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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk Eamets + mt = Rea VOL. IX, NO. 2. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Referendum Will Decide Site of New Schoo URGE HEAVY VOTE IN TOWNSHIP ELECTION New Trier Nominating Present Incumbents Citizen's League, in for Re-electicn,. Urge Repre- sentative Vote in Election FEAR STICKER CANDIDATES Say Undesirable Ticket May be Filed on Ballots at Polls Before Elec- tion on Tuesday, April 6 Practically all preparations for the annual New Trier township meeting and election of officers, to take place Tuesday, April 6, have been complet- ed and indications are that a heavy vote will be cast, despite the fact that only one ticket has been placed on the ballot. The final day for the filing of petitions was Monday and the only ticket filed with Township Clerk Leland V. Pierson was the 'Township League Ticket', supported by the New Trier Citizen's League, of which George W. Gordon of Win- netka is the president. Efficiency Is Platform The league has named the officers to succeed themselves for re-election on the basis of the e ciency of their work during their present in- cumbency. The ticket follows: Supervisor, Gertrude M. Thurston, Winnetka. Highway Commissioner, Sherer, Glencoe. Clerk, Leland V. Pierson, Wil- mette. Assessor, Wilmette. Collector, Hoyt King, Wilmette. H H George R. Harbaugh, Justice of the Peace, Otto Falk,! Gross Point. Constable, Jacob Rudolph, Glencoe. Constable, Peter Schildgen, Wil- mette. Constable, Charles Burkitt, Win- netka. - School Trustee, Nina F. Howard, Glencoe. League Praises Candidates In nominating the candidates for the township offices, the Citizen's League makes the following state- ment : "The candidates are all well-known in the township. Those occupying the important offices have filled these same offices with credit during the term just closing. Their fitness has been demonstrated and the New Trier Citizens League stamps all of the candidates with its approval. None of the candidates have sought the offices but have been prevailed upon to consent to re-election by those interested in the welfare of the township." Fear "Sticker" Vote The League emphasized the fact that every voter in the township should cast a ballot in order to se- cure a representative cote and also indicated that a heavy vote was necessary in order to forestall the action of any small clique in placing "sticker" candidates on the ballot in the last few hours preceding the election. The League declared that such action might result in the election of candidates not desired by the township and revert the present form of township government back to its inefficient status of several years ago. In the nomination of constables, the League believes their selection has been judicious. In Glencoe, Jac- ob Rudolph, who has been nominat- ed to succeed to the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Asbury, P. Crume, has earned the reputation of being the most able officer on police forte. Peter Schildgen in seek- ing to occupy the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alfred Johnson, and Charles Burkitt as successor to Henry A. Happ, have also qualified for the offices. Meeting At 2 P. M. The meeting will open in the Win- netka Community House at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Reports concern- ing township expenditures and ap- propriations will be read by the township officers and matters con- cerning township and community projects will be discussed. The elec- tion is to begin at 7 o'clock in the morning and will close at 5 P. M. so that an estimate of the vote may be obtained the same day. om Plan Benefit Party For Summer Camps Woman's Club Sponsors Party De- Funds For Scout and Camp Fire Girls signed to Provide The Woman's club is sponsor for a party to be given at the clnb Tues- day afternoon, April 6, for the hene- fit of the summer camps for the Win- netka Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. ; The ballroom of the club will be utilized for bridge while in the Re- ception room Mrs. Frederick Dick- inson will read Barrie's charming nlay "The Old Lady shows her Medals.' Shortly after 4 o'clock the two groups will join for a few music- al numbers by Mrs. Harvey Anning and Misss Katherine Green, follow- ed by general festivities and refresh. ments . The committee is doing everything in its power to make this a delight- ful occasion, and the members prom- ise a good for all the guests in the satisfaction of knowing that the pro- ceeds will secure one of the most constructive projects in Winnetka's community life, that is the right kind of holiday outings for young boys and girls of the village. Next week's issue of the Weekly Talk will contain a detailed account of the activities in these summer camps. The cost of admission to the party is nominal. Women on the following commit- tee will be glad to furnish tickets, tables and detailed information con- cerning the party: Mrs. Barret Conway, chairman; Mrs. Eloise M. Wortley, secretary; Mrs. J. W. Dickinson, Mrs. F , Crawford, Mrs. R. B. Mason, Mrs. C. T. Mordock, Mrs. F. B. Thomas, Mrs. L. H. Roach, Mrs. I. P. Robin- son, Mrs. R. W. Hardenbergh, Mrs. J. R. Montgomery, Mrs. J. A. Rich- ards, Mrs A. M. Barrett, Mrs. M. A. Belfield, rMs. D. K. French, Mrs. E. J. Alsebrooks, Mrs. W. J. Huddle, Mrs. J. B. Green, Mrs. J. R. Dickin- son, Mrs. C. S. Buell. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THROES OF ELECTION Four Hundred and Ninety-five Students Participated in Ballot- ing to Elect Officers of Clubs In the annual election this week of the Boy's League and the Girl's Club of New Trier high school, Ken- neth Kerr and Joy Scheidenhelm were elected to the presidency of thelir respective organizations fol- lowing a hotly contested election The total count of ballots showed that 495 of the 579 students who re- gistered, cast votes. In the Boy's League, Kerr, popular athlete, defeated Raymond Roth, his nearest opponent, by the margin of 12 votes. Joy Scheidenhelm was elect- ed by a margin of 49 votes over her rival, Marigold Langwort. Through- out the election the students display- ed friendly rivalry in supporting their ing to both the student body and faculty. The officers elected to lead the two clubs follow: Boys' League--President, vice-president, 90; secretary treasurer, Clore. Girls' Club--President, Scheiden- helm; vice-president Durham; secre- tary and treasurér Montgomery. Kerr; and IN A HURRY Louis A. Volmann, leading butcher in Winnetka, who lives at 544 Rail- road avenue, was halled before Justice of the Peace A. S. McKenna in Kenilworth, charged with exceed- ing the speed limit on Sheridan road. Volmann pleaded guilty but explain- ed that he was hurrying to visit his mother-in-law, who was ill. He was fined $5 and costs. Officer Clemont Ley made the arrest. TO TAKE TRIP Manager Welter of the North Shore Electric Shop, 554 Center street, has purchased an Overland five-passenger touring car, in which he and his bride of last November expect to make a number of pleasure tins to various parts of the country. } The car is expected to arrive the _ 1 latter part of the week. THERMOMET candidates and the result was pleas-! $142,880 SUBSCRIBED Campaign for Funds for the New School Shows Pleasing Results of First Week's Work of the Canvasers MUCH RIVALRY IN ZONES Two Zones Have Secured Nearly Half of Quota; Others Make a Splendid Showing The campaign for $350,000 for the new school has opened with a bang. $142,880 has been subscribed to date, with the house-to-house canvass only begun. Zone captains have entered into an exciting race to see which zone will be the first to go over the top. The people of each zone are beginning to catch the spirit of the contest, and are working to prove that their section of the village stands first in Winnetka spirit. "We've made a fine start," said Charles Howells Coffin, who is in charge of solicitations, yesterday, "but we have a long way to go. The first $100,000 is the easiest. It is the last $100,000 that will test the mettle of every worker and every citizen. We mustn't be fooled into thinking that we can lie down on the job. The task is a stupendous one. Un- less the village as a unit gets behind this proposition, unless petty differ- ences, and even honest differences of opinion are merged in a determina- tion to give Winnetka's children space for proper education, we can- not put this across. Failure means jammed class rooms. No other alter- native lies before us. We may as well face the issue: it is fifty or sixty children to the room, or else whole: hearted unanimous, substantial sup- port to the campaign." The amounts subscribed to date by zones are as follows: Zone 1-- William E. Davis, captain. Quota $46,400--Amount subscribed to March 24, $21,050. Percent of total 46. Zone 2-- Morris Greeley, captain. Quota, $72,500--Subscribed Percent of total 29. Zone 3-- : Judge Charles M. Thomson, captain. $21,230. Percent of total 32. Zone 4-- B. K. Smith, captain. Quota $23200--Subscribed$500. Per- cent of total 2. Zone 5-- : Frederick Dickinson, captain. Quota "$20,300--Subscribed $2,100. Percent of total 10. Zone 6-- : Sebastian Hinton, captain. Quota $31,900--Subscribed $14,940. Percent of total 47. Zone 7-- George M. Pearse, captain. Quota $11,600--Subscribed Percent of total 8. Zone 8-- Roswell Mason, captain. Quota $29,000--Subscribed Percent of total 13. ONE HOUR VACATION REWARD FOR STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR $960. $3,800. Because of the conduct of the students of New Trier High school at their annual "rough-neck" party was exceptionally good, the faculty at the school yesterday dismissed all classes at 2 o'clock, one hour earlier than the regular period of dismissal. In addition to that favor the faculty permitter the staging of several humorous performances which were unable to be shown at the "rough-neck" party a week ago. Coach Childs of the basketball squad made a decided hit with his stunt, appearing before his audience with three legs. The school closed yes- terday for the Easter vacation week and will not open again until April 5. The children of Miss Ford's room (Second grade of the Horace Mann school )invited their mothers to a little play Friday, March 2. The mothers went early while the chil- dren were on the playground and placed a "daffy" and a taffy on each child's desk for a surprise. After the children were dismised the mothers had coffe together. Fire Fi ighte R SHOWS | Quota $55,100--Subscribed $17}800: rs Are Kept Busy Tuesday Four Fires in Less than Three Hours in Village Keep Fire Department On the Jump Life for the Winnetka fire depart- ment on Tuesday afternoon was one jump after another. From 3 o'clock until 6 p. m. the fire fighters had no sooner returned from the scene of one blaze than the alarm sounded, calling them to extinguish another fire. The first call came shortly after 3 o'cock when the prairie at Willow street and Sheridan road became ig- nited from an unknown source. Af- ter beating out that blaze, which en- dangered several of the homes ad- jacent to the burning lot, the de- partment returned to the station. Just as Fire Chief G. M. Houren was taking off his great rubber coat, the bell rang again, summoning them to a similar fire on the vacant lot at Fig street and Walden road, where a pile of burning rubish, blown about by the high wind, had set fire to the grass. As the firemen were about to compliment each other on the dis- patch