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sL. "• •" I-•*4 • W' Vice Elgin * ,****. • «} *» «. THE McHENRY PLAINMAUHfc v,v CH /'4s? v>-r; •; Thursday. August 27,1936 ||S ATTENTION, FORESTERS! At the meeting of St. John's Court) C. O. F., to be held at Johnsburg,; ursday, Sept. 3, the election of 6t- • flcti's will be held. All members ire urged to be present. ; .".y. V • SURPRISE MEMBER .sMepibei"s of a bridge club in- Mc- ( 'Henrj* , of which Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marzah) 'of Richmond ^re members,1 'motored to Richmond on W ednesday j eveninjr of last week to surprise Mr. i • ; M a r z a h l . ' '. . 1 In the games of bridge played at * four talilesVprizes were won by Mrs. Altiert Krause. Nick ."Freund.. - Mrs- .William Elfeis and. VV L. Austin. '•* -Lunch and- singing • completed. the. "pjeasajnt e^eftiqg. • * _ v; - f Simon, Mrs. Math Fretind, .Eleanor Suttoh and Rita Martin. • j . EMERALD BRIDGE CLUB The fen.erald Bridge Qlub met Tuesday afterQpon at tlje home of Mrs. Albei't Krause and prizes^ in bridge u-ere woij by Mrs. E. R. Sutton, Mrs. Albert Krause and: Mrs* Albert Purvey. ' : .. : ENJOY pimc ;y": . "A. group of Elgin relatives . and friends* enjdyed a. picnic at Lake I^» fiance Sunday, when 4, picnic dinner -and supper were served. Sw'immiiig. fishing and games made a pleasant day for all assembled. - , * •; -| v->-^Tho'se" ptesent were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and family, Janice and Allen Warner. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Neyri and family, Patricia Noonan, Keith Parry of Elgin and Miss Anna Frisby, McHenry. . , NINE YEARS OLD Birthdays are happy events in the 'lievs of little folks, as was proven. Tuesday afternoon- when Marguerite Olson celebrated her ninth birthday with a party to which she invited nine of her little friends. Games were] played and a good time enjoyed, after | which ice cream and cake, candy and other goodies were ser%ed. A color j scheme of pink and green was carried, .-.'."•jiwgt- in table decorations. Those present w£re, Joyce, Danny, And Billy Weber, Shirley Ann Weber, Vivian Peterson, Donna Marie Freund,' -Shirley RSthermel of Chicago and Margaret and Jimmy Olson. SURPRISE P/f^Tt A surprise party was given by Mrs. Robert Miller and daughter, Viola Ries, Saturday evening in honor of Mr Miller's forty-fourth birthdayj It was held at the Miller's summer home in Stenger's subdivision. . The guests were Nick Winger of J Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Harry Welter^ of Cheviot, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. John! Wiltgen and daughters, Lorraine, Mildred and May. of Milwaukee; Mr. andj • Mrs.' Perry Wiltgen and son, Carter, | of Madison, Wis; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barclay and sons, Curtis and Roland, of Oak Park, 111; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. "Williams of Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. ,Alfred Hansfeldt, Bill Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miller and daugh- " fctr, Mary, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kunzvtan and son, Earl, and John Fisher, 411 Of Chicago. C I PRE-NUPTIAL SHOWER • ' .Evelyn Karls and Mildred Gans entertained at a pre-nuptial showbr, -honoring Miss Marie Freund, Tuesday evening ,at the former's home on Riverside Drive. Miss Freund was presented with_a Set of china and a canister set ahd bread box to match. • Five hundred and bridge were played during the evening, with prizes in • -five hundred won by Celia Murray and Mrs. Jack McCarroll and in bridge by Mrs. Homer Fitzgerald and Rita Martin. Four tables of cards were in play and following the games each table ' was supplied with a waffle iron and bowl of batter and the guests made their own waffles which were enjoyed With delicious sausages and coffee. Guests present were: Mary Althoff, Evelyn Anderson, Harriet Boger, Rita Freund, Mrs. Homer Fitzgerald, Marion Krause, Mildred Gans, Marie Freund, Mrs. Jack McCarroll, Mar- • gfuerite Johnson, Celia Murray, Emily EASTERN STAR Members of McHenry chapter, 0. E. S., attended a meeting of the chapter Monday evening. An invitation was read from Bethel chapter, Elgin, to attend its worthy matron's n|ght, Sept. 11, at 7:30, DST. McHenry .