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· September 24~ 1926 WILMETTE LIFE J9 OPERA AND DRAMA CLUB ANNOUNCES NEW PLAYS "The Hottentot" Will .Be .First . Production of Year; For Benefit of Firemen John Melangton W edt in Rece»Yer Stolen Car at Announces Day of Plymouth September 25 Foot of Hubbard Hill Her Marriage to In Plymouth, Ind., Saturday afterA brand new Stutz car, valued at Hubbard Woods Man noon at 4, at the home of Mrs. Arnott $3,200, which was stolen from the October 2 has been chosen as her wedding day by Miss Grace Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Reid of 921 Twelfth street, whose engagement to Raymond D. Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Stephens, of Hubbard Woods, was announced last January. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 o'clock at the Wilmette Baptist church, the Rev. Francis C. Stifter officiating, and immediately afterwards a reception for relatives and intimate friends will be held at the bride's home. Miss Viola Reid, sister of the brideelect, will be maid of honor, and Miss Gladys Johnson of Chicago, her cousin, will be bridesmaid. Little Hetty Gobert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gobert, will be flower girl. George H. Stephens will serve his brother as best man and Herbert Reid, Robert Stephens and Harvey Bowen will be the ushers. M. Cleveland, before a gathering, of the families and intimate friends, her daughter, Miss Mary Jane Cleveland, will become the bride of Philip R. Melangton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Melangton of 606 Lake avenue. · Miss Cleveland's uncle, the Rev. C. S. Thompson, will read the service. Mrs. Cleveland will be her daughter's rnatron of honor, and John Melangton will serve his son as best man. There will be no other attendants. After an automobile trip in the north Mr. Melangton and his bride will be at home in Evanston about the middle of November. 1 ) J I Members of the Opera and Drama club of Wilmette have inaugurated this season's work and their plans as outlined should be welcome news to their many friends in the village, it is said. This is the sixth season the club has presented play's and musicals at the Byron Stolp school auditorium, every year exceeding the previous one in scope and technique. The members of the society feel that there is a need rour clothe· washed free if Y·" '"~ VacuumEleetriC: in the village for an organization givriot ua ing expression to musical and dramatic art and again ask the support of the Electrical RepairiDI community in their enterprise. Every Radio Sets and ~liet Eveready "B" Batter1et dollar made goes to the benefit for Mws-ic Master Loud Speaken which the play is given or to the enBase Plugs Installed hancing of each performance, it is exFine Lin,. of Lishtiq Fixtures Elwood Mons, . 157 Woodstock aveplained. It is strictly an amateur or- nue, Kenilworth, has returned home Adams Electric·Shop ganization. after eight weeks spent at Camp Phone Wilmette 1~ ;~) Fourth Street Cecil T. Morgan begins his third Big Horn, Buffalo, Wyo. year as director of the club's producuons. Mr. Morgan recently returned from a trip to New York where he secured the material which will feature this year's program. Present "Hottentot" The first production. a recent stage and movie success, will be the "Hottentot" in which William Collier starred. This will be given November 11, 12 and 13 under the auspices of the Fireman's Benefit associatinn. "The Hottentot" is described as a s - reaming comedy and the cast is already at work rehearsing.' The second production marks a distinct departure from past undertakings. Two one-act plays and an hour's musical entertainment will he given. The first of the series is the "Drums of Oude." a serious drama with the scene RESENT cost laid in India during one ?f the Indian uprisings. This is an intense play levels are much which will hotel the a udiencc from · start to finish, it is said. The second 'I higher than those of play is a comedy entitled ".T he ~.amc ten years ago, so that Old Thing" which t~1rns out cl;t1rcly different, to the enjoyment ot the each additional tele· audience. The musical hour has not as yet been determined. phone installed now 1 . .'1. WASHER EA!i garage of the Lewis Motor company, 3922 Irving Park boulevard, Chicago, just a month ago, was picked up by patrolmen Bergdorf and Bishop, of the Winnetka police force,. last Sunday morning · at 3:.30 o'clock at the foot of Hubbard Hill on Sheridan road, where is had been abandoned. The thieves had stripped the car of everything they could carry away with them, including tires, bumpers, rear vision mirror and the aluminum head bearing the engine number. The officers were able to positively identify I the car by t he secret sena ' 1 .numb er which is assigned to cars of th1s make. .... Our National Efficiency Vother countries marvel at the effiISITORS to the United States from I I P ciency of our great industrial organizations, of the skill with which great crowds are handled on occasions of public interest, and · a score of other things in which the ability of American organizers to handle things in great volume is shown. Offer Operetta For the final attempt of the sea. on the society hopes to be able to present "The Red ~{ill," Victor Herbert's delightful operetta which ~s the ambition of everv amateur soc1ety to pr ;cluce. This be by far the most costly and elabor~te musical ever <..ttempted in Wilmette. · The society rehearses every ~~onday evening at the Byron Stolp school and people having music::tl anll dramatic talent arc invited to try for membership. The . officers for the year are 'Yt r. Georg-e E. Leal, president; Mrs. Naomi Hamilton, vice-president and Mr. Joseph Howard, secretary- treasurer. will increases the average investment per tele,. phone. To maintain .the service the company's revenues must keep pace with this condition. The principal tool or instrument behind these seeming marvels is usually found to be the telephone. Take telephone service out of our great fact?~ies, our great stores, our great expositions and congresses, and confusion will be likely to replace the smoothness and efficiency at which the visitors m~Jel. Church and ·sunday School Join in Rally Day Event Rally Day is to be observed in the Wilmette English Lutheran church, Greenleaf avenue and Seventh street, Sunday morning, September 26, with a joint service for Sunday school and congregation at 10:30 o'clock. All organizations in the parish will pa~tlct pate in the services, it is "xplamed. The Sunday school will give a program of music. the Missionary society plans io present a pageant and the young people's group will also have a part ill the observan~es. Rev. Wiltiam Guise the pastor, w11l preach , " on the theme, "Our Rally Day Watc 1 1. Studies extending over half a century have brought the telephone service in America to its present efficiency. While this is most strikingly shown in connec: tion with big affairs and . great ~mer gencies, it is likewise to be_ found In the ordinary service, which is at the c· an of any and every telephone subscriber. 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