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A *5 THE McHENEYr PLAINDfcALER Thursday, May, 21,1930 .rvr,'-:>,' A TEMPLE OF *•;.* MUSIC ' , ". '* . By I *il • *%*•» . LEONARD A. BARRETT Id the poem, "Abt Voglor," Robert ; IftrownlnK builds a temple of music for I#? the-tetters' ANOTHER NEW MEMBER Lake Villa, 111. Mayt?,;i$$*. the poet that' he j O ld Timers' Column, v . : may express his [McHenry Plaindealer, " . soul's inspiration in McHenr|y, III extemporizing upon j have been reading :in instrument of his own invention. On wings .of mu&ic tie Soars to realms far above this mundane world, and from that "retreat" in the upper air . TT i ^ , ... of reallt'v, he looks j'Henry, I attended school for three down upon the! -vears there and ^ecame acquainted struggle and, the luith many former and present resisuffering of the hu- jderitg. tnan 'race, and sees I i was born and brought up in the • )t as God and the "angels'see it The j sectiori southeast of town called "The trials and hearjtflches on earth seem Woods," now known as Emerald Park • ^ *t>rokcn arcs to him, but 'in the heayen land attended'school there. \ / * perfect round." He seems to serfse a j , Wanting to be a teacher, I continutpirituai harmony in which blend, irr t'd my schooling at the town school of Ed, as we" knew him, was a broad shouldered young fellow and full of pep and hell. He was a much-liked school teacher, etc., and could cut, and did cut or husk corn, as though he enjoyed it. He) could turn real handsprings, real ones, and when it came from the old timers with a great deal to camping out and rustling raw maof pleasure. Many happy memories-.of teria-1 |or food, he had.no equal. my school days in .McHenry have been brought back to my mind by £he nanffes of the old timers mentioned in the letters. Although not a , resident of Mc- - Jperfeot unison, all the discordant .notes.' •» "niitof earth. He has heard the music. of . -*Mkhat "sovereign harmony-. which takes, ..•;V-into itself every wandering tyne':" V U'V-iK The poem is of far more .value* than . *f >"* sudden flash of ihiagery and bentity. moves with. a apirtt Intensely per- .'•'.^ionaj and speaks a message exceed; ' fngly practical. It hHs words ofgood counsel to all who will take tlie time to read and understand it. While much of the inspirationwhich fires the souls of poets and artists comes from that world "which impinges j>n this world of ours," yet we do not \ / have to be poets nor artists to climb those heights from which we. *toox may look down upon our personal struggles and apprehend them from the van-- ' tage ground of a calm detachment. . * Many times we are too near our problem to thoroughly understand it. much . "less discover, a solution for it. The beauty of an.oil paintitrgjs obliterated when we stand too near it. We must ' view It at the right distance if. its 'technique is to live sublimely in our McHenry. Perhaps a few .incidents . of my scHool life may prove of interest. Our school building, the building psed befprfe the, present grade school built, consisted of three rooma. My teacher was F. M. Overaker as I waV in the upper room. \ The present writer for the "Old Timers' Club" stands out in my mem-* ory as a bashful, lanky boy, who feared and hated the ladies. It was none other than Frank Bennett, who was in my room! Oh, how we girls admired goodlopking A. G. Stevens. We secretly considered him the best looking boy in school. Perhaps some* of. you remember the "puppy love infatuation" of Carrie Colby and Watler Beasley. Our school life would prove rather "tame" to the youngsters of these days, our pastimes consisted of playing ball at noon or going down town to do a little shopping for Mother. Our .appearance too would prove in" vision and its tone be more than ft teresting. We' felt pretty «?rown up * ^rtnere d?oh of paint. Just so with our ; at fourteen, that the age '"'hen "our serious human problems. When we get j skirts went down and our hair up." way from them and analyze them [ We probably Were just as happy as •part from the grind ami strain of our jthe youngsters now, even if we ' ^aily environment, they do not seem | drank our water from a tin dipper \ »o serious or Impossible of satisfactory j from & pail of water kept b the Can you see the bull rushes at the head of the pond and the hill covered with oak trees just to the south? The clover drier was located there and when not in use wer boxed and played hide and go seek. Then there were the wood chucks at the west end of Oak Lawn cemetery. We took many a long distance shot I at