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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 7

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The Boston Globei
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Boston, Massachusetts
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7
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THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1938 Seven 8 Miles, 40 Minutes From Belmont Boston Banker Pedals to Work All Filene stores open evefy night, Monday through Friday! o. poration. He find it takes ito Boston "by accident He'd about the same time by auto-1 been using his bicycle from 'Belmont to ercisc when he drives. the and Cambridge taking the Boat Olub, As a still living example All branch stores open Saturday night, too! 7 jRapid Transit from Harvard sq. of a man who can best Cam Bniinn Chestnut Hill 1, Belmont BtUesley inchest er Piorthshore, Peabody By FRANCES BURNS a wonderful feeling to sail past long lines of stalled traffic with wheels under you, a Boston investment banker says.

Edward B. who rides a bicycle from his home on Concord Belmont, to the downtown financial, district, has something of the thrill of the small boy who dreams of "Look Ma, no hands!" while drivers peer at him with envy. Witte starts 8 miles and 40 minutes from his Federal st. office in the First Boston Cor- i I I I i I i i I 1 I f. it 1 I 'i 1" 1 i i'i 1 I i I Fa HI One morning he found he forgotten his key to the club.

It was a bright, sparkling morning so he decided to attempt riding the bike all the way to the office. "It was wonderful," he said. "I followed the river all the way on the Cambridge side. "There were only two points where I had trouble at B.U. Bridge and at Massachusetts av." "Officers are delighted to have one person off the road," he said.

"Small boys say 'Hey, Dad! It's very cheerful and folksy. "You lose all that feeling pressure you get from driving today. It's no more trouble riding a bicycle today than in 1916 when I came to Harvard." Bankers in formal morning bridge and Boston traffic and have a good time doing it he was elected to Dr. Paul Dudley "White's Committee for Safe Bicycling at its last meeting at the Harvard Club. Members of the committee, many of whom ride a bicycle in the country once in a while, thought that a practicing commuter by bicycle was too good to be neglected.

"Seems to me that the committee, rather than trying to get new bicycle paths by public money, can perform a real service by pointing out resources we already have," the banker said. Father of six grown children, member of tl i class of 1920 at Harvard and 1923 at Harvard Business School, he and Mrs. Wit- ride together. have it holiday slim, directoire shaped Vh 7. r) dress are a common sight on Recently Mrs.

Witte loaded I i her bike in their foreign car, bicycles in European cities. But and headed for Boston. After Boston's exponent of the sinv shopping tour she whipped herple life wears a cap, a comfort- NO TRAFFIC WORRIES Witte, ready for trip bicycle out of the car, askeOjaoje sweater unuer nis her daughter to take the car! coat for warmth on cold morn-Edward i I 1 A i 1 rtf -l it -n AAS A4 orl 41 inc nome ana oicyciea to r. I Belmont home, with her husband. to keep his trousers curls from The banker, started riding being tangled in the chain.

$14,000 Extra Funds So Sorry, I'll Cry Sought by Winthrop At Your Funeral MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5 (AP) I B. M. CUTS Continued jrom the First Page But some of the 64 include trains bound for distant spots which, until now, made no stops in Massachusetts. They will now, under new schedules, if approved.

Of the 6 percent of the i I Approximately $14,000, to supplement depleted departmental budgets is being sought in 22 articles of a special Winthrop town meeting on Monday night, Dec. 15, af Memorial Auditorium of the Senior stranger walked up to Guillermo Diaz Lopez as he left a neighborhood store, said "now I'm going to pay you for started shooting. Then the gunman stopped. "Pardon me, I make a mistake." he said and ran off. Diaz was in a serious condition last night.

B. M. cummuters affected, "satin banded" "obi-bowed" the road asserted, "a large bcnooi. number would continue to I The special town meeting is have service at other nearby being called by the Board of stations Selectmen, Melvin T. Carver, Also proposed was discon-'Waltei" A- Van Dalinda and tinuance of all but through Henry F.

O-Connell Jr. A pub- rain KnrinofipM nH lie hearing on the articles will your your slub-nub suiters! directoire crepe dresses! Orpenfipld fbe held before the Advisory Fire at Winnisquam Ruins Guest House WINNISQUAM, N.H.,'Dec. 5 (UPI) Damage was set today at $30,000 in a fire which destroyed a large guest house on Lake Winnisauam. The move was made, added Boara ln lne lown nal1 neann6 'the B. 'to secure all 'sible operational savings while; jrecognizing genuine public Bishop Wright to Be jneed where it exists." i0 i i 14.95 17.95 by Mik-el by Hazel Greer Discontinuance of the sta- DreaKiasi peaner Bishop John J.

