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8 WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, MAY ,30, 1924 ~ --·-· ,._ _ Art1 · ~mg ~aes to ,. Hold Exhibit on June 6 · PADLOCK ORDER HITS OSTROWSKY F ecleral Judge Acta in Local Liquor Cue Woodley, sewing: Lowell .T.odd and Desmond Devitt~ manual trammg\ The exhibitiQn is open to the public. .............----------~---··---------~-·-·········-..··~ By an order signed in Chlcago on Monday by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson the premises of John Ostrowsky, 1487 Asbury avenue, Hubhard Woods, were closed for one year. :The court order, however, contained Helen Gates, 723 Eighth street, gave the proviso that Ostrowsky would be a dance at her home last Friday eve-vermitted to use his house during that ning. ;period by the posting of a $1 ,000 bond iJ.nd the additional stipulation that prohibition and police officers should have ;have the right at any time to search ~the place without a search warrant. The Ostrowsky premises were raided on November 27, last, by Winnetka You can always iook your best if your clothes are in good police who found 20 dozen bottles of beer, 'several gallons of liquor and a condition-immaculate and well-pressed. Won't you let us help you? complete still in the place. Call Wilmette 690 and we'll call at once. Ostrowsky was later taken before Police Magistrate Northrop in Winnetka, where he was convicted on a Repairing Hemstitching double charge, namely, that of the ·illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor and the illegal sale of it, and fined $100 and costs. Proceedings were subsequently started by government officials to ob1181 Wilmette Ave., oppoaite Villace Hall 1105 CENTRAL A VENUE tain an injunction to padlock the Ostrowsky home under provisions of PAone Wilmette 690 the Volstead act. Judge Wilkerson's ·--··-·······-------------------····················~ order, Monday, was the finale of that ~:=:=:=:==::==:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:==:=:=:=:=:=:::::::::=:=:=:=:=:= Art sewing and manual training work 'of the public schools of Wilmette will be placed on exhibition Friday, June 6, from 1 to 5 o'clock _at the Byron C. Stolp gymnasium. Drawmg and other art work of all grades in the pub_lic schools will be on extiibit. Manual traming and sewing will be of the upper grades. Instead of the usual demonstration of domestic science, the sewing department ment will put on a style show. :rhe models will be the makers of the thmgs to be shown. The exhibit is in charge of Mary Frances Hinga, art superv!sor; Mi~s Florence Geiman and M1ss Kerme Sears Pupils Practice . For Annual Track Meet Pupils of the Joseph Sears school are practicing daily for the annual track meet to be held Friday afternoon, June 6. The meet will be open to children of the school and pnzes will be given to the winners of _ t he different events. The iris will participate in the running and jumping. The boys will have the various track events. "'iou'll Enjoy A Dinner With Us!" HJJ If you've never 'taken dinner with us, come in this evening '~lways Look Your Best" We guarantee that you will be thoroughly pleased With Weem's n in need oJ Majestic cellent. 1 sistance ~ audience I ladder. C ner prese contest a best of t players, VI The tw~ the fancy est exten Faber & and Mo11 blackface DE LUXE CLEANERS WILMETTE CAFE ::~~?; ~~it~i~~?o~:2! ifu~\ih~~~:5~ proceeding. It is claimed that Ostrowsky's is the first dwelling to be closed for violation of the Volstead law in the northern district of Illinois Only a few days ago a federal judge in Omaha, Neb., declared that enforcement of the Volstead act by injunction violated the constitutional right of a person accused of crime to I _______________________-:::-----~~~ This is man and by Sam Goldbec able bit II sion was sound law. They further claim it is the most important decision affecting human liberty since the Dred Scott case. A Bust·ness Baro meter HE sales of electric or gas service T the Public Service Company of Northby Tht' Public Servictt Company is an Illinois DRIVERS SWEAR TO PLAY SAFE Major A. A. Stewart, of New York City, recently formed what is known as the Argus association, composed of motorists all over the country who are willing to take the pledges of the association as to safe driving. These pledges are : 1. To be always ready for any emergency by keeping my eyes on the road and my thoughts on what I am doing. 