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-- rte July 30, 1927 WINNETKA TALK HOLD WATER CARNIVAL HERE SUNDAY, AUG. 7 Expect Tom Robinson of North- . western University to Direct Day's Events The sixth annual water carnival of the Winnetka Park district will be held at Lake Front park Sunday after- noon, August 7, at 3 o'clock. It is ex- pected to again have Tom Robinson, swimming coach at Northwestern uni- versity, to direct the events assisted by James Allen, beach master, and Walter Etzbach, life guard. The referee will be George B. Mas- | sey, chairman east side Parks commit- tee of the Winnetka Park board, with Carl H. Zeiss, president of the Winnet- ka Park board, and James A. White. former president of the Park board, as honorary referees. The judees will be Forest R. Lowrev, Sidney Wellbeloved, Byron Nelson, W. P. Heyn, Allen T. Weinstock, and A. W. Converse and the custodian of prizes will be Robert H. Wallace. Medals for Awards Very attractive medals for first, sec- ond and third places in each event have been provided by the Park board. In addition, there will be competition be- tween swimming relay teams from Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette and Winnetka for the Winnetka Park boar district cup, which was won by Winnetka last vear. It is hoped that a large participation on the part of the young people of the village and a large attendance of Win- netka residents will be had. Arrangements have been made to have an adequate number of bleachers on the beach so that all may have com- fortable seats. The list of events is as follows : 10-yard Swim--Boys 6 to 8. 10-yard Swim--Girls 6 to 8. 40-yard Swim--Boys 12 to 15. 40-yard Swim--Girls 12 to 15. 15-yard Swim--Boys 8 to 10. 15-yard Swim--=Girls 8 to 10. 100-yard Breast Stroke--Open to boys. 50-yard Breast Stroke--Open to girls. 20-yard Swim --Boys 10 to 12. 20-yard Swim--Girls 10 to 12. 20-yard Tub Race--Open to boys. 20-yard Tub Race--Open to girls. 75-yard Back Stroke--Open to boys. Duck Race--Open to boys and girls. Plunge for Distance--Open to boys. Plunge for Distance--Open to girls. Greased Pole Contest --Boys and girls. Fancy Diving--Open to boys (3 required dives and 2 optional). .Fancy Diving--Open to girls (3 required dives and 2 optional). Long Distance Swim---Open to boys, 213 yards. Long Distance Swim n to girls, 213 yards. [Intervillage Relay ampionship--Wilmette, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe (Winnetka, present SRumpions). 4 A ion and i of the ef- fectiveness of the Sylvester and Schaefer methods of resuscitation by Tom Robinson. Exhibition Diving. . Push Ball Contest--Open to Boys and Girls 16 and under. South end vs. North end (Elm St. dividing line). Later Mail Collection to Be Made in Village Announcement is made this week of an important change in the collection service of mail in Winnetka. Collec- tions are now made from street letter boxes at the Community pharmacy and the Adams pharmacy, at 5 p. m., daily, except Sunday. Heretofore the latest collection at these central points was 2:30 p. m. The mail collected at 5 p. m. will be despatched the same evening. VISIT DAVIES' CAMP Rev. Paul Reynolds and Mrs. Rey- nolds have been spending the past week at the Indian Hill camp which closed this week and was held under the direction of Chief J. W. F. Davies. | | | spin, TILLIE COMES HOME Dog-Chased Parrot Establishes Non- Stop Flying Record; Makes Forced Landing in Skokie. Tillie toils not, neither does she but, on the contrary, occupies | the place of honor in the home of her | mistress, Miss Myrtle Sorenson at 972 Ash street. About ten days ago Tillie was strut- ting about the garden of the Soren- son home waxing quite voluble con- cerning the delay of the dinner hour, when of a sudden, along came a dog and gave full chase. Tillie flew to the shelter of the nearest tree and thence on and on away out of sight. For a week the little mistress waited, then sought consolation in the acquisi- | tion of another parrot which was im- mediately designated Billie. No sooner had Billie become ac- climated when there came a reply to an advertisement in WINNETKA TALK. "We've got your parrot, Tillie," an- nounced the voice at the telephone in the home of William Levernier, Happ road and Winnetka avenue. "Yes, we were sitting out in the garden Satur- day night when we heard a faint 'hello.' Soon it came again, a little louder, 'hello!' and a bit later in more audible and persistent tone, 'HELLO! A brief investigation located Tillie - high up in a tree over the lawn swing. She responded 'readily enough to coaxing and so we have her here. We hate to part with her, but, of course, she's yours." Tillie and Billie are now residing to- gether quite contentedly. ' "TI believe I established a new non- stop flying record when that pooch took after me," Tillie confided to her mistress. Knepper, Dawson to Meet Playfield Champs Tomorrow Sunday, July 31, will be exhibition Sunday at the Skokie Playfield Golf course. Play will begin at 2:30 p. m. The contestants will be Rudy Knep- per, of Lake Forest, former Trans-Mis- sissippi champion and one of the rank- ing amateurs of the United States, and John Dawson, finalist in the Trans- Mississippi championship of 1926 and one of the best amateurs in the Chi- cago district, against Elmer Nelson and the winner of the play-off between Fred Stoddard and John Belmont, who tied with a score of 136 for 18 holes, their respective scores being 67 and There will also be a qualifying round for the Park Board cup, on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31. Sunday, August 7, will be Father and child's tournament. FEach father may play with his own child. Or, in case their own child does not play, two classes have been designated, A and B. These classes may select any Junior Box or girl to play with them. This will be a twoball foursome. Begin Resurfacing Work on Various Thoroughfares The Public Works department of the Village of Winnetka has started the work of re-surfacing of a number of the macadam paved streets in the vil- lage, under a special tax proceedings. These streets include Prospect ave- nue, Bryant avenue, Lloyd place, Hum- bolt avenue,y Park avenue, Eldorado street, Summit street, Oakley avenue, Euclid avenue and Walden road. This work is done at the joint exnense of the property owners