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: : : ] i < i sh id . January 15, 1927 WINNETKA TALK CHURCH IN ANNUAL MEETING WEDNESDAY Congregational Members to En- joy Dinner, Entertainment and Discussion Gathering The largest and most representa- tive week-day gathering of the parish of the Winnetka Congregational church, will be held Wednesday eve- ning, January 19, at 6:30 o'clock, at Community House, when the annual Parish dinner will take place. Quoting from the card sent to mem- bers, the spirit of the meeting will be "simplicity and goodfellowship--a great deal of both." Every year the members of the congregation gather together to enjoy this dinner, reports of the year's activities, ideas and plans for the fu- ture, and some form of entertainment. This year's dinner is in charge of an efficient committee composed of Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, E. E. Brown, and A. Montague Ferry. These com- prise the program committee, and are taking general charge of the evening. They announce that a slight change in the usual form has taken place, for, instead of having one of the ministers preside, as has been customary, John R. Montgomery will perform that duty. Men Avoid "Serving" Another change going into effect will be in the personnel of the waiter's staff, which for several years has con- sisted of a score of domestically in- clined good natured husbands. But this year, Hamilton Daughaday, E. A. Anderson and Franklin Nelson, who make up the dinner committee, have engaged someone to care for cooking and serving the dinner, allowing the husbands who in the past have so graciously worked as waiters, to sit with their families, and be waited upon. Mrs. Sidney Bartlett, violinist, and Mrs. Valona Brewer, violinist, will play a duet, accompanied by Mrs. Arthur Dean at the piano. The sen- ior chorus choir will give some im- promptu selections. Mrs. Sidney Bart- lett is in charge of this part of the evening's entertainment. The several reports to be made will be given by Merritt Lum, chairman of the Finance committee and of the Every Member Canvass; David R. Kennnicott, clerk, and Hamilton Daughaday, treasurer. In addition to these reports, lantern slides will be shown reviewing the history of the church and anticipating its future. One of the most welcome of the reports, and talks will be last minute letters from Rev. and Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds in China, and Rev. and Mrs. Clarence W. Wolsted in India, who represent the church in those far- away lands. The atmosphere of this annual din- ner is to be that "of a happy family talking over its intimate affairs and planning its future." Surprises and secret stunts are not being planned | this year. With this in mind, every memher of the parish is urged to be present, and to feel that this dinnr and meeting symbolize a new starting point in the life of the church. The large number of reservations which are always made, necessitate co- operation by the congregation. The committee requests that those plan- ning to attend get their tickets before January 17. Miss Mary Williams or Mrs. J. D. Pierce at the Community House have them on sale. NEUROLOGIST TO TALK Dr. John Favill will talk to the par- ents of the seventh and eighth grades of the North Skore Country Day school, January 18, on the "Problems of Adolescence." Dr. Favill is a noted nevgologist and psychiatrist of Chi- cago. a HEAR LOCAL LEADERS Program Committee of Winnetka Ma- sonic Lodge Announces Series of Interesting Civic Gatherings The program committee of Winnet- ka Masonic lodge has arranged for the year 1927 a series of events that will be of particular interest to all Ma- sons in this vicinity. Plans are now prepared that on the third Tuesday of each month, or the second regular stated meeting, there will be a short business session to be followed at 8:20 o'clock by an interesting address on various important subjects, by men of either Masonic, national, or local importance. The first of these will be on January 18. George E. Frazer of this lodge will talk on "The Masonic Life of Robert Burns." The speaker is par- ticularly qualified for this address, hav- ing made a study of the life of Burns. Mr. Frazer is a recognized authority on Masonry, being a former grand president of the Acacia fraternity. He is also founder and first national presi- dent of the National Masonic Research society. Other speakers of prominence that will follow are: February, John SS. Miller, village president, "George Washington and Foreign Relations"; March, H. I. Woolhizer, village man- ager, "Managing a Village"; April, Carlton Washburne, "Individual Edu- cation"; May, J. W. F. Davies, "Youth --Yesterday and Today." The program for the balance of the year will be announced later. An ef- fort wll me made by the committee to secure the Worshipful Grand Master of the State of Illinois at some future date. It is hoped that all Masons of this vicinity whether affiliated with Win- netka lodge 1078 or not will keep these dates open and avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing these talented men talk throughout the year. Worshipful Master Sidney Wellbe- loved has placed with the following committee complete charge of these programs throughout the year;: J. W. F. Davies, chairman; George E. Frazer, William F. Groene, Harley C. Winchell, Edwin J. Thompson. Wisconsin Professor Will Talk at Skokie on Youth Professor M. V. O'Shea, of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, will speak at the Skokie school, Monday evening, January 17, at 8:15 o'clock. He 1s speaking under the auspices of the North Shore Country Day school Parent-Teacher association and the Winnetka Parent-Teacher association. His topic will be, "Youth and the New Times." ; Tutoring There is practically no service that cannot find interested prospects through the Want Ads: TUTORING -- EXP. TEACHER, high school and grade subject. Tel. Glencoe 235. ' Donald MacMillan to Give Lecture Here January 20 Opportunity is knocking! Open the door to opportunity at 8 o'clock on the night of Thursday, January 20, at the New Trier High school auditorium when Capt. Donald B. MacMillan, world famous explorer, gives his lec- tures on "The Arctic." His