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April 10, 1926 WINNETKA TALK HUBBARD WOODS GROUP FAVORS PARK PURCHASE Improvement Association Con- cludes Investigation of Park Board 80-Acre Project After two months' investigation and consideration by a special committee, the Hubbard Woods Improvement as- sociation at its last regular meeting of directors unanimously passed a resolu- tion further supporting the proceedings of the Winnetka Park board in its ef- forts to secure 80 acres west of Hub- bard Woods for park purposes, provid- ing some conclusion can be reached either through the present court pro- ceedings, by the raising of a special financing fund by citizens of Win- netka, or otherwise, which will insure the spread of equal payments over a period of years. The association is preparing a circu- lar letter to be sent to all members within the next few days which will briefly outline some of the facts re- garding the entire proceedings and rea- sons for continuing their support and approval of the Park board proceed- ings, it is announced. Message From Board An interesting part of this letter is the following reference to the Park board's assurance to the Hubbard Woods Improvement association re- garding the proceeding, which is as fol- lows: "The Park board, in accord with its repeatedly expressed policy to attempt at all times to carry out the wishes of the majority of the property owners, has recently given assurance to the di- rectors of the Hubbard Woods Im- provement association that if it appears that the assessment of the cost of ac- quiring the Hubbard Woods eighty-acre paxk cannot be confirmed except by having 90 per cent or more payable in the first installment, and if no arrange- ment can be made whereby the prop- erty owners will have an opportunity to pay the assessment over a reason- able period of years, a court order con- firming such assessment will not be sought unless after a public hearing a majority of the properity owners as- sessed approve such assessment." Rev. Goodwin Will Talk on History of the Bible The midweek meeting will be con- tinued at the Congregational church by a short series of lectures by Rev, Thomas A. Goodwin on the theme, "The Story of the Bible." By whom, for whom, when, and for what purpose were the various books of the Bible written? What do we know about the life and times of the authors? How were the books preserved? How col- lected into one volume? How have re- cent archeological discoveries affected our understanding and evaluation of the Bible? What is the story of its sev- eral translations into English? These and similar questions will be dealt with as fully as time permits. Any persons interested are invited to suggest other questions they would like to have con- sidered. The meetings are open to all, and will be held at 8 o'clock in the church library, Wednesdays, April 14, 21, and 28. ANNOUNCE SERVICES Services at the Scandinavian church Sunday will begin with the Sunday school which will be held at 10:30 o'clock in the morning. Professor P. Pearson, from North Park college, will give a lecture on his trip to the Holy Land at the meeting of the Young Peo- ple's society at 4:30 o'clock in the after- noon. Rev. E. A. Rohrbach, of Chris-' holm, Sweden, will give an address in Swedish at the church on Wednesday evening, April 14, at 8 o'clock. : i Give Reading and Bridge Wednesday for Davies' Camp Wednesday, April 14, will be the oc- casion of one of the society affairs in Winnetka which is an annual event of widespread interest in the village, namely, the bridge and entertainment given for the benefit of Dr. J. W. F. Davies' summer camp. The affair will offer two attractive features, a bridge party at the Wo- man's club in the afternoon. and a reading and music at the same time at the home of Mrs. L.. Harrison Mettler, 1119 Sheridan road, Hubbard Woods. Those wishing to play bridge, are asked to bring their own packs of cards, and others who prefer not to play, have the privilege of hearing Miss Alice Gerstenberg give an original reading, and of hearing Miss Grace La Rocco sing. Tea will be served at both places in the late afternoon. The committee in charge of arrange- ments and of the ticket sale is com- posed of Mrs. Arthur M. Barrett, chair- man; and Mesdames Norman Anderson, Ayres Boal, Edgar Baumann, H. C. Ballenger, John H. Cadmus, Frank Crawford, Fred Fairman, Cornelius I.ynde, Warren Lamson, Lawrence On- derdonk, Frank Stover, E. E. Stultz, Louis Sherman, George F. Suker, Ernst von Ammon, and Walter Wallace. Housewives; You Must Attend This Food Sale! Winnetka Camp Fire Girls--some 80 in all--will offer for sale to the housewives of the community this morning the finest array of bakery goods and kindred delicacies ever presented by the local groups of the great girls' organization. The hours of the sale are from 10:30 o'clock until noon, and every mother in the village is invited to attend and inspect--and not forget to buy. Eight tables in the assembly room of Community House will be attrac- tively arranged with the amazing vari- ety of good things for the Sunday din- ner table. The tables will be judged by a committee from the Camp Fire Council and the girls awarded merits in accordance with the proficiency they display in the culinary art. Each table will be presided over by a Camp Fire Guardian. More than 100 girls are contributing to this sale. OCCUPY NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Pedigo are now occupying their new home at 115 Rob- sart road in Kenilworth, which was built for them by the Winnetka builder. Tax Collections Pass Million Dollar Mark Despite the fact that the period for collection was materially cur- tailed because of delay in the issu- ing of tax books at the County clerk's offices, Sanborn Hale, Township collector, succeeded in making collections totaling $1,052,- 436 on 1925 taxes, as compared with $920,703 for 1924, he announces. Mr. Hale had a week less of time to make the collections this spring. Some of the tax books were not received until March 10, Mr. Hale says. This, of course, delayed the dispatch of bills to the residents of the township. The curtailment of time also made it impossibie to make prompt response to. numer- ous requests for bills, he explains. Eighteen extra people were re- quired to handle the tax collection job in the township this year. Mr. Hale labored sixteen hours daily throughout the collection period. Mr. Hale advises people