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WILMETTE LIFE May 25, 1928 North Shore Society Commencing Summer Activity Crowns of Glory Given· at Theatre Guild Festivity BY RUTHEDA L. PRETZEL Weds on June 5 Garden Club Opens Shawnee Country Club Coming Down Tuesday Spring Flower Show The May party, a dinner dance tomorrow evening, and a bridge luncheon on Monday, May 28, will be the last partie·s to be held by Shawnee Country club in its old quarters and will tax them to capacity. Tuesday morning wreckers will start demolishing the old clubhouse that has been a center of social activity in Wilmette for so many years. Time was when a handful of Wilmette residents used to follow the iight of a lantern along a grassy path to parties in the first quarters of old Ouilmette Country club , hut now cars arrive for club parties from points all along the north shore. Earlv thi s fall the Ouilmette Country club· merged with the Evanston (entun· club to form the Shawnee Countn: club and the resultant membership comprises residents frol!l Evanston to Highland Park, and beyond. It has been steadily increa·sing, due to the attractin and convenient location on ·\\'hid1 the st unning new building will he erected and the thought that the club is developing into one for the entire family. Thursday evening, :May 17, a large crowd of members came to the club for the regular huffct supper which was : 11 r ,.-,.rl J.,. ·"e annual meeting and election of officers. Three of this past ,-ear's board were re-electt:d. Albert X. Patte. to serve again as president: Dr. C. H. Searles. vice-president; H . L. Fogg, a s ,:;ecretary. ]. ~1. Budinger \\'ill be the new trca ;o; urer, and Elmer S. Bersbach, Daniel H. Burnham, and Tame s B. French are elected as members of the board of governors to serve three years from July 1. Thu_rsday evening was the occasion of the final buffet supper in the old quarters and the roqms were filled ""ith members and their families. Many m emb er-s are planing to attend the Mav party Saturday evening. Sports clothes will ' be the popular costume and an excellent dinner will he served at 7 :30 o'clock. Charles \V. Triggs, who is in charge of special entc rt£!inment at the club, promises the services of a delightful soprano. Suzanne France, during the dinner hour. Later there ·will he bridge or dancing to music by Jackso n's "Redbirds." \Vatlace L. Miller i·,:; chairman of the evening. The monthly pivot lunch eon~ han" been favorites with the women in the dub and the one to be given this coming Monday will haYe a record crowd. Mrs. \iVilliam Holmes. chair man of the affair, and Mrs. Arthur W. Allen will be hostess es. Mr. French. \\'hO is directing the demolishing of the old building, announces that the first hrick will he torn awav with the pla~·inrr of the last card M~nday, and that if any aces arc trumped. de-strurtion proceedings will hegin at once . The committees of the club have carried out an active and social pro gram during the year, giving its new members an excellent opportunity to he assimilated into the organization and the entire membership is anticipating the opening of the ne\\' cluhhouse during the ·holidays. · to Public June 1 A shiny, golden "crown of glory" was presented by the North Shore Theater guild to north shore residents who had acted in its plays during the past year and to those who had acted on ticke t committees. The crowns, which were attached by a lowly rubber band, jauntily perched themselves on that other crow n of glory, the hair, and many \Hre the kingly gJances cast at queenly heads last Saturday evening at thr \Vinnetka Woman's cluh. where the party wa:; given. Stars of guild production.; mingled democraticallv. oh ever so chummik, with mere ticket ~rllers who were ·not so "mere" la st Saturday en·ning. For this was a gala occasion. a thank-you party given hy the g uild to tho se who had particularly h e lped it pass through a successful