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WINNETKA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XIV. NO. #4 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 9, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS LAWMAKERS TO SPEAK AT VOTERS MEETING Howard P. Castle and Mrs. J. Paul Goode to Address Win- netka League Monday State Representative Howard P. Castle of the seventh district--of which Winnetka is a part--will speak at the meeting of the Winnetka League of Women Voters, at Community House, Monday, January 11. Mr. Castle has chosen for his subject: "Some Im- portant Measures Which I Hope Will Come Before the Next Assembly." Mrs. J. Paul Goode, representative from the fifth district speaks the same day. Her subject is "Let Women Mind Their Own Business." The meeting will begin at 12:30 with a luncheon at Community House. The business of the meeting will be carried on during the luncheon, as usual, so that the speaking can begin promptly at 1:15. Miss Elizabeth Gemmell, chairman of the committee on citizen- ship and elections, is in charge of the meeting. Mrs. Walter Benson, presi- dent of the Winnetka League, will pre- side. * Sponsors Good Measures Mr. Castle is always welcomed eagerly by the Winnetka audiences for the keen interest of his talks as well as because the community is al- |i ways glad of an opportunity to meet its representative. During the last Assembly, Mr. Castle talked in favor of the bill for jury service for women and against the bill for an 8-hour day for women. He also favored the re- appointment of representation mea- sures and the continuation of the pro- hibition commissioner. It will be with great interest that the members of the league who have been following his career, will hear what he has to say about his stand on the measures to come up at the 55th Assembly. Mrs. Goode, who is also a republican, did not vote on the jury service for women measure. She favored the 8- hour day for women, but she stood with Mr. Castle on reappointment and the prohibition commission matter. League Dues Payable The treasurer of the league will be present at the meeting to take dues for the year which are now payable. The treasurer wishes to announce that members who have not yet paid their dues by April 1, will be dropped from membership. The league has formerly carried its delinquent members until June 1, but finds this phase no longer feastible. In card notices sent out recently Monday's meeting was referred to as |. the annual session of the League. This was incorrect since it is the regular monthly meeting. Invite Public to Hear Lecture Friday, Jan. 15 A free lecture on_ "Christian Science. and the World's Redemption" is to be given by Prof. Hermann S. Hering, of Boston, Friday evening, January 15, at 8 o'clock, at the Winnetka Masonic Temple, 708 Elm street. Professor Hering is a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. The lecture is given under the aus- pices of = Eirst . Church... of Christ, PARK ISSUE IN COURT Hubbard Woods Improvement Body Wants Assessment on 80-Acre Tract Hastened in the Courts. The hearings in the Park board pro- ceedings to acquire the 80 acre Hub- bard Woods Skokie park began Tues- day last in the Superior Court of Cook county. A number of objectors ap- peared and insisted that the assessment be changed so that approximately 90 percent of the total cost of the im- provement should be payable in the first installment although the assess- ment roll filed on behalf of the com- missioners appointed by the court dis- tributed the total cost equally over a period of ten years. It was stated on behalf of the Park board that the court would be asked to modify the as- sessment roll so that the total cost would be -distributed over 20 annual payments instead of 10. Because of the insistence of the objectors the as- sessment roll will be modified im- mediately so that approximately 90 percent of the total cost will be pay- able in the first installment. The proceedings to acquire this property for park purposes were begun by the Park board at the ur- gent request of numerous property owners in the Hubbard Woods ter- ritory upon signed petitions of several hundred property owners, and the pro- ject received the hearty support and indorsement of the Hubbard Woods Improvement association. The board of directors.of the Association at a re- cent meeting called to consider this matter, expressed themselves as heartily in support of the proposed improvement and in favor of the as- sessment spread over a 20 year period and divided as equally as possible in- stead of the method now insisted upon by certain objectors whereby approxi- mately 90 percent of the total cost will be payable in the first installment. The Hubbard Woods Improvement associa- tion through its board of directors feels that all of the members of the associa- tion should use their efforts and try to get the objectors to permit the pro- ceedings to go forward to confirmation of the assesment at an early date, it is emphasized. Temple Club Has Food Sale Today . at Eckart Store Members of the Temple club an- nounce a Food sale to be held today at the Eckart Hardware company, 735 Elm street, the proceeds to be used by the social committee for future events. Offered at this sale will be cakes, cookies, pies, bread, jellies, canned