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-- ik, Ll Sa aii §e January 16, 1926 WINNETKA TALK Izaak Waltonites Try Hand at Shoot; Families Go Hungry The optimism of 33 contestants in the Izaak Walton turkey shoot last Saturday afternoon at the Frank Fer- ry beach resulted in a number of fam- ilies being without the necessary where- withal for their Sunday dinner. The shoot proved a most successful affair and will be repeated next fall. The contest was limited to 22 caliber rifles and a most remarkable collec- tion of weapons was brought to light, many of them smelling of mothballs. Each contestant had three shots at a target at 75 feet. At this range Allen Ferry, W. McKinney and John Parker tied for first place with 24 points each, while the McKinney family won high team score with 28 points. According to their rank the contest- ants then shot at an imitation turkey's head at 110 feet. Either the distance, or nervousness caused by the thought they had instructed their families not to buy any meat for Sunday dinner, was too much for the sharpshooters, for one by one, they were eliminated, until the twentieth in rank, Sherman Goble ended the competition. Five of the entries ignored the targets alto- gether but managed to hit the lake. A big fire was kept blazing and hot coi- fee and doughnuts were served. Ideal Club Associates Give Program Thursday On Thursday afternoon, January 21, the Chicago Woman's Ideal Club asso- ciates of which Mrs. Edgar Foster Al- den of Winnetka is chaperon, will give a program at the Blackstone hotel at 1:30 o'clock, preceded by a luncheon. There will be music by Marie Mar- got, harpist; Irma Glen Becklenb:.g, pianist; Lawrence Mueller, tenor; Har- riet Mehan, soprano; and a sketch, "Pea for Two" by Dorothy Jane Lun- din and Muriel Colby, accompanied by Lillian Hesse Gakemeirer. Mrs. Gake- eirer is president of the associates. uesday, January 26, the Chicago Wo- man's Ideal club will give a dinner- dance at the South Shore Country club. Famed Mission Worker in China, Passes Away News of the death of the Rev. Watts O. Pye reached Winnetka by cable last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Pye will be remembered for the remark- able visit he made to this community a few months ago. He has been one of the most statesman-like of all the Christian workers in China, his work being especially notable for the beauty and closeness of co-operation that he established with the native Chinese. It was to work with Mr. Pye that the Rev. and Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds went out as missionaries from the Winnetka Congregational ehurch, When Mr. Pye was in this country Mr. eynolds practically took over the en- tire task and it now seems likely that it will come permanently into his hands. Don't Forget The Church Supper, is Timely Advice "Don't forget to get your tickets to the annual Parish Supper of the Win- netka Congregational church for Wed- nesday evening," January 20, is the admonition to the members and friends of the parish. This is one of the great events of the year with the men of the parish taking full charge of the meal and supplying much of the fun. The program that follows will deal especially with some of the newer aspects of the church life and will include a brief talk by the new minister, Thomas A. Goodwin. Tick- ets can be obtained after the regular Sunday service and must be obtained by Monday, it is explained. SKATERS PLAN DERBY Men and Boys of North Shore Invited to Participate in Silver Skate Trophy Event at Evanston In an effort to determine the skat- ing championship of the north shore, an event known as the North Shore Open has been added to the program of Evanston's First Annual Golden Skates Derby and Midwinter Ice Carnival. The Carnival will be held the after- noons and evenings of January 29 and 30 on Northwestern university's ath- letic field, Central street, Evanston, and an elaborate program of 22 speed skat- ing events, a Boys' Dog Derby and figure skating contests has been ar- ranged. On the evening of January 30 a pub- lic costume skating party will be held with the Evanston Civic Brass band on the job. No charge of any sort is made either for spectators or entrants in the events. The prize which will be carried off by the winner of the North Shore Open, a two mile race for men and boys of 16 years or more, is a pair of solid silver skates containing $73 worth of the pure metal. Workmanship brings the cost of this great trophy to $125, it is said. Any resident of the required age in the territory bounded on the south by- Howard street and on the north by the northernmost limits of Lake Forest may enter this special event which will be contested Saturday evening, Jan- uary 30, prior to the community skat- ing. Entries will close at noon, Mon- day, January 25, and entries should be made by mail, phone or personal calls to Golden Skates Derby Editor, The Evanston News-Index, 1316 Sherman avenue, Evanston, phone University Thousands of feet of colored in- candescent lights, a battery of powerful flood lights and other spectacular il- luminations are being set into place by the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois and exhibitions by professional and amateur speed and figure skaters will be interspersed with the races which, of course, are amateur. The meet has been sanctioned and will be officialed by the Western Skating association. Chamber of Commerce Adds Nine New Members Winnetka busmess interests that have recently been elected to member- ship in the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce include : Bert Smale, 1083 Gage street; Village Inn, 748 Elm street; Indian Hill Drugs, 454 Winnetka avenue A. Franco, 480 Rosewood avenue; P. I. Johnson and company, 505 Winnetka avenue; Dabe and Son. 917 Linden avenue; Winnetka Cafe, 730% Elm street; Bon-Ton Shop, 224 Prouty Annex; E. P. Maynard and company, Gage street. . These firms 4vere- voted members at a recent meeting of the Executive com- mitteé of the Chamber. PRESENT FOLK SONGS Last Monday the seventh and eighth grade pupils of the North Shore Coun- try Day school presented a program of folk songs in the school assembly hall. Six of the songs were given in costume. This program was similar to one presented the preceding week be- fore the Winnetka Woman's