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' - _ Nearly Evervbody In Winnetka Reads The Talk NNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. VIII, NO. 4. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 19197 TEN PAGES Henry E. Brown Resigns As Principal at New Trier HE Board of Education of New Trier Township High school has just made public that Mr. Henry E. Brown has . recently resigned as Principal of the school. Mr. Brown has _been principal of New Trier for nine years, but impelled by patriotic desires to enter gov- ernment service, he asked for and received a year's leave of absence, beginning August 1918. He has been engaged as Secre- tary of the War Camp Com- munity Service at St. Paul, Minn., during the present year. Mr. Brown came to New Trier as principal in September, 1910. At that time the school had an enrollment of less than four hundred, with a faculty of twenty-three. The buildings consisted of the present main building without the northwest wing. The first problem to confront © the new executive was the imperative need of ad- ditional buildings and equip- ment. He was a stropg advo- cate of the one story plan for school buildings. "At that: time this type of buildings was used for a few grade schools in the middle west, but not for high schools outside the State of California. The plans for the present buildings were finally adopted and six new buildings were erected in addition to the northwest wing of the main building. Since these buildings were completed, literally hun- dreds of educators have come to New Trier for the purpose of inspecting our splendird equip- ment. so Mr. Brown is better known, perhaps, among educators of the middle west than any other man engaged in secondary edu- cation. He served for several years as secretary of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools, and al- so as secretary of the Illinois High School Athletic Associa- tion. His very wide acquaint- ance gained through his con- nections with these and other organizations has made his years of service in New Trier distinctly valuable He was en- abled to secure for New Trier the very best of high school instructors. All but ten of the present faculty of forty-four have been engaged during his administration. The enrollment of the school has more than doubled since 1910. Splend- td buildings, first class equipment, and a very broadminded Board of Education have made possible a distinct expansion along many lines: The Student Council, various literary organizations, the Parent-Teacher association, a strong faculty, a first- school paper, good athletic teams, and a fine spirit have put our high school in the very front rank of secondary schools. Much of the success of New Trier has been due to Mr. Brown's superior ability in or- ganization and earnest devotion to his work. class Mr. Brown expects to leave the profession for a time, at least, to en- gage in business He has received several flattering offers from firms i St. Paul and Minneapolis, who have recognized in gifts of orga; his present work his ization and leadership. His many friends in this community wish him unlimited success in new undertaking. his INDIAN HILL HAS IMPROVEMENT ASSN New Street Lighting System Already Installed and Other Improve- ments Promised by Committee An association of these who own property adjoining the Indian Hill club was formed recently for the pur- pose of conserving the interests of those owners in every way possible, to beautify the grounds, to furnish street lighting, and to promote the community spirit in that neighbor- hood. : + Already a system of street light- ing has been installed and other matters are under way. There is considerable activity in real houses are expected to be built this year. Prominent Leaders The officers of the association are: Godfrey H. Aiken, president; Marsh- all E. Schoenthaler, secretary and treasurer, and Willoughby Walling, Alfred E. McCordic, Bowman C. Lingle who, with the two officers above named, form the Executive committee. --SAY YES-- Remodeling Drug Store The Winnetka Pharmacy is to bel remodeled in the near future. Sev- eral additions will be made including a prescription counter designed to be the largest on the north shore. Return from West Mrs. A. J. Vollman and daughter Clara, 554 W. Railroad avenue, re- turned from California yesterday. They spent 8 months in and about Pasadena. estate | in that section and some additional Wanted: More Books for Soldiers When you have finished reading them, please send your aiew books to the Public library, Oak street, Win- netka. They will be promptly for- warded to the camps. New magazines are badly needed at Fort Sheridan. If sent"to the