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$ fif^ j£8®F *> * ' '~ 1 * * " * -* * yO» V ^ FAKM Btnuuns ANITOAL KEBTINQ Held bi Miller Theater at Woodstock Friday, Jan. 9--AH Officers Are Re-elected The annual meeting of the McHenry County FarmJBureau was held in the Miller Theater at Woodstock on Friday, Jan. 8. The meeting was called to order by Harold Cash, president. First on the program was a selection by the "Pawnee Four." The '^Pawnee Four" is a male quartet from Springfield. They are considered wonderful entertainers which they proved themselves to be at this meeting. They are called on by several of the Farm Bureaus to entertain at their annual meetings. McHenry county feels very fortunate in having been able to secure them for their annual meeting. Because of other business, M. A. Carmack, the secretary, was unablo to be present. His report was read by Ch&s. Francis of Woodstock. It was moved by B. L. Thomas of Ringwood and seconded by Wm. Whiting of West McHenry that the secretary's report be adopted. The treasurer's report was read by Earl E. Swenson, treasurer. It was moved by George Colver and seconded by D. I. Hine that this Report be adopted. ITie report of our Insurance Director, H. J. Blackburn, was next on the program. Mr. Blackburn told of the many services offered by the department, also the tremendous saving that it affords to its many policyholders. It was moved by R. T. Burroughs of Chemung that this report be adopted. The meeting adjourned until after „M rs. Georgie A. . „M e.in e en.t ert,a i.n ed, t.h. e noon hour and everyone went to n „ , , , , ,. %- ^J mm fIeeww friends at aa fiaarreewweelul adiinnnneerr the Congrs*e>srsvipodn halv cthhupr cIhn rwliph*e rnef dfiVn.Afs- A party Tuesday in honor of Mr. uid fLT S™ . \ tne;.laaies «s*-e Mrs Peter J Schoewer «4 son, Hu-H1"1"*- tort, who are leaving -their neighbor- T6™ ™.dcr^ bJ the »»«" hood fottheir new home on John I ""SI?? th.« " street. A six o'clock dinner was At UAana accompanied by ins of Ringwood, left BW>ana to attend the annual Farm and Home opened at the college of at the University of Illi- >->^N|)t bn Jan. 12 and continues through 16. Illinois farmers, homemak- § «(| llnd rural leaders will gather to vj? saalttTige ideas in conference and to * 1 Mv4y agricultural subjects of *11 kinds, aCV " Three of the principal speakers of ; the week aw, Alexander Legge, ft/*" '• chairman of thfe federal farm board, - V*- Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agri- - % culture and Miss Mary Sweeney of Merrill-Palmer School, Detroit, Mich. " / , Surprise Party & '• >& Mr. wad Mrs. Peter J. Schaefer were pleasantly surprised Sunday evening H^^J&at their home on Waukegan street, " * ; . the event being planned in. honor of their birthday anniversaries, which both occur this week. Bunco was . '•: played during the evening and high , honors were won by Mr. and Mrs. Pe- '^ter W. Freund and the consolations "" vwent to Mrs. Tony Freund and Jack , , Harris. Many beautiful gifts were ' " "^received. Those present were Messrs. *"* '? and Mesdames Ted Kaelin, Nick Kenr>"' - 'Jnebeck, Tony Freund, Will Harris of ^Orystal Lake, Earl Brown, Peter W. ..^freundj Nick Freund and Jack Har- *• 'v "B *1 * y-msr^m f •HP TEE M'HKNBY PLAINDEALER AY, JAHUAEf Jft im CANINE HERO GETS MILITARY BURIAL Famous Dog Saw Serrlce WUk A. E. F. in Franco. The report of the nominating comserved, after which bunco was played during the evening. Those * 1 1 i > •* t T'v f V" present were: Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer and son, Hubert, Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer, Fred1 Weinshenker and Mrs. Rose Mueller. r-.. ,-r. - Bon Ban Club members of the Bon Bon club were very delightfully entertained at luncheon and cards by Mrs. Frank ftasquelet at her home on Thursday of last week. The afternoon was passed in playing five hundred and prises