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An entire lifetime spent on the same farm was the unusual record of John M. Schmitt, son of Stephen M. and Mary Schmitt, who was born May 11, 1872, on the old homestead, where his life was spent and where he passed away. On January 27, 1897, he -was united in marriage to Elisabeth Thelen and they went to farming in the vicinity where he was so well known and< had many friends. Surviving are Us widow and twelve children, all of this vicinity, Mrs. William Hiller, Anton J., Joe M., George J., Albert M., Louis J., Henry, Emil, Mrs. Leo Hiller, Mrs. Mike Schaefer, Alma and Stephen; twenty-two grandchildren; one brother, Anton M. Schmitt, and one sister, Mrs. Jfhn P. Schaefer. He was a member of St. John's Court, Catholic &der of Foresters and •of the Holy Name society of St. John's church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a. m., at St. John's church, with Fr. A. J. Vollman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery. Knocked unconscious last Friday night by an unseen assailant in the garage of her home at 918 Sunnyside ave., Highland Park, Mrs. Lola Church, 41, was robbed of $15 in cash. Entering her garage at 7 :40 p. m. Friday to get her car, the Highland Park woman suddenly felt a sharp blow across her head. Then she lost consciousness. Coming out of the stupor a few minutes later, Mrs. Church staggered into her house. On the way in she saw her pocketbook Which she was carrying when enterihg the garage, lying in the driveway. Three five dollar bills were missing. Highland Park police were summoned and near the garage they found a 24 inch long narrow board with which she had evidently been struck. Mrs. Church said she was unable to furnish any description of the assailant. In fact, she replied that she didn't see or hear anyone at all. A sharp blow on the head was the first inkling, she said, that she was not alone. The Church home, located in a subdivision in the northwest section of Highland Park, is m a sparsely settled section of the city. The mysterious murder of William Hancock, 80 year old retired railfoad man, Which occurred at his home in Antioch, six years ago, has been solv ed. The persistence of Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Kennedy, who kept open the sixtyear-old murder case was rewarded Thursday night of last week with the capture of five men who are charged with the robbery and slaying of the aged Antioch resident. Confident that fingerprints found on glass and furniture in the Hancock home would eventually furnish the clue, to identifying the murderers, Kennedy never gave up. Two men were arrested Thursday, of last week, on vague reports that they had been involved in' the killing. The old fingerprints were brought out. They fitted and the man confessed, implicating three ifthttt wlio %«re seized. Edward T. Leonard, 42 years old, who was paroled from Leavenworth penitentiary last week after serving three AS FLUID MILK DECUNE As promised in last week's issue,.we are giving our readers the picture of "Peggy" Feltz, the dog, "Slewfoot," and the new vehicle for transporting the refuse which accumulates on the city streets. Its not a large organisation, but sure gets results. MbHenry's streets are always clean. FIERCE FINISHES WORK IN CIRCUIT COURT SATURDAY DISPOSES or OYER CASES 60 (Continued on last page.) PRESENT ITS SPRINfi CONCERT ON APRIL 7 rumRAL sntviass metjfi MARCH 21 roif" MRS. WILLIAM BABTH Judge William L. Pierce has finished his work in the circuit court at Woodstock for the time being. After seven weeks of steady grind here the Belvidere jurist opened a two weeks stand in the circuit court at Rockford Monday. During his stay in McHenry county, which started on February 7, Judge Pierce accomplished a lot. Between sixty and sevnty cases were settled either by trial or otherwise. It was the best "house cleaning" so to speak that ha« token place in « number of years. Divorce Granted Saturday Judge Pierce granted a divorce to Chester B. Howe of McHenry against Pearl G. Howe. It was a