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WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OE INTEREST -tAKEN FROM COLUMNS : f OT ODE EXCHANGES; . .Articles stolen from the Genoa City Tte-h school several weeks ago were T^coveved recently when the theive* •were picked up in Janesville. They are wanted in ntfmerous towns where "ti*ey have carried on thefts in schools. A though he was kicked in the fore- Iteod by a horse with great force on "Tuesday of last week, Francis Dobner, 12-year-old son of Joseph Dobner residing near Waucor.da was nit seriously injured. The blow resulted "In a deep cut in the forehead^ O. H. Hoppe of Barrington dropped <iead last week Thursday morning in N. W. depot while waiting to -take tjjp 10:10 train to Chicago. Mr Hoppe lift home apparently well and in goad spirits. Apoplexy was reported the cause of death. Mist!""Sadie Cox, 15 years old, of Griswold Lake, was chasing an uh Tnly pig Tuesday morning dt last week, -ghen she stumbled and fell on a barbed wire fence, cutting her face badly. She wa* taken to the Wauconda emergency hospital where several stitches were required to close the wound. Thirty-five thousand cases of canned foods not seriously damaged by lire have been cleared out of the Borden plant at Sycamore, recently <ieetroyed by fire. The vegetables belonged to the Sycamore Preserve works. Of the 58,000 cases of corn and other vegetables, 35,000 cases were salvaged: The insurance company had complete charge of the -wbrk. ;Bert Bridges, living near Harvard, •was injured when attacked and thrown into the air by an infuriated bull last week Monday, was xeported to be resting fairly comfortable late last evening, although he seemed to suffer much pain as the result of breathing. It is believed that Mr. Bridges struck tbfe ground with such force that ha was injured internally, and that while lie will likely suffer from pain for several days, he will soon be on the mend. One shoulder is badly bruised. Burnel Rudolph was badly injured . at Silver Lake last week. The accident occurred on the Soo Line grade croosing. It is thought Rudolph's -vision was Marred by frost on the -windshield for he crashed,, into the passenger train. He was hurled from the wrecked after being dragged for about 20 feet- No one saw the accident but scores of Silver Lake residents heard the crash. Rudolph is a driver for the Ritter Bakery company of Kenosha and was making his regular route through the county. Dr. P. A. Haubecker of Dixon, a •federal veterinarian employed by the 13. S. bureau of. animal industry, investigated a reported outbreak of hog cholera in the vicinity of Lake Zurich -recently. The result of Dr. Haubecker's investigation discloses a serious epidemie of hog cholera on several farm a and recommended prompt action in the control and suppression cf this epidemic. The doctor recommends prompt vaccination of healthy ' "hogs with the serum and virus simultaneous treatment as the only means of controlling the disease as there is Ho known effective treatment of animals suffering from this disease. He also recommends the burning of carcasseR of animals that have died from tJ^B disease and the cleaning and disinfecting of infected premises; he afct) issued a warning to farmers whose •farms are not infected to remain aw»v from infected farms and to take all necessary precautions in the obsera& ce of a rigid quarantine policy. M'HENRY LODGE, NO. 158 HOLDS INSTALLATION McHenry Lodge, No. 158, A. F. & A. M-, held its annual installation and a dinner and smokef nt the lodge hall Tuesday evening. Their installing officers were Floyd E. CoValt and Rollo ft. Chamberlin. r. The following ofR<anrf Stalled:. -v "7- ' Worshipful Master--Floyd B. Hopper. . Senior Warden--Seth H. Richardson. Junior Warden--Chauncey; Hanison. ' Treasurer--George H. Johns<Mfc - " Secretary--James N. Sayler.' (. / Chaplain--Lester T. Sherman. Marshal--Frank A. Hitchens. Senior Deacon--Clinton E. Martin. Junior. Deacon--Clarence N. Carlson. Senior Steward--Lisle E. Bassett Junior Steward--Glenn Wattles. „ Tyler--James T. Perkins. DISTRICT NO. 156 IS AWARDED VERDICT McHenry school district, No. 156, won a Victory over Richmond, No. 157, in the McHenry county circuit court, when the court took the case from the jury and directed a verdict, on Friday of last week, for $404.52. The case was appealed from the McHenry justice court, at which time a decision was rendered that there was no cause for action. The case concerned three pupils of the Richmond district, Dorothy Kline, Lois and Glendale Esh, who were transferred by a certificate of convenience issued by Mrs. E. C. Coe, to RED CROSS ROLL Cffli OVER QUOTA ANNUAL MEETING TO BE ? ^ JTOBLD JAN. 31 A TfiifHhe annual meeting" of'oie McHenry county chapter of the American Red Cross will be held on Tuesday, January 31, was ^announced by County Chairman Thomas P. Bolger at a meeting of chapter