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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK 2 i - eS A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. X11, No. 23 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS BEACH CONTEST POPULAR EVENT Hundreds of Citizens Wit- ness Thrilling Events at City's Bathing Beach EVENT GREAT SUCCESS Park Board Launches Plans for Next Season The second annual Winnetka water carnival, held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Winnetka Park Beach brought out a striking array of talent as well as crowds of spectators. Tom Robirson, swimming coach at Northwestern university, was the an- nouncer and starter of the meet. Other officials were prominent men on the Park board and in Winnetka of- ficial circles. Pleased with the result of this year's carnival, members of the Park board have already launched plans for next year's event. Both the carni- val this year, and the one last summer have been of sufficient interest to draw hundreds of Winnetka citizens to the beach to see the swimmers per- form. . Summaries Summaries of the races follow: 25 yard race, boys--(1)Norman Som- mers. (2) Ben Thompson, (3) Joe Mil- ler. Time--17 sec. 25 yard race, girls--(1) Helen Smith, (2) Martha Etzbach, (3) Winifred Dewar. Time--19 sec. Distance swim--(1) John Dewar, Winnetka championship formerly held by Holden Anderson, (2) Bud Murdock, (3) Loren Massey. Time-- 3:13. 25 yard relay, girls--(1) Annie Blow and partner. (2) Sue Miller and part- ner. Time--34 sec. Boy's relay--(1) Bud. Dewar and Clifford Schwartz. (2) Norman Dalley and Mike Connolly, (3) W. Cunning- ham and B. Christensen. Time--31 sec. 100 yard breast stroke--(1) Forest Lowry, (2) George Barbery, (3) Loren Massey. Time--1:10 Distance swim--(1) Marion' Fulton. Winnetka woman's championship formerly held by Harriet Plowman, (2) Jean Markley, (3) Dorothy Lewis. Time--4 :21. ! Tub race--(1) Dick Massinan, (2) Mike Connelly, (3) Horace Whitney. Umbrella race--(1) John Dewar, (2) George Massey. Canoe race--(1) A. Brubacher and L.. Peterson, (2) Loren Massey and George Massey, (3) John Dewar and H. White. Diving--(1) C. Schwartz, (2) John Dewar, (3) W. Miller. Relay--forfeited to Winnetka--L. Massey, I. Dewar, G. Massey, and G. Veeder. Time 242. Push Ball contest--South Winnetka defeated North Winnetka. Canoe tilting--(1) Massey Brothers, (2) John Dewar and Hugh White. Crawl Doesn't, Therefore He's Nicked with a Fine Arthur Crawl, of Gary, Indiana, was fined $25 and costs for driving a motor- cycle 40 miles on hour through the ra- vine on Sheridan road, by police magis- trate Clark T. Northrop this week. In spite of the fact that the road is very dangerous at this point Crawl raced his machine over the curving stretch. He was on his way irom Milwaukee to Gary. J. R. Pick, 223 West Lake street, was fined $15 and costs in the same court for speeding at the rate of 32 miles on Sheridan road. September 4, 6 and 10 Dates of School Opening Pupils of the Winnetka public schools will return to their desks on September 10. The teachers, however, will be asked to be at their posts almost a week be- fore the pupils arrive. New teachers in the Winnetka sys- tem will report at the school at 9 o'clock on the morning of September 4. Teach- ers who have been empileyed in Win- netka schools before do not need to put in their appearance until two days later, or on September 6. RECTOR ON VACATION Rev. and Mrs. E. Ashley Gerhard will leave the village Sunday afternoon, Au- gust 19, to enjoy a ten-day vacation period at Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Mr. Gerhard will occupy his pulpit at Christ church tomorrow morning. The pulpit will be supplied on the following Sunday. A Tm m-------------------- DAILY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL STARTED HERE The children of Winnetka have been invited to join the Daily Vaca- tion Bible classes to be inaugurated next week by the First Scandinavian Evangelical church, 886 Elm street. Classes will begin at 9 o'clock Mon- day morning, August 20, and will be conducted each morning of the week during the vacation season. Similar Bible classes were conducted with telling success in Wilmette early this summer and it is predicted that the Evangelical church school classes will become a popular institution. Rev. Paul T. Seashore, pastor of the parish, has announced services for the coming week as follows: Baptismal service Saturday evening fat 8 o'clock at Porter's beach, Hub- bard Woods. Young People's meeting Sunday evening at 5 o'clock. Evening Worship