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WINNETKA Tarvrrg Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, Inc., 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. Entered as second class matrer March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. IX, NO. 12 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, APRIL 7, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS WINNETKA TO OBSERVE "BETTER HOMES" WEEK Chairman J. W. F. Davies Plans Elaborate Program Here Dur- ing Week of April 22-28 The committee on Better Homes week, of which Dr. J. W. F. Davies is chairman, is pushing to completeness its plans for the observance 'in Win- netka of this national Better Homes week, April 22 to April 28. This is in response to the appeal from Herbert Hoover, president of the Better Homes in America organization. Schools, churches, clubs and village organiza- tions are being asked to co-operate in | this 7th annual observance of "Better Homes." During the week of April 22 con- ferences will be held each evening in Community House, which the public is cordially invited to attend. Different speakers will be provided for each evening, on various subjects pertain- ing to the home, such as: houses versus apartments; financing the home; building and building materials; interior decorating; the relation of zoning laws to better homes. Speak Before Civic Groups The speakers will be authorities on their subjects and ones from whom the public can gain much of interest in regard to the home. The churches are to be asked to co-operate. Speakers are to be provided for the Rotary club, Chamber of Commerce, League of Women Voters, Winnetka Woman's club, and other group meetings. The program committee having this in charge is composed of Mrs. B. F. Lang- worthy, Mrs. Walter Benson, and Mrs. Eugene Rummler. A bureau of information will be es- tablished in the Winnetka Public li- brary, where those interested, or those who are considering building a home may go for information on such sub- jects as building materials, financing, construction, landscaping, decoration, etc. The Chamber of Commerce is active- ly interested and is assisting in every way possible. As not all village organizations will be able to meet during the week of April 22nd, arrangements are being made for such groups to have programs or speakers at their regular meeting dates. Mrs. Langworthy on Program Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, president of the Woman's City club, spoke last Tuesday before the Winnetka Wom- an's club on "Better Homes Week in Winnetka," and will be the speaker on this subject at the League of Women Voter's luncheon in Community House on Monday, April 9. The residents of Winnetka are -asked to keep this Better Homes week in mind, and to plan to attend as many of the meetings as possible. Further details will appear in later is- sues of WINNETKA TALK. 'Christ Church Altar Guild Holds Communion The Altar Guild of Christ church will have its monthly Corporate Com- munion and meeting in the chapel at 9:30 on Tuesday morning. There will also be a celebration of the Holy Com- REQUEST NEW STATION Residents in Ash Street Area Ask Vil- lage to Obtain North Shore Line Station for That District Numerous requests have been re- ceived by the village from residents in Winnetka in the vicinity of Wil- low road and Ash street asking that the North Shore Line be requested to install a waiting shelter house at the Ash street crossing. There is no stop now between Ash street and Winnetka avenue, a dis- tance of three-quarters of a mile, and the present Oak-Cherry street station being so near the Elm street station, it is used very little, it is said. The North Shore Line suggests that if it could discontinue the Oak-=Cherry street stop it would be willing to in- stall an adequate waiting station at Ash street, under an agreement with the Northwestern Railroad company, to use a portion of their right of way. A traffic count for the Oak-Cherry street station, showing the number of passengers loaded and unloaded at this point, has just been submitted, and, it is said, bears out the statement that very few people use this station. The entire matter, together with various reports on the same, has been referred by Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser to the Public Utility com- mittee of the Village Council, of which Carl J. Easterburg is chairman. The committee, in its further study and consideration of the same, will be glad to hear from anyone interested therein, with his reasons either for or against the proposed change. Mrs. Beatrice Ensor to Address P. T. A. Groups Mrs. Beatrice Ensor, principal of the Frensham Heights school and editor of the New Era, will speak at the North Shore Country Day school April 9, at 8 o'clock. At the new education fellowship cons ference at Locarno last summer, Mrs. Ensor represented the New Era. She will speak on the "Newer Mean- ings of Discipline." The Parent Teachers association of the North Shore Country Day school is inviting the Parent Teachers asso- | ciations of the Winnetka schools and of New Trier High school to this lec- ture. Your Orchestra Concerts' Subscription Is Overdue Only about one-half of the sub- scriptions for next season's Little Symphony orchestra concerts, which were due and payable April 1, have been received by Mrs. B. K. Smith, 547 Orchard lane, Winnetka, secre- tary of the New Trier Orchestral as- sociation which sponsors this annual series of concerts given at New Trier High school auditorium. No arrangements for concerts next season can be completed until the number of subscriptions turned in warrants such a procedure, it is explained. This is purely a co-oper- ative venture on the part of New Trier residents and it is hoped that those who received their subscription blanks will sign and return them at their earliest convenience. Checks--$6 for the season--are to be made pay- abl to F. L. Streed, treasurer of the association. 