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Miss Ann Watt, of Chicago is a t in the home of-Mr. and Mrs, Kennebeck. |V Miss Lelah Bacon is spending the ' ifeek as the guest of relatives in the ((Metropolitan city. •^F. A. Cooley attended to business r flatters at Tampico, I1L, III* latter , *«* of last week. * .J. H. Miller attended to business Hatters at Montello, Wis., the latter frrt of last week. Earl Hahn of Racine, Wis., is it in the home of his aunt, Mrs, D. Wentworth. i-Miss Delia Conway of Elgin is Mending the week as the guest of ' McHenry relatives. v|Mrs. Gertrude Miller is spending ||e week as the guest of relatives in ~ffi(e metropolitan city. v * Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bacon and chil- <|fen passed Sunday as guests of rela-* Ihres at Round Lake. v E. Dietz of Chicago passed the Week end as a guest in the home of Christina Brefeld. /Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buch and chilof Chicago spent last week as the guests of relatives here. . Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Sutton of tk Park passed Sunday as guests relatives at Emerald Prk. .-cMr: and Mrs. A. A. Landwer and SQp, Keith, were the guests of Barliftgton relatives last Sunday. " Mrs. J. W. Freund is spending a few days this week with her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Kent, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Erickson and daughter, Charlotte, were the guests of relatives at Caledonia Sunday. • Miss Esther S toff el of Chicago was % Week end guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. -Misses Hazel and Fern Bacon riturned home Sunday from a. two weeks' visit with relatives at Round Lake. Jacob Buss of Belvidere was a guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss, last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Heimer, Mrs. Delia Matthews an<l Mrs. Jos. J. Rothennel were Elgin visitors Tuesday. W. F. Vogt returned home* last Friday evening after spending a few weeks on his fruit farm near Green Bay, Wis. Wm. Rettly of the Great Lakes and John Reilly of Chicago passed a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Walsh. Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin spent the latter part of last and the first of this week as the guest of relatives at Waukegan. M isses Ellen and Mary Pender Walsh are spending a couple of weeks as the guests ol relatives at Whiting, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward and Misses Mayme Aylward and Minnie Conway of Elgin wer^ Sunday guests of relatives here. Misses Mary and Nellie McSwiggan arid brother, Harold, of Chicago passed last week as guests in the Edmund Knox home.- Mrs. A. G. Barbian passed several days this week as a guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. G. Burkhartsmeier, in Chicago. Miss Anna Weber and William Howard of Woodstock were week end guests in the home of the former's fattier, Mathias Weber. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dahlstrom and daughters, Myrtle and Marion, of Chicago passed the week end at their cottage at McCollum's lake. Edwin J. Heimer of Kenosha, Wis., passed the latter p4rt of last and the first of this week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain and children of Milwaukee, Wis., are spending a couple of weeks as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller hdte. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. LaVelle and •on, Maurice, of Rochelle, III., spent the latter part of last and the first of this week as guests in the home of her mother, Mrs. J. B. Buss. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Cobb of Hebron, who have been spending two weeks among McHenry relatives and friends, passed several days last wapk as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.. Wilson at Evanston. Jkfr. and Mrs. C. W. Steoger returned home today from a several days' visit with relatives at Green Bay, Wis. They were accompanied by their daughter, Margaret, who remained for a several weeks' visit. Famous Grass. Lake Beds Now Farm Beautiful Picture' 1*he famous lotus beds at" Grass Lake are now in bloom and those who "have visited them declare _that the picture was never more beautiful. Visitors from far and near find their way to the beds daily and return home with large bouquets of these beautiful flowers, which are to be fourtll in countless numbers. The beds at this time form the most wonderful area of flowers to be found anywhere in the world and the sight is worth going miles to see. Quite a number of our home people have visited the beds during the past week, while tourists and resortqrs are flocking to the point «in larger numbers than ever before. All of the excursion .boat owners here in McHenry, along the river and at the Bay are now running excu£ sions to Grass Lake and those who wish to make the trip can do so at very little cost by calling up any of the bo&t owners. AS i AfcJEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR BXCHANOBS Entertains Friends With Beat Ride Arthur D. Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hunter, entertained the members of the class of '18 and a few friends with a boat ride to Fox Lake last Saturday evening. The trip was made in the Gladene and stops were madf at the Colonial and Willis Inn dance halls, where a few social hours were passed. Refreshments were enjoyed on board the boat. Those making up the merry party were: Misses Ellen Spencer, Dorothy Carr, Dorcas Foss, Opal Cooley, Bernice Bonslett, Mary Harrison, Varina Wentworth, Eleanor Whiting, and Messrs. Thos. Phalin, Andrew Butler, Paul Stephenson, Floyd Cooley, Lisle Brunswick, Loren Martin, Jos. Stenger, Alfred Bonslett and the genial host. A dandy time is reported by those who made the trip. Big Demand For €ottagf|| Never before in the history of this summer resort region was there such a demand for cottages as this season. Requests for cottages are being made upon owners daily, but as far as we are able to learn there isn't an empty cottage to be had anywhere along our beautiful Fox river. Hotel proprietors in McHenry as well as along the river and Pistakee also say that business this year is the very best that they have seen it in a long time. Sales of river lots are reported almost weekly and with several new cottages now under construction and the prospects exceptionally bright fbr number of more to be built early next spring, next season should find more people comjng this way than this year. Receiving Treatment In Chicago Arthur Patzke, who before his discharge from the army was confined in the hospital at Camp Grant, has recently received notification from the government asking him to report in Chicago for further treatment. He made his first trip to the city the first of the week and will continue the trips indefinitely. Uncle Sam is not only furnishing this treatment free of all costs, but is also paying the McHenry young man all expenses and for the time lost from his work at Borden's factory, vfttere he is em ployed. Another example to show how well good old Uncle Sammie treats his boys. Next Dance at Nell's The next dance at Nell's Columbia park-pavilion on Fox river, near the Johnsburg bridge, will take place on Wednesday evening of next week, July 30. This dancing resort is proving more popular than ever this season and large crowds are in attendance at each and every dance. Mack's four-piece orchestra of Woodstock will furnish the music. Dance tickets, $1.00 per couple, including war tax. Spectators: Ladies, 10c; gents, 25c. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Encouraging News Fran Chicago The very latest report from the bedside of Mrs. D. G. Wells, who is receiving treatment at the Mercy hospital in Chicago, is to the effect that she was able to take nourishment. Tuesday was the first time that she has been able to do this in forty-one days. Her many friends in and around McHenry are much encouraged over the change, which adds to their hopes that she may soon recover, «v mmmmm Gang Of Overseas Carperte*f Jdhn P. Weber, the local carpenter and contractor, bears the distinction of having in his gang four men who have seen overseas service. They are Raymond Martin, Henry and Joseph Weber and Peter Neiss. All of the boys have now settled back to the civilian life and from their smiles one can easily guess that they are contented and happy. Elsie Smith en Vacation Miss Elsie Smith, employed at the Hoy Banking company bank in this village, is enjoying her annual vacation, most of which will be spent with relatives at Portland, Ore., and other points of interest in the. West. Miscellaneous Assortment af News Items In Caadensed Form Far Busy People Thus far forty-eight Fordson tractors are now owned and in use in McHenry county. ' The State Bank of Barrington paid its twelfth semi-annua^ dividends of three per cent on July 1. A 280 acre farm near Harvard was sold last week at $200 per acre, or $56,000. It was a cash sale/ . The old plank road between Grayslake and Waukegan is now torn up and work on the new state aid road has been started. More than a thousand people attended the Dorr township Sunday1 school picnic held on a farm near Woodstock one day recently. Clifton H. Merry of Hebron has accepted a position in the bond department of the Continental & Commercial National baftk in Chicago. Joseph Dunn, who for over twenty years was stationary engineer for the C. & N. W. Railway Co. at Cary, passed away at his late home there last week. Two attorneys are again practicing their profession at Richmond, both of whom have been in the service of their country. They are Attys. Elliott and Carroll. Supt. H. A. Dean of the Crystal Lake schools has just completed the school census of district No. 47. His records show that there are 2,585 persons residing in the district. The city of Crystal Lake is out to dispose of 3,000 buttons at fifty cent each to finance its big home-coming to be held there in the near future The committee hopes to realise a fund of $1,500 in this manner. The picture "Within the Law, shown at the Hebron opera house one night last week under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of the Pres byterian church of that village, net