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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924 PNEUMATIC IS IN 36TH YEAR Thought Work of Devil in Early Days Thirty-six years ago last week the first pneumatic tire was made by Dr. John Boyd Dunlop, a veterinary surg- eon practicing in Belfast, Ireland. And, incidentally, the first corner traf. fic cop made his presence felt. In "The History of the Pneumatic Tyre" by John Dunlop--published re- cently by Alex. Thom and company, Ltd, Dublin--the author tells of the invention of the pneumatic, describ- ing how it was made of surgeon's rubber encased in fabric and mounted to the wheels of his son Johnny's ieloyele by means of strips of America elm. It was night when the tire was first tested by the inventor's son. The lad, impatient with waiting long days for the new fittings for his wheel, rode out in the light of the moon. An eclipse occurred and he was forced to return to his father's place of business. But when, soon after the phenomenon passed, Johnny Jr. rode forth again, and upon his return from a ride over the cobbly streets of the Irish city was enthusiastic over the speed--and com- fort--the new tires had brought. It was a few days later, that the traffic cop came into being. Young Dunlop like every youth, greatly en- joyed the increased speed he was able to make with the pneumatics. So much so, in fact, that he was taken to task for it by a policeman. In his book John Dunlop tells of the in- cident. "On one occasion," he writes, "when he was rounding the corner at Castle place, he was cautioned by a police- man for exceeding the speed limit." The point was that the air flled pneumatics enabled riders to attain a speed--with little effort--far in excess of that obtainable with great effort on a wheel fitted with the crude solid tires of that day. It was at the wheel races, however, that the real speed of the pneumatics was brought out. As Dunlop tells the story, the crowds were inclined to jeer at his invention, quite possibly becauss compared with the ordinary solids they appeared clumsy and- over-sized. But when the races were run, and the rider using the machine with air filled tires great'¥ outdistanced his rivals" the attitude of the crowd asd On one occasion it cheered ~ the Irish veterinarian and bore him on its. shoulders. One English booki as Dunlop tells, was so astounded by the performance of the new tires that in his excitement he shouted that there was a demon in them. PARK PURCHASE PLAN SUBMITTED TO HEARING (Continued from page 1) might get together and find means to raise funds to pay for the ditch. "Un- til it is constructed," he declared, "pres- ent conditions will continue to exist." He added that as the Lake county ditch is 20 feet wide, it would require one 27 feet wide and nine feet deep at the Sko- kie to carry off the waters coming down from the north. Wallace Favors Purchase Robert H. Wallace, president of the West Winnetka Improvement associa- tion, made the strongest plea of the eve- ning to acquire the proposed park site. "It will be the best thing for the vil- lage in conjunction with the Forest Pre- serve to take in this land," he declared. "Ultimately that property will be beyond our control. Lose this opportunity and instead of the village you have, you wiil have a city of factories that will domin- ate the rest of the place. Don't forget that. If the factories get in there, you will be out-voted. "Some people say we have parks enough," Mr. Wallace continued. "We cannot get enough parks. I remember when we got our first 20 acres for parks. We then met this same opposition. Futhermore, if a selfish reason will ap- peal to you stronger, let me tell you that this park propostion if carried out will enhance the value of every man's prop- erty in the village." voice--"Where will laboring man ?" Mr. Wallace--When the zoning ordin- ance was up I fought for Class B. Another voice from the audience-- Signers of this petition were told that only 40 acres, instead of 100, were in- tended. There were 300 of them. Post- pone this discussion for two weeks and you can have twice that many signers. Reprogle vs. Carey It was here that Mr. Reprogle said some of the petition signers had been mislead. The remark incensed Mr. Carey. "They were not deceived," said Carey; "for one, I told them all just what I told you. You inquired why the east siders were not being asked to sign and I said it would be useless be- cause they would not be assessed--" "Why not?" came from a chorus of voices. Mr. . Carey--It you put the doesn't matter a straw to me whether you kill this prop- osition or not, but I hate to see you take a wrong view." This brought Mr. Wallace to his feet again. "It seems to me that some of you people can only see the dollar in front of your nose," he began. "Why don't you look into the future--there's $100 there starring at you." A tilt between Mr. Pearlman, who laid out a subdivision near the Skokie and who owns some of the land on the site of the proposed park closed the dis- cussion. It was then agreed to adjourn the meeting until September 15, when the whole subject will be threshed out at a meeting in Community House. TWO ARE DROWNED AS SCORES SEE TRAGEDY (Continued from page 1) other call brought acting Captain H. T. Zahn and his staff from the Evans- ton life saving station. The village police were powerless to render aid; they had no means of getting to the tragedy scene before or after it had happened. It was different with the Evanston life savers. They had proper equipment, but came too late to save the two victims. Captain Zahn and his men put out to where the drownings happened and began drag- ging for the bodies. They continued until dark Tuesday night, but without success. The search was renewed on Wednesday and again Thursday. No trace of the bodies has yet been found. The life savers towed the fatal craft ashore and after it had been beached, Officer Iverson demolished it. Mrs. Gertrude Crowe, the mother of Edward and Marian and Dorothy Brady's aunt, is a widow whose home is at 851 Fast 63rd place, Chicago. She is a seamstress and has done