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Thus, when a motorist travels on Illinios state highways, a uniform system of signs and markers informs him (1) of the alignment of the road; (2) of any road restrictions that may be in force; (3) of the direction and LEGION TO C&L&BRATK THE FOURTH John Drey miller, General Chairman /• McHenry Post, American Legion, will again stage another big Fourth of July celebration this year at the grounds on Green street, McHenry. This will be a five-day affair, beginning on Wednesday, July 3 and continuing through Sunday, July 7. A big display of fireworks is scheduled for the evening of the Fourth and a band concert Sunday night. The usual merry-go-round and ferris wheel will be installed for the benefit of the youngsters--and the oldsters, too. Everything will be on the grounds to help make a successful carnival. Tell your friends and bring your friends to McHenry over the Fourth-- finest and most beautiful spot in Illinois. The local post of the Legion has staged these affairs for several years, • &• The first and greatest chapter in the history of the Pistakee Bay school was completed Sunday when commencement ex e r c i s e s w e r e h e l d f o r t h e . . . . . first graduate of this school for boys i,an refu^ees- As the,r oWn ^sources the task of getting started is as a h**0™ exhausted, only the Red Cross rule, the hardest and Major Edward j stands between tVese hordes of suf" Bouma. headmaster, found this first and stervation. The sue of the European relief task may be appreciated by a comparison with the Ohio-Mississippi Valley flood of 1937, the greatest natural calamity in which the American Red Cross has operated in the sixty year? of „ its history. In that disaster 1.000,000 persons required assistance. Twentyfive millions of dollars were contributed in response to Red Cross appeals in this relief operation. Several foreign countries sent funds. In another exdesfinatiorT; *(4)"of "right"of "way in-1do"e better along these lines." The! Riee club? composed o7Bil7King?Herb pubH° co"trlbut|on; ?f, interferences. and (5) of unusual con- 1 ^terans feel sure that this year will Anderson, Bud Coats and Con Reyn-1 ^Jl000 were,^nt *£}? 0jLdr?t uth - 'sufferers in 1930 and 1931. The New DSTAKEE SCHOOL ORADOATES FIRST STUDENT SUNDAY AMERICAN RED CROSS SEEKS FUNDS TO CARS FOR EUROPE'S INJURED ENDS FIRST YEAR EXISTENCE To aid Europe's war-ridden millions, *he American Red Cross is now embarked upon a relief operation greater than any previously attempted in its peacetime history This gigantic task is exceeded only by the organization's operations during the first World War. As representative of the strongest nation not engaged In war, the American Red Cross has become the only hope for victims of the European holocaust, particularly the 5,000,000 civilyear particularly so. He has done an exceptionally fine job of establishing this institution, however, as may be ,, , . , - seen in the increase in enrollment the purpose being to make money for .during the first year. Starting last furthering the interests of the community. These Legionnaires stand on their record of things accomplished The people of McHenry and surrounding territory have always responded with their aid and patronage. distance he must travel to reach his | Pr°bably no city in the country has fall with only eight students, the number had totaled nineteen this spring, a gain of over 200 per cent The closing exercises were held in the social room at the school Sunday afternoon, beginning at three o'clock. The program was opened with the ditions or existing dangers. I be no exception. olds, singing two selections. A most recent illustration of the! Watch these ^urnns for further I IfevT Albert" Bta>d?"pastor of the I York " New England hurricane of 1938 study of signs comes in the announce-! are i Community Methodist church at Me- , U _? ment that the stop signs on Illinois goinf. to,be entertained for five con-1 Henry, read the invocation. Major! f1^?'0?0'000 for, eT/L°n7 ^ highways are going to be larger in the future. Chief Engineer Ernst Lieberman has said the new signs will be thirty-six inches broad instead vof the present twenty-four