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Bi p os Nad AN a 28 CY i as complete as possible through its House. Winnetka, which is the head- . the office of the WINNETKA WEEKLY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. VII, NO. 15. WiNMemes ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS ITALIAN FIGHTER TO 'RELATE WAR STORIES Lieutenant Roberto Violini Schedul- ed to Speak at Community House Sunday Evening COLLECTION FOR ITALY Herman B. Butler is to be Chairman of the Meeting Mrs. world, Winnetka is particularly | fortunate in having the opportunity |no matter what freaks the weather | Saturday in the Blackstone theater. may indulge in, the fare should ap- of hearing from one of her brave] men something of Italy's great part | in the War. Lieutenant Roberto | Violini of the Italian army will speak] at a patriotic meeting in Community | House, Sunday evening, June 30, at | 8 o'clock. He will tell of his recent | experiences on the Italian front and | will show lantern slides, many of | which were taken by himself. Money for Italians Mrs. Herman B. Butler is to be the | chairman of the evening. The music | || will be furnished by Senor Borino of Winnetka, with some members of his | Italian orchestra from Chicago. Every one will be welcome. Child- ren will be requested to be accomp- | anied by their parents. A collection | will be taken for Italian refugees. There will be no pledges. The meet- | ing will be held under the auspices | of the War Emergency Union. PAY <4 PLEDGE GET YOUR BOY IN THE WAR ARCHIVES Winnetka's War Records are kept = efecto, Mis, Jorefice Capron is chairman: The War Emergency Union anxious to secure the pictures of as many Winnetka men in service as possible. . Is your boy in service? Have you | a picture of him you will give to the | Service Album which the War | Emergency Union is getting together | for the Village? If so, will you bring | it as soon as possible to the offices | of the War Emergency Union? It is | hoped to have in the album, the | pictures of all Winnetka men in serv- ice with any interesting newspaper clippings or personal notes concern- | ing them. This album will be left in care of the library, when com- pleted. Bring your boy's picture to the War Emergency Union offices! PAY «4 PLEDGE nang tit is RED CROSS TOURNEY AT BOB O'LINK CLUB A Red Cross tournament will be the feature event at the Bob O'Link golf club at Highland Park on In- dependence Day. The play will com- mence at 8:30 in the morning. Pat- riotic prizes in the form of flags of the Allies, War Savings Stamps and a specially designed Independence Day trophy will be awarded the winners. Dinner and a dance will be the events of the evening at the club house. The prizes will be awarded after dinner when there will be pat- riotic speeches. PAY YOUR RED CROSS PLEDGE ACCOUNT NOW Mrs. John R. Montgomery, treas- urer of the Winnetka Branch of the Red Cross, has been authorized by the Red Cross compaign committee to receive payments on account of pledges made in the recent drive. These payments may be made to Mrs. Montgomery at the Parish quarters of the local auxiliary. Any who have not yet fulfilled their pledges, to date, are requested to pay the treasurer as promptly as possible. War Garden Signs As a means of protection against any possible depredation to your war garden, it is advisable to place a war garden sign on your garden. These signs can be obtained by calling at War Emergency years netka Woman's have booth on the Common at the Village | ternational Kindergarten Union lan active interest in the WOMAN'S CLUB PLANS FOR FOURTH | As has been customary in former a committee from the Nin- | club will, this year, | of the refreshment] "EATS" charge Fourth of July celebration. Mrs. Harry L Orwig who, because | of her ability in that connection, has | been called the refreshment "ace" of | The sessions were conducted at var- | could serve two purposes, buy books {the club, is chairman of the com- | mittee in charge of the booth. | In previous years the committee | {has been caused considerable worry | to the regular menu. Consequently, | peal to everyone in attendance at | the activities, in fact the combination reads like a good meal. | Assisting Mrs. Orwig will be Mes- dames Morris H. Lieber, John R. Dickinson, and Frank R. Green. PAY «4 PLEDGE [ VILLAGE HALL NOTES 'LOCAL WOMEN STUDY KINDERGARTEN WORK Local women the In- took Twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Union conduct- | ed in Chicago throughout this week. | members of ious theaters and auditoriums and] | were attended by representatives from every section of the United | States and from abroad. Splendid Music Lover the prospects of hot weather | Following are some of the in- | playing havoc with the cool refresh- | teresting incidents of the conven- |, At this time when the splendid | ments. This year the anxiety will be | tion : : y achievement of the Italian armies is [appreciably lessened as a supply of | The opening session of the twen ty interesting and thrilling the whole sandwiches and coffee will be added fifth annual convention of the Inter- national Kindergarten union was held | The union is the third largest educa- tional organization in the world, with a membership of nearly 20,000. It has nineteen active committees represent- ing hygiene, child study, experiment- al tests, art, science, home and] school philanthropy, and social serv- ice. Miss Fanniebelle Curtis, supervisor of kindergartens in New York, who has been appointed by the American Red Cross in Paris to take charge of the kindergarten unit in France, was at the convention. Miss Curtis recently returned from The Water department. of the Vil- lage 1s conducting a survey of the] | distribution system in order to de- tect leaks in the main and thereby | cut down waste of water. One large | leak, running to 30,000 gallons per | day, was located and stopped North avenue this week. The water from the leak was escaping into the Sanitary sewer and could not be de- tected on the surface. The discovery was made by means of special meas- uring equipment recently purchased by the Village. + + + The court hearing on the south Fr ee SCRRAGHCE TIC i Superior Court, Wednesday, July 3. ++ + Contract for the paving of Hill road, from Ridge avenue to the west | Village limits, has been let to James | Foley and company of Evanston. Work on the project started this week. + + + Village Manager H. IL. Woolhiser is preparing a budget covering the {current year's expenditures of the Villager The budget will be sub- mitted to the Council at its next meeting, for approval. It will form a basis for the disbursements of the coming year. + + + The Water and Light committee of the Council is conssdering the in- stallation of a special rate for elec- I tric ranges. + + + The Service Flag of the Village organization now has five stars re- presenting the following who are in active service: Robert I. Fitzgerald, George FEvien, Albert Stachel, John Blow and Harold Bohnen. PAY 4 PLEDGE RIDGE AVENUE CIRCLE IN MONTHLY MEETING The Ridge avenue Circle held its regular monthly meeting on June 17, at the home of Mrs. Stanley Clague, 849 Willow street. The work on hand at present is for the United Charities. Ten dresses and fifty night-gowns are abomt rea- dy to send in. Mrs. Clague has been elected chair- man of the Circle for the ensuing year. PAY 4 PLEDGE | WAR GARDEN CONTEST Winnetka's War Garden contest goes merrily on, and is marked by much interest. Eighty-nine gardens have been listed in this contest. These gardens will be inspected from time to time by the judges and prizes awarded at the end of the season. At a recent meeting of the Garden committee of the War Emergency Union, the following committee of judges for these gar- dens was appointed: Mrs. J. R. Dickinson, chairman; Mrs. Charles Frederick Greeley, Mrs. Charles Hub- bard. J Prizes in the form of useful garden implements will be given to the best Union, Community 'house. gardens. in | France, where she has been inspect- ling the war regions and the condi- | | tions: of the children of France and | | Belgium who have suffered from the | | war. She has come home aware of | ithe great need of the refugee child- | [ren for wholesome occupation and | happy surroundings in order that they may forget the terrible fear which they have experienced during the German invasions. PAY 4 PLEDGE = By Dr. C. O. Schneider (Commissioner of Health), There were reported month of May fifteen whooping cough. Fifteen cases of whooping cough in May, when compared with only three cases for the same month one year ago, is not at all satisfactory, and this is especially serious when it is con- sidered that there is a great tendency during the | cases of Cio |} S121 on the Jackie book shelf along, [until all. the books were purchased and taken off the shelf, Taney to |send to the Great Lakes Y. C. Al The Jackies' book shelf, N the regular book shelves are much in | need of replenishing. Please leave ECs arse yy | this information correct and up to a {wwe wma vores | KIDDIES EARN MONEY FOR THE GIFT SHOP An interesting Ing conteibntion to the | Gift Shop Fund this week was the {sum of $3.64 earned in selling flowers and lemonade by the following child- ren: Myles and Marjorie Friedman, | Alfred, Frances and Marion Alschu- ler and Dorothy Reach. It was suggested that this sum e Jackies and at the same time [help the little French children. It was a splendid idea to move the sale books in good conditions at the Shop at any time or leave word and they will be called for. Some very substantial donations have just been received at the Gift Shop in the way of a large summer house, a gas range in good condition, a phonograph and beautiful baby basket scales, also some unusual im- ported necklaces. Urgent requests have come in re- cently for three baby go-carts, a baby carriage and a wicker doll| buggy. PAY <4 PLEDGE £r | War Emergency Notes The War Emergency Union has had printed the new list of Win- netka boys in service. This list now contains 277 names of those in active service and 40 names on the civilian list. The Union has spared no time or trouble to make these lists as complete as possible. They are post- ed on the Bulletin Boards at the Hubbard. Wood, Winnetka and In- Statiome- trot der~to--keep date, will the families of these men in service kindly telephone the office of the War Emergency Union, Win- netka 1000 if they notice any errors or omissions. + + + J. Allen Haines, 834 Prospect avenue, vice president and active head of the Chicago Morris Plan Bank, who in May 1917 was enrolled as a lieutenant (j. g. 0.) in the United States Naval Reserve force, and who as the summer adcances. The worst month for whooping | cough during the summer of 1917 was last July when forty-six cases were reported. This much dreaded and frequently fatal disease of childhood was rapidly developing into a very serious epidemic, due to the fact that some cases of whooping cough were not reported and isolated at the very beginning of the disease, and some persons were not keeping their children strictly at home and thus were violating the quarantine regu- lations as prescribed by the Illinois State Department of Public Health, for the control of this disease. Presecutions Bring Results As at this time the "whooping cough continued to spread because of the careless disregard of the law on the part of a few citizens, and after all other means had been employed to check the epidemic, four families were then prosecuted, three for fail- ure to report their cases promptly, and one for violation of quarantine. These prosecutions had a very quick and salutary effect, as is evidenced by the material reduction from forty- six cases in July, to twenty,four cases in August, and no cases whatever in September or October. Whooping cough is 'a highly con- tagious disease, especially in the ear- ly stages and before the whooping begins. During the prevalence of this disease as under present condi- tions, isolation of the patient should begin at the very onset of what may only appear like an ordinary cough or cold, and the case should at this stage be reported to the Health officer as a suspected case of whoop- ing cough. If this is conscientiously done by everybody, the spread of this disease can be checked and era- dicated, but on the other hand if a few will persist in being foolish, and they fail to co-operate with us as they should, then we must all suffer again during the present summer as for the number of cases to increase was in active duty at Great Lakes, | prior to the opening of the bank, has returned to active duty in the navy and has, therefore, severed, for the duration of the war, his connections with the bank. + + + Word has been received that Cor- poral Paul Kreger, Bat. B, 149th F. A. has been injured in the leg and foot by splinters from a hand grenade but is recovering rapidly in one of the Red Cross Hospitals. He has been in the thick of the fight for many days, but in spite of his wounds and experiences is eager to get back to the front. The splendid spirit of our fighting boys is shown in the follow- ing extract from the letter written from the hospital to his aunt, Miss Kreger, 1040 Oak street. He says, "It is surely fine here. It's just like a