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September 15, 1928 PLAN LECTURE SERIES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS Congregational Church Sponsors Series of Lectures During Autumn Season The Winnetka Congregational church this fall is to conduct a class for volunteers in social service work. October 3 is the date set for the open- ing lecture. Eight o'clock in the eve- ning is the hour and the church library is the place. Any man or woman acting in the capacity of board member of a social agency will be welcomed into this group. Any person wishing to give service of any kind will find this course very helpful to a better under- standing of the whole problem, it is explained. Supervised field work and Institutional visiting will be included as well as bibliography. There will be a modest fee to defray the expense of bringing the lecturer to Winnetka. University Plans Course The whole course has been planned by the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, and is being given in co-operation with the major social agencies of Cook county. It is intended to give (1) and under- standing of the methods, resources and principles of social service, and (2) a concept of the role of the volunteer social worker in the field of social work. The committee in charge of plans comprises Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, chairman; Mrs. Arthur Cushman, Miss Ruth Matz, Mrs. Charles T. Moon, and A. Harris Barber. Anyone in- terested is requested to get in touch .with Mrs. Moon or any other mem- ber of the committee, immediately. Topics and discussion leaders will be as follows: October 3--Social work--Its forms and co-ordination ; Wilfred S Reynolds, executive director, Chicago Council of Social Agencies. October 10 and 17--Family Service Agency; Amelia Sears, assistant general superintendent, United Charities of Chi- cago. 1 _ October 24--Children's Agencies--non- institutional; Jacob Kepecs, superin- tendent, Jewish Home Finding society. October 30 (Tuesday)--Children's Agen- cies--institutional; Bertha C. Hosford, director, Joint Service bureau. November 7--Social work in hospitals and dispensaries; Helen Beckley, execu- tive secretary, American association of Hospital Social Workers. November 14--Psychiatric social work; Helen L. Myrick, executive secretary, Il- linois Society for Mental Hygiene. November 21 -- Corrective agencies; Harry Hill, chief probation officer, Juve- nile court. November 27--Settlements and recrea- tion; Lea D. Taylor, head resident, Chi- cago Commons association. December 5--Social legislation and so- cial work; Joel D. Hunter, general super- intendent, United Charities of Chicago. December 12--History of the philan- thropic movement; W. W. Burke, Uni- versity of Chicago. School Boy Patrol to Handle Traffic Issue Two boys will be appointed each week from the sixth grades of the Hubbard Woods school to assist the village authorities in keeping Chatfield road in front of the Hubbard Woods school a one-way street between the hours of 8:30 and 4 o'clock. The ap- pointment will be an honor for de- pendability and self-reliance. The boys will be on duty from 8:40 to 9 o'clock and on rainy days at noon also. They will be given Sam Brown belts and badges to wear on duty. Those on duty this week are Henry Wilder and Frank Borovicka. All mo- tor vehicles are asked to approach the school from the east. CIRCLE TO BEGIN YEAR The Walden Road circle will meet for the first time this fall on Monday, September 24, at 2 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. W. G. Clark, 525 Elm street. ---- WINNETKA TALK Dr. James Austin Richards Resigns Congregational Church Pastorate ber 15. June. Dr. James Austin Richards largest on the north shore. tion. Manager Woolhiser to Address Parley of City Managers Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser who attended the annual meeting of the Illinois Municipal league at Joliet, Thursday and Friday of this week, will leave Sunday for Asheville, N. C, to attend the City Managers' conven- tion for four days, beginning next Monday. At the Thursday session of the Jo- liet meeting Mr. Woolhiser addressed the convention on the subject of "Cen- tralized Municipal Purchasing," and at the Asheville meeting will preside at a round table discussion of "Muni- cipal Insurance;" "Group Insurance," and "Employes" Pensions." ES probabilities and possibilities become realities to the user of the classified section "HE, resignation of Dr. James Austin Richards, who for ten years has been minister of the Winnetka Congregational church, was presented to the congregation at the morning worship last Sunday, to become effective Octo- Dr. Richards is leaving Winnetka to accept a call to the pastorate of the United church at Oberlin, Ohio, seat of Oberlin college, which he received in It came following his visit to that city to preach as a supply in the United church, and for a time, was given only passing consideration, as had other similar invitations which he had received. At the same time, Dr. Richards explained, there were a number of serious considerations which kept him from sending an immediate refusal. . The United church of Oberlin is not only a community church, but also serves the great student body of that city, affording a splendid field and opportunity for service, in the spiritual training and guid- ance of this young life. The decision of Dr. Richards to leave 'the north shore is received with expressions of regret throughout the community. Not only in his