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•i ;• - £ * -> , ** •. ,: s> , '\ " """V *%£. y£W f ' > A - ' * »*,' - «. v. ... 'j f;prl*e r^$$tyr^si9 :?0hi-i *f*v» V>*'« >J i-ii ' .it .**. * *t, • ^%S?M "••WfcO 1 . ,i n . . • ., ••,t- Volume 58 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY/JANUARY 5, 1933 NO. 32 HAPPENINGS in ^ MINRY IN 1932 ' > v • >, k'" REVIEW IS TAKEN FROM FILES ; 11984, the darkest year in the life of :'--Sjianlrfnd, has passed into history and ^rill no doubt be recorded as the beginting of a new era of saner and more iiinwble living. FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 14 - At the last Board of Directors* meeting a program committee was appointed for the purpose of making plans for the County Farm Bureau annual meeting. They consist of, Fred S. Gay, chairman, Earl MHughes and Stanley L. Church. This committee has- met and has worked out considerable of the details in connection with the program. The event frtll'be. held at the high school 9r McIIerry on Saturday, January ".4th. George Met?.per, Secretary of Illinois Agricultural Association, will be the principal speaker. There will be, of course, the election the report of the oil Company manager, the report of the insurance director, musical numbers and other events. . , , ' The dangers, Monies and heartaches *<j§ the past year have beStr sti&tty and ^ ^11 make it a memorable ojMor'.the 0^^, ^7a^advi^s^otn "hardships and depression »t bsroitght . t« the entire nation. ^ '. •Can 1983 be any darker than the jptist year? This is a question we Mk of ourselves and our neighbors as we enter upon a new year with a greater degree of hope and assurance than has &en evinced in the past. Let «8 review the past year and re: «Sfcll what changes have transpired *n our city and our lives and scan the jmssing events for some events that ^We can remember with pleasure and profit. --Money has been scarce, work has 3»bt been plentiful and many of us are "broke." The need of charity in the ' -community has been greater than ever before in the history of McHenry and the Red Cross, Mothers club, Daughters of America and other organizations have been active in promoting •charity work. But, to take a brighter view of '.T*^ents, we find oar two state banks a firm and reliable Dasis, prepared t© meet any emergency and assisting greatly to maintain a spirit of de- ' ^endability and stability in the busiijiess of our community. iH -; Tre Farmers Co-operative associa- -tion again declared dividends ami evidence of a year of progress and pros- -perity school library of 651 volume® is available for the use of rural students. City Affairs The people of the city of McHenry were cast into sorrow at the death of the mayor of the city, John R. Knox, on October 4, and the city was declared to be in a state of mourning for thirty days by Acting Mayor Peter J. Doherty. The tax rate in McHenry is the lowest in the county this year, a reduction of eleven cents from last year's rate CASTOR ADAMS DIES SUDDENLY * Mrs, Castor Adams died suddenly at her home in Johnsburg, Wednesday morning at the Age of 71 years. Her husband parsed away on Oct. 11, 1932. Funeral services will be held from St. John's church, Johnsburg, at 10 o'clock, Saturday morning. Obituary, will appear next week.' - " WOODSTOCK YOCTflfe ^ ; CONFESS ROBBERIES Four youths, about 17 years of age, pupils in Woodstock's high school and sons of highly respected parents in the county-seat, were arretted lafet week by authorities and have confessed to robbing more than a dozen homes in that city. They are John Bokemeier, Ben Stedman, John Stafford and Charles Fay. 4 All four were given a preliminary hearing before Justice Battern and bound over to the grand jury under bonds of $5,000. They are charged with burglary and larceny. $4,500 THEATRE ORGAN [ \ INVOLVED IN SUIT Repossession of the $4,500 organ in the El Tovar theatre at Crystal Lake is sought in a replevin suit instituted Dec. 2l in the Circuit court by Rudolph Wurlitzer company, Chicago, against the Crystal Lake theatre This is due, in a large building corporation, Fred W. Anderway, to the efficient administration son, present manager of the theatre, gjiided by the late John R. Knox. and Polka Brothers, Maywood, form' The various elections caused much 1 er operators. ' interest during the year with "Butch" j Attorney David f. Smiley, Harvard, Freund winning in the race for road 1 represents the plaintiff. The company commissioner v claims that the instrument was in- The McHenry lawyer, C- M. Mc- stalled in the movie house April 1, Derm ott(| was a candidate on the Dem-jl929, and the defeT)dants refuse to ocratic ticket for state's attorney and 1 surrender it. lost by less than 2,000 votes to his J According to information secured Republican opponent.