officers held last Friday evening !n Woodstock. ' A report of the results of the Afthual roll call shows that McHenry county will go over the top when all of the reports are turned in. The quota for this county is 1365 members, and Friday night 1350 member* were reported, with only one chapter, that at Cary, still to report. L. E. Mentch is chairman of the roll call drive at Cary arvd Mr. Mentefi sent word to the meeting that he is not quite ready to report. He will doubtless report very soon, in order that the county officers can make their returns to national headquarters. Mrs. John Whitworth of Woodstock has charge of the distribution of cotton goods and made a very interesting report of the, work being done by her committee. New Shipment of Floor E. F. Meyer of Woodstock has charge of the distribution of flour to the local chapters. A requisition for more flour was approved and a new shipment will arrive in a short time- Chairman Fred Ferris of the Woodstock chapter reported on the distribution of, free milk to needy people Woodstock. Additional funds weTC appropriated by the Woodstock chapter for this work. the McHenry school. Under the leatfership o--f Thomas .P.. An attempt on the part of Attorney1 Bolger as chairman for the county and McCauley to show that Miss Esh was th eloyal co-operation of a group induced to attend the McHenry high school because of her ability as a musician was denied by Judge Shurtleff. According to Mrs. Coe the transfers were issued because the students found it more convenient to get transportation to McHenry than Rich, mond. * Other witnesses on the stand were Supt. C. H. Duker and J. W. F round, secretary of the school board. •:• .• • Lumley Enters Case Atty J. J. McCauley of Harvard DAZZLING SPEED rffe' CfrNNON-BALl DRIVES v< / vines won Me ~~ championship i[ Aah'otxdl Tennir feI^SSr*J Champion RATIONAL doveuts u"fh- KtlTH GlEDHIU. RfcSADENA CAUf. &' i A coroner's jury at Antioch Tuesday declared the death of Walter White, 20 years old, son of Mr. ani Mrs. Gifford White, of Round Lake, was an accident. The young man dwd Monday afternoon in St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan from, a bullet wound hi the head from a 4»5 calibre revolver. White, who had be®n attending the Whitewater, Wis., Normal school, returned a few days ago for the holiday vacation. He had driven his uncle, Omley Davis, to Fish Lake Monday to help start his stalled automobile. He attached a long tow rope to Davis' automobilt and in doing so the loaded revolver dropped from his pocket. The fall of the gun to the frozen ground caused it to discharge. The youth was taken to an emergency hospital at Grayslake and from there to St. Theresa's. The wound was of such a serious nature that death was inevitable. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Merle, of Round Lake. The youth was a leader in Normal college and a member of the1 basketball team. * Funeral services were held from the Round Lake Community church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with burial in Fox Lake cemetery. /V W/A/N/NO Mff SBCONP MAT70ML T/T1E, V/NEf PEfFATEP . COCH£r offZHACE, MS RXEStOjTP/ ML Jbr I4V&.P in, fTM/Offf I£ry 6--<f 6-r4- * represented the Richmond school ani Atty. Arthur Waite of Woodstock was the attorney for the McHenry district. Just before County Superintendent Coe was called to the witness stand, State's Attorney Lumley entered his appearance of co-workers in every town and village, the American Red Cross in this county is doing a wonderful work'in these days of stress and privati#i. Although working in its own way, independent of other relief organizations, it is still always in co-operation with other workers in order W avoid overlapping and duplication. YOUTHS DISCHARGED FROM PROBATION Christmas Services at the McHenry Churches GOOD FELLOWS" PREPARE FOR XMAS CARE FOR NEEDY FIRST THOUGHT "V Bight young men of McHenry county were dismissed from probation last Thursday in the circuit court Seven of the youngsters were given a full discharge from probation which thoy The county j have been on for the past year due to prosecutor contended that if Mrs. Coe;pleading guilty to indictments charwas to be called as a witness he was jging arson and malicious mischief, going to act as her attorney because The seven include Harold Hutson CRYSTAL LAKE BANK " PAYS ADDED DIVIDEND Frank J. Green, receiver for the closed United States Bank of Crystal I4ke, , has declared another dividend, cf $ix per cent, to be depositors of the bank- A nine per cent dividend was paid October 14, amounting to $40,- S|2.34. Mr. Grew has been making every eff ort to make possible payment of a dividend previous to Christmas, but I collections have been slow and in opder to complete his plan he has taken advantage of the new law permitting receivers of banks to borrow money, -secured by the assets of the bank, with which to distribute dividends