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Winnetka Public Library, Winnetka, Ill. i | WINNETKA. WEEKLY TALK A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. X1V, NO. 24 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1925 TWENTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS COMMUTERS HIT RACK REMOVAL: Hubbard Woods Improve ment Association Joins in Deploring Action ROAD GETS LETTERS North Western Officials Get General Protest The Hubbard Woods Improvement association, Stanley P. Farwell, presi- dent, has joined with hundreds of north shore citizens, represented in groups or individually, in registering a general protest against the proposal of the Chicago and North Western railroad officials to remove the parcel racks from suburban trains. In the name of the association Mr. Farwell has penned no less than two pointed communications to none other than President Fred Sargent, youthful executive of the steam road, pointing out the fact that Hubbard Woods commuters view with resentment the announced intention of the railroad to remove the convenient, if not actually essential racks, with the idea in mind of providing unobstructed view of advertising matter soon to be placed in the coaches. Protest Is General This sentiment is by no means con- fined to Hubbard Woods, Mr. Farwell explains, for he has been conducting a general survey of commuterdom, as represented on the north shore, that has been productive of convincing evi- dence that the patrons of the North Western suburban service are prac- tically unanimous in their opposition to the road's latest move. "We have discussed this matter un- officially in associational ranks," Mr. Farwell said, "and I have communicated with the North Western officials in my capacity as president of the organiza- tion. We are merely joining with hun- dreds of other commuters, with many of whom I have spoken, in the effort to effect a reconsideration of the rail- road's action." Get Theater Train Stop Particularly gratifying to Hubbard Woods residents is the announcement that the Hubbard Woods Improvement association has been successful in se- curing a Hubbard Woods stop of the 11:30 p. m. North Western theater train. The railroad consented to add this stop, effective August 12. The train that stopped in Hubbard Woods prior to the war, later was taken off entirely, and still later put back on the sched- ule but with the Hubbard Woods stop omitted. This train operates out of the Madison street terminal daily. Local Presbyterian to Attend Mammoth Banquet Chicago and north shore Presby- terians announce plans for the largest banquet in the history of the denomin- 'ation, and perhaps the largest church dinner to date of any character, sched- uled for November 9, to take place at the Sherman House. It is expected that 2,000 people will participate in the event. Speakers for the occasion include Dr. Charles R. Erdman of Princeton, N. J., moderator of the General As- sembly of the Presbyterian church, and Dr. Robert Speer of New York, secre- tary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the denomination. A large delegation of local Presby- terians are expected to attend the din- ner which is to be held in the new banquet hall at the Sherman. Harry Lay of Dandy First Heads Drum Corps at Camp Harry Lay, 1408 Edgewood lane, popularly known as the "grand old man" of the famous "Dandy First" Illinois regiment, is in camp at Rock- ford with the 33rd Division of the Illi- nois National Guard where he is mas- ter of the drum corps. Simultaneously with the beginning of actual work at the camp, Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, command- ing the division, announced that plans are in progress for an aerial circus to be held at the camp on Governor's Day, August 27, when the complete drum corps will be an interesting fea- ture of the celebration. "HEAVEN" PREACHES OF At the services of the Lutheran church, to be held at the Episcopal Parish House, Oak street at Linden avenue, Sunday evening, August 23 at 7:45 o'clock, the Rev. D. A. Lafgren of Chicago will preach on the subject, "Heaven and how to get there." & Sunday afternoon, August 30. CORNERSTONE LAYING PRECEDED BY PARADE The cornerstone laying ceremonies at 1e new Sacred Heart church, Hubbard Woods, will take place at 4 o'clock, Mon- nor P. I. Bierman, of Evanston, will fficiate. Rev. Agnew of Loyola uni- "will preach the sermon. A parade will form at 2:30 o'clock along Center street, between Tower road and Elm street. The procession, headed by a boys' band, will move at 3 o'clock from the corner of Center and Elm streets. The line of march will be as follows: South on Linden