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WINNETKA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV. NO. 34 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 30, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS OPEN CAMPAIGN FOR WAR MEMORIAL FUND H. A. deWindt Heads Finance Committee to Raise $37,000 for Monument by November 11 The campaign to raise funds to com- plete the Winnetka memorial to the men from this village who gave their lives in the World war was launched at a community meeting Wednesday | evening of this week held in the Vil-! lage council chambers. C. Howells Coffin, president of the Village Im- provement association, presided and introduced George B. Massey as gen- eral chairman of the committee of fifty which is to conduct the campaign. Heyliger A. deWindt as finance chair- man, and John R. Leonard as treas- urer. : It was definitely announced that the design approved several years ago as the result of a competition, of which Samuel S. Otis is the author, had been accepted afresh and ratified by the committee. This design consists of a rostrum or elevated platform, sur-| mounted by an ornamental flagstaff. low benches are at the sides. and at the rear or west end is a cenotaph, in the form of a monolithic granite block, on which appear ten shields for the ten boys for whom gold stars are shown on Winnetka's service flag. | Appropriate sculpture and inscriptions will also find a place on the stone. The memorial will be placed on the west side of the Village common, where it can be used on the occasion of patri- otic or civic celebrations. Goal Is $37,000 The cost of the memorial is esti- mated at $37,000, and this is the sum which Mr. deWindt and the finance committee have undertaken to secure by village-wide subscription by Armis- tice day, November 11. The actual execution of the design prepared by Mr. Otis will be placed in the hands of a committee of Winnetka architects, of which Edwin H. Clark is chairman. The chairman called on a number of speakers. Roswell B. Mason gave a sketch of the early history of the me- morial plan. The committee, appointed by the community council at the close of the war, as a representative body, decided that the memorial should not be utilitarian in purpose, that is should take the form of a rostrum, that it should be selected by competition. the successful design was accepted by all the organized groups represented on the committee, including the Ameri- can Legion and the Village council. Execution of the plans had been de- ferred because of the Skokie school campaign and that for the enlarge- ment of Community House. Council Gives Endorsement H. L. Raclin endorsed the project on behalf of the village council and also pledged the aid of the Indian Hill Im- provement association, through its president, Mr. Walker. Rev. F. J. Haarth praised the memorial as the symbol of patriotism and loyality. He desired that the words "patriotism," "tolerance," and "charity" might be inscribed on the monument as a lesson for future children. Harold W. Snell spoke for the Win- netka Post of the American Legion, of which he is a past commander. He ex- pressed hearty support of the project, (Continued on page 52 Community Players Announce Events of the Current Season The Winnetka Community Players made public the dates of its 1926-27 season of performances in a pamphlet sent out to villagers this week. The Players also set forth in their an- nouncement a brief history and the ideals of the organization and invite those interested in any phase of dra- matics to affiliate with this valuable community enterprise. Listed for the current season are the following events: November 10 and 11--"The Goose Hangs High," by Lewis Beach. December 15 and 16--Dickens' "Christmas Carol" (Dramatization). January 12--Players' Night. February 9 and 10--"Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde. March 9 and 10--""The Famous Mrs. Fair," by James Forbes. April 13 and 14--"Grumpy," by Hor- ace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval Officers of the Community Players this season are: president, Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty; vice-president, Mrs. Myron T. Harshaw; secretary, Mrs. Merritt Lum; treasurer, Mrs. Davies Lazaer. Chairman Program committee--Mrs. Sherman M. Goble. Chairman Production committee-- Mrs. Charles T. Wersted. Chairman Players committee--Mrs. Charles F. Karnopp. Chairman Membership Mrs. Alired Freeman. committee-- Invite Parents to View Skokie Classes Monday Parents of Skokie pupils will have the opportunity to attend a regular schedule of classes with their sons or daughters next Monday evening when parents' night will be held. Ten min- utes will be allotted to each period and classes will start promptly at 7 o'clock. Parents arriving late will receive tardy slips. In each room teachers will talk about the work in that particular class and answer questions on it. After the last class at 8:30 there will be a short assembly period in which Mr. Logan the new principal will be intfoduced and will discuss methods and policies to be followed in the school. At ¢:30 all will adjourn to the gymnasium for a social hour. Here parents will have an opportunity to meet and have priv- ate conferences with the teachers. All parents are urged to attend. Winnetka Rifle Club to Hold Shoot at Army Post The Winnetka Rifle club is to hold a shoot at the Fort Sheridan range Sunday, October 31. The range has been reserved for the club. A silver trophy has been offered for the. win- ner of the best ten shot string, at 200 yards off hand. A photogranh of the