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Wmmm THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921 RECOUNTS HISTORY OF SUNDAY CLOSING H. D. Hill, North Shore Realtor, Ex- plain* Reasons For Discontinuing the Sunday Real Estate Business NO TIME FOR BUSINESS Asks Co-Operation of Home Owners and Prospective Buyers and Sellers in Movement Editor's note: The accompanying ar- ticle is the third of a series of spe- cial articles to appear in succeeding issues of this paper under the names of prominent north shore realtors affili- ated with the North Shore Real Estate board which is conducting: a township- wide campaign to bring about Sunday Closing of all real estate offices in New Trier. These articles are of in- terest to every resident of this village. The fourth of the series will appear in next week's issue of The Lake Shore News. Readers of this paper are invited to express, through these columns, their views on the Sunday Closing question. It is a matter that concerns every home owner who, at the present time or in the future, may have property on the selling market. By H. D. Hill (Hill and Stone, Realtors) The North Shore Real Estate Board was organized well over a year ago with the primary aim to elevate the Real -^Estate profession and to bring about hearty co-operation among its members and with the public. Our membership includes practically every realtor on the north shore today. On November first of last year it was decided, after thorough consider- ation, to extend the Sunday Closing agreement then in force in Wilmette to the whole north shore from Evans- ton north to Highland Park for a three months' trial. At the end of this time the Board, through extensive advertising in the papers and various other mediums, succeeded in obtain- ing ample evidence from the people in the various towtts, the churches, civic organizations, clubs, etc., that they were behind us and in hearty accord with our aims to decommercial- ize the Sabbath as far as it was pos- sible to do so on the north shore. Factor in Town's Growth The Real Estate profession, more than any other line of endeavor, is and always will be the greatest factor for proper development and increas- ing pppularity of our suburbs. The purchase of a home or building site requires a great deal of thought, not only by the* customer but from the Realtor's standpoint, if he is to have lasting satisfaction from his clients. Experience has proved that Sunday work is not necessary and to go back to it now will lower the standard and undo all the work we have so far ac- complished. We should have co-operation from outside, from the home-owners and from the home-seeking public, if we are to be an influence for good in our various communities. You owners who have your properties listed with any of our members can help by letting them know you are willing to back us up in our work, and not show your homes on Sunday. You people who are or will be in the market for property can help by making appoint- ments during the week. Let the women do the prospecting, and by the process of elimination, sift down to a few properties for the husband to choose from. Ask Consideration Have you stopped to give the matter thorough consideration? Sup- pose, for example, you were in urgent need of a home and stepped into one of our various offices on a Sunday afternoon. Your minutes may be precious and you find the salesmen all busy with other people, some there just to pass the time, some making inquiries for future decision. Courtesy impels us to take each one «in his turn, and very often the cus- tomer doesn't get the attention he should properly have. This is the experience all of us have had many times. Wouldn't it be ever so much better to give the matter of finding a home (one of the most im- portant of purchases) the time it de- serves by coming to us on a week day when we can all give all we have of our services? Think these things over. We base 6ur appeal to you on our personal experiences. Therefore, NO SUNDAY REAL ESTATE WORK. r Miss Edith Ray Young Teacher of Piano Fall Term Now Open Telephone GOOD bread encour- ages digestion and brings a lot of gen- eral satisfaction into the home. Keep the name of 0ttr bread on the tip of your tongue. * Wilson's Bakery 1162 Wilmette Ave. LOCAL GAS RATES DOWN Announcement of a reduction in gas rates for Evanston, Oak Park and Wilmette was made recently by the State Commerce Commission which has been sitting on the case. The re- duction is made retroactive to Sep- tember 1. WANT WILMETTE ENTRANCE SIGN AT LINDEN-SHERIDAN