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) March §, 1927 VILLAGE CAUCUS TO HELD MONDAY. MAR. 14 Annual Nomination of Village Officers to Be Made and Platform Adopted The annual village caucus, at which Village officers for the coming term will be nominated and a platform of policies adopted, will be held at the Commun- ity House Monday evening, March 14, at 8 o'clock. At that time the caucus nominating committee, composed of twenty-four members elected at last year's caucus, will report its recom- mendations for the offices to be filled at the coming election and also on the platform_of policies which it suggests for adoption. A genera! discussion will follow, both on the committee's report and on other questions of local interest. At the meeting, Village President John S. Miller will talk on some of the present and future problems of the Village. The caucus is a long established Winnetka institution and is felt by many to be largely responsible for the able administration that the Village has enjoyed in the past and for-the almost complete absence of partisan and poli- tical activity in the choice of candi- dates. A general invitation to attend the meeting has been extended to all Winnetka residents and a'l who are in- terested in maintaining the high stan- dards which have heretofore prevailed in the village, both in the personnel of its officers and in the general policies which have been followed in the ad- ministration of its affairs, are urged to attend. The members of the nominating com- mittee which will report at the coming meeting are as follows: Ralph Snyder chairman; W. S. Miller, vice-chairman ;¥ A. E. Bryson, secretary; Erskine Wilder, Merritt Lum, George B. Ever- itt, Hamilton Daughaday, J. M. Coulter, Mrs. W. G. Hibbard, E. C. Weissen- berg, H. L. Ickes, Sr.,, C. L. Trumbull, Harry A. Craig, Mellen C. Martin, Orval Simpson, W. G. Taylor, John R. Cochran, Edgar B. Baumann, A. M. Ferry, Mrs. C. F. Karnopp, R. /H. Wallace, Victor Elting, C. T. Mordock, and Lee Walker. Last of Lecture Series Is Changed to Monday The last of the series of neighbor- hood lectures which the Rev. James Austin Richards, of the Winnetka Congregational church, has been giving at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harold C. Balinger, 1340 Asbury avenue, is to be given next Monday evening, in- stead of, as previously ar- ranged, on Tuesday evening. Fol- lowing the completion of this series, Mr. Richards will give a similar series of lectures at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barret Conway, 387 Linden ave- nue. Edgewood Paving Hearing Postponed for Two Weeks The public hearing on the matter of paving Edgewood lane from Green- wood avenue to Grove street, a distance of one block, was postponed for two weeks, by the Board of Local Improve- ments, Tuesday evening. Postpone- ment was taken on the suggestion that Grove street also be paved from Tower road to Edgewood land, and particularly in view that the board of education has acquired property on the west side of Grove street north of Tower road where paving ultimately will have to go. TTT ee -- M---------- "FAMOUS MRS. FAIR"| That's the Title of Community Players' Production at March 9 and 10 Community House "The Famous Mrs. Fair" - Wednesday and Thurs- day nights March 9-10} MEMBERSHTR MOO 0475 Sion 50) COMMUNITY HOUSE Winnetka Jl. The next play to be presented by the Community Drama club, "The Famous Mrs. Fair," is to be given Wednesday and Thursday nights, March 9 and 10. The play, written by James Forbes, was given in Chicago several years ago, and met with popularity there and throughout the United States. It will be cast as follows: Sylvia Fair ..Mrs. William D. Sidley All Pair cao. 200 0).0005 Charles Matz Nora ....Mrs. William A. McKinney E. Dudley Gillette ...... Lloyd Faxon Angelica Brice ..Mrs. Harry Barnum Nancy Fair ...... Mrs. Roger Ballard Jeffrey Fair ..William C. Boyden, Jr. Mrs. Norman Wynne Sada Mrs. Alfred G. Freeman Mrs. Kellett Brown EL gt 3 Mrs. Karl H. Hinrichs Mrs. Stuart Perrin EGR Mrs. Eugene - Rummler Mrs. Leslie Converse ORES A ol, Mrs. Joseph Graff Mrs. Gilbert Wells. . Miss Kate Tibbals Peggy Gibbs ...... Mrs. Charles Matz The play is under the direction of Mrs. Lloyd Faxon, and she will be assisted by Mrs. Taliaferro Milton. Mrs. Louis. A. Sherman +s. in charge of the Stage setting; Mrs, Ray Fea- gans, properties; Jack Hazelhurst, lighting; Mrs. Roger Ballard, cos- tumes; Mrs. Carleton Washburne, Mrs. Lyman Weld, and Miss Pauline Mitchell, make-up; Albert Scharf, chairman of stage-crew. William Ayer McKinney to Address Men Sunday Practical aspects of the Chinese Na- tional Movement will be the subject of discussion by the men's and young men's classes of the Winnetka Congre- gational church next Sunday morn- ing, March 6. William Ayer McKin- ney will speak on "Missionaries and Gunboats." The meeting will begin at 9:30 a. m. On Sunday, March 13 Myron Adams will speak on the organization of pub- lic movements in great cities. A HOMEFOR SPRING If you're looking for suitable liv- ing quarters, watch the Want A Page: ) FOR RENT -- UNFURNISHED apartment. Near trans, school, village. Possession April 15. 