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VINNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk VI, NO. 26 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS aul Resch 1018, for | four RESIGNS FROM URCH IN WINNETKA cKENZ ; inent Minister Asks Congrega- >f Local | Village 'to Accept Resignation from N e Congregational Church. WED FOR SEVEN YEARS NE Health Is the Reason for His Resignation. . 7th, 191 that s 1 of an Edwin F. Snell, pastor of the ridan Rouffanetka Congregational church, 1 ted his resignation to the y as m rs of his congregation at the 1e of Sher th line he said pre lant to op jectors n Road y morning services last week. Snell has been in charge of al church for several years, rough his activities in religious he is well known on the north and the request for the ac- nce of his resignation is re- ted by his many friends. r. Snell's resignation reads as fol- xtended : connecti or compre ageway bi compress ections anifath 'the Members and Congregation of the Winnetka church: 'dear Friends: 'have not tried, during these s of absence from you, to put ords my appreciation of your generous kindness in granting f Winnetkifunlimited time for recuperation, e of Iino now words fzil me. I am much y othery rateful for formal expression. cial Ass 3 to think that you know me so ice with th | that you understand what I ed therefoffld say if I could. en I went away, last April, dfs innocent of any fear that : im o ld not be able to return in a iff weeks and resume with vou the hat has become so dear to my ~ But recently I have come to Chamhe that the risk of resuming the | id Vill 3 ere is greater than I have any Illinois} takes dn the naturesedth iid improv rffice of | Winnetka, id in bond rate of fi for all est oard of Lg sum of Op )) and ove ysequent 1m cial Ass ringly aggressive, and I must ish it, with unfeigned regret, who can give an energy to it h is no longer wise for me to pt. 'therefore herewith present my tion as your pastor, to take at the end of this present of September. se seven months have gone unt of the swift speed of a great hap- te is We shall carry with us to undred : d of our lives the memories of loyal friendships and of your ing devotion. You will be in earts all the days. Whenever Snell and I think of Winnetka, be with joyous, unmixed grati- for these many days of privilege um of On mEfvour midst. As the work goes on rants the church steadily takes its al bond fee of increasing influence, not lance inl n this community, but among hurches of the land, our hearts bid you such God-speed as only can who have loved much. e and more it must become, in new days that lie ahead, the type new church which shall help sful bidde nish an in icy in s mifying th 1gainst Io ke religion a vital and joyous on acco in the life of earth. You will red by ur prayers as earnestly as we of the wo or yours. y the consciousness of the love . will not let us go, be with us, 1 one, all the way, I am, 'Affectionately your pastor, "Edwin F. Snell. ability an law of ymendment e Thousanffe™" etka, mber 9, 1917." SL mmmE RAL SERVICES HELD FOR LEON A. TOWNSEND minent Banker of Illinois, 'Well Known Here, Died Sunday. he many friends of Mr. and Mrs. erick A. Dickinson will regret rn of the death of Mrs. Dick-| "KENZIE, f Local Village urg, IIL held on Tuesday. t Avon. rs and Mechanics r. and Mrs. ng ickinson will return the first week. nday, and te funeral services | Interment Townsend was president of the bank of burg. He had served his dis- as state senator and at one icted as United States marshal je southern district of Illinois. Dickinson left for burg last week, Mr. Dickinson to Winnetka yesterday. Xmas Bags Red Cross women will send presents to men in trenches. INNETKA women are urged to help the American Red Cross society make the Yuletide an enjoyable and comfortable as possible for the men who have entered the services of the United States in the war. Christmas bags will be furnished to the men fighting in France. The na- tional Red Cross executives are look- ing to the members of the society to help them carry out their plans. The material for the bags may be obtained in Winnetka, and a list of the articles desired to fill the bags may be had at the local Red Cross headquarters. In order to have the Christmas presents in France for distribution during the holiday season, the bags should be completed and delivered to the local headquarters this month. |.-%-0 -0.-§. Wilson Cables Father of Arrival In France Everett Wilson Arrives in France to Drive Transport. Harry Wilson, 727 Greenwood ave- nue, received a cablegram,K Monday morning from his son Everett that he had arrived safely in France. Ev- erett is one of the men sent the service of the French army as transport driver through the Ameri- field service in France. Suffi- cient money has been advanced by individual members of the Evanston war council to pay the expenses of a |a limited number of persons in this | service. | A special committee was appointed can Ce OL of his chaveh 741% 4by the Evanston organization to pass upon applications for this service and ten men have been so far chosen. The first four sailed two weeks ago. They were Everett Wilson, George A. Dur- gin, W. W. McCarthy and Charles G. Hoskins. A few days later Mer- riman Hess, Philip Frost, James Pal- mer and Eugene E. Morton sailed from New York and news of their arrival is expected at any time. | -§ 08.0.0. [SCHNEIDER WARNS ALL TO PROTECT CHILDREN Infantile Paralysis Is Prevalent in Chicago at This Time. By C. O. Schneider, M. D., Commissioner of Health. Infantile paralysis is more preva- { lent in Chicago right now than at any time last