7 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924 3 MERCHANT SLAIN BY NEGRO THIEF Wilmette Girls Near Scene of Shooting Irene Vetterick and Frances Miller, 1223 and 1225 Central avenue, respec- tively, were near-eyewitnesses of a fatal shooting last Sunday evening when, while seated in a booth in a confectionery at Church street and Benson avenue, Evanston, they sud- denly heard a shot and leaped up in time to see a man dash through the entrance and west on Church street. The girls fled from the building and notified the police who, a few mo- ments later, found Nuncio Masculino, the proprietor lying dead behind a counter. The murderer was indent- ified as a negro but had not been located late this week. Robbery was ascribed as the prob- able motive of the shooting, though verification could not be secured, since there were no actual witnesses of the shooting. The girls declared that no audible word passed between Mas- culino and the negro before the shoot- ing occured. Sometime after the fatal shooting in the Masculino confectionery, Pa- trolman Ernest Otto of the Evanston department was shot by a negro he discovered in hiding in the North- western station park at Davis street. Otto, suspecting the crouching figure was that of a drunken man, flashed his light. A gun flash was the responce and Otto lay helpless, shot through the hip. The assailant, a negro, escaped. Early Monday morning a negro brandishing a revolver, appeared in the Kenilworth garage, and com- manded the car washer, who was on duty alone, to drive him to Chicago. Enroute, the car washer was none too gently advised that his companion had "just killed two guys in Evans- ton." At the south limits of FEvans- ton the car washer was ordered to leave the car and the negro drove into the city. The abandoned machine was located in the Chicago black belt on Wed- nesday. Chief of Detectives Hughes assigned a large squad of men to scour the Chicago black belt for the murderer. Simultaneously, the Evanston police were making a scrutinizing search in the negro section of the neighboring suburb. Nuncio Masculino, the murdered confectioner, was a brother of Sam and Gus Masculino who formerly operated a restaurant in Wilmette. Patrolman Otto is in a precarious condition at the Evanston hospital. Find Unusual Increase in School Enrollments One hundred and fifty more pupils are attending the Winnetka public schools than were enrolled last year, according to figures given out by Superintendent C. W. Washburne. The enrollment last year was 1,350, this year it is 1,500, the largest in the history of the Winnetka school dis- trict. In spite of the increased attendance, all the schools have been functioning smoothly during the week. The classes have had more a satisfactory start than has been the case in years, it was stated. The teachers' institute held during the week just prior to the opening of school, familiarized all the new teachers with Winnetka sys- tem, and gave the teachers of pre- vious years an opportunity to become acquainted and to cooperate with the newcomers before the pupils returned to their classes. All the customary activities of the schools are being arranged and plans and schedules are being made. Harry Clarke, athletic director, at the Skokie school, is preparing an intra- mural football schedule and will make a call for the girls' hockey teams next week. Tryouts will be held Tuesday and Thursday of next week for yell leaders at Skokie. Three boys and three girls will be selected, after the try- outs, to act as cheer leaders for the year. St. John's Church Calls To Services This Sunday Services and meetings for Sunday in St. John's Lutheran church, Wil- mette, have been announced as fol- lows by the pastor, Rev. Herman W. Meyer: 9:30 o'clock Sunday Bible class. 9:45 o'clock first service and sermon. 11:00 o'clock second service and sermon. "The Outward and Inward Growth of the Christian Church." The church has a large member- ship in Winnetka. Win part of $15,000.00 cash prizes. All money paid before Christmas. Simply solve "Spark-Plug" Puzzles. Cash awards every week. See next Sunday's Chicago Herald and Exam- iner for first puzzle. Order today from Winnetka News Co. S11 Elm St, Phone Winn. 765. school and --Adv. Thieves Cite Garage as Night Man Goes to Fire While the night service man at the Wersted garage was giving sideline ad- vce to our intrepid firemen engaged in extinguishing a blaze in the basemen: under the Community Pharmacy, Tues- day night, thieves entered the garage offices and lifted $26 from the cash register. The caretaker returned just in time to witness the hurried flight of one of the miscreants. Suspicion is cast upon persons "close to home," as the police would say, since the manipulation of the cash register required the skill of someone who was "familiar with the mechanism." The fire in the basement of the Com- munity Pharmacy building started in a barrel of waste paper and it was though probable the thieves schemed the fire to clear the path for their operation in Wersted offices. The portion of the basement in which the fire occured is not connected with the Community Pharmacy. Gas Company Keeps Office Open Until 9 P. M. Daily The Winnetka store and offices of the North Shore Gas company, at 744 Elm street, will remain open every evening until 9 o'clock, it was an- nounced at the general offices of the utility concern this week. The lengthened office hours are established in the interest of increas- ing the service provided at the local offices and to accommodate people who are not in a position to trans- act business with the company during the daytime, it is explained. Council Would Extend North Shore Franchise An ordinance was introduced at the meeting of the Village council Tues- day night to extend the street railway franchise of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad for 60 days pending further negotiations in the track separation plan. This ordinance will be given another reading at a special meeting of the trustees to be held Tuesday night, September 23. "Reality" Is Subject at Christian Science Church For September 21, the subject of the lesson-sermon of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, is "Reality." Serv- ices are held at Masonic temple, 708 Elm street, at 11 o'clock; Sunday school at 9:35 o'clock; Wednesday evening Testimonial meeting at 8 o'clock. The reading room at 746 Elm street is open daily except Sun- day from noon to 5 o'clock and on Wednesday evening from 9 to 9:30 o'clock. " Read the Want-Ads Local Children Entered In Unique Prize Contest School children of this community have determined to give those of the rest of the United States and Canada a hard race. fcr the honors of win- ning the $15,000 prize model electric home which is the principal national award in the Better Home Lighting Activity contest. The local electrical league, which is sponsoring the local contest under the superyision of the national Light- ing Educational committee, reports increasing interest. among school pupils over ten years of age. Many already have registered. In addition to the national prizes offered by the Lighting Educational committee which range from the $15,000 home to college scholarships and other lesser awards, the local electrical league has arranged a list of valuable local prizes which will go to the winners of the 600 word es- say contest in this section. Only the sectional prize winners will be per- mitted to enroll in the national com- petition. The purpose of the contest is to teach the children, as well as to direct attention of their parents, to the rela- tionship between proper home light- ing and good vision. The activity has the active support of the National Educational association and the Eye- sight Conservation Council of America and other allied organizations. Cole Family Home From Lengthy Tour of the Continent Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Cole and Miss Bernice Cole of Kenilworth returned last week from a ten weeks' trip in Eu- rope, where they visited in England, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Italy. They returned on the Eng- lish line steamship Ohio. Since their ar- rival in Kenilworth Mr. Cole has been called away on business at Detroit. Mr. Cole, Bernice and Hallett accompanied him, returning to the village on Sunday. ---- Mr. Starrett of Winnetka Heights, left Sunday to attend the University of Michigan. 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