Box 4
Contains 31 Results:
Hickey, Ragnhild Tait - The Fickle Juggernaut, 1970
The author's summer 1933 as a student at the Anglo-American Institute of Moscow University and travels through Russia.
Lloyd, Mary Norris - A Former Sophomore Begs to be Forgiven, 1970
The love and power of poetry: Miss Cowl ride of Anderson College, South Carolina, a nearly blind teacher, advises to furnish your mind in poems to enrich the rest of your lives.
Darrow, Anita S. - The Pit Revisited. Trading wheat and corn from farm: Chicago Board of Trade, from cash and carry to contract bidding and futures, March 3, 1971
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Van Duesen, Alice Rood - Madison Avenue. The author's lifelong fascination with advertising - selling in the jungle warfare of an unlimited changing field, March 17, 1971
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Schroyer, Jane - 10,127. James Moore, convicted of draft evasion in 1970, spent 10 months in the Springfield, Missouri federal prison until his conviction was overturned, November 10, 1971
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Magie, Margaret Mac Gregor - The Flying Beagle, December 2, 1970
Enthusiasm for Charles Darwin leads the author and her husband to take a long trip by air retracing the original Voyage of the Beagle.
Johnston, Eleanor C - Thirteen Black Cats. Superstitions, 1970-1971
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Straub, Anne Wieboldt - Anything You Can Do, 1970
Harking to the Annie Get Your Gun song, the author recounts her own independent stubborn ways in all skills domestic. She credits Francis Parker School (Chicago) with teaching her a "can-do" attitude, and her husband and duet partner, Frank, in helping her learn to change her tune as she ages.
Boal, Susan Ballard - The Little Lady, March 8, 1972
Subject: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her background, marriage, and writing. Her antislavery book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was widely successful and influential.
Bush, Susan B. (Mrs. Edwin M.) - Whither Goest the Hero. The role of the hero in myths and literature and today's quest for heroes and finding significance in life, March 22, 1972
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Boyd, Elizabeth B. A. - Hurricane Watch. Hurricane firsthand experience in New England, Cape Cod, and Arkansas, Texas, in 1938, 1954, and 1970, May 10, 1972
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Webster, Julia (Dupee)/Mrs. Robert F. Webster - The Ancient Marines, February 14, 1973
Six friends over 60 cruise on a chartered yacht from St. Vincent BWI through the Lesser Antilles with a short emergency trip by air to the hospital in Grenada, Spain.
Darrow, Anita S. - Digging for Doggetts, January 9, 1974
Searching for the story of Kate Newell Doggett, president of the Fortnightly and "an advocate of women's rights and education, a leader and an excellent hostess interested in intellectual pursuit".
English, Harriet - Let Them Eat Cake, April 25, 1973
Stories of the author's two grandfathers, Nicholas Baylies and Edward Tilden, whose friends included Brigham Young, Grover Cleveland, Mark Twain, William Jennings Brian. Life in Delevan.
Straub, Anne Wieboldt - My Golden Year's Canary. Pelicans perching outside her Florida window, canaries in the household, October 24, 1973
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Green, Molly Leachman - Open Letter to Thomas Wolfe. Going home again to Manassas, VA, to care for her Aunt Lill and arrange her affairs, November 28, 1973
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Vanderwicken, Martha S - Serndipity, February 28, 1973
Unsought-for discoveries: friendships that developed through her job at the Chicago Daily News. Among great authors: Catherine Drinker Bowen, Mary Henejery, and Thornton Wilder, and many others like Savell Avery, Harry Swytts, Clifton Utley.
McCausland, Claire L. - At Home by the Fireside. The author and her sister travel through Eastern Europe in 1969, with many "confusions", December 8, 1971
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Hickey, Ragnhild Tait - Did Miss Marvin Go to Mexico?, March 27, 1974
London in the blitz and a chance meeting on a foggy night. Dramatic tale of Miss Marvin trying to find Lopez. Next: 1965 in Mexico and more tales by Mr. Lopez and the blond. Who?
Van Duesen, Alice Rood - Ralph and Sally, February 13, 1974
Ralph Eddowes married Sally Kerdick in Chester, England, and they set sail on 8/1/1774 for Philadelphia with their 9 children. This is the story of their descendents in Galena, Evanston, and Chicago.
Cornog, Ruth - The Rabbi's Wife, February 27, 1974
Bill Cornog, President of Central Hgts in Philadelphia becomes Superintendent of New Trier High School in Winnetka. The author tells the story of their time here, her freedom to live her life rather than be the Rabbi's wife.
Johnston, Eleanor C. - Which Way is Mackinac?. Four round trips to Mackinac: racing up, lagging home, but…, March 13, 1974
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Knight, Frances B. - Togetherness. A Christmas holiday cruise in the Virgin Islands for 3 families: the Butlers, Mc Nerneys, and Knights, January 8, 1975
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Carson, Georgia Sims. - Whose Domain? or You're Support in Safe Highways is Appreciated, February 12, 1975
The Highway Department's decision to level a 120 year old oak forest to straighten a curve on Route 31 through the Sims's family's farm was fought by getting help from lawyers, Governor Kerner, Justice Paul Douglas, even Lady Bird Johnson and, 1, 21 National TV. The trees lost to eminent domain, a procedure which needs to be a more thorough and fair procedure.
Remien, Marguerite Cleary - The 7 Definitive Last and Final All-time, Ultimate Rules for Travel, April 10, 1974
(Also titled: Escapulco and Other Travel Bonuses). Anecdotes that underline the author's rules such as: have a relation in Ireland or the best Indian is a live Indian.