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b ( , En, LE Ea oe RE a rt oo = a ml, a -- ee RS A WEEKLY The Timely Record of Community Events LK WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1922 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS IN TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION Fifteen Candidates in Field for County Board Nominations; New Trier Interest Focused Upon Battle Among Resident Candidates; Rivalry for Nominations to Assembly Cook County elections have seldom been of more than casual interest to the voters of New Trier Township. Such, however, will not be the case in the annual Spring Primary elec- tion Tuesday, April 11, when the elec- torate will be called upon to select nominees from an array of candidates for the various choice county offices. Interest in New Trier this spring centers upon the efforts now being made to select suitable Republican nominees for positions on the Board of Cook County Commissioners, and the interest is deep-seated in view of the fact that no less than four New Trier citizens are candidates for places on the board. Eyes on North Shofe Listed under three principle Repub- lican political factions the candidates have been waging a determined fight in the north shore section of the Country Towns district because it is believed at this time that the north shore may have cast the deciding vote when the ballots are counted after 6 o'clock next Tuesday evening. Those who boast an intimate knowl- edge of the trend of political argument and thought among the prospective balloters in New Trier, are authority for the information that the township just now is concerned in nothing so much as its four resident candidates for county board officers; namely, Frederick W. Penfield and William H. Maclean, arrayed under the standard of the Busse-Hoffman-Weber political combination; Mrs. Gertrude C. Lieber, endorsed by both the Deneen and Brundage factions, and Edwin E. Vail who has the support of the Deneen group. Make Determined Fight Unusual attention is directed toward Mrs. Lieber's candidacy in that she has been given the endorsement of two groups, and has been conducting an energetic personal campaign, making many speeches at mass meetings and before women's groups in the past four or five weeks. Mr. Penfield, for six years President of the Village of Glencoe, has the en- dorsement and active support of large groups of township leaders who have carried on an intensive, direct to the homes, drive for votes in the circula- tion of numerous pamphlets and let- ters setting forth the merits of Mr. Penfield and his associates on the Busse-Hoffman-Weber ticket. Definite groups have been at work in each of the villages in the township. Edwin E. Vail"s campaign was taken in charge by the North Shore Re- publican club several weeks ago. Busse vs. Peterson The fight between William Busse and Charles S. Peterson, the Brundage candidate, as nominees for president of the County Board of Commission- ers, has created considerable inter- est in this section, as has also the de- termined fight waged by Charles Ringer of the Brundage group, and Wallace G. Clark, Deneen man, who are rivals for nomination for the of- fice of County Treasurer. Henry C. W. Laubenheimer, Deneen candidate for Cook County Sheriff, whose campaign fight is in opposi- tion to Peter M. Hoffman, veteran county politician, holding a title role in the Busse-Hoffman-Weber triumvi- rate, has appeared on the public plat- form in the township and has gener- ously circularized the vicinity with campaign literature. Hoffman has been carrying forth his customary organization campaign work, with what effect the votes next Tuesday will determine, Other county candidates who have made a strong bid for support in New Trier are Edward R. Litsinger, for member of the Board of Reviews, and John F. Devine, candidate for nomi- nation as Clerk of the Probate court. Another Interesting Battle Voters desirous of delving into other departments of political study have found food for speculation in the cam- paign being waged by New Trier can- didates for nomination to the General Assembly. Here we have two Wil mette men, Lewis B. Springer and Roy Malcolm McKerchar, in keen competition for seats in the House as representatives from the Seventb Senatorial district--both have found many endorsers in the township and feel confident of nomination at the Primaries. McKerchar entered the political arena last November and has district, the various candidates whose been campaigning since before the holidays. Springer entered the field several weeks ago and is said to have made important gains by virtue of a well planned system of vote solicita- tion. Howard P. Castle, seeking re- election to the General Assembly, is permitting his record to "speak for itself." All of these candidates have been highly recommended by the Leg- islative Voters league, though but two may be nominated. With five county commissioners to be nominated from the County Towns names will appear on the ballot under the Republican party designation are listed as follows under their campaign group headings: (Continued on page 5) EXPLANG CORRE VOTING PROCEDURE Woman Political Leader Tells How to Avoid Errors At the April meeting of the Win- netka league of Women Voters held Tuesday morning of this week, Miss Montegriffe, ward secretary of the Woman's City club of Chicago, gave a valuable address on "The Techni- que of Voting." A few of the many important points advanced follow: 1. Care should be taken that the interesection of the cross put before a candidate's name "should be within the square. 2. Vote for only the number of candidates for each office as indicated on the ballot. 3. See that the Judge's initials are on the back of the ballot. 4. Fold your ballot so that these initials may be seen. 5. One must vote on the game Party ticket as she voted two years ago at the Primaries. 6. If one wishes to change her party she will have to omit all voting at the Primaries two years hence. 