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VINNETK Winnetka Public Library, Winnetka, Ill. A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community FEKLY TALK VOL. XIV, NO. 28 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1925 PRICES FIVE CENTS TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES CAMPERS ENJOY BANNER SEASON "Chief" Davies Comments Glowingly on Achievements at Lake Hamlin BUILD TENNIS COURTS Waiting Lists Indicate Pop- ularity of Camps Community House camps, long since counted as one of our community in- stitutions and a potent influence in the splendid development of the vouth of the village, enjoved a banner season this year, according to Dr. J. W. EF "Chief" Davies, director general of Community House activities, under whose personal supervision the camps are conducted on Lake Hamlin near Ludington, Mich. "The camps were never better," Dr. Davies stated this week in reply to a query of a TALK representative. "Each year sees development and more of our dreams realized. That intangible thing known as 'camp spirit, which re- sponds to the best, and which requires the voungsters to give the best of themselves constantly, for the good of the whole group, grows deeper each year, and is passed on from older to younger campers. Our camp quota is usually 30, but this vear, so great was the desire of the boys and girls to go, that we were obliged to stretch it a bit, and take 32 in the boys' camp, and 33 in the girls," and, even so, there was a waiting list in each camp. Boys and girls who are accepted for these camps are chosen because 'they are deemed worthy of making some con- tribution of themselves to camp. Some are taken on scholarships each year, Encourage Self-Expression These camps, as Winnetka people know, are short term camps of 18 days each. They are sponsored by Community House and are directed by Dr. Davies. Character, right leader- ship, and self-expression in growing boys and girls are what these camps are striving for especially, all through their recreational, work and play pro- gram. From a small beginning, a few vears ago, with practically no equipment ex- cept sleeping tents and a mess tent, owned by Dr. Davies, and set up. on his land, the camp have steadily grown in size and equipment. In answer to the query, "Was there any improvement in camp equipment this year?" the "Chief" said: "We built an addition to the assembly cabin and put in a fire-place with a five-foot opening, which has been a much needed place for rainy weather, also a tennis court, which the camp had desired for a number of years, 'and which gave an added zest to some phases of camp life this past summer and proved most satisfactory. Non-Profit Project "How did you come out financially?" asked the TaLk reporter. "We would have come out even on expenses, and a little better," was the reply, "had it not been for the tennis court, which had been asked for by the camp. Of course, I expected to pay a part of the cost of this because it is a property improvement. There were those connected with the camp bene- fit, given last spring, who felt that they wanted to pay for the court out of the proceeds. But only about half of that amount could go toward the tennis court, as the other had to go to the scholarships and the necessary margin which it furnishes for the running of a successful camp. The total receipts this year were $3,281.53, while the total expenses were $4,229.16. These camps are not run for profit. The aim is to charge each member just enough to cover the actual running cost." Winnetkans See Remains of Hapless Shenandoah While on a motor tour of the East, R. H. Schell and family, who returned to Winnetka this week, saw the wreck of the Shenendoah, in Ohio. Mr. Schell said that they were not far from the place where the giant airship fell and motored over to see it the next morning. - He said that there was a solid line of cars coming and going to the spot for 15 miles along the princi- pal highway that led to the wreck- age. The part of the wreckage which he saw was the stern of the craft, and he said that it seemed to have landed easily. While on their trip the family visited Elkhart, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; Akron, Ohio; Pittsburgh, and stopped for a while with relatives in Coryopo- lis, a suburb of Pittsburgh. They were gone two weeks. CHANGE MEETING NIGAT FOR LOCAL BOY SCOUTS Community House has arranged to have the Boy Scouts meet on Friday evenings instead of Thursday evenings, as has been their custom for several years. This was deemed best, as Com- munity House feels it is most desirable that, in so far as possible, all children's activities be confined to nights that are not school nights, and that all support be given to the schools in carrying out their policy of having no activities on these week-day nights. The schools are reciprocating by not putting on any activities Friday afternoons that will tire the boys before they come to Scout meetings, it