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Charley Stockey of Elmhurst, famous radio announcer of Station WLS, barn dance, live stock show ssd the eofn husking coutost it KWi and 'stone of Ida radio fWehdespeift last Sttbday at tKh hoese of Ipr. and Mrs. Harry Wright of t. Part of time was ings tfcft titay fcttfti to have a famnBfaitjr oothereior one of the artiats wheistaavleg WLS soon, if tiMf «m make it between broadcasts. lib will include the Reotrow V&l- 19t team and tin Knoxvitle and Atky, the wood chopper, end others. Mr Stoekay says they will be unable to set the daft# but will phono before they start. If anyone in McHenry or surrounding towns would like to join Oakhurst in making it pleasant for these people, hear thrift iitd meet tham, they will be more than welcome. Mr. Wright agys yonr telephone number can be left with him and ha will eall vfest8* ttsie is Iraotrn. Ho can he reached by calling McHenry ^06-M-l- Bntjutw and Professional Women To Meet Here RYE IMS WESMft &1. LYNN W. RICHARDS |)jad died from inhaling carbon monoxide gas from the exhaust pipe of the machine, but a coroner's jury returned a verdict at an inquest held at Crystal Lake Tuesday afternoon, givl »g cerebral hemorrhage as the cause §f death. The lifeless body showed no ipridence of violence. i. Mr. Richards left home Monday afternoon and did not return during the •light, -which caused much alarm to Mrs. Richards and other friends. ;Hg ProminsaA Community Leader ELynn W- Richards was one of the ost favorably known men in McHenry county. He was born at Rowlay, Iowa, September 9, ft76. At an ^iarly age he came with his parents to McHenry county, where they lived for many years oh a farm in Seneca •^ownship. . |f For fifteen years ha served as Jleputy circuit clerk it Woodstock, jjnH in 1914 was elected and served $ne term as county treasurer. 1 In 1911 Mr. (Richartfe tnbved to Crystal Lake, where he became cashbr of the State Bank, later succeedpg to a similar position Jn the United tate Bank, which he had since held. I For many years he had served as president of tho board of education of mm Crystal Lake Community High In 1901 Mr. Richards was married Miss Emma Phelps of Harvard, ey have one daughter, Virginia. ^ Mr. Richards was a man of unusual twee of character and of great inuence and leadership in his community, His death brings sorrow to Huuay homes in all parts of the countyiirEDDnto oEEKMomr MS ST. JOHN'S CHUECH -«! X very pretty Juno wedding ilace Wednesday morning, June 17, It St John's church at Johnsburg, rhen Miss Regina May, the second st daughter of Mr. and Mra. M. May of Spring Grove, was in marriage to Mr- Stephen fer, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs, Jfoa M. Schaefer of Johnsburg. The wyireh was beautifully decorated for iflia ceremony in spring flowers and iho mass was read by Father Weidei* amp, pastor of the Spring Grove •With bride was beautifully gownad in IbMta lace and satin and her veil was finH in place with lilies of the valloy. ^he carried a shower bouquet of roses Jmd lilies of the valley. rM The bride's attendants were Verona ' •jferits, a cousin of the bride, who oet- * %d as maid of honor, Alvina Engels, a cornrin, Florence Freund and xs May, a friend of the bride, were prettily gowned in dotted ||iet in pastel shades and carried flowto match their gowns. Mike Schaefer, brother of the oom, served as best man and Fred Edmund May, brothers of the Slnide, acted as ushers. Little Shirley "2,- =^May was flower girl and Bernard May /i&twas ring bearer, each taking tWr 3£j|part in a charming manner. ' ^ The bride approached the altar on the arm of her father and the cere- ' mony was a lovely one. ' _ t Following the ceremony the tmoai party and guests went to the home of J\ the bridegroom's parents, where a »» } reception was held, after which they • left on a short honeymoon- The > groom will resume his duties at the Fox Lake EUttric «Swf • honeymoon. McHenry business and professional women will be the guests of honor at a dinner meeting of the McHenry County Business and Professional Woman's club to be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at Neisen's cafe, McHenry. Afn. Cora B. Schoonmaker, of Rockford, membership chairman of the state federation of Business and Professional Woman's clubs, who is responsible for the formation of the county organization, will bo the speaker, and it is probable that aha will be accompanied by a group of members from the Rockford club, Hie meeting--the first to be held outside of Woodstock--has been planned to familiarise McHenry women with the club, which is connected with the state and national federations. The membership is thirty, including business and professional women from the towns of the county. The club charter Is being held open for a few weeks so that all McHenry women, who wish to become members may avoid