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) ' "'v" *V -i**, -f,'^ . :'-W • ~ - -- -» ••• -i •• ^ .. wt#<+**•*-**• /a ,«, J&. ^0^:- v „• •' J ~-#v* /t *$• ,#V* * IfeSi.* * * - •* *fv "*> "'."Af.. '.1 • "•& f?l,. ji.f ^Volume 57 'HEKRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY!!, 1932 HO. 37 BOY SCOUTS - CELEBRATING PRE-LENTEN WEDDING AT ST. MARY'S TUESDAY <>£• . .. ORGANIZATION IS NOW 22 YEARS OLD Local Boy Scouts are joining in a . li^tfcto-wide' celebration this' -week ^ •. T;'^'-""in observance of the twenty-second anniversary of the founding of th A pre-lenten wedding took place at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning; when Miss Rosina Kloeckner, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Joe Kloeckner, became the bride of Mr. Henry Wohleri of Woodstock, They were attended by William Wolf and Alice Hergott, both friends of the bridal couple. The bride wore a becoming dress of green silk, trimmed silver With '|;4 organization, Scouts of. black slippers and lace hose. Her hat { individual troops adopting those besfe( etching head band and carried pink Jy**,V'»*. */; suited to its own conditions. .. j sweet peas. ' * i * V::' One of these suggestions which the j *rhe bridegroom has been employed McHenry troop is carrying out is the carpenter work in Woodstock and wearing of scout uniforms during the previous to that he was employed by week and boy scouts may be readily ^ picked out for that reason. yBoy Scoflt week is also an ideal time * for rallies, demonstrations, and *xhibits and this also was put on by the McHenry boys at their meeting Monday night. Parents and the public «n ? general were givenan invitation to at- C tend this meeting and a special pror gram was planned for their entertainment. The meeting opened at the. high school gym with the , playing of Jfo L. V. Adams at the McHenry laundry. Mr. and Mrs. Wohlert will reside on a farm near Huntley. , COUNTY CANDIDATES FILE PETITIONS Entry lists for th^April 12 primary'election opened on Saturday, Feb. 6, and petitions for state offices will be received by William J- Strat- , . ton and for county offices by County assembly by the bugler after which Clerk R> D< WoodSi ^ listg clcse the lights were turned out and the on February 22. Scouts entered with flickering flash- Because the names of candidates for lights marching completely around gtate offices rotate on the ballot and . the gym coming to attention on the therefore advantages accrue from east side of the floor. In the meantime ear]y filing, the complete entry list of a flag had been placed in the center both major parties probably will "iot of the floor and when the lights were become known until toward the closturned on the audience stood while date the pledge of allegiance was given, It is '^ffere^ ^th county offices and the call to colors was blown, by an<j county Clerk Woods announced the buglers. The scout oath and laws, tliat preference would be made to >> Were repeated after which several titions 5n the mail gaturday morn. selections were played by the scout in? The petitions will be recorded band- This band is composed of about as received in the mail and then as y eight members and is one of the latest tbey are in pers0n. improvements added to the local troop. | offices for which candidates will be Following the music- stunts were nominated are: United States sena put on by each patrol, then the Paul governor, lieutenant-governor, Revere relay took place followed by secretary of state, state auditor, state the tug-o-war. First aid was demon- treasurer, attorney-general* clefk of strated in the fireman s carry and the Illinois Supreme court, congressartificial respiration after which a men> state senators from even numthree group relay joined in a race in . bered districts, and three representabandaging. Then there was the ante- tives from each leeislative districtlope relay, the horse and rider and the! The primary will serve as an elecbasketball relay. tion for delegates and alternates to The meeting was concluded with Republican and Democratic namusic by the band and the Great tional convention, as well as for senary Scoutmaster's benedictionjand dismis- ^ torial, state and ward committeemen. . ' | At present the only contest for local troop is composed of about ^unty offices at the April primaries thirty scouts and ranks as one of the anp^ars to be for