Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 May 1928, p. 29

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May 25, 1928 '. WI LME"T TE ATTEND INSTITUTE Daniel M. Davis, director of recreation, Dudley C. . Stone and Glen W. Gathercoal of the Wilmette Plavground and Recreation board staff attended the Nature Lore Institute held under the auspices · of the Isaac Walton league at Camp Reinberg from Friday till Sunday of la·3t \\'eek. Mrs. Davis, Mrs. J. R. Gathercoal and Miss Mildred Barr were guest at the camp on Sunday. LIFE 29 Court of Honor Will .B e Feature at World's Fair The Great Court of Honor to be THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL laid out on the island which is to be built in the lake off of Burnham Park a:i the site of most of the Chicago Pineapple, Strawberry and New York Ice Cream \ Vorld's Fair Centennial celebration will be twice as wide and ha:lf again Otden Taken for FanCJI let Crtam Moulds as long as the Court of Honor at the first World's Fair. Giant City Park, in Jackson and This was decided recently during a WILMETTE union counties, " is called the "Switzerconference held by Daniel H. Burnham, land of Illinois." :-ccr.ctan- of the centennial; Dr. Allen D . Albe~t, assistant to President Rufu s C. Dawc. , and Edward H . Bennett. Tht: golf season has opened officially at beautiful Countryside Golf Club, Mundelein, Illinois..This ·onsulting architect for the Chi·c ago rolhng 18-hole public fee course offers alluring advantages to the discriminating golfer. It is easily Plan commission and a member of the reac~ed- yet secluded enough to be enjoyably free from overcrowding. One can usually tee right l\ntcnnial Architectural commission. off wtthout waiting. Grass tees, rolling fairways, interesftng traps and bunkers, large velvety The Court of Honor will extend greens bring out the best golf that is in you. Complete country club facilities are afforded-dining irom Sixteenth to Twenty-third street, \[r. Bennett said, in going over the and luncheon service; practice putting greens; a competent professional. TheNorthShoreLine takes gro und plan of the Fair grounds. T""o you to the beautiful new terminal at Mundelein, where the Cot1ntryside Club bus meets all trains. ornamental bridges, irom \Yhich visit~rs mav obtain unobstructed views of tl e ·lagc>On beneath, "ill lead directl:y: 1o the Court. These \\·ill be in addit io 1 to the regular bridges \Yhich will h~.: built from the mainland to the island. The ornamental bridge s, ,,·hich will he like those along the Rialto in \ "e nicc. on~y on a larger scale. " ·ill he ~rected at Seventeenth and Twenty:'l.'cond streets . . \ great tower, which also is to · he highly ornamental, will be built on the Court. .-\ t -the far end oi the Court \\"ill he a moat, dividing the airport from tilt· exposition grounds proper. .-\cCt:SS to the airport wilt be by two bridges and four subways, all of \Yhich will he equipped \vith electrically-c ontrolled gates. The purpose of the gates j.,_ to preYent any great rush of people on the airfield upon the arri 'val .-) i flvers · and to preYent flyers and t heir· phmes· · being endangered hy enthusiastic crowds · of the sort that :; wooped down upon Colonel Charles Lindbergh \\"hen he crossed the .- \tlantic. The landing field ~ se lf will he 3.000 TL'Ct in diameter, all in sod, this being the requirements of the aviation engineers for the mail sen·ice and the L'l) mmcrrial COQ1panie s now operating hl·re. "SOUVBMIR" SNIDER-CAZEL DRUG CO. · Girls' Dancing Class in Demonstration Program \\·e·dncsclav. ~fay 23. ~Iiss Agnes Biesemeier's. dancin.g class at ~ew Trier ga,·c an cxhihiti( n ·p rogram for the mothers of the members. The affair ~~·as in the nature of a demonstration of the vear's work. The class 'consists of -about twenty-five girls who meet everY \Vedne sday after school. This group received credit towards the Girls' Athletic association just as do any of the teams in hockey, basketbat!, and other sports. and is con.-idered an event in girls' physical education program just as well as any of the others. After the program refreshments were served. Through ticketing service from your own home North Shore Line station to any railroad point in the United States, Canada or Mexico is now offered by the North Shore Line. Through tickets may be pur.. chased, Pullman reservations may be arranged and baggage checked through to your ultimate point of destination. No charge is made for this con· venient service-you simply pay the regular rail and Pullman fares. The North Shore Line considers it a privilege to assist you in making travel arrangements. A CORRECTION An announcement in last week's issue erroneously stated the Club Vista del Lago would have its formal opening on May 26. The club is not contemplating opening until about June 26. Wn.METTJo: LIF£ regrets this error. Th~ next time ·you are going beyond Chicago or Milwaukee, phone or call at the North Shore Line ticket office-test this new phase of North Shore Line service. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Word has been received of the death of Emily C. Phillips, nee Harrison,. at Long Beach, Cal., on May 14. Mrs. Phillips was formerly a r~stdet:t of Wilmette and Chicago: Bunal wtll be at Long Beach. Jack Cullen, 1226 Ashland avenu~, left for a business trip through Cahfornia Wednesday of last week. He expect's to be away about three weeks. Chicago North Shore, & Milwaukee R. R. Co. The Road of Service WILMETTE PASSENGER STATION Ph. Wit. 2 5 1 4 - Baggage Checked Direct Connections with~ WAUKEGAN to Fox Lake District, McHenry and Woodatoclct.. WILMETTE or . C h HIGHLAND PARK to Glenview, Techny and Nonhbrook; LltsERTYVILLE to Manaold Motor oac es Antioch; EVANSTON to Deaplainea. Wheellns and Volo.

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