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EE WINNETEA TALK Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Ine., 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, 1llinois. Entered as second class matter Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. XVI, NO. 2 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, MARCH 19, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS HENRY F. TENNEY WILL HEAD VILLAGE BALLOT Annual Village Caucus Nomi- nates Candidates; Resolutions Laud Miller VILLAGE TICKET For President--Henry F. Tenney. For Trustees--Mrs. Walter L. Benson, H. L. Raclin, Walter A. Strong. : For Library Trustees--Mrs. Mary P. W. Miller, William A. Hadley, H. A. deWindt. For Treasurer--William E. Davis. For Marshal and Collector -- Theodore Flynn. For Police Magistrate--Byron A. Nelson. For Member Park board--John Edgar Freeman. The foregoing ticket was nominated at Matz hall, Community House, Mon- day evening, March 14, at what was said to have been the most largely at- tended caucus in the history of the village. More than 350 citizens at- tended the session. Interest was not alone in the caucus nominations, but many came to hear what was, in a sense address by John S. Miller, who this spring is retiring from the office of president of the Vil- lage Board of Trustees which he has served during the past eight years. Mr. Miller reviewed briefly the achievements of those years in village affairs, with occasional references to future plans and problems of the vil- lage, and at the close of his talk was given long and hearty applause. Res- olutions were adopted expressing the appreciation of the citizens for his great service to the community. Choose Committee Candidates The ticket, in its entirety, is the one recommended in the report of the nominating committee, the chairman of which, Ralph Snyder, presided at the caucus. The only contest appar- ent was that for the office of marshal and collector, for which the committee recommended the name of the incu bent, Theodore Flynn. The name of A. Lee Adams, local druggist, proposed from the floor, with the explanation that, if elected, he would, in addition to making the usual waver of jurisdic- tion over the police department and village collections, return to the village the nominal salary of $550 which goes with the office. The motion placing him in nomination was duly made and seconded, but was laid on the table, in the course of which proceedings the only unpleasant incident of an other- wise perfectly harmonious caucus re- sulted. Robert H. Wallace, of 1083 Cherry street, speaking in opposition to the candidacy of Mr. Adams, assumed credit for inducing Mr. Flynn to first seek this office fourteen years ago, at which time, Wallace declared, Flynn pledged to leave the police department entirely to the Village council. Notwithstanding the fact that the friends of Mr. Adams, in presenting his name to the caucus had also made a (Continued on page 47) Village Candidates Brief Personal Sketches of Candidates on the Village Ticket Henry F. Tenney The nominee for President of the Village board of Winnetka who, with other members constituting the Village ticket, endorsed by the Village caucus March 14, is Henry F. Tenney, residing at 193 Chestnut street. Mr. Tenney has had pre- vious experience in the administra- tion of village affairs, having served two terms as Village trustee, retir- ing from the board last April. He is one of the prominent attorneys of Chicago. Mrs. Walter L. Benson Mrs. .Benson, whose home is at 671 Lincoln avenue, is treasurer of the Illinois League of Women Vot- ers and was formerly president of the Winnetka League of Women Voters. She has been nominated for Village trustee to succeed Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, whose term ex- pires this spring and who was not a candidate for re-election. H. L. Raclin Mr. Raclin, 528 Elder lane, has served on the Village beard sev- eral years and is now chairman of the Streets, Drainage and Forestry committee. He is a candidate to succeed himself. Walter A. Strong Mr. Strong, 1377 Tower road, is publisher of the Chicago Daily News, and has served two years as trustee. He is chairman of the finance committee. He is a candi- date to succeed himself. William E. Davis Mr. Davis, re-nominated for the office of Village treasurer, in which he has served for a number of vears, resides at 1080 Private road, Hubbard Woods. He is a teacher in a Chicago public high school. Theodore Flynn Mr. Flynn, for fourteen years marshal and collector, was re-nom- inated for that office. He resides at 968 Spruce street and is engaged in the restaurant business. Byron A. Nelson Mr. Nelson, re-nominated for police magistrate, resides at 607 Provident avenue and is an attorney of Winnetka and Chicago, with lo- cal offices at 746 Elm street. He was first elected to this office in 1917 to fill the unexpired term, of two years, of John S. Miller, Jr. and has been twice re-elected, hav- ing served a total of ten years. The nominees for Library Trus- tees are Mrs. William S. Miller of 647 Spruce street; William A. Had- ley, of 913 Oak street and H. A. de Windt, of 205 Chestnut street. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Hadley were nom- inated for re-election and Mr. de Windt was nominated to succeed Walter Fisher, who was not a can- didate for re-nomination. John Edgar Freeman, of 185 Chestnut street, nominee for mem- ber of the park board, is in the engineering contracting business with the Parlock Appliers, of Chi- cago. > Caucus Expresses Thanks to Miller for Long Service Resolutions expressing the sincere thanks of the citizens of Winnetka for the extended term of excellent service given the community by Village Presi- dent John S. Miller, Jr., were adopted at the 1927 Village caucus held in Com- munity House Monday, March 14. The resolutions were adopted follow- ing Mr. Miller's address before the caucus in which he reviewed municipal affairs in general and commented upon some of the more important problems awaiting solution in the near future. The resolutions read as. follows: "We, the citizens of Winnetka, in this annual meeting assembled, hereby record our sincere appreciation of the able, faithful and extended services rendered to our community by John S. Miller, Jr., who has acted as Village President for four terms and is now about to retire after eight years of service. "Mr. Miller has given his time to the Village affairs generously and at con- siderable personal sacrifice. "His disinterested devotion to the public welfare, his tact, consideration, sound judgment and persistence have gained for him the respect of all, and with the assistance of his able col- leagues in the Village Council, have led to the reconciling of many differ- ences of opinion, marked progress in public improvements and realization of the Village Plan and to effective ad- ministration of the Village offices gen- erally. "RESOLVED, that the Secretary of the meeting be instructed to deliver a copy of this resolution to Mr, Miller and express to him the sincere thanks of his fellow citizens." High School Board Election Falls on April 9 This Year The New Trier Township High school board election is scheduled to be held Saturday, Aoril 9, it was an- nounced this week. Terms of Leslie F. Gates, president of the board; and Ed- ward J. Phelps, member, will expire, and this spring their friends through- out the township are urging them to become candidates to succeed them- selves. President Gates and Mr. Phelps, it is pointed out, have had a tremen- dously important part in the formula- tion of plans which are making for a greater New Trier, a program of ex- pansion that makes imperative the re- tention of their invaluable service. It is the sincere hope of the High School board that a thoroughly repre- sentative vote be cast at this year's election, since it is highly desirable that the splendid work of the board receives the unmistakable endorsement of the electorate. PAY TAXES NOW Township Collector Sanborn Hale reports that tax collections are not coming in as good as they did last year. He respectfully urges that all who have not mailed in their checks kindly do so as soon as possible, as 'he expects to receive notice any day to turn in his books. COURT VACATES CALL FOR BOND ELECTION "No Man's Land" Park Proposi- tion Not to Be Voted Upon; Push Annexation Plan County Judge Edmund Jarecki Tuesday of this week issued an order to vacate the call for an election April 5, on the proposition to issue $500,000 in bonds for the purpose of acquir- ing "No Man's Land"--the territory lying along Sheridan road between Wilmette and Kenilworth--for a New Trier township park. In other words, there will be no election on the propo- sition. The action by Judge Jarecki was largely at the instance of the Citi- zen's committee, a group of New Trier residents who, several days ago, were successful in securing favorable ac- tion in committee on House Bill No. 51, designed to bring "No Man's Land" into Wilmette by forcible an- nexation. This bill is soon to be acted upon in the legislature, it is thought. In a statement concernng the order to vacate the call for the bond issue election, and setting forth the status of the annexation measure. Arthur Bonnet, chairman of the Citizens' committee, comments as follows: Would Protect Homes "The Citizens' committee is inter- ested mainly and only in protecting the homes and the community life of the north shore. "And the only way we can accom- plish this in our fight against the "No Man's Land" developments is to have a united public opinion behind us. "When the bond issue was proposed and the petition submitted to the County court, we had in mind the possibility of putting on the Illinois law books a statute permitting com: pulsory annexation of the tract. But we did not know how far we could get with the idea. "However, in the matter of forcing additional taxation, no matter how small, on a community, there is al- ways bound to be a difference of opin- ion. One can never hope for unani- mous consent. Therefore, when last week, we succeeded in getting the Municipalities committee to report favorably on our compulsory annexa- fion statute (House Bill No. 51), we felt that this was the action that should and would have the united support of the entire north shore. "Therefore, to clear the atmosphere and bring the issue down to the single point for which we have always con- tended--the control and policing of these 'No Man's Land' developments-- we have, through the legal avenues open to us, prevailed upon the County Judge to vacate his order on the bond issue. Now "Single Issue" "Now 'No Man's Land' stands be- fore the north shore as a single issue on which we can all unite. And the Citizens' committee has gone as far as it can, up to this point. The rest must be accomplished by a united pub- lic sentiment. "If the people of the north shore do not want to see a second Wilson avenue district at their very door; if they do not want Sunday moving pic- (Continued on page 49)