inches. Shape, Color Differs Not only does the wording or the symbol imprinted upon the road sign convey a message to the motorist, but their particular color and shap£ convey a warning to inform the driver what to expect long before he can read the message. It is therefore advantageous for a motorist to familiarize himself with the general shapes and colors. Motorists should remember that all black and white sigifls bear information while the yellow and black signs convey a warning signal and an urgency to reduce speed. The black-and-white markers indicate route numbers, distances between principal cities, and at intersections designate the turn* to these cities. A motorist on a federal route can know he is in Illinois on a U. S. highway by a certain sign. All state route markers in black-and-white enclose the route numbers in a black frame outlining the geographical boundary of the state. Of extreme importance to tratckers and freight carriers are the information signs at all subways, designating the overhead clearance. Four Warning Signs The four general types of warning signs, all yellow and black, are: (1) The octagonal shape used exclusively for "stop" signs; (2) the circular secutive days and nights -- July 8, 4, 5, 6 and 7. AROUND THE COURT HOUSE Bouma then introduced C. H. Duker, superintendent of the McHenry Com ^|*nunity High school, who gave the address. Stresaes Three Points | Mr. Duker brought out three main | points in his speech (1) that of hav-l ing a vocation or an aim in life, (2) CHARGED WITH LARCENY Harold Orton of Marengo was taken to Woodstock Saturday on a charge of larceny of poultry. He is charged with stealing several turkeys from | the school, was also a gu^stT speaker habilitation care for 14,000 families. As in other great catastrophes the American Red Cross must "follow j through" on the European job. It has been estimated that $20,000,000 will be needed if minimum needs >of the victims of war are to be met. The problem before the American Red he warned the boys against being ij1^8 P™!dir* emergency credulous, that is, believing everything I food« #helt?r.'1 ^thmg and medical they hear (3) and lastly, to have 11 su»Piles untl1 ^ **P » somehow NEW PISTAKEE BAY OIL-MIX ROAD MOTORISTS FIND SMOOTH SAILING ON NEW il4 ••$}&!/&} SOLVES ONE BAD ROAD ^ PROBLEM -'A :vi This picture was snapped at the top of the hill near the Lake County line, and shows the new road, looking toward the west. MACHINE WHICH SPREADS THE MIXTURE bridged. Many thousands of civilians forced to f(e the homeless 'ee their homes Ajlin Slapghtfiry. Justice C» &» Rohb of the afternoon. Following this of Marengo^ieid Orton to the county Coats, young baritone, offered A vacal court under/bond of $500. MtHENRY MAN HEU> Eugene Blondheim of McHenry Is being held under bonds of $5,000 on a statutory charge. His case was continued ten days Saturday by Justice Charles F. Hayes, of Woodstock. OET8 $436 JUDGMENT Judgment in the amount of $436 was entered afainst Edward Pabst of! names to this pledge. eolo. Major Bouma then presented the $rst and only graduate of the school this year, Conger Reynolds of Kenilworth, with his diploma. The graduate then read the Pistakee Bay school pledge. This pledge, with a few alterations, is the Athenian Oath, which the young men took in ancient times before entering into manhood. All the boys in the school then signed their Huntley by Judge William L. Pierce Friday in favor of C. W. Clanton of Huntley. The judgment was entered in favor of John Hendricks on November 17, 1932, by Justice Frajjk Amos and assigned to Clanton oo September 27. 1934. GIVEN 90 DAYS IN JAIL John Woronuk was sentenced to v , , , - . - serve ninety days in the cdunty jail shape used solely for warning of ra.1- Frid by Judge William L. road grade crossings; (3) the dia- pierce on a ch of u la mond shape used to indicate a per-1 Woronuk was arrested in Memphis, manent hazard such as curves, turns,; T 8ome time a d on a ch * f detours, pavement ends and other j violation of his parole in this count hazards requiring a reduction in1 speed and <4)the^souarTshape^^ ?e churg\he was ^nced on Fri- English and language; George Agar, ^peed, and (4)the square shape u- ed day wag the outgrrowth cf breaking historv and biolotrv: Mafor Rmmt into the Young filling station at the junction of Routes 47 and 14. ^ PLACED ON PROBATION Carl Bollwahn, 15, Everett Wallace, 18, and Harvey Ruppert, 18, all of near Twin Lakes, Wis., under indictment for larceny in the circuit court, vocation or a hobby with which to occupy their spare time. Mrs. Richard McClure, who has been, . . . quite interested in the development of now have n.