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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1931

Page

7

Surprise party honors Mrs Bernard Brown for play

A celebration last week at the Wilmette Woman's club honored Mrs Bernard Brown with an elaborately framed color parchment. Signed by cast members, the note praises her cooperation in Why Men Leave Home. A May 23 revival is set for a downtown Chicago club.

Bernard Brown Wilmette Woman's Club John Buck Weaver Clara TH. Macalister Katherine L. Panushka Fred V. Lippen Lea J. Orr Rosaline Mills G. C. Lowell J. Bredley-Griffin Chicago

New Fiction and Nonfiction Titles at Wilmette Library

Wilmette Public Library adds fiction, science, travel and biography volumes. Notable titles include 42nd Parallel, I Am Jonathan Scribner, Best Short Stories of 1930, By Royal Command, Bacteriology, Athens and its Monuments, Mahatma Gandhi His own Story, and Recent History of the United States. Mrs Jones entertained guests at Elmwood Avenue home in honor of Mrs Gradle of Los Angeles.

Wilmette Public Library Benson Festival Burt Fannie—Edington Lion’s den Fairbanks Martin Pippin Apple Orchard Farjeon Flaubert Jonathan Scribener Houghton Shylock Lewisohn McKenna O’brien Stevenson Warwick Wodehouse Royal Command Yates Athens Weller Feiler Marsha Arab Fulanam Minnegerode Jane Austen Willa Cather Rapin Mahatma Gandhi Graham Taylor Thackery Ritchie Wolfe—Bradley United States Paxson William T. Jones Elmwood Avenue Roy S. Gradle Los Angeles Jones

Visiting Friends of Former Kenilworth Resident

Mrs. Irving Woodward, once of Kenilworth, stays with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Huber Blocker in Portland Maine. She visited Evanston, Winnetka and returned to her daughter’s home in Portland after a few weeks on the north shore.

Irving Woodward Kenilworth Huber Blocker Portland Maine North Shore Clarence W. Hopkins Evanston Woodward George W. Keehn Winnetka

Wisconsin couple guests of Long family in Delavan

Dr and Mrs W P Goodsmith of Delavan Lake Wisconsin were guests of their daughter and family the Arthur M Longs 401 Tenth Street They were returning home from Beverly Hills California where they spent the winter Also Mrs Lewis B Springer and Miss H B Latham 430 Maple Avenue and Mrs Victor Metzger and her children 419 Maple Avenue have come back after four months in Florida

Lewis B. Springer H. B. Latham Maple Avenue Victor Metzger Florida

Festival Chorus and Opera Group Concerts in Chicago

The program lists May 19 to May 23 events with the Festival Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Lily Pons Jeannette Vreeland Eleanor Reynolds and Paul Leyssac performing alongside Paderewski Piano Tas and the A Cappella Choir under Lutkin. Florence Austral and Jeannette Vreeland sing with the Children's Chorus conducted by Beattie.

Frederick Stock Chicago Symphony Orchestra Children’s Chorus Beattie Jeannette Vreeland

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eAmateur Theatrical Company Wilmette, Illinois Tom Sams Betty Arties Stybil Mrs. Sutton Doris Billie Parke Science Conn Pratt Ashbrook Anta Carlson Building Northwestern University Sie Paderewski Piano Lutkin Florence Austral Dan Gridley Eleanor Reynolds Walter Widdop Lyon and Healy Ichurch Marshall Vaude Ville Mr. Proval Canary Bird Foods
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