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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
4
North Shore Real Estate board led by president Jules Dixon plans to attend the Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Aurora on October 14 15 and 16. Headquarters will be the Elks Club in Aurora.
Forty of Miss Rose Mary Braun's friends gathered at her home on Illinois road for a miscellaneous shower last evening. She will wed Arnold Chilcotte on October 21.
University 2400 now provides a daily time service. A elderly timekeeper is secluded in Evanston offices and dispenses official naval observatory time to callers from 6 AM to midnight every day. Walter Colbath, ex Northwestern diving champion, manages the operation.
Wilmette Public Library suggests a two foot shelf of listening study titles for eager ears. Notable works include Krehbiel How to Listen to Music Faulkner What We Hear in Music Gehrkens Fundamentals of Music Henderson What is Good Music and Mason Beethoven and His Forerunners plus Mason Romantic Composers and Orchstral Instruments.
Miss Helen Southward of 306 Oxford Road Kenilworth welcomed Miss Irene Nicholson of Seattle Washington as a recent guest in a cordial visit noting the hospitality of the household.
Rockford College for Women enters its 85th year with a large Freshman class of 45 from Chicago area. Freshmen must choose an expressive arts course such as music painting drawing dramatics public speaking writing or dancing and faculty will cooperate on student productions. Dr William Arthur Maddox urged students to engage with current social crises and pursue intelligent patriotic understanding.
A group of Wilmette women depart by motor on Sunday for a several days' holiday at Mrs. Ben Calloway's Old Mission summer home in northern Michigan. Passengers include Mrs. William Mc Gibbon Mrs. C Miles McDonald Mrs. Theodore C Kniep Mrs. Evelyn Wolf Mrs. F W Fuermann Mrs Farr Neil and Mrs. Albert Page They plan to return to Wilmette next Thursday.
Haydn Jones begins graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Llewellyn Jones starts at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa. Both are sons of Prof. and Mrs. Hilton Ira Jones and former New Trier High school graduates. Llewellyn is initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
The Village board authorized buying a three and a half ton truck for village use. Village Manager C. M. Osborn was instructed to make the purchase.
The North Shore Art league will receive a limited edition etching by Charles A. Wilimowski for each member. The study depicts the cathedral at Xochimilco near Mexico City with flower vendors in front. Membership opens to all art enthusiasts for five dollars, with an Oct 21 meeting at Matz hall to view proofs.
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