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• » ^ W - W W U * v , ,. » M I >' jiiiW'PiS^ J4i.^lW) Wf-Jy * j- * i r J&fe ^ ^ r ""4 £\ s i*J> * & *1 ,-1* * 4 V* jjt ^ THE M HKKS7 PUUHSIALU, THTJBSDAT, MO. 10, 1928 THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by fcharles P. Renich. Entered as second-class at the poetoffioe it McHenry, 111., onbt the act of May 8, 1879. j •r 1 ^-^jtrn^TTOr^r" Subscript Ion Rate® One Year |§W* «;•'*••' Six Months »»...,.. ...|2.00 .$1.00 H. MOSHER, Editor and Manager LET'S BOOST M'HENRY !••• ' i-:-' s fLefs Boost, Boost, Boost-- To Boom our Own Home Town, There's no better place to live Than in our Own Home Town. It means more Aan wood and brick and stone-- Far more than flesh and blood; 0ur Town is the very soul of those who call it "Home." So let's Boost, Boost, Boost-- To promote prosperity, . With everybody boosting--helping cheerfully. • A biggeT and better community Depends on Local Loyalty. it can be done, and we can do it-- ;. Let's Boost McHenry. • Above we present the chorus of a sensational song-hit to be announced just as soon as the writer can find a melody expert somewhere whb can . fit it to music. . Not such a poor chorus, wnatj We Hope it becomes as popular «e "My Country, Tis of Thee," because then maybe our royalties will help pay for this space and the authors lime in writing these editorials to boost McHenry, which at present we ate philanthropically donating to the cavse, believing that with a bigger and better McHenry our own prosper- " ity will- be improved. All of which •won't make us mad, a-tall! Local cynics are apt to smile at the above headlines--LET'S BOOST McHENRY. Some of you may term it "small town stuff." But we simply answer--smile, durn ye, snicker--since that is about all some of our home folks do at any time to help our town. ^ 'Give us a chance, is all we ask. Keep your minds open to conviction and read each one of these editorials to be printed under the above head- BifT every week. Sooner or later one of them will get beneath your skin --rand make you THINK--and if we accomplish that, our efforts will not have been in vain. But what we started out to say, before we thought of the local cynic, was to point out that this idea of Home-Town Boosting is taking hold - rapidly in big cities as well as in towns smaller than ours. <T~\Not very long ago a big metro- Npolitari newspaper, published in one of the largest cities, donated one. h»lf of its editorial page and another fell -page directly opposite, for the • sole purpose of running a display Otlitorial and advertisements calling j^tent'on of city folks to the need .jof boosting their town by doing their buying IN that town--and ask- !>g them not to send away for merindise that can be secured in local •tores. That is how the big cities grew big--and keep on growing. O The. big cities want their people Miss Mary Althoff of Elgin spfntltors will again furnish the music and to trade at home, even as the smaller cities, towns and villages do. They recognize the benefits to all from such a policy, they regard the mailorder business as all right to trap the rural yokel, and are even enthusiastic about it, if the said mailorder concern is located within that city. But on the other hand, they argue that city folks should trade at home--they don't need to send out of town. Of course, the big city plays the game both ways--by urging the city dweller to trade in that city--and at the same time tempting the country people with various kinds of "bait" to either come to the city to buy, or else mail in their money for goods which big city stores make huge profits on. Not a bad scheme, when it works And it does work, as demonstrated by the great growth of the larger cities. Not because big city folks are any smarter than folks in the smaller towns--but because they are a little more tolerant of the "live and let live" idea. City folks have found it pays to boost the town where they Hve and work. They have found the easiest, quickest and surest way to do it is to be loyal to their town and to do their buying in local stores. The result is the big city keeps on growing bigger and better as more and more money is kept in circulation. The backbone of big city progress and prosperity is Local Loyalty. There isn't any other answer to it. The big cities will continue to grow bigger and better in the future --until the majority of folks in the thousands of smaller communities wake up to the fact that their own home town needs boosting, too. That's what McHenry needs. More boosting. More loyal boosters. More local citizens who share the writer's belief that any town good enough to live in ought to be good enough to trade in. If it isn't, then let's find the cause of the trouble and overcome it. If you don't believe your home town is worth boosting--then find another town you can be proud of Knocking never pays. Boosting does. Everybody loves a booster. It's the home town booster who gets the most enjoyment out of life. Quite a number of lefcal people send thousands of dollars out of town to big city mail-order houses every year. It's a mighty bad habit to Cultivate, especially when it handicaps local progress. It is home business that builds up and makes a good town better. Dont forget, that. (More next week.) S'long. LET'S BOOST McHENRY. Saturday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Conley of Chicago spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barbian. » Miss Dorothy Matthews of Elgin passed the week-end in the home of her parents in this city. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jorgensen and children of Long Lake spent Thursday with McHenry relatives. John Alderman of Wilmot, Wis., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Maxwell and Hilda Weber of Evanston spent Sunday in the Nick Weber home. Miss Marjory Phalin of Elgin spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Phalin. Miss Helen Vycital attended the Teachers' Reading Circle meeting at Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. Mrs. John Kueny of Kenosha spent the week-end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Degan. Mr. an dMrs. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock spent the week-end in the homa of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Perkins. William and Henry Frett of Chicago visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Frett over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and children of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Math. Steffes. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Beller and daughter, Monica, left for Hot Springs, Arkansas, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Brefeld of Waukegan spent Sunday in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Brefeld. Mr. and Mrs. George Worts and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Schaefer visited Mrs. Ed. J. Buss at the Oak Park hospital Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wegener and daughter, Marion, spent Sunday in he home of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Lawrence at Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. William Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Turner and Miss Etta Turner of Chicago spent Sunday in. the home of Mr. and Mrs. F-. Ferwerda. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bishop and daughter, Jeanette spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. Bishop's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Freund, at Johnsburg. Mrs. Lizzie Rothermel entertained as dinner guests Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Matt Rothermel and son, Dickie, Agnes Holtzermer and gentleman friend and Billy Holtzermer, all of Kenosha.' WEEKLYPERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY CITY | SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED IN BT OUR FRIENDS t. A. Erickson was a Cherry Valley iitor Sunday. Irs. Mary Green was a Ringwood, *f|itor Tuesday. ; Miss Mathilda Freund spent Monday in Chicago. Miss Helen Welch spot tthe week end in Chicago. N. F. Steilen was a Chicago vis. .'Star last Tuhrsday. Mrs. Frank Hoffman is visiting relatives in Chicago. Robert Green was a business visitor in Chicago Friday. , Mr. and Mrs. F. Ferwerda were Chicago visitors Monday. Dr. C. Keller of Chicago was .a McHenry visitor Monday. Elmer Kinsala spent one day last week shopping in Chicago Thomas P. Bolger was a business visitor in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Steffes spent Tuesday with Chicago relatives. Mrs. Laura Kent arid daughter, Ruth, spent Thursday in Chicago. Misses Leone Givens and Pamela Rietesel spent Saturday in. Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Powers and son, Raymond, were Woodstock visitors Sunday. Miss Isabelle Niesen of Elgin spent the week end with her parents in this city. Miss Lillian Baur spent several days last week with . relatives in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rothermel and children spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago. A. E. Nye is the owner of a new Dodge sedan purchased through Overton & Cowen. Miss Arlyn Harrison of Ringwood spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Mayme Harrison. One Extra Trousers Free With every Buit to order during December. Plaee your order early and save tlie cost of one pair of trousers, which is from $6 to $18. ' We also make a reduction in cleaning and pressing la(J'e8' and SentsJ clotha# for the same period of tim® as follows: ^ Ladies' Suits cleaned and pressed. Ladies' Dresses cleaned and pressed. ^Ladies' Coats cleaned and pressed.. ,yi Men's Suits cleaneij and pressed Imfei's Ovearcoats cleaned and pressed.... Men's Trousers cleaned and pressed .... . this announcement is enough to cause those who have attended previous dances to want to be there Saturday night. The proceeds of these dances will be used to purchase another motor driven truck for the department. Tickets are still selling at the former price of $1.00. ANNUAL BAND CONCERT The McHenry band will give its third annual concert at the Empire theatre tonight (Thursday), Dec. Id. All are invited to attend and enjoy the exceptionally fine program that has been arranged. The proceeds qro to help make the band better for next summer's concerts. . The pessimist shuts his eyes and . Boy your Xmas gifts at Ericits* pouts; the optimist opens his eyes and j Dept. Store. shouts; the courageous man dries i Christmas Greeting Cards ac Be -] "Come on." » • KIWANIANS ENJOY * CHICAGO BAKQTTIST Local Club Purchases Picture For School Ten members of the McHenry Ki. wanis club and ladies journeyed to Chicago last Friday evening to attend the annual banquet of the All- Chicago Ki wanis clubs held at Rainbo Gardens. The Kiwanis international officers were honored guests of the evening. The gardens were packed to the limit with the banqueters, it being estimated that nearly 3,000 people were seated around the tables. It was found very difficult to put on 4 program on account of the noise caused by the crowd assembled. The speakers were compelled to shout in order to be heard but a short distance from the speakers' table. The program was broadcast through station WQJ and listened to by a large number of McHenry people. Former United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis was the main speaker of the evening. The McHenry attendants occupied a table in the center of the large building. They attempted to sing some of the McHenry songs, but owing to the noise their voices did not cany very far. However, all pres ent were reminded that McHenry is on the Kiwanis map, as there was a card at each plate which contained the McHenry songs, provided by J. Scott Matthews, the president of the local slub. A meeting of the McHenry club was held at Justen's hotel Saturday evening, Vice President Stenger having charge of the meeting. Very lit tie busines was transacted, except that the club voted to purchase one of the art pictures recently displayed at the high school, to be hung in the school with the inscription "From the McHepry Kiwanis club." The title of the picture is "The Builders," being very appropriate as the Kiwanis slogan is "We Build." F. E. Covalt appeared at the meeting Saturday night in a new role, that of cheer leader. He established a reputation for himself during the evening and will hereafter act in that capacity. ^ Two visiting members were pres ent, one from Berwyn and one from Austin. V Mm $1.50 «P $1.50"up sat.50 up -.-*$1.50 $1.50 .504 Another Firemen's Ball Saturday Night The McHenry Fire Department will give another of their popular dances in Stoffel's hall in West McHenry Saturday evening of this week. Glen Johnson's Harmony Syncopa- BiiSuL Chicago's fittest Jailor SUITS an' OVERCOATS Everything First Class Tel 118-R MERCHANT TAILOR Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed JulJ M'HENRY, ILL. 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