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January 21, 1928 WINNETKA TALK "LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE" COMING TO WINNETKA Captain J. H. Hedley, Formerly of Royal Flying Corps, to Visit American Legion Post The next regular meeting of Win- netka post No. 10, American Legion, will be held in the Community Club rooms, January 23, at 8:15 p. m. The speaker of the evening will be Captain J. H. Hedley, former member of No. 20 Squadron, Royal Flying corps. The Post considers itself par- ticularly fortunate in having this gentleman as the speaker of the eve- ning. He has had a world of ex- perience and can tell an extremely interesting story, it is said, of ex- ploits during his service in the Air forces. Floyd Gibbons, in a recent maga- zine article, referred to Captain Hed- ley as the "luckiest man alive." The fifteen thousand feet in the air and after falling several hundred feet caught the tail of the machine and was landed unhurt. He was finally shot down by Baron von Richtofen, the Red Knight of Germany, and held prisoner of war for nine months in various German prison camps. As this is one of the outstanding meetings of the year, it is hoped all members of the Post will attend and meet one of the real heroes of the late war. The Post takes this occasion to thank the various citizens of the vil- lage who heartily responded by send- ing toys to the Soldier Orphans' Home at Normal, Illinois. All ex-service men of Winnetka, Glencoe and Kenilworth are to the next Post meeting, even though they are not members of the Legion. Over-Hot Home Devices Cause of Most Fire Runs The Winnetka Fire department, ac- cording to the report of Chief G. M. Houren, responded to an average of four calls a week during the month of December but the report shows that the total property loss was held down to only $3,080. The worst fire of the month was on December 8, at 922 Tower road, where the damage was over $2,000. The cause of the fire was assigned as a defective fireplace. Six of the seventeen fires were caused from burning rubbish; one was a grass fire; two resulted from over- heated chimneys and the others were caused by an over-heated boiler, over- heated oil burner, a defective oil burn- er, a defective fireplace, over-heated salamander, defective electric wires, over-heated electric iron and an over- heated electric heater. Perry D. Smith Tells Children About Ships Perry Dunlay Smith, headmaster of the North Shore Country Day school, spoke before the assembly of the Horace Mann school on the subject "Ships." Mr. Smith began with a treatise of early Egyptian and Phoeni- cian ships and outlined the develop- JeRt clear up to the present day ocean iner, STUDY HOPPI INDIANS Miss Millicent Anderson's second grade pupils of the Horace Mann school were conducted on a trip to the Field Museum Thursday where they studied the Hoppi Indian exhibiton maintained by the museum. The pupils are studying the Indians at the present time in their class work. Miss Alyce Berniers' room will take the same trip some time next week. invited | Building and Loan Association Shows Big Asset Increase At the forty-first annual meeting of the Winnetka Building & Loan as- sociation, held Wednesday of last week at the offices, 816 Elm street, the annual report showed the association's assets amounted to $167,038.11, an in- crease over those of the previous year of almost $19,000. First mortgage real estate loans in force were shown to be $159,500. Loans on stock were $5,625. Business of the association, according to the report, was conducted at an annual expense of only $1,631.60, meaning ad- ditional profits to association members. The three directors elected for terms of three years each, were John Kiewik, t Martin S. Thorsen and U. C. Abel. At a session of the directors im- mediately following the annual meet- ing, officers were elected for the en- S suing year. captain was thrown from an aeroplane | J. H. Schaad was re-elected presi- dent, an office which he has held for more than twenty years. M. S. Thorsen was elected vice-presi- dent to succeed John Kiewick, who had requested to be relieved of the duties of this office. Mr. Kiewick, who was again honored with a membership on the board, has served in this ca- pacity for twenty years. August F. Peters was re-elected | treasurer, and E. E. Adams, secretary for the past eight years, was re-elected to that office. To Hold Firemen's Annual Masquerade Ball Saturday Next Saturday, January 28, will be the date of the Winnetka Fireman's annual masquerade ball, the proceeds from 'which will be for the Fireman's pension fund. The dance will be at Community House. Joe Schneider's orchestra of Wilmette will furnish the music. The advance sale of tickets has already reached a mark which insures the firemen one of the most successful years, from a patronage point of view, in the history of these annual events. : There is never any question as to the good time provided by the firemen for their guests. Mrs. W. Snyder Hostess to Room P. T. A. at Tea Mrs. William Snyder of 340 Wood- land avenue entertained all of the members of the room Parent-Teacher association of Miss Emily Nelson's fourth grade at tea at her home on Friday, January 13. Miss Nelson spoke to the assembled parents, out- lining the work in the various classes of the room. Mrs. Ruth Harshaw told of the social science work and Miss Agnes Lilley told about the art work in the class. GEORGE STREET REMAINS The Winnetka Village council Tues- day evening denied the petition of 51 property owners in Hubbard Woods, requesting George street, a short thoroughfare in that section, be abandoned. GIVE SWISS PROGRAM Miss Mildred Julian's third grade of the Horace Mann school presented a Swiss program consisting of Folk dances and lantern slides as the assem- oly program at the school last Mon- ay. Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Bradstreet, 475 Cedar street, Winnetka, have taken up their residence at the Or- rington hotel for the winter. Frederick E. Clerk Has Radiogram From MacMillan in Arctic A radio message from Donald Mac- Millan, noted arctic explorer who is at the present time carrying on sci- entific research with the Rawson Field Museum expedition at approxi- mately the magnetic north pole, was received last Thursday morning by Frederick E. Clerk, superintendent of New Trier High school, who is a per- sonal friend of Mr. MacMillan. The message was broadcast through station WNP on MacMillan's steamer, Bowdoin in response to a message sent on January 3 by Mr. Clerk through the courtesy of the General Electric: Co., which was broadcasting a program in honor of Mr. Mac- Millan. The reply was picked up at Union Springs, N. Y., and was re- layed by the station there to Chicago where it was in turn received by Sta- tion 9 BZX and sent out to Mr. Clerk. The message follows: ; Mr. Frederick E. Clerk, New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois. Received your kind message on radio Saturday night and thank you for it. Not too busy to forget about your fine school and the splendid character of the boys and girls there. Am already looking forward to a visit at New Trier next year. Kindest re- gards to all. : (Signed) Donald MacMillan. Offer Classes in English for Scandinavian People Scandinavian immigrants living on the north shore are invited to the First Scandinavian Evangelical church, 886 Elm street, next Monday evening at 7:30, to receive free instruction in the English language. The class is just now forming, under the leadership of the pastor of the church. If there is a sufficient demand, two classes will be formed, one for elementary and one for more advanced studies. The class- es will meet every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Center Street, Near Tower Scene of Auto Accident An automobile collision occurred on Center street, south of Tower road. Tuesday, between cars driven by W. R. Evitt of 5449 Windsor avenue, Chi- cago, and Bud Reilly, residing on Noyes street, Evanston. The former car was damaged to the extent of about $50, according to the report of Officer J. H. Luensman. No one was injured. Two Hundred Parents Hear Talk by Dr. Ralph Hamill Dr. Ralph Hamill spoke on the sub- ject "Discipline" under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher association at the Horace Mann school last Monday afternoon. About 200 parents attended the meeting and evidenced great in- terest in Dr. Hamill's address. Pre- ceeding the talk, room P.T. A. meet- ings were held in each room of the school. CIRCLE PLANS PARTY At the meeting of the Friendship circle held at Community House last Tuesday night, plans were formulated for a bunco party which will be held on Tuesday, February 14. The party will be an invitational affair and will take the form of a leap-year Valentine pasty. Refreshments will also be serv- ed. Miss Margaret Wilson of the Horace Mann school faculty is confined to her room at the North Shore hotel in Ev- anston because of illness. Miss Wil- son has been ill for about two weeks and Mrs. Harry Cadenhead is teaching her third grade classes pending her return, CHILD STUDY TOPIC OF RADIO MESSAGES Various Phases of Subject Treated by Experts; Prepare for Chicago Conference Under the auspices of the Chicago Association for Child Study and Parent Education, the following people will give talks over the radio next week on child psychology: Monday, January 23, 12:30 p. m., over WGN, Dr. Edwin Eisler, director of the Mental Hygiene Clinic, Michael Reese Dispensary, on "Some Principles of Mental Hygiene in Childhood"; Tuesday, January 24, 1:15 p. m., over WBCN, Mrs. Dorothy Wolf, director of the Nursery School of Hyde Park School for Little Chil- dren, on "Training of the Pre-School Child"; Tuesday, January 24, 4:45 p. m, over KYW, Mrs. Llewellyn Jones, writer and lecturer, on "Child Study Book Review": Wednesday, January 25, 4 p. m., over WMAQ, Miss Adah F. Whitcomb, supervisor of the School Department of the Chi- cago Public library, on "Books for Children"; Thursday, January 26, 10:15 a. m.,, over WHT, Mr. John Merrill, head of the Department of Oral Expression at the Francis Parker school, instructor at the Harvard Uni- versity Summer school, on "Every Child a Poet"; Friday, January 27, 6:20 p. m., over WJJD, Dr. Arnold H. Kegel, Commissioner of Health of Chicago; Monday, January 30, 12:30 p. m., over WGN, Mrs. Andrew Mac- Leish, president of the Chicago Wom- an's club; Tuesday, January 31, 1:15 p. m, over WBCN, Dr. Mark Jam- polis, attending pediatrician, Michael Reese hospital, on "Nutrition in Chil- dren"; Tuesday, January 31, 4:45 p. m., over KYW, Dr, Gerson B. Levi, rabbi of the temple. Prepare for Conference These talks are in preparation for the Mid-West Conference on child study and parent education, which will be held in the Palmer House, Chicago, February 16, 17 and 18. For those three days experts will discuss the scientific up-building of character from infancy to adolescence for par- ents attending this conference. The three-day program will show the rela- tion and importance of discipline and guidance ; the effect of the emotional life of child and parents; the influ- ence of teachers, handicraft, recrea- tion, ideals, and religion. "The old-fashioned parents made the mistake of assuming that mor- ality could be imposed on the child from without. We can force external obedience; but a genuine character is always the outcome of what the child himself wishes at heart to be," stated Mrs. S. T. Lawton, chairman of the Chicago Association for Child Study, which is sponsoring the three-day school for parents. "It is our. func- tion as parents to surround the child with an environment which creates in him a genuine, though perhaps un- conscious desire to develop a good character. The average parent, no matter how conscientious. must study his child and learn what conditions are necessary to bring out the best in his child." Secure Corps of Experts Speakers of national reputation have been engaged to speak at the school for parents. Among them are Prof. E. D. Starbuck of the University of Towa: Florence Mateer of the Chil- dren's Aid society, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. William Healy, director of the Judge Baker Foundation, Boston; Prof. Harold Rugg of Lincoln school, New York: Mark A. May of Yale university; William Kilpatrick of Columbia university; Dr. A. Eustace Hayden, University of Chicago; and Dr. Bernard Glueck, New York,