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J **» I V --" "7. -« _4r"~ ^ ^ eft. ' . 1 'J t' v* > 3 Hv H st * 1» . r ...... 105.00 50.00 15.00 Freund, Alderman 5P ^ Thursday, August 15, lW0 Ottj Council Proc--dlngi -fx __ \y*. Council Room, August 5, 1940. The city council met in regular •^onthly meeting, with Mayor Overton presiding. Aldermen present: Bolger, Bass, Ferwerda, Freund, Nye, Reg- ®er. Absent: none. Motion by Regner, seconded by Jfreund, that the minutes of the last fibular meeting be approved as read. " Motion carried. Motion by Ferwerda, seconded by Sye, that the treasurer's report be •proved as read. Motion carried. • Motion by Freund, seconded by tgner, that the collector's report be proved as read. ;vv: Motion by Bolger, seconded by Ferwerda, that the clerk's report De ap- •ffroved as read. Motion by Ferwerda, seconded by Nye, that the following bills be paid as approved by the finance committee. Motion carried. M. Melahn Construction Co., Grading city streets $888.00 !|Vm. Ahrens, Labor, streets , *. and alleys, waterworks 45.25 B. Wirtz, Police service 110.00 ter Wirfs, Police service .... ^110.00 C. Feltz, Caretaker streets "u, • and alleys v.--. |(. M. Niesen, Supt. waterworks , Earl R. Walsh, Office expense ' Udward J. Buss, Afilerman Ser- > - vice - Aphn A. Bolger, Alderman ser- ".V "'.vice --...... •Vetf Ferwerda, Alderman service .... #®°- P* service .m. E. Nye, Alderman service .... #oseph M. Regner, Alderman * service - "Vernon J. Knox, Attorney service ' "Sari R. Walsh, Clerk service .. 105.00 S. I. Overton. Mayor service .. 40.00 Robert L. Weber, Treasurer service - ®enry 0. Kamholz, Street paint ; jjfcHenry Co. Farmers Co-op., • *. Grass seed j#bhn J. Vycital, Supplies ........ James Orr, Sharpening lawn mower t'jfcul E. Gerasch, Labor, parts on waterworks ..... Prank C. Meyer, Gas, oil, police car Alexander Lumber Co., Sup- ( plies T Jtjlarence F. Young, Special po- 4 lice duty Stick J. Adams, Special po- ^ ' lice duty - 8.00 Illinois Bell Telephone Co.; , Telephone service 8.28 City of McHenry Water Department, Water and sewer service May me Buss, Salaries, commission Milwaukee Lead Works, Lead pipe ;&ck Smith, Special police *; ^.duty - --~ JflcHenry Lumber Co., Sewer i "1. supplies .'. W. A. Nye, Professional ser- | vices w jl-- Earl R. Walsh, ^Postage, freight Horders Inc., Supplies ............ Art Meyers, Labor, streets and alleys, waterworks ..... Linus Newman, Labor in park Martin Stoffel, Labor in park Alfred Patzke, Labor in park Wm. Tesch, Labor in park .... Donald Howard, Tracing city map Chuck Miller, Hauling gravel Geo. B. Kane, Painting, city hall A. P. Freund, Labor, streets and alleys ., Jk^7-<fotby, Labor on waterworks Post Company, Supplies for map The McHenry Plaindealer, Printing publications ..... iQarev Electric Shop, Labor oil waterworks Public Service Co., Bracket light service 'Public Service Co., Ornamental light service Service Co., Service at city hall ..... #ublic Service Co., Power at sewer plant Jrudick Pump A Machine Co., Waterworks supplies ..... liberty Oil Co., Oil for city streets «... 28X10 25.00 25.00 25.00 26.00 25.00 50.00 30.00 29.26 1.25 1.08 1.0* . J 4.98 32£0 L71 10.00 75.00 28.81 41.35 .... 27.50 13.32 2J» 6.99 15.45 67.75 8.00 6.40 6.40 8.00 12.95 22.12 •8.25 20.00 6.25 2.81 65.70 4.00 158.07 95 J1 8.30 24.03 34.18 The McHenry Band L. J. McCracken, Playground supervisor Fred C. Fetlz, Supt. disposal plant 16.22 18.00 1M 53.81 39.07 4.50 8.93 82.45 ^Mathieson Alkali Works, Sewer IJepublic Flow Meters, Sewer supplies r ,f Wallace A Tierman Co., Sewer I ' * supplies .. Publ ic Service Co., Power and light Motor Fuel Tax Disbursements I. M. Melahn Construction Co., Grading Country Club road 47.75 Carey Electric Shop , Labor installing overhead light • McHenry Plaindealer, Notices ^ Public Service Co., Installing pole Eagle Signal Corp., Overhead light - ^ : Motion by Regner, seconded by Wye, to pass an ordinance as read providing for a Board of Local Improvements for the fiscal year cbn- •isting of Mayor Overton and Alder- Kan Buss and Alderman Bolger. Mo- ^ Hon carried. ^ .5 • M o t i o n by B u s s , s e c o n d e d by F e r - fe" -irerda, to pass the Tax Levy Ordinamce as read, providing a total sutn v. «if $13,620.00. Motion carried. Motion by Regner, seconded by „ , Preund, authorizing the city clerk to £•' Ascertain the percentage of taxes col- Itcted to date and nay the McHenry Sand accordingly. Motion carried. ? Motion by Buss, seonded by Bolger. that a resolution be adopted requestfag permission from the