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3 i 'men might 'reported missing while engaged in WINNETKA WEEKLY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. VII, NO. 12. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS 109 YOUTHS REGISTER TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY Registration Is Light Due to Heavy Enlistments of Young Men at Great Lakes Naval Station MOST MEN CAME EARLY Eighty of Total Number Had Re- gistered before 3 o'clock in the afternoon One hundred and nine male resid- ents in Draft district No. 3 compris- ing New Trier, Niles and a portion of Glenview Townships, who have! arrived at the age of" twenty-one years since June 5, 1917, registered Wednesday for military service at | the Wilmette Village Hall. The re- | gistration was approximately one- | half of the number expected. The | reason ascribed for the light registra- tion was the great number of en- listments at the Great Lakes naval training station during the past few | Of the total number of registered | men in district No. 3, 98 declared | themselves native born American ci- | tizens. 11 were classified as alien of | which number one was German and 3 were natives of Austria-Hungary. | Most Register in Morning The registration at the Wilmette Village Hall was scattered through- out the day with the greater number of the registrants appearing shortly before noon. Another group put in| its appearance early in the evening. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon 81 of the total number of registrants had been taken care of by the-registrars. It was thought by local draft offic- that calls for the newly registered be expected within a | short time, because of the urgent need of men §n all branches of the | service 'and heauy drafts of the past] two months which have practically | depleted the ranks of the Class 1-A | men throughout the country. Men who acted as regictrars Sih Charles Ware, Kenilworth; George | W. Traly, Glencoe; William S. Cros- | by, Glencoe; B. K. Smith, Winnetka; | Mancel T. Clark, Winnetka: C. T.| Mordock, Winnetka; John F. Wied- | lin, Wilmete, in addition to members | of the Lo€al Draft Board, S. P. Pope and F. A. Smith. KENILWORTH FLYER AMONG THE MISSING Lieutenant Charles P. Macklin of the British royal flying corps, was aerial activity over the German lines, | is only 19 years old and is a son of Charles G. Macklin, a picture frame manufacturer of Chicago anl New York, living at 354 Kenilworth aven- ue, Kenilworth. He was graduated from New Trier Township High school when 17 years old. He joined { Food Administration. { ~ 1 weeks. | affected by the NORTH SHORE DEALERS TABOO SALE OF WHEAT | Plan to Effect Organization Which | Will Hold Members to a wartime | "Liberty" Program grocer, baker, proprietor, in attended a { Practically hotel | New every and restaurant Trier Township | meeting in the rooms of the Evans- | {ton Commercial association last Fri- day when an organization to | known as the North Shore F | Sellers association was effected. { The association has placed all | purely wheat products on the taboo | list for the duration of the war and |its members pledged to confine them. | selves to the sale of "Liberty" food- | stuffs. The meeting in Evanston was at- tended by approximately 300 food dealers and was convened at the re- quest of the officials of the bread division of the Illinois Food Ad- | ministration. Arrangements for carrying out the | | 100 per cent wheatless program will | | A . i 4 i {be under the direction of the district Towns to new arrangement are, Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Hubbard Woods, Glencoe, | Highland Park, Lake Bluff. Plans are also under way under the direct supervision of the Food Ad- ministration to protect the small dealers along the north shore, many of whom, it was intimated, were about to close shop because of con- ditions brought about by the war, Action in this regard is expected in the near future. Lake Forest and RED CROSS FUND NOW STANDS AT $33,350 Workers Still Busy as Contributions Continue To Come In at Head- quarters Latest reports from the head- quarters of the Red Cross show the be | ood | be | VILLAGE HALL NOTES - | | Ip 10 At the Council meeting held on | Tuesday evening, June 4, Trustee { Walter F. Wallace reported on the | gas rate situation. A | hearing was held before the Public Utilities Commission