coroner. J. C. three best troops in the county. It has pierce 0f Woodstock and the prese.it more Eagle Scouts than any of the coroner> E. H. Cook of Huntley, have other troops with three members who filed in the Republican party and Lohave attained this highest rank in tis Warner and Charles R. LaPlart scouting, being M. L. Schoenholtz, for the Democrats. V. S. Lumley has Harold Vycital an4 Tony Wirtz- Many filed for state's attorney and Will T. awards of merit badges have been Conn for cireu{t cierk. made and the troop also contains sev- (. eral Star and Life Scouts. f Under the leadership of M. L. Schoenholtz who is assisted by Orv&l Granger,Tony Wirtz, Charles Vycital and Howard Ensign, much interest has been revived and the trt>op now holds an interesting and profitable meeting* every week and spends a KILLED INSTANTLY IN AUTO CRASH JOHN F. KNOX VICTIM Tragedy stalked in the paths of pleasure and the hearts of relatives and friends were saddened and shocked when the sudden death of Mrs. John F. Knox resulted from, an automobile accident while she was motoring in Wisconsin about 11:30 o'clock last Thursday niarht. According to the details, as related by survivors of the accident, Mr. and Mrs. Knox and Lester Page left McHenry between 5:30 and 6 o'clock in the latter's car on a trip through Wisconsin. with Lake Poygan as their destination. It was here that William Spencer, * owner of the McHenry flour mill, and father-in-law of Mr. Page, was spending a few days fishing and he had invited the others t«* join him for a day, making an appointment to meet them at Berlin, Wis., Thursday evening at o'clock. The party arrived at Berlin about 10 o'clock, where they met Mr. Spencer and had supper, leaving in a little over an, hour to complete the trip to Lake Poygan, where they were to spend the night.. • Mr. Knox states that .he and Mrs. Knox changed from the Pag&car to Spencer's Buick, Mr- Knox driving and Mr. Spencer seated in the back ^at, while Mr. Page started out alon? arift^ahead of the other car on the TOPNOTCHERS mericfe AiAtlONAt COMMISSION , of BOY SCOUTS o/.AMe^iCA CWAiGMAN of fte boap.0 of HONOR. BEARD with, hjs SONS of WHIEIM0M dnA of.W woodcrafts dhd. out-afdootf <poufi? fad much to do witA. fhe onfitiijinqof b tie BOlXm of AMt£ICA in. I9IO Cewr^WW.KIU CARETAKER STOCK BIG DAIRY AND POULTRY MEETING Monday night Feb. 15, at 8:15 there will be a program at the Knights of Columbus hall at McHenry that will be of intense interest to everyone in this community. Professor J. A. McLeans-head of the Live Stock Service Department «f The Quaker Oats Company, also head of the Monona Live Stock Experimental Farm, owned and operated ]by that company at Madison, W;3-, will address those present. Professor McLean has been known to the live Stock industry of the United States and Canada for a great many years, and hig address will be one of importance to this community,' particularly at the present time when, there ip a real problem to contend with in dairy products. Doetor O, B. Kent, a man already known to many in this community be- WEEKLY EXCHANGE TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Despondent, presumably becaiM# her husband liad been tiftaMe to find employment, Mrs. William Bensely, ff Diamond Lake, Wednesday of last ;;i| week tried to drink poison. The glaaa of chemical spilled across her faa^ and seared the mouth, but a physician ^,0 f<fom LibertyvilSe, -stated - that in hi* Q opinion she would suffer no ill etfec&r Will Keddell, who was well knows* ' and had many friends and acquaint- - " ances in and around Grayalake and ^ • -I Round Lake, passed away early Frl^ . v ?^ day morning, Jan. 29, at his home Ite . V?1 _ , , Grand View Gardens subdivision, te cause of his activities at the Quaker Kenosha. He had been ill with pne*. Oats Company s large experimental: ^onia but a few days, and news of hia - death came as a shock to relatives arid friends. Charles Kick, 15, Libertyvitte hifgSt school student** lost the tip of till farm for poultry at Libertyville,Illi «ois, will also be on the^program. Dr. Kent's remarks wiU-'oe timely and well worth hearing, Wmiing as they Co HOME BUREAU HOLDS ITS WINTER PICNIC The Ringwood unit of the, Home' Bureau was well represented at the short trip remaining to reach their I winter picnic held at Woodstock last destination. I Friday and ranked second in the num- The fatal accident occurred