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(«DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER 7.1!; Today, Friday. April 16th. is your last opportunity to see "The River's End." At the Dicke Theatre. Don’t Church." The evening sermons are always short and pointed, touching life in the most intimate way. Pleasant surprises of special music and ab tractive féatures by outside talent are not infrequent. A hearty welcome always awaits the general public at “The Friendly FIRST EVANGELICAI. CHURCH It may interest some to lmmv that this trail was used by the earliest settlers A map was clnsplayml. dat- ed l852. which showed Aurmn with 2000 inhabitants It was the main line of trmel to Chimp" which is of course the hub of all roads. Cook County is building a mad to Vullenburg. Bonds are being issued for this purpose. Ranker: present assured Mrl Bennett that he need; not fear any trouble about the saln‘ of the bonds, this “Iill be cared (on; Downers Grove bankers will therefan have to do their part if we hope tof get attention from the state. ; All should boost the Cannon Halli rail. ‘ Many years ago a man from Kane County who liked his drink on Sat- unlny night became so intoxicated that it seemed inwossible for him to get home. He had an old horse with lame black spots whose name was Cannon Ball. When asked by his solicitious friends about the possibili- ty of his getting home he replied. “0h never mind. a marl: here and a mark there and Old Cannon Ball will follow the trail. From this Cannon Ball Trail was named and now all hope its course as marked will be the new state highway. _ l i ‘uâ€"vmma___.. i I! was also bmuxM out that Mu. Bennett is rrry fm'nnblr to our (‘an- non Ball Tvail. in fad. ho sum! "mt if it were um sch-rind annflwr hearinx would be given hofnrr another was selected all cut: anal filly will not hr Rural, Coat of construction will he reducwl. It in the logical ’roulr Mam-r n rum in I din-rt line to Chicago and lowly one of the richest farming district: in (he unu- thm sowing the [NBIIWI number of people-4 Sunny work. building briclgon nml mlurlng gunk-s will be started 1: am on um {um muln IlH‘lll)‘ wlntnll l! (‘unnon 1h" Trail i.- RIMNI tho work «ill 6e started «mm! a month nr no. A hearing in mm- Irving lwlql at Prinrr. It is by no means a settled factiresults of the years' efforts. About that the plank road will be used as the state aid road because the citi- zens of all eitiea in the utate are asking that their roud be selected. It was brought out at thia- hearing thirty-two conversions were recorded and nineteen new members received Qinto the church during the year. A ‘elass of three children was graduated from the six months course given by the the road eonsmction for Illinoisiihg pastor in Religious Doctrine and will approximate 850 miles. The luv; provides that every county should Mr. Bennett would not say which road will have priority. One thousand miles were laid out for this year but on account of the shortage of curs for both cement and stone it will be impossible to carry out this pm.rmn., The Cannon llall 'Prnil organizution was ably repter‘ented by William (leorge of Aurora. III. In his nrmr ment he uhowed why Route 18 should he ueleetul. One n-nmn wnruthe ur- eeiutihllity of crawl and it» elose pm- xtmity to the railroad. This route follows the in the old trnil from Galena to CM- ago the grade.