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• * - 1 * * t,jS^«rJ*i,*i j . , - « • . ; v * ^ * ,"»- ^ - ••* MoHXKR? PLAINDEALER !$T% '*^ *. *7? • 1 .IVi'ji t * * >' 7 • • Thursday, Jannary, 23,193$ FLIGHT FROM PERSECUTION , ?y LEONARD A. BARRETT *' Although press reports vere scftne- Wfcat confusing, the consensus still - > • seems to be that Col. Charles A.1 Lindbergh left his | home land to es. i cape persecution and the possibility of another kidnaping experience. It is perfectly obvious that" the Lindbergh family would be t ho storm center of lntere«t, especially since the Hnuptniar.n t r i a t. but It is beyond ail "WRITE OFTEN" McHenry, Jan. 12 Editor, McHenry Plaindealer Dear Sir:--Here is another old timers' piece you asked for, so, Mr. Mosher, it's up to you to, print it, please. ciub? : ,v: • v;:: And there was Grandpsf and Grandma Smith. They lived where Anna Frisby now lives. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1895. And there wfis Frank and Tina Going. gmllon jug to be filled with "corn squeezings." Mr. Kargas filled the jug end pot it on the bar when suddenly a man ran in and with a "My jug," grabbed the booze and out the door with it, the customers chasing him across the bridge, and Kargas hollering, "Run, run, catch awhile it 'em, catch 'em!" After Come now, Wally Woodburn, we have all waited plenty tone 'or four letter to the club^, ~ Lewis Owen, old timer, did you get shot up in that robbery in your town? We want to hear from you. Delia Beckwith, you used to be as dawned upon Mr. Kargas I fnM yarns as the Arabian Nights. ' Better sharpen that pencil once again. Herb and I are coming to the reunion. Tell your dog that we are old friernds. And I am doing what the first old They lived across the street. Frank timer asked me to do. * loved to Put on plays I remember Away back how the snow would pile °n* ™ whi?h. J? persuaded Deake to up on the Wentworth comer." De&ke ta*e a »&r\ He was 10 a hu}l?r and the boys wouldn't stop to shovel *!\d on]l make one appearance and he off the old wooden walks. They would did with a tray which was supposed" dig a tunnel through and it would to have a cigar on it. When he exbe so we could walk through down the [c"de? thetberewas^ no cigar, he hill. •J And the r fish Father Wentworth would bring home after'a trip to the Bay, fishing through the ice. 1 belt mi t s of Justice lieve Father Wentworth is responsible had forgotten it. Aftef that there was no more acting for Djeake. He told Frank he. could not make an actor out of hiny "No, sir, ree!" The winter of 1893. Prof. Strayer the reason that aa American citizen j for a number of improvements in Mc- • nigtvt school for the young folks, ihould feel Impelled to flee to anoth- I Henry. There is the water works arid '^e' , time there _ and «r land In order to escape jKrsecUtion the grade school, for which Deake, and fftfr ^hat forties, bon-fires Id his own country. 'his father made all ; ; 'Perhaps persecution is the price One are jn it. ' ^called opon to pay for fame. Many j Wha^ ^bnderful basket socials we 0f those 'had in the Riverside hotel. Of course :We tried our best for certain boys to that there was something phoney about the whole thing, so he says, "Mine Gott, two gallons of viskey, and no money. Did you effer seen s,uch scoundrels?" No, Mr. Claxton, I didn't remember it as I was just a baby at the time and lived on the west side. But it makes me think of a stunt Sox En-.. geln pulled. The Bennetts were living in the middle floor of the Colby building at the time and paying $6 a month rent. Sox came over and ask- 1 ed me to dress up like a woman, as : he had a tenderfoot who wanted to buy a case of beer and go over to , , , , .. . ^ Overacher's to drink it, but So* had »» «•"» •»«!"". *»«l|!»l *t, **«•* »» to show him1 Mary and I was to be Mary. . Everyone should join the visiting department of the Old Tinker's Club, known as the "You and You and You" Sa/hello to your friends far and near: •, phase away dull care and show the fighting stuff that is in you. It will help to keep you happy and make others- happier. '• •' ' • ;;.;7 /'-V; The world during this year odf l®36 is passing through the most critical period in "its" history. Nothing else the Wicks '.that t0 keep warm *nd lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Stegman