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4 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1924 6¢ Ld 39 were that many boys in Winnetka," they Chief Has Been on the Job declared. 'Well, what did they want, Fi Ch Bh £ . : . i anyway?' 15 Years-- Too Busy to Quit "The boys had primed themselves for rst urc o Christian Science just that sort of a situation. Ch ° . . . J. W. F. "Chief" Davies celebrated his fifteenth birthday as a Winnetkan ry want a gymnasium,' was the rist, cientist, Reading Room Tuesday of this week, and, by way of celebration, he was scheduled to get | FeSponse. Wi ; out into the woods with the Camp Fire Girls--help them eat their luncheon Conferences followed. The boys Tenth Wilmane, wn. A 1163 Wilmette Ave. and join in at their games. But he had another engagement. He was also were Hotishere, I GE nay ent . and Central Ave. Hours: scheduled to meet a lunch- away. €¢ men wanted to ! Services: 'Dally { Wednesd d 3 Se . X t y (except ednesday an eon group of Winnetka and omen to eliberate Sunday at 11 A. M. Saturday) 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. a "Then, after a time, there was a sec- Wednesday Testimonial Meeting| Wednesday: 9 A. M. to 7:45 P. M. fessional men. The "chief , ) compromised. He had ond dinner. pha at. 8 P. M. Saturday: 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. luncheon with the men and "The result was astonishing. Com- Sunday School 9:45 A. M. ake EL and Yorks by Mery played games with the girls. munity Mose was io on fae Subject of the Lesson Sermon fred" christian Science "Literature vas esponse nis 1 . : »| may be read, borrowed or pur- rid gd a hot a "The response to the idea of a Com- April 20, "Doctrine of Atonement" | psed. "Chief's" busy round of ac- munity House was spontaneous and The Public is cordially invited to attend the Church Services and visit tivity. He is director of amazing. Not at once, but a little later the Reading Room. fl Community House, you we were building our Community House k besid bei at a cost of $38,000." = 5 CIES CIEL CUCL CY CY EY ETE EY ELEY = Bench, or re lic, Ad Boe House, started only [SYS EQUVLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIVLILIVIV ious education and jack-of- twelve and one-half years ago, found all-trades in the field of more than 80,000 people going to it for human service, though, un- scheduled affairs in the past year, not I da B IA Sh Tike ns ra ack to mention hundreds of others who util- n u eau 0 he is found to be a complete ized its numerous advantages at odd master of whatever he un- times. It is a world-famed institution, 818 Elm Street Winnetka 2176 dertakes, and whatever he costing somewhat less than $200,000, undertakes is for the wel- and serving almost very imaginable kind ETHEL M. TAYLOR, R.N. fare of his community. of worthy needs. ' "We should get a wonder- But "Chief" Davies is not resting on Jp ful feature story out of your 15th anniversary," sug- gested a representative of Winnetka Talk, who managed to trap Dr. J. W. F. Davies the busy "Chief" in his spacious and attractively appointed new study at Community House for a brief interval on Thursday morning. "What do you say to forgetting about this historical sketch sort of anni- versary interview and hit some of the Community House and what it repre- sents. Let's have some anecdotes." "But," replied Dr. Davies, "everybody in Winnetka does not know about Com- munity House." "What?" "Absolutely, why the canvassers for the annual budget only a few weeks ago encountered people in the village who did not know Community House existed. Some of them had been here quite some time, too." So interviewer and interviewee com- promised with something of the follow- ing result: Neariy Stayed Away Dr. Davies came to Winnetka just 15 years ago in response to a request for his services as associate pastor of the high spots. Everybody knows about given by that small group of enthusi- astic girls. "Oh, yes, there had been efforts to 'nterest the boys. The old Men's club tried it, but failed. No fault of their's particularly. There was simply no re- sponse. It was a strange sort of un- dertaking and the boys regarded it with suspicion. They Start Digging "For that matter, they regarded me and my plans with suspicion, but I fin- ally got around their fears by inviting them to help me dig a 'gymnasium' under the church. We got at it one day and dug a big hole, but it rained that night and the hole was filled with water by morning. Besides, the architect of the church called a halt because he feared Indeed, for him there can be no end to the work that is to be done in Winnetka, and particularly (Continued on page 5) his laurels. EASTER DINNERS need planning ahead if they are - to be a success. But whatever you select in the meat line, buy Everything Pertaining to Beauty Culture Our several years of success in care of the skin and facial treatments, convinces you of our reliability and experience. Only the purest of Indu Kosmetics used. H4O66G60050G0000B " EPL LLYIRLLLVY ad Any Kind Of Hauling! We do all sorts of haul- ing; heavy or light, local or long distance. Our service Winnetka Congregational church. His|the church would topple down on our : ad ne gate : a initial journey to the village was fruit-|subterranean 'playground' before it was it Tere te make sure of geting 1S designed to meet any haul- ful of little else than a half-resolve to | finished. the quality. Be it beef, veal, We stay away and try other fields. He came out on a rainy day, got his clothes water- "Determined to get that gymnasium, we at last turned to the Men's club of muiton, lamb, pork or poultry, we guarantee the choicest grade, ing need you may have. haul baggage, make deliv- soaked by overhanging shrubbery along the Congregational church. They in- all ready for the oven, and at eries, and move. the walks and viewed vast and rather |vited the boys to a dinner. Fifteen men . Pe ' | +o sparsely settled stretches of the great showed up and--100 boys. The men most reasonable prices. | out-of-doors. He wanted action and were electrified. 'Didnt know there Call Winnetka 232 for lots of it, and Winnetka, particalarly on hauliner All oe -ezal N "7 Wat gloomy day, gave promise of any- lauing; you wi get rea | thing but that. But persuasion won, and today "Chief" Davies gets a scare every time he re- calls how near he came to missing his big opportunity. 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