be-jber of members and guests in attentween Berlin and Poy Sippi on a gap!dance. The Chemung" unit came in in the pavement, where the graveled j first with fifty registered under its road made a curve and as the Buick i name and the members were awarded made the grade onto a bridge pver a j the box of candy which was given as culvert it skidded and swerved in^o i a prize. The members of the Ringwood the railing of the bridge on the right, j unit put on a stunt entitled "The Fake at once careening across the highway, crashing through the railing on the opposite side and heading "down the steep embankment into the ditch. The right front door of the car was thrown open by the force of the ac- Show," and five other units also put on stunts. There were 172 who registered at the picnic, which was one of the largest and best in the history of the Home Bureaij. After the stunts Miss CANNOT EXPLAIN HIS ^ CONDITION cident and Mrs. Knox was thrown; Clara Greaves had charge of the partly into the opening with her head i pames and Mrs. Ralph Walkup led the caueht in the opening as the door flew community singing. back, closing upon'her. causing In- Those who registered under the stant death as the result of a basal j Ringwood unit were; Mrs. Elbert fracture. j Thomas, Everettt Thomas, Mrs.- Fred Mr. Spencer was thrown headfirst j Eppel, Mrs. Joe McCannon, Mrs. over the front Seat, striking against j Carles Peet, Mrs. B. M- Walkthe front of the car and was uncon-1 inKton, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton scious for about two hours. Mr. j Martin, Mrs. C. J. J^pson, Mrs. Ray right at the beginnTTf^ ^ of anothtr' middle finger of his left hand in an •hick season. Doctor Kent is one of accident in the manual training room the country's outstanding poultry j of the school Friday morning of last husbandry, and his address will be of week. The youth, is a sophomore at especial interest to everyone in this school, was sawing some nariw community. j strips of board on a circular saw at Three reels of motion pictures Willi the time of the accident, according, to be sshown featuring the manufacturing high school authorities. of Quaker feeds at Cedar Rapid?,! Marie -Willis, fifteen year old Iowa, the operation of the experiment Round Lake girl, and a party «f severfarm at Madison and th6 Full-O-Pep j al other boys and girls had a nar^r* Poultry farm at Libertyville. I escape from drowning last week Sua* There is an unfortunate condition day when the ice on Round Lake existing at the present time in the | suddenly broke down while they wera dairy industry, a part of which ruralj skating. Miss Willis and Virgil Lewin, communities are responsible for them-) of Wadsworth were thrown into the selves- One of the remedies is that' icy water, but fortunately they we>ra substitutes for butter should not be able to stand up without the wattHT ;i)sed by dairymen. Money is being i reaching over their heads. Knox was not injured and remained in his seat back of the wheel- Mr. Page, who had gone on, did not soe the accident, but slowed up to wait for Peters, Mrs- Viola Low. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winn, B. F. Winn. Annabel Smith, Mrs. W. A. Dodge, Mrs. L. CRenwell, Mr. and Mrs. C. L- Harrison, SUPPER SERVED BY MEN IS A HUGE SUCCESS A committee of about ten men served a supper at the M. E. church Saturday night, which was a big success in every way. The men did all the work, even to arranging the ta- „ , bles, which were attractive with a night occasionally at the boy scout ^ centerpiece of flowers on each table, camp at Sherman h'lL • ^ These flowers were donated by M- W. Some of the earliest scouts in this Crouch ^ the McHenry Floral Comvicinity will, remember when the first pany troop was organized under _Elmer ( ^ meB wwe wh}te ^ ^ Tlvans with some of the scou«..as-crs aprons and did things up in style, who l»ave seiTe. at different times serving generously of the delicious being Gordon Stinger, Elmer Koerner, meaj Mr. Lucas, Bob Weber and F. E. Co- Over $50 was cleared from the sup. per and this was turned over to the Howard Ensign as assistants. church board to meet expenses. The Scouting was brought to America patronage of the public was greatly from England twenty-two years ago apprecjated and the church board also by a Chicago publisher, William D. apppeciate8 the work of th« men in Boyce and on February 8, 1910 was