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a“ i w ‘DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER? mittee in charge of the picnic. The money will be used In muting the af- fair the success it deservu to be. Fm reports of the publicity com- A gee. you will heu- mueh more a-1 bontthhpwcnfimoma. (I‘he County Supervisors at their meeting last week ,‘l‘uéaday appro- priated 81.500 to he used by the com- prime mover but all the other posts are interesting themselves in the af- fair. are to be included in the stair which promises to be one of the biggest fixings ever seen in the county. The len Ellyn post of the legion In the “a Spnn'mh War Vienna‘s, G. A. Arrangements are now being made for . monster soldier‘s reunion and bionictobeheldntclenmynon County Supervisor: Announced 31.500 to be Used in Hiking the Reunton a Success. COUNTY SOLDIERS PICNIC AT GLEN ELLYN SEPT. 18 Defecfive ballot: 10. making I to. “I of 1970 votes «at. Tm! ‘Agninst Total For Majority Against Totals Lisle Tucker's Village Hall The proposition Inst in "w tum loâ€" cal phrinds by 265 vows and in the territory by aver 600. Following is the detailed vow: Mm Women For Agsnt For Agnst Lisle ......... 5 m 3 MS trlct 58 early Int Ipring. Working uny- under the advice Ind dim M of C. 8. Burma. County Super- lntondont of Schools. they have enr- I'fod on I (not camp-In. Ir. Bowman tlnt and the dnte of the election for Jilly ill-q and allmd ono polling plate, In the Vila logo Hall. hero. Under pmnun from the {omen in the vlclnlty of Lisle. be ehnngod Ma dodnlan. pontpootnx tho electlon for two weeks. until lnnt Mutiny. and designated thm poll- ing plot-es. two how and one at Lisle. It m mmry to tear down the old election sigm- and “when them with new ones and for a low clay! chug" Ind Muh'l‘r-(an mm? hurled bark and for". from the dll- fomt amm_ mum-ding this mtâ€" Agiution {or the hixh school wu started by the school board of Din- Thorc in no question left about a adority of the voters of the district being oppooed to the community high tchool ides. It was 1 fair expression of opinion and no one cun My that only I In people decided the elec- Automobiles were used to carry the men Ind women and some of them mule upwards of fifty trips. The high school has been the main argument in this territory for the last six weeks. For the two weeks preceeding the election, supporters of the proposition and those in opposi- tion have been getting in their best licks. On Saturday each had an or-‘ satiation perfected which saw that every vote wos brought to the pa“- ing places and voted “right.” record vote. The tWo sexes were a- bout even in being for or against the school. Downers Grove witnessed the hot- test election ever held in this vicini~ ty when the Community High School proposition was turned down by the voters of the proposed district. Nearly 2,000 votes were cast. Wom- en vieing with the men in polling a Almost Two Thousand Votes Polled VOL. XXXVII. N0. 32 (0MMIJNIIY. fllfifl “"001 [W M flflIIONSAI’D’Y In Two Precincts Here and One at Little. 16-! L53 252 I72 2M Pilot Weddell experienced a long period of active duty And on July lat, 1918, was killed in a setplane accident while on scout duty at St. Nanire. France. He we: buried with milibry honors at the United JStatea cemetery at St. Nuaim. He is the first Himdde boy who lost his life overseas to he returned to this country. His body reached New York on the transport Hancock early [ The recent Community High School fight was an apt illustra- tion of the “why” of the home paper. Had there been no loco! paper in Downers Grove, it is safe to assume that not one-third the interest would have been taken in the proposition. Both the suppor- ters and the opponents sired their views than The Reporter columns. Truly we live up to our slogan, "A Newspaper for the Communi- ty.” Subscribe today, only 82 a In June 1917. he nailed overseas in the first contingent of some one hun- dred men of the America}: Expedi- tionary Forces after the declaration of war. He trained at the aviation camps at Bordeaux. Tours. Sui RI- phael. and LeCmisic. I Thomas Hellman Waddoll. flim- dalc aviator. was buried with mili- tary honor: in Brouwood «Mary lut Saturday afternoon. Funenl whim wen held at the homo. 82 North Lincoln stmt, llimdale. the American Legion having charge 0! the arrangrmontn. "is former hudâ€" divs of our neighboring village ex- service nun all. escorted the body to it.