Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Jun 1927, p. 20

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20 The ·Burnham. boys are. graduating, ea.ch f.rom thetr respective schools, wtt~ htgh ho!lors. James, ~ecause of ~avmg the htghes~ scholastic average m t~e c!ass has ~een electe.d cl.ass . "al~d.tctonan at Pr~nceton. umverstty. ~lnlhp, also h~s achteved htgh scholastt~ and athletic honors at the close ?f hts yea~ at the Canterbury schoo~ ~ 11 New Mdford, Conn. James and Phtlltp are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. K .1 1 Burn1am o f 536 Ros Iyn roa d , emth 1 ·w'ILMETTE Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Morand, 9091 Ashland avenue, accompanied by Miss Katherine F. Maun, are motoring to Hanover, N. H., to be present at the comJnencement exercises .at Dartmouth college, from which S. J. Morand, Jr., witt graduate. His father and mother and their guest will accompany him to New York, from which point he will sail for Europe with some college f · d J rten s on une 25 . LIFE June 10, 1927 Winberg, Star at Kemper, Mrs. Evans Talks to H f V t· 5 n ome or aca IOD eaao Women of Wilmette Howard L. Winberg of Wilmette returned last Friday from Kemper Military school where he completed his first year with scholastic honors and with records in various lines of athletics, incuding football, baseball, b · d stling. He will spend oxmg an w~e . M d the summer wtth hts parents, r. an --oM rs. \V . \\' . \V' b f 905 Green111 erg, o wor . --oEdward \Vachs, son of Mr. and Mrs. leaf avenue, \Vilmette. . The agricultural implement industry Chares L. Wachs of 934 Elmwood of Illinois uses one-half billion cub.ic avenue is returning from the Univer- · Illinois will use over 3,600,000 barrels feet of manufactured gas annually. sity of' :Michigan this week. 1 of cement for road making this year. on Colonial Gardens ' Going far back to the beginning of early Virginia in her description of Colonial gardens, Mrs. W. C. Evans of Evanston gave a charming talk to members of the Wilmette Garden club when they met Friday at the Wilmette home of Mrs. S. A. Wheelock. The Colonial spirit pervaded the entire afternoon. Guests attended in elaborate old-time costume with bonnets and curls and lace shawls and reticules and a granddaughter of the hostess donned her greatgrandmother's wedding gown to promenade for the guests during the singing of "My Old Garden" by Mrs. Ben Gage. The annual spring flower show of the club took the nature of a Colonial display. Entries were placed in two classesold-fashioned hand bouquets or Colonial nosegays, and old fashioned hand flowers arranged in oldtime containers. The ensembles were judged for honors. Tea followed the program and the viewing of the exhibits. The club's July meeting will be thefirst day of the month with Mrs. Da vid Cook. 2757 Asbury avenue. Pre vious to that there will be three ~ar den tours by dub members. Friday, June 10, they will visit Evanston gardens, meeting at the home of Mr!'. James Moore, 2024 Orrington aYenue Friday, June 17, the ~roup will Yisit Mrs. E. L. Scheidenhelm's garden at 704 Lake aycnue, Wilmette, and it ""ill Yisit Winnetka gardens June 24. Mrs. \\'alter G. Mitchell, 1009 Oakwood avenue, \\Tilmette, is president of this garden club group. Its member ship include s a number of Ev~mston \'V0111Cn. In the Market Place JN certain parts of Europe some centuries ago, the farm laborer was wont to stand in the town market place holding a straw in his mouth as a sign that he was looking for employtnent. Today the uninvested dollar places itself in the open market. As to an individual, it must be offered an occupation free from personal hazard, with steady en1ploytnent and attractive wages. Polk Begins Compiling North Shore Directory R. L. Polk & Co. this week began work on the 1927-28 edition of the north shore directorY. C. T. Runner is . uperintendcnt of -the ,,·ork and he will haYc his hcad()uarters in the Chamber oi Commerce office on Dans street. c pward s of 25 canvassers win work under him. The directory will cover EYanston, Wilmette, \Vinnetka, Kenilworth and Glencoe. The directory managers are asking the co-operation of Evanston and north shore people in order that the directory may be as complete and accurate as possible. The directory canvassers do not inq~ire into :my one's private affairs, but in some hou seholds, according to the compilers , they arc refused such information a:; they require. The directory seeks to print the name, address and occupation of every resident 17 years. of age or ::>\·er. An accurate city directory is considered a most valuable asset. At ti1e Chamber of Commerce is one of the most complete libraries of city directoriPs in this part of tl1c country. Tht: public is free to consult it. ~1iss Helen : M cVey of Ck,·eland 1:-; spending this week a:; the gue:-t ni Miss \Vinifred Bilsland of 1228 E1111 wood avenue. ~1iss Bilsland and ~1 i~ s Me Vev were roommates at Pine ~fan or, V/ellesley. Mass. In providing telephone facilities for nation -wide service, the Bell System has employed millions of such do.Jlars. The savings of more than half a million American telephone users, invested in Be11 System ·securities, have built the systen1 that serves them. Theirs is an invest. . ment 111 service, and they then1selves have served by . . Investing. l ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPAI'.Y · BELL SYSTEM · .AfMe~J uJillbe madeby those Whobu1Jin One Policy ,. One System .. Universal .Service Norlhfield June18

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