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N NETK A : WEE KLY os Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk TALK VOL. IX, NO. 15. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1920 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS INDEPENDENCE DAY BIG EVENT OF YEAR General Committee Met Friday Evening To Complete Plans For Splendid Programm For All Villagers BIG FIELD DAY EVENTS Army Leader Chosen Speaker; Plan Band Concert and Great Street Dance Independence Day in Winnetka this year promises to maintain its record as the biggest day in the year in the village. Following out largely the programs of other years, which have proved immensely popullar, the general Fourth of July committee is work- ing diligently to insure a gala day for every resident of the village. Under the direction of the Rev. Myron E. Adams, general chairman, the general committee held a meet- 'ing in the village hall council cham- bers Friday evening to complete ar- rangements for the great event of the year. : Plan Varied Events Though plans are still in the form- ative stage it may be announced without fear of error that the day is to be replete with events all, or ~ part of which, will interest every villager. There are to be field and water sport events, with prizes awarded, a baseball game between teams rep- resenting Winnetka and Wilmette, band concerts, a great street dance in the evening, and a program in- cluding an address by a leading army man. ; $ / The committee chairmen and men in charge of certain features of the day's activities, are: General chairman: Rev. Myron E. Adams. Finance: H. A. de Windt, M. K. eyer, treasurer. Athletic: Robert S. Laird. Baseball: B. W. Blow, Ted Flynn. Water Sports: Victor Rohrbach, V. C. Niday. Golf: Wallace Rumsay. Entertainment: Frank F. Fowle. Music: Frank O. Mason. Grounds: W. A. Gibbon. Prizes: William McCracken. Program: William H. King. . Chief of Course: N. H. Blatchford. 'Starter : Frank Whitney. Custotdian of prizes: Wallace. Col. Dorey, Speaker - The speaker of the day will be Col. Halsted Dorey of Chicago, a member of General Wood's staff of the Central department U. S. A. Col. Dorey was one of the "fighting colonels" of the World War who has an Independence Day message that will be of vital 'inferest to every Winnetkan. The street dance at 8 o'clock in the evening will be held on Cedar street, east of the Village Green, be- tween Elm and Cherry streets. Robert CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH : PASTOR ON SUMMER LEAVE Church Leaders To Fill Pulpit in Ab- sence of Pastor Who Goes East For Summer Rev. J. A. Richards, pastor of the Congregational church leaves next week to attend the International Congregational Council to be held in Boston. Later in the month he will go to Bridgton, Maine, for his summer vacation. During the absence of Rev. Rich- ards at the International Council in Boston and during his vacation the church has been fortunate in securing the following preachers: July 4--Rev. Myron E. Adams, of Winnetka. July 11--Rev. Robert A. Hume, D. D., of India. July 18--Rev. Henry H. Walker, D. D., of Chicago Theological Seminary. July 25--Rev. John Gordon, D. D., of Rockford, Illinois. August 1--Rev. Robert W. Gam- mon, D. D., of the Educational So- ciety, Chicago. August 8--Rev. John Gordon, D. D., of Rockford, Illinois. August 15--Rev. Gerald B. Smith, D. D., of the University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago: August 22--Rev. Naboth Osborne, D. D., of Burlington, Iowa. August 29--Rev. Gerald B. Smith, . D., of the University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago. September 5--Rev. Robert W. Gammon, D. D., of the Educational Society, Chic 4 Skokie Country Club Booms Tennis Events Send out Special Letter Inviting Villagers To Make (Use of Ex- cellent Court at Club The following letter has just been sent to the members of Skokie Coun- try club: ; It is the desire of the Board of Directors that tennis be made an ad- ditional feature of our club life. With this in view the enclosed program has been arranged; the courts and back-stops put in first class condi- tion, and steps taken to keep them so during the playing season. Every tennis player in the club should take advantage of this. Get out your racquet and start tuning up for the first event. We hope to start off next Saturday with every court in use. Interest your family and friends. If they don't play they may enjoy watching the matches. An effort will be made to arrange some exhibition matches