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wo io Rll | fT THIS ISSUE--Glencoe G. C. Meets Popular Demand--Page 19 WINNETREA TALK Published weekly by ¥ March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Lloyd Hollister, Inc., 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. Entered as second class matter Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. XVI, NO. 23 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 13, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS POLICE LAUNCH WAR ON TRAFFIC OUTLAWS Officials Confer Concerning Stern Measures to Curb High Ac- cident Toll So great has been the increase in automobile accidents, with a corres- ponding proportion of fatalities, recent- ly in Winnetka, that the village au- thorities have taken up.a careful study of the situation with a view to remedy- ing the condition which is gradually growing worse. On the wall at police headquarters at the Village hall, is posted a map of Winnetka, on which are marked the locations at which the various acci- dents since January 1, have occurred. Five Deaths Since January Five people have been killed by au- tomobiles here since the first of the year ; twenty-four others have been in- jured, to a greater or lesser extent and fifty-two automobile accidents of suf- ficient nature to require police atten- tion have occurred, but in which no one was injured. This, in the opinion of Chief of Po- lice W. M. Peterson, is a deplorable |" and a wholly inexcusable record, and one for which the people themselves, he says, are largely to blame. Warnings from the police and from civic bodies have been given, and yet all have gone unheeded, says the chief. The same mad rush and utter disregard of state and village traffic laws and rules goes on, despite arrests and every other precaution which has been em- ployed in an effort to stop it. Officials Confer Chief Peterson is now in conference with the chairman of the police com- mittee of the Village council, as well as with the village council as a whole and the Winnetka Chamber of Com- merce for the purpose of formulating what should prove an effective method of stopping the epidemic of accidents. It is impossible, Chief Peterson points out, to have an officer at every busy street intersection and throughout the village to watch reckless drivers, but one thing is certain, he says, and that is that the leniency which has been extended in the past to violators who have come within the toils of the law, is to be a thing of the past, and when the campaign of action against the growing accident menace in the village is formulated, those who have not heeded past warnings, may have cause for deep regret. Just a little regard for the rights of others who are driving cars on the streets, Chief Peterson asserts, would prove of great help in reducing the number of accidents. Observance of the signs to stop cars before enter- ing upon Sheridan road, would have averted many of the fifty-two accidents, he shows by the records of the col- lisions. Particularly, is it important, he declares that the motorist employ a little common sense and precaution in approaching corners, rather than to at- tempt te beat the other fellow to the intersection. RETURN FROM EAST Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Webster, Jr., of 696 Prospect avenue, with their chil- dren Betty and Towner, have returned from a motor trip through the Fast. They had been gone for three weeks. Shape Up Like Real Cowboys Riding into town in true Western style, five Winnetka boys recently took part in the grand parade which opens the annual Rodeo held in Cheyenne, Wyo. and then remained three days to view the great out-door show from front-row seats. With a score of their companions, the boys made the trip on horseback in three days, leaving the Rocky Moun tain Boys' camp near Estes Park, Colo., on July 25 and arriving in Cheyenne on July 28. Each boy rode the horse that is his throughout the camp season. director, and a prominent membér of With them was D. C. Primrose, camp the Midwest Section, Camp Directors' association, which has been formed to establish universal standards of sanitation, safety and instruction for summer camps. From left to right in the picture: David Lindsay, Dave Rumsey, Stanton Picher, John M. Olmsted, Jr., Cabray Wortley. Need Furnishings to Equip Teacher Apartments Here The Winnetka Parent-Teacher as- sociation is confronted at present by a number of problems and is looking to the people of the village for aid. With the arrival this fall of twenty- six new teachers, in addition to those of last vear, the difficulty of providing adequate housing facilities arises. To somewhat facilitate this, the