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WINNETKA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV. NO. 33 WINNETKA, ILLIN OIS. OCTOBER 23, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO ERECT WAR MEMORIAL Committee of Fifty Calls Citizens to General Meeting at Village Hall October 27 Winnetka's ambition' and desire to show due honor to her sons who gave their lives in the World War, is about to be realized, it was learned this week. Preparations for a proper mem- orial have been on foot for several years but they assumed definite shape at a meeting last June in Community House. Now it appears that rapid steps in advance in this project are about to be taken in view of the announcement that the plan for a memorial has been definitely approved by leading Village groups, and that a fund campaign is to be the outgrowth of a general meet- ing to be held in" the council chambers of the Village hall Wednesday evening, October 27, at 8 o'clock, to which are invited all those who are in favor of erecting this memorial. Everyone will have an opportunity to contribute ac- cording to his means, it is pointed out, and it is the ardent hope of the Mem- orial committee that some contribution may be forthcoming from every house- hold in Winnetka, so that the memorial may be truly representative of the community. Reviewing the history of the Soldier Memorial project, one learns that, long ago, the Community council (existing during and shortly after the war) ap- pointed a committee to ask for com- petitive designs for a memorial to Winnetka's Gold Star men. Before this committee was ready to report, the Community council had ceased to func- tion, and, therefore, this committee laid the results of its memorial design com- petition before the Village council. The trustees accepted the report and, ac- cordingly, approved the design sub- mitted by Samuel A. Otis. At the meeting last June it was unanimously decided to build the ap- proved memorial on the west side of the Village Green on the site of the present flag standard. That was re- garded as the proper location since it is the highest point on the Green and, very naturally, the platform of the memorial will be the rostrum on which all speakers at patriotic celebrations will stand. The memorial will thus be the center of interest for all such gatherings of young and old on the Vil- lage Green. The names to appear on the mem- orial will be those of Winnetka Gold Star men only, it is explained. These names are cited as follows: Philip Comfort Starr, Dinsmore Ely, Vincenzio di Georgio, Wesley Mager Juleff, James Edward Hayes, Roswell Hayes Fuller, Pasquale Salerno, George Raymond Kelly, Charles Doug- las Weart, and Fletcher Iadd Mec- Cordic. The memorial plan as decided upon has received the backing of a com- mittee of fifty representative men and women in the community. The meeting next Wednesday will formally inaugurate the fund-raising campaign. Every resident at the vil- lage is urgently invited to attend and express an opinion regarding the memorial projéct. Talks to Voters -~ Mrs. May Wood-Simons, state chair- man of the Citizenship Training com- mittee of the Illinois League of Wom- en Voters, and associated with the Economics department at Northwest- ern university, will speak at the Win- netka League of Women Voters' Pre- Election Citizenship school to be con- ducted Monday, October 25. Mrs. Simons' subject will be, "What Every Voter in Cook County Should know." Dancing Classes for Children Now Open at Center The dancing classes for children opened last week in Community House. The class in social dancing for boys and girls, which meets on Friday after- noons has as its instructor, Miss Mar- garet Carswell, who has had wide ex- perience in this work. Many mothers, one is told, feel that it is of particular advantage to the chil- dren that they can come directly from school to this class, thus saving valu- able time, but that because of the high standard of this class, the lack of changing to formal dancing room cos- tume does not at all imply a letting down of ballroom manners and proper etiquette of the dance. These Friday afternoon dancing classes are open to boys and girls of all ages. The time is 3:45 o'clock. The class in fancy and aesthetic dancing meets Monday afternoons at 3:45 o'clock. This group will be un- der the instruction of Mrs. Marion P. Zorbaugh. Mrs. Zorbaugh is a graduate of the physical education de- partment of Oberlin college, and also of the Eastman school of ballet at Rochester, N. Y. To those who are thinking of hav- ing their children take either social or fancy dancing this opportunity is offered, and the office of Community House will be glad to furnish further information, it is announced. «.. =~ HOLD ART EXHIBIT North Shore Art League Members Conduct Semi-Annual Exhibition in Matz Hall, Community House The North Shore Art league is hold- ing its semi-annual exhibitions, which opened Thursday, October 21, in Matz hall of the Community House, and will continue until Friday afternoon, October 29. Artists from Evanston as far