Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Wilmette Life in Wilmette, Illinois

We have 16,534,107 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1939

Page

16

Lands of Midnight Sun travelogue by William J. Tonesk

William J. Tonesk presents Lands of the Midnight Sun a travelogue with natural color films from his 1938 North Cape cruise on the Franconia. The 9,000 mile evening program covers Iceland Hammerfest North Cape Lyngen Norwegian fjords Bergen Oslo Stockholm Visby Finland Leningrad Moscow Copenhagen. The Orrington hotel Evanston hosts the free public lecture at 8 15 with tickets from North Shore Travel Service in the State Bank and Trust building.

William J. Tonesk Orrington Hotel Evanston North Shore Travel Service State Bank and Trust Building New York Tonesk Iceland Hammerfest North Cape Lyngen Norwegian Fjords Bergen Oslo Stockholm Visby Finland Leningrad Moscow Danzig Copenhagen Travel Service Office

Timely hints for touring motorists from Rotarian list

A condensed list of do s and don ts for touring motorists from Paul W. Kearney in the Rotarian Magazine. Advice covers light meals rest breaks emergency gasoline keys tire gauge and jack support to prevent headaches fatigue and mishaps on long drives.

Paul W. Kearney

Summer Camp Bureau of Information

Camp Consultant Marjorie McLean Leary guides parents to timely camp choices. Complete camp information is offered to readers with no obligation. Interviews with Mrs Leary can be arranged through this news magazine in strict confidence.

Marjorie McLean Leary Leary

Twin brothers to spend spring vacation at same time

One brother finished several weeks of competitive work at the engineering paper office before selection and will return home for a ten day spring vacation. His twin brother Bob attends Colorado College and will share the same vacation period.

Bob Colorado College

Cruise Manager Returns From South American Voyage

Thorsten Hanson district manager of the Swedish American line, residing at 1504 Central Avenue Wilmette, returned last Tuesday from a trip to Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon river where he served as cruise manager. Two days later he departed for a short cruise to the West Indies and Panama aboard the Kungs Holm.

Thorsten Hanson Central Avenue Wilmette Swedish American Line Rio de Janeiro Amazon River West Indies Panama

Two Local Women Expected Home From Honolulu

Mrs. J. Melville Brown of Wilmette and Mrs. Charles N. Roberts of Glencoe return from Honolulu where they have been since January and expect to reach home around May first. Mrs Brown may visit Dakota Wesleyan University to see her son Robert who teaches music there.

J. Melville Brown Eleventh Street Wilmette Charles N. Roberts Briar Jane Glencoe Honolulu Brown Dakota Wesleyan University Robert

Home from College for Easter Vacation

Miss Lucie Dix daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Dix 236 Oxford road Kenilworth will be home Friday from Connecticut college for the spring vacation Her brother John arriving Saturday or Sunday from Colgate for the Easter vacation

Lucie Dix Tom Dix Oxford Road Kenilworth Connecticut College John Colgate

Return from South Vacation for Winnetka Couple

Mr and Mrs Clayton Burch of 15 Woodley road Winnetka formerly of Kenilworth have just returned from a three weeks vacation at the Hillsboro club Pompano Fla En route home they stopped in Charleston SC.

Clayton Burch Woodley Road Winnetka Kenilworth Hillsboro Club Pompano Fla Charleston S.C

United Air Lines Boosts Mileage After San Francisco Fair

United Air Lines reports its monthly flying mileage rising to 1,300,000 miles under the San Francisco Fair stimulus. Harold Crary, vice-president of traffic, notes the total excludes extra sections and highlights a 26 percent traffic gain on the Pacific Coast route since the fair opened, with similar gains on the New York to San Francisco route.

United Air Lines Harold Crary United

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cornell S. D. Levings Woodland Avenue Bill New Trier Cornell University Air Line Culver Naval School Cavalry Camp Lake Shore Avenue Culver, Indiana Brauch's Sherman Ave Chicago Motor Coach, Co North Avenue Cermak Road Western Avenue The Lake C. &N.w.ry Madison St Chicago & North Western Madison Street Station Evanston Business College WM. H. Callow Sherman Avenue University
Search Courier

Search the Wilmette Life Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Wilmette Life?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication