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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1928

Page

4

Kenilworth Group Seeks Suits for Veterans

Kenilworth neighbors led by Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Prentiss along with Mrs. Nason visited Great Lakes hospital Monday to distribute treats and clothing. They request suits in sizes 38 to 40 and ask contributors to call Kenilworth numbers. A July 23 card party at the Red Cross hut is planned ahead of the next Great Lakes visit.

Joseph Joyce James Prentiss Frank C. Nason Great Lakes Hospital Kenilworth Prentiss Nason Great Lakes Red Cross

Young Women Plan Midwest Visits and Fishing Trip

Miss Jane Young and Miss Carol Clark hosted in Kenilworth before traveling to Elkho Wisconsin to visit Miss Dixie Douglas. They will then visit Youngstown Ohio. Clyde Ross and his son Carleton left Kenilworth for a fishing trip at Lauderdale Lake.

Jane Young Frank Young Kenilworth Carol Clark Youngstown Ohio Elkho Wis Dixie Douglas Clyde Ross Carleton Lauderdale Lake

Home Garden Club Names Winners in Flower Contest

The Kenilworth Home and Garden club held a flower contest at 224 Oxford road Kenilworth. First prize went to Mrs W W Wheelock for a snapdragon arrangement. Second prize to Mrs John P Oleson for delphinium and blue lined bowl. Third to Mrs Oliver Barrett for cherry branches in a pewter pitcher.

Kenilworth John L. Wilds Oxford Road W. W. Wheelock John P. Oleson Oliver Barrett Robert McNeil Burns Walter Gore Mitchell Wilmette Garden Club

Miss Charlotte Erwin Hosts Miss Sefl Musicale

Kenilworth hostess Miss Charlotte Erwin entertained guests with a Friday musicale featuring Madame Sefl, a Czecho-Slovakian vocalist. Sefl wore regional costumes from Bohemia and Czecho Slovakia, sang folk and native songs, and explained customs. She and her husband studied at Oberlin College after the war.

Charlotte Erwin Kenilworth Madame Sefl

Northwestern ROTC cadets sail on Atlantic cruise

Preston Farley and Gene Hastings are part of a Northwestern division joining Harvard Yale and Georgia Tech on the U S S Wyoming cruise. They visit Halifax and Portland and plan to return home by week’s end after trips to New York and Philadelphia.

Preston Farley Gene Hastings Atlantic Ocean R.O.T.C Northwestern University Northwestern Harvard Yale Georgia Institute of Technology U.S.S Wyoming Halifax Nova Scotia Portland Maine New York Philadelphia

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