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52 WILMETTE LIFE October 11. 1929 L R OQ d T t.ps -1 ---------------' Conditic111 r,f rnads in l'ook county as reported h~- till' Chicagn ~1otur club i L' 11 n w ~ : Clem·icw r(\:ld i!-> in p~)or cnnclition bd\Yl'l'll 1lihhard rnad and Cn1 ;-;s P o int r~)Jd . Tralhc is J1h·iscd ·~) usc Lake an·n Ut'. Ill i n oi s-21 . (\IiI w au kt·e arc n u c) i :-. dosed bet ween Gnlf road and Demp:-;ter street to Shermer <H"~'tme, north on Shermer avenue to Golf road, then - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - west on Golf road to Milwaukee avenue. traffic on or 9ctober 19, Dempster street and -Church stre_e t. Harlem avenue ts m poor condttlOt_l arc closed at the sanitary district canal. between Diversey Park boulevard and Traffic is directed south on McCormick North avenue .. Traffic is· advised to boulevard to Main street, cast on Ma;n turn east qn Dtversey Park houlevard ~trcct. and then north over a village to Sayre street, south on Sayre street :-; trt:('t to Dempster street and Church to I\qrth avenue, then west on North street. a\·enuc to Harlem avenue. Lawrence avenue is closed het\n'en Lake sreet is open to 'iraft1c, under 1\in·r · r qad and 1-lannhcim road. Traf - the condition that it is traveled at lie is directed north over villagL' street"· risk. bet\\'ec n :M annheim road and This '" section will be open to trarfic ~orth an~ nue. nn or about October 12, 1929. St. Charles road is closed to traffiNorth a\·e nuc ts clnscd htl\\"t ·d\\·cen 19th avenue and 5th a\·enuc. \lannlH. · im road and Thatclwr are' l'raffic is directed south over village This B,ec tion of road will bt· npen to I <>treets. - abo~t ~~29: INashCIntroduces J" d M 8 · 3 Ne u. y tn er 11" ' d [· e' "4·00" Lines 0 ~~f\t-~ OLDFIELD . 0 I 1\ash ~1otors has just announced its new modeh for 1930, consisting of three new lines in , the "-tOO" series. Included i: ~l brand tH~ \\" eight-cylinder. twin -ignition job embodying a number of interesting features. Thi s entrance of -::\ash into · the eight-cylinder fi ld make s it practically unanimous am o ng medium and higher priced lines . The 1930 :\ash offering includes three complete groups. the t ,,·in ign iti o n cil.!ht. a t\\·in ignition six an .l the single six. \Yhi ch sliJH:rsc cks the former standard six. T n adclition to mechanical imprnvemcnt s that will be noted, a new line of bodie s have been de signed all the wa\· do\\"11 the line. These new bodies arc snappy . well balanced productions. The interest of the industn- is gt)ing t o he n:ntercd qn the new tv. .·in ignition eight, ,,-hich C. \\'_ :\ash announces is the re sult of three \Tar s of intensive study and cxprriment by the ~ash engineering staff. This car is IJ\.J\\'Crecl with an eight-cylinder-in - line i engine of the valve-in head type· with a h ore a 11 d s t r o k e o f 3/~ by 4 ' ~ i n c IH· !'> and \\·ith nine bearings. The holln\\' 1 pin rran kcasc i-; integrally counter, hal anced. I m ·a r- strut pis tom of alumi inum allov arc usrd, with a luminum I alloy con;1ecting rods capped at thl' crankshaft end \rith casc-harclcncrl ' me~al. The engine has a displac<.·mcnt I oi 298.o cubic inche:-; and de\'Ck)lb a brake lwrse po,ver of 100. Dual manifolding is employed and a ne\,- high-speed jet in the carburetor : cuts in at f1fty miles an hour to main tain fuel economy in the highl'f range~ . Suburban Xa sh Sales of \Vinnetka is the :\ash dealer . J 1 II 1 Production efficiency 2 . universally >admitted Raw materials selected ar 3 the source remarkable for wear and tracrion 4 Tread Lareu features of 5 design manufactur· ane eKpenence ~ 8 ~-ears ?f tir~ JOXJ );2 - $4.75 ) IX4 8.45 J2X4 9.05 29X4.405.65 JOX4.50- 6.)0 JOX4-75- 7.3o 30X5.00- 8. 20 3IX5.25- 9.85 JOXS-50-I 0.40 3 3x6.oo- I 2. 20 3 2X6. 50- I 4· 3 5 Convertible Sedan ·1s Pierce-Arrow's Latest Addition A convertible sedan which introduce s a number of innovations in hody design is announced by Pierce-Arrow a,; an addition to its Custom De Luxe Group of Straight Eight models. This I '. new body creation. by Dietrich. resembles in many respects the work of some of Europe's most notable de signers. A striking fe~ture of this new body ' is that it can he easily converted into four distinct body types; an enclosed drive limousine, or a sedan, or a phae! ton, or a sport phaeton with a tonneau windshield. The change to any 1of these types can be quickly made. ! The top is so constructed that it folds ; back into a neat compact form behind : the rear seat. Patented lock-joints holil · all movable parts rigid when the car is ~ used as a sedan or limousine . j The new Pierce-Arrow Custom De, Luxe Convertible Sedan is mounted 'on the 143-inch wheelbase chassis and : is powered by the new 125-horsepower straight eight engine. 1 Tough ., Stanly .,Siife ., SaiJing T HE . New Firestone Old· field ·Tire is one of the many achievements directly traceable to the Firestone Su .. premacy in the tire field. Consider the many advan . tages of the New Firestone Old.. field. These tires are not "sec.. ond·line tires." Their high quality is equal to other 4'first lines" by actual test. Finer cot· ton means a stronger and better carcass. More rubber between the plies gives better protection to the cords, longer life and greater flexibility. Co~e _ in today and tt1~2~. ~ examine · Fender Guard Is Invented To Prevent Dents, Breaks "No more dented, scratched and broken fenders." savs a voung Charlotte, ( N . C.) inventor, \Villis S. Fellows, who has natented a device intended to safeguard the frnder. the weakest and m ost exposed part of the automobile and the part of an automobile that invariablY is in.iurccl fir st. The new in,·cntion i. called a fend r !!nard and is, essentialh-. a steel bar one and a half or otw and a quart C' r inches \\·ide running along the rim of the fender. Tt is held half an inch awav from the rim of the fender bv a serie-; of rubber cushions that serve hock absorbers. Wilmette Battery & Eleetrie Service ··········---------------------------------------..11 I 740 Twellth Street Wilmette 691 I as