to Willow street, east on Willow to Maple, north on Maple to Elm, west on Elm to Lin- coln, north on Lincoln to Tower road. Tower road to Green Bay road, thence north on Green Bay road into Green- leaf avenue, Glencoe, north on Green- leaf to Park avenue, west on Park ave= nue to Greenwood, south on Green: wood to Tower road and east on Tow: er road to the church. The parade will be made up of auto mobiles, and will be in charge of Col John V. Clinnin, marshal, and Maj: William H. King, Jr., as his aid. 3 After the parade, the cars will park west of Burr avenue on Gordon ter- race and on north and south streets west of Burr avenue. There will be no parking on the blocks surrounding the church. CENTER SECURES BIG RACE FILM "Dixie Handicap" Scheduled for Appearance Friday A racing story that has interest for all is the promise made for "The Dixie Handicap", Reginald Barker's latest production for Metro-Goldwyn, which comes to the Community House Fri- day evening, August 28. This picture is said to contain some of the most ex- citing horse race scenes ever filmed. "The Dixie Handicap" is a film ver- sion of "Dixie", a story by Gerald Beaumont and is said to follow the original very closely and to add an ex- tra thrill by presenting the racing scenes in authentic locations. Mr. Bark- er took a company all the way from the Culver City studios to Latonia, Ky., to film the climax during the running of the International stakes in which Epinard, the French champion, lost. Frank Keenan, who has often ap- peared as a Southern gentleman, has the leading role; that of Judge Jeffery Roberts, a man: of aristocratic birth who has fallen into poverty. Lloyd Hughes, who was the villain in "The Sea Hawk", here returns to a hero's role as Johnny Sheridan, the "Dancin" Kid." From a fun-loving, careless youth, Johnny becomes a de- pendable man who remains faithful to the judge through many days of pov- erty. On the same bill "Our Gang" will ap- pear in "Fast Company" wherein they make their bow to high society--only to be ejected from a fashionable hotel by the irate bell hops. Workman Drops Dead on Local Station Platform Charles V. Erickson, a Chicago car- penter, died suddenly of heart failure Thursday morning at the North Wes- tern railroad depot at Elm street, while waiting for a train. The holiday crowd, bent on celebrat- ing Winnetka Day, thronged the streets and there were many persons on the platform at the time. Dr. F. W. Blatch- ford was called but Mr. Erickson died almost instantly. Angina pectoris was given as the cause. An inquest was held at the Hebblethwaite mortuary Fri- day morning. Mr. Erickson was identified by a union carpenter's card which he car- ried. He had been residing at 4853 N. Winchester avenue, Chicago. Winnetka police have learned that his wife is now in Minneapolis where Mr. Erickson formerly lived and she was notified by wire Thursday. Hold Hearing Monday on Sidewalk Petition The Village council has received a petition to vacate the public way for sidewalks now extending from the east end of Hill road to Woodland avenue in the vicinity of New Trier High school. The Streets, Drainage and Forestry committee of the council has an- nounced an informal public hearing Monday evening, August 24, at the Vil- lage hall for the purpose of considering this petition. Interested property own- ers and residents are requested to be present for this hearing. NEW TEA ROOM REALITY SOON Congregational Women Rap- idly Getting Downs House in Shape for Patrons AIDS BUILDING FUND Need Furnishings for Teach- ers' Apartments + The deaconesses of the Winnetka ongregational church report that the "lwork of converting the Downs house n Spruce street into their proposed ul tea house to boost the church building und, is proceeding satisfactorily. The furniture which is being solicited to equip them for teachers' rooms and a group of women, including Mrs. R. S. Childs, Mrs. Fred Sterling, Mrs. Wil- liam Wersted and Mrs. Thomas Rat- cliffe, are at work on the curtains and draperies. Men Give a Hand A group of volunteer men workers have been busy Saturdays and eve- nings working under the supervision of Herbert Paulson, the decorator, who is most generously helping the deacon- esses in their new enterprise. Among those who have given their services the past week are E. A. Anderson, H. W. Beals, Leslie Dodds, James Flem- ing, Charles Moon, William Ayer Mc- Kinney, Mortimer Parker, Thomas Ratcliffe, E. A. Rummler and L. A. Sherman. It is rumored that the name of the new tea house is to be "The Cardinal" and that the decorations will be sug- gestive of the Kentucky cardinal and the leafy haunts and cool shadows which it