club. ANNOUNCE CLUB DANCE The Scandinavian Pleasure club will give its monthly dance Saturday eve- ning, January 23, at the Winnetka Community House. Music will be furnished by Harold Anderson's orches- tra. Dances of the club are held reg- ularly on the third Saturday of each menth, this month's dance being the only exception. NEXT WEEK IN WINNETKA Monday, January 18 Open Tuesday, January 19 Afternoon-- Winnetka Woman's club, 2:30 p. m. Evening-- Village Council, Village -hall, 8 p. m. " Masons, Masonic temple, 8 p. m. Wednesday, January 20 Evening-- pe Annual Church digner, 6:30 p. m. Thursday, January 21 Open Friday, January 22 Noon-- Rotary club luncheon, 12:15 p. m. Evening-- North Shore Congregation, Glen- coe Masonic temple, 8:15 p. m. North Shore Theatre Guild, Sko- kie school, 8 p. m. Saturday, January 23 Evening-- North Shore Theatre Guild, Sko- kie school, 8 p. m. Offer Ten Prizes For Best Costumes at Firemen's Ball Five prizes for women and five for men are to be given for the best cos- tumes at the Firemen's Masquerade ball, to be held this evening at the Community House. The entire first floor of the place is to be used by the firemen and a record crowd is ex- pected to attend the dance, which has been an annual event in Wimnetka for many years. The "Night Owls," an aggregation of local youths, most of them students of New Trier high school will furnish the music. This orchestra has been playing together for many months and furnishes an excellent brand of dance music, At is said. The dancing wili begin at 3 o'clock and wiil con- tinue until after inidnight. Members of the Fire department lave been working hard for wecks tc make their annual ball a success. The gymnasium, in which the dancing will be done, will be gaily festooned and the prizes to be awarded for the best costumes will be articles to delight the lucky winners, it is promised. The proceeds of the affair g, to the fire department fund. Fall From Roof Sends Workman to Hospital William Leiper, 1927 West Thirteenth street, Chicago, was painfully injured Wednesday morning of -this week when he fell from the roof of the new North Shore line station now under construc- tion at Elm street. Leiper is a tinner and was working on the roof at the time. The roof was slippery and he fell off, landing on a pile of bricks. He was taken to the St. Francis hospital where it was said that he was suffer- ing from severe bruises and contusions, with a possibility of a fractured hip. Trust and Savings Bank Shows Excellent Growth At a stockholders meeting of the Winnetka Trust and Savings bank, held Wednesday of last week, the offi- cers and directors who have served during the past year were re-elected. for the coming year. They are M. K. Meyer, president; Alfred D. Herr- mann, cashier; and Allen T. Wein- stock, assistant. These three also act as directors. The bank enjoyed splen- did growth during 1925, the deposits having increased more than $200,000 it was announced. 'CONFERENCE NIGHTS' OFFER RARE INTEREST Dr. Harris Franklin Rall to Di- rect Interesting Study at Community House "What Has Evolution Done to Re- ligion" is the subject chosen by Dr. Harris P. Rall of Northwestern uni- versity for his series of lectures on "Six Conference Nights," beginning Wednesday evening, January 27, at Community House, and continuing weekly until March 3. In explaining his choice of his sub- ject, Dr. Rall points out that the con troversy over the subject of evolution has unsettled the religious point of view of many people, and he hopes in his series of lectures to answer many of the questions which have proved most puzzling. Nor is the course to be limited to lectures, it is said. Dr. Rall invites his audience to hand in questions which they would like to have touched upon or to propound them from the floor. After each lecture, he hopes to have an open forum in which a constructive point of view will be developed on this religious topic. Promise Interesting Debate Among the mooted points to be cov- ered by Dr. Rall is whether or not man is more than a brute. who has merely lifted his head above his fel- lows, whether there is justification for belief in life after death, whether re- igion is more than a superstition of the heart which cannot stand before honest thought. The entire community is invited to attend Dr. Rall's lectures and the en- tire program of "Six Conference Nights." No charge will be made for any of the lectures. Each Confer- ence meeting will open at 6:30 with a supper, to be followed at 7:20 o'clock by three group meetings, conducted by Dr. J. Ww F. Davies, Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin, and Willard W. Beatty. These meetings in turn will be con- cluded by Dr. Rall's lectures at 8:15 o'clock. Not alone teachers in the Church school but many parents will be in- terested in the series of lectures and discussions by Willard W. Beatty, as- sistant superintendent of Winnetka schools on "Applying Psychology to Teaching Children." Drawing upon his broad experience in public school teaching and with an address which has won wide popularity, Mr, Beatty will make practical and helpful sugges- tions on a subject which many find very perplexing, it is said. After each lecture, the meetings will be open for questions. Study Race Problems The group which will be led by Dr. J. W. F. Davies promises to be an experiment of far-reaching importance. With the subject "The Race Problem in American Cities. Especially in Win- netka," the group will operate under what is known as the Inquiry method which seeks to find whether it is prac- tical to apply Christian and moral prin- ciples to fundamental problems. The group does not plan to discuss such problems in the abstract; rath- er proposes to take local examples and try to work out practical answers. With a breadth of social experience and as a foremost factor in unifying Winnetka, Dr. Davies is regarded as admirably qualified to lead such a group and conduct this interesting ex- periment. Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin, new- lv called associate minister to the Winnetka Congregational church, will lead a group in "Discovering New Val- ues in The Bible". Even those who know their Bibles from beginning to end may expect to learn of many things they have overlooked, it is sug- gested. ' ------