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Social (Circles By J E A N T E N B R O E C K Catholic Club Will Begin Neiv Season Sept. 26 The Woman's Catholic Club of Wilmette will open the club year of 1947-48 on F r i d a y , September 26, at 8 in the morning, with a celebration of Mass at St. F r a n c i s X a v ier church in Wilmette. The first regular meeting of the club will begin at 2 o'clock, and will be held ir the Wilmette Woman's club. It will be the club's reciprocity day and the presidents of neighboring clubs will be guests of honor. Following the business meeting M r s . Arthur Adams, program chairman, will present Joan Mehaffy and B i l l Simpson, The Story Singers, in an outstanding program. These young artists are making their m a r k in the field of entertainment by their clever dramatizations in song and story, the club announces. "Their youth and bouyancy are reflected in all their selections and the excerps given have sparkle and color, and are at all times in excellent taste," critics have stated. Miss Mehaffey spent four years with the J a c k and J i l l players, and appeared for one season with the F o r t Wayne Civic Theater group in Indiana. During war years she entertained at hospitals, training camps and U S O stations. She has had radio and television experience and with M r . Simpson was chosen by The Conference of Club Presidents and P r o g r a m Chairm a n to appear on its special Christmas p r o g r a m in December, 1946. B i l l Simpson has done much work in radio and concert. He has a baritone voice of fine quality and has superb acting ability, according to critics. F o r their p r o g r a m given for the Woman's Catholic club they will give excerpts from "Hansel and G r e t e l , " "Oklahoma," and "Show Boat." M r s . Warren A . Clohisy is president of the club and serving with her for the coming year are: M r s . E d w a r d Hoffman, first vice-president; M r s . V i r g i l Dudley, second vice-president; M r s . E d w a r d Cunningham, recording secretary; M r s . Joseph Lechner, corresponding secretary; and M r s . John D . F l y n n , treasurer. The past presidents of the club will act as hostesses for the tea which will close the afternoon. Wedding Reception Is Held in Wilmette After attending the wedding service of M i s s Suzanne B l a k e and Townsend Easton Mayer, J r . in the chape' of the F i r s t Methodist church in Evanston, last Saturday afternoon, members of the families and close friends were guests at a reception held at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, the Thomas C . M c C o n nells, 909 Central avenue, Wilmette. The bride is the daughter of M r s . E d g a r Blake of Chicago and the late M r . Blake, superintendent of Wesley M e m o r i a l hospital. The late Bishop E d g a r Blake of Evanston was her grandfather. The bridegroom's parents live in Northport, L o n g Island. Everett Blake of Wilson, N . C , gave his niece in marriage and the bride's sister, Miss Charlotte Blake, nr.med for M r s McConnell, was her attendant. The bride and groom have gone east to live in Middletown, Conn., while he completes his course at Wesleyan university, where he is a member of P h i Sigma Kappa. His study was interrupted by three years of service in the Navy. The bride is a K a p p a Alpha Theta and an alumna of Vanderbilt university in Nashville. Episcopalians Announce Silver Tea and Gift Sale A silver tea and gift sale will be held F r i d a y , October 3, from 2 until 5, at the home of M r s . Paul William Cutler, 803 E l m w o o d avenue, under auspices of the Sewing group of St. Anne's guild of St Augstine's church. The group, headed by M r s . Cutler, has worked together throughout the spring and summer to make this timely sale a success. There will be gifts for all seasons and occasions and the shopper m a y expect to find a wide variety of handmade articles to answer her needs for early Christmas shopping. Lovely handmade linens and dainty gift aprons as well as practical and well-fitting utility aprons will be special features of the sale. In addition, handknit dolls dressed in handmade garments, novelties, and Christmas articles w i l l be on sale. M r s . R i c h a r d Hobbs, an accomplished musician whose home is in Wilmette, will be the pianist during the tea hour. Annually each fall the board of the Chicago Wellesley club gives a tea for freshmen, undergraduates, and their mothers. While at this season's event Sunday, September 7, in the home and garden of Mrs. Herbert Paschen in Hubbard Woods, three incoming freshmen from this area