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w + _--l WINNETEKEA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV, NO. 42 WINNETKA, ILLINO IS, DECEMBER 25, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW NO MAN'S LAND? MAY COUNCIL FORBID! Land Owners Take Steps to Pre- vent Second Unclaimed Area Be- tween Wau Bun and Winnetka The Village of Winnetka and prop- erty owners west of the village in areas which have not already been taken into the new village of Wau Bun, are desirous that there shall not de- velop another "No Man's Land," such as exists between Wilmette and Kenil- worth, and the Village council has been petitioned to annex eighty acres of this area to the village. The matter came up before the council Tuesday evening and was referred to its ju- dicary committee for further investi- gation. The area included in the eighty acres comprises two equal size tracts, one directly south and the other directly west of the south forty acres of Skokie playfield, and is known as the Perlman tract. Farmers Avoid Taxation The petitioners originally planned to have something like seventy-five acres in the tract proposed for annexation, with the west boundary of the forty acres lying west of Skokie playfield ex- tended due south to Winnetka avenue. On being advised that this tract in- cluded a portion of the territory which is now a part of the new village of Wau Bun, the petitioners orally limited the request to the two forty acre pieces mentioned in the foregoing. Originally, all of section 19, in which this is located, was included in the corporate limits of the village. But farmers. owning much of it, years ago, objected to village taxation on land for farm purposes and withdrew from the village limits. Conditions have now changed and with another village at the west and with a vision of a "No Man's Land" for intervening territory, admission is sought to the folds of the Winnetka corporate limits. Village Would Get Taxes Added taxatiog on the greatly in- creased valuation of this property to- day, would mean much to the village, it is pointed out, by those who favor the proposition. The eighty acres, it is said, is land which the village has had visions of ultimately using for park purposes, hence the past delay in annexation for subdivision and residential develop- ment. Former Village councils have had this matter up in past years and have expressed themselves in favor of an- nexation providing the property owners should subdivide in a manner satisfac- tory to the views, namely, that of making lots of sufficient size that in- vestors should take care of their own sanitary problems. OPENS FLORIST STORE John H. Muhlke, florist, whose home is at 647 Garland avenue, Winnetka, has opened his new florist store at 6200 Broadway avenue, Chicago. A feature of the business will be delivery service throughout the suburban area, Mr. Muhlke announces. Christ Church Has Christmas Service at 10 A. M. Today Winnetkans are cordially invited to attend the Christmas services at Christ church this morning at 10 o'clock. The order of service will be as follows: Processional Hymn: 72 coc06. onl Adeste Fideles Carols-- Shorter Kyrie ......... .cc0ms Tallis Clore' Pil ooiviisrramariss vi Garrett Hymn 73-- "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" iam Tea Mendelssohn The sermon Offertory Anthem ....F. Leslie Calver Sanctus:in D702 LHL EL seh ie Moir Agnus Deb didi sndliiias iil. Moir Gloria in Excelsis .......... Old Chant Hymn 79-- "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" Richard S. Willis A beautiful service was observed at Christ church on Christmas Eve be- ginning at 11:15 o'clock, at which there was singing of carols, Communion and an address. Church Invites All Families to Worship Sunday This is the home-coming season of the year and Sunday morning there will be fewer families with absentees than any other Sunday of the twelve months. The Winnetka Congregation- al church is therefore observing the day as Family Day and is urging fami- lies, both old and young together, to attend both the evening and morning services, and if possible to sit together. At the morning worship the Rev. J. A. Richards will preach on "A Home Boy." Christmas music will be sung and there will be an opportunity as a part of the worship for the presenta- tion of children for Christian baptism. In the evening the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will preach on the subject "Things Old and New," and this serv- ice will be appropriately planned for Family Day. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the church choirs will offer a vesper mu- sical service in the spirit of Christmas. The program was published a week ago and its excellence has excited much comment through the commun- ity. The village is invited. At 5:15 o'clock the ministers and board of deacons and deaconesses will be at home informally in Community House to all returned students of the parish. HOUSE CLOSED The Winnetka Community House will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas day, it is announced. NEXT WEEK IN WINNETKA (As listed at Community House) Tuesday, December 28 6--Camp Re-union dinner, Com- munity House. Friday, December 31 Noon--Rotary Club luncheon, Com- munity House. 