Wright of; Fire Chief Alonzo J. Sim- tions is in line with a previ Worcester will be the guest mons said the cause of the ously disclosed policy of dis speaker Sunday at the annual; blaze late yesterday had not posing of upwards of 100 suchj Sunburst stitching glorifies 'your holiday figure accents the rayon-satin directoire bow-band. Supple rayon crepe. Rayon tafl'eta lined. 12-20.

Black, Paris blue, navy. stations- In some instances the ana aaugnter commu-been determined. The large Sieni-hlim skirt topped by a portrait collar, obi-bowed jacket. Holiday-career raw eilk look of rayon, acetate, silk. Black, navy, beige.

Sizes Puccini fabric by Rosewood. railroad will lease back a small jnion breakfast of St. Clare wooden building on Aviation part of the station building forHiSn School, Roslindale, in the Point was owned by Mr, and cafeteria of St. Theresa's Mrs. Frank Binette.

passenger use. Nn date has hePn spt for a bchool, West Koxbury, lollow- In 1854, 128 women were postmasters in the United States. public hearing on the railroad's, ini? 8n 8 o'clock Mass. petition. I Thomas Meagher, West Rox- I A year ago the railroad was is chairman.

'given permission to eliminate 1 117 trains for a saving of about million a year. None of the ill7 had replacements. Abandoned stations listed in jthe petition are: EASTERN ROUTE East Marblehead, Devereux, Clifton, West Manchester, Beach Bluff, Phillips Beach, filerie's festive figure drama, fabric isses' tirift sr. rth floor r4 -f' Salisburv. WESTERN ROUTE Wakefield, Center, Lowell Lynn-firld Center, West Peabody, Collins Tapleyville, Dan-vers, Reading Highlands, Ward Hill, Lowell Junction, North Wilmington.

NEW HAMPSHIRE ROUTE North Woburn, Woburn Highlands, Central Square, Bleachery, South Wilmington, Tyngsboro. CENTRAL MAS? BRANCH Hudson, Gleasondale, Ord-way, South Sudbury, East Sudbury, Wayland, Tower Hill, Cherrv Brook, Weston, bubbled? test satin IWaltham Highlands, Waltham North. I FITCHBURG ROUTE Stony Brook, River View, Silver Hill, IBeaverbrook, Montague, Lake I Pleasant, Erving, Royalston, Baldwinsville, East Gardner, jf7 1 gleamed, rose blooming! i v- boutn AsriDurnnam. i. I A i the slide projector with ilA 1 i i ml Mil III mT f'M '7-' yu're i'1- ft shortwaisted i 'I no 11 I alterations A needed FIDELITY HIGH PICTURE J-t-i MRS.

BERNARD GARBER of Newton is chairman for the 32d annual donor luncheon of the Boston Chapter of Hadassah to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Statler Hilton Hotel. "diamohd" buckled your "blossom" printed your your Always stays in focus by itself All controls grouped together on illuminated panel. 100 automatic, variable timing. 500-watt illumination, 40-slide non-spill trays take all 2x2 slides, any mount Prices from $84.50. See it today at your dealer's.

satin-curved wool dresses! chiffon bubble dresses! peau de soie dresses! i s14.95 (17.95 by Brief Originals I Terry Jay Your party-minded ethereal rayoni chiffon bub BEFORE YOU BUY ANY NEW see the December Reader's Digest. On the inside back cover you'll find an offer that will save you money, trouble and time, before you buy any make. and afterwards too! Want to know the truth about monthly payments? How to save up to several hundred dollars in purchase price and operating economy? Ford has put together hundreds of facts and figures like these in a revealing one-volume 'encyclopedia" for car owners and offers them to Reader's Digest readers without obligation. Tor full details, see the inside back cover of the December Reader's Digest now! Your friendly Ford Deafer Your prettiest party look glowing peau de Soie with slim princess lines, full blossomed rosettes and whirling slit front skirt Rcyal. black, red, green.

12 to 20. Yonr candlelight rayon "satin dips from a high directoir line to the hem of iyour slim wool dress. Fake diamonds, of course! Remember no alterations needed, so you save money. Size 12 to 2a Navy, black. ble skirted dress bordered withj sland-a-way rayon taffeta.

Rayon taffeta lined. Star blue, forest green, fuchsia. 10 to 18. Filene's misses' thrift avenue, fourth floor ON SALE AT ALL FILENE STORES LISTED ABOVE 0 Mail ymr wder ,0 riUnt Box 1511, Boston, Dept. 413.

CALL any hour, dav or nisht: HUbbard 242,19 or ELiot 4-5000; MAvflower 9.521)$ UAvii 64120; Lxnn3-lo20; OLympic 5-0800 (Natick); Pioneer 4-6930 (Salem TWinbrook 3-87 TO (Waitbam) KOrmandy 5-8n00 (Melrose). 25c for delivery on mail, phone orders under $3.95 feiv irHisuanr ii rniifm Mi iMiir.

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