payment of the twodollar initiatory fee to be charged those who join later, and local women are urged to attend and become acquainted with the organisation. The dues are five dollars per year and payable semi-annually. The objects of the club are to elevate the standards for women in business and in the professions; to promote the interests of business and professional women and to bring about a spirit of co-operation between them; to stimulate local and state organizations; to extend opportunities to business and professional women through education along lines of industrial, scientific, and vocational activities; to. create fellowship and friendship among its members. It is non-partisan, non-secretarian, salt governing, and self-supporting. Tho national federation is the largest national organization of business and professional women in the world, having approximately 60,000 members, affiliated through 1,25<F individual cluba. It took the first step toward raising educatianal standards in business when it adopted Its slogan "At least a high school education for every business girl," and approximately one-quarter of a million dollars has been expended in obtaining whole or part educations for approximately 1,600 girls and several boys. Of the county club dues, two dollars and fiffcy cents is sent to the state and national federations for each member. Membership cards in tho club entitle the holders to gtoeat privileges in clubs affiliated with the national and international federations, and dues include subscriptions to both The Independent Woman, pioneer monthly magasine in this country devoted exclusively to the interests of business and professional women, and the publication of the state federation. The national federation ^ observes annually national business women's week which focuses the attention o# the public upon the achievements of women in business and profession. Among the prominent county women who are members are the following: Miss Ruth M. Dueey, city editor of the Harvard Herald; Mrs. Ethel C. Coe, county superintendent of schools; Miss Maude E. Donovan, deputy county clerk; and Miss Clara S. Greaves, adviser of the county Home Bureau who is president Reservations for the dinner Tuesday evening may be obtained by notifying Miss Ethel Jones. LONG BOY SAYS THA* Bill Rogers was right when he said ^l>«t the graduates turned out these past few weeks are as bad or worse than the immigrants. Oh, yea! Hoover's idea of this country coming up on its feet again in twenty years is like an endowment life insurance policy. Pay! Pay! TRU6K HIT BY TKAIH LAST NIGHT Lowell Nyp, 18-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. A. S. Nye,.»t£* West Henryt xpgt with a sfrious acQ&nt. near Grayslake Wednesday evening, about 9:80 o'clock, when the truck which ha was driving was struck by a Soo line passenger train. The young man had a load of jewelry in the car, which he vras transporting to Grayslake, whom ho- and his father had opened a jewelry store last Saturday. Lowell stopped Ms struck to let a freight train pass. As he was crossing the trades after the freight had go»o by, a pasaeager train hit tho safiasht»g ft lad dimes immediately broka out. He suffered two scalp wounds and the entire body was cvt and bruised, but no bones were broken. He was taken to a Grayslake physician and later to a Waukegan hospital. Late reports today stated that X-ray pictures had been taken to ascertain if there was a skull fracture, but the readings were not complete when tho Plaindealer want to press- According to reports, a treasure hunt was started, hardly before the young man had been rescued, by the crowd which gathered, as the jewelry was scattered oVer the right-of-way. The Grayslake marshal is said to have attempted to keep the crowd back, but was powerless to stop the hunters. It is believed that the young man will recover. He was a member of ,the graduating class of tho MflHenjry Community high school thi»*y*«r. , Here We Axe TWENTY GRADUATE ntOX ST. MART'S annual graduating exercises program of St. Mary's school took place at the Community high school auditorium on Thursday eveninjj of .lfcst week, with a large attendance ef relatives, friends and interested spectators present. Twenty graduates from the eighth grada received their diplomas from Father C. S. Nix, who also made an appropriate address, after which the graduates sang their farewell song- A throe-act play entitled, "The Prodigal Son," was given and several piano solos and duets were very capably given by th® pupils. The program gave evidence of a great deal of time and effort spent in perfecting every detail and received the approval of all who saar it. Oftdet Covalt Receive* » • At St Joha's WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS Of INTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS 07 OUR UCHANORS M'HENRY BANKS