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ary 46 WINNETKA TALK December, 17, 1927 Miss Louise Fentress, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Fentress, 1127 Sheridan road, Winnetka, left Smith college this week to return home for | Richards, who She will arrive Decem- the holidays. ber 17. Miss of the Winnetka girls returning on the same train. The Rev. and yesterday. Mrs. James Austin reached home yesterday. ; Betty Parker is one | Conway, another Wellesley girl, daugh- ter of the Barret Conways, also arrived of Berkeley, Cal. avenue, Miss Jean Markley returned yester- Richards have their daughter, Eliza- | day from Wellesley college to spend beth, with them for the holidays. Miss | her Christmas vacation with her father attends Wellesley, | and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Miss Louise | Markley of 777 Burr She brought with her as her house guest, a college friend, Miss Shairly Smith Cthe New Packard Six ACKARD now announces an addition to its standard models --the new Packard Six 2-pas- senger convertible coupe. Priced at but $2425 at the factory this beautiful, distinctive new model is the lowest-priced truly fine car of its type. With top up and windows closed the convertible coupe provides a snug, warm enclosed car for win- ter or wet-weather driving with more than enough room for two. With top down and windows low- ered into the doors on fine days, the car becomes a smart roadster. The fully upholstered folding seat, which fits flush within the rear deck, also provides room for two. Here is the very car for combined sport and business use and for the younger generation which so ad- mires the runabout type. Come in and see this car -- take it out and learn its truly remarkable performance. Then let us explain how easily you may own it under our pay-out-of-income plan. PACKARD ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE EVANSTON BRANCH 1735 E. Railroad Ave. 2-Passenger Convertible Coupe Packard Motor Car Company of Chicago HUBBARD WOODS BRANCH 925 Linden Ave. 'DRAMA OF THE SEA," RADIO FAN'S HOBBY Wilmette Man "Views" Atlantic Coast Nightly From Coziness of Home Fireside Editor's note: Most radio fans of the north shore are losing out on the most fascinating phase of the 'listener in's" side of the romance of the air, according to H. A. Fanckboner of 1232 Lake ave- nue, Wilmette, who nightly "views" the entire eastern coast line from Main to Florida from the coziness of his own living room. Mr. Fanckboner, for in- stance, tells an extremely interesting story of a sea tragedy (he knows the wireless code) which he picked from his radio. By H. A. Fandkboner Sitting at home in Wilmette listen- ing by radio to a foundering steam ves- sel in the raging Atlantic calling for help, was the thrilling experience privileged me Saturday evening, when the S. S. Paraguay, enroute from Bal- timore, was battered about helpless- ly in the hurricane and high seas off the Virginia coast, and finally was wrecked on the rocks far off-shore. It was well worth the many hours spent in learning the international wireless code, and listening to the ebb and flow of telepraphic messages flashed from ocean steamship and coastal wireless stations night after night, under less dramatic and tragic conditions. This interesting ocean wireless wave- band is on 600 meters, just a little above "our" KYW. In fact, while the distress messages were "dit-dashing" in, telling of mountainous seas, doomed men, on sinking vessels, and a biting, roaring hurricane, the voice of a solo- ist in the peaceful studio down town came wafting through also. Drama of Sea Unfolds I had just picked up the transmis- sion of storm warnings for the coast from faithful NAA at Arlington, and tuned back to 600 meters to see what was going on along the ocean stretches. When storms are raging and high seas are running, the drama of the sea un- folds, and sea-faring men, and incident- ally, the marine underwriters, wait with fearful expectancy. When an SOS is picked up by any of the alert stations along the coast, they immediately transmit, "QRT SOS," meaning "Everybody stop trans- mitting, we have received an SOS dis- tress signal" I heard this dramatic call last spring when the "King David" went on the rocks off Cape Henry, during a bad gale. Send Up Distress Rockets I missed this original distress signal in the present episode, however, and the first word of an impending disaster came from the steamer "Baron Her- ries," which, as the newspaper dis- patches later told, was the first of six vessels to answer the "Paraguay's" SOS. A ship's wireless was reporting a vessel in distress sending up rocket signals, and it signed, "Baron Herries." The federal laws prohibit revealing the text of any private messages heard, excepting to the addressee. These messages were general ones, however, for anyone who might be listening. However, to play safe, I will refrain from quoting the text, although I assure you that the original word- ing of these brief, tragic flashes was dramatic in the extreme. Shortly afterward I heard the wire- less of the doomed ship itself. It was a pathetic appeal, the more dramatic because of its brevity. She was leak- ing badly--her balers (probably her pumps) were breaking. She was in distress, and she gave her position-- 36r14 north latitude, 75r19 west longi- tude. This would place her about 60 miles off the Virginia coast, not far from Cape Henry. There was considerable interference, Ce | - EL I. TT TH ELL