vacation to be between clean sheets. Don't worry, I'll be back on the firing line on the job in a few days". + + + Rae H. Smith has won his com- mission as second lieutenant. He is in the second aviation instruction center with the American Expedition- ary Forces in France. + + + Harold Seymour is in Company D, Fourth Officers' training camp, Camp MacArthur, Texas. + + + The following men have recently enlisted in the Naval training sta- tion at Great Lake: Ralph H. Fjell- man, 1076 Pine street; Frederick E. Dexheimer, 1117 Gage street; Henry John Klauke, Jr., 1173 Asbury aven- ue; John J. Klauke, 1173 Asbury avenue; W. J. Kloepfer, 1010 Spruce street; Mathias Borre, 171 Church road. + + + Alexander J. Gliord, 886 Spruce street, is preparing for the Merchant Marine and has entered the Joseph Branch Engineering school, Chicago, for three weeks in preparation. | Legal Advisors Bord: Board LIMITED MEN MAIL QUESTIONAIRES TO NEWEST DRAFT MEN To Be at Draft Headquarters to Aid with Free Advice to Registrants INDUCTED New Ruling on Marriages, After May 18, 1917, Issued by Local Board : a Questionaires to be filled out by the men of the latest draft were mailed to the new registrants on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The questionaires like those issued following the first draft, will serve to classify the men and must be returned to the local Draft Board Headquarters in the Brown Building, Wilmette, within seven days after receipt by the registrant. The Legal Advisory Board will be in attendance at the Draft Board Headquarters in the Brown Building, Wilmette, daily from 9 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the after= hoon, for the purpose of giving free advice and help to registrants in fill= ing out their questionaires. All ar- rangements to facilitate the work have been completed by the members of the local Draft Board and little difficulty is expected. Limited Service Men Go In response to orders from the War Department the local Draft Board has sent out several limited service men to various training points during the past few weeks. William E. Kirby of Winnetka was ordered to Kansas City, Mo, to attend an automobile school. Gustav E. Arneton of Norwood Park left to attend a school of aeronautics at Vancouver, Wash. Ernest Ellis and William Stubbe, both of Winnetka, 'were sent {o Camp Grant for general {military training. William J. Hooker of Dunning and Otto Pavek of Glen- coe were ordered to enter the school for automobile machinists at the University of Chicago. Harry W. Heinz of Niles Center and John We- ber of Tessville were sent to Val= paraiso University school for auto- mobile machinists. Carl J. Knutsen of Wilmette was ordered to attend the school for automobile machinists at the University of Michigan. New Ruling on Marriages Simultaneously with the induction of limited. service men and the re- classification of several registrants in the deferred classes, the local board early this week issued the fol- lowing ruling by the provost marshal general. "A recent ruling has instructed us to disregard all marriages since May 18, 1917, as a ground for deferred classification, unless there is a child of such marriage, born or unborn, prior to june 9, 1918. "You are, therefore, instructed to forward immediately to this Board, affidavits properly sworn to before a notary public, as to whether or not there is, as a dependent, a child either born or unborn. "These documents must be return ed to us not later than Tuesday, June 25, otherwise you will automatically be placed in Class 1. If there is a de- pendent child, either born or unborn, the registrant will be placed in Class 2, otherwise in Class 1." PAY 4 PLEDGE CHRIST CHURCH WILL UNFURL SERVICE FLAG The Sunday morning services in Christ church, Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue, will be a special service in recognition of those mem- bers of the parish who have gone in- to the service of the country. A new Service Flag, the gift of Mrs. George J. Farnsworth, to hang in the church, will be consecrated. It contains seventv-seven stars. Appropriate music. of a patriotic character will be sung by the choir of men and boys, under the leader- ship of Ellis E. Chase, choirmaster and organist; and the sermon will be preached by the Reverend Edward Ashley Gerhard, rector. The services will be at 11 o'clock and the public in the past. (Continued on page two) is cordially invited.