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November 7, 1925 WINNETKA TALK DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS PREMIERE WEDNESDAY Community Players to Offer "Old Lady 31" as First Play of Biggest Season The Community Players of the Win- netka Community Drama club will open their season Wednesday evening, November 11, at 8:15 o'clock in the Rudolph Matz hall at Community House. . The play to be presented is "Old Lady 31," by Rachael Crothers. It will be repeated Thursday evening, November 12. The theme of the play is love. The author leaves no doubt about it, for there are three rove stories interwoven. The main plot deals with the love of HOLD ARMISTICE STAG Winnetka Legionnaires Hold Dinner Wednesday Night; Install New Of- ficers; Award Badges The Armistice night dinner of Win- netka Post, No. 10, American Legion, will be held on Armistice night, No- vember 11, at the residence of Mrs. Behm on Milwaukee avenue. The dinner is open only to paid-up mem- bers of the Winnetka Legion post and other ex-service men who are their guests. Announcement was first made that the dinner would be held November 7, [but as many of the legionnaires expect Ito see "Red" in the game between Illinois and Chicago on that day and as, moreover, November 7 is the date of the "fake armistice," it has been decided to hold the dinner on the date of the real armistice. All members of Post No. 10 who (1 - & NOV. //,/2. "OLD LADY 312 4 bi RACHAEL CROTHERS Tf [} 2£C 20,27. "WHY THE CHIMES RANG. 47 FEB.12,/3. "THE PIPER S JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY MARCH 12,13. THE INTIMATE STRANGERSZ3y y BOOTH TARKINGTON APRIL 16,/7 "TILLIE OF BLOOMS! 1A, BURY -- IN HAY id MEMBERSHE Ot L CONRIUNITY HOUSE Winnetka. lll. an aged couple faced with separation; he to go to the poor house, she to the old ladies' home. The subplots are built on two pairs of lovers, one middle-aged, the other young. These furnish abundant opportunity for dramatic contrast. The blooming Mary, whose father is a director of the home, comes often to steal a chat with her carpenter lover, who is putting on a new roof over the old ladies. It is forbidden, this prepos- terous courtship, but young hearts are wiser than old heads. The middle- aged Blossy, who has refused the persistent Samuel Darby for 20 years, because she doesn't like the set of his wig and the mole on the end of his nose, scandilizes the home by her flirtations with---- but this shall not be divulged. Besides these six lovers, there are the four self-appointed censors of the home and Mike, the man of all work who hates women. In the background hover the other 'inmates." Humor and pathos vie with each other. The scene of the sform is highly dramatic, and gives chance for some fine acting. he time of the events is. 1860, a period of hoopskirts and tight lacing. But "Old Lady 31" does not follow the mode. The reason why is one of the surprises of the play. Members of the club will be ad- mitted on presentation of their season tickets. Membership tickets will be on sale at the door, as will be also sirigle admission for the general public. Christ Church Announces Services and Meetings Especially interesting services and meetings in Christ church parish for Sunday, November 8, and the ensuing week were announced at the rector's study this week. The program fol- lows: Sunday music program-- Organ numbers at 10 :40--Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2, Chopin; Reverie, Dick- inson. At 11 o'clock--Te Deum in B. Minor, Buck; Anthem--"O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness," Hollins; solos by Edwin McCready and J. W. Macy; Postlude--Fantasie in F., Pol- eri, Church school at 9:30 and 11 o'clock. Church school choir rehearsal at 9 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Girl Scout meeting Saturday morn- wish to go to the dinner are urged to buy their tickets at once as res- ervations must be made by Monday,, November 9. Tickets may be ob- tained of T. J. Lynch, A. C. F. Gedge, A. L.. McNamara, Marcus