SHOW EXCELLENT CONDITION LAKE COUNTY LAKES CLAIM TWO VICTIMS Two drownings occurred in Lake county over the week-end with a 17 year-old Glen Ellyn Boy Scout and a Chicago street car conductor as the victims. In full view of friends on shore, William Flint, the Glen Ellyn Scout, was drowned Sunday afternoon when his canoe capsized in Hastings lake, two miles east of Lake Villa. A companion saved himself by clinging to the overturned boat until aid arrived. f The boys were members of a Du Plage county Scout troop and were attending camp at the lake. When the canoe capsized, witnesses said, Flint tried to swim to the shore. The body of William Ryerson, 28 years old, the first drowning casualty of the season in the Lake county resort region, was recovered from Long Lake Saturday, by a party headed by the town marshal, J. D. Riggs of Fox Lake. Ryerson, a street car conductor, was drowned while swimming. On page 8 of this issue of The Plaindealer our readers will find statements of condition of McHenry's two strong, conservative banks, the West McHenry State Bank and the Peoples State Bank of McHenry. These statements show the condition at the close of business on Monday? June 15, 1931. Anyone who can read a bank statement can readily see that these insti tutions are on a perfectly sound financial basis and it is not necessary to comment on same, as the figures •peak 'for themselves- The people of McHenry and surrounding community'are to be congratulated on having in our territory such banks as these ^during a world-wide depression. The West McHenry State Bank will be twenty-five years old next September, having been organized in 1906, This bank has paid a regular semiannual dividend every year since its organization and another semi-annual dividend lias been declared to stockholders of record for June 30, 1931. The Peoples State Bank of McHenry was organized it* August, 1989, and has made very satisfactory progress since that time. The same board of directors governs both of these banks and is made up of the following responsible citizens: Simon Stoffel, E. L. Wagner, F. H. Wattles, William Spencer, P. A. Bohlander, Richard B. Walsh, Frederick and James P. Nicholson. RECEIVE DEGREES FROM ILLINOIS T THREE ARE M, 0. H. : GRADUATES d S. K. OF C. ELECT OFFICERS Election of officers for McHenry Council, Knights of Columbus, took place on Thursday evening, June 11. The officers for the ensuing year are as follows: • Grand Knight--Harold T. 'Knox. Deputy Grand Knight--Augustine Freund. Financial Secretary--Harold J. Bacon. Chancellor--Thos. A. Bolgsr* recording Secretary--A. J. WirtS. Treasurer--Louis J. Young. Lecturer--John A. Bolger. Advocate--Anton H. Freund. Warden--Wm. M- Green. Inside Guard--John Given*. •*:' Outside Guard--Wm. H. Brittain. Chaplain--Rev Wm. OHourke. Trustees--Math J. South, Ed Sutton, A. E. Nye. Delegate to State Convention--Earl R. Walsh. Alternate to Grand tine M. Freund. Alternate to Delegate--Harold J. CLOSING EXERCISES AT JOHNSBURG SCHOOL The next regular meeting w& be held on Tuesday evening, June 23, at 8:30. District Deputy Alvin R. Cooke will install the newly elected officers. Lunch will be served. Come out and give the officers msm -support. The cldsing exercises of the Johnsburg school were held Friday evening at the parish hall with a class of seventeen graduates from the eighth grade receiving their diplomas, presented to them by Father A, J. Vollmann. ^ The program was a varied one and greatly enjoyed by all who were present. Following several numbers by "the children of the lower grades a four act drama entitled, "Uncle Jacob's Statue," was very ably given by a cast of six pupils of the school. There were also thirteen Palmer graduates and twenty-seven pupils of the seventh and eighth grades received Illinois Pupils' Reading Circle diplomas. "War" Continues Betweffl ' Wisconsin and Illinois DAMAGE SUIT Tie damage suit of Bessie Vokoun of Chicago vs. C. W. Harrison of Ringwood is in progress at the circuit court in Woodstock, before Judge E. D. Shurtleff this week. The suit was filed following an automobile accident on Route 18 between Genoa and Lake Geneva en August 16,1980. SALTATION ARMY APPEAL NOW ON IN THIS COUNTY The Salvation Army appeal is ea in McJIemj county. Woodstock and Marengo are reported to have com pie ted it and work is being organized throughout the rest of the county by Mrs- Mary T. Wish man, Army appeal director, who has been with the Army for thirteen years, and desine to •aeet groups and apeak briefly of the work. She has been in McHenry this week asking assistance. )6a. Wishman makes no solicitations for funds herself, but simply organizes local committees for the appeal work. Incidentally, Mrs. Wtfthmaa desiras us to warn the people against fraudulent solicitors wearing uniforms similar to these of Salvation Army folks. The Army has no solicitors in