* jfrom the Theatre Building Corpora. McHenry township went Democratic j tion the organ was purchased and in the big election in November, but paid for from a third party and h«s TOPNOTCHERS Coast#? &% TWttVfhOUn TiitKTY THR££ FIRE DAMAGES BARBIAN HOME arrived sty okmane stump TIME OK|oov^ • ' STARTED 74b AM. EASTOS* -SOVO/slBl TIMEp0M'T lhaarj <tnd 17 minupp} Peajtd tfcxukrj AvPrSqcu 1992 f /M-KXJg The McHenry fire daprtment was called to the N. E. Barbian home on Riverside Drive shortly after 12 o'clock New Year's morning, to extinguish a fire which started presumably from electric wires connecting the floor lamp in their "living room- The family, with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Barbian. who were asleep en the second floor, was absent. Mr. and Mrs. Barbian were awaken, ed by the smell of smoke and whsn Mr. Barbian opened the door to the living room he was driven back by the smoke. He returned upstairs and he and his wife climbed to the roof of the porch, from which they Were rescued. . ' _ ... The walls and ceiling of the living room were badly bumed and their radio and other pieces of furniture were ruined. Funiture belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Overton, who reside in a part of the house, was carried out. The loss, estimated at more than $1,000, is covered by insurance^ FORMER PUBLISHER DIES AT WHAN FR4&K; CL SMITH NATIVE > OF VOLO , " 'Wi the county remained Republican. Among the serious accidents during the year was the death of Mrs. The summer season was a busy one j John p Kn who ^ ki]led 5n_ -for local stores and business houses)^ .n ^ automobile accident in ,m summer vacationists and cottage Febr _ the Memorial, day ^wners came to this section whichhas week-end Misses Florence and Evelyn #ijoyed the reputation of being si ua- Qarey were seriously,, injured in an not been paid for by this company. FIND DEMENTED WOMAN Battling the storm and wind Mrs. Mary Jessie Esmaker, 55 years old, an escaped patient from the Elgin WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS ONNTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS Ot OUR EXCHANGES . Fred Day of Graysiake had the misfortune to break an arm while working WAS 60 years old. FOXES ESCAPE FROM . MARENGO FOX FARM Clifford Mayberry, who resides 011 a farm four miles northeast of Marengo, captured a fuil-grown silver fox alive, after his two dogs had cornered it in the barnyard. Due to injuries from the dogs, the fox died a few hours rater. Thinking the animal had escaped from one of the several fox farms located in nearby cities, Mr. Mav- EX-PRESIDENT COOLIDCEi berry took the fox to a fox farm near FOUND DEAD TODAY I Woodstock, where examination reveali ed no mailings of indcntification. So _ , --I • j 1 Mayhierry claimed the animal and JUSt OS the Plain dealer goes ba<j a splendid specimen of silver fox to press the news comes over , which he sold to G. A. Larson, cashier the radio that Ex-president 1in the Marens<> state bank. 1 And then--on the same day, Dan ted in one of the finest spots in the country, the Fox River valley, which ^ gaining fame throughout this part the country. auto "wreck near Richmond. Nicholas N.Weber of Spring Grove was fatally shot by a drunken man at Lily Lake, whom he had gone to The year has been a comparatively; vjsjt an(j a i9-year-old boy, William ure is given as death. at the Griffin ice house last Wednes the cause of day- A local physician, who set it, State hospital, survived, saved from j reported it to be a bad break and thatv probable death by two Genoa hunters, | it will be a long time getting well. j ~ George McDaniel and Roy Packard,! Work of filling the big ice house at mal except for a slight cold, but had w"° f°und her on the Chicago, Mil- j Diamond Lake will beirin this week,' always had been in the habit of waukee. St. Paul and Pacific railroad j weather permitting. It is reported sleeping on his stomach. The parents right-of-way, three an! one-half miles that most of the hands will be hired were about the house all morning, and Calvin^ CooUdge was found; K"n^;,„h7^r £ Q6Eu. about 9 O clock this mom- has been operating a fox farm and ing" by his wife, at their home rabbitry on the Talbott place, South in Northampton, Mass. He! State street, Marengo, discovered five tt . i out of ten of his fine strain of silver rleart rail- foxes had escaped from their yards. !