Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Nov 1933, p. 40

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Planes operating f rom the Pa * Waukee airport concessioni at * Century of 'Progress exposition cai ried 18,799 , passengers during tli period of the fair.1 This large nurn ber of persons took rides in the tv Sikorsky amphibians despite the fae * that, east windsý and a choppy la14 irequently .preivented the planes fro, operating. Three. skilled. seaplane pilot liandled, the twoiSikorskys - Capi Prank Ormsbee, naval flyer who wo the Congressional MWedal of Hon or Lieut.-Walter Brooke, another nava flyer, aInd Capt. !Boris Sérgievský Russian aCe and chief test, pilot fol the Sikorsky- company. The Pal-Waukee ramp was locate( at.Thirty-first street, just South o- the Geraeral Motors building. Isham and, Younghusband Move Planes to Curtis5 Two more sportsman pilots~ whÇ had. bea keeping their planes -ai Pal-Waukee airport before that air- port closed for the winter have rnoved th eir ships to the hangar ai Curtiss field. The two new Curtiss *, storage custoiners are Ralph Mi Isham and J. L. Younghusband. Ishani owns a Fairchild and a Laird. Younghusband has a Keystone Coim- muter. Other private plane owners who had previously moved their ships irom Pal-Waukee were Wayne King, Lloyd Laflin, John 'Porter, Chester, F;iust and William Boyd. Yancey, Maine to Rome * LonFlyer, Goes to Toledo LnYancey, Maine to Rome flyer who was in Chicagro during the period of the World's fair, le.ft Curtiss air- port last. week in bis. autogiro for *Toledo, Ohio, where the Champion « spark plug factory is located.- Yancey did considerableaerial ,advertising for the Champion company during the period of the fair. He flew bis. autogiro over the city and the fair grounds, with a slogan in large let- ters advertising this particular kind of snairk t hlua'. fr iine bhhnd 4h.1 rl Th 1Uts.t ih spedrmuli-enin As a member of this committee Mr. il- he fat hah blît n Euope a heya will attend a meeting to be A passenger plane ulinErphahedt the Stevens hotel, Chicago, r- just been announced by the Fokker December 7, 8 and 9, when the coin- e works in Amsterdam, Holland, Pow- mittee on coîlege entrance units will n-. ered by tbree Amei-icaîî built Wrighit etjilywhteComteon vo Cylone640 showpntiineoficitestok-Functional Units of Curriculum.. ct ker F-XX bas hwiino.fiates Th purpose f the, meeting, ih is ee for the Dutch government, a highpPoa n speedof .186 miles per hour, carryiag explained, is 'to pool. the experiences almat ourton o usfulIoa, mdeof. the ,several -schôols participating in% the Progressive Education associa- ts up of twelve passengers, a crew.of 3,inseprmn i oiiaino bf* and almost 'a ton o.1f mail or cargo, it' xeîe, n ndiiaino Siný addition to gasoline -and ou. At- côllege preparitory curriculum, in. the *~part power, the cruising speed for inauguratinadcnuto hi x al long flights was, shown to' be 154 perîmental -curriculum. New Trier ,miles per hour. High school is, one of the schools r Fully loaded, the wi F-XX wilh taking -part in this project. sligbtly under te.n.tons. 'It measures ýd 90 feet, 2 juiches from1 wifig tip to New Trier Debate Suad f wingý tip. and is 54* feet 1 inch i' T unm n Strs on length.. Unlike most high speed Amler- icati transports, the Fokker F-XX The New Trier varsity debatei is of ýhigh wing type having the wing squaid,ý which was selected. follouiti. at the top of 'thé, fuselage, permitting. hécomlton of tryouts recently- S the*passengers to sec the ground wîll engage in a tournarnent, starting ci through the cabin windows below the next Monday. On the basis of, tiieir' ,t wing. Inu contrast to the teadency showing in~ the tournament memnbers toward twin engined airplanes in the of the squad will be selected for the United States, the Fokker F-XX has finst and second teamns. The scheduli. tthree motors enabling it to fiy with of debates for the next two weeks one motôr stopped at altitudes up to and members of the:teatns ftat will 10,500 feet with full load, and up to compete are: 12,500 feet, ahnost. two and one-haif Monday, November 27-,Affirmiativ»e miles, with