own church has he received the recognition which his services so justly merit, but his ability as a preacher and speaker have extended far and near and he has been constantly in demand for speaking engagements. The Winnetka church under his guidance has developed into one of the A meeting of the church was held Friday evening to act upon his resigna- Dr. Richard's Resignation The text of Dr. Richard's statement of resignation follows: "Ten years ago the first day of last May, I came to Winnetka to begin my life as a minister of this church. Of what the years have meant since then I cannot speak, but I can never think of them without heartfelt gratitude for' your unfailing kindness toward my family and your unfailing kindness and patience toward me. "At numerous times during these years I have been asked to consider calls to other fields. I have seldom mentioned these calls to any of you and I have never had great difficulty in re- fusing them, either because the state of the work here at the moment seemed to make it dishonorable to go or because the new field that was of- fered presented opportunities for serv- ice inferior to those already enjoyed here. "On the second Sunday of last June, I preached as a supply in the United Church at Oberlin, Ohio, and was on that day surprised to be informed that the committee of that church had, for some time, wished to ask that church to call me. I had done nothing to seek the invitation. Even more sur- prised was I when two weeks later, de- siring to act before scattering for the summer, the church issued a formal and unanimous call. .I had given no intimation, whatever, that such a call could be favorably considered. Ponders Over Problem "Having no assurance that this in- vitation could not be as readily dis- posed of as had the others, I naturally shrank from making public announce- ment of it, although what was publicly known in Oberlin soon began to be known here. At the same time a num- ber of serious considerations kept me from sending an immediate refusal, and I did talk the matter over with about a score of you, either in informal groups or one by one. I then took the problem to the Maine woods where it has since been my constant com- panion by day and by night. This Winnetka parish I have been studying intensively for over ten years. I have now made a study of the Oberlin par- ish more thorough than any I ever be- fore made of any parish of which I was not a member. Through all these (Continued on page 4) LEGION PLAY TICKET SALE TO START SOON "Polly With a Past" to be Pre- sented Here September 27, 28, and 29 Tickets will be on sale soon for the performance of "Polly With a Past" to be presented in the beautiful thea- ter at the North Shore Country Day school September 27, 28 and 29. Re- hearsals are in full swing and the event promises to be one of the most popular dramatic performances of the year. The play is being sponsored by Win- netka Post No. 10 of the American Legion as a benefit for the disabled veterans' fund. Dr. Frank W. Blatch- ford, J. M. Dickinson, Jr., and Ayres Boal are trustees of the fund. The leading part of Polly Shannon, originally created by Miss Ina Claire, will be taken by Mrs. William D. Sid- ley, whose successful acting in "Lilac Time" last year aroused so much gen- uine enthusiasm. Mrs. Sidley will have the support of an unusually strong cast in the presentation of this brilliant comedy. Messrs. Guy Stuart Bailey and Arthur Thexton will have the two leading men's parts. Mrs. E. V. L. Brown, Mrs. Harry Miller, Mrs. Fred- arick Dickinson, and Mrs, Arthur Thex- ton will round out the list of women's parts. Samuel Otis, H. Spaulding Cof- fin, and three other experienced men, to be selected immediately, will com- plete the cast. The play will be personally directed either by David Owen or by William Nourse, and no effort will be spared to make the performances of this light and remarkably well written comedy surpass anything the Winnetka Post of the American Legion has heretofore undertaken. . It is understood that many dinner parties have already been arranged be- fore the different performances. The price of the tickets will be intentionally moderate to attract all friends of the Legion on the north shore, and, as the seating capacity of the theater is limit- ed, those in charge of arrangements are urging that seat reservations be made promptly. Winnetka Does Share to Boost Air Mail Service That Winnetka is contributing a generous share towards the almost phenomenal increase in air mail dis- patch since the installation of that service bv Uncle Sam, was announced this week by Postmaster Joseph C. Braun. The increase in local air mail, how- ever, Postmaster Braun explained is not as large as in cities and towns, where there are factories and larger business institutions. Here, aside from the retail estab- lishments, the outgoing mail is purely private correspondence, and naturally of a lesser volume, but the increase in the air mail locally, indicates the ex- tent to which the speedier service is being favored for the dispatch of mail of this nature. An increase of approximately 5.000 pounds of mail carried by air in July as compared with June, and 15000 as compared with May, was reported to Postmaster General New today by the Air Mail Division of the Post Office Department. ATTEND CONVENTION Trustee William B. Moulton, chair- man of the judiciary committee of the Winnetka Village council, and Village Attorney Frank Dickinson attended the Illinois Municipal league meeting at Joliet this week.