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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
3
A son born June 11 at Evanston hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard C Uhlemann 1323 Ashland Ave is named Richard Colbernt Uhlemann Jr The baby has two sisters Ann and Nancy.
Wattman playground opens summer with a Tuesday parade featuring costumes from Queen Elizabeth to Dopey and a hundred children marching led by senior boys. After the parade, candy, drinks, story hour, and a planned activity schedule including raffia work, reed baskets, posters, dramatics, rhythmics, and tap dancing keep kids engaged all day. Picnic day follows with hot dogs and chocolate milk for about seventy five hungry mouths, then races for various age groups cap the afternoon.
Joe Lynams Sinclair breezes past the Dodgers 17 0 as they remain atop the Playground and Recreation Board Junior Softball League. Hornets beat the Dusters 19 17 to share first place with Sinclair and Goodwins win over the Howlers 12 9 opens their season.
Friday afternoon bicycle races featured three wheelers and sidewalk bikes with Intermediates and Seniors. Winners received ribbons for first to third place with 3-Wheel Junior results listing Mancy Murphy, Betty Clark, and Joe Nilles. 2-Wheel Juniors listed Dick Morgenstern as a top finisher.
Heavy rainfall on Monday and Wednesday nights caused all Wilmette Playground and Recreation Adult League games to be washed out last week. Team standings follow the incomplete report.
STOLP playground registrations exceed 125 in first days, with boys outnumbering girls two to one. Girls form softball and kickball teams while boys organize their own team. Thursday is picnic day and Friday features a special event. Last week a parade to the Village hall included hot buttered popcorn.
Children at Village Green are busy 11 12 and 2 4 daily with raffia and reed making colorful costumes baskets head bands and bracelets. They sew and assemble waste paper baskets and pin trays as part of a community activity.
The Wilmette Public Library holds the Newberry Medal winner Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright for 1938 with illustrations by Magnuel Wright Barney and W. J. Enright. Caldecott Medal winner Mei Li by Thomas Handforth is also on display with other contenders.
Fred Wessel of Evansville Indiana recently stayed with Mr and Mrs Kenneth B Buchanan at 1943 Kenilworth avenue Wilmette. He drove north with Miss Virginia Buchanan from Greencastle Indiana where they study at DePauw university. Miss Buchanan will study at Northwestern university this summer.
Miss Jane Bignell daughter of Dr and Mrs Kenneth A Bignell of 312 Sheridan Kenilworth completed her freshman year at Lake Forest College by flying round trip to the east She visited Harvard University for several house dances and attended the New York fair
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