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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 28 Apr 1928, p. 5

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April 28, 1928 WINNETKA TALK GOOD WILL TOUR COMES TO WINNETKA ON MAY 5 N. U. and U. of C. Students to Be Guests of Village; Visit Almost Every Institution i One of the Good-Will-Tours consist- ing of students and friends of North- western university and the University of Chicago, who are being conducted on tours to interesting places about Chicago and environs, will visit Win- netka and the Winnetka schools on Saturday, May 5. The Winnetka Ro- tary club will act as host and will fur- nish cars in which to conduct the group of between fifty and a hundred people on a tour of the Village. Arrange Program A definite program has been ar- ranged, planned to give the visitors a practical conception of the Village as a whole. They will be taken first on a tour of the Village water and power plants and will then go to the Village hall where Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser will greet them and address them briefly. Following this part of the tour they will visit the Hadley Correspondence School for the Blind, where William A. Hadley, head of the school, will talk on the work of that institution. At the Winnetka Community House luncheon will be served for them and they will be conducted on a tour of the Community House. In the after- noon, they will be conducted to the Hubbard Woods school and after in- specting the building will be addressed by Supt. Carleton Washburne of the Winnetka technique. Immediately fol- lowing they will go to the Skokie school where Assistant Supt. S. R. Logan will talk on the junior high school system of the Winnetka schools. Visit New Trier They will visit the North Shore Country Day school as guests of Perry Dunlap Smith, headmaster of the school, and will then drive past Skokie Playfield, Indian Hill club and to New Trier High school. At the latter, Supt. Frederick E. Clerk will conduct them on a tour of the school and will talk on the High school. Their visit will be concluded with a trip to the Village Green and supper at the beach. Camp Fire Girls Invite Parents to Big Frolic * The parents of the Winnetka Camp Fire Girls were guests of the group at Community House, Friday evening, an occasion which proved highly en- joyable to both the parents and the members of the organization. Dr. J. W. F. Davies extended a word of greeting from the Camp Fire coun- cil, and Ruth Jackson, one of the Camp Fire Girls, spoke briefly on the meaning and ideals of Camp Fire. There were songs and games (the stunts being in charge of Harry P. Clarke), exhibits of hand work done in Camp Fire, a knot-tying contest by three girls from each group, with three Boy Scouts assisting. Refresh- ments were served by the social com- mittee, of which Mrs. E. E. Stultz is chairman. Thirty Prominent German Educators to Visit Here Thirty prominent educators from Germany will visit the Winnetka pub- lic schools, North Shore Country Day school and New Trier High school on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8 and 9, it was learned this week. The Ger- man educators will make an extensive study of the Winnetka technique and of the systems used in the Day and High schools. The stop in Winnetka is one of an itinerary including most of the prominent educational institu- tions in the United States. Nine Pair of Twins Attend New Trier AS it of twins you were speaking? this imposing group of nine pair, all of whom are enrolled in that institu- tion at this time. Reading from left Schwarm of Wilmette. The (Lens Club Photo) Well, New Trier High School presents to right are: Front row, Muriel and Glen Colby, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Colby of Wilmette; and Eileen and Ernest Logan, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Logan of Wilmette; Second row: Pauline and Paul Jones, daughter and son of Mrs. Pearl P. Jones of Wilmette; Forest and Alice Cole, son and daughter of George S. Cole of Northbrook; and Cynthia and Margaret Richards, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Richards of Kenilworth; Back row: Roscoe and Ralph Happ, sons of Mrs. Stella B. Happ of Northbrook; Betty and Jane Henning, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Henning of Glencoe; Fanny and Mary Brown, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Brown of Wilmette; and Elizabeth and Caroline Schwarm, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. picture of H. H. Herron, faculty sponsor of the Lens club at New Trier High school. was taken under the direction Plan Fifteen Foot Drive from Elm Street North to Coal Yards In addition to the fine piece of work which the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company is doing in Win- netka in the way of building a team track between Pine and Eldorado streets, it is also said to be planning a fifteen foot pavement, from Elm street to E. C. Weissenberg's coal yards, west of the track. A resident of Winnetka reports that last Monday he called on W. J. Towne, chief engineer of the company, with the request that this latter pavement be put in. The proposed driveway, be- ing on the railroad property, it is pointed out, would not benefit directly the railroad company, but would prove a great blessing to the public in the way of eliminating a lot of dust and dirt arising from the present dirt drive- way--along the west side of. the North Shore Electric platform and station for