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« 'r ; -f ' S; -. 1 £ ~f •'.•*, \ X.J- ^ L V". ^ At*. *Lt * ?,"£*:' f • •rrr^'^--1'- -r*. s ^ ,y. - \ - , • »Sk VOLUME 55 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929 CELEBRITE LIGHT'S GOLDEN JUBILEE WHITE ON BLACK XLECTRIC BULB INVENT - : ED 50 YEARS AGO •;;2rTv- - ,.*vt • * (Mem-. ifljpiliiiil Hoover Speaks br&tion on Monday, Oct. 21 Monday, Oct. 21, was a day long: to be remembered in the history of civilization as it marked the close of Light's Golden Jubilee with celebrations and parades in many of our neighboring cities and towns. » Scientists from all over the work!, gathered with Henry Ford, President Hoover and Thomas Edison and radios of the world paused in theii rounds of entertainment to pay tribute to the American who made radio possible-- Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric lamp. Our homes, stores and streets are now bright with electric lights, but there are many in our midst who can remember fifty years ago when the electric light was unheard of, when lamps furnished the light for our homes and business houses and the streets were lighted by lamp posts located on the corners of the main streets. The electric light which celebrated its fiftieth birthday anniversary on Monday, Oct. 21, has a background stretching far into the mists of prehistoric civilization. The flashing signs of today, glowing lamps, office and home lighting equipment, blazing tubes for factory and shop, motion pictures, talkies and every purpose imaginable, are comparatively new but their feet are buried in depths even beyond history. It is 3,000 years or more from the torch the ignorant Savage lifted above bis head as he peered into the dark recesses of his cave home, to the powerful tube on the landing field which sends its rays miles through dark and fog to guide airplanes to .safety. Early Types of Lamps The earliest known type of lamp -was made of stone and in it were contained fats and oils obtained from meat. Reeds or soft, fibrous stems of plants served as wicks. Such lamps were an important part in home furnishing 3,000 years prior to the Christian era. By 400 A. D. lamps had become objects of beauty as well as utility and were made of metal. The oil type came into use about 1600 and served until 1800, when the candle was produced. Camphene burners, which dispensed the light of the flame, were invented about 1850, and were followed in 1870 by the kerosene type, familiar even now. In 1870 the gas tip-flame adorned rooms requiring light after sunset and it exists even to this day in theater exit lights. Then came the mantle for gas In 187a when the kerosene and gas lamps Mfere in full popularity, Thomas A. Edison, on Oct. 21, produced the first successful electric light. Two years later, in 1881, he began to produce it commercially. In 1892 the cellulose filament was perfected, and in 1905 the metallized carbon filmament. By this time Americans were plugging up their gas lamps and stringing wires in pairs across the ceiling of their residences to enjoy a new, clean, easy and novel form of lighting equipment. In 1907 the pressed tungsten fihnament with its white glow to replace the dull red of the carbon lamps, elbowed old models from the sockets. It was the forerunner of the Mazda lamp in 1911 and the gas filled bulb in 1913. Electric Lights Everwhere Branches on the electric lights tree of life multiplied with rapidity. Electric lights took the home by storm and swept all other types into discard, even on the farm. They were used for decorative as well as utility purposes, for commercial signs, artificial daylight, motion pictures, aviation, industrial floodlighting, automobiles, telephone and telegraph switchboards, street illumination, surgical and dental equipment, traffic signals and a thousand purposes. Fifty years after its invention the electric light has so completely replaced every other form of lighting that museums are" almost the only places its competitors may be found. Caffee Unu Long ia Use As far back as 16U1 urns were In use* in the Boston Coffee house. One of the largest manufacturers of coffee utas today claims to have made copper- tinned coffee, tea and water urn* with tinned copper baskets or percolators as far hack as 18af>. They were heated with steam coils, alcohol lamps or gas burners. OU Fort Pm»w»l ' ^ Foift McHenry of "Star Spangled Banner* fame is still standing and Is open to the public. Many of the for tiflcatlons remain and the drives and ^ralks are lined with cannon balls of that siege. Two memorials to Francis Scott Key have been