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Armed vfrith search warranty the "'sponge squad" from the sheriff's office dropped in on Iryin Anderson's dining: car just outside the Woodstock city limits on Route 19 toward Crystal Lake; the Clarence Gaylord farm beer flat just south of the Woodstock city limits; ana Louis Fig- CATE ORGAN will be Christmas dajr and nipgcial services will be observed at the various churches on this day as •well at during the week when many "Worshippers observe the Yuletide by ]ewicz home on the old Lloyd farm iniving thanks for - the! blessings of th, hope, love and peatSfe. St. Patrick's Church S At St. Patrick's church Christmas side the city limits on the "Marengo road. * At the Anderson dining car a tengallon container of beer Was confls y will be one of prayer and peace j cated. At the Gaylord place a half •&r ,*or c.v -ijbserved 'at. the beautiful masses of ^ #ie morning." The services of worship %ill begin at 5:30 o'clock Christmas • jifiorning with the Concone mass in B • **.'->jJat sung by the choir. Preceding the »ass the much loved Christmas card, ^Holy Night," will be impressively sendered by the organ and orchestra mposed of Albert, William and ((jeorge Vales and Hubert Schoewer. his Christmas morning will be an tstanding one for the church and One long to -be remembered by mem- - • T.ers of St. Patrick's parish for at •ttiis time the beautiful new pipe organ ' just installed in the church will be •;v dedicated. For the first tittle this beautiful, new Kimball organ will peal |(ut the strains of rejoicing in the n||hristmas carols in the dawn of this •. Christmas morning and no more appropriate time could be found to pre- :<ient this gift earned by the parish ' _ '$han at this season proclaimed by tho - sBtrains of "Peace On Earth, Goodwill ."^toward Men." The Adeste Fidelis will be sung at ";^|he offertory and the High Mass will ; iilose with the benediction, followed » • Jy the hymn, "Holy God," sung by the , <ihoir, accompanied by the orchestra. :•« 'iA low mass will be celebrated at 8 ' ^ ,j§nd 9 o'clock. The church will present a beautiful Appearance with the crib in memory : the Christ child and the altar*) t ^ beautifully decorated. St. Mary's ChnfClii ' > The Feast of 'Christmas, commem- , grating the birth of the Savior, will be /Observed a,t St. Mary's church, with ' ;, $11 the grandeur and solemnity of the < Ritual of the Catholic church. At 5 __X_jje'clock the jpeverentlal silence of the * ;• church will be broken and the hearts j|f the congregation will be upraised v *5 %y th heavenly strains of "The Silent , Itfight," sung by the mixed choir, ac- , (;«ompanied by four violins. ^ - As the last chords of the song are * J(ung the "High Mass" will begin. The musical program is as follows: Jtfass: "St. Peter's"--Gruber. Offertory: tional. - - - After Mass: Angela From tha r Realms of Glory. ^Tp|€«effiction: ~ Adoro Te Devote vj ;* Tantum Ergo. ' , Divine Praises^ 0 , '•X' ^ There will be two Low Masses imliiiediately following the 5 o'clock l^ass. Two others at 8 o'clock and ' ' . about 8:20 and the last High Mass at o'clock. The spirit of Christmas pervades ...Hie school at St. Mary's also. Each --^ classroom, besides having a Christmas •free, ornamented and glittering with tinsel and icicles, is becomingly decorated in accordance with the season. Monday, Dec. 21, a Christmas prom was given by the pupils of the t and second grades. A number <lf women attended. On© of the leadiBg features was the rhythm orchestra, quite a novelty for the children barrel of beer and a quantity of al cohol was taken by the officers. A large quantity of bottled beer. was seized at the Figlewicz place. State's Attorney Lumley said he was "all caught up" on men and women making complaints and asser* tions that the state's .attorney and the sheriff were afraid to raid this place or that place. He said that if any person had a complaint to register they could do so at his office by signing their name and action would be taken immediately. He said there was no place in the county receiving protection or any place that he or the sheriff was afraid to raid. The three defendants in the raid were given a hearing before Justice W. H. Battern Saturday and the case