The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

~--te Ey Ar EER -- The Timely Record of Community Events 'WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. XI, NO. 24 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS MAMMOTH PARADE OPENG OUTING DAY Scores of North Shore Firms Represented in New Trier Day Procession LEADERS VIEW SCENE Select Parade Winners from Reviewing Stand More than 5,000 persons participated in the greatest New Trier Day in the history of the towns, last Wed- nesday. Starting with the parade at 10 o'clock in the morning, through the races and ball games in the after- noon, and ending with the dancing and awarding of the prizes in the eve- ning, it was a busy day for the citi- zenry of the North Shore. Approximately 100 automobiles took part in the parade. More than 900 children got in line for the kiddies' parade and received presents at 3:30 in the afternoon. Terpsichore herself wouldn't have known that there were as many dancers in the north shore towns had she not been there to spread her influence, and to see the frolicking couples. The afternoon ball game when Glen- coe walked off with a one-run margin victory was one of the finest base- ball arguments ever staged on local lots. The score see-sawed back and forth, with one side then the other, in the lead. Harold and Estes were responsible for the best work on the part of the Wilmette boys, while Miller, Borre and Hopple played good ball for the victors. The lineups: Glencoe: Holfelter, 1. f.,, Rudolph, s. 8., Schroeder, r. f,, Clavey, 1. b., Borre, 2. b., Pope, 3. b., Stackel, Kozier, ¢. {, Hopple, c., Erickson, Miller, p. Wilmette: Herold, 3. b., Reynolds, Brewer, 2. b., De Long, s. s., Saund- ers, 1. b. Blanchard, c. f., Leis, Strom, f., Estes, 1. f., Robinson, c¢., Norman, Russ, p. In a curtain raiser the North Shore Company Icemen defeated the Hub- bard Woods Lumber-Coal Company Lumberjacks, 8 to 1 in three innings when the contest was called off to allow the sheduled game to proceed. While the afternoon crowd which witnessed the field events, ball games and other special features numbered | upward of 4,000 people, the evening brought out an immense gathering of residents. The fifteen-acre baseball diamond and adjoining field were liter- ally jammed with automobiles, while curbings for several blocks in the vicinity of the grove were lined with machines. Practically all the motor- cycle men of the north shore were pressed into service to regulate the traffic. At eight o'clock in the evening the crowd had reached the maximum when (Continued on Page 3) Transportation Tie-up May Halt Paving Program Difficulty in securing transportation of road building materials because of the conditions brought about by the railroad strike, may prevent the pav- ing of several Hubbard Woods thor- oughfares this year. At a special meeting of the Board of Local Improvements Tuesday eve- Board decided to readvertise for bids, the paving of Scott avenue, Asbury avenue and other Hubbard Woods streets were to have been opened, it was found that no contractors would undertake the work in view of the difficulty in securing materials. The Board decided to readvertise for bids hoping that conditions would have been improved at the date of the next meeting. Rescue Many Bathers When Monday Brings Heavy Surf The heavy surf along the shore line Monday of this week made bathing a hazardous -pastime and brought plenty of work for the life guards at the bathing beaches. Several rescues were effected at the Winnetka beach when the waves be- came too strong for the bathers. Beach patrons were warned to "watch their paddle" with the result that no casualties occurred. WHO Wl GIVE TEMPORARY HOMES? Quarters Must Be Provided for Winnetka Public School Teachers In response to an appeal for tempo- rary homes for Winnetka public school teachers made through the Winnetka Talk last week by the Win- netka Parent-Teachers' association, many householders of the village of- fered permanent quarters for teach- ers. The need, as explained in last week's issue of The Talk, is for tem- porary housing pending the comple- tion of the teachers' apartments in the new building at Gage street and Linden avenue, now under construc- tion. The apartment will not be ready for several weeks after the opening of the school year, it is explained, and rooms must be found for the teachers for use until that time. Those who have rooms available for a period of from four to six weeks are asked to communicate with Mrs. Arthur Dean, Winnetka 241, or Mrs. Dudley K. French, Winnetka 395. Eleven teachers must find tempo- rary homes until the apartments are completed, it is said. Meanwhile, the Parent-Teacher as- sociation is receiving a generous con- tribution of house furnishings from various Winnetka residents for the purpose of furnishing the new apart- ments. Donations are to be made to Mrs. Frank Stover or Mrs. Arthur Dean. WOMAN DROWNS IN LAKE NEAR WINNETKA Mrs. Helen Schmidt, 828 Oak street, Winnetka, was drowned in Lake Mich- igan at the Winnetka bathing beach at 6:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Thought to have been despondent, the woman leaped off a pier at the foot of Maple avenue after leaving a note on the shore. Herbert Kennedy, 735 Sheridan road, heard the drowning woman's frantic cries as he was strolling along the shore. Before he could effect a rescue she was unconscious. Efforts at resuscitation by physicians sum- moned to the scene proved unavailable after an hour's work. A note found at the water's edge indicated the woman had suffered