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i § B i + ini tad a i i 64 WINNETKA TALK October 22, 1927 Winnetka Scouts to Hold Parents' Night on Thursday Next Thursday night the Boy Scouts of Winnetka will claim prestige over any other engagements and will con- duct their parents to Community House for an evening of fun and entertain- ment. The evening will be known as parents' night and the fathers and mothers will attend the regular troop meetings which will begin at 7:30 o'clock. These meetings, while con- ducted in the regular manner, will last for only a half hour, however, and at 8 o'clock the parents will go to the gymnasium. Shortly aferward the Scout buglers will sound assembly and the four troops will march into the gymnasium, Here a hollow square will be formed and inspection of the troops will be conducted by the troon leaders who will then report to Chief J. W. F. Davies master of ceremonies. The program in the gymnasium will be opened by a talk by Chief Davies to the parents, in which he will outline the purposes and ideals of Scouting and will talk of the various phases of Scout life and training. This will be immediately followed by a special pro- gram presented by the troops. The first number on this program will be conducted by troop 4 and will consist of some game, the identify of which will be held as a surprise, in which the fathers and the Scouts will both take part. This will be followed by a wall scaling demonstration by Scouts of troop 3. Members of troop 2 will then put on an O'Grady drill and this will be followed by four stunts presented by the four patrols of troop 1. The program in the gym will be con- cluded by the Scout ceremony, "To the | Colours," executed by all four troops and the boys and their parents will | then be served with "eats." The Winnetka troops have gotten off to an excellent start this year, ac- cording to those in charge. While it has been customary in past years to have achieved only the formation of two troops by this time of year, there are now four troops with a member- ship ranging from 30 to 48 Scouts and plans for the organization of a fifth troop are now under way. is considered by those intimately asso- ciated with the movement here, to be indicative of a most successful vear and earnestly desirous that the larger part of the parents of the Village shall attend the Scout festivities next Thurs- day night. English Scientist to Speak at First Meeting of Forum The Uptown Forum held in the Peo- ple's church, of which Dr. Preston Bradley is minister, at 941 Lawrence avenue, will begin its second season next Sunday evening, October 30, George Patterson Boyle, chairman of the forum committee announced to- day. This forum, devoted to the dis- cussion of vital public questions, is non-sectarian and non-propagandist and oven to all members of the com- munity. The speaker at the first meet- ing will be Bertrand Russell of Eng- land, philosopher and scientist, who will speak upon "Education and the Good Life." Mr. Russell's book upon this subject has commanded world- wide attention and has given a new meaning to the phrase, "the good life." The meeting will bein promptly at 8 o'clock and the lecture will be followed by a question period. Mrs. Henrv Riggs Rathbone of Ken- ilworth has iust nubliched a book of poems entitled "On Wings of Song." The hook is just ont of press and is meeting with marked success. Tells of China This record. Dr. P. W. Kuo, eminent Chinese edu- cator, author and political economist, who is director of the China Institute in America, will be the speaker at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club Octo- ber 23. Dr. Kuo will discuss various phases of the present situation in China. It is felt certain that his ap- pearance on the north shore will bring a record attendance to the Sunday club which convenes in the First Con- ~regational church auditorium. Village to Install 1'elechrom Equipment at Lighting Plant Installation of the telechrom in Win- netka homes and business houses was made possible by the action of the vil- lage council at its meeting Tuesday evening, when it authorized the neces- sary regulating equipment at the muni- cipal electric plant. This will permit the village to give observatory time service over the electric light wires. The telechrom, an electrically oper- ated and controlled clock may be plugged in anywhere on the lighting circuit. Correct time at the plant will be obtained by radio relayed from Ar- lington. These clocks, Village Manager H. I Woolhiser announced, will be sold at the electric service shop at the village hall and will be on display in about two weeks. Detailed information, rel- ative to the matter, he said will be sent out with the next electric bills. The operating cost of the telechrom is said to be only about ten cents per month. They require no winding nor regulating except in case of interrup- tion in the current service, when the clocks may be reset by calling the vil- lage hall, Winnetka 2500. Winnetka .is Keeping step with the Commonwealth Edison company and other public utility companies in pro- viding this modern service to its cus- tomers. 