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{ i ! ¢ os ol pu . Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk INNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. VII, NO. 52. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS POSTMASTER ISSUES NEW THRIFT PLANS Savings Division of War Loan Or- ganization Established under Di- rection of Federal Reserve Governors APPOINT LOCAL LEADERS ® Savings Campaign To Be Carried On Through Help of Churches, Sun- day Schools, Organizations The War Savings and Thrift cam- { Emergency Union was formed to deal Winnetka Community Council The Super-Organization By Frederick Dickinson At the last meeting of the War | Emergency Union the following resolution was adopted: "RESOLVED: That as the War! with conditions arising from the war, the reason for its existence, there- fore naturally ceases with the return of peace. But its existence and work have shown that benefit results from the united consideration of public paign for the post-war reconstruc- tion period will be of interest to all readers of the Talk. Postmaster A. M. Kloepfer is the author of the fol- lowing summary of the latest thrift pltns. 8 "To make war-taught thrift and the practice of saving, through lend- ing to the Government, a permanent and happy habit of the American people, the United States treasury is to continue the sale of War Sav- ings stamps and Thrift stamps. In connection with the sale of stamps the treasury will conduct an intens- ive movement to promote wise spend- ing, avoidance of waste, intelligent saving and safe investment. Organize Savings Division "To conduct the sale of stamps and to develop the educational campaign for thrift, the treasury has constitut- ed a Savings division of the War Loan organization, and has placed the local conduct of campaigns mn the hands.of the Governors of the | Federal Reserve banks, These thrift representatives of the Government will conduct their campaign through the press, through orgamzations, schools and other agencies. In each county, and in many communities, local representatives will be appoint- ed to promote the sale of stamps and to develop thrift education. Especial attention will be given to the forming of savings societies in industrial plants and business concerns and the schools, for children and their par- ents. Effort will be made also to in- terest churches, Sunday schools, lodges, and other groups ot people in saving through Thrift and War Savings stamps and in inducing their friends and associates to join the thrift movement. "The Savings division will co-oper- | ate with all other Government agen- cies interested in promoting avoid- ance of waste and in helping the in-| dividual to get ahead. Motives for Saving "The public this year will be urged to buy stamps not only because of patriotic interest in supporting the Government in its post-armistice and peace program, but also from motives of self-interest. 2 "War Savings stamps and Thrift stamps offer convenient means of providing for .a rainy day, making ready for a sunny opportunity or ac- cumulating sums to effect some well considered future purchase. * "The War Savings division con- siders that wise spending is the basis of intelligent saving, and that 1n- telligent saving is merely postponed enjoyment, that 1s, accumulating trifiing sums for later important and well thought out purchases. Some will save to provide for. old age or unexpected emergencies. Other will want to have a "Turn Around fund which enables them to meet com- fortably readjustment in business or employment. Still others will save for such purposes as a future vaca- tion, education for themselves or their children, to buy an automobile or what not. ; : "The campaign of thrift education, it is hoped, will encourage people to think before they spend and to get full value in goods, comfort, service. for recreation, and advancement every dollar they earn. : "Thrift is power--Save and suc- ceed." School Board Caucus The caucus on the school board of Winnetka met at Community House Thursday evening. The committee appointed to submit nominations consisted of Judge Thomson, chair- man: Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Wallace, _ Mr. Converse, Mr. Post and Madames Thomas Huttle, Prouty and Chicker- ng. ! : The committee will submit nomina- tions at a joint meeting at Communi- tv House, Thursday evening, March 20. Redecorate Electric Station The Elm street station of the Chi- cago, North Shore and Milwaukee Electric road, was given a fresh coat of drab color paint on the in- terior, this week. aia a : questions by the various organiza- (tions from which the Union was | formed and through which much of | its work was done. In order that this | benefit may be continued in matters | relating to the future problems of i the community, we recommend that | the President of the Village call a | meeting of representatives of the or- | ganizations from which the union was composed, and such others as he | my deem appropriate, for the pur- | pose of forming a board or council | which, in the interest of the Village and its inhabitants, can consider mat- ters relating to the public welfare Horace Tenney, chairman, War | Emergency Union. | . Victor Elting, former chairman, | War Emergency Union. Reverend FE. Ashley Gerhard. | William 'S. Eltott, President, Win- | netka Park Board. George V. Oldfather, Winnetka Library trustees. Reverend J. M.