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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
6
Garden Talks describes the custom of sharing seeds and young plants among neighbors through summer exchanges. It notes gardeners give cosmos and flats of seedlings, receive plants in return, and replace offerings with flowers during bloom. It also lists residents John C. Carpenter and Harold Tideman and their summer travel plans.
Ninety three graduates 21 girls and 21 boys received diplomas at St Francis Xavier Wilmette. Rev Bernard Brady awarded the diplomas at the auditorium. A breakfast was hosted by mothers where the prophecy by Mary Jane Curtis was read and toasts given. Head of class Thomas Thale won medals with Mary Jane Curtis Marie Hanley and Alice Mellrath earning diplomas. Plays were staged earlier in May including At a San and On the Greenboro Nine.
A quirky local column from Ridge Ave Pharmacy editor Carl C. Renneckar features humorous exchanges about misprinted notices. The piece includes a joke about misreporting a death and a light birth notice moment, ending with a child’s remark about a baby girl in Mrs. Wallace’s house.
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