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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
10
Dr and Mrs N P Colwell of 520 Gregory avenue left Saturday for a two weeks trip to Tampa and Garden Park Florida. Mrs Anna Peterson is at the Colwell residence during their absence.
Wilmette Grammar School orchestra directed by Catherine Granquist will perform at the Music Memory contest in Orchestra Hall on March 26 at 2 oclock. A five member Wilmette team will participate, aiming to uphold the towns record of frequent top prizes. The 37 member group includes fourth to eighth graders and will play during intermission while judges confer.
Mrs. Dorothy Rosenow Bremer of Highland Park marked her ninety second birthday on Monday March 14 with daytime visits and a supper in her honor. She arrived in the country in 1853 and has lived in Highland Park ten years after earlier residence in Northbrook. Her daughter is Mrs F C Holste of Wilmette.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a carrier examination for Kenilworth postal delivery on April 16. Applications must reach the local secretary, Mrs Harriet Savage at the Kenilworth Post Office by April 6.
North Shore nominees for Northwestern University women’s groups include Virginia Bixby of Wilmette for Woman’s Student Government Association president and Helen Cole of Omaha as rival. Evanston residents Marjorie Reynolds and Horten Pendleton vie for Woman’s Athletic Association president, Ruth Chatfield heads YWCA candidacy from Evanston, with Winnetka’s Marcia Converse for W S G A first vice president and Glencoe’s Agnes Cornell and Winnetka’s Edith Dillon for second vice presidents. Other posts include Elizabeth Harwood of Wilmette for treasurer and Evelyn Gibbs of Evanston for social chairman. Wilmette’s Ruth Bower seeks YWCA secretary, Virginia Ingram of Winnetka and Alice King of Wilmette vie for WAA treasurer, Elizabeth Sweet of Kenilworth for secretary, Irene Baehr of Glencoe leads soccer, Carolyn Gromann of Wilmette heads golf, Lucille Tatham of Winnetka and Irma Otten of Glencoe head basketball.
Mrs Theron Colton of the Colton company Chicago an authority on birds will lecture at Wilmette schools on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Her topic is Spring Birds.
Mrs Edwin Hill of Indianapolis departs today after a lengthy stay with her daughter Mrs Eugene Arms at 221 Woodbine Avenue.
Mrs Milton Henry of 806 Linden Avenue entertains at a dinner party this evening for fifteen guests to celebrate the third birthday of her son Milton Henry Jr.
Mrs W L Joyce of 831 Oakwood avenue welcomed Mrs Josephine Castle of Minneapolis as her guest during the week, sharing hospitality and conversation in a cordial visit.
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