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>-'v i t V l " . » . - " > S * " . * _ ' * ; ; ... _ • • ;. ;<7?: v , ** , v , " : 7 '>.« . rji , „£</'? vj ;V . -\ • J ; V %0L. 59, McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934 NO. TO DISCUSS NEW LIQUOR LAW fflf ST COUNTYSEAT T MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC ; A county-wide meeting of mayor.*, j»re*Wyits '.of village boards and members of the county .board of supcr- .•viflorB has been called for Friday mornifig at 10 a. m. in the circuit court room in Woodstock for the pur pose of uniting on a uniform liquor *• license fee and rules and regulation® governing closing hours under the new |tate liquor law. This 'meeting was announced Wednesday; at the conclusion of the February meeting of the county board. "The meeting Friday will be open to the public and it is* urged that all those interested be preserit. In speaking on the subject before • the -cotfnty board Wednesday, State's Attorney V. S. Lumley said that if tha cities, villages and county: officials had the moral support of the public in1 connection with the new liquor law there would be no nefod to worry iibout the enforcement of it. ' S m a l l L i c e n s e F e e ,Mr. Lumley also suggested that the "Wa'yto keep the old form of "bootlegging,> from returning again is to; Ret 'a license fee which will meet with the approval of those concerned in the operation of business under the , new liquor law. The county prosecutor said that to avoid competition with the "bootlegger" a licence fee should be set that would enable the respective element engaged in the liquor business to make a fair and honest living. * State's Attorney Lumley in a small Vf&y explained! certain parts of the new liquor law. He said that the enforcement of the liquor law as far as 'it is .concerned in the county outside the cities and villages will rest in the - hands of the chairman of the super- Bahai Marriage Ceremony Mirza Ahmad Soli rah, Persian poet and philosopher nnd one time secretary of the Persian legation in \Vasliington. officiating at a Rsiliai niarringe eerentony in New York city uniting Ilainid Obidte ot. Bagdad and Yvette NadeaU. The ceremony was conducted in the PersIan language. "y „ jrs a: L .W' Much DiscuaBMW • v There was quite a little dfseossiott ®bout. the new law, which, according to those who have read it over several times, is hard to understand just what •Hit does mean. For this reason the County-wide meeting was suggested so as to bring into one gathering the representatives of the various cities and villages in the county in an effort to arrive"; at some plan where a uniform license fee and regulation could Jbe agreed on. In speaking on the subject, Hugh Deneen, city attorney of Harvard, said The had been in touch with various <uty attorneys in the county and that they all expressed a desire to get together in one open meeting to discuss the situation. -- State's Attorney Lumley urged the press to make it clear the meeting is open to the public and all those interested in the matter sboukl make an effort to be present. BOLGER IS NAMED ADMINISTRATOR 10 REPLACE THE COUNTY COMMITTEE McHENRY MAN ON HARDWARE BOARD ---Mir. and Mrs. WilliamH, AltholF spent three days last week at Springfield wifoere they attended the thirtyseventh annual meeting of the Illinois Retail Hardware association held at the armory in the capital city, where >Jr. Althoff was elected a jnember of the board of directors of the s^te organization for a term of four years. This was the largest state meeting of tibe association ever held and at the Tuesday evening session alone there were over 1,200 dealers present, with p, record attendance at every session- Over 400 were present Wednesday evening at the banquet held at the Lincoln hotel. Many new and interesting features in modern merchandise and methods of display were exhibited while the new <Jeal and the codes and their effect on the merchant and on the public were the mam subjects of discussion. ' hr'~" Mr. Fields of Woodstock and Mr. Marshall of Harvard went with Mr. and Mrs. Althoff to the meeting which was most instructive and interesting. Closing out entire stock of fall hats at 60c, Mrs. Thelen-Pich, Riverside Drive. 