ted the society about $40. Wittenberg & Bodenschatz, who have conducted an ice cream parlor and confectionery store at. the county seat during the past seventeen years, have sold out to William J Reardon of Iowa City, la. According ,to County Superinten dent of Schools A. M. Shelton there is a serious shortage of instructors in the rural schools of the county The salaries offered to rural school teachers varies from $65 to $125 per month. The contract for the 256x74 ft. addition to the Woodstock typewriter factory has been awarded to Bernard Giertz of Elgin. Work on the addition, which is to be of brick and cement and one story in height, will begin at once. During a recent cyclone which visited Crystal Lake and vicinity a silo on the William Lehmann farm was blown down. Their son was in the silo at the time the storm arose and left the structure only about a odn ute before it fell. The Woodstock American last week stated that according to the assessment books of Dorr township the total number of persons in that township owning watches and clocks seventeen, while four persons own sewing machines. Beautiful Crystal lake claimed its first victim in three years about a week ago, when Charles Holdsworth, aged nineteen years, lost his life by drowning. He was seized with cramps while swimming in about thirty feet of water. M. B. Sargent, who recently resigned his position as superintendent of the Woodstock typewriter factory, has accepted a position as general superintertdent of the Wilson Loose Leaf company of Chicago. The Chicago company's factory covers tyo Uocks Walter, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Keller of Waukegan, passed away last Friday night a victim of lockjaw: The lad run asliver, about a half inch in length, into his foot while running barefooted some time ago. He never told his parents of this until the day before he died, when his mother removed the sliver with a needle. J0* A federal bakery, with an output of 1,000 loaves a day, is to be opened at Woodstock about the first of August. Like other bakeries of the kind, the oven, which is electrically operated and heated, will be placed in the window, where passersby may stop and see the loaves turned over. These ovens are rapidly replacing the old style way of baking. Algonquin last week -organized a Commercial club with a membership of twenty-five. This village has been coming to the front quite rapidly of late and, judging from the action taken last week, the citizens there are going after larger things. In the Peters Brothers' Manufacturing company the village already has an institution that has shown a wonderful growth during the past three years with prospects exceedingly bright for a still further expansion. People to Be Movies Soon Within a very short time McHenry people will be given an opportunity to appear in real movies and those who have longed for such an oppor tunity are to see their fondest hopes "realized* J. W. Smith, owner and manager of the new Empire theatre in this vil lage, is now making arrangements with the U. S. Film Mfg. company of Milwaukee, Wis., to take moving pic tures of this village and her citizens The company has made a specialty of this £1*88 of pictures for some time past and wherever they have taken these views the films were sure to draw packed houses when they were shown upon the screen. The films, when finished, will riot only show the principal business houses and beautiful scenery, but will also contain some of our prominent people in everyday business life. Mr. Smith wants to give the patrons of his show house the very best and latest in pictures as well as the novelties that are now being introduced on the screen and he is ever on the lookout for something that ijAight please our people. Looking For New Obcation Math. Voelker of Waterloo, la., representing the Baby Rice Pop Corn company of that city, was in McHenry last Thursday morning to look over our canning factory with a view of purchasing same and moving his present Waterloo factory to this village. Mr. Voelker informed a Plaindealer reporter that his company was desirous of getting into a better corn growing country and for this reason was considering a change. He was taken thru the desetted McHenry plant and before leaving for Wisconsin informed us that he would return some time later, at which time he will probably come to some definite conclusion. Mr. Voelker was brought to McHenry thru the -efforts of the MbHenry Commercial association. '/• ST. MARY'S PICNIC DRAWS LARGE CROWD Committee Expects to. Clear Nearly $1,000, Which Will Be Turned Into St. .Mary's Church Fund St. Mary's church picnic, held at Conway's park last Saturday and Sunday, proved far more successful than had been anticipated by the committee. Saturday's crowd was rather small as had been expected, but on Sunday afternoon and evening there was quite a large throng in attendance, and as a result the receipts went far past all expectations. The total receipts for the two days were $1,535.77 and, in view of the fact that much of the stuff used was donated, the arrangement committee hopes to realize