D. Richards, Ray Kloepfer or E. R. Lewis. | Past commander badges will be pre- sented to all the past commanders and the new officers will be inducted into office. The new officers are as follows: Edward R. Lewis, post commander; Robert A. Bryant, first vice-com- mander; Arthur C. F. Gedge, second- vice-commander ; A. L. McNamara, ad- jutant; Robert Hofler, second ad- jutant; Edwin Hale, finance officer; Eugene Greco, sergeant-at-arms; Mar- cus D. Richards, service officer; Fred- erick O. Mason, historian. Those who will get badges are R. W. Harden- burgh, Jacob M. Dickinson, Jr., Harold W. Snell and Irving Odell. Thomas J. Lynch, who has just ended two years as commander of the post, re- ceived his badge last year. Name N. L. Howard President of Great Railroad Company Nathaniel I. Howard of Foxdale avenue, formerly of 644 Walden road, was this week elected president of the Great Western railroad to succeed S. M. Felton, who has become chairman of the board of directors of the com- pany. Mr. Howard, who is 41 years of age, is said to be the youngest railroad president in the United States. He is married and has lived in Winnetka for three years. He is a member of the Sunset Ridge Country club. Mr. Howard graduated from West Point in 1907 and went from school to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad as civil engineer. At the out- set of America's entrance into the World war he went overseas as Lieu- tenant Colonel with the 13th Engineers, a Chicago regiment. He was soon pro- moted to the rank of colonel and com- manded a regiment throughout the war. Returning to the United States Mr. Howard was named assistant to the Federal manager of the Burlington railroad, and later became general su- perintendent of the Burlington at St. Louis. For the past 18 months he has been general manager of the Union Station company in Chicago. Mr. Howard is a brother of Hubert E. Howard of 643 Walden road. TEMPLE CLUB PLANS PARTY A delightful evening is anticipated at the Winnetka Masonic temple Fridav evening, November 20, when the Temple club will give a bridge and five hundred party. Prizes will be given for both games. The evening will start with a musical program which will begin at 8:30 o'clock, after which the guests will play cards and re- ing at 10 o'clock. freshments will be served. You'll Like Him! i ert B. J. Lee Rosberg, expert advertising salesman and printing estimator, who has been an associate of Mr. Inx for three years, started this week to make the field of the WinneErka TALk his special interest and concern. Mr. Rosberg is not new to Winnetka and Hubbard Woods, since he has covered the territory regularly in the interests of those who have had printing to be done. He might well be styled a seasoned youngster; 28 years of age, married and brimful of ambition. He has been a resident of the north shore since early childhood so may be said to be thoroughly at home in the vicin- ity. His headquarters will be at 564 Lincoln avenue, the WINNETKA TALK offices. Friends, permit us to intro- duce Mr. Rosberg. We know you'll like him! Hubbard Woods Has First P.T. A. Meet of Current Season The Parent-Teacher Association of Hubbard Woods, will hold its first meeting of the year at the school, Tuesday afternoon, November 10. The parents will visit the class rooms from 1 to 3 o'clock, and each room is hold- ing a contest, endeavoring to secure a 100 percent attendance of mothers. At 3 o'clock a general meeting will be held in the new Assembly hall. Wil- lard Beatty, principal of Skokie. school, will talk on "The Hero Age in Chil- den's Literature." Tea will be served during the social hour following the meeting. The association's directing personnel for the current season has been an- nounced as follows: Principal, Marion Caswell; school chairman, Mrs. War- ren W. Shoemaker. Teachers and corresponding grade chairmen: Fourth grade, Miss Dam- burg--Mrs. A. S. Webbe, chairman; First grade, Mrs. Barnett--Mrs Car- roll Kendricks, chairman; Fifth grade, Miss