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/ | WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK The Timely Record of Community Events Vol. XI, No. 39 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS STATON PARK FOR NAN HILL SURE Legal Obstacles to Realiza- tion of Association's Plan Have Been Removed PLAN MINSTREL SHOW Membership Drive May Bring Roll to 500 The Indian Hill Improvement As- sociation held its regular meeting last Monday, December 4. The meeting was the largest this year, about 300 members being pres- ent. The enthusiasm and interest being shown' by the members this year is a source of great satisfaction to President Cain and the executive committee, and they forsee a bright future of accomplishment if this spirit continues. Big Membership Roll The committee on membership made a preliminary report which indicates over 400 total members will be en- rolled when all reports are in. In fact, the number may reach 500, as only one-third of the committee who par- ticipated in the drive have turned in their reports. The committee on parks and public improvements reported that the park at Indian Hill station is now assured, all legal obstacles having been over- come. Describes Proposed Park George C. Cohan, who designed the landscaping of this park, was pres- ent and gave a short talk. He exhibit- ed a diagram showing how plantings of trees were to be made and how the various walks are to be laid out. His plans showed the park as it will appear ultimately when there is a new Union Station for steam and electric roads covering the site of Withee present stations. IIe urged plan- ning into the future so that the treat- ment of the station propery when re- built will blend with the park land- scaping into a harmonious unit. Al- though the union station is not im- mediately in sight, it is bound to come and Mr. Cohan explained how it had been posible to make slight changes in the ultimate plan to meet the present temporary conditions. Mr. Cohan also offered some help- ful suggestions about the landscap- ing of the new Elder Lane park and also the open parkway along Sunset road, and was quite complimentary about the activity of the association in working for civic improvements. Police Ask Co-operation President Cain read a message from the Chief of Police. urging the resi- dents to take advantage of his depart- ment's willingness to be of service in watching homes when occupants are away. Even though families ex- pect to be away for only a few hours, this service is cheerfully offered. An amendment to the constitution was read and approved by vote, pro- viding for a certain number on the executive committee and specifying that the president of the previous year shall always serve on this com- mittee. It is thought this will permit the work started in one year to be followed through into the next year without interruption or delay. Plan Minstrel Show President Cain announced plans for an all-star vaudeville and min- strel show to be put on by the asso- ciation early in February. One of the members who has had wide experi- ence conducting such affairs has of- fered his services and the use of his stage settings and costumes for the purpose. Much enthusiasm is being displayed in this ambitious project and a com- mittee was appointed to work out de- tails. Enjoy Musical Program A delightful musical program fol- lowed the business meeting. Piano selections were offered by Mr. Arnold Heaps and vocal selections by Mrs. Isabell Heaps. There was community singing of popular songs, refreshments, dancing, and the evening was voted to be high- ly sur afl nrogram for the next 'ounced soon in the j M SKOKIE PUPI TWOP Two one-act pl Doom" and "A be presented by the Skokie sch 8:15 o'clock in mer Memorial time that pupi "The Golden f Broth," will amatic class of is evening at Jane Kuppenhei- This is the first the Skokie school have attempt produce a play for the interest e general public. Because the dramatic class is de- sirous of securing new lights and other stage equipment, a nominal ad- mission fee will be charged. Tickets are on sale at the Polly Prim Shop, 809 Oak street, and at the Skokie school. Pupils of the Skokie school visited each of the other schools Thursday morning and sold tickets to those who were interested. None of the seats are reserved. In "The Golden Doom" 13 children are taking important parts. The players are Mary Libbals, John Mil- ton, Adelia Barrall, Ruth Weil, Hen- ry Brooks, Richard Younker, Jean- nette Masten, Louise Conway, Allan Wolff, Earl Hamrich, David