*•-fife xlie yMir i*®® *'v•• * • 1 viSlw and a itf"ycHr"01*1 uuyf Iiiittiu, _ a / f* --,. a a i 1 , , . i «uiet one in every respect with build-! Reinhoitz 0f Chicago died of a broken]®®^.?; APPare"tly m a dazed from that locality and many young did not know anything was wrong sj^iig practical-l-y at a standstill and bus- i . - - - j c o n d i t i o n , h e r m i n d b e c l o u d e d _ • • _ » - . i - * -- 1 -- * 1 -- -- . » - nec^ received while swimming at M;-""',u Itiess men marking time with a resohc j Collum»s lake. The Terra Cotta hill IRp€ak,n,r but broken Er^1,sh- the ^46 "hangon" until conditions talw -a! -was the scene of two fatal auto ac- -turn for the better. Icidents and this community wis Await New Er* I shocked when Raymond and Leonard _ , . ^ 1. i Steinsdoerfer were deprived of their ^ People m general are :n^"n'Jthe discharge of a gun in the ^0ieir hopes o , I hands of » companion. Michael ^ion and will await with expectancy q{ wag gtruck fey ilhe Democratic administration. Although building slowed up in th;s jfejcality, with carpenters and contract car an<i» killed street. The Ringwood while crossing a the xnd woman could give no coherent account of' herself. By patient questioning, however, Genoa authorities discovered her name and the fact that she had left the hospital sometime before. NATIVE OF WOODSTOCK DIES AT ELGIN, AGED 86 E. E. Taylor, 86 years old, enmfellows are arriving daily from the j until they went to waken him. An surrounding suburbs. {inquest was held at Strang's Under- Also listed on the police record, taking parlor last Thursday afternoon. Dundee is not to De overlooked, it Examination showed' the wire fence had been cut in one place, the opening allowing their escape. THEIVES ENTER GRAVSLAKE STORE CHRISTMAS EVE Thieves broke into the Battershall store building on Whitney street in Graysiake sometime during the night of Christmas eve. Entrance was gained by breaking one of the front winbooks was an attempted suicide by dows. The burglary was evidently Anton Zigante, Des Plaines. Zigante,, _ , -- _ r according t6 the police, attempted to site for the location Of a brewery--jwere aware of the fact that Mr- ani Was learned last week, as a possible j committed by a person or persons who tnd his life by drinking lysol recently- -He was given first aid by doctors there and sent to the county hospital. George Wirtz of Fox Lake received formerly occupied a very poor Christmas present on, company and the or it may be plural (breweries). It j Mrs- Battershall were ..out of town was learned last week that men have Just what was ***** 18 not knownbeen looking over the buildings jbut apparently a stove was moved^out by Borden Milk McNeil \;<ir9 idle most of the year, yet we find | robbed by bandits and the Fox Lake Several new homes just recently com-|stat<J was robbed of $1,000 in State bank was ™,ar!<Je!l of ,G" ,A- R" post' No- 49> of Sunday of last week when a horse be-!with a view of locating j EMl.Igrrii*n1 ffon*r ttVhiAe llfalts<4t twelve years, dJ«ie dJ I _ . . . . . . 1 i„t j. • r\ 1 rm a last week at his home in Elgin, where dieted in Johnsburg, several nev?jjulV(i Alfr>i Richardson became! a rdent since !891. lomes along the river have been built j cashjer 0f the Ringwood bank during Jor permanent residences, the Farm- the vear . , There "was some property loss by Illinoi J •#rs mill was enlarged by the building s Hght artiller,yof an addition 20x60 feet in size, aiul Tttore or less remodeling and repair •Work has been done in the vicinity. Busyness changes have been ij|mong them being the removal of the Kobby Style shop from the Walsh ^uilding to the Regner building and ^he moving of the Lyons Variety stce •from the Buch building on Riverside Bom Oct- 19, 184tf, at Woodstock, 111.. Mr. Taylor, at 15, enlisted in the fires during the year with a $10,000, S-,T^yior ,served throughout the , i.:_ n a o-_-|Civil war and was a member of a decompany brewing came frightened at a calf that ran! plant in Dundee. The Oatman buildinto its stall, and kicked Mr. Wirtz in' ing is also reported to have been !nthe leg. He was put to bed, under a i vestigated as- a possible location for doctor's care. He is improving slowly j the