them with & rifle, but at the flash they would dive into their holes. Ever eat wood chuck? I have, and dog fish, and clams, and Slightly cooked- fish without salt, and sure would* love to go back 40 to 80 years and eat some more. ' Hey,"Scoopum," how's your leg ? *' Now you Old Friends, who are re not weigh 100 pounds, but in no pain and wide awake. Sox and Jesse were asleep, flat on their backs with Jesse's hand extended across the. neck of Sox. Charley comes in cross lots through Company B and stoops to enter his tent to get a swig of" rum and miaybe some quinine. He sees the extended arm, picks it up' and biff* -Sox a healthy slap on the jaw and jumps back arid away. You can picture the fight that took place; it was joyous. The whole regiment awakened, the guard came ^>n the run. Sox' and Jesse beat it just as Charley entered th£ front of the tent; laid down and rolled up in a blanket. The guard arrived and no one ever was harder to "arouse" than Charley. He rubfceiving Old Timer clippings from bed his eyes but kept his face-covered, friends, subscribe to the Plaindealer, j and bluffed it out; got his drink and you haVen't read anything yet. The beat the guards back to the guard- 60th Anniversary Edition will be house. Fun wasn't it? much more interesting if. you should re-read it now. So, with this introduction, we are, herewith and hereby, etc.* writing to him.. .' -- ;7-' : ' Mr. Ed French*. Belleview, Fla., Hello, Ed! How's a boy t Haven't seen or heard of you for about forty years". We have been informed that you are "happily married" and living in Florida. Occupation--postmaster, and that you spend most of your time reading postcards and telling your wife what a wild he-man you were in the "days when "mien were men and, the women dam glad of it." Asahel Stevens, Harry Eldredge and a bunch of other, of your old friends have often thought of you and wondered if you survived. We would like to know what became of your sisters and the possible improvements on the "OKi^Man." Of course, you remember the happy days and nights when we camped out. Especially that time on" the north shore of McGollum's Lake and we dug a spring and fished and told stories and composed poetry. One little poem you compbsed and were proud of ran thusly, "There was a little bird," etc. \ I can't just repeat it here, Ed. You know, it was rather Shakespearian. Our great trouble in our -outings were N.S.F. and we got pretty hungry sajd( «t00 fa^ young fellow." Sox did A one cold rainy and we raided an the. «spliti» a few ^rt wheels," and antly CTe the dau^hters shadow boxed himself into the service. Sox never had a sick day but when we got home he weighed 140 pounds. 'McHenry bad a very fine Glee Club composed of W. A. CTRISTY, O. N. Charley (Scoopum)- Block lost a toe j OWEN, T. J. WALSH, and CHAS. G. while working in the Journal press jFRETT, and Mrs. Lola Walsh at the roorrj? Does your foot still fee„l as organ? Them was the daysl. -n i f i t h a s k t h a t t o e , C h a r l e y ? ' • - V * v ; -- M r s . W . F . Gallaher, Mrs. t<ew Pete Rothermel ami "Your Old/Tim-j Owen, Gertie and Katie Weber, toer" had the fight on the west end of gether, could engineer a wonderful the bridge? I trained in*the Masonic oyst^*ttppei^f6r ,the;G. ^ ^ ^(fter- Hall with "Hobbie" Bishop for two nns? ^ weeks toy that scrap, besides working, ^in the ice house. When "Hobbie" came to, on the last day of training, he said, "You are good for rounds.": It only went about Fun, wasnt it, John Buch? two years/ Pete and I Hello, Frank, Lcitu, ^ H have you b«> McHenry they bought a home in Belvidere. They were a very fine family. Hope they can attend the Centennial. ~r Dwight Kennedy left McHen# in 1887. Dwight was successful in the barber business and now lives; at ISLE, MINN., where he and a son have a shop. Dwight attended a convention in St. Paul the middle of last April and called on the Mayes and Bennetts. Same old "Boley" an<f he sure has fought off Old Fatjier Time in a marked degree. More power to you, Dwight, and plan to attend the Centennial July 31, and Amx. 1. a * * 7 : r v ; : ' . - > FRANK BENNETT. LILY LAKX A reception committee composed of Senator F. K. GRANGER, H. C. ten MEAD, DR; A. E. BACHELER, ANone. i TON ENGLEN, J. VANSLYKE and After SHERM CHAPELL met th^ McHenmet again, ry Co. G boys in Chicago upon their V. licit in ! returning home? Mr. Engeln hugkeepir. g your- j anc' kissed his boy and laughed selves? Good old i'-ite. He "cfossed%an(* wePt- The meeting between Jesover i t ? years ago. Pntumonia, wasn't Sox Engeln writs,natural