38 Out of 46 Arrests for Auto Ordinance Violations Thirty-eight of the forty-six arrests reported by W. M. Peterson, chief of the Winnetka police department, to the village council at its meeting Tues- day night, were for violations of laws pertaining to the operation of auto- mobiles. Violation of the village park- ing rules headed the list with 13, and 11 violated the speed law. Mrs. Dorothy Tavlor Gerould, with her children, left last week for her home in California. She has made an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor. Essex road, Kenilworth. Officials to Make Careful Study of Apartment Advance! The building of apartments, which has been progressing in Hubbard Woods at a lively pace during the past year, both in the way of com- pleted improvements of this nature and others in contemplation, was brought to the attention of the Village council at its meeting last Tuesday evening by Stanley P. Farwell, chair- man of the Winnetka Zoning commis- sion, with the recommendation that the zoning body meet soon with the council to discuss the situation. Mr. Farwell expressed the opinion that the building of apartments in the Hubbard Woods section has empha- sized a speculative development which threatens to violate the ordinances stipulating a limit on the number of families permitted to the acre, unless some steps are taken to curtail the movement. He considered it a matter that both the Zoning board and the Village counci! should discuss. It was decided that the Zoning board would meet with the flats and zoning committee of the Village coun- cil Tuesday evening, October 25, at which time this committee, of which Trustee Doris D. Benson is chairman, is also to take up the matter of the objection to the proposed oil filling station at Scott and Linden avenues. Local Gridders Pluck Owl Team Feathers 7 - 6 The Black and White football team of Winnetka plucked the feathers of the Owl sportsmen, a Chicago team, in a sensational game at Skokie Playfield last Sunday. The score was 7 to 6. Walter Dahl, who formerly played with the Wilmette team, has joined the Black and White eleven and made his first appearance with his new associ- ates in last Sunday's game. He plays richt end and tackle and is very fast. The Chicago Orioles are coming out to Skokie to warble next Sunday, but the Black and White team is prom- ising to send them home singing a far different tune to that which their pres- ent season's victories causes them to hum just now. Jacob Forman Drowned Near Lloyd Home Friday Jacob Forman, age 85, died Friday of asphyxiation due to accidental drowning, in the lake, at the foot of Lloyd place, Winnetka. Mr. Forman resided at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Barnett Faroll, 741 Prospect avenue. Early Saturday morning he arose, dressed himself, a thing he had not done for the past two years, it was said, and evading his nurse, wandered away. His absence was reported to the police about 9 o'clock and an hour and a half later his lifeless body was found on the shore by Sergeant Harry Enault and Motorcycle Officer Charles M. Bemus. The body was removed to the under- taking parlors of the Frederick E. Lewis company, 1124 Central avenue, Wilmette, where the coroner's inquest was held Monday morning at 10 o'clock. f OIL HEAT T.et us care for all your problems in Oil Heating--whether it's a new burner that's wanted or repairing the old one. OILOMATI Winnetka Fire Department Responds to Seven Calls The Winnetka fire department re sponded to seven calls during the month of September, but only five oi the calls were fire alarms, according to the monthly report of G. M. Hour en, Chief of the department, as sub- mitted to the village council Tuesday evening. The other two calls proved equally important, one being a case where a woman was accidentally locked in a bathroom and the department ladders were needed, and the other was a case where helpers equipped with gas masks were required to stop a leak in an ammonia tank. Two of the five fires were caused by overheated electric irons. The five fires caused a total damage of only $720, while the total value of the prop- erty involved thereby = was almost $100,000. VILLAGE OF WINNETKA Notiee of Award of Contract. SRR od "Tilinols, Oct. 22, 1927. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contract for the improvement of EDGE- WOOD LANE, from and connecting with the existing concrete pavement at the west line extended of Greenwqod Ave- nue, to a line six (6) inches east of and parallel with the west line of Grove Street, by grubbing, clearing. excavating, filling, grading, rolling, and preparing the subgrade to receive the proposed pave- ment, grading, leveling and handraking narkways, constructing tile pipe drains, tile pipe culvert with end walls, inlets of tile pipe encased.with concrete, with cast iron grates, adjusting manholes and valve vault, furnishing new manhole covers, re- moving tree and concrete headwall, and paving with a one (1) course reinforced concrete pavement without ei sinclud- ing returns in Grove' Street as far back as the north and south lines extended of Edgewood Lane, all within the Village of Winnetka, County of Cook and State of Tllinois, said improvement and assess- ment being otherwise known as Winnetka Special Assessment No. 461,232, was awarded on October 18th, 1927, to PAUL RESCHKE of 1149 Cherry Street, Win- netka, Illinois, for the sun of Nine Thous- and Three Hundred Four and 27/100 Dol- lars ($9,304.27). 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