contested diverse snit in which most all day Saturday was taken up by the court in hearing the testimony. Desertion was charged. At the conclusion of the testimony Judge Pierce granted the plaintiff a flivorce with the defendant to receive alimony of $75 per month during the school years and $50 in the summer during school vacation time. Custody of a minor son, Warren, is given to Mrs. Howe during the school year and to the father in summer vacation time. It was the first contested divorce suit in the local court in some five or six years. Dismissal of the suit was sought in an answer filed by Mrs. Howe. She denied she deserted her husband and charged he abandoned her. He charged that she deserted him on Feb* 1, 1935. The Howes were married Dec. 31, 1910, at Roseville, 111. Attorney F. E Eckert represented Howe. Attorneys D. T. Smiley and Marshal Solberg represented the defendant. During the judges seven weeks stay here more jury trials were disposed of than for a number of years. Some of the jurors put in from twenty to twenty-three days work. STATE SENATOR URGES CHANCE IN RELIEF PUN WOULD RETURN CONTROL TO COUNTIES ARE FACING PROBLEM ; . Dairymen are facing higher production costs and are becoming concerned over the tendency of consumers to use less fluid milk, says Frank Ridgway, farm editor of the Chicago Tribune. Milk consumption has been going down within the last few months, unofficial reports indicate. The annual per capita consumption of fluid milk in cities and villages dropped more than 4V4 gallons from 1929 to 1934, official figures show. Consumption Records Since 1934 In 1934 the consumption of fluid milk in cities and villages dropped to slightly more than 36 gallons per person. It increased to more than 38 gallons per person in 1936 and continued to go a little higher last year, but has fallen off since the first of this year. Official figures are ttot yet available for 1937. A Legalizing the sale of beer in 1933 is credited with causing much of the drop in the consumption of fluid milk The per capita consur*Rtion of milk fell off approximately gallons in the first year after the eighteenth amendment was repealed. Per capita consumption of evapo rated milk has more than doubled in this country during the last seven teen years. Since 1925 the use of evaporated milk has increased from 9.32 to 14.79 pounds per person. In the last four years consumption has increased, partly as a result of growing use of the product aiitong families on relief. Use of Condensed Milk Drops The use of sweetened condensed milk in cans has decreased in the last t£n years from .9 of a pound to .4 of a pound per person each year. Chicago's fluid milk sales are falling off. The change, however, has been small in the last decade. The sales dropped gradually from 1931 until 1936 when they were increased •lightly, according to figures compiled by the Associated Milk Dealers Inc. Consumption has had a tendency to go down this year, FUNERAL SERVICES i HELD TUESDAY FOR MRS. JOa r. LENZEN MOTHERS CLUB WILL SPONSOR STYLE S0OW AND PARTY TUESDAY ' Thursday night, April 7, at 8:15, the McHenry High School Mixed Chorus will present its annual spring concert in the high school auditorium. The chorus, under the direction of Miss O'Gara, has worked hard all year, and especially the last two weeks, to make the program a success, and they feel sure that their _ many friends will appreciate their efforts when the finished numbers are presented. The new white robes, which are surplice in style, and are to be " worn over dark skirts and trousers, w'i ill give the group! an excellent appearance. The nine numbers to be sung will be divided into two groups, the interval being filled by a Grade A supporting cast, including two piano solos by Barry Taxman, a hilarious one-act play by a Sophomore group under ~ Miss Stevens' direction, the Boys' Sextette, and Miss Justen's Girls' Quintet. Barry, well known to all McHenry music lovers, will play Liebestraum wliIV_u ia by Liszt and Chopin's Valse in E band and two ^ daughters, Geraldine jj others