continued for one "week." All three men were released on their own bond. FIND BAR SAWED AT COUNTY JAIL Adeste Fidelis--Tradi- Proof that a heavy wire screen around the cell block on the second floor of the McHenry county jail to keep visitors from passing things to the prisoners is needed is evident from the fact that Sheriff Edinger found four saw blades bidden under a small table in one of the cells last week following the discovery that one of the bars in the window of the wash room of the cell block had been sawed into. , * Sheriff Edinger was on one of his weekly tours of infection of the jail When the discovery was made. Tuesday and Thursday are visiting days in, the jail and on each of these rightn following the, rush of visitors the sheriff makes a thorough investigation. News had been recsived of Jimmy Keller's attempt to saw his, way out of the marshal's lockup in Chicago after being taken there from the McHenry county jail and it was in the cell formerly occupied by Keller that the saw blades were found- :|S MUTUAL COMPANIES MEET AT CRYSTAL tdUtE The McHenry County Mutual Fire Insurance companies- held a meeting at Crystal Lake on Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Moose hall, at which time all the old officers were re-elected, being as follows: President--Jacob Ohlbrich, Harvard • Vice-president--Frank Thayer, Hc- ! bron. Secretary--Math N. Schmitt, McHenry. Visitors were present from Winnebago, Carroll, Stephenson and Lake counties. Representatives all reported a good gain in business with losses about normal. Those present from this section „ iiviiivj ivjri wit . were: J°hn A. Miller, Jos. J. Freund, On Tuesday, Dec. 22, a little party1 ^5?* ®* Tpnyan, Michael St. Mary's school put the finale to' »a"r> Anton Meyers and Math N. U»e Christmas celebration in the •fchool. A few games were played •Aid songs were sung, after which classes were dismissed for the holidays. Gifts were also exchanged jimong the children. Let us wish them a joyful vacation. •J. Methodist Church The season of worship was oponed Sunday with Christmas services at the McHenry M. E. church, where the special service wai also combined with Men's Sunday. A (hristmas "termor, was delivered by the pastor, Rey. W. "Bonham, and special number? appropriate tc the season were rendered by Hie choir, including a vocal solo, "The I*ast Chord," by Bob Peterson. The »embers of the choir have been most faithful during the past year and tbeir efforts are greatly appreciated by the congregation ir. general. T eir •music Sunday morning added much to tbe beauty and impressiveness of the , ';,i§rvice. • On Sunday evening the children of tie Sunday school put on their annual Christmas program with a packt4 l ouse on hand to enjoy the redtations and songs of th» little folks. - *tie program was mo*; interesting - - •I'd gave evidence oi much tiir.e and tfainir.fr spent by the tcichers in its preparation. ^ brightly lighted Christmas tree " ' #W*»d to the spirit of the o-vavon and, Schmitt., vV:C:;"'<vH!rHANK YOU! . iP&stmaster Albert Kfaiise and his clerks at the McHenry postoffice desire to express their appreciation to the patrons of the office for their kind co-operation in mailing parcels early and avoiding the last-minute rush. This year the work has been handled very nicely and much credit is due to the pubUc. They also wish tiie season's greetings. : DIES IN CALIFORNIA Word has been received here that Harry O. Oder, soij-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fay of McHenry, died suddenly from pneumonia while visiting his mother in Los Angeles, Cal. State Auditor Oscar E. Nelson went on trial at Woodstock Monday on a charge of misfeasance^ growing out >f the failure last June of the Waukegan State Bank. The case, which has ttracted state-wide attention, is based on the charge that Nelson permitted the bank to operate nine months after he knew it was insolvent, and being conducted in a fraudulent and illegal manner. Judge Edward Shurtleff. who is presiding, stated that there had been four banks closed in the past week and two suicides resulting from the closing of banks and that he demanded the case get under way at. once; that the people of the state have a right to know whether the state