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y Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, Inc., §64 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879 I NNETKA 1 AL] Bntered as second class wmatrer Subscription price $2.00 r year. VOL. XVII, NO. 29 WINNETK CA, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928 PRICE FIVE' CENTS Invite Villagers to Legion Benefit Play Here COMMUNITY HOUSE TO HAVE BUSIEST SEASON Many Activities at Center Al- ready in Progress; Program in Full Swing Soon Community House activities are al- ready beginning and the year's work promises soon to be in full swing, and this village center a busier place than ever. Most of the classes and clubs begin regular work about October 1, but, some have already started. The Boy Scouts held their meeting last Thursday eyening. New boys were registered and the work well started. The Camp Fire girls are to have a general hike this morning. Groups are being organized and guardians are at work. Clubs are planning early meetings and are or- ganizing their year's work. The Pan- thers' (boys' club), under the leader- ship of Richard Fairclough, will hold its first meeting Friday evening Sep- tember 28. The Pathfinders--young boys--will start next Friday afternoon at 4 oclock. Dr. I. W.'F. "Chief" Davies, director of Community House, will be their leader as usual and many interesting features and trips are planned. The group of girls known as "Friendship Circle" will meet as usual each' Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock, under the leadership of Miss Josephine tarr who met with them last year. This group reaches out a friendly hand to any girl employed in Win- netka homes and invites her to come and join this group, and enjoy their good times. The first meeting will be held Tuesday evening, October 2. first Business girls also have their club which will meet as usual Tuesday evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Here the business women of the village will find recreation, friendliness and sociability. A gymnasium hour precedes the meet- ings in both these groups. Open Classes Soon English classes for foreigners will begin their work the second week in October under able teachers from the public schools. The fee is modest. Enrollment should be made as soon as possible. These classes meet each Monday #and Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Community House bookings for special events are being made rapidly and groups planning series of meet- ings are advised to register now in or- der to be sure of their dates. A committee of volunteer evening hostesses for the season is being or- ganized, as has been the custom for several years. The service these wo- men give is of tremendous help to the work--each one being on duty one evening a month for the season. Varied Gym Program The gymnasium schedule offers a variety planned to cover as fully as nossible the needs in the communitv. Gvmnasium classes for women. social dancing classes for boys and girls, classes in fancy dancing for girls, gvmnasium work for men and boys of all ages, for business girls. for clubs and other groups are offered. The gymnasium work and dancing classes (Continued on Page 10) P. T. A. BOARD BUSY New Eexecutives of Winnetka Associa- tion Begin Active Season of Work Early in Ostober The new executive board of the Winnetka "Parent-Teacher association, pictures of the members of which ap- pear on the cover of this issue of the WinNETKA TALK, will begin to function officially on October 1. Mrs. Robert Bowen Brown, the new president, is known through her exe- cutive ability and leadership shown in the work of the organization at the Hubbard Woods school and in other village activities. Mrs. George Lee, the first vice-president, serves as pro- gram chairman also. Mrs. William Jones Smith. will be of value to the board as second vice- president and membership chaifman. Housing the teachers is the task of Mrs. Lawrence Cole who has been working all summer as housing chair- man. Mrs. Hubert Howard will be social chairman. Mrs. Earl Brysen, the secretary of the old board, will continue to sérve on the new one, as will Mrs. Maynard Riley as treasurer. Mrs. John Rice Reilly will handle the publicity work. The following women will head the four individual school organizations: Mrs. Hobart Young at Skokie, Mrs. Myron - Harshaw at Greeley, Mrs. Theodore Buenger at Horace Mann, and Mrs. Walter P. Wilson at Hub- bard Woods. The executive board of the associa- tion also includes the following mem- bers of the Winnetka faculty; Carle- ton Washburne, superintendent; Mrs. Hazel Gethman; principal of the Hor- ace Mann school; Miss Marian Elwell. principal of the Hubbard Woods school; S. R. Logan, principal of Skokie school. Goes to Europe E. Clerk, of the New Trier school, leaves early next month for:a six months' trip to Europe to be spent in studying secondary education in European coun- tries. Superintendent Clerk will also investigate Ministries of Education in foreign countries for the Federal Bu- reau of Education of the United States. Frederick Township High Dog Catcher Gets Busy Streak and Finds More Rabies Just when everything in the canine population in Winnetka was getting back somewhere near normal, which permitted Fido an occasional scamper down the street without having to wear that detested muzzle as decreed by Village authorities during the re- cent rabies epidemic, three dogs in the village had to show up with well developed cases of rabies and now the dog catcher and muzzles are again in evidence. During the latest outbreak of the disease among the dogs, no individuals have been bitten and the three ai- flicted dogs are dead. But since Dog Catcher Brittain started out on his latest round up of unmuzzled dogs, many a pet poodle whose owner had become careless and permitted his dog to run at large with- out wearing a muzzle has had to do time in the canine "hoosegow" until arrangements for his release were made at the police station. The number of dogs at large with- out muzzles is becoming less every day, it is said, as word gets about that the "dog catcher" is again work- ing full time. The subject of the sermon to be given by the Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard at Christ church Sunday morning, September 23, at the 11 o'clock serv- ices, will be, "To Whom Shall We 0? . "POLLY WITH A PAST" APPEARS NEXT WEEK Leading North Shore Players to Be Seen in Performances September 27, 28 and 29 "Polly With a Past," a play which Winnetka Post of the American Legion is presenting at the North Shore Country Day school theater next Thursday, Friday and Saturday eve- nings, was first produced at the Be- lasco theater in 1917. It had as its fea- tured player Miss Ina Claire, who played in New York for 326 con- secutive performances and toured the country with it for almost three years. The play is a very well written farce comedy and provides a goodly number of acting parts. For these roles the committee under whose supervision the play is being presented has been for- tunate in securing the best of the north shore talent. For the role of "Polly" Mrs. William Sidley, Jr., was immediately selected. Her successful portrayal of "Jeanine" in the Legion's production ¢f "Lilac Time" is still remembered with pleas- ure by all who saw the play. Well Known Cast Most of the remaining members of the cast are so well known to Win- netka audiences that no introduction is necessary. Among those prom- inently cast are Guy Stuart Bailey, Sam Otis, Mrs. E. V. L. Brown, Mrs. Taliaferro Milton and Dr. Davies Lazear. All of these have been seen in many productions either with the Theatre Guild or the Community Players and their names in a cast in- sure a finished performance. Mrs. Harry Miller, of Glencoe, and Mr. Fabian, of Evanston, are also members of this unusually good cast. Mrs. Miller is remembered for a de- lightful performance of "Smiling Through" in Glencoe and for her work in the Guild's production of Ibsen's "Little Eyeolf." Mr. Fabian is per- haps best recalled in his delicious villain in "Fashion." David Owen, Director The play is being directed by David Owen, the general director; of the North Shore Theatre Guild. Mr. Owen returned trom the east Saturday morn- ing, and under his coaching rehearsals are being held daily. The play is being sponsored by Win- netka Post No. 10 of the American Legion as a benefit for the disabled veterans' fund. Dr. Frank W. Blatch- ford, J. M. Dickinson, Jr., and Ayres Boal are trustees of the fund. TWO PHONES We now have two phones in our W.nnetka office to handle the in- creased volume of news and adver- tising. The numbers are Winnetka 2000 and Winnetka 2001. There is also for your convenience a Win- netka number, Winnetka 500, con- necting directly with the switchboard at our publishing plant in Wilmette.