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, ^ • V. > ', ;.'S, V ' <' «^v>y - «* ***-•• v» •"**»*>% -m^a „ ••*•"./. 4|rviV^' '_;v <0 ..i • ». v'ft ... ' ,\&-i- t~ J. .. " ,kr -.-v . „ . . . ) . , . . * • •*-«%» «... .J \ J »' * * * t f • .; i; k&vV' i „ l5?'Sfa, U Sv* •*- t -' Volume.6 3 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, HAY 27,1937 WM. M. CARROLL TO DELIVER IKE DAY'S ADDRESS XEOIOIT POST " GOOD ASKS FOE DONALD WBOTOABT18 OUTSTAHDIHO PATBOL BOY 0* *HIB COUNT* Donald Weingart, a pupil' of St. Mary School, and a member of tha Safety Pmtrol, has been selected by the Chicago Motor Club as the out standing Patrol Boy of McHenry County for 1936-87. In order that the above mentioned club might make the proper selection* it was necessary that Donald fill in a questionnaire, telling how he was William M. Carroll, state's attorney chosen captain and also stating what 'of McHenry county, ww be the!he had done to promote safety. He speaker of the day at the Memorial. likewise had to write on the following Day program to be held at the Com-'topic, "What I Think Ought to be munity High School Surfday afternoon, | Done to Improve the Safety Patrol." May 30, at 2 p. m., DST, under the I As a result of Donald's activity as a ©•auspices of McHeniy Post, No. '491, Patrol Boy, he has been presented American Legion. with a lovely plaque indicating, his - Attorney Carroll, who is an active merit; legionnaire, as well as a prominent For two years, Donald has been attorney and fluent speaker, is well »n *c?ve member of the Safety Paknown in McHenry, where he has J troU first as a Patrol Boy and durmany friends, who will doubtless em-jps the past year as captain of the brace this opportunity to hear his Patrol of his school. Both as member address • <-' • an<^ °f,cer» Donald has shown himself _ ' _ . .r-- ... „ trustworthy and active for the safety Ray McGee, chairman of the Mem- of ^ ^ children. crial Day committee, as well as other, The ten ^ belon|?inK to hia p*_ members of McHenry Post, hopes that|tro, ^ DoM# £or his scholarmtll fhA WMAA + tVltfV at > *" '*1 ship as well as for his capability as EIGHTH GRADE DlfLHMS ' i v'* r-r.: everyone will attend the meeting at the high school and join in the march to the cemeteries, where flowers will be strewn over the graves of departed comrades. School children and their teachers "*re also invited to march in the parade and by their presence assist in making the Memorial Day program a real, worthwhile event in the affairs Of this city. /^-Graves of the soldiers will be marked with flags Sunday morning by a committee, with John Dreymiller acting as chairman. Donate Flowers An appeal is made to everyone who has flowers to bring them to the Community High School Sunday afternoon before the Memorial Day program, where a committee, consisting of Mrs. Lester Bacon, Mrs. C. J. Reihansperger, Mrs. R. M. Fleming and Mrs. Ray McGee, will be there to take care of the flowers. Charles S. Allan, a member of McHenry Post, mounted on a line horse, will be marshal of the day and lead the parade, which will form in front of the Community High School. Line of Match ' The parade will march north on Green street to St. Patrick's Ceme tery, west on Washington street to Highway U. S. 12, north on U. S. 12 to Woodlawn and St. Mary's Cemeteries, where graves will be decorated. The parade will then march south U. S. 12 to Pearl street, east on Ptearl street to Green street, south on Green street to the high school, where If will disband. The order of march will be: Colors, band, firing squad, Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, American captain. FLAINDEALER REACHES AGE OF SIXTY-TWO YEARS PB0M0TI0HAL EXERCISES AT HIGH SCHOOL Eighth grade promotional exercises for rural schools in the McHenry district were held at the local high school Friday evening, when the auditorium was packed to its capacity.by parents, j and teachers. | An operetta, "Mother Goose Island/' by Spaulding, waS directed by Irving 'Horn, teacher of music in the rural schools, with Gertrude Lange as accompanist and Erica Stamets, director of the dances. In addition to the operetta a drill was given by pupils of the Johnsburg school and recitations were given by three pupils of the Cherry Valley school. 