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- WINNETKA EEKLY TALK The Timely Record of Community Events ~ VOL. XII, NO. 2 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1923 --_-- TWENTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS PLAN SERVICES FOR HOLY WEEK vices Beginning Sunda MUSIC IS EMPHASIZED Rev. J. A. Richards to Give Sermons Holy week will be marked by a ser- ies of special services at the Winnetka Congregational church. There will be Palm Sunday music tomorrow at both morning and evening services, and Rev. J. A. Richards will preach both times--in the morning on "What Jesus Found at Jerusalem," and in the evening on "His Crucifixion." The morning music is as follows: Organ and violin Prelude--"To SOrIng' Sl Sees Grieg Anthem--"Palm Branches" -- Girls' Choir J. iis voit sss Faure Anthem--"Blessed Jesus, Fount of Merey .c. i e es Dvorak Solo--"Saluatation of the Dawn" .... ee naa Aer Sed fae Stevenson Anthem--*"Ride On, Ride On" ...... Candlyn Mrs. Harvey I. Brewer is the violin- ist, and the regular quartet--Olive June Lacey, soprano, Louise Harrison Slade, contralto, Cooper Lawley, ten- or, Gustaf Holmquist, bass,--will be assisted by the Girls' choir. Evening Program The evening music includes a solo-- "Ride On In Majesty," by Scott; a violin offertory, and a solo, "O, Loving Father," by Del Riego. Miss Lacey will be the soloist and Miss Katherine Hamilton the violin- . Service on Tuesday Tuesday morning at 10:15 o'clock Mr. Richards will give the last of his series of talks on "Christian Funda- mentals," in the Neighborhood room; subject for the week being "The Life Beyond." uesday evening at 8 o'clock in the church there will be brief worship with address by Mr. Richards on "The Place of Jesus in Religion." Thrusday evening at 8 o'clock in the church there will be the Celebration of the . Communion in the spirit of the Up- per Room. Mr. Holmquist will sing. Good Friday Service Good Friday at 8 o'clock there will be a special service of prayer and silent meditation. All the people of Winnetka, wheth- er or not connected with any church, are welcome to all these services. One Month Minus Fires; Two Fires in One Day From February 19 to March 19 Win- netka was free from fires. But at the end of that period two calls end- ed the month's vacation and brought the big fire truck out of its long re- tirement. An overheated furnace in the home of Scott Joy, Sheridan road and Wil- low streets, was responsible for the first run since the middle of February. The fire was confined to the chimney and no damage resulted. The five-year-old child of Mrs and Mrs. George F. Dougall played with fire last Tuesday and started a blaze in the Dougall apartment at 872 Pine street. The fire department was call- ed but the flames had already been extinguished when the firemen ar- rived. There was little damage. Petition Park District For Clay Tennis Courts Clay tennis courts for Winnetka are the object of a petition to the Winnetka Park district now being circulated in the village. . A copy of the petition has been placed in the foyer of the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank. While Winngtka has several lawn ten- nis courts, the petition expressly requests clay courts. The Park district is pe- titioned to establish and maintain such courts. BUNCO PARTY TONIGHT Members of Winnetka Lodge, No. 6442, Modern Woodmen of America, are to hold a Bunco and Euchre party this evening at Community House at 8:30 o'clock. The affair will be for the benefit of "a neighbor," it is an- nounced. Refreshments will be served. fen's Sunday Morning class," n anouncement, "finds the nar- of Jesus' life packed fuller of hing as it approaches its close. s own words occupy more of the pace. His lessons increase in inten- sity. For Sunday, March 25, there is a long passage containing such rich material as the parable of The Rich Fool, The Faithful Steward, The Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son. The verses are packed with the teachings on which has been built for ages the structure of Chirstian thought. "Throughout the words there is an increasing spiritual intensity. Jesus is emphasizing at every opportunity and in every conceivable way the things of the spirit as against the things of sense. : : "All will find much of interest in the Gospel of Luke 12: 1-17:10. The discussion will be as usual in the Neighborhood room of Community House at 9:30 o'clock. CHILD ACTORS REAL ARTISTS Horace Mann Children Play Difficult Roles Two plays of unusual interest were presented Wednesday of this week by Horace Mann school pupils before a large audience of class mates and parents. The Assembly hall of the school was colorful with small Egyptians, Arabians and Turks, none of whom were over 9 years of age. One group presented the story of "Rebecca and Isaac," and the other the Arabian tale of Mullika. Both plays were full of racial costumes and life of the ancient people whom the children haye been studying. The little actors seemed thoroughly at home in the subject matter, and played with much zest. The plays were presented by the pupils of Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Stokes, with the co-operation of Miss Douglas Whitehead, supervisor of dramatics, and Soren Ostergaard, principal of Horace Mann school. Part of Series There are two of a series of Histori- cal and Geographical plays growing out of class subjects. Thursday of this week at 1:30 o'clock, the pupils of Miss Michaels fourth grade presented a dainty Eng- lish musical fantasy, "The Enchanted Garden." The Flower fairies, the Por- celaine people, Cupid, and the Toy Clowns were especially effective. Nan- cy, the little