38-fp STUPFEL-HENIKEN Mrs. Martha Stupfei and Mr. Ray Her.iken, both of Woodstock, and well known in McHenry, were married on Monday of tKIs week. GBORGE WASHINGTON PARTY " MioHenry Chapter, O. t E. S., will sponsor a George Washington party fit its hall Thursday evening, Feb. 22. AtfmifSion, 15c; refreshments, 10c. All are invited. : WORKERS START DRIVE FOR BOY SCOUT FUND Over twenty workers on the drive for Boy Scout funds, met at the Karls ,<Cafe this morning for breakfast with1 "George C. Driesbach, Scout executive. " Mr. Driesbach gave a short talk on directions for the driv> which they ihopte .to complete today, and territory w»§ aNrigned eadti worker. Thomas P. Bolger, McHenry druggist, has been appointed administrator of the CWA work in McHenry county, i-eceiving the notice of his appointment last week from Howard O. Hunter, acting CWA administrator for Illinois. The new administrator will have full charge of CWA work in the county under the new plan which previously was handled by a committee consisting of J. T. O'Brien of Harvard, chairman; Fred Walters of Woodstock, Thomas P. Bolger of McHenry, Rev. O. J. Flugum of Crystal Lake and William Covall of Marengo. The CWA administrator will have nothing to do with the selection of men and women to be placed on the payroll, it is said, but will call on the county re-employment committee whenever a vacancy occurs or more men are needed, and the committee will assign workers to the jobs. Other Appointments Others who have received appointments under the new plan launched in the state-are E. O. Andrews in Boone county, David Jarrett in Winnebago county, Robert Hallenberg, Lee county, R. L. McKeague, JoDaviess county and Charles Jenks in Cam>lL In reorganization of the Illinois CWA the responsibilities will be reduced to three divisions, ,the county CWA administrator, the district engineer and the Illinois state CWA administrator. The district engineer has power to discontinue projects which he regards as not useful and hereafter all promotions will be made by the district engineer on recommendation of the project engineer. The CWA work in the county has been thoroughly, organized by the committee which has had charge ant is iji better shape than probably any other county in the statg, According to reports the CWA program will be carried on to May at least with the senate approving the 4&0 million dollar bill to carry on the work. •ftr. Bolger has been one of the outstanding "members of the committee and' his selection as administrator has been hailed with enthusiasm fay bis friends in the county. FUNERALS FRIDAY ; < AND SATURDAY JtfSEPH BRITZ DIES AT WAUKEGAN HOSPITAL President Intervened for Hint; STEPHEN HE1MER Stephen Heimer, 63 years old, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, about 2 p. im , after being in failing nealth for several years.. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at St. Mary's church at 10:30 o'clock, with burial .ip, St. Mary's cemetery. Mr. Heimer was born in Johnsburg and well known in this locality. He is survived by his wife, one son, Edwin, of Chicago, two brothers, Mat and Henry of McHenry, and two fisters, Mrs. Gertrude Uecher and Mr?. Kathrine Trapp, Chicago. ; CITY ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS CELEBRATE 57TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. James Letid observed their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary at their home at Ringwood on Wednesday afternoon of last week. A quiet but pleasant day was em joyed by Mr. and Ma*s. Ladd and a few relatives who included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pierce of Williams Bay, Wis., Miss Lizzie Norton, Burlington, Wis., John Buckland, Miss Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. W. Houston of Ringwood and Mr. and Mrs H. C. Hughes, McHenry. ' A six o'clock dinner was servfd with an anniversary cake In honor of the occasion. Mrs. Ladcr, who is quite well and active, is assisted this winter by Mfr-and Mrs. W. Houston in the care of her husband, who h*s £iulei in health. It has jujjjt been discovered that the last regular session of the Illinois general assembly made important amendments to the cities and village* act, one of the changes being in relation to the election of members of the city council. The law, as amended, provides for the election of the full menibership