between well known tennis players, dates to be announced later. There are a limited vacancies for special membership. Annual dues are $75, entitling the special member to all of the privileg- es of the club, except the use of the golf course, for a period of one year from May 1. This offers a splendid opportunity to bring your friends in- to the club and increase the number of tennis enthusiasts among our members. The committee asks your support and co-operation in making this the biggest tennis year in the history of the club. number of Tennis committee. Program July 3, 4 and 5:Invitation Men's and Women's singles. Open to members including associates over 13 years old. Each entrant to be entitled to enter one non-club member in his or her event. Prizes to winners arrd runners-up in each event. July 31 to August 15: Invitation Men's and Women's doubles. Same entrance qualifications as above. Prizes to winners in each event. September 4, 5 and 6: Club Champ- ionships. Men's and Women's singles. Men's and Women's doubles. Mixed doubles. Open to members only, including associates over 13 years of age. Prizes to winners and runners-up in each event. i The public is cordially invited to these events, which will be held on the club courts in Glencoe. Northwestern Flyer Kills Winnetka Girl Governess at Tietgens Home Instant- ly Killed by Fast Train Wed- 4 nesday |. Another tragedy went on the rec- ords at the Winnetka police head- quarters this week in the death of Miss Imelda Weiss, governess at the home of Ernst Tietgens, 196 Scott avenue, Hubbard Woods, who on Wednesday night was struck and in- stantly killed by a south bound Chi- cago flyer on the Chicago and Northwestern railway, a. few feet south of the Merrill stret crossing. Miss Weiss, according' to the police left a north bound suburban train at the Hubbard Woods station and was crossing the tracks in a blinding rain storm when struck by the onrushing flyers. It was thought she failed to see the approaching train. The body was taken to the police headquarters and later to the Hebble- waite undertaking rooms in Evans- ton. Inquest was held at Hebble- waite's Friday morning. Miss Weiss, who was 24 years of age, had been employed at the Tiet- gens home for a month. She came to Winnetka from Portland, Ind., several weeks ago. The engineers of the flyer saw the figure of the woman passing over the tracks but could not stop the train in time to avoid the tragedy, according to the police. HELP THE LIBRARY! Doubtless the friends and patrons of the Winnetka Public Library will be glad of the opportunity to co- operate with the library in its effort to increase its circulation, by donat- ing books of fiction, biography, travel and general literature which they do not care to keep permanent- ly, after they have been read. The library has more demands of this sort than the resources at it's com- mand can supply, and this method will greatly increase its usefulness. SCHOOL FUND DRIVE NOW TOTALS $238,742 Week's Developments in Campaign for Funds for New School Are Encouraging , to Solicitors and School Board 422 HAVE NOW SUBSCRIBED Ccmplete Report on Every Family in the Village to Be Made Thursday Evening Although there is still over $100,- to be raised in the campaign for the new school, the week's develop- ments have been distinctly encourag- ing. The number of new subscribers has been greater this week than dur- ing any week of the campaign, in- creasing from 304 last Friday morn- ing to 422 this Friday. The total amount subscribed has increased to $238,742.50. A complete report on every family in the village will be made by solicitors - and zone captains Thursday evening, when plans will be laid for a wind-up of the cam- paign. Show Zone Standing The standing of the zones to date is shown below: Zone 1--William E. Davis, captain. Number of subscribers 27. Amount subscribed $33,794. Quota 46,400. Per cent of quota subscribed 73 per cent. Zone 2--Charles F. Byron, captain. Number of subscribers 82. Amount subscribed $59,535. Quota 72,500. Per cent of quota subscribed 82 per cent. Zone 3--Sherman Goble and F. G. Cheney, captains. Number of sub- scribers 25. Amount subscribed $25,- 591. Quota 55100. Per cent of quota subscribed 46 per cent. Zone 4--B. K. Smith, Number of subscribers 29. Amount subscribed $9,131. Quota 23200. Per cent of quota subscribed 39 per cent. Zone 5--Frederick Dickinson, cap- tain. Number of subscribers 16. Amount subscribed $5.508. Quota 20.