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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Frank J Dowd relocate from 1405 Maple Wilmette to 1301 Asbury Hubbard Woods Their Wilmette neighbors the Nelsons plan to take the house about the first of May at 1528 Forest Wilmette.
Convalescing Jack Ebbert son of Mr and Mrs George H Ebbert 1304 Gregory Ave recently underwent appendectomy at St Francis hospital and expects to return to school in about a week.
Baseball activity heats up along the Shore as schools and clubs prepare for a busy season. Dozens of local independent teams from fifth graders to seniors practice on parks and prairies, driven by rising talent and optimism from New Trier coaches Sanding and Grater. The Trev football candidates also begin daily drills, set to run about six weeks as varsity uniforms arrive.
Claudia Eckert of Shawnee Country Club narrowly lost to Arlie Smith of Medinah by 1.46 points in the Central AAU lowboard diving championship at Lake Shore. Smith totals 121.91 over Eckert 120.45 with Smith poised to meet Eckert again in the national AAU meet in Chicago. Barbara Ramser of Shawnee took third in the senior diving event.
Mrs L A Fitz arrived home Monday night after a ten day trip to Kansas. She visited her daughter Margaret Iverson at Kansas State College Manhattan spent time with relatives in Lawrence and with friends in Kansas City. Miss Iverson will not return home for Easter vacation due to a short spring break.
New Trier's track team, joining Evanston Oak Park and Highland Park, won a prep meet at Oak Park with 39 points. They swept the high jump and shot put, placed second in pole vault, and won two relays the two mile and eight lap. The squad aims for a third straight victory next Saturday as 30 to 40 schools attend. Preliminary events Saturday precede finals and relays at night, winding up the indoor season.
Miss Lois Kunzelman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Kunzelman will lead the sophomore prom at Illinois College Jacksonville IllinoisThursday night with Ted Larson of Antioch president of the sophomore class Miss Kunzelman will be home Saturday from school for her spring vacation
Miss Mary Cornelia Gage of 414 Laurel avenue has spent a week visiting her fiancé s relatives in Philadelphia. She plans to visit relatives in New York and Ithaca before returning home next week. Her engagement to Pierre Marot Purves was announced this spring.
Miss Rosemary Nolan returns home from Sinsinawa Wisconsin for spring vacation. She attends St. Clara academy. Mr and Mrs James Nolan came home from New York after a seventeen day Champlain cruise to the West Indies. Dr and Mrs S B Conger and daughter Juliana have returned from a four week trip to the west coast Arizona and Louisiana.
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