- nre Min“ and wmk milrnad and heeuim- it‘ Practice. The budget raised for ear ‘ient expenses and Misxions and Ben- have some work started this yeal'.;e\-o|enees was the largebt in the his- tory of the church at it» present site. In addition to mixing this :‘plentlitl tudget the congregation reduced the indebtedness on church property by $350.00. the remaining imlehtwlness being only $625.00. The average attendance at the llihle School thmughout the yen:- :‘howed an increm-a- of 20 per rent over that of Int year and the l\'('l‘nkt‘ oflerlngu an inrreme of 3!) per cent. Fourteen Sunday School neholnna uni- lul with tho rhureh. The Young l'eopln Allinnee. in I!“ dution to raising the budget for lo« ml and conferenre bumeh expenuey A meeting was held at the LoSalle Hotel in the intemst of hard road construction in the State of Illinois. Mr. William Bennett, Director of Pub- lic Work in Illinois gave a hearing to those interested in a state highway along the Cannon ‘Ball Trail. or Route 18, which should interest the citizens of Downers vae as it takes in the old Plank Road just north of us and runs from Galena to Chicago. C. W. Kolm Tells of Meeting Where Cannon Ball Trail (Plank Road) Was Boosted. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 14 $60,000,000 run - mum ROADS IS. uuws PROGRAM The unchurched public is cordially invited to attend any service held at the First Evangelical church. The morning services are more formally ‘conducted in a quiet and worshipful atmosphere . The evening services are made bright and attractive with lots of cheerful singing of Gospel Melodies. with testimonies end can! gregational prayers Annual Conferenrr‘ i.“ now in so» sion at Napen'illr and the pas-lot is: in altrmlanre there. It is expected that Rev. Nansen will he retumevl to Dawn": Grove to continue his pas:- torate here. He is a young man with evangelistic zeal who preaches the [Jain gospel. He has hack of him six years! of successful experience in the ministry. first as missionary in charge of the Woodson County Mission in ithe Kansas Conference and later for three roars assistant pastor of the Grand Prairie Circuit of this Confer- 'ence. He is a graduate of North-11 Western College and of the degree! mum: of Eungelical Theological Seminary. He has had fire years of study in the original Hebrew of the; Old Testament hence is an intelligent! interpreter of the Scriptures. [ ’JEVER ROLL A SNOWBALL? Trusting God far His continual Nt‘flsinzn the poop!» of tho Pint Br. nnnlirnl church arr-looking font-"l with confidence to Mon lwntrr thing: in tho- nmv ('onfmvnrn year In!" which they IH‘ jmxt Mlle-ring. Tn mn‘w possihlr an oxlrnsinn of it; work the budget ndoptnl for the new pm: i; 80 p" mm lnrgor than that raised In» yrar. Pledgws row-rim: this will hr normal by an mrry mom- h'r minim. Tim Young l'eonln Allinnrt‘. in lul~ nlllion h» ruining lhf hudgfl for In- ml nml ronfi-rmro bmnch vxpomwy w full paid “72 00 as special gifts to meionnr) nml "cm-mlont pur- "as" and left as n nwmm'ill of (lwir mccrsflul your "w bountiful [lulle- tin llonnl mounted Mandy at the main rntrnnco to tlw church. The average ntlnmlnnco a! 1hr "We School thmuuhoul Iho your rhou-ml nn incnvm-o of 20 per cm! m-m- that of last your nml (hr u-rmav «flaring; nu Incl-nun n! 35 per cent. Founn‘n Sunday School Mhnlms uni- INI with "I. rhurrh. Following supper a short program was wandered preliminary to the tran- saction of the annual business and the election of church officials. Among {other items of endouragemcnt and :interest in these reports were those concerning the increased attendance at the preaching sen-ices over last year and the spiritual suecesa o! the results of the years' efl'orts. About thirty-two conversions were recorded and nineteen new members received into the church during the year. A class of three children was graduated from the six months course given by The annual business meeting of the congregation of the First