goods and other bakery and pastry delicacies. The sale will continue from 10 A: M. to'5 P.M. Esa The Temple club membership is comprised of the wives, mothers, sis- ters and daughters of masons, and is organized té give a helping hand on the occasion of the monthly Ladies' Nights held by thé: Winnetka Masonic lodge the third Tuesday of every month. Any woman qualified for membership in the club is cordially invited to join d enter into its activities, it is.ex- plained. A special program has been planned for the next Ladies' Night, which is-| Scientist, in Winnetka. TINE _heduled for the evening of January 19. . ¢ New Minister The Rev. Thomas Goodwin arrived in Winnetka this week to become as- sociated with 'the work of the Win- netka Congregational church. "A re- ception will be tendered Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin next week. The coming of Mr. Goodwin gives the Congregational church a staff of three ministers. Girls Group Plays Host to Children of Nursery School On Friday, December 18, 50 children living at the Chicago Nursery and Half-orphanage were entertained there by the members of the newly- organ- ized Girls' Athletic club of Winnetka. During the earlier part of the evening, games were played; followed by en- tertainment by a magician and a ven- triloquist, whose services were secured 'by special arrangement with the Ben-- son Entertainers. Packages containing goodies, playthings, and useful gifts for each child were given to them as they marched around the Christmas tree. Ice cream apd cakes- were served,.af-. ter which each child thanked each member of the club for .the. lovely party, and wished each one a Merry Christmas' and' asked them all to come and visit them again. z rh This club was organizéd a few weeks ago, and has a large and enthusiastic membership. It meets every Tuesday evenipg ir Community House: wv = Mrs. Graham Taylor is Victim of Heart Attack The many Winnetka friends of Prof. and. Mrs. Graham Taylor of the Chi- cago Commons, will-be grieved to leas of the death of Mrs. Taylor last week. [an Services for Mrs. Taylor were held Saturday, January 2, at Brunswick, N. J., her girlhood home. Mrs. Taylor was an active asgistant to her husband in the work the Commons and was prominent in the general field of welfare work. She had only recently returned {from their winter home in Pasadena, Cal. Her death came. suddenly .as. a_result=of heart failure. ANGUS $S. HIBBARD TO SPEAK AT MENS CLUB i1| Address Next Monday Evening to be Augmented by Movies Por- traying World Events The January meeting of the Win- netka Men's club will be held at Com- munity House at 6:30 o'clock Monday evening, January 11. The speaker will be Angus S. Hibbard, consulting en- gineer of the American Telephone and i'clegraph company. : : There will be shown in connection with Mr. Hibbbard's address what is characterized as a remarkable series [lof motion pictures gathered together by the Pathe company. These films vividly portray visually the vital world events of the last 15 years. They include pictures of the inaugur- ation of King George V, pictures of Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt, the Yale-Princeton game, the flight around the world, the arrival of General Pershing and the American Army in France, Naval battles, the Marines in action in Belleau Woods, native and fcreign celebrations of Armistice Day and other outstanding world events. Visual History : The pictures represent a new idea of visual histery, it is said. These pic- tures were shown in New York in No- vember and will be shown but twice in this vicinity. After the New York dinner addressed by Vice President Dawes the New York Times said: "The feature of the dinner was the exhibition of a remarkable series of pictures that constituted a practical record of history's high lights for the past 15 years. : "Theodore Roosevelt and his party trekked again through the African jungles as they did in 1910. King George V in stately robes once more accepted the Crown in England as in thé coronation of 1911. Flood waters roared through Dayton streets, Smyrna burned to the ground and armies marched again to the battle fields of France and Belgium. "The films were compiled after weeks of effort to disclose old negatives and svnchronize them into a moving neg- ative of momentous events." All of the men of the village are invited to attend the dinner and wit- ess: these pictures, making reserva- tions .with John R. Montgomery, Jr, scéretary of the club. Few Fires and Crime at Low Tide Over Holidays There were 13 fires in the village 'uring the month of December, ac- ~ording to the monthly report of the fire department made public this week by Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser. Although the value of the property en- dangered by fire was $160,000 the total damage was only 535. Of this amount $500 damage "Was caused by one fire and $35 by another, The monthly police report issued at the same time showed that there were 14 arrests, ten of which were for speed- ing and traffic violations. Of the other arrests made one was a deserter from the army, one was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor, one was charged with disorderly conduct and one with building without a permit. There was Ro.crime of any kind.over the holiday season.