nearly $1,000, which will go into St. Mary's church fund and be used to defrpy expenses incurred by the building of the new edifice. The members of the various cofkimittees worked hard to make the venture a success and now that they are assured of a neat balance all feel well repaid for their labors. The arrangement committee as well as the heads of the various other committees wish in this manner to express their sincere thanks to those who donated articles or money to the picnic as well as to those who worked on the grounds or in any other way assisted in making the" occasion a financial success. Especial thanks is also accorded the public, who by its presence also assisted in bring ing the event to a successful social well as financial conclusion. XJie arrangement committee has promised The Plaindealer a complete report of the picnic, which will be published in our next issue. Dr. Julius Otto Drops LJjead on Lawn at His Sumner Home Sunday Dr. Julias Otto dropped dead on the lawn at his summer home at On Report Not Ready account of the fact that ^ Granger Smith Married C ranger Smith, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith, former McHenry residents, but now living at Elgin, was united in marriage to Miss Marjorie Carloss of Joliet, 111., last Saturday evening. The ceremony took place at the Grace Methodist church in Chicago. Mr. Smith was born in this village, but moved to Elgin with his parents when still a youngster. He is now' employed as chief dispatcher of passenger car equipment for the C. M. & St. Paul railway withP offices in the Railway Exchange building, Chicago. He has may friends in McHenry, who extend to him and his bride their heartiest congratulations. Sunday Services The regular services will beheld at the Methodist church Sunday. Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. and morning worship at 11:00 a. m. ~ The pastor's subject will be "The Pyramid of Friendship." Beginning next Sunlay a junior church will be held during the hour of morning worship under the direction of Mrs. Harrison. This service will be made attractive for the little ones under twelve years of age. The parents are cordially invited to bring the children to church with the. assurjyice that all will be most welcome. S. J. Harrison Pastor. Disposes af Lake Front Property John Spencer,* owner of the Mc Henry flour mills, and who for a number of years resided in this village, has recently disposed of some of his lake frontage at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are now making their home in Chicago. Mr. Spencer's Wauconda interests, however, made him a frequent visitor in that village. Still In Hunt For Quarters The McHenry Council, Knights of Columbus, are still in search of new and larger quarters. We are informed that a committee, which, has been appointed for the purpose, has been looking over and getting figures on several pieces of Green street property in Centerville. A deal may be closed between now and fall. Lieut. Blair at Lake Geneva Lieut. Paul Blair, who was in McHenry over the Fourth and made numerous flights with his plane, is now at Lake Geneva, Wis., where he taking 'em up" at $15.00 per ride. The lieutenant went to Woodstock from this village, where he remained for a week before going to the northern summer resort. Water Low in Fox River The water in Fox river has reached a point considered the lowest in recent years. Were it not for our dam motor boating would be impossible on our river at this time. Once more we have lived to see the worth of our dam. *', contracted at our home-coming and Fourth of July celebration are slow in coming in and also to one or two minor details which the committee finds are slow in adjusting themselves, the report of the finance committee could not be had for this week's issue of The Plaindealer. Since our last issue we learn that all of those who signed the guarantee fund are ready and willing to donate their subscriptions towards a fund to be created for the establishment of some sort of a memorial to the boys. The Plaindealer is pleasefl to learn this good news and takes this opportunity, on behalf of the committee, to thank the signers for the splendid spirit thus displayed. We can now assure our readers that the memorial is to come to a realization. Just as soon as the finance committee finds time these funds will be collected. The committee will consider it a great favor if those who have signed the guarantee petition wiH leave their subscriptions with the chairman of the finance committee, John Stoffel. and thus hasten the desired end. Quite a number have already done this, as Mr. Stoffel has been so busy of late that he hasn't found time thus far to go out and collect this money. Grain Shocking Bee Jk grain shocking bee, composed of members of the West McHenry Pleasure club, was held on the farm worked by Lewis McDonald, west of this village, on Tuesday evening of this week, where thirty-three acres of grain were shocked in 2% hours. The willing workers were served with sandwiches and lemonade after the job had .been done. Those" who made up tne bee were: Henry