Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Nov 1934, p. 18

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W IséZ m a à a lUNvebr 2 1j Art League MemWbers FWlAuction. Works. FrWday, December7 North shore resîdents await wiih interest the sbowing of paintings 'and sculpture done..by members of thé North 'Shore Art' league for the Ieague's auction sale which will takè place. on Friday evening, December 7, at 8 o'clock' in the league's studio at the .Winnetka, Community* House. Those, who attended the sale lasi year know that only 'the finest* pieces of art by outstanding artists will be r exhibited and auctioned. There will be paintings, etchings, sculpture pieces, and prints for sale, and they wili be on view one week before the sale. Dudley Crafts Watson and George Getgood will be the auction- eers and Rene Lavenant has charge of objets d'art. The last haif of the first term of the Art league's classes is at band. Painting and drawing are conducted in the studio every Saturday morn- ing for children and juniors under the direction of Elizabeth Peyraud, Edna johansen, and Hope Degen- hardt. Later in the winter this group will present its work at an exhibit to be given by the league. A group of artists is enjoying painting f rom the model on Wed- nesday and Thursday evenings under the leadership of Frank Dillon, presi- dent of the league. Thursday morn- ings are reserved for ail members of the league who wish to use the studio. Friday mornings Frank Pey- raud instructs a group of painters in the essentials of landscape. Classes in sculpture are given with Nancy Coon sman Hahn on Monday mornings and in the afternoons of that same day, there is an art history group under Grace Brion, and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are painting groups with Allen Philbrick. As seen from this ambitious schedule the North Shore Art league presents and fosters various branches of art in Winnetka under the abiest teachers. Cbildren Give Piano Program on Nov. 21 The iegular monthly program of pupils of Edith Ray Young was given last Wednesday evening at her studio. At the. conclusion of the children's groups Miss- Young played a two- piano number with ber teacher, Cecilia Ray Berry of the De Paul University School of Music, and also a solo number by Grieg. The program was as follows: Marching .............Curtis Meditation .............Curtis Bobby Stars Etude ...........................Curtis Lullaby......................... Curtis Bull Frog............Curtis Charlotte KX*utteèn Jolly Darkies......1.... Bechter Busy ÉFingers ........... .. ....... Brett Maria.nne Strauch, March of the Goblins............. Curti& w altz . . . . . ... . . ... .Curtis Jane Johnson Etude........ ............ Streabborg Boat Song ............Brett Dolores Dressel Spinnilng Song '*...... Eilmenreidh Marianne Strauch Il NEW DISEASE CASES Eleven new contagious disease cases in Wilmette were reported by the local :Health department for the week ending November 18. The num- ber of cases of each disease was listed as -follows1: whooping cough, six; bron- chiai pneumonia, two, and diphtheria, cbicken pox,, and mumps, one eaéh. Mrs. Edward Hammn, 123 Melrose Chr istmas Bazaar,. Set. for December 8 r New Trier girls are busy this week witb preparations for the Girls' club bazaar whicb is'to be an ail-day affair ton Saturday, December 8, starting at s10 o'clock in the morniing and lasting euntil late in the evening. This year's bazaar is expected to be the most successful the girls bave ever held. It will be an ideal place to do some Christmas shopping, it isî Ipointed out, witb a wide variety of booths yielding an assortment. of gifts *suitable for every member of the family and for every friend. f Included in the long list of booths will be a cosmetics shop, where three Ileading cosmetics manufacturers are *te be represented, a candy booth rwhere the flnest home-made candy will be on sale, a grab bag booth always a popular feature, a stocking booth, a food booth, where New Trier housewives' best home-made cakes pies, cookies. and other hakery goods *will be sold, a magazine