of the city council at one time, beginning with the election to be held in April, 1935. The old law" provided for an alderman ic election every year to elect one alderman from each ward, leaving a holdover member of the council in each ward. ' City Clerk Ernst Geick of JtelvideaBt was the first city official to discover that the law had. been amended. While poring over the city's recently purchased copy of Smith's-Hurd's Revised Statutes, a volume nearly as large as an unabridged dictionary, the city clerk came across the clause in the amended act which elimi nates tht annual .election of aldermen and changes the plan to have one election every two yeaj-s. The amended act was approved July 5, 1933, and the section with reference to the election of aldermen reads as follows: Sec. 34 -- TERM OF OFFICE OF ALDERMEN. Aldermen shall hold their office for the term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided that the aldermen elected at the city election in 1934 to succeed those whose terms expire that year shall hold for a term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. It is made plain in the above amendment that the three aldermen, who are to be elected in McHenry next April will serve one year only and thereafter six aldermen will be elected every two yeans. This change will make it possible to elect an entirely new and inexperienced city council. HARRY L. RITTER The community was shocked at tli sudden death of Harry L. Ritter whic occurred about 7:30 o'clock Tuesda morning, February 13. Mr. Ritter ha been downstairs to fix the furnace* fire and had s?at down in a chair whsn his wife saw him slump down in the chair and. going to him, found that he was dead. r Mr. Ritter," who was 65 years old,- was born in Bloomberg, Pa., on Nov. 26, 1865, and before coming to ttm locality about twenty-six years ago hq was in the plumbing supply business in Chicago. They lived at Lily Lake for about ten years where they conducted a hotel, coming to McHenry to live about sixteen years ago. ' He is survived by his wife and one son, Ira, of Chicago, and three grandchildren, two of whom, Earl_ and Ira Dowell,. have made their home with him. Euneral service? will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Woodland cemetery. ^ -f-. ma* EXCHANGE : HEMS MIERESl TAKEN FROM COLUMNS^ OF OUR EXCHANGES 5 Wlien Steve Wasilakos, (he vendor of peanuts and popcorn at a corner of the White llo.vjse gPiCttindsi for the last 21) years, was ordered to remove his stand by the District of CoUuiibia coiuniissioners, lie thought lie whs about to become a member of the army of forgotten men. Hut President Roosevelt, .'reading of his ease iiuthe newspapers, intervened and Steve was* permitted to remain.- DIES DURING VISIT TO HER DAUGHTER Ptatadealers for sal* aft BoJger's. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Fred J. Smith, 67 years old, of Lindsay, Neb., which occurred Monday morning during her visit with her daughter, Sister M. Roland, at Potosi, Wis. The message said that Mrs. Smith died in a hospital at Lancaster, Wis. Friends here were shocked by the sad news for Mrs. Smith left here only a week ago Sunday for hep visit at Petosi, Wis., on her way home to Lindsay, Neb., after coming here with Mr. and Mrs. John Fuchs and M/s. Margaret Warner of Humphrey, Neb., to attend the funeral of Mxk Jacob Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs and Mrs. Warner, who have been visiting here, left for home Tuesday after learning of the death of Mrs. Smith. Funeral services were to be held this Thursday at Lindsay, Neb. Her husband, who died three years ago next May, was a brother of John J. Smith of Spring Grove and Mrs. Martin May, McHienry. She is survived by nine children. Mrs. Martin May, Mir. and Mxs. Joe May and Mrs. William Staines accompanied Mrs. Smith to Petosi, Wis., a week ago Sunday, where she remained to visit her daughter. . Any fall hat for 50c at Pkh's Millinery, Knnidi Dritn, 88-fp MRS. ELLEN ENSIGN A familiar figure on the streets of McHenry will be seen no more and many acts of kindness will be left undone, for Mrs. Ellen Ensagn passed to her eternal reward at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, February 13, 1934, after lying in an unconscious condition since Friday. Friday afternoon Mrs. Ensign went down