were awarded to Mrs. Albert Jus ten, first; Mrs. Peter Freund, second; Mrs. Joe Freund, third. Low "prize went to Mrs. Ed Cook, while Mrs. Jack McCarroll captured the consolation. Corgi Gables, Fla--A1 Tennessee Bud, one of the most famous and bedecorated members of the A. B. F., Is dead, and has been given a Ittneral befitting a hero. A1 Tennessee Bud--for those who don't know--was a frisky bull pup owend by Lieut. A. C. Slattery of the One Hunderd and Thirty-fifth Machine Gun company. Eighty-second division, and with Slattery saw service at the Somme, at Tdul, In the Argonne and at St MlhieL Many an American Legion parade la post-war days had seen the canine veteran marching with his master, full war equipment and medals clattering from his sides. Even a gas mask was Included, for enemy fumes once tygprly cut AI Tennessee Bud's days short "Bud," as he was called by every one in the division, was smuggled to France in a suitcase when Slattcry's outfit went over. When the Eightysecond went Into action at the SomnJfe, "Bud" won International recognition. 'British and French papers recorded the fact that he was decorated. Slattery had looked forward to having "Bud" with him at the recent Atlanta reunion of the Eighty-second, but a few weeks ago the canine lungs, which had been crippled by enemy eas, contracted a severe cold which cawed his death. "Bud" was wrapped In an old army blanket his Mdog tag" on a string around his neck, placed In a pine box and carried to a pine woods for burial. It was raining. An American flag was draped over the box. As they lowered the box a formep-t" army bugler sounded army "taps." OOMERS AND &OERS 07 A WEEK Qf OUB CITY As Seen By Plfciadealer Reporters and Banded la By Our Friends was a Harvard, who was chairman of that committee. All of the officers of the past year were re-elected to serve for the coming year. The officers are as follows: s Harold Cash of Harvard, president. A. B. McConnell of Woodstock, vicepresident. M. A. Carmadk of Woodstock, secretary. v E. E. Swenson of Spring Grove, treasurer. The executive committee Is composed of K. E. Cristy, Ringwood; C. H*. Nichols, Hebron; Stanley Church, Huntley; W. E. Whiting, West McHenry; and Richard Ettner <lf Marengo, Mr. Ettner being the only new member on this committee. "Leslie Thompson of Woodstock and Cljrde Wingate of Crystal Lake were elected to represent the McHenry county Farm Bureau at the annual Euchre Party '"i'lfct. aad Mrs. C. J. Bender entertained at a euchre party at their home . . , in this city Sunday evening in honor j meet,.nf . of ^ c,Ilhn01? , Agricultural of Mrs. Bender's sister and husband. | ass°Cla)'°" at Springfield the latter Mr. and Mrs. William Wright, of Es- j p?r* °. he T"th' £ * 8 ^l1018 sex, 111. Three tables of cards were! of Hebron and K- E- Cnsty of Replayed and high honors were won by s(v :• Mrs. Ben Hiller and William Wright, while the consolations went to Will Quinn and Mrs. William Wright. Mu- - sic was enjoyed and lunch was served Jr. «t , the close of the^ evening. _ §•* _ «•:' • ' ' <Qet-Together1 Club <. • / ;"'f 1 Tile Get-Together clujb sti^iffsed Mrs. John Mertes Monday evening in lufaor of her sixtieth birthday anniversary. Bunco was played and prizes were won by Mrs. Frank Matthieu, Mrs. Anna Lukenheimer and Mrs. Mat Freund. She was presented with a gift by* her guests who exwood were elected as alternates. Greetings from the Home Bureau were given by Miss Clara S. Greaves, Home Adviser, who credited the Farm Bureau for their co-operation in the many successful projects carried through to completion during the past year. Tom Roberts of the DeKalb County Agricultural association was present and gave a talk on the savings made possible to Farm Bureau members through the Petroleum Products Supply Companies handled by the Farm Bureau. Tanks are now on the way, and truck drivers are being hired, so tended their wishes for many more, it will not be long until a farm supply happy birthdays. After the games comPany w11 be operating in McHeni lunch was served by her daughters, ; and Marie Merjbak Artillerymen Waiting Chance to Help Oil Art Mlnneapolls.