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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1936

Page

4

Suburban Store Week Open House At Marshall Field Evanston

Marshall Field and Company Evanston store announces nine day Suburban Store Week starting June 4 aimed at high quality service and careful shopper attention. Manager E M Kyser notes expanded sales, better stock, special prices, and consistent Field standard. Rose gifts for women and balloons for children mark opening day.

Marshall Field and Company Evanston North Shore E. M. Kyser Kyser

Field's Evanston Plans Suburban Store Week Start

E. M. Kyser, manager of Field's Evanston store, announces the annual Suburban Store Week beginning June 4. The event has gained momentum yearly, becoming a standout occasion for Field's Evanston patrons and upshore communities and for the store itself.

Evanston E. M. Kyser Field

Former Wilmette Resident Dies on Visit to Evanston

George D. Richards a former Wilmette resident for 25 years died suddenly last Tuesday at the Georgian hotel in Evanston during a visit to the north shore. He had lived in Deerfield and La Jolla after leaving Wilmette and retiring from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at Scott Funeral Chapel Evanston with burial at Graceland Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and a sister Mrs. Carl S. Haber of Elgin.

George D. Richards Wilmette Georgian Evanston Deerfield Richard Baltimore and Ohio Railroad la Jolla Calif North Shore Richards Scott Funeral Chapel Graceland Cemetery

Miss Florence Cook’s Westward Motor Trip Planned

Miss Florence Cook of 1017 Greenleaf Avenue left on Sunday May 24 with a Reno friend to travel by the Columbia River route to California. She is now in San Francisco and will visit Reno, take short trips including Lake Tahoe, then return to Los Angeles to stay with friends before coming home by train. She will be away about a month.

Florence Cook Greenleaf Avenue Reno California Columbia River Cook San Francisco Lake Tahoe Los Angeles

Two Boys Pilot Star Boat to Race Victory

Richard Otter sails the star boat Asterisk with crew Richard Rix Miller as two schoolboys beat a field of 14 older boats in a Sheridan Shore Yacht Club race off Wilmette harbor. The eight mile course finished in 1 38 28 with a brisk westerly wind.

Richard Otter Richard Rix- Miller Sheridan Shore Yacht Club Wilmette Harbor Otter Brothers Neo Waage-Knight Flit Charles Pajeau Gemini S. C. Pirie, Jr L. M. Pirie Bonnie B Wesley Bowman Harry Nye Dolphin Emerson Raymond D.N Alfred Brothers D.N.F Sagitta Bradbury Brothers Rockwood Pike West Coast Douglas Yards North Shore Harbor Association

Burnhams head east to settle at Shelter Hills Connecticut

Mrs. Claude G Burnham 536 Roslyn road Kenilworth drives to New Milford Connecticut to make her home at Shelter Hills accompanied by Mrs Clara Righter Drake 1221 Ashland avenue Wilmette while David Burnham travels separately to Connecticut after a St Louis weekend The Burnham home at Wilmette has been sold to Henry Martens 623 Laurel avenue Wilmette.

Claude G. Burnham Roslyn Road Kenilworth

Smithers Family Attends Illinois Commencement

Mr and Mrs Perry L Smithers of 711 Lake avenue plan to attend the University of Illinois commencement on June 8 where their son Austin will graduate Their other son Knowlton Ames is finishing his junior year both boys belong to Delta Tau Delta They will spend the summer in Wilmette Also Mr and Mrs Louis G Coleman Peggy and John Coleman moved to 729 Eleventh street Winnetka from 799 Foxdale avenue

Perry L. Smithers Lake Avenue University of Illinois Austin Knowlton Ames Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Wilmette Louis G. Coleman Peggy John Coleman Eleventh Street Foxdale Avenue Winnetka

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