Club. Minor. By his renditions of solos, as an(* Helen, survive. well as Mb accompaniments for the! Always active and interested in glee club, we know that Barry is a sports the deceased was well and favreal pianist. lorably known in this vicinity. Miss Steven's group, composed of i Funeral services were held Monday, ~ Gerald Larkin as Lut'er, Earl Smith March 21, at the Federated church great care as Giz, and Walter Low as Dr. Steven (with Rev. R. C. Hkllock officiating, j best fashions and to show which styles VanDexter, will offer "The Medicine Burial was in Wauconda cemetery, 'are best suited for each individual Show," a comedy dealing with three jtype No wommn lives who doesn't --residents of Rock Springs, somewhere IMPROVEMENTS AT I run a temperature just before new along the south bank of the Ohi»1 tfVniVAT. irivnurtsa clothes are marched down the aisles Mrs. William Barth died March 18, 1938, at her home at Wauconda, following a paralytic stroke, from which she never recovered. Florence Louise Fay Barth was:. . , . born in Chicago, Feb. 7, 1896, and,fun. of, " Fashion shows afford women the resided there most of her life. She was united in marriage to W51- liam Barth on May 25, 1916, and went be parked outside the Riverside Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, April 5, where a style revue will be delightful entertainment at the dessert-bridge party to Waucondato live in 1932. .poKoml byVe The affair will start at 1:30 p. m., with Betty Nielsen supplying the styles and models and Mrs. Charles Pich supplying the hats. The models have been selected with order to give you the Recommendations that county units be set up for relief distribution instead of permitting townships to supervise the task were voiced in Chicago Tuesday by State Senator Francis L. Loughran. Addressing the legislative budgetary commission, of which he is a member, at a meeting at the Hotel Morrison, he warned that relief administration costs must be cut and new sources ofr revenue found to meet increasing needs. Oppose Tex Increases Industry cannot stand much more in the way of taxation, he warned, explaining: "Any more tans leveled at induatrial enterprise toll reault in further plant closings, with a concurrent boost in our relief load, a thing which it is vitally essential to avoid." That relief funds can be admin* istered more economically by a county unit than through the state's 1,454 township organisations was stressed by Stanley V. Farwell, head of the governor's committee on unemployment. He said: "Our forthcoming report will suggest this change. Let each county handle its own relief funds under a strict supervision which will set up standards for operations." Suggests Changes He also suggested elimination of red tape, whereby a relief client would be permitted to take a temporary job without fear of being unable to get back on the relief rolls when the job was completed. Loughran suggested that steps be taken to compel relief clients to prove their right to such assistance; He said: "England has eliminated relief cheaters by making each individual show a definite need for help. "Relief probably will continue to be Illinois' big job for many years to Mrs. Joseph F. Lenzen, 38 years come. Folks who once resented being °ld, of Volo, Grand Regent of Court called paupers now apparently are Joyce Kilmer, Catholic Daughters of making relief-taking a career. They America, at McHenry, died March 19, get some sort of a thrill out of being 1988, at St. Therese hospital, Wauke- "" >5 SWEEPST ^ OVER FIVE STATES > s WEDNESDAY P. M. ' PART or ILLINOIS PATH Or STORM a- Again this week we are submitting two more "Way Back Wbetj" pictures for our readers to ponder over and see if they are really good guesserst The top picture is that of a young man residing in McHenry today, connected with one of the city's business firms. He is full of pep, likes to argue and, by the waf, girls, h« is still single. * , ' The lpwer photo shows how one of West Mchenry's business men looked in his very early life. Youll be surprised whip jou