loves. Ready for Donations . As the teachers 'dre arriving very shortly and their rooms must be in readiness when they arrive, the com- mittee is anxious to receive donations of furniture at once. Articles needed are: single beds (the narrower the bettes), desks, dressers, small tables, chairs, rugs, mirrors, lamps, a refrig- erator and a dining room table. Painters are also needed that the work may not come heavily on a few. It is asked that any who have furniture or services to offer will call Mrs. John Leonard Hamilton, Winnetka 264, or Mrs. William Ayer McKinney, Win- netka- 1593. Village Employe Killed by High Voltage Contact Royce Kennedy, a lineman for the Village electrical department was in- stantly killed last Saturday afternoon when he came in contact with a high voltage wire while working on a pole at Bryant and Lloyd avenues. Kennedy was 22 years old and resided in Ev- anston. He had been an employe of the village since last November. An in- vestigation by the safety engineer of the Liberty Mutual insurance company showed that the village had complied with all safety rules and that Ken- nedy was provided with proper equip- ment, such,as rubber gloves, etc. The responsibility for the accident was laid on Kennedy. Village officials said that he had been a valuable and efficient worker. CLOSET? CLOCK? TABLE? FOR SALE -- COMBINA- uon buffet-china closet in oak, $20; Ansonia mah. clock, $15, cost $40; 2 solid cherry office ta- bles, $10 each. Phone Wil. 2149. SAVE MONEY for a vacation by reading OUR WANT ADS WANT AD DEADLINE THURSDAY NOON [tipper rooms are now ready for the, WORK PROGRESSES ON NEW ELECTRIC ROUTE More than 20 miles of temporary track have been laid in construction work of the new North Shore Exten- sion line of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railway, being built north from Dempster street, Niles Cen- ter, to Lake Bluff. The temporary track has been laid across Glenview road to the south, where a station will be built, and will continue south to Dempster street. Work is progressing very rapidly. More than 1000 men being employed. Workmen are quartered in two main camps, one at Blodgett on the Deer- field road, and the other at Liberty- ville. Eight locomotives and more than 100 cars are used in the filling in of the roadbed, which will require about 500,000 cubic yards of dirt. When the roadbed is filled, the tem- porary track will be replaced with permanent tracks of heavy steel for fast traffic. SPEEDERS FIND JUSTICE STERN Local Courts Continue to "Hit 'em" Hard Week-end speeders continued to en- liven the monotony of quiet August days at the Winnetka police station, and gave local judges further oppor- tunity to convince the public that ac- celerators are devices to use with ex- ceeding temperance. S. J. Kramer, 1506 St. Louis avenue, Chicago, paid $25 and costs for racing 39 miles per hour with Officer Ottone in pursuit on Sheridan road Sunday. He was tried before Judge Sinsheimer. B. Kadson, 5431 Greenwood avenue, Chicago was also brought in by Ottone Saturday noon, charged with speed- ing 40 miles per hour on Sheridan road from Oak street to Winnetka avenue. It cost him $10 and costs. H. Cornlossy, 4943 Kenmore avenue, Chicago, exceeding the speed limits on Elm street, was brought in by Officer Hanselman and was fined $5 and costs. H. B. Millard, 15 years old, residing at 260 Mary street, Glencoe, was re- leased to his father by Judge Northrap and forbidden to drive a car in Win- netka after Officer Ottone had brought him in charged with exceeding the speed limit on Linden avenue Satur- day. R. Huzagh, 204 Fuller lane, paid $5 and costs for speeding over 35 miles an hour on Sheridan road last Friday, Judge Northrup assessing the fine. Edward J. Murphy, 457 N. Paulina street, Chicago, was put on a $15 bond for driving without a vision mirror or chauffeur's license Saturday by Judge Sinsheimer, Officer Gregory bringing him to the station. Annexation Ordinance Before Village Council An ordinance providing for the an- nexation of the territory south of Win- netka avenue and west of the Chicago and North Western railroad right-of- way was introduced at the regular meeting of the Village council Tuesday evening of this week. This tract of land includes Manus' Indian Hill sub- division. The matter has been before the coun- cil for some time, petitions having been received this spring from all property owners concerned to annex the terri- tory. A special committee of the coun- cil has been investigating the situa- tion for some time. Under the special charter of Win- netka it is not necessary to hold a re- ferendum vote in a case like this so that the passage