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v. | ge N ERLE sd WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. XII, NO. 13 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1923 TWENTY PAGES TRIBUTE PAID JUDGE WINDES Village Council Passes Reso- lutions Upon Death of Be- loved Winnetka Citizen - COURTS PAY RESPECTS Closed Wednesday in Honor ' of Great Jurist Illinois has lost one of her ablest jurists, Winnetka one of her finest and best loved citizens in the passing of Judge Thomas G. Windes, dean of the jurists of the Circuit court, who died at his home at 530 Cherry street Mon- day night, June 4, following a brief illness. It is as an eminent legal mind that this state regarded Judge Windes, it is as a good citizen, a splendid man who loved his home and neighbors that he was regarded in Winnetka. A great leader has been taken away. Winnetka has been enriched by his life and mourns deeply his passing. Council Pays Tribute Tuesday evening of this week, the Village council in regular session voted a tribute to Judge Windes and resolu- tions of sympathy to his family. Their action reflects the sentiment of every citizen in the village. Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, a group of Illinois' most distinguished leaders gathered in the home on Cherry street where Rev. James Austin Rich- ards, pastor of the Winnetka Congre- gational church, conducted the final ser- vices. Scores of judges, lawyers and friends, headed by Mayor William E. Dever, of Chicago, attended the services. Courts Honor Memory In Chicago all state and county courts, as well as most of the municipal courts, adjourned until Thursday morning as a tribute of respect for the late jurist, who had served on the Circuit court bench for thirty-one years. Burial was private at Graceland, the active pallbearers being William Sheri- dan, Willis Hilpert, M. K. Meyers, Frank Wright, Dr. A. H. Murdow and William Pavey. Large delegations from the lawyers' association, the bar associa- tion and the Iroquois club acted as honorary pallbearers. Civil War Veteran Judge Windes was born in Morgan county, Alabama, on Jan. 19, 1848. Be- fore he was 17, he joined the confed- erate army in the civil war and served in Forrest's cavalry until hostilities stopped. At the close of the war he went to ehe University of Virginia, where he studied law and later taught school. He was admitted to the bar in Tennessee in 1870. He came to Chicago in 1872, after the great fire. In order to earn a living the young lawyer, with few cases com- ing his way, drove one of the ancient "bobtail" horse cars on the south side. He often worked sixteen hours a day, supplementing the work on the car with janitor service in a church. Makes Steady Progress In 1875, after an apprenticeship in the law offices of Handy & Herrick, he was admitted to the Illinois bar. From that time his career was a steady and notable series of advances in Cook county legal life. In 1880 he became a master of chancery in the Circuit court and in 1892 received an appointment to fill a vacancy on the bench. He was elected and re-elected con- tinuously ever since and has always been considered one of the ablest jurists in the state. In 1897 he was selected by the Supreme court to sit on the Ap- pellate bench. Miss Sallie C. Humphrey, of Madison county, Alabama, whom Judge Windes married in 1868, died two years ago. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1918. Their four children, Frank A. Zel F., Thomas G., Jr., and Miss Susan A. Windes, all survive. 300th Member Added to Winnetka Masonic Lodge Membership in the Winnetka Masonic lodge reached the 300 mark Tuesday eve- ning of last week when W. G. McFad- zean received his Master Mason degree aimd the customary ceremonies. It is interesting to note, in this con- nection, that the new member is the third of his family to receive a degree in the local lodge, joining his brohters Alex and James, who assisted in the work last Tuesday. They are descendants of a long line of Masons in their native heath in Scotland. Other candidates who received de- grees on the same evening were Reuben Turvey and George W. Hufton. | SCHOOL GRADUATION JUNE 14 ses distinctly dif- of other years, will Jane Kuppenheimer at Skokie school ing; June: 'M4, at 8 the 85 graduates of the public s will participate in pre- senting & adaptation of a scene from Maeterlinck's "Blue Bird." This fantasy has been arranged by Principal Willard Beatty and Mrs. Murray to show what the children have achieved in their school experi- ence and what use they are to make of life. It is said to be a beautiful as well as unusual presentation of rare artistic merit, full of meaning and in- terest. The graduation exercises this year mark the first commencement in the new school building and the general public of the village is urgently in- vited to attend the festivities. The annual Skokie concert, given in other years in connection with the graduation exercise, was presented Friday of this week as a separate commencement program. 