Department fllf Public Works and Buildings, State of Illinois, to cut pavement on Route tO approximately one block west of the C. A N. W. Railroad tracks and to tunnel for the purpose of installing 665.33 400.00 40.00 90.00 Everybody Should Be Labeled, Says Doctor Everybody ought to wear permanent tags or have tattooed on their stomachs or somewhere one piece of personal information, according to. a suggestion to the London Lancet by Dr. J. Nichoil of Lewes,' England. This is the chemical type of the wearer's blood. After an air raid jn war or some peace-time catastrophe such as an earthquake this precaution might save thousands of lives. Divers and others who work habitually in compressed air often carry cards telling the policeman or a bystander what to do if the wearer suddenly falls helpless with an attack of the disease called bends. Similar information about blood types might be even more useful and for everybody. One of the commonest operations nowadays for people seriously ill or injured is a blood transfusion but this cannot be done until the blood types of both the recipient and the donor of the blood have been matched. Recently some hospitals have begun to keep "blood tanks," containing blood taken in advance, labeled for type and stored, but. this still leaves the necessity of making laboratory tests of the blood type of the patient into whom the stored blood is to be injected. Sometimes this means fatal delay. In any general emergency it would use up time of experts badly needed for other tasks. If everybody always went around labeled somewhere with the type of his blood, all that the hurried surgeon would need to do would be to roll the victim over until the mark was visible, find somebody else with the same mark and go ahead. Since the passage of the Social Security law in this country, hundreds of Americans have subjected themselves to the tattooist's needle to have their Social Security number permanently etched in some conspicuous, or inconspicuous, place on their persons. This, too, may save a lot of time and trouble if the* owner of the number becomes an accident victim, or suffers an attack of amnesia. THE UcHXK&if PLAOTDSALEB P&geThre# Senator, an Amateur Cheft Serves a 'Rattler' Cocktail Senator "Honest Vic" Donahey of Ohio is quite an amateur chef, and once invited a group of newspaper friends to partake of his culinary skill. First item on the menu was what Donahey called a "rare delicacy." But he smilingly refused to divulge its ingredients until the guests had tasted it. "This is one of my masterpieces," proclaimed the senator. "It's something none of you, I'm sure, has ever tasted before. I want to get your reactions." The boys were a bit chary at first. But after a few exploratory nibbles found the dish savory, and ate with gusto. As he signaled for the next course, Donahey asked, "Well, how do you like it?" "Fine," said one of the newsmen. "Tasted a little like chicken. What was it, senator?" "Rattlesnake meat," replied Donahey, grinning at the gasp* oi fcis guests. ^ • Play Foe of Intoleraace K children are taught to {day together they will learn to live together. This was the thesi# developed at a conference between Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders at the Y. W. C. A. sponsored by the recreation division of the Council of Social Agencies and the Washington Round Table, National Conference of Christians and Jews. "Unless we can instill in our young people a respect and tolerance for different people, then we are headed for the kind of chaos Europe is experiencing," said Miss Anna Rose Kimball, field secretary of Youth National Council ofCatholic Women. * Julius Bis no, executive secretary of the national Jewish youth organization, Aleph Zadik Aleph, said that Jewish recreational programs are helping native-born Jewish population to synthesize American culture with their own Jewish heritage. The conferees agreed that ignorance is the chief cause of intolerance. Lwnber Profiteers The cost of lumber in Britain has risen 40 per cent since the beginning of the war. And on top of that dealers have taken the maximum prices fixed by law and made them the minimum prices. Moreover it takes a lot of red tape in the matter of filling out a form in order to purchase $100 worth of lumber. The purchaser has to apply to a local area officer. The area sends a form. The form is returned. The officer returns the form, duly approved. The form goes to the supplier for signature. The supplier signs the form and sends it back. The purchaser returns the finished