Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Dec 1937, p. 5

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introduction ot an optional local- serv-ý ice which. giYes the custorner the. op- portunity to obtain -lower charges for catis: between to-wns %within a inetro- politan zone borderinig Chlicagzo, b the eliminlation -of thc additiona mioltll% charge for ha:îd sets, atid by reductions ini other 'miscellaneous rates narned iii the order. lncre.sdmUage Seaj '*eare .hopeful thaticrav usage under the lowered rate schied- laies, will help offset the substaîitially (Iecrease(1 revenues which . will resuit f rom tiltorcler." Mr. >Petry said in reiterMting thic conpanv'.,s position as announced ini Chicago. ~Th.e cornpanv -will cooperate ful1s with tieltIlinois Commerce commnis- sion in giving the' new rates a faii trial.. 1 cannot state our exact posiý .lion. i e mtte, -orc, d.ariy thas, by <quoing the statemient of A. Hl Mellinger, vice-president, who said: May Seek Revision Later -In tilt hope that business willj continue to improve, and ini order to 21Jfl1 the ex~ripI1i. etiithe nu r and w 1 a Ray Photo Lyn»lj Waidoed,'of Wilmette, head football coachlaiatNorthwesterai uni- vérsity, zessthe priincipal speaker ai lise lue heon of. ise Wilrnettc Ro- tarvy ib Il ý'cdîesday of this wveck ai AiscShazence CoUliry tritilbý. 'Ihle occasion was the airnual lunch- cat f New ther guests at the luncheow iîeth J.. **Tug" W~ison, direc, tics at Northwesterîî, several football stars, and coaches STrier tearn. ext \\Vednesdav, the Rotary du u,Î ]ess çtwo nolidays and întervening Sundays. Despite this good showing, however, there %vas another $50,000, which should have corne to hirn before the lirnit. of bis collection pcriod set by the County col- lector. The latter amount carne into his office on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day, he said, which' meant that had it been paid on or before last .Saturday,. tttownship would have profited by something like $1,0KO .These delayed paynents entailed the sarne arnoupt of work on the part ofthe local c ollector and his staff, but wth the resuit that, the, cheks had to be eùdorseéd over to the county collector without New Trier. townsbip sharing ini the rW ceipts as would have been the case lad the paynents been mnade to Mr. Hale during the period lie was perrnitted to M!Wk% iile at the office of theý organization of whichi Robert E. Ricksen is president. No. Man's Land is an unincorporat- cd triangle lying along Sheridan road and bounded by Lake Michigan, Wil' mette and Kenilworth. The petition, it was explained, seeks to have the Wilmette park board, i whose district the area lies, acquire the southern part of the triangle, now nearly ail vacant prop- erty, for park purposes, thus prevent- lng the spread of the business, inter- prises. Miss Rebecca Fitch, executive sec- retary of the Horne Qwners, with of- , cs t 1155 WI1ntea*hspe yesterday on behalf of the project before the Woman's Club of Wil- mette and willI speak tomorrow noon aa meeting of the Wihuctte CMci, lWei buffer for iligs to custoiers. l11 the long run *.of the '..hamber of it is hoped these wiIl stirnulate use of Imperative That W i 1 m e t te Health Center hiAspoiiel cmJ.,is chairrw! the telephône and help, in sornt de- Health Center Get Funds correct, the committee pointed out, for uiiiform store grec at Icast, to* offset the inimediatc ___The budget of the Health Center, as to be used by al revenue losses.' submittea tthe budget committee business concerns. Aritiging appeal to the citizenship of the Conrnunity Chest, dots not iin- stated, is to get a' Toy Deair Shop a of Wilrnette. to buy Town Crier (Continued on page 11)misdcrto, Christras Seals was soundedys ýway fror 7ÀA

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