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WINNETKA WEEKL Winnetka Memorial Edition VOL. XII, No. 21%; 4 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS WINNET HALT BUSINESS T0 HONOR DEAD Stores and Offices of New Trier Township to Close Friday Afternoon BANKS CLOSE ALL DAY Memorial Services Honor Departed President Observance of the national Day of Mourning established by a proc- lamation issued early this week by President Calvin Coolidge, will be general throughout New Trier Township on Friday of this week. As if by common agreement, though no official request had been sent forth, the business houses and offices in the various villages signi- fied their intention early this week of closing their doors between the hoursiof 1 P.M. and 5 P. M. Iiri- day afternoon. The Winnetka State Bank and the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank will be closed all day. The post office will be closed from 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock. ~ Mourning Is General Political differences have been forgotten and every resident of New Trier township, from the low- liest individuals to the first citizens of the community, will join in mourning the untimely passing of Warren Gamaliel Harding, the great executive, who liked best to be known as just one of the rank and file in his beloved America. And every resident of New Trier township will join on Friday in the general expression of sorrow in the hour when all that is mortal of Warren G. Harding is lowered into the grave. Many will attend community memorial services. Others, unable to join with their fellow citizens in the public ob- servance of mourning and prayer, will pay silent tribute in the privacy of their homes. Village In Mourning Placards bearing a recent photograph of the late president and announcing the general cessation of business activi- ties on Friday afternoon have been placed in the windows of practically every store and office in the township. In addition to this signal of solemn respect, store windows and entrances, as well as pri- vate residences, are expected to be ap- propriately draped in mourning colors. The citizenry of New Trier, stunned by the sudden passing of the man who was its popular choice at the voting places in November, 1920, will pause in silent tribute to the distinguished dead. Miller Issues Statement Responding to proclamations issued early this week by President Coolidge and Governor Small, the accompanying statement was issued this week by President John S. Miller, Jr. of the Village of Winnetka, calling upon the citizens of the community to parti- cipate in the national day of mourning and prayer. President Miller's statement reads as follows: "In accordance with proclamations is- sued by President Calvin Coolidge and Governor Len Small appointing Friday, the tenth day of August as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the na- tion and state, I respectfully ask that the citizens of this community, in common with our fellow citizens throughout the nation, do on that day give outward ex- pression of their realization of the irrep- erable loss sustained in the death of our beloved chief magistrate. "I also respectfully urge that our citizens cease, so far as possible, their usual activities of the day, that stores and offices be closed between the hours of one o'clock and five o'clock P. M., and that all those who can, join in the Com- munity 'Memorial Services arranged to be held on that day simultaneously with divine services to be held in communities in every part of the country." £ WA BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1865 WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING 29th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DIED AUGUST 2, 1923 Warren G. Harding 29th President of the United States to be held at CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Friday, August 10, 1923 at 8 o'clock p. m. Order of Service: A Service for the Community Commemorative of HYMN+"Nearer My 'God to Thee? ...:..c.. eso sivh wrens Congregation SENTENCES AND LORD'S PRAYER. READING OF THE PSALTER. READING OF THE LESSON. HYMN--"Abide. WitheMe". a oatn tion. sidan 2.0 Jivese ovis Congregation CREED AND COLLECTS. NS a A I ddan sire ee John S. Miller, Ir. HYMN Lead-Rindly, Light" 0... 2 as ore Congregation ADDRESS Al Bil awe vi rg ini ta aR Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard ANTHENL Lon sears Bi vine onary ra ar ES arma erie A iene ue Quartet CLOSING PRAYER AND BENEDICTION. HYMN---*"Oh "Beautiful for -Spacieus Skies" anna. i fis, oo Congregation MOURNS DEAD PRESIDENT DIVINE SERVICES 'HONOR HARDING Winnetka to Hold Commun- ity Memorial Services Fri- day at Christ Church SOLEMN CEREMONIES Suspend All Activities to Honor the Dead Friday evening at 8 o'clock, when the thoughts of every loyal American will turn to the solemn rites in the little Ohio town where the earthly remains of Warren Gamaliel Harding, twenty-ninth President of the United States, will be laid to rest, the citizens of Win- netka will assemble in Christ Episcopal church in a service for the community commemorative of the great American leader who sac- rificed his life in conscientious and loving devotion to the welfare of the nation that was dearer to him than life itself. Responding to the call of President Calvin Coolidge, the village will be in- vited to observe a simple but impressive service at which John S. Miller, Jr., vil- lage president, and the Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard rector of Christ church will be the speakers. Sing Hymns He Loved Included in the service will be the singing by the assemblage of familiar hymns that the late President loved best; such beautiful anthems as "Lead, Kindly Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee." Winnetka will respond prayerfully to the recommendation of President Cool- idge to "assemble on that day in the places of divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Al- mighty God and to pay out of full hearts the homage and love and reverence due to the memory of the great and good presi- dent, whose death has so sorely smitten the nation." Members of Winnetka Post No. 10, of the American Legion will attend the community memorial services in a body and in uniform. They will assemble at 7:30 o'clock at the Humboldt avenue en- trance to Christ church. Other patriotic and civic organizations are cordially in- vited to attend the services. It is especi- ally requested that Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girl groups attend the services, as- sembling with the Legionnaires at the Humboldt avenue entrance to the church. Christ Church parish has also ar- ranged a community memorial sérvice to be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. in the chapel at Oak and Linden street's at which the Holy Communion will be celebrated. Other services to be held in honor of the memory of the departed chief mag- istrate of the nation are Masonic rites at the Wilmette Lodge hall, and a special memorial service announced by the North Shore Congregation to be held in the Jane Kuppenheimer Memorial hall, Sko- kie school, at 3:30 o'clock Friday after- noon. Five masonic lodges of the north shore will join on Friday evening of this week in Memorial ceremonies as a tribute to their departed Brother, Warren Gamaliel Harding. = The services will be held in the Wilmette Lodge hall, 1159 Wilmette avenue at 8 o'clock in the evening. Lodges co-operating in this service will be Glen- coe Lodge No. 983, North Evanston Lodge No. 1060, Winnetka Lodge No. 1078, Wilmette Lodge No. 931, A. F. and A. M. and Wilmete Chapter No. 253, R.A M. There will be no thought of the cus- tomary week-end activities on Friday. Not only will offices and places of busi- ness be closed in the afternoon hours, but all recreation will be suspended dur- ing the hours when the nation bows in solemn tribute to the man "whose public life was inspired with the desire to pro- mote the best interests of the United States."