erected on the grounds, one overlooking the river and the other at the entrance. It Is tq tee a oarionnl parted - Silly Belief About Rabies Rabies can be transmitted only l>f animals that are actually diseased at the i«. There is n« foundation for the belief thnt persons bitten by a which subsequently becomes contract the malady. . v v Virtue Leads All Virtue is the highest reward. Virtue truly goes before all things. Liberty. safety, life, property, parents, country and- children, are protected and preserved. Virtue has all things in herself; he who has virtue has all things that are good attending hitn --Piautus. FOR 193© PLATES Thirty-one states will change the color combination for automobile license plates in 1930 and 16 different motifs will be used throughout thd country, indicating that there is a tendency on the part of the states to standardize the. cojibr schemes, according to a survey by the American Automobile association. There are 39 states to change the color combinations in 1929 and a total of 23 different color motifs were used. The national motoring body pointed out that 13 etates and the District of Columbia will retain the 1929 color combinations, reversing them as to background and lettering. Only nip*j states and the District of Columbia retained the 1928 combinations last year. At the same time, the changes are marked by a desire for darker combinations. The A. A. A. survey reveals that first rank will be divided between three color combinations, with black on orange, white on black and^yellow on black, each being adopted by six states. These color schemes will therefore predominate in 1930, dividing honors with yellow letters and numerals on a black background, which led last year. Second honor will go to the white and red and black on grey combinations, which will each be used in five states. Beyond these more standard schemes will be found a variety of other hues represented in identifying the units in the nation's rubber-tired transportation system. Illinois will have plates of white on black. Wisconsin will have black on grey. Iowa will be white and dark blue. Indiana will be yellow on blue and Michigan will be black on yellow. Many people were disappointed with the Illinois color of 1929. It is expected that the popular white on black color of ne^ct year will meet with favor. StaeUags Cratury OM A pair of one-bundred-year-«M stockings was exhibited at Biddeford, Maine. They were contributed by an Ogunquit woman and she said that the stockings had been given to a little girl 100 years ago by her grandmother for the child to wear at her first party. The stockings are of Eng. 'lish lisle lace and are of exquisite delicacy and beauty. They are In excellent condition In spite of .iheir age. Hairdreuiag by the Y tar •h the fashionable Mayfslr district>, of London bairdressing is being done by contract. Each client "pays a certain sum a yeur in quarterly installments. She lis entitled to weekly service, including monicure. If she Is IU of 4<wn. she lose* the t * Old Ptitimt ** The game battledore and shuttlecock was Invented in the Fourteenth century. WOODSTOCK PRIEST FATALLY INJURED FATHER CONWAY DIES AT HOSPITAL End Conea Monday Evening, Following Auto Accident on Marengo- Harvard Highway (Woodstock Sentinel, Oct. 22) Father g, J. Conway Is dead. All Woodstock bowjed in grief as th«s~sad naws was flashed from borne to home at about 5:30 on Monday evening that the spirit of the loved pastor had passed on. vV.vV: V Father Conway had been firall for some Ume. Weakness of body had made it impossible for the past two years to carry on with his old time vigor, but he hod improved and his parish rejoiced that he wa§ again able to appear in church and to preside at the altar. He said seven .o'clock mags at St. Mary's on Sunday mor Aing. It Is for that reason that his death cornea aa so terrible a shock to the hundreds who loved him as a father. Father Conway in company with his assistant, the Rev. James Tuomey and several friends had spent the afternoon at the Welfare meeting at Rockford. It was while enroute home on the Marengo-Harvard cement highway that the accident happened that cost him his life. ^ Help was alnlost immediately at, hand and the injured were taken to the Dr. Peck hospital at Harvard. It was known from the first that there was but little hope for Father Conway, that the shock was too much for him in his weakened condition. Every possible heip was given him and hundreds of prayers, that his life might be spared, went up from devoted hearts, but it was not to be and the loved pastor passed away about twenty four