made; the best sauerkraut and when I went to school in the brick school he Was the and even martyrdom. However, these i Mperleows were elated to orj%otriebody ready to play tricks oh us father Holly sent me over' to the insight, out of their personal careers, largv'J j remeniber one basket social we had. Wes-t Side to call Dr. Howard and I Think of that! I g-ot a dress of Mother's and slipped it on, but Sox said, "It only comes to your knees, toll | up your pants." I did and Sox says, , "Those legs won't do, they look like, j.a sick Scotchman's?' What to do, What to do! An answer to hi3 prayer get our baskets, but there was always When I was quite a child my grand- , appeared, when Charley Swadish hove ~ ~; W.U - W J.J A. _ J • I_ _ •' FO WAIITT CATIF • TVIA FTVAR 'HR\ FKII" •_ _ : _L_ A. TT r_ I I I _• ' I is known. Yesterday, has passed and, as Omar says, "The Moving Fihger ..Writes, and, hay- ' ing writ, •. • .. . . •• > V Moves on; nor ail your "Piety nor Win , • Shall lure it back to cancel half a lirife, Nor all your Tejars w^sh out a Word ; of it." •, "X. '. • Vo you know, We cannot live tomorrow until tomoroW coined, so let's ' ^h« Pe^e -to buy three bas- eot lost ictoming ihotrie. The My policy. The ®I -indbergh case Is Luf ! kets.: 'Hfe- did and disappeared with plwe. I could remember, after passing different. Ever since the flight France and the exceptionally cordi AI greeting by our American ambassador. Myron T. Herrlck, Colonel I indborgh has been regarded as an "idol" whose heroism expressed the highest possible honesty and sincerity. This flight was not actuated by the revenge of a dis: grnntted minority or by a political ve^ | them. <(The next day he and Lou Owen the-old mill, Was Thos.^Kjiox's saloon We soon had him togged . jjve today and join the Old Timers out in the dress a^d .aihat^and veil club and be happier. and did he look gofed! A Now, • you, Harry Wightman, straighten that face of yours out and let me finish, will you? Sox took "Shadiky" (that was Charley's nickname) out to the horse sheds back of went hunting and took the baskets on the corner where S. H. Freund now with them for their lunch. Never lives. I never found out how I got heard the last of it. . back home, but I must of. I see in the Plaindealer fifty years My, I wish we could round up more | Tony's' saloon (it was night) and went ago where Frank Holly was on the old timers for their letters. I have | to look up his victim. "I got Mary," Plaindealer stalf. He is an uncle of been after several. I only wish my j spys Sbx "now get the beer." mine, living in Lake Geneva.- grandmother could tell me some, as By^ that time «Stretcher» an<j For many years hack the Went- shejs 85 years old,, but her mind isn't j «Chize» showed up and everyone group forced to surrender their .am- i worths celebrated triple birthdays on as fresh as it was a couple of years j arounc} was! watching the act. ("The bitions. It was motivated by the the 3rd of . March. It was Father ago. ' j p]ay the Thing.") Sox introduced spirit of an insane mob mind which ! Wentworth's, Deake's and his sister And there is Mrs. Matt Engeln, how j the stranger to Mary and away they takes keen dejight and sadistic satis-j Mary's birthdays. They made more spry she is, and she u£ed to be good to 1 went across the bridge, the beau carfaction in creating and witnessing suf- of that day than any holiday during we children when we were playing ' rying the beer. At the east end Charfering and pain- Jail the year. It was also Lou Owen's around there. . " I ley put his arms around the provider Whether the flight to England was |and Maggie Welsh's birthdays as well. This is all for this time and we hope ' and started tickling him. That was • Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Story held some we have fifty members to boost the ' too much for the Bo, so he put the ^ , T » cage down and started" to return the FRANK BENNETT. ininry a wise move is not the question. The pvoblem before the American people Is that such a condition could arise In a land of our inherited liberty. Herbert Hoover Is quoted as having remarked: "Life Is less safe here wonderful parties in the Riverside Hundredth Anniversary. Hall. Many and many a time 250 AGNES WENTWORTH. couples, and such wonderful midnight suppers. Danced until we