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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 18 Sep 1926, p. 6

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WINNETKA TALK September 18, 1926 Winnetka Section Men Win Garden Contest Award Lee Says: WE had a good time AT the Chamber of Commerce BANQUET last Monday night-- THE "eats" were fine, : Section men on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railway, who are housed in their abode by the tracks in Winnetka, recently won first award in a garden contest in which the various section crews along the road parti- THE fellowship great cipated. In the above illustration we see the local agriculturists admiring their handiwork. "At a spring meeting of the Track Foremen's club the discussion during the evening ran to talk of 'cabbages AND the program and things'," reads an account in a recent issue of The Highball, North Shore line publication. "Before the discus- SPLENDID, but doggone! sion was over the idea had been so well received that it was decided to hold a contest among the North Shore line section crews to determine which group included the best gardeners. WE never sat down to a "A prize was offered to the section crew which, at the end of g specified period, showed the best results in con- 2 verting the ground around their section quarters into a flourishing vegetable garden. The suggestion met with enthu- BANQUET in our whole siastic response and planting activities were begun immediately. LIEE hat we didn't "With the expiration of the time limit recently, the judges, Educational Director C. G. Goodshell and Safety En- gineer J. W. Oliver, inspected the section house gardens and awarded the Winnetka section, C. Magie, foreman, the HAVE to straddle the prize. Special mention was given to the Lake Forest section, C. Cassarano, foreman; McKeown section, Steve Athes, foreman, and Kenosha section, Sam Kovzias, foreman. HORSE that supports "Eleven section crews entered the contest and developed garden plots, all of which received high praise from the judges. ' THE TABLE, and the "In awarding the prize the neat appearance of the section heuse and grounds also was taken into consideration, NEXT time we go to a as well as the healthy appearance of the vegetable crop planted in the garden plots." BIG dinner like that Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Wilson, 760 Mr. and Mrs. E. Hubert Allen, 1405 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene D. Sax, 838 WE'RE going to request Bryant avenue, returned Saturday,| Edgewood lane, are expected to re- [Lincoln avenue, have returned from : September 11, from an extended trip |turn from Long Lake, N. Y., about the | New York, where they spent the sum- THE management to give east. first of October. mer. US a tray and let us SIT off by ourself WHERE we can have plenty OF leg room! Maybe we - - ® SHOULDN'T have mentioned 7 ; it will look like THAT little pet peeve BUT it won't hurt a | 4 a brand new car! BIT to mention the fact THAT you can find THE best drug-store 1 . . . MERCHANDISE and the | W ith our washing machine BEST drug store --- we can cleanse your car quickly, SERVICE right here < thoroughly, and carefully. AT our store. < : ime b At the same time by a new . . h device we can repaint the wheels, frame and fenders. Your car will look new all over! Adams "The Home of the Well Groomed Car" Pharmacy The Rexall Store RICHARDSON'S GARAGE Phos Winnetis 2 726 Elm Street WINNETKA Winnetka 25 m an inden ¢

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