Shawnee Swimmers Dominate AAU Championship Meet
Shawnee Country Club girls win the 1939 Central AAU aquatic meet at Riis Park Chicago scoring 55 points with Claudia Eckert earning five firsts and two seconds. Lois Wenzel, 13, sets a record in the 100 meter backstroke and places high in medley events. Dorothy Schiller and Barbara Ramser contribute as Shawnee’s top point winners under coach George Eckert. Virginia Fitzgerald adds a fourth in fancy diving.
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Shawnee Country Club
Riis Park
Chicago
Shawnee
Claudia Eckert
Wilmette Ace
Miss Eckert
George Eckert
Lois Wenzel
Lois
A. W. Wenzel
Dorothy Schiller
Barbara Ramser
Harold A. Ramser
Virginia Fitzgerald
George M. Fitzgerald
Canadian Tenor to Sing on North Shore
Canadian tenor Joseph Victor Laderoute, who sang at Chateau Lake Louise and with the Toronto Trio, will be presented to Chicago audiences by the Chicago Symphony December 7 and 8 in the Beethoven Ninth Choral Symphony. Dr. Frederick Stock praised his audition, noting strong potential for a great career. The next season includes October appearances in Glencoe Kenilworth and Springfield Illinois, then a Chicago recital with the Musicians' Club of Women.
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Joseph Victor Laderoute
Chateau Lake Louise
Toronto
Banff Springs Hotel
Chicago
Chicago Symphony
Frederick Stock
Mr. Laderoute
Glencoe
Kenilworth
Springfield
Ill
Musicians’ Club of Women
First Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Frimand
Mr and Mrs Gordon Frimand of 1425 Central Avenue welcome Mary Virginia born Friday July 14 at St Francis hospital. The newborn weighs five pounds thirteen ounces and has two brothers, John and Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Frimand
Central Avenue
Mary Virginia
St. Francis Hospital
John
Frederick
Evening of Wagner and Strauss at Ravinia Park Gala
An all star Ravinia gala Friday July 28 features four renowned opera stars Grete Stueckgold Eyvind Laholm Susanne Fisher and Suzanne Sten with Artur Rodzinski conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. First half wit h Wagner selections from Lohengrin Tannhauser and Die Meistersinger second half Strauss Der Rosenkavalier including the trio in Act 3. Ticket sales opened amid high demand. early seats advised.
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Wagner
Strauss
Artur Rodzinski
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
Grete Stueckgold
Eyving Laholm
Susanne Fisher
Suzanne Sten
Metropolitan Opera
Chicago City Opera
America
Europe
Eyvind Laholm
Edwin Johnson
Eau Claire
Wis
Chicago
Kirsten Flagstad
New York Philharmonic Symphony
New York
Dinner Dance for The Victory Workshop in Skokie
Outdoor gala at Villa Moderne on Skokie highway Friday July 21 to raise funds for The Victory Workshop aiding deaf and hard of hearing youth. Dinner 7 30 with floor shows. money supports instructors meals transit and other school costs.
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Villa Moderne
Skokie Highway
Victory Workshop
Chicago
Peggy Pierson joins Falls Village Berkshires music colony
Peggy Pierson daughter of Mrs. Leland V. Pierson spends a month at Falls Village in the Berkshires with the Jacques Gordon Music colony.
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Peggy Pierson
Leland V. Pierson
Forest Avenue
Falls Village
Berkshires
Jacques Gordon
Pauline Palmer Art Works Exhibit at Gairing Galleries
All works by Pauline Palmer, late of Chicago, are on display at Gairing Galleries Winneka and Evanston during July August and September. Critics praise her as a leading Chicago woman artist with portraits landscapes and notable awards from 1904 1907.
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Art Institute
Pauline Palmer
Chicago
Gairing Art Galleries
Lincoln Avenue
Winnetka
Sherman Avenue
Evanston
C. J. Bulliet
Chicago Daily News
Lorado Taft
Oliver Dennett Grover
McHenry
Palmer
MacHenry
Ill
Paris
Courtois and Simon
Chicago Painters Society
Rockford Art Association
Chicago Municipal Art League
Chicago Watercolor Club
Chicago Art Guild
St. Louis
Marshall Field
West End Woman’s Club
Municipal Art League
Kilo Association
Arche Club
Truth to Be Topic at Wilmette Christian Science Service
The First Church of Christ Scientist Wilmette will hold Sunday services on July 23 at 11 o clock in the church building at 1003 Central avenue Wilmette. Sunday school begins at 9 45 o'clock.
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Christian Science Services
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Wilmette
Central Avenue
North Shore subscribes to 1939 40 Chicago opera season
Residents of the North Shore have subscribed to the seven week season announced by the Chicago City Opera company. The list includes Edwin C. Austin and many neighbors from Glencoe Winnetka Wilmette and Glencoe. The season opens October 28 with a revival of Boris Godunoff starring Ezio Pinza.
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North Shore
Chicago City Opera Company
Edwin C. Austin
Elizabeth Austin
Briar Lane
Glencoe
Arthur M. Barrett
Cherry Street
Winnetka
Elmer D. Becker
Linden Avenue
Wilmette
Jennie Boomer
Walnut Street
Marjorie Brown
Sunset Road
Thomas J. Bull
Greenwood Avenue
Gaylord J. Case
Michigan Avenue
Edgar Crilly
Sheridan Road
C. L. Darling
Highland Avenue
Marjorie Day
Fifth Street
Bertha DeHaye
Lake Avenue
Nancy Delaney
Valley Road
Betty Doyle
Starr Road
Chicago
Boris Godunoff
Ezio Pinza
Schells announce birth of daughter Diane in Evanston
Mr and Mrs Henry C Schell of 435 Illinois Road Wilmette announce the birth of their daughter Diane at Evanston Hospital on Tuesday July 11.
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Henry C. Schell
Illinois Road
Wilmette
Diane
Evanston Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ravinia Park
Opera Comique
Rosenkavalier
Saarbruecken Opera
Breslau
Prague
Gairing Galleries
George T. French
Essex Road
Isabel Gillespie
Louise C. Goss
Longwood Drive
S. B. Groves
Wilmette Avenue
N. A. Hanna
Spanish Court
William S. Hay
F. H. Hollister
Elmwood Avenue
Walter Hughes
Grove Street
Willard Jarchow
W. Katz
Washington Avenue
Lorraine Kirtland
R. J. Koch
White Oak Lane
Mary Frances Laughhead
Oakdale Avenue
Bruce MacLeish
Wentworth Avenue
Glen
Leland K. Neeves
South Avenue
George J. Pope
Longwood Avenue
E. H. Ravenscroft
M. D. Rector
Hogarth Lane
Ralph H. Rice
Thirteenth Street
William R. Sachse
Crescent Place
Leon B. Sager
Laurel Avenue
F. W. Smith
Abbotsford Road
H. E. Spinney
Ashland Avenue
H. F. Spurgeon
Bluff Road
Hary Sullivan
Chestnut Street
Margaret Walter
Gloria Webster
Stewart Weston
Oakley Avenue
Ernest E. White
Franklin Road
J. Wolff
Dupee Place
Charles Wrigley
Canterbury Court
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