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WILMETTE .:i' LIFE May 25, 1928 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ = = == = Monday and Tuesday are Poppy Days COLOR· The Secret of Beautiful Homes BRICK STUCCO CEMENT MADE LIKE NEW All the Beauty of Color = = ;:: . == == ~u 1J11nubrrn ·111itlbs = = == In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce beard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing bands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields. BY JoHN McCREA = = = .. PLus· the finest waterproofing on the market today == ==:: = == ~ == == = t. MINWAX Let Us Handle Your Problem === - · = w. c. 13TH ST. == Postmaster Shantz "Dispatches" Golfers on Rockford course == HUGGINS Service PHONE WILMETTE ·! I ffii lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllll II ~ . convention, including Col. Charlc~ :\. Lindbergh; Lieut. Gov. Freel E. Sterling of Illinoi s ; Otis F. Glenn, Rc publican candidate for United State:> senator; Ruth 11cCorn1ick, Rc publican candidate for congressman :.tt large; Grant B. Miller, Chief . · .Postal Inspector, of \Vaslnngton, D. C., Congressman John F. Buckbee; Col. Paul . . Henderson, ~o.smerly asststant po:st master general of the United State s and ·now a director of the newly organized Transcontinental Air Trans port Inc.; Postmaster Arthur C. Lucder of Chicago; Henry G. . Faehl, president of the Association of Letter Carriers; Harry 0. Perlee, president of the Federation of Postal Clerks, and K. P. Aldrich, inspector for the Chi cago division of postoffices. Col. Lindbergh, in case he was able to be present, and Col. Bender. on ·w ere scheduled to fly by airplane from Washington, D. C. On Wednesday evening the postmaster$ were entertained at a theater party at the new Coronado theater. one of the finest theaters in the middle west. Buildi_ng 3558 i =--=-=--=· ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~-=--"--=: ·-= ==-= =--= =-- ..,_---=====~=- _ ____ - - - - - - -=,,·! '·1 . 1 1 1 1 .I !I 11 '. 1 .: ' . 1 1, : d ' 1 FLAGS FLAGS Memorial Day is May 30th You'll want to decorate your home and automobile on this occasion-especially for the · parade. Our assortment IS most complete for decorating purposes. 1 p os t ma s t ers J osep1 . E · Sl1an t z o f \Vilmette and \V. S. Blanchard of K em·1 wor tl 1 a tt en d e d th e annua 1 conI ven t'ton o f tl1e Ill'mms · p t t , os mas ers as· · t. t R kf d Ill Th :;octa ton ~ . oc or '. ., on u.rsday and I~nday of thts week, leavmg for the "down-state" city Wednesday morning. \\'cdnesday afternoon Mr. Shantz plunged immediately upon his arrival in Rockford into a new task, which, while not dealing with postal work, nevertheless dealt with po5tal employces. Mr. Shantz had previously been apponted chairman of the golf tournament which was participated in by all postal-golfers and which took i place at the Harlem .Hills Countn· club. \Vitncsses stated that he handled the job with all of the tact and efficiency that he displays on the "home course," "dispatching" postmasters as readib~ as he dispatches mail. A rather imposing "battery" of speakers had been arranged for the ~anna Carpenter and Cabinet Work Are You Contemplatin~ Ha.ving Those Alterations and Repairs Done Now? Remodeling and Porches Screened FLAGS lc to $1 FLAGS Ridge Ave~ Pharmacy C. C. RENNECKAR Opposite St. Joseph's Church Ph. Wil. 316 G.W.SAXTON 546 Sterling Rd., Kenilworth, Kenil. 3495-1847