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.7». Id take mun intent in this vfl- in m else. mu tunâ€"for ' Mm, fl when they raise thdr families, and when they hive their friends, their get-“gathers. Natuufly one mid suppose that this Hag true, they Downers Grove is essentially a town of homes. We vr-nture to ~my that more thin neventy‘five per cent of the people living here on their own homes and expect to spend their lives in Downers Grove. Here is those 5.x mch a thing. What wn arv dréving at is the iptmwst (or rather the lack nf intmest) which tho aver: agr man and woman SbflW! tn the common duty facing aviary member of the community. This is thv «mum of mud ruwlm tions; 9w fimr Mum mm! poop!» hr- g-m to reflux Uuir had hahilx and make fervent prnm‘vns '0 thnmmlvcs to do better in the futun: it ix mt with personal habit», that we arr- mn- earned, but With “puHir” habits. if looking back owl" the your ‘1‘ 11-- all more than the usual number at {animal differences that sown tn linger mu yet in the memories of most of us. Hmvevu‘, in those hot- lles we have me! each miner and each has gnined a mu conception. a new «Imitation for the qualities of the “other” side. Never hefom had some at us an: and even if we mt as enemies. it Laugh! JIS that each one has some mod side 9.: his “aunt. 1m in «loadâ€"Fm, us form»! it and Mk forward In. 132] AND WHAT IT Another yr" has mm- to u Num- IVID. ‘11”! all its joys. “a Mnfltwd Ind un ova-Me u.’ important-r far "to mommt. n: nhuul to pan-.1 into obli- vion. "up ”w- «Inn of "fir and year Imam m. m- mivams. any Wag of important»? "mu “1-. a‘ u tin-d (my daily. life a! this mm< tummy teamed tn b1- mow thought- ful of canary. mu" COMMON“? a! people's feelings and Mnions. mon- loyll to an village? We how. an“ As the years pass, one following m other in not imam; swift-f nous. it become: app-mt that Dom! era Grow i.- arMevi-x a magma; I‘m-rd. That pram-um is slow. so‘ slow at time!- u: to to. almost im- pmepuble to the untrained rye. , â€"â€" , Z Dowmrn Grow in» u popululion Shayla “will, but containing 3. of awroxlmnuly 3.500 (tho 1920 world of warning. 'l'lny npnarrntlyiflowmmom comm give» us 3543). new in man 1m Use all)’. nu “Mor- .Tukimr out the MOM Alumna one-l by r! Chm-lulu" but In mality they IH' Tl»- chmr whlrh wwo plated on the hope that every day of llw yum tlu- 6mm of lkrember m». lfilw'u tn mu:- wlll bring with It Joy. lan- ”.000 which wan» ulumiwd by 10ml In“. that m- of mu! with people. m. is only about four so.“ vhlch much 0" “WW"! “I“!!! In" rm vupitn. If Duwm'r- Unm- pmplo halal. All 0w"- lhlm. not to far" rad. uuvl only tlflmn of llwsv wnlu I“ ymsperlly. we MM our may the amount of mum-y wallzml would; nadir- u the old m" MM "w oxn-«I llw mum: by 325.0». i Ml! that MW 1"" and ”W "WV ll. in our uplnitm llmt mon- "Inn, 0.9 sum. 13.000 to! Ila-a4- wnl.‘ mm- and h)- --â€"---â€"W~"-â€"““- local yu-oplr but llmt tlu- lmlunm- "l" 0' . . Ilwm won- purrlmuwl m ('Mmlm m Incâ€"mount. BAUfiLHm via-whom hum it the Downers Grove Pdst Olflce as second elm mail matter. Advertising rates mule known upon application. Subscdpflon rates $2.00 per year. Single copiefi 6c. had our: Friday month: from tbs dice o! In Dom Grove Publish- II‘ Commy, 37 Hart]: Maia strut. Downers Grove. Illinois. Bullets time Minter- “HAPPY NEW YEAR" C. E. STAA'I‘S. EDITOR MICKIE SAYS: WILL "RYAN l'N‘I' on». din-Hun. “inn-m "HHH‘ nit-H ';u'. 