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December 5, 1925 WINNETKA TALK _ NEW MINISTER COMES TO SERVE COMMUNITY Congregational Church Members Delighted Over Acquisition of Associate Pastor From all sides come comments to the effect that the Congregational church meeting of Monday evening, November 23, was an unusual event; important, because of the forward step taken in adding a new minister; interesting, because of the way in which the matter was presented by the committee; and satisfying, be- cause of the character of the candi- date and complete harmony of the present ministers and people in call- ing that candidate. In the unavoidable absence of Ed- win E. Brown, chairman of the com- mittee, Arlan Converse read a state- ment, prepared by Mr. Brown, recall- ing the church's need of another pastor, the activities of the committee appointed to find a candidate, and particulars concerning the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin, the candidate selected. Attention was called to the fact that Winnetka, compared to other towns, is under-churched and in order to take care of the religious life of the community the churches must increase their facilities or permit the entrance of new churches with the ac- companying possibilities of rivalry or discord. Mr. Davies, because of his position as director of Community House, can give only a minor portion of time to the church. Mr. Richards has made nearly 1700 calls in a year and still felt that he had not covered the field. That is more than any one man should try to do. Both ministers are called upon to give many hours in cases of trouble, accidents, sickness, funerals. There are calls from various organizations, religious and secular. The business of the church must be looked after and plans made for num- berless meetings. All this besides the main task of preaching and giving spiritual guidance. Study Many Prospects The committee to select the new minister met early in May and agreed upon the qualifications of the man needed. Letters were sent to Theo- logical seminaries and to prominent ministers of various denominations from coast to coast. Thirty-seven names were suggested. Some of these men were heard, others looked up and reports obtained on nearly all. The man finally agreed upon was the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin, of Dundee, Ill. He was first suggested by some of the women of the church who heard him speak at a meeting in the . winter. Later he was recommended by a prom- inent minister of Oak Park, and was well spoken of by Mr. Davies who has known him for some time. Mr. Goodwin was born in Indian- apolis and has lived in Buffalo, Terre Haute, and New York City. He came to Chicago in 1911 and entered the University of Chicago from which he was graduated in 1916 with the de- gree of Ph. B. The summer of that year was spent preaching in a rural district of North Dakota and during the rest of the year he taught in a Boys' school at Woodstock, Ill. Saw War Service 'When our country declared war, Mr Goodwin entered the Officers' Train- camp at Fort Sheridan, received a commission as Second Lieutenant, left for France in January, 1918, and saw active service with the Second Division of Infantry and the Fifth Marines. He went "over the top" three times and was wounded twice. At "(Continued on page 42) Revive Attic Shop to Augment Funds for Church Edifice In view of the fact that the Win- netka Congregational church has com- pletely surpassed its present capacity and that a new church building has become an emminent necessity, the women of the community are starting all kinds of projects to aid the build- ing fund. The Cardinal Tea Room, launched by Mrs. William McKinney and Mrs. Ayres Boal, is meeting a great need and continues to supply food, warmth, and good cheer. The Stitch-in-time club keeps the clothing of the village well-mended and in good order. Now comes an- other venture It is along the line of economy and salvage. "A dollar saved is a dollar earned." How much is frequently wasted and unused in our households! We are enveloped in superfluities; we are enmeshed in things. We move slowly because we are weighted by luggage--birds travel swiftly because free to use their wings. Let us stuff off some of our useless belongings and convert them into money to help erect a beautiful church edifice. That will serve the social and moral interests of our rapidly in- creasing population. Send at once discarded jewelry, furniture, silver, books, pictures, china, clothing, or what not, to Community House to be sold for the building fund of the new church. Articles will be collected if request is left with Miss Maxey Williams, telephone Winnetka 38. Village to Donate Water for Skating at Hubbard Woods Water for use at the proposed skating rink at the Hubbard Woods station park will be donated by the Village, it was decided Tuesday eve- ning, when the Village board au- thorized the donation at its meeting. The rink will be operated by residents of the vicinity who have formed an organization known as the Hubbard Woods Skating club. All residents of Hubbard Woods are eligible for mem- bership and a small fee is charged to provide a fund for the maintenance of the rink. An attendant will be em- ployed there to keep the ice flooded and in good shape and a shelter house will be provided. Carpenters of the vicinity have agreed to donate their spare time in building the shelter house and much of the lumber and equipment has been given by various' persons and organizations. Royal Arch Masons to Entertain Noted Guests Skokie Chapter, No. 276, Royal Arch Masons, anticipate an evening of unusual interest Friday, December 11, when Willis McFeeley, deputy grand high priest; David S. David- con, grand captain of the host and Edward Kuehmstadt, district inspector, will be the guests of honor. The meeting to be held in the Masonic temple will be signalized by the con- ferring of the Most Excellent Master degree. Saturday, December 12, will find the Skokie chapter engaged in afternoon and evening meetings. The Royal Arch degree will be conferred and the mem- bers of the Park chapter will be guests. SUPERVISES MISSION WORK The Rev. Leland Hobart Danforth, rector of the Church of the Holy Com- forter at Kenilworth, has included in his work the supervision of the Epis- copal mission at Deerfield. ATTEND CONFERENCES Winnetka Women to Participate in Discussion of Care and Training of Women Offenders Miss Elizabeth Gemmill will