with which they had exting- uished both prairie fires, the alarm sounded' for the third time. This time the roof of the home at 57 War- wick avenue had caught fire from sparke from the chimney and fan- ned by the wind, was making rapid progress. The damage was estimat- ed at $50. By this time the men of the de- partment were beginning to show signs of weariness and they sat down in their chairs at the station house to get their "second wind." "They're coming all in a bunch-- like Bananas," said Chief Houren be tween gasps. "I hope we--- --" Clang-g-g-! Once more the tired men leaped into the big fire truck and sped over to 1107 Spruce street, to fight a blaze in a shed in the rear of the home. A group of children playing Indian and cowboy games had made their thrill- ling "fire scene" too realistic, setting fire to the shed itself instead of simp- ly burning a cowboy at the stake. The damage to the shed was setimat- ed at about $30. When they returned from this last call at 6 o'clock, the firemen un- animously agreed that the one pro- verb which could be adapted for the present day, without any variations, is: 'It never rains but it pours." EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR HOLY WEEK SERVICES Several Interseting Services Planned for Communicants of Christ Church Extensive plans have been made by the people of Christ church for | the observance this year of. Holy Week. The services on Palm Sunday will be at 7:30 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. in the Chapel, and at 11:00 o'clock in the church. At the 11:00 o'clock service special Palm Sunday music will be rendered by the choir of men and boys. On Wedhesday evening, in the chapel, the Rector will give the seventh in his series of Lenten ad- dresses on "The Call of the Christ to the World of Today." Subject: The Call Rejected." On Thursday, at the same hour in the chapel, there will be a service of Holy Communion, with an address, in commemoration of the institution of the Lord's Supper on Maundy Thursday of the first Holy Week. The Three-Hour Service will be held in the church, beginning at noon, on Good Froday. At this service ad- dresses will be made by the Rector on the Seven Last Words from the Cross. On the evening of Good Friday, at 8:00 o'clock in the church, the choir of men and boys, under the direction of Mr. Ellis E. Chase, choirmaster, will sing Sir John Stainer's well known sacred Cantata, "The Cruci- fixion." This will present to those people of the community, who may not have had a chance to share the observance of Good Friday during the day, a rare opportunity to recall the story of the death of Christ and to reckon with its full meaning to the modern world. BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANTS REFERENDUM TO SITE OBJECTORS Winnetka School Association Asks for a Vote of the People to Ex- press Preference on Location of the New School RAISE $350,000 FUND FIRST Campaign To Raise the $350,000 Fund For the New School Will Ccn- tinue; Vote Taken After Fund Has Been Raised The choosing of a site for Win- netka's new school will be decided by a referendum vote of the peo- ple. This was decided Thursday night when a committee rep- resenting the Board of Education met with the Winnetka School association at the Horace Mann school. The $350,000 fund for the new school will be raised before the referendum is taken. A commit- tee of five members of the school association will meet with a committee of five representing the Board of Education to ar- range the conditions of the ref- erendum. President W. E. Shoe- maker appointed Frank D. Ful- ton, Joseph E. Winterbotham, J. E. Lutz, Leonard Roach and Ar- thur F. Klein to represent the association. It is expected that the two commitees will meet in the next two or three days. On Tuesday the association asked the Board that a referendum be taken on the question of the loca- tion of the new school, claiming that the Board was wrong in its position that a great majority of the village favored the Elm street site. Since the association in its communication acknowledged the need for a cen- tralized upper grade school with ade- quate playgrounds, which the Board insists is an absolute necessity, the Board expressed itself as willing to submit the question of location of an upper grade school with adequate playgrounds to a referendum after the money to build the school had een raised. A committee of nine members was ciation to work with the campaign committee in raising funds for the new school. It is to be understood that in soliciting funds in the future the question of the location of the school will not be involved. 4 OLIVER F. MURPHY DIES AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS Old Resident of Village Claimed by Death Yesterday; Funeral to Take Place Sunday Oliver F. Murphy, 905 Elm street, for many years a resident of Win- netka, passed away yesterday morn- ing shortly after 6 o'clock at his home, following illness of several months. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late residence with the Rev, James Austin Richards of the Con- gregational church officiating. The remain will then be taken to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Mr. Murphy's birth- place, for interment. Following an ailment which had confined him to his home the greater part of the winter, Mr. Murphy had become critically ill several days ago. His loss is morned by his widow and 4 children. The daughter, Miss Gertrude IL. Murphy and two sons, Carroll Dean and Walter F. live in Winnetka. A third son, Ralph, is liv- ing in Des Moines, Ia. THIRTY-THREE YEARS CLD The Winnetka Building and Loan association is preparing to issue the 33d annual Statement of the organ- izatiof., also appointed by the school asso-