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~ WINNE TKA WE » EKLY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk TAL VOL. IX, NO. 36. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1920 INVITE NEW FAMILIES T0 COMMUNITY CENTER Activities at Community House Now in Full Swing With Variety of Organizations in Weekly Schedule. BIG GYMNASIUM CLASSES New Families in the Village Urg- ently Invited to Get Acquainted With Activities. Community House activities are in full swing for the winter and one has only to visit this busy village center any day or evening to realize something of the far-reaching and unique service which it does in the community. Organized nearly ten years ago it has served the village not only as a center for wholesome recreation, but in many other ways as well, and has co-ordinated many of its activities with other local or- ganizations. Its aim has always been to serve the village in whatever ;need arose, and to help promote the best interests and welfare of the community. Invite New Families Winnetka always has many new families, who do not yet know Com- munity House and all that it stands for. To all such a most cordial in- vitation is extended to come and get acquainted with this village center. Gymnasium classes are larger than ever before, and each afternoon and evening finds group activities and classes of various kinds in progress. Do Ycu Know? DO YOU KNOW that in Commu- nity House there are gymnasium and dancing classes for boys and girls of all ages? Gymnasium classes women ? Dancing clubs for men and women and for young people? Indoor baseball for men? Classes in English for foreigners? Classes for working girls? + Dramatic groups? Clubs for girls? Clubs for boys? Afternoon kindergarten? Ukelele class? Office of visiting nurse? Office of American Legion? Sewing groups? Camp Fire Girls? Boy Scouts? Winnetka Men's club? Motion pictures once a week? And many other activities? A more complete calendar of ac- tivities will be published next week. ; Visitors Welcome Community House welcomes visit- ors at all times, and especially in- vites the new-comers in Winnetka to become acquainted with this institu- tion without delav. for men and OAK PARK-NEW TRIER BILLED FOR NEXT FRIDAY North Shore Team Determined to " Defeat Rivals Who Have Re- mained Unbeaten for 6 Years. New Trier High and Oak Park High school will battle for the Su- burban League football title next Friday afternoon at Stagg field, Chi- cago, at 2:30 o'clock. Early in October Oak Park and New Trier battled to a 3-3 tie at the New Trier field, gridiron critics stat- ing at the time that Oak Park was outplayed in three of the four quart- ers. Tt is said the north shore team will be accompanied by 1,500 north shore football follwers. FOREIGNERS INVITED TO - SPECIAL ENGLISH CLASS Classes in English for foreigners .» are conducted every Tuesday even- ing in Community House. by Mrs. William Brooks Moulton, assisted by Miss Ruth Matz. This is an oppor- 4unity for foreigners to learn Enlish in a practical way from those well fitted to teach the language. The class meets at 8 o'clock in rooms 9, 10 and 11. in Community House. The only fee is a membership in Com- munity House of $2. For further in- formation call Mrs. Moulton, Tele- phone Winnetka 1007. FINED FOR SPEEDING Sidney Spiegel, Jr. 410 Sheridan road, was fined $5 and costs in Judge Stelk's Speeders court, in Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, for driving through Lincoln Park, Saturday aft- ernoon, at 30 miles an hour. Ladies and Gentlemen: Winnetka's Busy Lady Miss Garretson, Visiting Nurse, Voted Busiest Person in Winnetka; Mocthers Whole Village Who is the busiest person in Win- netka? One might think that the answer should be--the mother of the largest family--but' that would be wrong, for the busiest person in Winnetka has the health of more children in her care than any mother could possibly © have. She is Miss Mary Garretson, our village nurse. When a mother sends her child to school in the morning, she can do so with the assurance that no child with a cold is allowed to stay in the school room and expose her child to contagion. She can be sure that her child's eyes will be tested and a careful report sent ot her, if there is anything that needs correction. In fact, a complete physical examination of every child is made when the term begins. Miss Garretson's other charges are those suffering from illness and old age in the village. Her day's work at school is a full day's work, but when that is over she goes right on, visiting the ill, aged and dis- couraged. She gives care and ad- vice to every sort of case; from a broken arm or a new baby, to typhoid fever or the burning down of a house. Miss Garretson's work is a large part of the yearly program of the Winnetka Relief and Aid society, whose annual report will soon be in the hands of the citizens of the vil- lage. The directors hope that the re- port will be read carefully by every- one, and that the response to their appeal will be as generous at it has always been. COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICES THURSDAY A. M. Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard to Speak at Services at Winnetka Congrega- tional Church Community Thanksgiving services in Winnetka this year will be held at the Winnetka Congregational church, Thanksgiving morning, Nov- ember 27, at 10:30 o'clock. The Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, rector of Christ church will make the Thanksgiving address on the subject, "Thanksgiv- ing for Stewardship." The Community Thanksgiving ser- vices, as the designation implies, is open to all residents of the village. It is an annual occasion for an all- village Thanksgiving service and will be attractive to every resident bot' in respect to the special address of the day and an exceptional and ap- propriate program of music. FATE STRUCK A DOUBLE BLOW THAT SUNDAY A. M. Marshall Forrest, 783 Foxdale ave- nue, returned to work this week af- ter several days at home nursing in- juries received two weeks ago when he was struck by an automobile while crossing Lake Shore drive in Chicago. Fate handed Mr. Forrest rather a stiff jolt that particular Sunday. It had started to rain and the pave- ments were slippery. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest were driving down town on Lake Shore drive, when a car, driven by a woman, halted suddenly a few feet in advance of. the Forrest machine. Mr. Forrest applied the brakes, his machine skidded, clipped off a rear wheel of the other machine and slid across the street. Mr. Forrest got out of his machine and was walking across the pavement to investigate the extent of damage to the other car. Enroute he was struck by a passing automobile and thrown to the curbing. His injuries, it developed, were not serious. NEW FIRST GRADE TEACHER Miss Katherine Carr has been elected first grade teacher at the Greeley school in place of Miss Ger- trude Shaw, who died a few weeks ago. Miss Carr is a graduate of the Trenton (N. J.) Normal school and has had experience both in New Jersey and Pennsylvania public schools. EXPLAINS INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM Superintendent C. W. Washburne spoke recently to the Chicago Prin- pal's Club on the individual system in Winnetka. He spent two days of this week in Urbana attending the Superintendents' Conference there. Individual instruction was one of the principal topics discussed at this con- vention. REAL ESTATE LEADERS IN EVANSTON BANQUET North Shore Real Estate Board Members Enjoy Dinner and Pro- gram with Evanston Realtors The North Shore Real Estate board was well represented at the Second Annual banquet of the Evanston Real Estate board held Tuesday even- ing in the banquet hall of the North Shore hotel. Approximately 350 real estate and other business interests along the north shore were repre- sented at the banquet. The number was swelled to nearly 500 for the speaking program which followed the diner and which was open to the general public. Members of the North Shore, Chi- cago and Oak Park Real Estate boards were special guests of the evening. Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes was the principal speaker of the evening. His subject was "The War and its Lesson". Other speak- ers were Ivan O. Ackley, past pres- ident of the Chicago Real Estate board and vice president of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate boards, who spoke on zoning; Thom- as S. Ingersoll, secretary of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate boards; Joseph K. Britain, president of the state association; Adolph Kramer, president of the Chicago association; Paul Santmeyer, pres- ident of the Cook county board; James M. Feron, president of the Oak Park board; Clark T. Northrop, president of the North Shore board, and Mayor Harry P. Pearsons of Evanston. . Osborne McConathy, director of music in the Evanston Public schools, was in charge of the musical program and led in Community singing. Friendship Circle Is Place for Lonely Girl Many Winnetka Girls Who Were Total Strangers Find Valuable Friends At the Club Friendship Circle, a club for work- ing girls held its