to depositors of closed banks. |Mr. Green secured a loan from the Slate Bank of Woodstock for $5,000 -tor add to the funds already on hand, -which together makes possible a dividend of six per cent. JfPhe loan was approved by an order •entered by Judge Shurtleff in the cir- «®t court of McHenry county. s IThe total amount of this dividend will be little less than $27,000 and St|will require the preparing, signing ajd mailing of mre than 1500 checks -to|make the distribution. fin addition to this is the fact that no checks will probably be mailed to depositors whose accounts were less than $1.00, of which there are 550, Mdther will checks be mailed to depositors who failed to file their claims, mg>et of them for small amounts. There were 3101 accounts in the bank When it closed, the total deposits amounting to $537,172.74. Of this amount $82,430.08 has been paid on preferred claims and on offsets. --V r- < -I as state's "Attorney he was bound by law to defend her in any court action. Mr. Lumley said if Mrs. Coe sanctioned the transfer of three pupils from the Richmond school district to the McHertry school district there was nothing left for Richmond to do but to pay the tuition. Mrs. Coe testified she sanctioned the transfer of the pupils. The court took action quickly following the nrtove made by the state's attorney and directed a verdict of $404.52 to the McHenry school district. The amount was to cover the tuition of the ^hree pupils from the Richmond district during the period of 1930 and 1931. GETS $1,000 FINE AND ONE YEAR AT FARM Changing his plea from not guilty to guilty, Frank Croak of Harvard was sentenced to serve one year at Vandalia and pay a fine of $1,000 by Judge E. D. Shurtleff last Thursday .morning. Croak pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do bodily injury. In passing sentence Judge Shurtleff said if the defendant was guilty as charged the sentence was too light. Croak had nothing to say why sentence should be passed other than he said if his children said he tried to take their lives by turning on the gas in their homes while they were in bed it must be the truth. He claimed he was in a drunken condition and did not remember doing anything such as charged. Two of the children, Ansel Howell, Clarence Sherman, Louis Jensen, Melvin Markee, Ralph Feldt, and Ejner Sorenson. All seven pleaded guilty a year igo to indictments charging arson. They confessed to "touching off" a score of barns and old buildings in this vicinity. After being indicted they pleaded ^•}}y an<* were placed on parole. Willis Kittle, probation officer of the circuit court, reported all seven ha-i not broken their parole and recommended their discharge. The reque3t was granted by the court- The eigth young man to be given full discharge from a year on probation is Harry Abrahams of Marengo. Abraham struck and killed a hitchhiker, or "knight of the road," west of Marengo on Route 5 last December. The man, Albert Anderson, was found dead along side the highway. A shepard dog stood watch over his body. Several days later Abraham was arrested. At first he said he had not struck anybody with his car. However, police officers found the fender of his car damaged. Abraham finally said he did strike somebody but wns so scared he did not stop. He was indicted for manslaughter, but placed on probation. Thursday he was discharged from the probation. He is a well known young man arotmd |(arengo with a good reputation. Christmas, the greatest holy day of all tfre year, will be observed in Mo- Henry this year as it has ever been in the past, with appropriate services in all of the churches where people gather to worship at God's altar and kneel in adoration before the crib of the Holy child. Every year since tnat time so long ago when the Christ child lay in a manger in the little town of Bethlehem, worshippers have made pilgrimages to kneel at some holy shrine and gifts have been exchanged, making the Christmas time outstanding in its message of joy and good cheer. The churches are preparing for beautiful services with special music and appropriate sermons while Christmas decorations and eltars beautiful with cut flowers lend an added impressive charm to the services. Churches in this vicinity will observe Christmas as follows: St. Mary's Churcfc , The feast of Christmas will be beautifully solemnized in St. Mary's church. The artistic decorations of" the altars and the beautiful crib will add to the splendor of the occasion. The masses will be as follows: 5:00, 6:00, 6:30, 8:00, 8:30 and 10:15 o'clock. The masses at 5:00 and 10:15 will be high masses. Reverend Charles S. Nix will celebrate the three early masses and an assisting priest the later masses. This arrangement will give everyone the opportunity of assisting at more than one mast. At 5:00 o'clock, as the faithful kneel in silent adoration before the crib, | wherein lies the newly born