work for the George L. Smith family, 1050 Private road. The Smiths recently went away for a brief vacation and Mrs. Crowe was taking care of the home during their absence. Heroine is Nursemaid Dorothy Brady's mother is Mrs. Crowe's sister and lives at 6615 Win- chester avenue, Chicago. Dorothy's father is dead. She came out Monday, to pass the night with her aunt, Mrs. Crowe, and her two cousins, Edward and Marian Crowe. She had expected to return home Tuesday afternoon. Miss Ellars is employed as a nurse 'n the home of a man connected with the American Embassy at Brussels, Belgium. He and his family came to the village Monday to pay a day's visit to a Hubbard Woods friend. Miss Ellars accompanied them. They departed Wednesday for St. Paul. - Since the tragedy, Mrs. Crowe has been in utter collapse. Kenilworth Happenings Mrs. William Dent arrived at the Kenilworth Inn, 315 Cumnor road, on Friday. She expected to come sooner, but has been spending three weeks with her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Reich- mann of Barrington. --_--O-- A. W. Hannah, 256 Woodstock ave- nue, and his mother, Mrs. A. D. Han- nah, Oliver Barrett, 623 Abbottsford road, and Louise and David Hannah motored to Madison Thursday to spend the week-end. --(-- Miss Jeanette Cherry, 422 Abbotts- ford road, was hostess at Sunday hight tea for Miss Betty Gowan of Kansas City -who was her guest for the week-end. -- one The Misses Emily, Dorothy and Patty Foresman, 515 Essex road, left Thursday for the Broadmore hotel, Colorado Springs, and for Estes Park, to be away about two weeks. --r Mrs. E. F. Snydacker, 1340 Chestnut avenue, gave a mah jongg party Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Culberf- son's guests, Mrs. Hicks and Miss Culbertson. --Q-- Francis Allen, 412 Melrose avenue, is spending this week motoring through Michigan with Fred Bollman of Evanston. They are stopping en route to play golf. ie Mrs. J. A. Culbertson, 220 Kenil- worth avenue, and her guests, Mrs. Hicks and Miss Culbertson of Pasa. dena, spent last week-end motoring to Oconomowoc and Madison. --_0-- Miss Martha Stevens, 330 Abbotts- ford road, spent last week at Delavan, Wisconsin, visiting her aunt, Mrs. De- Clerque. Miss Elizabeth Hannah, 256 Wood- stock avenue, and her grandmother. Mrs. A. D. Hannah, 417 Abbottsford road, left Wednesday for Mackinac Island, to be away for two weeks. --Q-- The Evening bridge club met with Dr. and Mrs. Rufus Stolp, 336 War- wick road, Monday evening. w--ie Miss Theresa Backus, 249 Cumnor road, left Saturday for Kansas City, her old home, to visit numerous friends. : -- Irvin Hintzpeter, 212 Sheridan road, Robert Osgood, 423 Essex road, and Hardy Fenton of Kenilworth avenue Visitors Find Adventure Boys . Are a Busy Lot Editor's Note: = Following are some brief bits of interesting information from Adventure Island, the camp for north shore boys, conducted in the Sturgeon Bay country each summer by Charles A. Kinney, formerly manual training in- structor in the Winnetka Public schools. The boys go to camp in their own boat each season. One of the annual events which is always keenly anticipated by the boys is the play written for Adventure camp by J. A. "Tony" Humphreys, the camp dramatic director. This year the play dealt with some of the imagined ad- ventures of Jean Nicolet during the months he spent on the island of Green Bay some 300 years ago. All of the 30 boys at camp took part in the play, which the visitors pronounced a great success. A large number of parents have vis- ited the camp during the past ten days. Among those from the north shore were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Whitman of Hill road, Winnetka; Mr. and Mrs. Ezra S. Taylor and daughter, Adele, of Ridge avenue, Winnetka; Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Craven of the Orrington hotel, Evanston; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Allen of Glencoe, and Mr. J. B. Thomas of Glencoe. Geoffrey Whitman was the first of the young "non-swimmers" at camp to get out of the "sinker" class by swim- ming the required twenty yards. Every boy unable to swim when he enters the camp is required to wear a small lead sinker as a symbol of his mem- bership in the "sinker" class. Fach day he is given definite instruction in swimming, and it is always a great event when the lad becomes proficient enough to pass the swimming test that takes them out of the "sinker" class. left Thursday for a three week motor trip to Camden, Maine. --Q-- Edward Parmelee of Utica, New York, will arrive Sunday to spend a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Parmelee, who are staying at the Orrington hotel. --_--Q-- Mrs. John Lind, 315 Richmond road, and Mrs. Calvin Case, 536 Warwick road, are spending a few weeks at Ludington, Michigan. --Q-- Miss Helen Taylor, 310 Cumnor road, entertained at a jam shower in honor of Miss Elizabeth Stolp, Thursday afternoon. he SP, Mrs. Blish, mother of Mrs. L. D. Jones, 325 Richmond road, left Satur- day for Racine to visit for two or three weeks. --Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ware, 325 Abbottsford road, motored to Hart- land, Wisconsin, to visit Dr. Nixon and his wife. Read All the Want-Ads "Moon"-Crazed Ice Heaver Runs Afoul Local Police Maddened by an over supply of spiked beer and a very poor quality of moon- shine Al Haverman, an ice wagon work- er from Highland Park, was taken into custody, last Tuesday, while in the act of annihilating a competitor on Sheri- dan road. Police Officers Cummings and Wheeler made the arrest and they re- freshed the court's memory by telling his honor that this was Al's second of- fense within a period of six weeks. "On the former occasion," said Of- ficer Wheeler, "he threatened to use an ice pick on me when I was making the arrest." "Perhaps you can get away with this sort of stuff in Highland Park," said the court, " but it doesn't go in Win- netka. If you ever come here again, I'll find some real job for you in the workhouse, and there's where you'll go now in default of $100, plus the costs." 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