2. To particularly watch out for curves, crossings, and bridges. 3. To keep the brakes and steering gear in good working order. 5. Never to stop or slow down without signalling to the driver of the car behind. 6. Never to take a turn without care and warning to drivers of other cars. 7. Never to cut off another car unless I am positive that there is ample space. 8. Never to stop in a narrow place on the road if by doing so I inconvenience the drivers of other cars. 9. Never to start out from the curb without making sure that the road is clear. 10. To consider the safety and comfort of the other car's occupants as well as my own. 11. Never to try to save a minute or two of time if by doing so I am risking the life of a human being. 12. To obey all the rules of the road as laid down by law or common sense. 13. I_£ I do not drive my own car, to requ1re my chauffeur or members of my family to live up to these principles. 14. To be always careful, vigilant, courteous, and though{ul-a gentleman of the highway. More than 12,000 motorists are stated to have taken this pledge. NationaJ Highways Association. Corporation, operated Mid manased by Illinoisans, servins electric light and power or gas to 201 Illinois cities and towns; its more than 3, 700 employees are residents of the communities served and, of its more than 21,500 stockholderowners, 92o/o are residents of Illinois, the majority of them being customers of thf'! Company ern Illinois act as a barometer of composite business and living conditions in the territory served by this Company. Increased sales of electric light and power and gas reflect1. Growth and development-general progress - production economies. 2. Greater conveniences in the home -better living conditions. That the barometer reading of N orthem Illinois is promising, is indicated by an increase of 21.2 per cent in this Company's light and power sales and 18.7 percent in gas sales during the first three months of 1924 as compared to the corresponding period of the year 1923. The following table shows the constant increase in this Company's sales of gas and electricity and the gain in .number of customers over the last ten years: Year Kllowatt H_.-a e1 £1ectricit:r GeDeratecl Cubic Feet el ea. Made Total Cutoaaen Chilly W eatber F aila to Thwart the Auto Tourist Despite the cold spring the touring bureau of the Chicago Motor club reports an increase in touring of 43% in the month of April this year over the same month last year. "Given the same weather conditions as last year, this increase would no doubt have been between 70% and 75%," says .L. A. Dickinson, manager of the tourmg bureau of the Chicago Motor club. 15H4 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 140,264,161 142,914,677 164,538,950 214,702,816 286,871,662 326,697,051 . 367,916,534 359,410,664 366,843,534 403,886,488 3,034,287,659 3,097,386,785 3,245,858,500 3,258,150,000 3,381,360,675 3,346,336,000 3,184,046,000 2,734,393,000 3,087,378,000 3,53~,537,000 ' 113,607 127,561 144,026 157,860 162,014 172,483 184,609 199,222 220,160 252,981 ' ~~ I · The groWth of this Company and that of the · -; territory it serves are so inter-dependent that, when you tal~ about the progress of the Public Service . ,~ .o;.,.. Company, you talk about the progress o( N~ ern Illinois. ·. ... PUliLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ~rvlng INFORMATION Stick this in a conspicuou place. Information concerning the Memorial Day parade and exercises can be obtained at the following places: The offices of Wilmette Life ....... . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . · . . . . . Wilmette 1920 Col. Albert L. Denman .. Wilmette 1600 Lea ]. Orr .· ·.·......... Wilmette 557 C. C. Renneckar . . . . . . . Wilmette 28 R. C. Wessell .. Harrison 6557 (day) Wilmette 124 (evening) Richard Jordan, 1012 Greenwood avenue, has been confined to his home with iUness. 6,000 ·quare mile·-202 citie· and towJU -with Gaa or Electricity JNO. S. REESMAN, Diatrict M.naaer tll Church Stnet Pbo- E.anllon 3tGI EVANSTON Pb011e Wilmette zast II _______