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I A 55 2 'g ra J 1 OTR | Eu "TBtirred the 'augies 4] N \ ws =\ON/ EN ETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. VII, NO. 13. WIN NETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Professor Scott in Address CADETS UNFURL COLORS Presentation of English Prizes to six Honor Students Also a Feature A crowd that 1 3 of the high school auditorium at- tended the commencement exercises of the Class of 1918 at the hich school on Friday evening, June 7. came to witness the graduating of one hundred and five students of the school, the largest class that has ever been graduated from New Trier. Many of the diplomas had to be They | | great assistance in finishing our quo- | finishing what was left from April, | sent to the candidates as ten,boys | of the class were not present at the | exercises because they were working | on the farm, and six had entered the active armed service of the govern- | ment, ; It was a particularly pa evening from the time the fiags drawn in front of ¢ the platform, on | which were seated members of the class and two hundred members of the the benediction chorus, until Father E. J. Vattmann. The from : whole theme 5 centered around the war and its demands upon the times. Unfurl The Colors One of the most pleasant features of the evening was the bringing in the flag by the hich school cadets and the bugle call preceding ceremony. 3 y Professor John Scott of the! record in 1¢l work. and Bright Side of Death have been Conflict The women of t especially ind 1tew of the READY FOR ANYTHING NOW urgent calls P- ZONE TOT acmmittes | Pens Letter Wkile in Dug-Out as Ticst 1 that we had Hun Bombardment Rages Over- .ast month 1at we had ; 1 a very large quota but the | head x : Cai last four days found us out of work. The good work done by the branch A "so 2 at Mrs. Younker's we felt to finish - boy with a keen sense of Bolte who today is| somewhere in France with General Pershing A letter recently received by his father offers a scint- lating depiction of the li just posite the German 1e trench- es. It reads in part as follows: ; Wednesday, April 17, '18. | Dressings. | Dear Dad meeting Was, 0: { humor: is :CGuy ta of one thousand Front Line Pads nine thousand Tampons and twenty thousand Applicator sticks; thereby ters. Oop~-{ front 1 as well as our May quota. Grace E. Prindiville, Chairman Surgical I'm so full of things I'm about to nuch of it would get by the censor We left the school Sunday night un- d favorable 15 and ty, but the all night ride not so good in spite of Report of Knitting Committee May, Winnetka Auxiliary No. 8 bust, but S Of Y very condition ench i right cep. to Paris wa American Fund for French wound- Ks] ; ed: 30 pairs of socks, compari our fair preparations for Just a same. ther I 1 before we go any fa War 1 Union: Pairs Ol {want to state that I am w riting this ocks, 6 sweaters. some eters underground, and on We also made sweater jackets. top of thesz few bit verv valuable Total: 39 sweaters, 183 pairs of meters is a Battery of not-so-puny f socks, 1 scatf, 6 pairs of wristlets, z the afternoon's compli- 4 helmets, 1 trench cap, 25 ments over the hill at z, so I may jackets. ; [be a bit jumpy. Mary H. Elmer, man Knitting Committee. | sweater Atmosphere Is Inspiring Th a French sous Lieutenant Gh a ; . ; 1 hone at my elbow who is | French Refugee Children Garments, | at phon t 3 1 ef than thre guns, so North- | western University was the principal | . and he gave speaker of the evening a most stirring, patriotic based upon historic prec weg enthasivo nn presented the c¢ to tl Br President of the Board, who pointe out to them the i] privileges that were theirs to be educated in demo- ' a time in which the ideals of cracy and cratic responsibilities of government were so to the attention of the world ical event Honor Prizes Vill set glish prizes, for w he S been the generous donor for a num- ber of years, in a very pleasing man- ner, to the ing follow students who secured these pri through com- petitive theme wri Edith Brigham, first prize, short story. Alice Jackson, second prize, Play. Mildred Bowers, first prize, Verse. Mabelle Verse. Gertrude Ship aneous. Rogers, second priz pen, first prize, mis- cellaneous. : 1 address | Committee this month. th ( ik, 1sisting of Mrs. Hamburger, | I've seen all 1€ \ ting Mrs. Hambt ; : Mrs. Mordock and | here on business and not t May, 1918 maki i taking and large a very off an inspir- | | clubby place to «¢ (ing epi continue, Meeting Thursday afternoons. , 50 diapers, 5 ba-| infant caps. 8 inf : infant wrappers; 1 vil, 0 infant dresses, 1d gers tie. "Main | infant ant socks, 18 pa 9 washclothes, 5 cakes soap, 5 powder cans, 2 1 'leanor B. Registration : ] righ ; it to Governeur Morris There were two vi Iv Stanton, and 1ave prepared a list War FE wrnum, Mrs. We 