bojter and vei*y fast*for a big man? When we enlisted, th^ er.:unining doctor se and his Dad linger In my memory. It seems but yesterday. •olution. Many a vexing problem, a "broken arc" as it were, is made to become a "perfect round" when we go 4bart and become sufficiently quiet and filent Then, In an instant, we see how we can ride safely through the storlft' to some haven of safety. , . y Some tell us there is a solution for «very probl^rn if we could only find it. The solution is more likely to come to .fes |f we look down upon the problem .from a point of view above and beyond the problem itself. From a mountain top we can*sec farther because the atmosphere Is clearer and there are no'obstacles to . "*>bstruct our vision. So it is with our thoughts and emotions when we climb . to some mountain top of calm detach- :;vment away from the stress- and strain of the tangible things which constantly surround us. €) Western Newspaper Union. teacher's desk, and ate our lunches from tin pails kept on the stage during noon hours. < How happy we were to graduate ainy night apple orchard and in order not Vo get wet we, a la moded half a mile through a cornfield and up a road. How it rained and we got all scratched up by the corn blades. Next day we were starved out and broke camp. You and I carried the rolled-up tent, stuffed with wet blankets, etc., and never set it down until we reached the depot, where .we put it on the scales and it weighed 168 pounds. Remember that? Ed, we have an Old Timers' Club, started last August and it has slowly grown to a membership of about in the first class of McHenry High in ! thirty-five. All good scouts! We teil 189^. i things on each other and it is all good I can still remember the exercises on June 3, 1892. F. K. Granger, a former teacher of my father gave the address. The ^fl-aduating class assembled in the baseijient of the old town hall and we are having a lot of rejuvina tion in reviewing the good old days "of youth. ' The Club is inviting you to membership and all you have to do is to write a letter to the Plaindealer tell- (used as a jail) and marched upstairs j ing us you are glad to be alive o,r to the strains of an organ. - Music for j something like that. We are going to celebrate th£ ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY OF Mc- HENRY JULY 30, 31, and AUG. 1, so join us, even if you have to sell your dam postoffice in order^q-^..' tend. " . ^ ^'^our old pal, GABBY QERTIE r the evening was furnished by Mar.y | and Hettie Wentworth. Then followed essays read by members of the class, my subject being, "Compulsory Education." I felt I was on the road to success when I secured my first school at Griswold Lake at the enormous salary of twenty dollars a.month. - Quite a different picture from,-£^ high school life of today, isjji**^^ Perhaps some of the,^ ti L mers re_ member the folk^ ^g. . t The fea£ young ladies in ^cross rjver because they were afraid the Bishop boys would scare their horses, when in landing fish. Do you remember the time Tommy Feehan ordered a coffin from Jake Justen for his (father). Naturally Mr. Justen asked, "When "The man w!Yo can hold up several cars with one hand probably got his early training lifting schooners." My Neighbor Says := Place supports around pennies now and get stakes ready for perennials. . • •„ • To prevent clothes slipping off enameled hangers place a large rubbertipped tac-k at each end of hanger. One teaspoon of onion juice or half a sliced raw onion ..added to^mashed potatoes gives thetn a different flavor. When Jesse " ros examined, the doctor asked him if he was a "phat take?" Jesse said, "Why didn't you stick to type setting?" The doctor answered, "I would be pied (piyed) like you, if I had stuck to it." ,(Hello, "Mose," how's the Centennial, coming?) Good old Jesse. He wa#: not so tall and in a company right turn, the line lagged from the jpoint where he trudged aldng. Remember that Herb and Albert? - * FRANK W. BENNETT. ?. iS.--Say hello to Mrs. F. E. Martin and the latter part or July throw her into your car beside your wife and come on HOME.. We • want to see you. REMEMBER WAY BACK WlfEN-- Fred Schnorr, Sr., lived in the brick house with the white columns? Mr. Schnorr was a cobbler for years in Gage town. I can see him now as he pounded the wet sole l e a t h e r for taps. He had one favorite story and did your father die?" And Tommy | we all laughed to see him laugh unanswered, "He isn't dead yet, but he will be before I get home," and I Gottlieb Boley, Sr., cautioned the boys? Drink a glass or two ofl beer, but never too much and never any. "hard stuff," it wiil kill you?" Hi? was a fine citizen and brewed a good honest) beer, and a couple of schooners were plenty. Remember the big copper mug, you mugs, and the-i.