and from the vehicle tax fund of the village. The new road roller purchased by the village recently is being used on this work very effectively, it is said. 871 Registrations Recorded at Beach; Attendance Is High Eight hundred and seventy-one members have been registered in the Winnetka beach association thus far, it was announced. The total number is now less than fifty short of last year, which was 919, and it is expected that this half hundred will be received with- in the next few days. Attendance at the beach during the past week has been comparatively high. Over 600 people were in swim- ming on Wednesday and on other days a corresponding number of bathers was in evidence. The beach house this year is under the supervision of "Ma" Diely, who has been in charge of the Lake Front beach for a number of years. Mrs. Diely is a great favorite with the chil- dren and others using the beach and the announcement that she had again been appointed was received with great acclaim when it was made at the first of the season. Two children were rescued by beach guards at the Lake Front beach this week when they stepped into water too deep for them. The first accident oc- curred Wednesday when a child was pulled out by Beach Guard Walter Etz- bach. The other incident happened on Thursday when a boy who could not swim fell off the pier. He was rescued by Beachmaster James Allen. Neither of the children suffered any ill effects from their sudden immersion and were able to resume playing on the beach immediately afterward. Legionnaires Make Plan for Annual State Convention A special meeting of Winnetka Post No. 10, American Legion, will be held Monday evening, August 1 at Legion headquarters in Community house. All members planning to attend the Ninth Annual State convention to be held at Joliet, August 29 and 30 are particularly requested to attend this meeting. Reservations for hotel ac- commodations which must be made as soon as possible, will be handled by the post adjutant. It is expected that this will be the largest convention that has ever been held by the Legion in Illinois. The First Annual Reunion of the 33rd Di- vision will be held during convention days. William H. King, Jr., and Myron T. Harshaw as delegates, with Command- er Frank W. Blatchford and Max Murdock as alternates, have been se- lected to represent Winnetka post officially at this convention. Tt is hoped that a delegation of lo- cal Legionnaires large enough to fill a North Shore line bus will plan to make this trip. Winnetka Post's drum corps is pro- gressing rapidly. The men have been vractising diligently every week for the nast three months. There are open- ings for five more men who would like to learn to drum and are willing to de- vote one evening a week for instruc- tion. The bugle corps is also under way. Twenty volunteers are wanted as buglers. Lee Adams. ex-eob. isc in charge of the drum and buele corps. BUYS BUSINESS LOT Oscar A. Anderson, painting contrac- tor, completed the purchase this week of one of the most valuable business lots in Hubbard Woods. This lot is on the west side of Linden avenue and near Scott avenue. Mr. Anderson ex- pects to erect stores and apartments on it in the future, but his plans Ss, not definite as vet. . - x pa SOUTH WINNETKA SEES BUILDING BOOM AHEAD Beautiful Homes to Be Aug- mented by Harmoniously De- signed Business Structures ] With the inauguration of Winnet- ka's paving program south of W inn- etka avenue at Indian Hill station, completing Briar street, Meadow road and High street with their openings into Ridge road, there has been dis- closed a new treasure, long dormant, though right within the corporate lim- its. As announced in these columns sev- eral weeks ago, in anticipation of this paving program and other improve- ments including the planting of trees in the parkway this fall, by the village, a number of fine homes were started. They are now completed and still oth- ers are contemplated for the early fu- turé. Johansen & company of 503 Winnetka avenue, announce the be- ginning of one very soon, just east of the Lehigh Cement company prize' home, previously announced and now completed. Tt will be erected through the building service rendered by this firm and will be a highly insulated, in- destructable residence, in keeping with the other type of buildings featuring this section. : "Builds Fine Residence E. C. Hostettler, of the Walton School of Commerce is also building a residence on High street, to cost ap- proximately $15,000. The foundation is in and work is being rushed as rap- idly as possible, with a view to hav- ing it ready for early fall occupancy. Mr. Hostettler is building it for his own home. Tt is of brick and of Ital- ian stvle of architecture. In this interesting and very active territory another matter of very great: interest to the entire community was announced last week. It was relative to the zoning of the business area, some time ago tentatively accepted, upon the condition to the property owners, that the developnient of the section be carried out in the English manner. And this has been worked out as a result of considerable thought, both upon the part of the village and other interests, so that in all probabil- ity. there will spring up at Indian Hill station. west, one of the finest, most admirably conceived business sections to be found on the north shore. This section lies immediately west and along the tracks and south of Winnetka avenue. At this point, it is suggested. it would seem reasonable that the Village of Kenilworth take up the extension with a view to continuing the hich- way projects southerly along the right- of-way of the railroad. Board Plans Hearings on Street and Alley Paving _ The Winnetka Village board of local improvements will hold an adjourned public hearing next Tuesday evening on the matter of paving Locust street from Pine street to Westmoor road and also concerning the canctenetian of a sixteen-foot alley at the rear of the business property on the west side of Linden avenue, Hubbard Woods, from Tower road to Scott avenue. : SURPRISE PARTY Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Svere Hol- stead entertained at a surprise party in their honor in the Winnetka munity House last Saturday evening. There was dancing during the svening. Mr. and Mrs. Holstead were Bu .