year. Seventy-two new cases have been reported between the first and twelfth day of this] month. These cases are as yet most the west side, but there is no telling how soon this epidemic may spread north. During an epidemic of infantile paralysis there is always a large per- centage of cases so mild in form that they are not discovered. It would therefore seem quite dangerous at this time to take children into the to the possibility of contracting this dreadful disease. Parents are strongly advised to keep their children in Winnetka un- til this situation improves, as this the most practical and plan for us to adopt. of August there were only twenty- | four new cases reported, and so far | | during the month of September only} In | two new cases are on record. | addition to this, since the first of! August, there have only een two | | chickenpox. Stationed in Texas. Gordon Greene is another member of Col. Foreman's regiment now sta- tioned at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Es pe Ee Ey Leaves for Dartmouth. Horatio Chandler will leave a week from Monday for Dartmouth college. : EaERE Opens Winnetka Office. Dr. F. C. Johnston has opened an office at 556 Reilroad avenue. into | ly confined to a Polish district on | early measure of prevention seems | important | The whooping cough situation has | vastly improved, as during the month' | ni Campbell Wings Pair of Germans In Fight Kenilworth Flyer Is Victor in Fight with Germans During Great Air Raid Over the Trenches. The war bulletin board put up by citizens of Kenilworth at the North- western Railroad station carried as its "lead" yesterday the latest ex- ploit of A. Courtney Campbell, Jr., in bringing down two German airplanes on the western battle front. He al- ready had been awarded the war cross with a star for his exploit in landing safely with one of his air- plane wings almost wholly shot away. The young Kenilworth flyer is a member of the French squadrille No. 65. His latest combat was described by a member of the Lafayette squad- ron on leave in Paris. The battle started with a lofty encounter be- tween members of the Lafayette squadron and an equal number of Germans. Members of No. 65 calmly watched the maneuvers until a new flock of Germans arrived. Then Campbell and his flying mates hastily climbed to the fighting region and engaged the. intruders. It was during this bit of action that Campbell scored his two knockouts. A. Courtney Campbell, Sr., said no word of the adventure had reached him from his son. "I hope the boy wasn't hurt," said. he "I'm glad he is doing so well." EaERE NEW RATE SCHEDULE IS IN EFFECT ON RAILWAY Chickgo, North Shore & Milwaukee Electric Railway Raises Rates. A new scheduie of rates of fare on| the Chicago, North Shore & Milwau- kee went into effect at midnight Wednesday of this week. The new tariff retains the old fare of five cents. between any two points in one | | city, and thus needlessly expose them |} | | | [|| the paper for him under this municipality, but include a sharp ad- vance between towns between Church street and the northern points of connection. The line has been very much im- proved as to road way and rolling stock since it came under the pres- ent management, and the new rates have been agreed on as necessary if | the present conditions are to be] maintained. . Headquarters Opened. Rev. Francis Carr Stifler, pastor of the Wilmette Baptist church, has moved his office from his residence on Lake avenue to the Brown build- ing. Returned from Colorado. Miss Isabel Lovedale will return the first of the week from a vacation spent in Colorado, to resume her rating at Cumnock School of Ora- _ | tor Help Our Boys The Winnetka Talk, with the co-operation of parents and friends, is going to make it pos- sible for Winnetka and Kenil- worth boys who have gone into federal service to keep in touch | with local conditions. | Effective at once, a special subscription rate for the Win- netka Talk can be had for any | person wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam. This rate will be $0.75 in advance, a substantial decrease over the regular rate. On such subscriptions, paper will be forwarded weekly to any designated point in the | United States or Europe. | If you have a son serving in | | France and you subscribe for special rate, the paper will go forward directly to him each | | week. If you have a son or a | | friend who will go to Rockford | or any other cantonment as a | member of the national army, the paper will reach him each week, and if, at a later period, he is transferred to some other point within the country, or even Europe, on being notified, The Winnetka Talk will see that the paper follows him. }! Mr. and Mrs. the ||! | Sells Kenilworth Home. | "Do Your Bit" Gather your old books and magazines for the sailors and soldiers UR young men are sacrificing their education, business, pro- fessional training and home life to serve their country. They need books and current maga- zines for study, recreation and di- version in lonely moments. You can help them by donating books and magazines to be forwarded to army camps and hospitals. Books on war, travel, history, biog- raphy, as well as short stories, are desired by the local committee. Any readable book of general interest will appeal to the soldiers. Winnetka people wishing to help in this work may send books and maga- zines to the public library. mERER North Shore Churches Have Special Services Lutheran Churches Will Hold Anni- versary Services Sunday. The Lutheran churches of the north shore will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Reformation with special services Sunday afternoon and evening at the Patten gymnasium [in Evanston. Prominent speakers and an attrac- tive musical program has been ar- | ranged for the exercises. Two large | choruses, a men's and mixed chorus, | will feature the events of the day. 