talk is to be illustrated with motion pictures taken during his 1926 explorations in the polar regions. The "Tri-Ship" of New Trier High school asked Captain MacMillan to tell his story to the people of the town- ship, his lecture to be in the nature of a benefit for the Scholarship fund sponsored by the club. Proceeds will go to help worthy high school boys secure a college education. Captain MacMillan has been on the north shore on previous occasions but next Thursday his talk will be some- thing entirely new, it is announced. Tickets for the lecture may be se- cured from members of the Tri-Ship in Wilmette, Snider-Cazel Drug com- club or at Adams pharmacy in Win- netka, the Renneckar Drug company pany at Hubbard Woods, and Snyder's Pharmacy in Glencoe. Tickets will also be on sale at the door. New Trier Selects Nine Members for New Debating Team The New Trier Debating team held its annual tryouts recently for select- ing members for the team. Accord- ing to Mr. MacLean, the coach, many tried out, and selecting the few was difficult, as the material was excep- tionally good. Nine members were se- lected. Only three have had previous experience. The students chosen are: Rollin Simonds, Henry Heineman, Sidney Rosenberg, Victor Dauber, John Erick- son, Karl Yost, Frank Gilchrist, Sey- mour Burge, and Althea Northam. The first three members on this list were members of last year's victorious team. During the last six years New Trier has lost only three debates, which is an enviable record for any team, whether in debating or athletics. Henry Heineman and Rollin Simonds are to act as leaders for each team. The team is planning to hold a debate in the near future with Proviso High school, on the Philippine question. Debaters who do especially good work in debating and satisfy all re- quirements are elected into the Nation- al Forensic league, a national honor so- ciety with 127 chapters located throughout the United States. The purpose of this society is to stimulate interest in debating and to give recog- nition to those who do successful work. Few people recognize the amount of time required to prepare a winning de- bate. The usual time spent at New Trier is from six to eight weeks of in- tensive training. The two managers, Alexander Mag- nus and Fred Channer, are assigned to various duties. The former is in charge of finance and publicity, the latter ar- ranges for debates and provides enter- tainment for the visiting teams. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN--TOPIC "Benjamin Franklin," will be the ser- mon topic on which the Rev. James Austin Richards will preach at the Winnetka Congregational church, Sun- day morning at 8 o'clock. "The Jus- tice of God" is the topic announced for the Sunday evening sermon at 8 o'clock, by the Rev. Thomas A. Good- win. The Young Men's class will dis- cuss the subject, "Is the love of money a root of all evil?" PLAN TOWNSHIP PARK FOR "NO MAN'S LAND" "Citizens' Committee" Behind Bond Issue Election Move; Plan Ballot April 5 An election having for its object the authorization of the issuance of bonds by New Trier township for the purpose of acquiring public parks in the town- ship, is the latest expedient sought by those citizens of the north shore com- munities who are determined to frustrate various building projects, now in progress or contemplated, in the so called "No Man's Land" situated on the lake front between Wilr:ette and Kenilworth. Tt was stated that Coun- ty Judge Edmund K. Jarecki has or- dered the election for April 5, for a vote on a $500,000 bond issue. A petition looking toward such a pro- cedure, and said to bear the signatures of more than 100 citizens, was filed Monday of this week in the County court asking that tribunal to call an election for the purpose of submitting the proposition in question to a vote of the citizens of New Trier Township. Official bodies in the township listed as favoring the bond issue ballot in- clude The Village boards of Wilmette, Kenilworth and Glencoe; the New Trier Township High school board; In- dian Hill Improvement association; Glencoe, Kenilworth and Wilmette Park boards; Glencoe, Kenilworth and Wilmette Schoo! boards. The Winnetka Village board, it is stated, has expressed opposition to the current and contemplated develop- ments in "No Man's Land" as being detrimental to the home life of the north shore residents. Addresses "Promoters" Followng closely the filing of the election petition, letters were addressed to the "promoters of the moving pic- ture project in 'No Man's Land" bearing the signature of Arthur Bon- net, as chairman of a Citizens' commit- tee, which, in addition to the notice of the contemplated ballot procedure and recitation of bodies supporting *such action, contained the following direct challenge : "Now you men behind this moving picture project are mainly north shore citizens. This petition and these res- olutions represent the wishes of your neighbors and fellow citizens and the development that you are interested in is being furthered contrary to their wishes. Therefore, surely, as a resi- dent of our beautiful north shore, and as a patriotic citizen of the community you ought not to insist upon carrying out this development. "So we ask that you desist from fur- ther procedure with your plans, pend- ing the approval of this bond issue and its subsequent negotiations in order to not unnecessarily pile up further ex- pense on your fellow citizens and neighbors in the erection of a struc- ture and an enterprise that is not wanted by the community and which would not receive the public approval so vital to a project of this type. "Anticipating a possible reply that such a halt cannot be called on account of existing contracts, I trust that with such undeniable proof as this petition to represent the wishes of the com- munity in which you live, you will not put private gain ahead of public wel- fare. Your reputation and your record warrant that assumption." The men to whom the above direct message was addressed are noted =s follows : Ayres Boal, Gilbert H. Scrib- ner, Mancel T. Clark, Harry C. Ed- monds, A. W. Shaw and Henry T. Stanton of Winnetka; Alfred T. Car- ton of Lake Forest; and H. O. Ed- monds of Kenilworth.