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MiBlM b& W m *H* McBXHST PUUMSlALlft Thursday, December, 12, 1995 #?¥* EDUCATION AN Li CHARACTER ' * »r • • ' • - . LEONARD A. BARRETT -- Old Timers Club Beside railwny crossings In majiy of our small town*, tlure is stationed !'i watchman whose responsibility Is to a I g d a I traffic in cnje of f.ti approaching train. ID the daytime he disK plays a sign "Stop" ; in the nigh i, he swings a red lantern. If the watchman should fall to give his signal and ah accident oqcur. It would not bp so difficult to win a damage suit against• ' the railway company. If an accident should occur when the watchman hnd given his signals the probability of winninii,^rsiait would be rather remote. ' - The placement of resp«>nsiV?iTii.v.. !.:i* one of the most, difficult tasks coy fronting our. entire social life; it is also, In many caiseS. the niosj imi Mutant gaestlon for courts ,t(v tU>tcrmi>ii» Wa* the w&tchinan faithful,; u- lii?. dMtJ? Did he give the vvnrnuss' O'x of the most popular criminal recent years was decided oJT this Ifngle question. "\V^s ftiv Tt-fiVi inftl warned of i(ie peril.o-f- w'rolfg; <t" ing? The young son ol m' I'lch m^VCliani pleaded guilty of miii'iler I lis jj i tt<rii«,.\ argued that his fat her ric^ltH'ted his duty In moral and religious training The young man had nev.ef ••heeri hiusiht the necessity t»f .restriii.ninji his e,motions. He had plenty of nioney and lived a riotous life. The coiiit held that tbe young man was not wholly responsible and substituted life imprisonment for thiO plecrru chair.y We are spending enorinbusfetifns of money on education, religion, and on the development of all cultural arts; but when we estimate the results, haw much has actually helped our youth to live a better and cleaner moral life? The most dangerous factor in our social life today is the educated, characterless individual. If our splendid educational facili- •STRETCHER" JOINS THE CLUB,] fall artd hit you on the nose anld wake Fauquier St, j you; get up and eat it, go down to St. Paul, Minn., j the seia, take a line out of your pocket, Dec. 3, 1935 catch your fish, go back and dig some Editor,/. McHenry Plaindealer:'- V Dear Sir: I just arrived home from Stockholm, Wis., and my brother, Frank, handed me a stack of Plaindealers. yams and cook your dinner. Yes, sir, I. wish I was back there now." Well, I don't think the South Sea Islanders had anything on us old timers of the olden days. We all had You sure have a most valuable paper,j our patch of potatoes and vegetable in fact, the best country weekly it j gardens and plenty of fish. has been my pleasux-e to read. The j AU of us old timers should figure Old Timers' Club of course, interest-) on visiting McHenry during the Meed me just as it interests all the old j Henry centennial. Not only will it timers, and the young timers, too. 11 be a ^ecca for old timers, but a cenhave always had a soft spot in nvy j terurial always-attracts thousands of heaH lor the old town. I wish to join j visitors. Time is fleeting, another year ] street. and "Grandma," not knowing1 that he had singled her oat, keeps on nodding and smiling. The crowd is convinced and sales are brisk. Now, that wasn't hard to remehiber, was it, Old Timers? Vou saw it all and there isn't a spot in and around the old town that isn't full of memories. Will someone please tell* us how that 350-lb. cannon came to be in McHenry? It was said to have been in the war with Mexico. We boys shot it off on the Fourth of July for severalyears. It was a good shooter all right. One time we loaded it up with a goodly charge of black powder and pounded down a heavy wad of paper, using the family axe and a pieOe of broken fork handle. Then we put in whatever scrap iron we could find and wadded that down. When everything was ready, we, from across the street, aimed it at the schoolhouse woodshed, across from Grimolby's barn on John i the Old Timers' Club. - . | Dear Old Timers:- ., LJ. Just a-line to'let youknow 'tliat ,Z S arm well and'kicking. We erij^y your, letters very nvueh. I can