'he famous Hand's band has been engaged to play and accompany the choruses in the hymn singing. "The Lutheran churches extend a most cordial invitation to everyone to attend this festival," Rev. Herman W. Meyer, pastor of St. John's Ev. Lutheran church, said. "Among the speakers obtained for Sunday, Rev. C. Gausewitz, president of the Synodical Conference of North America, will speak at the afternoon services at 3 o'clock. The speaker for the evening services will be Prof. O. C. A. Boecler of Springfield, Ill, {and this announcement should be a | hearty encouragement for all to L.=%.-8 8% -§.- | RAILROAD MEN TO RAISE | FLAG AT "L" TERMINAL | | Employes of Northwestern Elevated | Company Plan Program. Flag raising exercises will be held | at the Linden Avenue terminal of the Northwestern Elevated railroad on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The program will be held under the auspices of the employes of the com- pany. A company of sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training station will take part in the exercises. The music will be furnished by the North- western Elevated Employes' band. The employes of the company or- ganized and collected funds to pur- chase the flag which will be hoisted | onto a pole erected by the company. ! This is the first of the patriotic ex- | ercises planned by the employes of the company, and a cordial invita- tion has been extended to the people of the north shore to take part in the program announced for Monday. SRW 0 Goes to Hanover. Charles Dines, who | have been spending the summer with | Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Everett, re- turned Tuesday to their home in| | Hanover, N. H. | |B R00. | | Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens have | | sold their home at the corner®of Es-| | sex road and Kenilworth avenue and, | with their family, are spending a few weeks in the east. Es Ee Es Ey Parmelee in New York. Mrs. E. D. Parmelee left Tuesday to visit with her son, Edward, who is in New York with the 149th regi- ment before his departure for France. R000 Sunday School Opens. The Congregational Sunday school will open for this season on Sunday | Miner; | commissioned later; ACCEPT LOCAL UNIT FOR RESERVE GUARD Winnetka and Glencoe Units of the Illinois Voluntary Training Corps Are Enrolled in the Militia. 1,200 MEN FOR BRIGADE Three Infantry Regiments for the Cook County Reserves. Four Cook county units of the Illi- nois Volunteer Training Corps al- ready have been accepted by Major General Edward C. Young for the First Brigade of the new state re- serve militia. The brigade, when completed, will consist of three infantry regiments of 1,200 men each. Seven other regi- ments in the process of formation will be accepted as soon as the offi- cers inform General 'Young of thé approximate number they can bring to the colors. The units so far accepted are: North Shore. Evanston--One company, Captain J. Ralph Wilbur. Wilmette--One company, Captain J. R. MacFarland. Whninetka--One company, Captain HH. P.-Clarke. Glencoe--One company, Captain William S. Crosby. Chicago. North Side--Five companies, com- manded by Judge Robert E. Turney, Captain George A. Schneider, Cap- tain Roland M. Hollock, Captain J. F. Fleming, Captain Perry A. Lyon. South Side--Seven companies, companies forming under R. Scott commanding officers to be two companies forming under M. Donker; command- ing officers to be commissioned lati; one company, Captain C. S. Peterson; one company, Captain T. N. Harro- well; one company, Salzon. Captain Fred West Side. Oak Park and River Forest Battal- ion, Major Otto McFeely, command- ing--A Company, Captain Edgar R. Burroughs; B Company, Captain E. E. Armstrong; C Company, Captain William F. Simms; D Company, Cap- | tain Harry Taube. Downers Grove--One Lapras Lawrence J. Foster. La Grange--One company, forming company, under Major J. C. Wilson; com- mander to be appointed. Lombard--One company, Captain W. A. Reed. Austin--Two companies, forming under Captain E. L. Tenny and Cap- tain John W. Dean; officer sto be commissioned later. 3.00.8 DR. BROWN CABLES NEED OF FUNDS FOR WAR WORK | Appeals to Winnetka People for $5,000 Fund to Help French. Mrs. Russel Tyson received a tele- gram from Dr. Alice Barlow Brown of Winnetka, who has arrived in France to help in the war relief work, asking her to appeal to the Winnetka people for funds to enable her to continue her part of the plans made by the commission. A number of people of Winnetka subscribed to a fund of $550, and they also furnish hospital supplies, in order that Dr. Brown would be able to go to France and help in this work. The telegram to Mrs. Tyson reads as follows: ; "Leaving for Toul, near Nancy. Ask Winnetka for $5000 for Ford Pamolet purchased here and emer- gency necessities for sick children. "Dr. Alice Barlow Brown." The message t~ the Winnetka peo- ple was sent to Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Jr., who is in charge of the relief work in the village. Subscriptions for this fund may be sent to Mrs. John R. Montgomery of Hubbard | Woods, who is the treasurer of the American Fund for French Wounded EEE Paving Sheridan Road. The work on the paving of Sheri- dan road in Winnetka has progressed very rapidly for the first week. Vil- lage authorities are of the opinion that the paving of the roadway as far as Willow street will be com- morning at the Community house. pleted this year. - two