auditor has had anything to do with the closing of the banks. State's Attorney A. V. Smith of Lake county, from which county the case was brought here on a change of venue, was anxious to have the conspiracy indictment tried first. However, this case has been set for January 18 and Judgfc Shurtleff decided tjje misfeasance case be started Monday. Counsel for State Auditor NeJs6n consists of D. R. Joslyn, Sr., of Woodstock, and former Circuit Judge R. K. Welsh of Rockford. while State's Attorney A. V. Smith is being assisted by his first assistant, George Mc- Gaughey ff Waukegan, and V. S. Lumlejr and Russell Allen of Woodstock. ' Packed Cowtroow A packed courtroom greeted the opening of the trial, among the spectators beincr Frank Fowler, foreman of the Lake county jury, which returned the indictment against Nelson, the first state official called to the bar since the trial of former Governor Len Small. Work in selecting a jury progressed at a rapid pace when four jurors wore agreed on by both counsel shortly before noon. A. E. Weter, Alden farmer; Roland McCannon, Ringwood school teacher; Raymond Okeson. Hebron hardware merchant, and Val McCarthy, paint contractor of Harvari, were the four selected. The jury finally passed by the at torneys consists of P. B. Anderson, Percy E. Saunders. Ole Lee, Lester Fish and Luman Wilcox of- Woodstock; George Whipple and Val McCarthy of Harvard; A. E. Weter of Alden; Roy Oleson of Hebron: Roland McCannon of Ringwood, and Frank Lloyd of Grafton. The jury represents business men, farmers and one school teacher Fred C. Edgerton, chief examiner cf the Chicago bank'tig area, was the first witness to take the stand in the trial. Attorney Smith, In opening the prosecution, said the evidence would prove that Nelson conspired with orficials of the National Bank^ of the Republic, in Chicago, "to get out from under" the Waukegan bank. " Against the defense objections, the phrases "get out from under" and "conspiracy and frame-up" were allowed to stand in the record by Judge Shurtleff. The National Bank of the Republic, since the closing of the Waukegan bank last June, was merged with the Central Trust, making the Central Republic Bank & Trust company. The prosecution said it would prove Nelson's "interest in the conspiracy" was- 200 shares of stock he owned in the National Bank of the Republic. The state's story of the Waukegan bank closing was told by Attorney A. V. Smith, and the prosecution said it would prove that on Sept. 30, 1930, Auditor Nelson caused to be published a report giving the Waukegan bank'? assets as $342,000 more than they actually were and that the ^liabilities were understated $195,000. Again in March, 1931, he said the directors, with the knowledge and consent of Auditor Nelson, put fraudulent asse's of $500,000 on the bank's books. The "irfuit court room is jammed to the doors every day and the case is attracting much attention throughout the state. •> NOW, DON"! VADfiPT 1 McHenry will soon haye garage wi% one 'bow being 'built for Aiian Noohan, well-kno#n igarair* and repair man. . - . The building, which is now' undor construction, is located on Route.61 and adjoins the Broadway barbecue, which is a most desirable location foi a business of this kindy the heavy traffac during the summer season making- this thoroughfare a very busy one. J. W. RotHermel has the contract for the building, Which will probably be completed by the last of February, if favorable weather continues. The building will be 48 by 76 feet and is being constructed of cement blocks with a brick front . It will be supplied with all modem equipment, where service and satisfaction is sure to be foundr Mr. Noonafn will also operate a filling station, where high grade gas will be sold- a The owner of this new" building and business is well known in McHenry and vicinity, where he has been employed for many years in g arage work. He has gained much valuable experience in his line of work and is a capable mechanic and expert repair man, having a thorough knowledge of all kinds of cars. TAKEN PROM COLUMNS OF Otrs EXCHANGE*: , REID INTRODUCES WATERWAY BILL ROBBERS BREAK IN AT HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SAVINGS TAKEN FROM SAFE The McHenry Community high