as- sociation has taken another apartment. The present difficulty, however, is to furnish this apartment. Anyone who can give any household equipment--furniture, china, cooking utensils--is asked to phone Mrs. War- ren Agry, Winnetka 2113, or Mrs. Roger Ballard, at Winnetka 1215. Such contributions will be greatly ap- preciated, and the association will gladly call for the donations. TURN TO PAGE 33 In this issue appears the first of a regular monthly real estate and building section containing the latest information regarding prop- erty sales as well as developments in the building field. The section should command the attention of every reader interested in the pro- gress of the north shore commun- ity. Kuppenheimer Hall at Skokie School Newly Redecorated The work of redecorating the Jane Kuppenheimer Memorial hall of the Skokie school was completed this week, and its walls and ceiling are as fresh and pretty as the day the hall was first dedicated to the work for which it was erected. The redecoration of the hall was done as a gift from Louis*Kuppen- heimer, the original donor of that sec- tion of the Skokie school when the building was erected a few years ago. A. Franco, the well-known painting contractor of Winnetka, did the work. The colors used are similar to the former interior shades, but in place of smooth walls, the new decorations are in sand finish. The ceiling and wainscoting are smooth finish while the six inch concrete base is done in a brownish shade, harmonizing with the furniture. The sand finish featured in this job is the same as Mr. Franco used in doing the side walls in the halls at Greely school and the walls in the old part of the Hubbard Woods school. RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS Miss Grace Herbst, who recently suffered an illness of three weeks, is recuperating on a ten days' trip to Minnesota. WINNETKA RETAINS WATER RELAY TITLE Captures Trophy for Second Year "in Annual Carnival Last Sunday Winnetka won the second leg of the Inter-village Relay Championship cup event at the sixth annual water car- nival of the Winnetka Park district, at Lake front park, last Sunday after- noon. Having won this race last year, Winnetka will, by virtue of the rules, permanently possess the trophy in the event of another victory next season. Glencoe was the only rival for the trophy this year. Officials of the Park district sponsoring the races, express the hope that Glencoe will come again, and that next year Wil- mette and Kenilworth also may have teams entered. There was a long list of entries in most of the other carnival program numbers. Rain, toward the close, prevented the push ball contest, and the fancy diving events were cancelled because of shallow water at the pier, where much sand had been deposited by the recent storm. Tom Directs Affairs The meet was ably managed by Tom Robinson swimming coach at North- western university,;*who has officiated at these annual events for a number of seasons. He was assisted by James Allen, beach master and Walter Etz- bach, life guard. The referee was George B. Massey, chairman east side Parks committee of the Winnetka Park board. Carl H. Zeiss, president of the board, and James A. White, former president, were honorary referees. The judges were Forest R. Lowrey, Sidney Wellbeloved, Byron Nelson, W. P. Heyn, Allen T. Weinstock and A. W. Converse. Robert H. Wallace was custodian of prizes. The several events and the winners, given in the order in which they fin- ished -the race, follow: Ten yard swim, boys 6 to 8--Robert Raclin, Ralph Raclin, Jack Kidd. Time, 17 2-5 seconds. Ten yard swim, girls 6 to 8--Irene Smith, Anna M. Flynn, Martha J. Kar- nopp. Time, 17 seconds. Forty yard swim, boys 12 to 15--Nor- man Roos, Norman Sommer, Earl Bates. Time, 30 seconds. Forty yard swim, girls 12 to 15--Mar- gery McLaren, Katherine Wilcox, Helen Sawhill. Time, 37 3-5 seconds. Fifteen yard swim, boys 8 to 10-- Whitlock Duncan, Buddy Lochridge, Morgan Pearson. Time, 15 1-5 seconds. Fifteen yard swim, girls 8 to 10--June Thrall, Ruth Friedman, Vivia Rice. Time, 17 seconds. One hundred yard breast stroke, open to boys--George Massey, Paul Hansen, Karl Karnopp. Time, 2 min. 1 sec. Fifty yard breast stroke, open to girls --Helen Gerlach, Helene Adler, Joy Stover. Time, 1 min. 5 sec. Twenty yard swim, boys 10 to 12-- Budd Thackery, Bill Paulson, Whitlock Duncan. Time, 20 2-5 seconds. Twenty yard swim, girls 10 to 12-- Jane Knowles, June Thrall, Katherine French. Time, 20 4-5 seconds. Twenty yard tub race, open to boys-- Fisk Lochridge, Budd Happ, Buddy Lochridge. Time, 34 seconds. Twenty yard tub race, open to girls-- Jane Knowles. Bernice Loeb, Mary Rob- (Continued on page 4)