Library they are de- livered at the Fort twice each week. Copies of judge, Life, short story magazines of all kinds, the Country Gentleman, Garden Magazines, and the technical magazines are particu- larly requested. Marguerite Clark Picture The feature at the Community House on Friday was Marguerite Clark in "Little Miss Hoover." TO EVERY RESIDENT OF The United States is them. This Victory loan is never violates or evade far bigger than ever before, a League of Americans--you are America's peace obligation and ] s obligations, America stands today, in the eyes Hubbard Woods Man Dies Fred Burkitt, 777 Linden avenue. Hubbard Woods, died last Friday at his home of tuberculosis with which he had been confined to his home for the last 8 months. were private in Chicago. Camp Fire Girls To Sell Candy At the Boy Scout picture on Satur- day the Camp Fire Girls will sell candy for the benefit of their fund to | buy ceremonial dresses. Wilmette Real Estate Man Moves H. D. Hill, real.estate man with offices in Winnetka and Wilmete has moved from Wilmette to 1228 Asbury avenue, Hubbard Woods. WINNETKA--GREETINGS: one of America of the entire world, bigger-- Are you today a bigger American ? Are you proud of America and Ame America--your America, .is tod and undemolished. Compare this rica proud of you- ay undivided territory--uninvaded condition with the territory Ger- many coveted and tragically despoiled. Had Germany won the scribed for continuous issue pelled to impoverish yourself by demnity so much of your posses: The purchase of Victory den--purchase merely e 3 try meet her obligations war you would have continuously sub- S Ot your country's bonds or been com- surrendering in the form of in- ssions as to leave you little. bonds represents neither tax nor bur- xpresses your willingness to help your coun- And the purchase makes you richer not poorer. Do you not thank be proud of? Are you not grateful for this o country may be as proud of you in "Say Yes!" with Victory bonds. vy Ho God that America is your country, yours to pportunity to show that your peace as she has been in war? H. A. DE WINDT, Funeral services | 'WINNETKA VOTES ON FILTRATION PLANT | APRIL 29; COUNCIL PREPARES PLANS By an ordinance passed by the Vil- | lage Council on March 18, 1919, and published in last week's issue, an opportunity will be presented on April 29, for the citizens of Winnet- ka to express fully their wishes on the question of a filtration * plant to improve the water supply of the Village. The questions to be voted { upon are as follows: (1. Shall the Village of Winnetka | acquire the necessary site and erect thereon, suitable buildings | and appurtenances to be used as a Filtration Plant by said Village in the distribution of its water | supply, at an estimated cost of | Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,- | 000) ? {2. Shall bonds or obligations of the Village of Winnetka, for the pur- pose of acquiring the necessary site and erecting thereon suitable buildings and appurtenances to be used as a Filtration Plant by the Villag distribution of the water supply of the Village, in the sum of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,- 000) be jssued by the Council of the Village of Winnetka, in the nlanner authorized in the ordi- nance providing therefor? It is the unanimous conclusion of {the Council that the construction of la filtration plamt, to give Winnetka |a pure water supply, should: go for- vard without further delay. The | great need" for filtration Mas been long recognized «in Winnetka. In { 1907, Alvord and Burdick, one of the | leading sanitary engineering firms {in the United States, recommended | the construction of a filtration plant | This f{ made a similar recom- | mendation in 1916, and the same ac- | tion was advised by the Illinois State { Water Survey in 1912, and by Sam- | uel A, Greeley is a very complete re- {port on the. situation in 1916. Be- | cause of the war, however, the pro- | ject was defewred. | Early in February, this year, Sam- uel A. Greeley was engaged by the { Village to make a preliminary. report e of Winnetka, in the! on the probable expense for an ade- quate plant to serve the present and future needs of Winnetka, as well as of Glencoe, to whom water is supplied: The cost of this plant, %as shown by Mr. Greeley's report, will be in the neighborhood of $90,000. Our government and patriotic or- ganization generally, are recommend- ing that such public improvements be carried forward without delay. The time for Winnetka to have a pure filtered water supply therefore has arrived. The first question stated above is a referendum on the general pro- position of the desirability of a filt- ration