uniforms and asks for no funds except through the appeal as outlined above. ^ Jdttiotigh Illinois stands ready to Hgree in writing to an "armistice" in the motor truck license controversy started by Wisconsin, that State has thus far refuaed to enter into the agreement, with the result that the "war" continues in both slates, according to the Chicago Motor club. Wisconsin recently began enforcing a new piece ef legislation providing that all motor trucks frlsm other states must have Wiaconein license plates if they were to be driven in that state. Many arrests were made. Illinois authorities retaliated by arresting drivers of Wiacoaaia trucks. Phil Harmon, chief investigator for the secretary of state for Illinois, recently proposed that ho*h states discontinue arrests of this character until a test case had been carried to the Wisconsin Supreme court. In furtherance of the agrcp--at. the seats* dab pointed out, Illinois authorities ceased arresting Wisconsin truck drivers, but the arrests ef Tftineiw truck drivers in Wisconsin continued unabated. Thereupon, Chief Investigator Barman announced that the OUneis authorities woafci continue to arrest Wisconsin track drivers until that state agreed in writing to arrest no more Illinois truck drivers until the high count had passed upon the test An er*nt of note, which be repeated in the history of McHenry, occurred last week when three McHenry high school graduates received degrees conferred upon them at the commencement exercises of the University of Illinois colleges of medicine and dentistry and school of pharmacy in Chicago. Two young men, William Nye, son of Dr. N. J. Nye of this *jty, and Leo Thelen of Chicago, formerly of McHenry, received their diplomas as graduates it the college of medicine and Miss Grace Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin of McHenry, graduated from thft wjiool if nursing at the St. Anthony de Padua hospital, which Js affiliated with the University of Illinois college of medicine. The commencement exercises iook place at the Ashland Boulevard Auditorium in Chicago at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, June 13, at which time hundreds of graduates received degrees and diplomas from the hand of Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the University of Dlinois, who presided at the program. The program was a most interesting one and the appearance of the large gathering of students,* a most impressive one as they gathered to receive their reward at the end of *'• ' t Cadet Floyd E. Covalt returned to his home here Sunday, after a most successful year at St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wis. On February 8 he entered the Wisconsin Ice- Carnival at Occono'mowoc and took second place in the half-mile race, for which he received a handsome silver medal. This is the second medal he has received for skating, as he won the 440-yard race at a similar meet the year previous. In March, Company A, of which Covalt is a member, wdn the competition for the best drilled company | and was presented with a handsome silver cup by Ivanhoe Commandery of Milwaukee. On May 18 the entire corps of cadets underwent a rigid examination and inspection by the U. S. Army officers and were proclaimed an "Honor School," which is the highest honor that can be given a military school by the government, and has been won by St John's for twenty-one consecutive years. The award for this achievement is a silver star worn on the left sleeve of the uniform. With only a/'.^tew weeks' practice on the rifle range, Covalt qualified in marksmanship and was awarded a bronze medal- He also received a gold track shoe for efficiency in hurdling and javelin throwing. On June 13, Company A again won in the final company competition The ne"w>-)|175,000,. "^Service Headquarters" building of the Public Service company at Crystal Lake was completed last Ureek and the company moved into the new structure over tho week-end. Broken 'hearted over the unsolved murder of her son, Henry D. Wehrenberg, who was shot to death on April 12 as he sat in his car near Lake Villa, Mrs. Eliza Voss Wehrenberg, •9, died at her homo in Libertyville, Saturday morning, June 6. She never recovered from the blow of her son's mysterious death, nor would she ever accept the report that Wehrenberg had committed suicide. Mrs. Richard Mabboth of Lake For- ^ est unwittingly gave away a smal -4. unset diamond recently, when sl»" | sent a bundle of clothing to the Trading Post for distribution to the needy.. *"/.y " The stone was found in a "purse that had been included by mistake and * ^ was returned to her at once. She hpd not missed the jewel until notified Of its discovery in the purse. Mukwonago, Wis., residents are' greatly concerned over the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Ivan Fox. - On Sunday evening, May 31, Mrs. Fox, took her sister, who had been visiting * her, to Mukwonago to board the elec- J trie train for Milwaukee. When she® ' , V did not return home her husband • * J started a search for her and found 1 J the car abandoned in a ditch. Her W • handbag, open and empty, was in th«t. car, but thus far no trace of the . * » 3* drills and was presented with the Gen. Charles King cup and a handsome banner by the Milwaukee. The individual award for this event was the regulation military bronze bar. In view of the fact there are 450 students at St. John's, representing many large cities in the United States and foreign countries, we may well Ringwood Girl Gives Description of Trip £»ot ..udyt.