'munion in the chapel on Thursday 'morning at the same hour. Talks About Village Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser will be one of the principal speakers | at the meeting of the League of Women Voters Monday, April 10. He will discuss Winnetka municipal affairs. The general theme of the meeting is "Local Affairs." Winnetka Town Officials to Probe Slashing of Assessed Valuation Following a discussion at the annual Town meeting last Tuesday afternoon relative to taxpayers in the township who secure unreasonable reductions in their assessed valuations, a committee was appointed to study the problem and formulate plans to curb the practice and to report back at the next annual Town meeting. 8 : The members of this committee com- prise the village managers of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe. They are C. C. Schultz, F. L. Streed, H. L. Woolhiser and George R. Young, respectively. One village official estimated that 16 percent of the property owners had se- cured reductions, resulting, he said, in a loss of 20 percent of the tax revenue for school and municipal purposes, notwith- standing a material increase in valuation as a result of new building during the year. It is proposed to aid the assessor in the matter of establishing valuations, to secure notification from the Cook Coun- ty Board of Review of those entering protests on valuations and perhaps to publish the names of those who make request for such reductions. APRIL 14 IS TAX DEADLINE Township Collector Sanborn Hale is making a special request this week that all taxpayers make remittance to him on or before Saturday, April 14. Mr. Hale announces that in the past three years he has collected a total of more than $3,000,000, thus effecting a material saving to the township. Carlstrom, | the offices of United States SEE EMMERSON TICKET AS EASY WINNER HERE New Trier District Is Expected to Poll Tremendous Majority for Anti-Small Group When the sizable ballots are handed out to New Trier voters in the Republican Primary election Tues- day, April 10, the electorate of the township promises to provide officials at the polling places with one of the most complicated = tasks veterans in that line of endeavor have experienced in many a year. While sentiment generally along the north shore appears to be overwhelm- ingly favorable to Louis L. Emmerson, Republican candidate for governor in opposition to Governor Len Smali, and while Otis F. Glenn and Oscar Deneen group candidates with Mr. Emmerson, promise to poll heavy majorities over their rivals for senator and attorney general, respectively, there is evidence of real competition in the instance of scores of minor state, and the various county offices. Oppose Small Group : All along the shore the voting will be pretty generally along the lines of "straight ballots" as between the can- didates of the Deneen-Emmerson and the Small-Thompson-Crowe groups for the offices of governor, United States senator, attorney general, and state's attorney, with the former group given a comfortable majority through- out the New Trier district. For the first time in many years campaign headquarters have actually been established in this immediate vicinity and an organized effort put forth to muster the full strength of the New Trier vote. This has been brought about largely by the sharply defined opposition which has developed in re- cent weeks to the Small-Thompson- Crowe political combination which, es- pecially in the instance of Wilmette, has resolved itself into an exciting battle in every section of the village over the candidates for precinct com- mitteemen. In this connection, though, one encounters a peculiar angle to the campaign, wherein all precinct com- mitteemen candidates are pledged in opposition to Governor Small, but di- vided in affiliation with reference to the candidacies of Robert E. Crowe and Judge John A. Swanson, rivals for the office of state's attorney of Cook county. While, on the basis of the vote on committeemen, Wilmette may appear to be about evenly di- vided in sentiment in regard to the state's attorney candidates, it is pre- dicted that, actually, Judge Swanson will poll a tremendous majority over State's Attorney Crowe. In other words, the vote on precinct committee- men will probably have little if any bearing upon the balloting on the state's attorney candidates. Tuesday's election should find all New Trier citizens who have taken the time to investigate, well qualified to make an intelligent choice of can- didates in the Republican Primaries. For several weeks the voters have re- ceived invitations to candidates' meet- ings where issues were discussed and a very fair estimate of the qualifica- tions of the various candidates afford- ed the listeners. The Women Voters' (Continued: on page 28) =