is explained. The schools are also co-operating splendidly in the matter of keeping Thursday afternoons clear for Camp Fire Girls in Community House: They ave arranged that the schools close at 3:10 and that there should be no ac- dvities set for Thursday, thus avoid- ing any conflicting interests with Camp Hire. This will help the Camp Fire work very materially, and give it the advantage of having most of the groups meet on the same day. The fine co- operation between the schools and Community House is expected to strengthen the young people's activi- ties and help in the all round develo- ment of growing girls and boys. These young people's activities start the first week in October. DITCH MENACE T0 BE REMOVED Storm Sewer Outlet to Join Sanitary District Sewer Arrangements have been completed to make temporary connections from the ditch which runs southeast through Winnetka, Wilmette and Kenilworth to the Sanitary District sewers which 'ntercept -it-at Sheridan road and at the Chicago and North Western rail- road, according to a report read at the meeting '6f the Village council Tues- evening by. Village Engineer Windes. This announcement comes as the re- HERE IS FIRST DASCH PROGRAM Orchestral Association Makes Public Symphony Pro- gram for October 13 INVITES SUBSCRIBERS Urge Residents to Get on Waiting List The New Trier Township Orches- tral association will begin its fourth season with the presentation of the first of a series of seven concerts by the Symphony Players of Chicago, George Dasch conducting, Tuesday evening, October 13, at the New Trier high .school auditorium. This will be the only concert held on Tuesday evening, the others having all been scheduled for Monday evenings. The dates for these are as follows: November 1, December 14, January 18, February 15, March 15 and April 19. It was announced that because the dates for these concerts have only re- cently been decided upon, the tickets have not yet been sent out, but that they will be distributed in the near future. There will be some tickets left over, it was said, and those who place their names on the waiting list may get these. R. Burtner, 1504 Monadnock building, Chicago, is in charge of this list. Here's First Program The program for the first concert is as follows. Overture to "The Barber of Bagdad" Rr as > ie ar tin a ae te ok ale Cornelius "Scheherazade" Symphonic Suite, after "A Thousand and One Nights" ~~ ODUS 3 wo Rimsky-Korsakow Third Movement: "The Young Prince and the Young Princess" Second Mov~~ht; "The Story of the Kalender Prince" d'Amour," Opus Glazounow Introduction Grand Pas des Fiances Grande Valse INTERMISSION sult of several weeks of negotiations with the Sanitary District of Chicago and the Village of Kenilworth and it is thought will relieve conditions which are a menace to inhabitants of Win- netka and Kenilworth. The, ditch in question has been used as an open drain for storm water. . [t runs through the grounds of the Indian Hill Country club and through a por- tion of the northwest section of . Wil- mette and then through Kenilworth, where it empties into the lake. Some homes in Wilmette in the ter- ritory through which the ditch passes, have no sewer connections, and have been forced to use the ditch for sewage purposes. Kenilworth officials Feceived | protests from. residents of that vil- lage "asserting that it endangered the health of the community, and the ditch was' plugged at the point where it en- tered Kenilworth. Wilmette and Win- netka residents were thus exposed to the danger of water backing ap in the ditch during a storm and flooding their basements, besides which there was no drainage for the sewage. Work. on the connections with the sewers is now in progress and when it is completed Kenilworth will remove the plug in the ditch. In this way those living in the vicinity of the ditch will be protected until permanent sewer connections are established. Chamber of Commerce to Discuss Products' Show . Winnetka's part in the Illinois Prod. ucts Exposition, which will be held October 8 to 17, will be discussed at the next meeting of the Winnetka "Cham- ber of Commerce, to be held Monday evening, September 21. A special speaker to explain the details of the Exposition has been engaged for this occasion, it. .is announced. This is the second annual exposition of its kind. It is under the auspices of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and will be held at the Furniture Mart, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. An artist has been at work for months pre- paring a painting of the village of Winnetka which is to be the display of the local Chamber of Commerce. RESTAURANT CHANGES HANDS The Winnetka Home restaurant, 552 Center street, formerly owned by Nora Jane Chambers has been sold to Matthew Lillig recently. The name has been changed to the Chambers Cafe, and the same high quality of food and service will be available to pa- | Romanza from Sonata in'C Minor, Opus 45 Grieg (Transcription by George Dasch) Variations on a German Folk Song... Ochs Theme I, Bach II, Haydn III, Mo- zart TV, . Strauss V, Verdi VI, Gounod VII, Wagner VIII, Bee- thoven IX, Mendelssohn X, Schu- mann XI, Brahms XII, Meyerbeer XIII. Military March. Abendlied, Opus 85, No. 12. .Schumann (For String Orchestra, with Obbli- gato' Cello Solo) Malaguena from "Boabdil". Moszkowski 4 Gain in Popularity : These symphony concerts have been mcreasingly popular with north shore music lovers. The association under whose auspices they are presented is composed of residents of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe who co-operate in presenting the con- [certs as a community: venture. They | are not conducted for a profit. A larger | number of season tickets than ever be- {fore will be sold this year, it is | thought. The concert on October 13 |begins at 8:15 o'clock. CHIEF PETE STAYS ON ~~ TRAIL: GETS HIS MAN Chiei 'W. M. Peterson, like the Canadian mounted police, is noted for his perseverance in following the trail of any law breaker. He is also pe- culiarly adept at "getting his man." | His efforts were rewarded this week [by the capture of Herbert Smith, col- ored, 3716 Grand boulevard, Chicago, on a charge of passing worthless checks. Some time ago Smith cashed a check {for $42.50 "at" Adams' pharmacy. The {check was drawn on a bank in the |stockyards district and proved to be worthless. A warrant for Smith was | sworn out, and Chief Peterson has been {searching for him ever since, although (he has had only a partial description of the man. Last Tuesday morning he noticed a man who answered Smith's descrip- tinn in every particular, and after some questioning the man admitted his identity. The case will come before Police Magistrate R. E. Sinsheimer soon. RETURN FROM HUNTING TRIP Fred T. Richardson, 730 Elm street, and his son, Fred Jr., 261 Scott ave- nue, Glencoe, motored to Fort Atkin- son, Wis, over last week-end for the opening of the duck shooting season. They reported very good luck, having bagged 50 ducks between them. They trons, it was announced. | returned early this week. SPEED COFFERS BULGE WITH WEEK OF FINES Local speeders and some from other communities drew heavy fines in the Winnetka police court this week. R. J. Barth, 844 Pine street, was fined $50 and costs by Police Magistrate Byron A. Nelson on a charge of ex- ceeding 75 miles an hour. while driving his motorcycle on Sheridan road late Sunday night. He was arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Albert Ottone. Shortly after arresting 'Barth Ottone noticed another speeder, this time in a motor car, and arrested P. J. Kloep- fer, also of Winnetka, who, he said, was exceeding 50 miles an hour on Sheridan road. Kloepfer was fined $35 and costs by Police Magistrate Nel- son. H. W. Herd of 518 Sunset road, was fined $25 and costs by Justice Nelson on a charge of speeding at the rate of 45 miles an hour on Winnetka avenue. He also was: arrested by Ottone. Katherine Bulkiey, 530 Skokie road, Glencoe, was fined $40 and costs by Police Magistrate R. E. Sinsheimer on 2 charge of driving at a rate of speed exceeding 45 miles an hour on Sheridan road. She was arrested by Sergt. John Iverson and Patrolman Edward Cum- mings at 1:40 o'clock on the morning of September 5. MAKE PROGRESS ON SKOKIE PARK Send Out Assessment No- tices on 80-Acre Tract The Hubbard Woods Improvement association is informed that steady progress has been made by the Win- netka Park board on the various steps necessary to carry through the Skokie park project. This project includes 80 acres of land in the Skokie west of Hubbard Woods. This tract con- sists of two 40 acre pieces touching Grove street on the east and extending from the Glencoe boundary to the line of Fig street. 4 This project was initiated by the Park board as the result of petitions circulated by the Hubbard Woods Im- brovenient association and the Hubbard Woods Land association and signed by hundreds of property owners. The cost of this park has been spread over as large an area as could be fusti- fied under the law, considering the benefits accruing to the property af- fected. The assessment roll has been carefully prepared and filed and "as- sessment notices are now being sent out. It is understood that the assess- ments will be reasonable. Postcard notices have recently been received by residents from ~organiza- tions whose business it is to endeavor to secure reductions of special assess- ments in consideration of sharing in such reductions. The Hubbard Woods Improvement = association urges its members and other residents of the territory affected to pay no attention to these notices. To sign them is to ask for special consideration, which is not equitable, the association explains. Furthermore, such action may serve to obstruct the carrying out of this de- sirable project and perhaps in the end raise the cost to all concerned. In view of the hearty support which has been given to this project