north as Lake Bluff have oil paintings, water colors, pastels, drawings, and etchings on display, and a most unusual and encouraging exhibition has | been gathered together. This is the first meeting of the league for the season, and marks the beginning of an active program. Three addresses were arranged for Thurs- day night, October 21, when the exhibit officially opened. James Cody Ewell, president of the league, opened the meeting with an address of welcome, and introduction of the speakers of the evening. HER Iy dine Albert H. Ullrich of Evanston spoke on his travels in Europe this summer. W. T. Jones of Wilmette spoke on what the Business Men's club is 'doing along art lines. Among the north shore artists who have work on exhibition are represent- ative of all the towns, including Edith and Mrs. Boynton, Elizabeth Bolden- weck, Anita W. Burnham, Caroline S. Burnham, Grace Brion, Howard Bede, Cora Gould Davies, Percy Eckhart, Hazel Crow Ewell, John M. Frank, Ed- ward D. Gourley and his brother, W. M. Gourley, William B. Hale, Hugo Von Hofsten, Eleanor Hatch, Rudolph Ingerle, Edna May Johansen, W. T. Jones, Irma Keehm, Mr. Nash, Gert- rude Long Otis, Allen Philbrick, Mar- guerite Taylor, Mrs. John Vennema, and Winifred Wilson. The exhibition will be open Sunday afternoon, October 24, when tea will be served from 3 to 6 o'clock, and on Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday afternoon. Friday, the artists are asked to call for their pictures, so that Matz hall may be made ready for the Hallowe'en party. Traffic Hazards Subject of Study by Local Police Seventy-three automobile accidents, accidents sufficient to warrant atten- tion and assistance of the police de- partment, have occurred in Winnetka since the first of the year. The police department is conducting an interesting study in connection with the accidents, since the first of last January. A large chart of the village is used for recording by means of various colored thumb tacks, the exact location of automobile collisions. The several colors of the tacks being used to denote the extent of the accident. An unusually large number of tacks at certain street intersections indi- cates hazardous corners. Often times the cause, when once ascertained, may be removed. This is particularly true at street in- tersections where high shrubbery ob- structs the view. Thus armed with in- disputable data, the officials know how and where to act. : Ene ts SECURE LEADERS FOR CITIZENSHIP SCHOOL Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, Judge Jarecki and Women States- men to Be Heard Monday The of the pre-election citizenship school Winnetka League of Women voters will be held at Community House Monday, October 25. The school will cogvene at 10:30 o'clock, in the Rudolph Matz hall, with Mrs. N. VanderVries presiding at the morning session. Luncheon will be served at noon. J The afternoon session will convene at 1 o'clock, with Mrs. Edwin E. Brown presiding. ; It is suggested that women attend- ing, bring note books and pencils as much valuable information will be given in addresses and by. charts. Announce Program The program follows: 1 10::30 a. m.--Address of welcome, by Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, president of the Chicago Woman's City club and also a member of the board of trustees of Winnetka. ' 10:45 a. m. An address by Mrs. May Wood Simons, chairman of the Citi- zenship Training committée of the Illinois League of Women Voters, on the subject, "What Every Voter im Cook County Should Know." 11:30 a. m. An address. on "Better Election Laws," by Edmund K. Jar- ecki, County Judge of Cook county. Luncheon. i 1:15 p. m. Douglas Sutherland, sec- retary of the Chicago Civic Federa- tion, will talk on "The Small Ballots on November 2." ; 1:50 p. m. Address by Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, representative from the Forty-first district in .the Illinois Assembly. Call Hearing on Street Paving in Manus Subdivision At a meeting of the Village board of Local Improvements, Tuesday eve- ning, a public hearing was called for Tuesday evening, November 2, at 8 o'clock, at the Village hall, for the pur- pose of considering the Village Engi- neer's estimate for the paving of streets in the Manus Indian Hill sub- division, recently annexed to the vil- lage. : This property is located just south of Winnetka avenue, between the rail- road tracks and Ridge road. The ac- tion looking to the street paving in this section was taken as a result of a petition by the property owners in this sub-division. These proceedings, it is said, will probably not include the paving bf the through traffic highway south of Win- netka avenue, which will be handled as a separate proceeding.- : The board also called a public' hear- ing for the same date, for the conside- ration of the installation of a number of water main connections required in the vicinity of Hamptondale avenue, Fig street and Auburn road. Notices of these public hearings will be sent as provided by law to owners of all prop- erty fronting on the proposed improve- ments. x ; : :