their behalf. incorporated in Washington D. C., being one of three organizations chartered by Congress, the American Legion, the Red Cross and the Boy "Scouts. HOOKS A BIG UN. Ambrose Schaefer rushed into this office Wednesday evening all out of xt breath and happy as a two-yer.r-old. After the war, about 1924, McHenry And he had reason to be so because county was granted a charter and be- he jllst returned from fishing on Mecam? known as McHenry County Cunom's.iake and had with him a Council of the Boy Scouts of America, picker^ that sure was a beauty. Now Ralph Tastad became the executive Ambrose likes to fish and has been for the county and the Scout camp pretty lucky at it_hut was established at Pleasant Lake, Wis. cauffht one in this the rest of the party and when they i Mrs Ed. Peet, Mrs. Hiley Thomas, did not appear he turned around and, ftfrs Georgia Harrison. went back in search of them, finding them after the accident had occurrel The body of the dead woman was taken to an undertaker in Berlin, where Peter M. Justen of West McHenry was called to go to Berlin, returning with the body on Friday afternoon. Mr. Spencer was taken on to Lake Poygan and given first aid and found to be cut and bruised, after which the return trip to McHenry was made by the three men, reaching their homes here about 7 o'clock Friday morning. The Buick car was badly damaged, with a door broken and fenders crushed.. SUCCESSFUL DEALER Walter C. Baird, merchandise manager, H. G. McVey, advertising representative, and E- H. Satorius, district manager, officials of the Wear-U-Woll Shoe Co., spent Thursday and Friday with B. Popp and family. Mr. Popp is the local Wear-U-Well merchant. The company officials assisted Mr. Popp in making general price reductions affecting thousands of dollars worth of footwear. A sale to be announced in this paper, will be stager this month. Mr- Popp enjoys the distinction of being one of the most sue John Stock, caretaker for the Allen summer home, "Shore Acre," and other cottages along the Fox River at Orchard Beach, was the victim- of a, mysterious accident Tuesday evening and his unconscious body was found about 11:45 o'clock. Stock has been in the employ of Mr. Allen for several years and is quite well known In this vicinity and along the river- He is no relation of John Stock, who resides on Pearl street , He was found by Leo Stilling, who was returning home from bowling about 11:45 p. m. Tuesday night. The unconscious form was lying in- the roadway about six feet from the east side of the highway near the barn just across, from the Jos. J. Frett home As he did not respond to efforts to revive him the police were notified and he was taken to a doctor's office where it was advised that he be taken at once to the Woodstock hospital- This wap accomplished by Leo Stilling, Marshal Jack Walsh, Earl Monear and D. I. Granger, who stayed with him at the hospital until about 2:30 a. m., but he showed no signs of retiirning consciousness, despite the efforts of a physician. His injuries were a gash and a large swelling on the back of his head. He regained consciousness on Wednesday morning, but his mind did not seem to b» clear enough so that he could enlighten authorities as to the cause of his condition. The case is being investigated by the, Mrs. Knox was well known in this: ccssfai Wcar U WclI dealers in the vicinity, having spent her entire 1 system, which supplies shoes"to 4,500 time here, where she was popular independent stores. aommnonnigv Vhieorv mmaonnyv ffrriiAenn/dles aornudl acquaintances. . Bom in McHenry on November 15, 1899, Eva Laures attended our schools GREEN STREET SALES Green Street is represented in the advertising columns this week by and grew to womanhood, being ma"- j three special sales, being a February ried to John F- Knox on June T9. 