infant, the heavenly strains of "(Silent Night" will uplift their hearts and recall to them that first Christmas day on which heavenly messengers announced the birth of the Divine Savior. Immediately after the "Silent Night, Rev. Father Nix will sing the first mass of the day. He will also preach a sermon in harmony with the festivity. The high mass will be sung by Sfc Helen, testified. Both said their father did turn on the gas in their home after they had retired. They said he shouted upstairs to them he had turned on the gas and if they did not want to come down and turn it off •Robert and Helen awakened their younger brother, William, and together all three ieft the home and notified the police. -- Croak is no stranger in the local court. He served a year at Vandalia recently as the result of a sentenc* in the county court. L. B. Palmer of Harvard represented the defendant Attorney Palmer was appointed bv the court. Judge Shurtleff said the $1,000 fine is to be paid at the end of his one year sentence. In case Croak is unable to pay the fine the court ordered the defendant be kept at Vandalie uivtil either able to pay or work it oat at the usual wage scale per day. LONG BOY SAYS THAT Although it is an unusual season, he wishes you all a Merry Christmas. BIRTHS Mir- and Mrs. Darnell announce tha arrival of a daughter at their home west of the city, Monday. Mir. and "Mrs. Edward Diedrich of Robert and ESSSS* p,rent» Mr. and Mrs. William Jus ten welcomed a little daughter to their home near Ringwood recently. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Adams of Johnsburg announce the arrival of a son at St. Joseph's hospital, Efgin, Toesday evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Conway at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, Monday evening, a daughter. COSSECTION In the announcement of masses sent to yon through the mail a mistake was made in the time of low masses Christmas day. Here is the correct schedule at St. Patrick's church: Hijh mass and benediction, 5:30 a. m. Low masses, 8:00, 8:30, s):00, 9:30 and 10;00 o'clock. REV. WM. A. O'ROURKE. Bring your Christmas tree sets to us for testing and repairs. New tree lamps, 2 for 5c. Carey Electric Shop. * 29-2fp Like Ice Cream?--If so, don't fail The Fred Bienapfi femily have to read Bolger's ad, which tells about 1 moved from the rooms in the bank the Luick Xmas Special brick. It's J building on Green street to the Beller on the last page of this issue. 30^hom^ oil the same street. ,. ^ Mary's mlxe^Chtttr. The mnsfeal program is scheduled as follows: Mass "Missa Exultate' I?eo," F. X Arens. Offertory--"Adeste Fidelis," Traditional Hymn. Hymn-- 'Angels From the Realms of Glory," Fr. Koenen. Benediction--"Jesu Dulets Memoria," J. Singenberger. "Tantum Ergo," J. F. Mardlinger. Efficient violinists will accompany the singing of "Silent Night," "Adeste Fidelis" and "Angels From the Realms of Glory." The children's choir will sing Christmas hymns during the 8:00 o'clock mass. St. Patrick's Church Christmas services ^tt^St. PatrIck'a church will begin with a high mass at 5:30 Christmas morning. The choir will sing Rosewig's Masts in E flat with "Adeste Fidelis" at the Offertory iand "Panis Angelicas" at Commu nion. "Silent Night" will be sung preceding the mass. Low masses will be said' at 8:00, 8:30, 9:00,^ 9:30 and 10:00. Confessions will be heard from 2:00 to 5:30 Saturday afternoon and from 7:00 to 9:00 in the evening. There will be a I crib and the church will be beautifully I decorated with flowers and lights. I The Rev. Raymond Murray of Notre! Dame. Ind., will assist the Rev. Wm. A. O'Rourke with the services. Methodist Church A special invitation Is extended to the public for the Christmas service at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock. The choir will have two anthems, "Peace and Goodwill" and "That Glorious Song of Old." by the same composer. Miss Mildred Gans will sing "Brightest and Best," by Mendelssohn. The sermon subject will be "Joy, to the World." Evangelical Lutheran Services at the Evangelical Lutheran church will be held at 7:30 o'clock Christmas night. There will be a children's program and a tree. PURE MILK LOCAL * ELECTS OFFICERS TfteSSmual meeting of the McHenry local of the Pure Milk association was held at the city hall Saturday evening with a good crowd in attendance. M. L. Oranger, from the main office in Chicago, was present and gave a very interesting talk. Mr. Krahl of Dubuque, head of the publicity department, also made a few remarks. Election of officers took place with Nels Pearson re-elected president; Nick Weingart, vice-president; Lester Sherman, secretary and treasurer; Math Blake, local director. The base adjustment committee fs made up of tfce following: Joseph Stilling, Clarence Draper, Math Glos- Son, John Phannen still and Henry Smith. Delegates to the annual meeting hi Chicago are Henry