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2 2 we ! rr a Yr January 8, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 45 WHEN SHOULD CHILDREN ASK FOR SCHOOL MONEY? Superintendent Washburne An- swers Question Put to P.T. A. by Many Parents By CARLETON WASHBURNE When should children ask for money from home to take to school? This question has come up a good many times and a number of parents have telephoned or written to officials of the Parent-Teacher association in re- gard to it. It is at the request of the P. T. A. that I am setting forth the general principles in operation in the Winnetka schools in regard to contri- butions and collections of all sorts. 1--Parent-Teacher association. The Parent-Teacher association charges dues of from 25 cents to a dollar, with a contributing membership of $5 per parent. These dues are the only re- quest for funds from the P. T. A, or with which the P. T. A. is in any way concerned. The request for these dues comes once each year. Half of the money is used for general Parent- Teacher association purposes, such as furnishing teachers' apartments, so- cial affairs for teachers, dues to the State council of Parent-Teacher asso- ciations, expenses of speakers, etc. The other half is turned back to the rooms from which it is collected, to be used for making those rooms more homey and attractive--curtains, plants, com- fortable chairs, teachers' rest room, etc, are taken care of from these funds. Aid Various Charities 2--Charities. Children are given an opportunity to contribute to certain definitely specified causes. These have been determined by the Board of Ed- ucation and limited to the following: (a) Junior Red Cross. (b) Thanksgiving contribution of clothes, food, etc.,, to the Chicago Commons. (¢) Christmas contributions of clothes or food to a charity to be se- lected by each school independently (Lake Bluff Orphanage, Chicago Com- mons, Kentucky Mountain School, etc.,) (d) Near East Relief Bundle Day (Clothing). (e) The sale of Tuberculosis Seals at Christmas time. (f) Forget-me-not Day for wounded veterans of the World war. Children are given an opportunity to place money in a box in each school, but no one knows who contributes or how much. All children are furnished for- get-me-nots regardless of whether or not they have contributed. The above collections are all strictly voluntary and are handled in such a way that no one knows which child has contributed and which has not, except that in the case of the Junior Red Cross, each child is expected to bring one cent a year or more, no one knowing how much he brings. Helps Memorial Fund By a special Board of Education action an exception was made this Price Reductions to clear for Inventory UNIQUE STYLE SHop B. COPLAN, Prop. 1126 Central Avenue Phone Wil. 2403 1 (Seal) year for the Winnetka Memorial, children in all schools being allowed to put money in a box placed in each room for the purpose. Again nobody knew how much any child was con- tributing or whether any child was contributing. 3--School supplies. While the Board of Education furnishes text books and most school supplies free to all chil- dren, children are expected to pay for certain things which they use per- sonally. They are expected to buy their own pencils and penholders, their own crayons and paints, sometimes their own scissors and scratch paper. They are also expected to pay for materials they. use in making things in the shop or classroom when they are going to take these things home after- ward. Similarly, they pay their own admission to an occasional public lec- ture or entertainment given in the school and pay for any things they may buy at a school bazaar. The prin- ciple underlying all of the expendi- tures under this general head is that a child only pays for things which he himself is going to receive and use and which in its very nature cannot be used by other children. Anything which may be used by the school as a whole or by children successfully, such as books, equipment, etc., is paid for by the Board of Education, each child having free use of it. 4--Damages. A child is expected to pay for any damages which he may do to school property, especially if that damage is due to carelessness on his part. When in Doubt, Call! It will be noted from the above that the Parent-Teacher association makes one request a year for its dues from parents and makes no other requests (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) Report of the condition of Winnetka State Bank located at Winnetka, State of Illinois, at the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1926, as made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. RESOURCES Loans on Real Estate (la)..$215,100.00 Loans on Collateral Security 1 EY PET rE EE ar 68,808.23 Other Loans (lc) .......... 205,653.21 Overdrafts (2) ............. 334.23 U. S. Government Invest- ments (IY .avi,... ELSA 2,596.98 Other Bonds and Securities ) SRE USE FI SEC RL 618,724.70 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures (5) .......... 35,000.00 Due from Banks, Cash and other Cash Resources (7, 8,9). cia ai i Td sieves 235,170.57 Total Resources ........ $1,381,387.92 LIABILITIES Capital Stock (1)... ....0...0 $ 75,000.00 Surplus (RY ...ivsivivnn vnn 40,000.00 Undivided Profits (Net) (3) 10,542.46 Time Deposits (4a) ........ 520,125.21 Demand Deposits (4b) ...... 714,591.61 Dividends Unpaid (5) ...... 3,000.00 Reserve Accounts (6) ...... 18,128.64 Total Liabilities ........ $1,381,387.92 I, Sanborn Hale, Cashier of the Winnetka State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and be- lief, and that the items and amounts shown above correspond to the items and amounts shown in the report made to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, pursuant to law. SANBORN HALE, Cashier. State of Illinois ) County of Cook 58 Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifth day of January, 1927. FRED R. HAVILAND, Notary Public for money; that the Board of Educa- tion allows voluntary contributions to certain specified causes; and that chil- dren are expected to pay for certain supplies used by them or certain en- tertainments given for them and to pay for damage which they may do to school property. For these purposes, and no other, children may ask for money from home. If a parent at any time questions the legitimacy of a child's request, that parent should telephone to the principal of the build- | ing from which the child comes, for | approval. | Masons to Start Season of Indoor Sports Feb. 1 The social committee of the Win- netka Masonic lodge, C. J. Eastman, chairman; E. J. Flannery, C. P. Jae- decke, and D. J. Gillespie, have an- nounced four tournaments for Win- netka Masons in pool, billiards, bridge, and indoor golf. These will start Feb- urary 1, and continue until completed in about six weeks. All will be held in the Masonic temple. Through the courtesy of the pro- fessional who will operate the indoor golf school, a putting tournament has been included in the activities. All con- tests will be played Tuesday evenings. Entries are now being made with the chairman of the committee. Stanley A. Wheatley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Wheatley of 329 Fair- view avenue, has returned to the Uni- versity of Wisconsin after spending the Christmas holidays with his father and mother. Telephone Wilmette 3347 DR. FRANK B. ERWIN VETERINARIAN Speelalizing In the treatment of your best friends the "Dog and Cat" All calls receive my personal attention 1000 hall Ave. Wilmette, Ill. BREAKS LEG SKATING Junior France, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. France, 480 Rosewood avenue, sus- tained a fractured leg as a result of a fall on the ice, while skating at the Skokie playfield, Friday, December 31. 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