---Once again artillerymen .at the University of Minnesota armory sit about their cannon awaiting a signal to "do their bit" for art. Once again tt appears their willing efforts are to be scorned. Last year two batteries of field artillery stood loaded and ready, awaiting a flash from the-memorial auditorium to begin their cannonade, intended to lend realism to the Minneapolis symphony orchestra's rendition ' of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The flash never came due to defective wiring. This year just after Mrs. Carlyle Scott, manager of the orchestra, had m^de final arrangements for an enlarged battery salute, Mrs. Maude Stockwejl, state chairman of J;he Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, stepped in and asked the question that la still unanswered, "is It. art?" T"?7. . f ! M o t t w " C l u b Tlie "Mothers club met at the home of Mrs. C. W. Goodell Friday afternoon with Mrs. C. H. Duker as assistant hostess. A short muical program was furnished by Mrs. Rulien, Miss Ropp and Miss Goodfellow, following the usual business meeting and lunch was served. ;®•'V'* Entertains At Cards Kn. Ferdinand Frett entertained a party of friends at cards Tuesday afternoon. Five hundred was played and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Jesse Wormley and Mrs. Thomas Kane. Those present were: Mrs. P, W. Frett, Mrs. Mat Blake, Mrs. Jesse Wormley, Mrs. Thomas Kane, Mrs. Ford Jackson, Mrs. Rose Mueller, „|v, Frett, Mrs. Joa .Frett. Boa Ton Club The members of the Bon Ton card dub met with Mrs. George Miller Thursday evening. Two tables of oridge were played and prizes were won by Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. E. R. Sutton and Mrs. Fred Justen. Refreshments were served at the close at the games. ry county, L. A. Williams, manager of the Country Life Insurance company, was present and gave the main address of the day. Mr. Williams stressed the great importance and necessity of organization--the ability of the people to group together and stock together. Mr. Williams is a very forceful speaker and his address was much •enjoyed. - The resolutions of <he Farm Bureau were read by Walter Winn, chairmai! of that committee. It was moved by R. M. JValkup of Crystal Lake and seconded by George Colver of Marengo that the resolutions be adopted as read. Novel Way Found for Salting Pork Pragne.--Pigs may salt their own meat before they are slaughtered to furnish the Prague ham that is famous all over Europe* An experiment in the presence of the Czecjjoslovakian minister of food was successfully carried out In the slaughter house here. A pig was struck on the head, then a strong solution of salt was injected Into his blood stream. As it was being killed with a knife, the dead animal's heart continued to beat for about an hour, and the salt was distributed in Its flesh through every vein more thoroughly than is possible by any mechanical means. No cruelty to the pig is invohp##. i Illinois Brands Fish to Get Data on Travel Springfield, 111.--Fish In I'.l'.nols lakes and streams are being "branded" In an effort to determine data on how far they travel and l.">w fast they grow, according to Ralph V. Bradford, director of the str.le partment of conservation. The fish are being tagged by Natural History society of the partment of conservation. Small metal tags are clamped on the tail fins. Each tag is numbered. Records are being kept giving the species, size, and weight of each branded flsh. \ \ ' ( Entertains Card Club i "ft Miss Kate Weber entertained the members of her card club at her home • Wednesday afternoon of last week, -ta.flve hundred was played and prizes were