Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Dec 1934, p. 48

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Mr. Eastman, who had gone to the Levere home for physical exercises, notified Superintendent of Police Henry Brautigam, who in turn noti- fied the coroner. The body was later removed tô Scott's undertaking rooms at 1118 Greenleaf avenue. A 'coroner's jury, was ' mpaneled Tuesday Énorning,. but the inquest was continued until December 28 to, give, the coroner's physician time in which to e xamine the vital organs and determine, if possible, thecause of death. The.only'immediate survivor, so far as know,î, is a son, Chester ýLevere, Jr., wbo expresses the.conviction. that bis father did nôt die asuicide. Funeral- services were beéld, Wed- nesclay afternoon, at- 2 o'clock, at Scott's funeral homeý. Burial took place in, Graceland cemnetery. Mr. Levere had long been a resi- dent of Evanston, but had recently mioved to Wilniette, where he oc- cupied the 'bouse at 519 Gregory ave- nue. It is said ttiat 'he hâad phanred to tnove to a larger house o11 Forest avenue on Monday.. the day of bis death. He was well known along: the north shore, wbere he instructed many residents in 'physical culture, in- cluding swimming. A favorite pastime of his was to roller skate through the north shore suburbs on Sheridan road. Known as a "strong mian," Levere. had a colorful career ini the field of muiss. Afterward he claimed to have beateii this record decisively, in an unofficial attempt. Wbiie he was lcnown to many of bis students and others as "doctor," hewas iot a physician., and did not, it is said, ever, prescribe medicine. William C. Thuims Is Tàken by Death Here Wîilim C. Thun'mq 6W vears old, and another daughter, Mrs. Robert van de Velde of East Orange, N. J. Eight grand children also survive ber. The remains were taken east, and burial took place last Saturday at St. Vincent'cemetery, Madison, N. J. Frank A. Rockhoid> Dies in Los. Angéles Information bias 'been received -of the death in Los Angeles, Cali£., on Novmbe 24 o Frank A. Rockhod 4,the cause of death being heart failure. lHe had recently tindergone a minoroper-ation, but this was not c onsidered a contributing factor in bis sudden death. The funeral and, interment took Place in Los Angeles. Surviving are: the widow, Katherine, and two sons, Duncan and Gordon. The Rockhold family were residents of Wilmette from 1905 until about 'teryears iago, wh'en they rernoved to Los Angeles. Tbe home here was at 1014 Elniwood avenue. M~r. 'Rockhold was a successful at- : torney, and former member of the4 Chicago Bar association and Amer-1 ican Bar, association. While a resi-1 dent here he held membership in the Westmoreland Country club. His pstate embrace «s several valuable Wil-1 mette business properties. died on iuesday, December 11, at the home of ber niece, Mrs. T. F. Billington, 1133 Central avenue. She had been a resident of Chicago for many years before coming to Wil- miette to live with bher niece.' She is suirvived by a lrather, Williami Kerrott, of Chicago., The funeral services were held last Friday at a funeral chapel at 3421 Fullerton ave- nue, Chicago. flurial was at Forest Homne cemetery. The follo)wing schedule of examina- tions for GIirl Scout badges was an- nounced this week: Child Nurse-Girl Scouts who are ready for this badge may calMrs.' Hi. J. Dernehi, Wilmàette 1207, any. day during Çhristmas, vacation. .1.ýI 1"Musicians-Telephone. Mrs. J. ý E. Stark, Wihnete-80,efor ýaPppoinitment. Cook-Thursday aftern6on," Jan- uary 3, 2 o'clock;- Mrs. D), W.Rap 406 Park avenue; telephone Wilmet te 1609. Hostess-Fiiday afternoon, January 11, 3:'45 o'clock; Mrs.F A. Pollock, 1406 Washington street; telephone Wilmette 1832. Star Finder, or Tree F inder, Or Bird Fitider-Wednesday afternoon, January 16, 3:30 o'clock- Miss N. Brown, Central school. Athlete - Friday afternoon,, Jan- uary 4, 3:30 o'clock; Miss J. Brown; Mrs. A. J. Coburn, 915 Linden ave- nue, will start a class on the Artist or Craftsman badge after January il. Applicants will please notify their leaders. Girsl who are candidates for badges must have examination cards. Se- cure them from your leader. Troop 8 had a little disappointment ]Friday, December 7, because of the cold weather, we had a small group at the meeting. In spite of tbis we had a good time. We discussed our plans for our potluck supper. We learned a new song, 'eCamel Song,!' After that we played "miirderers." The lights were switched out and somebody screamed I . .. Lights on!1 . . . and a "dead body" 1 - The detective failed in ber clues, which The "'overnight" held by Troop 4 on Friday,' December 14, was about the best thing that could have hap- pened to the girls just introduced into our troop. We met at-2:30 o'clock in the evening,' put up. our beds, joked, laughed and had a merry timfe tilI 'a certain tardy- fatherý brought% in the beclding for one girl. The -girls ail helped her put up ber cot and make bher, bed. There was talk about, going out to get a. Christmas tree, so we did., We dýug, up a bunch of orniaments and decorated our tree. During, our getting. the tree, one or two of- us stopped in at a drug store and got some, candies to 611l the stockings. During decorations one girl separated herseif from the rest and did up a littie package for eacb stocking. We ýwent to bed at 10:-30 o'clcick after "Taps." Ne.xt niorning we al got up at 7:30 and had a delicious breakfast of French toast, cocoa and bacon.-Mar'y jane lMcCue, scribe. Snow Figures Heavily in Meet of Scout Unit Tuesday of last week was truly a snowy meeting for the Girl Scouts of Troop 4. First of ail, everyone tracked ini ail the snow possible, getting 'everything wet. Next we held a heavy consultati on about the "overnight" which we were to have in ana, we all trampedi out and had a rougb and ready snow battie. We counted off ini twos and took skies according to numbers. The uones>,' were sadly defeated, the "twos" hav- ing, taken their fort.- Our meeting was Iclosed with lTaps.ý-'Mary' Jane McCue. What Do You Su»pose Troop 2 Did Recently? *Williams col as., where, year. S s- -a'JC r ,I Jday for' 1 also be home on bristmas vacationt. jee a a utt forem ere serve lb I r.,. b 01 uaul*AUL .AVeiI5s. iwVCfl- id oine had a good time and would like e-. to have potluck suppers, eveéry few, weeks.-Blanche. Kreusch, scribe..

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