Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Jul 1939, p. 21

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,Brittany~, tlhat peninsula which juts out from the west central coast of France, washed by the English Chan- nel and Atlantic oçeain, has the dis- ,tincltion. of being the oldest part of France. Often the primitive race'of men, oevidence of whose existence.we find todayin the, roughly he wn nembers and dolmens o! Carnac, the Gauls, occupied this region and they in turn, gave way to the. conquering Romans,,j who so weakened' the people that new invaders,. this time fromn the North, found themn an easy prey. >In the Fifth and sixth, Centuries whole E Today, this favored province of France is one of its. most popular tourist centers, att racting. an ever- increasing1 n u m b'e r -of visitors. Thôugh remote: in civilization, it is easily, .and 'comnfortably ýaccessible and. only itS neighboring province Normandy can vie with it in popular-; ityV. The.,variety and great numbers oflovely beaches, s50mrnany of them with. unusually exquisite settings, a climiatealong the coast so mild that ,119 trees, and rhododendrons ýgrow in great profusion, numberless hotels Aij religious fetes and the charni -of -th e jpicturesques littie fishing villages have. made Brittany a favorite hauni of artists anid writers, a.nd one fre- iquently cornes upon littie settemhents of thern. With, so much, to offer and with, such* great variety in, her attrac- tions, Brittany can justly take her Place 'am-ong those corners in the world which everyone should sorn day visit. Nw Trier Scholar. Will Vïiit Abr .oad. ýWith 'three years of conitinuous boinor roll scholarship in the experi- mental or progressive group at New Trier High school behind him, and the' acquistion of letters for back- stro6ke on the first swimming teani and as a cheerleader at New Trier, Raleigh Williams, son of Dr. and Mtrs. A. T. Williams of 163 Bertling lane, Wînnetka, sails alone Saturday of this week for England, to visit the Alfred Fisher famîly o! London, forrnerly of Winnetka, until time to return for his senior high school I ( t I I will also r for. a: spts. A hundred thingo .tu see-oP font, horseêacIk, by boat or molo'r. Môdenj resort bote!. Scrupuloualy clearni. homélike cottages. Corne 4a and leur. rem] home cooking. Wite. Mr. and M"s. Obson Invite 'YOn to sumaner.at the plemBant PINE G190VE MOTEL, EpbralMW, .5.3 MUR Imda~~é eHASTINGS IOpens Aug. 131h iThe Camp lu 1w. milesi West of ~MilbMu.I.. on beauf ffal Lake* HaNstings. jus# 40 mieles fre.in *Chicao onoute o.. 5. f a&~. i.1 '4 h *cleux sar salis on the Britannie.. MOTOR THROUGH EUROP~E jMiss Barbara Dick, daughter of the Elmer Jewell Dicks o! 1206 Tower road, Hubbard Woods,.- is motoring through Europe this sum- mer, with Miss Edna True and her group o high shool girls. a.' Features for Fun and Safety *For Girls 7 t.17 *Opratkd by Irvig Puoc.acle 1070 IU *Um - I I I I I I I I I I Purk I i loch !

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