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*'• >' * • ' • •••£* ' rv'. ••" V-" •:• <• ' '•*? * <* * ** * TH' k • *4 < •_-" :. . ..': -"-' "1 - >7~ **'•* -J-'v ,* j ..' . '•; * : <ri • :•>;•• <'.' -0> ..r>: •. . 1,! • •..•-'v>' j&tz4 . . • 1 N • ' «MfSKIKIMIIH ' - ' ' V • : ' v • > - ' •i * • . . . MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ! * f ?*• t. - . • ^ • _ _ --^ , , VOL. 59. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APEIL 13^1934 3 ALDERMEN RE-ELECTED TUESDAY ENTERS M'HENRY HOMES fr!UtfTK SMITH AGE OF 89 REACHES YEARS " t)rie of the oldest residents of ti*l$ yicinity, Frank Smith, 89 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Freund, at one o'clock Wednesday morning, April 19, 1934, passing peacefully away after a long life Of varied experiences In which the hardships of the early settlers Were overcome in the progress of the years •and the* advancement of modern civil- ; ization. *] ***• ,, Growing with the country his entire was spent in this locality, : •V^-.^hiipe he was widely known and had fhaiiy friends. His was the distinction of being the firs* white child born In McHenry township, his parents coming over from Germany with the first of the Jeariy settlers. Mr. Smith was born north of Johnsbur# on Feb. 28, 1845, where he grew to manhood. He never saw his father who was drowned while crossing the .ice ott a creek near Spring Grove. His . ; twother later married John Schaefer autd continued to live m this locality. Ilk 186? Frank Smith was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kant of Johnsburg and they commenced farming on the old homestead near Johnsburg. His Wife died thirty-nine years ago, on Mjfcrch 18, 1895, but he continued to cherish her memory until the last. To this union twelve children btwn. In later years he retired from , tive work and for the last nine years he made hi9 home with his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Freund, in McHenry, where he received the kind and loving care of his children, who were ever thoughtful of his welfare aftd comfort. Despite his advanced years, Mr ? Smfith has always been remarkably active and well until the last year wher : he seemed to fail, being unable to walk during the' past few month3. His memory remained good, however, and he was able to talk interestingly about the olden days. \ He is sm ived by ten children: Mrs. M. J. Freund, McHenry; Mrs. L. N. Baer, Chicago; Mrs. ML J. Mullenbach, Stacyville, Iowa; and Mrs. Andrew Steinedoerfer, MteHenry; Peter, Math and Fred Smith of Johnsburg; Louis, Edward and Arthur Smith of McHenry; three brothers, Math J. Schaefer, McHenry, Feter Schaefer, Johnsburg, and Joe P. Schaefer, Ringwood, and two sisters, Mrs. William Hay, McHenry, and Mrs. George Rosing, Ingleside. Three sisters preceded him in death, Mrs. Mary Miller, who died . at the age of 85 years, on Feb. 23, 1934, Mrs. Nick L. Freund', who died a few years ago and one when a young ." ~ woman. Two sons also have passed . away, Will Smith dying about three years ago and Martin, who passed away last Au#Ust. Mr. Smith was one of .four members of his family who had .passed the age of 80, Peter and Mat, who are 80 and over, still surviving. His life was a long and useful one spent ' in this vicinity where he saw lonely prairies bloom into fertile farms and plant oak trees give way for the growth of homes and cities. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church with Father Charles S. Nix of- .? ficiating. Burial will be in the Johns- « burg cemetery beside his wife. Mrs. John A. Thennes This community was shocked by the sudden death of Mrs. John A. Thennes, 40 years old, which occurred at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, at 2:10 a m., Saturday, April 14, 1934, after an illness of only a few days. Mrs. Thennes had seemed to be in her usual good health last week and returned home from town about 5:20 Wednesu day afternoon where she was stricken with severe pain. As her condition : grew worse a doctor was called and she was rushed to St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, where an operation , i for gall stones was performed immediately, but no hope was held for her recovery. After a blood transfusion on Thursday she seemed to rally for a short time but the improvement was only temporary, and she passed away early Saturday morning. Kafchryn Blake, the daughter of Mr. fnd Mrs. John M» Blake, was born on 0 farm just north of McHenry on #uly 27, 1894, and always lived in this •incinaty where she had many friends. "With her sister she conducted a millinery store in West McHenry for sev- »rsl •--ens. In November 1927 she was united in marriage to John A. Thennes and the ^ few years of happy companionship will remain a tender memory to her .joved ones to whom she came as a ~ loving wife and mother. Mrs. Thennes was a member of 1 Court Joyce Kilmer, Catholic Daughters of America, and of St. Clara's Court, No. 659, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters. Besides hev husband, she is survived y five step-children, Cecelia, Edward, la*ence of Mundelein, Betty and IxMrrpcne, and two sisters, Mrs. -Hen- SCHOOL ELECTIONS HELD SATURDAY The two elections of* members for the grade and school boards of education were uncontested on Saturday, April 14, with less than fifty,, votes cast at each of the polling places and scarcely no interest on the part of the public shown in the elections. > The candidates for the grade scho&l board were re-elected with R. I. Overton as president and Matt Steffes and Lester Sherman as members. On the high school board, Jos. W. Freund was re-elected, his being the only term to expire this year. Mr. Freund has been secretary of' the high school board since its organization and has served capably for many years. The school boards will meet soon to organize for another year and plans for the new year, including the hir ing of teachers, will be considered- The personnel of the grade school board is now, R. I. Overton, Matt Steffes, Lester Sherman, George Johnson, St H. Freund, H. E. Buch and Edward H. Nickels. The members of the high school board are J. W. Freund1, C- J. Reihansperger, E. E. Bassett, Dij. A. I. Ffraehlich and Ben Justen. At Johnsburg, re-elected to the school he ha9 served years, winning over Jc 50 votes. Mr. votes and Freund Other members of Mat N. Schmitt and iper Fatal Crash of an Airliner at Lima, Peru McHENRY WOMAN CHOSEN CHAIRMAN Two aviators and a flpssenger«were killed and three passengers,.including tlie.Chilean,ambassador to the raited 8tates, were seriously injured at Lima recently when an American Grace airliner crashed while taking off for Santiago, Chile. This photograph shows the remRlj>8'"6f the plane after the disaster. v r* Rural school elections contested this year with man re-elected on the board cation for the Cherry Valley Other members are Clarence and Joe Harrer. At Ostend, Albert Thomas was reelected for another term./Other bers of the board are/Tony Freund and Loren Thompson. The election of a also held Saturday toi McHenry township, Clayton Harrislpn of Ringwood being electedi A meeting of the trustees was held at Ringwood Wednesday evening: *nd S. W. Brown was elected treasurer for two years. Clayton Harrison was elected' president and Peter Smith and Henry J. Miller are trustees. AL. PURVEY'S SISTER ~ DIES AT WOODSTOCK Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Purvey Johnson, 36 years old, who died Thursday morning at her home in Woodstock, were held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church, Woodstock. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. Surviving besides her husband, Melvin Johnson, are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purvey, Crystal Lake; four brothers," William Purvey, Huntley, Frank of Woodstock, Ralph of Barrington and Albert of McHenry; five sisters, Mrs. Robert Burleigh, Ingleside, Mrs. Frank Riley, Woodstock, Mrs. Jack Washow and Josephine and Edith Purvey, Crystal Lake- AMONG THE SICK Bernard Bauer returned home from Hines Hospital last week Thursday. He is getting along nicely. Mrs. Fred Schneider was in St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, Thursday and Friday for observation! John King has been confined to his home by illness. Mrs. Mary Simon is ill and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Zimmer, of Chicago, is caring for her. Betty Enjrein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feter Engeln, who has been seriously ill for the past two months, is recuperating and is now able to be up and about. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Wra. H- Althoff is recovering from a touch of pneumonia. Mat Weber is confined to his bed at his home on Riverside Drive, where he is suffering from lumbago. Louis Smith, proprietor of Smith Bros, store, Green street, has been at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, for the past week, where he underwent an operation. He is expected,xeturn home this Friday. VALLEY Of GHOSTS' GIVEN BYSENIORS LARGEST CROWD SINCE DEPRESSION Nothing daunted by Friday the thirteenth and its traditional terrors, McHenry high school Seniors presented their annual class play entitled, "The Valley of Ghosts," Friday eventing in the high school auditorium with the largest crowd in attendance since the depression. In fact, the auditorium was crowded to capacity with every seat sold and chairs and benches placed in the rear and side aisles to accommodate those who were unable to get reserved seats, a condition which was common at high school class plays in the good old days before depression, but which has not existed recently. Judging from the respense of the large audience, the members of the cast were unquestionably a success as entertainers and they, with their directors, Miss Helen Stevens, are to be complimented upon the more tfcan ordinary amount of skill displayed ift the fine rendering of