The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

May 11, 1928 · WILMETTE the making of them, ·and th sale proceeds are spent exclusively for their benefit. This year the disabled men have supplied 700,000 poppies to the Illinois Legjon alone. What this means in the renewal of self-respect in the men who have had the opportunity to work on them, only those in contact with the work can visualize. So often these hospitalized men have become discouraged by spending their time on ome form of handicraft that has proven unsalable. Not so the poppy! For ·the pirit of the American people has made it the most salable product in the world. Sometimes this poppy money has meant rent, a much needed suit, or that · pavment could be made on . a loan or a home: sometimes it ·h as been a hies ing to orne mother trying to keep her family together while the father was in the hospital: but al"·ays it has strengthened the morale of this ,.a t army \Yho arc still fighting their war. LIFE ·~· 1 '71 Auxiliary · Legion · Since 1918 when the Flanders Field . poopy was first recognized as a suitable memorial in these lines : "And now the torch and Poppy red We wear in honor of our Dead" this interpretation of the 'meaning of the flower ha" spread until it is of more than national significance for the poppy has also become the memorial flower it:t France, Canada and England. In 1920 it was adopted as the memory flow er of the American Legion, and the proceeds from its sale pledged 1001- to service work. It was not until 1924 that Poppy Day was divorced completely from commerciali m, for up to this time some of the poppies supplied for the day were commercially made and sold ; since that year, ho\"~'ever, all the flowers bought by the American Legion have been made hv disabled men and their familie~. and are paid for at the rate of 1 cent api·ece here in Illinoi _. \Yorthy ex-sen·ice men are therefore douhh· hles_:;ed by th e :ale-for they benefi-t Commencement exercises 'at Northwestern university this year will be .held in Patten gymnasium as in the past, and not in Dyche stadium, it has been announced definitely by President Waiter Dill Scott. · Uncertainty of weather conditions on Commencement Mrs. G. A. Stone won the most new day, ] une 18, was the chief reason members to the organization in ' the given for the decision to held the exerrecent drive, but as chairman of the cises in the gymnasium. membership committee refuses to comThe weather would have to be ideal, pete for the prize offered by the unit; it was pointed out, for the outdoor laurels therefore fatt to Mrs. Paul Kier, exercises. Should the day be extremewho brought in the next highest ly warm, they would have to be postnumber. · · poned until aft~r 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun would not beat In keeping with the auxiliary policy down on the assembled crowd. This to serve the community, at Mrs. Peter- would disrupt the entire commence- · son's suggestion. the unit is furnishing ment schedule. And if rain threatened, milk dailv to the children of a local the exercises would have to be held family. in the gymnasium. anyhow. Inasmuch as all other commencement activities center on the campus, Mrs. Hopp 1 m receipt of several letter_ from the men at Great Lakes the stadium also is too far distant to who were made happy at Easter by her make the exercises there practicable, President Scott said. The financial report of the auxiliary committee. printed t\YO \Yeek s ago in \Yrr.:o.tET'fE clothing which is in good condition. L1~·F. sho\\·s th~t the e.·penditure by the ).f rs. Stanley Peterson. child \HIAt present there is a call for girls' unit for se:\",ICe work exceeded. the fare chairman. will be glad to place on clothing, age. 5 and 6. and boys' clothPoppy Day tund by OYer $100. It ts to l her ~en·ice Shelf discarded children·~ int! for age 3. fill out this fund that parties are given throughout the year; such a venture will be the party to be given the evening oi May 23 at the Woman's club. Mrs. George ·Bassler is in charge of gen~ral arrangements for the evening, and she will be assisted by Mesdames Hall, Dailey, Edmondson, Von der Lippen, Myrland and Barcus. N. U. Commencement to be H ld · p G e m atten ym MOTORS SERVICE . Incorporared EVER.VTHING ./Or the AUTOMOBILE ~ It's like finding mo.n ey! Did you ever stop to think that when you COMFORT M/IIHL SPRING BRIII{f NEVER. CLOSED drive a good USED CAR ®~ The Largest Motor Repair Shop Wahl Spring Brakes \Yill increase the comfort of your car many times. ' ' hy bounce about? \Yhy fear the rough road . ? 'Yhy stick to the crowded boulevards? . m Wilmette $34.00 (large cars) $24.50 (small cars) Installed. -you get two m i I e s of transportation at the same · depreciation cost that the original user paid for one mile? The USED CARS offered by dependable local dealers through the '. 'lt MA.JF.!e~TREET 1~wne Wahneib~got J.C.Siown CLASSIFIED COLUMNS are good used cars READ THE ADS