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2ée Olde *Towne Foîkes of Wil- mette, Col. George- R. Harbaugh, piresident, are- busily enigaged with final preparations, for the annual, meeting and banquet, which is scheduled for Tuesday evéning, May 23, at the Shawnee zCoun try club. Dinrier wiIl be served at 6:30 o'clock. Tro many t0f the older residents of the villaàge this annual:rmeetingý is, the outstanding community, event. of the year, as it brings together old neighbors and old'friends in a brief period of reminis cence, in. which the activities and occurrences of other days are. recounted and en- joyed in retrospect. Want Historical Society discussion will be injected into this year's meeting, that of the forma- tion of a Wilmette Historical sqcie- ty, the province of which would be to gather and preserve data relative to the pioneer days of. the village, and the sturdy and venturesomne peo- pie who settled here and developed the area which has grown to the present importance of the North Shor. It. is hnned bv sponsors. of Po pies of FlandersWi1 ".,B10om" ,,on North' Shoreý Legion Posts and.,,Auxiliary Units, Wil Offer Blossonis Made- hy Veterans to Wilniette and Keni1worth Citizens Today Poppies such as those that bloomed' on the battlefields' of Flanders more. than a score of years ago will reappear in Wil- mette and Kenilworth next Tuesclay when the Wilmette and Huerter 'posts,' of the American Legion and their auxiliar~y units will offer to the public the artificial blossoms made by disaIbled veterans. *Mrs. Orville G. Daily, 618 Tenth street, is chai-rman 'o! the .poppy. day committee of the Wilmette aux- iliary unit, and William N. Schupp, 9 04 Oakwood avenue, will direct the Legion post's part of the activities. They are to be assisted by girl Vice-Commander Joseph Conrad is to be ini charge of the Poppy day sales for the Huerter post which is to share the work o! the day with the Wilmette post. Mr. Conrad is to be assisted by mernbers of the post's auxiiary unit. On Thursday evening of this week Memnbers'of the Wilmette League of women Voters were accused of, perpetrating infractos' !th lc- tion laws in, an open letter directed this week to the league's chair- man on Local Affairs by Village Clerk- Nicholas P. Miller. Replying to an open letter address-. ed to him: by the Wilrnette Leagle, ,of Womfen -Voters, through its chair- man on Local Affairs, which ap- peaired in last week's issue of WXL- METTE.- LIrE, Village- Clerk Miller thi-s. week asserted that while he, ex- ercisied "a certainl supervision% of Village 'elections, the creation of precincts, polling places and nanung o! judges and iclerks of election is done by the County commissioners ~adntby th., !Maaf. Ie*.ý League Stands Accused *Alluding'to instances of dlsregard of electiôn laws' at the recent Village election (April- 18, 1939) pointed out by the League o! Wom- en Voters in its letter, Mr. Miller in his reply stated that he "found that the greatest offenders on April 18, 1939ý, were representatives of your league, as I, understand the. opposition had no, watchers."