Ahrens, A. M. Brown, Fred Feltz, Thos. McDonald, Henry Kamholz, Wm. Dettmer, John Stoffel, Frank Spurling, Wm. Krause, Joe Brown, Lewis Block, Wm. Ahsens, Albert Kamholz, Henry Nickels, Fred Wolff, Wm. Spencer, John Knox, Fred Nickels and Lewis McDonald. Began Work on House John P. Weber, the contractor, and his gang of men started work Monday on the new home to be erected for Messrs. Place and Bostwick on their recently acquired property on Fox river, a short distance south of this village. The house will be modern in every particular and, when finished, one of the finest along; that shore of the beautiful Fox. Orchard Beach, on the west shore of Fox river just north of the Orchard Beach hotel, about four o'clock last Sunday afternoon. The deceased had been out fishing and returned home for the dinner meal. He ate a hearty dinner and after spending some time visiting with his family and grandchildren who are spending tHe summer here, he started off towards the shore of the river, where he set out to cleaif the fish he had caught in the morning. About four o'clock his grandchildren happened along and found their grandfather lying near the edge of the river. His wife and other mem bers of the household hastenecTto the scene, but it was too late, as the doctor was dead, and from all appearances and from the evidence given at the inquest, which was held shortly after the finding of the body, death must have * been instantaneous. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that he had come to his death thru heart trouble. Dr. Otto has been a resident at Orchard Beach for quite a number of years. * In fact, he was among the first to purchase a lot and erect a summer home at this particular point on the Fox. In Chicago, where he has practiced his profession for many years, he was considered a very able man and was highly respected by hundreds of people who had formed his acquaintance. He was a jolly, good-natured soul and ampng his neighbor resorters he was held in the very highest esteem. His body wis shipped to Chicago for interment on Monday morning of this week. The Hunter Beat LiK» Daily trips to any point along the river and chain of lakes. Boats rented by the hour, day, week or season with or without pilot. Night or day, call McHenry 7 or 77-J. 3-tf Pleasantly Entertained In honor of Misses Mary and Nellie McSwiggan of Chicago, the Misses Knox very pleasantly entertained a number of their young friends at the country home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knox,. south of town, last Thursday evening. Games, music and a "weenie roast" formed a delightful evening for those present Gone to Harvest Fields Lewis Stoffel, Thos. Stanton and George Justen left Monday evening for the West, where they expect to put in the next few weeks in the harvest fields of the Dakotas. The young men were bound for Juanita, N. D., and from there will leave for the fields which ai^ J» sadly is need of help. K. of C. to Hold Picnic t®a The members of the McHenry Council, Knights of Columbus, together with the members of their families and invited friends, will enjoy a picnic at Columbia park near the Johnsburg bridge next Sunday afternoon and evening. All are asked to come with their lunch baskets and enjoy the day together.' A program of races has been arranged for both the young folks as well as the older ones, while an orchestra has been engaged to provide music for free dancing, which will take place in the pavilion all afternoon and evening. Most of the members of the council are planning to attend the event, which gives promise of terminating into one of the happiest 'occasions enjoyed by the Knights of McHenry in a long time. Mrs. Nell has kindly consented to serve hot coffee and sandwiches to those who come without bringing their lunch. A Ward of Welcome ^ to those who believe in a hearty community spirit and a wholesome aecflkl life. We extend to you a most cordial invitation to attend the "Community night" concert and entertainment to be give under the auspices of the Methodist church on the lawns of E. E. Bassett and L. A. Erickson on Main street Friday evening of this week. The Greenwood orchestra will give a covert. Stereopticon slides will be shown. The Ladies' Aid will serve ice cream and cake. You pay for the ice cream and get the rest free. Come! Bring your laugh! Have a good time! S. J. Harrison, Pastor* Dancing School at Stoffel's Hall Mrs. E. L. Jones has made arrangements for the rental of Stoffel's hall for a dancing school, which is to be opened next Saturday. Mrs. Jones, we are informed, is an. excellent dancer as well as instructor and those wishing instructions should make it a point to be on hand next Saturday. The younger people will receive their instructions during the afternoon hours, while the evening hours, from 8:00 to 12:00, will be set aside for general dancing, to which a general invitation is extended to all. Price of dance tickets for evening, $1 .00 per couple, including war tax. SpHe Driver at Work The work of driving the huge spiles i for the 400-ft. sea wall on Fox river, a short distance south of this