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July 28, 1928 WINNETKA TALK w AIR MAIL RATE REDUCED; NEW STAMP IS ISSUED Beginning August First, One Ounce Letter Will Be Car- ried for Only Five Cents The popularity of the air mail sery- ice is not only indicated by the rapid increase in its use, but also in the an- nouncement that the Post Office de- partment is to make a drastic reduc- tion in the rate of this type of service which will become effective August 1. On and after that date the rate for the first ounce of first-class mail will be only 5 cents. For each additional ounce or fraction thereof, after the first ounce, the rate will be 10 cents. The present rate is 10 cents for the first one-half ounce of first-class mail and also 10 cents for each additional one-half ounce or fraction thereof. Under the new rate it will be possi- ble for one desiring to use the air mail to dispatch an ordinary letter of three sheets of paper for 5 cents. New Stamp Issue There is a new five cent air mail stamp issue coming out, the first supply of which is expected to reach the Winnetka post office within the next few days, according to Assistant Post- master J. F. Schumacher. At the prevailing rate the air mail patronage has been growing by leaps and bounds, and with the advent of the new rate reduction, a still further increase in the volume of this class of business is anticipated, according to Mr. Schumacher. Air mail is dispatched in a direct pouch and taken directly from the train by truck to the air field. The flying schedule from Chicago to Cali- fornia is only 24 hours, and from coast to coast is only 36 hours. With the reduction in rate and with continuous increase in the service in the way of added planes, the air mail 1s expected to spring into general use, and Uncle Sam is said to be anticipat- ing this very thing and to be prepar- ng to add still additional routes and service as rapidly as the demand for the same warrants. Study Group of Winnetka Women Voters Organized A study group of the Winnetka League of Women Voters is being or- ganized under the leadership of Mrs. W. W. Ramsey of Chicago, vice-presi- dent of the national league in charge of public welfare in government. Any- one interested has been cordially in- vited by Mrs. A, Montague Ferry, president of the Winnetka League, to join the group. The meetings will be held at the home of Mrs. Ferry, 326 Ridge avenue, at 10 o'clock on Tues- ay mornings during August. The first meeting will be August 6. A small fee will be charged for the 'course. RETURNS FROM TUSCOLA Miss Olive Stevenson, clerk at the innetka post office, will return to work Monday after a two weeks' va- cation with relatives at Tuscola. Dur- ing her leave of absence, Miss Steven- son underwent a tonsil and adenoid operation, from which she has now fully recovered. BUYS GLENCOE HOME James R. Lawler, of Mt. Vernon, . Y,, has purchased the I,. A. Weary residence at 346 Jackson avenue, Glen- coe, of which he will take possession August 15. Mr. Weary has leased the C. B. E. Adams' home at 567 Ash street, Winnetka, for two years. Dud- ley Bradstreet was the broker. Mrs. Jessie M. Knapp has given up her apartment at 817 Chestnut court and gone to Boulder Junction, Wis., for the summer. ik Tennis Tourney at New Trier Courts Begins Next Week Tennis players of the north shore towns will have an opportunity to show their ability at a tournament to be held on the New Trier High school courts beginning next week. The tournament will be open to anyone from this vicinity who wishes to enter, and will be divided into two classes-- the junior division for those under 18 and the senior division for those 18 years and over. Drawings for the preliminary matches will be made next Monday, according to present plans, and the tournament will start immediately. There will be competition in both sin- gles and doubles. Junior and senior division players may enter the doubles which will be open to all. After the play is started it is planned to run off one round per week. Dean Vail, Carl Carlson, and John Iliff are in charge of the tournament this year. Entries have been coming in this week and the tournament promises some keen competition. A similar tournament was held at New Trier last year. There will be a small entrance fee, it was announced. Northbrook Day to Be Celebrated Fourth of August Saturday, August 4 is the date set for holding the fourth annual North- brook day celebration. The event, this year, as in the past, will be held at Borenschien's Grove, a nicely wooded ten acre tract, in the heart of town. It is on Shermer ave- nue between the river and the railroad tracks. The day's program, designed for the entertainment of everyone, will be particularly attractive to children. There will be races and contests of various kinds, following the usual big parade, which starts at 10 o'clock, and which this year, as in the past, will be made one of the features of the day. The Feinville band has been engaged to furnish music throughout the day, while for the dancing, in the evening, the same colored band from Chicago, which during each of the past North- brook Day celebrations made such a hit, will again be on hand. Flora Deustachio Dies at Children's Hospital Flora Deustachio, 6-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Egidio Deu- stachio, 1066 Tower road, Winnetka, and formerly of Wilmette, died at the Children's Memorial hospital, Chicago, last Monday, July 23. Tubercular meningitis was given as the cause of her death. In addition to her par- ents, the little girl is survived by one sister, Iris, and one brother, Elio. Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Lewis funeral home, 839 Elm street, Winnetka. Burial was made at All Saints' cemetery. IN SHOPPING TOUR Miss Elsie Thal is leaving Sunday for New York. She will be gone sev- eral weeks during which time she will discover the newest things for her shop at 565 Lincoln avenue besides visiting various friends. MOTHER PASSES AWAY Mr. and Mrs. John N. VanderVries of 968 Pine street have just returned from Grand Rapids, Mich., where they were called by the sudden death of Mr. 'VanderVries' mother. TO EXHIBIT OLD FORD Two-Seater of 1903, Now on Exhibit at Skokie Motor Company, Cost as Much as Modern Automobile A quarter of a century ago someone who had $975, plus the old freight on board money, which in itself was some item, climbed into a Ford two-seater, stepped on the gas and sped away at the terrific speed of eighteen miles per hour. The writer of this story doesn't know the name of the "millionaire" who bought that horseless vehicle which was turned out by Henry Ford in 1903, the first year he started manu- facturing cars, but the "buggy" which prompts this story is in Wilmette to- day. It can be seen any day in the show window of the Skokie Motor company at 435 Main street. This old relic of motordom is in- teresting for many reasons, and strangely enough, one of these is that two of the latest model Ford road- sters can be purchased today for the price paid by the original purchaser of the 1903 model. In that respect if differs from nearly everything else-- try to buy something today for what it cost twenty-five years ago and be convinced. "The Daddy of them all" (that's what a sign calls the oldtimer, which has been loaned to the local motor company by the owner who lives in Chicago) is still capable of running, we are informed. A view of the old car gives evidence aplenty of the great advances made in the motor industry in the last quarter century. "Thanks for the buggy ride" is a modern expression, but after look- ing at this first year Ford, it seems strange that some one didn't think of it long ago. "The Daddy" was built on the style of the old buggies we used to have be- fore the motor age arrived. It has a buggy body which is made of wood and covered with tin. It has a buggy step on each side and there are also two buggy lamps. Today there are fenders, but not so with this old Ford-- it has mudguards. As it stands in its proud antiqueness it has a wheel base of 89 inches. It is a chain driver. The engine is under the seat and the gas tank is under the hood. It is a right drive. There is no top or windshield. . The annual meeting of the Illinois Press association will be held in Cham- paign October 11, 12, and 13. You go on a vacation to get away from the cares--but not the news--of the world. The news from home will always be welcome. Let us send WINNETKA TALK while you're away. Just call our Circula- tion Department--say when and where. They'll do the rest. MAKES CHANGE TO SPEED UP SOUTH BOUND MAIL Winnetka Post Office Makes New Dispatch, Reducing Transit Hours Speed and efficiency are two terms which play an important part in every modern day business, and the work of Uncle Sam's mail service is no excep- tion to the rule. Announcement is made this week of a drastic reduction of air mail rate, and the Winnetka post office comes forth with still another, which will be good news to all Winnetkans. Heretofore, after the 8:10 dispatch- ing there was not another forwarding of south-bound mail until 2:30, which, in many instances put the mail into Chicago too late for many of the di- rect eastern and western connections. Speeds Up Mail According to Assistant Postmaster J. F. Schumacher, there has been in- augurated within the past few days an important change in the dispatch of this mail. Arrangements have been made whereby the local post office sends its south bound mail accruing after the 8:10 dispatch, at 11:30, to the Evans- ton post office, where it is immediately reworked and forwarded through ad- ditional dispatching facilities which the city of Evanston is accorded, into Chi- cago in time to make direct connec- tions for all points east and west, in- cluding the Twentieth Century Limited service, thus speeding up the actual de- livery of this mail one full day. Girl Struck by Train at Station Crossing in Kenilworth, Dies Charlotte Manlove, 1l-year-old daughter of H. D. Manlove, 424 War- wick road, Kenilworth, was struck and killed by a fast train last Friday morn- ing as she was crossing the tracks at the Chicago and Northwestern railway station in Kenilworth. Her body, badly crushed, was carried fifty feet before it fell alongside the tracks. The girl had gone to a store on the west side of the tracks to get some groceries for her mother. She was crossing to the other side through the opening in the picket fence which lines the tracks for a block in front of the station when struck by the through flyer. The Manlove family had moved to Kenilworth six months ago from Cleve- land. Mr. Manlove is a construction engineer. : The girl's body was taken to Scott's undertaking parlors in Wilmette after the accident, and short funeral services were held there on Saturday. Burial was made at Cleveland, O. Picnic for Fifty Girls : Concludes Circle Year The Skokie Circle concluded its ac- tivities for the season on Wednesday, July 25, by giving a picnic to a gro of fifty girls from the Chicago Com- mons. The children, after being out- fitted with bathing suits at the Com- munity House, were taken to the beach where box lunches were eagerly con- sumed before ice cream and lollipops were given to them. There were several hours of play on the beach and in the water. Mrs. Carl Neiman of Kissimmee, , is here with her daughter, Florence. They are staying at the Sidney G. L. Wellbeloved home at 459 Locust street. Mrs. Neiman will return to Florida September 1.