Year. which closed with that efferwscrnt hit of nonsen ;e, "Tons of Mone~·." a few weeks ago. A one act pla\" hy Dorothy Aldi~. "The Meeting," " ·as the principal part of the progra.,m . \1 rs . Laird Bell a~ain proved that in the matter of \\·orkingout a charact er shl is ace high. Her voice. gestures and action carried out to the la st degree her role . of the old lady who has arriYed at the age wher<' the advent of her deceased husband'~ former mistre .;s stir. in her no feelin~ of resentment. Helen Sanford played the mistress \\·h o has also forgotten with the Years her hatred · 'of her lover's wife. Th e play is clever and was humorously acted. Mrs. J. Williams ~1ac\' and Mrs. Malcolm Ward also app~ared creditably in it. The tinkle of a zither in old fashioned mclodie:; was the second attraction offered h~· the guild. Joe Schlaffer heguilrd the cars oi the audience for a few minutes. concluding with 44 The Blue Danube." Troy Parker, in western scenery and a western voice, told with a soh the doleful talc of the miner who searched for the cruel slayer of his wronged daughter, Nellie. Samuel S. Otis added a few deft chords at the piano when the melodrama reached high points. The pr n gram ended with Ted Cloak and Kathryn More singing negro spirituals to the tune of a mellow guitar. Strawberries and intriguing cakes helped to fill in the time remaining when the guests weren't slapping each other heartily on the shoulder (to the endangerment of the crowns) and reminiscing over faux pas in acting and ticket selling. Friday June 1, occasions the spring flower show sponsored by the \Vilmettc Garden club. The event, this year \vill _be held in the garden oi Mrs.' Cha rles N. Hurlbut's home, 715 Greenleaf avenue. Betw.een the hour s of 5 in the afternoon and 8 in th e evening, the public is im·ited to Yiew the di:splay. Mrs. Frank Wallis of the Libertyville Garden club is to be the speaker of the day and Mrs. Edward L. Scheidenhelm of 704 Lake avenu e is chairman of the flo,:~,·er show. She and her committee have arran ged th e i ollowing schedule: CLASS I Flower arrangements Section A Garden flo wet s Exhibit 1 Yellow flowet·s predominating. Exhibit 2 Lavender flow ers predominating Exhibit 3 Pink flowe rs predomin ating , Exhibit 4 Combination of any co l0r~ Sf.·ction B Flowering shrub s CLASS II Flower perfection (Note: Containers must bf' mason jars. Flowers and shrub~ must be correctly labeled.) ~ection A Gard e n flmn·rs, thrf'P ot· more Exhibit 1 Tulips Exhibit 2 Iris Exhibit ~ Aquilegia Exhibit 4 Astilbe Exhibit il Dicentra Exhibit 6 Any not li s tP(l Section R Flowering sh_rnhs Exhibit 1 I.Alacs ·· Exhibit 2 'Veigela Exhibit 3 ~piraea Exhibit 4 ,\ ny not li st('.d f'LAS~ ITT :\Tiniature rock garden CLARS lV Miniature watf·r ft~a tm· p in a garden. CLASS V Wild flower plants RuleR 1 Exhibits must he at :\frs. Hurlbut's, ready for judging by 1 :~0 o'clock. 2 Each ('ntrv must be correc tly labf' le<'l [l ('fll'il .bf'aring exhibitor's. 11:1.tnf' on re.ver~f' si<'lf'. All flow e rs in CLAS~d IT must have lwf' n in c~or·~· garclf'n at lraRt six Wf'f'ks. Hoffman · 'tudio The marriage of :\1 i..;:- Eugenia .:\1 oore and Karl D. .J..::ing, ] r .. so n oi 11 r. and ~~ r s. Karl D. , King of 914 Grcen\\'oocl avenue, \\' illllettc. \\'ill ta.k e place at the home of .:\liss ':\[oore\ mother, . Mrs. John J. ·M oore. 440 Sheridan road, GlencoeJ at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, the R_ ev. Dougla s H. Cornell officiating. The wedding party has been selected and will be composed of Miss Helen \Vicks of Chicago, the hridc-elrct's roommate at th e U niversity of Wisconsin, a:3 maid of honor; Mi.5s Vera McDermid of Glencoe, U r s. Cedric Gifford (Betty Miller) of Evanston, and Miss Alice King of \Vilmette, sister of the groom, as bridesmaid s; Betty Moore of Hinsdale and Ger.trudc Kagy of Salem. Ill.. cousins of the bride, a·s flower gi rl s: James H. Moore, hrother of