Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Apr 1935, p. 40

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Spectacle Opens Saturday on Pier Saturday morningwill mark the opening of the Chicago FIlowe r * Show, the goal of garden club enthu sý sfor rmont hs ,past. Every indiçation is that this will * be the fintat Flower show éver given ià this partof thecountry. There, bu neyer bten such a wealth of plant- material as will be Smen at this timé.'.Every climati andevery season of growth will be'represënted in the special exhibit and the: com- petitive exhibits the clubs, will give. For instance, the Carolina. garden whach 18 the Garden -Club -of Illinois' own exhibit, at the show, w ill have nmny of the flowering shrubs and in- temsting, vegtatim- of the a.mitropics. Camiellias, rhododendrons, and azaleas will bloomi bencath the great oak trees that will be draped with Spanish moss. The Chicago Parks systeni will have a tropical garden. with tropical plants growing i their natural surroundings. Then there will be a bit of our own Cook County Forest preserves trans- planted to the Pier, with hypaticas, anemones, violets, and flowering thorns and crabs, which make the north tem- * perate zone. so ethereally beautiful ini the spring. of the country both in the design and planting, There will be seasonal *shrub borders with the four seamons repre- sented by the growth. The care with which the clubs have worked out the Meails is showin in the faîl shrub bor- der. Here there .wiIl be a ýplanting 'of dahlias. OnIy once before in this country has a dahlia been seen at a spting show--one bloomi of the variety "Eater r Crfetnff" was shown at last Soap wrappers the annual "want," of the Wilmette Arden Shore comittee, are again requested. These wrappers, or panels from soap flake boxes, when y collected .in sufficient amounts, make _ it possible for the, Wilmnette commit- tee to buyr table silver for7 the camp._ "Right now,"I thé committee em- phasizes, "they are especially sought, as during April a double premium ob- tains." Residents of the village who, have soap wrappersto donate to Arden Shore may leave them at the home of Mrs. Wilis' Hutson,. l11IZElmwood avenue, or Mrs.. Hutson will caîl for themn if notified. Wilmette, annually responds splendid- I y to the, soap wrapper appeal. The Wilmette Arden Shore coin- mitteg.is having its next ail-day meet- ing Turésday,.. April 11, at the home of Miss Frances Goodhue, '245 Linden avenue. Mrs. Frank Tohnan is cc- ho stess. CarlosT'Photo Wfimette Boy Scouts went to call Miss Rose EWiseabe;h PFfr is upon the Boy Scouts of the Wiiiter engaged, to be »ried to Nrma camp at Arden Shore and engaged ini a competition with them, losing, to ATièkttss -Daèiielson of Chicago, and their hosts, but nevertheless enjoying theirwedding <viii take place in their visit exceedingly. April, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A short time ago, some very nice Walter Frank Plentye of Wilmette clothing and a number of jig-saw have asut announced. puzzles donated by an Evanston store were taken up to camp by members of the Wilrnette committee; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frank Flen- tye of 919- Central avenue announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rose Elizabeth, to Norman Nicklas Daniel-' son, son- of Mrs. S. A. Danieson of Chicago. Miss Flentye is> a graduate ,of Ward-Belmont in Nashville, Tenn., and of the University of Wisconsin, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. . r. Danielson also attended the Member s of the Woman's Club of Wilmette, with their husbands and es- corts will have the club as their hostess for a dance and card party Saturday evening of this week. The clubhouse will be thrown open to them for an- other of the. occasions during the year .when the club jtself throws aside its more serious activities to. turn to an evening entirely social. For those who préfer a game of cards to dancing, Becomes Bride of Carroll H. Wendlel The marriage. of Miss Kath- arine Dudley, daugbter of Mr. .and Mrs, Laurence Dudley of 414 Warwick road, Kenilworth, to CarroîllHall Wendel,, son of Mr. and. Mrs. George W. Wen- del' of Siouxk City,: Iowa, took place Saturday, Marc h 30, at 4:30 o'clock in the First Prcshv- terian church of, Pitt.sburgh. Miss Dudley had originall-y plannied to have a home wedding- April 27, but due to, Mr. Wendel being tr'a-nsfered-- in business a change in date was nece$- sary. A number of pre-nuptial parties were given in honor of the bride, among thein being a bridge téa-and ldtchen shower at which Mrs. George Coale of Kenilworth and lier daught*er, Mrs. Robert O'Boyle of lEvanston were host- esses at the former's home. Mrs. John Taylor (Frances Buck) 'of Evanston,' was hostess at a bridge tea and hatd- kerchief shower. Mrs. George Veeder of Evanston entertained at a bridge luncheon. Mr s. Forest Harwood of Evanston gave a luncheon and bath- room shower. Mrs. Richard Wagner was hostese at a bridge tea. Mrs. Charles Howe of Evanston entertained at a bridge tea and hosiery shower, and Miss Ruth Johnst>n of High- land Park gave a bridge tea an& mis- cellaneous shower. Mr. and Mrs. Wendel will be, at home after April 15, ini Butler, Pa., 'Dr. Goodspeed WiII End Series With Taik on "John"' The Nor.th Shore Friends of Chi- The Reading circle will meet with Mrs. Frank Scheidenlhelm, 804 Forest avenue, Monday, April 8, at 1:15 O'clock. U, on in- ay. The -current, ,f a srnall di by the a Voters.. League ot be Mrs. Coe of Oa man of C Lewis of ,an*toji.

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