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WINNETKA TALK February 19, 1927 Lee Says: THIS isn't a complaint, UNDERSTAND, it's just a LITTLE statement of fact-- EVERY once in a while a HOUSE to house canvasser HITS our town and proceeds * TO call on the ladies-- NICE occupation, too! AND we don't give a HANG what he sells or HOW much--that's his BUSINESS --but it does MAKE us rise up in RIGHTEOUS indignation-- (GOSH we're goin' good TODAY ) --when these fellows TELL the ladies that OUR home merchants ARE robbers and thieves-- LISTEN! We'll make you a LITTLE proposition--the NEXT time one of these BELL ringers tells you THAT, just suggest that YOU compare his product WITH the home merchant's, AND if we can't beat HIM on quality and PRICE, we'll buy you a BOX of the best candy IN town! Adams Pharmacy The Rexall Store Phone Winnetka 2 Elm and Linden Board Sets Hearing Dates on Proposed Improvements A public hearing on the matter of paving Edgewood lane from Green- wood avenue, to Grove street, one block, has been set for the evening of March 1. This improvement has been requested by petition from a majority of the property owners in the block. The board of local improvements at its meeting Tuesday evening, also ad- journed until March 15, the public hearing on the Fig street improvement. Both cinders and concrete are being considered for paving material. A num- ber of property owners were present. They object to paving from Burr ave- nue through to Hibbard at present be- cause of the large amount of building to be done this year on that portion of Fig street, and they favored cinders from Burr to Rosewood avenues. They also object to making the street 66 feet wide instead of 33 feet as it now exists, from Rosewood to Burr. Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Charles Lowery Mrs. Charles Griffen Lowery, grand- mother of Forest R. Lowery, 550 Oak street, passed away at the home of her son Frederick C. Lowery in River Forest, on Wednesday, February 9, at the age of 87 years. Funeral services were held on Friday, February 11, from the home. Mrs. Lowery had lived in Chicago from 1862 until after the Chi- cago fire of 1871, and settled in Oak Park in 1884. New Record for HEAR COMPOSITIONS Village Set by | Instructor Reads Original Works of Low Fire Loss| Her Class at Winnetka Woman's " : : Club If the present low ratio of loss by fires in Winnetka is continued until the | 3 ; r: =m CM : ...o| New Members' day at the Winnetka close of the fiscal year in March, it is | (4, ' ity nT : 11 FP Woman's club, Tuesday, February 15, said a record will have been estab- | ts : ; . was pronounced one of the most in- lished for not only the village but also for the nation. as. regards villages the teresting and entertaining meetings size of Winnetka. gare Ca | that have been held, especially be- : During the month of February, ac-| c31S¢ of the delightful program of : kX Jr "5" | origins s stories, ms anc cording to the report of H. M. Houren, | OFigmn al short stories , Doems ine J rt . ' | sketches read by Miss Kate Watkins chief of the Winnetka fire department, | Tibbals . received by the council Tuesday eve- | a RA : . 1 Mrs. Arthur T. Cushman, president ning, there were only nine calls for | the department in February and the total damage by fire was only $115. of the club presided and the program was in charge of the art and litera- This low record for February and |ture committee, Mrs. Ernest S. Bal- similar records for past months of the lard, chairman. fiscal year, it is said places the per-| Miss Tibbals, who has been con- ducting a class of Winnetka women in imaginative writing, read some of the work of her class. In order read, the contributions were: "Nannie and the Child," which was called "A Memory," Houren and the hearty co-operation of and had been written in the form of citizens in following the instructions | 2a sketch; "The Araucaria Tree," a and advice of the fire department in legend ; "Carcasonne," short story of the matter of fire prevention measures | tragic nature; "An Embarrassing Mo- are responsible, it is said, for this grat- | ment, called by the author a 'yery ifying showing which the village is short short story"; "Gardenias," a enabled to make, in the way of small surprise story with the scene laid in loss by fire. the Art institute; two Christmas poems one serious in nature, and one hu- morous ; and a one-act play "They Had to Know," portraying the contention between parents and their very modern children. Miss Tibbals also wishes to have mentioned a group of verses entitled "Realities," and "The Sub-deb capita loss in the village at less than one dollar. The efficiency of the Winnetka fire department, the persistent and thor- ough inspections conducted by Chief Mrs. Oldfield and her daughter, Miss Emma Oldfield of Forest Glen, IIL, spent the day Sunday, February 13, with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Chatwin of 972 Spruce street. AN a HATS Early Spring Models New Colors 946 Oak Street, Winnetka Crowd," a short story concerning the conflict between parents and up-to- date children. Due to lack of time, Miss Tibbals was unable to read these two groups, but felt them worthy of special mention. Many hours of work, with valuable class criticism resulted in an especially fine group of original work. An ex- ample of the thorough way in which members of the class studied their stories was illustrated by one having two endings. One ending was written by the author and the other suggested by the class. At the conclusion of the reading which of course, left the audience guessing as to the authors, the list of names of the writers of the sections was read in alphabetical order, as follows: Mrs. Victor Cunnyngham, Mrs. Lloyd A. Faxon, Miss Catherine Foote, Mrs. William A. Otis, Mrs. Henry Stanton, Mrs. Albert H. Veeder, Jr., Mrs. Harry C. Watts, and Mrs Harry IL. Wells. Moderate Prices WINNETKA FOLKS FORWARD MARCH / we're CELEBRATING By C. R. Patchen THIS 16 MERCY/AFTER WHAT ( I'D BETTER | TOLD THEM. THEY'LL GO BACK TO TAKE THEIR DEATH NI : su RMACY ( AND BUY A BOTTLE OF CASTOR OIL/ TA COMM 750 Elm Street There are some remedies like castor oil and iodine--simple neces- sary things--that should be in every home. of what you need. Perhaps we can make a suggestion. Boxed Writing Paper specially priced 15¢ to 50c. Come in and think UNITY PHARMACY Phone Winnetka 164 a