5.. lh-Nulxl Sum:- nulru :;---:- llr? lulu "an mm)» M' -' why-n4! by nllwr‘ This ”Ill ...H9_" XI fimihriu m uii‘g-muS-m. and 5* In" Imi'Miom. .\« n uh». .xlmn'il k Imr lira! «mu-s raliu-f bum Hu- Ill-:ul Hum "w hncl. "w" «I ~40er mum and f'flinzu um I»- liLâ€"«ly On In" mm a almuar («rm "f «gm-«hm.» I-‘ulwlu l’. Whippin- h-“um \\ hat u'v Inn-J m the filing» h :. vltwlm- "mt \u- will cln a" buying nn (km and ner “china-n" m our umu nummmily an Um! "w \Illnm- uu' m'nm- ll"- mum-r cmm. l- n |--lum mimic-- tu-"m-l u! nrrnnu‘lv.‘ 2 run: 'm-ul hi" u-vur II 0n the surface the fact that Down- ers Grove people used 14.000 of the wals would mm as If we had done our bit and 3 mm over. A very 'lmle figuring will show that this is far [mm the truth m. sorry as m- aro to may it. we to" down hvuvib "un our quota. Figuring on a buxis :llf pnpulafltm we m-ro supposed to haw Imuxht 50,000 or llu- Heals tn Vhring In 8500. Len lmlyte the figure: and MW whn! we find. Dowmrn Grow in» a population Fourteen thousand Tuberculosk Christmas Seals were sold in Down- ers Grove in the 1920 drive for the eradication of the great white plague. This brought in $140 to the fund of 1the National Tuberculosis Asmiu- (ion making $50 more than was lmnâ€" (led in from Downers Grove last year when nine thousand or (he little life savers were purciuwed in the village“ We ask everyone to make but one mlution and that one to he a REAL citizen of this village, of this county, the State and Nation. To do this requires more work than is apparent on the surface. . Just think over for {a few minutes what you consider some of the things men and women MUST do in order to do their full DUTY as citizens. This. will give you an inkling of what we mean. Downers Gum» lacks common co- operation. If everyone naming good old Downers Grove as their home jtown would 'work together for flu ‘best interests of .the community as a whole, we would have no fear for what little 1921 has in store for us. LI!!! Year's Record “eaten by $50 But Still We Wen Way Behind Quota. 14.000 T. B. XMAS SEALS, SOLD IN DOWNERS GROVE churches. the lodges. the clubs, ”that we desire to stress as we enter Into the New Yen. 32 S. Mnln Street Downers Grove. Ill. MORRIS SHOE STORE We take this means of thanking one and 3“ for the business favors of the past year and to hope that the New Year will bring to you M 0mm to Style HEALTH. PROSPERITY, and HAPPINESS - J ’nnnulm mmh, ‘. 'm'ufJN} Imllirr DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER, DOWNERS GROVE. ILLINOIS F Tho out of town puma \v-n M, :::M Mn I'm! Klein of Manon"!!- iMI’. and Mrs. Otto I". Juhy and ”mum" of Elfin. Mr. Dnlr Mhfll, Min Helen “mun. Mr. and Mrs. Aug- ::m H. Grow-fem and «on. Hamid. syn! Mr .Incl Mn. Arthur ”twofold. of Chicago. , ARTHUR R- BEIDELMAB Ira executed from I variety of ac- ceptable designs and every detail I! looked after by experts That is «In «at monuments than appeal to good taste. If you plan a mum's! in your piot we will show you a new variety of designs to choose from. Our Monuments took part iu 0w «nu-(mm of £320 ' play: Mount uoy mum, Daniel ' Dinner. Clill’onl Nunwn. John l‘flr j Mr, Leonard bio-mt. John Lehman". Jr.. Welton (Zn-us. Elm-non Mic-hurl. Tnml Met-clam" Lillian Hrinu. Slur- ‘IM l'omwr. Jum- “rick-Imam Ruby la-M. HMv \Vllmc-m. Lydia "l'hm and ‘ Ruth-r Thalia. 