- 300. Per cent of quota subscribed 27 per cent. Zone 6--Sebastian Hinton, captain. Number of subscribers 52. Amount subscribed $24,058. Quota 31900. Per cent of quota subscribed 75 per cent. Zone 7--Robert C. Meleney, can- tain. Number of subscribers. 143. Amount subscribed $7,937.50. Quota 11,600. Per cent of quota subscribed 68 per cent. Zone 8--T. Milton, captain. Number of subscribers 47. Amount subscrib- ed $13,180. Quota 29,000. Per cent of quota subscribed 45 per cent. Among the new subscribers this week are the following: 'Zone 1: Ernest Tietgens, Leclanche Moen, James Fentress, Merritt Paul Starr, F. D. Montgomery, Philip W. Moore, R. J. Wilson, J. Schneible. Zone 2: R. H. Hobart, Eugene C. Marble, H. B. Franklin, E. D. Sax, Mrs. IL. M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dammann, Jr., Charles E. Felt, H. Hanaford, Duncan Dietrich, R W. Hardenburgh, George B. Massey, R. K. Ballard, O. J. Netterstrom, IL. H. Winne, W. D. McAdam, J. W. Harris, E. J. Allsebrooks, W. T. Cunning- ham, Joseph H. Brown, John T. Bod- die, R. H. Ratcliffe, T. C. Rockwell, George E. Frazer, John E. Bunker, Orval Simpson, Seymour Ballard, W. C. Boyden, E. A. Earle, Mrs. E. M. Kemp, F. W. Copeland. Zone 3: Mrs. 1. W. Young, Morris K. Wilson, W. H. Nicholls, William A. Stewart, S. M. Goble, Mrs. F. T. Crawford Zone 4: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Butler, 1]. Manley, 'S. M. Zinner, C.0A, Barr, Charles Van Deursen, H. V. Kennington, James Laing, P. L.. Rand- all, Emma N. 'Woolfolk, Aron Younker. Zone 5: Mrs. J. C. West, Frederick captain. Dickinson, T. R. Bossort, Frank Ful- ton. Zone 6: Albert F. Mohr, S. Dietz, George J. Barbery, John Mills, G. H. Gibney, F. C. Mymond, Henry Ilg, Victor Whitlock, Charles Howells Coffin. Zone 7: B. H. Atwood, Carl Miller, F. E. Plowman, W. C. Moffat, Fred- erick Burnham, O. A. Anderson, R. Sinclair, George Campbell, Sidney Frank, E. J. Schaad, William Burg- dorf, William C. Bell, A. H. Loomis, Edward Horsman, Paul Powell, H. H. Holden, Alexander H. Moore, J. J. Leadroot, B. A. Nelson, Michael Sullivan, Louis Pantle, Charles Ho- man, W. E. Ingram, O. O. Larsen, E. Ashley Gerhard, Maurice L. Hirsch, Roy J. Loco ie, William McFadzean. Zone 8: J. Coffin, Mrs. M. Lloyd, K ward P. Bai James G. Wi Freeman. Spaulding tson, Lola . Arnold, Ed- A. Greeley, iler, J. E. next Police Are Out After Delinquent Taxpayers Village Manager Woolhiser Pens Letter of Warning Through the Weekly Talk The police will get you if you have failed to pay your village vehicle or dog license. Village manager Wool- hiser this week directs the following letter to the Winnetka Weekly Talk intended for careful scrutiny by every owner of an automobile, buggy or wagon, or a pet canine. The letter needs no further explanation. It reads: June 23, 1920. Winnetka Weekly Talk, Dear Sirs: We will appreciate it if you will publish in this week's issue of the Weekly Talk, as prominently as pos- sible, an announcement that begin- ning Monday, June 28, the Police department will be compelled to arrest owners of automobiles driven on the streets of the village without a vehicle license. The village vehicle licenses became due and payable on May 1, and amplé notice was mailed to every resident of the village that payment must be made on or before June 15. The same regulation afpphies to dogs for which no license has been issued. All dogs found running at large without license tags will be impounded. A fee of two dollars is charged for release from pound. The Village of Winnetka. H. L. Woolhiser, Business Manager. Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Clark T. Northrop To Commemorate Half Century cf Wedded Life Mr. and Mrs. Clark T. Northrop of 1144 North avenue, Hubbard Woods, are to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding at their home on Wednesday afternoon and evening, June 30. Mr. and Mrs. Northrop came to Chicago from New York state in 1873 and located in Englewood where 'they were very active in church work, having been instrumental, with a few others, in organizing and build- ing the First Methodist church of Englewood, witnessing its growth from seven members to more than 1,300. 