39 Graduates A total of thirty-nine boys and girls received their eighth grade diplomas I Mday evening from schools in the McHenry district and, no doubt, many of them are looking forward to entering high school next fall. "Rie schools and their teachers are as follows:' Johnsburg, District 12, Sr.* Prtidens; Lincoln, District 14, Florence Tonyan; Lily Lake, District 16, Mathias P. Freund; Griswold Lake, j'District 19, Evelyn Bohl; Ringwood, THIS ISSUE IS NO. 1 VOL. 63, WANTED no McHenry Boat, N». 491, American Legion, is sponsoring the Memorial Day program and decoration of veteran's graves. The post is asking for flowers tor this purpose. Citizens of McHenry are asked to donate these flowers. Fleaae leave them at the Community High School Sunday afternoon before the program, which is at 2 o'clock. The oommittee. Mrs. Lester Bacon, Mrs. C.J. Baihansperger, Mrs. R. M. Fleming and Mrs. Ray- McGee, will be there to take care of the flowers. 15 TO GRADUATE FROM ST. NARY SCHOOL JUNE 1 TWO COUPLES ACT AS ATTENDANTS Af SEPARATE WEDDINGS Two couples attended each other Thursday at weddings which took place only an hour and a half apart, one occurring at 7 a. m., at Volo and the other at 8:30 a. m., in McHenry. In the first ceremony, whic)\ took place at St. Peter's church, Volo, with Father Schark officiating at the High Mass, Miss Hilda OefFling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John OefFling, became the bride of Mr. Albert Frett, of Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Frett of McHenry. The bride was attended by her WDutn.c 1t 84, FrTr anc.. . M„ ini'? andf RrTavtLh' c„o usin. Miss Lauretta Steffes, and A. ury<K, ^ ^ An& fpefcking of birthday*--the McHenry Pliindealer will celebrate another anniversary this week when it will be sixty-two years old. Older and wiser we grow as the years roll around, learning from ex- Lathrop; Harrison, District 36, Bernice Smith; Osfcend, District 37, Alice Clark; Clemens, District 40, Eileen Fitzgerald; Cherry Valley, District 41, Helen Harrer; Prairie, District. 42, Evelyn Larkin. Promotion exercises in the county were held every night last week, with approximately 132 pupils graduating. County Superintendent Here Exercises at McHenry and Franklinville occurred on the same night perience many thing* that we should and because of the two programs the have done and many things that we j county superintendent, Mrs. E. C. Coe should not have done, but always wejof Woodstock, was present at the have made every effort possible to | opening of the local program, leaving serve the public to the best of our to attend the last part of the Frankability and maintain a standard of cooperation with our readers and subscribers which we will endeavor to continue. linville program. Mrs. Coe gave a talk to the- large audience at the opening of the program in which she told of a visit she The past several yean have been had from Mr. Sampson, director of trying ones, sometimes dampening education in Western Australia. She our enthusiasm, but we are anticipat-1 quoted Mr. Sampson as stating that ing a brighter future and hope that, in his district he had the same numthe coming year will be more encour- ber of rural schools as there are in aging, not only for us, but for business in McHenry in general. Advancing with the' progress made McHenry county, but instead of covering about 700 square miles, his schools were scattered over about legion Auxiliary, Boy 8couts, Girl,many other forms of growth during in this vicinity during the past sixty- j 9,000 square miles. She also mentiontwo years, the Plaindealer has wit- ed the high tariff in Australia, where nessed the growth in population, in a Chevrolet or