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T « i d SIXTY YEARS AGO >% "Iff?, '».'M»^.II»»»*W v» ' , ( ( , < Jd_ ' 4+i^ " ** * r' " ,-*<" - ,* • ^ * r z^'1* *•• , - a m waam px^wdial** '•!-. -ii-• DAMP FIRE MUSINGS By Jack Hoag RINGWOOD YOLO Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hironimus and the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home Thursday. Mr. *nd Mrs. S. W. Brown attencre® a cemetery meeting at Hebron' Sat- ,urday. The members of the Home Circle j Miss Mary Jencks attended the wed. |were entertained by the Greenwood' ding of a friend at Barrington Satur- sons spent a few days in Chicago at Fire antedates history. The genus Dorcas Society at the home of Mrs. day afternoon. j the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baur. Homo of the Cro-Magnon period Arthur Peet Thursday. A one o'clock Mrs. Arthur Merrill of Solon Mills Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lueder and warmed his skin-clothed body by the iuncheon was served and a fine pro-,and Mrs. S. W. Brown spent Wednes. daughter, Dolly, of Wauconda spent side of a blazing fire and from that gram was rendered in the afternoon.'day in Elgin. ' ' Sunday evening*«T\the home of Mr. a*y aid i Mrs- F- ^ Muzzy entertained the1 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doherty were *nd Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Primitive peopie nave veneratea nre negday Prizes were award- day. to an extentthat.approached idolatry ed to Mrs Roy Neal and Mrs. Louis; Mrs. George Shepard entertained Kaiser Sunday. and m the Orient this veneraUon be- &hroeder. * the Easy Ac* at h„ home Tuesday t Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Krause, Mrs. L. came so great that even advancedu „ ., TjlTinnT, uiuitjul rftTrmin Prizes were awarded to Hamilin and daughter, Margaret, of ~ „ !£sj- v-"~ wr,"TN.ro> srsxrMre- w,Mfound a sub-terranean chamber with! Mrs _?- C. home of^her Wiedrich, Jr., home Thursday evening. Mrs. Ray Paddock, Mrs. Frank Wil. i aid to comfort and happiness, Bridge Club at her home Wed- business visitors at Woodstock Satur- Norman Vasey of Waukegan called nmitive people have venerated fire • . , ph^ were award- dav. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henry Bryer had the misfortune to a central fireplace and stone pipes Thursday m one of his horses one day last leading to the chambers above that, in brother, Louis Hawley and family. > 1 principle, was not unlike the modern' Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and son John B. Colby, of Clifton, 111., has hot-air furnace of today and the ques The members of the Home Bureau 80n and daughter, Beatrice, Mrs. Wilwent on a tour of the Jewel Tea Co., "a™ DiHion, Mrs. Frank Hironimus „i mi. miu luu. »v, .v.. --at Rarrinctnn TnpsHav and Mrs. Russell Magnussen attended - ' iirnt qhuli af^chnl^d i Mrs. Frank Johnson and daughter, ^e style show and card party at the n spending a few days on His old tion of fuel has been of vital impor- a -7? ". , u 7 ' at Janet Kay and Mrs. Clarence Morten- Grayslake school auditorium Friday Virginia JCpflOHy Who 13 « V» n ** . a/fAv*iAnn a-# ika T alra Thnr*d»y,H»»wnb« 10,193*. alamninp grounds in this village. Itance to man, regardless of the period "f®" *,rK1!'.la ^tpso1' WI'v 18 **" sen and 'son Bradley, of Harvard afternoon for the benefit of the Lake Richard Wilson, a barber from Chi- in which he lived. tending Cornell college spent the weeK. gpent ith y' ^ former's County Home Bureau unit. . \',< tfago, has opened a shop in the rooms Lack of fuel was a serious handi- *n T W T her parents' and , mother, Mrs. Fred Wiedrich. i Mrs. Herman Dunker, Mrs. Walter g>i<>ver O. W. Owen's store, w"h ere he cap ^ the piainsmen of our pioneer C. J. JJeePpS80©11".;^ w. . .. «r Mrs. Patrick Cr-oyne w^s called to Crook, Mrs. Ford McDonald, and Miss * .