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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Jun 1926, p. 14

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l.f WILMETTE LIFE June 18, 1926 Easy to Pull Trailer Over Mountain Routes IRETURN FROM FLORIDA Paul A. Schroeder ·Family Hastens The BANK for WOMEN BANKING easy and 1s made for plea$ant women at this institution. THEY ·will feel just as much at hoine here as in a department store. A CHECKING simplifies ACthe so Motorists used to ask: "Shall I have Home Following Destruction of Resiany trouble driving over . the mo.undence by Flames tains ?" but now the stock question, according to a bulletin issued by the Mr. ana Mrs. Paul A. Schroeder and touring bureau of the Chicago Motor daughter, Marguerite, arrived in Wilclub is: " Do you think it possible to . ?" mette Wednesday night of last week pull ' a trailer over the moun tams. "The answer to this," says the butJetin, from Miami, Fla. The Schroeders had "is simple. The driver · who is sure not planned on coming north this sumenough of his ability to drive a car mer uptil August, but were compelled over the mountains will have no trouble in dragging a trailer after him. Motor- to alter their plans as the result of the ists by the thousand are pulling trail- fire several days ago in their residence lers through sand, mud and city traffic property at 418 Greenleaf avenue, as well as over the tallest mountain which has been under lease to ·the 0. ranges. J. Leonard family. . . "Motorists are pulling trailers over The Lconards have gone tcmporanly the Fall river highway in Colorado, to the Library Plaza hotel, Evan ston, up over 'Estes park in Rocky Moun- · and later expect to accupy an .aparttain National park, the highest moun- ment in the Lindcncrest, at Fourth tain road in the world. A trailer adds street and Linden avenue, \Vilmette, little difficulty to a transcontinental until the Schroeder residence is retrip, hut the motorist who does not built. Mr. Schroeder announces he know how to handle his car on a hill will begin rebuilding . operations just should not try to take a trailer across as. soon as he; can get men on the job. th e country, in fact he should not even He anticipates it will he late Augu st driYe across the country until he has or the first of September befor e the mastered the art of ascending and work is completed. descending hills. The average driver Otto F. W cber, who was f?rmerly who knows how to shift his gears on Mr. Schroeder's office manager at h.ts a hill , how to use his brakes properly, main office in \Vilmrtte. is now m and who has a good sense of. distance, charge of his Miami office, " ·here Mr. v.-ill have no trouble in hauling a trail- Schroeder savs he has a large force er." of operators.· He explains that he h~~ fourteen people· working on exchan~e Mrs. Rohrrt S. Swain of 701 Laurel propositions, alone. !\1r. Schroeder 1s avenue went to Champaign this week also treasurer of the All States Hotel corporation, ~ o attend the graduation of her son, propo. ition, a $2,000,000 Robert, from the University of Illi- and during his absence. ~f r. \V ehcr has been appointed assistant treasurer to nois. look after thi s bu sines s. ~F.W BARBER A](OP OPENS J. 0. 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