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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 May 1933, p. 32

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IGrade Separation: Will Save Life Let Hasten the Dagi To America, now going forward in a great drive against theý economic eneniies which have invaded the ýcountry, cornes, a message f rom the. men 'whoô Poppy. Day fi fteen years ago were giv- ing theirlives ini defense of the' country'againist an arrned. en'en'. It cornes in. the form of- the littie red l)OPY that w'e wili ail be. asked to wear on 'opv Day, My 25. It tells, us tû serve, and sac- ri~fice for our country now with the sainie patriotic spirit that those men served and died among the poppies i11 France in 1917 and 1918. The poppy is a symbol of -remenibrance for the World war dead. Poppies glowing on every coat on Poppy Day will show that we stili reniember and bonor the su- preme sacrifice. our war dead made for Amierica. A country wýhich rernemnbers deeds sucb as their's cannot be indifferent to priesent calis for patriotic service. As long as the memory of our heroes is kept bright, America can be confident that heroic service wilI corne fromi its citizens in every bout of need. The woniien of the Arnerican Legion auxiliary, who will. bring us the ýpoppies"on Poppy Day, are, carrying out a very valu-, able work for the country.. With their memorial flowers tbey are helping keep. alive a memory more precious than .Vast material riches--tbe memôry of men w 'ho were willing to die that America mThght A bout Highways While the remaining gaps, north and soutIh from Lake avenue, are flot of -great length, they have served to prevent use of the boulevard as an ar'tery.to relieve traffic in the villages.* With those gaps rem.oved the West section. will: have a- continuous four-laperoadway çxtending throughout the length of the township. It is to e hoped that the-c.ounty -wil translate its promise<.Mto 'action at the earliest possible moment in *order that this much needed close-'i artery may promptly serve' the purpose for whicb it was 'originially intended-to get through traffic aWay from the villages and to ex- pedite 't he general flow oftafc moving southward into the city. With th.e.gapà in, New Trier completed and 'a stretcb south of Oakton street in Nes. Center 'made -passable, bya well' marked détouar, niotorists wiIl bc able. to go directly into the city from Dundee road witbout coming through the congested areas of the township.' Along with this promise of action fromu the county in reference to Skokie boule- vard cornes the assurance that ail obstacles to the conipletion of the through bighway, adjacent to and paralleling the New Trier villages will.bave been rernoved -within a few weeks, thus making it possible to, complete the remaining- section ini Glencoe. We -regard it, as imperative that both projctsbe completed this sumnier. A considerable number of businless pe0- pie inthe north shore area have indicated a desire.,to coçnvert receipts f romn the. briefly operative, Con gratulationis! butinow . de fuiîct State, Sales Tax into relief channels. The I)rirnary purpose of the tax %vas to provide relief for the uneniployed. Since it is impDossible to re- This cookie sale conducted by the Wihnette Girl Sco uts reminds us of long, long ago, when we used *to raid our grandrnother's coojçie jar. We're af raid *w'd hae a guilty con science, though, if we pil- fered Girl Scout cookies. Guess, we'il j ust. have. to corne right out ýand buy a dozen. Some' Germans who ride motorcycles are fitting out' their. dogs with goggles before taking the. Canines for rides in the side-cars. North. shore dogs we suggestyiniyght be provided With rose colored' glasses so that if e in summer willook bright ïa spite of muzzles and leashes. We notice that a' radio -figures prominently ini a scene frorn "WhistlingK in the Dagrk," a draina to be presented by the Threshold Players in Gien- coe this Friday night. Our radio used to go that one better. Itwhistled both night and day. DAFFOD ILS Gay daffodils a-dance ingold, You're for a child heart, neyer old, - Moi for mnine, fillIed tzith a vague pain& WIsen gusty sPringq winds and thse ramn Hel> thse .irst budding leaves unfold. *StiI, zuhenL there shines on kil and 1wold Your:loveýinesçs, Ins haif. conroled- Yes, pleared tD see you back again,. gay $z ifodils! 'Gainst verdure wakened Iron tise cold Stii .softly cloudy tb behold, Your beauty gleans in gotden straiki, Like stme rich, liIting, sweetrefraii-' You've found my chiid heart neyer ald, gay daffodils! -Irma, Keebu, Giezicoe Qld Man Winter seemis to be havin g a hard time. of it. He was burned in efflgy by townsmen at Zurich, Swvitzerland, during. their aniual spring festival1.: And hie Was nearly -drowned on the inorth *shopre.- The weëk's: prize for dry hurnor goes to. te man who rnurmured, "Ought to be good' fishin' this season-there's plenty of water.," A few, more quips lik.e. that, and the anglers will. be catching dried fish. Anyway,. the bait casters of the Izaak Waiton league, must have had a grand tirne during the flood. it possible to complete another portion of the structure which, when entirely coin- pieted, should rank among the finest pieces of architecture in the worljl. Work bas been' started which promises to re- suit in a ,mnaterial, enhancement of, -tbe The driver who colldes with another car and then runs away may live to do some- thing sirnilar another day, but we trust that his conscience will so trouble him that he will not run'away from the scene of bis second collision. li*qu'i '. iAiger.A V smt-,:re artsle ICLLIJan sugar. If kept on, ice a few days, 'twot freshin g hot-weather grin. After ail, we take life, like. golf, as course. te-,, a- iatter of -N IGHT EDITOR.

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