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WINNETEA TACK 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 3, 1879. Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. XVII. NO. 21 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, JULY 28, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS WINNETKA WILL HOLD ANNUAL WATER FETE Park Board Sets August 5 as Date for Carnival; Robinson Will Be Starter The seventh annual Water Carnival of the Winnetka Park district will be held at Lake Front park on Sunday, August 5, at 3 o'clock. Tom Robinson, swimming coach at Northwestern uni- versity, will act as starter and an- nouncer. He will be assisted by James Allen, beach master, and Walter Etz- bach, life guard. Attractive medals for first, second, and third places in each event have been provided by the park board. In addition, there will be a competition between swimming relay teams from Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette, and Winnetka Park district cup, which was won by Winnetka last year and also in 1926. Another victory for Win- netka would entitle the team to per- manent possession of the cup. Arrangements are being made to have an adequate number of bleachers on the beach so that all may have comfortable seats. List of Events 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 Girls) 9. 20 yard Swim (Boys 10 to 12) . 20 yard Swim (Girls 10 to 12) . 40 yard Tub Race (Open to Boys) . 40 yard Tub Race (Open to Girls) . 75 yard Back Stroke (Open to Boys) 13-a. 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 20. Long Distance Swim (Open to Girls) 213 yards 21. Intervillage Relay Championship. Wilmette, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe (Winnetka, present champions) 22. Exhibition Diving 23. Push Ball contest (Open to Boys and Girls 16 and under) South End vs. North End (Elm St. dividing line) Officials The referee will be A. W. Converse, chairman of the small parks commit- tee of the Winnetka Park board, with Geo. B. Massey, president of the Win- netka Park board and Carl H. Zeiss, former president of the park board as honorary referees. The judges will be Forest R. Lowrey, Sidney Wellbeloved, Byron Nelson, W. P. Heyn, Edward F. Meyers, and A. P. Thoms and the custodian of prizes will be Robert H. Wallace. It is hoped that a large crowd will be present and that there will be a very general participation in the events by the young people of the Village. All Winnetka families and their guests have been cordially invited by the Winnetka Park board to attend. In case of unfavorable weather the car- nival will be one week. FS Stroke (Open to PICNIC AT GAGE LAKE Winnetka Chamber of Commerce Plans Old-Fashioned Picnic Cele- bration Thursday, August 16 On Thursday, August 16, all roads from Winnetka will lead to the Gage lake picnic grounds, northwest of Libertyville, which has been chosen as the scene of the annual outing and picnic by the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce. Instead of the usual Winnetka day celebration, entailing a vast amount of work and expense, the members of the Chamber have decided this year to hold an old fashioned picnic which will be for the members of the Cham- ber, their families and their employes and their families. A committee is busy arranging a program. There will be several ball games, races of various kinds, horse shoe pitching, swimming races, and dancing in the evening. This is one of the many pretty camping sites in the Chicago area, and is particularly accessable to Winnetka. The lake is a fine body of water, surrounded by a splendidly timbered tract owned by Judge Decker, of Wau- kegan. All picnicking facilities are here, in- cluding refreshment stands, five horse- shoe courts and a fine dancing pavil- lion. It is located two miles north and seven miles west of Libertyville. Arrangements for the picnic are in the hands of a committee comprising R. Doepel, H. Paulson, Vic Killian, August Peters, A. Lee Adams and Bert Blow. Final arrangements for the day will be announced at the next meeting of the Chamber, August 13. Espinosa, Farrell Are Favored to Win Western Open Crown A field of stars which includes the famous Johnny Farrell of New York, who is national open champion, and practically all the Chicago district stars teed off Wednesday morning in the first round of the Western Open at the North Shore Golf club on Glenview road. They are playing for the crown which for two years has been won by Walter Hagan. Hagan, it was expected, would de- fend his title, but at the last minute he was reported as having decided to compete in the Canadian Open instead of coming to North Shore. Two of the favorites, with Hagan out of it, are Farrell and Al Espinosa, the Illinois G. C. professional. Both have been playing great golf and it would not be surprising to see them in the final match tomorrow. Jim Carberry, of Shore Acres, and Harry Hampton, of Beverly, also have numerous pre-tourney supporters. The first twenty professionals, it is announced, will share in prize money totalling more than $2,000. HENRY REPKE PROMOTED Henry Repke, 480 Provident avenue, who has been assistant station agent for the North Western railroad in Winnetka for the past twelve years, has been promoted to position of sta- tion agent at Northfield. He will as- sume his new work August 1. Will Rogers Coming Announcement is made that Will Rogers, famous American humorist, is coming to the north shore next fall. He will speak at New Trier High school's new gymnasium, under the auspices of the Tri-Ship club, on No- vember 14. SAIL FOR EUROPE Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jewell Dick of 1206 Tower road left Monday, July 23, for Quebec, where they will sail on the Empress of Australia for a two months' trip abroad. They will visit France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and England. Mrs. Homer Lininger of Evanston and Mrs. P. W. Greene of 1086 Laurel avenue, are among those who entertained in Mrs. Dick's honor before she left. Quality leaves its impression long after the price is forgotten LLoyD HOLLISTER INC. Printers and Publishers Winnetka 2000 WILL ROGERS TO BE ~ NEW TRIER SPEAKER American Humorist to Appear November 14 Under Aus- pices of Tri-Ship Club Will Rogers, famous American hu- morist, is coming to the north shore next fall. He will speak at New Trier High school's new gymnasium under the auspices of the Tri-Ship club on November 14. Rogers' visit to the north shore will be especially timely, since it is sched- uled for a few days after the presi- dential election. The humorist is well informed on current politics. In fact, he occupies a unique place in Ameri- ca's political life and his title of "Un- official Ambassador" is not without solid foundation. Through his writ- ings and personal appearances he is one of the most widely known men in the United States and underneath the humor of his speeches there lies a keen judgment which makes his opin- ions respected. More than one hundred speaking engagements are on Mr. Rogers' itiner- ary between September 1 and Decem- ber 1, and his appearance at New Trier on November 14 will be the only one in the Chicago area until the spring of 1929. All Arrangements Made Mr. Potter, from New York, per- sonal representative of Will- Rogers, was here last week to inspect the fa- cilities of the New Trier gymnasium for Mr. Rogers' appearance and to make arrangements for his coming. He had just returned from a trip over the entire western part of the United States making speaking dates for the humorist. After visiting every state west of the Mississippi Mr. Potter's comment was that New Trier's gym- nasium was one of the finest he had seen, The Tri-Ship club, under whose di- rection Mr. Rogers will make his ap- pearance, is an organization sponsor- ing fellowship among boys at the New Trier High school. Funds derived from the entertainment will be used to fur- nish the boys' club room in the new gymnasium and for various other charitable purposes. Donald Frisbie, faculty advisor of the club, announced this week that an intensive campaign and ticket sale will be started by the opening of school in September. There will be both reserved and general admission tickets. The boys heading various commit- tees for the entertainment are: George Brown, general chairman; John Betak, publicity; Alan McNaughton, house arrangements, and Robert Marcus, tickets. POSTMASTER BRAUN HOME Postmaster Joseph C. Braun who has been enjoying a three weeks' va- cation will be back at his desk next Monday. He has been visiting rela- tives at Caledonia, Minn., and was ac- companied by his sister, Miss Braun, and three of his children, Walter J, Marie and Charlotte.