Schmid, James Young, and Doris Demling. The three players in "A Pot of Broth" are James Young, Louise Con- way, and David Schmid. PAGER HEART PLA BAINES OS CHER Community Players Ar- range Production On Saturday afternoon, December 16, and Sunday evening, December 17, the Winnetka Community Players will present the Christmas play, "INager Heart" to the people of Winnetka in the gymnasium of Community House. Owing te the special restrictions in regard to the presentation of the play it is not permissible to publish the names of those who take part in it. Suffice it is. t0.say-that these plaver: are all well-known and talented mem- bers of the Winnetka Community Drama Players. They are glad to give their services and to make possible this Christmas offering to the resi- dents of Winnetka. They are plaving for love of the work and for the sake of the story which the play tells. It is a tale symbollic of Christmas--with the shepherds and the king, and has also a story of more modern people. The music in connection with it will be rendered by trained voices. These men and women are also glad to make this offering of their talents to this spirit of Christmas. The same beau- tiful lighting effects will be used as were used in the Christmas play "Why the Chimes Rang," which was given by these players last vear. There will be delightful orchestral music--a quartet, consisting of violin, piano, flute and 'celio. Last year the Community [Drama Players =zave the Christmas play, "Why the Chimes Rang." They are planning to give it again next year, and to alternate these two plays each vear at this season. The play Saturday afternoon, De- cember 16, will be for the children of the village, and will be repeated Sun- day evening, December 17, for men and women. There will be no admis- sion charge. You are asked to keep these dates in mind. Florida Great Vacation Spot' Springer Declares State representative-elect and Mrs. Lewis B. Springer, of Wilmette were expected home late this week from a tour of Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Springer enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner with friends at the Cocoa House, Cocoa, Fla. "We are taking a motor trip through Florida which will cover between 700 and 800 miles, writes Representative Springer in a post card communica tion dated November 30. "The weather is delightful and we are see- ing many interesting things, as well as 'eating many oranges.' We will return home the last of next week.' Realtors in Annual Session at Winnetka Monday Evening The annual meeting of the North Shore Real Estate Board of Suburban Chicago will be held Monday evening, December 11, at 8 o'clock at 556 Cen- ter street, Winnetka. Election of officers will be an im- rortant feature of the session. There vill be other impartant business and BURGLARS ESCAPE IN POLICE CHASE Patrolman Cummings Opens Fire on Pair Near Morgan Cartier Residence HEIRLOOMS MISSING Peterson Denies Burglar Wave Rumors Patrolman Edward Cummings of the Winnetka Police Department de- bouched upon his Hubbard Wioods night travels Wednesday at 6:30 o'clock by applying his flashlight gen- erously, and trying doors in the Mor- gan Cartier home at 1415 Asbury ave- nue, which had been reported to the police as temporarily unoccupied. Cummings' activity provoked im- mediate excitement. Two men left the house in great haste, with the patrolman close in their wake. Cum- mings fired several shots and chased the culprits into the mazes of Glen- coe, where they succeeded in elud- ing capture. Loss Exceeds $2,200 Later at the Cartier home it was discovered that upward of $2,200 in family heirlooms, table silver and jewelry was missing. Cummings maintained, however, that the fugi- tives did not carry loot. Entrance to the home had been gained by the "jimmy" process, applied to a win- dow. } Contrary to rumors afloat in the village, to the effect that both the Hubbard Woods and Indian Hill sec- tions have been ravaged by thieves in the past few weeks, Chief of Police Peterson declares that there have been but four burglaries and two lar- ceny cases reported to the police in the past three months. On the other hand, the chief asserts, in the month of November aloe, thc police found thirty-eight Winnetka homes left open at night when the residents were away. Reports Unfounded Rumors of an epidemic of bur- glary and sneak-thievery are absolute- ly unfounded, the chief declares. The village has been almost free from such depredations this fall, he in- sists. Residents leaving their homes for