slightly reduced load.. team compose.d of Jean Spanuth,, The Fokker works dlaims that, even Claire Ellen Nix and Richard Bal>- if a twin engine machine is efficient. cock vs. negative team composed of enough to fl3 on one motor its speed Sidney Craig, Robert Bishop alndl is so reduced with only haif power Clarence Lineberger. available that the functioning motor Wednesday, Noveniber 29-'Affirnia- must work, under sucb adverse cool- tive team composed of Edward Ros- ing conditions that the likelibood of enheim, Glenn Walkér and Bryaiit it becoming defective is much greater Motley vs. negative team composed than if two motors remaitnëd'orking. 'of Florence Hagenah, Mary Jean Stevenson and James Donahue.. Lee Miles, Racing Pilot, Monday, December 4-Affirniiati .'e Wiili Fly Shaw's Plane team composed crf Charles Moreau, Il Lee Miles, instead of Dwvight Mor-Jen ysto ad Gerard Bok rowt, will fly Waiden W. Sbaw's . eaieta opsdo Bruce a Hammnd bplan frm Cutisaair Ellison. Frank Randall -and Van Mc- port to Califoria, it was ýannouiced Qie at the'airport several days ago. Mi les Wednesday, Dece mber 6-Affirma-*.:b won several second places in the tive team compoged of Imogeiie * International Air races, held at Cur- Kaufmani, MarjOrie. Woods and Er- L tisa field early in September.. per- nest Shaffer vs. negative team coin-A sons wlio attended the races. may re- j osed of Bruce Ellison, .Frank Ran- ENTERTAIN ALUMNAE ATTENDS CRID CAME The North Shore Alumnae of Kap-j Miss Catherine Hepburn, 417 Cum- pa Kappa Gamma sorority were en- nor road, Kenilworth, now a fresb-. tertained at luncheon and bridge last man at,, Vassar, will attend the Yale- Monday by Mrs, Oie. Johnson ofj Harvard football game with a Har- Oak Park. I ard friend this Saturday. in the coilege of liberal arts. ner Thanksi Hloward Jordan of Cumberland ave- Mr. and1 nue, Kenilwonth, who flew to New Kenilwertb York, and Washington dn business, four guesta.f is retu.rning Satunday. day. This set wîll be large einough for use outdoors or on a gymnasium floor. The Juinor Chess club will hold its first meeting of the season Sunday afternoon, November .26, at 3 o'clock iii the home of Dick Moreau, 1507 \\Valniut street. *Children are alreadyý looking up designs for the chessmen. *Virginia: Daîstroin is seeking patterns for a queen df the Elizabethan period. Miss Prances Donnelly, art super- visor of the Wilmette public 'scho.ol.s, ann.ou .nces that she is ready to give suggestions on',original, designs by the pJupils ini hoiework projects. The designing, howeve.r, vwill ixot. be start- ed as'an art project in her classes until after Christmas. The designs for, king, queen*,and angel ch-essmen are to be ona panel 8 inches wide and 36 inches high. The dimiensi.ons of the- panels. for other' pi .eces. are: castle, 8 by '28; kýnight 8. by 24; bishop, 8 by 24;,pawn, 8 by 16. After the designs on paper ýhave: been colored' in. water color or cray- on, the best ones will be submitted to thie manual training department of the public schools. Lester F. Bail], manual traini.ng instructor, will super-- vise the cutting of the designis, out of one-quarter ý inch fir wood panels.; The lower, two inches of. each design' wIll be, left vacant, as this part will fit into a corresponding groove on. a 2 by 6-inch base block. N4ew Deal Is Theme of Sermon at Consgregation "Has the New Deal Turned Into a Eictatorship" will be the question dis- cussed by Rabbi Charles E. Shfflman ai the North Shore Congregation Israel temple in Glencoe Sunday niorn- ing, November 26, at Il o'clock. Music for the _services lias been annou.nced as follo1ws: Ma Tovu............. Lewandosky Borchu...............Tandsman ghemna.................Landmnai Lteoroch.....Abam Ray Tye r Tzur Yisroel..... ....Idlaohn Kedusha...-..........TylerLands.man Let the Words ............... Idesohn Anthem-«'.'lorIQu.4 *Forever" ý......S. RachinanInofr 3oIo-«&Prayev'. ....... ......... uo Mms C. E. Carlson.:208 d, Kenilworth, wilI enter- iguests at a family diii- ;giving day. Mrs. Vernon Loucfcs of will*, ente rt aîn ,twenty-, at dinner Thankggiving 1 à-, 1 ý-i

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