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OVER 100 FROM 60 TO ELWOOD NOTIFICATION CEREMONY SATURDAY Headed by Dwight H. Green, nominee for Governor and C. Wayland .•^Brooks, candidate for United States Senator, Illinois Republicans, fifty V #hou?and strong, moved en masse to •«-V"$iwood, Indiana, Saturday, August 17, to participate in the Wendell L. Willkic notification ceremony. * '/ Twelve special trains over the Pennsylvania and Nickel Plate rail- .^bads carried ten thousand persons from Chicago to the boyhood home of the Republican presidential nom- - Inee. Automobiles, carrying an estimated 20,000 persons from Chicagoland, •welled the delegations from Illinois. #rom downstate came thousands moi*e iia rail and auto. All statQ candidates attended, gojjig to Elwood pn the Candidate's Special train, sponsored by the Republican State Central committee. Green left Chicago on one of the first trains to leave Union station, the •Labor Special, . carrying more than 600 union labor men from Chicago and Cook county. Two Mile Long Parade Arriving at Elwood the twelve soecial trains from Illinois were aided about six blocks &om Cuilo • ty pf rk, the scene of the notlfl'dtlon ceremonies. Instead of w*ikir.« dirort to the park the Illinoi* state candidates headed a two-mile long parade through the business and residential section of Elwood. A huge elephant carrying signs bearing the inscription, "Illinois Wants Willkie." led the parade. Immediately behind the elephant came two bands followed by the |s tate candidates. Brooks. Mrs. Brooks, and Green were in the front row and in the second row were: Hueh W. Cross, nominee for Lieutenant-Governor; Justus L. Johnson, candidate for Secretary of Staet; Arthur C. Lueder, nominee for State Auditor; Warren Wright, nominee for State Treasurer; William G. Stratton and Stephen A. Day, candidates for Congressmen- at-large. Through the crowd-filled streets of Elwood the Illinois delegation marched nearly two miles to the Vark- S&iappy green and white aviation caps adorned the heads of all persons marching in the parade. These caps, alone with white badges with a map of Illinois printed in green in th« background, were distributed by the autre entral committee. The state candidates were escorted to the platform and greeted by Edward A. Hayes, Decatur, former national commander of the American Legion, who was in charge of platform seating arrangements for visitfake dignitaries. Wlien Willkie first appeared on the platform he personally greeted each of the Illinois State candidates and chatted briefly with them. Trains Delayed Returning Following the close of festivities st Calloway park the Illinois delegations returned to their respective trains. The crowd was so immense that railroad officials had no end ot trouble getting the special tra?;j» started back to Chicago. The last special train did not arrivg in Union station until 5 a. m. Sunday. Illinois Republicans were loud in their praises of Willkie's acceptance speech and the concensus of opinion was that Willkie is truly the "Hope of Our Country," and will lead the way to victory in Illinois and in the nation. Those attending from.the McHenry territory included S. H. Freund. Jack Smith, Harold Miller. Paul Rossbach. Jean Todd, Dick Williams, Mr. ant! Mrs. R. I. Overton, Joseph Frett, Cha-les Smith. Alfred Smith and A. H. Mosher. Over 100 from McHenry county made the trip. W ONDEETLAKEPEOPLE ORGANIZE TO PREVENT DROWNINGS IN FUTURE Immediately after the unfortunate drowning two weeks ago at Wonder Lake, Dr. J. M. Schowalter submitted a petition for an inhalator. Jerry Kobovy, always working for his neighbors, has circulated same with enthusiastic support, besides generously donating to the cause himself* Last Sunday, Dr. Schowalter spoke to members of the Wonder Lake yacht Oiub and gained their unanimous support and pledged financial aid. Gerald Carey, cashier of the West McHenry State bank, and friends in Pfctakee Bay have also pledged sums of money and there remains but a very small amunt to be collected before the apparatus