ftui eat bis identity in next wewv^i^er. Now back to last week's pictures. The little fkl WMt Jfla* Delia Beck- With and the yetwt Ud ^a short pants and long cuffs was the . champion *raxzer" of McHenry, Hampshire and all nearby pessts--the famous Drey miller, Green street tonsorial artist. True to the old adage, March is gov, <1 * < V"-" ing out like a lion today, with highju Winds bringing colder weather in Mc-v \ I, j Henry, where residents are- t^ankfu^V that their homes and lives escape last night in the tornadoes that swept • ^ /;) ? |* • five states, causing many deaths and>'•-'A^- great destruction. - Town Demolished * South Pekin, a town of 1,500 in-.',' .*-V' habitants in central Illinois, ..wsis': vii^-v tually demolished and ten deaths in ! \ h Illinois were reported. * The storm struck South Pekin about . 5 p. m., Wednesday, when the har| rain and high wind hit in this region, and in a few minutes every building was leveled with brick and other wellconstructed houses crumpling in th#.tjl storm, only two left standing of the ! 300 buildings in the town. £> The tornadoes originated in Oktaajte? homa and swept across four statea^"^ ---'^ including Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas 4 and Missouri. Roaring from the southwest th*> tornado first struck in Illinois fit f Mount Sterling and followed the Illii , nois valley, devastating a strip threap ' - - miles wide in the rich farm laftd,- Astoria and Rushville were hit har<£ , p also Liberty, Kellerville and Morton. ' * "/ HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION SATURDAY, APRIL t The time for filing for the C061? munity High School board of educ*r> -|| tion expired Wednesday night, with ,'M Dr. A. I. Froehlich and Ben Justen fiV» ' ing for re-election and William Green '• ^ filing in opposition. Election will tal place April 9, -4 Q¥ SPRING At the Country Club on Sunday large numbers of golfers found tfai course in good condition for playing" and lawn raking and bonfires as wejt as outdoor games, roller skating and kite flying are reminders of springy • GARDEN PLANTING STARTS At least a month earlier than la# year or several preceding years, th» first garden planting has taken place and onion sets and early seeds in tha ground are another sign of spring, im* pressing us that an early season is hand. -m , -Wi TOXOID TREATMENTS ? The second of the toxoid treatments for diphtheria will be given in tht office of the school nurse, Mrs. RalieQ» Room 203, it the high school at 9:3ii m., Monday, April 11. known as clients. FATHER VOLLMAN'S FATHER DIES AT WILMETTE, ILL. River. Members of the Boys' Sextette, including LeRoy Hettermann, Francis Cox, Gerald Miller, Barry Taxman, VYCITAL HARDWARE Vycital's hardware store is undergoing some modern improvements, inand whether its imports or adaptations and copies, it's the real event of the season. The committee is working hard to John Cristy and Harry Conway, will | eluding the widening of the •i«lemake the afternoon an interesting one with the best of entertainment. Tickets for this entertaining afternoon may be secured from members of the Mothers Club. sing three very entertaining numbers.; space as well as the enlargement of Helen Kilday, Catherin Rothermel, j display space. ' Isabt lie Simon, Shirley Butler and ^ modern table display arrange- Henrietta Nell, who compose the Girls' ™ent is being used with glass shelv- Quintet, sing three pfeces also. If and a new cabinet for sporting, • •you lemember their "Smilin' Through")g°°ds, as well as new tool cases with• nQy SCOUT DRIVE and other sings, you surely cannot af-'samPle boards. The flat tables, chrom-i ni ford to miss this. Nor can you af-t'«m edged with glass rails and parti-; iU B1AK1 AJfJUJU A1 ford to miss any of the program for Hons, are replacing the old style show! - ' which there will be no admission[ cases in a modern arrangement. An executive committee composed charge. So remember, you have a! The interior of the store is being j of Elmer Freund, Ray McGee and -date at the M.C.H. S. auditorium on Painted with/a change in color scheme John Bolger, met in the American Lethe night of April 7th! We'll see you and circular stairs lend convenience' gion hall on Monday evening with A. there! at the entrance. A. Stocker of the BJackhawk Area, to Program "Dance, My Comrades," Russian Folk Song--Bennett. "The Sleigh," Russian Folk Song-- Kounti-Nash. "The Hundred Pipers," Scottish Folk Seng--Arranged by Wentworth. 