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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jun 1931, p. 26

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was injured se severely that he had to leave school and spenda year i the west. He retturned tast fali te Harvard and completed his course this Junc. Mr. Harding. Sr., aise a, grad- uate of Harvard;,was a memher of the class of 1889. *Mrs.. John Corey- of 1518 Asbury avenue,. Wînitnetkà has heen spending a pleasant wvcek with f rieinds,, Mr. and- Mrs, , Walter Mead of'- Wisconsin Rapids, Xis. Mrs. Mfead- was Miss Louise Durham eof Kenilworth. Sky Harber Now under te. personal manage- ment of. Mm. R. W. SCHROHDRR and Gaas F. FisHER Fer thoe. nter.sted, la AUl types off planes for sale Complet. airport fàwilIi. ncludling storage and supplies BAMLOOM AVAIL for private parties Phone Northbrook 65 for. reservations .and fulparbeulares tien, at the association's New York convention. "The local newspaper is the nattural channel for public utility advertising," declared Mr. Tuteur, who has beenl active.in public utility advertising for the past fifteen years. "The records' of ýadvertising expenditures: of. utili- tics ýshow that two-tbirds or more o; our. appropriations is invested lu -newspaper space and that this per- centage is, as a Whole,> increasing each, vear. This condition prevails solely, because ne*spaper advertising hias demonistrated its effectiveness,.econo- my, 'and sales value to the utilities. There are no- other reasons. As Il business enterprise, now largelyv o 1wne d by the public it serves, the utility must apply, te its advertising the same sound vardstick of value thiat. any other bus'iness institutior utilizes. Andtoday this is of 'greater importance than ever before becàuse every dollar-'must be' macle to give a *comiplete accounting of its service."P Mrs. Alexander Josln of 240 Essex road, Kenilworth entertained last Wcd- nesday at a small luncheon for Mr.s. John Wilds of Keni4lworth and on June 19, she. invited a few f riends, te have luncheon with ber' in honor, .if Mrs. Le Roy Miner of Wilmette.. Mrs. .Ogden Cook of 1092 Spruce street, Xinnetka will entertain her afternoon bridge club ai her home on Friday, june 26. to Have F<un on iFourtIi Here's eue place whereyou can have a lot olf fun on the Fourth of July, and it won't cost ycu anything! Maj. R. W. Schroeder and George F. Fisheî:, managersof Sky Harbor air- port, six, miles West of Glencoe ,on Dun- ,4ee read,,have anneunced, that the air- port is to be open to the public FREE on the week-end of Saturday, July,4, and, Suniday, july: S. Not only will ad- mission tet the airpert grounds be f ree, butthere will likewise, be ne charge ,for parking. The restaurant and lounge facilities of the unique, modernistic Sky Harbor cluhhiousc will he epen. te the public,: with the usual.îice creamn, bot dogsand other Fourth of. July "speciLs"' on sale. The clubhouse leunge-and restaurant a re now. epen, and visitors are welcome at any tîme, 'the management anneunces. SIn addition te the >usual 'attractions, seýmè special features are being. planned for the Fôurth., Further plans will :be announced later. It is considered likely that one of the Goodyear blimps will be at Sky Harber and other* north shore airports on. the week-enfd of the Fourth. Que' of the blimps wvas here for the national air races la st year, and large crowds, ac- çustomed te seeing 'nly airplanes, turned eut te watch it. Capt. J. M. Patterson Is Sky Harbor Visitor Capt. Joseph Mwedill, Patterson of 1- 1- Luesclay- nignt et last weelc in tus Si- korsky plane. He was on bis way seuth -for a fishing trip and remained at Sky, Harber over night.,He plannied te fly, te New Orleans and then -to Florida for some tampon fisbin-g off the Florida coast. Captain Patterson's home tewn- is, Libertyville, _III,. but h e spends Most of bis time in New York. He is a f riend oôf C apt. 1George IR.-Fisher, Ce- manager of Sky Harbor, with wbem he saw service on the Mexican border in 1916. Patterson wvas aise a. captain 'of field artillerv cîuring the Werlwar. Nath-an- Swift Learning Natio.nally Famous Residents of the New Trier town- ship villages - Wilniette,, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe - who have. neyer .Yisitçd -the Curtiss-Wright- ,Reyneolds ,,airpert lat Glenview, per-. haps are una ùware tha.t. it is ene of the largest and finest in the ceuntry. The airpert groundîs occupy 320 acres bounded by Lake avenue on the south,- Shermer avenue oni the west, WiIlow road on the north'and Chicagào, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks on the. east. The field is. well graded and well The-airport is used as anop era-' tiensý ba se, for the Curtiss- Wright.' Flving service,, and, its activities in- [clule, conducting of' the Curtiss- 'Vrigbt Flying school, aerial photog- raphy, charter trips, and the sale of plane.s., Capt. J. B-.eil, ormer marine, i s base manager at the airport. He came from Caldw-ell, N, J., where h4 formerly managed another Curtiss- Wright field. H. Deale Denson -is sales manager, and Dwight Morrow of >Waukegani is in charge of the flving school and eperations flying. he airport hangar«s one.of the largest and.most modemn lu the coun-' try. 13etween forty and_ _forty-five privately- owned planes are, stered Ithere now. Last vear the airpeort was the scene of the national air races. The grand- stand, ivith it's. two promenade decks,, can accommodate four and five -ipersons, andc during the air-races bleachers were buiît te take care of the crowds. There are cômi- fertable chairs on beth. decks of the grandstand. J{cstaurant facilities are available te the public. The parking space., on the airport greunds is se large that several thousand cars can be accemme dated. Goodyear BlimnP Visits -Curtiss Airport- Friday One of the Goodyear blimps, the Mayflower, arrived at Curtiss airoer.t. I529331 South WabaslmAve...TtH.useHra m0855 MIMME V ART CREATIONS FROM QVRTHU SEAS FOR AMERICAN "OMES J aipQr, enview, "last week--after aný. extened tur 0f the east. Patten. is- well1 known 'on the north shore. }His home is -in. Evanston. 4 4. been at the factory for an overhauling, on an extensive airplane trip into the Hudson bay regionand the Canadian nerth country. Arrangements hiavebe -nade for hfauling, gas te varieus points lu isolated regions. that ýColonel Mc- Cormick and Pilôt- Berry plan te visit. -- 0

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