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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1931

Page

4

Wilmette Chamber Discusses Grade Separation Efforts

Hoyt King outlined steps toward grade separation as the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce gathers evidence in favor from north shore villages. The joint commission presents material to the Illinois Commerce Commission to seek a decision. Wilmette village trustee and grade separation chair Wilford W DeBerard noted hearings, company contacts, site visits, and photographs of separation systems.

Wilmette Tion Committee

Local Couple Hosts Prominent Pianist Guest Couple

Mr and Mrs Percy W Fairman of 207 Golf Terrace entertained last week Mr and Mrs Roy H Curtis of St Louis Mo. Mrs Angelina Curtis a renowned concert pianist has studied vocal performance for several years in Paris.

Percy W. Fairman Golf Terrace Roy H. Curtis St. Louis Curtis Angelina Curtis Paris

Dorothy Darling Busy Attending School Proms

Miss Dorothy Darling daughter of the Ira Calef Darlings of 256 Kenilworth avenue spends weekends with friends and family and attends school proms. She attended a prom at the University of Illinois and stayed at the Sigma Chi house and later visited West Virginia friends. She will travel to Annapolis for June week and the midshipmen prom before navy cruises. Her sister Miss Jane Darling will return to Kenilworth May 27 after Ogontz to spend the summer with their parents and is noted for horsemanship.

Dorothy Darling Ira Calef Darlings Kenilworth Avenue Miss Darling University of Illinois Sigma Chi West Virginia Annapolis Navy United States Naval Academy Jane Darling Ogontz Kenilworth Jane North Shore

Deru honors for Wilmette pair at Northwestern

Two Wilmette youths, John Leach and Jack Riley, elected to Deru senior honorary society at Northwestern. Both juniors, Leach is Daily Northwestern night editor and Sigma Delta Chi member. Riley is football and wrestling star and fellow New Trier graduate.

Wilmette Northwestern University Deru John Leach Herbert J. Leach Washington Avenue Jack Riley H. F. Riley Lake Avenue John Sigma Delta Chi Daily Northwestern W. A. A. Union New Trier High School

Mrs Davis to Return From Washington Trip

Mrs Paul H. Davis of 256 Woodstock Avenue Kenilworth will return this week from Washington D C where she visited her brother Morton Milton and her niece Mrs Frank Setzler. Mrs Davis accompanied her mother Mrs Harriet Milford back to Washington after staying at her Kenilworth home.

Paul H. Davis Woodstock Avenue Kenilworth Washington, D. C Morton Milton Frank Setzler Davis Harriet Milford Washington

Honor Roll Announced At New Trier High School

New Trier High School lists the second month honor roll and honorable mention students. Among seniors juniors and freshmen named are Amy Clagett Ruth Jackson Frances Lutz Claire Simons Dorothy Winzenburg Jacinta Kampmeier Elsie Wade Caroline Yerkes Barbara Wilder and others.

New Trier High School Amy Clagett Ruth Jackson Frances Lutz Claire Simons Dorothy Winzenburg Jacinta Kampmeier Elsie Wade Caroline Yerkes Barbara Wilder Alice Ebeling Alice Holloway Paul Gilbert George Cole John Dernehl Charles Knapp Stanton Schuman William Bowen Burrage Farwell Peter Gilbert Richard Hall John Mathieson George Maxwell Cy. MacKinnon Ethel Anderson Patsy Boylston Fannie Brown Alice Conhaim Mary Ferrarini Jean Meek Mary Jane Mess Ruth Tay Phyllis Brown Ethel Pierce Jane Orr Theda Childs Virginia Preston Polly Spooner Martha Wilen Ruth Offner Betty Buckett Katherine Maxwell Meta Miller Margel Small Virginia Sprague Alice Hillinger Lucille Sutter Mary Melvin Elizabeth Potter Lora Baughman Margaret Bickham Mary Ellen Boozer Martha Forman Mary Katherine Gleason Lois Goldstein Jayne Hardwick Thelma Hayskar Helen Hodgkins Margery Hume Lila Johnson Agnes Jones Sally Kriebel Christine Lind Jane Ludwig Winifred Lundquist Virginia Nelson Ruth Phelps Marion Popper Ardis Reid Virginia Rietheimer Charlotte Spegel Pauline Spiegel Louise Wagner Frances Whitman Mary Jane Thomas Ellen Sager Elizabeth Balhatchet Grace Bartling Jane Dement Betty Dostal Margaret Ebeling Jane [Jundahl Lucy Murchison Jane Schaeffer Olive Brower Ethel George Jane Nordstrom Helen Bower Martha

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