McNamara--Mrs. Stewart Wes- ton; Third grade, Miss Smith--Mrs. Stanley Farwell and Mrs. Paul B. Welch, chairmen; Sixth grade, Cox--Mrs. W. W. Raub, chairman; Second grade, Mrs. Bock--Mrs. Walter Bachrach and Mrs. Wirt Farlet, chair- man; Second grade, Mrs. Hughes-- Mrs. Ryland Wolcott and Mrs. Thomas Hearne, chairmen; Third grade, Miss Graham--Mrs. Wilbur P. Thiele, chair- man; Second grade, Miss Swartz--Mrs. Robert S. Hammond and Mrs. Sidney Bartlett, chairmen; Fourth grade, Miss Fox--Mrs. Charles D. Nicholls and Mrs. Erskine Wilder, chairmen; Sixth grade, Miss Houck--Mrs. George M. McConnell, chairman Sixth grade, Mrs. Bernhard--Mrs. Jerry Rothschild, chairman; Kindergarten, Miss Weedon --Mrs. Carroll Ridgway, Mrs. A. R. Sutter and Mrs. C. A. Aldirch, chair- men; First grade, Miss Van Cleve-- Mrs. Marcus Richards, chairman. Physical director, Miss Margaret Carswell; social chairman, Mrs. Rob- Brown. SERMON TO TOUCH ON CHURCH CONFERENCE Rev. James Richards to Give Ad- dress That Will Also be Ap- propriate to Armistice The good sportmanship of a crowd in which the minority was willing not only to accept but to meet fully the wishes of the majority, was an out- standing impression of the recent meeting of the National Council of Congregational churches, in Washing- ton, D. C., according to the Rev. James Austin Richards, minister of the Win- netka Congregational church, just re- cently returned from the conferences. "There was apparent also a determ- ination to simplify denominational machinery," he said. "The council did not attempt to think for the churches; it recorded the thinking the churches had already done. And the council tried to express historic religion in modern terms, fearlessly applying it to current problems." In his sermon Sunday morning, No- vember 8, Mr. Richards will give a little idea of how the great Church council does business, and will speak more fully on the interesting "Social Creed" adopted at this last meeting. The Christian attitude toward war expressed in that creed is regarded as an especially fitting subject for this particular Sunday, so near Armistice day. ' Tuesday Lecture Popular The first of the new series of Tues- day morning lectures was given by Mr. Richards last Tuesday in the Neigh- borhood room of Community House. A large attendance testified to the popularity of Mr. Richards as a lec- turer. The subject of "Jeremiah and his Times" may seem, at first thought, like an attempt to call up an unat- tractive figure from a dim and distant past, but Mr. Richards, it is explained, reveals those times to be quite as complicated and thrilling as our own, and Jeremiah a heroic figure fully as interesting and influential as any modern leader. These lectures are open to the pub- lic, and it is not necessary to be present at every meeting in order to enjoy the series, it is announced, though, of course, there are advan- tages in regular attendance. To be on hand a little before 10 o'clock will be a help to speaker and audience, it is suggested. Alter Bus Schedule for Pupils of Skokie School Announcement of a change in sched- ules of the Skokie school busses was made by Principal Willard W. Beatty this week. The new schedules will be as follows: N 1--Burr and Gage, 8 o'clock: Scott and Green Bay, 8:04; Lincoln and Tower, 8:09; Pine and Sheridan, 8:14. S 4 Wilson and Hawthorne, 8:24. N 2--Asbury and Vernon, 8:36: Scott and Euclid, 8:42; Tower and Gordon, 8:47. S 1--Willow and Walnut, 8 o'clock; Hill and Ridge, 8:05. S 2--Ridge and Willow, 8:15; Sun- set and Myrtle, 8:22. S 3--Cedar and Elm, 8:36; Greeley school. 8:40; Sheridan and Elder, 8:43; Willow and Poplar, 8:47. Fred Schwall Purchases Local Electrical Shop John C. Welter, former owner of the North Shore Electric shop, 554 Center street, has left to become vice president and treasurer of the Electri- cal Ice Machine Manufacturing com- pany, Chicago. He has been in busi- ness in Winnetka for the past nine years. The shop has been purchased by Fred Schwall, who was formerly in the taxi business.