LaRoy Succeeds Baker as Wilmette Recreation Board Chair
Herbert A. LaRoy becomes chairman of the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board succeeding John Clark Baker who led the board from its inception in July 1926 until May 1, 1928. LaRoy has served on the board since May 1, 1927 and heads a five member advisory committee to the director of recreation including Mrs. Jay R. Brown C Miles McDonald Lincoln C. Torrey and Henry Fowler all appointed by the Village president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. LaRoy
John Clark Baker
Wilmette
Mr. Baker
Mr. LaRoy
Jay R. Brown
C. Miles McDonald
Lincoln C. Torrey
Henry Fowler
Ellsworth Taylor Takes Position in New York
Ellsworth Taylor son of Mrs D I Taylor 849 Michigan avenue has moved to New York City and joined William A French and Company makers of hand made reproductions of antique furniture. He previously served as secretary at Grow and Cuttle Inc of Chicago and has conducted several European buying trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Taylor
D. I. Taylor
Michigan Avenue
New York City
William A. French
Garden Club Meeting Planned at Kenilworth
The Home and Garden club of Kenilworth will meet at 236 Oxford Road with Mrs. John C. Dix on Monday March 18. Mrs. Charles Holmes will read a paper titled Evergreens and guest speaker Mrs. Edwin Hedrick will present readings of spring poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home and Garden Club of
Kenilworth
John C. Dix
Oxford Road
Charles Holmes
Edwin Hedrick
Schipa to Appear as Soloist With Field Songsters
Tito Schipa, opera tenor with the Chicago Civic Opera, will be the leading soloist at the Marshall Field and Company Choral Society concert in Orchestra hall on Thursday evening April 4. This marks his Chicago farewell until January 1930. R H Harper will share honors, with Grace T. Fredenhagen, Harry Carlson, and Stanley Martin as accompanists. Edgar Nelson conducts a ambitious program featuring Schipa in Hiawatha, Elgar dances, and choral pieces from Tannhauser to Caractacus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Field and Company Choral Society
Orchestra Hall
Choral Society
Tito Schipa
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Chicago
Schipa
Civic Opera Company
R. H. Harper
Grace T. Fredenhagen
Harry Carlson
Stanley Martin
Marshall Field
S. Edgar Nelson
Edgar
Joseph Sears School Yearbook Under Way
Book work has started for the Joseph Sears school annual to be printed near year end. The twenty page volume will cover each room and departments with room pictures as a key feature. Pupils under R J Finnegan direct the project. sales at the annual exhibit support the eighth grade gift fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sears
R. J. Finnegan
Luncheon Held in Kenilworth for Mrs Rathbone’s Visitor
Mrs John V Rathbone of 523 Abbottsford road Kenilworth entertained out of town friends at luncheon on March 13 in honor of her visiting mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Rathbone
Abbottsford Road
Kenilworth
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Mitchell’s Hat
Davis Street
Evanston
Paris
Loraine
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Ensch
New York
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Coleridge-Taylor
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Fischer B
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St. Michael's
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Celia
Monte de Re
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Pedilla Ad
Chi Senne Scorda ‘Echiu
Barthalemy
Are Ier
Elgar Auld Lang Syne
H. G. Lindwall
Oak Street
Ph. Winnetka
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