1916, by Father Berthold at St. Mary's church, McHenry . To this union two children were born, Lorraine and Gordon. Beloved by her family, her death came as a great shock to all who knew her and her children, husband and mother are grief-stricken as they Clearance at Ray McGee's, a Mid-winter Bargain Sale at Vycital's and a t'tfo-day special drug sale at Bolger's for Friday and Saturday. The two first mentioned sales will continue for ten days, Feb. 12 to 20. Most people seem to fail to realize ju^thow much the prices <Hi merchandise have dropped, but if they will mourn the passing of their dear one, |rt.ad these ads this week and do a who in the fullness of beautiful young mt]e comparing) the result will be It was hoked in the body and help was needed before it could be landed and then tail first. It put up a beautiful ftght and weighed eight pounds. The more recent history of scouting in the county is familiar to all, including the consolidation with Beloit area and the appointment of Earl R. Rice as the Scout excutive- . During the week many radio pro-J MILK MEN ENTERTAIN grams_ featuring talks by noted men Thg business men of Ringwood were are being given for more than 900,000 jnvited ^ attend lRe monthiy scouts and scouters who have pledged meetin|? of Rinfrwood LoCal> ^ Milk themselves to the scout oath and law association on last Monday evening. and have received through the scout Interestin t?lks were piven by three program the training that helps them rep^nta^ of the Central office, to qualify for citranslup and leader- After the meetinR an oyster stew was Scouting has' never had a more enthusiastic supporter than Clarence H. " ..." ~ Howard, womanhood was taken from them when she was most needed in the rearhe never I ing of her children and in her home manner before, life. vice-president of the Boy Scouts of America and president of couraging. Now, as * never "before, the St. Louis council, who passed away youth in the midst of a situation th^t on Dec.6. He was interested in the strains the capacity of adults needs Boy Scout movement since its incep- the stabilizing influence of a program tion and was one of its first support- for leisure time activities, ers. j It is significant that the anniver Frank Presbrey has recently been sary of the Boy Scouts of America •elected vice-president of the Boy comes in February as does the birth- "Scouts to fill the vacancy caused by day of Washington for the Scout oath the death of Mr. Howard and he is one and law were designed to develop th.it •of the charter members of the Boy kind of character that made Wash- Scouts of America and from the very ington a great citizen as well as a -start he has served as a member of great man. the executive board- | The effectiveness of anyone's ser- Scouting is a worth while program vice as well as hi§ success in life is for the youth and under strong leader- based very definitely upon his bein? .ship develops . worthy citizens for our physically strong, mentally awake and great democracy. While it is true that morally straight. Our advancement in the present depression has in some life depends upon our usefulness. This instances caused the slowing up of Scout activities yet throughout the field general conditions are most en- America of tomorrow. is a lessoc being learned by the Boy Scouts of to-day who represent the She was a member of Court Joyce Kilmer, Catholic Daughters of America, and of the Mothers club, where she was an earnest member and Worker. . I She is survived by her husband, two children her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth, Laures, one brother, Mat, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Weingart and Mrs. Rose Landgren, all of McHenry, and Mrs. Howard Christensen of Rich, mond- Funeral services were held Monday morning, Feb. 8, 1932, at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church, with burial in St. Mary's cemetery. The many beautiful floral offerings gave evidence of the love of her many friends. ' "The parting was painful, N But God knows it besfej^. Her soul went to Heav^ ; K And her body to rest. - What is home without a mother"? AH the things the world may send. For when we lost our mother, We lost our dearest friend. And those) dear hands that rest forever, Were the hands that made our home- We miss you here, we miss you there, Oh, mother, we miss you everywhere. May her soul rest in peace." that they will stock up on their needs now. PUBLIC CARD PART* The Women's Auxiliary to the American Legion will hold a public card party at the Legion hall, McHenry, Monday afternoon, Feb. 22. Admission 25 cents. 