leading lady, won the audience with her winsome simplicity. Miss Whitehead directed the play, Miss Michaels took charge of the music, and Miss Rolence, playground director, trained the dancers. Voters League Explains Our Village Government Wednesday, March 28, is the date set for the Symposium on the govern- ment of the Village of Winnetka to be conducted by the Winnetka League of Women Voters in the interest of the newly-enfranchised women voters of the village. It is the purpose of the Winnetka league to present to the Women vot- ers a comprehensive view of the dif- ferent phases of the Village govern- ment and its workings, so that inter- est may be aroused in the forthcom- ing and other Village elections. The symposium will be held at the Winnetka Woman's club at 3 o'clock. Mrs. William G. Hibbard is chairman, and Mrs. Walter Fisher, vice chair- man of the committee which has been appointed to conduct the study. Camp Fire Girls Offer Sale of Choice Foods When the Winnetka Camp Fire Girls put their shoulders to the wheel or their hands to the making of bis- cuits, pies, cakes or candies, the ef- fort unusally produces something worth-while. The Food Sale which they are now planning for the Saturday after Eas- ter, April 7--will be no exception to this rule. The girls are working to make this the most attractive sale of goodies yet offered by them, and Win- netka housewives who want to have their Saturday's baking done for them are asked to come to Community House, on April 7, in the morning. HALT BUSINESS ON GOOD FRIDAY Practically Every Winnetka Store to Close Between 12 and 3 o'Clock THREE HOUR SERVICE Christ Church Sponsors An- nual Custom Virtually every business place in Win- netka will be closed between the hours of 12, noon, and 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday, March 30, in accord- ance with a custom inaugurated several years ago at the instance of Christ Episcopal chureh. Stores that are clos- ed will have placed in the windows or doorways large posters bearing the ac- companying inscription : "CLOSED, between the hours of 12 and 3 on the afternoon of GOOD FRI- DAY, March 30, in commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Three hour services beginning at noon in Christ church, Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue," Invited To Service The business men are especially in- vited to attend the three hour service at Christ church that afternoon. Holy Week services at Christ church will comprise the celebration of Holy Communion each morning and evening prayer observances at 5 o'clock. Maundy Thursday will be observed with several services and Good Friday, in addition to the afternoon three-hour service, will witness a sacred cantata rendered by the choir of the church. Holy Week Program » The Holy Week program will be as follows : Monday--10 A. M. Holy Communion; 5 P. M. Evening Prayer. Tuesday--7:30 A. M. Holy Communion; 5 P. M. Evening Prayer. Wednesday--10 A. M. Holy Commun- ion; 5 P. M. Evening Prayer. Maundy Thursday--7:30 A. M. Holy Communion; 11 A. M. Bible class in the rector's study: 4:30 P. M. Chil- dren's service;"8 P. M. Holy Com- munion and address in commemora- tion of the institution of the Lord's Supper, Good Friday--10 A. M . Morning Prayer; 12 to 3 P. M. Passion serv- ice in the church; 8 P. M. Sacred Can- tata in the church. Faster Even--10 A. M. Holy Commun- ion; 4 P. M. Holy Baptism in the church. "Life-Sized" Boats Made In Skokie School Shops Quality may. come in small pack- ages but there are at least four Win- netka school boys who believe in working man-seized projects. Under the direction of Charles Kinney, direc- tor of shop work, four of the lads in the manual training department are devoting their time to building "life- sized" row boats and canoes. The boys are Billy Isom, Charles Epper- hart, Norman Dally and Ralph Johan- sen. The Winnetka Weekly Talk now maintains an OFFICE at 564 Lincoln Avenue "WINNETKA PRINTING With Gilbert D. Johnson Real Estate" BEGIN ENLARGEMENT OF COMMUNITY HOUSE Seven building permits, represent- ing investments amounting to $93,100, were issued by Erwin E. Dames, sup- erintendent of public works, last week. An addition to the Winnetka Com- munity House at 620 Lincoln avenue was authorized by the official. The new building will have a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 146 feet. Sev- en rooms will be provided for in the brick and tile addition which will be built at a cost of $60,000. The next largest permit of the week was granted to Henry J. Klauke who will build a store, office and apart- ment building at 911-917 Linden ave- nue. The new building will be of brick construction and will have an estimated cost of $22,000. B. G. Steele received a permit to erect a frame residence at 1508 Asbury avenue at a cost of $8,000. A $7,000 frame resi- dence will be constructed at 1418 Scott avenue by Edward Brochu. Permits for the building of private garages were issued to Claude C. El- lis, 1067 Vine street; Frank O. Neu- bacher, 792 Walden road, and William Salmen, 964 Spruce street. MASONIC LODGE SESSION TODAY Degree Work and Dinner on Schedule "Work in the Winnetka Masonic lodge is getting so heavy," reads an announcement, "it is decided to hold a special meeting this afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock to work on third de- grees. Work will continue until 6 o'clock when a special banquet din- ner will be served at the Community House and work resumed at 7 o'clock." Commenting on the banquet, the au- thor of the announcement states: "Our present stewards are noted for their culinary genuis, so members had better come and enjoy themselves." Initiations