corresponding autoimprovements, in building and in'mobile, would cost about $1,600, and Scouts, school children, other organisations. The ranks of the Civil War veterans have been gradually overtaken by 4&ath until none remain in this vicinity and consequently the observance of Memorial Day falls to the World War veterans. Program - The program to be held at 2 p. m., DST, at the high school is as follows: Music--McHenry Band. Invocation--Rev. R. W. PinelL told many other interesting facts as related by Mr. Sampson. Duker Presents Diplomas In the absence of Mrs. Coe, diplomas were presented at the end of the program by Supt. C. H. Duker, who the passing years, proud of McHenry as it is today. Fourth Paper in County This newspaper was the fourth to be launched in the county, its predecessors being the Woodstock Sentinel, started in 1856, the Harvard Independent in 1865 and the Marengo Repub-1 their education, l?ut had only passed lican in 1807. (another milestone and with competi- During the early days the Plain-jtion as keen as it is at the present dealer had a small group of subscrib- time the students cannot afford to end ers here and in neighboring towns, their education without another "four but as old residents have moved away years of high school. man. Just reversing their positions, the party then came to McHenry, where Mr. and Mrs. Frett attended Miss Steffes, who is the daughter of Mrs. Mat Steffes, and Mr. A. M. Budler, at their marriage ceremony, which took place at St. Mary's church at 8:30 a. m. Both brides wore gowns of lace with jackets, Miss Steffes' being a rosebeige, while Miss Oeffling"s gown was a tan lace with brown accessories and their corsages of tea roses and lilies of the valley corresponded. Following the marriage ceremonies a wedding breakfast was sejyed at the John Oeffling home at Volo to members of the pridal partjjr and their immediate families. They left on a trip to Wisconsin, from which they returned Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frett will reside in Chicago, where he is employed with the Acme Steel Company. Mrs. Frett has been employed at Waukegan until recently. Mr. and Mrs. Budler will reside with her mother for the present. Mr. Budler operates the Farm House Tavern on- Route U. S. 12, south of McHenry, and Mrs. Budler has been an employe at the loeal telephone exchange for ten years. Among the out-of-town guests at the Wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olson and Mr. and Mrs. F. Liddie, Waukegan; Mr. and Mrs. Ben EXERCISES AT K0HS AUDITORITJM: g|?| T&e graduation exercises oF St Mary School will take place on June first at the McHenry High School Auditorium. There will be a delightful program, commencing with an address and distribution of diplomas by the Very Reverend Monsignor Charles S. Nix. An interesting radio program will follow. "Forward--But Only With God!" is the class motto. The cla&s patron Is Our Lady of Grace. Turquoise and white are the class Colors, while the carnation is the graduates' choice of flower. Fifteen graduates will receive their diplomas, as follows: Betty AlthoflF, Edward Blake, Harold Blake, Bernice Justen, Robert Kunz, Kathryn Mc- Andrews, Eleanor Rankin, Shirley Smith, George Spoo, Lawrence Stilling, Harry Unti, Lucille Weber, Richard Weber, Donald Weingart, and Beatrice Williams. Radio Program Class Song--Graduates. Address and Distribution of Diplomas by the Very Reverend Msgr, C. S. Nix. . A Song of Home--Graduates Station S. M.S. Parti FIFTEEN PUPILS WILL FINISH GRADE SCHOOL STUDIES THIS YEAR Fifteen pupils will graduate from the eighth grade of the public school on June 4 and with graduates from St. Mary's school and thirty-nine graduates from the rural schools will make up the Freshman class at the local high school next fall. Graduation at the grade school is always a quiet affair and no program marks' the event as it is considered to be just another promotion from one grade to another. SERVICES AT SUNDAY EVENING