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PT ------ i er Hh Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk INNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. VII, NO. 51. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919 EIGHT PAGES C. W. WASHBURNE I$ NAMED SCHOOL HEAD Director of San Francisco State Nor- mal School Called by Board of Education to Succeed E. N. Rhodes IS AN EDUCATOR OF NOTE Holds High Educational Record and Enjoys Wide Experience in Edu- cational Circles In view of the resignation of Mr. E. N. Rhodes, Superintendent of *Schools, Winnetka, the Board of Education, through a committee ap- pointed for that purpose, conducted a very careful investigation through- out the country to ascertain where they could secure a successor to Mr. Rhodes who would not only carry on | uninter- them up school with but build the Winnetka rypted success, to a more and more distinguished | position, until, with the increased in- come we hope for by next year. and the new school building on Elm,street | later, we may eventually have schools equal to the best in this country. > Future Appears Bright 1f Winnetka has now any reason for pride in her school system. and she has-some reason. she should have a great deal more within a few years if she makes the best use of her op- portunities. We are on the edge of the most important developments in public education in this country, for which we have been preparing for five years. The man selected by the Board to] conduct this ner DY eS Me. Carle-| solution, from the standpoint of safe- ton W. Washburne of San Francisco] Mr. Wash-| State Normal School. burne is married and has two child- ren. He will move to Winnetka in Tune and will take charge of the Winnetka school at the beginning of the next school year. Man of Lofty Standards He is a man of the highest edu-| cational standards and the best in-| tellctual and social traditions. His] academic training and experience. | and contributions to educational] literature, have been as follows: « Academic Training Undergraduate--University of Chi- cago. Leland Stanford University (B. A. Stanford). Special graduate -- Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago (1 year); University of California (2 years of -graduate work in education). (GC. EF. California). Experience ' Teacher--In Grammar Grades of I.a Puenta District school: of special (Ungraded) class in city schools. of Tulare, California; of 7th grade arithmetic. Tulare, California. Principal--Of Rural school. Los Angeles County. California; Assist- ant Pricipal of Grammar school, Tul- are, California. Playground director. Los Angeles City playgrounds; Tulare, California playgrounds; Oakland, California, playgrounds. 3 : ; ~ Supervisor of Arithmetic teaching, San Francisco State Normal school; Supervisor of Physical Sciences. San Francisco State Normal school. Instructor in Educational Psycholo- gy. San Francisco State Normal school. Director of * Educational and Psy- chological Tests and Measurements, San Francisco State Normal school. Publications : Monograph on teaching of Physic- . al Sciences, published by San Fran- cisco State Normal school y Monograph on teaching of Biology and Hygiene, published by San Fran- cisco State Normal school. The Story of the Earth, a supple- mentary reader in Geology. published by the Century company, New York. Science of the Everyday World, a textbook in elementary science, pub- lished by the World Book company, Yonkers-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. : Articles on educational topics in School and Society, Sierra Education- al News, the Journal of Educational Psychology, etc. Chosen from Wide Field Mr. Washburne has been selected after a most careful scrutiny of the available field, and the Board con- gratulates itself on the fact that a man who combines such unusual gifts and such unusual promise was at all securable for the modest salary we are now able to pay. ; We also congratulage this com- munity on its good fortune, and wish to commend to Winnetka's very best and most cordial consideration, this very delightful young man and his family. > 3 z Winnetka Board of Education. War Heroes Head Citizens' Ticket for Offices; Miller for President By S. Bowles King (Caucus Secretary) Major John S. Miller Jr., was placed in nomination for president of Winnetka at a caucus of citizens held Monday evening at Community House. The platform to which all the nominees are asked to subscribe as a condition of their candidacy, contains a strong pronouncement favoring depression of the railroad, tracks in the Village, and pledging the council to early action. William S. Elliott presided at the! meeting, and in the absence of F. W. Burlingham. chairman of the nomin- ating committee, presented the report | of the committee. The platform was first adopted by the caucus and then it was unanimously voted that the ticket proposed be adopted. Adopt Platform I. We stand for municipal own- ership and operation of the Village utilities, and pledge ourselves to re- tain. maintain and develop the Vil- lage water and light properties. 