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WINNETKA TALK December 25, 1926 10 Stamp Club Makes Plans HOME FROM CRUISE Mrs. Philip Wyatt Moore of 1031 | for Exhibition at School; i... lane, Winnetka, returned Sat- | Residents of the north shore haveurday, December 18, from New York | been invited to attend a Stamp exhibitwhere she boarded the Granada IV. to be held at New Trier High school,ocean-going yacht, as the guest of| January 18 under direction of theMrs. Fred Poor of Chicago, for a Stamp club of the high school. The ex-Cruise along the Atlantic coast to hibition will consist of the differentMiami beach, Fla. Mrs. Edward Til- collections of the members. An in-den and Mrs. Fred Preston of Lake teresting program is being worked outForest were among the guests. by the club to supplement the exhibit. -------------- | North shore stamp collectors are €s- Nr. and Mrs. Chester Sargent of | pecially invited to view the display.s55 Sheridan road, Winnetka, are | The Stamp club is comprised of fortyspending Christmas and New Year's members. at the Lake Placid club in New York. HE Holiday Festiv- ities call for a great- er use of your expensive linens for the table. You won't have to worry about their laun- dering if you give them to Bill The Washing- ton Laundry man. He will return them promptly -- clean -- fresh -- and white. IN BILL, THE WASHINGTON LAUNDRY MAN -- HE'S IN YOUR NEIGHBOR- HOOD TODAY he Washirigtor 700-704 Washington Strect EVANSTON, ILL. CALL aundry lished his home Shore UNIVERSITY 5900 Book Honors Local Bankers Two Winnetka bank officials are ac- corded space in the publication "Fi- nancing an Empire," a history of bank- ing in Illinois, which has been issued in several volumes by Huston and Russel. In volume III are to be found | sketches of Max K. Meyer, president of the Winnetka Trust and Savings bank, and Alfred D. Herrmann, cashier of the same bank. The sketches follow: MAX K. MEYER Max K. Meyer is the president of the Winnetka Trust and Savings bank, the | oldest and largest financial institution |of Winnetka, which had its inception [in 1894, when he opened a small bank- | ing department | general in one corner of his merchandising establishment at the intersection of Elm and Center streets. He was born in Germany in November, 1862, the son of George Meyer, who in 1872 emigrated to America with his family and estab- in Winnetka. Max K. Meyer was afforded but lim- ited educational advantages in his vouth, as he had attended school in Winnetka for two years when his father died and he was obliged to seek employment. He has never ceased to be a student, however, and has con- stantly augmented his knowledge by reading and observation until he has become a well informed man. When twenty-two years of age he pursued a course in commercial law and banking. Upon attaining his majority, Mr. Meyer became the proprietor of a gro- cery store in Winnetka in which he had begun working as a delivery boy at the age of thirteen. This he con- ducted with excellent success for a period of three decades, or until 1913, FOOD for Muscle and | Tissue There is one daily item of | food that goes quickly into the upbuilding of muscle Noth- ing so healthful as milk | and tissue--milk! | that is perfectly pure. PHONE 137 WINNETKA Dd SANITARY DAIRY CO | developing it into a department store. In the year 1894 he began the first banking business in Winnetka by open- ling a small department in one corner of his mercantile establishment for the accommodation of patrons who wished cash checks or desired to leave funds or valuable papers for safekeep- ing. The business grew, however, un- til in 1905 it was housed in a separate building at the rear of the store and was known as the Bank of M. K. | Meyer. This was conducted exclusive- [ly as a private bank until April 13, 1917, | when it was incorporated as the Win- |netka Trust and Savings bank, with | M. K. Meyer as president. Since 1913 | he has devoted his attention principal- [ly to the conduct of his banking busi- ness. Mr. Meyer enjoys the distinction {of having served three gnerations in | Winnetka the first as delivery boy, the second as merchant, and the third as | banker. On the 15th of August, 1888, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage to Miss Nellie E. Moth, daughter of Robert S. Moth of Winnetka. She passed away on the 5th of December, 1919, leaving a daughter, Blanche M., who is the wife of H. K. Humphrey, professor of electrical engineering in the Rice In- stitute of Houston, Texas. Mr. Meyer is a Republican in politics and an active worker in the local ranks of the party. He war a delegate to the national convention which nominated William McKinley. He has been close- lv and helpfully identified with the de- velopment of Winnetka along various lines, having been active in the estab- lishment of its Park board, its muni- cipal light and water works, its library, schools, and community house. Mr. Meyer belongs to the various Masonic bodies and is a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the craft. His record contains much of in- spirational value, for the success which he has won is the merited reward of rightly directed ambition, unabating energy and unfaltering determination. The circle of his friends in Winnetka is almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintances, to ALFRED D. HERRMANN Alfred D. Herrmann is cashier and director of the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, with which he has been continuously identified during the (Continued on page 11) more day to shop then A Merry Christmas Hang up the baby's stocking; Be sure you don't forget That Pool & Piper Shoes and Hose Complete the wee layette. PcoL & PIPER CHILDREN'S SHOE SPECIALISTS 1608 Chicago Avenue Evanston { University 973 : C2] »