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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 15 Oct 1927, p. 32

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fa 30 WINNETKA TALK October 15, 1927 Protect the Beauty of Your Home Preven: smudged walls and soiled draperies with beautiful custom-built radiator cabinets. Hide un- sightly radiators under cabinets finished in harmony with your own decorative scheme. Preserve your health by vitalizing the dried-out air in your house with moisture from the humidifying pan con- cealed in our cabinets. Burn less fuel--humidified rooms need less heat. A phone call will bring an estimator with samples-- no obligation. FRED A. ELLIS & CoO. Heating Contractors Winnetka, IIL WINNETKA 265 Satisfaction 840 CENTER ST. Service A MODEL GEORGIAN KITCHEN The many families who have renewed their leases at THE GEORGIAN this fall, testify more forcefully than words to the complete living satis- faction which is enjoyed in what is generally con- ceded to be Evanston's most fashionable residential hotel. Apartments up to six rooms with three baths. Com- plete hotel service. Arrange now for a cozier, happier home in this delightful place to live. the (georgian "An Address of Distinction" Davis Street at Hinman Avenue Rentals, Direction of 0. E. TRONNES ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE GREENLEAF 4100 North Shore Line Rated Fastest Electric Road The Chicago North Shore and Mil- | waukee railroad has been officially | designated as the fastest electrically- | operated railway in the United States. | This record was established last week | : \ h | with awarding of the speed trophy to| the North Shore line at the 46th an-| entitled | nual convention of the American Elec- | [ tric Railway association at Cleveland. Ohio. The award was made on the basis of operations during the past year. Of- ficial records show that the Norht| Shore line during that period operated | its trains over 87.19 miles of track he- | tween Chicago and Milwaukee at an| average speed of 53.9 miles per hour. | not including stops, and 41.8 miles per | hour, including 14 regular schedule stops. 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Jackson Blvd. Suite 637 Telephone Harrison 8054 Bible Literature Authority to Talk at Woman's Meeting Monday, October 24, at 2 o'clock, Mrs. Isabella Reid Buchanan will give a lecture on "Drama of the Bible" "Hall of Fame in Israel's Dramatists." She speaks under the auspices of the Literature department of the Woman's club of Wilmette. Mrs. Buchanan is the founder of a large Bible Study club in Minneapolis, which is non-sectarian and very ac tive. She is also advisor of biblical literature in the General Federation of Women's clubs. This meeting is open to the public and all women interested in biblical | literature, are invited to enjoy this in teresting and profitable lecture. Mrs. J C. Mannerud is chairman of the Literature department of the Woman's club. New General Manager at Duties With North Shore John R. Blackhall, veteran electric railroad executive of wide experience. has assumed his duties as general man ager of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad. He succeeds John F. Egolf, who resigned to become vice- president and general manager of the Western United Gas and Electric company with headquarters at Joliet Illinois. At the time of his new appointment, Mr. Blackhall was serving as vice- president and general manager of the Chicago and Joliet Electric railway. with headquarters in Joliet. His offices with the North Shore line are at High- wood, Ill, and he is making his home with his family at Highland Park. An Auto for Every Five in U. S., Statistics Show Shipments of automotive freight last year totalled in excess of 3,280.000 freight car loads, gasoline leading the list with 910,000 carloads, according to the Chicago Motor club. There is one automobile to every five persons in the United States, and one to every sixty-six persons in the world, according to commercial reports received by the club, and the growing use of automotive equipment outside the United States is shown in figures which reveal a total of 5,512,923 motor vehicles in foreign lands at the begin- ning of this year, as against 2,931,407 on January 1, 1914. HONORED AT LUNCHEON Mrs. Rosalind Scott Dunkin, execu- tive secretary of the publicity bureau, national W. T. C. U., was the honor guest at a luncheon given by some of her associates at the Georgian hotel, recently. The guests included Miss Anna A. Gordon, Mrs. Margaret C. Munns, Mrs. Mary V. Nunn, Earl God- win, Miss Izora Scott, Miss Julia I. Deane, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, Miss Winona Jewell, Miss E. Long, Mrs. Della F. Withers, Miss Jeanette Nich- olls, Mrs. Kenneth D. Kohlstedt and Miss Clara IL. Springer. BENEFIT BALL DEC. 19 Monday, Dec. 19, has been set as the date of the ball annually given for benefit of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society. It will be held again at the Evanston Country club. Mrs. Henry Dawes is general chair- man of the committees in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Linn, 310 Myrtle street, returned last week from a two weeks' tour of the East. Among the places they visited were Niagara Falls, Buffalo, New York City, and Boston.

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