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WITNNETRERA +.T ALR Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, Inc., 564 Lincoln Ave., March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under. the Act of March 8, 1879. Winnetka, Illinois. Entered as second class matcer Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. IX. NO. 8 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, MARCH 10, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS SMALL ARMY LAUNCHES C. H. BUDGET CANVASS Two Hundred Friends of Com- munity House to Solicit 1928 Funds Tomorrow Afternoon Two hundred canvassers will visit their neighbors Sunday afternoon, March 11, on behalf of the support of Community House for the year 1928, and to secure pledges for 1929 backing. These men are divided into fifteen teams, each under a district captain. The captains of the different zones are as follows: Fast Side Zone 1--Erskine Wilder EL "Love in a Mist." Zone uy 5 Prren Thursday, March 15--8:15, Commu- Zone 4--Benjamin Kellum nity House, 8:15, Community Zone 5--R. W. McKisson Players, "Love in a Mist." Zone 6--Iee Walker Community House--8:30, Triangle West Side Zone 7--Robert S. Ham- club dance. ; mond Friday, March 16 -- Community Zone 8--William T. Bacon} = House, 12:15, Rotary Club Lunch- : Ta ] By Cte 200819 Faget lek a Community House--4-7:15-9, Mo- Zone 10--Harry A. Craig tion Pictures, "Rough Riders." Zone 11--Arthur C. F. Masonic Temple--8:00, Lecture Gedge by John Ellis Sedman. : Zone 12--Paul MacQueen Saturday, March 17--New Trier Zone 13--Joseph H. Brown High school, 8, play. Zone 14--John N. Ott The Winnetka Rotary club, and the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce have both indicated their active interest in and support of Community House by making subscriptions. The Rotary club has also made plans to take over the work of canvassing business firms in Winnetka, Hubbard Woods, and Indian Hill, of which there are more than two hundred altogether. H. W. Paulson, Edward A. Anderson, and A. Lee Adams are the captains in the three districts. A letter has been sent out to all resi- dents of the village who have not pre- viously subscribed to Community House, requesting their support, and this will be followed up by the can- vassers' calls on Sunday and during the coming week. A well attended smoker of canvassers and captains was held Friday evening at Community House. This was ad- dressed by Herbert I. Woolhiser, vil- lage manager; Harry P. Clarke, of the Winnetka Public schools' faculty; and by Dr. J. W. F. Davies, who made a hurried trip from an education confer- ence at Philadelphia to reach Win- netka in time for the meeting. During the last few years, the in- creasing use of Community House has placed greater financial burdéns upon it. The total attendance during 1927 was over 136,000. The facilities of the enterprise are taxed to the utmost, and, in addition, there are the usual problems of upkeep and replacements. With a total budget of approximately $28,000 some $16,000 has already been secured from other sources, leaving about $12,000 to be raised in this cam- paign. « The complete budget for the year is given below: Auto Maintenance .............. 225.00 Equipment, Renewals & Repairs 1,700.00 Fire Insurance .............. 5%... 995.48 Fuel OI on, wh dda 2,500.00 Furniture '& Fixtures: ......... 600.00 Hallowelen: Party ....... ...5... 200.00 Life Insurance i... .....0.0 ou 101.25 Lightfan@ Gas. ..0..0 5. oc 00 1,250.00 Pay Rolland Labor. ........... 17,490.00 Printing, Stationery & Postage .. 700.00 Special Items & House Accoun 300.00 Supplies and Sundries 5 800.00 Telephone _ 275.00 Water Consumption ...... a 40.00 Increase' in Working Capital & Special Items .................. 1,259.44 $28,436.17 NEXT WEEK IN WINNETKA Saturday, March 10--New 'Trier High school, 8:15, "The Beggar's Opera." Saturday, March 10--Skokie school, 8:15, North Shore Theater Guild Play. Monday, March 12 -- Community House, 6:30, Chamber of Com- merce dinner. Monday, March 12 -- Community House, 8:15, Community Players, "Love in- a- Mist," benefit for Community House. Tuesday, March 13 -- Community House, 4-7:15-9, Motion Pictures, "Wild Beauty." Wednesday, March 14--Community House, 8:15, Community Players, Train Demolishes Truck; Declares Gates Were Up A truck owned by the Kenilworth laundry and driven by Julius A. Berg- son of 1505 Crane street, Evanston, was demolished when it was struck at the Ash street crossing last Wednes- day by a south bound train on the North Shore Line. Bergson, who sus- tained only minor injuries, declared that the gates were not lowered, ac- cording to the report of Serg. A. C. Facchini of the Winnetka Police de- partment. Barnum Was Only Half Right when he said "the public loves to be humbugged." We prefer the optimism of Lincoln, who said-- (See page 55) REDUCE APARTMENTS Winnetka Village Council Passes Or- dinance Permitting Only 36 Families Per Acre, Instead of 72 Following another heated discussion and with one dissenting vote, that of Trustee. R. H. Schell, the Winnetka Village council Tuesday evening amended the apartment zoning ordin- ance by which the number of families permitted in "C" commercial zoned areas is reduced from 72 to 36. Leonard Roach and E. P. Maynard were the principal speakers in opposi- tion to the change, recommended by the Zoning board of appeal, the find- ings of which body were explained by Chairman Stanley P. Farwell. Discussion on the part of the coun- cil was led by Trustee Walter A. Strong. 