Suggestion has been made to the Vfege Board by business men in the "l7* Terminal district for placing a conspicuous sign at Sheridan Road and Linden avenue designating that intersection as "The Entrance to Wil- mette". Two reasons are advanced in the suggestion, Village President Zipf ex- plained at the Tuesday evening Board meeting. In the first place it is thought the sign would result in di- verting much of the heavy automo- bile traffic from Central avenue to Linden avenue, where there is com- paratively little traffic. Secondly, the diversion of traffic in that manner would tend to direct more attention to the Terminal business- section. The matter is to be considered by the Board in the near future, it was in- timated at Tuesday's meeting. OUILMETTE COUNCIL K OF C INSTALLS IT'S NEW OFFICERS Installation of newly elected officers of the Ouilmette council, Knights of Columbus, was held at JoneV Lodge hal. Tuesday evening. October 5. Ouilmette council dropped three close games to Newman council of Evanston last Wednesday night at the opening of the K. of C. league bowling season on the Morse avenue alleys. Games are played every Wed- nesday night. The Ouilmette council dance at the Kenilworth Hall last Thursday was pronounced a great success in spite of the inclement weather on that night. Subscribe To Your Local Paper WILMETTE SUNDAY EVENING CLUB Seventh Season SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 7:45 P. M. RAYMOND ROBINS Commissioner Commanding American Red Cross Mission in Russia will speak on "WORLD DISARMAMENT OR WORLD BANKRUPTCY—WHICH?" Coming; Soon Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis Bishop Charles D. Williams Mrs- Helen B. Montgomery Harp Quartet Concert Roger Babson Fred B. Smith Philharmonic String Quartet Hon. Thomas R. Marshall (Former Vice President of the United States) NOTED SPEAKERS GREAT MUSIC You and your friends are invited to this Feast of Good Things — Start Next Sunday Oriental Rugs The almost human floor covering It is a sad thing to see one of these beautiful things, the product of the orient, made with many weary hours of heart breaking work, lying in the grime of constant use. Call us and let us clean them for you— they mil repay the expense in extra weat and in additional attractiveness. /\icllil Ak» lVlCSylclIl 607 W. Railroad Ave. Phone 1949 WILMETTE Re-enforced Concrete The Best Vault Construction In the fall of 1920, at Washington, D. C, comprehensive experiments were conducted by A. B. Trowbridge, con- sulting engineer with the Federal Reserve Board, to de- termine the true merits of the various methods of vault construction. The test proved that re-enforced concrete walls offered the greatest resistance to burglars' attacks, such walls to have a minimum thickness of twelve inches. The new vault of the First National has walls, roof and floor of eighteen inches re-enforced concrete supplement- ed by six inches of tile. A safe vault for your safe deposit box- First National Bank -—s=== of Wilmette s==—- ffie^mec£SariqgscDeposifors Member of Federal Reserve Bank Frank J. Baker President J. M. Appel Vice-Pres. R. W. Webber Cashier (Will be located about October 15) L. W. JONES, M. D., D. C. MEDICAL CHIROPUATIC, OSTEOPATHIC, VIBRATORY, ELECTRICAL AXD LIGHT-RAY TREATMENTS Special attention to long-standing conditions which have resisted the ordinary methods of treatment. Eye* examined and glannen litted. WILMETTE OFFICE CHICAGO OFFICE Room 27, Brown Building Room 1620, Mailers Building 1150 Wilmette Avenue 5 South WnbaKh Avenue Hournt 10-12 A. M.—7-0 P. M. Hours: 7-0 P. M. Telephone Wilmette 25.17 Telephone Central 6817 v> * * * * * *** * + * * * * * * *+**+* * * *+* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ♦ * * * * * * * * * *. * * * * * * * * fortable .styles i Hats Hats Hats Fine velours, and fine felts, in all the latest and most com- A complete new stock in Saturday. BURNS TOGGERY Across from Northwestern Depot Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings ***+*********************♦****+*****♦**************** BLUSTERING WINTRY DAYS ARE ON THEIR WAY Overcoats blossomed out on the streets last week. Is yours cleaned and pressed nicely, or is it still hanging where it was put last spring? Furs and fur coats should be glazed and cleaned, their rips repaired and new linings put in right now, before the weather becomes too severe to comfortably spare them. Send them all to us — our capacity for work is a great one. Wm. Kaplan CUSTOM TAILOR 627 RAILROAD AVENUE : | • WILMETTE 66? "" ' v "?':.....'■■'^ •'Si ■msmmsm