7. At the regular election one may vote on any ticket irrespective of the vote given at the Primaries. At the conclusion of the address the groupings of the candidates for the offices were given. Springtime and Street Improvements in Order Spring and street improvements are upon us. This week the Village Board of Local Improvements, at a public hearing, decided to proceed with the plans for paving roadways in that section of the village west of Vernon avenue and just north of North ave- nue, including the paving of North avenue from Vernon to Grove streets. Many owners of property in that vicinity attended the hearing and voiced unanimous opinion in favor of the proposed improvement. The Board decided upon new side- walks to be laid in Sunset road. The property owners on the north side of Sunset road, east of Myrtle street, have agreed to carry out the recom- mendation of the Village for the in- stallation of a concrete sidewalk by a private contractor, thus making un- necessary special assessment proceed- ings. "Open House" at Hadley Correspondence School Local people interested in the Had- ley Correspondence School for the Blind have been invited to inspect the school's new offices and equip- ment on Lincoln avenue Sunday, April 9 from 2 to 5 o'clock. The leading magazine for the blind contains, in its April issue, a full-page article concerning the work of the Hadley school. Many applications for the courses are being received daily, according to William A. Hadley, prin- cipal. GET BANK JOB CONTRACT The contract for the hardware finish- ing in the new Winnetka State Bank has been awarded to J. F. Eckhart and Company, Elm street hardware deal- ers. MANY STORES CLOSE ON GOOD FRIDAY P. M. Many Winnetka places of business are expected to close doors on the afternoon of Good Friday, April 14. In accordance with the custom es- tablished several years ago many of the business people have refrained from any commercial activity between the hours of noon and 3 o'clock on Good Friday. During that interval a three-hour service is held at Christ Episcopal church, Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue, and is attended by many eof the business people. Stores that will close are to give evidence of the fact by placing a placards in the doorway announcing that business is suspended for three hours "in commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ." Among the places to be closed are the Winnetka State Bank and the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank. SAY. FELLERS, WHAT YA THINK OF THIS? Scholarship to Provide Vaca- tion for a Boy and a Girl Plans for a unique scholarship in the Winnetka Public schools were formulated at a lively mass meeting of pupils held at Community House Mon- day afternoon. The idea originated with a group of members of the Adven- ture Island boys' camp and provides for the establishment of an annual scholarship for one boy and one girl. The girl to whom the scholarship is awarded wil receive all her camp ex- penses for the eighteen-day season in the camp conducted by Mr. Davies. The boy receiving the award will be given a four weeks' outing in Adventure Island camp, together with a cruise from Winnetka to the island on the Dream Girl, the 40-foot motor boat that 'holds, the record for the extent of its cruises on the Great Lakes. How Funds are Raised - To provide funds for these scholar- ships the Adventure Island boys will join hands with the Skokie Yacht club, one of the clubs in the school shops, and put on an annual dance and en- tertainment similar to that given by the Yacht club last spring. The basis upon which the awards will be made will be chiefly the all-around good scout attitude of the pupil towards his school. Specific details are being worked out by a committee, of whom Vera May Ogan, Eunice Stoddard, Catherine Hinman, John Jewell, Frank Stover and Webster Jackson were elected to represent the pupils, and Miss Reese, Mr. Clark and Mr. Kinney to represent the faculty. Meager Vote in Annual Winnetka Village Ballot Winnetka's Village election Tuesday of this week was marked by the cast- ing of approximately 80 votes through- out the village. The fact there were no contests was responsible for the meager turn-out of voters. The new officials chosen at the election and formally installed Thurs- day of this week were: Village Trustees: I. Sherman Ald- rich, Mrs. B. F. Langworthy and Henry K. Tenney. Village Treasurer: W. BE. Davis; Village Clerk, Stella Winslow; Village Marshal, Theodor Flynn; Library Trustees: Mrs. arrie B. Prouty and Roswell B. Mason. Dont miss this offer! Often you will find in our Want Ads offers for vacant and improved property that are very attractive. One of the surest ways of selling real estate to your great ad- vantage is to STUDY OUR CLASSIFIED ADS Here's a fine offer! WE HAVE A CLIENT WHO WILL pay $15,000 to $16,000 cash for a 6 or 7 room substantial home on good wooded lot, northeast, in Wilmette or Kenilworth. An op- portunity for owner who would sell at once. WILMETTE REALTY CO. A. J. Woodcock, Prop. 513 4th St. Tel. Wil. 1304 PREPARE HOLY WEEK AND EASTER PROGRAM Congregational Church An- nounces Special Seasonal Services MEMBERSHIP SESSION Many People Expected To Join Church The next eight days wil see many special services at the Winnetka Con- gregational Church in celebration of Holy Week and Easter. Tomorrow morning will come the regular Palm Sunday worship and to- morrow evening the last special Sun- day evening service. Rev. J. A. Rich- ards, the pastor, will preach both times and the evening subject will be "Jesus of Nazareth." Tomorrow after- noon at 3:30 in the church library there will be an open informal confer- ence on church membership. A large number are considering entering the membership of the church on the next communion Sunday, May 7. At this conference tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Richards wil discuss the exact mean- ing of membership in this church and will explain the three methods by which persons enter the church--Con- fession of Faith, Re-Affirmation of Faith and By Letter from Other Churches. All who are considering taking any of these steps or who are interested in the subjects for any other reason are most welcome to this service. Holy Week Program Next Tuesday evening at $8 o'clock in the church Maunder's "Olivet to Calvary" will be sung by the church quartet, assisted by eight volunteer singers from the parish. The work is done under the direction of Miss Mary Porter Pratt, organist and choir direc- tor. I~ Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the church there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Spirit of the Upper Room. There will pe no ad- dress, but a reading of the ancient scripture concerning Jesus' last night with his disciples; and then the sacra- ment. Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the church there will be a special service of meditation and prayer, in which a large part of the time will be spent in silence. Easter Sunday Program On Easter Sunday morning the church wil follow the plan of last year to avoid overcrowding. The children will not come in as usual for the morning worship, but will have their entire service with Mr. Davies in the gymnasium of Community House. Easter Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the church there will be a service at which children may be presented for Christian baptism, or for conse- cration in cases where parents prefer to postpone baptism. FINAL TUESDAY LENTEN TALK COMES APRIL 11 "Devotional Use of the Bible" is the subject of the last of the series of six Tuesday evening Lenten talks by the Rev. Samuel A. B. Mercer, at Christ Episcopal church, Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue. The series has become immensely popular with Winnetkans and friends in neighboring communities who have journeyed to the village on Tuesday evenings to hear Rev. Mercer. Interpretation of the Bible in terms of modern thought and life has been the particular merit of Rev. Mercer's lectures. He is not alone an inspiring orator but a thorough student of Bible history, who possesses the happy faculty of conveying his thoughts to the audience in explicit and interest- ing manner. Council Authorizes Sale : i of Hubbard Woods Tract The Village Council Tuesday author- ized Village President Miller to ne- gotiate the sale of the village property at the northeast corner of North and Linden avenues. P The sale is to be made with the understanding that the corner be the location of an artistically arranged gasoline filling staticn, in accordance Woods Improvement association. SCHOOL FUND DRIVE T0 BE HELD APRIL 23 Educational Meetings To Be Conducted by Parent-Teach- ers Association HOLD HOUSEWARMING Citizens to Be Invited to In- . spect New Building Back of the growing and village- wide sense of satisfaction and pride at the wonderfully efficient new Skokie school Winnetka is soon to have com- plete, lies the shadow of an uncared- for $42,000 liability. It stalks like a nightmare over the meetings of the Board of Education and depresses those citizens whose faithful interest and work has made the building a reality. Comes the good news that on April 23 is to be inaugurated a Clean-up Canvass for $42,000 in subscriptions from those who have not yet given, with the confidence that, as the con- science is appealed to, the funds will be forthcoming. The program preceding Campaign day is to be a most interesting one. Educational Program Next week there will be educational meetings under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher association. Meetings will be held at the various schools for the presentation of the present situation, especially to newcomers. There will be no solicitation of funds at this time, but there will be inter- esting talks by citizens and a series of lantern slides picturing the educa- tional advantages of the new school building. Those who will be urged to give at the time of the campaign will find next week's meetings particu- larly helpful in enabling them to reach a decision as to their 1 bilities and to be canvasser calls. § ; Notices will come to parents as to the exact dates of these Parent-Teacher meetings, which, besides bringing new- comers up to date on their own school system, will afford pleasant oppor- tunities for social fellowship. House Warming Day Easter Day afternoon, April 16, is to be a "housewarming" at the new school, with favorable weather it will be an enjoyable trip by automobile or afoot to the new building, which, while not entirely complete, will re- ward careful inspection. Everybody will want to "drop in" sometime dur- ing the day. The whole family is in- vited, and the youngsters will take pleasure in pointing out to parents the advantages accruing to the upper grades from such a well equipped plant. The Board of Education holds forth as host on April 16, turning over to the people of Winnetka a build- ing which they have given themselves, their children and their children's children. The invitation is to "come and see what your money has made possible. It is your building--perhaps the most unique in the country in the way it was made possible--come and take full pride in it." : Show Honor Roll During the week following, posters are to appear in the windows of the homes of all present contributors with the significant message: "Honor Roll We're On It" These will serve as reminders of the permanent roll in the new building on which wil be engraved the names of givers, without specifying the amounts, as a permanent record of those who at the time of opening of the school were enough interested to take some part in the building. The school is to serve all of Winnetka. It is believed all of Winnetka will wish to be represented, according to individual means. And now a word as to Canvass Day, April 23. No call is contemplated at this time on those who liave al- ready given. But canvassers will vis- it all homes which have not vet given, 'bespeaking co-operation in wiping the $42,009 off the deficit slate. There can be no argument now about the neces- sity of the school or its utility. To all who have seen the school, it sells itself. The school ig here, it is ours all children will use it, it deserves unanimous support. mt UE GETS NASH CAR AGENCY The Hubbard Woods Garage has taken the agency for the Nash Motor with recommendations by the Hubbard | car and is prepared to give demonstra- tions for prospective purchasers. informed when the.