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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Dec 1929, p. 44

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WILMETTE LIFE D'ecember 27, 1929 of the cars. Stainless steel has been in production on the Pierce-Arrow .Str~ight Eight models for several I months. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P~rce-Arrow Str~ght Eight part~ Upkeep Coats of Poor 1 over 300 in number, which are made Declares · of stainless steel include all engine, Pavements Amount to chassis and body fittings and extends Staggering Figure -of no"S even to nuts, bolts, washers and screws " " such as those which attach the license By E. E. Duffy Washington to Be Host to Dele- Citing several reasons: the touring plate brackets to the car frame. The vast mileage of antiquated roads gates of lntemational >ureau of the Chicago Motor club in and streets would serve as an ex~ellent Road Congress 1 bulletin issued this week warned English Labor Party Shows starting place in a public works proJlinois car owners to preserve the Interest in Road Building gram for stabilizing industry. .tate license registration card, which Secretary of State Stimson this week Soon after the present Labor party There are more miles of inferior announced the appointment of Roy D. Nill accompany the 1930 license plates, came into power the Ministry of highways in the United States. than Chapin, Detroit, chairman of the High Nhich will be issued shortly. "The card is necessary if the owner Transport, in an endeavor · to relieve ways committee of the National Autogood. It may be further stated that mobile Chamber of Commerce, as presi- ){ the car wishes to enter Canada," unemployment, requested the various most pavements are poor. In days the bulletin stated. "The Can· a dian county councils throughout England dent of the American Organizing commission in charge of the Sixth Inter- mmigration officials will not permit to submit propositions on road con- gone by any pavement .was classed as national Road Congress to be held in \merican citizens to cross the border struction in their respective areas, ac- satisfactory that kept the vehicle and Washington, October 6 to 13, 1930, by tJnless the card is produced, and the cording to a bulletin issued by The the pedestrians out of the mud, but in invitation of the United States govern - :nformation entered thereon is noted Automobile Club of Illinois. Local ment. In naming Mr. Chapin, the sec- 'n the touring permit issued by the authorities in the northern division of this hey-day of the automobile a first England, which embraces eight coun- class pavement must do more than that retary acted upon the recommendat10n Canadian officials to the car owner. "Even aside from these imperative ties, therefore submitted schemes to -it must provide a smooth riding surof the members of the Organizing comreasons, alt,; wotorists should carry the the ministry under a 5-year construc- face and its cost of maintenance must mission. be low. The commission acts for the · Perman- : ard because it provides a first-class tion program. It is stipulated by the Upkeep costs of poor pavemeuts Many mermeans of identification. ministry that, in order to obtain a ent International association of Road Congresses, with headquarters in Paris chants and banks consider this identi- government subsidy, preference in amount to a staggering figure for even and functions under the authority of fication sufficient when they are asked employment upon state-aided roads the small community. The outlay f£lr the State Department. Thomas H. to cash checks, and should any police must be given to married men resi-' patches goes on year after year and MacDonald, chief of the United Stat~s ·fficer suspect that the car is stolen, dent in the county. Single men in it is no mean guess to say that the Bureau of Public Roads and chairmaq ;howing of the card is quite likt·ly to distressed areas are not to be em- amount parsimoniously spent during of the Highway Education board, v>a3 :.ave the owner many hours, if not ployed if they are available for transfer ten or fifteen years would be great nd.med secretary-general of the com- days, in jail while ownership of the to other trades or districts, declares enough to have purchased new pavements with enough left over for a subcar is being traced." the bulletin. mission in an earlier announcement . stantial down payment on a new city Name Outstanding Leaders hall or sewerage system. O~her members are: Wilbur ]. Carr, Chevrolet Hits Highest Miss Katherine Klotz, daughter of An indication of how important an Assistant Secretary of State· Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Klotz of Building Mark in 1929 Indian Hill, returned this week from even flow of construction is to economic R. Taylor, Department of C~mmercc; Robert P. Hooper, American Aut:)Surpr <;sing by 150,000 cars and St. Catherine's schoo1 in Westhampton. well being is given in the yearly unmobile association; Henry G.' Shirley, trucks its previous record annual Va. to be here for the Christmas holi- employment figures, exclusive of highways, which show that from 200,000 to American Association of State High- ::tchievement, the Chevrolet Motor days. more than 400,000 laborers on the averway Officials; Charles M. Upham, Am- company, in 1929, . will manufacture -o-age are out of work. The community erican Road Builders association; A. ! . 