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October 6, 1928 WINNETKA TALK COUNCIL SETS SPEED RECORD AT SESSIONS Sizeable Grist of Business Ground Out Tuesday in Just Thirty-Nine Minutes The Winnetka Village council, in ad- dition to transacting a volume of business at its regular meeting Tuesday evening, also established what is thought to be a record for speed in its deliberations. Following Trustee C. J. Easterberg's report that very soon he hoped to have the new telephone franchise in shape for hearing, his motion to adjoin carried, the business of the evening having been completed. It was just 8:54 o'clock, thirty-nine minutes after President H. F. Tenney has summoned the council to order. All the members were present ex- cept Trustee Walter A. Strong. In his stead, but not in an official capacity, however, was J. D. Pierce, a former member of the council, and as such, chairman of the public building and grounds committee at the time the present village hall was built. Former Trustee, Visitor Mr. Pierce has been away from Win- netka for a year, he said, and ex- plained that he is again a resident and just dropped in to listen to the coun- cil's deliberations. Crowded into the thirty-nine minute session was the passage of an amend- ment to the Zoning ordinance pertain- ing to the re-zoning of the northwest corner of Elm street and Arbor Vitae road; the monthly report of Health Officer Orvis, as well as his annual re- port on the work of the baby clinic; a short talk by Village Attorney Fred- erick Dickinson relative to complaints regarding violent explosions of dyna- mite in the mosquito abatement war- fare, which he said, he had been ad- vised by the Chicago Sanitary district were to be administered in a more muffled form, hereafter; discussion of the Village representation at the open- ing, Wednesday afternoon of the world's largest sludge plant devoted to the artificial purification of sewage, the Chicago Sanitary district's project at McCormick road and Howard street; the auditing of a large stack of bills and numerous other detail work. And all in thirty-nine minutes. HOME FROM EUROPE Miss Edna M. True and Miss Catharine B. Hooper of 434 Elder lane have returned from their summer - abroad, after studying the latest in travel facilities and conditions. and en- larging their affiliations over there in the interests of their travel service in an Evanston bank. Vote Registration Days Here October 6 or 16 Winnetka voters are advised that registration days for the Presidential election are Satur- day, October 6, and Tuesday, October 16. Registration is to be made at the regular polling places between the hours of 7 A. M. and 4 P. M. on those days. It is important, if you wish to be certain of a vote on November 6, that you have the assurance that your ballot will not be challenged when you enter your polling place on that date. To avoid any possible inconvenience of this nature, go to your polling place Saturday, Octo- ber 6, or Tuesday, October 16, and make certain that your name is on the polling list. This is particularly important if you have changed resi- dence since the last general elec- tion. One member of the family may register for all the eligible voters in his household. Sewer Extension Is Sanitary District's Chief Concern Now Winnetka, with other north shore villages, was represented at a hearing before the Chicago Sanitary district hoard Thursday afternoon, relative to plans for extending the existing large intercepting sewer under Sheridan road, which it has been pointed out, will prevent the frequent flooding of basements in various sections of Win- netka, Glencoe, Kenilworth and Wil- mette. Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser, Village Engineer Frank A. Windes, and Trustee H. L. Raclin, chairman of the streets, drainage and forestry com- mittee of the Village council, repre- sented Winnetka. Following a comprehensive report on this matter some time ago by Engineer Windes, the Sanitary district board was requested to include in its appro- priations for 1928 provision for ex- tending the large intercepting sewer in Sheridan road, now terminating at Cherry street, north and west to a point of connection with the intercept- ing sewer at the west edge of Glencoe and Winnetka. This the board some time ago re- ported has been done and the several villages were requested to have their representatives present at a hearing on the subject, Thursday of this week. Mother Rescues Children from Smoke-Filled Home The Winnetka fire department answered two calls at the F. J. Dun- combe home, 528 Elder lane, this week, and extinguished fires which caused an estimated total damage of $1,000. The first fire, thought to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, started about 11:10 p. m., Saturday in a closet off the bathroom after Mrs. Duncombe and the three children had retired. Mr. Duncombe was away at work. Unable to go down the stair- way because of the smoke, Mrs, Dun- combe lowered the two oldest children to the ground from the upstairs win- dow by means of a bed spread. She remained in the bedroom with the baby until the fire department arrived with ladders to rescue her. The second fire started about 11 o'clock Monday morning from defec- tive wiring in a clothes closet off the hallway, according to the fire chief's report. The Duncombe family was away at the time and the fire was re- ported by neighbors. Carpenter Is Finalist in Roche Trophy Play H. Carpenter, will be one of the contenders for the Roche Drug com- pany's cup trophy in the final round at Skokie Playfield Sunday. Carpen- ter last week-end won from C. H. Kreger, 2 and 1. On Saturday F. E. Mullen is to play the winner of the Whittaker-Rettie match, the same day, to determine Carpenter's opponent for the final cup honors. Skokie School Faculty Holds Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the Skokie school faculty was held in the campfire room at the Community House Tues- day night. In