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Show THE READER'S DATE BOOK National Sunday School Week Will Be Observed April 14-20 The director of the Chicago Crime Commission, Nathaniel Leverone, has been named national chairman of Sunday School Week, April 14-20. This all-faith activity seeks to give recognition to the continuing constructive work of America's Sunday schools and to urge greater attendance on the part of both parents and their children. In accepting the chairmanship of Sunday School Week, Mr. Leverone, also director of the Chicago Better Business Bureau, said, "We must have men who will call attention to the fact that the truths expressed in the Declaration cf Independence are just as true today as then. We must not take these truths for granted, we must work to preserve them, recognizing the great danger in the rapid spread of communistic atheism among our . people. A truly i , j 1 great influence in ' making better AMsV. Americans is the ifTnPPT contribution of Sun-iiTKZZT Sun-iiTKZZT day School Week." ; FEATURE 1 ls significant ':- .. that the Laymen's National Committee, Commit-tee, a non-profit group of religiously concerned business men and women, wom-en, selected the Director of the Chicago Crime Commission to lead the national observance of America's Amer-ica's eighth annual Sunday School Week. The past year has seen a revelation of the moral decline of our youth through the fixing of ' athletic contests, the misuse of public pub-lic confidence, and the Increasing use of drugs and dope. Mr. Leverone ls the founder and chairman of the board of the Automatic Auto-matic Canteen Company of America. Amer-ica. He is the father of the modern vending machine which idea he conceived con-ceived after noting the robbery of poorly serviced machines which took coins and gave nothing in re- icans are kidding themselves If they think they are living under a representative government, when less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters go to the polls. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote and the breakdown of morals in government is largely due to our own neglect. We can and will do something about it!" Although the "Ballot Battalion" plan is comprehensive, it is a simple sim-ple one. More than 3,400 Kiwanis clubs will be urged to spearhead the formation of a "Ballot Battalion" Bat-talion" in their local communities. All patriotic community organizations, organiza-tions, both men's and women's groups, will be asked to join the movement. A general chairman and an executive committee will be elected during the initial meeting of the "Ballot Battalion." Action committees will be comprised of members of all participating groups. The Objectives of the "Ballot Battalion" are three-fold. They are: To conduct community-wide campaigns cam-paigns to register every eligible voter; to assist the general public in obtaining the views of all candidates, candi-dates, and the principles for which they stand; and finally, to sponsor non-partisan Get Out The Vote campaigns cam-paigns on a community-wide basis, utilizing all available media and community leadership in promoting such campaigns. Discussing the organization plan, President Hellmann said, "The 'Ballot 'Bal-lot Battalion' is much, much bigger than any one man or one organization. organiza-tion. To be successful, it must be comprised of every civic-minded it vy - 1 f "' tiki f'itl J group within the community. Obviously, Ob-viously, someone must spearhead the program and enlist the cooperation cooper-ation of other groups within the community. Kiwanis clubs are nonpartisan non-partisan and will provide the initial leadership. Once the 'Ballot Battalion' Bat-talion' is formed, it must not be used to identify or glorify any one particular group. It will be an opportunity op-portunity for every loyal, worthwhile worth-while community organization to join hands with others in a successful success-ful campaign to develop an informed in-formed and active citizenry." Officers of Kiwanis International also announced that they will cooperate co-operate with other national organizations organi-zations in the preparation and use of display and publicity materials to implement the register and vote campaign. This will avoid duplication duplica-tion of efforts and will make it possible pos-sible to utilize existing funds for the organizing program, it is said. They further stated that the "Ballot Battalion" Bat-talion" organization handbooks will be available for use by any local or national group. Fathers' Day Is Nathaniel Leverone turn. During World War II he was Director of Salvage for the WPB 1 for the state of Illinois, and served on the Army Council as chairman of the Air Force Committee. One hundred and sixty-s even years ago America's first Sunday school was founded in Virginia, the first such school anywhere in the New World. This was just five years after Robert Raikes established the world's first such school in Gloucester, Glouces-ter, England in 1780. Today there are better than 215,000 such schools across America which weekly bring a knowledge of God into the matur- Third Sunday in June The third Sunday in June June 15 this year is Fathers' Day. On that day father can settle back for an overwhelming show of family affection and bask in the glowing tributes which will be paid him. It will be the nation's 42nd annual an-nual observance of the day which was founded by a woman and has been perpetuated mostly through women's efforts. The founder was Mrs. John B. Dodd of Spokane, Wash., who is credited with originating the day as a tribute to her Civil War veteran-father veteran-father who successfully reared six motherless children. In succeeding years. Pop may have been taken for granted on most days, but on Father's Day the house, the car, and the family have been his to command. It is a good day for any home town to look forward for-ward to and observe. Besides being a day for paying respect to father. Fathers' Day it now classed with Mothers' Day, Children's Day and Christmas as ar occasion for giving gifts. It is, therefore, a perfect occasior for the home town merchant whe deals in men's clothing, sportinj equipment and the like for gpecia: promotion and extra advertising ir the. home town newspaper. Sue! promotion will pay off In large) sales. Although business is good through out the nation, there is a genera trend of a slight letdown In volume Here is an opportunity for the hom town merchant to increase his sales ing minds of children, and of their parents. Few organizations have become so much a part of the American landscape as has the local Sunday school. Frequently it was the first religious organization of any type to reach a new community and its service to the church during the past eight generations is unmeasur; able. -During Sunday School Week this year men and women of all faiths and positions will be renewing their allegiance to the Sunday school of their choice. On April 20, parents will accompany their children to the local Sunday school and during this 7 day observance recognition will be paid to past accomplishments accomplish-ments of the Sunday school movement move-ment in America. e e Kiwanis to Sponsor National Vote Campaign Kiwanis International will sponsor spon-sor a great, nation-wide register and vote campaign for the next nine months. The plan was adopted by the board of trustees during a three-day meeting. The campaign has been named the "Ballot Battalion" Bat-talion" and was presented to Kiwanis Kiwa-nis clubs throughout the nation during dur-ing the month of March. In announcing the plan, Kiwanis president Claude B. Hellmann, a Baltimore, 1 Maryland utilities executive ex-ecutive said, "We are a service organization and we think it is high time for service club members to get into politics. Service clubs in general have been shy of the word 'politics' for much too long. Amer- |