south-bound trains. In response to the request, Engineer Towne replied that it would receive his attention, and on the following day word came out that it had been grant- ed and that the driveway would be paved without delay. "That," the Winnetka citizen who called on the railroad official, declared, "is real service to Winnetka by the friendly railroad, and an evidence of the manner in which it has trained its employes to show real courtesy to re- quests from its patrons." Rev. R. Malcolm Ward to Preach at Christ Church The sermon topic of the Rev. R. Malcolm Ward, assistant rector, at the 11 o'clock service in Christ church on Sunday morning will be: "The Mis- understood Thomas." The regular mid-week services of Holy Communion will be held in the chapel on Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. New Trier Deans Will Meet Pupils in Eighth Grades During the second week of May, Miss Elizabeth E. Packer and Freder- ick A. Kahler, deans of girls and boys, respectively, at New Trier High school, will visit each of the eighth grades of the public schools of the north shore to meet with the graduating pupils for conference on preliminary registration for entering New Trier High school in September, it was announced this week. The deans extend a special invitation to the parents, particularly the moth- ers, of students who contemplate en- tering New Trier in the fall to be pres- ent at the meeting in their particular village to take advantage of the op- portunity to ask questions and clear up possible misunderstandings or diffi- culties. The schedule for the villages is as follows : Glencoe, Monday, May 7, Central school, at 3:30 o'clock. Wilmette, Tuesday, May 8, at 3:15 o'clock. Boys at Howard school and girls at Byron Stolp school. Winnetka, Thursday, May 10, Skokie school at 3:15 o'clock. 2 Kenilworth, Friday, May 11, at the Joseph Sears schools, at 3:15 o'clock. at Arrange for Installation of More Fire Hydrants The additional fire hydrants which are, necessary for providing greater facilities for fire fighting in the north- east section of the village, are soon to be installed, according to G. M. Houren, Chief of the Winnetka Fire department. 3 He recently marked the most de- sirable locations for these hydrants, which are being installed by the prop- erty owners on Fisher lane from Sheridan to Green Bay roads, and on North Private drive from Fisher lane to the north Winnetka limits. "CLEAN-UP MONTH" TO BEGIN HERE APRIL 30 Village Public Works Depart- ment to Help Householders Dispose of All Rubbish The period from April 30 to May 25 has been designated by the Village of Winnetka as "Clean-up-Month," during which the Village organiza- tion will haul away, free of charge, all rubbish placed in containers on the parkways. The regular rubbish service ren- dered by the Village, throughout the year is limited to ordinary household rubbish, such as tin cans, bottles, etc., but, during the "Clean-up-Month," the Village will haul away rubbish of any description, excepting material from building, remodeling jobs, brush, leaves, grass cuttings and articles too bulky or heavy for easy handling, it is announced. «Must Be in Containers The accumulation must be in con- tainers on the parkway, in front of your property, early on the morning of the days specified in the following schedule. It is also urged that residents co- operate in cleaning up vacant lots, the owners of which do not live in Win- netka. Collection Schedule EAST OF THE TRACKS April 30 and May 14--South limits to Orchard lane. May 1 and May 15--Orchard lane to Elm street. May 2 and May 16--EIm street to Tower road, except Foxdale avenue and Lin- coln avenue to Humboldt. May 3 and May 17--Tower road to north limits, including Foxdale avenue and Lincoln avenue to Humboldt. WEST OF THE TRACKS May 4 and May 18--Willow road to South limits. . May 7 and May 21--Willow road to Cherry street. May 8 and May Elm street. May 9 and May 23--EIlm street to Pine street including Blackthorn road, Wal- den road and Center street. May 10 and May 24--Pine street to Tower road, except Blackthorn road, Walden road and Center street. May 11 and May 25--Tower road to north limits. 22--Cherry street to Annual Fire Inspection is Now Being Made G. M. Houren, chief of the Win- netka Fire department since the be- ginning of the new fiscal year, April 1, has been working on the annual in- spection of buildings, principally in the business districts, including Indian Hill and Hubbard Woods. There is an occasional inspection of some resi- dence required, also, but in the main, this work is confined to the business areas of the village. An average of about thirty inspec- tions a month are made, and it will be well along in the summer before the work is completed, Chief Houren says. In most cases mere suggestions or recommendations on the part of the Chief to remove some particular fire hazard or to make for greater safety, is all that is necessary, he says, and the splendid co-operation which he receives from business men and all residents in general, in this work, Chief Houren says, is splendid. Winnetka Represented at Illinois G. O. P. Session Winnetka was well represented at the State Republican convention last Friday by the following elected dele- gates. Charles M. Thomson, S. W. McCaulley, Harold Snell, N. H. Ander- son, A. M. Scharf, T. H. Demling, and B. J. Kellum. These delegates chose the eleven delegates at large for the Republican national convention in June.

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