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Begin Sundayj ances to uary 26 Five Vilmnette churches, First Congregational, Wilmette Baptist, Englishi Lutheran,ý St. Augustine's Episcopal, .and ;First Ptesbyterian, are to -launch a union. Leniten pro- gram beginning Sundayr, February 26j and çontinuing through Lent:to Easter. t is hoped that this pro- grain1 will.stimulate a continued un- ion effort 'to carry well on.into and through tht period of the, Century of Progress exposition.- Thet pastors 1of the five churches, the Dr. John H. Hlindley, the Rev. George D. Allison,. the Rev. David Kabele, Dr. Hubert Carleton,. and the .Rev. James, T. Venklaenare in hearty accord in. promoting this program. *The prograrn çonsists., of three parts: first, a series of sinîultaneous special days ini each of the churches related to the imorning worship of each church f each church to carry out tht programinin its o.wn way, adapted to its o-wn constituency 'and promoýted by its. own organizations. t will involve every nman and womnan aind outh in each church. and will carry an appeal and invitation to ev-ý ery mnan, woman, and youth in the village in relation to tht church- to Nvill bc a sertes , otf- union evening churchi services lîeld lnu these five churches by rotation, and begiîunin- the first Suinday in March, following the close of the NVilnette Sunday Evening clulb. t is hoped that there inay be a great union chorus com- Posed of the choirs f rom ail these churches, atnd also a large children's chorus composed of thie children's choirs of these churches. This union cd the task of selecting the person- nel of tht Village caucus which is to select candidates for. the srn eliection l i the village. Results- of the .con'm.ittees work w*ill be, made public, within a week, it was an- nouinced. ..Many citizens of WVilmette have* been inquiring if plans for the crea- tion of, a Perpetual. Harmony con- vention te select non-partisanad non-political -candidates for Village offices have been dropped," reads a statement from tht Creative comimit-I tee.'- "For tht information: of citi- zen's' the statemnent continues, "w e wish to state that the work of choos- ing the m'embership of. said 'conven- tion, intrusted to 'this'comimittet, is progressing, and we will have ani an-- nounicement to make within a week." *Member.,hip in the caucus to b. se- lectecI by the Creative committee will provide equal representation for eve ry voting precinct in thie village. Wilmette Gets 200 Bags of Flour from Red Cross Tht Chicago chapter of the Ameni- cati Red Cross has provided Wilmette with 200 bags of flour to be distibut- Seing orne Pertinent Comments by the Author of the. Perpet- j ual__Hàrm.ony, Convention Pion ' The residenits of a small western nîining, town awoke -onemornitng to find a corpse hanging. toý the limb of a tree.. Pinned: to the clothing was a placard bearing the. mnysterious words, "Statu quo ante beIlum.n" puzI:d over the placard and unable to eciherits m eaning, they be- 'thought 'themselves of :a Justice of the Peace inaan adjoining county, and hasily 'dispatched a messenger to summon'him tothe scene. Upon ar- . rival of thé J. P. they asked if he tcould explain the phrase. Himself ignorant of the meaning, but desir- ing to make a show of learn-ingî he scanned the placard for a moment and theni solemnly said: "Gentlemen, that there message is writ i Germ-an and it. means 'Dead as hell."' E'vidently "Bystander," îvriting in last week's WiimJnTTZLint, considers the Perpetual Flarmony Convention plan to be ini "statu quo," even though ont cannot fait to recognize tht warni sympathy he feels for it. His apparent defeatist. attitude,. however. bags of flouir weighs .tw-enty-tour and, pro-anybody njor ail a hiaîf pounds. This flour was con- interested solely in verted from the wheat which Con- officiaIs of the higi gress authorized the Fanm board to have . denionstrated in turn over to the American Red Cross fairs tbat they arE for relief purposes. t has been manage ihis very iml cistibuted throughout tht. United tion of ours. States in ail except 169 couinties. Defends Pr CHANGE MEETING TIME 1 make n~o apolog: Beginning Nwith February .t PFUt'!&J îti-anybody, but securing .*village hest c alibre whio in their owps af- re competent to aportant corPOra- Irîniple gy for defending ple, nor f or hav- merce Welfare Enterpriso Nearly 1,300 articles 'of- food were dropped in the Wilmette Chamber:of Commerce food barrels in the varions stores throughout the village last, month.' This food was distributed. through the Wilmette Board of Local Chanities, to, needy families 'inithe village. Twice a week,.on Tuesdays and on Fridays, the foodbarres are emptied. The nunîber of articles takc~n from the barrels when the collections were made last month follows,: D 1ecember 2-86; December 6-416; December 9 -175; December 13-175; December 16-123; DecemÏber 20-202; Decem- bier 23--233; December 27-70, and Decetnber 30-109. vaiey Of Mti. Mrs. Lillian D. Northam, social worker, reports that less flour and more canned vegetables and fruits were received last'month than during October and November. Ainong the articles dropped in the barrels i December were potatoes, flyt large pork roasts, five pounds of butter, seven pounds of lard, fresh vege- tables, creani of wheat, bread, rolls, are, weel to t for ames are being aclded long list and the need greater." Solicit Support The Wilmette Chamber of Com-, merce bas asked that villagers con- tinue to support its food barrel proj- ect as generously as they have in the past. oitinued on page 14) may attend. Luncheon ecede theMeting. ............ ............. Lunc heon