Smith and Thomas Bolger, with John Phannenstill and Nick Weingart as alternates. Nels Pearson and Lester Sherman attended a directors' meeting of the association at Woodstock . M»nd«y evening. ... SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN CLOSES FRIDAY, DEC. 23 "HERMIT OF BULL VAIIfYTOUNDDEAD Weston McGollum, known as the "Hermit of Bull Vplley," and a well known figure in that locality, was found dead Monday in his room on the third floor of an old creamery in Bull Valley, between Crystal Lake and Woodstock, He had not been seen around for more than a day and when his brother-in-law went to investigate he found the body. Funeral services were' held from Warner's funeral chape! in Crystal Lake at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Omar Canfield, of Crystal Lake officiating. Burial was ir> I Ostend cemetery. Weston McCoilum, "the Gray-bearded Hermit of Bull Valley" and a great-grand-nephew of Ma jor General [ Israel Putnam of Revolutionary war fame, was the son of Mary Parks and Atrus McCoilum, who came to this vicinity from Massachusetts with the early settlers. He was the cousin of Mrs. Samantha Button of McHenry, 101 years old, whose father's name was William McCoilum. The father of Weston was a brother of William McCoilum. Six McCoilum brothers came here from the. east and settled in this vicinity where McCollum's lake was named for them. Weston McCoilum, who was past 80 at the time of his death, went to the old cheese factory built vby the Jackmans some twenty years ago, where he liyed as a recluse, withdrawing himself from the world of men. Like its occupant the cheese factory belongs to a past age, new methods took away its trade, and it was abandoned in the late eighties. The building is falling in ruins, the machinery is gone, the underground river which once poured with such force through the basement to supply power, has ceased to now and the upper rooms where the hermit survived with what few necessities he needed to brew his coffee and make his bed are still and empty as the body of the lonely occupant is borne to its final resting place, Who knows the loneliness of the solitary life of a hermit as he sits and smokes his pipe in the sunlight where all is at peace with the world? The great-grand-nephew of Israel Putnam, George Washington's major general, has gone to his eternal home and his body , rests in peace as it did in the years when the birds sang to him in the spring wnere the cherry trees bloomed and the towering' ,oak3 provided a grateful shade. Like Ice Cream?--If so, <fon*t fail to read Bolger's ad, which tells about the Luick Xmas Special brick. It's on the last page of this issue. 30-fp -Bring your Christmas Treef Sets to the Carey Electric Shop for testing and repairs. New tree lamps. 2 for 29-2 The Church drive will Come to a close Friday night, Dec., 23. This new method of bringing money into the church treasuries has proven to be very effective and very interesting. It has enabled the workers to make new friends and renew old acquaintances, wi h many of them willing and wa/'t-i in„* with their subscriptions. Each and every member concerned; in this drive is urged to take it upon himself to personally see to it that this venture is a financial success to his or her church. Do not let the responsibility of obtaining subscriptions fall upon the shoulders of just a few members of your congregation. Subscriptions are waiting for you if you will only go after them. Think how simple it would be and what a financial success it would be for your church if each member renewed his subscription ijind secured one additional subscription. You may feel that you are too busy to devote any time just now to this enterprise, but you know from past experience that time Spent in behalf of your church is well worth the while. Besides, there are a few members of your organization devoting all their time in their endeavor -to take advantage of tfcis golden opportunity. STEINSDOERFER BOYS FILE DAMAGE SUIT Bolger'sDrug Store has a big sale advertised for this week. Many bargaias ye to be lo^nd. ftead ill Precipes to two personal injury ! suits, totaling $30,000, were filed in jthe McHenry county circuit court Sat- | urday by Attorney J. J. McCauley for ! Raymond and Leonard Steinsdoerfer, of Griswold Lake, against Gustav Kunz, ,1213 North Hayes street, Chicago. Raymond asks $20,000 for the loss of both eyes and Leonard asks $10,000 for the loss or one eye. The accident that resulted in che injury to the boys occurred Sunday, Nov. 13, at Griswold Lake. Kunz, with his two brothers, Fred and John, were hunting pheasants on the Steinsdoerfer farm. The two victims of the tragedy, with their brother, Alvin, and a cousin, Donald Huff, were with their father and the Kunz brothers when Gustav's gun was discharged, the shots hitting a rock.. Both Raymond and Leonard were hit in the eyes by the scattered shot and Alvin