addition to the teachers, Mrs. Robert Brown, president of the Winnetka P. T. A, Mrs. Hobart Young, Skokie P. T. A. chairman, eighteen P. T. A. advisory chairmen, and other officials of that organiza- tion were present. SETS TAG DAY The Children's Benefit league has announced that Monday, October 8, will be its annual tag day and the Matheon Day nursery of the Chicago Commons will be the beneficiary of the Winnetka group of women who are interested in this project. LAUNCH GRID SEASON New Trier Varsity Begins Schedule With Lakeview as Opponent; Frosh- Sophs to Engage Country Day. New Trier High school opens its football season Saturday, October 6, when it meets Lakeview High school of Chicago on the New Trier field. Under the direction of Coach Ashen- bach, the New Trier players have been practicing daily in preparation for the opening game. New Trier is consid- ered a favorite to win on the basis of its splendid record last year, and in view of the fact that Lakeview has already lost two games by 7 to scores, one to Bloom High school of Chicago Heights, and the other to Riverside. The New Trier-Lakeview game will start at 2 o'clock. The New Trier varsity scrimmaged for a few hours with the North Shore Country Day school eleven last Satur- day, and although a regular game was not played, the practice gave some idea of what the New Trier team for the coming year will look like. Follow- ing the scrimmage Coach Ashenbach remarked that he was well satisfied with the showing of his first team, with the exception of the ends. The line plunging of the New Trierites looked good, but the passing was something else again. Of seven at- tempted passes only two were com- pleted, and neither of these was caught by the ends. One of Coach Ashen- bach's chief difficulties at present is the developing of adequate reserve material. The starting lineup for New Trier will be as follows: Cullen, center; Cap- tain Wienecke and MacArthur, guards; Thompson, Rossiter, and Lorenz, tackles; Hall and Vorncamp, ends; Hunter Hicks, quarterback; Tom Hicks and Nelson, halfbacks; and Al Richards, fullback. It is prob- able that several lineups will be used in the first game. he additional bleachers have been erected and all is in readiness for the starting whistle. "Duke" Childs, director of athletics at New Trier, announced this week that a game between the Freshman- Sophomore team and the North Shore Country Day school team will be played this Saturday morning begin- ning at 10 o'clock at New Trier field. No admission will be charged for this game. Miss Katherine Roach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roach of 292 Sheridan road, has gone to the Ogantz school for her winter's studies. ES there's a good used car waiting for you in the CLASSIFIED COLUMNS Turn now to the Want-Ad Section-- and find it! WOULD REZONE SKOKIE TRACT AS DOUBLE "A" Zoning Commission May Rec- ommend Action to Forestall 25-Foot Lot Divisions Echo of the World's Fair real es- tate boom in 1893 was heard in the public hearing of the Winnetka Zon- ing commission Monday evening to consider amendments to the Zoning ordinance. Among the many subdivisions plat- 0| ted and sold to World's Fair visitors thirty-five years ago is a forty-acre tract, in the Skokie region south of Tower road, extended. It is known as the Anderson addition and com- prises 25-foot lots, but were it not for official plats and maps, one would never know the forty acres had ever been visioned as more than what the tract is today, just a portion of the great Skokie marsh, covered with tall grass and weeds. Would Zone Tract Double "A" It is so near, however, to that por- tion of the western section of the vil- lage which it is proposed to include in the area to be re-zoned from "A" resi- dential to double "A," or one-half acre lots that the matter of including the forty acres in the new zoning is now thought to be advisable. Such action would preclude any pos- sibility of someone, in the immediate or remote future, approaching the vil- lage authorities with a request for a permit to build a house on one of these 25 foot lots. The zoning commission, in its pre- vious study of the double "A" amend- ment had not included the Anderson subdivision of 25-foot lots. H. W. Butler, who has extensive holdings in the Skokie, and particular- ly adjacent to the 25-foot lot subdi- vision, was present at the meeting and called the attention of the zoning com- mission to the situation, with the re- sult that the members were agreed that the matter should be carefully con- sidered before the commission's recommendation is submitted to the Village council. Change Elm Street Corner The commission also considered at the Monday evening meeting the ques- tion of an amendment to the Zoning ordinance changing the northwest cor- ner of Elm street and Arbor Vitae road from "A" residential to "C" com- mercial area. There was no opposi- tion and the change was recommended to the Village council, which, the fol- lowing evening, effected an ordinance in compliance with the request. Bible Class Will Meet Tomorrow Morning, 9:45 The Woman's Bible class of the Winnetka Congregational church will meet Sunday morning at 9:45 in Bur- ton Atwood's office. The study course to be followed is "The Gospel of John" by Goodspeed. Mrs. William Ayer McKinney will lead the discussion and Mrs. Burton Atwood will have charge of the closing devotional service. Women of the church and community are invited to be present. Winnetka Officials at Sewage Plant Opening Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser and Village Engineer Frank A. Windes attended the formal opening of the Chicago Sanitary district's north side sewage treatment plant at McCormick road and Howard street, Wednesday afternoon. This is the largest sludge plant in the world devoted to the arti- ficial purification of sewage. Mr. and Mrs. A. Spaulding Coffin returned last week to their home at 841 Prospect avenue after a s6journ in Hyannisport and Nantucket, R I. .