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March 3, 1928 WINNETKA TALK COMMUNITY HOUSE IN 1928-29 FUND DRIVE Complete Arrangements for Gen- eral Solicitation; Need $12,000 for 1928 Preparations for the campaign for Community House maintenance dur- ing 1928 are rapidly taking shape. As announced in last week's TALK, zone captains have been appointed for 14 different sections of the village, to work with the Finance committee and the Board of Governors. These men have been busy the past week in se- curing canvassers to assist them in making the necessary calls. More than 1,500 households are to be visited to request financial support for Com- munity House. Two-Year Campaign The effort is being made, this year, to secure pledges for 1929, as well as 1928, so as to make it unnecessary to have a personal canvass for Com- munity House every year. The last personal canvass was held two years ago. In 1927, the Finance committee attempted to secure the necessary funds by appeals through the mail, and about $8,500 was secured in this way. The amount sought this year is about $12,000, and it was felt that a personal canvass was necessary. It is believed, however, that most residents of the village may be willing to indi- cate their willingness now to subscribe for 1929 as well as for 1928. The amount necessary for the sup- port of Community House in 1928 is $26,800, of which $11,000 has already been secured from members and at- tendants of the Winnetka Congrega- tional church. Between $4,000 and $5,000 is secured from rental, dues of individual active members ($3.00), mo- tion pictures, and some special fees. Depend on Citizens Community House cannot expect to be self-supporting. It must always' de- pend upon the interest and support of the residents of the Village for the major part of its operating expenses. It may be properly said, however, that rentals and fees are charged at the present, and have been for a number of years, for the use of the rooms, and for services, by organizations, or for purposes for which such charges may properly be made. Community House is conducted as carefully as any business institution. All expenses for the year are care- fully estimated and budgeted ahead, and expenditures and receipts are checked monthly against the budget. Administration experts have said that Community House is almost in a class by itself with respect to its manage- ment, and financial set-up. March 11 has been set as the day for the campaign. On Friday evening of next week, March 9, the captains, canvassers, and governors, will meet at Community House, for an evening smoker, to discuss the campaign, and the best methods of approach. The campaign is being conducted under the leadership of A. E. Bryson, chairman of the Finance committee of the Board of Governors, assisted bv Nathaniel H. Blatchford, Harry N. Gottlieb and George D. Wolf, members of the Finance committee. LEGION MEETS MARCH 5 The next meeting of Winnetka Post, No. 10, American Legion, will be held at Community House Monday, March 5, at 8:15 o'clock. The legion is peased to announce that the membership drive has been quite successful in Illinois. All photographs which appear in the special section devoted to the new Lloyd Hollister Ine. plant were taken by Lehle of Wilmette. At Christ Church The Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Chi- cago, will preach at the annual service of Confirmation in Christ church to. be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Bishop Anderson is planning also to address the children of the church school of the parish at their service in the church at 9:30 o'clock. The Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, rector of the parish, will present for confirmation at this service a number of adults and children, and it promises to be the largest class ever presented in Christ church. The confirmation service will be followed by a Celebration of the Holy Communion. Hold Hearing March 6 on Lincoln, Elm Widenings A temporary estimate on the cost of widening Lincoln avenue north, to Pine street, and Elm street, from the railroad tracks east to Arbor Vitae road and the Masonic Temple, was presented by Village Engineer Frank A. Windes, at a recent meeting of the Village council. These estimates were based on the widening with either track or concrete, preserving the existing brick' pave- ment. An informal public hearing to consider the estimates will be held on the date of the next regular council meeting, Tuesday, March 6. "The Experience of God" Sunday Sermon Subject The Rev. James Austin Richards an- nounces "The Experience of God" as his sermon topic, at the 11 o'clock service this Sunday morning, at the Winnetka Congregational church. There will also be observance of the Lord's Supper at that hour. At the 5 o'clock vesper services, the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will speak on "Walter Rauschenbusch and the Applied Gospel," and he will also give a short talk for boys and girls on "Searching for a Friend." ON TRIP TO SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. William Ayer McKin- ney of 1200 Chatfield road, left Win- netka Friday, February 24, on a trip south. Mr. McKinney was called on business. They expect to be away until about April 10, and will include many of the southern cities in their tour. RETURN HOME Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. McPherson of 644 Pine lane returned Tuesday, February 28, from a three weeks' trip to Southern Pines, N. C.. where they stayed at a cottage at Highland Park Inn, Fox hunting and horse back riding were the main occupations of the party. a OUT FOR A 'STICK-UP' Lyle L. Green, Army Deserter, Looks Suspicious; Winnetka Police Take Him, Gat, Black-Jack and All Lyle L. Green, who admitted to the Winnetka police that he is a deserter from the Second Infantry at Fort Sheridan, also confessed that if it had not been for the timely and clever work of Sergeant Ed