establishment of a brewery there, from the painful injury. j Continuing the work of placing Bert Bridges residing in the rural road construction under contract s j community of Harvard, was injured, that as much highway work as pos«- when attacked and thrown into the sible may be made available this as there were marks on the floor which had evidently been made by the legs of a stove beinsj pushed along. The front door was unhooked from the inside and the loot loaded into a truck or car that had been driven up to the front of the building. This is the second time that this building has been despoiled during the absence of Mr. Battershall. Two years ago someone entered the strucwhen^ ei^ic^hout^ wS^dettroyed j pChm£j wh«h pureued and captured , aiTby^an" infuriated bull one day last; winter, the state department of Pub" i ^hv 7bV Crrv.lRk^fi^1 Gen. Price of the Confederate forces..1 week He suffered a badlv bruised 1 lie works and buildings awarded about i *' ,y , Graysiake. fire depart- Ow-- i. • A.1. _ f 1 .*• * ' _ * .« ^ > ' mnnf fhn ohla a ociofttnoA a# fkii few,by fire. 10 . . .. Julius Keg was awarded the con-1**™1™1* the wldow tract for dredging of Fox river from the dam to Burton's bridge, the amount of contract being $20,187. A most praiseworthy feature of the three NEW YEAR'S PARTIES The New Year was ushered in, in this city, with the usual celebration. Many parties were held in halls and X>rive to the Walsh building on Green i summer months was the very fine street. | band concerts given in the city park: . . . . . U1U ou„ Atv,„ ...... The Tri-County Produce c<Mnpany; during July and on Main street dur- j r in r. J®™"' ! being given his bottle. The infant fell j A bad check artist believed re shoulder and at first suffered much $400,000 worth of worfc during the I™cnt w,th the able asswtanee of the pain due to breathing. However a' past week. Of this amount, $61,997.C8 Ro""d L®ke departnuent, saved the complete recovery is expected. j is to go for bridge work near the,1)Ull nK ^rom deduction. ^ An unusual accident happened re-j grade separation of routes 53 and 58 cently at the Howard Ketchuphome near Palatine. The remainder calls in Crystal Lake wheji their i% year, for 19-.74 miles of paving in St. Clair old son fell from the high chair whi!g(and Macoupin counties. r^-^llnlarged its business covering an ever ing August, under the direction of W.! Pa|?^ ^fn<?s gathered at Weber's |ont0 the bottle, which tumbled to the sponsible for the flooding of several 'filial ^ ou I wuoiuv 11 mp, v* , *"6 * *-**6"""} u i*w l WIC VVHUII ut ' : ltnll i . » , - , Widening territory, the Hunter BoatiN- Sears. The band' was composed of] , . the old year out. At K. Company reported a prosperous sum-1 McHenry's most experienced musi- - fier season and the McHeny Farmers cians, assisted by competent players ^to-operative association celebrated its " twelfth birthday on August 1 with i|hi payment of dividends, these being jji few examples of those who have t>een able to withstand the dark ages #f depression. In ,March, Bolger's pharmacy was j a band of which it may be proud and from nearby towns. The concerts were a treat for lovers of good music and were made possible by a municipal band tax. Whatever stimulates community activity reacts to the 1 , benefit of business and McHenry has! 1 , f °. *he fire siren shortly after a band of which it mav be Droud and o clock, but resumed their gaiety of C. hall nineteen couples danced the old year out to music furnished by M. A. Conway and Dorothy Knox. Stanley Schaffer entertained a number of boy friends at his home on Waukegan street at a watch party. The parties were interrupted by the ; thirty years old, the McHenry Plain- this is one of the good things of the . dealer celebrated its fifty-seventh > year which we hope will be continued t>irthday and with many business en- j in the new year. ierprises having years of service to "their credit, a feeling of security should dispel all doubts as to the future success of business in this locality. Various sports hare been popular The community has been saddened by the deaths of loved ones during the year and gladdened by marriages and births. Mrs. Samantha Button, only living Civil war mother, was 101 years old tT^7 during the year, with bowling leagues' on December 12, and in August Mrs. Sarah Sherburne was 100 years old. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton was observed in January. During the year many miscellaneous events have occurred. Clarence Do lg- In full swing during the winter months and basketball coming in for Its share of popularity. The clubs and lodges have had a prosperous and interesting year, each * ioing its own share of good in the Community. St. Clara's Court celc-1las received the Britton I. Budd tbrated its twenty-sixth birthday as medal for saving Fred Antoniello j^id Fox River Valley Camp, R. N. A., jfro™ drowning in Lily Lake on July #nd Riverview Camp celebrated twen- j **h. ty-one years of activity. The Johns- Roy Mathews made several para- |>urg Community club was active and, chute jumps during the year and Ja- / the Red Cross went over its quota in jcob Stock, McHenry'a young artist, ft membership drive and became ac-1 sculptured a life-sixe bast of the partr. charily vork, disbursing flour,, achute jumper. ' Nothing and aid to hundreds of needy J Varied and interesting have been families. Thomas P- Bolger of Mc-.the passing events of the year 1932 Henry was elected chairman of the j and it is with expectation that we county chapter of the Ked Cross which I avfAit the new year to unfold and las been active in relief work. The bring to us. its allotment of success it afterwards till the* wee hour* of the morning. CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY St Clara's Coutt, No. 659, W. C. O. F., celebrated its twenty-seventh anniversary with a pot luck supper at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. About forty-five members were present and a three-tier birthday cake, decorated in the Court's colors, yellow and white, and adorned with twenty-seven candles, was the center of attraction. Cards furnished entertainment for the remainder of the evening. , "Boy Scouts celebrated the twenty-second year of the founding of their organization. The churches have had a successful year with impressive services on 'Easter and Christmas. A beautiful new pipe organ was dedicated at St. T*atrick's church in March at a recital given by Walter Flandorf of Chicago. • The schools had a, busy year with forty-seven graduates leaving the high school in June. The Washington Bi-Centennial Feb. 22. and prosperity, good and bad luck, sun and shadows. Well, here's hoping for a bigger and better year. made a PASTOR FORSAKES PULPIT FOR BUSINESS CAREER ftev. A- G. LaMar, pastor of the First Christian church, of Waukegan, has forsaken the pulpit for a career in the business world and preached his last sermon on New Year's day. He has taken a position with the Callahan Dairy company, in charge of the observed on | collection department. Mk. LaMar The Ringwood school was,was formerly &.j»a&tor. at Among the Sics Mias Anna Stock Has been III with the flu at her home on -Pearl street for the past week. Mrs. Fred Justen underwent an operation at the St. Charles hospital, Aurora, Friday morning. Simon Michels, who has been ill at his home on Riverside Drive for several weeks, is now confined to his bed. Mrs. Anna Karls is quite ill at her home in the north end of tljie city and will be confined to her bed for several days. Supervisor Stephen H. Freund, "who was confined to his bed for several weeks, as the result of a fall, is now able to be out again. Mrs. Catherine Young, 'who has been in a serious condition at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, following a fall on Christmas day, is now re^ ported improving. Mrs. Theresa Culver, who is At St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan; recovering from a broken leg, sustained in a fall Christmas day, is not improving as auicklsr as w nmiir frionHa wftiiM wisfc for » EUGENE E. HEN DEE TAKEN BY WtATH "Eugene E. Hendee, a long time resident of Lake county, passed away at his home at Gfayslake, Dec. 23, after an illness of several months. He was born Feb. 8, 1849, on a farm near Graysiake, jand was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Uz Hendee. Sept. floor and broke, cutting a severe gash, north shore towns with worthless in forehead and bridge of his no^e, checks, was taken into c$*tody by necessitating eight stitches. ! Highland Park police Friday while an A fifty hour -week witlTa practi- investigation was under way to decal one third reduction in -wages are termine how far he was able to carry j 12, 1875, he . was united in marriage to tho main points of a new schedule put his confidence scheme. The man is Miss Anna Ingrish, who passed away into effect Tuesday morning of last Arthur M. Smuckler, about 