•*ill be happy to See all who wish a da^5> but ingenuity ofman has' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Sr., - - - - « • clean and easy Shave or haircut, on me^ and conquered every obstacle c* on Jepson ^ MTA' „r^i^MniirFri^«vChica^0 Tuesdaybytheiilnessofher Beatrice Wilson attended the child _ friends at Solon Mills Fnday daughter, Hazel, ,whb was operated training lessons given by Miss Freda afternoon. . ® - I . -- t- ... - ...e MmhlSt! Bobby Vogel of Elkhorri spent the> ^ has not been favorable for duck jjUffa]0 herds) and there is no ques- . innei ;weekend with his cousins, Billy and 1 > 'hunting, still hunters are Ringing tion but. what everything of a car- ho™w* A1 Peterson at the town hall in Libertyville Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann were Chicago callers Friday. G. A. Vasey of Crystal Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker Thursday. , Mr. and Mrs. W. Seger and daugh. ters of Waukegan spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Case. Mr. and Mrs. V Daley of Chicago spent Sunday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagner. A very large crowd attended th« Volo Bible church Sunday evening. Mr. Holland froiti Congo, Africa, was present and gave a very interesting talk on his mission work in Africa. Mrs. Bertha Monahan and William Bendrim of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Case Sunday. Mrs. Ed Baumruk andr son, Mrs. John Baumruk and son and "feichard Dusil of Berwyn spent Sunday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. The Pinochle Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagner Wed. nesday evening, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. A. Snyder's wedding anniversary. William Andrews, Waukegan, spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. -My Mi I . i ' , jfhort notice. , . . The plainsman found his fuel in buf- J The pleasant weather of the past fa]Q chips (the aged droppings of the and Mrs. Alvin Case. H. Maxson of Zion cflled at the con home Sunday. ( 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagner, lir. and Mrs. Frank«St. George, Brand* Grimellie and Joseph Lenzen atended • Democratic mass meeting at Lake Zurich Friday evening. A card party and dance was given at the Volo Recreational Hall Wednesdy evening for the benefit of the Volo Community Club, with a very large crowd attending. Miss Vinnie Bacon spent Wedn**-^™ day in Chicago. Senator Ray Paddock, Mr. and Mm. ^ Jay Vasey and daughter. Mr., and Mwu--Uitij Joseph Passfield, Mr. and Mrs. W^l- i liam Wirtz and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. <\* Alvin Case, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur * Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and son, Mr. and Mrs.- R. Magnussen and son and Carl Thorsell attended the f 1 Republican rally at the Wauconda j Township High *School Friday evening. ' Marion Wirtz, daughter of Mr. and: ? % Mrs. Willianv Wirtz, accompanied by Mrs. Roland Lueder at the piano, tap danced. Richard Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, accompanied -A' by Mrs. Roland Lueder at the piano, rendered a few violin solos at this- " rally. '/ ilo^n a good matiy each day.. ' i bonaceous nature has at one time or 1 I Mr. and Mrs. F.^?. Muzzy and fam?.j A60 .. m,„.marte fires. ^ ome ai uieenwo««_ou.,u»y. - . !Bobby Brennan. John, Kenneth, Jr.: and Bobette, Mra FIFTY YEARS When we think of the comfort that miscellaneous shower in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Benoy, recent newly-j School Notes As we. go to-press,,divers from Chi. a good fire produces it is Small wonder an ^ Vofro«h I '^'le l?ca' teachers attended *iag6 are working to rescue the body that our early ancestors were ftne wor- J wL . Evanston meeting of the Illinois teachL the of young Hendrickson, drowned at shippers and" modern man is but little meTlts were s.e5ve^- ers' association,' Lakeshore divisioni Pistaqua Bay, on Sunday last. Amoved in many respects from the useful gifts^from their friends. Qct 31 A new broom adorns the liberty pole primitive savage of those early days.! „ Mr J1 Bert . ^here will be no school Armistice at Wentworth and Cryisty's indicat- wfe all love a bright, cheerful fire. Mrs" En?,ma MerC*™L^ M.rtn^n Da*> Friday' Nov- "• ingc_to passers to clean sweep for Har. No home or camp is complete without *ere £all®rs the Wm" . , Miss Bernice Smith and F. N. Muzzy rison and Morton. "Ike" says, no free jt and in "Camp-Fire Musings" I pro- ho™e , Z fT100,^' w- t, attended the McHenry