the evening are requested to leave a light burning and to notify the police of their absence from home. Persons leaving their homes unoccupied for a period oi days or weeks are espe- cially urged to advise the police of that fact. The police phone number is Winnetka 5. SHADES OF SOMEBODY, WHAT HAVE WE HERE? Buffalo Bill, Daniel Boone, Colonel Zane, General Custer, or any other Indian tighter of fact or fiction, never had anything on an unknown Winnet- ka youth, when it comes to owning arsenals and warlike weapons. One morning last week the blue coated forces that protect the Village of Winnetka from the misdeeds of "violent" citizens were scouring the wilderness in the southwest of the village in the vicinity of Hill road. Drawn by some unknown force they approached a hollow tree and were impelled to look inside. A shining muzzle of a pistol came to view. On further examination a complete In- dian fighting outfit was unearthed. Included in the spoils was a large, Richarson hunting knife, the blade of which showed signs of recent grind- ing; a 22-calibre pistol with a ten- inch barrel, manufactured hy Stevens; and an old army holster bearing the inscription, "Prairie City, OKklaho- ma, Ranch 101." Chief W. M. Peterson, head of the blue coated force that keeps the peace, believes that the arsenal was the property of some Winnetka boy whose mind had become obsessed with the tales of the frontier, and whose weapons would have been con- fiscated had they been seen around his home. Dr. Davies Expected Home From Florida Soon, Report Dr. J. W. F. Davies, associate pastor of the Winnetka Congregational church, and director of Community House, has been in Daytona, Fla., slow- ly recovering from a recent attack of appendicitis. News now comes that he hopes to be back in Winnetka in| the near future. | HEAR OPERA STAR IN CONCERT DEC. 15 Arrangements have been completed for a unique program of music to be given in the Skokie school auditori- um, Friday evening, December 15, when K. C. Raclin presents in con- cert, Alexander Akimoff, basso, and Daphne Edwards, pianist. Akimoff was formerly a member of the Petrograd Grand Opera company and Miss Edwards, a resident of High- land Park, played with great success with the Minneapolis Symphony or- chestra. The concert on December 15 will be the first of a series of similar mu- sical evenings, it is planned. Patronesses for the concert include Mrs. William Sherman Hays, Mrs. Louis Kuppenheimer, Mrs. Samuel Sheffield Hutchinson, Mrs. Franklin Rudolph, Mrs. Walter Lytton, Mrs. A. C. Roebuck, Mrs. Williagm Hadley, Mrs. Harry Moses, Mrs. Charles R. Baker, Mrs. H. L. Raclin, Mrs. B. H. Atwood, Mrs. C. H. Younkers, Mrs. Nathan Klee and Miss Olga Menn, Mrs. Ernest C. Van Ammon, Mrs. Aaron Younkers. Mr. Isaac Van Grove, pianist, will accompany Mr. Akimoff. Mr. Akimoff will render the follow- ing selections: Aria of Don Basilio "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" i. Sh A. G. Rossini The Plea '"Blocha" ..M. Moussorgsky Song from 'Boris Godounow".... i ga as a feria e+....M. Moussorgsky Varlaam's and several selections by Mr. Van Grove by Beethoven Mozart and Handel. AROEN SHORE BOYS NEED MORE CLOTHES Winnetkans Invited to Contribute An urgent call for boys' clothing, including shoes, overshoes, sweaters, helmets and stockings, was sent forth this week by the Arden Shore associa- tion, which has charge of the Arden Shore Rest Camp for undernourished boys located at Lake Bluff, Ill The request represents an urgent need at this time, according to the appeal message sent to the Talk. A large consignment of such contributed articles is to be sent to the camp on December 19. However, clothing is welcome at all times during the win- ter months. Mrs. Marcus D. Richards, 806 Rose- wood avenue, has agreed to take charge of Winnetka's contributions of clothing. Boys at the Rest Camp are brought from the Chicago tenement districts. They are just beyond school age, but physically unfit to asume the essen tial duties of contributing to the sup- port of their families. These boys are nursed back to health in a re- markably short time under expert treatment and supervision. Each winter hundreds of undernourished boys are given a chance at health at the Arden Shore camp which is maintained by public subscription on the north shore. Congregationalists in Annual Session Dec. 13 Wednesday evening, December 13, the Winnetka Congregational church will hold its annual meeting for the transaction of business. 