28 years >. in November 1929. They began their Iweek by the Woodstock Typewriterold residing at 1317 South St. Johns! married life on a farm on the Ivanhoe company. The new plan is intended avenue, Highland Park. He was]road, and lived there until 14 years to be in effect until April. The past ordered arrested by Chief Ed. 1 ago, when they sold the property and few months the factory employes have Moraney at the complaint of Milton moved to Graysiake, worked only two and three days Pell, manager of the Fell shoe store,] Mr. and Mrs. Hendee had four sons weekly. at Libertyvilie who received one of the [Clinton, Edward, Louis and Leo, who, Mrs. Frances Meyer of Wauconda' bad checks on a purchase by Smuckler. 1 with ten grandchildren and two greatwas the victim of. an unfortunate' Anton Beck passed away at his ] grand children are left to mourn his accident last Thursday evening, when home at Round Lake Monday evening, deathshe slipped and fell on the icey side-, Dec. 26- He was born in Germany, walk in front of her home, breaking Feb. 2, 1841, and came to America 40 her right arm at the wrist. A local years ago. He had lived with his wife physician took x-ray pictures of the on a farm near Millburn until he rebroken bone Friday morning at the tired a few years ago, moving to a The McHenry Community high and Elizabeth Condell Memorial hospital, home at Round Lake. One son, George the grade school opened Tuesday after Libertyvilie, and placed the injured died 16 years ago as the result of an the holiday vacation. St. Mary's paarm in a cast. accident on the Soo line at Lake Villa, rochial school opened on Wednesday- Frank G. Smith, 60 years old, of 303 Douglas avenue, Waukegan, died at 11:15 o'clock Tuesday morning after an unsuccessful fight of two weeks against . pneumonia and complications. The deceased spent thirty years in the newspaper business with twentythree of these years being spent in cooperation with his brother as publishers of newspapers in Waukegan." During that time they published the Gazette, then sold it; the Daily San and then merged the Gazette with the Sun and published this combined daily until 1926 when they sold and retired from the newspaper business. Both own large equity in a 'Florida daily even yet, although they played ^ no active par^ in the management. I Born in Volo \ /Jgi Frank George Smith was born Sept. , 18, 1873, at Volo, 111., the son of Peter ^ ;f1 H. and Ellen M. Smith. He went to ,' .yjff - Waukegan with his family in 1887 ^ v from McHenry and graduated a few 3 years later from the Waukegan Town- * ship high school- ,h In 1897 his brother, Will, began his ,'7% „ journalistic career as a reporter on the -» * Daily Sun and in a short time he fol- . ; ^ lowed by entering the advertising • field. ' ' "rjf In 1906 they - purchased the Daily * |, Gazette, one of the earliest pape^ J founded in the county, and published . ^ it until the spring of 1911 when they ^ sold to John Hungerford, of Carro!l, la. On Dec. 1, 1911, they purchased the Daily Sun and in 1919 they purchased their, first paper, the Gazette, from James M. Woodman, and wee in the field alone until 1921 when the Daily News was founded Hfv - Just. Sold Both Papers , The Smiths continued in the pub-^ lishing business until August, 1928, when they sold their daily and their S weekly, the Independent, at Liberty- c ville, to D- A. Noves, John Dixon, Carl Wieland, Chicageans. It "was reported at that time that the cons iteration for the two papers was in e cess of $500,000. Subsequently the Sun and Indepeadent were purchased by Just and com- < bined with the Daily News as the ^ News-Sun in Waukegan, and the H; weekly as the Independent-Register at» ; Libert yyilj^ir ^ In the publishing business Frank .,, was in charge of the business depart- ; S ment, but be and his brother worked so closely together that they never ' drew department lines and it was as itcommon to find Frame in the editorial ; end of the paper as to find WiyL ui * the business office. * t Was Liberal and Fair J* • While he was a fearless fighter, *## a courageous one, he also was liberal 3 j and fair in managing a newspaper : and was highly regarded by aU v throughout the county. In bitter political campaigns it was not uncom- * mon to see him with a candidate he was fighting, talking and jesting as J friends with the man with no in ten- I tion of carrying his political differences into their friendship, Although it was not generally known, his