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Thursday, March 20,1941 a™ &£L*.m 4^h- 'ji«?"- si£.&*. 3F* SPRING GROVE Told DANCING SPECIAL f>. i - • -f- *V INIC TEMPLE BALLROOM Elgin, Illinois * . •>• SATURDAY, MARCH 33 -- 9 P. M. TO 12:30 A H, G e n t l e m e n 4 4 c -- r HA £V ,'• • = ..." *. ' ' . ** * + -r. _ V-~„, •i'. V > • K r ¥/ Easter Time Is a good time to have that photo taken. Do jron realize that Easter is only about three weeks awayf i; h," ^J-;"Jr • Make that appointment today with -^- » i ^ £'*• ' A. Warwick ' "' Riverside Drive Phone 275 -- McHenry •£uy-,%w* ' FAREWELL DANCE Nell's Pavilion--Sat., March 22 -- JOHNSBTOG -- Sponsored for and by Harold Mielke, Russell Lloyd and Roy Kleinhans. Everyone invited. Gents 50c, ladies free. Send the boys off to the army with a smile! Mrs. Helen Harris Expert in Preparation of Economical spw- Menus m Can Abo Qualify As An EXPERT IK vs,^ Economical MBS. HELEN HARBIS 'vrf" ^Transportation Mrs. Harris, in "touring the nation conducting Cooking Schools similar to the one sponsored by The McHenrv Plaindealer on March 27 and 28, at the McHenrv High School Auditorium, insures eoonomy and punctuality in filling appointments bv traveling in a FORD V^8 ---- See the New 1941 Fords Now on Display Buss-Page Motor Sales Phone One FORD - MERCURY West MoHenry, 111. This WEISIZE "SIX" miHiffidaiiv lias more of cvcrvthisg^ Inside and Out r- Actually has 6 Wo cu. It. food storage span Only ua&KL |L4, $149.75 . Terms to Suit You! Si-:- A few of is 30 feature* • Super-Powered Mrttf-Miw r • DoubleEasyQuickubelceTraya • New, Larger Frozen Storage Compartment • New Meat Tender • (Haas-Topped Hjr ilrator • New Facts Label (You know what you get before you buy) Lowest Price Ever for a Frigidaire with so many features--New 1941 Model S only $12475 Easy Terms JMH JUSTE* 4 SONS stroeta M.Henry, HI Come in. You will see right away why more than 6 million Frigidairos kavo been built and so/dL I dies, when you attend The Plaindealer Cooking School,- arch 27 and 28* he sure to stop in and see the-nej| J^l Tales Mm «f klmal MM ; FBM of fhe FUaM* «f Yearn Af* TWENTY YEARS AGO Wm. Smith, the senior member of the Centerville dry goods firm, has started preliminary work at his home on Pearl street for a modern new porch, which is to be constructed soon. John Regner, whose farm is located near Pistakee lake, has reported to Supervisor S. H. Freund the loss of two fine sheep by dogs. Manager Geo. H. Johnson and his clerical assistants are now nicely quartered in their new office at the yards of the Wilbur Lumber company in this village, having moved into same last Saturday. Walter J. Walsh, one of the most enthusiastic workers for the milk producers in this locality, has} we are told, entered the employ of the Milk Marketing company and is supposed to have started work this week. YEARS AGO ;'V' Itfe* are informed that A. Tietz, tEe McHenry baker, will soon open up a first-class restaurant and operate same in connection with his bakery. Work on the razing of the former Granger house on Park avenue is now under way. The new owner of the property, Nick Freund, hopes to have his new home well under way within the next few weeks. M. J. Stoffel has moved his family here from Elgin and is nicely settled in the house known as the John Story cottage and owned by Stephen H. Freund. F. C. Feltz, the drayman, is sporting a brand new outfit--horse, harness and wagon. Another sign of prosperity. FORTY YEARS A<30 Building operations have already commenced at the Bay. Messrs. Brant and Cleveland, of Chicago, have commenced the erection of cottages on the east side and we are informed other contracts will be let in the near future. Messrs. Perry & Owen will commence tfie erection of a new briek building on the lot just south of The Plaindealer office within a few days. Mrs. A. L. Howe will give a goodbye party on Friday evening at her residence in honor of her son, George and William and Carl Mead, who leave Saturday morning for Dixon where they will continue their studies The official butter market was declared steady at 21 % cents per pound ou the Elgin board of trade Monday. FIFTY TEARS AGO The Knickerbocker Ice Company filled one of their last new houses daring the late cold spell. Messrs. Ballard & Bailey, the bridge contractors, have commenced work on the new bridge in this village, and will push it to a speedy completion. Peter Leickem has been awarded the contract for carrying the mail from McHenry to Johnsburg for the next four years, commencing July 1. Mat Stoffel, who has been in Nebraska for the past few years, has returned and will reside In this vfU lage. SIXTY YEARS AGO -- Quite a number of the residents of Johnsburg, headed by Road Commissioner Adams, came down with teams and shovels on Monday and opened the road from that place to this village. . We are informed that John I. Story, has leased the store opposite the mil-1, lately occupied by his father, and will open it about the first of May, with a (bie stock of hardware. We learn that Mr. Kennebeek, who lives East of this villaere. has bought the farm of the late J. S. Carter, near Bingwood. We believe the price paid was $48 per acre. A. W. Young, county superintendent of schools, will be it the Public School building in this village, tomorrow. Thursday, to make examinations of teachers. J|RS. HILEY THOMAS. FORMER McHENRYITE. DIES IN WOODSTOCK i Mrs. Hiley Thomas, a former resident of McHenry. died last Thursday nitrht. March 13. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Belcher, 222 Dean Street, Woodstock, at 10:40 p. m. Mrs. Thomas was born at Fort Hill, Lake county, on June 18. 1862. She was the last survivor of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Grimoldby. Surviving are one daughter. Hazel Belcher, and four grandchildren. Melvin and Edwin Belcher, and Everett and Walter Thomas, all of Woodstock. Her husband died on December 5, |®25, while a son, Elfeert Thomas, passed away o*> March 5- 1939. Funeral services were conducted at the Belcher home Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Burial was in the Woodstock Mausoleum. Note To Traffic Officers W Motorists insist on breaking traffic la'vs. then naturally the law is #Dr the purpose of punishing them #nd they have little cause to complain. -- Wheaton Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund, Mrs. Elizabeth Michels of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. John Weingart and Miss Helen Fuchs of Johnsburg left on Monday, March 10, for Okarchee, Okla., where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Fred Schmitt last Wednesday morning. They returned to McHenry last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nell and family, who have been enjoying a sojourn at Lake Worth, Florida, returned to their home east of McHenry this Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schmitt of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. John Thelen of Johnsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bertrang of Aurora attended the funeral of a relative, Mrs. Fred Schmitt, at Okarchee, Okla., last Wednesdaj morning. Miss Marguerite Freund and Dr. Robert Winkel, of Milwaukee, Wis., were guests this past weekend in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund. Miss Mary Durland and George Kauss, Jr., of Chicago spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Durland. Mrs. James Smith of Chicago called on McHenry friends last Thursday. Mrs. George Miller and children of Chicago spent last week With her mother, Mrs. Jack Walsh, in the Robert Weber home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Antonson of Chicago enjoyed jthe weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund. Miss Louise Stilling of Lake Forest college and Fred Wahl of Evanston spent Friday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stilling and also attended the concert at the high school. Mrs. Mary 0*Connell of Chicago was a caller in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Frisby, last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kamholz and son, Roy, left Monday for Phoenix, Ariz., where they expect to remain toy an extended vacation. They will also join their other son, David, who has been a resident of Phoenix for several months. Mrs. Eleanor Renard and her mother, Mrs. Frances Thorne, returned last week from a trip to Lansing, Mich. On their return trip they call ed on Mrs. Arthur Boehmer at Wau conda. Miss Ruth Bouril of South Elgin, a former resident of McHenry, who is a graduate of the Ellis Business college night school, left last week for Washington, D. C., where she has accepted a civil service appointment as typist in the war department. Mrs. Thomas Kane spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week Chicago. Mrs. Harold Whiting of Chicago visited relatives here a few days the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson and daughter, Carol Marie, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Phalin. Miss Mary Jane Laures, a student nurse at St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math Laures. Mrs. Yunker and daughter, Betty, of Plymouth, Wis., were weekend guests in the home of the former's son, Russell Yunker, adn family on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Unti, son, An&elo, and daughter, Laura, returned to their home in McHenry this past weekend after enjoying several weeks in Daytona Beach, Fla. Miss Mary Sutton has returned from a vacation of several weeks duration in Florida. Miss Grace Callanan of Washington, D. C., has been called here by this critical illness of her mother, who is confined to the home of another daughter, Mrs. Ray McGee. Mrs. Nellie Bacon spent a few days the past week in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Ulrich, at Oak Park where she attended a farewell party Thursday evening for her daughter, Miss Maxine Bacon, who left that night for an extended stay iaj- San Diego, Calif. ^ Marion Krause, Agnes Freund, Minnie Green and Be mice Ferwerda spent Saturday in Chicago where they took part in a bowling tour rrrent. Thef were accompanied by ) Ferwerda, who drove the car. Mrs. Albert Vales ar.d daughte^ Dolores, spent last Friday and Saturt day in Chicago where they attendee the funeral of Mrs. Vales' uncle. ^ Sunday guests in the home of Mr* and Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer were N. C. Klein, Mrs. Mildred G. May anfl, feon, J. C., of