on May 22, at which time the Village was re- presented 4 gas expert, who has been retained by | action of the Village Council. At this hearing, the Commission called on the Gas company to produce ad- ditional statistical information regard to,capitalization. No date has been set for the next hearing. + + + ence of barberry bushes in Winnetka | was introduced at the last meeting | of the Council, in co-operation with the campaign against this shrub be- |ing conducted throughout the coun- | | try, following the discovery by the culture that the spores of wheat rust | are harbored by the European variety jof barberrry. + + + prohibit the accumulation of rubbish | lon vacant lots. | a The concrete paving of Sheridan |road is progressing satisfactorily, jand concrete has been laid as far south as Ash street. + + + At the meeting of the Board ol Lo- cal Improvements held on Tuesday evening, the proceedings for the pav- [ing of Ashland avenue from Burr avenue to Railroad avenue were post- poned for two weeks, in order to give the property owners an'oppor- tunity to arrange to have this im- provement carried out under private contract. + + + Because of the ahnormal increase [in price of labor and materials, it | has been necessary to levy supple- | preliminary | by Frederick Dickinson, | Village attorney, and Edwin Bemis. | with | An ordinance prohibiting the exist- | United States Department of Agri- | | An ordinance is being prepared to "THEY ALL TAKE THEIR HATS OFF TO WINNETKA Who? Why all the North Shore | towns, on account of the success of our War Savings and Thrift Stamps camptign. How's that? Why because during May when the Third Liber on of course the other North Shore [towns never dreamed that Winnetka | besides going over her quota in both drives, was quietly working just the same on the War Savings Stamps and the result was that the money taken in during the month of May, | at the Winnetka post office from the | sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps amounted to exactly $10,830.46 or more than the receipts for any other month. This makes a grand total of over $46,000 in cash received since December 1, or at the rate of 1$7.500 per capita for the 5500 people in this Village. Now come on ye other North Shore towns and let us hear what you are doing for the Government with your War Savings Stamp campaigns. Its about time we heard from you so please step {up t othe "Captain's Office" and re- port. H. A. De Windt, Local Chairman for W. S. S.! fr War Emergency Notes | Forrest Meyers of 467 Willow street enlisted May 13 in the Royal Engineering Corps and is now at Camp Fort Edward, Windsor, Ca- nada. + + + The family of Frank J. Brady, formerly with the 108th Engineers, have received word of his safe ar- rival overseas. + + + Gilbert Dean Owsley is now in France. | + + at Stanley Clague who graduated 'irom the rd Ofiicers' Training Camp land who has been recommended for Loan and the Red Cross drives were | 'WINNETKA PLEDGES TO | | Residents Voice Sentiment at Pat- riotic Memorial Gathering on Village Green Sunday Afternoon HEAR HOOVER MESSAGE | Patriotic Address, Songs, Band Con- | cert and Military Drill, Feature Splendid Afternoon Services | Patriotic and Memorial services {were held on the Village Common, Sunday afternoon, June 2, at 4 | o'clock. Favorable weather condi- [tions made possible a large gather- ling of Winnetka people who desired | to pay respect to the brave men who | are now fighting for our country. i Preceding the exercises; the band | from the U. S. naval station at Great | Lakes gave a delightful concert. Af- [ter the invocation by the Reverend |J- Austin Richards, the audience, led | by the band, joined in singing pat- | riotic songs. | McKenzie Is Chairman { Mr. William D. McKenzie, Pres- [ident of the Village spoke of the pur- | pose of the gathering and in earnest | words paid tribute to those who had J} gone out from Winnetka to fight our | battles and dwelt especially upon | our loss of two men who had been called upon to make the supreme sacrifice, Lieutenants Dinsmore Ely and Phillip Comfort Starr. A letter was read from Mr. Hoover urging greater conservation of meat and wheat and asking that in so far as circumstances permit, people ab- stain from using wheat until after next harvest. In order to bring it to Winnetka people Mr. McKenzie read the following pledge and asked that all sign