booth, where subscriptions for magazines wili bc rtaken, a flower booth, a kitchen booth, a French booth, where lingerie, piilows, bandkerchiefs and the like will be featured, and -a huge book bootb. Residents of the township have been invited to contribute te the book booth interesting books which th "ey have read and for which they no long- ier have use. Extensive preparation are being made for the entertainment of pa- trons .of the bazaar. Th.ere.will be a play, presented by the dramatic de- partment, in the schooi auditorium in the afternoon and a dance in the mess.hall in the evening. In the teacb- îers' dining room, above the kitchen of the mess hall, lunch, afternoon tea and supper. will be served. Plate lunches and ala carte service will be available. Boys Push Sales of Basketball Tickets The Tri-Ship is cooperating with the athletic department of the school in pushing the sale of tickets for the basketball season, which opened this week. Sale of the tickets in the vani- ous grammar schools of the township is being conducted by groups of freshman boys who were graduated from the respective schools. The older b)oys ini charge of these fresh-. man groups are Phil Dostal, Glenroe; Bill McFadzean, Skokie school, Win- netka; Carleton Ross, Kenilworth; Art White,. Stolp school, Wilmette, and' Bud Barber, Howard school, Wilmette. 20Students to See Shakespearean Drama Two hundred and fifty New Trier students will attend a special matinee performance of the Shakespearean play, '.A Midsummer Night's Dream,', by the Max Reinhardt company at. the Auditorium. theater in Chicago Friday afternoon of this week. The curtain is -scheduled to go up at 2:45 o'clock, and the special train which is 'Wo take. the New -Trier group to the city will leave the Indian Hill station at 1 :45 o'clock. Severai members of 'the New Trier faculty will. accompany the students., FROSH. ASSEMBLY MONDAY A fresbman boys' assembly is to beq held on Monday morning, November1 26, from 8:30 te 9 :15 o'clock.à Sriblerus .Club Gets New Members Two neiN members, Catherine Stev- enson and Craig Hazlewood. were taken into the Scri blerus club at a meeting of that organiato ls week. The club now has a member- sbip of eight. Other members. besides the two already mentioned. are Judith Cunningham, Barbara Clark. Jack Long, Glenn Waiker. Wilma Menzer, and Mary Neaves. Tryout contributions are stili heing accepted by the club. These tryouts may be any form of creative writing. However only students who show def- mnite. promise in this field are admit- ted to membership. The memhershii quota is limited to one for each 100 students in school. Already members of the group have started work on mfaterial which thev plan to submit in the annual nation- wide creative writiflg contest spoîl- sored by the National Schioiastic mag- azine. Miss Louise Hamilton and H4. C. Pifer are faculty sponsors of the club, which wiil hold another meeting next Tuesday. The second and* fourth Tuesdays of each month are the regu- lar meeting dates. Set of Stands to Feed Winter Birds Through the work of the Ornithol- ogy club many New Trier students and some of the faculty members have become interested in setting up feeding stands for birds. L. E. Hilde- brand, faculty sponsor of the club. which meets on the first and third Tbursdays of each month. pq«ted out this week that mucb cati be done to encourage birds to stay ini this ývicin- ity longer in tbe faîl inistead of wing- ing southward in search of food. Nuts and sunflower seeds, for instance, are tempting food for the cardinal, while the chickadee and the hairy and downy woodpeckers are attracted to suet. Suet, Mir. Hildebrand explains, is the greatest heat producer of al bird foods and is needed especially in cold weatber. It is often fastened to a tree with wire screens over it to prevent squirrels, from carrying it away. Music Department to 4Sponsor Night at Opera The New Trier music department, with the cooperation of the dramatic club, is making arrangements for an "Aida" night on Saturday. December I. The plan is to take several hundred New Trier. students to the -Chicago- Grand