Evangelical church was held at the church last Wednesday. The basement auditoriâ€" um was beautifully decorated for the occassion. ' A splendid lsupper was served at 7 o’clock by the Ladies Aid to- about seventy members or the church. (Continued in column to left) omcets Elected For New Church Year and Reports of Work Done Read. lST EVANGELICAL CON GREGATION ’S ANNUAL MEETING Remember dont' you how slowly the snow stuck to the ball you had fashioned in your hand at first and then how it would accumulate until you could hardly roll it? That is just the way newspaper adâ€" vertising works, only when you have boosted and boosted your goods does the accumu- lated advertising show you the best results. DOWNERS GROVE, DU PAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920 on Onkwood avenue, last Monday, April 12th. The Sunbeams, chaperoned by Miss Germain, held their Iii-monthly meet- ing at the home of Helen Holloway One of the surprises of the pri- mary lmlly was the small vote pollâ€" ul by the Democrats, Of course, there was no contest and not even a nominee on the ticket but the lead- ers: of the party in Illinois had urg- ed that those adhearing to the party go to the polls on the party loyalty side’and write in the name of 1 fav- orite for the race. There were only 21 Democratic bal- lots cast in the village. Lace Precinct for Lowden. In the Lace precinct 28 Republi- can ballots were cast divided between Lowden (19) and Wood (9). Democraticâ€" McAdoo . . . . Edward: Johnsnn Hoover M W H W Tot. Lou-den ....62 I7 105 28 212 Wood ...... 57 24 23 18 122 Johnsnn ....10 13 I 24 Details of the vote in Downers Grove arr as follows: The campaign dill not nfi‘ert us it» rally very much; the oniy meeting hold hein: tho Wood meeting at the Dicke Theatrp Monday night and the little work which was done by the candidates by vohmteor workers. a big majority and Downers vavgaml maul hy the Mayor and Com- hy 90, In the north side pminrt minimums. hut Is the Commission tht- tallying of the votes causal azfmm of Villagt- Covmnmrnt pmvick-s sur‘riso. Hem Woo-l won out by twozthnt all franchiros hr passed on hy \Mos,’ with the help of the womenflne oloctonte. the vou- is Mfess‘ary Tho men gave bowden a majority! Probably the two prmisinns- of U"- of fire but the women gave Woodfimnrhise. which was publish"! in full sex-on‘hmre than the Governor. iin Tho llo'pnrter smeml wrells In). Frank 0. Lowdcn, war governor of Illinois, was the choice of this state at the Prexidential Primary held on Tuesday carrying the state over his nearest competitor, Leonard Wood, by an estimated plurality of 65.000 votes. Republicanâ€"â€" Vote in North Side Precinct Was 'MWNERS GROVE alvrs [OWN A. muomn or 90 Lowden carried DuPage County by Surpriseâ€"Wood Carried It IO By Two Votes. PUMP-"THEY'RE NM EWING flflWN Both men and women can vote on the proposition. There will only be one polling place, the Village Hall. Mrs. Fred Youde spent the week- end with relatives in Benn. The term:- 0' the franchise 'nre very liberal and every citizen of the village should think enough of the ballot to go out next Tuesday and register his approval of it. It has been accepted by the village board as fair and should also be by the people. , In addition to the above the vil- lage will receive eight telephones for village use only. free of all charges during the term of the franchise and free toll on all lines in DuPage Coun- ty and to cities between Chicago and Aurora, inclusive, not to exceed $100 worth in any one year to be used for village business. l Probably the two prmisinn; nf ll"- ja‘rantluise, which wau publislml in full gin The Ramrtvr sMpml wreks ago. ‘uhich will