- chapter Will observe ^riepnds'"Ni^ht, Sept. 19. : :r' SHOWERS v • §h(owers within as well as /without j w^s the order of events Saturday' 'evening when- a party of friends were guests ..of Mr., arid Mrs. "Ellis Peter-) son at Waukegan at a pre-nuptial shower honoring Miss "Agnes Steffes and Gus Freund. ' " The couple was presented with a cocktail table from their friends of the evening. Games, which furnished entertainment for the guests, w^re followed by a chop suey dinner served by ;the hostess. Prizes in games were awarded to Eugene Nye, Gus Freund, Mrs. B. H. Freund and Agnes Steffes. Guests were: Messrs and Mesdames, F. J. Bauer, B. H. Freund, Otto' Adams, and Miss AlVina Freund, Earl Walsh, Eugene Nye. Alvera Weingart, Agnes Steffes and Gus Freund. A miscellaneous shower complime'nting Miss Agnes» Steffes, whose nuptials with Gus Freund have been announced for September 12, was given by the Misses Alma Justen and Alvera Weingart at the former's home Thursday evening. Shower games were played during the evening with prized awarded to Dorothy Fisher and Mrs. Kirk Schroeder. Guests were: Mildred Gans, Marie Freund,-Marion krause, Julia McLaughlin, Mrs. Earl Conway, Mrs. Jack Purvey, Mrs. Louise Smith, Dorothy Fisher, Agnes Stefffes and Mrs. Kirk Schroeder. Miss Mabel King, who will become the bride of Mr. Leo Smith on September 9, was" guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower at the church hall at Johnsburg Sunday afternoon. Hostesses at the affair, which was planned as a surprise for Miss King, were Marion Weingart, Caroline i FreUnd, Marie Miller and Eleanor King. About fifty guests were pres- I ent to enjoy the afternoon in five hundred and bunc«i with prizes award- 1 ed the winners. Lunch was served at the close of ' tW evening Ptizes in i bunco were awarded to Mrs. Ben Freund, Rose Stilling, Margaret Stilling and Lorraine Knox and in five hundred to Mrs. George King, Mrs. Bergman, Mrs. Martin Weber and Mrs. Wm. Meyers. Guests were present from Lake Geneva, I?1fc£mond, McHenry and Johnsburg. J' \ " ^ . :;\l TWO MEN" DROWN ^ A drowning in Cedar Lake and one jn Loon Lake occurred over the weekend. Stanley Piotrowski, 21 years old, Jost his life in Cedar Lake, while attending a parish picnic of St .Mary's Catholic church, Wood and Courtland streets, Chicago. Accompanied by two other young men and three girls, he was out on the lake in a boat. He threw one of the oars into the lake and then dove after it. He w'as seized with cramps .and sank, despite efforts of others to save him. . Donald R. SteffenRagen, 20 years old, of Chicago, lost his life in Loon Lake, a mile south of Antioch. He, alsb, is believed to have been seized with cramps while swimming. Amoeba, Tiniest Animal, Without Mouth or Eyet There la a little animal so simple and so queer that it has neither legrs nor mouth no,r eyes nor stomach nor anything els<> that most animals we know have. It ts^called the amoeba. It Is the oldest animal alive, and many amoebas may be mllllpns of years old. For .they never die of themselves.. . •- Of all the strange animals that we know, this Is one of the'~most Interesting, saya a writer In the Washington Star. The amoeba Is small, so small that one cannot see It without a magnifying glass to enlarge It. And Its body is like a little piece of jelly In a thin skin. We know It really moves, for when tt meets something it goes around it, but except for this we would scarcely think it lived. It multiplies by breaking In two. Instead of by laying, eggs or having young. And each of the two parts grows Into an amoeba, which In good time splits Into two more. These last two halves do the same thing. % ' \ The amoeba eats bits of greon or parts, of wlgglers, or anything\ elk:, for that macter, which It finds In the stagnant pools where It „ lives. But,, instead of taking these morsels iti!:> a mouth and then swallowing them arid digesting, them, the affioeba manages much more simply than-,that. It wraps itself around the delicious speck of food, and that Is-all there Is to It. The food Is Inside, as quickly as a boy can wink, and without the least trouble. Amoebas must breathe just as other animals must. But, being without lungs or mouth, they manage very well by letting the air go through their skins like a summer breeze blows through a curtain. Cranberries of Cape Cod Long Popular Production In 1677, the settlers of Massachusetts, appreciating the uniqueness of cranberries, sent their feingf, Charles II, ten barrels of this tangy fruit, but more than two centuries passed before the cultivation of cranberries was begun, during which time Cape Qodders taxed their Ingenuity to obtain an income, while fortune lay In their marshes,, says the Boston Herald. Early In the Nineteenth century, a few Cape Codders began the cultivation of cranberries, rather skeptically at first, little dreaming to what heights their project was to rise; Cranberries hold a place of