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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Jan 1931, p. 38

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We 9Do :Not sel Caa oto but we do. repair ail cars. OUr sixtee eatt' ex perence in automobile repairing justifiesour motto of. absolu te satisf action guaranteed. When. we work on a car it is, as good as new* Have your mechanical work done by expeî-, enced and proven mechanics.ý 732 Twelfth St George iller w -~--~-IMM Phon Wil. 50, Lee Muer 100%1oServie peopileo Wilmtte are being offered, 1000/ automobil, service by "the 4th Street Auto Service. Expert mechanics are ready to serve andi advise vou wkuin er and 297' were over thirty-nive horsepower. In 1929 a total' of 3,927 -automobiles were registered in Wilmette, 3,693 under, thirty-five horsepower and 234 over tbi.rty-five hiorsepower. The number, of light delivery. trucks. in, Wilmette increased 'from 201, lu 1929 to 236 in 1,930, wh ile the number * of taxicabs increas.ed fromt 48 to 54. The .horse, and 'buggy, predecessor of the automobile, is almost a thing of the' past. in Wilmette. The police department records list six horses ini * the village last year. In Kenilworth, the number of auto- mobiles under. thirty-five horsepower, increased from 616, in 1929, to 628, in 1930, while the comparative figures for automobilés over thirty-five horse- power were 125 andl 184. Thirty-three commercial vehicles were registered in Kenilworth in I'ý>29, and .29, in "1930. Wersted Mechanics. Take Special Course, John Nelson of the Wersted Motor company,. 562 Lincoln avenue, Win- netka, attended the Fishier body* school in Chicago, january 5 te 10. At this school, conducted 'by the Fi sher Body Corporation, actual dem- onstration s were given in repairing 'and rebuilding automobile bodies-, in- cliûiing upholstering, as well as dent. -" Lyiutu copan, a well as on ail General Motors automobiles. The Wersted Motor company does repairý- ing on aIl cars. Beginning January 1, Oakland andl Pontiac dealers are required to seiid their mechanics once a month to a school of instruction co 'nducted under the management of the:Chicago Oak- land and Pontiac distributors, a sort of post-graduate course which Mr. Werstèd says is invaluable to men engaged in,'this 'work. That Chiicago ànd suburban institu-. tion, the National Automobile' show, opens to the public for the 3lst suc- cessive year at 2 o'clock Saturday iii the bistoric Coliseum at l6th street and Wabash avenue. Each year the showbas become' bigger and more comprehensive,> and marks. the truc barometer of tràde in this area, be- cause automobile sales, it is admitted, by business leaders, show theway to prosperity in ail other ulnes. Ati east 25,000 persons .are expected to attend the. show the opening day, and, the. crowls, will undo.ubtedly grow Sunday and during the week. The show will be open from 10:30 a. m. each day (except the first) until 10:30 p. m. in- cluding Saturday, Jan. 31. Fifty manufacturers of automobiles, wiIl exhibit over 300 new models- thefir finest makes-to interest: the dis- cerning eyes of the motor-loving publie. of Cook county 'and in' fact the ~entire. mid--west. In addition. there .will ,be over 125 exhibits of'accessories,,. shop ezipxucat, parts and. the like, at the Coliseum. To Resemble Italian Palse The interior of the Coliseum will be' more elaborately decorated than, ever before with the setting resembling a huge Italian palace. Special appeal to the women drivers or those who ride in the back seat, is noted in this year's show. Manufacture of cars bas progressed greatly along luxurious lines and with the beautiful setting being. prepared for,'the finest of models at the Chicago show, ki is ex- pected that thousands of women 'wilI visit the exhibition. But best of 'ail perhaps, f rom a buy- cr's point of view, explains S. A. Miles, wbo has managed the National Auto-. mobile show ever since its beginning in 1900 (when- eight cars were shown, at the Coliseum), are the great values being built. into the car itself. The National Automobile Shows are held under auspices of the National Automobile Chamber of* Commerce With the Chicago Automobile Trade association and other groups cooperat- Wilmette 3064 New car' sales in, Illinois in 1930, totaled 163,459 cars as compared to M3,367 in 1929 with Cook county tak- ing .up 77,985 of thé total and the, .downùstatçý counties 'acc:utn o ?M,74 newIcars. IJLJLOYHcw ag~.es eween Abi1lne and, Texarkana,, a distance of 475 Miles. There is much new building in that country and 'mnile ýafter mile of new *ide roads, lie asserta. 5 164th Sfr.. Bl Sock Northè of 'V' Station

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