an attack of des- pondency. Mrs. Schmidt is survived by her hus- band and a five-year-old daughter. An inquest was held at the Scott Un- dertaking rooms on Central street, Evanston, Friday morning. Local Real Estate Man Is Held to Grand Jury Paul Schroeder, real estate opera- tor, was held to the grand jury Tues- day of this week when he waived ex- amination at a hearing before Justice John W. McCarthy of Lemont, Ill, on a charge of "obtaining money under false pretense, commonly called the confidence game." He was released upon payment of $1,000 bond. The charge was preferred some time ago by Mrs. Vida J, Mitchell of Indiana. Schroeder is accused of having received the sum of $40 from the complainant by means of a false promissory note. Schroeder was arraigned before Magistrate Mickey of Wilmette on Saturday, August 12. Summer Preachers Conduct Congregational Services The Rev. A. B. Stauffacher will again conduct this Sunday's services at the Winnetka Congregational church, On the two following Sundays Dr. Oscar C. Helming of Carlton College will occupy the pulpit. Rev. James Austin Richards, pastor, will return to Winnetka September 15, and will preach his first sermon after his return, on September 17. Purpose of Worship Is Sunday Sermon Subject The sermon at Christ Episcopal church Sunday morning, August 27, by the Rev. Charles A. Tibbals, will be on the subject "The Purpose and Value of Worship." Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, rector, is expected to return to Winnetka in time to conduct the services at Christ Church on Sunday, September 3. STRIKERS' BULLETS GREET ANDY'S PARTY The last word recorded from An- drew Hostnick, Winnetka automobile expert, who is '"doing" Europe, was to the effect that "all was the roses" in Naples. This week comes a post card com- munication from the former Winnetka Motor company man, telling of flying bullets along the journey from Italy to Switzerland. "Thank goodness we are in Switzer land for a few days," he writes. "We were dodging strikers' bullets on this street and in the railway coaches en- route from Geneva to Milan and were forced to barricade the car windows on August 4 and 5. "Met some Hubbard Woods people on a 'rubber neck' wagon along the famous Appian Way," the communica- tion continues. "The world, after all is quite small." FIX REGISTRATION DAYS AT NEW TRIER Principal Tubbs Makes Im- portant Announcement By ESTON V. TUBBS (Principal, New Trier Township High School.) The New Trier Township High school will open on Monday September 11, the first session beginning at the regular hour 8:30. All students who completed their fall registration be- fore leaving school in June or during summer school need not register again in September and will find their pro- grams all arranged on the opening day of school. This also applies to incom- ing Freshmen who have already regis- tered through the grade schools or in- dividually. Thursday and Friday, September 7 and 8 have been set apart as regis- tration days for all new students who have not already made application for admission to the school. Teachers will be on duty on those days between the hours of 9 and 2 for consultation with students and parents. Since no student may complete his registration without one parent's written approval, parents are urged to accompany their children to the school when they regis- ter. The tuition fee for non-resident stu- dents for the school year 1922-1923 will be $250. Indian Hill Caddies Vie for Championship Monday Caddies at Indian Hill Golf club, are set for the annual tourney on Mon- day, when the champ of the bag carri- ers will be determined. It will be medal play, the boy turning in the day's lowest score annexing the club title. John MacFadzean and Magnus Mar- tin are certain to put up a good battle for the first honors. A gold and silver medal will be awarded the winner and runner-up, while the winner of the first honor will have his name en- graved upon the club's cup. WINS RED CROSS MEDAL William W. Miller, 647 Spruce street, Winnetka, finished the advanced First Aid class of the American Red Cross, at Camp Roosevelt, and was awarded a medal by the Chapter, American Red Cross. Too Bad! The following business firms did not co-operate with the other business men on New Trier Day: Winnetka Pharmacy 750 Elm St. Rudolph Grocery 738 Elm St. They did not close their stores. The committeein charge wishes to thank the other business men, and the res- idents of the village as a whole, for their assistance in making this New Trier Day the biggest one we have ever had. Chicago | - BY BARRET CONWAY The following letter which has been sent out this week to the residents of Winnetka by the Executive com- mittee of the Winnetka Playfield as- sociation, tells the story: Winnetka, Illinois, August 19, 1922 To the Residents of Winnetka: During the week of August 27th there will be held at Ottawa Park, Toledo, under the auspices of the United States Golf Association the First Annual Public Parks Championship Golf Tournament of the United States. Teams composed strictly of players on public or community golf courses will be entered from all parts of the United States. The committee (headed by Mr. A. T. Packard, Golf Editor of the Chicago Evening Post) having in charge selection of the team from Chicago and vicinity, having been impressed with the style and quality of play of some of our young men who have been com- peting in some of the recent tour- naments held in and around Chi- cago, has tentatively selected two of these young men for places on the team and has