^iu summer sausage, wih i.iustard on rye? Say^ WTiat become of Joe Ensela? The Club extends sympathy in the passing of Mrs. JosephrRe„Boley^ a truly good and faithful woman. of God's best. s ; 7 Mr. Amos Hitchcox lived Oil the George Colby farm about '96 and '97. They had five children, vs., Asa, Jed, and Amos, the sons. Minnie and The first two boys are dead, as also are Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcox. When they left and A meeting of the Lily Lake LdSies* League was held at Betty's Place on Tuesday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. George J. Wegener, Josephine Dosch and Mis. Seyfferth's granddaughter, LeOrra Belle... The11 serving of a lunch concluded a mest enjoyable afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. C. Keihl of Chicago visited the honie. of Mr. and Mrs. A. Then Sunday. Visitors in the Joseph Daly home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Mitche and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. Clohsey, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Daly, and son, George, and daughter, Lorraine, and Helen flutter, all of Chicago, and Mrs. L. Wegener of Grayslake. Visitors in the Fred Dosch home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. John Tysler and son, George, Mrs. Tysler's mother, Mrs. C. Winter, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Swanson and daughter, Lois, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1^. Miller and Mr. and Mrs, Harrispn and son ibid daughter. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Seyfferth Sunday were Mr. Mrs. R. Wischhover, Mr. and Mrs. Art Seyfferth, Mr. and Mrs. Ci Seyfferth and baby son, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller of Chicago. Mrs. B. Christensen and baby, Rae Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh, Chicago, spent iSunday at the home Mr. and Mrs. Werbluski. ChristinQ Wegener, a nurse in CKt' cago is spending two "Weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J. Wegener. $100.00 REWARD for the name of any man living o| dead that has sold more McHenry County Real Estate than has Dan .Quinlan--that's all he does. Farms for Sale and Rent in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Large oni|'., and small ones. I sell farms. DAN QUINLAN Woodstock, 111. Long distance private phonea 6Q' Won't Have to Pull the Plow Any More White felt hats may be easily cleaned with a paste made of arrowroot and magnesia. Allow it to stand until dry, then brush off. • • • Prune whip may be made by simply beating cooked and stoned prunes into whipped cream. First whip,cr^m, |bfii whip prunes into it. • •;. * Once a week during the summer, garbage pails should be scalded with hot soda water and allowed to dry thoroughly in the sun. C Awmcto'ted Newspapers.--WiNIJ Sarvlo#. want' to save another trip." Mr. Feehan lived for many years after that. Ice cream was to<J cold for Tommy and he always-ordered hot coffee to top it off. I wonder if Willie Quinn remembers the good marksman he used to be in killing flies with his pin iiy the "Woods School," also how he "used to play with me when he was five years old. I Wonder if fie still loves birds as he did. " Perhaps those from the country will remenftber how We country kids used to walk to town with eggs for our mother. When we were hot we would take off our shoes and put them on at the big "Poplar Tree" just outside of town. We would always get ;« drink at "Shanty Well," now called ^Mineral Springs." * ' Remember what a relief we youngfcters felt when Hank McLean toJd us he would kill the devil when he died. After his death we felt our troubles (in the after world were over. 7 In the olden days we used to pick clover blossoms to earn money for Fourth of July and also to help our parents with expenses. Hoping some of these incidents, may prove interesting. Wishing ycu much success in planning and' carrying out your Centennial and Homecoming. • 1 : ~ i Very sincerely, • JOHANNA FRISBY WALSH. til the tears rolled down his cheeks. It"was something like the following: "Who is dead?" "Sure; the man in the coffin, sir, and everybody cried so nice and wasnt' she a fine lady, sir, and May the Lord Bless Her." His son, Frank, is a graduate chiropractor and now lives in Monroe, Washington, after being in St. Paul for many