who have yet to pay their taxes in the Coun- ty building to make certain the ad- dresses on the bills are correct. STAGE SPANISH PLAY Community Players Will Pre- sent Comedy-Romance at Good- man Memorial Theatre The Community Drama club of Win- netka, in conjunction with the English club of Greater Chicago, has taken the Goodman theatre of the Art Institute for Friday evening, May 14, and will present "The Romantic Young Lady," a Spanish comedy-romance, translated by Granville Barker. The Goodman theatre, a memorial to Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, the talent- ed young playwright, is a gem of its kind. "Almost too good to be true," says the Theatre Arts Monthly. No expense has been spared to make it a fitting tribute to a gifted son. The stage is large and its equipment ex- ceptional. Be edt else can one get a better idea of the new methods of staging, which are no less than revolu- tionary. The acoustics, faulty at first, will no longer disturb. Competent Cast As for the actors, all in the cast are of "approved professional experience." not stars, but earnest students in their profession. Teachers of dramatics, amateur players, all interested in the drama should see this most modern of theatres. Now that Chicago, so long behird many other cities in this respect, has this beautiful civic theatre it is a duty as well as a privilege to assure its suc- cess by patronage. And one way to patronize it is that chosen by the Community Drama club--to take the theatre for a performance and fill it. All interested in helping to make this project successful may offer their services to Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, 565 Lincoln avenue, president of the Com- munity Drama club. The Community Players' April play, "Tillie of Blooms- bury," by lan Hay. has been post- poned to May 5 and 6. Merchants Object to Village as Competitor Objections to the village office selling electrical appliances were voiced in a letter from the various electrical dealers of Winnetka to the Village council which was read at the last meeting of that body, held Tuesday evening of this week. The letter stated that the dealers felt that it was un- necessary for the Village to sell electrical goods and that the practice constituted unfair competition. The merchants also complained of the vil- lage selling electric light bulbs at a price lower than the standard retail price. Nine merchants signed the letter. Christ Church to View Mystery Play April 11 On Sunday morning, April 11, at the 11 o'clock service and again at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, a Mys- tery play entitled "The Little Pilgrims and the Book Beloved," 'will be given at Christ church on Sheridan road. Mrs. Alfred Brittain, Jr., will take the part of Mother Church. Miss Betty Weston and Master Teddy Ballard will be the little Church Pilgrims. The other parts will be taken by members of the Young Fellowship and the Jun- ior Church school. WOULD PAVE GARLAND PLACE At the meeting of the Village Council last Tuesday evening a peti- tion for the construction of a concrete pavement in Garland place was re- ceived. Garland place is a short street extending one block west from Sheri- dan road to Maple avenue. The peti- i tion was referred to the streets, drain- age and forestry committee for further consideration and will be reported back at a later meeting of the council. WOMEN VOTERS PLAN BIG VOTE TURNOUT Use Many Novel Methods in Hope of Winning Walton League Flag Award Many new plans are being tried by the Winnetka League of Women Vot- ers to go to the polls on Tuesday. Wil- lard W. Beatty, principal of Skokie school, has cooperated by permitting the League speakers to address the children of the various schools and to send letters home with the children urging parents to go to the polls and vote. Mrs. Gross T. Williams spoke at the Skokie school on Tuésday, and at the Horace Mann school on Thursday morning. Mrs. John Vander Vries spoke at the Greeley school on Thurs- day afternoon and on Friday Mrs. Ernest Ballard spoke at the Hubbard Woods school. The speakers took with them the flag offered by the Izaak Walton league of Winnetka as a prize to the village that polls the largest percentage of votes at the pri- maries. J. O. Ely of Winnetka is president of the Izaak Walton league and has received a letter from Herbert Hoover commending the patriotic work of his organization. This letter has been read to the school children by mem- bers of the League and they have been asked to encourage their parents to vote in order that the prize flag may be won by Winnetka. Letter to Parents The letter to parents which was sent home with the children read as fol- lows : : "Dear Parents of Winnetka School Children : Can you remember the Fourth of July or Decoration Day--the Ameri- can Legion parade, the band playing, the Stars and Stripes flying every- where? You felt then the impetus of a big history back of you and a big history yet to be made ahead. You felt then only too ready to perform some service for the sake of America. "You do not often have a chane to perform a direct, concrete service for your country. On Tuesday you will have such a chance. You will be called upon to choose between the better and the poorer candidates for office. League Offers Flag "The Izaak Walton league of Win- netka has offered a flag to the north shore town that has the largest per- centage of votes at the polls on Tues- day, April 13. Shall the flag go to Wilmette or Glencoe because there are too many people in Winnetka who are patriotic only on the Fourth of July, too many who pamper their laziness by saying What difference will on vote make? "It is the sum of individual votes that makes an election. Go to the polls on Tuesday and take your neigh- bor with you. Cordially yours, Winnetka League of Women Voters." "P. S. For your benefit information on all candidates may be obtained at Community House on Monday, April 12, from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. A sandwich man ringing a bell will walk the village streets on Monday evening when the commuting trains come in. He will be out again at 6 o'clock 'Tuesday morning, like a town crier, reminding all to go to the polls. Windows for patriotic decorations have been secured in the business sections of Winnetka, Hubbard Woods and Indian Hill. These will be decor- ated with flags and banners and will display other voting reminders of various kinds.