will be purchased and kept on hand ready to serve any emergency, neighbors in McHenry county. Squads are Organized. Squads of men are being organized instructions given in fir^t aid resuscitation. Jerry Kubovy has promised to rig up some sort of loud signal that will summon these squads when emergencies arise. i The Red Cross has, time and time again, laid stress upon the fact that only with perfect knowledge and cooperation can lives be saved. So it is the aim of the Wonder Lake men, who are fostering this move, to have knowre and co-operation ready and waitall tima* for. taamergency. I SEPTEMBER JURT PANEL IS SELECTED Sixteen of the thirty-six selected for the September term of court which opens on September 23 are women. The new jury list was selected at Woodstock Monday by Circuit Clerk Will T. Conn in the presence of Judge Henry L. Cowlin and County Clerk Raymond D. Woods. . ^ The following are the lists from the nearby towships: . * Richmojsd i--Tharon Shorn, Leah Love. Burton -- Charles Freund, Gertrude Parfrey. McHenry--G. C. Howard, Joseph N. Miller, Wm. Gerhardt, Thyo. HoHy. AROUND COURTHOUSE NOLLE PROSSE Informations filed against Albert Wood, Jr., and Richard Wood, charging them with riot were nolle prossed m the county court Monday upon payment of $12.16 costs. Dwight H. Green, Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois greets C. Frank Daly, McHenry county chairman and other Republicans on the train en route to Elwood. In the picture from left to right are shown Mr. Green, Warren J. Fish, Chas. F. Renich, C. Frank Daly, next face not recognized, Martellus Senne, Emile A. DeCroix, Roy J. Stewart, Harold Beth below : to „ right WilUain o. Cumpttu; • FILES FOR DIVORCE Donald J. Stogsdill of Woodstock is charged with cruelty in a divorce bill filed by Mrs. Zelda Stogsdill, who also asks custody of her five-weeks-old son. {They were married September 9, 1939, in Dubuque, Iowa. BACK IN JAIL Sheriff Lester Edinger has an old prisoner back in jail since Tuesday as the result of the arrest of Orville (Red) White at Huntley Monday on a Vagrancy charge. A warrant was issued by (Srant Nolan, police magistrate, charging White with vagrancy. ISSUES COMPLAINT Eugene Watkins was brought to Woodstock from Elmhurst Sunday ana is being held on a charge of failure to support his wife and child. The complaint was signed by his wife, Edna. Grant Nolan, police magistrate, issued the warrant. No hearing has been held on the case. NEW COMMANDER OF COUNTY COUNCIL LEAVES TWELVE CHILDREN Earl Highland, 57 years old, of Pecatonica, 111., a brother-in-law of Mrs. John Bolger of McHenry, died Saturday night of pneumoia following sixteen months of confinement to a sanitarium. He leaves his wife, Claire, twelve children and one sister, Mrs. William Kortendick, of Pecatonica. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9:30 at the Catholic church at Irish Grove, 111., with interment in the cemetery at the same city. Mr. and Mrs. John Bolger of McHenry attended the funeral services, while Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Bolger called at the wake on Sunday. INTERESTING' NEARBY NEWS TOWNSHIPS FILE LEVIES SEEKING $135,396 IN 1941 RELIEF LEVY DOWN $1040 THIS YEAR • ife i'-t •k10 (Ph«to by Worwiek) RAY PAGE According to the levies oajtfe fat ~ ,r the office of County Clerk Raymond - *4* D. Woods at Woodstock, sixteen tawn- '••/£ ships in McHenry county have levied $135,396 for general expenses and Care of paupers for the coming year. Riley is the only township which has not filed a levy. Supervisor L. A. Stockwell of Riley has reported that no levy has been made in his township this year because the township has enough money on hand to carry them through another year. This is rather unusual but Mr. Sotckwell said it is the third or fourth time in recent years his township has not levied for the above purposes. The levies on file are separate from Thieves were held responsible last Thursday for the disappearance of a four-foot tombstone from a grave in1 Ivanhoe cemetery, west of Mundelein. Mrs. Inex