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R------ FEKIY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. IX, NO. 18. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1920 TEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW TRIER DAY IS SET FOR AUGUST 25 New Trier Commercial Association Announces Plans For Annual Outing For All Residents : of Township COMMITTEE SETS THE DAY Special Features Planned in Addition To Customary Picnic Events of Previous Years Wednesday, August 25! That's the date you will want to bear in mind and reserve for the biggest event in New Trier township. August 25 is the date set for the annual New Trier Day and the Outing planned for all residents of the township by "the New Trier Township Commercial association. All the business houses and offices are to be closed on the afternoon of that day and everyone, young and old will be expected to join in a big get-together at a place to be selected by a committee of pro- gressive north shore business men already on the job planning for the eventful occasion. Commercial Men In Charge In compliance with the custom of former years the annual New Trier Day "picnic will be in charge of The New Trier Commercial association of which Henry B. Gates is president. At a meeting of the board of directors and members of the a-so- ciation Tuesday evening at the Ed- dington real estate office in Wilmette the session voted unanimously in favor of the annual picnic. President Gates was instructed to appoint a general committee of seven to make arrangements for the affair with the privilege of calling upon members of the association to asssit as occasion requires. The committee named by president Gates comprises A. S. Van Deusen, Arthur Lips, Earl Weinstock, L. F. Hollister, Louis Abrahams, George White and E. B. Taylor. In selecting August 25 as the date for the picnic the committee was not prepared late this week to state def- initely where the outing would be held, asserting, however, that several ~ excellent location were under con- sideration. With definite plans lacking at this time it is safe to predict that New Trier Day this year will be the big- gest event of its type in the history of the north shore. Such a forecast may be made without fear of en- croaching upon the well known domain of the circus press agent. The enthusiasm displayed at the Tuesday evening meeting warrants the con- clusion that there is something "really big" in the wind. There is talk of securing the services of men high up in theatrical circles to assist in this venture and thus to provide features never attempted at the aver- age outing; all this to be obtained at a minimum of expense. Of course there will be the custom- ary races and contests of fat men, stout women, young men and young women, boys and girls, even the babies will have'a turn at the events. There will be prizes for the winners. prizes donated by business men of the 'north shore and Chicago. Re- member the date and keep it open. LIGHT FOR PLAYFIELD Workmen from the department of public works this week extended a street lighting circuit west on Elm street to provide a street light at the clubhouse of the Playfield Golf course. Village officials have also instituted a request for installation of a public telephone at the clubhouse at the Municipal course. GOLFERS, REJOICE! Providing necessary material ar- rives in time the unpaved section of West Elm street. immediately east of the Winentka Playfield, will be in excellent condition for use for the autos by Saturday evening, is the announcement from the Department of Public Works. 4 PARK BOARD CUP PLAY The First Round of the Winnetka Park Board will be played today and Sunday on the Playfield Golf course. The second Round will be played next Saturday and Sunday, the semi-finals on the following Saturday and Sun- day, and the finals on August I. ENJGY BEACH PARTY A number of young people of Win- netka and Hubbard Woods enjoyed a beach party given in their honor by Miss He ilbert of Chicago Wedne tear the Nor: " Exonerate Chauffeur In Death of Baby Girl William Nugent Admits He Was Not Entitled To Drive Machine which Killed Betty Weinstock William Nugent, truck driver, was exonorated by a coroner's jury at the Hebblethwaite Undertaking = estab- lishment in Evanston, Wednesday, on the charge of assault in connection with the death ©f little four year old Betty Weinstock, of Winnetka, on Saturday, June 12, when the child was struck by an automobile truck driven by Nugent near 1725 Wash- ington avenue, Wilmette. The little girl died several hours after the acci- dent. While Nugent was exonorated of blame in connection with the fatality he was subject to reprimand, wit- nesses declaring he was