plant, without reference to the method adopted for paying for its construction. In other words, it will inform the Council as to whether or not the people of Winnetka desire a filtered water supply at this time. The second question affords an ex- pression of opinion on the matter of the issuance of bonds to finance the proposed plant. An affirmative vote on both questions will indicate that a filtration plant is wanted, and that in the judgment of the public, a bond 18 issue proper. An affirmative vote on the fist, and a negative vote on the second question, will show "that a filtration plant is desired, but that jit 1s the wish of the voters that other { resources be used for its construc- tion. After mature consideration, the Council is strongly recommending that the future surplus earnings of the Water Department be made avail- able to provide this improvement, by means of a $90,000 bond issue to be retired in annual installments, with interest, out of such earnings. Next week, a statement will be made of the reasons which have guided the Council in its décision that a filtra= tion plant can most wisely be provid- ed at this time by the issuance of municipal bonds, as a part of a uni- fied plan for utilizing the available . resources of the Village to provide promptly long deferred and much needed improvements. Eda ANNOUNCE VICTORY ~~ LOAN ORGANIZATION District No. 1---Mrs. Arthur Dean, Captain. Block Captains Mrs. Norman K. Anderson, 506 Wil- low street. { Mrs. E. W. Beach, 532 Oak street. Mrs. James Clipper, 556 Cherry | street. { Mrs. Frank T. Crawford, 511 Cedar | street. Mrs: street. | Mrs. B. J. Kellum, 429 Maple street. John IL. Hamilton, 412 Walnut | Mrs. Robert S. Laird, 350 Elm | street. | Mrs. L. C. Norton, 370 Walnut | street. Miss Theresa O'Brien, 748 Elm i'street. Mrs. W. A. Otis, 644 Oak street. Mrs. Wilson A. Reid, 561 Cherry street. Mrs. Raynor F. Starr, 6350 Ash | street. { Mrs. E. E. Stultz, 466 Willow street. District No. 2--Mrs. Marc Newman, Captain. . Block Captains Mrs. Thomas M. Brooks, 590 Wil- {low street. Mrs. W. R. English, 375 Hawthorne | Lane. i Mrs. A. D. Fassett, 471 Hill road. | Mrs. Dudley K. French, 503 Haw- Ithorne Lane. Mrs. Chancey B. Hill, 220 Myrtle | street. | Mrs: Royal A. Hoagland, 428 Wil- {low street. ! Mrs. John E. Lutz, 460 Hawthorne | Lane. Mrs. J. H. Madsen, 548 Fir street. Mrs. H. B.. McKenzie, 402 Haw- | thorne Lane. | | Mrs. Sherman Orwig, 553 Elder Lane. * Mrs. Fred F. Parsons, 518 Haw- thorn Lane. Mrs. Sylvan Hirschberg, 402 Wil- {low street. : Mrs. leonard H. Roach, 292 Sher- idan road. Mrs. B. K. Smith, 547 Fir street. Mrs. Robert Saith, 310 Fairview avenue. | Mrs. Ernest Von Ammon, 420 Elder i Lane. Mrs. George D. Wolf, 625 Willow |' street. | District No. 3--Mrs. | Wilson, Captain. District No. 4--Mrs. Rogers Sher- | man, Captain. (Continued on page four) Charles R. | | THAT 1919 LICENSE? Chief of Police Peterson To Institute Delin- Campaign to "Bring In" quent Motorists Winnetka motorists who continue to operate their cars. with the 1918 license plates attached are doing so in violation of the state law and at the risk of immediate prosecution. Should any autoist consider the mat- ter of securing the 1919 license plate for his machine indifferently, he has best read the {following letter to Chief of Police Peterson from Louis L. Emmerson, Illinois Secretary of State. Chief Peterson has promised jto comply immediately with the re- quest set forth in the communication land a "drive" on delinquent car own- [ers is to be instituted immediately. March 25, 1919 Chief of Police, Winnetka, Illinois. Dear Sir: -- {This office is receivirg daily many letters of inquiry and protest regard- ing motorists operatiny automobiles with 1918 numbers in violation of the law. As the General Assembly has not provided me with sufficient funds to send paid investigators into all parts of the state, I am appealing to you in behalf of those interested in law en- forcement and good roads to use your office to the end that such viola- tions are speedily adjusted. I feel confident that a word from 'you to the press, stating that those guilty will be prosecuted, will in a measure bring about the desired re- sult. Anticipating your favorable con- sideration of this appeal, I am Yours very truly, Louis LIL. Emmerson, Secretary of State. CHARLES H. KREGER TO RESIDE IN WINNETKA Charles H. Kreger formerly of Momence, Illinois, has moved to Win- netka and will reside with his aunts the Misses Kreger at 1040 Oak street. Mrs. Kreger who was Mis: Nora Pearl Law, of Momence, died of pneumonia Sunday, March 19. Mr. Kreger is a brother of Paul R. Kreger of Winnetka. PRICE FIVE CENTS i he a ai Sa Jo - AUTOIST! HOW ABOUT 3g a