Waukegan and Mr. and Mrs. Ed N. Young and daughter* of McHenry. TRAFFIC DEATHS TOTAL 2328 IN STATE FOR 1M| If it takes all kinds of people to •take a world, it would appear that too many of the wrong kind are now portdnr <ori tka job. Hie year 1940 was not a record one for motor vehicle deaths hi Illinoiii Although a total of 2,328 fatalities were reported to the division of highways for the year, three per cent above the. 1939 record of 2,261, it was one per cent below the ten-year average, and placed the year sixth in the list of annual totals. Never before, however, has there been such an increase in the volume of traffic on streets and highways. It was six per cent above that of 193® and totalled approximately eighteea billion miles. Because of the increase in travel, despite the slight increase in fatalities, the death rate on the basis of motor travel was lowered from 13.4 to 13 deaths per 100 million miles. It also increased the travel per fatality by 240,000 miles ,to 7,700,000 mile$. The figures shown in the fatality checkup reveal fifty-two counties recorded an increase in traffic deaths while forty-one are credited with decreases. Nine counties remained unchanged. In McHenry county thera were 150 f. accidents, fifty-five deaths aad 849 w«rs Little Eunice Freund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freund is a victim of the measles. The children of St. Peter's school and the Public school weft vaccinated on Thursday. Mrs. A1 Schmeltxer and Mrs. Chas. Freund and daughter, Charlotte, called on Mrs. Arthur Klein in Johnsburg Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin May of Chicago visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton May on FViday. Visitors in the Mike Huff home on Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Huff and family of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freund and family were planning to spend Friday evening with his mother, Mrs. John S. Freund in McHenry in honor of her seventy-fifth birthday anniversary. They received word in the morning that there would be no birthday celebration a% the honored guest could not be present due to the fact that she had the misfortune of falling on a slippery walk and had broken her hip. She was removed to Woodstock hospital wehre she will be a patient for quite some time. Mrs. Ernest Peacock was seriously ill several days last week. She was taken to a Chicago hospital for observation on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Glendale Esh and son were Sunday visitors in the home of his mother, Mrs. Bertha Esh. Miss Lucille Nimsgern of Woodstock spent the weekend at her home here. Mike Wagner of Chicago spent Saturday with his children in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank- Wagner. Sunday visitors in the John Kattner home were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rauen, Mr. and Mrs. George Kattner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wendlyn Kattner and Stanley Kattner of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund and children visited in the home of his mother, Mrs. M. J. Freund, in McHenry Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. A1 Wirtz, daughter. Sandra, of McHenry spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown. air -SPECIALS FOR Friday and Saturday COFFEE -- Silver Cup ... PRUNES -- Santa Clara PANCAKE FLOUR -- Surflne, EATING APPLES -- Jonathan's.^ KLEANSEB -- Lighthouse l ; FRUIT COCKTAIL -- No. lull can 2-lb- can ; - 3 lbs- ,2-lb.pkg. «»• ... 4 621118 1™.™2 for SPAGHETTI -- Silver Cup . 3 tall cans GRAPEFRUIT -- Centrella, Jfe. 2 can _ each JEL-SE&T -- All flavors 3 packages BACON -- Sliced, Kerber's or Oscar Mayer's, lb. 8SHSAK -- Sirloin and Porterhouse, fancy quality f ' lb. 35* BARBIAN BROS, We Deliver Phone 180 Riverside Drive U8E THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS AUCTION On account of continued ill health, Frank N. Reed will sell at public auction all of the livestock, machinery and grain on his farm located 2V% miles northeast of Lake Zurich and 2 miles north of route 22 on the old McHenry road near Fairfield, on Saturday, March 22, beginning at 11 o'clock. A complete list of the articles to be sold were listed in an ad in the last issue of The Plaindealer. Making Tfce w$hill fight being WMK#' by smaller communities to get sales volume from their trade areas is reflected by the fact that retail sales in 1939 in these communities averaged four per cent more than those in cities of more than 25,000 population.-- Shelbyville Democrat. Need Robber Stamps T Order at The Plaindealer. Ladies, Attention ! ! ! While attending Cooking School, you are invited to visit our store. There will be many specials for this weekend and next weekend. A few of them are listed below: TURKISH TOWELS--Cannon brand, 24x4$ Extra heavy, 5 limit WASH CLOTHS, Cannon brand DISH TOWELS, Cotton, Cannon brand Part Linen LACE PANEL CURTAINS, 47 inches wide, 81 inches lon£ 60x81 20c 3 for lOc 12^ 75c $1.39 We also have in for Spring our ladies' coatc, suits, skirts, sweaters, blouses . . . All of the latest styles and colon! GLADSTONE'S Open Wednesday and Saturday Evenings Sunday until noon. 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