driving along Washington avenue at an excessive rate of speed. The Weinstock child stepped into the street in, front of a car parked at the curbing and Nugent was unable to stop his machine in time to avoid the accident. Nugent, it developed at the inquest, was under eighteen year of age and consequently not permitted to drive an automobile. He stated he had lied to his employer and again to the officials in obtaining a driver's license. Nugent may be innocent of blame. Officials are to be severely censured for not enforcing more rigidly the law in regard to issuance of chauf- feur's licenses. A mature driver may not have speeded ruthlesly on a vil- lage street in absolute disregard for the safety of the public. Must human lives be sacrificed because motorists happen ot be in a hurry? Are not human lives more important than ap- pointment or the approach of the end of the day's toil? Think it over! RAILROAD PREPARED TO CLOSE RIDGE CROSSING Village Officials Meet With Rail Authorities To Abolish Danger- ous Crossing Village authorities held a confer- ence Thursday of this week with offi- cials of the Chicago and Northwest- ern railway relative to the clossing of the grade crossing at Ridge ave- nue. As a result of this conference early and favorable action is expect- ed from the railroad in eliminating the dangerous double | crossing at that point commonly known in years past as "death *Crossing". Under the present plan Ridge ave- nue would be extended to Oak street west of the right of way so that one crossing would serve traffic from both thoroughfdres. The railroad appears in a co-operative frame of mind following several years of dis- cussion and urging upon the part of the village and the additional cost of condemnation is available, according to village officials. HIGHWOOD TAKES CLOSE ENCOUNTER FROM LOCALS Airtight hurling by Hanselman of the Winnetka Triangles failed to bring victory to the local nine Sun- day in a close argument with the strong aggregation from Highwood. Highwood came out on the heavy end of a 4 to 3 count. The game was staged on the Highwood diamond and a large crowd of local fans accom- pahied the Triangles to the foreign fields. Highwood comes to Winnetka shortly for a return engagement and local followers of the game expect a reversal of Sunday's score. The Triangles hook up with the strong Shermerville crowd on the Playfield lot Sunday and a large gang of enthusiasts are expected to be on hand to spur the Winnetkans "on to greater things" as the high school orator would remark. TOO HIGH; APPEALS CASE Aylette Frampton of Chicago in- tends to appeal the case against him Wednesday for speeding when he was fined $125 and costs by Justice Clark T. Northrop. He was also forced to listen to 'a lecture con- cerning the dangers attendant upon reckless driving through the streets of Winnetka. . RETURN FROM MICHIGAN Twenty-five Winnetka boys return- ed from the Indian Hill camp in Ludington, Mich; Thursday after- noon several hours before a party of thirty girls, under Mrs. C. W. Wort ley left for the resort to spend twa | weeks' vacationing. BUSINESS MEN HOLD ~~ BOOSTERS' SESSION President Henry B. Gates Issues Challenge To Members of New Trier Commercial ciation Co-operation, the keynote of an address last fall before the New Trier Commercial association dinner at Community House, Winnetka, by the Rev. Stephen 8. Lloyd of the Wil- mette Congregational church, was again pronounced the "biggest word in the English language" by Pres- ident Henry B. Gates at a session of the association in the A. R. Edding- ton Real Estate offices' in Wilmette Tuesday evening. < In re-aligning the forces of the association and exhorting the busi- ness men to more active interest in the affairs of the organization Mr. Gates issued the challenge in no un- certain terms before a representative group of association members, Display Enthusiasm The challenge was accepted in a general discussion which terminated in the high resolve to make the New Trier Commercial association the most progressive and active civic body in New Trier township. The members voted unanimously for a revision of the credit rating system maintained by the associa- tion; the present system having fallen far out of date, with the ob- vious result that it had become en- tirely inadequate to serve the needs of the business men of the township. The members voted unanimously in favor of a New Trier Day and authorized the appointment of a general committee to proceed with arrangements for the annual outing. President Gates names A. S. Van Deusen, L. F. Hollister, Arthur Lips, Earle Weinstock, E. B. Taylor, Louis Abrahams and George White to serve as the general committee with the privilege of