| | THIS ISSUE--Illinois, a Progressive Golf Club--Page 21 ---- WINNETREA TALK Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, Inc., 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. . Entered as second class matter March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. XVI, NO. 14 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, JUNE 11, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS IMPROVEMENT BODY WANTS SUGGESTIONS Village Improvement Association Board of Managers Want Co- operation of Residents On June 6 a meeting of the board of managers of the Village Improve- ment association of Winnetka was held in the Community House. Presi- dent Charles H. Coffin was in the chair. Several important matters, rela- tive to the association, were discussed. The treasurer was authorized to give the Village Manager $40 to be used at his discretion in immediately cleaning up the business section of the village. The association has been maintain- ing for several years a collection of pictures and statuary located in the Greeley and Horace Mann schools, in New Trier high school, and in the Winnetka Public library. The total value of the collection is placed by the insurance company at $4,000. The most recent addition to the collection was the mural painting and Gold Star tablet, a Soldiers' Memorial at the Horace Mann school. The board of managers voted to award, outright, this collection to the three groups, i. e., Winnetka Public School board, New Trier High School board and board of the Winnetka Public library. Relate History It was deemed advisable to again call the attention of the villagers to the association's activities, covering many years. It was originated in 1895 in the home of James H. Hunt, in whose memory an elm tree is planted on the Commons. Until the present form of government, the asso- ciation actively did many things which have now fallen under the jurisdiction of the present Village Manager. Now the association gives many civic en- terprises its hearty support. It stands ready to assist whenever possible. The board of managers also asks for any suggestions that the readers of the WINNETKA TALK can make for either furthering or enlarging its ac- tivities. Any communications directed to WINNETKA TALK will be given every consideration. Winnetka Church Workers to Attend Camp Sessions The Misses Isabelle Milton and Mar- garet Huddle, of Winnetka, will leave Wednesday of next week for Tower Hill camp, near Sawyer, Mich., to at- tend the first session of the Illinois Congregational Young People's confer- ences, June 15 to 22. Two conferences are held annually, the second one con- vening June and closing June 30. Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin of the local Congregational church will act as dean at this conference, which office he has held the past two years. MEET DURING SUMMER Troop 3, Winnetka Scouts, has de- cided to continue its meetings through the summer months, thus giving the Scouts a chance to pass various tests and merit badges. | nounced this NEW BUSINESS BLOCK E. T. Leonard Company Will Start Erection of Four Store Building at Once in Hubbard Woods Another new business block for Lin- den avenue, Hubbard Woods, is an- week" by the E. T. Leonard company, builders, of 556 Center street, Winnetka, that has re- cently acquired one of the choice pieces of property on this rapidly growing section and will begin at once the erection of four new store rooms. The property is located on the west side of Linden avenue, a short distance north of Tower road. It has a front- age of 50 feet on Linden and due to the diagonal intersection of the two streets, also hasya frontage of forty feet -on Tower road. The lot is 150 feet deep. The building will be a one story brick structure, constructed with a view of adding two stories later. The four store rooms each will have a depth of 35 feet. They will be ready for occupancy the first part of August. The E..T. Leonard company, will oc- cupy one of them, and while it is not at liberty to give out information as to who the other tenants will be, it announces that it has the three other rooms under tentative lease. The E. T. Leonard company an- nounces that its ultimate plan is to develop the entire tract, with the building of two more store rooms fronting on Tower road, and with twelve apartments above the stores the company is now building on Linden and also above those which it later will build on Tower road. HEADS ROTARY Arthur H. Sapp of Huntington, Ind., was elected president of Rotary Inter- national at the annual convention of the organization held in Ostend, Bel- gium, this week. The Winnetka Ro- tary club was represented at the ses- sions by Lloyd Hollister. John Timothy Stone Will Address New Trier Graduates At the New Trier commencement exercises next Friday, June 17, the Rev. John Timothy Stone will give the principal address. His subject is to be "The Winning of the Present." The speaker is well known as pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Chi- cago. The Rev. Horace G. Smith of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church will give the invocation, and the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin of the Winnetka Congregational church, the benedic- tion. The president of the senior class, Fred C. Hoerber, will represent the class of 1927 in the program. The president of the school board, Harry C. Holloway of Glencoe, will give out the diplomas to the graduates, who are to be presented by Frederick E. Clerk. Henry P. Williams is to present the English prizes for this year. They are awarded for poetry and essay writing. The music for the evening will be: piano duet, Lois Hammet and Harriet Mons; vocal solo, Catherine Bickham; piano solo, Jane Young. Admission to the exercises will be by ticket only. The auditorium is the scene of the commencement this year, but next year the school hopes that everyone can attend in the new audi- torium of the gymnasium. The hour is 8 o'clock. Indian Hill Riding Club Holds Junior Show Today Today's the day of the horse show given by the Indian Hill Riding club for its junior members. The show will begin at 2 o'clock, and tickets may be obtained at the gate. Children will be admitted free. Everyone is invited to come. Plenty of parking space will be provided near the club. Exhibition riding and jumping will be features of the show. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded to the winners. years behind the times. VOTE TODAY! Every qualified voter in Winnetka is urged to go to his poll- ing place--the same at which he casts his ballot in the Village and general elections--TODAY, ballot on the proposition to authorize the Winnetka Library board to float a $75,000 bond issue for the purpose of enlarging the facilities of the Winnetka Public library. ~The library is at present woefully inadequate to meet the needs and demands of the community. keep pace with Winnetka's phenomenal development. It is now-- from the point of view of shelf and floor space--about twenty The Village council has authorized today's bond issue election. It is urged that every voter bear in mind when he goes to the polls that the library must be enlarged to adequately meet the needs of the children readers as well as the adult readers. The polls will be open between the hours of 7 A. M. and 5 P. M. Saturday, June 11, to cast his It must be enlarged if it is to EE C. OF C. TO DISCUSS WINNETKA DAY PLANS Invite All Business and Profes- sional Folk to Attend Dinner Meeting Next Monday The June meeting of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday evening of next week, at which time plans for annual Winnetka Day will be explained. As a result of a conference with village officials re- garding arrangements for holding this important community event, announce- ment is made that plans this vear will prove highly satisfactory to everyone, and the Chamber of Commerce is pre- paring a celebration that will excel anything the organization has yet un- dertaken. At the annual dinner given by the Chamber on May.9, many valuable suggestions were dropped in the "ques- tion box" as to how the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce may be of serv- ice. These questions and suggestions will be taken up and decided upon at the meeting next Monday evening. May Issue Village Map 2 One of the suggestions offered at this time was that the Chamber of Com- merce issue a folder consisting of a map of the village, showing streets and numbers, location of public build- ings, churches and schools. The folder also to contain a list of the members of the Winnetka Chamber of Com- merce, classified as to their business, giving their address and telephone numbers. This folder would then be mailed to all residents, and particularly to new families moving into the vil- lage. The officers are desirous that this, as well as all meetings of the Chamber be largely attended by the members and that if there are any business men of the village who are not now members of the Chamber that they become af- filiated with it and take an active part in these sessions. The Winnetka Chamber of Commerce is not an or- ganization for a few, it is pointed out. on the other hand, its officers are us- ing their best efforts to have the Chamber perform the greatest possible service to all members and to all resi- dents of the village, and the business men, as members of the Chamber, should give it their wholehearted sup- port. Seek Suggestions One of the best means of showing this support and co-operation is to at- tend these monthly get-together din- ners and meetings, where your sug- gestions are needed, the officers aver. The business sessions follow the dinner, which is served at 7 o'clock, at Community House. BACCALAUREATE SERMON Rev. James Austin Richards, of the Winnetka Congregational church, left for the East, Friday, to preach the baccalaureate sermon at Abbot Acad- emy at Andover, Mass. 4