Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Oct 1925, p. 27

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·' October 2 1925 1 WILME TTE LIFE ...? · · Want Laws Enforced High School Rifle Club Opens Its 1925-26 Year Agai1zst 'Road Hog' Members of the ~cw Trie ;- high school Rifle club met for the first time And the 'Slow Poke' this year at the school last Monday Some motorists believe, that they arc entitled to travel at the rate of speed they think proper and that. they are privileged to occu.py the inside lane of travel, refusing to pull over when signaled. The slow poke ·w ho refuses to pull over to the right on signal from the rear is a traffic violator, according to the legal department of the Chicago Motor club. HI.! is breaking a state law in Illinois and in many other states, and should b<:! punished. 'tNo one seeks to punish the slo\ · poke who hug s the center line of travel, doing 10 mile s an hour, forcing faster moving vehicles to cut over onto the wrong side of the road," the club points out. "Our law enforcement officers !-.hould give some attention to · his case. Drive as slowly as you wish to, but when driving . lower than the rest of traffic keep as clo se to the curb as poss ible. "In country driving, the man \\:-110 speeds up ,vhcn you gi\ c him the signal that you \vant to pass is a menace to the highways. "Public opmton ha s crystallized against the road hog on country highways, and for ·hat rca . on he is ravidly becoming extinct. Ilis brother who performs in like manner in the city ... hould he driven off the street.. As soon as this is cl me bY the force of public opinion, there wi.ll he fe\YCr ac cident-;." and made plans for the coming season. The club will ,gather at the rifle range for shooting practice every Saturday, as last year. J. R. Glace is the faculty sponsor for the club. Samuel A. Gaylord has sold his residence at 306 Cumberland avenue, Kenilworth, and will leave soon for Florida. Mrs. Gaylord and the children will go to Florida a little later. GUESTS AT WEDDING The Misses Lydia and Adina Meyers have returned to their home at 411 Main street after spt>nding Friday and Saturday at . Honey Creek, Wis., where Miss Lydia was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Mary Schmidter and vValter K. Nelson of Wilmette, which was solemnized Saturday noon. -oM iss France s Goodhue, 245 Linden avenue, has returned from an auto-Omobile trip through the Ozarks. AcJ oseph Turck, . Jr., son of 11r. and companying her were Urs. M. L. Paterson, ML s Esther Dunshee, and Mrs. J. A. Turck, 522 Linden avenue, ~fiss Maud Taylor. They were gone has left for his first year at St. John's ~1 ilitary academy at Delafield, Wis. about nine days. Mrs. George W. Kibby, 835 Lake avenue, has just returned home from Hartford, Conn., where she attended the wedding of her niece, Miss Clara Gage. Miss Gage is well known in Wilmette where she lived four years with Mrs. Kibby while attending Northwestern university. On Saturday, September 19, she became the bride of John Woodard of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard will live in Hartford, Conn. " "' What about the new extension of the North Shore Line· ? I I M J;111e Trigg..;, dattghtc" oi ~1 ~f r. and r:-. Chari·..; \\·. Trigg . . oi 1122 Lake ' an·nuc. h:t-- returned for her ~0!1!10- I nwrl· yl'ar at \Velleslcy college. · ANY people are inquiring these days about the new Skokie Valley extension of the North Shore Line now under construction. Here, in a few words, is the answer to these queries. The purpose of the extension is twofold. It will enable the Noeth Shore Line to offer even faster service between Chicago and Milwaukee. And it will open vast new home areas to those employed in Chicago. kl\' L' ~f r. :-.oand ~I r:- . (~rg<: :\. ~kin ncr I ld thl'ir hom(' at 121 6 A . . hland ~1 a\·<..·nul' and are lllO\·ing to in neapolis. LAKE MIClliGAN An existing arm of theLine, recently 'Clouble,tracked, serves the Lake County Countryside, including the towns of Libertyville and Mundelein. When the intervening tracks are complete early in 1926, fast transportation to Chicago will open this alluring home community as Chicago's newest suburb. The Lake County Countryside, with its many fine country estates, has long attracted Chicago people as a beautiful place to visit. But the absence of ade.. quate fast transportation has pre.. vented most people from considering it as a place in which to live. Now that is being changed. · FIRST WALKING SHOES Broad Straight Lasts. Soft pliable soles. No . tacks or nails, perfectly smooth on inside. And a broad flat spring heel that balances the child natura:Iy and as .. sists nature in developing the normal healthy foot. Natural, bro,vn or tan elkskin $4.50 White washable elk .. $4_.75 White buck .. .. $5.00 Sizes 4 to 8 L HALF DAY RD. ~ ~ L DEERFIELD RD. ~ CLAVEY RD. 'So DUNDEE RD. "o CP WILLOW RD. GLENVIEW SIMPSON ST.~ DEMPSTER ST.'i OAKTON· ST.~~-~ 5 The hills, trees, and flowers, the wind-ing country roadways, the pure air of the Lake County Countryside may be yours-yours to enjoy not only once or twice a year but all the year around I Here, already established, are good schools, and good stores. There are available, too, all the conveniences of the modem city home. High,Speed Service The Scenic Route CHICAGO LOOP Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Co~ The high · speed electrified railroad P<DL & PIPER ·INC· CHJLOREN'$ SHOE SPECIAUSTS 71 1608 Chicago Avenue EVAN~TON, ILLINOIS I

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