Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Feb 1931, p. 8

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HOSIERY PRICES REDUCED Corne *-m andi se ouq sheer Grenad-nà Ho'. in al.the new Spring shades (Sensation. Aragon, Bayou, Sonde., etc.) ut the. iew prices We aise havq ice Hose -(ini HG 1139 Central i the new Spring shades) at the. popular prkeo of $ 1.00 Asta-HXa rie osiery, Gloves. and Undergarments. 1Ave. Wilmette 4370 Park Cernfortably hin1'ilàette It is our, purpose. to oeil well- known quaIity - rocerîes at tIi, tô'west pos f'le rie, that you May have mwore to spend in, vour community to help make it mou prosperous. cÇlL/tIfo r 20eni A t *Low L dew t lIn Yeaq night. This petitiôn is said to be the unanimous ex~pression of residents in that vicinity against the use of Ash- land avenue west of Main street and bet-ween Ridge avenue and 1Locust road asa through street. It asks t1hat Ashland avenue be Ieft out of the Major Street plani for these reasans t4: I. It is 'not necessary beeause lak(e avenue provides an adequate, through street. 2. It will cause serions depreciatiofl in property value as this street would be spoiled. for re.sLdential PuiToeses and of course could flot bé econsidered busi- ness property by a «nNystretel of the imagination. 3. Ashland avenue. is now aw 60 foot street, and in order to %,ideti it to ,80 feet, ten-feet would have to be taken. f roui the lots on "each side , sidewaIks. would have to be moved back ten feet ~and intead of having a 'building lune of 25 feet as prescribed now, it would be 5 *feet, and where. Orches or entranees »)r'ojtct from the building, they ul The Woman Who Loves - ai Beaulifut Silver (ad nôt hôomeWnake-?S dol.) wiIt iie thrilled at the announcement of a Silverware Sale af the Cellini Shop of Evansfon!. Se. Page 4.1 IIUL UUanviseuou ie'cln" i 1--~-* NLot one of these people would have boug'ht here if there had been an lnkllng of these detrimefital plans. 6. Lots borderlflg on Ashland 'avenue are very' short, being only 122 feet J.eep including walke. We cover every foot, of that space for gardens, and play- ground, and surely 'do flot feel that we can waste any of it for unneeded street space. 7..Recently the Sehool board purchased' a fiVe-acre site at. Asqhland avenue and ýDartniouth street. in planning a through street just alongside the sehool site, certalnly no thought. was taken for the safety of siiiall eilîdren. Childreén fronm more than half of this school territory would need to cross- Ashland avenue to reach the sehool., (Ail childrenl except those froin Indian Hiliestates and Em wood avenue.) 8. Ail our, trees would be taken away. 9. AAhland avenue 26 feet wide is ample to take'care of natural.traffic of this particular. region and pýrabably a&- ways will be. By creatlng:an 80 foot boulevard. you are lnvitinig traffic fromn other districts, whiçh could, Just as con- v-eniently, use other channels now In ex-, istence. We admit that it would make a wonderfu.l country drive, a. sort of speeders' palradise, but we feel that we should flot be expected to bear the ex- pense of that. This entire village plan we think le the 'lream of someone wlth a coinDiex who could think only in ternis of automobiles and wide roads; this through street is flot needed, not wanted, and Is a far- fetched dreani simply out of the questionl for those of us who can think in ternis of homes, children and gardens, and are vitally interested in the presel'vatlon of a qîuiet suburban atmosphere. W&e 1bave plenty of .rooni for our automobiles on a 26-foot street. Park Coinfortably OlLher ,Cen Jois MUid Anuican Cheese lb. 23c Jresh Jrudls and BeechNut ared2us21 ci Spaghetti 3 c GenBU 3 "ans 23c <>rgean <d b[144, Caie U.k1n p 29 AMCAN 140ME - PURE FttIT *0* 7' ' n 4th St. and Linden Ave., Wilmette Aiso Carlson Building Pharmacy. 66Chur hSt., Evanston Phone CGreeilef31 nomsl T..". NÀNTIONÀL TEA CO, (-r- QUALITY GROCERS ipiGGLY WIGG -4t, 07 A- WeN 1

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