trophy has been placed on the bulletin board of the Winnetka Post of the American Legion at the Elm street station. The club wel- comes new members who are invited to apply to Pierre Bouscares, secretary. The club supplies rifles and ammuni- tion. | self-support Winnetka Voters Will Be "Tagged" Tuesday The Winnetka League of Wom- en Voters is to be about the most active organization in Winnetka on election day, November 2, when the polls will be open, and voting will take place. In order to quicken the sense of voting duty, the league will hand each voter as he leaves the polls, a tag on which will be printed, "I Have Voted--Have You?" If you don't carry a tag, everyone will know you have not spent the five or ten minutes in the polls. Stickers will be put on cars re- minding you of the day. FLAG CONTEST STIRS VOTERS OF NEW TRIER Four Villages in Race for Wal- ton League Troohy at Elec- tion Next Tuesday Glencoe, Winnetka, Kenilworth and Wilmette are once more competing November 2 for the silk flag and stand- ard offered by the Winnetka Chapter of the Izaak Walton league to the vil- lage which polls the largest percentage of its qualified voters in the general HOLD BENEFIT SALE Winnetka Women Announce Sale for Near East Relief to Be Held Wed- nesday, November 3 Under the direction of Community House, and assisted by a group of Winnetka women, a benefit sale is to be held in the Camp Fire room of Win- netka Community House, Wednesday, November 3, from 10 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon, when articles will be on sale for the Near East Re- lief, Mrs. Wallace D. Rumsey of 902 Oak street, Mrs. Frank T. Crawford of 623 Cherry street, Mrs. Barret Conway of 387 Linden street, Mrs. Frank Ferry of 391 Sheridan road, and Mrs. C. Dur- and Allen of 1294 Scott avenue, are to serve on the committee. : The object of the sale is to "provide and self-respect to widowed mothers and to orphans who otherwise would be dependent on charity." The Near East Relief is "endeavor- ing to restore normal living conditions in the areas where the social and economic conditions have been so up- set by the warfare and turmoil of these past vears," it is said. Some of the unusual articles to be on sale are rugs, curtains, draperies. hand-woven fabrics from Greece and Syria, bed-spreads, pillow tops, towels and dresser covers. Children's things include aprons, bibs and little dresses. There are also handkerchiefs with deli- cate lace edges, embroidered corners, and others with hand hemstitching. A touch of the East is brought with Mashlaks, a one-piece garment which makes a lovely dressing-gown, in silks and wool. There are also shawls of Angora wool and some of silk, and many kinds of hand-bags. "100 Percent American," Sermon Subject Sunday "One Hundred Percent American- ism" is the sermon topic announced bv the Rev. James Austin Richards for the morning service at the Winnetka Congregational church, Sunday, at 11 o'clock. In the evening at 8 o'clock. the Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will nreach on, "Is There a Substitute for Prohibition ?" BANKS CLOSED TUESDAY The Winnetka State bank and the Winnetka Trust and Savings bank will be closed all day Tuesday, November 2, general Election Day. election. Last April, Kenilworth literally walk- ed away with the banner and it has been in her possession since that time. In accepting the prize for Kenilworth, Village President James C. Murray in- dicated that he and his feMow villagers were not particularly proud of the win- ning percentage, which was well under fifty per cent. Since the village first winning the banner four times be- comes its permanent owner, Mr. Mur- ray let it be known that Kenilworth proposed to raise its percentage very materially on November 2, in the hope that by so doing it might secure two "legs" on the trophy. " Winnetka After Trophy One other village is equally optimis- tic regarding its chances. Since the flag came from Winnetka, the League of Women Voters of that village feel that it should spend a few months in | the new Village hall, and are Proceed | ing accordingly. Wilmette and Glencoe are equally optimistic concerning their chances. It has been a political maxim that the more enlightened communities were most remiss in going to the polls. Perhaps some of us would rather have machine-made office holders than lose {our high hat reputation. On the other hand, nobody ever accused Kenilworth of being low brow, and she made the {other villages look to their laurels in the last race. See Need for Voting "The election on November 2° will furnish a splendid gauge of the civic consciousness of the four villages and the town of New Trier," the Walton league believes. "The issues are such that the most placid non-voter cannot claim that his vote is unnecessary. Neither can he say that the 'machinists' are inevitably in the saddle and cannot be dislodged. Announce Services for dinavian Ch Services at the First Scandinavian Evangelical church, 886 Eln street, Winnetka, are annouuced by the pas- tor, Rev. A. Rohrbach, for the coming week as follows: Sunday school and Bible school, 9:30 a.m., subie~t, "Per- sonal Talks of Jesus": Swedish serv- ice, 11:00 a. m.: voung people's meeting, 5:00 p.m.: Enelish service, 7:45 p.m., subject, "A Holy Anneti'te" A business meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock. There will be Swedish service Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock and praver meeting Thursday evening at 8, with Bible study in Luke's Gospel. You are cordially invited to attend--""God calls vou from vour rush into His hush." |