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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Dec 1933, p. 9

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H-arry C. Pifer, 1620 Lake avenue, is president. The latter organization enl- Iisted the interest of Thomas J. Lynch, mnc., tree surgeons of Winnetka, who made a survey of ail the trees on Lake avenue in company witb a member of the club. The, Lynchb concern was definite and empbatic, it -is, stated, in the opinion that to place, the main in the parkway would be disastrous to the trees. Get Expert Opinions Interested residents appealed to .a landscape architect of national, reputa- tion, long known as an expert on trees and shrubs, but who accepts no. remfun- eration for b is. services, and wýere given. the opinion that there was grave dan- ger of. serious iuryý to mnany treés along the street, if the main were, laid, i, the arkway.* He explained that the cutting of the roots would aione con- stitute a dangerous, menace,* which wovuld he increased by, the natural tendency of %vater to f ollow the pipe and thus drain away f rom the treei root s. *Opponients of the parkway. location point out that the expert opinions pre- ponderantly justiiy' the fear that pre- mature death awaits m-any of the finest old trees iii Wilmette unless that loca- tion is abandoned. North Western Promises Further Rail Rate Slash The New Year of 1934 will intro- duce new 1.8 cents per muile each %va. daily round-trip coach tickets on the Chicago and Northi Western rail- way-a 50 percent reduction over the rate -of 3.6 that was in effect up uîntiI November 30 ,and a 10 'percent reduction over the 2 cent basic rate that has been in effect silice Decemn- belr 1. R. Thiomsog, passenger traffic manager 'o f the North Western, Chi-' cago. announces. This. new rounid"- trip, coach rate. wilI go into, effec t January 2, the tickets having a teti- day return litmit., "Witb the intro-l duction of this new low round-tri p rate. which cuts in hiaîf the rates that~ mid-week travelers were. use'd to DRA-S TICÇ REDUCTIONS,» on all- COATS, SUITS an d DRESSES 95 cose -out dresses- $0 r e yý$5.95, to$1 D. Sterling Wheelwright, A. -A. G.* O., orgaitist of the, Wilinette' Sunday IEvening cluib, fias arranged a prelitdc e' eital of mils ic Up Pro- priate to "New Year's IEve,'> fa be pia ycd Sipzday, Decelmber 31, at the Pirst Congregational chaurch, coin- ecigat 7:10 o'clock. IN EAST FOR HOLIDAYS Mr. and Mrs. James Witherell and daughter, Dierdre, 128 Dupee place, who have gone çast for the bolidays will he away until about* the middle of January. Althougb the trip is be- delphia, ber parents, the Hon. John W. Summers and Mrs. Summers in Washington, and will then go to New Ybrk to spend some time attending the theaters. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Herman Zibble. 2016 Bircbwood' avenue, announce the birtb of a' daughter, Carolyn jean, on F u llF.ashioned Chiffon HOSE ---79C SoId in 'Chicago at $1.65 the pair. OnIy one pair to a customer. UNIQUE STYLE .ýSHOP- 1126 Central Avenue Wilmette 2403 "The Fineat for the Tbe Oppotite the postofice FREE iP HONE I]MEE [DELIVERY I1070 IDELIVRYI Village of Wilmette Harry W. Miler, Treasurer

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