6 rooms. $100 per month. Tel. Winn. 2158. WINNETKA TALK Legion Post Will Fete New Members at Dinner Monday Winnetka Post No. 10, American Legion, will give a dinner to its mem- bers, at Assembly hall, Community House, Monday evening, March 7. In addition to the twenty-one new members who have joined this year, the Post will have as guests, District Commander Andy Rogers; District Adjutant Harvey Hopp and the com- manders and adjutants of Evanston, Wilmette and Glenview posts. The dinner will be at 7 o'clock, fol- lowing which the members will hold an initiation ceremony in the Legion room. This will be followed by an interesting program of entertainment. By next Monday, officers of Win- netka post announce they expect to go "over the top" with a one hundred percent of 1926 membership paid up. But seven renewals or new members are needed to reach this mark. BUILD NORMAN CASTLE Horace Mann) Pupils Construct Mini- ature Fortress While Studying About Knighthood of Medieval England Children in the sixth grade of the Horace Mann school have recently been studying about the conquistadors of old England; the exact period mn medieval history lying between 1000 and 1500 A.D. About that time, so the history books say, men clad in more or léss cumbersome cast iron coats and hats, rode about from place to place indulging in sociable conflict. For homes they used massive stone castles, made impregnable by high walls and ditches full of water. In connection with their study of the Norman conquest and the habits of the people of that period the pupils have built a model of one of the ancient castles, in paper, as far as was possible a replica of one of the old English manor houses. ? Standing at the crown of a lofty hili and surmounted by forbidding oat- box turrets and grey paper parapets, a grim old fortress, vine covered and en- circled on four sides by high moss grown walls and a moat of doubtful dimensions, casts a' protective shadow over the country round. A casual ob- servance of its stability instills in the mind of the onlooker a persistent doubt as to the ultimate supremacy of gun powder or the probable evolution of "Big Berthas." In the court yard sheltered by the stockade and moat and lying immedi- ately under the protective height of the castle itself, stables for beast and bar- racks for men stretch in low roofed symmetry. Their commodiousness is at once apparent. At one end of this long court, a portcullis has been raised, revealing a "miniature drawbridge which has been' dropped to span the moat, ready, apparently, for the sud- den sortie of a.company of knights, bent uvon some' expedition. Vaguely, a recollection of how Marmion defied Douglas within -such a - stronghold causes the visitor to wonder if Sir Walter" Scott had not been suffering from an overworked imagination when' he wrote it. In the construction process the chil- dren were both architects and build- ers. By studying pictures and books on the subject they gradually worked out the details and built them into the castle and its environs. Each pupil had | his share of the work and did it. The interior of the castle has been fitted with halls and balconies while the walls and battlements stand notched for archery and ready to receive their armament of spear and bowmen, GARBAGE COLLECTION FUNCTIONS 100 PERCENT At Any Rate That's the Record for the Week Ending February 26--Not One Complaint The department of the Village which handles the collection of household waste, such as garbage, ashes and household rubbish is priding itself on the fact that during the week ending February 26, garbage and ash collec- tions were made throughout the vil- lage without the receipt of a single complaint at the Village office because of unsatisfactory service. During the previous week only one complaint was received and one of the garbage col- lectors has a record of over three weeks without a single complaint. When it is considered that the Vil- lage collectors make approximately 10,000 calls each week, it is believed that the foregoing record of service deserves commendation. Set Forth Rules In addition to garbage and ashes, the Village collects household rubbish, such as tin cans, bottles and similar waste, and requests that the following rules be observed in order to enable the collectors to render the best service : 1. All rubbish should be placed in containers for collection and these con- tainers should not be too large. For rubbish, a metal can holding approxi- mately a bushel, or a wooden box of the same size is most convenient. 2. Dirt from vacuum cleaners should not be placed with household rubbisn, but should be burned up with paper and other combustible waste. These Are Barred 3. Collectors should not be expected to remove broken concrete, plaster, old downspouts and gutters, etc. The Village collects bulkv objects, such as old tin tanks, furniture, etc., during "Clean-up-Month" in Mav, if they are placed on the parkway, in accordance with a schedule which is announced at that time. Lenten Study Class to Begin Sessions Tuesday, March 8 The Lenten study class of the Win- netka Congregational church will meet for the first time Tuesday morning, March 8, at 11 o'clock, in the Camp Fire room. Mrs. Edwin E. Brown will lead the class. The subject will be "The Moslem Meets the Motor." Tt will be the aim of the class to make an unprejudiced study of Mo- hammedanism, one of the greatest liv- ing- religions. The effect upon its ad- herents of contact with the automobile, airplane, movie, radio, etc., will be dis- cussed. Such questions will be dis- cussed as will Mohammedanism ab- sofbimodern civilization? Will it keep growing? Can it ever be a serious menace to Christianity as it. was in the Middle Ages? Why are Moslems more hostile to Cleristianity than to any other religion? How is Ameri+ ca affected by the situation in Moslem countries--Arabia, Egypt, the Suda Turkey, Tzag, Persia, Afghanistan, India? One half million Moslems are subs jects of the United States. This fact gives the subject a very vital interest, Every one is invited to this introduc tory meeting whether intending to join the class or not. Copies of the text-book will be for sale. Following the class a simple luncheon at a nom- inal price will be served for those who can remain. '