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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Dec 1924, p. 12

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12 \VTLMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, DECEMBE:P. }_2! 924 yards away to dc:r:onstrate that it was in running condition. The car of the winning team crossed the line _78 minutes after they started to disassemble it. Koowledae and Eiperience . "They knew their job and they ?i<l ;t" is t he wav Fred Eh!ers. Jr .. se rnce n:anager for 'the San Francisco dealer expressed himself. "The fact that a team made up of men from an appro,·ed sen·ice station won this test so easily," says C. M. McDonald, local Dodge Br:others dealer, "is a . clear demonstration . of the advantage to owners of. takmg ·heir cars to appro,·ed serv1ce stations. "It is only natural that skilled workmen with labor sa\'ing tools and accustomed to servicing one make of car exclusively can be depended . upon to make adjustments and repa1rs pr~p erly in less time than can me:;chamcs . outside of the appro,·ed serv1ce station." CIVILIAN MECHANICS BEAT SOLDIER RIVALS Perhapa Little Stars Knew About Christmas The stars shone brightly overhead. Below, the snow was ~<_wh ering up the hard ground. w _,c did not seem to under.stand Chrtstmas. It was much too hard !or that. It was better that Old Kmg Snow should come alon~ an'CI cov.er it up, giving the peo!lle a whJte Chris tm.as. The stars shone down upon a little farm house. It was not .a palace. It was not even a beautiful house. But the stars shone very brightly. . . Perhaps they knew. hng~t httle stars that they were, that m tha t house . as in many another house which' is neither a palace nor a beautiful residence, there was gr~a t happiness and glorious. celebr_atmg of the bea utiful Chnstmashde.M ary Graham Bonner. (C. 1924. W:!!stern Newspaper Union) One of the most interesting features of the Air Circu recently held at Cri sey Field, California, was the conte. t between civilians and soldier mechanics in stripping army cars down to the bare frame and reassembling them. The cars selected were two Dodge Brothers cars, s tandard equipment in the U. S. Army, built in 1917. The contest rules allowed ten men on each team, but the winning civilian crewfrom the service station of the J. E. French company, the San Francisco Dodge Brothers dealer-numbered only eight men and a foreman. Cara Diamantlecl Each crew stripped its car right down to the bare frame. Engine, transmission, clutch, battery box, fuel tank, radiator, front axle, fenders, running board, tires, springs and hody were removed. Combu~ti~n Fuel Concern The ciVilian crew from the J. E. Opens Branch in ;W ilmette French Company took the lead from The Combustion Fuel Oil Burner th.c start; dismantljng the car in 160 company of Milwaukee has opened a 1111nutes-. . In reas'sembling, each crew put 111 a factory branch office at 1177 Wilmette uew engipe. 11ew r~ar ax le, new front avenue Wilmette, in charge of L. I. axle, new fehders and running boards, Torger~on and C. A. Sargent, 'both new tires and neow springs. Cotter factory trained engineers. pins were installed wherever required Owners of "Combustion" Fuel Oil and lockwashers were used on all burners on the north shore from Evother nuts. Inspectors watched each anston to Lake Forest will be given crew to see that every detail was per- service through· this branch am~ conformed in a workmanlike manner. tracts for new installation are made Foll owing the bui lding up, each car through responsible heating. conwas driven a~ross the finish line 200 tractors in the district. "En thr Q as a 1 expor indu s Germ and b egg~ almol A Radio Everybody Is Talking A..bout ., . We Have Them RadioIa Super-Hetrodyne Crossley Ware Grebe Michigan Zenith Radio Sets from Why Not Player Pianosr Gulbranaen Cable·and Nelson Stark from on th > trat( kno' drean Th1 se rl'~ Gaaoline and Oils Tires, Tubes, Accessoriea recto ·earc Scho 1isin Rail retur Eng! Hood, General, ·~ear Jobbe'* for Wadbam'a Oila ·!.~ o.:, S450 to -100 Why Nota Grand . Piano? G lbranaen H. C. Bey De Kalb Settergren from A "Filmo" this Xmas Will Delight the Whole Family Take your own motion-pictures oi the CHILDREN-Sports, Travel, etc. Automatic-no tripod-no focusing. Entertain with films you take and th<rS~ from the film lihrary, dramas, comics, travel, etc. Let us make a film of the children and show you th<' results anvonc can get. For appointment 'phone G. H . CONNOR, 15 E. Waahin.rton :5 t ., C b ical'o, Dear. 5359 Three Stores BRAUN BROTHERS 7Z3 Oak St., Winnetka 1515 621 Main St,. Wilmette 3Z43 ~-' $17 to $650 EasyTerma $450 to $100 Ridae and Wilmette A·ea., Wilmette ZIG An Upright from $100 to $365 Easy Terms The QuaUQ' .in a. CHRYSLER SIX is Built into it Mot Promised Eureka, Hoover and Hamliton Beach fr(jm Electric Singer Sew· ing Macbinea from $45 to $&5 ~re Cpen $29.50 up $10 up We Hand Machinea from Evenings { Eaay Terms I EaayTerma i ·"""·· The minute detail construction of the Chrysler chassis proves this. 816-8l8 Church Street, Evanston PHONES: Uni.v eraitJ .654, Wilmette 526 The enthusiastic satisfaction of the Chrysler .owners vindicates this statement, Whatever tM Circa.mstanus · tlae I&IDe c:oartay-the ame belphl lel'riee Ia maaagi111 ~ · aD perplaiq cletail..-.re ac. eorded ,_ wlletber yo · ~ ........ aalimited ~ tare or whether dreumatancet ~ that yoa refraiu from ancf· coeta. 101~ o.~ street, ¥ r · ""id .

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