hours after the tragic accident.. David J. Conway was born at Peoria. III., on Oct. 10, 18«4. He attended St. Ignatius college, Chicago, from w(iere he graduated in 1890. He received his theological training at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and was ordained Xs a priest on June 25, 1894. \ He said his first mass on Sunday, July 1, 1894 at hls\ome at Elburn, 111. Father Conway first served as assistant under Father O'Oara at Wilmington, 111. From there he was transferred as assistant under Rev. D. J. Riordan at St. Elizabeth's church, Chicago. Father O'Oara had been transferred to Corpus Christ! and Rev. Conway served for a second time as his assistant. In July, 1907, he was appointed as pastor at Rochelle, IU., where he served for two years. The diocese was divided at this time and P. J. Muldoon, newly appointed bishop of Rockford, appointed Rev. Conway as pastor of St. Marys, Woodstock, in May. 1909, succeeding Father M. S. Gilmartiu. Father Conway came immediately after the laying of the corner stone of the new church, at. the imposing ceremonies of which Bishop Muldoon gave the address. Father Conwag has served the Woodstock church for twenty years and during these years the local church has grown to a position of influence in the diocese. The beautiful and stately new church, St. Marys school and the big gym all atand as monuments to hfs memory. He supervised their building and stood as head during all of these years In the work of the parish The work had become too heavy for his strength and an assistant was sent to help him carry on. It was hard for Father Conway to leave any of the responsibility of his loved church to others and he watched over and guided church and school with the wisdom and understanding of a true leader. Father Conway's work was the work' of love. None knew him but to love hfm and with love came ad* miration and appreciation of his fine character, his charity of thought, his vision for his church and for the growth of the Kingdom of God on earth and his broadness of mind that v.ould take in all creeds and peoples. That he loved his parish was proven during the past summer when It was offered to make him a ^mopsignor. Father Conway refused to accept the honor because it would necessitate his leaving St. Marys. He was made a dean instead, which.is next in rank. Father Conway, did not belong to St. Marys church alone, but all Woodstock claims him, and all Woodstock bows in grief that his soul has passed on. Woodstock has' been wonderfully blessed in its pastors. We have been sf -ved by many good men and the writer cannot help but associate the life and deeds of Father Conway with another in whose footsteps he followed as minister, father and councilor. the late Rev. S. C. Hay, who passed on at about the time that Father Conway came to us. Like him. Father Conway possessed r. gentleness of character, a humbleness of spirit and true love for all mankind. Those who knew him best appreciated his fineness and almost sainted him. They loved to be with him, enjoyed his keen sense of humor and delighted in his presence. Father Conway was also possessed of a beautiful voice. Out of the hundreds of priests present at the memorial services held for, his <;Iose friend, the late Bishop Muldoon, he was chosen to sing the mass, an honor which he fully appreciated. The immediate relatives who sur- PERSONALS Henry Antholz and family visited at Woodstock Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haratsen were Woodstock visitors Sunday. Robert Weber and his sister, Helen, were Chicago visitors Saturday. Lyle Bassett and Donald Harrison were Woodstock visitors Friday evening. Mrs. Edward Dowllng and Mrs. Smith of Chicago were McHenry call- .ers Friday. Mrs. P. M. Justen visited her husband at St. Anthony's hospital, Chicago, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rothermel and Mrs. A. Krause visited relatives in Chicago Friday. M>s. F. O. Gans and daughter, Mildred, spent the last of the week with relatives in Chicago. Mias Clara Stoffel visited her sister, Mrs. C. J. Reihansperger, at Henrotin hospital in Chicago, Tuesday. Leo Winkel was a Chicago visitor Sunday at which time he called on Earl Walsh at the West Side hospital. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kelley and son, James, of Chicago were week-end guests of MV. and Mrs. F. G. Schreiner. