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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
8
The S S Carinthia and S S Franconia offer popular summer voyages starting June 26 and June 29 respectively. These Cunarders, sister ships, sail routes to Iceland North Cape Hammerfest Trondheim and the ancient Royal City of Norway among others.
Esther Gould portrays the farewell mood at Pier 57 as a crowd boards the Paris bound liner. The city’s lights fade, officials speak French, and passengers mingle in nerves and tears before the voyage begins.
The First Church of Christ Scientist Wilmette announces Sunday services on March 10 at 11 o clock with a Sunday school session at 9 45 o clock. The topic for the sermon is Man.
The Kenilworth League of Women Voters hosts a March 20 meeting at 11 AM with a buffet luncheon led by Mrs. Thomas White and speaker Laura Hughes Sunde on New Patriotism. A Forum at the Congress Hotel Chicago features Rodney H. Brandon on state welfare, Flora Cheney on assembly issues, and Edith Rockwood on League measures.
Mrs. George M. Groves of Evanston presides at the Mary Crane Nursery school auxiliary meeting on March 4. Members are crafting hand made articles for a May benefit bridge sale to raise funds for the Hull House Mary Crane Nursery school run by the National Kindergarten and Elementary college.
Swarms of small flies drift across the block west of Locust road causing havoc for residents. Three houses on the south side of Blackhawk road report heavy swarms with many flies in nearby grass. Health authorities cannot yet explain the unusually early infestation.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Fjellman of Niles Center announce the birth of a son at Evanston hospital on Monday. Mrs Fjellman, formerly Viola Specht of Wilmette, is the mother.
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