form to the area officer. After that ha ««« §« ahead and buy the Umber. Boys Learn By a plan advocated by A. W. Short, chief of the game management section of the Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources, sportsmen of the Buckeye state are taking boys of grade school age to their meetings and showing the town boys the fine points of winter feeding, habitat development, and wildlife restoration, the Nationwater service connection. Motion carried. Motion by Regner, seconded by Ferwerda, to accept the lowest bid, which was in the amount of $3,543.10 submitted by the Suburban Oil company of Oak Park, for Type II, tar srfacing on Contry Club Road designated as 1T-C. S„ subject to approval of the State Highway Department, and to return deposit checks to the unsuccessful bidders. ^Motion carried. Motion by Buss, seconded by Fetw Werda, to adjourn. Motion carried. EARL R. WALSH, City Clerk. R. I. OVERTON, Mayor. GOD HELPS THEM THAT HELP THEMSELVES By George Peek About two years ago, we were passing across Columbus Circle in New York City where nightly soap-box orators hold forth expounding a hundred and one different schemes and Isms, each of which according to the speaker is a panacea for what ails America. Infrequently, upon former occasions, I had found an oasis of reason in this desert of nonsense. This particular evening, I was destined to hear one of the simplest but most logical argument advanced against the New Deal. My attention was attracted to one of the orators who had gathered quite an audience around him. As I approached, he reached over with his right hand and clutched the muscle of his upper left arm, saying as he did "You see that muscle. Nobody gave me that Do you know how I got it. Of course, you do: I got it by exercising. Nobody did that exercising for me. I had to do it myself and if I want to get some more muscle into that arm, I'm the guy that will have to do the hard work to put it there. These days, a lot of people are trying to tell you that they can put muscle in your arms; that you won't have to do a thing. Don't let them kid you. It just can't be done. When the New Deal can show me how to get muscle into my arm, without my having to do some hard work, then I'll do a right-about-face and become the staunchest supporter the New Deal has ever had." That homely illustration of that fellow up on the soap-box in Columbus Circle (the last place where one would expect to hear such sound logic) expresses more aptly than any we have heard or read as to what the New Deal has been doing to the American people. It has fooled some of our citizens into believing that it can put muscle into their arm"!} by taking muscle away from those who have worked hard to acquire it, and who in the New Deal's omnipotent judgment have too much of it. On November 5th, we, the people, must make a choice--the most important choice we have ever had to make. We must decide whether we are going to elect a government which will continue to mollycoddle us or one that will take the nation back to "Rugged Americanism," under which the individual does his own exercising. What Benjamin Franklin wrote away back in 1757 in his "Poor Richard's Almanac" is as true today as it was then: "God helps them that help themselves." SLocuars LAKE Wrestler's Deadlins Wrestlers may grunt and groan la Philadelphia to their hearts' content, but they must do it fast, for curfew rings at 11:30 p. m. The state athletic commission set the new deadline for ending bouts, and ruled that final matches must start no later than 10 p. m. . Miss Patsy Norman and Miss Carol Zanders of Chicago are spending ten days with Miss Jane Callahan at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Callahan. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Maple Park last Friday and were accompanied home by Mrs. Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, who remained here for a few days. \ Mrs. Celia Dowel! and Mrs. Harry Raeburg and son,-Oliver, were callers at Waukegan last Friday afternoon. Mrs. M. VanDeusen attended a two day convention of the Veterans club of the Milwaukee railroad in Chicago last Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday evening a banquet was enjoyed at the Sherman hotel and a lake trip was enjoyed to St. Joseph, Mich., on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, Dolores, spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon at Crystal Lake. Mrs. Mary Obenauf and daughters, LaVerne and Donna May. of Liberty, vilie spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner. Miss Gertrude Webster spent Monday with her aunt, Mrs. S. J. Baker, at William Park. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice VanNatta <j£ Franklin Park and their daughter and two grandchildren from Florida visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett last Thursday afternoon. Mr." and Mrs. W>. J. Hoffmaft and children of Chicago were callers Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Oak Park were dinner and afternoon guests last Wednesday at the home or Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. They were supper •ruests at the home of the Willard Darrells. Other afternoon cSllers were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Leuder and daughter of Wauconda and Mr. LeuderV grandfather from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler, Round Lake, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. Mrs. M. VanDeusen spent the past week with friends in Chicago Mrs. C. H. Hansen and Miss Hubertine Ross of Cany, Kansas, spent last Wednesday in Chicago, and while there, visited the Art Institute and Field Museum. Mrs. J. Guera and three sons of Island Lake were dinner and afternoon guests last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Williams and son, Jack, and the latter's lady friend and Mr. and Mrs. George Staggs of Wauconda and Mr. and Mrs. Pester of Lake Forest were callers Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Baker and Miss Gertrude Webster spent last Thursday ip Chicago. Chesney Brooks spent last Tuesday at the home of Frank Dooley at East Chicago, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. House and two children of Pekin, HI., Mr. and Mrs. Raymond VanNatta of Eglin and Mrs. Irene Hillier of Barrington were supper guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. Other afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Byron DeForest, of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and daughter, Joan, Mrs. Catherine Wkgner. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Baker and Miss Gertrude Webster returned home last Wednesday from a two weeks' trip through Michigan and Wisconsin, having spent five days at Rest Lake, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, Dolores, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and Lyle, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping, Willard Darrell and Charlie Beu enjoyed Sunday afternoon and a picnic supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M&rleti Henry. Friday evening visitors at the home of Mr. and Mre. Harry Matthews were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bleimehl and son, Mrs. Bohr and Mr. and Mrs. Wkn. Armstrong and daughter of Island Lake, Mrs. C. H. Hansen of Burnett road and guest, Miss Hubertine Ross of Cany, Kansas, Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping spent Tuesday with relatives at Oak Park. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and daughter, Joan, Mrs Mary Sable and Mrs. Catherine Wagner visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Vasey at Waukegan last Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer of McHenry, Mrs. A. 3. Butler and children of Chicago spent last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whgner. WONDER LAE2? * Two pleasure seekers met death by drowning in the vicinity this past weekend, one meeting his fate in the Fox river south of McHenry and the other in Wonder Lake, four miles northwest of this city. Alfred Prokopowicz, 20 years old, 959 Noble street, Chicago, drowned Sunday in the Fox river near Burton's Bridge, about three miles northwest of Wauconda in Lake county, after he had held his sweetheart out of the water until a rescue party arrived. Prokopowicz lost his life because the rescuers thought he could swim. He and his sweetheart, Miss Irene Pienasek, 22, of 1340 Cleaver street, Chicago, were in a rowboat with Joseph Jascon, 28, of 1335 Bosworth avenue; Bruno Jarmusz, 20, of 1345 Greenview avenue, and John Penick, 2, a neighbor's child, all of Chicago^ When the boat capsized friends on shore went to their aid in another boat. All but Prokopowicz were taken ashore and revived by Wauconda firemen and a Wauconda physician. Hugo Schoessow, 22, of Route 3, Green Bay, Wis., drowned Sunday also, in Wonder Lake, jtist off Wonder Center pier. He disappeared from sight in about seven feet of water. His friend, Mike Beyer, also of Green Bay, saw him go down and shouted for help. About twelve minutes later his body was removed from the water. It is said he