saw the sun in the east, and we didn't wait than in any other country in the | until 10 o'clock or midnight go. It world.' If this statement expresses would be 8 and 8:30 o'clock when the the troe state of affairs, than is it not | cr0wds gathered at those parties. And the opportune time for every Amer- j they for around by horse lean citizen to protest loudly and rig land bu^yf Md somebody would be •(tlnly against -gangster rule" and waitiag to take the baggage and carry public disrespect of law? Why not demand the reason for sluggishness of taw enforcement? Why not examine conditions which permit corruption betweea criminals and some public ofll dais? The balance of power which can sota oar social and criminal problems j for miles and miles" around, it vested in the public vote. Let con- J composed of Will Cristy, arouse us to action! Perhaps j Wood burn, «Ms fight to England will accomplish j Deake. cad through as aroused public protest against the influence of crime in it in and another one to take the rig to the barn. Do you remember, Old Timers, when McHenry held their 4th of July celebrations on the grounds of the old Clover Drier ? I remember a quartet that sang at all the political meetings It was Wayne Archie Eldredge and • WMt»ra N«wrpap«r Onion. Way back in 1893 we had a swimming hole across the road from the Quinn girls, Loretta, Marie and Agnes, and I guess Bill and Henry were there also. We used to go to the pier andc watch the "Mary Griswold" come down the river and make the pier. I believe a Mr. Hill was the pilot and I remember he had a daughter, Nellie. They lived where A1 Krause does now. After the fire I believe George Rosenbergur had his barber shop there. Etta, why THE ORIGINAL "OLD TIMER" St. Paul, Minn, Jan. 3. My Old Timers ;- Let's check up on the joy that has benefited me through the Old Timers' Club to date. I have before me a stack of letters, full of pleasant--memories and' good wishes, from old timers who arefthe best friends. So, you see, when I was Twio things or events will take place in the earlier part of February, that will provide spane fun, perhaps, an education for all of us. P'ebruary 4th will seee, at 6:30, about twenty-five scouts, with their fathers, troop into the High School Gymnasium for a dinner at the Father and Son Banquet. If I say more here, the patrol leaders will not be able to tell their boys of the excitement awaiting them at this . p, , . „ .congregation, I guess you call it, so compliment. Sox began to yell, "Po- ni let you-anxious ^zder* in on the hce Police! and we all ran across secret nexi|' week. 0. K.? The other the bridge to salvage the case but thing that ^ come . of CQ when we got there and quieted down, the Aid Contest. Mr., Williams after separating the two who were and Yours Truly, who incidentally fighting the beer was gone. We heard happena to be Captain for 162's team, the gentle splash of oars going downlare goi to t together to discusa the' river and with it the soul-relax ing fluid. . We never knew who beat us out. "Sox" was a cinema himself and some time I am going to tell you about faithful to the club and conjured ; him and Charley and Jesse VanSlyke, smiles and contentment, as I am as sured in these letters to me, that I have, it was like "casting bread upon the waters." To review a bit: My old pal, Albert Holly and family, called and\ve crowded a heap of hearts' ease into brief visit last summer. Harry Wightman and family came to visit us and stayed oversight. Warren Howell dropped in for an hour. "Scoopum" Block wrote that he was coming, but had to put if off for a year on account of relatives due from the west. Then the stack of letters. i Just this morning a card from C. S. Owen and a delightful letter from John Claxton with a lot of news about the Covells. Mr. Claxton asked me if I remembered when John Kargas ran the McHenry House, and two Irish, GABBY QERTJE Founder of Old Timers' Club < A girl naturally loses interest wht She can't get the principal.n SAYS: actors in the funniest episode I ever saw. It was midnight in camp, in Porto Rico and Charley had just come off guard and--well, let's make another story about it Mr. Claxton wrote me that his letter from Jennie Covell stated that Mr. Covell is 90 years old and Will Stevens is 86. Think of that and Mr. Mr. Covell still