*F. Davies, Community HouSe. After the meeting was called to] order, Mr. Tenney and Mr. Elting| presented for consideration the necessity and advisability of an or-! ganization - which could continue in! peace times the effective work done | by the War Emergency Union dur-| ing the past eighteen months. The experience of the persons responsible | for the work of the War Emergency | Union indicated that, notwithstand- | ing the many organizations already | in existence in the Village, there were | numerous problems requiring for their solution the effective co-opera- tion of all of these organizations. The | general 'discussion which followed | served to bring out possibilities of an | President, | 1 director, | | and assist by advice and service in promoting such matters as it may | approve." { Pursuant to such resolution the President of the Village called a meeting of the representatives men- tioned in the resolution, which was | held at Community Hause on March {7 at 8 P. M. The, following persons responded to the call as represent- | atives of their respective organiza- | tions: | William D. McKenzie, President of | the Village. Mrs. William C. Boyden, President | of Winnetka Chapter, American Red t Cross. Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, President, | Winnetka Woman's club. | William A. Otis, President, Village | Improvement association. | = Mrs. Charles S. Buell, President, Parent-Teacher association. { Mrs. James F. Porter, Winnetka | representative, New Trier High school board. Gustaf Nelson and Reverend V. W. Clover, Scandinavian Evangelical | church. | Arthur Lips, Winnetka represent- ative of New Trier Business Men's | association. Edwin F. Fechheimer, school board. | Reverend James Austin Richards, Winnetka Congregational church. Philip S. Post, chairman Winnetka Plan commission. Frederick Dickinson, Winnetka Men's club. Mrs. Franklin Rudolph, President, Winnetka Relief and Aid society. Winnetka President, organization which could continue to | unite the activities of the component | i elements of the War Emergency | Union for the purpose of solving many reconstruction problems. It | was accordingly voted to create an! organization to be known as the | Winnetka Community Council, the | purpose of which would be to con- sider matters relative to the public welfare and to assist by advice and counsel in promoting such matters as it might approve. By appropriate action it was declared that the or-| ganization consist of the represent-! atives of each Village organization, such representatives to be elected by the organization represented and four members at large; that the meetings of such council should be held at the Horace Mann school on the first Monday in the months of March, June, October and December, and special meetings to be called by an executive secretary upon the | written request of five members of the council. For the present it was deemed sufficient to limit the officers 'to an executive secretary, and until {the next meeting of the council Fred- erick Dickinson was elected tempor- | ary executive secretary. A committee consisting of William 8. Elliott, Mrs. William C. Boyden, Mrs. Charles S. Buell, Reverend E. Ashley Gerhard and Reverend. J. W. F. Davies, was appointed hy the chairman to select | four members at large. Until special- ly called the next meeting of the Community Council will be held on the first Monday in June at the Horace Mann school. ' ASK ALL PARENTS TO HEAR EDUCATION TALK Those interested in the welfare of the children of the Village and surely that means every parent and teacher in the Village, should attend the ser- ies of educational lectures which is being given at the Winnetka Wom- {an's club on Wednesday evenings in { March. Because the best years of the children's lives are slipping by and the children are wasting, if not actually missing, a large part of their time and energy. The Winnetka Woman's club is.trying to rouse the people of the community to the op- portunity that is their, the opportuni- thinking and better education. Next Wednesday evening at 8:45 o'clock, Mrs. Marietta Johnson, pioneer in education, will come to us from Alamaba, to tell us of her work and our opportunities. Mrs. Johnson has developed two schools, one in the south and one at Greenwich, Conn., which have at- tracted the attention of educators and received very favorable comment from Professor john Dewey in his notable book, "The School of Today and Tomorrw." Winnetka people will have a rare privilege in hearing Mrs. Johnson, who speaks under the auspices of theEducational committee of the club and the Parent-Teacher association. 