° home 1 fi return % t,°- any possessions, whatkoever. Most of fhapr were unable % take anything: •long as they hutried for their lives from danger zones. Many are wounded. Others are sick. As America's official disaster relief agency, the Red Cross is duty-bound to lend the full strength of its resource* in this country and abroad in relieving human suffering resulting from major catastrophes without thought of issues involved or restric tions of race, creed or color. The American Red Cross has been on the job in Europe since outbreak of war last September1. Before the lowlands were invaded, it had spent $1,500,000 for relief needs growing out of the invasion of Poland and Finland^ Up to a month ago American Red Cross chapters had produced approximately 300,000 garments and millions of surgical dressings for war relief purposes. As the war spread, chapter production has been sharply increased to meet Rapidly multiplying needs. American Red Cross trained disaster relief workers are in Europe. The first of a fleet of Red Cross "mercy ships" from this country is being prepared to sail for France with a million - dollar cargo of medical supplies, ambulances, food and clothing. Thousands of dollars worth of emergency supplies have been rushed overseas by clipper plane. Up to June 10, approximately $5*> 200,000 had been spent by the Amer^ ican Red Cross for European war relief. Additional millions are desper- George Rohde, Sr., the father of one of the students, presented the school with a flag and flagpole recently, and so the dedication ceremony followed the graduation. Martin Baum of McHenry played "To the Colors" while the flag was being raised and "The Star Spangled Banner" after it had unfurled in the breeze. Tea was served at the close of the afternoon, with Mrs. Conger Reynolds serving coffee aftd Mrs. Elmer John pouring tea. The faculty this past year at the Bay school was composed of: John Winston, mathematics; David Spear, history and biology; Major Bouma, history and social science. Student Body -- Besides the graduate, the enrollment the past year consisted of the following students. Herbert Anderson, Oak Park; Hugh Coats, Wheaton; Roger Fettes, Chicago; Richard Irvine, Chito indicate side roads, schools, oneway traffic and intermittent hazards. The message upon a tffgn does not vary and demands the same attention wherever it is seen. For instance, a stop sign always mean "stop." The si*e, however, does have added significance-- the larger the sign the greater the degree of hazard. ^ ^ , So standardized is the highway sign j by Judge William L. Pierce Friday j mussen" *6ak" Park;*^ GeorgT'Rohde ' funds are contribute<1 through the marker system that -a motorist with- morning. The trio of youths were in-1 Evanston, and Jack Zaleski of Chi- i $20,000,000 war fund campaign, which out a map can ordinarily find his way j dieted recently on charges of stealing I cago all Juniors- Robert Hanson , now has approximated the 10-million to his destination without difficulty,} tires from Ralph Nichols of Hebron | Chicago; Edward' Tudor, Winthrop i d.ollar mar^" The National orK«n""-' about $39 000. merely by following the directional | and a cigarette vending machine, auto Harbor, and John Smith of Chicago ^'on 's ursring chapters to bring their ' J signs and route markers on all high- radio and batteries from Flbyd Goehr-1 Sophomores; Howard Buxbaum. Chi-1local campaigns to a successful close ways of the state primary system. " - • ,v.. r on cago; ' Robert Johnson, Oak Park;^^ and wiU translated were placed on probation for one year, William King, Chicago;' Robert Ras- lnto, aid suff«rin^ humanity The picture shows the machine used to put the 2 Vi-inches of mix on the gravel roadway. Standing at the