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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
8
A husband planned a quiet home welcome but asked us to arrange a surprise dinner for his wife arriving in ten minutes. We phoned 12 guests to fix the surprise. 14 attended the dinner, and the wife was genuinely surprised. The hotel aims to meet every guest's surprise needs.
A list of United Hotels across North America and beyond is shown with properties in New York Philadelphia Seattle Worcester Newark Trenton Harrisburg Syracuse Niagara Falls Ohio and other cities. The roster includes Roosevelt The Benjamin Franklin The Olympic The Bancroft and The Alexander Hamilton among others.
David Krafthefer 13, son of Mr and Mrs James M Krafthefer of 901 Oakwood Ave, won the silver cup in the Shawnee Country Club channel swim from Catalina Island to San Francisco twenty two miles. Sixty seven contestants swam after wheel determined daily distances and David never missed a day since January 19. The winner’s cup was donated by Lester G Wood. Mary Farmer and her father Fred R Farmer of 915 Elmwood Ave visited Port Washington relatives over the Fourth of July with Mrs Elsie Thorne joining them.
Miss Phelps won an honorary forensic award for debating in third position across twenty seven debates on both sides of the question resolving state medicine should be adopted and she lost only two debates. She broadcasts over WMBD as a studio philosopher and writes publicity. She produces Sunday features for a local paper and has interviewed Admiral Richard E Byrd and George Moriarty. She has been elected assistant editor of the Bradley student newspaper and served as sports writer and feature editor covering track and baseball. She won the oratorical contest at Decatur on Christian Service.
Mrs Samuel E Moist, 1104 Sheridan road, and her daughter Miss Jane Moist, with sister Miss Emma Martinson, returned from Europe on July 1 arriving in New York June 29 aboard the S S Kungsholm after a three month journey through Italy France Germany Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries Miss Moist had studied music in Munich this past year Mrs Burt A Crowe and daughter Barbara of 234 Raleigh road Kenilworth left July 6 for Owasso Michigan to visit Mrs Laurence T Knott in Larchmont New York and then New York City to join Roger Crowe and Mr Crowe for a summer trip to Europe Mr and Mrs John H Sterling Jr 330 Sterling road Kenilworth entertained about twenty friends at a picnic luncheon July 4 Mrs J Ridgely Marshall of Hollywood California visits Mrs Percy W R Fairman at 207 Golf terrace for two weeks
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