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WILMETTE LIFE November 22, 1929 First Dodge Cars, Now 15 Years Old, Still in Operation EtiMts to locate the first Dodge i.:a r~ and establish their fifteen years' :-c rvire record have been rewarded with 1he recent discovery that Dodge cars .\'L,:-. Five, Seven and Twelve arc still in dailv service. Number Five is ~n possession of T. J. O'Brien and Son, Dodge dealers in Omaha: Numh~r ~e\·en has just been reported at Lin ((1111, Neb., and Number T\\·eh·e is runlling in San Francisco. The announcement oi j olm Cheek, the first Dodge dealer, that the fir:-t ra r shit:ped t.o him ~n Dc~emher, l~l·l. was still bemg dnvcn 111 Naslw~ Tenn.. started the search for other ,·eteran cars bearing the Dodge name. Cheek is now president of the Cumberland Mdtor Car company of that city. On November 14, 1914, the fir~t U\)dge car was completed, and as the L"t) rporation approaches its fifteenth anni\·ersary, added interest is attached in locating these early models. Production in 1914 totaled only 249 cars, hut the next year it jumped to 45,033 units. and today the total numher of :-hipmen ts since 1914 is· approaching the 2.500,000 mark. There were 4,024,590 passenger autoIl lohi les produced in the United States and Canada in 1928, according to the Chicago Motor club. --- - - ------ Road Tips for Motorists Hoad. conditions in Cook county· as street to Sauk Trail, then west on reported by the Chicago Motor club Sauk Trail to Crawford avenue. folio"·: Dixie highway is closed between Dempster street and Church street Southwest highway and 79th street. arc closed at the Sanitary District canal. Traffic is directed southwest O'!er Traffic is directed south on McCormick Southwest highway to 79th street, then boulevard to Main street, east on Main cast on 79th street to Dixie highway. st rcet, and then north over a village Burnham avenue is closed between street to Dempster and Church streets. Sibley boulevard and. 130th street. TrafLawrence avenue is closed. between fie is directed west on Sibley boulevard Hivcr road and Mannheim road. Tnf- !o Torrence avenue, north on Torfie is directed north (1\"er village renee avenue to 130th street, then east streets. on 130th street to Bun1ham avenue. Harlem annue is in poor condition Dixie highway is closed between iH:: t\\·cen Di\·erscv Park boulevard and 159th street ancl South Park avenue. :\ orth an~nue. -Traffic is ad.vised to Traffic is directrd east on I 59th street turn east on Diversey Park boulevard to South Park avenue, then south on to Sayre st'reet. south on Sayre street S,outh Park avenue to Dixie highway. to :\Jorth avenue, and then west on Sauk Trail is closed. between West\"orth avenue to Harlem ayenue. ern avenue aml Dixie highway. Traffic \ Vashington street is closed to 1r~f _ is directed south on Western avenue to tic between Thatcher avenue and For- S~e!?er :oad. east on Steger road. ~o est avenue. Traffic is directed north ~IXIe h1ghway, then. north on D1x1e on:r village stree ts . h1ghway to Sauk T~a1l. . . .. Harlem a,·cnue 1s closed betwern Nfa<bsor~ stre~t b clo!:!ed to tralhc be-~ Grand avenue and North avenue. Traf· ,t,wccn Ftrst an:·Hu;~ ~!ay~voo<~. and tic is directed east on Medill avenue l hatcher a~·enue. l rafhc ~~ d~rcctP.d I :o Xorth ~c\·a avenue, south on north on Ftrst a\·cnue to. \\'ashmgton North NcYa avenue to North av.enue, houlcvan!. east on \Va sh111gton boulr- :.l lld west 011 Xorth ayenue to Harlem \·ani., to fhatrher avenue, !h<'u south :t\·cnue. tH1 1 hatcher a\·cnuc ~o Madtson street. Touhy avenue is c1 1sed to traffic be.Crawfo~d a,·cnuc 1\ closed ~et\veen, tween \Vestern avenue and McCorl:m~oln .lughway and Sauk. Tratl. T_raf- mick boulevard. Traffic i:; directed · f1c 1s dtrect~d east on Lmcoln htg~- north on \\' estern avenue to Oakton way to ~fa1t1 street, south on Mc:nn ~trcet, west on Oakton street to McCormick boulevard, then south on McCormick boulevard to Touh,· avenue. Illinois-51 (96th avenue) is closed. het \H~ cn Frankfort and the county line. · Traffic is directed Wl'st over a gra\·el detour. \Vestern avenue is now open to traffic between Lincoln highway and Sauk trail. The maintenance department has resurfaced this road. 1 New 2-Door Sedan Is Pierce-Arrow's Latest Offering A new idea in custom bodies is pre sented br the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company with their new offering of a 2-door sedan as designed for the ne\\. Pierce-Arrow Straight Eight chassi s br vVeymann. Instead of designing this car in the American mode, \Vcymann has brought from Eurol_)e a du plicate in detail of some of the famou ~ models owned by foreign nobility. Many innovations new to American s will be found in this new car. The body frame is entirely flexible, being· constructed by hand of light but very tough ash framing. Every joint is formed by a steel pivot that allows perfectly free movement and \veaving of body parts. Instead of the usu:tl metal cm·ering. \Veymann bodies arr enclosed with a weatheri.)roof, long wearing fabric material that requires no painting and cannot be :tented. The covering, in appearance, is similar to grained leather. Advantages of this new Weymann body are absolute silence, extreme durability, and indi\·iduality in luxury and appearance. The new \\. eymann two-door sedan is mounted on a ·Pie.rce-Arrow Straight Eight chassis of the 143-inch wheelbase length . -------- ·--- STOP MEANS STOP '·The nnl y thing that will stop sou1e fellows at a 'stop' street would be the lack oi gasoline," is a comment recorded in a bulletin of the Automobile cluh of Illinois. OUR present car can have smart c~!or ~ith thebes~. Have it re-colored in real Duco. The fintsh 1s probably Jn such condition the new Duco colors can be applied directly over the old finish - at a very moderate cost. \Vhatever refinishing service you need, the duPont process assures results. Authorized Duco Stations are subject to duPont supervision- apply only genuine duPont materials. The methods used were worked out 'vith the great automobile manufacturers. Your car comes back like new. I Style · ·· modern colors for your car ··· easily obtained Y For WINTER SAFETY and COMFORT LET US ADJUST OR RELINE YOUR BRAKES EQUIP YOUR CAR WITH A ·TROPIC·AIRE BEATER AND A PIKES WIMTERFROMT RECHARGE YOUR BATTERY OR REPLACE IT WITH A VESTA REPLACE YOUR OLD SMOOTH TIRES WITH A SET OF Don't wait-drive in today. THIS SIGN IS YOUR PROTECTION THE GENERAL TIRES AND 562 LINCOLN AVENUE PHONE WINNETKA 165 GENERAL PERFECTION RUBBER CHAINS Plate & Starkel, lne. I 942 W. RAILROAD AVE. 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