be of mm! interest to loâ€" Iml peoplo are thou,- rvilating to the {system and the poles on Mam sluvet. ”The pvmnt "ringing" systom will lgiw plm In tho "mlay multiple kl- ;op'none system." In tho latter Irâ€" Elangemrnt to sin-ml the apt-rater one fine: ms the mew" rmm u». hook: ‘aml a light is fluhed in the operat- Iin; room. This change will be math within two yenrc. Because of the ‘sbortagv of equipment it is impossi- ble for the company to guarantee the installation in a shorter time. The terms also call for the removnl of all poles from Main street between Maple and Wamn avenues within a year. This will be a great improve- 0n next Tuesday, April 20th, the question of a new franchise for the Chicago Telephone Company to op- erate their lines in Downers Grove will be placed before a vote of the people at the rugular village election. Voters to Register Opinion as is Re- quired Under Commis- sion Law. IflfPflONf fRAN- (fllSlf UP f0R AP- PROVAl IUfSDAY The franchise has been accepted This institute is held under the au- spices of the DuPage County Teach- ers’ Association. A one day teachers' institutt- will he held at Dawn Grove on Sat- jurday. May the first, in the High School Auditorium. A strong pro- gram is being prepared. All teachâ€" ers of the public and private schools of DuPIge County are invited to at- lend the morning and_aftrrnoon ses- sions. ONE DAY DUPAGE IHZ'I'TEJQJ"$0423.24: COUNTY TEACHERS’ ; .- H INSTITUTE H E R E NO opposmm Tn» I‘lfllllllflm aw: _l"0r Pres-idlrnt I A. C "lulu-ll}- Fm' TI1IKQN9 N. R. l-‘I-aslrv 4". W. Vanna-mum (7. A f‘arhmn Tho olwflion "Ii: yv-nr will luv unit!- a rontrlst tn tlw turmoil at a yam ago when the untirv- villa" cut up until after midnight (u find out (hr result of the man. f TM Lilll‘ ('ommunity (‘luh in an 'org-niution which number» mm! M ‘thc- population of Lixlr and vicinity [on “x mllu. It frankly mum. it ix :fnr Hu- bu-(wmu-nt n! "w cummuni- i." incl of (M pvoplr Ih‘inbin un- irirlnily. It in non-pnflinnn. non-ra- 'ligiom-. anal rmahl "~in he rmulntml hy many a community lurm-r “Inn Milo with no «infirm-M to ”w tmtn [linking 6! up. CUT THE H. C. 01“ L. A prvsivlvnt 0' “w Oman! and lhrro [mum am to hr plotted. with no up. position to any of flu» madman-.- whn arr all mommpndnl by "w Pan-M- TPMMr Assam-inflow. «IN-Hon for rm'mbw- u! "w .urhml hour-l "I“ this distflrl Tmnnrrvw. nfl'moon. thnviny. April I70». will hr MM "w annual ELECTION FOR SCHOOL BOARD TOMORROW l'. M. No (faults-I [or Vac-Min Mun- Qdfl AIM-noun for ”w Truth. A! "w rlmu- “KM refrmhmrnh won. tonal by "w mini mmmilw‘ Opening the program Min-s Mamio l-Inm'lsclmll Raw twn \‘vry delightful mlofl on tho violin. which “mm m»- plumlal to the echo. L Tho ontiw‘ bmly of flu- rhurch wns filled as the Rev. Amlc-rsan. pastor. made the olu‘ning remarks and intro- ‘cluctcd the speaker. Mr. Anderson Era head of the club and asked for a vain (n n [Impositicm that tho executive- rmnmittm- hm! tullu-d 0\'c-r-~-tho hold- ing 01' a fair in Liuh- in the fall. A fair \vhm‘r mmld be shown the- pm- Ilun- of the farms. Hm “Vt'htot‘k nml best n-flona 0f the- women of the com! munity in tho culinary HM. 