaylock
Bertha Dubbs
World-wide Guild
Eleanor Williams
Alice Dernehl
Ann Judson
Hillinger Makes Great Lakes Boat Trip This Week
William A. Hillinger, son of Philip T. Hillinger of 1520 Spencer Avenue, has been on a boat trip on the Great Lakes this week.
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William A. Hillinger
Philip T. Hillingers
Spencer Avenue
Great Lakes
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Wilmette Life
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