4 This meeting is always important because of the electicn of officers for the new year, but this year it prom- ises to have a special interest be- cause the church council will present some recommendations growing out of studies which it has made because it foresees that the time is not far distant when the present church plant will be inadequate. Not only will all voting members of the church be expected to attend, but all interested friends of the church will also be welcome. Friendship Circle Elects Officers at Annual Meet Friendship Circle, a club for work- ing girls which meets once a week at Community House for social and rec- reational activity, held its annual election of officers Tuesday evening of this week. Miss Clara Hanson was chosen nresident, Marion Jale, secretary, and Elsie Kisling, theasurer. The club is planning a party for the near future. MERCHANTS FAVOR LIGHTING PROGRAM Ask Village Council to Act Favorably on Lights for Elm Street COST TO BE $31,394 Hubbard Woods Merchants May Follow Suit Practically every place of business in the Elm street commercial district was represented at a meeting at Com- munity House Monday evening of this week, when a report on a proposed ornamental street lighting system was heard, and measures taken to hav the plan put into operation. . The meeting, the second within two months, was called by officials of the New Trier Commercial association, and resulted in the appointment of a committee with E. C. Weissenberg as chairman, and including in its per- sonnel R. H. Schell, Gustav Nelson, Sanborn Hale and William T. Wersted, to investigate the matter of selecting the most approved light standards. Under the plan presented by Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser, the area comprising Elm street from Maple west to Birch; Center street from one-half block north of Pine south to Cherry; Lincoln avenue north to the Community House; Chestnut from Spruce to Oak street, and the other streets in this district will be lighted. Cost is $31,394 The estimated cost of such orna- mental lighting was given as $31,394, or approximately $3.33 per front foot. The total frontage is 9,405 feet. Cost per light standard is given at $233.54. The number of standards required, placed at intervals of 100 feet, is 134. Cost of the proposed improvement is to be met by the sproadivg of ai assessment over the property directly benefited, with payments apportioned. over a period of five years. Favorable action on the proposed system was to have been taken at this week's Village Council session, but the matter was not discussed, it was thought, because of the pressure of other business. Hubbard Woods Figures In addition to submitting figures on the Elm street lighting program, Manager Woolhiser brought figures covering a similar lighting arrange- ment in the Hubbard Woods business section. These figures showed a total cost of $14,775.04, a total frontage of 3,148 feet, a cost of $4,656 per front foot, and the cost of standards at the rate of $227.30. The increase in the rate per front foot over that in the Elm street section is due to the fact that a considerable portion of the Hubbard Woods property involved is park land, thus making the obligation of the private owners the greater. It is planned by the Commercial association to call a meeting of the Hubbard Woods business men at Com- munity House on Monday evening, De- cember 18, to discuss the lighting problem as affecting that business dis- trict. Sons and Daughters Guests at Woman's Club Dec. 28 Sons and daughters of members of the Winnetka Woman's club are to be guests of the club Thursday after- noon, December 28, upon the occasion of Mothers', Sons' and Daughters' Day. The program of events for the af- ternoon pegins av 3 o'clock, when a group of New Trier High school play- ers will present the play, "A Christ- mas Fantasy." There will be dancing from 4 un- til 6 o'clock. Music will be provided by the Kippy orchestra. All sons and daughters, over twelve years of age, are invited to partici- pate in tnis holiday afternoon. Cigaret Starts Blaze in Automobile; Slight Damage A lighted cigaret was the cause of a fire which slightly damaged an automobile belonging to T. J. Kelly, 1076 Ash street, while it was receiv- ing gasoline at the pump in front of the F. T. Richardson garage, 724 Elm street, on Thanksgiving morning. The flames also spread to the pump. When the fire department arrived the blaze was quickly extinguished. A brush fire at 682 Lincoln avenue on November 29 was responsible for the only other trip made by the fire department last week. -- = H i | : '