- lut rating place. They were at‘ tired in full uniform. "Mac" as he was known to nurly all. ontrmd the service in 1916 as a private in Battery "E" First Illinois Artillery. l. N. G. and served on the county a mk'l mom vacation thaw they have hen figuring on. Spatial mm A upecial election will he held on Saturday. September 18th to select a men-nor for C. W. Vnnflmom. when m olertrd last spring for tho our year tum He mently mono-vi a position with tho Traveler! Immune! (70.. and has mow-d to Hartford. Candidates petitions for thin posi- tion should he filed with F. E. Um. Mum-y of the Board. on or hr- i’om Wednesday. Septembor 8th. Teaching Stat. A very good “aching stafi has Mexican border durinl the rampaixn been serum! for hath the grad! and in! that year. In March. 1917. More high schools of this district for tho the "Hm M M U'MN' 3W9! coming year. A complete mats-r fol~ into the World War. he tranaferrvd pm"; from the artillery to naval aviation receiving preliminary training at Pensacola. Florida. GRA DE SCHOOLS Drpartnental THE WHY OF THE HOME PAPER MuWodoll. Who P." h Fm. 8|- cofled to but My "be!” By Men. west end of the Inblo “enu- pav- Ing. this should bring nuny mm purple to Damn (hove. HINSDALE AVIATOR BURIED SATURDAY â€"-WAS FIRST TO GO With the new Booze subdivision the old Prod Hoflen place. at the side woods. has not yet been plated and will be sold later. There an included in this transaction more than 600 acres 0! llnd, all good mm. The south dde woods, which Was I'- so a pm of the Field Mute, is now u DuPngc Coumy {oust preserve‘ The land has been divided into one half, one, two and a half and five acre tracts, some of it already sold. It, is the plan of this company to dispose of that part of the land lyâ€" ing south of the" village first. This 113 the piece lying south of the village limits at the standpipo and running west to the end of the pavement. The other section, known IS the north ago and W. H. Blodgett was fortn- ‘mte enough in securing an option 1on the property at a low figure. Not being able to handle the tract himself he secured the assistance of the above The Marshall Field Estate, adjoin- ing Downers Grove on the” south and west, has been snbdivied by Brangar ;Bros. Co., a Chicago real estate firm ‘and the sale of the tracts of land has now started. This property was thrown on the market several months Branigar Bros” Chicago Real Estate Flinn Starla Selling in Large Tracts. MARSHALL FIELD ESTATE OPENED T0 PURCHASERS DOWNERS GROVE, DU PAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920 A Virginia editor threatened to pubfish the me of a certain young mm who was seen hugging and Ides- ing a girl in the park unless his sub- scription was paid up in a week. Fifty-nine young men cdled and paid m) the next day, while two even paid Physical Trainingâ€"Irene Harris Music Supervisorâ€"Winnifrod Shag! Downers Grove grab and high uhooln will open on Monday. 8op~ (ember mu. this your. The mall opening. the am Monday “hr IA- bor Day. In pontponod - nook am you because of the County Teodlen’ [mutate called by Superinlondoot of schools. C. B. nowmu It "hackle for the week of Soptcmber 50:. This will give the school children of (50‘ county 3 mk‘n mon- vmflon than they have been figuring on. Special limbo. A special eloch’on will ho M4! on Sounds). September 18th to ”led. a pumsmr for C. W. Vnnlkyuom. who won elect"! Inst sprint for the am your tum He finally “rt-9W a, position with tho Tnvolon Imam. (70.. ml has mov'd to Hartford. Candida!» pofitions for (Ma posi- tion should he filed with I". )7. nova, Historyâ€"novella Gnlbraith Frenchâ€"Lydia Sprecher Commercialâ€"Ruby Radclifie Domestic Scienceâ€"Helen Newton Scienceâ€"Thomas Rogers Manual Trainingâ€"Smith Coating Latinâ€"Garnet E .Trott Englishâ€"Ada Godspeed Supefintendentrâ€"K'enneth M. Supp Mathematicsâ€"Samuel Vernon The high school faculty includes: Maud? F7. Whiflcnr Ruth 0. Larson Mary C. Spinner Gram Manning. 