Red Team Hosts at First Annual Girls League Track Meet
Wilmette recreation notes recount the Girls Athletic Club track meet at Howard School. Red team won 69 to 39 with 200 spectators watching 30 events led by Dorothy M Smith and Dorothy R Smith in multiple sprints and jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Club
Howard School
Mary Hoffman
Marguerite McCann
Dorothy M. Smith
Alice Nord
Roseanna Hoffman
Blanche Keil
Dorothy R. Smith
Gladys Engels
Elizabeth Hoffman
Lorraine James
Elizabeth Epp
Marie Braun
Jane Krier
Dorothy Kummer
Clementine Antonio
Josephine Epp
Isabelle Reimer
Daniel M. Davis
Dudley C. Stone
Glen W. Gathercoal
Joseph Hoffman
James Hoffman
Joe Skidmore
Playground and Recreation Board
Indoor horseshoe court opens at Wilmette
The Wilmette Playground and Recreation board unveils the area’s only indoor horseshoe court on the north shore. The attic court at Howard school, donated by J. R. Harper, opens to the public Monday to Friday evenings 7 to 10. Local pitchers shown include J. R. Harper H. F. Prochnow Fred Prochnow Ed Cramer L. F. Todd and Emil Salzman.
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Wilmette
J. R. Harper
H. F. Prochnow
Fred Prochnow
Ed Cramer
L. F. Todd
Emil Salzman
Baptists Annex Volleyball Championship in 1928 29 Season
The Baptist volleyball team clinched the Playground and Recreation Board league title by winning two straight games over Presbyterian at Howard gym. The Baptists lost only one game all season, to Ridge Electric, and capture consecutive championships. Presbyterian finished 12 4, runners up, with eleven teams competing this year.
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Baptist
Presbyterian
Howard Gymnasium
Playground and Recreation Board
Baptists
Ridge Electric
Recreation
Wilmette Pupils Readied For Year End Posture Tests
Wilmette school children prepare for the final posture test of the year. Tests are by the American Posture League and conducted by Daniel M. Davis. Bronze medals go to those passing three of six tests, silver to those with five consecutive passes. Last year about 70 percent earned bronze and 45 percent silver.
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Wilmette
American Posture League
New York
Daniel M. Davis
Davis
Aero Club Initiates Group of New Members
The Wilmette Aero club begins a new class of seven boys starting with the Baby R. O. G. model plane while older members operate more advanced aircraft. Glen W. Gathercoal, recreation assistant, announces the initiation and current flight times of 20 to 30 seconds for the R. O. G. craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club
Wilmette Aero Club
Glen W. Gathercoal
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Wilmette Recreation Board
Party of
Barnyard
Frank German
John Baughman
Thomas West
Ed Phillips
Leslie Hannawalt
John Miller
Pedd
Cc Stone
Iso
St. Joseph Ridge Electric
St Joseph
Richard Huck
Victor Deinlein Methodist
Howard P. T. A
Moe de Haye
Harold Schleuter
Arthu Sommerfeld
Ed_ Phillips
English Lutheran
Robert Waters
Peter Wagner
Joe Hoffman
D. C. Stone
K. of C. II
Presbyterian I
Wilmette Shoe
Terminal
A. C
Herbert Weld
Robert Wolff
Methodist
Ed Hill
Robert Wilson
Wilmette Shoe Store
Ted Stone
Utterreuther State Bank
Frank Arnold
Merganthaler
Frank Reynolds
Herbert Wolff
Clyde Hamilton
Ponies Presbyterian Iith
Horsefeathers
Rinky Dinks
Robert Idwig
Wallace Stark
Robert Smith Skaer
Carl Clifton
Charles Henderson
George Huck
Roughnecks
Braves
Victor Jones
Arthur Sommerfe
Geraldine Weber
Betty Ryerson
Ed Ryerson
Ethel Keenor
Ruth Braun
Earl Leslie Lawrence Huck
Obert Waters
Eugene Hardt
Eleanor Clifford
Richard
Earl Carlson
Ed Ryerson Flappers
O'Kays
George Williams
Earl Leslie
Carleton Thorsen
R.G
Sare Pearson
Emma_ Hicks Methodist Howard P. T
Tom Thursby
L.G. Victor Deinlein Ein
Marjorie Thorsen
Harold Schleuter Vivien Leslie Matson
Martin Lynch
Staver Moulding
Ray Robinson
Harvey Harloff
Baptists Annex
Tad Presbyterian
St. Joseph
Wilmette Ice
Howard P
American Legion
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