close my s]j eyes and see each one of you, just as ^ you were in the good»old days, arid j *; what Wonderful diys they were, so 1 i carefree and full of hope. I, knpw ! is drawing to a close Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy arid Prosperous New Ye*r. j With kindest regards .to ' Your frifend. ' • HERBERT% BENNETT, ; ("Stretcher") When we fired it, it turned more somersaults than old Doc Brady. Missed the Wood-shed but next morning, while I was in the trapeze, I heard a crash on the north side of the big willow tree and when we investigated found embedded, a chunk of iron tljat we had put in the cannon the day before. It sure was, because we had sold that same piece several times to the Jews and knew our stuff. Now, Mr. Stpffel, will yow join? If you don't, I'll start picking on your nothing of the tragic sixties: I *as"tOME ON, YOU!" " born in the exact middle of the.silly] > *e'" *«• St. Paul, Nov. 28,. 19^;- ; ' seventies, and came to McHenry with I it"is.. There is hardly my parents, L. E. Bennett, mother, i any Old Timer but would like, to join Anna E. Bennett, and brother, Frank, the club apd more than once have sat brother, John •sister, Alice, and sister, Clara. We down with pen and ink and then the, Don't forget the 100th anniversary "arrived in McHenry Jan.. 28, 1881. memories, somehow, would not take, next year. Big doings; Frank Wightman hauled, us over from ^ shape, and, after writing half a page, I And, Loretta Walsh, you were We can still remember 'would quit in disgust. , [right about the Old Timers waiting Now, let me tell you how to go until the "golf season" was over. WaXikegan. the old curduroy road over which we J [traveled and it was a sea of mud after the January thaw-. We moved into about it. Let's pick some old landmark and you all go along and see the Howe block, just across from the just how to do it. What shall we McHepry House. I was just turned' select for a background? six years old, and to me life began at l Amy Owen says, "Let's go over by | six. I was guardian of my kid broth- j the big tree at the foot of CristyV er, Frank Hey? Mable Ford and John Claxton! What say? " " Be seein' you! .• .. ... REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN^-- . . We learned to recite the following We soon got acquainted j Hill, just where the lane turns 'down | verse before we could read it ih the with all the kids in the neighborhood, j to the mill pond." Harry Wightmaji. the "^Hollys, the | Ail right, come on. That tree was Kargas boys, and Will "Bree" Kar- ait least 200 years old, fifty years ago. ges, the Colbys, Storeys, the Engelns, No doubt but^l was a meeting place and "such jolly good neighbors we had. It was the winter of the big snows and I can remember trudging to school. Netty Page was our teacher and we liked her very much. ( Streaming by the old town was the river. Just imagine old Fox River ties drug the. watchman at the .tower . of a half century ago, its clear watinstead of causing hint to give the j ei> flowing past groves of hard wood warning that safeguards from d. :*/uot timber, the natural shore line of Coition, It has hopelessly failed in Us ored willows and green pastures, and high purpose. ' 'Every teacher from the kindergarten to the university, like every parent, very r largely determines the status of public morals. They are like the watchman who, holding up his signal, says-- "Just.so far. and no farther." As a "watchman" guarding the safety of( our American youth stand the home, the church, the uni verslty and the cathedral whose high est responsibility is not only to train the mind but the heart also. Education without character Is dynamite. 