Pennington of 135 Orchard street, Waukegan, reported that the tombstone on the grave. of her broth- „h<. road ,nd brid |cvie, whlch ^,1 -- • _ .er Thomas Byron Smith, had disap-'u. ; , • . , Ray Page, commander of tne Mc-'peared. jbe made by all townships including Henry American Legion post for the I Richard Hoehn, 16, of Chicago, died 'oJl nf oq- .. past two years and senior vice-com-1 in St. Therese hospital in Waukegan | f 4o U f 8Um mander of the County Council, willyis- Wednesday morning, August 14, from I rplipf Tho t«fni 6 ° ^uPers sume the commandership of the Coun- injuries suffered when he dived into «q/>' mftro ty Council at a meeting this Thurs- shallow water the previous Sunday at «iqo n'no wn« Tk« i * d., evening « b, held „t Huntiey. Lake Catherine wLre he ... Jnd- STATF CHAMPIONSHIP I Large, perfectly-formed tomatoes, ^The^ le^es^b'v^townsh'n sh GAMES TO BE PLAYED weighing two pounds, are to be the total ievied and the an£unt foT^ ON McHENRY DIAMOND a° , t Z th\Karden M°l^r' and Mr3' «ef follows: A1 Lichtwark on McHertry avenue. Total Crystal Lake. The vines of the Ox- Marengo ..„.(^...$12 160 hart tomatoes are more than six feet Dunham 2 700 high with each vine having about sev- Rjiey *""***' ""*** ' ,500 amount levied in 1989 when The McHenry C. O. F. baseball team management is happy to announce that they have been successful in hav- jenty-five tomatoes on it. Some of the i Chemung"""""'*"" i<; ing this city named as the scene of tomatoes were ripe on July 4 and pick- a Men o' the play-off gamesThat will determine liinnegss ffrroomm tthhee vviinneess ccaann bbee ccoonnttiinnuueedd Hu art»lia nd> the state champions of the Illinois ! until late fall. The problem of hand- Senecn Amateur T^aoriio ling the vines with their seventy-five Coral """""""" pound load proves a difficult one. | Grafton Mrs. Mary Bowman, 42, of Rich- |j)orr mond, HI., was painfully injured when Greenwood *""" the truck she was driving south on Hebron route 12 overturned in a ditch near Richmond'"""* the Log Cabin, three miles south of | jjurton Amateur League. The games will be played on Sunday and Monday, September 1st and 2nd. The best talent in Lake, Cook, Kane and McHenry counties will be simmered down by that time through the play-off elimination process. The eventual winner will be sent to the jWauconda at 3 a.m. Wednesday of " 19 VaflAMttl Taiiwma*mam4 Pi.... . laaf WAflV YKFUam k*1n n wot iU A ARRESTED FOR FORGBRlf 1 ^7 *'**************** Wanted for forging a check for teft National Tournament at Birmingham, last week. When help arrived the McHenry county delegates lining up for the parade at Elwood Some of the faces we can recognize in the above picture are Henry Lingenfelter, Dr. Bailey of Hebron, Marcellus Senne, P. B.'Anderson. Charles Dunning. Warren J. Fish. B. D. Holmes, Walter Eckert, Harold Beth, Joseph Frett of Johnsburg, Mrs. Walter Eckert, W. O. Cuunlns, Stephen H. Freund of McHenry and George Wurtxinger. dollars on EL B. Standish of Marengo back in 1937, Porter Chapman was arrested last Wednesday at Yorkville and turned over to Sheriff Lester Edinrer Thursday by Chief Fred Nelson of Marengo. It is charged Chapman cashed the check on Harold Ashford forging the name of Standish. HELD FOR INVESTIGATION Joseph McNeal of 1928 Dewey street, Evanston, was taken into custody last Wednesday night by Sheriff Lester Edinger when he was found asleep in his car on Route 14 south, east of Woodstock. Sheriff Edinger is investigating the matter due to the fact the license on the car was not made out in the name of McNeal. DIVORCE surf;; . Deeertidn is charged in a divorce bill filed by Henry C. Meyer of Crystal Lake against Mrs. ElizaJbeth Meyer. They were married in Woodstock on June 25, 1921, and separated in November, 1937. Alabama on September 6 -*• all expenses paid. ./ League officials met lasV evening (Wednesday) with the local committee to formulate plans. It is a great feather in McHenry's bonnet to secure entire weight of the truck was resting on the woman's left arm, which was badly mangled and cut Twentyfive stitches were required to close the many wounds. Melvin Nelson, 8-year-old son of Mr. these games. Time is short. Let's all !