awarded to Mrs. J. W. Rothermel, Mrs. George Worts and Mrs. M. , - ..M. Niesen. The next meeting will be J-'M the home of Mrs. J. C. Bickler. Royal Entertainers The Royal Entertainers met at the home of Mrs. M. Bohr on Wednesday evening of last week. Five hundred was played and prizes were won by Mrs. F. Schneider, Mrs. George Sohreiner and Mrs. Mat Freund. Refreshments were served. Neighborhood Card Club Mrs. E. E. Bassett entertained the members of the Neighborhosd card club at her home Thursday evening. Bridge was played and the scores of the players were tallied for the final reckoning when the losers will entertain the winners. Refreshments wtfre served at the close of the evening. Mid-Week Card Club Ths. Mid-Week card club will at the home of Mrs. J. E. Wheeler next Wednesday afternoon. W". '../n . Royal Neighbors * t . Riverview Camp, R. N. A., will hold ; installation of officers on Tuesday '• Otrening, Jan. 27. ^ Fox River Valley Camp, R. N. A. ftifill hold installation of officers on ; v |laturday evening, Jan. 17!, 'v --------• j. * Social Wheel * if Twenty-two ladies were present at -f-" !' 'tfee meeting of the Social Wheel held ? at the home of Mrs. Minnie Miller last Thursday afternoon. Five hundred Was played and lunch was served. The f •'•ext meeting will be at the home cf ^ c. W. Gobdelt Main Street Dinner The Main street business men, with theif wives, enjoyed a six o'clock dinat the Laurell restaurant Tuesday How to Be Immortal It • Is curious how rarely, eves bgr chance, men do endow their words, their inventions or their actions with their names. It seems that such an immortality Is more easily earned lh the world of action. It Is better to burke a man, to lynch him or to guillotine him, to provide him with a brougham or a hansom and a macadam road to ride on if you would have your name become a dictionary word.--London Nation. Three-Eighths of Mexico Working Class Jobless Mexico City.--Three-eighths of the working class in Mexico are unemployed, according to a survey Just completed. A memorial shortly to be transmitted to the President by labor unions will suggest that the working time of men and women now employed be cut down to fiv$ hours in order that those now unemployed may work the other three hours. Walnut Hunter Puts Town in Darkness <» London, Ont.--Elevator passengers were trapped between floors, factory motors were stopped and residents of London township were without electricity for two hours when a walnut hunter was a poor marksman. The walnut gatherer threw a truck tire chain into a walnut tree in the suburbs-'fo knock ' down walnuts. The chain landed on high-tension wires, short circulating them. Two 13,000- volt fuses were blown out Tabloid Tragedy r Qftifce a black cat crossed a iimifa path and he threw a stone at the anlmad and killed It hoping thereby to avoid bad luck. Several weeks later he was out strolling with his wife when suddenly the same black cat crossed his path again. ThU time it was hanging In a furrier's window. The Russian sable cost the man $800. Translations of Tacitas Is Spite of the great difficulty id the task there are 983 versions of the whole or parts of the wilting of Tacitus. He lived In part of the First and part of the Second century, A. B. Moon Noted Before tin Suit Men began to weave myths about Che moon and to conceive of lunar deities before they were attracted to the powers of the stin, an anthropologist at the Field Museum states. Miss Flora Freund spent th£ weekend in Chicago. * " Mr. and Mrs. Nick 9r*uad Aurora visitors Sunday. Will Cossman of Woodstock McHenry visitor Sunday. Mrs. Ed Malone of Elgin spent Saturday with relatives here. Miss Helen Welch of Chicago visited relatives here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvaqr were Woodstock visitors Thursday. Mrs. B. Costello of Elgin spent Saturday with relatives here, Stephen H. Freund was m visitor at Woodstock Miss Laura Karls of aptttl the week-end at her h«»**k Mrs. Glen'Robinson <.