school1 was broken into and robbed some time Saturday night, the invasion being discovered the following morning by the janitor when_he went in to fix the fire. Entrance to the building was gained through a basement window and two doors were broken open before the office and safe were reached. Toe C. 0. OF A. HOLD > XMAS PARTY MUCH CHARITY WORK IS BEING DONE Christmas carols echo in many a merry party as the season's round of holiday festivities gathers momentum and the days swiftly glide away, bringing the anticipated day nearer. . The Yuletide spirit reigned in the spacious K. C. hall Monday evening wtffere the Catholic Daughters of America entertained about 150 children at their annual Christmas chili dren's party, with a record-breaking robbery wu evidently done by persons crowd pregent and m ts stand experienced in this work aa the com- jBjr> ^ annuaJ charity^ event is bination on the safe was ^ly iooked forward ^ by many children broken off probably by means of a chisel and sledge hammer, after which the heavy bolt in the lock was driven through two large steel doors and entrance to the safe was gained without a sign of a scratch or extra mark being put' on the surface by uncertain workmanship. About fifty dollars and planned for by the members the Daughters of America for many months and never fails to go over big in every respect. A welcome was extended to everyone present by the Grand Regent, Mrs. A. E. Nye, after which an appropriate program was given by the was taken by the robbers who, it '3, children directed by Miss Mary Good thought probably belong to a gang fe]jow _ . which has been working through high. qj^ santa was present in person schools in this district for some time, faiK{ su<?h a wonderful old fellow as he other cases similar td this one having i was> sayjnjj just the right thing at been reported. ... . ! the right time and acting very nat- The money in the safe belonged to jn<jeed. The beautiful Christmas the various classes and associations or. ^ree for everyone with each the high school and represented child receiving a gift and a package proceeds earned by the students in f ciothinff in addition to a box of selling candy and by other means caiK}y nuts. Congressman Frank R. Reid of Aurora introduced a bill in the house last Friday to aid navigation and commerce in the Fox River valley in northern Illinois. It was drawn or> the theory that the Fox can be used as a feeder for the lakes to the gulf waterway by the storing of sufficient water during rainy seasons in the chain of lakes at the head of the Fox to maintain a flow of 1,500 feet per -econd. , Technically .the bill contains jthe same authorization given the secretary of war by the bill that "built" the Panama canal. "For the purpose of aiding navigation and commerce on the Illinois. Mississippi and Fox rivers," the bill reads, vthe secretary of war, through the chief of engineers, is hereby authorized and directed to improve th>? Fox river in Illinois and Wisconsin, the chain of lakes drained thereby: namely, Lakes Pewaukee, Wind, Brown, Como, Geneva, Powers, Silver, Camp, and Twin in Wisconsin and Lakes Channel, Marie, Grass. Fox, Nippersink, Pistakee, Long, Mc- Collum, Slocum, Bangs, Crystal and Zurich in Illinois, and the drainage basin through which the said Fox river flows, so as to hold sufficient water in storage to provide a continuous stream flow of not less than 1,500 feet per second and a six foot channel from the outlet of said lakes and drainage basin to the navigable channel in the Illinois river at Ottawa, 111." Bandits Sunday entered the Roxanna cafe at Twin Lakes, Wis., bound and gagged three persons, and escaped with $50 and cigars and cigarettes. They cut telephone wires, turn- " ed out the- lights, and locked the victims in the place as they left. • Duk? Pfeterson, proprietor, managed *o_ break loose and liberate Anna Banks, waitress, find Louis Leu, chef. Mrs. Ed. Gluth of Woodstock and- Ceasar K-adow 0f Huntley had a col- , lision on Sunday evening, of last week about 10:30 o'clock on the road near the George Hess farm, about six miles south of Woodstock Both cars were 5 badly wrecked- Kadow was driving . alone and was uninjured. With Mrs.