rear of the machine is George DeRoche, the supervising engineer. ' LAKOE MACHINE PRE HEATS THE OSAVK. This machine is stationed at the gravel pit southeast of McHenry. The large mixer is at the right of the above picture. The machinery used in this construction work Is owned by the Suburban Oil Co. of Oak Park and coat sifted since only the finer gravel may be used In this new oil-mi* type of by June 30. ARRESTED FOLLOWING MINOR ACCIDENT SUNDA* FAYS VISIT WITH MRS. LOLA WALSH AT LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Harry Fay, a former resident of ing on January 16 of this year. It j cago, and Charles Meyers, Peoria, AAfTvifinv wa® the first offense for the three.; Freshmen; Gault Holt, Chicago, and State'8 Attorney William M. Carroll Roger Wells, Harvard, eighth grade. bUUmviSlON OFFICERS did not oppose the probation. J Summer school will be conducted at The McHenry Country Club Sub-1 FILES DAMAGE SUIT I S^to^u^tl ^Twrt^-houTcla^ed A Chicago couple, arrested Sunday McHenry, now residing at El^in, was division association held its annual | Attorney Charles H. Francis, Wood-, will be held each morning and the af-' meeting last Sunday with an excep- j stock, on Thursday filed a $10,000 j teraoons and evenftigs will be spent at j tionally large attendance present in | damage suit in the circuit court of i camp activities, swimming, boating,' which officers for the ensuing year: McHenry county againJt Grace Clem, j riding, on educational trips or at a. elcted were as follows: R. L. Wild- as administratrix of the estate of i variety of other occupations. auer, president; Joseph Letang, vice- (Charles F. Ellsworth. Ellsworth died j The classes, as well as the various I president; HarrylS. Eckland, secre-1 in the Woodstock Public hospital fol-1 afternoon activities, are open to girls tary-treasurer; Peter W. Seyl, iwg* i lowiiig tin accident in which he and i as well as boys, but only bQys will be eant-at-arma. ! Francis were involved. j allowed to board at the school. Mr. following a minor accident near Mc- » caller at The Plaindealer office on Henry, is serving out fines and court Tuesday and told dt a recent visit costs assessed on disorderly conduct he and Mrs. Fay had with Mrs. Lola charges. They are confined in the i Walsh, now residing with her son, county jail at Woodstock. I Richard, and family at Los Angeles, Adam Urban, state highway pa- Calif. trolman, signed a complaint against i Mr. Fay stated that when they call- James and Mabel Curry when they got ed at the home, one of the first things into an argument following a colli- they noticed was a copy of The Mc- President Wildauer appointed a; The accident occurred on Route 14,'and Mrs. Bellinger will be the' camp•sion- 71,6 colPk g*v* their address( Henry Plaindealer in the mail box, _ _ !ai. a. _ .. .1. _ _ J I .. . . 1 . * mm ITiO TIT bfhaaI i'U i/>n i mhi/ih Iia r»l ani^oii auai* wnilc nra irintv road committe to ascertain costs and j two and a half miles north of Wood-1 instructors, as well as members of the make repairs necessary to the river | stock, when the two men had started summer facutly. road through the subdivision. All of j on a fishing trip in northern Wiscon- -- the residents in the various subdivi- 8jn. jn the bill, it is charged that HAVE YOUR RUGS AND UPHOLslons along the river road have pledg- ^ Ellsworth took a curve at a high rate ed funds to hdp defray the huge e?- > Gf speedt causing the c&t to, turn over, pense of repaving this road. ! Ellsworth and Francis were rushed to It was learned at the meeting that the Woodstock hospital, where Ellssome of the prominent merchants and, worth died the following day, and CLEANED IN YQUil ^ OWN HOME * ^ Special prices still in effect on aft work contracted for up to and includour work. Mail a penny postcard and we will call. No obligation! A. G. MATTHEWS, 3062 Davlin Court, Chicago. Phone Mulberry 1908. *4-fp businessmen have indicated a desire whore it was determined that Francis ing July 1st. Ask your neighbor about to co-operate with the association in had suffered a brain concussion and its efforts to provide a good road,: lacerations about the face, neck, limbs making it passable throughout the ,nd body His