were photographed with two undergraduates. In the top row are, from left to right, Miss Judith Mayer and Miss Jeanne Tinsley of Glencoe and Miss Barbara Robinson of Winnetka. Seated from left to right, are Miss Marilyn Pearson of Glencoe and Miss Barbara Bruning of Wilmette. Miss Mayer, Miss Robinson, and Miss Bruning go to Wellesley as freshmen. (Violet Wyld Photo) While off-to-college plans and final social events have occupied new students as well as those in upper classes, alumnae have divided their activity between entertaining for them and increasing the tempo of their plans for their major undertaking, the launching of the Wellesley college 75th Anniversary F u n d drive which opens officially in the Chicago and Illinois area with a large dinner party in the Crystal ballroom of the Blackstone Wednesday, October 8. M r s . Douglas Horton, the former Mildred McAfee wartime head of the W A V E S , will be the speaker. Clarence R a n d a l l of Winnetka, a Wellesley college trustee, is to be toastmaster. M r s . Bruce M a c L e i s h of Glencoe is dinner chairman. Other events connected with the drive for $7,500,000 will be the Men's luncheon at the University club on October 1, at which the speaker will be M r s . Ralph Church, and the tea for all New T r i e r Township workers on F r i d a y afternoon, October 3, at the home of M r s . W i l l i a m Pope in Kenilworth, at which M r s . R a l p h Churh will also speak. M r s . Thompson Wakeley is co-hostess for the event. At a small luncheon F r i d a y of last week at the Woman's Athletic club, the general plan for the Illinois drive was outlined, and heads of the general committees were announced. The quota for the Chicago and downstate area in the alumnae's goal for $4,000,000 by June, 1948, is $176,000. Among those at the luncheon were, from the North Shore, M r s . Paschen and M r s . Thomas C . McConnell of Wilmette, co-chairman for Illinois; M r s . R a l p h Church, national special gifts chairman; M r s . Bruce MacLeish; M r s . Pope, special gifts chairman for the New T r i e r Township area; and M r s . Horton Conrad of Northbrook, Chicago publicity chairman. Annual Luncheon for Garden Club Sept. 25 The Kenilworth Home and G a r den club w i l l assemble at H e a r t h stone House, Hubbard Woods, on Thursday. September 25, at 12:30, for its annual luncheon and business meeting. The hostesses will be M r s . Jc-hn Roberts, M r s . Walter M a r x , and M r s . Clemens Storch, president of the organization. Lending her artistic talent in the decoration of tables will be M r s . Peter Barton, a past president of the club and now its second vicepresident and membership chairman. The luncheon will be followed by reports and an election of officers. M r s . O v i d W . E s b a c h has been renominated for secretary and Mrs. A . R. Peterson has been nominated for flower chairman. Elected by the board in A p r i l , M r s . Willis D . Nance will succeed M r s . W i l l i a m C . T r a g nitz as first vice-president and chairm a n of p r o g r a m and publicity. Participants in the program of the afternoon will be M r s . H o w a r d Mullins, who will give a group of vocal numbers pertaining to the garden, M r s . H e r m a n Stein, who w i l l present a talk on "The Modern A p proach of Home B u i l d i n g , " and M r s . Tragnitz, who will read " A Program C h a i r m a n Reminisces." Woman's Society Has Opening Fall Luncheon Members of the Wilmette Baptist church Woman's society held their first fall meeting F r i d a y , September 12, at the church. Luncheon was served at 1 o'clock by L i n k F under the direction of M r s . George D . A l lison. Miss E m m a L . Brodbeck was guest speaker. This was her final meeting with the group before leaving for her field in West China. A Christmas gift was presented to her at that time. M r s . E . R. Hendrickson sang, accompanied by M r s . W. A . Hartwig. 50 Wilmette Couple Has Anniversary Parties M r . and M r s . B . A . Langdon, 103 Dupee place, Wilmette, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary at a family dinner and at an open house Sunday, September 14. Guests at the dinner included their son and daughter-in-law, M r . and M r s . P a u l E . Langdon; another son and his wife, M r . and M r s . Lawrence E Langdon; and their son-in-law and daughter, M r . and M r s . L y m a n Newton. Their grandchildren were also present at the party. Another daughter, M r s . Stewart Murphy of Cincinnati, was unable to be there. In the evening M r . and M r s . Langdon held open house for about 40 of their friends.