the play. Unusual Plot A weird, mystery-comedy, the plot was unusual with one continuous GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS , IN EXCITING CONTEST round of thrills from the opening cur-^Af tickets, of course, each one hopes k (Continued on Page 4) K. C.Vi ATTENTION! The next regular meeting of McHenry Council will be held next Thursday, April 26, at the K- C. hall. Harvard Council will entertain. Communion Sunday, April 29, at St. Patrick's church, 8 o'clock Daylight Saving Time. All members are urged to attend both events. DIES IN AUTO CRASH Joseph Kraft of Chicago was killed in an auto crash. Wednesday afternoon of last week. He was „the victim of a collision between his car and one driven by Kenneth Whiley of Oak Park- The crash occurred at the corner of Virginia street and Dole avenue, Crystal Lake. Mr. Kraft died cn the way to Sherman hospital, Elgin. BENEFIT DANCE A dance will be held at the Bridge Ball Room, McHenry, Wednesday evening, April 25, for the benefit of the lighting system for the McHenry Soft Ball Association at the McHenry Ball Park. Elmer Freund's orchestra will provide the music. Admission 50 cents per couple, ladies free. 47-fp tain with the stage in darkness and a realistic thunder storm raging, to the final scene when the breath-taking mystery was solved- The quick action of the play, with adventures crowding each other in rapid succession, kept the audience in ever-increafing interest and suspense with never a dull moment allowing the listen«r$ to relax from their tense interest. New Type of School Play * The play was' somewhat of an experiment, in a way for it was the first time that this type of play has ever been presented in McHenry by high school students, but it proved very conclusively that people in general enjoy a mystery as well as a comedy and it also gave further evidence that the very efficient director of high school class plays, Miss Helen Stevens, is just as efficient and successful when it comes to producing something new and different as she has been in the past with the class plays. The rendering pf the play was 30 real and the audience became so interested that they really became a part of the presentation, expressing their excitement in screams as guns were fired and actors disappeared in the darkness or as unknown visitors crept from behind in a succession of hair-raising encounters. The weird lights, the playing of a locked organ and strangling hands that! snatched from the shadows, kept the four negroes frightened as they found terror after terror in a background of strange mystery. No wonder Pete Washington was eager to carry his rabbit's foot aboat With him as he hunts for the ghost of the "strangled bride." Helen Wayne has been called across ^he continent to be present in the house of ghosts for a midnight reading of the will of a woman she had met only once. When Helen arrives she finds her ex-fiance, and together they hear the peculiar bequest. There are moments of comedy between those of terror when some hidden influence tries to drive the strangers away, among them being the ghostly housekeeper and her conversations with the spirit world. Well-Balanced Ca*t The characters were well bal' need and varied from the attractive hero and heroine, played by Guy Duker and Marian Weingart, to the nervous and entertaining negroes and their girl friends, the suave lawyer and the puzzling housekeeper. Each one seemed aptly fitted to their individual role, taking their part in a most competent and efficient mahner, giving evidence of many weeks of hard work which culmiated in a real achievement for the members of the cast, the director and all committees who assisted. The play was a revelation as to is a contest on at the grade school and.it promises to be a most exciting one. They have asked us to tell you all about it so that everyone in McHenry and vicinity may assist in making the contest a very successful one. \ To begin with, there will be a picture show at the Empire theatre on Friday afternoon, Friday night and Saturday night of next week, April 27 and 28, sponsored by the local schools for the benefit of the health fund which is used for the benefit ot school children. The picture will be a dandy--it's "Robinson Crusoe/' with Douglas Fairbanks taking tile leading part. Then'there will be other peels, including a Mickey McGuire and Mickey Mouse picture, as well as a health picture by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. And now about the contest! There are thirty pupih of the grade school who have tickets to sell at the popular prices of 10 and 25 cents for this picture show and the twenty losers are pledged to entertain the ten winners at a party in the grade school gym. The pupils are divided into three teams with Margaret Landl, Harold Taxman and Lorraine Eng'^i as captains and they will canvass McHenry, Ringwood and Johnsburg in their sale WEEKLY EXCHANGE HEMS OMNTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES lo be a winner, so there promises to be a merry scramble to dispose of tickets. The health fund is used for the benefit of school children who cannot afford treatments or operations for Lloyd Pickering, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Pickering, of Richmond, sustained a fractured collarbone early last week Thursday evening when he fell from the high side walk in front of the Hermance restaurant striking the cement gutter. Two state highway patrolmen may lose their jobs as the result of an accident while operating a state truck recently. The two are Wayne Cooney of Hkrtland and John Jones of Woodstock. They were apprehended last week Friday by Deputy Sheriff Sidney Corson after they had crashed into a car owned by Karl Frit* at Woodstock. | Mrs- Anna Starling, widow of Fred E. Sterling, lieutenant governor of Illinois, has perfected plans for the erection of a; large barn onAhe Marshall homestead farm, southwest of Harvard, which recently came into the possession of tl^e Sterling family, residents of Rockford. The large barn on the Fred Mengs' farm east of Woodstocir, was struck by lightning about 9:30 o'clock Monday evening of last week. The roof of the b^m became ignited and Mr. Mengs imnjediately cleared the barn of some cows and horses- The telephone was used to notify neighbors and parties in Woodstock who came Mrs. C. W. Goddell was elected ."Chairman of the eleventh district Busiand Professional Women's club at the annual meeting held Sunday afternoon at Elgin. Mrs. Goodell is the .vice-president of the county club and district officer has been chosen front the membership of the McHenry county club which was organized four years ago. Mrs. C. W. Goodell and Miss Ethel Jones were among the delegates from McHenry county who attended the Business and Professional Women's club eleventh district tea held Sunday in the parlors of the Y. W. C. A. at Elgin. ' ' Miss Jessie Mowat, chairman of the district, presided at the business meeting, at which time a member from each visiting club, with Miss Naomi Walter as chairman, acted as a nominating committee and chose Mrs. Goodell of McHenry as district chairman for the coming jrear. Mass Vera Christen, president of the Elgin club, welcomed the visitors and Miss Celia M. Howard, state president, urged a large attendance at the state convention at Cairo, May 3 to 5. Each club president gave a short report of an outstanding accomplishment of her club during the year. Membership, means of raising money, study classes tn economics and public relations were also included in reports. In the social hour, Miss Bess. Ward, contralto, accompanied by Miss Mabel Erickson, sang, "Slave Song," and Sing, Sing, Birds on the Wing." Tea was afterwards served. Announcement was made of the invitation extended all district clubs to attend a meeting April 23 at Aurora, at which Miss Dorothy Henecker of Geneva, Switzerland, an interrational officer, will speak. . BICKLER IS NEW MAGISTRATE DEFEATS GEO. BOHR BY 252 TO last of the "April elections place on Tuesday when the annual; election was held- No upsets occurred in the course of the election with an alderman in each ward returned to office for another term. The only contest for office was between George Bohr and William Bick- !er for police'magistrate, with Bickler winning the election with & total of 252 votes to 85 for Bohr. First War# Bickler ....: ... L;,;..^.... 58 Bohr .v.,... 31 .1 • "i Bickler Bohr ... W.«t Bickler Third Ward 68 . 10 .126 WAUKEGAN VOTES AGAINST MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT .to nsils, eyes, etc. and is a very worthy I to the rescue. Mr. Mengs, his son, A,» , . . , „ ,\r . cause I A"red' an« son-in-law, Fred Hartung, .. ' . „ , ,, , - I however had the fire extinguished by Now, folks, you know all about it, !using bucketP of water, almost by the and if you are asked to buy a ticket , time additional help reached them, just respond with a smile. [The roof on the barn was only slightly ' i damaged. COST OF PRIMARY j Work was begun last week to ren- ELECTION REDUCED der Route 173 safer for motorists Ly I laying gutters along the pides on the grades and between Antioch By a vote of more than three to one, citizens of Waukegan rejected a proposal toward the establishment of a municipally-owned. and operated "electric light and power plant for their city at the polls early this week (April 17.) JWhile the issue before Waukegan voters was only the initial step in the direction of the establishment of a municipal plant, its decisive defeat is j t a k e n a s an i m p o r t a n t i n d i c a t i o n o f , the public attitude toward municipal plants in cities already adequately served with electricity from other sources. Those opposed to the city-owned plant pointed to the facU-that municipal plants have not genera^^ought lower electric rates in Illinois, whe the record of the privately operate electric system serving Waukegan showed eight voluntary rate