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w~~·ii~~·~;;~~;~~~~~~~~~;~==,two=~bo~OJ'I~~~.~nd~~fouti.=-P'~. ~ls,-~W~i~Uia=m.~~is~be~t~te~r Wbilf ltiiJ· a ·~ - . at 17 .in ~d stands. He foand the trade satisfyiq, too, for nen in those early ~rs he decided that it woud be his 6fe's work. From that decision he never swerved until claimed by death. - ---·-·--- ·than . it .net ~ ~·- ~ fa~ lie took on the re~ibili · of married life. He IDU'Iied Theresa Zeutschel. and then bepn more seri· ou apPlication to hi· trade. He was ambitious and succeeded so · well that --a. h. f h a year Iater h e bo.,.··t out II at er and became the. village blac:ksmith. Tb~ family lived in a little cottage next door to the shop. And he con.tinued to attend school-at night. This union brought six children, North Shore Garden Service VALLEY .VIEW FARM-Waukegan Road-GLENVIEW Building tmtl Comttuction ol HOME GARDENS PARKS PLAYGROUNDS TENNIS COURTS GOLP COURSES . FLAGSTONE SIDEWALKS DRIVEWAYS, ETC. SpecWifl: Bl.ck &oil S7. 00 trucklOIUl tlelioered. Teltpbonea: GLENVIEW 80-R and 141-J Charles, Eva, Pauline, Eliza!Jeth. Anna, five of whom are stiU &vang. Twe......_ years later the familv moved an: h ·. " across the street, pure asang. acreage which later proved a costly venture. There were forty-two acres of land, and the march of progress before long started and Henry discovered that the assessments levied on it amounted to considerably more than the land had cost. That turn. of affairs was unfortunate, but has sons took it over and subdivided th-: tract into building lots. The dasposaJ wasn't highly successful, however, for the assessments for sewers and water totaled somethina like $9,000. -,::. Sticb to Hia T..... In these years Henry Hoth continued · industriously at his anvil. He had seen the entry of the motor age, but never once did he conced~ tha! automobiles could mean the fimsh ot his trade. He loved horses and loved to shoe them. . "111 stick to this old trade and af I can't make it go, I'll dose the doors," lie used to say. ··But always," he added, ··r!l make it go." He never had to close the doors and his two sons say the doors will continue to remain open. Charles ~oth makes this observation : "The busaness MAY WE SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COST OF OUR SERVICES AND THE COST OF HOME WASHING We make this suggestion because undoubtedly you imagine that you can not possibly ·afford our service~ just as so many of our new customers imagined before they made a comparison. The work that any home washing machine can do is only equivalent to our Wet Wash Service which returns clothes damp for ironing. This service costs but five cents a pound. Counting I a u n d r·e s s hire~ meals, carfare, soap~ powders, bluing~ starch~ gas. water, repairs and depreciation on equipment~ interest on investmmt, etc.~ you couldn't begin to do washing at home for such a figure, could you? The substantial difference in cost between the cost of our services and the costs of home-washing daily results in many new customers, some who formerly imagined they could not possibly afford our service. a bit different. We haye more laorses to shoe now than we ever had, but we have to make ~Us to handle much of the work. There are so many riding academies that demand ~ur sena"ces and e-we to the academaes Dad d to do the work. hen, ·too. use to have to forge his own shoes to. fit, which required a lot of work and tam~; Now we buy the shoes ready made: Then he added: ··Dad ~ew h·~ trade Jike a book. .But here s som~ thing that's interestang. One of has customers would drive past the shop and could tell by the sound of t~e pounding if father was at the anvtJ. One day this fellow didn't stop, and later father asked why. ·I knew you weren't at the anvtl' came t.he answer. Father wasg t even an the shop." . . Listening to. hts ~ons talk, gwves a,n interesting instght mto Henry Both s career as a blacksmith. "He shortened his life by hard work"-Charles Hoth is talkin~. "Morning to night he always was m the shop and always working. Why there were times when a man wou!d come with his horses at 3 .o'clock . m the morning and wake up Dad wath the demand that they be shod. Father always got up and did the job, too. He never took any rest. He was of a nervous temperament. He drank a ·glass of wine only occasionally, but always was . a smo~er. Cigars and a pipe were h1s favor1tes for year.s, b~t he gave us a shock one day m ~us recent years. He appeared smokmg a cigaret and gave us aU a shock. He was old:fashioned in his ways and that cigaret smoking was about t~t; only modern practice I ever saw h1m indulge in;" M-~-·- 'at it . it 'f the But with all his hard work at _the anvil Henry Hoth found some t1me for the pleasures of life. He liked to hunt and belonged to a shooting dub . which shot Jive pigeons. He won several gold medals attesting his marksmanship. Then there were the old fashioned barn dances when a fe~ hours of enjoyment were had. In h1s later vcars he enjoyed playing cards with few of the oldtimers of his acquaintance. "But he got perhaps his ,bes! el~ joyment out of a horse race, satd h1s son: "He owned an old racer named Maud and one of his friends also had a fast horse. Well they hooked up in manv a brush, winter and summer and Maud always was the winnet:, which gave Dad great delight. Dad's rival finally asked him how many legs Maud had, she covered ground so fast." About two years ago there came a break in his health and Henry Hoth expressed a wish which failed of realization. He said he wanted to round out fifty vears as a blacksmith and that he would then retire. He missed by only a couple of years. At that time he decided to take a rest and, accompanied by two old friends, Phillip Hoffman and Paul Bleser, went to Europe. That visit lasted two months. Then he returned and went .back to his anvil. Won Marb111a11 ....- a Operation II Month· Aao The courteous and obliging I au n.d r y man in your neighborhood is the Washington Laundry Man. He wants the opportunity of b e I p i n 1 you to cboole the laundry IHVice bat adapted to your netds. Call bim in today. ~ Washington Lauadty Nl . . . 'we Ten months ago necessity for ·an operation forced him to go to the hospital. He worked in his shop the dav before going to the hospital Mr. Hoth held the first membership in the Foresters and also the first in the St. Joseph's society. He· belonged to the }.[odern Woodmen. He was a charter member of the Wilmette Business Men's association in the days before the arrival of the Chamber of Commerce. Patricia McCarthy of 1322 Forest avenue entertained a number of friends at a birthday party at her home. Supper was sened and the guests p.ayed various games. Among those ,.,;esent were Rita Weber, Margaret DeMarco, Vivian Wisdom, Mary Hoffman, Dorothy Smitb, Helen DienJein, and Betty Barry. .._, ~.IlL Phone Wilmette 145 Established · Fo·rty · Years .