Teachers' group: trade on that hill. pose to write of the Great Outdoors; . M'* and ^rs' H^° - meeting Friday afternoon at the Gria- ' Miss Ella Spaulding in the Nickol's cf forest trails; of hunting and fish-fam',ly spent. Fr«Jiwold Lake sch°o1- block, is now prepared to do all kinds jng; 0f lakes, and rivers, and nature. m®rs Parents, /Mr. and Mrs. urea chief Whitefeather, Carlislie Indian of dressmaking. in short, of the world as God made it.,Wljedrich. ®.r» College graduate of Shawnee Indian The Democrats of the town of Mc-' The "wanderlust" is strong in my! .Mr' and Mrs. ueorge loung were Reservation, appeared on a prograifi^ Henry are the best feeling lot of fel- blood and the same " Call of the Wild" vls.1.tors at E1f1" Mond&y afternoon. !at the local school) Wednesday, Nov. lows we ever knew. They are going that brought me to the Illinois lake i ¥^7 with ' son. Indian dances, cus-| around now presenting their Republi- region has taken me to many of the 8nd ^ Alfred Adams r>?" |toms and traditions were most in- ISlMnS ELECIU! STANDARD'S QUALITY M FIRST CHOICE OF MIDWEST MOTORISTS! I " fan friends with new hats, boxes of remote parts of the world. I have the home of their, brother, Ray Adams, cigars, and in some instances with five kindled camp-fires beyond the Arctic and family at Genoa'City. dollar greenbacks. They are not only Circle, and my fire has glowed dimly! .Harold^Wiedrich and fiai y generous to a fault, but good natured, under the greater radiance of the ^1®lted 1 relatives at Crystal Lake fend if properly vouched for, will be Southern Cross. The mahogany for- Th^sday afternoon. ^ . ilfceived on probation into the Repub- ests of the Guianas and the mountains Wayne Foss was a business caller at structiv.e to all as well as entertaining; jican party in the near future. FORTY YEARS AGO of Brazi! know its fiickerng shadows Buj£n*^' Mrs.' W^do^Fredrickson and. I . have. •a lw,,a ys fi oun• d peauc e ande and family of Fontana spent Sunday contentment m the glowing embers of . , 3 v e an open fire. , in the George Young home. A. t. Howe purchased last week a Dritfting over the waters of Pis-! Mrs. Ernest Snyder and sons, Harnew Chicago gasoline engine, seven takee Lake we saw camp-fire- after old and Ray- spent Monday with her horse power, with which he will run camp-fire gleaming through the semi- mother at Klchmon(1- of a. summer's night and Why It Is 'Nickel Plate' Road < The Norwalk (Ohio) Chronicle of April 14, 1881, in speaking of the glittering prospects of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad and the gilt-edge character of its. financial backing, referred to it as the Nickel Plate road. Another version is that when in 1882 the Vander-v bilt interests acquired control of the: railroad, William H. Vanderbilt, oris his hay press, feed cutter and grinder, darkness of a summer's night and Mr- and Mrs. I. N. Butler rfnd being informed of the price demand' These gasoline engines are the hand- around them were grouped sportsmen da"5h^er °f sPent Sunday in the; ed by the owners, derisively in somest and most economical engines, and lovers of nature who had kindled B _T* home; . * | quired if the^ road were nickel for any purpose, now in use, as they these fires in answer to the same urge Re^" Collins entertained Uiree clas- plated. require no shoveling of coal, handling that prompted the Indians to light ®es of y°uJig their teachers wood or high-priced engineers, and their Council Fires on Bald Knob ages from the Methodist Sunday School at are always ready for use on fwe min. before the white man invaded the lake sPn?