reductions in the past twenty years. Fuither emphasis was placed upon the cost of the proposed preliminary survey and the estimated cost of a municipal plant which, at the outset, would have been of questionable economic vplue to taxpayers of the community. Expenses of the primary held on April 10 will be more than $1,000 smaller in the county this year as a lesult of the new state law which fixes the salary of poll judges and clerks curves and a short distance west of the Fox River. About twenty workmen are being employed by the Groves Construction Co., Libertyville contractors, A , ., , , , on two half-day shifts. It is exat $5 daily, and permits each one to ! that the work wil, ^ com_ collect for one day only. Previously , p,eted within R month. election officials were allowed $6 The home of Mr and Mrs j. L. Bar. daily and were paid for two days if rettf Crysta, ^ was the of a they worked later than midnight robb Monday afternoon. Mr. and counting ballots, bringing the total , Mrs. Barrett were for the da cost to the county to $2,112. The new and ^en th retUmed they dis- I. Overton will return as alderman in the first ward, F. JL Wattles in the second ward and Albert B&rbian in the third ward. These aldermen will serve for only one year under the terms of a law enacted by the general assembly of 1933. Beginning, next year, aldermen will be elected fc<r;- a period of two years and city tions will be held only on the years. The city election next year will, no doubt, be an interesting and perhaps an exciting affair, with the entire personnel of the city council up for election because of the new law. t There were no small ballots to be voted at the election this year <tae to the fact that the objectors to daylight saving time did.;not £el> theft petition presented to the city council within the time limit set by the la#. Therefore, McHenry will again be oil daylight saving time tnis year ailil every year until the question is voted down at a city election. Daylight saving time in McHenry coincides with that period in Chicago and will go into effect the last Sunday in April and continue until the last Bundajv in September. „ The annual meeting of the citf council will be held Monday evening. April 23. •'•3 FIFTH OF DAIRY CLASSED UNPR0 legislation effective this year applies only to counties of less than 500,000 population, and not to primary or general elections in presidential years. It is estimated that on the $5 rate poll board officials will be paid about $930. There are three judges and three clerks in each of the thirty-one precinct voting districts in the county. Claims for the primary election will be presented at the county board meeting on April 24. (Continued on page 4) Protect The Eyes Imtwrtance of finding out at the earliest possible moment whether a child's 6ight is normal is brought forcibly to our attention by Dr. Arthur P. Wilkinson of Detroit, in an article recently published by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. A child who suffers from nearsightedness is under a great handicap, even if his affliction is not very marked- He isn't wanted on a baseball team, for instance, because he can't see^the ball until it Is close to him. r- As a result he becomes unpopular with hi9 playmates and loses much of the fun Of normal childhood and it i? hard for him to become adjusted to his surroundings. Early discovery of his defect, followed by corrective measures, would give him a far richer and happier life. A little attention to his sight can make the difference between a happy and an unhappy childhood. Fifty silk dresses just arrivied, all sizes* from 14 to 46. ~ Prices range from $3, $4, $5 to $6- Style Shoppe, Kathryn Barbian, Prop. 47-fp i covered their valuable jewelry and other articles missing. The Yellow Cab company hauled a woman, who had a suit case, to the business section and later both the man and woman used a cab to go to Cary. Other clues are being investigated. The sheriff's office and police authorities were notified and efforts are being made to locate the loot. The stolen items were valued at $8,000 to $10,000. The condition of Wesley E. Zerweck of Riverside and Fred Quintard of Beloit still remains very serious. These two men were injured In a headon collision early Saturday morning on Route 14 southeast of Woodstock. Both have skull fractures and other serious injuries. They are in the Woodstock hospital. Roscoe Grantham, Libertyville, was painfully injured last week Tuesday afternoon while loading hay on the Burdux farm south of Libertyville. Mir. Grantham, who operates a riding stable in Libertyville, had purchased a quantity of baled hay and was helping load it on a truck, preparatory to hauling it to the barns, using two hooks of the kind usually employed for this purpose- As he. lifted a bale and one of the sharp hooks slipped out and the point struck him in the middle of the lower lip, splitting the lip and tearing through the jaw and knocking out a