2. We pledge ourselves to grant no franchises without first sub- mitting the matter to a referendum i vote of the people. 3. We stand for efficient and econ- omical business methods in the ad- ministration of all departments of the Village. 4. The frequent killing of citizens on the tracks of our rail- roads has proven that our population has reached the point where high speed trains cannot be operated within the limits of the Village un- { der present conditions without wan- ton and heartbreaking sacrifice of life. We believe the only satisfactory ty, is track depression and that such depression is practicable. This is one of the most important and pressing problems before the Village and we pledge ourselves to use our best ef- forts towards its early and satisfac- tory solution, and to take no action inconsistent therewith. Winnetka Citizens' Ticket For President of the Village: Maj. John S. Miller, Jr. For Trustee, to serve 2 years: R. M. Heller, (to succeed himself), T. N. Wheatley, (to succeed himself), Ayres Boal. To fill vacancy for one year, coused by resignation of Mrs. W. H. Davis of Hubbord Woods. Mrs. Ernest Ballard. For Marshal and Collector: Theo- dore Flynn. For Police Nelson. For Village Treasurer, (to succeed himself): Harry C. Seymour. For Library Trustees, (to succeed themselves): Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, Roswell B. Mason, For the full term of three years. The nominating committee was as follows: Mrs. Clark C. Wortley, Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, M. K. Meyer, G. Wolf, F. W. Burlingham, Sherman M. Goble, William B. Mcllvaine, Ros- well B. Mason. William S. Elliott. Splendid War Record Major Miller, who heads the tick- et, several years ago served a term as police magistrate in 1915 and 1916. Magistrate: Byron A. our He resigned in June 1916, and was in Texas as sergeant, Headquarter's Company, First [Illinois Artillery, now the 149th Heavy Field Artillery, during the Border campaign.. In the spring of 1917 he received a com- mission as Second Lieutenant, of- ficers' reserve corps, and attended the first officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was recom- missioned as Major. Later he was as- signed to the 333rd Heavy Field Ar- tillery at Camp Grant, and remained with that unit until its demobilization in January when he received his dis- charge. Major Miller proved him- self a capable officer and an excellent executive under large responsibili- ties and this, coupled with his civil- ian attainments, qualify him ex- cellently to perform the duties of] Village president. The Village should be grateful to Mr. Heller and Mr.Wheatley for their willingness to serve as trustees for | another term. Both have been val- uable and efficient members of the council. Another Service Man Mr. Ayres Boal has been a resident of Winnetka for the past 14 years, and has taken an active and con- structive: part in many Village in- terests. He served one term as president of the Village Improve- ment association. He was commis- sioned an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve a few rjonths after war was declared. After serving on the Great Lakes station for several months, he | qualified for a course of study at An- napolis, whence he was assigned to overseas destroyer service., After six months of this work, on the Irish and French coasts, he was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant (J. G.) and given command of a mine-| sweeper. He returned to the United States last month and has just re-| ceived his transfer to the Reserve. Mrs., Ballard Is Popular ! Mrs. H. H. Davis, whose resigna- | tion the council accepted with regret | at the Tuesday evening meeting, has | been an energetic and faithful | trustee during the past year. Mrs. | Ernest Ballard, who has been placed | in nomination to fill her term, is| comparatively a new resident, but; has shown great interest in com-| munity affairs, and has exceptional ability. The caucus appointed Mrs. C. C. Wortley, W. S. Elliott, and S. M. Goble a committee to fill vacancies. On motion of George W. Gorden, the caucus unanimously voted its thanks, as a representative group of citizens, to the council and to the outgoing president and trustees for their whole-hearted and active serv- ice in behalf of the community. Push Rail Depression Movement At the suggestion of F. W. Burling- ham, it was voted that the chair appoint a committee of three to rep- resent the citizens present at the caucus, who should jresent the re- quest of those citizens to the Vil- lage council that it take immediate steps to appoint a committee of 100 to serve as a permanent