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Ioe Trimn 2w4 £hop 426 ndonAv*.., Wlm.ff fhm .Wr e4454 OUT OF TOWN! ,LY Simpsons Londovi residence b. among those rentod ta, ists during the month of May. t's not exactly news . . . eey ly hoci 1uspected she wouldn't Winnetka, 'Wiih 40 accidents that pro- duced injuries, finished the year with no faàtalities land earned ,honorable: mention in the conte.st tbutos CImaflmug Competitor Mr. Cameron said that> a council , study of Winn etka's safet" aorganiza- tion which operates under the direc-1 toofVillage Manager H. L. W ool- hiser, Village President W. B. Moul- *ton, and 'Chieîf 'Police W. M. Peterson, showed -a balance of ac- tivity. that makes it ",wôrthy" of asso- ciation with, ýand a challenging'co- petitor. of nieighboring WilImette- Robert L Anderson, Superintendent *of Public WVorks, canducted Winnet- ka trafic studies and engineering work. Winnetka's report pointed te S. R. Logan, Skokie school principal and tb Sister Lydia, Si-stei' Superier of Parochial schools, as leaders of safety work in the educationai field. Highland Park, the ox1y other north shore cammunity ini this group which was einered in the national * contest (a city must be of 10,000 pop- ulation or more to qualify for the competition) held its own . against the rising tide of national motor vehicle registration and increased *,.avel wwth t1iree traffic death in cago from farther north and flortn-1 west converges daily on these. seyen towns as Chicago d4raws its ..pleasure- seekers and business visitors. ýAd to this the heavy, speedy and impatientt commuters' traffic that pours through these towns twiCe daily, and, there resuits a traffic problem to test thei best traffic control progratus1 that> could be worked out.for such :a'spe-ý cial problem. It is not. flatterY to say that .the records. of Chicago'sc noprth shore comlmunities establish1 t that they have met this acute prob- lem 'with nearly 'the best' to be had in.the way of organization for: traf - fic ýsafety!' The brief- outline. of the work-that g ave Wilmietté its first place ranking'- in the 1936. contest shows a 100 per cent reduction in traffic accident ,deaths irprn tlwee i1935 to none in 1936; a 10 per cent reduction in the nuniber of accidents, a 31 per cent reduction in the nuniber of persons injured: In 1935, ..51 arrests were made after accidents occurred. In 1936, ini spite of the 10 per cent reduc- tian ini the number of accidents, 152 arrests were made. Every accident was "spotted" on.an outline map of the village and collision diagranis were made of intersections and other, Imax the ceIebratiUZotinsu!tlSV honoer was set as April 26. Those at tending the IMonday meet- ing were .reprç sentat ives, Of some- twelvecivic groupS. *F.urther plans for the observances are to be announiced within a week, it Was stated., At 'Monday's preliminary mneeing, called by Fr.,Dewe.y Anderson, presi- dent. of the 'Chamber of Commerce, organizations 'were represented, as follows: Wilmette Post 40, Arnericçan Legion -George F. Scherzer. Wilmette Post 46, American Legion Auxiliary-Mrs. John B. Boddie. WiInette Civic league- Paul C.' Lang. Harmony Convention - Staver Moulding. Wilmette Home Owners associati on J. -Phillips, Walter C. Farrar. Wilmette Rotary club E. W. Weber, Lloyd Hollister. Northwest Men's club-Louis MI. Becker, Jr. Woman's Catholic Club of XiI- mette-Mrs. Arthur Hughes. Junior Woman's Catholic Club of Wilmette-MNiss Marian Husting. Woman's Club of Wilmette-Mrs. civic if e through the Highlanld Parkc traffic signais and 266 slow and warn- Citizeuis' Safety cammittee, of which ing sîgns were 100 per cent standard H. B. Aiston is chairman, George according to specifications of the Na- Scheuchenpflug, secretary, and Harry tional' Conference on Street and G. Pertz, chairman ini charge of Highway Safety. 0f 168 stop signs, statistics and reports. The work had 164 are standard both i design and the direction and support of Mayor in installation. William Dooley and was carried out, Each member of the police force in its law enforcernent phases, under attended a class in accident preven- Chief of Police' Edward Moroney. tion work once a week for 36 weeks aVenue, rest. Ii. R. ei dkms,1 'It is -eingularly remarkable," Mr. for several days. eOptimist club - James New Service Station Will Open This Week Opening of the Knoll and Hamilton D-X service station at the south- west corner of Green Bay road and ,ana,.the rest ýy , : : 1n ne- in noeeç your is pos- 4