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Show CONGREGATION IN PATROL WAGON ' Chicago, Oct. 21. The city auro patrol wagon will bo used at Gan, Ind., to carry people to Central Church of Christ, according to an announcement an-nouncement made heie yesterday. Tho Rex. Nelson Trimble, pastor of the church, has made arrangement with Chief of Police J. D. Martin of Gary, to borrow his auto patrol wagon wag-on for two hours during the mornings morn-ings of the next three Sundays. He intends to use that vehicle, ho says, to carrj his congregation to church. For some time Mr. Trimble has no-tied no-tied a falling off In the attendance at the morning services Ho discovered dis-covered that many of his flock have beon decorating the street corners of Gary In various attitudes of lolsurc . Ho at first tried the expedient of seeking tbsc recreants In thblr homos and argu Inn wl(,h them. He found this had little effect, in decreasing the size of the Sunday' morning street crowds. Then he went to Chief of Pol'ce Martin and asked him to lend him his waon The chief demurred at first "What do you want It for?" asked the chief. "Why." Insisted tj?cminjster3 j;L, vant"rlto'-c"arryrny corfgicgatfon to church Snndnv mornlncs" "Humph," said the chief, "that's different dif-ferent I seems to bo a good cause It will help ou and It will help me I'll ko you." |