*nd Mrs. Ernest Nelson, residing on get in back of the event. It's a boost for McHenry. WOMEN URGED 70 JOIN THE RANKS OF Clover Hill farm in Ela township, died at the Sherman hospital in Elgin last Wednesday afternoon of injuries received that morning when he was struck by a car driven by Robert D. m _ , . _ H e l m s , 23 y e a r s o l d , o f R o l l i n s , M i c h . WILLKIE VOLUNTEERS:The accident occurred on Rand road ----. in front of the Clover Hill home. An Organization of McHenry county Three-fourths of a tub of honey, women is being launched to help pro- i*nd almost a tub of old comb resulted Nunda Algonquin 500 2,000 2.000 3,687 6,850. 23,720 7,084 4,800 4,020 « 2 050 600 15,025 17,700 10,500 2,100 500 500 2,390 3,600 15,300 4,195 3,000 1,500 800 8,000 10,000 12,000 Totals $135.39*1 $83S70 GREENWOOD CHURCH MARKS ANNIVERSARY, OF IT'S FOUNDING From all events, the centennial celebration of the Greenwood church is going to be a big affair. The various committees are working with all theii* might to have everything organised as well as possible. Several WLS artists have been given contracts to sponsor a big afthe above picture we find Supervisor Frank Ferris of Huntley •Pd other McHenry county delegates whose backs are turned leading tan the parade a big elephant which came to the doings-from Ohio. HOLD CHICAGO GIRL Jean Piaz, 20, of Chicago, is being held in the county jail while state police are checking up on her. She was arrested by State Officer Sullivan at Marengo on Tuesday of last' week while she was walking along Route 5 west of that city. Police say two men brought her to Marengo Monday and •rented a room for her for a week. PROBATE ESTATE Eight children of Mathias J. Schaefer who died at McHenry on July 26, jwill share his $15,000 estate according to a will filed Monday morning for , probate in the county court at Wooej stock. 1 Letters of adminsitration with will j annexed were issued to a son, William, of McHenry. The estate consists of $10,000 in personal property and $5,000 in real estate. The will also requests $250 be given St. Mary's Catholic vhurch of McHenry. Other children besides William include John Schaefer, Arlington Heights; Robert Schaefer, Waukegan; Frank Schaefer, Chicago; mote the candidacy of Wendell L. if">™ *"ack Tuesday, August 13, 'temoon .and evening of entertainment Willkie for president of the United jof Richard Goetz on the home of a on the first day of ^ three-day cele- States, which is meeting with a ready swarm of bees in the Pruden build- I bration Friday Sept 13 The matinee response all over the county. Groups j"1* on State street Marengo. Evi- jwill sta'rt at 2:30 in the big terit which are being formed in all of the different gently the swarm had made their, is to be on the grounds near the sections under the name of "Volun- home in the building for many years, !church. The cast will include twelve teers of Women Workers for Willkie." bu* we>*e not discovered until honey i characters including 'the Pr»iri« Several meetings have already been bepan to leak through the wall. ! Ramblers ' the DeZurick sifters Pat hew throughout the district. j Mr, Emm. Poyer, believed to he B„ttr»,„? G'orere GobTc .nd tte Wtt' The first meeting in the McHenry the o'dest resident of Boone county, son dancing girls. territory, which will include McHenry, |Passe^ at her home in Belvidere j Mrs. Olive Hill has almost com- Johnsburg and Spring Grove, is sched- jla/* .Saturday. August 11. at the age pieted a splendid job of collecting the uled for Thursday evening of next iof ninety-seven years materials for the pageant. As a reweek, August 29, in the former Tele- The Ace Trailer of America, Inc., suit. she has some v valuable inphone building, on Green street, Mc- ! moved to Genoa last week and occu- formation at her finger tips. Some of Henry. Several prominent women of £?