ADDRESS BY REV ^ WLLWS itigh * school days for the Seniors have come to an end and the events The education of j of commencement week for the thirty- * ' 1 - the boys and girls Is by no means three graduates will be opened Sunday completed and it is the desire of the! evening, May 30, with the baccalteachers that they Continue their education in high school next year. Members at the eighth grade who will be promoted are: Bettie Engeln, Cynthia ErickBon, Mary Granger, Irene Houbolt, Donald Howard, Doris Knaack, Erwin Lauras, Donald Meyers, Betty Nielsen, IQinor Pries, Dolores Rosing, Peggy Schaefer, Hiley Jean THbmas, Howard Voelts, Francis Wirtz. , ' . NORTH-WESTERN ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER TRAINS RUN TO CHICAGO _ ABOUT AN HOUR IN People of McHenry and vicinity, as well as summer residents and daily commuters to Chicago, will rejoice in the good news concerning better train service brought to us by the Chicago and Northwestern railway. Beginning Tuesday, June 1, an additional and farter summer service between Williams Bay and Chicago will Scene--The Home of Mrs. Sterling Characters *,, Mrs. Sterling--Betty Althoff. Tom--George Freund. • v Mae--Kathryn McAndreiTS. Part II ' M Scene--Radio Station S. M.S. Announcers--Tom and Mae Sterling. . - 1. Dutch Dance-Fifth and Sixth f° .'^ effect, providing two morn ng Grade Girls | trains to Chicago and two returning . - j..Trip to the Suxvny South--Plantation • •(Song in the afternoon. Girls, Kentucky Babe' .The tost rtofSISg traTh to Odcago and Dance), Louisiana' ^ eave^McHenry at 6:06 (standard time) and the second morning train will leave McHenry at. 7:^1 a. m. (standard time), both making the run to Chicago in about an hour's time. In the afternoon a daily, except Sunday, train will arrive in McHenry Hayride--Pupils of Grades 3-8. 8. Sundown (Song)--Betty Althoff and Anna Marie Klapperich. 4. Sunbeam Club Banquet -- First and Second Grades. Toastmaster, v Walter Freund. Entertainers, James Regner and Mitxi and Joan Durland. 6. Pirates--Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys. 6. The Silly Goose Girls--Girls of Upper Grades. Part III from Chicago at 4:45 p. m. (standard ant* Rosalind Vogt. aureate services, 8:15 o'clock, at which Rev. H. C. Collins of Ringwood, retired Methodist minister, will give the address of the evening; This will be followed byi Class Day to be observed at 2:30 pQm., Thursday, June 3, at the High School Auditorium, with the usual program given by the Seniors. - On Friday evening, June 4, the Commencement exercises will take place with Prof. M. C. Graff of the University of Wisconsin, as thg speaker of the evening. Mary Durland is' valedictorian of the Senior class and Lillian Nordin is salutatorian. Leaders of the Baccalaureate Processional will be Mary Durland' and Robert Kilday and leaders of the Commencement March will be Lillian Nordin andCletus Althoff. r4" • Baccalaureate Service Processional March of the Noble .... Frederick Keats f ' ^ > Janice Klontz - • ,, '* , Invocation .... The Rev. Frank Miller "Praise Ye The Lord," Psalm CL, by . ' Casear Frank -- Mixed Chorus »> Miss Margaret O'Gara, Director Miss Dorothy Holden, Accompanist Address The Rev. H. C. Collins f* Congregational Singing :v" "f "America the Beautiful" Directed by Miss Margaret 0*(tM | Benediction .... The Rev. Frank Miller Class Day Program • Thursday, June 8, 2:S6 p. n^ r» Class Song---Jatr.es Class Motto--Russell Frajizen.' Key Oration--Janice Klonts. Response--Vale Adams. Class History--George Frisby Curtis Newman. * Can You Imagine--Rita Ftwni •j i time) and another will arrive here at 5:45 (standard time), these also making the run in about an hour's time. The southbound trains start the fast service June 1 and operate until September 25. Beginning July 10, and continuing Dick's Predicament A One Act Play until September 4, a Saturday only Frieda Weitl. Class Statistics--Lorraine and Evora Carlson. Class Prophecy in form o'f a playlet, taking