were recently given by the lodge on Harley C. Mitchell, George W. Hufton, Buckingham Chandler, Frank O. Neubacher, and Thomas S. McKeown. Work on the new Masonic temple on Elm street is progessing rapidly and it 's expected the structure will be under roof within a month. From that date the work will prog- ress still more rapidly and it will not be long before the lodge will be in full working order in the new home. Members of the lodge, who have not received their certificates, have been asked to confer with Mr, Battey. Many visitors from other lodges have been attending the Winnetka lodge meetings, which has been very gratifying to the local members. Furniture Hauling and March Zephers in Clash William Scully of the Scully Trans- fer company, with offices in Prouty An- next, last week experienced the thrills attendant upon North Dakota weather. It happened last Saturday when Willigm. and a corps of men, including David Wood and Harvey Truedell, propelled two great van loads of fur- niture to De Kalb, Ill. Nine miles short of their destination the crew encountered impassable snow drifts and, while they were debating upon the most feasible procedure, a genuine blizzard hove that way and settled the caravan for good. Eventually the men found it possible to get the furniture to De Kalb by means of conveying light loads. In all they were stranded in the drifts for two days. "Which goes to prove that you never can tell anything about the month of March," Bill comments ruefully. INJURED IN SCHCOL SHOP Arthur Johnston, seventh grade pu- pil, caught his finger in the gears of the printing press at the Skokie school last week. Although the in- jury was not serious it resulted in the loss of the nail. SPRING VACATION School children of Winnetka will rejoice next week. Why? = Because the Winnetka schools are closed for the annual Spring vacation. School will resume a week from Monday. , NO MOVIES NEXT FRIDAY Because of the Good Friday observ- ances the regular Friday evening mo- tion picture program at Community House will be omitted on Friday, March 30. CALL CITIZENS 0 TOWN PARLEY Annual New Trier Town Meeting Scheduled to be Held on April 3 A UNIQUE GATHERING Session Devoid of Election This Year BY LELAND V. PIERSON (Town Clerk) The citizens of the Town of New Trier will turn back to a relic of colonial days when they assemble in the annual town meeting next month. The meeting this year, which is set by law for April 3, will be held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Win- netka Community House. Ordinarily, the Town meeting and the election of Town officers are held the same day, but there being no officers to elect, the meeting will be the only activity of a political nature occuring in the Town on this date. One of the electors present will be chosen as Moderator, more common- ly known as Chairman, and the meet- ing will then proceed to hear the re- ports of the various Town officials. In the early days, as mentioned before, the Town meeting was a most im- portant affair, as it was at this gath- ering that the citizens met, discussed and conducted the business of the Town. Questions which were then of great moment to the residents have now to a large extent diminished in importance and little ,if any, thought or attention is given to the meetings held today. The attendance is usually limited to the Town officers, those who by chance happen to be at the meeting place, and a few ultra-patri- otic citizens who make the effort to be present. While this situation is to be regretted, there seems to be nc remedy for conditions 'existing to- day which have caused the change. . Seek Large Attendance The election laws require the Town Clerk to post notices of the annual meeting in each election district 'in the Town, as well as to print a like notice in a newpaper circulated in the Town, and in the past complaint has been made that the newpapers place their news items on the front pages and hide away the paid notices in the inside, where the busy reader fails to comprehend their importance. The Clerk, therefore, has requested the publishers of the local papers to give this article a conspicuous place in the present issue ,in order that the unifor- mation may have as widespread circu- lation as possible. It is hoped that a goodly number of New Trier citizens both men and women, will arrange to attend the meeting this year. Explains Pictorial Work To Horace Mann Teachers Mrs. Dwight Green gave the teach- ers of the Horace Mann school at their regular meeting Tuesday of this week, an enlightning talk on the work of preparing pictorial, illustrative material for the use of the teachers in instructing the children. Mrs. Greene has for two years done very effective work as chairman of the Cabinet committee of the Horace Mann school. Members of this com- mittee meet regularly every, other Tuesday for the purpose of cutting out pictures from the National Geo- graphic and other magazines, mount- ing them on card boards and filing them so they are readily available for use by the teachers. Merchants Banish Care at Informal Dinner-dance An evening of genuine pleasure mark- ed the dinner-dance given Monday of this week by the New Trier Commercial association at Robinson's restaurant at Wilmette. There was an unusually good aftend- ance and the Vagabond dance orchestra did itself proud in providing the harm- ony for those who enjoy the "steps." Officials at Sessions of Water Works Ass'n Village manager H. I. Woolhiser and Harold Bohnen, superintendent of Electrical distribution, this week attended the convention of the Amer- ican Water Works association at De- catur, Ill. : The officials returned to Winnetka on Friday.