could not swim a stroke. The Woodstock, Qrjfatal Lake and Antioch fire departments were summoned to the scene. After an hour and forty minutes, the rescue squads failed to revive him. At the inquest held Sunday, afternoon bj£ Coroner E. H. Cook it was disclosed that very little water was found in the lungs of the Green Bay lad and it was thought that he suffered a stroke when he entered the water. Schoessow had been visiting with the Joe Nraz family at Wonder Lake. Hi? body was removed to the Meririp funeral home in, Woodstock. '4 DANCING EVERY SATURDAY EVENING PINK HARRISON'S * ~ ^ at Pistakee Bay Frted Chickeii, 60c Assorted S&ndwiclies Hot Roast Beef and Pork with French Fries -- 39c Divine Music Perfect Mixed Drinks BARBARA HORICK'S ORCHESTRA S P E E D Y By "DICK rYBH-i<suess ITS A GOOD THING HAVEM9U EVER scmANYONE COME MHMAMM A gorr or oothk? C PBCAMEAM AJ1P • w W SALESMANI «0 BCEN APU0* AS R0SSMAN MOTOR SALES -IHEK? USEO CAQS ARB OOST AS AS 'f- • . Tears Later John F. Evans, Brecicenridge, Texas, attorney, wondered what happened to his telephone bill dated July 15, 1915. More than 24 years after it was mailed* Evans received a statement from the telephone company for tolls incurred by a law firm. Parking Picking Up The parking business at Atlantic City, N. J., "playground of the world," is picking up. In the last two years a total of $74,637 was collated in city-owned parking meters. The first batch of meters already shows a profit of $15,488. One Cent a Mile Europe's most spectacular scenery at a cent a mile is high on the list of travel bargains for American motorists, including fjord and mountain, glacier and quiet valley, midnight sun and the Arctic circle. Large Contribution The 1,320 inhabitants of lonely Christmas island, a tiny oprner of the Chinese empire far out in the Indian ocean, have contributed nearly $400 to the Malay's patriotic fund for war charities in Britain and France.' NASH - LaFAYETTE - PACKARD General Repair Work Washing, Greasing, Towing Lawn Mower Sharpening RUTHDRIZED SERVICE h R0SSMRN MOTOR SALES RIVERSIDE DRIVE and PEARL STREET ~ PHONE !3 Shock Restores Hearing Three years ago Raymond Mac- Donald, Sydney, Nova Scotia, lost his voice in an automobile accident. Now he is talking again. Physicians believe hemorrhages shocked paralyzed nerves back into action. Watch Returned The watch stolen from Miss Hazel Dean 24 years ago has been returned to her by Detroit police, who found the old timepiece after it had been pawned for $3. Eggs on Farms According to various government reports, 15 per cent of the 1,659,000,- 000 eggs produced in New York state in 1938 were used on farms for eating and hatching. Firemen in Evening Clothes Firemen, dressed in evening clothes, battled a $50,000 blaze at Newton, Mass., when a general alarm called them from the annual police ball. Canada's Fur Crop Sixty per cent of Canada's rich fur crop comes from trapped wild animals, the remainder bom fur farms. Out of Season Many poultrymen now practice oct-of-season hatching of chides £tt the fall, winter and spring. Took Up Photography As a youth, Sir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer, took up photography so that he could see the world. Stoddert Secretary r ~'-'j President John Adams appointed Benjamin Stoddert secretary of the navy on May 3, 1798. Mussolini Begged Benito Mussolini once begged for bread in the streets of Switzerland. * v* ^ I C MON OVER AND COOL OFt OUR WHOl€ HOUSF IS UKT A SLEEPING VOUCH! , - » : v; <,*•. NIGHT AIR COOLING SYSTEMS I HOP VMM HOSE cm. m COWMTMU «U NOT UNCI -- #U SWHU UK! urn PRICED FROM v/i u«" UP LIBERAL TERMS You'll sleep better, even on hottest summer nights with a Night Air Cooling System in your home. This quiet, efficient cooling system is one of the simplest ever devised. Can be easily installed and costs but a ew cents, a dsjr to opeoae., Variety of Special Equipment Available For Night Air Cooling..'. Fans used in the Night Air Cooling System displace 10 times as much air ss ordinary desk or room fans. It is this tremendous power that pulls in cool night air throughout an entire house or floor. • Attractive portable models can be put into instant action in any room in the house or can be placed in the attic. Built-in attic models can be permanently installed with a minimum of muss and bother. ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF ELECTRIC ROOM COOLERS--ALL SIZES AND TYPES--AVAILABLE OR EASY PAYMENT PURCHASE PLANS. .„ft#9U€cmemtsws*pt I.. %• j|Pvblie Service OoMpany of Northeri I1I1m*1s m 101 Willi&ms St., Crystal