«» the north ninety-six feet of the the highlights of the pageant will be the organization will be present and £'ernan building on West Mam street, the Indian War dance, the Covered give short talks. Women of all ages lT"e Kiernan Tractor and Implement Wagon, Peter Cartwright Old Setare cordially invited and asked to take has moved :i~ --1 - ' an active part. Mrs. A. H. Mosher (equipment to local chairman, and her co-workers , building. hope to have this community lead in i ^ middle-aged the parade of Willkie Volunteers. its stock and repair tiers' picnic and the First Church Serthe south end of the vice. Mrs. Glover of Chicago is assisting with the direction of the show, woman, wearing Tickets and posters will be available dark clothing is being sought^ by in the near future. A season ticket Ladies, remember the date, Thurs- ! Waukegan police as the pickpocket day, August 29. All who are interwho obtained $102 from two downested in the election of Wendell Willkie are urged to attend this first meeting. There is no membership fee. Will you be one of the Volunteers? FIRE CAUSES SLIGHT DAMAGE TO SCHREINER HOME ON WEDNESDAY This team of oxen was snapjn « in the park, wl me main program was staged. Dick Williams of McHenry is in ttic^ foreground with a coat over his arm. The coat, however, was not needed as the temperature reading was over 100 degrees. Paul Rossbach of Schaefer's Grove, McHenry, was the photographer who took the three pictures above. PUTS tfP FIGHT Sheriff Lester Edinger and Chief Deputy Harold E. Reese were called to the George Fritzel tavern and cafe located on Route 14 just southeast of Woodstock about 8 o'clock Tuesday at "Wonder "Lake^ and ^0rni,ng £here L they *«-re»ted George Zuroske, 25, night porter in the place, after a hard tussle with the Richmond man. It is said Zuroske became wild in the place early Tuesday morning with the result he took sixteen dollars from John Loy, a cook, and fifteen dollars from the cash register, besides tearing a public service pay meter froni the wall in the basement which had some seventy-five dollars in quarters and half dollars in it. It is said all but $26.25 of the money taken from the cash register and cook has been found. Officers believe Zuroske triok on too much liquid fluid during the night as he became very sick during tk» tussle which followed Ma ar>" [ rest. He put up * terrific battle with the officers before being placed in Because a passer-by notified Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schreiner that smoke was pouring through the roof of their house yesterday morning at about 9 Theresa Halpin, Lake Geneva; Elean- o'clock, the blaze was extinguished be- Schmitt, McHenry; Herman and Am- fore it had caused much damage, brose Schaefer, McHenry. The Will is j The McHenry Fire Department was dated September 22, 1926. " Icalled to the scene and within a few * minutes they succeeded in controlling CALF IS STOLEN the flames which had badly scorched Sheriff lister Edinger said Tuesday the attic walls. Several of the rafters that he is holding Cecil Benson, 19, of will hav^ to be replaced, but other Chicago and Ray H. Miller, 19, of (than that little harm was done. Wauconda, on a charge of larceny of , It is believed that the fire may be obtained for one dollar, which ., . . _ will admit the bearer to all activities town shoppers last Thursday morn- except the chicken dinner on Saturday mg. Operating in the Dollar Day n0on, Sept. 14. However, the ticket row s on enessee street, the thief will serve as admission to the Friday |Sto e a pocketbook containing ninety afternoon and evening shows, which {dollars from Mrs. Mary Garacio. Wau- wiU be sponsored by the WLS players, fwX Ti? a rn P"™e T contai"i»e the parade on Saturday at 10 a. m., 'lonoo v _+Lr^.^rom ' k°UISe Do- the auction sale at 1:30 p. m.. various • / p c®^°" contests during the afternoon, ind the KKf, °!