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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
3
At 1 30 a m Monday the Wilmette Coast Guard Station answered parents who sought help for Edward Flestch 17 and Bernard Wagner 18 after they set off Sunday morning from Diversy Harbor in a kayak with a sail toward Fort Sheridan. They drifted becalmed for hours and were found a half mile off Howard Street at dawn. The cutter towed their boat ashore.
The Illinois Country Club will present the Continental Four at a dancing party for members and guests Saturday evening July 29. A midnight festive snack awaits the revelers. Sunken gardens in full bloom draw many flower lovers to the club for a colorful display.
A historical diet note promotes sensible eating and a grape juice mixture as a weight loss aid. It claims seven pounds lost per month in a New York study by Dr. Damrau, with no strict diets or drugs and emphasis on avoiding overeating.
Earl E. Orner of Wilmette enters his 38th year as local agent for the Chicago and North Western rail road. A longtime village official, he previously served as village clerk from 1905 to 1924 and as village president from 1925 to 1931, shaping Wilmette’s growth and history.
North Shore librarians will attend an institute at the University of Chicago from July 31 to August 11. Sessions cover book selection principles and practice, literary quality across fields, criticism, library procedures, dissemination of literature, and the book as a physical object. Miss Ann Whitmack of the Wilmette library will attend, with Winnetka and Glencoe staff planning to join several sessions.
Mrs. Margery McCormick of Winnetka will deliver the Sunday afternoon talk New Ideas for a New World Order at 3 30 in Foundation hall of the Baha i Universal House of Worship Wilmette Linden avenue Sheridan road She is chairman of the Regional Teaching committee of the Baha is of United States and Canada The Children's Hour will be held in Foundation hall at 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
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