spades in his garden. I hope they take th® Plaindealer and if they do and read the Old Timers Club, our old friends can beat the century mark. Everyone join up and do some visiting. I'll be seein' you. FRANK BENNETT. YOU AND YOU AND YOU A few years ago, I was driving west on University avenue, here in St. Paul. A car passed me and I noticed that there were three very pretty young women in it. Then I saw an Illinois license and under it a plate that read "McHenry." Whoop! La! I crowded their car to the curb, got out and leaned on their open window, while they looked apprehensively at me with three pair of lovley dark eyes. Peaches and cream complexions and everything we need and also I'm sure he can offer me soime helpful hints and I in turn shall pass them on to my team and also-the Scout Troop. Dr. Hess, who is working to make the banquet a success wishes that you Scouts ask your father to escort, chaperon and mostly pay your way to the little fun fest Don't forget there will be songs and what not for" the fathers to enjoy themselves. I bet they'll look like their sons, grown up a little. Drag them in, Gang. Since a lot of business in the meeting has arisen, such as the Troop Efficiency Contest, etc., little has been said of the familiar "Oath and Law." L know most of the gang don't need to be told over and over again, but some fellows justi have to be, I guess. Since most of the troop is composed of Tenderfoot, Second Class and up, you have all taken the Oath and every time you advance you tell a commissioner that you have lived up to the pledge. Therefore, if you can't give me any reason for no$ living up to this "Tenderfoot test, I believe you should make an attempt, anyway, to work into the plan of Scouting. There is always a something said every once in a while about the Oath, but if it doesn't "sink into" the skull of each member of 162 it is to no avail. Let us show all those speakers and the Scoutmaster, too, that our skulls are not thick. Don't forget that a very I asekd, How long have you lived important factor is winning the Troop "J * enr^ " ^ our lives," one I Efficiency Contest is advancement of them replied. Do you rermember a I We have a lot of fellows that can pass Frank Bennett who lived there?" I jyoiJ on those tests- "Step up and test demanded. Oh, my yes!" she answer- your skull and study. How many boys _ . t was none other than Katie are bringing their dads along to the rreund, who looked almost as young banquet? as the other two. One or both of the others were her daughters. Nettie Schiessle and Miss Jus ten, ^6 you still play piano duets? Nellie Clemens: So you are married? Did you ever study art in Home. In my .clas$ prophecy, I said you would. Creaking door hinges should toe touched with an oiled feather occasionally. * When washing spinach, if a handful pf salt is shaken over it, ail sand and grit will be easily removed.. If rubber gloves are sprinkled on the Inside with corn starch ' or powder, they will slip on more easily. Wax bittersweet, If you wish to preserve its beauty, by dipping quickly in "hot melted paraffin unttl it takes on a thin coating. Belle Gallaher: You married Paul Wooster and had a very pretty daughter. How's your Old Man? I'll bet that you are just as lively as eyet1..- Dora Monroe: I used to trot you on my knee and tell you the "most wonderful yarns." I hear that you are five times a grandmpther. How ;<?ome ? I never thought that you <»uld grow up. ' ' ' SCOUT HAROLD TAXMAN. SCRAPS OF HUMOR Blarney Child (to unsuccessful angler)--"Can { see 'oo catch a fish?" Mother--"Now don't you do It, sir, till he s iys please !" : On the Poultry Side Walter--"We have no fried chicken today." Diner--"How about a couple £f fried unmatched chickens, then^' , ij * . Right to the Point Mother--A twenty-page 1 iter from James! What does he say? Daughter--lie says he loves* me. Do not allow apples to.s'ew when tnaklng apple sauce., They should be ?ooked quickly so that the shape and color may be preserved. 