Sunday at 7:45 o'clock. LEGION HOLDS PICNIC AUG. 25 Trap Shoot to be Big Feature of Event Still another picnic and Winnetka will about have terminated its outing season. This time it is the Winnetka Post, No. 10, American Legion picnic, an- nounced for Saturday, August 25, to be held at Oak Grove, located on the Rand road between Dundee and Lake Zurich. Adjutant Grinnell Wylie of the post made the formal announcement of the outing this week and--horrors--advised all the fellows to carry guns. Mothers and sweethearts, however, need not worry concerning this com- mand for there's not to be a war, nor even a sham battle. The boys are mere- ly to hold a trap shoot, which affair, close scrutiny of the italicized word will show, has nothing to do with the roll- ing of the celebrated leaping "dominoes." Oh, yes, and there is to be plenty of "eats". Some Andy person, Adjutant Wylie says, will take care of that im- portant detail. The adjutant, in his communication to the post members, avers as how he doesn't expect them to "mail the attached card," however much he would like to be surprised. The "attached card" stipulates that a buddy will or will not be at the picnic; that he will or will not have a car on that day; that he can or cannot take a buddy along in the car he will or will not have; that he will or will not bring along a 12 or 16 gauge shot gun, and that he will or will not be on his good behavior. The picnickers are to assemble at the Woman's club (Legion headquarters) at 1 o'clock on the afternoon oi the picnic. A. B. C. Corporation Now Operating Local Garage The Hubbard Woods garage at Linden and North avenues, this week was made a unit of the well-known A. B. C. Ser- vice Stations, Inc., a system of garages and service stations which operates 1m every part of the state. A. B. C. Service Stations, Inc, is an Illinois corporation operating a chain of garages and service stations on a uniform system. The local unit has secured the services of a high grade foreman in B. P. Boyce, who has had 20 years experience in the automobile repair business. A corps of expert mechanics has also been retained. Oiling and greasing of cars is to be a specialty in the new business, which is also adding a new battery department and will maintain in stock a complete line of tires and accessories. H. A. McLain, who has been conduct- ing the Hubbard Woods garage business. is taking charge of the attractive filling station now being erected at the north- east corner of Linden and North avenues, and which is to be in operation within two weeks. The filling station environs have been beautifully landscaped and planted with shrubs. Permits for Building Hit Low Mark this Week Judging from the size of the build- ing permit list for this week, building in Winnetka is almost at a standstill. Only two permits were issued in the last seven days and the total value of «the buildings authorized amounted to only $400. This is the smallest total that has been recorded in many months. O. F. Olsen, 943 Spruce street, received a permit to alter his residence. The other permit was granted to Charles P. Barker who will build an addition to his house at 557 Fir street. ARREST LEADER OF GANGSTERS Wilbur Moore and Charles May Captured By Mil- waukee Police WORKED NORTH SHORE Arrest Comes On Charge By Country Clubs With the arrest of the ring leader of a gang that is said to have kept north shore police busy for a period of years, police departments in this vicinity are anticipating the end of an epidemic of hold-ups and robberies that has periodically broken out in Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Win- netka and Glencoe every winter. The alledged leader, Wilbur Moore, a resident of Evanston, was arrested fate last week with Charles May after warrants had been sworn out by the Westmoreland Country club charging golf balls, valued at $1,500, from the club's quarters. The two men were apprehended by the Milwaukee police and returned to Evanston Sunday. Warrants for their arrest were sworn out before Magistrate Boyer of the Evanston police court. Specialize in Golf Articles Police believe that Moore and May are responsible for more than a score of thefts recently reported along the north shore. Most of the loot obtain- ed by the men has been athletic equip- ment, a greater part of which was the property of the Exmoor Country club and the Westmoreland Country club. Moore has a police record in each of the north shore towns. In Winnet- ka, Wilmette and Evanston he was thought to have been connected with depredations last winter. In all previ- ous instances of arrest, however, he has managed to evade conviction. If Moore is convicted on the Countr; [club cirarge it is thought that it wi mean the demoralization of the gang, and that, combined with the disperse- ment of the notorious "Honey" Sul- livan crowd, it will leave the north shore towns in comparative security. Inasmuch as there are no other new charges against Moore, Westmore- land club warrant is the only one on which he will be held. Miss Olive J. Lacey to Sing at Church Service Miss Olive June Lacey, soprano, will give the program of music at the morn- ing services of the Winnetka Congre- gational church on August 19. The selections Miss Lacey will sing have been announced as follows: "Come' Unto Him .......... Dunn "I Cannot Always Trace the Way" .. Olds "The Ninety and Nine" ..Campion Fire Truck Drivers Have Their Vacation Sessions John Schultz, one of the drivers of Winnetka's fire truck, will return Satur- day with his family from Indiana where he has been spending a 15-day vacation. Adolph Bucher, the other driver on the village payroll, returned August 3 from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Bucher made the trip by automobile cov- ering more than 800 miles on the jour- ney. For Nothing-- Almost! For just a little work you can have a room and bath in Wilmette--rent free! Wont cost you a single red cent! Grab this chance! FOR RENT--ROOM AND BATH above garage, for light house- keeping, or rent free to man who will care for yard and furnace. 910 Forest Ave. Wilmette Phone Wilmette 2812 Want Ads are like fleas; they're little, ---- BUT --!! | omatic; ROOMS FOR TEACHERS? PHONE WINNETKA 277 Each year at this time, with the fall school term just in the offing, the Win- netka Parent-Teacher association faces the perplexing problem of finding liv- ing quarters for the many teachers coming to the village. Teachers, like other people, in order to put forth their best efforts, must have congenial and comfortable home surroundings, and the Parent-Teacher as- sociation is anxious to hear {rom res- idents who have one or more rooms avail- able to lease to the instructors who will be in Winnetka within a few weeks. The task of securmg rooms for the teachers is in the hands of Mrs. F. Wag- ner, Jr., who will invite registration of rooms to lease by calling Winnetka 277. Twelve or thirteen rooms and several apartments are needed to accommodate the many teachers who ust find homes in Winnetka this fall, it is announced. TEST INDICATES WATER IS PURE Chemist Finds Water Here "Satisfactory" Although Winnetka consumers know that the water furnished by the village is pure and sanitary, it is nevertheless interesting to learn that experts who make periodical examinations of the water distributed in Winnetka find it is entirely satisfactory for drinking pur- poses. Accompanying comparative figures in- dicate the result of a test of water made recently by W. U. Gallaher, chemist of the State Water Survey division at Ur- bana, IIL "Report sent by village manager H. L. Woolhiser on raw water sample taken irom tap in raw water intake well at the southeast end of Power plant build- ing: "Amounts stated in parts per million. "Turbidity--2; Color--0.0.; Odor--ar- Residue on evaporation--168; Chlorine in Chlorides--8; Nutrient Agar 37 degrees C--80; Alkalinity, Phenol- phthalein--4; Presumptive test for B. Coli--on 10c¢, 1 plus, on 1.0cc, 2 plus; Alkalinity, MethylOrange--110; Oxygen consumed--3.1; Ammonia Nitrogen-- 040; Albuminoid Nitrogen--.080; Ni- fate Nitrogen--.32; Nitrite Nitrogen-- "The water results of the analysis of this sample of water indicate that the raw water was polluted." "Report of the Sanitary Analysis of water sent by Mr. Woolhiser and taken from a faucet in the laboratory of the Filtration plant: i "Amounts as stated in parts per mil- ion. "Turbidity--0.0; Color--0.0; Odor-- 0.0; Residue on evaporation--178; Chlorine in Chlorides--9; Nutrient Agar 37 degrees C--1; Alkalinity, Phenot- phthalein--0.0; Akalinity, MethylOrange --106; Oxygen consumed--1.8; Ammonia Nitrogen--.040 Albuminoid Nitrogen --.024; Nitrate Nitrogen--.010; Nitrite Nitrogen--.00. "The results of the analysis of this sample of water indicate that the puri- fication has been quite successful and that the supply as represented by this sample was satisfactory for drinking purposes." Rev. Stauffacher Called Away by Death of Mother Rev. A. D. Stauffacher, of North- field, Minn., who is filling the pulpit of the Winnetka Congregational church during a part of Mr. Richards' absence, was called to Monroe, Wis- consin, on Saturday by the serious illness of his mother. She passed quietly away on Sunday evening. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, August 14. The many friends of Mr. Stauf- facher in Winnetka will share with those in where in deepest sad experience. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffacher were to return to their temporary home, 565 Willow street., late this week, and he expects to preach tomorrow. Mitchell Makes Record at Playfield Golf Course Playing in a threesome at the Win- netka Playfield course Robert Mitchell established a record at the ninth hole of the course. Par at the hole is three. but Mitchell succeeded in mak- ing the distance in one stroke. This is the first time that anyone has made the ninth hole in one stroke. The threesome was composed of E. Mclhorn, FE. J. Peterman and Robert Mitchell. sympathy in this his own church and else-. FAMED GOLFERS IN MATCH HERE Bob Gardner and Herron to Appear at Playfield in Match with local team PY BOTH ARE CHAMPIONS Expect Large Gallery Sun- day, August 26 Every golfer in Winnetka will be in- terested in the announcement that Rob- ert A. "Bob" Gardner and S. Davidson Herron will appear on the Winnetka Playfield course Sunday afternoon, Au- gust 26, in a match with two of the leading members of the Winnetka team. The Playfield association, through the co-operation of one of its directors, Gil- bert Scribner, II., is certain to be con- gratulated upon securing this match. Both of the visiting players are well known throughout the United States. Both have been national champions, Gardner having held the honor on two occasions. Both are members of the American team that invaded England this year, Gardner being the captain. It is expected that a large gallery will tol- low the match, which is scheduled to begin promptly at 2:15 o'clock. There will be no admission charge. All-Around Athlete Gardner, who is the brother of Henry Gardner, a Winnetka resident and prom- inent in Indian Hill golfing circles, is an athlete of the all-around variety. He was a member of the Yale track team for three years as a pole vaulter and was the first man in the world to pole vault over 13 feet. He was captain of the Yale team in 1912, and also captain of the Yale-Harvard team which de- feated the Oxford-Cambridge aggrega- tion in England in the summer of 1912. As a golfer, Gardner ranks with the best. Besides holding the course rec- ords of most of the courses around Chi- cago, he has twice been amateur cham- pion, winning the first time at Chicago Golf, Wheaton, Ill, when he was a sophomore in college, and the second time at Detroit, about six years ago. Captain in Late War During the war Gardner foresook goli- ing to become a captain of field artillery, but immediately following the cessation of hostilities returned to England as a representative of the U. 8S. G. A. A. Rules committee, and while there was runner-up in the British Amateur cham- pionship. i William Lyons Phelps has stated that "'Bob' Gardner did more to help British-American relations than any statesman alive" He was very popular abroad, and there was a gallery of over 8.000 to watch his match in the finals, which he lost at the 37th hole. Last summer he was captain of the Amer- ican team that went to England and won the Walker cup. Herron Brilliant Player While Herron is not as widely known a golfer as Gardner, he is considered by those who have observed his game .as one of the best amateurs in the United States. He plays a game that is a de~ light to watch, it is said. ; Laborer Is Injured By Falling Steel Girder Joseph Soldano, Highwood laborer working on the Community house building, suffered a fractured collar bone Tuesday when a hugh steel girder weighing 35 pounds to the foot fell on him. The steel beam was being raised into position in the new building when it slipped from its fastenings and came down on Soldano. The laborer was severely cut about the face by the girder which also snapped his collar bone. Soldano was rushed to the Evans- ton hospital immediately after the accident. South Paws Splash in Sabbath Golf Tourney Regardless of the elements, a hand- ful of "South Paw" golfers splashed through mud and water last Sunday morning in the first annual South Paw tournament. After a strenuous eighteen holes, C. J. Eastman, president of the Play- field association showed his web foot- ed heels to the field on the eighteenth green and took low gross with a score of 89. Low net went to Bert Blow who finished with 90-22-68. Dr. R. S. Childs had second low net with .97-24-73. | | | | | |