Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Apr 1938, p. 5

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*The fourth and iast of the series of Union Sunday Evening Lenten services wiii be, held Palm Sundav evening, April 10, at 8 o'clock in the Wilmette Baptist church, under, the direction o f th e Ir eÎ Dr. George D. Al- il lison, ministéer of thechurch. The Rev. james T. 1Venekiasen of the. First Presby- terian church will, preach,. us1ing as, bis sermon: themne, Rev. Jamnes T. "Drift or Design.', Venekasen T h e s e services are sponsored by the Wilmette Minis-. ters' Union and bring together themem- bers of six participating churches I ni- cluding the Wilmette Baptist,, English 1.utheran,- First Conigregationial, First Presbvterian,. Wilmfette Parish Meth-ý odist',and St. Augustine's Episcopal. Cuininating the services ~of special Lenteii observances will be a three-hour Good Friday service on April 15, f rom 12 to 3 o'clock, to be held in St. Augus- tin'sEpicoalchurch. Ministers of the -participating churches wilI conduct this servrice. Red Cross Seeks Funds for Tornado Sufferers An appeal for $30,000 for tornado r e 1 i e f was Izunrbhui last week h touch you more intimately than those two things. Repblianand Democratic party candidates for the United States senate and house. of representatives are to be selected, as well as for both branches of the state general assenibly. Also for County judge--all-important 1)ccause in bi s hands rests the re-sponsibility for clean andhonest elections,. essential to the con- tinuance of the basic form of Amherican government. Nominations, will be 'made for the Board of County Commissioners, which'can spend a lot of public funds or do the taxpayer a good turn through, an economical administration of its extensive affairs. Challene to.Voter Other nlominees for statç and county officers are to .be chosen by -both parties. Ail are imiportant. There isii't an office, to bie lilled at the November election that does mlot challenge the mostcareful consideration on the: part of the voter. Judges and clerks of election will be on duty in your pollinig place from 6 o'cçlock. in the morning until 5 o'clock in the. afternoon, to receive your ballot. They canýinot receive it or count it unless you go to thé poils and cast it. That is your privilege. More, it is yo Ur solemn and bounden duty. You may think,_with imuchjustificaton, that the primar.y,1 as now constituted, is not the best niethod of'choosing candidates, but it isthe oniy way there is, and if you neglect ityoarfaininou responisibility as an elector. Go to the poils Tuesciay and demonstrate, that you, as an American ciiestill have the capacity for selfgoen nt IPORTANT-A controversy Las arisen betuueen state mau comnty officiais as to the. nght off the voter to change hi& party affiliation at the. prîmary on April 12. County Clerk Michael J. Flynn' is instructing precinct election officiels that a voter who voteu the. Repubican primay ticket oni AprtE 14, 1936, cannot voe in the Denocratic priunary ueuit Tuesday, and vice versa, becaus. two full caiendar years have n 1ot elapsed ince the 1936 'ruai y Otto Kerner, attorney geiieral off Illinois, tàkes the. opposite view, and Las givea an opinion tliat the, voter has the, legal righit te vote .ith.s. a Deniocratic or Republican ticket this year, regardless of how lie votedi 1936, conteuiding that the legislature in paiming the prinuary law Lad election years, andi not calendar years, ini nund. This view is sustained by Stat.'s Attorney Thomnas J. Courtney. luIn vlpw off tii.,. <Iffering. opinions, the. vot*r inust act oit hi& own respeui. *.L±..- L-- 9-- fl. - - One of the 'hottest prlînary caiý- paigns in the-history of Cook county and New Trier township is drawlng to a close, with ail eyes fixed on the titanic struggle between the Jiorner- .Ckurtney-Jarecki- Lynch faction --of the DÉmocratiè party, and the Kelly- Nash Chicago. machine for suprepi- acy, with no man knowinig.wbiich wiili ride oùt the storm and safeiy reach the haven of victory. It i1.8sthis split that bas' furnisbed the major part of the fireworks .-of the campaign. On the Republican side, there has been comparatively littie pyrotec"hnies,. such contesti- as have developed. being conducted along saner and more conservative lines. lgoe-LUCas TOPline In the state the Democratic battle lunes --are drawn- betwèen 'Michael L. Igoe of Chicago, the Kelly-Nash con- tender for the United States senator- ship, and Scott W. Lucas of Havahua, bàcked by the Horner-Courtney-ja- recki-tynch group. Other aspirants for the same post on the Democràtic side seem 10 'have been buried i the bitterness and ferocity of the Igoe- Lucas contest. Richard J. Lyons of Libertyvilie, bas made a splendid bid for the Re- publican nomination for United States senator, and bis tupporters predict that he wiil poil a tremeuidous vote, partially ont of protest against ucingisec u IIin me iU.west ior re- lief of ýthe' victims of the tornadots that have created widespread havoc through 27 counties of Illinois, Mis.- souri, Kansas, .,Okiahoma and Arkan- sas., AUl checks shouild be niade payable, io the Red Cross 'Tor*nado Relief fund. and sent té Col. A.-A. Sprague, treas- urer, Chicago chapter, American Red Cross, 616 South Michigan avenue. ÇoCnimissioner Ayres Tells of partment's Yearly Activity Lloyd C., Ayres, highway com mis- sioner of. Ne w Trier .township, re porting at the annual town meeting Tuesday afternoon, said that the cost of maintènance of tht township road systern during the past year was $4,-1 The Wilmette Leagne of Women Voters lis to have an information booth at the Jewei Tea store on Wilniette avenue ail day Saturday, April 9. Being non-partisan,- the League of Women Voters-does flot recommend candidates on any ticket,ý but will dis- pense information'as to offices to be- filled. Also on hand will be sample bal- lots, and lists of polling places arnd precinets. $10 RBWARD! It has corne to my attention that_ certain political workers, unknown to me, soliciting votes in next Tuesday's primary election, are ap- proaching voters with an offer to have 'their delinquent personal property taxes for 1935 settied for a nomnal m aut Hil, road and vvinnetica avenue dur- il GRANT PARADE PERMIT ing the 1938-1939 year.I A request f rom Wilmette PostNo "During the winter the village of i 46,. American Legion, for a permit Northfieid, by ordinance, detached I for the annuai Memorial Day parade one haif mile of Winnetka avenue on May 30, was granted by the Vil- f rom its incorporated area. This road lage board Tuesday night. then reverted to the township yt. Take advantage of our 20%o discount for, cash.. justice ci the Peo

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