their own (a flavor. They resemble no other fruit and have no substitute. Cranberry plantations .have very particular, requisites. In building a plantation there must be rich peat soil. There must be an abundance of sand to cover the peat soil and to serve as a medium in which the vines may grow, and there must be plenty water .nearby for Irrigation. Crossing the Rubicon The Rubicon is a very smalt, Insignificant stream. In Roman times. It formed the boundary betwixt the province of Gaul--modern France--of which Julius Caesar was governor, and his native Italy, of which Imperial Rome was the center, says London Answers Magazine. Caesar, greatly daring, resolved to cross the Rubicon with his legions, to seize power In Rome, knowing full well that, by that act, he laid himself open to a charge of treason. Hfe had probably been think ing of this for some time, weighing in his mind all Its risks against Its ultimate possible success. Now he took the step which nothing could undo. He crossed the Rubicon. . He committed himself Irrevocably to his greatest adveuture. 29c Special Ice Cream Day Azday Only -- Regular £»Oc quart Ice Cream for only 291 a quart. Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla ARCH DRUG COMPANY Riverside Drive ; McHenry, Illinois Beer you can drink for 5^ at Arch's Root Beer Stand, * Leaning Tower* The Leaning Tower of Pisa Is not unique. Similar structures exist all over the world, and some are even higher and more out of perpendicular than that of^Pisa, writes Wadad K. Makdisl, Beirut, Syria, in Collier's Weekly. They are campaniles, steeples, pagodas, minarets and lighthouses ! such as the Portoferralo on Elba. One , giant minaret In Samarkand, Russia, leans so far over that It has to be supported by thousands Of of heavy steel cable. . " ':C.'•'•'•/'..'v7 »C-. ATTENTION MOTHERS Come to our store and select your Boy's School Clothes. Our Stock is more complete than ever to give you a " greater selection of the . clothing your boy v needs. This week we feature the Famous Kaynee Shirts For Boys* Sizes from 8 years up. All new fall patterns, as well as white and solid colof& interesting Nearby News (Continued from Cront page) and Edward Pruitt, all of who said they were touring in their automobile, were in the tavern wtien the sheriff's highway deputies responded to an outside call that' a holdup was in progress. The four declared they were just tourists from Oregon when they were questioned by the sheriff on their activities in Lake county. They were held for investigation following their "arrest" in Antioch. After parking their car, the four visited the tavern without the usual effects that attend stickups and while apparently enjoying themselves the police ."took them' into custody" at the point of firearms. None of the prisopeqs were armed. , Edward Kuehl, feori of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kuehl, 204 W. Station street, Barrington, is a patient at the Cook county hospital, Chicago, suffering from "serious injuries received when1 the car he was, driving left the road and overturned oA Northwest highway at the Soo railroad underpass at Des- Plaines Thursday evening of last week: Kuehl was accompanied by Raymond 'Trestik, Andrew Gallagker and Milan Suchy, all of Barrington. The group was returning home at 6 o'clock and according to reports, Kuehl w^s traveling about 40 miles an hour when the car skidded on the wet surface of the turn. He attempted to straighten the car by applying the brakes, causing the machine to skid into the ditch and roll over. Kuehl was injured about the back and it is reported that several ribs were broken at the spine but his condition has been too grave to allow a complete examination. The other boys were not seriously injured and escaped with minor lacerations and bruises. Kuehl was taken to the Northwest emergency hospital in Des Plaines for treat nKent and later removed to th'e Chi cago hospital when the nature of his injuries were learned after an exam ination. Set on fire by a bolt of lightning •at 5 o'clock Friday morning of last week, a barn on the J. H. Landwer farm on Dundee road in Barrington township, occupied by Frank Landwer, was completely destroyed with a loss of 27 tons of hay, 300 bushels of oats,^a hay loader, wagons, sled and other items of farm equipment. Fortunately Mr. J^andwer was in the barn at the time doing the milking and was able to remove all the cows and fpur head of horses before the blaze was too great. The Barrington rural fire department was called and fought the fire for several hours to prevent) its spreading. Prompt action of the