it if possible at the close of the meeting. Pledge: "In view of the scarcity of wheat shipments to | the fighting forces and our Ales, 1 * | hereby pledge myself to abstain from IS 1 a 1 o g £ rhes 1d NV ; Eo Troy A | mental assessments for a number of | Second Lieutenant, has now received | the use of wheat and wheat products total amount of $33.350 contributed | to date. Approximately 1,150 sub- | scribers have thus far been recorded | and, acording to the workers. the contributions are still coming into headquarters at Community House. Winnetka has made an enviable re- cord in this the second Red Cross campaign and unstinted praise is due the workers who have worked al- most incessantly making a thorough canvass of the Village and bringing into line practically every household. The alacrity with which subscribers respond to appeals was demon- strated by an early over-subscrip- tion of the Village quota. Winnetka has again committed herself with high honors and again displayed her eagerness to participate in every form of war activity at home whether it requires money or labor or both. NEW TRIER GRADUATES GIVEN DIPLOMAS TODAY the royal flying corps after being re- fused in the American service be- cause of his youth. BAPTISTS TO CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S DAY SUNDAY Soldiers Aid Meeting The Soldiers Aid Division of the Wilmette Guard has called a meet- ing of the parents and nearest kin of all Wilmette men in service with the idea of forming an organization for mutual benefit and help. There will be an interesting program including an address by the Reverend Frank E. Wilson of Camp Grant. This meeting will be held at Central school, Tenth streei: and Centr! avenue, Friday evening, June 14, ut 8PM wi Sa : One hundred and four graduates |of New Trier Township high school | will receive their diplomas this even- ling at the annual graduation exer- | cises to be held in the school as- | sembly hall at 8 o'clock. | The Commencement address will delivered by Professor John Adams Scott of Northwestern Uni versity. His subject will be, "Na- tional Ideals." Mr. Henry P. Williams will present the English prizes. Principal H. S. Brown will deliver the class address. | be Sunday school and church services | will be combined next Sunday morn- | ing at the Wilmette Baptist church. The services will be at 10:30 o'clock and in charge of a Sunday school | committee which is formulating a splendid Children's Day program. The Young People's be held as usual at 6:15 o'clock in the | evening. All the services will be conducted in the Wilmette Woman's club. {| Reverend W. H. Cornell of Glencoe | services will | will pronounce the invocation and | Major Vattmann the benediction. LIGHTNING AND WIND PLAY HAVOC WITH SHADE TREES A regular Spring time thunder and lightning storm blew over Winnetka early Thursday 7 afternoon and, though of brief duration left distinct traces in its wake other that those {of the big rain drops. Three trees on the grounds of the | Greeley school were rent asunder by a combination of wind and light- ning. , The children, fortunately, were within the shelter of the school room. Branches of tress were scattered | over pavements and parkways in several sections of the Village though 'ino residents were reported injured. 4 . oF improvements completed last year. Anvong these are the brick paving of Elm street, sidewalks on Vernon | street and Prairie avenue, water main {in Fir street, sanitary sewer in Lake | Street, concrete pavement of Walden road, and air compressor plant in | Sheridan road at Hubbard Hill, + + + The petition for the assessment of the cost of constructing a system of concrete pavements in the southeast section of the Village was filed in the Superior Court of Cook County on April 23. The assessment roll has al- so been filed, and objections to the same have been entered. After the court ruled on objections on June 6, the case will be set for trial as soon as the business of the court will permit. + + + A petition for the improvement of the storm sewer outlet at the south end of Provident avenue, in accord- ance with the ordinance recently passed by the Council, will be filed {in court within the next few days. + + + The attention of all citizens is call- |ed to the provisions of the Village {Code of Ordinances with regard to | annual licenses due on May 1 of | this year. A statement of the licens- | es follow : { Automobiles, 35 H. P. or under $5 { Automobiles, over 35 H. P. ...... 