1 of the ency Fun. If 1 don't have the greatest Union of what we consider eligible | ime of my life it will be because I e+e itn d h: onic of this Bst is Fi SR rr i I : Workers and one ofthis lst 1s {lose my -Angora, or my W. K. sense to receive ca letter 'irom the Wari sf hunior Emergency Union which will be fol-{ Here I am with a bunch of frogs | lowed up personally by a members of { Is none of wi speak the committee. We have also asked words of English | the: head of each department to have s broken down un | track of them but also to form a pub- | lic opinion on the subject. body is tbeth Brown, second prize, mis- | One hundred and five graduates received their diplomas from the Board of Education. Th y. were as follows : Eleanore Ambler Josephine Balluff Ethyl Georgianna Barrett Katherine Bartholf' Lydell Beaumont Marion Elizabeth Bell Esther Katherine Bellows Helen Margaretta Blasius Ellinor. Schell Blymyer Mildred Bowers Elizabeth Uorton Brown* Virginia Buchanan Marjorie Elliott Burchard Catherine Calhoun Katherine Cody Lucile Nielson Curtis Dorothy Belle Davis Caroline Elliott Falls Grace Katherine Freeman Alice Elizabeth Gallagher Margaret Hannah Hadley Florin K. Hahn Margaret Adams Haskins Ruth Lenore Hodgson Alice Clothilde Hotz* ° Helen Marie Hotz Mary Bernice Hubsch* Helen Dwyer Irwin Joy Belle Jackson* Gladys Readio Jones Dorothy Bernice Kasten* Helen Charlotte Knapp Marion Lasier (Continued on Page Four) {and 20 for the Italian Red Cross. We i received notice that we had {on the | Office for our fine work | packing. Many {our efficient branches which are do-| gp y, but we ar her workers re way sister each day, hop- complete 1 - ing in that not only to kee and are real 1 rms already. FEvery- her for one end lly have little trouble in go of the thing. Wouldn't | companions-in-: (ing toge Hester Ludlaw Howe.|:q wi Garments, May, 1918 ua for millions. yout the ith all we know al devastation it simply cannot be un- derstood until all is "Heleva' place--nothing stands up when once been put | either side gets but where the Main |] am, the untouched spots are simp- and perfect | Jy massed with violets and anemonés, | are due tol] This Departn 1it made 274 254 for the Red Cros: ments in May, seen, +1 after it, Roll of Honor at thanks the little dicky birds sing cheerfully the stumps and we are outside most of the time when it stops rain- | ing, which is not frequent. Chairman. I ing splendid work. Mabel B. Boyden, now number among my most | TT valued possessions a nose bag and a| Conservation Shop | steel kelly--first thing they know | -- | I'm going to take this war seriously, | Brght Fwd May Ttl| which might be a good thing for me, French. Shop... 4.0 3344 92 3436) 50 that I'll begin to look like a sol- | Dr. Brown i... .... . 909 88 997! dier anyway , and that's half the! Relief and Aid 98 901 pattle. 89 512 . 4 Glad to Give Life | a 9727900 3082 It locks like a mighty safe place Infant Welfare Local Charities Red Cross <.c..o.. .. +418. 81S vol me Dut... accidents. are always | United Charities ...... 300 | possible in a place like this where | mrt riety the hills are so steep and the birds | Total ......:... -.4. 7,186 872 7.343 | fly so high. If I should get a one-way | Mrs. Frank Fulton, | ticket here or any other place, just | Chairman. | keep your mind on the fact that I! [have no kick against the world orl Report Change of Location {it's treatment of me and I'm glad to -- | go for the sake of the Great Ideal. The War Emergency Union Walks! Pardon the spoofing--somewhat af- relatives and friends of men in the|ter the above was penned Fritz pull- service, to report any change of (ed a raid, and Just as our guns got location of soldiers or sailors to the | Off altogether, T hit the top of the office, Room 8, Community House, |dug-out stairs on my way out and Telephone 1,000. i the old legs quit working altogether : for about ten seconds. Gosh, twas a funny feeling, but it's old stuff now. (Continued on page two) | tenant Violini, iat the an explosive violation of chapter is a fine of n¢ or more than $100. Chief of Police son who has been absent on 1 1 of absence at Pensacola, Florida, has returned to WwW the department. Paving of road has pro- Willow Sheridan gressed as far south as street. [he north end of Sheridan road at | pe slencoe limits «is being repaired by James Lvanston. now necessary to 1t approval through 1 ITALIAN OFFICER WILL SPEAK OF TRENCH LIFE Lieutenant Violini to ~ Community House patriotic meet- ing, Sunday, June 30 On Sunday evening, June 30, Lieu- will speak in Community House at a patriotic meeting, held under the auspices of the War Emergency Union. Lieutenant Violini has been wound- ed ip action, and has a wonderful to tell. There I""be good story ment" of : this er. announ ill be made lat FIFTY-FIVE GRADUATES IN WINNETKA SCHOOLS pupils in the public ived