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March 12, 1927 WINNETKA TALK HOW MANY USE OUR COMMUNITY HOUSE? Director Davies Answers That Query for the Interest of Sub- scribers to Center "How many use Community House?" asked a recent visitor to Winnetka, while looking through the Community center late one Friday afternoon. "Let's find out," replied "Chief" Dav- jes. Turning to an assistant he said, "Please make an actual count of every- body now in the House." "This is just an ordinary day," went on Mr. Davies. "There are the mov- jes, of course, and various groups are meeting in the gym, club rooms and elsewhere." The visitor, and, as a matter of fact, the house staff were astonished, a few minutes later, when the messenger re- turned to report that no less than 625 individuals were at that moment using Community House for different pur- poses, and this was just an ordinary day. 136,000 Use Center During 1926, over 136,000 attendance was reported for Community House, and this did not include many informal groups for which no reservation had been made. The interest in this village institu- tion and the extent to which it is used are constantly growing. The Finance committee of the Gov- ernors reports that subscriptions for the annual maintenance fund are com- ing in in gratifying numbers in re- sponse to the letter recently sent out. The Governors wish to call attention to the great number of activities under one roof, which in other towns are supported by separate funds and sep- arate appeals. If one were to run down the list of Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Pathfinders' club, Community dramatics, English classes for foreign- ers, gymnasium classes, or a dozen others in which he or she may be es- pecially interested, and add to them such items of "overhead" as character building, village community spirit, civic activities, etc., it is probable that many single subscriptions would be quite inadequate. Serves Entire Community Community House receives a good many hundred individual subscriptions each year. Many of these are of large proportions, many more neces- sarily small. It is hoped that all resi- dents of Winnetka, whether new or old, will appreciate the many activities centered around Community House and will draw their subscriptions with this in mind. Preparations Being Made for Horace Mann Bazaar Preparations for the Horace Mann school bazaar are progressing rapidly and each: Wednesday and Thursday evening groups of parents are turning out to help in the construction of many articles. Book shelves, maga- zine baskets, corner shelves and many other things wil! be made to order and finished in the best of lacquer with designs supplied by Winnetka artists. The paint squad meets at the home of Mrs. E. R. Parker who is eager to enlist the services of more parents. Work will start next week on leather goods, book covers, cigar- ette holders, purses, etc. A window display will be placed in the north window of the Adam's Pharmacy and orders will be taken for any such goods so displayed. NEW ASSISTANT P. M. J. F. Schumacher of Wilmette, ap- pointed to Office in Winnetka, With Former Postal Associate A veritable reunion took place in the official family of the Winnetka postoffice Thursday, when J. F. Schu- macher, of 1000 Forest avenue, Wil- mette, assumed the duties of assistant postmaster in Winnetka with his old- time friend and former postal asso- ciate, Joseph C. Braun. Mr. Braun is the newly-appointed postmaster to suc- ceed Elmer E. Adams, whose resigna- tion took effect last month. M. Schumacher has been in the pos- tal service for a number of years, seven of which he spent as assistant postmaster in Wilmette, from 1913 to 1920. Postmaster Braun was a carrier in the Wilmette postoffice at the same time. An old-time {friendship exists between the two which makes doubly pleasant the opportunity which is again offered them to labor together. Mr. Schumacher has, since 1921, been examiner for the United States Civil Service Commission in Chicago. With his combined technical and prac- tical experience in various branches of postoffice work, he is precisely the type of official Postmaster Braun had hoped to obtain' to assist him in the rapidly expanding volume of business in the local office. Fast Train Kills Evanston Woman at Elm St. Crossing Mrs. Charles Wilbur Hess, age 53, of 1225 Forest avenue, Evanston, was in- stantly killed at the Elm street cross- ing in Winnetka, Saturday afternoon of last week when struck by the south- bound limited train, No. 210, from Mil- waukee to Chicago. The accident oc- curred at 3:45 o'clock. Mrs. Hess had just left a north bound train and was hurrying across the track to board the on-coming train, which, however, is not scheduled to stop in Winnetka. She was returning from Chicago and for some reason did not leave the train at the Davis street station in Evanston. The body was removed to Jordan's undertaking parlors, 612 Davis street, Evanston, where the corner's inquest, set for Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, was continued until March 16. Mr. Hess, the husband, was unable to at- tend, being confined to his bed, from the shock resulting from the tragic death of his wife. Mrs. Hess was a daughter of John K. Harmon one of the founders of Marshall Field & Co. Besides her husband and father, a brother, Fred H Harmon, who lives at the Hess home, and two sisters, Mrs. William MacIl- vain, 1100 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago and Mrs. Charles Loughridge, of Den- ver, Colo., survive. She was a member of the Chicago Woman's club, the Evanston Woman's club, Chicago Woman's Athletic club, the Country club of Evanston, a mem- ber of the board of the Illinois Chil- dren's Home and Aid society, and of the Providence Day Nursery, and sev- eral golf clubs. Additional to her charity and club activities, Mrs. Hess was also active in the Woman's guild of St. Mark's Episcopal church, and member of other of the church organizations. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at St. Mark's Episcopal church. Burial was at Grace- land cemetery. Turn to page 55 for Winnetka Leagun of Women Voters information. | L M-------------- "No Man's Land" Annexation Bill Gets First O.K. House Bill No. 51, which would make possible the acquisition of "No Man's Land" by forcible annexation, was acted upon favorably in committee Tuesday of this week in Springfield. The vote on the bill, following a hot fight, was reported unofficially as 13 to 5 for the measure. Prospects of having 'the bill acted upon in the house and senate within two weeks were declared to be favor- able by proponents of the bill. Should this measure become law the territory lying along the lake front be- tween Wilmette and Kenilworth could be annexed without petition by the property owners in the area thus af- fected. Annexation to Wilmette was regard- ed as the feasible step should the state legislature favor the bill, since it pre- scribes that such annexation can be ef- fected only in the event the munici- pality is in a position to provide ade- quate police and fire protection. Kenilworth is admittedly not able to conform to such stipulations. The lo- cation of the area makes annexation to Wilmette the natural procedure, spon- sors of the bill assert. Dr.C.O. Schneider in Illustrated Talk Before Waltonians Dr. C. O. Schneider will entertain the Winnetka chapter of the Izaak Walton league on Wednesday evening, March 16, at 8 o'clock at the Commun- ity House, with an exceptionally in- teresting illustrated travelogue on Utah's Scenic Wonderland, Zion Na- tional park, The Grand Canyon from the north rim, and Bryce Canyon, the "masterpieces of God's Creation." "Nowhere else do we find such won- derful sculpturing, and the range and brilliancy of coloring is here beyond description or belief," says Dr. Schneider. "Ordinary photography and good hand-painted lantern slides cannot do justice, for even if they are correctly colored, it is unbelievable, so astonishing is this in reality." Tt is only by being able to show this marvellous scenery by means of Lu- miere Autochromes--a process of na- tural color photography--that Dr. Schneider hopes to convince his au- dience of the true coloring, the amaz- ing form and the extent of this beau- tiful scenery. Dr. Schneider gave an illustrated talk before the Physcians' club of Rog- ers Park Thursday evening on the subject of the giant forests of the High Sierra mountains of California. i -- 4 = m------ PEA BUNCHER WANTED! Do you like to work among flow- ers? Here's your chance--among the Want Ads: ; WANTED -- LADY TO BUNCH Sweet Pea Flowers in greenhouse. Tel. Wilmette 2221. WINNETKA BOY SCOUTS ENJOY BUSIEST YEAR Local Organization Among Pion- eers in Ranks of Scoutdom; Has 700 Graduates pr This is one of the most active years in the history of the Boy Scout or- ganization at Community House. It may be interesting to newcomers to learn that the Winnetka Scout organi- zation was begun in 1911, only a year or two after the Boy Scouts of America was initiated. Winnetka troop has always kept the same un- broken organization and the same leadership. In these respects it 1s unique in Scout history on the north shore. The local troop is commissioned direct from national headquarters in New York. This year there are three full troops, comprising well over 116 boys, under the leadership respectively of Dr. George F. Eisenbrand (himself a Boy Scout), Ellsworth L. Mills and Robert F. Doepel. A fourth troop may be or- ganized shortly. Davies Is Organizer Dr. J. W. F. Davies, director of Community House, organized the troops in the beginning, and is still at the head of all of the Scouts, in the capacity of chairman of the troop committee of 12 men. This committee is selected for the interest of its mem- bers in boys' work. It meets monthly to examine candidates for promotion and to pass on applications for merit badges. In addition, more than fifty men of the village co-operate as scout examiners in connection with work for merit badges. The Scouts meet every Thursday night and in addition do a large amount of outdoor work, hiking and so forth, under the direction of their scoutmasters and patrol leaders. Their work receives the scrutiny of the mem- bers of the Winnetka school faculty. If proper standards are maintained, cer- tain credits are awarded toward school promotion. The annual Scout exhibition will be held on the afternoon and evening of April 2, in Community gymnasium and in Matz hall. At that time examples of Scout handicraft will be shown in competition between different troops and patrols and prizes will be awarded for excellence in handicraft and for competitions on the stage. Number 700 Graduates The fine Scout council room, given by a member of the Board of Gov- ernors of Community House, lends dig- nity to the work of the Scouts. More than 700 Winnetka boys are graduates of the Community House troops. Manliness, fair play, a sense of re- sponsibility, thoughtfulness for others, are developed in the Scouts, as well as personal skill, alertness and health- ful bodily activity. Rhe work of the Scouts is only one of many activities for which Commun- ity House affords full scope. Keep the annual subscription to the support of Boy Scouts in mind when making your Community House, the governors are reminding the citizens of the commun- ity. Use Precaution to Prevent Grass Fires, Chief Requests The Winnetka Fire department re- sponded to a number of calls the past week, none of which resulted in ma- terial damage to property. They were mostly grass fires or rubbish fires, which is occasion for Chief G. M. Houren again to sound further warn- ing to use every precaution to pre- vent fires of this kind, as well as fires of a more serious nature.