150 GRADUATES AT HIGH SCHOOL Baccalaureate Service June 10; Commencement June 15 Graduation ferent from be held i Memorial Thursda o'clock, The Baccalaureate service at New Trier Township High school will be held in the auditorium Sunday even- ing, June 10, at 8 o'clock. Reverend Francis C. Stifler, pastor of the Wil- mette Baptist church, will make the address. Commencement will be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening, June 15 in the auditorium. The graduation class numbers about 150, the largest in New Trier's history. Horace J. Bridges of the Chicago Ethical Culture Society will make the address on. "The. Pur-{ pose of Education. The seats for commencement will be held until 7:55 o'clock for those whe have tickets. The friends and parents of the members of the graduation class are requested to send gifts to the home instead of leaving them at school. FAMED SERBIAN RELIEF WORKER TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton of New York City, a member of the Academy of Medicine, organizer of the American Women's hospitals, and chairman and founder of the Serbian International Educational committee, will give a lecture on "Serbia and her Reconstruction," illustrated with slides, at Community House on Sat- urday evening, June 16, at 8 o'clock. Through the efforts of the Serbian International Educational committee, sixty young men and women from Serbia are being educated in Amer- ican colleges. At the completion of their courses these young people will return to their country to teach and spread an understanding of Amer- ican methods and ideals. Dr. Morton has been decorated by the French and Serbian governments for her work during the World war. She is a woman of rare attainments and personality and an opportunity to hear her in Winnetka is consid- ered a distinct privilege. Water Festival Postponed; Meeting Monday, June 11 Unfavorable weather necessitated post- ponement of the annual launching and exhibition of boats of the Skokie Yacht club, scheduled to have been held at the Skokie Pond Thursday afternoon of this week. Charles A. Kinney, director of shop work in the schools, who is in charge of the Water Festival announced that the program of events will be given Monday afternoon, June 11. Motion pictures will be taken of the hoats to be exhibited by members of the Skokie Yacht club, and shown 'later at the Skokie school. Two of the inter- national Weekly Review film concerns have signified their intention of filming the scenes of the launching, so that the event will be witnessed in pictures in all parts of the country. The Food sale of the school's Domes- tic Science department was held ac- cording to schedule Thursday of this week. A feature of next Monday's activities will be a baseball game between picked teams representing Skokie and North Shore Country Day schools. PROMOTION IN CHURCH SCHOOL Congregational Church Ob- serves Annual Promotion Sunday with Festivity PROGRAM SUNDAY A. M. Services Will Be Held in Community House Morning worship at the Winnetka Congregational church tomorrow will be held in the gymnasium of Community House. It is Promotion Sunday for the Church school and the change of place is made to provide room for all. The service will begin at 10:55 o'clock. It is at this time that the gold and silver stars are presented to those who have attained a high average for the year's work and the stars of the Ru- dolph Matz Memorial Order of the Gold Star awarded to those who have earned a gold star for five years. Sixteen new members will be added to the member- ship of this order . Fifty-two children in the Third grade will be presented The Richards Conable Memorial Bibles by the Church school. Diplomas of graduation will be awarded to those pupils in the Fourth Year High school who have completed the work of the school. The Order of Service and Piano Prelude Town That