citizens' committee to actively push the ques- tion of track depression. Winnetka Woman Becomes National Figure; "Conservation Clothes Line" Idea Wins Fame Conservation has been the uni- versal call of war and post-war days. Winnetka residents have learned well the great lesson of saving, sav- ing money, saving food, saving cloth- ing, saving in every department of business and home life. One of the women of the Village who has been largely instrumental in teaching, not only the value of sav- ing, but how to save and how to help those who have been left destitute by the ravages of war, is Mrs. Frank D. Fulton of 932 Euclid . avenue, founder of the "Conservation clothes] line," an idea which has spread from Winnetka far and wide throughout the country. The story of Mrs. Fulton's success mentioned some time ago in the Talk is presented in comprehensive style by a special writer of the Chi- cago Daily News, and reads as fol- lows: "Mrs. Frank D. Fulton of Winnet- ka is the originator of the "conserva- tion clothes line" which has made quite as much of a hit with American women as would a new fashion. Am- erican women is said advisedly, for Mrs. Fulton's clothes line has not been confined to Winnetka or even Chicago. but has stretched as far as the states of Washington and New York, gathering in the states be- tween without any entanglement. "It was the need when war was de- clared that started me to thinking what I could do to help." Mrs. Ful- ton began when asked for her story. "I was no good at all at surgical dressings or canteen work. What could I do? Just at that time a letter came to Winnetka from Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown, who was sent to care for women and children in one of the devastated sections, and my idea came. "I was housecleaning and found some old flannels discarded by my husband. Out of one garment I made six garments. I took it to the Red Cross chapter in Winnetka and was given a room to work in at the par- ish house. This was so encouraging that I collected sixty-five garments and gave demonstrations by cutting paper patterns in my workroom. The result was twelve departments of the conservation work were organized right in Winnetka and from there the idea spread to the country at l-r-e * "The name 'conservation c'~tha- line' comes from my using a clothes line to hance mv articles on | wrote (Continued on page four.) STARS OF GOLD First Lieutenant Fletcher McCordic one of Winnetka's most popular young men lost his life in an aero- plane accident near Treves, Ger- many, on March 1. A cablegram bearing the news was received by his parents March 4. He was given a military funeral March 3. With the family, Winnetka is anxiously await- ing further details of this tragic news. Lieutenant McCordic enlisted in January 1 17 and had been made Pilot in the 88th Aero Squadron, 1st Army Corps. He had recently been cited by his superior officers for "his never failing loyalty, his spirit, his ability and initigtive." Memorial services for Lieutenant McCordic will be held in the Con- gregational church, Sunday after- noon, March 9, at 5 o'clock, when Winnetka will pay tribute to the memory of this brave young life. A, Sergeant Charles Douglas Weart, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Weart, died in France on February 16 of cerebro spinal meningitis. This comes as a great shock to all Winnetkans and is a loss to the community. Sergeant Weart served with Battery D, 333rd Regiment, Heavy Field Artillery, 86th Division. He joined Battery E of the 1st Illinois Field Artillery in 1916, and was with | that regiment in Texas. He received his discharge in 1917 to attend the officers' training camp at Fort Sher- idan. From there he went to Camp Grant in August 1917. In September 1918 he went with a detachment to. a "Tractor School" in France and was later placed in the officers' artillery school at Saumur. In January he successfully completed his course and received the certificate of Second Lieutenant. From there he was sent to the First Replacement Division at St. Aignan. In a letter dated February 8, he that there were about forty thousand men at this camp. who were being newly supplied and equip- ped, the same as in war time with everything from socks to overseas caps, tobacco, canly, toilet articles, gas masks. helmet, and reserve ra- tion. The following is taken from a let- ter written by Captain Charles S. De Long, his Battery Commander: "Charles was a good soldier in { every sense of the word, and as an officer would have done credit to any organization. It would have given me great pleasure to have serv- ed with him at the front in any capa- | city." BIBLE TALKS POPULAR; GIVE SUNDAY LECTURES In response to numerous requests from those who were not able to at- tend the recent Tuesday morning talks on "Modern Christian Living" at the Congregational church, a similar series