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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 17 May 1924, p. 17

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY, 17, 1924 17 ' +» C. C. HOSMER DIRECTS of years and with the accumulated ex-|made fires and cooked dinner. Even | constant point. Phone 4903 EVANSTON 1027 Davis St. perience and good will can produce ex-| Scoutmaster Bob Townley was sur-| The expert said either of two courses : bro fuos Will reflect credit on the priced at the enthusiasm with which the [Was available, one to present the babies | HE EEEEE EEE LEAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT Clare C. Hosmer, of 1232 Forest ave- nue, Wilmette, and a member of the American Institute of Architects, is di- rector of the Chicago Architectural Ex- hibition league, an organization whose 1924 Year Book has just been published. This league, according to its published statement, is a corporation whose pur- pose it is to take over the functions of a joint committee of architects which hitherto has given the annual Architec- tural exhibition. Hereafter this exhibi- tion will be in the hands of the Exhibi- tion league. The league believes that a permancnt body can plan its program for a number This year's is the 37th annual exhibi- tion and will be on display for the en- tire month of May in the east gallaries of the Chicago Art Institute. The afore- in the book is the perspective drawing Two Babes and Heating of the school to be built on Ridge ave- nue in Wilmette. Besides this there are many illustrations of homes in Glencoe, Winnetka, and Kenilworth. Junior Hikers Are Found to be Genuine Woodsmen The following members of the Kenil- worth Junior Hiking club journeyed to Camp Hinall last Saturday: Toto Gillette, Lloyd Kingsley, Billy Brassert, Bobby Burns, Claude Phillips, Dave Hannah, Jack Hicks, Junior Dick- inson, Tom White, Robert Wilson, Herb Otter and Billy Holmes. The boys di- vided into two groups and engaged in scouting games. At noon they paired off, oung "savages" attacked their food. y The boys are all under scouting age, and the trip was a big event in their young lives. Pad Bother Radio Fans The Radio expert in the Public Serv- ice company's Waukegan office was recently appealed to by a local man for help in locating the source of in- terference troubling him. After several futile attempts, the two finally got on the trail of the trouble-maker and traced it to a room right in the same house. They slipped up quietly and burst into the room of the offender, to find two innocent little babies sleeping soundly. Proceeding to investigate they dis- covered that an electric heating pad with a thermostatic control would get up to the proper temperature and then continually make and break the flow of current in keeping the pad at a with another heating pad, which will not cause trouble and the other to have the owner of the pad arrested for operating a spark sending set with- AON ANN CN Nod -- a 5 TRACY HOLMES MOTOR CO. Darr NN NN NNN ANNAN NN NANNY IN ALL THE WORLD fraser anaeeneaesaaaaes out a license. mentioned year book is a catalogue of we the exhibit. This book is a sumptuous Pid volume of several hundred pages filled with remarkably attractive pictures of residences, many of them on the north shore, public and commercial buildings, 7 Sy and finally ecclesiastical and educational structures, including the new Ridge school in Wilmette. Among the architects, pictures of whose productions appear prominently in the book, are George W. Maher, mere mention of whose name is almost | sufficient, because virtually every north Bog shore resident knows of his artistic work, in Kenilworth especially. His other architectural achievements might also | be described more in detail did not lack 9 of space forbid. His latest undertaking is the planning of the Woman's Library club building in Glencoe. Other north shore The Local Telephone Directory Pianos Tuned, Repaired, Refinished and Rebuilt. Player Pianos Adjusted and Overhauled at Very Small Cost. LUNDMARK"S PIANO SHOP 1026 Church Street Tel. Evanston 6992 AWNINGS: Have our representative call and furnish sugges- Purpose tions and estimates. H. N. Blasius Co. Goes to Press Soon In theinterest of good service subscribers are ; architects men- tioned in this year book are Alfred Al- requested to call \ 123 Washington St. schuler, E. C. Clark, and J. L. Hamil- 14 Prouty' Annex, Winnetka WAUKEGAN, ILL. Son: a Phone 1125 Phone 2087 One of the most interesting pictures | 5 The Telephone Company 5 d gi ti f any ch | = and give notice of any changes or | x # LS: - my . . | mu a == corrections that should be made in 1 | : : their listings [11 IN] . + BR fan i] dl ) We hd ~ my | ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Ne il | N / FIT 1117713 rr ¥ s-- | hy North Shore The finer points of Chicago Solvay Coke must be appreciated as thou- sands of tons of this better fuel are filling the bins of hundreds of homes. Your bin can be filled now at the rock bottom price of the year. Why Keep Your Old- Fashioned Gas Stove? 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It leaves For a limited time only--we will give you an allowance of $10.00 toward the purchase price of a new cabinet gas range equipped with the "Lorain" oven heat regulator. For Sale by E. C. WEISSENBERG Phone Winnetka 12 longer. This is your epportunity--buy now. | NORTH SHORE GAS COMPANY | Our Spring Gas Range Sale will last only a few weeks |

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