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April 24, 1926 WINNETKA TALK IMPROVEMENTS BOARD APPROVES WIDENING Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street Project Acted Upon at Hearing Tuesday At the public hearing held by the Board of Local Improvements Tuesday evening of this week a resolution to widen Winnetka avenue and Wilson street near their intersection was passed by the board, over protests by a group of property owners in the vi- cinity. The action came at the close of the hearing after lengthy arguments for and against the proposed improve- ment. The matter has been under considera- tion by the board for some time. It was first advocated by the Indian Hill Improvement association, which called attention to the dangerous condition at the intersection of Winnetka avenue and Wilson street. The plan as adopted in the resolution is to widen Wilson street for a distance of 283 feet north of the intersection, to round off the corner at the intersection, and to widen the north side of Winnetka avenue to east Bertling lane and the south side east to Warwick road. * Would Widen Walks Another part of the proposed im- provement will be the widening of the sidewalk on the north side of the street and the paving of Temple court. The objectors to the plan argued that cars would be parked along Winnetka ave- nue when it is widened, and that there would be great danger of children be- ing struck as they ran out from behind the parked cars. Under the proposed plan Winnetka avenue would be 22 feet wider than it is at present. It is the feeling of the board and of a majority of the residents in the Indian Hill sec- tion that Winnetka avenue is an im- portant traffic artery through the vil- lage and that it will be even more traveled when the new through high- way is built. Open Music Week Here With Program on May 2 The fifth annual observance of Na- tional Music Week will begin Sunday, May 2. The opening exercises will take place on Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Matz hall, Community House. Many of Winnetka's organizations will take part in the program. Groups from the various churches and schools will sing, and Rabbi Harvey Wessel will give a brief address. National Music Week is the out- growth of many local music weeks held in all parts of the country. It is a na- tional expression of the love of music and sign of the ever-increasing appresi- ation of its value to the individual and to the nation. National Music Week is an emphasizing of these facts. In next week's WINNETKA TALK will be printed the full program of the numbers to be presented at the initial meeting Sunday evening, May 2. A cordial invitation is issued to every member of the community to be pres- ent. Offers Alternate Plan for New Fire Station Village Manager H. I.. Woolhiser re- ported on plans for the new fire sta- tion at the meeting of the Village coun- cil held Tuesday evening of this week. He also presented two alternate sketches by S. S. Beeman, the archi- tect who drew the original plans for the remodeling of the old Village hall into a fire station. One sketch was that of the original plan drawn by Mr. Bee- man and the other was the sketch of a building more on the order of the new Service yard structures. The mat- ter has been taken under considera- tion bv the public buildings and greunds committee. Men of Township to Enjoy Dinner at High School Preceding the final meeting of the New Trier high school Parent-Teacher association Friday evening, April 30, there will be a dinner at 6 o'clock for certain representative men's groups of the township. These groups will in- clude the Glencoe Men's club, Win- netka Rotary club, Wilmette Rotary club, Wilmette Optimists club, and other organized groups from Wilmette and Kenilworth. Entertainment will be furnished by New Trier students and teachers. This is to be a testimonial meeting given by the members of the various clubs for the High school board members and the Parent-Teacher officers. Edward J. Phelps will speak for the School board. The Rev. James Austin Richards will speak for the clubs represented at the meeting. Following this dinner will come, at 8 o'clock, the Parent-Teacher meeting. The main business of this meeting will be the election of officers for the en- suing year. During the evening there will be playing by the high school band and also a debate on the subject, "The Open Shop," by students of New Trier and Proviso high schools. At the close of the debate the parents will be re- ceived in the mess hall by teachers and advisers. Winnetka Composer Will Attend Biennial in East In the music accompanying the mov- ing picture, "The Big Parade," now being shown, "Sweet Little Woman O'Mine" by Mrs. Floy Little Bart- lett, of Winnetka is used as the "mother" theme. Carrie Jacobs Bond, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, Gena Branscomb, Louise Ayers Garnett of Evanston, and Floy Little Bartlett, are among the very few women who have been asked, and are scheduled to appear and present their compositions at the annual Biennial of Women's Clubs at Atlantic City in early June. Historical Song Minia- tures and Etiquette songs by Mrs. Bartlett will be sung by a New York artist. Northwestern, Skokie Bands to Give Concert A joint band concert by the North- western university band -and the Skokie school band will be given at the Skokie school auditorium, Friday evening, May 7, at 7:30 o'clock. Edward J. Meltzer is director of both bands. This is the first year of the Skokie school band, but under the able leadership of Pro- fessor Meltzer it has been making rap- id progress and the public will have '| this opportunity of hearing 'the youth-* ful musicians. The Northwestern uni- versity band, well known foriits abil- ity, will give the principle part of the program, it is said. The proceeds from the small admission fee will go to the two bands. Legion Post Will Stage Minstrel Show and Dance Members of the Winnetka American Legion Post No. 10 will stage a dance and minstrel show in Rudolph Matz