town to do some errands and had reached the doorstep upon her vetura home when she fell to the ground unconscious*. Dr. A. I. Froehlich saw her fall and called the nephews of the stricken woman, who, with the assistance of neighbors, carried her into the* house. Her entire left side was paralyzed and she never regained coasciousiness, sleeping peacefully away Tuesday night. Although under the care of a nurse, little could be done for her improvement. It is probably safe to say that there is no one in this vicinity who did the daily kind acts for her friends that Mrs- Ensgn did and she had her rocular routine of calls and services which she did for those who could not get around as she did. She was a great lover of flowers, alWays having a fine garden and in tha smmmertime she took flowers to ola friends and shut-ins as well as having her reeular customers whom she kept supplied with bouquets of garden flowers and the many little acts of kindness and thoughtfulness which she did daily will never be known. Just before she was stricken her thoughts were of others and she generously shared some of her own possessions with her neighbors. Bom in Hebron township 6n August 7. 1858, the daughter of Harriet and William Bigharn, she has always lived in this locality and her married life was spent on a farm near Lily Lake, until she and her husband retired from active work and came to McHenry to live. She is widely known throughout this locality where she has many friends whom she loved to visit, often making trips to Richmond, Volo and occasionally to Elgin, always depending upon the kindness of motorists to give her a ride, and they never failed her. She is survived by three sons, Chas. of McHenry, Franklin of Elgin and William of Maple SHaae, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Noyes of Richmond. She was a member of the Ladies' Aid society and an earnest and devout attendant of the Methodist church, keeping its a?tar bright with flowers and never missing a service. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the home and1 2 o'clock at the Methodist church. William Ensign, a son. employed in the post office at Maple Shade, N. J., is expected to arrive Friday. Burial will be in Woodland cemtery baaida her husband. , JOB BRITZ' "" ISbfe'Srtte. 29 years olo; toft of the late Peter Britz, died at a Waukeean hospital, Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 14, death resulting from doable poett^ BOSS RITA BACON ! A FEBRUARY BRIDE "Miss Rita Mae Bacon, daughter of Mrs. N^lii£ Bacon of McHenry, and Mr. Robeit Ulrich, son of Mr. and Mrs Frod UJiich of St. Charles, were united in marriage at 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10, by the Rev. Fr. O'Rourke, pastor of St. Patrick's church. They were attended by Miss Anita .Bacon, sister of the bride, and George Saxton of Kenilworth, a friend of the bridegroom. * The bride was attired in a wedding gown of white net trimmed in Valencennes insertion and lace,: worn by her mother twenty-nine years ago. The goWn was covered with small ruffles with leg o'mutton sleeves and had a train. With it was worn, white crepe sandals, white gloves and a tiara of flowers to match her shower bouquet of white roses arid sweet peas. Miss Anita Bacon, bridesmaid, wore a gown of eel gray crepe with rose crepe trimming, floor length, and carried Talisman roseswore corresponding flowers and her accessories were in matching colors. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride, where about seventy-five relatives and friends spent the evening. A buffet supj>er was served with cousins of the bride and intimate friends assisting in tl)e serving. The home was decorated in palms and cut flowers. The bride was a graduate of the McHenry high school With the class of 1929 and for the past two years has been employed in the office of the Grayslake Gelatine company at Grayplake. The groom ja a graduate of the St Charles" high school with the class of 1927 and later attended the University of Wisconsin. He is employed at Geneva. * -A Following a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich will - reside at St. Charles*, where they will be at home to their friends after March 1 at 712 Seventh street. " Thieves, whw broke through a win-,." dow in a Lake Zurich summer h*me," •: managed" to steal bedding and linens worth several hundreds of dollars, according to reports last FViday .to Sheriff Lester T. Tiffany of Lake county. The cottage belonged to Muriel Young, of. Milwaukee, according to the sheriff. The articles taken, according ;to the inventory included thirteen woolen blankets, fourteen sheets, eight pillow slips, a bed spread, three pairs of curtains and ^vo bathing suits. Saturday morning, Feb. 3, Lionel Richardson began his duties as postmaster at the Graysiake office, taking the place of M\ E. Murtie, who - has served iri that capacity for several years.".' . ' • '• • While attending a skating^party.at j Third Lake last week Saturday even- . .ing, Donald Dunakin of Grand avenue, . near Wedges Corners and Glen Mel be of Chicago were injured when they collided. Both boys were taken to tha doctor, and seven 'stitches were required to clo-x* the woUnds Donald received and the other lad needed five to repair damages. While on his, way to the meeting ?t the Farm Bureau office last Thursday ' afternoon, Charles Rich, Sr.. of Grayslake fell, and it is feared he may hav * fractured his hip. He had crossed th-s SooJine tracks and before h© reached the Farm Bureau office he slipped «s : the icy walk. He was taken to the Condell hospital at Libertyville for an X-ray. . ' 1 Milton Prescott, 20 years oW, residing in Elmhurst, suffered a fractured knee-cap, lacerations, bruises and shock Sunday afternoon of last week when his car figured in a collision on Route 19, three mile« nort|| of Crystal Lake. Two other cars weij# ;: • I involved in the accident. Raymond Th® Soy Scouts of the. McHeniy| Sahs, of Woodstock, accompanied by troop are devoting the remaining days j his uncle, Frank Nohr, also of Woodin the month of Februiary to doing stock, .was driving east and a truck, ASSIST NEEDY FOLLOW SUGGESTIONS OF PRESIDENT their "good turn" by assisting the needy as proposed by President Roosevelt in his radio, message to the Scouts of the country on the twentyfourth anniversary of the Scout organization The" local Scouts are working in connection with the McHenry Emergencj^ Relief association in collecting articles of clothing, food and furniture and they are asking every family in McHenry to collect their offering, make it into a bundle, and have it ready for the Scouts when they call for it on the last Saturday in the In her hair she4 month. Feb. 24.:. loaded with baled hay, and diriven by ilohn Adams, of Woodstock, was traveling west- A wheel c&me off thft truck, causing it to swerve into tae Sahs machine. Prescott, who ws| [ following the -truck, was unable tft. : avoid hitting the Sahs car. He wall ; the only one severely hurt in the cob lision. The Frank Reed farm at Fairfield was the scene of a l-avaging fire la?* week Thursday afternoon, when the flames swept through a large barn ami three smaller buildings, resulting in damage estimated at $8,000. Th* fire .started at about 4 ;30 o'clock as- According to information given the Scouts by the Relief association the things for which the need is greatest are food, shoes and stockings. Then come sweaters, bedding, mattresses, old beds, any kind of furniture, a few eggs, flour, canned fruit, utensils, etc. Have Bundle Ready Directions from the Boy Scouts are as follows: Each family have everything ready for collection between 8 and 11 o'clock Saturdav morning, Feb. 24. All the boys will do is ask, Reed and a hired man were grinding feed in the barn. Sparks from the backfire of a tractor u^ed in running the grinder ignited hay on the floor, the flames spreading so rapidly that it was impossible for the two men t«V extinguish them. All livestock waa removed from the buildings, however. Chris Strandt, resident of Harvard and retired- farmer, lw. sold his 40- acre improved farm on Big Fo.»t Prarie, the buyer .being Mai Schuld, tenant < n a farm in the same fari* area. , The selling price of the 40-acrW LAKE ZURICH CASE IS FINALLY SETTLED The Illinois Supreme court has denied a rehearing iij what is known as the Lake Zurich case, which has been in the courts for some years. Three owners of frontage on Lake Zurich claimed, title rights to the lake bed, which was opposed by State's Attorney A. V. Smith, of Lake county, who contended that it belonged to the pub^ lie as a navigable water. After much litigation the claims of the three, property owners is upheld- "Do you have your bundle ready foj-L ^ ^ ^ been Re public, but it.