place in 1960; the cast--James Wolf, Lillian Nordin, Rosa Popp, and Lucille Feet. - Class Will--Deris Whiting pa* I * impressed upon his listeners the fact ;Fr^ Elmhurst, and Ed Frett and that the pupils had not completed Henry prett and son, Chicago. PLAN OLD SETTLERS' REUNION JULY 3-4-5 AJthoagh no invitatioas will be sent Girls' Quartette, Community High .and made new homes they have de-j Mr. Duker complimented the rural out this year, everyone will consider School, directed by Miss Justen. I sired to receive news from their old schools on the work they are doing themselves invited to the Old Settlers : Pledge of Allegiance by Audience, home town and have continued their and stated that he is pleased with reunion at the city park during the HkI by Louise Stilling, Girl Scout, and subscription to their home paper until the good work done by the students, Fourth of July holidays on July 3, 4 # Joseph Gausden, Boy Scout. jat the present time our subscribers who enter high school. ,an4 5. Ben Hiller, former employe of the their needs in train service and offi- Girls' Quartette, Community aic 3ca. and var- The students showed talent in the 'Tis said that former residents are gas company, is ill at his home, wnere cials of the railroad appear to be eag- Bchool, directed by Miss JusteA jious states, both west and easifcv^ -. j songs and acting of the operetta in looking forward to this celebration he suffered a stroke. jeP to cooperate with people of this Address Hon. Wm. Carroll, state's; • Started By J. VanSlyke . "wfcfcY the many costumes and well and to a continuance of the friend-j Mrs. Ray Merchant of Kingwood en-j ]ocajity in giving them better acoom- * Attorney, McHenry County. , Many changing events have marked rendereu urogram gave evidence of ships that were renewed last year at tered Sherman hospital, Elgin, last ^^ng in train aervice. Characters Dean--Donald Weingart. Coach--George Spoo. * Captain--Ralph Freund. ; ' Doctor--Harold Blake. ; Dick, "Star Quarter Back"--Philip Meyers. ^ Notre Dame Team--Boys of Grades Seven and Eight. Notre Dame Cheer Leader and "Roottrain leaves McHenry at 4:01 (stand ard time) and arrives in Chicago at 6:10 p. m., (standard time). A special Saturday only train will Operate from May 29 to Sept 18, leaving Chicago at 12:15 p. m. (standard time), and arriving at McHenry at 1:21 p. m., (standard time). Sunday trains to Chicago will leave Advice to Juniors--Robert Kilfey. Response--Lorraine Engeln. Class Gifts--Evelyn Skober if# Loraine Thennes. ! * f. Advice to Faculty--Class. Farewell Address--Miriam Sayler. ' Commencement Exercises Friday Evening, June 4, 193T " at 8:15 p. m. - S of g. Grades Five and Six _____ v " - . - McHenry at 5:20 p. m., 7:10 p. m., and Coronation March G. Meyerbeer > _ 50 p. m., arriving in Chicago at 6:40 Janice Klontz, pianist ^ p. m., 8:30 p. m., and 10 p. m., re- Lillian Nordin, Cletus Althoff, Le*-**" Wisconsin "Rooters"--Boys of Grades I on standard time. Salutatory Lillian Nordin Five and Six. * | Daily commutbrs can purchase an "A Song of Ships" .... Robt. S. I1 lagier individual monthly ticket fer only $16.,' Boys Sextette and a thirty-ride ticket sells for $23.40, Address Prof. M. C. Graff is transferable between members of a Valedictory Mary Durland family and good for one year. "To A Wild Rose," Edward MacDowell Railway Co-operating Girls' Quartet A short time a«ro the Chicago and Presentation of Diplomas v Northwestern mailed out questionair- j by Dr. A. I. Froehlich. res to McHenry residents to find out Announcer--Richard Weber. Finale--A Merry Life. Among the Sick 'FLORENCE'S SHOPPE" TO OPEN ON JUNE 1 V"KJ •- ij'** >; •' • f . . "Star ^ftnee. Benediction--Rt. Nix. i flwunu; wiuikj. \ ^ „ -- _ Spangled Banner^ .And- the years since J. VanSlyke, a typical great effort to the part of the teacn- / i journalist, edited the paper, to the ers and directors of the numbers. Rev. Monsignor present day, with improvements in of-1 List ot Graduates f.ce