'l‘tw pro- position was curriml unanimouuly. ‘ Showing a grasp of his subjl-ct that only much study could have given him. Dr. (luodwin hold his hearers with the legit and oloquonce of his discoursi- for about thru- quaint-1'30! an hour, driving his points hum:I with illust'rationx aptly upplicablo tn the cut. At a meeting of the Lisle Commun- ity Club hclgl at the Lisle Congre- gational church last Friday night, Dr. E. B. Goodwin, pastor of St. Joseph's church, made a very fine address on “The Modem Rural Community Spir~ it." ’Traced History of (Tummunity Coâ€"Up. «ration from ”so! of Busiâ€" iness World. DR. GOODWIN MADE FINE ADDRESS AT LISLE COM’TY CLUB Is the way one of the. classifi~ «I advertismentn starts out this week. And then it gown on to ten of an acre tract for sale near the village. If you are a regular render of the classified advertisments you have no doubt profited by them more than once. If you am't a regular trader, pet in- to the him. 11. is one that pays, nhnyg. Congressman I, C. Copley it dishi- lvuting flower and vegetable not through the public and private Ml as points of distribution. Apply In your principal or superfine-Int of school: if you no mood. ‘ Thom on the ballots are Walter R. Curtiss for the unexpired term 1nd Lucia B. Home and W. B .Towsley for the one year term. As fl‘rv, are three to be elected there is no opposition to the audi- datos who have filed. SCHOOLS T0 DISTRIBUTE GOVT SEEDS Th4- ch Distrirt muting is being le a! Lombard yrsterday and my. Drlatahw from Mr» include In. .I‘mm. Hrs. "Mind Jon" and In. T. F“ Rally. Mrs. H. K. Bush is It- hnding as the Art Chairman of the HM. district fwlrration. Next Tunsday. April 20th. at the re~ gular villa.” elertion will be held the election of three members of the Bond of Directors of the Downers Grove Public Libnry. Three Vacancies to he Filled on Ills- PIMk Library Hard of Director; Th0 pirturn has cim Mn turnd «:u-r «n ”w Libravy Board for Max- inz in tho puhlir librmy. H". "mm filming. Thr ("out of honor wu Hu- Idiot. Mr. Karl A. Ruehr of (New. In. W. P. (imwor ~. irr-pn‘sMflflI 3M .11. W. F. Ymmg. wrrury of the “Uli- riml An Lonny» am" aim present. "u- fmvm-v aerM-uing I fur wank In Un- march. l‘rhulr ”INN“... A primlr "batman n! "w painl- in: wrrmly unwind by the Down‘ 1‘": lim'v- uni! of "w- "ll?“flm (:rmm, Municipal Av! ham. m Wm M Iho- Junior Homo-Mary 860000 :0 Gunn- urn-l. in! Friday "mm. Thou- imitnl included Hu- Bouvln of ”"an nf Uw various nrnnluum of ”w Vin-1". ! It was til-titled at thc‘ meeting flat tho dwmrum-nln ho immaxnl from llm-r In (our. 'l'hix wax nocomplhah- rd lay uplininl the Civicu and Phil- xmlhmuy cle-partrm-nbt lum‘ two. a "(.‘ivin" anal u “Philanthropy. The chairmen for thou dv-p-rtmuntu have boon named ax folluwu: [Intro and .l‘hlurulionul. Mrui ll. 8, Shem-n; fun-in. Mn. J‘ n. Gillmpir; nut-n- ftlvmm‘. Mn. M. II. Prince; Art and ildlamlurr, Mne. W. J. O'Neill. I \ 5 Mn. Krlly Hang Swan Sou. In n'mlmx hrr report I.» I‘nnkklt 9! [hr anun’u Club at the clone of the war-on, Mn. 7. I", Krlly. nur- inx pvaM. nan; her mun mg. PM the- past two yrnrn under her table lmulmshlp "to club has grown in all hmnchw of work ulna Iberia. an inrrvhs-r m mmhrrnhip of over Ml.“ making the Mn! our !h« 200 mark. Mn. Kclly, will! the fill! co- nprmtinn [hon hy tho ofl‘flln of ”I. rluh, hut lurvmghl harmony into ”I" mnlu nu vs .v-hnwn by "an upload” work [hut has he". clam during her It rm 0' ""3"- "album from variom olflcerx. com; mittm-s uncl clopnrtments allowed the .vplv-mh'nl and vast amount of work u:- mmplinhocl during 010 year. Wt-alm-Mluy's meeting was Called at H o'clock. fullowml by n'l o'clock cart-twin lunrhuon um! the attendance was fine. Mrs. H. S. l’nine was elected Presi- dent. of the Downers Grove Woman’s (Ilub at their annual meeting on Wedâ€" nomluy. Th1- otht-r officers chosen were: Virc President. .Mrs. A. F. Boardwell RI-(u Snen:tary..Mrs. W. W. Heintz Cor. Secretary. . . .Mrs. M. L. \Puffer 'l‘rcasun-r ....... Mrs. l“. W. Harper Parliamentarian. . . .Mrs. J. C. White Officers Elected and Reports Read A! Annual Meeting Held On Wednesday. MRS. ll. 3. PAINE NEW PRISIDEM 0f WOMANS (llJB T 0 CANDIDATE F 0 R DIRECTORS WHOLE N O. 1887