calling upon the services of any member of the association to insure the success of the venture. Dean New Treasurer William Kaplan, tailor, at 627 West Railroad avenue, Wilmette; and Carl E. Sterner and Co., interior decora- tors, at 1215 Wilmette avenue, Wil- mette, were accepted into the mem- bership of the association by un- animous vote. President Gates outlined plans for public meetings to be held under the auspices of the association beginning early in the fall. Authorities in various fields of activity will be in- vited to speak at these public gather- ings to which all residents of the township will be invited. In line with this plan to arouse increased interest in the association it is proposed to conduct an intensive membership campaign to place on the roll of members the name of every business house in the township. Assc- They Bring Results Judge Falk, who lives in Gross Point, is a lucky man. He has a fine lot of cherry trees and he had such a large crop this year that he could not possibly use them all himself. Perhaps some of the people of the north shore would like to buy soe of the surplus, thought the Judge, and here is the classified advertise- ment which he inserted: FOR SALE---CHERRIES AND rants. Call Wil. 715-W. CUR- L35-2tc "I was busy answering the tele- phone from 9 o'clock in the morning till 3 o'clock in the afternoon last Friday," said the Judge, "I sold over $150 worth of cherries from that 30 cent Want Ad." ; Others are being benefited by using the Classified advertisements, why not you? Here are a few of the many you wiil find on page 7: WANTED--NURSE FOR 2 CHILDREN, 6 and 3 years, do upstairs work; wages $15.00. Phone Win. 239. Mrs. J. Husband, 661 Blackthorne Road. . T18-1te FOR SALE--LEGHORN CHICKENS and hens; also furniture. B. Ode- gard, 1060 North avenue. Hubbard Woods. T18-1tp LOST--PAIR OF NOSE GLASSES IN case on West Ash street Saturday night; finder please phone Win. 1104. T18-1tp WANTED TO RENT--SMALL HOUSE or apartment. Call or write 551 Lin- coln street, Winnetka. T18-1te MISS EVA HAHN, TRAINED NURSE: available for cases. 1612 Forest ave- Phone Wil. 2041. LTG36-4tp -HUPMOBILE; ; 5b good tire il. 2386. - nue, Wilmette. ""Buccaneers" Latest Club on North Shore Newest Yacht Club To Have Floating Clubhouse Modelled after Carav- els of 16th Century Announcement this week of the or- ganization of a new club on the north shore again bears out the fact of Winnetka's leadership in affairs. The newest club bears the title "Buccan- eers" Yacht club. Its members are intending to establish the club house in the Harbor at Wilmette. The clubhouse itself will be a prototype of the Sixteenth century caravel and will be sea going and laid at anchor in the harbor. When the club members desire to pay a visit to other yacht clubs or to participate in a regatta they will lift anchor, attach their craft to a modern tug, and away. The club membership is to be limited to fifty men, everyone of whom must be an expert navigator. There are to be no arm-chair "commodores" on board, it is said. Julian Armstrong of the Armstrong bureau of related industries, formerly 'commodore of the Evanston Yacht club, and former fleet captain of the Chicago Yacht club, who lives in Evanston, originated the idea of a moving clubhouse. He bought the 100 foot two-masted schooner Petrel--the last sailing vessel to pass inspection in the Chi- cago disrict. Captain Edwards was her skipper. She was built about eight years ago. She has a twenty- four foot beam and a six foot draught. Clark & Walcott, architects, were commissioned to draw plans for mak- ing the schooner into a club. Work is under way now at an Evanston shipyard. The initiation fee will be $400 and the dues in proportion. The charter members are: Godfrey H. Atkin, Wil- liam B. Hale, James Prindiville, Ed- win H. Clark, and Arthur M. Cox, all of Winnetka; John Burnham, B. H. Adams, R. M. Roloson, and Mr. Armstrong of Evanston, and John H. Hardin of Hubbard Woods. SCOUTS ESTABLISH RECORD ON TWO WEEK ENCAMPMENT With the return to the village of twenty Boy Scouts who had been encamped at Davies' camp, Lake Hamlin, Mihc., comes the report of some of their accomplishments dur- ing their stay at the Michigan camp. F'rinstance: They completed con- struction of a canal, harbor with docks, bridge and lookout tower, The boys gained an average of three and three-quarter pounds each in their two weeks' sojourn. In the games and water sports Billy Power led with three first plac- es in the junior field events with Ken- neth Stixrud capturing three first honors in the water sports. Bruce Thomas achieved distinction by falling into the water with his clothes on, five times." George Eisen- brand and Holden Anderson carried