and Donald Huff were struck on the face and legs bat were not seriously injured. Kims wns given a preliminary hearing in Justice of the Peace W. S. Batterp's court the day following the accident- He was released on $2,50$ bonds. He was charged with improper use of firearms. Kunz returned to Woodstock Saturday to renew his bond and was served with the turn monn. t "Christmas is not a time son but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be pienteau* in iftercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be bom in us a Savior, and over us will shine a star send-, ing its gleam of hope to the world,'* so quotes Former Resident of the United States Calvin Coolidge. Well, whatever Christmas may b» we know it is a time of joy, gvod cheer and good fellowship and even ia these days, of darkness and depression the star of hope gleams for many and good cheer prevails throughout our city as last minute shoppers hurryalong our streets and citizens exchange the season's greetings. The entire city has taken on a holiday air with our streets brightly lighted and decorated in keeping with the Christmas season and the store windows displaying scenes of tempting beauty, filled with Christmas gifts and decorations while from tho windows of homes, throughout this vicinity sparkle the tiny lights of Christmas trees and joy and good cheer prevail. The churches of every faith will observe the birthday of the Savior with appropriate services on Sunday, which will be Christmas day, and the schools will close for a week's vacation with Christmas parties and the exchange of gifts in every room, on Friday- Good Fellows Busy Good, Fellows are busy preparing to make the season a happy one for many in this vicinity who are unfortunate and it is believed that everyone in this community will be remembered and made happy during this holiday season. The Red Cross, the Catholic Daughters of America, the Mothers club and many lodges and societies Will 4w- n« lwr v^c wic MpMo u vi vr_o y_ uJ Yr7*t .n 1i \u ws and are planning many acts of charity and assistance. Not only at this time of year but throughout the winter these* societies are active in working for others and in giving assistance where it is needed and much suffering is relieved by these Good Fellows. Good Fellows have been in existence for the past twenty-three years when E. C. Fitch enlisted the* Chicago Tribune in the move to get others >o assist him in remembering the children at Christmas time. The response to the plea of E. C. Fitch was overwhelming "" and hundreds of volunteers wrote in for the name of someone they could help- The following year 16,000 children were on the Good Fellow list and the idea of the movement spread far and fast. For nineteen years the request of the first Good Fellow was observed until, nearly five years ago, he died in a hospital at Springfield. Although the first Good Fellow ia dead, the idea conceived by him will live on forever and grow each year as many become interested in helping to bring happiness to othera. OVERHE4TFD FIRF.PLACF CAUSES $1,500 DAMAGE The McHenry fire department wna called to the Julius Keg home, at the end of Riverside Drive, about 11:30 Sunday evening when fire started from an overheated fireplace. The faftiily had retired, but were awakened by the smell of smoke. By the prompt action of the fire department the fire was soon extinguished, but not until considerable damage was done by fire and wat-«r. The damage is estimated at about $l,oG0 and wa? oc eied by insurance. K. OF C. ATTENTION! The next regular meeting of the K. of C. will be held in the K. C- hall nt xt Tuesday «vening, Dec. 27. 'AH members are urged td be present. Last meMing of the Important business/ ' ^ 'i > ^ ^ "j m VlSsi «• ••ill NOTE OF THANKS Wi wish to express our sincere aftn~ eciat.'on to the McIIenry Fire De- ?iartni« : t for its prompt attendance and service at tln» i.•:< in our home Sunday night. Also, we thank all those who sc erenerous'y assisted in helping save furniture, etc., from water damage. 30-fp Julius Keg and Family, .. AMONG THE SICK Charles Brda, son of Mr. and lfafe John Brda, has pneumonia. Paul Doherty is confined to hfs btl at his home on account of illness. John Bolger has been ill at Ills home on Richmond road tlie past week. Simn Michels has be»n qui*«* ill at his home on Riverside Drive the week. Stephen H. Freunct is recovering nicely from his recent accident, at his home on Pearl street. L. A. Erickson was absent from K'is duties at the .store several days this week on account of the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Freund and little daughter have all been ill with tilt grippe at their ^ome cn Elqi ; NEW YEAR'S DANCE A New Year's dance will be held at the Johns bur c hall. Monday evening, Jan. 2. Gus Ueber's orchestia will furnish the music. Refreshments of, course. Admissio« 75 cents per miple. feverybody invited *29-2fp