'I'Dw mum uumhen 'mm- mmk-n-sl by tho lwbmnnn-Nnnn :m'n quanrl mmmpuniml by “bu :IA‘M l'rnm-I. ’l‘lu- min-m climluwvl ,hy (Iv-no local nnmlcurn was In rpm-In Iancm In mun}. TI“- (Thrh‘hmh “an «1 \‘h'hlh [mm-Mn! will hunt In ,fnrxnttrn b) Hum. who hvm-l nml ‘ :m i! muck-d hm Simuluy "mm. A lilmnl (rum-“ill nth-rim: «u- w. wuml in hflmlf nl’ m-phnn rhlhlfl'". l NA PERVIHJ'Z Part. ll consixtell of a play entit- led, “The Story of Christmas," ren- dered by young people from the pa» tor's Bible Class, asxistetl by an in- visible choir of angels. This play mitten by Walter Ben Hare.“ was first pivsentml by Quadrangle Club of Missouri State Uniwmity at Univer- sity Chapel on Christmas Ive, um. .'t is a dramatic enactment of Ni» Biblical Narrative} requiring a full hour for preg-ntation. The scene is that of a street in Bethlelu-m. with maximums to a public inn at one extreme of the stage and tho humble xtflhlo to the otlu-r. In the roar an- mwu of outlaw. Stage settings, light combination and muipmcnt' had all been worked out to perfecv tion by Man": ”Reuben lliom-r and Ernest Zimmerlin. 'I'lu- oriental cm:- tuming for all participant:4 u'zis plun- m-cl by Mini- Ruth Divnm who alm :lirm'u-d tin- rrlu-nnsnls in [in-parl- tion for tl'u~ public pron-Malian Sun clay night. Thr- following people Part I was arranged under the (li- groction‘ of ’MiSs Martha Penney. l? 1cmu<isted of recitatious, dialogues, ‘solos, class exercises and songs. It was not necessary to prompt a. single child during the entire pmgram. A‘ bout twenty-fivn chilnlwn participat- ed in Part l. These children are h. be congratulated on their wall: which contributed greatly to real Christmas spirit. The auditorium of First Evangeli- cal Church was crowded tn t-apacity last Sunday night when‘ tiw annual Christmas Program was rendered. it was a great success. The program consisted of two parts, the first row dared by the children and the 5m 50nd by adults. Church Crowded as Annual Exercises of the Yuletide Season Were Enjoyed by Audience. lST EVANGELICAL GAVE CHRISTMAS ‘ PROGRAM SUNDAY u'muimu-d from pawl! msunmannmnn," ILI. PRES-WAR PRICES SUITS OVERCOA'I'S ‘ Paul Baownson, the five and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Homer 8. Dam of Snratoga avenue, died early Tuesday ‘morning from the after effects of diphtheria with which he had been ill but a short time. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clqck Thursday morning and burial was made at St. Bernard's cemetery,- the Rev. Ems B. Goodwin of St. Joseph's Church, officiating. Bats Not massed at Birds. ’l‘hr huwuu m‘ hlnluuirul survoy my: ”ml huh un- uul hints. “I‘m-y urv mnnmmls. Ihmmh mlupwd (n ”he in 1th air by Um pmsvsslnu of niILL'S (’m-nml by u nwnmrame :mzu-Iu-ul 3w- (wmm llw :11}:er madman-cl lmnm‘ u! "w arm and hnzufl. mm. BROWNSON mm $39 and up Bert Moore Flt Guaranteed 135 No. Main St. AGENT FOR H. E. McAllister Co. Visit this store during the next few days. You will find many chances to pick up wanted mer- chandise at uncommon savings. The lots are mostly too small to describe but they consist of inter- esting merchandise that you will be glad to find priced so cheaply. This week there are many bar- gain surprises here for you. We are clearing up season’s end odd lots and broken lines. “YEAR END” Wind Up Sale 201945;: Phone Day 20 Lord Lumber Company . and Building Material 1n Lumber I)ealers Phone after 6 P. M. 142 J '. Bought 31 mo