will be given by Dr. Richards on Sunday afternoons at 4 o'clock beginning March 9 and con- tinuing about 6 weeks. A Question Box feature will be added in order that the discussions may follow the desire of the attend- ants as closely as possible. The purpose of the course is to set forth certain permanent elements of Christian living through the study of St. Paul and his letter to the Galatians. The sessions will be held in the church. Motion Picture Program The following motion pictures will be shown at the Community House on Friday evening at 8 o'clock, Bryant Washburn in the "Gypsy Trail", a Kinogram and Screen News; March 14, Billie Burke in "A Make Believe Wife" and a Kinogram; March 21, special matinee and even- ing "Little Women" and a Kinogram; March 28, Charles Ray in "String Beans" and Kinogram. Ladies' Aid Society Luncheon The Ladies' Aid of the North Shore Methodist church served a luncheon at the home of Mrs. C. A. Forberg of Hubbard Woods last Tuesday. A large number of members were pres- ent and several new members were admitted to the society. The day was spent sewing for the Lake Bluff Orphanage. <igns from Post Office John Reckenwall of Highland Park, clerk, left the local post office . after resigning two weeks rtin Kloepfer, assistant post- t 't Fridav evening to take int'os at the Winnetka Coal and Tomi company office on Pine street FRENCH WAR HERO TO SPEAK AT GYM SUNDAY Captain Paul Perigord, Native Frenchman, Veteran of many Battles, To Tell of Trench Experiences WON CROIX DE GUERRE Student in American Universities and Became Private in French Army; Rose to Captaincy A Community Sunday Evening meeting will be held at 8 o'clock Sunday evening, : March 9, in the Gymnasium of Community House with a noted French soldier, Captain Paul Perigord, as speaker. Captain Perigord pursued his graduate studies in this country at Columbia University, University of Chicago and University of Minnesota, at which latter institution he took his Ph. D. | He is a native Frenchman who speaks | excellent English and is an accomp- | lished platform speaker. Veteran of Trenches { When the war broke out he re- | turned to France and enlisted as a | private in the French army. He was | in the battles of the Marne, Vimy Ridge and Verdun and in one of these battles all his officers were killed or severely wounded and he found him- self in charge of his company. He was made a Lieutenant, was several times cited for bravery and has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. As a Lieutenant he was sent over here when we went into the war to help train our officers. Later Lieutenant Perigord was made a captain and returned to France. While there he was at the front with the American army, visit- ed Alsace-Loorraine and England and for some time was with President Wilson's party in France. He has a worth-while message. Mr. Harold L. Ickes will preside at the meeting. Coming Events Sunday evening, March 16--motion | pictures--"*The Making of High Ex- plosive shells for the United States | Government." Edwin S. Fechheimer, | speaker. Sunday evening, March 23--Col. { Dan Morgan Smith, commander in ! France of "The Battalion of Death." | WINNETKA SCHOOL MEETING A group of Winnetka parents who are interested in the management of the schools have called a meeting to be held at Community House, Thurs- day evening, March 13, to consider the appointment of a nominating committee, that shall thoroughly canvass the situation, and make nominations to fill the places on the Winnetka School board where terms expire in April. Citizens interested will be welcome. New Members at Church The Congregational church ad- mitted six new members Sunday morning. They were Mr. and Mrs. Burton H. Atwood, 839 Elm street, formerly of the Bethany Union church of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Connor, 1152 Hamptondale road. formerly of the Woodland Preshy- terian church of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Farwell, 1125 Gage street, formerly of the Ken- wood Evangelical church of Chicago. Judge Pam Speaks Judge Pam spoke on the "League of Nations" this evening at the Win- netka Woman's club. The lecture was held under the auspices of the Woman's club. Returns from Camp Dr. B. E. Sillis of Hubbard Woods returned this week from Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. He had been in the service 8 month in the south- ern cantonment. Speaks in Evanston Madame Henri Delebecque, Win- netka worker among the refugees in France, who recently returned from Europe, spoke of her experiences "over there" before the Evanston Woman's club Tuesday afternoon, Supervises Soldier Education Lieutenant Frederick E. Swanson who was transferred to the 139th Infantry some time ago, is now Supervisor of Education at Vignot. is stationed, PRICE FIVE CENTS France, where a portion of the 139th { 1 { 1 { ra --------_-- Th,