0 A«tencl>ted Newspapers. -- WNU 8fx*lo«. ir • • - •-- Nitrocellulose, which is an ingre- - dient of most lacquers, is made (by • treating cotton with nltrfc acid. The , substance thus , produced Is dissolve:! in a solvent A clear liquid results t and *o this coloring i» added. Our readers, as well as members of the Old Timers' Club, all* feel that they are well acquainted with Frank Bennett, founder of the club, by this time. We know you will "recognize him in the above picture with the two little girls, Lulu and Lucile Byrd. You see, Frank always loved chil-, dren and they were always happy with him and mothers knew that nothing would harm their offsprings while in his care. He always told them stories, yes, even as now, which he composed as he went along, and you can just imagine the yarn he is telling them, in this picture, where Lucile looks slightly bored, but Lulu is fascinated. The girls 8,re daughters of Mrs. Anna Byrd Brooks, now of Wauconda, and granddaughters of the lattv August Nordquist. % : Lulu is a widow, novr Mrs. John Quartell of Plymouth, Mich,, and Lucille is' married, and teaching school in Chicago. ,. . Hello, Will Gallaher: Those kids Of yours, Will, Jr., and "Babe," must be quite sizable bOys by now. Hello, Zue, good girl. Remember the timeL I took you out on Fox River in a canvass canoe when the river, Was ruhning ice in the spring ? ^ : Albert Holly you came up for air but once. Tell us about the trip that Roy Murphy and I took out into the big, wide world, or PU tell about that bottle. Exhibit A. Remember t Between Meats • ;K.V: "Don't you like a girl to have a fi*sh complexion?" .-v • "Yes; but not too often,": • Ju»t Like • Man , -- Mrq. Jawish--"Does your husband wear his hair short?" Mrs.; Peek--; "Yes--the miserable coward!'* ; THE DEBT IN HI8TORY The first national dsbt of the United States was Incurred at Its very beginning, as a result of the' Revolutionary war; the figure In 1791 was $75,463,000. In 1866 the Civil war carried It to a high of $2,756,000,000. It was only $1,190,- 000,000 in- 1915, but ths World war lifted it to a peak of $26,594,000, 000 four years later. By 1921 It had been reduced to $16,026,000,000. During the current fiscal year the national debt passed all former heights and on December 31, 1935, stood at an all-time record high: $30,557,000,000. Taxpayers Foot Part of Funds for Building; Houses Is Outright \ Gift to Tenants. WASHINGTON, -- The government proceeding with its plans to build hundreds of homes and many apartment houses which It Is going to rent to persons who have small incomes and cannot afford to pay high rental rates for their places to live. These properties are being built out of taxpayers' money whether It comes from farms or cities. Part of the money used Is actually a gift from tJncle Sam because no repayment of It ever is contemplated. About half of the ^cost of each dwelling place, therefore, Is paid for by the government. The remainder constitutes a loan from the treasury and the government takes a mortgage for that amount. Secret of Low Rentals. By that method, apartments and houses can be rented at low rates because the government will be seeking interest and installment repayments only on half of the total cost Tenants will be able to get living quarters for perhaps $7 or $8 a room per month. But the properties have to be managed and they have to be managed according to government (New Deal) specifications. So Secretary Ickes and Prof. Rexford Guy Tugwell are running a school to train managers for the new homes and apartment house* that are built or are building. Explaining Tugwell's Interest. Through Professor Tugwell's rOral resettlement administration, help Is being given &> those persons living on wornout \6r\ rundown farms by transferring tbes^ families and all of their household goods and whatever else they possess to sections where land Is more productive. The resettlement people also are taking some families out of Industrial communities where .they have no work and placing them on farms so they can make a living. There are about seventy students In this new school, all of whom earn while they learn because they are on government salaries. If they learn all about government bureaus and government methods In four months, and If they can be shown how to collect rents, keep order in the apartment houses and communities and if they can learn how to maintain their buildings in good repair, they will be graduated. Then they will be ready for Jobs as managers of the apartment houses or community building projects at larger salaries. I had a good letter from the Wightman's out there in Fargo. Alma is hard after Harry to write to the club Quack, Quack "So you run a duck farm. Business picking up?" "No; pic^lnf down." Legion Weekly. Interference Professor--"You can't sleep In my class." Student--"If you didn't talk no loud I could." Polish Little Pigs Go to American Markets Hollywood, Calif.