8--North Shore Congregational, Hubbard Woods school. | ' CAMPERS' REUNION Boys and Girls Who Enjoyed Vaca- tions at "Chief" Davies Hamlin Camp to Frolic Tuesday Night "Camp Winnetka, Here we Come," the boys and girls of "Chief" Davies' camp are singing these days. You may not hear this song, but it is singing in the hearts of "the campers," just the same. For are they not to gather at the annual get-together meeting be- fore long--the Camp Re-union dinner on Tuesday, December 28, in Commun- itv House? Into this occasion are packed not merely the joys of the present--the comradeship and fun, to say nothing of the good dinner--but the happy memories of those glorious summer days, when, care-free, they lived in the out-of-doors, worked and plaved together in the camp Hamlin's shores. Through songs, stunts, stories, camp pictures on the screen, they live over again some of those happy hours in camp. Camp clothes, camp decora- tions, all help to carry out the "atmos- phere." Campers of last summer, cam- pers of other years all plan to be back if possible at this time to enjoy not only the good dinner, but the fun and the surprises. . Margaret Gordon and Emilie Ban- ning have general charge of the dining room arrangements; Louise Conway and Isabel Milton of the stunts; Gould Davies and Fred Rummler of the dec- orations; Mrs. E. W. Wortley has gen- eral charge of arrangements, and "Chief" Davies is to be chairman of the evening, and toastmaster. Children Bring Many Gifts for Commons Kiddies The Church school of the Winnetka Congregational church held its annual Sunday "gift day" for the Chicago Commons. Sundav, December 19, when each child brought a present, wrapped carefully in white, red or green tissue paper, tied with pretty ribbon and la- beled with a cherry card. The presents were placed in the front of the church where the school, from fourth grade up, meets previous to the separate room sessions. The gifts were tied up with real Christmas thought, and the abundance of packages prom- ices a happv Christmas to the children of the Commons. Mondav, December 20, was set aside for packing the articles. Ten boxes, three barrels and many separate large articles including bicvcles and veloci- pedes were shipped off to West Grand avenue. Want Oak Street Lot - Zoned for Commercial The Winnetka village council has re- ceived a petition to have rezoned the westerly 75 feet of lot 4 in the Prouty homestead sub-division, the lot front- ing on the north side of Oak street hetween the railroad and Maple ave- nue. It is now zoned "A" residential and is immediately adjacent to "C" commercial zoning. The lot in ques- tion is owned by Leonard Roach and !G. F. Gonsalves. The matter has been referred to the Board of Appeals as a special committee of the council. POST OFFICE RUSH IS BIGGEST IN HISTORY Postmaster Elmer E. Adams and Efficient Force Readily Handle Great Volume of Mail The momentum of the Christmas rush which has been apparent in the Winnetka post office for several days past, had gained such headway by the middle of this week that the work room of Uncle Sam's headquarters resembled a battleship in action, with every man at his post and driving at top speed to the goal. In this case it also is a fight, a fight to keep from being literally deluged with parcels and Christmas messages of cheer. The only cheer the post office force sees in it, however, is a vision of light, in the distance, when it all shall be over. Postmaster Elmer E. Adams, a vet- eran in the mail service, attired in flannel shirt and work trousers, and with an unlighted cigar gripped tightly between his teeth, stands throughout the long days and far into the nights, in the midst of the work room rush, directing the dispatch and delivery of parcel post packages. He stops a moment to say that this the heaviest Christmas rush he has ever experi- enced in his thirty-three years of ser- vice, and the constant buzz of the cancellation machine, fighting also to keep from being literally submerged by the ever oncoming rush of letters and Christmas greeting envelopes, bears forceful evidence that the first- class department of the service 1s in the same position as the parcel post section. Retain Extra Force Joe Braun, assistant postmaster, has charge of the window service and from morning until night, the lobby of the post office is filled with patrons who stand in long lines awaiting their turn at the windows. All the extra help that it is possible to use within the present quarters of the Winnetka office has been engaged for the largest season's business in its history. Next year, when the office is located in the new and commodious quarters in the new Meyer block, more advantageous ar- rangements for its handling will great- ly facilitate the Christmas rush. Twelve thousand letters were put through the cancellation machine Monday evening after the office had closed to, the public, and the official day's business closed with everything delivered or dispatch- ed. dg The post office will not be open Christmas day. There will be one de- livery by carrier Christmas morning. Letter mail will be dispatched on Christmas day the same as on Sunday. Clean Up Friday Postmaster Adams stated he expects to have all mail out of his office on the night of the 24th, that has been re- ceived up to the time of closing that evening. The patience and consideration of the public has been splendid, Post- master Adams said, and he wishes to express his appreciation and that of all his assistants, for this help.