„d h.« to enter upon their next step of edu-1 . *\.. tcation to be gained from experience. 11,8 1 u lon" The address of the day was given by Edward H. Kraus, Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan, who spoke on "Some Pertinent Aspects of High Education." Other numbers on the program were the invocation and benediction by Rev. Preston Bradley, the processional march, singing of "America," selections by the orchestra, a cello solo, and the conferring of degrees. The schools of nursing affiliated with the University are connected with the Henrotin hospital, West Side hospital, University Tiospital and St. Anthony die Padua hospital- Finish Medical Course William Nye and Leo Thelen were members of a class of 118 students who had completed four years of scheduled work in the college of medi- The annual Junior 4-H club tour for boys and girls was held last week at Champaign. The tour began on Wednesday morning when a bus, chartered for the trip left Woodstock, and the homeward trip was commenced Friday afternoon: A description of the trip written by Ellen Smith of Ringwood follows: woman has been found. Two men secured nearly $300 in t. bold holdup of a Standard Oil filling - station at Burlington one evening re*- ^ c e n t l y . T h e y p u r c h a s e d g a s a n d o i l ' • K* and tendered a $20 bill in payments After the attendant opened the safe, ^ to get change, he was confronted by Is f the bandits and covere<| with a revolt ^ ver and ordered into the restroom Ther bandits then rifled the safe which eon-- ^ " >;/ tained the Saturday and Sunday re-~*<'^r;V-4 ceipts, ^' At the invitation oi diiecUns u£ Uit* •.:•••* >0- Farmers and Merchants State Bank" of Bloomingdale, located at Rose! in DuPage county, officials of States Auditor Oscar Nelson's office at Legionnaires of Springfield have closed the bank for examination and adjustment. The institution was officially closed Sat-> '. urdny, June 6. The Farmers and" Merchants State bank was organized 'fx in 1921 and had deposits aggregating $115,000 and a capitalisation of r $25,000. Two hundred patients of the Elgin - State hospital saw a young woman attendant shoot her husband Tuesday of last week. The shooting vic-Cf ^ p tim, who escaped with a wound the wrist, is Gilbert Blades, 24, also . % an attendant at the hospital. Patient^,.'^..; and attendants were gathered at the ^ hospital ball park when Mrs- Blade-' drove up in an automobile, surprising her'husband as he chatted with »n-i^^ other woman. The second woman fled^ ^ ^ . when Mrs. Blades proceeded to pull „ ^ N at her hair. Blades crawled under a ; :4 parked car for safety. Kneeling on * the ground, Mrs. Blades shot him. 1 • She then drove to the Elgin police "We took a trip from Woodstock on Wednesday morning, June 10, at 6 o'clock and arrived at Urbana at 1:15 p. m. We went directly to Cotter's station where she surrendered. Total destruction by fire of Ter- * • minal building number seven, located on Market street, Waukegan, was^^^ up for the night. Wednesday aftert noon we went to the auditorium and cine of the University of Illinois, and i listened to speakers instructing us who, upon the completion of a year i about the things and places of interof interneship in a hospital approved est- After that we were divided into by the University, will be entitled to different groups and taken to" the the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In many places and buildings of interest, addition to the four years of study at ( What I especially remember is the Art building, the green house and rock garden and the Memorial stadium of the University of Illinois. "We ate all of our meals at the Southern Tea room. "Wednesday evening wo went to the Auditorium for our contest night, each county giving a stunt, and several counties giving selections by Inn, the girls' headquarters, where'averted Thursday morain* by firemen ^ : we were to stay, and made our cots {who fought the flames for nearly^ tw> the medical college, two years of premedical work were taken at the University of Illinois at Champaign, making six years of study with a year of interneship completing seven years of preparation for their chosen life