regular weekly meeting in Community House last Tuesday evening with an enthusiastic group of girls in attendance. Many of the girls were strangers in Win- netka until they joined this club, but because of the warm welcome given them and the good times they enjo they no longer feel lonely in the village, and they are eager to have other girls working in Winnetka join the club. ; Last Tuesday the girls began their exercise and dancing in the gymnasium under the tutelage of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Clarke. Each week they will have gymnastic work, and will then go to their clubroom for club activities. Here, amid at- tractive surroundings the girls enjoy a social hour together under the leadership of Mrs. Ralph M. Snyder. Friendship Circle meets every Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock in Community House, and a cordial in- vitation is extended to girls work- ing in Winnetka homes to attend and join ,and get acquainted with the girls. Mrs. Ralph M. Snyder will be glad to give further information, telephone Winnetka 1093. DISCUSSION OF RELIGION "The Practice of Prayer" is the topic of the next series of discourses on the general theme, "Central Christian Realities," directed by the Rev. James Austin Richards, pastor of the Winnetka Congregational Church. The discussions are held in the Neighborhood room at Commun- ity House on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. NEW TRIER AWARDED SOCCER SHIELD At a meeting Wednesday evening of the soccer commit- tee of the Suburban league New Trier was awarded the cham- pionship for the 1920 season. It is the first time in a num- ber of years that Oak Park has been forced to take a back seat in the final standings. The final standing of the New Trier and Oak Park elevens is as follows: il, Tied Pet, New Trier ..5 1 0 833 Oak Park ...4° 1 1 800 New Trier cinched the gon- falon last Saturday by defeat- ing Oak Park at New Trier 2-1. Legion Will Conduct Salvation Army Drive Winnetka Post of American Legion To Canvass business Districts in Four-day Campaign The Winnetka Post of the Amer- ican Legion plans to devote four days, November 24 to 28, to solicit- ing funds in Winnetka for the Sal- vation Army in remembrance of the magnificent work this organization did for service men during the war. especially at the battle front. Turn- ing from its war time activities, the Salvation Army is inaugurating a campaign to raise $450,000 in Cook county for a home service fund. Every cent raised will be spent at home for relief work that is vitally necessary. Winnetka's quota has been fixed at $2,000, and while no house to house canvass in the residence districts will be attempted, the Legion urges that everyone try to contribute something, even if it'is only a little. The business sections of the town will be canvassed, and checks pay- able to E. D. Hulbert, treasurer, Sal- vation Army. should be sent to F. 0. Mason, 857 Ash street, chairman of the Campaign committee. WE FEAR POOR FRANK IS IN FOR ANOTHER STRETCH Patrolmen Balko and Barton Nab Ex- convict at Northwestern Sta- tion; Attempted Burglary Frank Smith, ex-convict, is safely lodged in the county jail awaiting trial on a double charge of attempt- ed burglary and carrying burglar's tools. ; Smith was apprehended at the Northwestern station here last Fri- day morning at 4:30 o'clock by patrol- men Balko and Barton, who, earlier in the night, were notified of his prowling whereabouts by Patrick Murray, a night watchman, who had frightened the man away from the residence of Lyman T. Walker at 651 Prospect avente. Murray told the police he had seen the man enter the basement of the Walker home and, upon investiga- tion, found that he had made his es- cape. Nothing was taken from the Walker home. Smith was found in a waiting room at the Northwestern station and im- mediately placed in a cell at police headquarters. He was held to the grand jury Thursday in $4,000 bail and committed to the county jail to await trial. Smith has spent the greater por- tion of the past twelve years in serv- ing sentences at Joliet and Sing Sing, according to the police. POETIC TEACHERS TO PLAY HOSTESSES TO THE PARENTS The teachers of the Horace Mann school are to entertain the teachers of the Skokie and Greeley schools and members of the board of educa- cion and the executive board of the Parent-Teacher Association at Com- munity House, Tuesday evening, No- vember 23. Invitations in rhyme have been sent out. as follows: Tuesday, the twenty-third of Novem- ber, Is a date you will 1ong remember If at eight o'clock you appear-- And if vou