right ]eg. was also year. | ^iure(j between the knee and foot. Many summer functions are being The accident happened on July 12 affd planned by the newly elected officers Ellsworth died on July 13. toward a better relationship between j Qn September 28, 1939. Francis was businessmen and rrsi-cntsi appointed executor of the estate by the probate court of McLean Co. On CONFIRMATION SUNDAY j May 20, 1940. Francis resigned as Host Rev. Edward F. Hoban, Bishop executor and his resignation was ac- <4 Jtockford, will confer the sacra-1 cepted by the same court. Grace .meat of Confirmation on the class at Clem was then appointed administra- St Patrick's church, McHenry, Sun-i trix. day afternoon at 4 o'clock. I The suit was filed J>^ Attorneys B. I Jay Knight and Frederick H. Haye McGee's for Dad's Gift! 4 for Francia. Mr. and Mrs. Leo King announce the birth of a boy, which was born at the Woodstock hospital on Monday, June 10. A little girl was born' to the Leo Smiths at the Wbodstock hospital on Tuesday, June 11. •"J" as 1742 W. Edison street, Chicago, when arraigned before Albert Krause, McHenry justice of the peace. Both were fined five dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Curry drew an additional ten dollar fine on a charge of operating a car without lights. Unable to pay the fines, they were ordered to the county jail, HILLTOP INN ROBBED The Hilltop Inn was robbed of about seventy dollars in cash Sunday night by a customer who spent most of the evening in the tavern. He asked to use the telephone, which is located in the rear rooms occupied by Mrs. Schimmel and Mrs. Wagner, the proprietors, and received change from a money box which was kept in the back room. Later in the evening the same man again asked to use the phone. After making the call the man left the inn, and so did the amount of money which was hidden in the box. "• Give Dad a Gj|t from McGee'at which he glanced over while waiting for a response to the door bell. He said they had a very pleasant chat with Mrs. Walsh, and she asked to be remembered to her many McHenry friends. CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL* FORMER RESIDENT, DIES Mrs. Charlotte F. Campbell, of Hillside road, near Crystal Lake, stepmother of Mrs. Arthur Edstrom of West McHenry, passed away last Thursday at the Woodstock hospital where she had bee® entered for treatment a few days previous. Formerly a summer resident of McHenry, Mrs. Campbell had been ill at her home for several months. Besid« her Moved husband, Daniel Campbell, of Crystal Lake, she is survived by two children and two grandchildren, all of Lansing, Mich. Services were held from a funeral home at 9454 Chicago avenue, Sunday afternoon with burial at Lansing, Mich. INDIGNATION MEETING AT EMERALD PARK SCHOOL East River Road Improvement Association, composed of property owners adjacent to the East River road, met at Emerald Park schoolhouse to discuss ways and means of obtaining definite action on the immediate black tnnninff nf fko 5*2St Ri"Cr rCftd. Another meeting of the association will be held on Sunday,, June 23„ at 2:30 p.ra., at the Emerald Fferk school. SISTER OF McHENRY RESIDENTS 18 ft&AD Just as the black mixture unroBef over the 2%-mile stretch of Pistakee * Bay road, so the whole intriguing story of this 1940 type of road unfolded before the eyes of the Plain* dealer reporter over the weekend. A|. though we don't by any means preten# to be a road builder, nor do we profess that this will be an account aif the goings on as an expert woukt render them, we wish that the infoiv mation about to be related Inay be ft bit clearer than the substance which was spread over the roadbed. Anyway, this Pistakee Bay ro*4 which connects the blacktop road jus$' south of the Johnsburg bridge with the Lake county line, two and one-h alt miles in an easterly direction. w»a. perhaps the most heavily traTOle^ gravel road in the county and the cost for maintenance was extreme. Something had to be done, so th» McHenry * Lions club and the Johns* ' burg Communitv club nut •'heir he^da. together and besought the county board to come to the rescue. After months of study and red tape^ Roy J. -Stewart, member of the road and bridee committee of the boird of supervisors and John Filip, chairmait of the committee took the matter ill hand and within a few days work oil this much-needed nroiect was started^ Coetly Equipment ' ' ^ m. .