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32 WINNETKA TALK April 24, 1926 Change Festival Music Competition Award Plan If there is any one who is musically gifted in Winnetka--gifted at least as a composer--the Chicago North Shore Festival association is offering to that person an opportunity to win $500 and a lot of fame. For next season the as- sociation has decided to change its prize competition from a symphonic work to a cantata for children's voices. The $500 will be given to the cantata for the little folk with full orchestra accompainment, but even those who are not able to write for orchestra will have a chance: for they may submit a cantata with piano accompainment and if it is adjudged to be the best sent in they will receive $300. The work must not take longer than 20 minutes to perform, nor less than 12 minutes and it must be sent by insured parcel post to J. H. Hilton, manager of the festival, Davis street and Sheridan road, Evanston, not later than November 1, 1926. The prize-winning work will be performed at the festival next season and thereafter the association will sur- render all further control of the cantata. The full condition of the com- petition may be obtained from Mr. Hil- ton, it is explained. ARDEN SHORE DRIVE The north shore suburbs will hold a campaign for funds to benefit Arden Shore camp trom May 3 to May 10, inclusive. Mrs. Mark Cresap will be in charge of the drive for Kenilworth, Mrs. Leslie F. Gates, Wilmette; Mrs. Marcus Richards, Winnetka; Mrs. Henry Pope, Glencoe; Mrs. Harry Sel- lery, Ravinia. Mrs. Frank IL. Bellows of Kenilworth, who has been spending the winter with her son, Frank IL. Bellows, Jr. in Honolulu, sailed on the President Taft for the Orient last week. She plans an extended sojourn in China and Japan. The Road to Financial Independence lies open for anyone who will save system- atically and invest intelligently. An investment of $100 or more makes it possible for you to participate in the owner- ship of Che ORRINGTON Hotel property to obtain your rightful share of the profits Write Today for Our Booklet: "YOUR RIGHTFUL SHARK OF THE PROFITS" Telephones--Greenleaf 500, Sheldrake 0500 VICTOR C. CARLSON ORGANIZATION Inc. CARLSON BUILDING Southeast Corner of Orrington Avenue and Church Street EVANSTON OPENS NEW CHURCH Cardinal Mundelein Will Dedicate New Highwood Church Next Sun- ay The new St. James church and school at Highwood, will be dedicated by His Eminence, George Cardinal Mundelein, D. D., next Sunday, April 25, at 3 o'clock the The High- wood parish was for many years a mis- sion of the Immaculate Conception church of Highland Park, but in 1912 Reverend Simon J. Gates was appoint- ed as the first resident pastor, a charge in afternoon. which he kept until his death in August, 1924. In October, Reverend Francis J. Magner, Ph. D., was appointed pastor and under his direction the parish has undergone a remarkable development, both in numbers and in achievement. The old church was soon to small and Father Magner at once set out to build not only a church, but a school, a plan which was heartily welcomed by his parishioners. Today, St. James parish boasts of a modern church that seats over 500, a six-room school house, a parish house and school hall, the lat- ter being made by renovating the old church. All these buildings are of brick construction. Formerly of Wilmette St. James parish is the first pastorate of Father Magner, who previously was an assistant at St. Pius and St. Mel's in Chicago and at St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette. Since coming to High- wood, Father Magner has been as- sisted by the Jesuit Fathers from Loyola university, by whom he was educated. His Eminence, after blessing the church, will administer the sacrament of Confirmation to a class of over one hundred children and adults. Cardinal Mundelein will also make the address. The St. James Men's club and the Boy Scouts of the parish, together with the Ladies' Tabernacle society and the Children of Mary have charge of ar- rangements and the decoration of the church. A guard of honor will be composed of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of the Wilmette and Lake Forest Councils. Start Construction on High School Gym Soon Construction on New Trier High school's new gymnasium, the second unit in the building program which is under way at the school, will be started in 'the near future, it was announced this week. The building will be on the site of the present baseball diamond and for that reason the school will have no baseball teams this spring. The power plant, which was the first unit of the group to be built has been prac- tically completed. It will go into opera- tion next fall. The new gymnasium will have a far greater seating capacity. Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Elting of Mt. Pleasant road have leased their home for the summer to the William H. Rehms of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Elting, their sons, Victor, Jr. and Winston, who attend Princeton uni- versity, and their youngest son, John, will pass the summer months at Huron Mountain, Mich. pa Mrs. Joan Stuart, dauchter of the John Stuarts of Hubard Woods, after attending the recent Princeton prom, ioined her grandmother, Mrs. Robert Cluett, at Pinehurst, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. John Stuart returned to their home a fortnight ago. Anita Willits Burnham gave a pro- eram for the Disabled Veterans at Great Lakes Friday afternoon. A large group of women from the village drove up to the Naval Training station to give a party for the boys who are con- valescing. a Te