their graduation i at the annual ublic school ncement exer cises in Commu House. The program of the evening was simpie and impressive and was of a tone throughout. nd J. W. F. Davies of the Winnetka Congregational church de- ered 1 brief address before the graduates while the 1 of e was entirely musical in Sen presented were, Mine", "The Home Road" "Lead Us, Holy Father, Lead Us", "The Angel- us", "Spring Song', "A Girl's choru " rol : : rR Liye Star a nda WHERE ARE THESE MEN? TELL EMERGENCY UNION! Union, 'any the follow- ing men will be gratefully received office, Room 8, Community House, Telephone Winnetka 1,000. Abraham Stamps, Sam Gladstein. gency concerning inform { John Ullian, Huntington Morse, Ern- | est Muench, Cornelius Bosman, Wil- liam G. Hill, Walter Laatsch and Ro- bert Dugund. We had a good working out for about thirty minutes, but this night | fighting is a scandalous affair to my mind altho' very beautiful to watch. Read all you can about the noise {a shell makes when flying your way, multiply by ten and then you might as well have been born deaf for all you will know about it. But the strange part of it is I am perfectly fascinated by it, and wish to go where it is happening. However, be {assured that I restrain this impulse with comparative ease. Shells leav- ing have a rather soothing whistle which I favor even more, so I am bound to be pleased one way or an- other. Will possible. write again as soon as Your Son, Guy. innetka and resumed his duties in! ay aepartment at | Appear at| a young Italian officer | "Land of te the records © NEWTRER GIVES 104 REAL SOLDER NOW | KIDDIES CARNIVAL T0 GRADS SHEEPSKINS | 72 MJ sys pans haw { VILLAGE RALLINOTES | grin y WeLFARE tional Socisty . JUNE 28 SET AS THE DAY | Leading Women To Be in Charge of N. Ott Entertainment at John Residence The Winnetka Branch of the In- fant Welfare Society will hold a "hildren's Carnival on Friday, June 8, at 4 Indian Hill road, at the re- | sidence of Mrs. John N. Ott, from {3 to 7 o'clock. In case of rain it will Ibe postponed until Saturday, June 29. The admission will be 25 cents {for children and 30 cents for adults. There will be all sorts of amuse- ments for children, a Punch and Judy | Show, a Grab Bag, Fish Pond, Slides ponies to ride, and whistles and flags for C 2 Teeter, and | and | baloons [ sale. | Exhibition of fancy dancing will be given and music will be provided yughout the entire afternoon. Ice ream, soft drinks, wheatless cakes | and cookies, and st less candy will Ibe on and 10se adults who wish may play bridge for $5 a table, | includ refreshments. hy thir cr ATC ala Saic, Leading Women In Charge Mrs. Charles T. 'Mordock will have [charge of the ice cream cones; Mrs. John Ott of the ice cream parlor; { Mrs. John B. Guthrie of the dolls; { Mrs. Percy Bradstreet of the soft { drinks; Mrs. Aliyed Edwards of the fish pond; Mrs. Cornelius Lynde of the Punch and Judy show; Mrs. D. Dallas of the grab bag; Mrs. Law- rence Stein will sell balloons, whist- {les and Mrs. Arthur Bentley {and Mrs. Roy Bell will sell liberty chips Mrs. Roland Widrzan will sel candy; Mrs. N. H. Blatchford, Jr. will have charge of the ponies. Mrs. { Ernst von nmon, Mrs. Harry C. Edmonds, Mrs. William = Truesdale and Miss M ly will have tickets for Fickets will also be for sale at | the drug stores; and may be obtain- ed from other members of the socie- ty. - . flags ; sale. oney To Aid Baby Station money raised will go towards the Win- tion at the earnestly innetka will have a good time, and at the same time lend a helping hand t | fortunate brothers and expenses of Welfare St: 1 Tr bo netka inrant 111 come to to. tnel SS CAMPAIGN HERE BRINGS $34,512 | to a close in Winnetka veek with the total subscription resented in the sum of $34.512.32. The total number of subscribers was approximately 2000 or one-third of ation of the Village. children of the Vil- lage were with Deing re- sponsible for a subscription amount- ing to $720, while the pupils in the | parochial school raised $105. The latter were presented with a Flag for ! passing the 100 per cent mark in subscriptions. the total pc | Public school credited | CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE | TO BE GIVEN HERE TUESDAY A free lecture on Christian Science {will be delivered at the First Church {of Christ, Scientist, at Central avenue and Tenth street, Tuesday evening, June 18, at 8 o'clock. John W. Doorly, C. S. B. of Leeds, England, member of the Board of {lectureship -of the Mother church in Boston, will be the lecturer Tuesday | evening. NORTH END RED CROSS WORKERS ON THE JOB The North End Winnetka Naval Auxiliary of the American Red Cross reports the following work complet- ed during the month of May: 87 hospital shirts, 80 pajamas, 10 con- valescent robes, 23 pairs socks, 11 sweaters, 30 kits, 78 bhootees. 25 dresses and jackets, 19 bonnets.