Opera company's performance of "Aida" that night. The music de- partment and the dramatic club wil hold a joint meeting next Wednesday, at which plans for the event will be discussed further and the two groups will hear a singer from the opera com- pany. Mcanwhile the story of "Aida" is being told in the classrooms and the music of the opera is being plaved and taiked about in the varions music groups. ROSS HEADS SENIORS Election of the senior class officers was. completed last week.. Carleton "Buzz' Ross, football letter m!an and erstwhile orchestra leader, is presi- dent. Betty Barr was elected vice- president, Mari Waidnèr secretary and Bill Cordeil treasurer. New Trier. Hih hol News A nnouïnce. Honor Roll Papils, at the Sears School The first honor roll and bonor soci- ety list of the 1934-1935 te.rm wasan- nounced this week at the joseph Sears school in Kenilwortb. Any pu- pil from the third te the eigbth grades inclusive who receives a grade of «'E" (excellent) in effort is listed on the honor roll. The honor sociiety is for sixth, seventh and eightb grade pupils who have an average of "E," for all of their subjects. ]à0bNOa RBOLIL Following are the honor students: Third grades-George Bell, Norine Claffey, Courtenay Davis, Elaine Geisse, Robert Lidecker, Marian Miller, Jimmy Murray, Charles Barnes, Louis Donahue, Helîmut Gohde, Lois Hawley, Marjorle Pifer, Billy Roddlck, John Sorenson, My- ron Watkins, Karen Williams, Bobby Wittbold, Nancy Wuegener, Marilyn 01- sen, Charles Rockcastle, Carolyn Slap- pey, Barbara Welshaar. Fourth grades-Martha Armitage, Dick Armstrong, Frances Becker, Lucille Becker, Clare Beglen, Allan Claar, Billy Crilly, David Brushingham, John Darley, Joy Geist, Henry Greene, Milford Davi., Elizabeth Dilling, Dortha Klein, Marian Petersen, Jane Morrison, Marabel Sears, Marianne TPudor, *Henry Zander, Shirley Henry, Millicent Kleckner, Dora Mae Law, Patricla Montonare, Donald Royce. Fifth grades-Nancy Borregaard, Nan- cy Bouchard, Virginia Breit, Tommy Claffey, Jerry Finnigan, Edwina Fuchs, Stephen Chase, Allan Gilbert, Sally Hazelet, Tom Ketcham, Frank Ketcham, Martha Lodwlck, Dudley Orvis, Phyllis Osterstrom, Donald Raggio, Renee Small, Anne Strickland, Patsy Law, Patricia Lipman, Paul Mooney, Genevieve Ryan, G rac( Schampp. Sixth grade-Nancy Fox, Joanne Hathaway, Joan Ross, Patricia Van Arsdale, Barbara Wakeley, Suzanne Weese, Charlotte Wllds. Seventh grade-Charlotte Huck, Vir- ginia Huck, Mary Lidecker, Peggy Marsh, Paul Kelly, Ralph Starrett, Charles de La Chapelle, John Connor, Kenneth Crocker. Eighth grade-Elaine Rotheriel, 5h ir- leY Scarratt, Jack Lawson, Cordon OsterstrOm, William McLaren. HONOR SOCIETY Sixth grade-Barbara Wakeley, Char- lotte Wilds. Seventh grade--Charlotte Huck, Vi-- qlnu. Huck,. Ralph Starratt, Turner Wil- Eighth grade-Elaine Rothermel, Shi r- leY Scarratt. Dramnatic Group WiII .Give One-Act Plays The St. John's Players are rapidiy perfecting their first drainatic offer- ing of the season to be presented at the St. John's Lutheran church. Wilmette and Park avenues, on Thursday and Friday evenings, De- cember 6 and 7. To offer a varie<l program the players have chosen three well known one act comedies: "Tbanks Awfully," "Alias Petty Lar- ceny," and "The Banquet." Ail threc plays have been well cast and they are being directed by Rex~ Ashdown, a leading -member of the Barnuni Players of Chicago. TAKE MOTHERS ON TOUR Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Daily, 221 Greenleaf avenue, took, their re- spective mothers, Mrs. J. S. Daily of Peoria and Mrs.. joseph Fisher of Evanston, on a fortnight's motor trip. in the east. They went to Washington, D. CÇ and then out to Mount Vernon and Arlington, foilow- ed by visits te Atlantic. City and. New1 York. The Dailys returned te their home the latter part of iast week. ARREST CAB DRIVER Kennetb Stubbs of Glenview, who operates a taxicab in Wilmette, was arresed Monday on a charge of leav- ing the scene of' an acciden t and not notifying the police. He bad run bis cab. against a lamp post in the

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