1.350,000 automobiles , it was announced Mi-. and Mrs. Sanford Holden, 527 that would have the buying power of Brosseau, Chamber of Commerce ;>f at the central offices in Detroit. Due the United States; H. H. Rice, High- to the tremendous popularity of the \Varwick road, Kenilworth, entertained its citizens on, a comfortable basis had way Education board; and Roy D. six-cvlinder car. introduced a vear fifteen of their family at their home on best keep constant watch on needed construction-and build. Chapin, National Automobile Chamber ago, .1929 will he hy a wide m::trgin Christmas day. of Commerce. the greatest year in Chevrolet history. Headquarters for the commission Chevrolet officials announce that Highest Grade have been established in WashingttJn daily, weekly and monthly production where preliminary arrangements for records were broken over and over the Congress will be made by the staff. ::tgain during 1929. Perhaps the most The Congress is expected to bring 1o c;ignificant achievement of Chevrolet the United States from 2,000 to 3,000 this year was the placing of a million delegates, leading highway authorities cars on the road in less than eight of their respective countries, represent- months. Although the first Chevrolet Drapery and Upholstery Fabrica ing virtually every nation in the world. "ix rlid not go onto the streets until It is expected that sessions of the Con- last January first, there were a milANTIQUES gress wilt be held at the offices of the lion in owner operation early last United States Chamber of Commerce. August. We s.pecialize in Antique Furniture First Meeting in U. S. An all-time monthly production mark Repairing and Refinishing Previous Congresses have been held was set in May, when the Chevrolet at Paris in 1908, in Brussels in 1910 factories built 160,895 cars. A new Hair Mattresses and Springs Made to Order and in London in 1913, in Seville i1~ high monthly record was established 1923 and in Milan in 1926. The Con- in every month except January. gress in Wa shington next October will mark the first meeting of the InternaHighest Grade Upholstering tional Association in the Western Pennsylvanja Junks 65,876 808 Oak Street Established 1895 Ph. Winnetka 145 Hemisphere. Decre!)it Cars During 1929 At ~ht: suggestion of the Organizing From January 1 to November 1 excomm1S s1on. Secretary of State Stimson actly 65.876 motor vehicles were junked has transmitted to P. Le Gavrian, sec- in Pennsylvania, according to the retary-general of the Permanent Ass0- Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The numciation in Paris. an invitation to visit her includes 1.321 motor cars for which the United States as guest of the Am- iunk certificates were 'issued, declares Tenth Street and Central Avenue Wilmette, Ill. erican commission to confer as to plans 1 bulletin issued by The Automobile for the Congress and arrangements for Club of Illinois. Under the provisions SUNDAY SERVICES - 11 A.. M. the care of the visiting delegates. of the motor code, junk certificates WEDNESDAY-TESTIMONIAL MEETING- S P. M. Expect Many Delegates ::tre issued to owners who sell a motor SUNDAY SCHOOL EXERCISES-9 :4 5 A. M. Mr. MacDonald, who recently re- vehicle as scrap, and a certificate of turned to the United States from an title mav not again be issued for such extended tour of the South American '-l vehicle. DECEMBER 29, 1929 nations following the meeting of the Second Pan American Highway Con- Stainless Steel Coming Subject: e-ress at Rio de Janeiro. expressed the Into More Extensive Use belief that each of the Latin American countries visited bv the United States Stainless steel wilt he used more exREADING ROOM-rr63 WILMETTE AVENUE delegation will send delegates. tensh·ely hv automobile manufacturers Open Daily (except Wednesday and Saturday) 9 A.. M. to 6 P. M. Mr. Chapin, president of the commi~ 0r1 new n1odels dt1ring tl1c comitlg 'rear. sion. recently returned from Paris "~Ccording to reports in the steel marW,dnesday 9 A.. M. to 7:45 P. M.: Saturday 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. . where he met with the members of the ket. The Pierre-Arrow Motor Car rom- Permanent International Commission res:!ardin~ program and plans for the -.~nv whose n('w Strrlight Rights have fnrthcomin~ Congress. He reports that met with phenomenal success in the the members of the commission are 'ine car fielrl. oioneered the use of THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE enthusiastic over the prospects of visit- ... ainlec;s ste<'l in the manufacture of CHURCH SERVICES AND VISIT THE READING ROOM ins.! the United States to attend the :t~ fTIOtor cars a~ a means of prPSixth Congress next year. venting rust and prolonging the life News of Automobile Row URGES REBUILDING OF ALL ANTIQUATED ROADS . NAME ORGANIZERS FOR · carry Your card, GREAT ROAD CONGRESS Advice to o. wn.ers lll. . Cars UP BOLSTERING Cabinet Work H. G. LINDW ALL '= -= =" "' ";~:::"" ~~:::~"'":~"'"~~:~:::""~:~:::~:·:"""'"""~ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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