firemen, aided by a favorable wind, saved several nearby buildings from being bui»ned. The lightning bolt struck while a severe electrical and rain storm was at its height Friday morning. One end of the barn was hit and the frames resulting soon spread rapidly in the hay. The loss is partially covered by fire insurance and the exact property damage has not been determined as yet. Town Named for An3) T ftaebla de Los Angeles, or Town of the Angels, Mexico, a city of 115,- 000, was so named, according to legend, because when the Indians were unable to hoist the heavy hells to the towers of the cathedral the angels did the work for them. Meaning of "Nonage" •. "Nonage" is' a legal term defining the period of life before one is legally old enough tp look after one's own property. Other Names for Candy. Our word candy is sweets in England and lollies in Australia. First A. M. E. Chnrch £ 4- The first African Methodist Epis-)Jt»f .copal church in the Northwest terri-J,.' tory was started in February of 1824.;" at Cincinnati and the first A. M. E. conference west of the Allegheny mountains was organized at Hills- 1 boro, Ohio, in August of 1830. Promoted First Library Benjamin Franklin promoted the first public library in the United States, started in Philadelphia July JuST IMAGINE! Your clothes thoroughly cleaned and at the same time made absolutely moth-proof! 'Yet that is exactly what we offer you with the new process^ recently installed in our plant. The moth-proofing compound used is known as Moth-San. It is safe, non-poisonous and odorless, but it keeps moths - away! And consider this: So thorough is Moth-San that one of America's outstanding insurance companies has issued a policy for your protection. Woolen garments cleaned with Moth-San are insured against moth damage for six months--or until garment is again cleaned... THIS SERVICE COSTS NOTHING EXTRA Insured Moth-San moth-proofing guards your clothes. against moths, but it doesn't cost you one penny more than our regular cleaning price. You get it as part of our regular cleaning service. Why not have your clothes cleaned and tnoth-proofed now. Phone for our driver--today. J. D. Elm and Green Sts. & P. F. Lodtz Phone 104-M, McHenry Common* Member* in Jail Despite its hundreds of members, the»British house of commons hns had difficulty for centuries in getting a quorum of 40. Of the numerous reasons which they had for not attending the sessions, the most logical one was given In 1648. In that year most of them were in Jail.--Gerald Weatherly, Falfurrlds, Texas, In Ool tier's Weekly. 1 INVITE YOU TO BE PRESENT AND ENJOY A GOOD TIME WIT® YOUR NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES. U/Ur XT> NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY VV niLrYr AaUiiGhtUtSsTt 29 AaNnDd 3*n0 / TWO EVENINGS AND A DAY <JF PLEASURE ON THE BEAUTI- ~ FUI-LAWN. ; v r; WHERE? St Patrick's Church Grounds ^ GRI^ AW WASHINGTON STRfiEPK 85c each 2 for $1.59 McGEE'S Orienlalt Created Lacquer The original •'lacquer*' was an Oriental product of Chinese and Japanese artists from the' sap of the rhus vernicifera, known to* the Japanese as UrushJ-No-Kl and to the Chinese as Tsichon or varnish tree. The term is usually restricted in America and Europe to coatings of which the predominant ingredient. is a solution of nitrocellulose. WHY? Benefit of St. Patrick's Parish ALL OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TO CARRY ON TiUS WORK OF THE CHURCH. • Tbe "Duelling u Oalu" There may be many trees called 'duelling oaks," but one particular group is in a city park at New Orleans. They derived their name from the .practice of duellers under the old French code of honor to select the site of these trees, then just outside the city as a rendezvous whe?e affairs of honor wers to be settled. Juice Much Treated Sugar cane juice in Hawaii, mid- Pacific American cane-growing area, is boiled, clarified and evaporated! then crystalized and lastly whirled in the "centrifugals," where the molasses and sugar are separated. Swore to Aid Country At eighteen, the young Athenian ol classical days swore in the temple to make his country gre?t and more glorious. f O BIGGER AND BETTER THIS YEAR. Rev. Father O'Rourke, our popular pastor, is strenuously endeavoring to provide better entertainment this season than ever before and we. the committee, ask the co-operation of the people of McHenry and surrounding territory by being present at the Festival. You are assured of a splendid time and it's for a mighty good cause. We'll be seein' you Saturday or Sunday, or both. WE, The Committee ^ Chicken Dinner Served at Noon on Sunday