hall, Community House, on May 12 and 13. Besides the show there will be one or two specialty acts, it is announced. The show will begin at 8:15 o'clock and will continue until 9:30, after which there will be dancing until 12 o'clock. Twenty-seven members of the post are in the cast of the show which is under the direction of Jack Higgins, well known on the north shore for his suc- cess with entertainments for the Ouil- mette Country club and the Lake For- est Fost of the American Legion. District Governor Photo by - Charles W. Ward, executive secre- tary of the alumni association 'of Northwestern university, was elected governor of the Fortieth district of Rotary International at the confer- ence in Evanston Tuesday. Guy Stuart Bailey Is Injured by Motor Truck Guy Stuart Bailey, 747 Lincoln ave- nue, was severely injured Tuesday of this week when he was crushed against a wall by a motor truck. The accident occurred at his place of business in Chicago. He was taken to St. An- thony's hospital, where it was learned that both legs were broken above the ankles.. Reports late in the week in- dicated that he was progressing as well as could be expected. Mr. Bailey is well known to Winnetka residents hav- ing long been prominent in amatenr dramatic circles here and elsewhere. Sponsor Concert to Swell Funds for the Mary Clubs Mrs. William Sherman Hay, Mrs. Harold Ickes, and Mrs. B. F. Lang- worthy are among the patronesses who are sponsoring the concert given by the Mendelsshon club at Orchestra hall May 4, to raise funds for the Mary clubs. The Mary clubs, one in Evanston and one on the west side of Chicago, were founded at the suggestion of, and named for, Judge Mary Bartelme. They house girls and young women coming, ;under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile court. "LENAS" HAVE THEIR DAY "Leapin' Lenas," a whole section of them, the most battered Fords on the Northwestern university campus, will be a feature of the annual circus parade to be staged Saturday morning, May 1, at 11 o'clock, in Evanston. The North- western university circus is an annual event and bids fair to outclass all other performances this year, it is said. A cup is to be awarded the most delapi- dated and ridiculous appearing Ford in the parade. aR HOLD KENILWORTH DAY Next Sunday, April 25, will be Kenil- worth day at the second annual art exhibit now being held by the North Shore Art league in Rudolph Matz hall, Community House, Winnetka. Residents of Kenilworth are especially invited to attend the exhibition at this time. The exhibition will be held from 2 until 5 o'clock in the afternoon" Village Common." ~~ = = INAUGURATE PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 31 J. M. Dickinson, Jr., Issues Ap- peal to Legionnaires to Join in Observances J. M. Dickinson, Jr., past com- mander of Winnetka Post No. 10, of the American Legion, in a letter to members of the Post relative to plans for the observance of Memorial day in Winnetka, announces that the Legion's activities at this year's cer- emonies will be "more thoroughly organized than in the past. His letter, which is a strong appeal, not only to Legion members but to all patriotic citizens to participate, follows: : "For more than fifty years Memo- rial or Decoration Day ceremonies have been observed in this country. With a small beginning at Columbus, Miss., in the years immediately fol- lowing the close of the Civil War, when the graves of Union and Con- federate soldiers alike were decorated bv thespeople of that city, the day has come to have a national significance. "For many years the citizens of Win- netka have taken this occasion to gather 'upon the Village common and join in a patriotic ceremony and tribute to those soldiers who have died in the wars of our country. "The Winnetka Post of the Amer- ican Legion has for the past six years taken a principal part in those cer- emonies. The Legion has considered it a duty and a pleasure to join in paying tribute to the dead. It has considered it a patriotic duty to turn out in a body in order to make the occasion more impressive. "With the desire that the Post per- form its duty better than in the past, the Executive committee has requested Gilbert H. Scribner to arrange the program for the Legion's participation, and has requested the undersigned to secure a full attendance of members and to invite veterans of all wars and of other patriotic organizations to join with us. i : "Realizing that many have failed to join us in the past because of lack of sufficient notice or lack of articles of uniform, T take this occasion to invite you early. } "Monday, May 31, is the day. Twa o'clock in the afternoon is the hour of assembly for the American Legion. The yard north of the Community House is the place of assembly. That is only six weeks ahead. Paste the enclosed memorandum on your mirror so vou can't forget. : "As it is expected that the Legion's activity at this year's ceremonies will be more thoroughly organized than in the past, you are requested to an- swer on the enclosed form. You will note the space for requisition for ar- ticles of uniform. The Post will en- deavor to supply a limited number of articles for those who will promise to attend. "Please answer immediately, in order to obviate the necessity of another let- ter. If you do not believe in Memo- rial Day ceremonies, tell us so, in order that we will not bother you again. But first consider that there are active and canable individuals and organizations who are constantly striving to undermine patriotism and even destroy respect for our soldier dead. And remember that we Amer- icans, im our desire to avoid sentimens tality, are sometimes inclined to go to the extreme of suppressing all senti- ment. To many it seems as though we do not care. To the next genera- tion our attitude is of vital significance. Enthusiastic extremists are striving c to break down the senti- ments that we hold dear. We ask you to join with us for a couple of hours in our annual tribute to the honored dead and patriotic ceremony on the