5 £0 %s Mothor of Mrs. Norion Dies Mrs. Putnam, mother of Mrs. L. P. Norton, 730 Walnut street, died this morning. Funeral services were held from the home this afternoon in haree of the Reverend James Aus- tin Richards. Burial will be in Massachusetts. The Narth Shore Catholic Wom- 'n's league met at the Winnetka Woman's club this afternoon. The lecturer was Charles H. Turner. ty to make finer citizens of their | children through more intelligent; WARNS AGAINST BREAK AMONG ALLIED NATIONS Captain Paul Perigold of the French army was the speaker at the last Community Sunday Evening meeting on March 9, in the gym- nasium. He told in vivid and delightful manner of some of his experiences at the front where he was on duty for over three years, and where he spent over 30 months in the trenches. He dwelt especially on the love and admiration felt by the French people toward the United States, and gave many instances where it had come under his personal observation. He said the French regarded the Amer- ican soldier as the modern "Crusad- er." He warned against anything that would break the friendship of the English speaking nations, as this was Germany's hope for reestablish- ing herself for the future. Winnetka is fortunate in having an opportunity to hear so splendid a speaker as Captain Perigold. LE Mrs. Montgomery in New York Mrs. John R. Montgomery of Hub- bard Woods has gone to New York to make a series of visits. She will return in about three weeks. A Elm Street Circle Meeting \-- The Elm street circle will meet at the home of Mrs. A. M. Belfield in Maple avenue, Tuesday afternoon. 35 Pastor Attends Convention Reverend J. W. Davies of the Con- gregational church will attend the Religious Education convention at Detroit, next week. C2 James Horne is [1 with pneumonia | orial HONOR HORACE MANN SCHOOL HERO DEAD Alumni and Present Pupils of School Contribute Fund To Place Hero Tablet in Building All former pupils of the Horace Mann school have been asked to join the present pupils in placing a mem- tablet in the school building inscribed with the names of eleven gold star boys who spent many happy school days in the Horace Mann school and whom the teachers still| recall with the most affectionate | memory. The names on the school honor roll of heroes who paid the supreme sac- rifice in liberty's cause are: Phillip C. Starr. Dinsmore Ely. Allan Hyde. Horatio Powell. Robert Mann. Courtney Campbell. Roswell Fuller. Victor Blix. Charles D. Weart. Fletcher McCordic. Max W. Meyer. Subscriptions of one dime may be mailed to Mrs. Goodchild, Miss Wil- liams or Miss Dwyer at the Horace Mann school or to any member of the memorial committee, Mrs. Wil- liam Otis, Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, Mrs. Eloise Wortley. = 8 0 fern Memorial A service in memoty of Sergeant Charles Douglas Weart, who, as a member of the American Expedition- ary Forces, died in France on March 1. will be held in Christ church next Tuesday morning, March 18, at 10:30 o'clock. The news of the death of Sergeant Weart has come as a dis- tinct shock to the community, in which he grew up and among the 'people of which he counted a host of triends. The service will be conduct- ed by the Reverend Frederick G. Budlong, rector of St. Peter's church, Chicago, who was Sergeant Weart's pastor and friend through the four years of his Winnetka rectorate, and by the Reverend E. Ashley Gerhard; and an address will be made by Rev- erend Gerald G. Moore, rector of the Church of the Advent, Chicago. The people of Winnetka are cordially in- vited to attend this service. LOW BID ON S. E. IMPROVEMENT IS $38,000 TOO HIGH At the March 11 meeting of the Village Board bids were received on the improvement project in the south east portion of the Village. The low- est bid was $38000 in excess of the estimated cost of the improvement, and action on the matter by the Board was deferred until Wednesday evening, March 19, at 8 o'clock, when the matter will again be brought up for discussion and a decision made as to whether or not the Village will accept the present lowest bid. Board members have requested that Villag- ers living in the section in question state opinions as to what the proced- ure shall be. TOWNSHIP COLLECTOR CLOSES TAX BOOKS; REPORTS $326,000 Hoyt King, New Trier Township collector closed his books on March 10, and taxes must now be paid to the County treasurer. He reports a collection of $326,000 an increase of nearly $40,000 over last year. It is also an increased percentage of the levy over previous years. The Township receives two per cent of all money collected above $150,000. This means that including interest on the money while in the bank the township will receive for expenses over $4,000, and no levy for township expenses wil be necessary. Distribution will te made to the local governments on April 1, after an audit has been completed. MEETING TO TEACH YOUNG CITIZENS DUTY OF VOTING The Third Annual First Voter's meeting, held under the auspices of the Young People's Civic league, will be at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Mon- day evening. March 31, at 8 o'clock. Professor Lynn Harold Hough, of Garret: Biblical Institute, Northwest- ern University, will deliver his pop- ular lecture, "Democracy." A blue- jacket band will furnish music. All seats are free and the doors will be opened at 7:30 o'clock. There will at the Evanston hospital. lie no collection. LUTHERANS PLAN BIG BENEFIT FUND DRIVE St. John's Church Members Prepare for House to House Canvass in Parish To Boost $3,000,000 Fund TO ASSIST INCAPACITATED Laymen of Missouri Synod Behind Great Campaign To Help Needy Pastors, Widows and Orphans Lutherans of Wilmette are plan- ning to contribute generously to the $3,000,000 Endowment Fund for in- 'apacitated pastors, professors, teach- ers, widows and orphans in a nation wide campaign to be conducted by the laymen of the Missouri Synod. Leaders in the St. John's Lutheran church are planning a house to house. divided parish has been into six | districts each under the direction of two captains. C. Schmeisser is the chairman for the local campaign. The Lutheran Laymen's league, an organization of influential laymen of the Missouri Synod, has launched a drive for a $3,000,000 Endowment fund amoung the communicant mem- bers of its Synod, the income of which will be used to Synod's incapacitated pastors, pro- fessors, teachers and the widows and orphans of the deceased. Bought Many Liberty Bonds The members of the Synod have erty bonds. Almost every congrega- tion knows the approximate amount of Liberty bonds purchased by its members. A resolution adopted that all congregations be asked to raise a sum which would equal at least 10 per cent of the Liberty bonds purchased by their own members and donate the same to the endow- ment fund. This amount, it is intended, shall be raised by an intensive campaign of two weeks, from March 30 to Ap- ril 12, inclusive, preceded by an edu- cational campaign conducted by the Campaign Executive committee of the Lutheran Laymen's league: Theodore [.amprect, chairman, of New York City; Benjamin Bosse, of EV¥ansville, Indiana; and Henry W. Horst, of Rock Island, Illinois. They have chosen as campaign director, Profes- sor W. C. Kohn of River Forest, who has appointed the Reverend F. C. Streufert, the Reverend J. M. Bailey and Theodore W. Eckhart to be his collaborators. The committee reports that it is receiving enthusiastic support from all parts of the United States. 5 AR ) FOUR BROTHERS IN SERVICE, TWO GET THEIR DISCHARGES The service flag in the window at the home of Mrs. Henry Harfst, Sheridan road and Elmwood avenue, now contains two stars instead of four. Two of the four sons of Mrs. W. J. Poulton, brothers of Mrs. Harfst, are back in civilian life. The other two are still in Uncle Sam's employ. Warren Poulton is in the aviation service overseas. He has been in France for 19 months. Jess Poulton was recently released from active service in the navy. William Poul- ton has received his honorable dis- charge from the infant-- at Camp Custer. Richard Poult n is with Headquarters company, .++th Infant- ry, stationed in Englan!. He is at- under the direction of the United States army at Oxford University. Mrs. Poulton has been staying with her daughter over the winter. The Poulton home is in Rockford, IIL SEEK BOOKS AND GAMES FOR FORT SHERIDAN MEN Picture puzzles, games, victrola records of new popular music and current issues of magazines are need- ed at the Fort Sheridan hospital. The buildings are filling rapidly with wounded men, more things are needed in the wards to provide re- creation and entertainment for the heroes. If you have anything io send com- municate with Mrs. W. T. Sidley or Mrs. W. H. Martin either of whom are prepared to take things to the army hospital. The library in the educational building at the fort is in need of a generous supply of good books on all subjects. Current issues of magazines are particularly desirable. Lincoln Circle Meeting The Lincoln avenue circle will meet with Mrs. William F. Dillon on Pros- pect avenue next Monday afternoon. canvass on Sunday, March 30. The : support the: subscribed for a large number of Lib-- tending the school of k.w conducted