don't come, we fear You will wish you had. We, the frculty of Horace Mann To ent~rtrin you will do all we can; So t» M~~1munty House please come If you would exchange care for fun, And to :-e you we'll be glad. IISTRUCTOR IN DRAMATICS Miss Dorothy Chester, a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Chicago Medical College, has been engaged to take charge of dra- matics and expression in the Win- netka public school. Miss Chester comes to Winnetka after five years of professional preparation, some high school experience and wide ex- perience in war work. She is divid- ing her time among the three schools in helping the teachers in the social- ization of such subjects as geog- raphy, history and literature. SERMON ON PILGRIMS In view of the approach of Thanks- giving Day the Rey. James Austin Richards, pastor of the Winnetka Congregational Church will preach an historical sermon Sunday morn- ing, at 11 o'clock, dealing in partic- ular with our heritage from the Pil- grims, who landed in Massachusetts Bay 300 years ago. The public is in- vited to these services. » .| gram of the CHURCH MUST KEEP PACE WITH VILLAGE Figures in Winnetka Congregational Church Fund Campaign Show Winnetka's Phenomenal Growth COVER EXTENSIVE FIELD Twenty Denominations Represented in Church; Communty House Fostered by Congregation. Are the institutions of Winnetka keeping pace in effectiveness with the growth in population of the vil- lage? This is a question many of the older residents have been asking themselves recently. Winnetka has a record to maintain of unusual de- velopment of organized social effort. Its growth will be an actual gain, many believe, only if its high ideals of community service are amplified to meet conditions shown by the re- cent census. With thoughts like these in mind, the Weekly Talk enquired this week as to the figures and facts being used in connection with the forward pro- Winnetka Congrega- tional church. It is understood that the former budget of $30,000 has been raised to $50,000 for 1921. What are the facts, was asked, as to the work of the past year that warrant an expansion of activities? Some rather interesting figures were un- earthed. ' Wide Church Representation Records show that a total of 25,570 men, women and children attended preaching services at the Congre- gational church during the past year, coming from former affiliation with more than twenty different denomi- nations. A total attendance of 10,096 children was registered in the classes of the church school; transportation being provided for many of these pupils, who live at the edge of the village. The ministers report that 1625 calls were made in some 720 homes; while 108 new members were added; the greatest growth of any one year in the history of the church. Enlarged Community Work. In Community House, as a means for social activity on the part of the whole village, there was registered a total of more than 74,000 in attend- ance. There were sixty regular classes or groups comprising every sort of activity. As the Congrega- tional church assumes a guarant-eing interest in Community House. ctress on the value of this community center is being included in this cam- paign. "Worthy of Support" An institution which can thus de- velop in step with the growth of Winnetka while at the same time seeking to assume its share in mis- sionary and educational work the world over is, is in the opinion of its officers, worthy of increased sup- port. The drive for funds is being organized. Large charts are being prepared for use in mass meetings. "Selling" letters are going out. Teames of canvessers are to he made ready for calls at each home in the parish on December i. MEN'S BIBLE CLASS A NEW FEATURE AT LOCAL CHURCH The Men's Bible class of the Con- gregational Church school, the new- est organization within the school, will hold its first meeting in Com- munity House this Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock. The class is designed for discussion of the Bible in its modern application and is under the leadership of Superintendent of Schools Carleton W. Washburne. FIRE AT EDWARDS HOME The Winnetka fire department was called out Monday morning to ex- tinguish a small blaze in the roof of the William H. Edwards residence at 428 Linden street. . OVERHEATED FURNACES Overheated furnaces were the cause of several "runs" by the local fire department Friday and Saturday of last week. FOOD SALE The Woman's Guild and Auxiliary of the Christ church, will hold an 'all-day Thanksgiving Food Sale to- day, at the Parish House. SE, K TWELVE PAGES © PRICE FIVE CENTS STR