equipment keeping the Plaindealer establishment a modern one. |ware: reek for treatment. DRUGGISTS CONVENTION ( Coming into existence just after the Diedrich, James Freund, uaVerne are planning to be here. Thomas P. Bolger, Green street'civil War and the depression of 1873 Freund, Everette Hiller, George Jackdruggist, attended the combined con-'which followed it, the Plaindealer has son, Wanda Jepson, Jeanette Kefcneyiention of the Illinois Pharmaceutical weathered four periods of national de-, beck, Eleanor King, Thelma Lay, Donthe CentenniaL Let us hear from you, Old Timers. Tell us what you think of the plan to . Qraduates who re^x-i ->d diplomas j continue the reunions, give us augges-j ry, was operated on at Sherman hos- possibIe Johnsburg School--Bernice tions for a program and tell us if you pital, Elgin, Friday. He is recover-' • » ^ "Florence's Shoppe" is. the name of Every y^ar more "people are making a new shop which will open next door; Frank Dreymiller of Hampshire, ,jfcHenry their permanent residence , the Variety Store on Riverside brother of John Dreymiller Of McHen-' ^cause the better train service makes j Drive pn June fVrst. to commute to Chicago | The owner of the shop will be Miss -- Association and the Illinois Tharma ©eutical travelers' Association at Rockford, Wednesday, where an alltime record was reached as delegates concluded their business sessions at the Faust hotel. Registration for the jl' various business sessions was only a dozen names short of a record when IL the convention neared its final day s> and it was estimated that over 2,000 visitors took part in the convention. „ Peoria, Joliet and Danville submitted bids for the 1938 convention, but the place will not be selected until the executive committee mets in Chicago in November. Delegates late Wednesday voted approval of chain store laws for Illinois «ueh as the one in Louisiana and condemned a bill providing for a tax of %•' #ne per cent a bottle on soft drinks. s . ;• Election of officers was held and ; ? : other business attended to. The coomention ended Thursday night vitk a banquet pressions, one in 1893, one in 1911, aid Michels, Evelyn Michels, Elmer when the close of the Spanish Amer- Meyers, Anna Schaefer, ican War had seen expansion of cred- Schmitt, Raymond Stilling, it, in 1919 and in 1929, with depres-1 Thelen. ing nicely. Mrs. G. Sattem is ill with trouble at her home on Mill street. Mrs. Clarence Whiting, of Elgin, daily. The trip which can be made to Florence Rothermel, who plans to car- Ithe city in about an hour requires no ry a full line of fine grade hosiery in heart more time than is spent on street different prices and a variety of f7 Memorial Day is the day for fiow- •'«rs. The McHenry Floral Co., of West f,» prapared to simply the -,v sion following over investments and extravagance. As we enter another year, we hope for better days and greater prosperity for McHenry. ATTEND FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becker, Mrs. Grant McDonald, Miss Alice Soper, Mrs. H. C. Hughes, Mrs. Lois Senna, Mrs. Arthur Wilmington, Crystal Lake, were among those who attended the funeral of Mi's. Abbie Martin Friday afternoon. Others who attended j Erven Erber, were Mrs. Hiley Thomas and daughter, Mrs. Will Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. Geoge Hutson, F. W. Sayler, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hutson, Elmer Francisco and mother, Mrs. Ralph Walkup, and Mrs. Anna Mollohan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Martin, Woodstock, and Mrs. J. F. Brandt, Chicago. Lincoln School--Walter Scarbrough, Walter Schaefer. Griswold Lake--John Barnings, Jr., Stanley Brown. Ringwood--Zane Grey, Amy Harrison, Shirley HaWley, Loren McCannon, EsteDa Miller, Howard Shepard, Rosalia Whiting. Barrison School--Bobette Cristy, Jay pristy, Lester Klintworth, George Ostend--Carl Pearson. Clemens School--Howard Powell, Alvera Hunter/ Earl PAY CEMETERY DUES Cleaning has been done at Wood- . 