of the ordinance by the council will make this tract a part of the village without further delay. It is expected that the ordinance will be passed at the next council meeting. Buccaneers' Club Has Formal Opening Tuesday With the installation of new awn- ings over the main deck, the work of rehabilitating the "Port of Missing Men", the floating home of the Buccaneers' club in Wilmette harbor, will be completed, and the opening event will be a dinner-dance Tuesday night, August 25, at 7 o'clock. The cafe has been in operation for the past 10 days and many quiet little luncheons and dinner parties have been given on board ship during the hot spell. The fleet of small boats is rapidly be- ing launched and eight of the craft will be in the water, ready for racing this week. WINNETKA DAY HUGE SUCCESS Throngs of Villagers Partici- pate in Varied Events of Great Outing PARADE BIG FEATURE Contests and Street Dance Hold Crowds ww ! Threatening skies and occasional showers in the morning failed to spoil Winnetka - Hubbard Woods Day, Thursday, the occasion of Winnetka's first community picnic, which was a huge success. Large crowds watched the parade in the morning, nearly 1,000 persons were spectators and partici- pants in the races and field events in the afternoon and more than 2,000 as- sembled in front of the Skokie school in the evening for the street dance. The celebration, held under the aus- pices of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce, started at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, when the parade assem- bled in Chestnut court and along Elm street. After a wait of some time, due to trouble with the giant float of the Chamber of Commerce which was to occupy a prominent place near the front of the parade, the line of 35 decorated cars moved out, and passed through the business district, going through the south end of the village and then circling the north end and passing through the Hubbard Woods business district. The parade ended at the park on Elm street, across from the Skokie school shortly before noon. Rotary Takes First Prizes were given for the cars which were most originally decorated, the judges being Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, H. L. Woolhiser and the Rev. E. Ash- ley Gerhard, The prize winners were as follows: Rotary club, first, E. L. Weinstock, second, N. E. Dally, third, R. H. Schell, fourth, W. L. Wente, fifth, Holland Furnace company, sixth, the Hubbard Woods garage, seventh and Brandl Brothers, eighth. The Chamber of Commerce float was the largest and most imposing in the parade. It was a huge white affair, with four girls seated on the upper tiers. They were Eleanor Wilhite, Dorothy and Marion Schell and Regina Eberle. The float was driven by Paul Reske. Ball Game--Quoits Immediately following the parade a soft ball game and a horse-shoe tour- nament were staged. The ball game was won by a Winnetka team with a score of 12 against a team from Hub- bard Woods who were only able to score four runs. The horse-shoe tour- nament was won by E. E. Adams and Fred Radner. The races and contests began at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when a large crowd assembled on the football field in the rear of the Skokie school. They were a huge success, especially the contest between the police department and fire department, which had been kept a dark secret shared by only two or three persons up to the moment 1t was begun. A team of four men from each de- partment was chosen. These gathered in the center of the field, with all eyes upon them and Police, Magistrate Clark T. Northrop made \a speech while those who were in on the secret prepared the equipment for the con- test. Then the officials handed the as- (Continued on page 3) Plenty of Snow Up There in the Yellowstone Area Andrew (Andy) Hosnick, one of the best known and mest popular auto dealers doing business on the north shore, who is making an extensive western tour with a party, which in- cludes Mrs. Hosnick and Mr. and Mrs. John Bleser, has reached Yellowstone park. He is making this vacation journey in his favorite Cadillac and re- ports good weather, a good trip and plenty of snow in the park with gaso- line at 40 cents a gallon. Ridge Avenue Zoning Case Up for Hearing August 31 The date for a public hearing on the petition of Charles W. Cole for the rezoning of his property on the west side of Ridge avenue between Oak and Cherry streets, from "A" residence to "C" commercial classification has been set for Monday evening, August 31, at 8 o'clock. The matter has been re- ferred to the board of appeals on zon- ing and a decision will be rendered at that time. :