Wilmette Recreational Leagues Open For Summer Play
Wilmette Playground and Recreation board invites adults over 15 to join summer leagues for playground ball horseshoes and women’s playground ball. Games scheduled at Village Green May 20 through August with specific weekday evenings and registration due by Monday 4 PM. Existing entries include English Lutheran Ridge Electric St. Paul parish groups and several church teams.
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Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Village Green
Daniel M. Davis
Davis
Wilmette
Playground Ball
English Lutheran
Ridge Electric
St. Poerie Printing Studio
Wilmettece
Knights of Columbus
Baptist
Roughnecks Defeat O'Kay in Key Volleyball Showdown
The Roughnecks beat the O'Kays 15 15 in Monday action at Howard gym. O'Kays earlier downed Horsefeathers, last year’s champions, as the league nears a decisive title clash between Horsefeathers and Roughnecks next Monday.
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Roughnecks
O’kay
Howard Gymnasium
Horsefeathers
Gym Class Organizes Teams for League Play
The Men’s Gymnasium class at Stolp school voted April 23 to form athletic teams and join leagues run by the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board. Walter M. Doose was elected athletic chairman to enter teams and supervise play, with William E. Haigh and Richard M. Burns in charge of the Horseshoe team.
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Stolp
Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Walter M. Doose
Prairie Avenue
Doose
William E. Haigh
Isabella Street
Girls' Athletic Club Ends Season With Final Meeting
The Girls' Athletic club and gymnasium class met at Howard School on Tuesday evening April 30. The group will disband for the summer and resume weekly meetings in September.
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Girls’ Athletic Club
Howard School
Joseph Sears Boys Train for Annual Track and Field Meet
Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth prepares for the fourth annual North Shore Grammar School Track and Field meet at Dyche Stadium on Saturday May 18. Boys compete in three weight classes and practice running jumping and pole vaulting as part of the district's standout elementary athletics.
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Joseph Sears
Kenilworth
North Shore Grammar School
Dyche Stadium
Townley
Detroit
Chicago
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Giants
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New York Sports Squads Face Busy Weekend Schedule
Northwestern's four spring squads prepare for a busy weekend with away meets against conference foes. The tennis team travels to Minneapolis to face Minnesota on Saturday while the track and golf teams go to Columbus for events on Saturday.
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Northwestern
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Columbus
Sophomores Loom Prominently on N. U. Sports List
Fourteen sophomore athletes at Northwestern University played prominent roles on football basketball tennis track swimming wrestling and baseball teams during the season just ending. Notable names include Henry Bruder Larry Oliphant Frank Baker Bill Griffin Bert Riel Tom Warne Bill Portmess MacLean Brown Don Petersen Bill Covode George LaFavour Joe Schwartz and Francis Waniata.
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Northwestern University
Henry Bruder
Pekin
Iil
Larry Oliphant
Evanston
Frank Baker
Milwaukee
Bill Griffin
Chicago
Bruder
Bert Riel
Watseka
Ill
Tom Warne
Kokomo
Ind
Bill Port
George LaFavour
Cushing
Okla
Joe Schwartz
Francis Waniata
Women’s Valley Ball League Plans Final and New League
The article notes final games of the Women’s Valley Ball league set for Monday at Howard School gym, and next Monday a women’s playground ball league to be organized at Village Green. Practice games precede the regular league starting Tuesday May 21. Final volleyball schedule lists Gym Class versus Wildcats O’Kays versus XYZ Horsefeathers versus Roughnecks.
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Howard School
Wildcats
O’kays
XYZ
Horsefeathers
Roughnecks
Wilmette Playground Board Meets May 9
The Wilmette Playground and Recreation board schedules its May meeting for Thursday May 9 at 8 o'clock. The session will be held at the Village hall.
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Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board
Near East Relief Uses Play to Heal Armenian Orphans
Near East Relief fostered organized and free play to help Armenian orphans overcome trauma and learn teamwork. In Leninakan the largest orphanage uses play captains and leaders for 68 games on a large parade ground, while 34,000 children receive aid to return to normal life as submerged impulses reemerge.
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Caucasus
Near East Relief
Leninakan
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Marcella Kummer
Jane Krier
Mary Hoffman
Lois Miller
Margaret de Marco
Vera Johnson
Clementine Antonio Lorraine James
Emma Hicks
Dorothy Smith
Betty Barry
Gertrude Koerper
Urelay
Ohio Relays
Ohio State
Purple Golfers
Paul Stewart
Iowa City
Hawkeyes
Iowa Nine
Betty Ryerson
Roberta Muther
N. Y
N. U. Sports
Sears Baseball League
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