6th Gradeâ€"Mary Lane 601 Guide-Florence Sherlock 5th Gradeâ€"Annie M. Herring- 5th Gradeâ€"Dorothy Allison 4th Gradeâ€"Ruth Lolmfer 4th Gradeâ€"Dorothea Clover 3rd Gradeâ€"Lucy S. Belling" 3rd Grade-Edith Butler Cue 2nd Grade~flazel Hard 2nd Gradeâ€"Lucille Fischer 19¢ Grade~Agatha M. Sweet lst Gmdoâ€"Lillie Roth County Teubeu' mum. u Elno- dnlo Week cl Sous-bet 51h, Postpone- Opal-g. DOWMRS GROVE $010015 OPEN SEPHMBER l3 mummm'cmumfianIc-g; BLACKMAIL Russian condifions. stir from the house. \When they are rested up The Raponer will try to chain details from them warding t 80 upset are these two women by the things Hut they have seen end heard and so overjoyed are they at their escape, that they win hudly They cell the most horrible tales of the minrule of. the Communist Party, some of them are almost un- believable to people of this country. Mrs. Fred Baker and Alma, wife and daughter of Fred Baker. the jew- eler, arrived in Downers Grove Tues- day from Rip. Rustin. They ex- pect to make their future home here. For the last three years conditions in Russia have been going from bed‘ to worse eeeording to their stories. Under the rule of the holshevfkn no one is safe and they were excedingâ€" ly lucky to scape with their lives. Mrs. Fred filler and Daughter Alu- Tell Hmfible Tale- About Columnist Rule. An anmimtion revealed the fart that Peterson's spine is injured. "0 is paralyznd from Urn hips down and some of his internal organs are not functioning. The doctors do not hold out much hope for his recovery. RESTING HERE A F T E R ESCAPING BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA "0 was carried back homo and Dr. G. 8. Top!- rallml. After an exami- nation the doctor with Clam Pvt"- snn. "w injured man's father and his bmther-Inâ€"law, took _him to the Presbyterian hospital. I Mr. “Multan! seeing him full rush- M to his assistance and succeeded in (nu-hing Ms mac coll-r and timing him out. Pelt-mm however had been uraggwl alum: for about. a In" a car lvngth and was seriously injured be- fore the rescue. Alfred human. aa employee at the Burlington (night human in CM- ago, was injured while “flipping” an we train at 0a l-‘onat avenue min; hen last Saturday man-tag. “It. Pearson mha Ma home with Na bn‘haMn-Iaw. Eat! Bombald. at 53 Gilbert avenue. Saturday morn- ing the two‘ atartad for the train to-j gather. hunch tried to catch the‘ train at the For!“ avenue cmlag. He had his dinner bucht in one hand and with the ca." he «ugh! the hand rail. He had his foot on the stop but the momentum of un- lrain 0mm him and DI» "at under 1M wheels. Alfrcd Peter-on. “Q" M3“ “0.9 Bum". Tab- 00 Pm.- INJURED Wflllf (AKfllNG IRMN , lASI SMIJRDAY [1. Wells ........ J H Shurtc ..... J. Kenison ...... C. novelady Lulu McQumim . John Laginu Mrs. L. Stevenson Mrs‘ Dom Draw . Jackson 1.“than Ed. "ogrvfn ..... C. A. Muir ....... Harry Slick ...... Rev. Wm. Cmbfr‘lvl B. W. Waplra ’Philip Wander .Mn. M. 8. “Men Ch“. Fox ........ A. A. Zihl ....... (1m. Schulz“ ..... 1H. Rigshee ........ Emery II. Brunson C. M. Erickson W. M. Lauing John Ericbmn Joe Drew ......... Prank Erickson . . . . advertised for ale in The Reporo her. It ms In“ what I mted. m in fine conditiou,ndnved me $35.” Miabntmoltbemm hm when it put to and We were talking with a local resident regarding our classified column. Hero is what he mid. "That column saved me 836 this spring. Our refrigerator 7:: I- bout worn out and I had decided SAVED ME THIRTY- FIVE DOLLARS J. W. Moon- . W. M. Brown . Jacob Hngrrfo George Kenny Gm. Canny hash-r Barr .. H. C. Boldebock ....... Jah- Klein ............ C. Mn", 2m! don-“on R. A. Bro-dun" ...... O. B. Hunk-y ......... ‘G. R. Fianna: .......... W. D. Hrrrick " ........ W. C. Rlfllv .......... Georg» Prick-u ....... C. V. Wu" ............ Sun Halon WAR" Cont: George "Men . Jacob Vix ...... BIG If"! ["0" l'nvlounly .tknovlodgod ..um.w nor-n Pont.Amorir-n lad.» l00.00 W. B. Tmloy ............ l0.” Sun Hahn .............. 