3 Mr. Northrop was active in Engle- wood and Chicago politics, serving one term as trustee of the Town Lake and one term as alderman in the Chicago City Council represent- ing the then 31st ward. He was actively interested in getting the saloons out of Englewood and the district from 55th street south to 79th street and from State street to Halsted street, making that district prohibition territory, before it was annexed to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Northrop came to Hubbard Woods in 1911, since when Mr. Northrop has been engaged the insurance and real estate busi- ness. He was later elected police magistrate and justice of the peace and holds that position at the present time. In looking back over the years Mr. Northrop had this to say to a representative of the Weekly Talk: "This is certainly a changing world. In my years in Chicago I have wit- nessed phenomenal changes. 1 saw the Englewood district grow from a prairie of about 300 inhabitants to a population of something over 300,- 000. Chicago at that time boasted about 200,000 inhabitants and now approaches the 3,000,000 mark. I re- member the first electric light in- stalled in Chicago. It was a large arc light at Monroe and State streets. The south terminal of the street car lines was at 39th and State streets. The motive power was one mule, then two mules, later the cable and now the trolley, maybe some time soon the airplane . "Mrs. Northrop and I came to, Hubbard Woods in 1911. I have watched with pleasure the growth of Winnetka believing it to be the choice spot of the north shore. "Fifty years does not seem a long time. Mrs. Northrop and myself have enjoyed these years of married life. God has been good to us and when the end of life shall have come we will have no regrets over the years of life spent together." COMMUNION SUNDAY Communion is to be celebrated Sunday morning at the Winnetka OPEN RAVINIA OPERA SEASON ON SATURDAY Antonio Scotti, Famous Baritone, Will Appear in Performance of "Tosca" At the Opening of the Season 'MANY ARTISTS OF MERIT Excellent Program Fer Summer Opera Is Promised by Manage- ment at Ravinia Saturday evening Ravinia Opera company will present to north shore music lovers "Tosca" in the initial performance of the season. Antonio Scotti, the famous Metropolitan baritone, who has consented to come back to Ravinia for practically the ° entire season, will appear in the role of "Scarpia." "Tosca" will be pre- sented ol 4 Miss Florence Easton, one of the Metropolitan's greatest sop- /ranos, and Morgan Kingston will present Cavaradossi. The splendor of the opening will carry over into the second night, for Charles Hackett, who has been the lyric tenor sensation of the Metro- politan season just finished, will make his bow in the role of Chev- alier des Crieux in _Massanet's "Manon," with Edith Mason in the title role. Great Attractions The entire season promises to be one of the greatest attractions. Scotti will come to Ravinia for practically the entire season and appear in the roles that for two decades have made him, with the possible exception of Caruso, the best known singing actor in America. In addition to Easton and Kingston, already old favorites, there will be several other stars of the larger magnitude. Miss Alice Gentle, who made such a success in Carmen last year, Millo Picco, Graham Marr, Leon Rothier, Louis D'Angelo, Margery Maxwell and numbers of others on whom Ravinia has set the stamp of its ap- proval wil appear this year. There will be some new figures in the company this year. Consuelo Es- cobar de Castro is a young Spanish coloratura who has never sung in the United States but who made noted triumph in her trip to the city of Mexico last year. Renato Zanelli is a fine baritone from the Metropolitan and Paola Ananian is an excellent buffo-bass from the same company. These two brilliant conductors, Gennaro Papi and Richard Hageman, will return to direct the repertoire this year with the assistance of Giacomo Spadoni, who comes from the Chicago Opera association for that purpose. A new feature of this summer will be the explanatory and educational talks to be given just before the chil- dren's concerts on the afternoons of July 1 and 8 by Mr. and Mrs. Obern- dorfer. 'The talks will be illustrated at the piano to give the youngsters a better notion of what they are go- ing to hear. Program for Nine Nights The program for the first nights is as follows: Saturday, June 26--"Tosca" Scarpia Tosca Mario Angelotti Sacristan Spoletta Sciaronne Jailer Shepherd Conductor, Gennaro Papi Sunday, June 27--"Manon" Chevalier nine Conductor, Richard Hageman Monday, June 28--Concert Tuesday, June 29--"Aida" Aida Rhadames Amneris Amonasro Ananian Messenger Paltrinieri Priestess Conductor, Gennaro Papi Wednesday, June 30--"Luccia" Lucia Ananian Paltrinieri Derman goaductor, Gennaro Papi 'Thursday, July 1--"Faust" Marguerite Ci Faust . Congregational church at the 'usual lchurch hour. ee : phist