^h Gluth were Mr. Gluth and their son. Prosident Alford, of the Izaak Walton chapter at Crystal" Lake? announced that Harry Herendeen, : owner of a firie farm near Crystal j Lake, has agreed to the plan of the Chapter to stock a stream on his"fany- ;• .with trout. The Chapter will secure - ' A shipment, of trout from the state -- ^ hatchery at Spring Grove in the "-^"^4. spring and the stream will be stocked _ ^ and screened. This will form a greats fishing place for members of. the v-^ Chapter and much enthusiast is •, being shown in the plan. ^ • With the addition to the south'of" v » ' j the court house, at Woodstock which* ; will be used by the ountv treasurer, ^^ the board of supervisors on Dec. 14 . r I allowed the claim of Stephen H. Freund, contractor, for $3,000. The,' I new room will be ready for occupancy Sarta Claua arrived in time to distribute the gifts and to bring a t.6x ®f candy and nuts to each child. Zion Evangelical Christmas services at the Zion Evangelical church of this city will be observed at 7:30 o'clock Christmas night, Dec. 25, with appropriate music and a sermon in keeping with the Yuletide season by the pastor, Rev. Herman P. Meyer, of Woodstock. There will be a short program by the children with a Christmas tree adding to the spirit of peace and goodwill. LONGBOY SAYS THAT On account of the depression, impression or repression he has taken minute observation of his finances and finds his pecuniary embarressment i be such that all he can give for this Christmas is that Mystic distress greeting "Ship Ahoy." . NAMES DRAWN ON JURY Names of McHenry men drawn for the January petit jury dt Woodstock Monday were: Nick Barbian, Clarence Niesen, Simon Mschels, Ed Stoffel, Frank Weingart and Peter Wirfs. which they were saving for some definite plan or purpose The charity work of this society is well under way, with clothing already The athletic association of the high. having been given to several families school was among the losers as were an<j other needs taken care of. The Daughters of America are also planning to give out a greater number of Christmas baskets than eve also the two cooking classes who by the sale of popcorn and candy had been accumulating money to prepare Christmas baskets for the poor this i before and they will be generously year. | filled with a supply of good things for The robbery was reported to the j Christmas dinner- The society is' sheriff at Woodstock, but no clues ever ready to assist the needy in any have been found. v way possible and many hearts were made happy Monday evening and ey?s INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT sparkled as tiny hands grasped gifts Miss Elsie Vycital, who teaches dear to every childish heart which ^--school at Fox River Grove, met with were made possible through th#\gen- ~ a serious accident last Thursday as t erous spirit of the Daughters of she was returning home from school.; America. More charity work is beinsj It was quite dark and Miss Vycital | done this year than ever before and drove onto a lumber wagon which had | the committees are working faithfulno lights, seeing it just quickly ly to see that eveyyone is cared for. enough to swerve to one side, side Surely such work as this is to be coim- "This improvement," said Congressman Reid, "will help solfe a problem that has long vexed the authorities, as under the decision of the Supreme court the diversion of water from Lake Michigan will be so limited that navigation on the Illinois river will be endangered- "Without regard to the aid that this improvement would afford to the great lakes to the gulf waterway, it is justified for the reason that sufficient commerce would be almost immediately forthcoming, because th? Fox river traverses one of the greatest industrial and farming districts ir the country, which is much in ncl of waterway transportation. Tn 19!^ the value of products manufactured in the Fox river valley was nearly two hundred million dollars. Farm and dairy products produced in the valley amounted to many millions more. "In addition to this, the Fox river is within easy reach of millions of people who use it as a recreation center, and even in the condition that it is at present the river is used extensively by motor boats ani small craft" Jan. 1. The board vdiced approval of the purchase of steel furniture an<L .. { filing cabinets for the treasurer's office to be installed at a cost in excess^;!'