by the great majority of residerits, it is hoped, the association explains, that no one at this' time will do anything to im- pede the creation of the Skokie park. Electrical Contractors Must Now be Registered Two ordinances relative to the inspec- tion of electrical construction were passed by the Village council at its last meeting Tuesday night, thus putting into effect locally a recent "statue passed by the state legislature. The ordinance provides for the ap- pointment of an electrical 'commission of five members which is to .establish rules and regulations for electrical con- struction. This body also provides for registration of electrical contractors, with a fee of $50 a year. Similar ordinances have been pass- ed or are under consideration in others north shore villages. Chicago has pass- ed an ordinance to this effect after which the Winnetka ordinance was modeled. The local electrical commis- sion will be appointed at the next meet- ing of the Village council, it was said. WOOLHISER ON VACATION Village Manager H. IL. Woolhiser left Friday morning for a week's va- cation at Marquette, Mich. He will return to his desk Monday, September 28, it was said. CHURCH OPENS SCHOOL TERM Children Scheduled to Begin Congregational Class Work This Sunday ASSIGN MANY GROUPS Bus Routes Are Mapped Out for Students Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Congregational church, the "high school and the seventh and eighth grades wills meet for worship. The classes will be organized immediately following this worship. The beginners will meet in the assembly room of Community House and the primary, including the first, second and third grades, will meet in Matz hall. At 10 :30 o'clock grades four, five and six will assemble in the church for their period of worship and will have their class sessions immediately following the pe- riod of worship. This division of the school is necessary on account of the large number attending, it is explained. It is expected to make the work done far more effective because of the less crowded conditions. It is quite 11m- portant that the parents should take notice of this division in the school, the officers point out. Give Bus Schedule The bus schedule will be as follows: From and to the Northwest: Starts at 8:45--north from Center street and Linden to scott. At 8:55--west on Scott to Vernon; south on Vernon to Tower. At 9:05--east on Tower to Burr. At 9:10--south on Burr and Rosewood to Elm. At 9:15--east on Elm to Lincoln--to church. From and to the Southeast: Starts at 8:45--south on Linden to Hill. At 8:50--east on Hill te Ridge; south on Ridge to Winnetka; east on Winnetka to Woodland. At 9:00--north on Woodland to Willow; west on Willow to Walnut. At 9:10--north on Walnut to Elm; west on Elm to Lincoln--to church. Subject to change. Children are asked to gather on street corners along the route on the right side of the bus. Return trips will be made over the same routes, leaving the church at 10:50. ' : xk This school has received recognition in the state as one doing the finest kind .of educational work, it ds "stated. It was again awarded the banner for the Pilgrim Standard of Efficiency. Cite Importance of Work "The work of religious education is of paramount importance to the futtre of America," comments one of the school. officers. "Instruction of chil- dren and youth in religion which is broad in its outlook, constructive in its method, and scientific in its ap- proach is the concern of most thinking parents in America. The bulk of for- mal instruction in religion has fallen on the church which is the great sym- bol of the Christian religion." Predict Big Success on Forget-Me-Not Tag Day The Forget-Me-Not campaign which is to be conducted by Winnetka women September 26 under the direc- tion of Mrs. Henry M. Lay should pass all previous records for this vil lage, "according. to the committee in charge. . The drive is being conducted for the benefit of the World war veterans at the Great Lakes Naval hospital for the carrying on of the liaison work among veterans and their families. Each princinal corner will be occupied by one of the local women on the day of the event, armed with a bag of little pale blue Forget-Me-Nots, each one of which carries a message from a wounded or disabled war veteran. Any women who desire to assist with the drive are requested to com- municate with Mrs. Harry M. Lay, section chairman for Winnetka. Builders Summon Members to Meeting September 21 Monday evening, September 21, will mark the first autumn meeting for the New Trier Chapter of The Builders, junior organization sponsored by the Masonic fraternity. The meeting will be held in the Winnetka Masonic temple at 8 o'clock. New Trier chapter has jurisdiction in all the villages in the township, en- listing its members from Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe. Tts dances last winter were notable social events for the young people at the Kenilworth hall. SE == i ji 1 J A i