Cummings and Officer Frank Rayburn in placing him under arrest, the Indian Hill vicinity might have been treated to a real sen- sation in the form of a hold-up. Green was on the street, armed with the necessary loaded revolver to carry out what he said was his mission in that section of the village, Wednes- dav evening, when the police saw him. The officers were driving their beat in the Squad car. Something about the appearance of Green, or the ac- tions of the stranger, aroused the of- ficers' suspicion. Cummings and Rayburn, stopping their car, questioned Green a few minutes, searched him and found the gun, and also a "bJack-jack." He told of his desertion from the Army last July and also admitted, the officers say, that he had just started out on his contemplated "stick-up" fob. He will be returned to Ft. Sheri- an. The officers also learned that Green, for seven and one-half months, since his desertion, has been making his headquarters in Winnetka. He for- merly lived at 340 Columbia avenue, Hammond, Ind., he said, but for the past few months, or for long intervals during that time, has been enjoying the comforts of the maid's quarters in an Indian Hill residence, into which he was being smuggled by the maid, employed there. Here, the police say, Green was be- ing concealed for days at a time, by the maid, in her room, where she car- ried food to hima, as opportunity of- fered. Green, and the maid, were married at police headquarters, Thursday after- noon at 2 o'clock, Police Magistrate C. T. Northrup performing the cere- mony. "Federal Measures" is Women Voters' Subject A subject new to Winnetka women will be presented at the Conference on "Federal Measures" planned by the Winnetka League of Women Voters for its regular March meeting Mon- day, March 12. Dr. Hazel Kyrk of the economics department of the Univer- sity of Chicago will speak on "The Federal Trade Commission and Decep- tive Market Practices." Dr. Kyrk will show something of the volume and character of the deceptive market practices from which we suffer by reference to the cases that have come before the commission to show how these affect living costs, and then indicate the present powers and pro- cedure of the commission in dealing with these cases. By an abundance of illustrations she will bring the prob- lem home to every housewife in Win- netka. The program for the entire confer- ence will be given in detail in the March 10 issue of WINNETKA TALK. Rev. James A. Richards Preaches at Wellesley The Rev. James Austin Richards is to go east early next week. He will stop in Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the Religious Educational association of the United States and Canada. On Saturday night he preaches at Abbot academy, Andover, Mass.,, and Sunday - morning he preaches at Wellesley college. That evening he will be the preacher at Walnut Hill school. a WOULD WELCOME BIRDS | TO FIND HAVEN HERE All of Which Suggests Broadened Activity of Our Indian Hill Association ! Plans for a material broadening of. the scope of activity in the Indian Hill Improvement association were dis cussed at an executive session of that organization's officers held Monday: evening of this week in the home of William S. Nordburg, president. The officers last Monday also ap- pointed a nominating committee which will recommend a slate of officers for the new association year at the annual meeting and election to be held in April. Matters of community interest but which are destined to affect very di- rectly every member of the association, were considered at last Monday's meet ing. Among other things, the associa tion officers are interested in proposin the erection of birdhouses in pi door yard in Indian Hill, this, for th obvious purpose of inviting the feath ered friends to find a welcome in tha section of the village Another sug-i gested plan contemplates a concerted effort in the matter of systematic tree- planting and provision of adequate facilities for .the proper protection of: shade trees in that vicinity. Plansi would provide further for general landscape beautification. i Serves as Clearing House The association would serve as a sort of clearing house for all these proposed activities which, it is said represent only the beginning of what is hoped to develop into a great co- operative program of community effort that will compel the active interest of every householder in the Indian Hill area. : To carry through such a program will, of course, necessitate the expendi- ture of funds considerably in excess of the present annual budget of the as- sociation, it was pointed out by the officers, who feel, however, that any moderate increase in the annual cost to the members would be a welcome obligation in consideration of the ma- terial and direct benefits accruing to the individual members under such a plan. : The broadened field of activity pro- posed by the officers will be discussed in greater detail at the next meeting of the associatio, it is announced. ] Dr. J. W. F. Davies to Address Group in East Dr. J. W. F. Davies of Community House leaves Sunday for Philadelphia to attend the annual meeting of the Religious Educational association of the United States and Canada. He is chairman of the executive committee and will give an address at the ban- quet on Thursday evening. He leaves that evening for home, in order to be here in time for the meeting of the Community House canvassers Friday evening. S. Fell Holds Formal Opening of New Store S. Fell has been holding the formal opening of his men's apparel shop at 786 Elm street, Thursday, Friday and today. This shop will be modeled on the lines of his successful one in High- land Park, and will carry several well known brands of men's clothes and furnishings. : VISIT WITH GALLOWAYS Edwin Galloway and his son, Wilson Galloway, of Xenia, O. have bee visiting Dr. Charles E. Galloway o 940 Private road. They motored up Wednesday and will return home this week-end. " ;