Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Sep 1929, p. 19

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September 13, 192<'1 A HUMBLE BEGINNING 19 ========T=================================~================= WI L M E T T E LIFE ·o capitalize on his pioneering knO\vledge and make a complete radio set. ·The thinl factory. which has 100,000 .;quare feet deYoted to the making of ·ets and parts. \\'as necessary to carry out this decision. Two thousand com'Jlrte radio sets a day are being turned uut. Radio Business Started in Evanston Wilmette Residents Return \ wher~ the fo.rme r is superintendent of F M· T f W man ua t trammg a nd t he tatter, t eacher rom otor OUr 0 est of dancing. Miss Betty Biesemeier will · · Now Enjoys Output or 2,000 Complete Robert Biesemeier and ·, his daugh- enter her junior year at Northwestern Sets .Every Day ters, Miss Agnes. and ~~ i ss Betty. have uni\·ersity this fa ll . __ returned from a six weeks' motor tour -------That Evanston " ·as the cradle of of the \V~st, going' out by \\·ay of the MOTOR 3,400 MILES the largest exclusive radio factories Black Hills, Yellowstone Park, Mount :\[r. and Mrs. ]. 0. Johnson of 1515 in the country. was recently pointed Rainier. Crater Lake. and Yosemite. Spencer avenue and their sons have out ll\· McMurdo Silver. 27 \·car 0ld Miss Eldora E. Hopkins, 1322 Green- \Vhilc in California the\· visited rela- r ·turned from a n extensive motor trip president of Si lver-:\farshall. Tt;c. Less \rood avenue, and Miss He len L. Hut- tin~s in Berkele\· and l\focksto. Thl.!\. to Ye ltowstorie Pa r k. They we r (' acthan five years a_go young Silver came ·hens. 1505 Elmwood avenue, ldt returned 1 )\· \\'<n: of Salt Lake cit\· ;ut~l companied . uy Mrs. Johnson's father to the north shnre and rented the s~c- Tuesday, September 10, on the Got - DcnYcr. ar-ri\·in~ in \\'ihnettc on \Vecl- and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Friesond floor oi a private garage at Den,p - den State limited for Tucson, Ariz., ncsday of last \\·cek. :\I r . Bidemicr l'nbor,g. of Moline. Ill. They were g one ster street and Ashurv avenue. E\·a11:-;- \\'here they wilt attend the University\ and :\tiss Agnes baH resumed th eir about four weeks and in that time ton. to start making radio parts. of Arizona. . teaching at ~l'\\. Trier High s.cho ~)l. tra\·cled a distance of 3,400 mi les. The hum and screech of radi<1 . ,_ ~ perimenting pmtritw out of the unp;l' trntinus plant is still a familiar memnr~· to t! iose who walked pa st cla.\· and nil'ht. For Sih·e r was burning t:1e tnirlnil"ht oil experimenting, while l·,e ~Pl'llt his daylight homs directing the fir::t t' (lllltnercial step toward an ant hi tio n-cheris hecl ~ince he first hc1,·d 11i \\'irek~-. at the 3!.!'l' nf <)_ to he ~~ ltllehod.'· in radio . ' l n:-;idc Pi a year the young t·ngineer\ J,u,im·:-~ had prospered ttl the point \\here ! \\' icc the space first emplon:d ,,·as ll('tded. ~ince no larger plant \\a:-; a ,·ailabk in Evanston. a iacttJry ni dtltthl<: the capacity oi tht: old g-ara~l' lahttrtor. \· \\'as opened tm \\'l'st ·.1 ;,r kson boulevard in ~hicag0 . l11 1ht m·xt iC\\' n :ars the bu~im·ss ,,·hich had gotten its. start in Evanston. pntSJH.'rt·cl in spite nf the 40 per cent 1 d ('l'ftase in sales in the gen er at field 11f radit · part s. But busines:-; success had not uhscured his radio ioresight. ll e imported screen grid tubes from Fngland ior try -o uts in his lahoraton· before they were much more than I n;une t<t other radio parts makers. In Our ~ih-er was a pio neer manufacturer . pf scr~.:cn , g-rid· equipt . n ent and when the 1 de\'elopment of A. C. screen grid reception promised amazing improve11\ents for 1929 receiver sets he decid·.:d 1 a CLOTHES Evanston Shop QUITE REGARDLESSOF HOW HE MIGHT FEEL ABOUT THE GENERAL STYLE CHARAC. TER ISTICS OF HIS CLOTHES, .... THE AVERAGE STUDENT ACCENTUATES HIS PREFER· !NCE FOR PERFECTLY SHAPED, BROAD, H IGH·SET, CUSTOM TREATED SHOULD· ERS AND A. TASTEFUL . CONSERVATIVE ASPECT. lulta and Topooata STARTING SCHOOL DAYS is an ideal time to bring your children in to be photographed. 140.145. '50 He1111J C. Lutton~ Sons F.va nston Shop Op en Ttiesday, T httrsday and Satttrday E venings niE(O)HUB I OUR New Studio OFFER L arge NURAY $ S · Phorographs 7~ STATE and JACKSON, Chica ~o 6 ORRINGTON and CHURCH- Evanston (Regular Price Sr 4 ) - - Make your appointment now Eugene L. Ray PHOTOGRAPHER University 1238 r6o6 CHICAGO AVENUE Evanston

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