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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923 W. A. SMITH, LEADER IN RAIL WORK, DIES Willard A. Smith, father of Mrs. Bruce V. Crandall, of Kenilworth, and |: Miss Edith M. Smith and Harold Smith of Highland Park, passed away at the Evanston hospital Thursday, November 29. Mr. Smith was for many years a prominent figure in railway circles and editor of the Railway Review. He was a former trustee of the Uni- versity of Chicago and was chief of the Transportation department at the World's Fair. He served in similar capacity at the St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase and Paris expositions, where Kenilworth Happenings Mr, and Mrs. Fred D. Breit, 422 Es- sex road, entertained a large party of old friends and neighbors from Oak Park and Austin at dinner on Satur- day evening. There were covers for forty-five. Ba Mrs. Albert W. Dilling of 545 Iissex road, has just returned fromm a three weeks' stay in Cleveland where her mother has been seriously ill at St. Luke's hospital. --Q-- Mrs. John B. Rathbone and daughter, he represented the United States| Helen, have gone to Newton, Iowa, to Commission. spend two wecks with Mrs. Rathbone's Mr. Smith was born at Kenosha, mother, Mrs. Charles Bernell. Wis.,, 74 years ago. He made his --_--0 home in Kenilworth in the past few The Camp Fire girls enjoyed a de- years. i lightful cozy at the Kenilworth gym- The French, German and Japanese nasium on Saturday evening. governments conferred decorations on --0-- Mr. Smith in recognition of his work Mrs. James A. Culbertson of 220 Mel- in connection with the International] rose avenue, left Wednesday for her Railway conferences in Paris and| winter home in Pasadena, Cal. Washington. Mr. Smith was an honorary curat- or of the Field Columbian Museum. He was a member of the Union League club and various engineering and railway societies. File This Under Strange Accidents We Have Seen E. H. Beebe, night foreman at Lloyd Hollister, Inc., became involved in a strange accident while driving along late Tuesday afternoon of this week on West Railroad avenue in Evanston, when a front wheel of an approaching car became detached Mr. 'and "Mrs. -- Miss Phoebe Hedricks entertained twelve young girls at luncheon and lat- er a movie party on Wednesday. ---- The Young People's Evening Bridge club met with Miss Dorothy Bennet of Sheridan road on Tuesday evening. Os The Misses Virginia and Helen Little entertained at bridge on Friday evening of last week. --Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Val Smith, of Cumtor road, entertained at a family dinner party on Thanksgiving Day. a Fred D. Breit were from its axle and executed a neat| dinner hosts for twenty-five, Thanks- broadside into our hero's faithful bus. | giving Day. It was a strange sight, and not the On most comfortable sensation, Beebel| Mrs. Joseph Joyce entertained her says, to actually see a wheel fly off a| card club at machine and come at you at about| Tuesday. 25 miles per hour while the car goes et scraping by not twenty feet away. Miss Jennie Haugan of Evanston is T": z7-a2nt wheel tore a fender and; giving a farewell dinner on Sunday for i .nning board off Beebe's machine. Miss Helen Reeves . luncheon and bridge on Mr. and Mrs. George Willetts of 325 Fullerton Parkway are giving a dinner dance on December 21, at their resi- dence for Miss Caroline Jane Everett, daughter of Judge and Mrs. John D. Everett and Miss Edwina Litsinger. Sixty school girls and boys have been invited. Judge and Mrs. Everett have taken an apartment at the Iivanston hotel for the winter. C2, Mr. Charles F. Meyer of 423 Cumnor road, left Saturday for Los Angeles, Cal, where he will enter business and probably make his permanent home. Mrs. Meyer will stay at the Library Plaza in Evanston until their daughter Miss Elizabeth who is a student a Wellesley, ccmpletes her studies, when they 'will join Mr. Meyer' in Los Angeles. ----O2t There were a large number of young people outside of Miss Cox' dancing class, invited to the dancing party on Friday afternoon. The older group of boys and girls enjoyed a cotillion at which many beautiful favors were given. fa ib Mrs. Charles R. Bull has gone with Mrs. William Englar to Los Angeles, to spend a few weeks. On her return Mr. and Mrs. Bull will move in to the Owen T. Reeves residence which they have purchased. Kenilworth is glad to welcome them back. --_-- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bulley, 220 Sheri- dan road, were hosts at a Thanksgiving family dinner party. Their guests in- cluded Mr. Samuel Bulley of Toronto, Canada, who will spend a fortnight here. --_--Q Mrs. Edward D. Parmelee, 512 Ros- lyn road, left Wednesday for Pasadena, Cal, to remain until about January 1. Mrs. Parmelee will be the guest of Mrs. James A. Culbertson. la Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" and Henry Esmond will be discussed by Mrs. Mc- Clintock's reading club meeting with Mrs. Alfred MacDougall, 325 Abbotts- ford road on Wednesday. ---- Miss Alice Shipman spent last Sun- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shipman, Warwick road. LINE ORTH, SHORE and customers share in its prosperity. being earned over six times. 7% interest allowed on payments. When the 'Badger ; Limited NN: 'Speeds by-- HEN North Shore Line trains go humming through your town or pull into your station--can you say: "They're working for me--I'm a stockholder in this road and share in its earnings?" It is the wish of the North Shore Line to have its employes You can now be a shareholder in "The Road of Service". through the purchase of Prior Lien Stock. Dividends are pay- able every three months at the rate of seven per cent per annum. Dividends on this issue of Prior Lien Stock are The money received from the sale of Prior Lien Stock will be used in providing additional equipment and facilities. '2 So that everyone may take advantage of this opportunity shares are offered for cash, $100 per share, or for subscription on the monthly deposit plan, $10 per month per share, with This issue of prior lien stock approved by Illinois Commerce Commission and Wisconsin Railroad Commission. For further information ask any employee, or sign and mail the attached coupon today to the Utility Securities Company. Chicago NorthShoreandMilwaukee Railroad Company 72 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois Name Utility Securities Company' 72 West Adams Street, Chicago, Ill. Please send me without obligation further information about North Shore Prior Lien Stock. Address Awarded October 11, 1° 23 for distinguished contribu- tion to the development of Electric Transportation. 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