Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Apr 1936, p. 42

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of Wbdding Party Miss Deiphyne Foley, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs.,Carl 'Jordan Fol1ey,. of, Wilme tte, this week announces the mnembers of' the- bridai party for he marriage Saturday, April 18, toéJ Hollisý Gleason, the son of ý Mr. and Mrs. Ho.llis G. Gleason of Wil.' miette. The ceremony will be performed at 3 :30 o'clock at. St. fraucis Xavier church by, theý Rev.- Bernard Brady,, a reception at Exmoor Country club fol- lowing. I(Éi3î Iazel White of Glencoe is to lmrv as miaid of bonor, and tbe bride's siater, t>arlene, as junior bridesmaid. Ibis other *bridesuiaids >are: Miss jc Liddje of Winnetka, Miss jean Promet of Wihnette, iss8 Phyllis. aeehy of St. Jou h, Mo., and Mrs. John T.- Suite of dlencoe. John Tè. Suite wiii be the hest man, and thse ushers are: Roy Rennacker of Winnetka, Oalcley Jenks of Win- netka, Jack- Foley, brother of the bride, and John Gleason of Wilnsette. Comnmencing with St. Patrick's day, a series of. parties is being given for Mis3 Yoley. On that occasion Mrs. .,quJ*aeeneraidatnpIaAkitchen shower. an iscU. ou suwl- *A joit tea and personal shower i to be given Monday, April 3, by Mrie. Henry Prosger and Mrs. Owen Lee of Wilmette at the home of Mrs. Lee. *Miss Liddle is to give a cocktail party, Saturday,,April Il, in tbe afternoon and that same evening there will be a party a., which the ushers will act as bosts. The week preceding the wedding )Iiss Dorothy Hanley of Wilmette Carlos Photo Mrs. Russeli Gessel of Winetka, the former Margaret Victoia'Cobb, îi thse recently elecied sccrotarY of the Norths Shore chu pter of Phi BeA l4mitac. April 18 Is Day of Wedding of S Helen C. Koenig Miss Helen Cantion Koenig, Kennetli butter Jial of Iligh- land Park, son o'.f Mr. and Mrs. E. Lawrence Beail of Decatu-r. The wedding will take place at home at,12:.30 noon, with tbe:Rev.. Joahn C., Keenian of St. Francis. cburch performing the ceremnony. A recep-. tion for a smiall.group of friends will follow. A nm Birk Kuper will meail "Ethan Frome," a play in three acts by Edith Wharton, now -successfully playing to large New York audiences, when the board of the -Sisterhood meets~ Monday, April 6, in the lounge .of the North M ore Temnple Israel. Lin- coin, and Vernon avenues, ini Giencoe. This program is said, to be the best one Mrs. Kuper gives. "The play," says Mrs. Kuper, . "i3 thé gripping, story' of a man con- demned to live. Jauine'Lord, Rkuth Gordon and R'.aymond'Massey appear in the, original cast.". At 10 .o'clock the board of direc- tors convenes.1 Sewing,. as. usual; for the t.nny philanthropies of tbe Sister- bood, starts -at- 9, and continues through the, day, with a pause for box luncheon at, 12. At .2:15 Mrs. Kuper will give ber reading, to wbhic ail wbo are interested are invited, at a, nomninal, fee.' Tea %iii be-served at the conclusio'n of the reading. To Be Marrid Sat urday Saturday evening at 8 o'clock ini the Orrington hotel, Miss Lauretta Elizabeth Anderson, daugbter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. M. Anderson, 1614 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette, will be married to 1'bilip Alexander Hamil- ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leon- and '< .Miss- Anderson's. attendants will be ber sisters, Marcia Jean and Susan Anderson, Miss Mary Smith of Chi- cago, formerly cf Wilmuette, and Mrs.. Carl Kavens 'of. Chicago. MW. Kavens will serve Mr. Ha milton as best man. Koenig will at- Ecogi d. of. honor, and in Fan ciful Plays Have you a- littie Dormouse in- your home? Yo.u, will want one, if you see .lit.tie,,E il Ï1y Gleason (sister of the talenited ."Sis", Gleason), as the. Dor- mouse in "Alice in Wonderland' 'thi.s, Saturday afternoon at the Woman.'s Club, ofMinmette., In the play she is tbe softest, drow- siest littie flormouse that evýer told the story of. the, three littie sisters who lived in a well. You will want a White, Rabbit,, too,. when y ou ,se Dorothy Miller, another very youtb.- fuI member of -the càst, as the serious little Rabbit who dropped bis white kid gloves and his fan when Alice startled him by saying, "If you, please, We saw a rebearsal and we know! The Betty Brown Players, al Vil- mette children of g rade age, showed' humor and imaginatio 'n in acting the parts of the whimsical characters that Alice meets in : Wonderiand. Ali.ce fierself looked like Alice, a tali, lovely child with bright. blue eyes, round witli wonder, and -long golden, bair. The part is played by Betty Miller. Mrs. Brown, who directs t.his play and the two shorter piays tba t follow- it, modern adaptations 'from "The Three Bears » and "Red Riding Hood,' is building up a littie théatre group in Wilmette which is achiev- ing results. The players have a large repertoire *of cbildren's classics and bave given 'performances before a number of groups. Mrs.,. Brown is, trying through the. plays to. develop, .the imagination of the,- players and of their audiences so that they.tan. better enjoy fanciful tales like,"Alice ini Wonderland." Dictk La Bonte, brother' of ýthe March Hare, (Eleanor La Bonte) made the artistic posters which are on display in the village. Tickets may be obtained at the >door. Mrs. H. A. .Storms, chairman ffl- to the McLaren guilci ot the C A. of the Holy Comforter at ana meeting .at ber home Monday., Mrs. George Joiiest 318 Oxford road, Kenilworth, entertained ber reading club at. luncheoný, Ttesday. The Wilmette and Wiinnetka W. C. T. U. meets at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, April 6, at the home Of Mrs. Gus Nelson, 76 Green B3ay road,. Glencoe.

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