10 Auto Bus, Taxicab, etc. .......... 10 Motor Trucks, less than one ton 10 Motor Trucks, 1 ton and over .. 20 One Horse Vehicles 0... 0 cdi, 3 Two Horse Vehicles .............. 6 {Motoreycles: oi. on oo el 2 tDegs, «Male oi... iri ia 2 tDogs, Female oo. ii. io 3 | Pub iz Pi¥iard Tables iii 5 { Peddlers... ou li aio ik fg 10 LTunkeDealers 00 is. le 5 [Milk Dealers... .0o00 iis, 5 [Plambers™......0 el 25 | It will be necessary for all persons from whom the above licenses are | due, to secure the same before June | {15; failure to do so must be con- | sidered a violation of the Village Code. + + + | Word has been received from Chief of Police Peterson, who has been ab- sent on a leave of absence in connec-. tion with government work at Pen- secola, Florida, that he will return to Winnetka on June 15. : his commission. | "+ + + | William Merrill, Arthur Kuhn, Uno | | : Charles | Johnson and George McKinney are | Nurmio, Robert Meleny, | nOw overseas. | ple ol 4 | Paul Wagner of Rosedale avenue [and Pine street is now at Camp | Jackson, South Carolina. + + + Earl W. Dean of Hubbard Woods |is at sea. + + + | Perry Buchanan, who graduated re- cently from the Third Officers' Train- ling Camp, has received his com- | mission as Second Lieutenant and lis on the list for overseas duties. + + + Helyer de Windt enlisted in the army May 1 and is with Company C, {304 Battalion of the Heavy Tanks at [Camp Colt on the Battlefield of | Gettysburg. | + + + | Delano de Windt is in the Navy as first class Yeoman at Fairhaven, | Mass. ! + + + | George Wissman of 388 Monroe | street, Glencoe, is in the Marine | Corps overseas, and his father, Emil | Wissman, has recently enlisted in a | Canadian Regiment consisting en- i tirely of Americans. + + + Everett Dewey of the 129 Field | Hospital Corps, formerly at Camp | Logan, is now overseas. + + + Mrs. James Wood of 1082 Spruce |street, has given four sons to the ! service. Charles, age 23, is in Com- pany I, 56th Inf, Camp McArthur, | Waco, Texas. His twin brother, | James, Jr. is at the naval training | station. John Wood, age 20, who en- Ilisted in the Navy last July is now 'overseas, and the youngest son, | David, goes to the Great Lakes sta- tion when school is out. + + + Mr. John W. Scott of Hubbard | Woods is now on the War Industrial Board at Washington. + + Winnetka's Service Roll now con- | tains the names of 265 men. : Monthly Report : The monthly reports from the Red Cross will be published in next week's issue. {until the next harvest in so far as | my circumstances will permit, as re- | quested by the U. S. Food Admini- stration." Soares Is Speaker After Mr. William S. Miller had read Lincoln's Gettysburg address, the chairman introduced the speaker of the afternoon, Professor Theodore Gerald Soares, who gave a most in- teresting and inspiring address. After singing America, the Rever- end James A. Richards pronounced the benediction. The audience then spent a most interesting half hour watching the drill by Company "A" Infantry, Illinois Reserve Militia. Much enthusiasm was manifested in this excellent exhibition, and the splendid work of this company, plauded. ENTER CONTEST WITH A REAL WAR GARDEN June 15 is Last Day for Villagers to Get Into Competition for Prizes for Best Amateur Gardens Have you registered your garden? | All gardens in the Village, which are |cared for by members of the family | should be entered in the garden con- | test which is open to amateurs only | so that all will have an equal chance. i Enter your garden before June 15, at the War Emergency Union offices, | Community House, or phone Win- netka 1000, and make your garden a | real war garden. | Prizes in the nature of useful gar- den implements will be awarded for the three best gardens and honor- able mention will be given to the next five best. Italian Relief Here An Italian committee is now or- ganized in Winnetka with Mrs. Cor- nelius Lynde in charge. Those inter- eted in making these needed gar- | ments for the Italian Refugees are asked to meet on Wednesday after- noons at the Parish House. Sewing will be done on hospital garments and refugee clothing. Workers are much needed. It has been decided to readvertise for bids for the paving of Hill road, only one bid having been received for this work. ABSTAIN FROM WHEAT sh