3 The amendments make no change in the three story building limitation of the former ordinance. A change in the definition of "apart- ment" reads as follows: "A household unit suitable for oc- cupancy by one or more persons in an apartment house or in a building, the first floor of which is used exclu- sively for commercial purposes." The amended section of the ordin- ance relating to the intensity of the' use of lot reads: "No building or portion of a build- ing to be used for commercial purposes shall occupy in excess of 90 percent of the area of the lot. The first floor of any building to be erected in the 'C' commercial district shall be used exclusively for commercial purposes. Reduce Lot Area "Any floor of such building, other than the first, may be used partially or wholly for residential purposes. Any floor so used shall occupy 60 percent of the area of an interior lot, or not more than 70 percent of a corner lot. "No building nor part of a building shall be arranged, designed, intended, or used to accommodate more than 36 families on an acre of land, or more than a proportional number of families on any fractional part of an acre of land. "No building, with its accessory building to be used for commercial or industrial purposes, shall occupy in ex- cess of 90 percent of the area of the lot. Any building used partly for resi- dential purposes shall conform to the restrictions provided for such build- ing in the 'Commercial District." Rev. T. A. Goodwin Will Preach at Two Services The Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will conduct both services at the Winnetka Congregational church this Sunday be- cause of the Rev. James Austin Rich- ards' absence in the East. At the 11 o'clock service, Mr. Goodwin's subject will be, "The Experience of God." At the vesper service he will speak on "Walter Rauschenbusch and the Ap- plied Gospel." EXPECT TAX BOOKS SOON It is reported that the tax books are now being extended and collector Sanborn Hale states that he expects to receive the Personal Property tax books by the first of the coming week. It is also expected that the Real Estate tax books will be received within a few days. The tax bills will be mailed out promptly following the receipt of the books, Mr. Hale states. CAUCUS CANDIDATES WIN CITIZENS' 0. K. Two Hundred Voters at Annual Nominating Session Give Ticket Unanimous Approval Approximately 200 residents of Win- netka attended the village caucus last Monday evening in Matz Hall, Com- munity House, to adopt a platform and pass upon nominees for the va- cancies occurring in village offices this spring. The election will be held on Tuesday, April 3. It was an evening of complete har- mony, the caucus acting unanimously upon every recommendation of the nominating committee which it had chosen. Not a dissenting voice was heard during the evening. Lyman I. Weld read the platform of the caucus as published in last week's issue of WINNETKA TALK and the nominating committee reported no changes in the platform of the caucus as adopted last year and moved its re-adoption. This was done unani- mously. Tenney Makes Report Village President Tenney gave a concise and interesting review of the stewardship of his administration dur- ing the past fiscal year and outlined some of the outstanding problems Village officials will be compelled to face in the near future. William H. King, Jr. presented the nominations for the 1928 ticket as follows : Village Trustees : Carl J. Easterberg, 1086 Cherry street, Winnetka. William B. Moulton, 1161 Pine street, Winnetka. 1h R. H. Schell, 800 Elm street, Win- netka. Village Treasurer William E. Davis, 1080 Private road, Winnetka. Village Marshall and Collector Theodore Flynn, 968 Spruce street, Winnetka. Village Clerk Stella Winslow, 964 Cherry Winnetka. Library Trustees Carrie B. Prouty, 561 Linden avenue, Winnetka. H. A. deWindt, 205 Chestnut street, Winnetka. Police Magistrate Byron A. Nelson, 607 Provident ave- nue, Winnetka. This ticket was adopted unanimous- ly and the caucus appointed Roswell B. Mason, Ralph M. Snyder and Ro- land D. Whitman, to fill vacancies in this ticket, should any occur. : Ralph M. Snyder, chairman of the Caucus meeting, announced that the nominating committee, wishing to dem- onstrate that it is not autonomous and self-perpetuating, had appointed a committee of seven, six of whom were outside of the present committee, te make recommendations to the caucus for its 1929 nominating committee. This committee was composed of the following: William S. Elliott, chair- man; William D. McKenzie, William S. Nordburg, Erskine Wilder, Eugene Rummler, A. M. Ferry, Mrs. John Van der Vries. Mr. Elliott, reporting for his com- mittee, recommended a committee ot 25, two to be chosen from each of the (Continued on Page 6) street,