employes over a period of years knew that he gave generously to charity, and employes in his old bookkeeping department can attest that he frequently lent to men who '• failed in business knowing when he j made the note that the money never , | would be returned. Besides the widow, Hazel, there are ,s* the two children, Evelyn, 15 years old. and William "Billie," 13 years old, and '"'fi his brother. There were two other \ V ';S brothers but both died more than a ' decade ago. They were Charles, the oldest in the family, pn4 Matt I, Smith. :wl 11- BCHOOL NOTES Supt. C. H. Duker, in company with Supt. Dean of Crystal Lake and 3upt. Colahan of Woodstock, attended a meeting of the State Teachers' association at Springfield Tuesday, Wed- 'f Stanley Stadtfeld, deputy sheriff ^f Another son, William, was shot five |>ake County, injured in an automo- years ago by hold-up men who flttrile accident Wednesday night of last ' tempted to enter his residence. week on Sheridan road at the "S" [ The roof and chimney of the Buhrcurve, will be off active duty for ten man Bake Shop on Williams street in days according to Sheriff Lester T. Crystal Lake was damaged Saturday nesday and Thursday of last week Tiffany. Stadtfeld suffered a serious! afternoon of last week about 5 o'clock j They went as delegates from McHenry cut across the knee. Deputy Sheriff j when bricks from the south wall of j county. David A. Hutton, the squad companion, the Blethen Hotel were dislodged by The cast has been chosen for the of Stadtfeld, returned to work the the wind. The bricks on this wall of 1 Junior class play which will be held following night. He was cut slightly., the Hotel form a veneer surface and on the leg and face and badly shaken were evidently loosened by the high Up. j wind and rain and collapsed against James Hamm had quite a misfor-! the 18 foot chimney on the bakery tune happen last week Sunday when j building. The falling bricks from the he went with their big truck up the wall and stack punctured the roof and Fox River to fish. Near the red damaged the ceiling of the shop, bridge, at Wilmot, Wisconsin, the ->e Damage i» estimated at $160. broke, letting the rear of the truck ---- down in such a manner that it was BIRTHS difficult for the men to get out of-the ! Born, to Mr- and Mrs. Harold Knox cab. On returning to the scene with a j of Chicago, a son, or. New Year's fow truck and help, the truck ?werved eve. ' around and disappeared beneath the Mr. and \ Mrs. Anton Schmitt anwater. After some difficult and | nounce thej arrival of a daughter t>t strenuous work it was finally resetted, j their home in the north end No one wa's^urt in the accident. city, Monday. Jack Needham. the 9 months old | Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wi» son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Needham cago are the parents - of Fox Lake, died last Thursday born Dec. 27- Mrs. W morning about 10 o'clock from suf-: erly Miss Kathr} location. The child was perfectly nor- dff. I at the high school auditorium Thursday, Feb- 2. The Stanford Achievement Test will be given at the grade school, Wednesday, January 11. Miss Beatrice Lane, a former teacher in the high school, is spending the week with Miss Helen Stevens. She is enjoying a three weeks' vacation from her teaching duties in the Joliet high school. . Miss Edith Vogel of Richmond, - graduate of our local substituting for Miss Miss SLOT MACHINES SEIZED BY SHERIFF AT MARENGO Five slot machines were seized by Harold Reese, chief deputy sheriff at Marengo on Dec- 23. The information on which the raids were made was filed by V. S. Lumley, state's attorney. The machines are said to be owned by E. L. Shales of Elgin and Jesse German of Rockferd, who are alleged to have been similarly operating in De Kalb county, where they tried to ;nmesh the sheriff of the county in a deal in which he was alleged t^ re*'* ceive a rakeoff. vm FATAL PIPE STEM ^ Daniel Owens, 58, of Buffalo, Nt; was fatally injured when he stumhlea over an uneven slab of sidewalk and the stem of the pipe he was smoking penetrated the back of his throat. He was removed to a hospital whe^e surgeons removed the pipe stem from hia throat- A hemorrhage followed, l»»w*? ever, and caused death. MERRYMAKERS f The Merrymakers met at tlM .... •f Mrs. Jacob Sehaefer Tuesday after- " 1 noon. Prizes at cards were won by Mrs. Frank Masquelet. Mrs. William - t Blake ami Mrs. W. W. Freund. The •K&Usroftx/*** ill. He held wi