*f visited relatives h*re Miss Celia Stoffel t>Jf Ohu'Aiit^ the week-end at her h^nv herev Miss Dorothy FTVUJU Villa spent Sunday with relative h*re.. Thomas, James and Wil!i*a» Walsh of Woodstock visited here Aiuniay. John Rakow of Dundee visited in the Mrs. B. Frisby home Sunday. Miss Margaret McCabe of Wauke-' gan spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Louis McDonald spent Sunday in the Ames home at Terra Cotta. Miss Adeline Perkins of Waukegan spent the week-end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beatty of Chicago spent the w^ek-end in McHenrv. Mr. &nd Mrs. Peter J. Freund of Woodstock visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. James Perkins and Mrs. F. E. Cobb were Woodstock visitors Thursday. Mi?s Claribel Martin of Woodstock •pent Saturday evening with friends here. II-'ss Julia King of Wilmette is pending a few weeks at her home rfhere. Dr. D. G. Wells returned home.the first of the week from a visit to California. Mrs. Bernard N. Smith spent Wednesday and Thursday with Chicago friends. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schaefer and family were Madison* -^Is., visitors Sunday. " ^ ~ \ _• J. E. Fufahl and 4*°&hters of Genoa City were McHenry visitors Sunday. Miss Mabel Griggs and brother of Waukegan spent Saturday evening in McHenry. Miss Ethel Jones spent a few days la»t week with relatives and friends in Chicago'. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron visited friends- here Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stenger of Waukegan spent Siyiday with relatives here. Mrs. Nellie Biggey of Chicago spent the last of th? week with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bender of Chicago spent the week-end at their home jiere. Mrs. M. Smith spent Monday andt Tuesday at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan. Mrs. Albert Krause and Mrs. Delia Matthews were Woodstock visitors Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. N. F.. Steilen and children of Chicago visited relatives here Sunday. Emil Simon and Mr. Jenicke of Chicago are guests in the home of Mrs. Rc?e Mueller. Mi?s Hazel Bacon of Chicago spent a few days the last of the week at her home here. Mrs. Mollie Givens and family were Sunday guests in the Walter Warner home at Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Vatighn Jones of Chicago were StJhday visitors in the C. W. Goodell home. Mrs. F. E. Cobb, Mrs. J. E. Wheeler and Mrs. James Perkins were Elgin visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Landwer of Woodstock were callers in the James Perkins home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brefeld and family of Chicago spent Sunday in the B. J. Brefeld home. Thomas A. Bolger, representative at Springfield, spent a few days last week at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. John Brefeld and family of Waukegan spent Sunday in the B. J. Brefeld home. Mr. and Mrs. George Zorn of Waukesha attended the Michels-VanHeirseele wedding, Saturday. Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Jos. Bchmitt and Mrs. Carl J. Freund visited relatives at Milwaukee Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Pries of Waukegan were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Bohr. Mrs. F. O. Gans and daughter, Mildred, returned home Monday after spending the week-end in Chicago. Mrs. Julia Leonard and Mrs. A. Wright of Crystal Lake were visitors in the W. F. Burke home Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin spent Sunday in Chicago, where they visited her sister at St. Anthony's hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Martin and sons were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walkup at Ridgefield. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock spent the week-end in the home of their daughter, Mrs. A. D. Loomis and daughter. Mrs. Mary Sable and Mr. and Mrs S. J. Wagner of Round Lake were guests of the former's daughter, Mrs T. W. Winkel, Monday. Mrs. Wm. Belcher, Mrs. Hiley Thomas and Mrs. Lovina Thomas Woodstock attended the Eastern Star installation Saturday night. Mrs. Gene Zoia and daughter, Jean Ellen, of Woodstock were Sunday 'guests in the Peter Doherty home; Mr Zoia joined them for dinner and the evening and they returned home together. If Monday day to the inddsfc death cf Nldk*Wiw Mrs. Mfcrma 8ttt*»*sl of Vaaditodc, Mr. and Mrs. Joe May of Fox Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Guffey * of Waukegan were Sunday visitors in the Martin N. May home. Miss Cleora Johnson of Elgin was a Week-end guest of Miss Floribel Bassett. Miss Johnson will be remembered by many as a former teacher in the McHenry M|h' school. Mr. and Mrs. Nick'Hhiss and Msgr. Schmitt of Aurora visits* relatives here over the week-end and attended the wedding of Laura Michels Saturday. Mrs. Herman Gumbrecht and Mrs. Emil Ibsch of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Paulina Fiehntns of Belvidfre were quests in the homo of their sister, Mrs, Fw) K&mhola, Saturday. Mrs. remained over Sunday. Mr *nd Mrs, Cart Schmidt and chil* «»•» JOTMSWf^: Mrs. Itiny Fol« Albert Foky of in ti» Thlt their son, past few nts fcsre. Mr. Mrs. nd, Ofcfcvar rived FrMfcy for aVftftf with relatives. Mrs. Mary Foley and son, Albert, returned home Sunday after receiving a message «f the dwMfe pf her Those from Mcfitan-y who the installation o* others at Bafton chapter, O. E. S., <^r ing of last week 1 Robert Thompson^ IQit lbnd Granger, Mrs. H. M. Steptansoa, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eddy, Mrs, James Perkins aad lfrs. J. % Whsdsr^..,,,,..,- -l*-" "-.-v ni'i r» - „ Haagfct ~ have more visitors than I do, Mid the congressman from Oregon to the congressman from Maryland. "Tes, I have more callers, hut it doera^t cqst so much to get them home" dothe de- Ml You aid * mM. e. l$Kttfag woJSM is still in the WM9ay M«a«Ktlil hospital, Chicago, wfeere si% is neatviag treatment. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF AGENTS Neil CarlsoB of McHenry has ta(k»a ov« the agancy for the Atlantic, Pacific & Gulf Oil Co. AH Bljw phoned to him at Tel. 205-M, McHeny will be taken care of pronyrtjgr. DUtincttv* T«U# itlptecrugt top Is the dis flame given to a special form of dpcor- Stlve rim or border used aroaad the top of more elaborate tripod tabtaa, They preceded the carved or fretted gallery and the Chinese style. * . '^ Plaindealers at Bolgwrtk •s-m : . -• % 'k < *-a little money makes a big talk this January Bargain Sale. You've heard the old sa] that "money talks." It certainly does in this January" sale. It says more style, higher quality, longer service^ than you ever got for the price before. We've created a*f great group of BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS and" marked them all at Jnw original vain* - ;. ^ ^; ' w 1 1 Boys' Overcoats 3 to 7 jmm Boys1 Suits Att with two pair IMekers - $£99 " r . - N ; Boys' Overcoats Ages SO to 14 jrcsri £085 Boys' Suits l)ts i||vi. With a pair toagies V ' * • . - V . ' • » » * Boys' Overcoats " '^;^|ei -SS to 18 • Boys' Knitted Caps Good warm oapo--luit the thing for skating a«d sport wear ' frOC ' * • * Oreen Street McHenry Illinois §i ?.?>• h' fyr- '-a i; eFfi* • mfm it-A ,.S0" " i&n0> n-1. A YEAR OF ALLENGE i - y ' f . r ^ •itt ••'•-W • -••mM .J1'*" "* WwK-'-v. x &e%-: '*:• K % *$$$ if T is always when times are dark?^^ that great undaunted spirits aris^ jvith knightly courage to do sterling; 4eeds. In each community business men ol daring and foresight are such,, ^ leaders, and to them we profier oujf S^5^ ^; lull support in aiding prosperity. 'Mr-, J. .-*• £'A * ' Jr (F • - • V • . West McHenry Peoples State Bank of McHenry 1 fi . > • ' I