work. William Wye is a §ib*mI> of the McHenry high school with the class of 1925 and he immediately commenc-! trios and male quartets. McHenry ed his work at the University with county put on an act by a girl tap his goal as a doctor in view. He dancer from Union and she received plans to enter the St. Francis hoapi- second prize. tal at Evanston on July 1, where he -On Thursday morning at 8 o'clock; will serve his year ef interneship in; we all went to the Auditorium and Mrs. James Beavis, Mrs. Herman Schaefer, Mrs. Ambrose Schaefer, Mrs. Anna Howard, Mrs. Ralph Hoff and Mrs. Wm. H- Althoff attended the meeting of the county American Legion Auxiliary M evening. LEGION CARNIVAL A* HARVARD, JUNE 18-19-20 The eleventh annual home-coming and carnival, given by Wm. J. Metxen Post, No- 265, American Legion, will be held at Harvard on June 18, 19, and 20. Many splendid attractions have been secured, including drum and bugle corps exhibitions by Delavan and Harvard Boy Scouts, the usual rides, concessions, etc. Dancing will be held every night between 8:30 and 12, with music by Dave Hirseh's 10-pieee band of Rockford. the eoaapletion of his course, Leo Thelen is a grafesto of the McHenry high school with the class of 1924 and he pfcsns to ester the Lake View hospital fter hto.yfM of irtsrneship. .*> 7:; Graduate Nmm \ Miss Grace Martin is a graduate of the McHexwy high school with the, class of 1988 and is now a trained, nurse, having completed a three-year training course at St. Anthony's hospital in Chicago, being oe of a class of fifty-six annas who graduated on Saturday. These young people are to be congratulated upon their attainment and perseverance in the completion of their course of study and it is with a feeling of pride in their achievement that their friends in McHenry wish them every success in their choeeu work. is 'V-v/ •. V- - rf r Farm Lean* K.-K. Frits,'Hatvar*. doughnut sale 1 be a doughnut sale at [urch, Main St., Saturday. Doughnuts will also be on sale near Bolger's dsug store. Orders will be heard 'Rinky,' a great baseball coach, talk to the 4-H club boys and girls from all over the state. TIm^Ui^ afternoon we had the pick of several different entertainments. I went to Lincoln hall and heard an orchMtn and speeches on 4-H club work. "Thursday night we went to the Methodist church to a banquet. We sang songs, heard entertainment from our contest night and had a wonderful time. ^Friday morning We went to the Auditorium and listened to the allstate orchestra and many speeches were given by girls, telling of their experience in club work. "After the morning entertainment we all met with the entire 3,000 club members and a picture of this was taken from the top of the auditorium- "Friday at 11:30 we started for home and reached Woodstock at 6:30, thus concluding a most interesting hours before subduing them. Totalf ~ damage, the greater part of whichj was caused by water pouring front' the sprinkler system, was estimated at $1,500 by Fire Chief Sars OTarrell. The origin of the blaze, which started1; on the floor of the Steel Kitchen corporation and burned through to the Champion FoDting Furniture company below, was not known. Chief O'Farrell thinks it may have starte# from oily rags by spontaneous com*. bustion. Arthur ftapp of Lake Villa, 23, was s«*tously injured late Tries-, day aftewHxan of last week. Lapp, <>> member <rf a Soo Line section crewr if s with several other men, was return*. • ing fromi work when the han# car or| * which they were riding was. trailedj The ofeher men were thrown, clear, bu$- ^ bapp> was pinned under • the heavjf. eaas TT»e accident occurred near th% 5,? Ik Doolittle home, aafl* the injure^,. ; * . •* £ mm was taken there. He was lafr*. - token to the Libertyville hospital. A$> j fhnft it was feared tfeet he might als<| . : J he injured internally, but later re* : ports stated that although hie condi^fl!; as® tion is critical* he has a good clpnc% far recovery, 'Mi IP ' VISIT PEONY FARM £ iPhe J, J. VanSteen peony fs^nu. ol Route 19, one-half mile west of Crystal Lake, is attracting hundreds of people every day, to view the peonies in bloom. The collection Includes the famous Congressman James R. Mam* group in addition to many other verities. More than 50,000 plants are in blossom and the sighfc e mosif beautiful one. ' rS-J Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Kamholx of Chicago are parents of a girl, Bartaboft by Mw. f. E. Co». g-f)p (bars Aim, bom 3P Mrs. H. C. Hughes entertain few relatives and friends to meet A» G. Bishop of Medfonl, Ore., at he* • home Saturday. Those present werf f Mrs. Duncan Rigden of Oakland, Cal>» " * Mr. and Mrs. Julius Smith and so«V-- •• Earl, of Urbana. 111., Mrs. Frank Tu% ner and daughter, Jane, of Lineo!^*;v til A P. PiakAn a# llsulfAnl (W 1 1 E.'n.jj? w 1ST -si J !• i*.. I'iii'-M.. r III 11 w ."II Lj."" _ l J