0 Western Newspaper Union. GABBY QERTIE its swirling waters just teeming with fish. Well, in the spring we moved down to Boone Creek, across the. road from Chet Howard's and George Becki\ vith's; farther down the street lived •Oliver Owen and at the foot of the I street lived Chauncey Beckwith, such J good neighbors and many, are the , pleasant memories. We can remember ! when Ray Owen got his big highi wheel bicycle, the large wheel was in front. The wheel in that time was a marvel, but one had to be careful'going down hill for* he might pitch over the, handle bars. The next improvement had the small wheel in front. Can also remember when Jim Perry got one of the first Columbia bicycles ipade. The Columbia was costly and heavy in those days. I can remember ! the first night we spent in the house by the creek. Frank and I slept in the front bedroom, crawling to bed l about 9 p. m. Brother Frank was already asleep. I heard a scratching ! dn the window, then all was quiet. ! Pretty soon more scratchings. I be- ^ gan to get scared. Jumping out of i bed, I walked slowly toward the win- ! dow. It was bright moonlight, and w^at I saw nearly congealed my blood. There, staring at me were two "Anybody can stop at an exclusive watering place in these days 400 "tilling stations." Says:= "for Indians long before the white settlers came in. It saw us in our mothers' arms and saw our first toddling steps and watched us through youth and saw the faltering steps as senescence crept upon us. Feel the barK and notice how deep the fingers can go into the cracks. See the patches of moss here and there. Now look up and there op the north side is where the wind twisted a huge limb. Big branches reach out to the south and southeast. Pretty fine, heh? See how the big. roots have pushed up the sod and the footpath detoUrs around the tree. Here comes "Old" Ed Owen up the lane. Let's be quiet now, as he meets Col. Nash with his cane. Mr. Owen is talking. He has the flat voice of the deaf. "Morning, Colonel, how- are you? Is your leg feeling a little better ? Pretty dam tough to be laimfe. Nice day for this time of the year. Goodbye! Good-bye!- Be gad, oh, be gad! Come, on, Mary Lou, let's go and see Uncle *OL.' Come on, don't look back." Almost brings the tears, Amy, for you had a grand old Dad. Now, let's stand with our back to the tree and look around. To the east is Owen's Hill. Scattered oaks sparsely cover it. We can see the dam andthe cheese factory. Boone creek winds its crooked way to the river. Let's look at the hill and see if we can conjure something. Yes! See that grayish outline taking form? It grows, takes shape. Sure enough, it is a big tent surrounded by gay wagons, with iron bars running up and down. You see it? GOLMAR BROS. GREAT SHOWS! • Don't you thrill to it? The wild eyes, just like balls of fire. Just above animals.., The blatant band and the were two ugly looking horns. For "barkers." one fleeting moment I thought it was Now that was all easy to see, b«- the devil, but the beast slowly turned , cause it was all written on our youthits head and there stood our old ; ful brain tissue. brindle cow, chewing on a rosebush, j Let's close our eyes for a moment I believe that most of our fears are , and dispel this scene and conjure imaginary. j another. The next morning I prepared for j Ah! There ire a bunch of teepees; my first fishing trip. Arming myself j a large tent in front and Indians with an old hoop, with pink mosquito | dancing and singing a medicine song, netting attached, I sallied forth into Wana hear it? Listen:. ; the pasture, rather fearsome, but 11 "Go, na, go, a na guah^ : : """ found most of the cows took little no-1 Dunna, yun, yun* yun yefch. tice of me, but one old brindle cow | Do na go oney gay, nay guah, llooked askance. Soon I saw that she j Donnie yun, yun, yun yeah, i was slowly following me. Beating a ' Donnie gay a na guah. -hasty retreat, after dropping the pink Dunnic yay ohny, yay, ahny guah." -- net, I climbed through the old rail Remember that? How can it be! fence, and was safe. • , forgotten ? I don't think I have ever i Boone creek in the early days was seen A show to e<)ual it. ,~7 . simply wonderful, flowing through Let's go down a little closer and water-bogged pastures. Just north see who is talking in this "free" show Fourth or Fifth Reader? "The lilacs are in blossom, The cherry flowers are white* ' I hear a sound below me, of> Twitter and delight, , It is my friend, the robin, As sure as I'm alive, I am very glad to see you, sir, Pray when did you arrive?" 