officially represent the Winnetka League of Women Voters at the all-day confer- ence on the care and training of wom- en offenders, to be held in the Congress hotel, Chicago, Saturday, December 12. This conference will be held under the auspices of the Chicago League of Women Voters and the joint commit- tee on the care and training of women offenders. Many other 'members of the Winnetka league will be in attend- ance, including Mrs. B. ¥. Langworthy, Mrs. Walter Fisher, and Mrs. Walter Benson. This will be a most important con- ference, it is announced, as the care of women offenders in Illinois demands immediate and thorough consideration. Illinois has no state institutions except the penitentiary in which a women may be placed when sentenced for a term of more than a year. A recent survey points out that over 17,000 women were arrested in Chicago in 1924, over: half of them between the ages of 18 and 30 and that a large percentage of these grew up in vil- lages and on farms. This is a question of grave concern to the whole state, a timely problem for the woman voter, it is emphasized. Since 1919 organized women have urged for Illinois a Farm Colony for delinquent women. Friends of the measure at Springfield report that the legislators do not understand this question and that public opinion is not sufficiently aroused. In Chicago a central detention home for women is a crying need. At the morning session of the con- ference steps in the "solution of this problem will be discussed by able speakers, among them Judge Daniel P. Trude, Mrs. Kenneth F. Rich, Miss Jessie Binford, Mrs. William E. Lewis, and Miss Jane Addams, author of "Youth and the City Streets," and "New Conscience and An Ancient Evil." The afternoon session will be ad- dressed by Miss Mary E. McDowell, commissioner of public welfare, City of Chicago, and Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, superintendent of the Girls' Industrigl- Home at Gainesville, Texas. Council Plans Law to Insure Untainted Milk Members of the Village council, led by Trustee B. F. Langworthy held a lenghty discussion of the milk situa- tion last Tuesday evening at the council meeting. Mrs. Langworthy told of the fight Dr. Herman N. Bendesen, health commissioner of Chicago, is waging to prevent the use of milk from tuberculosis cattle. Pasteurization methods and require- ments for the sanitary handling of milk were also explained by Mrs. Langworthy. The council is now considering the adoption of a milk ordinance patterned after the model milk ordinance devel- oned by the State Board of Health. Village Manager H. I. Woolhiser and Dr. C. O. Schneider, health commis- sioner, have been at work on the or- dinance and will soon- have the final draft ready to submit to the council, it was announced. No fault has been found with the dairies which supply Winnetka with milk, but it was felt bv members of the council that con- dition outside the control of the dairies may make a new ordinance necessary. HOLD BUSINESS SESSION The annual business meeting of the Winnetka Congregational church for the election of officers and the trans- action of any other business that may come before the church, will be held Wednesday, December 9, at 8 o'clock. CANVASS PARISH FOR ANNUAL BUDGET FUND Congregational Church Commit- tees to Call on Members for 1926 Pledges Families in the Winnetka Congre- gational church parish have been asked to remain at home this Sunday after- noon, at least until such time as the Every-Member Canvass committees have called and received the pledges for the church budget for 1926. Tomorrow will be a busy day in the parish. Under the general direction of Merritt B. Lum, chairman of the church finance committee, groups of church leaders will fare forth upon a complete visitation of the village with the purpose in mind of calling upon every household represented in the church. Captains appointed to con- duct teams in the eight district into which the community has been divid- ed for the campaign, are Calvin D. Allen, Harry D. Craig, H. W. Beals, Edgar B. Baumann, Carl Paul Hutch- inson, Sidney F. Bartlett, S. Bowles King, A. Montague Ferry, Charles M. Thomson and Edward A. Anderson. Explain Church Needs As a forerunner to the annual can- vass the finance committee this week dispatched an extremely interesting folder to all members of the church, setting forth the needs of the parish in the coming year and embodying important statements anent the expan- sion of the parish, by the Rev. James Austin Richards, minister, and Dr. J. W. F. Davies, minister of religious education and director of Community House, behind which the church stands as guarantor. The total budget for 1926 has been announced as $64,076.31, as against $61,384.21, indicating an increase that is pointed out as commensurate with the natural development of the church in all its branches and phases of ser- vice. Comprehensive Field "The budget", reads a concluding statement, "is made up by a business committee. It allows for all necessary work of the church, but the business committee watches carefully for econ- omies. Including as it does an expand- ing work at home and a fair share of responsibility for teaching, preaching and healing in less fortunate parts of the world, the budget for 1926 repre- sents probably as efficient an expendi- ture of money as one could ask for." The folder brings out the interesting fact that the church school enrollment now stands at 758, with a faculty of 75 jeachers . 1 an j Dr. Davies' comment contains. the information that Epproimately 106500 neople will have attended Community House over the period from January 1924 to January 1925. Sixty-six or ganizations enjoy the facilities of the center. Volunteer workers at Com- munity House number 105. Twenty- five women contribute of their time regularly each month. : Members of the finance committee which is directing the budget cam- naign are Merritt B. Lum, chairman, William C. Boyden, Arthur Earl Bry- son, Frank F. Ferry, John S. Miller and John W. Scott. ° AT M. O. CONFERENCE Village Manager Woolhiser attend- ed the sessions of the Municipal Own- erchip conference at Springfield, TIL, this week. This conference was at- tended bv officials of municipally owned utilities in Illinois, and Mr. Woolhiser eave a talk on the "Re- duction af Fue! Consnmption in Mu- nicipal Power Plants." Mr. and Mrs. 1. D. Pierce have re- trrned to their home at 898 Elm street, after a summer at Pistakee lake and other spots. EN