invited the Win- netka Playfield Association to send them as its representatives and pay their necessary traveling and living expenses during the tournament. The expenses of all members of the team are to be met in this way, viz by contributions received from private golf clubs and indi- viduals. The Directors and Officers of the Winnetka Playfield Association feel that this invitation is quite an honor and tribute to the prowess and skill of the young men who have received their golf training and education on the Skokie Play- field course, and are desirous of accepting it, But. unfortunately the .Associa- tion's funds, realized from its nominal membership fee of $1.00 per annum, are not sufficient to take care of any extra expense of this kind. Accordingly an appeal is made to the sport-loving public of Win- netka to help the Association raise $100. for the purpose of sending two of its young men to Toledo to bring back to Winnetka the 1922 Public Parks Golf Cham- pionship of America. Will You Help? 100 contributions at $1.00 each will do it. 50 contributions at $2.00 each will do it. 20 contributions at $5.00 each will do it. Send ANY AMOUNT that your interest and pride in the Skokie Playfield Golf Course prompts APPEAL TO GOLFING FANG TO HELP BRING GHAMPIONSHIP TO VILLAGE Winnetka Playfield Ass'n Asks for Fund to Defray Ex- pense of Sending Local Entries to Public Parks Championship Tournament at Toledo Next Week to Barret Conway, President, 387 Linden St., Winnetka. Yours for high grade Commu- nity Golf, WINNETKA PLAYFIELD AS- SOCIATION, By W. D. Rumsey Gilbert H. Scribner Fred T. Richardson, Jr., Edwin E. Brown Charles Kreger Mrs. Howard H. Hoyt T. G. Rockwell Clarence W. Happ A. T. Weinstock Barret Conway EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Winnetka's Pride It is now no secret that the two young men mentioned in the above letter, who have been selected to car- ry Winnetka's colors to the front in the forthcoming tournament at Tole- do, are Gregg Fahey and H. D. Gru- ver. These young men, together with Elmer Nelson, A. Tilroe, Oscar and Harold Fossum, Paul Kreger, Ollie Voltz, Dan Noe, E. Ellis, Art Woods, and others, who have been playing on the Playfield team in the inter- club matches of the Cook County Municipal Golf association, under the captaincy of Paul Kreger, and in the various tournaments which have been held recently in and around Chicago, have been noted particularly by some of the golf reporters of the Chicago papers and have received favorable mention from time to time. They all received their golfing knowledge and experience on the Skokie Playfield course and the short four years of its. history have developed a tech- nique which qualifies them for the grueling tests of tournament play. Winnetka, feeling a just pride in her young champions, will doubtless respond to the above appeal in such fashion that the proffered honor of representation on the Chicago team in this event of such importance and significance to public or community golf, will not fail of acceptance. May Join W. G. A. In this connection it is also worthy of mention that the Playfield associa- tion has made application for mem- bership in the Western Golf associa- tion, which, if granted, will admit its members to participation in all events held under the auspices of the latter body. The Association's schedule of tour- naments on the local course has been run off up to date with celerity and dispatch under the able direction of T. G. Rockwell, Chairman of the Sports and Pastimes Committee, Winners of the June and July class tournaments were as follows: JUNE: Class A--Oscar Fossum Class B--J. E. Bradstreet Class C--H. McKinney Class A--G. Dahl Class B--Paul Runnfeldt (Continued on JULY: 7 Pipe 3) Fire Does $3,000 Damage to W. B. Mcllvaine Home Fire early Tuesday morning caused $3,000 damage to the William B. Mecllvaine home on Green Bay road. The blaze was thought to have been caused by defective electric wiring in a bathroom of the home. The fire had gained considerable headway before it was discovered, a maid giving the alarm. The fire department was at the scene within four minutes after the alarm was re- ceived. Neighbors congratulated Fire Chief Houren and "his men upon their ef- to a small section of the building. Children's Parade Brings Out 900 Happy Youngsters The outstanding feature of the big- gest New Trier Day in the history of the north shore, was the great Chil- dren's parade at the grove in Gross Point. More than 900 kiddies were in the line of march, carrying small Ameri- can Flags and collecting toothsome prizes as they passed the "reviewing stand." fective work in confining the flames | In Which an Endeavor Is Made to Get Matters Right The Winnetka Talk regrets that a serious error was committed in a story in last week's issue in re. Mr. Donald Duncan, confectioner, passing out seegars. Mr. Duncan passed em out all right. But--and here's the miscue--Mr. Dun- can had not intended naming the youngster Donald, Jr., as related be- cause the household had made ar- rangements for a little girl--and was not disappointed. Movies of New Trier Day to Show This Week-End Motion pictures of New Trier Day scenes, including views of the great street procession, field events, ball games, children's parade and other interesting features, are to be shown at the Village Theatre, Wilmette, Sat- urday, Monday and Tuesday nights, August 26, 28 and 29. The films were taken by Pathe News at the instance of the Village Theatre management, and will be seen later in Evanston and other north shore com- munities.