Had No Church" Members of the High School Violin "The Prelude Call to Worship Prayer Awarding the morial Bibles The Commandments--Third Grade Reading from Memory--Sixth Grade Richard Conable Me- Paul's First Missionary Journey--Eighth Grade 'The Immigrant" --Fourth Year High Boer Power Eternal" from the Stabat Mater . Rossini Mrs. Slade and Miss Lacey Offering Response Awarding the Gold Stars The Rudolph Matz Memorial Awarding the Diplomas of Graduation Pageant--'"The Spirit of the Old Testa- ment" --Fourth and Fifth Grades. Anthemi--"' Praise to the Father" .Gounod Chorus and Girls' Choir Benediction. pe Boy and Matches Provide. Cause for Fire Summons A child and matches provided: 'the combination that started" "fire" on Me- morial Day resulting in a loss of. $175; The blaze occurred at the home of Samuel Powell, 1341 Asbury avenue.y: A small boy set fire to a heap of lumber at the rear of the garage while he was playing with matches. A call was immediately sent into the fire department, but the flame had gained too great a headway to be put out before considerable damage had been done. A fire on Tuesday in the home of Fred G. Wilcox, 708 Willow street, was caused by the ignition of a pile of combustible material by an incin- erator. The blaze was confined to the basement. The damage to the house was estimated at $200. Attention! HE Buyers Renters Sellers Read This Ad! SERVICE YOU WILL LIKE We have = REAL BARGAINS IN HOMES and vacant, large listing of furnished Bouses to rent. ant TO LIST YOUR PROPERTY FOR sale or rent. E. E. Stults Realty Co. 790 Elm St, Winnetka Tel. 1800 Talk with our advertisers --on the -- Classified Ad Page fin "1 ah MOTHERS ARE GUESTS OF CAMP FIRE GIRLS The Witawentin Camp Fire Girls met their mothers in the Neighbor- hood room of Community House last Tuesday afternoon. This is the last meeting until Fall, and the girls pre- pared a special program and proved themselves charming hostesses, as well. Frances Anderson gave several de- lightful selections on the piano, Joy, Fairman sang, and Jeanette Masten gave an Egyptian dance. Following the enjoyable program the girls served refreshments which they had prepared themselves, and in the social half-hour which followed, the mothers had an opportunity of coming in closer touch with Camp Fire work, and its ideals. Miss Clara Harsh is the guardian of this group, which is composed of the following girls: Frances Ander- son, Mabel Anderson, Joy Fairman, Alison Koch, Isabel Laing, Jeannette Masten, Elizabeth Parker, Laura Richards, Catherine Roach, Jean Snell, Margaret Stultz, Helen Thomas. NO FIREWORKS! WINNETKA LAW Sale and Use Strictly For- bidden by Ordinance In accordance with an ordinance re- cently passed by the Village Council, the sale and use of all forms of fire works within the limits of Winnetka is abso- lutely prohibited. The Police Depart- ment has been instructed to rigidly en- forec the provisions of this ordinance, particularly with reference to the public sale of fire works in the Village and the use of all forms of fire works, including sparklers on the public streets, parks and other public places. In view of the fact that the use of fire works, even under the most favor- able conditions, seriously jeopardizes human life, and has resulted in the death of at least one child in the Vil- lage of Winnetka within recent years, it is to be hoped that all citizens will cheerfully co-operate in observing the law of the State of Illinois and of this Village. BOYS MEET TO TALK OVER CAMPING PLANS A igring of the boys who are go- to "Director Davies' camp on Lake : lin, Mich., has been arranged for LAE morning, June 23. At this 'time the group will receive informa- 'tion as to final arrangements for transportation and will have an op- portunit to talk over camp details. It is" planned to go by way of Mil- Waitkee this year, taking the Pere Marquette steamer across the lake to Ludington, en June 25. The boys are eagerly counting the days when they will see the good old camp and "Chief," 'n' everything. Mr. Davies leaves for camp this week and will be busy getting camp and equipment in its usual good shape. The boys' camp extends over eighteen days in camp, and is follow- ed by the girls' camp which lasts from July 18 to August 5. Nature Study Instructor Granted Leave of Absence Because of the illness of her mother, Miss Mary Payne, teacher of nature study in the Winnetka schools, will be nable to return to her position next