village, was begun on Monday of this week. The driver is operated by steam and the hammer weighs 2,600 pounds. On account of the hard nature of the sub-soil the work is progressing rather slowly. The wall will be constructed of heavy steel, which will also be driven down about ten feet, thus making the wall absolutely water tight. Moonlight Excursion The Hunter boat line will run spoi cial moonlight excursions to the dances at the Colonial and Willis Inn at Fox Lake every Saturday night, leaving the Riverside pier at 8:00 o'clock sharp. Returning, the boat will leave Fox Lake at 12:00 o'clock. Round trip, 50 cents. Staple and tiafgr groceries art. Erickson's. ^ . NO. 6 (TENS OF LOCAL IHTHEST AS PICKED UP BT PLAQCDBALEK REPORTERS DURING What People Are Doing In TWU yj|_ lage and the Immediate Vicinity-- Other Short Paragraphs A full line of dry goods at L Erickson's. List your farms with D. F. he sells them. 1 ' Buy your shoes, hosier? and wear at Erickson's. Lumber at bargain prices at Conway s park next Saturday night. Walter Krause is now employed at the McHenry bakery, whers h#, began work last week. Fox River Valley camp, R. N. AV will hold a home bakery sale at the city hall on Saturday, Aug. 2. The , Schnorr store building on Main street on the West Side is>fee«, ing treated to a new coat of paint. For home bakery goods attend the sale to be held by Fox River Valley camp at the city hall on Saturday. Aug. 2. Local automobile dealers report the sales of an unusually large number of cars during the past few weeks. The lumber used at St Mary's picnie will be sold at private sale> at Conway's park at 7.00 o'clock on Saturday evening, July 26. A bargain awaits someone. Sherman's six-piece orchestra will give a dance at Nell's Columbia park pavilion tomorrow (Friday) evening. Slim" Peterson, who. sings to beat the band, will be a special feature. The lumber used in erecting the stands and dance platform in Conway's park and used for the Fourth of, July celebration and St. Mary's picnic was removed the first of the week. The work of assembling the paws at St Mary's church still goes on, but, according to present indications, the pews should be assembled and placed before the add of another week. v ' A brightNbaby boy was borq to Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Burkhartsmeier at St. Joseph's hospital in Chicago last Sunday. The mother was formerly Miss Laura Barbian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barbian of this vil- ' lage. . E. M. Geier, Jos. W. Rothermel and Wm. Herbes are among the latest from this village to find employment at the Terra Cotta factory. Several auto loads of workers from this village are now making daily trips to and from that place. ^ The threshing season* ia at ha»d and the hum of the engine and * threshing outfit is now heard in many a field in this locality. While the crop isn't anywhere near that of last year, it is quite satisfactory in spite of the long drought. The moving pictures, taken at Woodstock's big home-coming, were shown before a large audience at the Empire on Tuesday evening of this week. A number of McHenryites who sat in the audience recognised themselves in the pictures. New cement walks are being laid around St. Patrick's church parsonage as well as to the church. The work is being done by' the Artificial Stone & Construction Co. of this village. A new and modern fence is also to be built around St. Patrick's church property. Our band turned out last Sunday afternoon and placed a few fine selections on our streets to advertise St. Mary's picnic. Many were under the impression that our band had disbanded and all hope that the regular rehearsals may be kept up and the band maintained. John Freund, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freund of this village, arrived home from overseas service last week. John is looking none the worse as the result of the experience that he has gone thru since his entry into the army and is exceedingly happy to be back. The pastor and parishioners of $£. Mary's Catholic church are indebted to Everett Hunter for the fine job • of painting on the cross which now adorns the steeple of St. Mary's edifice. The work was donated by Mr. Hunter and therefore is all the more appreciated by St. Mary's parish. A dressing room is now being built ' I onto the southeast end of the now Empire theatre. '• Mr. Smith informs us that he has booked several highclass road companie|p which will appeal at his theatre during the coming fall and early winter. Besides the new dressing; rooms, the stage is also being finished so as to be ready for the opening attraction^ which will make its appearance with* in the next few weeks. Now that tiie ban on mail between this country and Germany has bean lifted quite a few from this locality will be writing to relatives and friends on the other side to ascertain just how they came thru the late war. Quite a number of the people of this community have relatives back hi Germany and it is only natural for them to have felt an anxiety for their kinfolks daring the mat wari* struggle. » * • I .S i $ I' 1 - V"-.' f IV