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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Mar 1938, p. 22

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ar sa servWice o'>1eorg v Oas5hA5 LoFUaal plâiyed n6 small part in the battie of independence. Purim, the merriest festival, of the Jewish religious year, will be usbiered in at sundown next Wednesday eve- ning and continue until. sundown Tbursday, Marcb .17-the long arm of- coincidence putting it o n tbe samne date tbis year as tbe celebration of St. Patrick's day by the Irish. The Religious school and tbe adult- congregation of. the North Shore Congregation lsrael will celebrate.the, holiday witb a masquerade party Suniday .afternioon, March .13. A Purim operetta will be presented by. tbe Drama club of -tbe. scbool ane' the school orchestra will play. Prizes for costumes, dancing, favors and re- freshments willadd to tbe fun of the afternoon. Classes will flot be held that morning. The observance of Purim is based on a Biblical law which occurs at the end of the Book of Esther, which, commnemorates thé deliverance of the. Jewish people from the bands of Haman, a Persian anti-Semite of the fourtb century before the Christiaw era. A central point, of the Purim celebràtion is the reading of the IBook of Esther in the synagogue. This reading is doue from a special1 I.1 il Mr. Foley said that bis used 'car volume ijanuary .was greater than that of a year ago and tbat there bas been a decided improvement in both new. and 'used car sales_ since the first. of the year. -"We are doing a better used, car businessthan wedid last year and we are flot over-loaded," he said. "Our sales have been better thgn nor- mal, and as a, resuit ý we are i n -a better position to accept trade-ins' on new Buick cars. F or that reason, I say: 'We're trading'!' T'he Buick dealer pointed out that sales *of' the neW 1938 Buicks have been- exceptional 'since their an- nouncement last fali, with this make standing in place in national regis- trations for tbe last four montbs, being outsold only by the three low- est price makes of cars. According to analysis by the. fac- tory sales department, he* said, onie of the reasons for this is tbe fact tbat. Bul&k dealers thtroughout the -country bave merchandised their used cars aiong witb their new car business and bave kept a proper balance between new and used car stocks. Fit Local Situation "That analysis fits our local situa-, tion," Mr. Foley said. "Naturally,. this places us in a .strong position to handle new car business since we are able to handie trade-ins on newv cars on as good if flot better basis thn at hi tie a vear ago.' presentation, Iaugter and levity are winked at by the Rabbis. Every men- tdon of the namne of Haman is gen- eraliy punctuated by, a good-natured outburst of, noise made by the wbir of special Purim noise-makers, like those used at New Year's eve- celebra- dons. Over Utah"p Is INTRAMURAL Resuits of the intramural tennis tour- trne to make a. raae-in on a new auto- mobile. 111 want to dispell any doubt ln this. connection so far as we are concerned. We are doing business on the smre -basis we have always done It. We are flot overloaded wIth used cars and we look for,1ward to e;n lncreasingly good uséd car market as we go Into the spring and suÜmner rnonths.'l Mfr. F'oley said that to further iiew car activlty in this connection a special Bulck campaign of appralsal. and new car demonstration lias been launched here. dreu, f ree motion sion will be de at tbe museuni on terclass ichool, edurmng Mardi and next week, it w wilbe, nexton schedule; id in- étart I cyball, lights on the iront and one rea light on the rear, after sunset, and that cars must flot be parked headed agkainst the traffic. t9 p. m. The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Institute of American Sporting Art, Inc., Kari William Zoeller, director. Leading Chicago and New York sportsmen have given their moral support to this plan of exhibiting contemporary Amnenican. sport ing, art for the edifica- lioni of sportsmen, it is announced. JOURNEY IN SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Peter- son, 1239 Elmwood avenue, ,lef t Feb- ruary 12, for an automobile trip to Texas and then to Hollywood, Fia., where they will remain until the miiddle of March. e havy sary ,to i.For i

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