'and Cemetery and mowing has been • has been a medical patient in an Elgin Daniel («*, -menced. So that this work may hospital the past week. Delma be continued through the summer, lot owners are asked to pay their dues to either *>f the following: Mrs. J. EL Wheeler, secretary; Mrs. Lillian Sayler, treasurer. Pomrenning. Prairie School--Robert Adams, Helen Knox, Thomas Bolger. BINGO PARTY AND DANCE A bingo party and dance, sponsored Henry, on Wednesday evening, June Mra. Karl Tretsler of Lament spent 19. for the benefit of the new St. Mary's on I'sf 1-fp HIGHEST GRADES "daire Whiting, son c' Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whiting of Elgin, who is attending Marmion Military Academy at Aurora, has the honor of having the highest average of the 125 Freshmen attending the college this year. The young man, who formerly was^ a resident of this vicinity, and has" relatives here, may well be proud of this record. He spent the weekend #lth relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kuba and daughter, Shirley Mae, of Chicago by St Mary's Court, No. 594, C. O-IV ^Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert will be held at the Fox Pavilion, Mc- Vales. roodstocki ttildren of; Mrs. Margaret Gillis, and Mrs. Leo Dwyer and children Huntley visited Mrs. Peter Doherty Monday * OBSERVE POPETS BIRTHDAY Catholics of this vicinity will join with Cstholics all over the United j will States Sunday in observing the eigh* tieth birthday of His Holiness, Pope Pius, which occurs Monday, May 31. In St. Mary's and St. Patrick's church, as well as St. John's at Johnsburg, the masses on May 30 have been dedicated for a general parish communion Sunday for the intehtions ot the Pope. more time than is spent cars and elevated roads in getting to shades. She will also do dressmaking work in the city, while living in the and having had considerable expercountry, especially in the summertime, ience in sewing is prepared to do all is much more desirable. i kinds of work in that line. If you Plenty of homes are available in. have a dress to be made, see Miss this vicinity, along the river and at Rothermel, who invites you to visit the lakes, and it is expected that many her shoppe and learn the latest In be attracted to McHenry this C. D. OF A. CONVENTION Mrs. Fred C. Schower attended the fourteenth biennial state convention of the Catholic Daughters of America at La Salle the last of the week. At the concluding session Aurora was selected as the next convention city and a resolution was adopted endorsing an anti-communism crusade recently launched by national officers. Edwin Sherman of Janesville, Wis., spent the weekend with his mother, ^Irs. C. & STORES TO CLOSE MONDAY AT NOON A majority of the McHenry business houses have agreed to close their places at noon on Monday, May 31. Memorial Day occurs on Sunday this year, but the holiday will be ©hserved Monday. modern styles. • • •mi l lx i imi i h u i imm Births Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Olson Mid children visited her parents at Richmond Sunday. Sunday guests of Miss Marie Ropp were her mother, Mra. Ahrina Ropp, and her brother*, Pater and Clarence Ropp, with their Wives and children of Normal, 111. In the afternoon they motored to Lake Geneva, Wis. Mrs. Catherine Bbger of Chicago spent the past week with relatives ta this eft* Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith are parents of a little son. born Saturday at St Therese's hospital, Waukegan. Mra ^ Smith was formerly Mabel King. A baby girl was born to Mr. and <, , Mrs. Floyd Coo ley at Woodstock hos- J pital Wednesday evening, May 19, bu; \ J passed away Thursday morning. Bui- * ^ ial was in St. Mary's cemetery Hairs- ^ < day afternoon. BABE RUTH AUTOGRAPHS BASE BALLS -Ml-l Spalding Official National LeagttS . Baseballs, autographed paraeaafiy by Babe Ruth, at Knox Sinclair Station* " ^ McHenry. Boys .and girls are invited ^ ^ to call and learn how they may • ' u t i v V > V'