Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Oct 1928, p. 25

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~tober 5,· 1~ . Winnetka Stwlent North Shore L~e·Apin Has .Protninent Role Takes Hiih Speed Prize The Chicago. North Shore and Mitin Drinkwater Play waukee railroad · for the second .sucFrank McGlynn, the obscure actor who leaped to international fame in 1919 when he appeared as Abraham Lincoln in John Drinkwater's epochal drama of that name, will return to- his beloved role October 5 and 6 when he heads the cast which will present die historic play in the Knox College the. ater at Galesburg. This presentation will . be the first in which other than professional actor$ appear. All part:-; other than the lead will be played by members of the Knox College player·s. Dan Stilling of Winnetka, a junior at Knox, is playing the part of General Grant. Betty Bennett of Des Plaines, a recent graduate, is portra.ying Mrs. Lincoln. Wade Arnold, · a senior of last year. is coming {rem Tulsa, Okla., to play the Chronicle. Benton Bull of Chicago, a 'junior, will represent Secretary Stanton. Harper Andrews of Kewanee, a senior, plays Gideon Wells. The part 0f Custis, Lincoln's negro servant, will be taken by George Willett of Tulsa, Okh., a senior. Lila Eccles Rrimhall of Salt Lake City Viill play a feminine role. Nathan Jereald of Springfield is playing Scott. "Abraham Lincoln" is bein~ produced under the direction of Prof. Clarence L. Menser, formerly head of The Little Theater in Salt Lake City, who has given creditable preform ances of such play.s as Shaw's "Pygmalion" and "Devil's Disciple"; Langdon Mitchell's "The New York Idea"; St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson"; Owen Davis' "Ice Bound"; John Masefield's "Tragedy of Nan"; Pinero's "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"; George Kelly's "The Show Off"; Hatcher Hughes' "Hell Bent fer Heaven"; and Frederick Lonsdaie's "The Last of Mn. Cheney." The Knox Players have appeared in these and other plays in Chicago, Quincy, Peoria, Kewanee, Princeton, and Burlington, Ia., as well as in the Knox College Theater. cessive year holds international honors as the fastest interurban electric railroad in North America. This record was established late last week ·with the awarding of tthe Electric Traction Speed Trophy to the ,.Road of Service" at the 47th annual convention of the American Electric Railway association at Cleveland. The trophy was also won by the North Shore Line last year. Official records based on operations during the past year show that thtNorth Shore line leads all other interurban electric railroads both in elav.~ ed and running time. Trains operatmg over 87.19 miles of track between Chicago and Milwaukee e.stablished records of 53.9 miles an hour, not including stops, and 41.8 miles an hour, including fourteen regular schedule stops. Presentation of the speed trophy was made by the committee on awards to John R. Black hall, general manager of the North Shore line. ANNOUNCE GOLF PROGRAM Prizes will be awarded to the low two-man team which takes the honors in the play at the North Shore Golf club Saturday, October 6. There will also be Ball Sweepstakes, equally divided among Classes A, B, C, and D, on the official program this Saturday. Sunday's program wit include a Mixed Ball foursome, blind bogey eve~t. MOVE TO EVANSTONMr. and Mrs. George Moody, who have occupied the Carl Apelt home at 124 Robsart road, Kenilworth during the summer are now at the Homeste;td in Evanston. Mr. Moody has purcha.sed a lot on T ngleside place in Evanston and will build in the spring. A MILQRIM Hat oiGIWliFelt·.. the cliasonal band of from our !l.reen !Jl'OSSraln ribbon sivaa clectcled ITair. .Gmu,ofllaa at $1850 ,. . I Modernity~ Th:e vibrant modernistic mode of a ~ youthful ase is admir= ' · · _ably expressed in the · new Creations of . . . · A..eri«J '8 Fonmo8t F tulaio,. Creator 600 MICHIGAN BOULEVARD · SOU'TH PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Need $5,000,000 Relief Fund for Hurricane Area More than 5,000 workers representative of the Chicago Association of Commerce, the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and the Red Cross, are striving this week to complete Chicago's quota of $300,000 for the Red Cross West Indies-Florida Hurricane Relief fund, according to James B. Forgan, Jr., Red Cross chairman in the Chicago area. The Chicago area drive -is augmented by aid of every radio broadcasting station. During the first week of the drive slightly more than $133,000 was raised. · President Coolidge, after reviewing reports of his personal investigators and of the Red Cross has caused the · following appeal to be broadcast urging the people of the nation to heed the appeals of the storm sufferers : "As President of the United States and as President of the American Red Cross, I urge Qur people to contribute promptly and most generously so that suffering among the many t~ousands. of the West Indies and Flortda may be alleviated. I . have asked the American Red Cross to assume the task of rendering aid, acting as the agent of the people and all contributions should be forwarded to your nearest local Red Cross chapter or to the Chicago Association of Commerce. (Signed) Calvin Coolidge." Latest reports from the islands and Florida show the relief and rehabilitation operation to be the largest ever handled by the Red Cross and at least $5,000,000 will be necessary to accomplish the task. Mrs. Harry Mace of Glendale, Cal. has been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. w .. Bull of- ~524 Maple avenue. genuine Has all of the advantages of the best anthracite coal and not one of the disadvantages MORE HEAT-LESS COST FEWER ASHES-NO SMOICB - EDINGER A SONS KUTIEN BROTHERS 1301 Lake St. Wilmette, IU. Phone Wilmette 84Z 711 Main St. . Wilmette, 10. Phone Wilmette I .... I ------- :.. <!"·

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