10.00 Do it now lest. you forget. You will not "met thin action especially when you‘ hnvc occasion to all (or July and you we Hut madam big ted Huck ruin; up the W when you have mmly finished tau-phon- lu. Imagine the fin our and "at noon not flooded-«net will In tho molt of good am pm Our American Legion boys realize the importance of good fire protec- tion. This week they donated the re- ceipts of last Sunday’s game to the truck. Do you realize the importnace of good fire protection for our pre- sent valuable public propertyâ€"our schools, and the library. and that new‘ Village Hall that we will get soon, do you remember a few short years ago the firemen by prompt action sav- ed the libraryâ€"a little daisyâ€"look- ing for horsesâ€"the library would have been a thing of the put. ,Do you remember the time our beautiful south side school enught fire, we had some more LUCK. u team of home were handy, but now in the days of automobiles. harm are getting {ewâ€" er. Bnker'u Livery used to have about thirty horses, now xix in about all. Now while we are buying let's buy a good outfit, name of you people who have subscribed follow Mr. Pen- ner'n exnmple and send in n neeoml donation. Mr. Penner known homes lore getting fewer. Send your or ‘ ‘cond nubncrlption to the Fire Fund, are of H. C. Dido. Chief Henry Dicke Recalh Several Instances Where Dept.- Savcd Properly. FIRE TRUCK FUND NEARS TWO THOUS- AND DOLLAR MARK . . $1938.00 2‘50 5m am for along the "no of better mods. In {their work keep up. They have m ty-thne mmben to «its and the number is in“. - nukes a fine rand is apparent ht whether or not it will land up {I 3 question. These shirt stretches would} be experimental and {or use low out, are worth while. ‘ The township Won has be. organized but u few weeks Ind d-. Chan. Rae mad: I plea for immed- iate scum. Mr. Roe uh that a gravel crusher be secured to 1k! In the mu! schism: of making Down- ers Grove township roads the best in the county. He in now wnrking on a pin u get the Villages of Downers Grove and Iii-able to assist in try- in; out a new road on Haple am This in nothing move than crush.) gravel with a unit binder and I up dressing of than" gravel That It J. S. lmier M a short talk on u.» rel-live who a! binder: luck I. tann‘a. oil and other materials used on mvel 1M dirt mdll. n talk by rmm I-rlnnln. It. "ruck-non MM why the State In hold- ing hurl: rm WI in"! Mad prom mmfly Menu of tnnupoflaflan 0M. ‘firultiu and the high mm of crud» 1ml rock and 00an '"owewr." he Enid, "in Dowmrs Grave township we do not have In wry about these ("9 fimltios u the Low! wk gravel Into the MIL! find we have a good man to dig the mm! 0". our Raul Camâ€" misniomr, a... be.” P-ul Hawk-ma of mandala. . pracfical mu! man, was and on for ‘or oil those highway: Darling. :1; (inn. A favor-bk Mb on this pro- ptnmtm would bring shout mm additional I you for roads for NI (nmhip maminduuumvau'. Although an pm in for In! mad:- thwymhnsfllbhfld any kind a! not! or In ”WP. and. Mun-ohm petition: dmhfiohnflsd". B F‘mrudcoullochtyofflhl- E 9 E i i E n 3’? Met would be u. am to (a I“..- mm and that My new (mail, mum fio pd - mum Mon the voter- cl tho law-ship to luau. tummforMbrlflnyc-r pedoduunbchumukrdnhv. ma will [in at additional man- of sixty-dz Ind Minis mu w cut hundred of mention for tho ‘flvo mu. In at: to bring this fpmpo-luou bate-e the mun the po- tit‘ou mt he sic-d by tum. five per «It 0! the your” own- er: 0! lb. m Thou petition S. K. Kuhn- of Hinadllo. puni- giant of the ”on. culled tho meeting to onhf Ind Iliad the Igl- sun {or die call. He was follow“ by my spun-s hum urim m or the territory. .1] of whom (am ed the imam lung of the roads. Mr. Kuhn-n an that that hold- ing line m B was the unall- mom opinion cl tho eucutlve oom- from the- various pub of the town- ship and the evening given over to a discussion of in improvement of the highways of this section. The recently ornnized Downer: ’Grove Township Good Roads Asso- ciation held their first local meeting in Library Hall on Wednesday even- ing. A good attendant: Wan present A-aodalio- Ash Voters to Support Proved“ to Increase the Tax Revenue. van on ma mos mu m». smmsm 4m WHOLE N0. 1904