1 » In primary grade, in 1885, Alvina Block recited the following? "A blue jay sat on a hickory limb, He winked at me and I winked at him. I picked up a stone and hit Him in the shins and he said, Now you old fellow, Don't you do that again. Tom and Lolla Walsh sang at Democratic political rallies, and" made a fine background for Dick Bishop's hell and damnation speeches ? One song that they sang ended, "We'd like to, but England won't let us," which had a great element of truth in it. William Jennings Bryan was called "The Boy Orator of the Platte?" : •*< HL XMAS TREE LIGHTS SE^tv BUY NOW! Uwetl £erp«tmal lc« Fi«U The lowest perpetual ice field m tk* continental United States is the Carbon Glacier Id ML Rainier National park, with an elevation of about 4,000 feet. " Ybvi Won't Be Able fo" Dopli-1 cote this Price When It's Time to Decorate Your Christmas Tree! RECUIAR 2 FOR 5$ VALUE WHILE THCY LAST - 24 TO A CUSTOMER • Store open evenings until Christmas. '• . H. Althoff Corner U. S. 12 and Main St., West McHenry YOU DON'T LOSE A STEP OR A MINUTE When Cleveland was campaigning the second time, yours truly smoked part of an election cigar and was as sick as a real sick hen, or something? There were plenty of flies in the skim milk in the tanks in the cheese factory? The harmless house fly? A cup of gr.iied v...eese added to the while sauce that is served with cauliflower improves its flavor. Garbage will not freeze to the can during the winter If coarse line salt Is •catt«-red over the bottom of can when it is empty. ,, • ."""-"'V Use two strands of dental. .ftoss Instead of one when reshMnging beads. tBeatis are not so likely to cut \hrough two strands. If two tablespoons of shortening are added to the batter when making griddle cakes it will not be necessary to .grease griddle. v'„ Two or three layers of newspapers Placed on top of & wire spring and under mattress makes a bed much warm- .or. This makes a. great difference when there is no box spring on the bed. C) **«ocl»ted Newspaper*.--WN'U Servlc*. Will Stoffel was a handsome hardworking young blade? Have an extension telephone placed "i'3ii your kitchen where it will be right at hand for ordering your household supplies. And this is only a small : part of the service this telephone will give you. It will bring von iltose incoming calls which so often Me you away from your baking or Other important tasks! With an extension in your kitchen there will be no more running to,another part of the home to answer your telephone when it rings--you will just pick up your kitchen extension without theloss of a step or a minute. The cost of this additional telephone is small. Call our Business Office or any telephone employee will help yOu place your order. An mOtntion ulepkon* make* an exceptional, aU-y*ar CkrittmtB gift . Km may ordtr one installed <u a gift and have the charges billed to jwtt. In McHenry call 9981 1JLLI NOIS B ELL T E L E P H O N E C ® . FINED AT WOODSTOCK J • " Charles Twine of B&Henry w*a . fined $10 and costs amounting to J* $21.40 on a charge of assault and - battery*.before Justice of the Peace,• W. S. Battern, Saturday. The com--' -- plainant, Mrs. Violet.Cballand, of McHenry, charged that Twine called her • names following an argument over • two dollars. Twine was a "roomer and boarder in the house and she claimed he owed her for rent. FIRE AUTO INSURANCE FARM LIFE EARL It. WALSH .Presenting Reliable Companiett * IQkm jtoo need' insurance of any jdn) Pbon* 43 or Cl-M Pries Bldg. McHenry Phoon 43 J. KNOX • : lATTO^NEY AT LAW 7 Fries Bldg. - , OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment Sift McHenry IlKnois ALFORD H. POUSE ATTORNEY-AT-LA1 107y, Benton St. Woodstock. HI. Phone Woodstock 191 McHenry 278 . Telephone No. 800 Stoffel & Reihanspergor • iaaurance agents for all classes of , property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS S. H. Freund & SOD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience U at Tour flonrioe in building Tour Wants Here's How to Dccorate with Christmas Lights | Making the home ft shining example of holiday good-will by attractive Christmas lighting decorations has become "just an old American custoo}". Here are some practical illustrations of what can be done. of this beautiful creek was another Gee, there is Litz and "Peggy" Feltz. creek running from the mill race. The John and Will Krause, Ed Granger, two creeks join befqre reaching the Nick Colby, Mrs. Frisby, John Buss, x-fver. After the spring rains, which ! and Martin Bickler. You pick 'em out often taxed the capacity of the old The "barker" or "professor" is harmill dam, the creeks would overflow angueing the crowd. He has a bottle the banks, and the fish would start of Kickapoo Indian SagWa in his hand. | their annual run up from the river, i Listen to him: "Ladies an' gentle- You old timers will* remember the j men. -I .have* here .a bottle of that good fishing. Each deep hole or bend i great remedy. "Made from roots, in the creek was a favorite spot, and j herbs and berries and barks, known a veritable hodge-podge, both as to | only to this famous tribe of Indians variety and size of fish waiting to be ] and used by them for centuries to caught. t' j purify the blood. Take home a bottle. . Two years ago I met an old sailor i Take as according to directions and at Stockholm, Wis., on beautiful Lake you will feel better after the first Pepin. He was a transient, just pas,- dose, or money refunded." ing through the village. We began | Look, there is Grandma Quinn down talking about old times and our trav- j in front nodding to everything he says els. Gosh, I thought that I had been and having a huge time. The "proaround some, but this fellow had been fessor", spies her and says, as he all over the world. Finally I asked | points in her general direction: "Now him what spot in the>world he would 1 there is a lady down there who bought The owner of this home used cleverly placed floodlights and silhouette cutouts of Christmias figures, supplemented by beautifully trimmed evergreens at the entrance. This picture^shows how festoons of lights can be used to emphasize the important lines of the house. Indoor decorations in or nciM the windows add interest. POTPOURRI Crow's Classy Relatives '* The birds of paradise, of which' there are some fifty species, are related to the crows. Ycontrasted to the latter's plain and uninviting ap pearance, the bird of paradise per baps has more splendor than any other winged creature. They are nn tive in the forest*, of Australia, New Guinea and other Pacific islands. A Wesltrn Newspaper Union. rather live. Without hesitation he said- "The South Sea Islands; you need little or no clothing; when night comes you lie under a bread-fruit tree and in the morning a bread-fruit \fcill % bottle of this famous medicine twonights ago. She has ta]ten it faithfully until tonight," but tonight she forgot to take it. I can tell by her eye that she forgot. Is it not "so?" » * • - » ' ' » » An ingeaious effect is produced by' the ---shadow of a small cutout tree cast by a lamp placed behind it. Colored lamps in the doorway lanterns and colored paper in the upper % windows add to the trim, festive appearance. Candle forms at the entrance can be made of painted tubes of tin or cardboard and a flame-colored lamp. In addition, booties like this with light toned trim are made distinctive with simple floodlighting. A. P; Freund Excavating Contractor tracking, Hydraulic and Orane Service Road Building fit 204-M McHenry, lit Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 266 CENT A COMPANY All Kinds of r i s u ^ N C * Plteed with the nost reliable Come in and talk it ever "hone McHenry 1 Charlie's Repair Shop Jost East of Old Bridge Over Fox River - • ; (Rear Schaefer's Tavern) v i d Repaired, oocues and Fenders Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding ' CHARLES RIETESEL Snhscrfre forflM Plaindealtr. SUCH IS LIFE ..... ^ By Charles SugUroc VLTTIOUT M VOUBT {MOAA, VOTtA SEB TW <£REAT gACK HIPPO POTAMUy YKOVV -TUE 7.CC^ H=A NI FPDVOTAMU? UOOKS* L-IKt? MLL-UOH &\USIOM POUNO^OF UVER H-iATCr A//M B»a U\p=ee, jb $