the bride. as best man, and as u sher s. \Villiam Baehr of Glencoe and Joseph Glo,·er and Ralph Engli sh of Wilmette. Mr. King is arriving home from Hartford, Conn .. May 30. T\\'o recent affairs given in Miss Moore's honor include a sho\\'er on May 24. given by Norris and Virginia Grover of Evamton. and a kitchen shower on Ma\· 25, " ·ith Mrs. \Vitliam C. Miller and ·~fr s. Cedric Gifford the hoste sses at thc former's home in Glencoe. of delightful parties for ~li ss Klapproth and Mr. Bird. On May 25, Miss Henrietta Bird is entertaining at luncheon at the Chicago Athletic club. Two days later Miss Joanna Powell of Chicago is giving a breakfast and on May 29 Mrs. Joseph Delfosse is having a luncheon at the Blackstone. Mrs. Gordon Bird will entertain the bridal party at a dinner dance at the Edgewater Golf club on Dec.od.tion day and the next event will he a theater partv to be given on June 1 by Mr. John Copeland. Saturday evening, June 2, Mr. and Mrs. George Bird will entertain at the formal opening of the summer season at Skokie. This is to be a dinner dance. The following day the~r will hold open house for the young people and many out of town guests who wit! be here at that time to attend the wedding. Mr. Klapproth will give the bridal dinner the night hefore the wedding but the place has not been decided upon as yet. on On June 2 and 3, the .gardens of members of the \Vilmette Garden cluh will be oprn to the public. A small v;hite flag in front of the hom e " ·i11 indicate the gardens \\'hich are t(\ he Yiewed. ·To Be June Bride Miss Jane Ramsey, daughter of ':\[ r . and Mrs. Charles Nace Ramsev oi the Linden Crest apartments, is to. b ecome the bride of Phillip H. Kemper, so n of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Kemprr of Chicago, Saturday, June 16. Tl 1 c ceremony will take place in the St. Francis Xavier church at 9:30 o'clock. and the breakfast and small reception wilt follow at the Georgian hotel in Evanston. Mi'ss Laurette Healv and Ra \'lllOnd Barrett. both of Chic~go. \\·ill he t be onl~· attendants. Select Attendants for Klapprotb-Bird Wedding On June 5, M iss Dale Klapproth, daughter of Frederick Klapproth of Chicago, will be married to Curtis Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bird, 1010 Chestnut avenue, Wilmette. The wedding will take place at St. Chrysostom's church with a reception at the Blackstone hotel following. Miss Klapproth has chosen Miss Henrietta Bird to be her maid of honor and her bridesmaids include .Miss Dorothy Gittere of New York, Mi·ss Miriam Way, River Forest, Miss Dorothy Patten of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. Joseph J. Delfosse of Chicago. John Copeland of Evanston is to be Mr. Bird's best man and Stanley Manson of Rochester, N. Y., Jack Klapproth and Jack Cannon of ChicallO, and George S. Channer, Jr., of Glencoe will usher. There have heen and are to be in the coming week an unusual number Music Group Meeting The North Shore Musical ociety will hold its next meeting Monda,·. Mav 28, with Mrs. Olive Ahara, 160.1 Chise avenue, Chicago. Assisting Mr.;. Ahara as hostesses will be Elizabeth Weixel and Dorothy Cordts. The program wilt commence at 2:15 o'clock. Selects Wedding Day Mis·s Ruth Elson has chosen June 10 as the occasion (,f her marriage to Irving E. Meyerhuff of Chicago, son of Manual Meyerhoff of Houston, Texas. The wedding will be a small affair in the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Elson of 744 Michigan avenue, with Rabbi Solomon Freehof of Chicago officiating. A dinner and small reception will follow the ceremony. Visits Gardens Today Today the Wilmette Garden club goes to Glencoe to spend an hour with Mrs. Percy Armstrong in her garden and to visit several other Glencoe gardens. · Miss Ethel Colwell, 520 Gregor~' avenue, entertained seven friends at her home Sunday afternoon after the rehearsal of "Her Husband's \Vife," of whose cast she is a member.