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-- -- rr -- -- ls October 6, 1928 WINNETKA TALK Winnetka Student North Shore Line Again Has Prominent Role Takes High Speed Prize A MILGRIM Hat . D . kb The Chicago, North Shore and Mil- of Green Felt...the in Drinkwater Play waukee railroad for the second suc- diagonal Gand of Frank McGlynn, the obscure actor |cessive year holds international hon- green grosgrain rib- who leaped to international fame in [Ors as the fastest interurban electric bongivesa decided i 1919 when he appeared as Abraham rafiread m Nort Americs, Loli nis ir, from our Lincoln in John Drinkwater' hat|ord was established late last wee nin John Drinkwater's epocha with the awarding of {the Electric Group of Hats drama of that name, will return to his beloved role October 5 and 6 when he heads the cast which will present the historic play in the Knox College the- ater at Galesburg. This presentation will be the first in which other than professional actors appear. All parts other than the lead will be played by members of the Knox College players. Dan Stilling of Winnetka, a junior at Knox, is playing the part of Gen- eral Grant. Betty Bennett of Des Plaines, a recent graduate, is portray- ing Mrs. Lincoln. Wade Arnold, a senior of last year, is coming frem Tulsa, Okla., to play the Chronicle. Benton Bull of Chicago, a junior, will represent Secretary Stanton. Harper Andrews of Kewanee, a senior, plays Gideon Wells. The part of Custis, Lincoln's negro servant, will be taken by George Willett of Tulsa, Okla. a senior. Lila Eccles Brimhall of Salt Lake City will play a feminine role. Nathan Jereald of Springfield is play- ing Scott. "Abraham Lincoln" is being pro- duced under the direction of Prof. Clarence L. Menser, formerly head of The Little Theater in Salt Lake City, who has given creditable preform ances of such plays as Shaw's "Pyg- malion" and "Devil's Disciple"; Lang- don Mitchell's "The New York Idea"; St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson"; Owen Davis' "Ice Bound"; John Masefield's "Tragedy of Nan"; Pi- nero's "The Second Mrs, Tanqueray"; George Kelly's "The Show Off"; Hat- cher Hughes' "Hell Bent fer Heaven"; and Frederick Lonsdale's "The Last of Mrs. Cheney." The Knox Players have appeared in these and other plays in Chicago, Quincy, Peoria, Ke- wanee, Princeton, and Burlington, Ia., as well as in the Knox College The- ater. Need $5,000,000 Relief Fund for Hurricane Area More than 5,000 workers representa- tive of the Chicago Association of Commerce, the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and the Red Cross, are striving this week to complete Chicago's quota of $300,000 for the Red Cross West Indies-Florida Hurri- cane Relief fund, according to James B. Forgan, Jr.,, Red Cross chairman in the Chicago area. The Chicago area drive is augmented by aid of every radio broadcasting station. During the first week of the drive slightly more than $133,000 was raised. President Coolidge, after reviewing reports of his personal investigators and of the Red Cross has caused the following appeal to be broadcast urg- ing the people of the nation to heed the appeals of the storm sufferers: "As President of the United States and as President of the American Red Cross, I urge our people to contribute promptly and most generously so that suffering among the many thousands of the West Indies and Florida may be alleviated. I have asked the American Red Cross to assume the task of rendering aid, acting as the agent of the people and all contribu- tions should be forwarded to your nearest local Red Cross chapter or to the Chicago Association of Com- merce. : (Signed) Calvin Coolidge." Latest reports from the islands and Florida show the relief and rehabilita- tion operation to be the largest ever handled by the Red Cross and at least $5,000,000 will be necessary to accom- plish the task. Guy S. Osborn of 330 Cumnor road, Kenilworth took an airplane trip to De Moines, Iowa, and back this week. Traction Speed Trophy to the "Road of Service" at the 47th annual con- vention of the American Electric Rail- way association at Cleveland. The trophy was also won by the North Shore Line last year. Official records based on operations during the past year show that the North Shore line leads all other inter- urban electric railroads both in elapsed and running time. Trains operating over 87.19 miles of track between Chi- cago and Milwaukee established rec- ords of 53.9 miles an hour, not in- cluding stops, and 41.8 miles an hour, including fourteen regular schedule stops. Presentation of the speed trophy was made by the committee on awards to John R. Blackhall, general manager of the North Shore line. ANNOUNCE GOLF PROGRAM Prizes will be awarded to the low two-man team which takes the honors in the play at the North Shore Golf club Saturday, October 6. There will also be Ball Sweepstakes, equally divided among Classes A, B, C, and D, on the official program this Saturday. Sunday's pro- gram wil include a Mixed Ball four- some, blind bogey event. MOVE TO EVANSTON Mr. and Mrs. George Moody, who have occupied the Carl Apelt home at 124 Robsart road, Kenilworth during the summer are now at the Home- stead in Evanston. Mr. Moody has purchased a lot on Ingleside place in Evanston and will build in the spring. | odernity, at $1850 The vibrant modernistic mode of a youthful age is admir- . ably expressed in the new Creations of . . . 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