- of $900. County Treasurer Peteit is *Y" to pay for the cabinets out of earn- 1 ^ ^ ings of his office. • -, , -. Two highway bandits, who pretended distress to get aid from motorist', , early Monday morning, held up and robbed Edward Vos, one of the officials of the Antioch Lumber company, f ; • ; taking $46 in currency and a new Buick sedan that had been driven but? 800 miles. Vos thought they were; Antioch residents and stopped to give C 'J; them a lift. The couple was forced , J", 1 y; out of the car after Vos had giv-?n: up $40 and his wife $6. They did not ---• * jy»'--^ take a 510 tfold piece in Vos' p&cfcet , ri as they thought it change. - . Five members of the Alver ^ielson j /, /J'- family, of Gray lake had a miraculous '3^. J" escape from death Saturday evening <' : of last week, when their car wa* ^ 3 struck by the fast 9 o'clock train on J rV the Soo Line; The signal lights at the > » track crossing on Center street were flashing, but Mr. Nelson believed they ^ swiping the wagon, tearing off a wheel and completely wrecking her car. She received two cracked ribs in addition to other bruises, but the driver of the wagon was not hurt. Dan O'Shea of Lake Geneva spent the last of the ifeek with friends here. • - * • " " \fv; *v ' ' -JL-- ~ • mended and many hearts fill with gratitude as the kind deeds of t)ie society continue. NOTICE Karis' Cafe on Riverside Drhra wttl be closed on .Christmas Day between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock. 30-fp NOW FIRST LIEUTENANT Floyd E. Covalt, Jr., of St. John's Military Academy, was aersin horored when at the annual pre-holiday banquet, held at the academy on Dec. 15, he was promoted to the rank ^ first lieutenant of Co. A. He also received an engraved gold football, merited by his work on the first team. Lieut. Covalt is home for the holidays, but will return to the academy on Jan- JL BIRTHS « lft*. and Mrs. Al WolT of CMcago are parents of a daughter, born Saturday, Dec. 19. Mrs. Woll was formerly Miss Genevieve Carey of'McHenry. J Mrs. Bernard Baur are the parents of a danghter, tins Mondav "Dec: 21. N,./ •a,?# v were caused by a side-tracked freight, "v ^ and started across just ahead of th'* , * "s* south bound train, which struck the . .. - back end of the Nelson car. Th? * ^ machine was thrown clear of the tracks and struck the wig-wag post. Mrs. Nelson and daughter, Shirley. " * were cut by broken glass, and #ere treated by a local physician. / After laying imbedded in the heart of a tree for the past sixty years a two-tine<f fork used to make hay on farm land which is now the village cf Libertyville was found Tuesday by two workmen felling a tree at the , Mrs. L. B. Hanby home, Libertyville. ', The steel in the implement is still good giving proof of the fine workmanship with which many of the old J fashioned implements were wrought. Inquiry revealed that John Gleason, * i " descendants of whom still live in Libertyvi^le, \ owned the property - where the tree\grew at one time when that part of Libertyville, was still farm land. It is believed that he planted the tree and probably at some later date left the fork resting in a crotch of the tree which finally enveloped and held the implement during the long remaining years. Little Annabelle Rigby. 7-yeax-oid daughter of Mr and Mm Ben Rigoy, of Crystal Lake was drowned about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon wh-n she broke through a weak spot in the ice on a small lagoon near the entrance to the Country club grounds. Efforts to revive her orcved futile. Annabelle, together with small Billy Burke, had alighted from the bus a* the Country club gates, this bus bringing" children home from school. Instead of going direct to their homes however, they decided to try a little "sliding on the ice on the lagoon- Children-like they did not i stop to realize the ice was unsafe. A physician stated the body must have been under the water at least* 20 minutes and together with a r*» suscitation squad from the Public Service company, worked on the body for about two and one half hours to store breathing, *11 to no avaiL •m WP-' s