'Swiss Skiing Song," Arranged by Max Krone. < Continued on laat page.) "GET TOGETHER*; A together" of young1 Republicans will be held at Bickler's Hotel, Thursday evening, March 31, 8 o'clock. Refreshments will, be served. Bverjrbody invited. 44-2 formulate plans for the annual Boy Scout Drive. The drive, which has always drawn a splendid response in this locality, will start this year on Thursday, April 21. POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION The annual convention of the Hli- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keller and nois Postmasters' association will be little son of Elgin visited her parents, j held at Aurora on June 13, 14 and 1& Mr. and Mrs. Will Bishop. Sunday. it has been announced. Benedict Vollman, 83 years old, of 430 Ridge avenue, Wilmette, died at 10:15 a. m., Monday, after a week's illness. Born in Germany, Mr. Vollman came to America as a child with his parents, who settled at Wilmette, 111., where he always made his home. gan, after a short illness. Clara Cecelia Rossdeutcher, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Rossdeutcher, was born May 17, 1899, at Volo. Her entire lifetime was spent in this immediate locality with the exception of two years when she was employed by the American Film company in Chicago. On January 21, 1920,- she was unit MPROVBlttMTB AT METHODIST CHURCH 4 MEASLY COMPUTED Rev. Minar' Gerrard, pastor of the Methodist church, will give the first of his Lenten sermons on Three Crosses on Calvary," Sunday. Plans are being made for the Palm Sunday and Easter services, when special music will be given by the choir and there will be baptisms and new members received. There vyill be considerable activity at the church and parsonage grounds Saturday when members of the Epworth League will tear down the old barn. The church grounds will soon be graded, levelled and landscaped, also. The church basement is nearing completion and will be ready for use not later than a week from Sunday if not this Sunday. There will be Seniors at the Communitv High Sunday School class rooms in the School have commenced practice for basement where Epworth League and their play, "Broadway Bound," to b+ Aid society meetings will be held and presented May 6, at the high school ' • f x - - Mrs. Edwin Perry and daughteiv Mrs. Robert Williams, of Elgin anf ' Mrs. Robert Thompson were Iuncheo%;, guests of Mrs. Harold P. Owen Wed«i nesday. .! HI6H SCHOOL CLASSES ANDOROMHZATHMS ELECT NEW OFFICERS there will also ing room. be a kitchen and din- MRS. JACK HAVORKA DIES IN CHICAGO auditorium. For the next month, evenings will be devoted to rehearsals and will be busy ones for Miss Stevens and members of the cast. The classes and various organizations have elected officers for the Mrs. Jack Havorka died Sunday at ^ar w'tl| °f?ers of the Senior clas^ her home ill Chicago. She was the ^1"? Va,e Adams president; Louise daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. An- ^ vice;pres,de"t; and Lo^rame ton Fitzek of Algonquin, where she En«£ln' 8eC,ret*7 an,d treasurer. lived until her marriage, and was the Off,ces of other classes followr sister of Mrs. R. M. Fleming of Mc- _ Juniors-Dorothy Lay, president; ed. in marriage t. o Joseph Ft?. Lre.n.z.e.n. tHt_e nry. iJames Larkin, vice-president, and r. , Q. who survives her, as do also her moth- She is survived by her husband and{>' er, Mrs. Louisa Rossdeutcher; seven |two sons, Keith and Victor John; a brothers, Frank of Volo; William, sister, Mrs. Nettie Fleming^ of Mcurer. Sophomores--Harry Conway, presi-_ He is survived by one son, Father dent; Mabel Bolger, vice-president; Joliet; Mathew, Round Lake; Joseph jHenry, and a brother, Joe Fitzek of A. J. Vollman, pastor of St John'. Gr.y„i.ke; John, Chicjo; Herman, Chicago. A ai.Ur, Mr,. Mary Thr^J-, A^t, *i'bolf-^!ret'ry ^ T11?