years. [He is a very fine, kindly gentleman. Greetings to you, Frank, and join our Old Timers' Club Oh yes, the episode of Charley Swadish, "Sox," and Jesse VanSlyke in Porto Rico. Charley was on guard duty. His midnight relief was on and he sneaked over to his tent, occupied with him by Sox and Jesse. My tenrt Was next to theirs and the walls were rolled up. A tropical moon. We could eiasily read by its light. I had that wasting element, so common, and was just about skin and bone. Did D». B. C. HUNT/ > VETERINARIAN ^ ^ Crystal Lakel [ : Illinois . . /* Telephone 452-M .. West Hillside Road r ' ' I • v . t FIRE AUTO INSURANCE EARL R. WALSH FAB}! LIFE s--? • Presenting ; Reliable Companies ' WIko yon need insnranco of any IDAI Phone 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. 5 % KcHeni^r Phone 43 VERNON J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment McHenry -«*7;/;• ' .'.'.w minoto Downs Motor Exprtss The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 Telephone No. 300 ' f toff el & Reihansperger (nanrance agents for all classes property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS •For.three years l'aui J. liieen of Jeua, La., anil his wife and young daughter, have been trying to work their small farm plot by pulling the plow themselves. Now they hajte received from the Kural Settlement administration the horse shown in the picture, and are comparatively happy. Another daughter and a son make up the family of tive, which has been too proud to go on.relief. WAY BACK WHEN * St. Paul, May 13, 1936. Ed French lived in and around McHenry? Now, maybe some of the Old Timers do not remember Ed, so we will look him over a little, so we can freshen our memory and then we will write to him. What say ? Ford's Fine Photo Art Gallery was in the rooms over Perry and Owens' store? L. E. Bennett succeeded him in January 1881. In those days, before the dry plates in photography, the photographer sensitized his own photo "flooding" them with collodion and silver. The exposures were, slow but detail and permanency were unexcelled. ' Those were the wet plate days. They also sensitized the paper th^the photos were made from. "Tip" Smith had trouble with his feet? -- Callouses and weak arches-- He always advised thfe boys to never drink hard liquor. v • . Clara Wightman was an excellent school teacher and taught Us in the three room brick school ? She now lixes in Haines City, Florida. We wonder if she still rides horse back. Hanly Bros, ran their flour mill? Remember their mill pond and the mill race. They turned out mighty good flour, made from rich local wheat. Better get a sack of it; it makes excellent bread and keep your money at home. You have a flour1 mill, be loyal and keep it. , We played among the big pickle vats in Christie's factory? John Slimpin worthed there. S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience U at Yonr Service in building " Yonr Wants A* P* Freund Excavating Contractor , Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building TeL 204-M McHenry, IE WILLIAM B. MARTIN Representing Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. , • a Norge Rollator * Refrigerator amount to as litde as 14^ a ~ day. Monthly savings as reported by Norge owners amount to as much as $ 11 a month. Why put off your enjoyment of this lurury that saves so much more than it costs? Come in and get the facts. Choose tft€ Refrigerator with the Press Action Lazilatch • Combination Bottle and Ddiqr Rack • Sliding Utility Basket * Adjustable Shelf • Improved Automatic Flood Light * Closely Spaced Shelf Bars it Almost Everlasting Rollator Compressor • Many other improvements and refinements. H. E. BUCH & SON * HOME APPLIANCES Phone 48 McHenry, Illinois 105 S. York St. Elmhurst, 111. Main Street McHenry, HL Phone Elm. 2708 Phone McH*. T00>4 Charlie's Repair Shop Just East of Old Bridgo; Over Fox River (Rear Schaefer's Tavern) ' RADIATORS REPAIRED BODIES and FENDERS Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESEL KENT & COMPANY All Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Placed with the most reliable Companies Omu in and talk it ovit "hone McHenry • . • . We write Comprehensive Automobile Policies. The broadest coverage ever offered. For instance, your plate, glass is covered without additional cost. EARL R. WALSH. Phone 43. Lifetime Jet Kll( Bdward cannot dlaeharga hi* diM batter. The office was granted by King Gbarlea II Id 1872 to the Dukes of Norfolk and their belrg for* ever. \\MX SUAME OM NOU, mmKiGr rrttAt POOR |X-t_ -POfir WttU X i Stick! UABIE