& Grove, at his home Monday | u.tes notice. No farmer who has to region. In the clean consuming blaze even,tl£ at a Halloween party. There j use power should be without one. of such a fire small bickei-ings and w,ere twe"ty present. Games were £. J. Hanly last week hold his.hand- discontent disapqar and one sees clear- pla^ and luncheon was served. j some young driving horse, "Pat Down. ly into "the inwardness of all things.1 Mr" an^,1 B?l's- y e a" 5? ing" to parties from Chicago. Price Anger, jealousy and unworthy am- dren of Chlca^9 spent Fruiay afterreceived $150. bition fade to nothingness and the noon and evenlnf, ^ " E. S. Wheeler, of Rose Lawn farm, glowing embers of such a fire seem to pa^nts' Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith. has had the misfortune to lose about radiate truth and understanding. Crim- Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and! ^Sfty hogs of cholera, recently. inal statistics show no record of "sui- family of Algonquin spent Sunday at . ' ^ cide" performed in front of an open t^e home of the latter s parents, Mr. . THIRTY YEARS AGO fire and pestilence has ever fled before and Mrs. C. J. Jepsoti Moke your oil-change NOW.... be safel ISO-VIS 10-W MAKES COLD STARTING EASIER THAN ANY OTHER 0111 Irs TIME, RIGHT NOW, to change to Iao-Vis 10-w--to make sure i^easier starting on any cold morning that comes. It's safe to change to Iso-Vis 10-w now -- because it gives your engine ample lubrication, even on the warmest days. It's smart to change to Iao-Vis 10-w now for it will save your battery the fatal extra drain of slow cold starting--save your battery now for quick, carefree starting in the winter days ahead. Checking your oil is a service provided by Standard Oil Dealer*, whichmaysave youcoetl yengine trouble. It only takes about 3b seconds to be SURE it^safe! 4 P I N E MOTOR our ISO-VIS in cans, bulk QUAKER STATE in cans POLARINE in bulk STANOLIND In bulk ® 1938 -AT STANDARD OIL DEALERS / yyf i\ its blaze. Fire cleanses and puri- Mrs. Lonnie Smith and children and H. B. Dowe has disposed of his liv- fies, and man realizes consciously, or Catherine Freund spent Monday aftei -ery business at Ingleside and expects subconsciously, a well established af- n00n in the Wm> Wurtzinger home at to make McHenry his future home, finity between a fire and all that is Woodstock. Mr. Dowe is as yet undecided as to best in himself. We find in fire a Tuesday morning eleven women what his future occupation shall be. companionship that brings us closer ^rom .Spring Grove came and had The presidential election of 1908 has to the true realities of life. These hreakfast with Rev. and Mrs. Collins, come and gone, and again has the Re. fij-es kindled on the shores of Pistakee This was one of a 8®ries o£ KalloP\n« publican party won out, thus ^giving Lake seemed to wave a message of teas they are putting on to raise evidence beyond the slightest sign of friendly greeting from the sportsmen money for the church- A group of a doubt that the masses of the great gathered around them to the stronger women ?et together and come to your American people are of the same opin.' drifting past. j house and you have to serve them >n. So strong was this feeling that our somethinS to eat and each one pays The finest line of moving pictures paddle dipped unconsciously to the ten cer,t8» the proceeds of which go to ever exhibited may be seen at the urge of the becoming invitation and the M- E- church- Central on Wednesday night of each our canoe glided into the circle of the1 Mrs- Louis Hawley entertained a week. fij-e light. The prow touched the shore few friends at a shower in honor oi Richard Thompson, who has been and the group around the fire made Mrs. Edwin Hawley of--Crystal Lake confined to his home by illness for the Outlander welcome. Greetings Wednesday afternoon. Bridge was sometime past, is again able to be up were exchanged and a place by the P1^41 witl* prizes awarded to Mrs. and around, although not entirely re- fire was accorded the stranger. I Neal and Mrs. Lisle Bassett. covered from an infection of the The talk ranged east, and the talk' Mr. and Mrs. Kelley and son of glands of the neck and jaw. ranged west. It touched on distant Aurora and Mrs. Houston of Oceola, -r^r forests and lakes; on muskies and Ia - sPent Sunday with Mrs. Libbie * TWENTY YEARS AGO- bass and pike; on the wolves that howl Ladd. -- on the Chequamegon ridges, and the! Mrs- Viola Low and Shirley Neal The McHenry flour mill is twenty- deer that lur1 in the timber along the were business callers in Waukegan on four hours behind in its work. ; lakes, while ever at our feet lapped Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Waltern Warner mov. the waters o Pistakee Bay. The moon Mr- and Mrs- Robert Thompson of ed the first of