tooth. William F. Blasehke, 52 year-old farmer of Barrington, was fatally injured in an automobile collision at the intersection of Dundee (route 25) ani Barrington roads last week Wednesday morning. The accident happened about 7:45 a. m. as Mr. Blasehke was raking milk to Dundee. His two sons*, William, 12 years old and Albert, 15 years old, were riding with their father to attend school at Dundee when Between 233,000 and 291,000 cows could be culled from Illinois herd| with profit to the dairymen of MeHea^ ry and other counties of the states sayn Farm Adviser W. A. Herringto*, Culling low-producing cows from * herd is sound, economical practice any time, but it is particularly practical at this time when milk and butterfat prices are relatively low, when the price of feed grains is increasing and when the matter of better adjusting production to demand is being considered by dairymen, it was pointed cut. The estimate that between 233,OflSjfc and 291,000 cows could be culled t» the benefit of the Illinois dairy indu*» * try is based on records kept by members of dairy herd improvement associations. Lost year' members of these dairy organizations disposed of 18 per cent of their cows because of the'ir unprofitableness, and these herds had a smaller proportion of low producers than the average herds of the state, So-called "boarder" cows not only reduce the net profit to their owners b'lt add to the surplus production of dairy products. This surplus^ in turn, tends to break down the market prices and further decreases the profits of dairy farmers. "Normally there are about four and one-half milion cows culled annually in the United States, but during recent years normal culling has> not taken place and many old and unprof- HOME BUREAU M.EETIN0 j itaWe cows b^'n ke*»t in " The Home Bureau met Monday af- j noints ouS C- a Rhode, dairy exteni ARBOR DAY, APRIL 13 ArtxSr Day was, observed on Friday, April 13, when pupils> of the grade school joined with students and faculty of the high school in a program appropriate to the day which took place on the high school grounds. A tree presented by the Mothers club was planted by the Boy Scouts and a program was opened by Supt; C. H. Duker in a talk on Arbor Day. Girl Scouts read apropriate articles on Arbor Day, members of the grade school sang, "Trees," by Joyce Kilmer, and the high school band played. Seventy-five little Chinese elm trees were purchased from the J. V. Buchland nur?«ery at lRingwood by the Mothers club and were sold to children of the grade school for fixe cents, each to plant at their homes. ternon at the home of Mrs. E. E. Denman with several interested guests present. The home) advisor, Mrs. Clara Sweeney, was present and gave a very interesting talk on the buying of shoptfTdemonstrating and explaining her points by means of shoes cut in pieces and by samples of leather. It is hoped to start a unit in McHenry and anyone interested is asked to communicate with Mrs. Denman. It is necessary to have ten members to form a unit. Two new units have been formed in the county in the past ; month. If a Home Brueau unit is , formed, here, then a 4-K Club for the Junior girls may also be organized. IMPORTANT MEETING All business people of the city- of McHenry, regardless of what nature, are requested to attend an important meeting at the city hall Friday evening, Apr. 20, 8 o'clock. A matter of interest to all will be taken up and discussed. * 47-fp the accident happened. It was reported that Emil Berkley, S5 years old, a farmer of Algonquin townshin. was driving south when the two light farm trucks crashed. Mr. Blasehke suffered a skull fracture, internal injuries and shock. He was taken to the Sherman hospital, Elgin*' where death occurred at 10:15 a. m. sion specialist of the College of Agrir culture. University of Ilinois. "At. the present time a larger than normal number of cows could be >»enV to the block as one means of aiding in improving the net returns, of dairymen. "Records taken on an actual herd which can be considered as typical in ^ many respects show that twenty-thre-* . cows averaged 8,737 pounds of milk and 284.2 pounds of butterfat last year. If the four lowest producers in the herd had been sold, the amount of milk put on the market by this dairy-, man would have been reduced 22,92i pounds and butterfat cut 770.2 pounds. However, the net returns to the farm, er would have been higher because of four less cows to feed and lower overhead costs.'* There are but few herds in McHenry county that do not have one or mor© unsound and unprofitable cow* that should be slaughtered, according to Farm Adviser Heirirvgton. Thtf culling of these cows is logical, not only as a means of adjusting present; record-breaking production of dairy products in Illinois, but also as a means of increasing the efficiency ami profitableness of herds. ye NU-ART FLOWER STUDIO One mile east of McHenry on Rand Road. Mia. Ftter A. Freond. TV! 614-R-l. 4?-f» .... _ ^ V ¥