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WINNETKA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV, NO. 1 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, MARCH 13, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS Legion Brings Official World War Pictures POSTPONE DEDICATION OF NEW VILLAGE FALL Conflict of Community Activities Makes Necessary Change of Date to March 22 Because of other events, previously scheduled, which would conflict with the proposed dedication of the new Vil- lage hall next Monday evening, the de- dication has been postponed by fhe Vil- lage authorities this week. At that time a public reception will be held by the Village council in the new building and dedicatory exercises will be observed. All residents of Winnetka are invited to attend. The affair is to be in charge of a committee consisting of Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, chairman, Mrs. John S. Miller, Mrs. J. D. Pierce, Mrs. H. L. Raclin, Mrs. Walter A. Strong, Mrs. Henry F. Tenney and Mrs. Donald F. McPherson. With the exception" of Mrs. Langworthy, who is herself a trustee, these are the wives of mem- bers of the Village council. Reception in Evening The reception is scheduled to con- tinue from 7:30 until 8:30 o'clock in the evening, at which time the dedication will take place. During the reception music will be furnished by the Cham- ber of Commerce band and refresh- ments will be servkd, it is announced. Included in the program, which will follow the reception, will be a report on behalf of the public buildings and grounds committee by Trustee J. D. Pierce, chairman of that committee who will present the keys of the build- ing to Village President John S. Miller. Mr. Miller will deliver a speech of ac- ceptance, after which there will be an address by Judge Charles M. Thomson, chairman of the Winnetka Plan Com- mission. Other details of the program will be announced later. Dedication of the building, which has been completed for some time, has been delayed by the absence from the village of various members of the council, and of President Miller. This event is looked upon as one of the most impor- tant ever held in the village. RETURNS FROM CANADA Dr. J. W. F. Davies of the Winnetka Congregational church is expected to return today from Toronto, Canada, where he has been attending the twenty-third annual convention of the Religious Education association, of which he is a director. The conven- tion was held from March 9 to 12, in- clusive. IS THAT YOU? The taxpayers holding receipts on collector's No. 3241 and 3242, slip- ped out of Tax Collector Sanborn Hale's office in the Winnetka State bank Wednesday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock before the complete record of the payment had been se- cured. Mr. Hale requests that they report to the collector at their ear- liest convenience. Judge Prouty Is Going West--Across "lracks" Carlton Prouty, well known attor- ney, after maintaining his office in the Prouty building for the past thirty years, will, on March 16, move . across the "tracks" to the new Franklin building, at 526 Linden street. Judge Prouty explains his change of location by saying that he has decided to accept Horace Gree- . ley's famous advice --" "Go west, young man, go west." HOLD CAUCUS MONDAY Urge Residents to Attend Annual Meeting at Which Village Candi- dates Are Nominated Winnetka's annual Village Caucus will be held Monday evening, March 15, at' Community House, it was an- nounced this week by the committee in charge of the affair. This commit- tee, appointed at the Village Caucus last year, includes the following mem- bers: Merritt Lum, chairman, Mrs. Harold S. Delay, Mrs. F. A. dePeys- ter, William S. Miller, William McCaul- ly, William Jones Smith, George D. Wolf, Ralph M. Snyder, Moriss K, Levinson, William J. Carey, Eugene A. Rummler, Ralph T. Brackett, Arthur Earl Bryson and George Campbell. This nominating committee has been at work for some time interviewing prospective candidates for the coming Village election. The offices to be filled this year are four village trus- tees, a village treasurer, village clerk, and village marshall and collector. Policies Unchanged It was said by members of the com= mittee that it is their aim to persuade those now in office to run again, if pos- sible. It is thought that there will have to be two new frustees, however, be- cause some of the present trustees have indicated that it will be impossible for |. them to serve another term. It was said that the only platform for the candidates this year will be the gen- eral policy which has been followed by the Village for years, which includes the policy of a municipally owned and operated water and light plant and the refusal to grant a franchise to any public utility without a referendum vote on the matter. The -caucus will. begin at 8 o'clock in the evening and every resident of the village is invited to be present. It is expected that a large crowd will attend, although there are no particular issues at stake in this election. Edna Dean Baker Will - Broadcast to Mothers "Harnessing and Imagination" will be the subject of the radio talk for mothers to be' given over station WMAQ, Monday afternoon, March 15, between 4 and 4:30 o'clock, by Miss Edna Dean Baker, president of the Na- tional Kindergarten and Elementary college. This is the fifth of a series of ad- dresses on child training given under the auspices of the college the third Monday of each month. : Sunday Evening Services Find Ready Response "The Marks of a Christian" is topic of Sunday evening sermon, at the Win- netka Congregational church. Rev. T. A. Goodwin preached last Sunday eve- ning on "The Gospel of a Fair Chance," prefacing his sermon with the state- ment, that, as he was dealing with the social ideals of Christianity in that ser- mon, he would deal with the individual ideals of Christianity next Sunday. "The social gospel and the individual gospel," he said, "are the two sides of the coin of our religion, which has lit- tle value if either side is blank." Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, in the Congregational church, he will dis- cuss the personal qualities that go to make up a true Christian. These basic characteristics of a genuine disciple of Christ he calls "The Marks ofa Chris- tian," The music for the evening service will be a violin and organ prelude. 1; "Clair de lune"........ Karg-Elert 2. "Song of the Volgo Boatmen".... Russian Melody At the Church school worship, at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, Mr. Goodwin will talk to the young people about "Methusaleh." Winnetka Legionnaires to Cheer Disabled Men At a recent meeting of the Winnetka Post No. 10, American Legion, arrange- ments were made for the Post to make one of its trips to Great Lakes hospital, Sunday, March 14, to visit the wounded veterans and disseminate a liberal amount of cheer among their less for- tunate comrades in the World war. The visitors will take a good supply of ci- garets, fruits and candies, but the com- ing of the "Old Buddies" themselves, and the fact that they have not forgot- ten those who are unable to be out in the world's affairs, will prove the source of the greatest joy. The Post members will go up in a body, making the trip by automobile. They will assemble for the start, at 564 Lincoln avenue, Win- netka, office of Past Commander, T. J Lynch, at 2 o'clock. Award $12,346 Contract for New 30-inch Intake The contract for the construction of a new 30-inch water intake has been awarded to Taylor Brothers, of Hub- bard Woods, it was announced this week by Village Manager H. IL. Wool- hiser. The amount of the contract is $12,346 and all material is to be furn- ished by the Village. This intake will provide reserve capacity needed in ex- tremely dry weather at the pumping station, it is said. The present intake is said to be inadequate because of the recent rapid increase in population and because of the present low level of the lake. , Work on this new project is to start at once and is expected to be completed by June 1. Tt will be super- vised by the firm of Pierce, Greeley and Hanson, acting as engineers for the village. "ILLINOIS IN FRANCE" FILM HERE NEXT WEEK Residents to. View Films Taken on Scenes of Action Proceeds' to Service Fund Wednesday and Thursday, March 17 and 18, the super-war film, "Illinois in France," will be shown at the Commu- nity House, under the auspices of the Winnetka Post, No. 10, the American Legion. The purpose of this film is not to arouse unpleasant sentiment nor to fight the war over again, but just to give the Illinois boys a chance to see themselves in battle and to show the home folks the gallant action of their husbands, sons, sweethearts and friends in" those trying days of 1917-1918, it is explained by the local legionnaires.- Illinois ex-service men who have seen this remarkable film at a preview show- ing describe it as "the best pictorial history of the real activities of the 33rd, and 86th Divisions, and the 149th Field Artillery so far prepared." It shows the fighting Illinoisians in actual combat. : "Hits at the Heart" The fault with most war films, the ex-service men assert, is that they are too broad in scope, too general in con- tent to prove of great satisfaction to the members of any particular unit and their relatives and friends. Not so 'with "Illinois in France." It hits right at the heart of Illinois. It is of and about Illinois troops from the opening title to the fade-out of the final reel. It's a truly Illinois war film. The picture is devoted almost exclu- sively to the doings of Illinois men in action. It shows them in the training area, under their first terrific bom- bardment near Fliery, and then goes with them into the fiece fighting at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse Argonne. So intimate to the Illinois troops of the Rainbow and 84th Divisions is this film that a fellow can almost reach out and shake hands on the silver screen with buddies he fought with and prob- ably hasn't seen since they were dis- -| charged from servise, it is asserted. Photos by Experts During the war more than 300 expert motion picture photographers were as- signed to service in the photographic section of the Signal Corps. These men were not attached to any particular di- vision, but roving commissions which permitted them to go wherever they thought the action would be the hottest and most interesting. © "Illinois in France" is a complete picture storv of the Illinois units of the 33rd and 86th Divisions. Prominent local military men and members of the 1 n Legion have set their seal of approval on the film as one no former service man, his wife, mother, father, brother or sister should miss. » Special matinees at 4 o'clock in the afternoon have been arranged for Wednesday and Thursday, chiefly for the benefit of the school children. Eve- ning performances will be at 7:30 and 9 o'clock, it is announced. RE ---- pe ------ i