^ the Boy Scout National good turn? J.g under8tood to have brought about Homes outside of town will not' be|j5 0Qo called on but anyone having donations 1 two Chicago people, Mr. and Mrs. may phone Mr.s. Albert Purvey or j I>eSiIver Paim< were killed early o|; 1 Mrs.-Albert Krause and they will he 1 Tuesday morning of last week wheih attended to. the automobile in which they were Elsewhere in this issue the mayor ( riding turned over ip a ditch west of of McHenry makes public his plea j Barrington. A third person, Mrsto the people of this city to help the j Gertrude Laughlin, Chicago, was . 0 Scouts in their good work- The; critically injured that little hope wits Scouts, also, hope for, your assist-1 held out for her'recovery. She wss^ ance. taken to the Barrington General hos- Local Scouts Attend Meeting ] pital and later removed to a Ohica^>> About twenty-three of the McHenry j hospital. Her husband, John Laugh- Scouts, with eight leaders, were lin, the only other occupant' of the car among the 300 Scouts of the county, was badly cut and bruised but his inwho gathered at the Miller theatre, juries are not of a serious nature. Woodstock, Saturday, in the county mobilization ever held. first William Bauman. residing on his farm about four or five miles east of The purpose of the meeting was to [ Richmond was seriously hurt last hear President Roosevelt's speech on 1 Monday about 4 o'clock when hjs auto the twenty-fourth anniversary of the left the pavement on Route 173 and Scout organization. E. A. Hanson, district commissioner, presided at the meeting and a short program preceded the address of the president when George C. Driesbach, Scout executive of the Blackhawl| area, and other Scout leaders were heard in short talks. President Roosevelt, in a national crashed into a ti'ee "near ohe Jo<» Rentz farm east of town. He was brought to a physician's office at Richmond by Mrs. F. H- Bell and sen* Richard, who were motoring near by, where he received first aid aj*d was foam! to have suffered a fractured skull, the loss of his left eye and other head injuries. monia. He had been living In Waukegan. He was born in Johnsburg and had always lived in this vicinity, his mother having died at his birth and his radio hookup, suggested that durin father dying about eight years ago as j this month every troop and every j CAIRNS ENTERS RACE the result of a dynamite cap. explo-1 Scout do everything possible in their *""'vW r,v V sion. ! "* *'** j locality to collect offerings as people Mr. Brits is survived by one broth- j may be able to share to those who er, William Britz, of North Carolina, greatly need them. This suggestion, he said, was made to him by Harry I* Hopkins, emergency relief administifator. "I am confident," he said, "that the American people will generously co-operate and respond." Speaking of the Scout organization's benefits, Mr. 'Roosevelt said: We have ideals wjio, with his,wife, arrived Tuesday, having received' word of his brother's illness. He is also survived by two aunts, Mrs. Peter May and Mrs. Math J. Baur of McHenry and an uncle, Will Britz of Fox Lake. Funeral servieev will bo held from the home of his uncle, Will Britz, at Fox Lake, to St. John's church, Johnsburg, at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning, with burial in Johasbujcg cemetery. Pfaiindatten far Mfe afe Mcer's. FOR COV NTY CLERK Howard Cairns, commander of th(f McHenry Post, American Legion, ha* announced his candidacy for the nomination for county cleric on the Democratic ticket, to be voted at the primary on April 10. Mr. Cairns is 88 years of and was born and raised in McHenry county. Ho spent eighteen months a* a soldier in the world war. twelve v f which were in France. He expects t# We are a growing , make an extensive canjpaism throucrh# organization. We believp that we are; out the county and should he be elect# accomplishing fine American rApuIts, ed is well qualified f*>r the job. H# not only for our own r membership, j has th backing of the local Dem-^ but also for our families, our com- cratic organisation and no doubt wi# -- l.i.. > -.Ha- n I « orvlowrKri nt. >Ju> nrirw^rA •£ ' . •* • " /.V1. " •.