Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Sep 1939, p. 60

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nounces that beirnning on Tuesday, September 5, the Main Retail store and the store for Men wili open one- half hour e arlier than heretofore. Thé -regular downtown shopping huswil be from 9 a. 'm. to 5:30 p. M. In commenting upon the change Frederick D.. Corley, president of the company, said: "Over the past several months we have received hundreds of reque9sa from our customers, for an oppor- tunity té shop eariier, m the. mo rn- mng. Many out-of-town ,customers ar- -rive on 'eariy trains from isan points. Many of our custoi'ners in the suburban area surrounding Chi- cago tell us they would like to corne in on earlier and faster-trains if they' couid shop earlier. "'This change ini store hours is be- ing made without in any way increasing the preset dcaily or weekly hours worked by any ciass of emrployee. Naturally, working schedules of some employees will require adjustment to cover ade- quately our operations at ail times. These adjustmerits, however, will be made wlthin the limits of o u r present hours and will be éstabiish- ed in accordance with the con- venience of empioyees wherever' possible." s1maul Staff Photo This is the white horse which follwedFrank,.Bowman fromn his service station, on Green'Bay road ii Evanston to his new sta- tion at 1223 Central avenue, Wil- mette. Frank feels so badly about the bilà fellow having no name, heis now of- feig100 galIlons of gasoline to the person giving. him the- most suitable moniker. The rules of his contest are simiple. AIl one must do is suggest, a name and then write in less than 25 words why they think this is a good choice. Three,' judges will geeectý the best one submitted and in case the wîn- ning name is duplicated the person also submitting the best reason will be awarded the gasoline. The contest closes September 30. Naine Alleni Gould Tra .fic Manager This show will be given for one performance oniy inWilniette. Cur- tainis at 8:30.m It is- the, announced purp .ose1 of thi s organization to s ecure in Wil- mette a permanent home for the spoken drania - hence a series of invýitationi performances. No tickets are necesraryr to secure admission, it is expiained. Shoe.s for Men, New. Departinent At Schneider, Shp -Wilmette's one and only exclusivel3 men's and young men's shoe stoir made its bow this week. with thE anriouncement by John .-Sehteider of the long estab- lished Schneider's Shoe shop, 1150 Cen~tral avenue, that he has intro- duced a complete line of tirst quali- ty shoes. This new de- p a rt me nt at Schneider's sup- sized. The two clung to. the bottomn of the, overturned craft until aid arrived. The sloop "High Seas," with Wil- liamn and Daniel Holbrook, bothof Wilmette, aboard, capsized a round nmon on Sunday off the ha rbor.% The two were picked upby the coast, guard crew. Sloop, Disabled A sloop belonging to M.. W. Jasper of Evanston becamne disabled on Sun- day afternoon and was towed to Il., P. Galbrai th and L. -W. Legrow ofEvanston were unable to rnake port Sunday because'of the contrary .winds. The coast guard obliged with [y 'A surf boat belonging to the Wil- -e mette Sea Scouts xvas unable to re- Le turn to port Sunday evening for the sarne reason. Aboard were Skipper Frederiek P. Maas of Ghîea go, sev- en Sea Scouts. and three guests. The boat was towed into the harbor. On Monday afternoon a 16-foot snipe belonging to T. H. Meyers of Wilmnette capsized a quarter of a mrile off the harbor entrance. Later in the afternoon the coast guard re- -ceived a distress signal from a snipe class boat. the "Lady Loui." vhich had a broken tiller two riles off Gross Point lighthouse. The boat ".Any move. on the part of indus- tries and institutions to stagger the hours of arrivai and departure and luncheon hours, in the opinion of the Plan commission, is a very desir- able thing. Sirnilar plans haveý proved very helpfui in New Y o r k and other large cities in' lessening the traffic load during rush hours and spreadingout the traffie peak." traffie officer of the Chicago and North Western railway. Mr. Gould Engaged in the retail sh-me busi- will have direction of traffie mat- ness over a period of 21 years. Mr. ters with headquarters in Chicago. Schneider places strong emphasis He rside at 22 ores aveueupon correct fitting, a field in which Winnetka. li.i recognized expert. He an-' nounces that his stock encompasses Up until his new appointment Mr. the complete range in I asts and manager, to which post he was ap- to suit every purse. pointed in 1920..1 1 A reniodeling prograro completed Mr. 1Gould began his creer uîth i.in. repgfent PPk5 as Retail Burner Sales W. W. Williams, president of the IWilliams Oil-O-Matic Heating cor- poration of Bloomington, Ill., has an- nounced the appointment of Braun Brothers, long established N i) r t h Shore distributors of oil products. to handie all retail sales in Chicago- Braun Brothers no*w operate in Chicago at the former address of the Wlliamns Oil-O-Matic 14p2tinLy iomobüe 18 on dis,-.I the roomn.era a rea. *1 ýes of o wii, u s j. 1unee xflIDit wi be open. to the omes in the i public for two 'weeks. Mtas at the s. ,naS,, aepartme:

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