*e? Jce H'Pht presentation of pageant awards on * n611- n 8 a hunting li- Saturday evening. On Sunday, the ses ° ®win? a report from the ticket will admit the owner to the so ice at a deer had been final meeting in the big tent at 2:30 T «lT r£nnm? °n M J elody road in P- m- Dr. John Holland will be the LT„!ZTSt, ,Th!u SqUad sc,°"red the speaker for this occasion. The Sununahi I ^ the animal, but was day morning worship service at the unable to track him down. | church is free t0 everyone. Remember the dates of this gay celebration-to-be, Friday, Saturday Among the Sick I and Sunday, September 13. 14 and 15. All event? will be run on daylight •»4I t savings time. " » _ Mrs. William A. Small has returned to her home at Pistakee Bay from a six-weeks old calf from the Mrs. started from a spark from the chim- ^ Luke's hospital, Chicago. She Is Joseph Guth farm in Greenwood town- ney as Mrs. Schreiner had started ship Sunday night. It is said that jail. It is also said Zuroske broke: the two are implicated in the stealing up a lot of the equipment in the tav- of the calf which they sold to John ern. Sheriff Edinger said he would | Gazdik of Huntley late Sunday night, question the prisoner after he b^ame' Sheriff Edinger said the calf was al- ! m o r e q u i e t . ' ' . . . - small furnace fire to take the chill off the house. Card of Thanks For their quick and efficient service recovering nicefy from a recent operation. LETTERS ISSUED Letters of administration were issued to Leslie Karsten in the $12,200 estate of his mother who died at Olney, Illinois, cn August 1. in the county court Monday. The estate consists of $12,000 real estate and $200 personal property. Other heirs listed include the husband, Henry C. Karsten of Huntley, and two daughters, Laura Beu of Charleston, IU( and Edna French of Park Ridge. A member of a Hollywood studio staff gave his wife an X-ray picture of his heart as a joke on his birthday. Edward J. Barrett, State Auditor, _ announced today that he has authoriaonenn iwnnger said tne call was al- we wj3h to thank thp McHpn™ Fir» I Dale Brown °* McHenry had his ten tlf€r ce?t" when he questioned fj." iremoved « the Wood.tock '" -- Bernard Buss of McHenry submitted to surgery at the Woodstock hospital Friday morning. PAY TEN PER CENT OF WAIVER, STATE BANE OF RICHMOND Vf, -' y" % '•••V *;>•£ Relief $7,985 1,000 £•7. u nC quf „ ^ Department for the great favor they Z"'ta1 ,77 Gazdik about the purchase early Mon- rendered us W«»dnPSrf9v morning hi |h°sP"tal Saturday. M.„ - . , . rendered us Wednesday morning by £w Vamern Chicago extinguishing the fire in our home. cured ao fJo^b o n theW -^ *hh 3fa0rm, 1. aBnedn ssoen- | W e a r e a l s o m o s t g r a t e f u l t o t h e w o - man who notified us of the fire ^ ^ was apprehended Monday morning by , .. . , . . Officer AlWrt Pearson ta . c.r in a offered their kind deposits at the State Bank of Richmond. In, parking lot on Main street, Wood stock, where he was sleeping. The calf was a full blood and highly valued. Sheriff Edinger said that^ in all probability the two youths would be held to the grand jury. |§f. and Mrs. Wm. G. Schrei***. Miss La Verne Mazanec of McHenry order to a,d reopening of the bank folentered St. Therese's hospital Wau-Ilowin? the moratorium the depositors kegon, last week for minor surgery iwaived fifty Per cent of their claiokS. Leo Heimer returned home Monday :Thl" is ^ briarevening after spending five days at ;,n®' total Wturned up to 85 V & Residence Changes Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith have moved from the flat over the Wm. A. Al- Dr. J. W. Justen and Francis | thoff hardware store in West McHenry Walliser of Momence, 111., and Stephen jtQ Chicago. Wenthe of Chicago spent Snntlay m the Ben Justen home. If- Kaad ka Want Ada the Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester, Miiiti., where he underwent a general check-up. Although he has been adsent from his work at the McHenry Brewery since July, Mr. Heimer is recuperating and hopes to be back on the job in the near future. | cent of the original waiver. Births ~" mwmmmhm M I I H I M H Mr. and Mrs. Arnold May of Riif» wood are rejoicing over the birth of a Miss Maud Granger is spending a json on Sunday at the Woodstock hes~ few dan Uu» w«ak rela- pital. Mrs. Ma# mm fanwit; MiMk, ilsahelle Blake. ; - .