fall. She will, however, return to the school two or three times a month to confer with and advise the teachers who will be carrying on the work. Miss Payne introduced the study of nature into the Winnetka schools and had taught that subject for many years. Her work, it is said, has been of the most excellent kind and her loss will be felt by her associates next year. In the hope that she will be able to return to the schools in the following year. Miss Payne has been granted a leave of absence. Favor Skokie Lands As Forest Preserve Tracts Approval of the plan of the Forest Preserve commissioners to acquire additional lands in the Skokie was given Tuesday evening of this week at the regular meeting of the Win- netka Village council. The council voted to adopt resolu- tions strongly favoring the plan and offering the co-operation of the vil- lage in furthering the project. Experts Added to Public School Teaching Corps ONE NEW PRINCIPAL Teaching Staff Increased to Take Care of Needs Thirteen new teachers will be em- ployed in the Winnetka public schools next year. Some of these teachers will take the few places left vacant by resignation this year, and others are additions to the teaching staff made necessary by the growth of the schools. The new' instructors were announced by Carleton W. Wash- burne, superintenderit of schools, this week. At the Horace Mann school Miss Ruth Quam of Woodcliff, New Jersey, will take over the second grade work. Miss Quam is a graduate of the Uni- versity of North Dakota and has had six years of teaching experience in rural and city schools of North Da- kota and New Jersey. Miss Bessie Donaggho, Silvis, Illinois, has been employed to teach third grade in the Horace Mann school. She will take the position left vacant by Miss Edna Wirt who moved into the fourth grade with her class. Miss Donaggho was graduated from the DeKalb Normal school and has had work at the University of Wisconsin. She has had 11 years of experience, sever- al of which has been: in the Canal Zone. New Principal The new principal at Horace Mann is Miss Hazel Hartwell,-who Tras teaching at the Skokie school year. Missf Hartwell is a graduate of the Michigay State Teachers' college and has taken further work at the University of Michigan. She has had ten years' experience in Michigan and Indiana in both the grade and high schools. None of this year's teachers are leaving the Hubbard Woods staff next year. added to take care of additional work next year. A second grade position will be occupied by Miss Luella Swartz. Miss Swartz has been teach- ing second grade in the Horace Mann school this: year. She has had four years' experience. The mixed fourth and fifth grade at Hubbard Woods will be taught by Miss Myrtle Nimer of Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles State Normal school and has taken addi- tional courses at the University of California, besides doing work in in- dividual instruction for Dr. Suther- land of the Los Angeles public school system. She has had six years' ex- perience in California and the Ha- waiian Islands. Has War Record One of the sixth grades in the same school will be under the super- vision of Miss Edna Oatley of Port- land, Michigan. Miss Oatley was graduated from the Michigan State Teachers' college and the Columbia School of Speech at Chicago. In the past she has specialized in dramatic work. Miss Oatley has had six years' experience as a teacher and served with the Y. M. C. A. during the war. The Greeley school will have two new teachers on its staff when school opens next fall. The new principal of the school is Miss Ruth Porter of (Continued on Page 8) New Trier Girl Graduate Honored at Northwestern Dorothy Scharf of 509 Cherry street, Winnetka, known more fam- iliary on the Northwestern university campus, as "Dot" Scharf, was recently elected to the "Mortar Board," com- posed of the ten highest of the Junior class of women, for 1924 membership. This selection is based on highest standards of scholarship, leadership and service. It is an honor that is eagerly sought by all Juniors. Miss Scharf was recently elected to the Inter-soroity Sigma "Shi-Ai," composed of the highest 'members of each sorority, and was' also made a member of the cabiretiof the Y. W. CoA dR The young woman was an honor student at New Trier-High school and = her excellent record at the university is a source of great pride to the" secondary school. Three new teachers are being'