||*j A few weeks ago approximately ^ . $39,000 worth of equipment waf moored along the roadside at county gravel pit a few miles south - ,4 of McHenry on the east side of th# *'• • river, and several tons of gravel werf i j road. "5 Ci This machinery is the property of the Suburban Oil Company of Oat Park, and George DeRoche, also of - Oak Park, who supplied the basi4 facts in this article, is the supervising engineer. In aVrnt a month this sim* , ^ oil company will start work on the ok| -*y":,:r Crystal Lake road, leading southward from McHenry, and it will be pavef in like manner. Mr. DeRoche toils us that he. u*« . been building roads for the pas| % * fourteen years and has engineered th# buildine of about 1400 miles of blacki - 1 ' top. Much of this work was accom* tj. plished all over the southern part of the country and in Wisconsin. J" To get back to the intricate proces£ of road making, a caterpillar shovel^ this slft°d gravel into a feeder. Th# , ^ latter fills the conveyer which dump$ 5 the gravel into two huge cylinders or driers. A tank filled with water als<| ^ feeds this machine and produces the steam which dries the gravel, heating it from 250 to 300 decees Fahrenheit - as it revolves through the slightly . sloping cylinders. /-**'« As the hot sand issues from thes« - ? tubes, it it denosited o^tn a belt con| veyor wher? it is cooled to 175 grees. Com hired with Oil This belt-carries the gravel to thf mixer where it is combined with the . black compound which is seventy-fiv«|**" per cent asphalt This oil is heated irf 'Jv-J tank cars at the depot before it i*; "~j|: | shipped to the mixer via tank trucks^ The mixture is turned out into dump A trucks which haul it to the finishing * machine which spreads the mix on the * ' roadbed. The truck backs up to the finishing machine and the latter pushes the truck alone, meanwhile spreading the oil mat, which is about \l: 150 degrees Fahrenheit, over a surface nine feet wide and two and onehalf inches thick. r • The mixer can turn out 130 tons of oil mix per hour and the finishingmachine can lay one mile of blacktop per nine-hour working day. After the road has been laid, a roller smooths out any small defects. The 18-foot road is then ready for travel in a day or so. This surface remains flexible and therefore prove" very easy riding. It is skidproof when wet, as are eighty per cent of the blacktop roads. Per- '• haps the only blacktop which is slippery when wet is the sheet asphalt. Can be Relaid Another interesting feature ai this road. if. after a few years the road begins to show signs of wear, the two and one-half inch layer may be picked up, remixed, and relaid at a very small cost. Not many workmen are required to operate these machines, as only three engineers are needed at the mixing plant, one .to run the finishing machine and four laborers. Thus was the first of the mixture "J\ poured onto the east end of the P»« ,-i&i itakee Kay road at 11 a. m.. on Tues- - ^ -, •y c '-'Vl -IS Mrs. Emilie Schlosser, sister of Mrs. Albertina Feltz and Mrs. Augusta Wolff of McHenry, died last Thursday at Chicago. Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Foelsh and Miss Martha Schlosser, a son, Emil, and two grandchildren, Norma sad Robert Fcclsch. Funeral services were held from ajday of last week, and the entire chapel at 2118 Lawrence avenue, Chi-1 «tretch completed by Monday morn- * ^ cago, Saturday, with interment at ing. Those who have already traveled ' Rosehill. I the road find it hard to resist the ^ ^ "4 j temptation of speeding and have al- " " Mrs. Ray Conway and Genevieve The George Kunstman family of ready converted this secondary road ',->>< Knox were Elgin callers Saturday. jBatavia called on McHenry relatives into a sort of racetrack, which. J>y the -- j Sunday. All the latest sheet music at Nye's j Music and Jewelry Store. 4-fpl Dad's Day Gftts at lbCMafi way, isn't any too good far the coad, at least until it baa km ftfssly- 4 packed. 'V' 1 " ' I I JT.- I l l feVl ^ *.u