037-2-fp NOTICE Until farther notice all wee Beauty Shop. 37-fp ""A - • v - RESOLUTION WHEREAS, By reason of prevailing business conditions locally, nationally and internationally, all business has been affected unfavorably, and Whereas, the, McHenry County Federation of Banks has felt it necessary to stabilize business conditions by adopting certain rules respecting the handling of deposits in the banks of and Whereas we have unbounded faith and confidence in the banks of McHenry county, which have always stood ready and willing to aid this association and every member of same to the greatest possible degree, Therefore be it RESOLVED, that we the McHenry Local of the Pure Milk Association assembled here in. regular meeting February 4, 1932, heartily commend and approve the action taken by the McHenry County Bankers Federation in the adoption of said rules at its meeting February 1, 1932, and propose to lend said action our ^utmost support- McHENRY LOCAL of the Pure Milk' Association. . Nels Pearson, President. ,1 Lester Sherman, Secretary. GERMAN PLAYERS TO PRESENT PASSION PLAT The Miller Theatre, Woodstock, announces the securing of the Passion Play for that theatre for one matinoo and one night, Friday, Feb. 19. This consists of a company of twenty-five players. These players are German but the play is put on in English. GRADUATES FROM COYNE Walter Brefeld^graduated from the Coyne Electrical school, Chicago, last Friday following a 3"^-months course. He had an average of 86%. The young man is continuing for two more weeks devoting one to refrigeration and another t? radio. . , FARM BUREAU ELECTS Kenneth Cristy of Ringwood was elected vice-president of the county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting and election of officers in the Miller Theater, Woodstock, Tuesday. Wil liam Whiting of McHenry was elected as a board member iot the coming year. ANOTHER FACULTY GAME The McHenry faculty will hook up with Woodstock faculty next Tuesday evening in a basketball game at the high school. There will also be a cou. pie of good preliminaries. ANNOUNCEMENT v The undersigned announces that he is a candidate for highway commissioner of McHenry township, having had 25 years of experience in highway work. Your vote at the township election on Tuesday, April 5, 1932, will be appreciated. 37-fp-tf LOUIS SCHROEDER. Our Invitation I'u visit the Empire Theatre, McHenry * 'he; Plaindealen jnvites as its guests H. Watson, Route 2, McHenry, and >ne guest, to witness the big double feature, "Sooky" and "Flying High," at the Empire Theatre, McHenry, Saturday or Sunday evening. Praseut this'clipping for admission.,, spent for those substitutes, forcing onto the market an ever increasing supply of butter, and since that market is governed absolutely by supply and demand, it would seem that a good many of our rural districts are contributors to a situation that lies within their power to correct; at least, to a certain extent. There is a great deal of educational work being done by health authorities, dairy leagues of different kinds, and • borhood of $1000, The Charles Foley house located at what is known as Foley's Cornets about a mile south of Richmond and occupied by Ed. Gordon as a residence and roadhouse, burned to the ground Monday morning of last week. llr. Foley states that his loss on the building was about $1800 which was partially covered by insurance while Mr. Gordon's loss of household effects, e.tc„ is estimated to be in the neigSother educational agencies, both through the press and by radio, attempting to educate people to use more milk and more butter; for instance, if every man, woman, and A fire broke out in the work shop and garage on the F- E. Thayer farm four miles south of Hebron, Wednesday afternoon of last week. It ia thought the fire started from the child in the country were to consume stove in the work shop and the buildone extra ounce of milk per day, it > ings were burned to the grouai. would require 250,000 30-pound cows Several hundred dollars worth of to produce that amount of milk. The j tools were destroyed and the top w»s fact remains, however, that we would not need the additional cows, but the market at the present time for an additional 7,500,000 pounds of milk daily, which represents the one ounce per person increased consumption would remove all dairy difficulties. An industry that is as, vital to this community as the dairy industry is and one that has as much bearing on our existence and prosperity as the poultry business does should be supported. It is the hope of the management of the McHenry Co. Farmers Co-op. Assn., that every dairyman and poultryman in this locality will be present at this meeting and avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing Dr. Kent and Dr McLcan, two of the foremost authorities on their particular profession in the. United States. AMONG THE SICK N. J. Nye has been confined home by illness for several burned off the automobile before it could be gotten out of the garage. Hie buildings were insured. Injured in an automobile accident while returning to Elgin to at^ead business college last Monday morning, Kenneth Seelye was later taken to the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Seelye, of Harvard- The young man was driving a Ford car when a huge owl flew through the side curtains,, shedding a cloud of feathers which blinded the driver. "Oie car struck a culvert, throwing him and the bird through the roof. The car was demolished. -s# LONG BOY SAYS THAT There is power in the press. Sometime ago he ridiculed an old tree at the corner of Green and Elm streets --which had a habit of dropping limbs at him when passing by. But one day last week John Unti came, down the street with a big rope an3 j same size saw and started to do things. He tied the rope to a tree to the west and started to saw on ths west side of the old tree. Advice was plentyful and he was finally induced to cut a little on the east side of the tree. After a couple of hours work the sawing part was near done--but Mr. Tree would not budge. Along came Officer Jack Walsh who gave a ! mighty pull on the rope, but no ball • game- Then three of them took hold I of the rope. Well, we claim that the tree saw that flashy coat with bright Mrs. to her weeks. Mrs. Gerald Carey is recovering from an illness. John Kelter was confined to his home on Main street the first of the week by illness. Joe May, who had his leg removed at the Woodstock hospital last week, is recovering nicely. Miss Mary Goodfellow refurned to her school duties Monday after an absence on account of illness. Mrs. Peter J. Schaefer had her ton- Shiney brass, buttons that Jack wears sils removed in McHenry on Monday. • and fej] for it---yea, and dam near She is recovering nicely. 'oti it. Mrs. Ellen Ensign is again able to, be out, after being confined to the MID-WINTER BARGAINS house for'several days with a cold, j jg},n Vycital announces a mitf* Miss Mary Bolger is unable to at- Winter bargain sale, beginning Friday tend to her school duties, being quite pe^ ^ and ends Saturday night. F jIk ill with the flu and under the care of a nurse. Although the weather has been most moderate and pleasant for this season of the year, there is consider- 20. His ad appears Read it. in this issua. MERRITT S. READING / - _ , « « » . • Merritt S. Reading was born :n Me. able sickness in this vicinity and flu ^ Henry county, Sept. 20. 1868, and pa**- seems to be prevalent- ed away at his home in California* John Bolger of Woodstock, father Jan 30j 1932 effects of of Thomas P. Bolger of McHenry, has auto accident which (Occurred Dec. been ill for the past four weeks and 193^ The surviving relatives are >*£s is. suffering from heart trouble and • gister Mrs_ Loretta Sully of Rockcomplications from which he is not j ford ? and two nieces and nephews* improving. . pred T. Sully and Mrs. Stella Sully- -According to reports Sylvester Mc-j Martinson of Roekford. and Arthur Gee, well known Hartland farmer, p^er and Grace Fisher English 0i with relatives in McHenfy, who is a yw patient at the Harvard hospital, is improving; He has been receiving treatirient for lung and kidney ailments and has been much improved by his eight weeks' stay at the hospital. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FOR POSTMASTER The United States Civil Service Commission announces a competitive examination for postmaster at West McHenry, 111. Apply at the West Mc- LENT HAS STARTED Henry postoffice or to the U. S- Civil The 'Leaten season op Service Commission, Washington, D. %'t>dnesday.,Feb. 10. and churches C., for application forms, showing the this vicinity wil! observe special set- . places of examination and containing vices during the forty day Lenten other definite - inf0nnati<m. tS-Sjseasoa preceding ^astat. ^ # ANNOUNCEMENT I will be a candidate for the office of Road Commissioner1 of McHenry township. subject to the will of the voters at the election on Tuesday. April 6, 4932- Your support at the polls tehereby solicited and will be greatltf appreciated. ~ JOS. J. (BUTCH) FREUND v. - -• • - - *: . . . , . - \ - . t . - . T%:}.