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman and Mrs. Nizsie Holly visited Mrs. Clarence Colby at Crystal Lake Thursday afternoon. Mr. and MVs. Williairi Dreyer and little son, Billy of Forest Park spent Sunday in the home of her mother, Mrs. H. Block. Mr. and Mrs. John Thurlwell and Mr. and Mrs. John Bushaw of Rockford visited in the Frank Thurlwell home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Zoia jmd little daughter Jean Ellen and Miss Mary Zoia of Woodstock were Sunday af- I ternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doherty. Mr. Webster and Mr. Wagner of Chicago spent Monday at the banks in this city. They were taken to Chicago Monday evening by Floyd Foss and Robert Weber. Mr. and Mrs. M. D.^Smalley of Woodstock visited relatives here Thursday. Mr. Smalley, who operates a filling station at Woodstock was robbed one evening last week. Mrs. J. C. Peterson and Mrs. William Perkinson of Chicago spent several days the last of the week in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkel. They were joined over the week-end by their husbands, J. CPeterson and William Perkinson, returning to Chicago Sunday night. vive Father Conway are his two sisters, Mrs. John Lynch and Mrs. John W. Kelly both of Chicago. Funeral services will be held for Father Conway on Thursday morning at ten o'clock from St. Mary's church. Monsignor F. F. Connors, chancellor oL° Rockford Diocese is in charge of arrangements and Bishop Hoban will have charge of the services. Burial will take place in the Woodstock cemetery. No. 2*1 THEpvLL • ... ThtOUIDGDRS BAITED DUCK BLINDS "How ia tarnation do yon fellow* expect to get your share of ducks ?** inquired Captain Harry of the Happjr Duck Club, when intormed that the boys had decided to do all feeding weil beyond gunshot of any blind this year. "You must be crazy; we always have baited them." » "Well, Harry, the blinds are Id place, and the feed is where we agreed we would not even disturb the ducks with our boats," replied Dick. "And we will get enough ducks for any deceit sportsman, too. The big boy* will be coming thick and fast as soon as we get storm." that first equinoctial *r- "Why all the clubs bait, and yott know it," snapped Harry. : r "Yes, they have been doing so, bat it is time we set them an example,* / ' • retorted Jack. ^ ^ Then the argument about sport*- manship started. Some of the boys argued that i£ others baited they should. Others argued that since their club was recognized as the ^ leading group in that section they should set an example for them gradually bring about a higher itaW dard of sportsmanship. Some of the boys wanted to con* fine their shooting to the use of double-barreled guns because, they said there was quite a bit of criticism against repeaters and automatics. •$ Finally old Joe, veteran of the lo^ who had been doing a lot of thinking pulled a paper out of his pocket, saying: "I have here The Sportsman's Creed which appeared in the November issue of Outdoor America^ the official organ of the Izaak Wal» ton League, four planks of which 1 •: suggest we adopt. They are: M "My success shall be measured by W; my sportsmanship in pursuing my quarry and by an absence of cripplef. • • ' in toy wake. 4 "I shall kill my own game, give ^ others a chance, stop within the le* ' x gal limit, and insist upon others doinft " , likewise. "I shall endeavor always to len**'1*..^ . enough birds and animus in eadi ' locality to assure an ample supptiUyr^ next yea*. "Conservation officers always shall have my hearty co-operation and support, and violators shall be reported promptly." . '.^2;'-"' The idea struck home. The boj*^ \ adopted the planks unanimously. They won Captain Harry over, and greed that unsportsmanlike practices and dfe vices should cease nT> fHt» property. " ' * Power of Custom ^ Great things astonish us, and smalt dishearten us. Custom makes then| both familiar.--Ij» Rrtiyere. , * * *' i a Savings Account DAY I With at least oile of the many dollafrs you ^Will to save by taking advantage ol the splendid bargains our merchants have provided for Dollar Day, may we suggest that you start a savings account in either of the* banks of this city.- - It will prove a big^dollar's worth^ji you add tP it regularly from your savings. r •'"J,- v * >»'• ' \ - •' .1 .X r ' • ^ , ' The Dollar Day idea of McHenry's business men lis fully endorsed by these banks. Such days not only stimulate business, but provide an opportunity to the. buying public to save money on purchases. These Inerchants are offering rare bargains^ • Dollar Day is a good day to Start mving. The banks are good places to continue it. 7 1 VtI J w' £ -?r"- West McHenry State Bank y J 1KAIN STREET GERALD J. CAREY, Cashier v Peoples State Bank .GREEN STREET FLOYD M. FOSS, Cashier - ; ' ,-v iS • v> \ . , ? • ' - "Vail ,'js&ii ,3m: