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LIPE · . WILME'TTE . . ,.... .... .· . ·.. " f 'tePtember .;a.. 1928 lcCORIICI·IIIGIIJAY· Chamber of ~e Spouon New BECOMES ~ WAY" Plaa; Offen Priaea for Beat Decor· FALL . OPENING WEEK atecl Show Windows The first week in Octf?b~r wilJ ~e Fall Opening week for \V almette business men. ·It is beil}g sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. All store~ of the village ha,·e been invited to take part in a hig showing of seasonable goods. . Decision to hold the Fall 0 pemng week was made at a meeting of the retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce held Monday noon in the offices of that organization. It is the first Fatl Opening week ~ver he_ld here. Fall Opening week w11l beg.m next Saturday, September 29, to run through the following Saturday, October 6. A special effort wip be mad~ to have . all show windows in the busmess sectiOn decorated with new fall merchandise. A window decorating contest for Fall Ope-~ing week . has been announced with cash pnzes for first and second place winners in each .. of the three following groups : 1. Stores which sell wearing apparel and dry goods. 2. Meat markets, groceries, bakeries, and other stores which sell foodstuffs. 3. Drug stores, hardware sto~esJ pai.nt shops, and other stores selhng similar merchandise. Members -of the Chamber of Commerce only will be eligible for the nrizes but that organization h asking the cooperation of all busmess men of the village to make the affair a success. ANGEL· FOOD LAYER CAKE I I Complete EffectiYe .I DumiNtion of ~anitary District's Great Suburban Boulevard Justifying the claim that .it is 14 the finest suburban boulevard m America" McCormick road is destined to become just that at 8 :30 o'clock tonight when President T. ]. Crowe of the Sanitary District of Chicago sitting at his desk, presses a smal~ white control button. The contact will release an electrical current and the 600 lamps of 1,000 candle power each flanking the highway from Devon aven~e to ~ail~oad avenue in Evanston wdl sprang mto light flooding the thoroughfare with daylight brilliance. . This will mark the concludmg phase of an improvement program which leaves the highway unsurpasseq from the triple standpoint. of lighting, s~fe ty and supremacy m transportat10.n. Assisting in the formal ceremony w1ll be Trustee James M. Whalen, chairman of the committee on engineering, man of the committee of federal reand Trustee Henry A. Berger, chairlations. Latest in Li·htiq Mounted on fifteen-feet high sentinels at intervals of 100 feet, the new lights. embrace. the. la~est innovations in highway ttlumt!'atJon and we~e manufactured espectally for · the Santtary district, which built and maintains McCormick road. They are a striking example of the · present day tendency to equip suburban routes with lighting systems comparable to those of the great loop distric~s.. The design for the system was ongmated by John T. Miller, form~r. Comp1 issioner of Gas and ElectracJty of the City of Chicago and now manager of the district's department of permanent plants and structures. · McCormick road is four and a half miles long and passes the new North Side sewage treatment plant of the Sanitary district, which is to be formally opened October 3. The middle twenty foot width is paved with asphalt supported by eight inches . of reinforced concrete base. The two outer ten-foot strips are paved with concrete slab having thickened edges. This combination is designed to meet the varying demands of !?resent. day traffic and will carry the mcreasm~ly h,eavy loads for years to come, wh1le fur I Two layers of tender, fluffy, perfect Angel Food~ with white, chocolate or fresh orange icing-a real treat. CHEESE CAKE Lovers of this delicacy will .be pleased to know that we will bake it for them every. Wednesday · and Saturd~y. It's the real German Cheese Cake. - and there just isn't any better. - . . Miss Florence Biesemeier of 804 Central avenue has returned to Northwestern university for her sophomore year. -oMrs. Solon W. Smith of Oklahoma City is visiting with Mrs. H. W. Bettinghaus of 1231 Ashland avenue. .·························· . 1 I 1 I · POrtenhauser · M 1129 CENTRAL AVE. WILMETTE 512 MAlN ST. EVANSTON Painter and Decorator Estimates Without Obligation Phone 2998 Greenleaf 613 2 1030 Greealeaf Phoae 2764 affMd~g n hle~ fughway i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~·~ in g. PICTURe Of ME,HUH~ \'\OW ABOUT · THAT mow~ C/\MER.A YOU PROMlSEO MEAT . TheRfOOE AVE PHARMACY Ansco Arrow Camera $2.19 2-A Size RIDGE AVENUE PHARMACY qpposite St. Joseph School . C. Renneckar Pheme WUmette 316 Provide for Safety With regard to the safety factor, a recently installed system of traffic lights gives the maximum ,of protection while the entire road is patrolled bv ~ motorized and uniformed force of Sanitary district police. Improvement of McCormick road is a unit in the general north shore program of the Sanitary district, involving approximately a million dollars, and benefiting an extensive region. Other portions of the program, either completed or well under way, include eleven paving projects to close gaps across the Sanitary district right of way along the north shore · channel, where various villages have laid paving up to the channel, which paral~els McCormick road and the construct1on of four new ste.e l and concrete bridges spanni.n g the channel and replacing old structures at Devon avenue, Touhy avenue, Dempster street, and Church street. Landscaping along the North Shore channel also has been started. this work being completed by ctav labor forces of the Sanitary district. I . Mrs. Charles W. Bickell of 202 Golf terrace has returned from a six weeks' .western trip to . CaliforQiJ.