away high honors in field and water sports respectively. COMPLETE ELM ST. PAVING Paving on West Elm street, delay- ed by the inability to obtain material, is now proceeding again and will be finished within a few days, accord- ing of officials of the department of public works. The funds for this pav- ing have been provided by the Win- netka Park Board and the Winnetka Board of Education. The improve- ment will provide a well-paved street to the new West Elm street school and the Municipal Golf-course. SCARLET FEVER George McKinney, clerk at the Winnetka State Bank, is at the Ev- anston hospital nursing a bother- some case of scarlet fever. HOW, INDEED? Perturbed because of the well known confusion of the mails that is keeping the Weekly Talk and. consequently all the news of Winnetka from her, Mrs. M. H. Lieber, 988 Elm street, who is vacationing at Tulare, Califor- nia, pens the following to the offices of the "Talk": "Will you kindly see that the Winnetka Weekly Talk is sen to the above address? Ho i I live in California without Talk'?! Reading the Talk at home when away for the sum positively essential if y interested in village affai pn TRADES PEOPLE PUSH Contribution From Business House Toward Fund For West Elm Street School Encouraging Feature of Week TOTAL IS NOW $265,854.12 Increase This Week Chiefly Identified in Large Contributions; Sub- scribers Number 596 The generous response of the trades people of Winnetka and Hub- bard Woods in the instance of the current campaign for funds for the new intermediate school on the West Elm Street. Skokie school site and the number of contributions from the business establishments of the vil= lage has been one of the most en- couraging features of the campaign. Winnetka trades people, it appears, appreciate the necessity and value of the new school. They represent the great stabilizing influence in the vil- lage. Thev are at work in Winnet- ka from dawn to dusk and appre- ciate, first hand, the imperative needs of the village. 24 Following is a list of subscribers who are business people of the vil- lage: # 'Winnetka Ice Cream Parlor, Win- netka Pharmacy, Winnetka Motor Co., M L Adams, North Shore Laun dry, RH Schell & Co., I. A Vollman S D Dietz, George Bissett, J] H Deth loff, A McKay, Dr. R S Childs, J] F Eckart Co., Winnetka State Bank, Philip J Hoza, George Park, Byron A Nelson, Clarke T Northrop. Theodore Flynn, George Rasmus- 'sen, E B Taylor & Co., Winentl Trust & Savings Bank, G L Zick & Co., E C Weissenberg, B W Blow, Duncan's Confectionery, Pullom & Regan, William Aitken, John A Odh, Hubbard Woods Grocery. $265,854.12 Subscribed The amount subscribed new school continues to gain about $9,000 each week. This last week the increase was from $256,359.50 to $265,- 854.12. This increase was chiefly in large subscriptions, coming from only thirty-three new subscribers. The total number of subscriptions in- creased from 563 to 596. The standing of the zones as re- ported Friday morning is as follows: Zone 1--William E. Davis, captain. Number of subscribers 43. Amount subscribed $40,250.62. Quota 46,400. Per cent of quota subscribed 86. ; Zone 2--Charles L. Byron, captain. Number of subscribers 96. Amount subscribed $63,708. Quota 72,500. Per cent of quota subscribed 87. wi Zone 3--Sherman Goble and F. G. Cheney, captains. Number of sub- scribers 44. Amount subscribed $34,- 102. Quota 55100. Per cent of quota subscribed 61. Zone 4--B. K. Smith, captain. Num- ber of subscribers 41. Amount sub- scribed $7,351. Quota 23,200. Per cent of quota subscribed 3I. 4 Zone 5--Frederick Dickinson, cap- tain. Number of subscribers 38. Amount subscribed $8,188. Quota 20,- 300. Per cent of quota subscribed 40. Zone 6--Sebastian Hinton, captain. Number of subscribers 65 Amoufit subscribed $25,679. Quota 31900. Per cent of 'auota subscribed 80. 2 Zone 7--Robert C. Meleney, captain. Number of subscribers 219. Amount subscribed $12.845.50. Quota 11.600. Per cent of quota subscribed 110. Zone 8--T. Milton, captain. Number of subscribers 49. Amount subscrib- ed $13,630. Quota 29,000. Per cent of quota subscribed 47. Among the new subscribers re- norted during the week are the fol- lowing: : 3 Zone 1: JT M Olmsted, Charles E Butler, L H Mettler, T Albert Pot- ter, B Chandler. 3 Zone 2: Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Farrell, Franklin Rudolph, Alfred Freeman, Leonard Peterson, William H King, Jr., C L Patterson, Herbert R Butz, A W Cushman. Zone 3: I. A Janney, T G Windes, Lewis C Norton, A R Dean, Mrs. W G Forrest, Dr. M N Levick. Dr. LL E Taylor, Albert Pick. Ernest S Seatree, F S Tyrrell, A B Bradley. Zone 4: None. Zone 5: None: x - Zone 6: C T Northrop, L. H Car otto, W F Regan, H V O'Brien, ian Roe. ;