--Walt Disney's three little pigs may yet be dancing the polka Instead of their sprightly American Jig, if the Polish influence on the American pork market, revealed by the Departrauent of Commerce, continues to increase. With an estimated 13,000,000 little pigs unborn in America this year, because of the AAA program, Imports of ham, bacon and shoulders from Poland and the Free City of Danzig increased 968 per cent for the first nine months of 1935 over the same period in 1934. The pork import from this source alone during the first three quarters Of 1935 was greater than the total pork Import from all foreign countries combined during 1934. Market reports reaching the Chicago stock yards said that, while our government pays farmers not to raise pigs, Polish farmers are planning to increase hog production rapidly. * 800,079 Civilian Employees Washington, D. C.--The civil service commission report issued on January 4 shows a continued Increase in the, number of civilian employees of the government. On December 1 there was a total of 800.079 of these civilian employees on the payrolls, exclusive of the legislative. Judicial or military branches of the government. The increase during; the month of November was 3,782. The number of employees Includes both those who are under civil service and those who are not. Still 11,000,006 Unemployed In the spring and summer of 1933 there were approximately 11,000,000 unemployed in the United States. Since , that time congress, under the direction of President Roosevelt, appropriated eight billions of dollars for the purpose of creating a demand for products and so reduce unemployment •'The last of the eight billion will have been spent before July 1 of this year, but at the close of 1935 there were 11.000,000 still unemployed. Tesayle Atkte One «f the world's most beauttffl| buildings Is the temple of Nike Ap* teros, Athens, erected In 438' B. O. t# commemorate the famous victories o| Marathon, Plataea, and Salama^: More than 2,000 years later, In th#. Seventeenth century, the temple wii destroyed by the Turks and the ma# terlals built Into a battery. In th# year 1830 the battery' of the tempi# was destroyed, the materials of t&4 temple recovered and the temple w constructed, today picturesquely altaf ated on the Acropolis hillside. Jtxu Farm Operated Since 1540 seven-acre farm near Ysleta, Texs been operated continuously since If* FIRE AUTO INSURANCE PAR* LiFB EARL R. WALSI Presenting ' ^ y Reliable Companies Wfceo yoa need insurance of any'liiijl Phone 43 or 61>M Fries Bldg. v MoHem? iVERIIOIl J. KH01 . ATTORNEY AT LAW 4 Pries Bldg. v OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Pays by Appointment McHe^v.v/' r.\ ' ill! V-' ALFORD H. POUSB ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 187ft Bento* St. Woodstock, DL Pbone Woodstock 191 McHenry 278 Telephone No. 800 Stoffel ft Reihanjperger t--ifci agents for all classes «fl. property to tke beat eosipuiM. WEST McHENRY ILLINOX9 S. H. Freund & Soil CONTRACTORS AXD BUILDERS PhMM 127-R McHenry Our txpericnoe U at Tovr Str tke in building Your Wauls A. P. Frennd Kxcavatiiig Contractor Tracking, Hydraulic and Orant 8erviee Road Bnilding v faL 204-M McHenry, 111. Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash 7518 McHenry 256 KENT & COMPANY All Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Placed with the most uttaMs Companies Come in aari talk it ev« Ime McHenry 8 Charlie's Repair Shop Jaat V9ast of Old Bridge Over Fox River (Rear Schaefer's Tavenl) xs Repaired, ; oodles and Fenders Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESEL POTPOURRI The Booby in the tropical climates there is a swimming bird knowtr at, the Booby. This is a Spanish word meacing idiot. Because the bird alights on vessels and allows itself to be easily caught, sailor? In early times dubbed it the Booby. It is fearless, but its ease of capture seems to be its lack of Instinctive fear of man. 9 Western N ewapapar Union. 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