- church, Johnsburg, and three dau*h-jVo]o, and Edward, Chicago; and four gold, preceded her in death. dent B«tl NriuL. ters, Elizabeth, Ann and Magdafen,1,M„ MildrKl H.in, Mr,. Anne Funeral >orric« were held at 8:80 »« home. lOake, .„d Mr,. Martha Cappeler, of a. m, Wedneeday from the chapel at «cr«tary and treaa- About fifty-five years ago he was;Chicago, and Mrs. Adeline O'Leary 6716 W. 16th street, Berwyn, to St;™* ...... united in marriage to Susanna Reinert volo. A brother, Charles, preceded . Francis of Rome church, Cicero. Bur- Girls Athletic Association--Eleanor of Wilmette, who preceded him in her in death in 1931 and her father ini i*l was at Algonquin. death three years ago. They cele-: 1935 IZT b™ted their golden wedding anniver-j ^ WRS a member of Court Joyce'K. OF C. TO SPONSOR sar* five years ago. ,J Kilmer, C. D. of A. of McHenry, of Funeral serv.ces were held at 10^0, whkh she was 8erving. her first year a. m., this Thursday morning at St-' as Grand Regent and was also a mem- Althoff, president; Lucile Esh, vicepresident; Kathrine Rothermel, secretary; Audrey Rothermel, treasurer; Louise Stilling, board chairman. Athletic Association--Eleanor Al- -- . Ithoff. president; Audrey Rothermel, The local Knights of Columbus vice-president; Louise Stilling, sec- EASTER MONDAY DANCE Althoff. A. J Vollman reading the mass. He l>er of St" Peter's church. Volo. J will sponsor an Estster Monday dance retary and treasurer. was assisted bv Father M P Weid-1 Funeral services were held at 9:30 at Nell's Pavilion for the purpose of Mixed Chorus -- Eleanor ner of Steger III, and a nephew of a- m-> Tuesday, March 22, 1938, at St. setting up a fund to be used in se- president; Lorraine Engeln, secretary the Father Jrw R»no>»l of Peter's church, Volo, with interment curing some necessary item or items and treasurer: Shirley Butler, librar- Sf PHilnmp'nia's church rWotrn in St. Peter's cemetery. 1 of equipment for the new St Mary's- ian; Herbert Reihansperger, publi- Card of Thanks I St. Patrick's parochial school. city manager. > In this manner I desire to express The date has been chosen as a pop- Band -- Dorothy Lay, president: my thanks and appreciation to neigh-,ular time for a social gathering, fol- Louise Stilling, vice-president: Lorbors and friends for floral offerings,'lowing the holy season of Lent. raine Engeln, secretary: Winifred expressions of sympathy and acts ofr Further details regarding the dance Benwell, librarian; John Cristy, mankindness extended during the illness will be published later. lager. St. Philomenia's church, Chicago. Another nephew, Father Francis Young, gave the sermon. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. FORMER RESIDENT * DIES AT GENOA CITY Mrs. Etta Krumpen, a former resident of McHenry, died at her home at Genoa City Wednesday night (after a short illness of pneumonia. She is survived by seven daughters. Funeral services were held at 2 p and death of my beloved wife. JOS. F. LENZEN. [. Orchestra--Lucile Esh, president; NEW IMPLEMENT DEALER 'Winifred Benwell. vice-president; R. George P., Freund, in connection, Williams, secretary: Laura Sherman, with his feed grinding business, has librarian; Barry Taxman, manager, taken the agency for the J. I. Case Mr. Yanda and a group of his »u- I MODELS AT STYLE REVUE Elaine Frederickson, of Ringwood, Viola and Carolyn Freund, Johnsburg,' Implement Cb., and has already re- sic pupils attenOM the band concert y acted as models at the style revue ceived a shipment k>f this well known at Woodstock Friday-Evening. .given by the Evening League of the J make of farm implements. He is --• 1 .--;--p m., Sunday at the M. E. church, Genoa j Congregational church, Woodstock, on j located in the former John Pint black-; Gen*> Poultry Remedies. Wattles City# with burial at Richmond. , Monday evening. smith shop building on Pearl street. f Drug Store. v ------ 40-tf J