the week into the lower topped the low hills to the eastward McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. flat of the Brefeld building on Main and turned the rippling waters of the Stephenson spent Sunday at Dubuque, • , Iake to glistening gold and we sat Iowa* J w • , One of the most quiet times ever there and listened to stories of bass Mr- and Mrs. George Shepard and experienced in the history of McHen- and pickerel, of blue-gill and crappie, daughter, Gladys, were callers in the . ry occurred last Sunday morning. The of boats and bathing, m short to' home of the latter's mother at McHenlarge church crowds were greatly tales of the Great Outdoors that lies T? Frida>' morning. misse<l. in the lap of McHenry and Lake coun- Mr- and Mrs- H- C- Hu^hes aTld As a result of t-We lifting of the ties. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becker and Miss ban the automobile traffic through the' Deep called to deep. McHenry and Soper of Crystal Lake spent Sunday villagg last Sunday once more became Fox Lake sportsmen made the Out- afternoon with Mrs. Libbie Ladd. Miss normal. It seamed good to see a little lander welcome and he sensed some- Soper remained and will be houselife after experiencing seven autoless thing of the great scenic beauty that keeper in the J. V. Buckland home. Sundays. ---4-- ! makes the lake region of the Fox a' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinze of Crys- -- : ; " | real Nature's Paradise. A desire to tal Lake spent Sunday with the lat- PAMPHLETS AVAILABLE I tell the sportsmen of the world about ter's mother, Mrs. George Harrison. Miss Norma Taylor of the Wood- the wonders of tftis region grew in the Mrs. Libbie Ladd and Mrs. Houston stock office of the Illinois State Em- Outlander's heart and prompted him Tuesday, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed ployment Service advises that pam- to suggest to government officials the Cropley of Solon Mills for Orlando, phlets explaining the wage and hour need for the book on the Lakes and jFl°rida> to spend the winter. law are available for distribution Rivers of Northern Illinois, which we] Miss Alice Peet of Barrington spent through the local office of the State have been ordered to write.' Few dis-' Sunday with her parents, Mr. and employment Service. j tricts that we have visited offer such j Mrs. Charles Peet. Miss Taylor says that the local em- great beauty to visiting sportsmen! Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison and ployment office will distribute these and we hope to acquaint the world family were Sunday dinner guests of circulars to employers and * workers with the Natural Paradise of which'the latter's mother, Mrs. Wattles, at making 1 equests for same. "It is not McHenry is the gateway. | McHenry. intended," says Miss Taylor "that the "Far away cows wear long horns"] The Sewing Circle will meet with employment office attempt to interpret and many Illinois sportsmen journey i Mrs. C. J. Jepson Friday. A pot-luck or enforce this law. All questions about hundreds of miles to visit regions that d'nner will be served. The women interpretation of the law or requests offer no more than is to be found on|are busy getting ready for their bazar for further information should be re- their own doorstep. We hope to tell and chicken supper which will be held ferredI to the Wapre and Hour Division, you in "Camp-Fire Musings" what we i Nov. 17. There will be plenty of apantl find along the Fox River flow-irons, fancy work and home-made ^ sqAething of the Great Out. ca*>dy for sale. doors that makes all sportsmen lovers' Mr. and Mrs. Bratz of Chicago spent of nature and draws them together 4n1 Sunday in the A. Ruehlman home a great brotherhood that knows how! Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison and For New Eye Comfort... New Home Beauty SEE THE NEWEST MODES Once ftfci-wee •••liiw 1939 "Better * will know why their popularity is increasing by leaps ' jk: and bounds. For these lamps are not only beautifully designed . . . their soft, evenly diffused light relieves eye- ^ strain, brings out the them without delay! Washington, D. C. 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