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* *•** -7- f-h.'r Is? .tr& i •¥ •iS?:^r ,-M<-9*;.y tii 11 i/iii1 wp|i Vni'yiy McHXKXY PtJUTOlALlB Society Notes #ir-- 't|;' >* Choral Club The McHenry Choral club held the last meeting of the season Monday evening at the high school. Practice ' Vrifi be resumed next fall. * * * Five Hundred Clob Mrs! Anna Geier was hostess to the members of the Five Hudnred club Tuesday. Prizes were awarded Mrs. Bienrfpfl and Mrs. Geier. The next meeting will be held at the home of I. Jack Srmt4\ on April 30.. Bast Rivfcr lpoad Pinoclwfc ' The East River/Road Pinochle club met last Thursday at the home of •Mrs. M. A. Suttdn. Prizes went to Mrs. Clarence Redwanx, Mrs. E. C. Shoemaker and Mrs. Ben Dietz. Mrs. Redwaaz will entertaii; thecluh on May y ?•" • ' • •<[ Farewell Paiip t&fe;? Melvin Meyers of Long Lake, who enlisted and will leave for army service this week, was the guest of honor at-a farewell party held at the M. J. Walsh home Saturday evening. Thirty-five guests were present from Chicago, Long Lake, Fox Lake. Woodstock and McHenry. Refreshments were served after a social evening. fflflSAYOU CET_THIS 1 iMKfu when you place vour 1941 • U!mM order for Corn Belt U.S.- 1 llinl Illinois Approved Chicks. • 64-pagts; 5 photos. C0RN BELT HATCHERIES, lac. Woodstock - Libertyville ' ' •' • . ' IX- - ,yi at i9n *{ honeymooning in Louisville, Ky. Today, April 24, Mr. Renne is to r*> port at a camp in Louisiana as a First Lieutenant Reserve Officer. LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED All kinds of General Repairing McHENRY GARAGE Route 31--Front & John Sts. Phone 97-J or 151-M NICK P. MILLER • If ever there is a time jninntes matter k is in dw compounding and delivering of important prescriptions. That's ' ,'wfcy we pride ourselves oa a delivery Sesc that is truly JUtL When it is inconvenient to / call in person, telephone as. "We'll send a messenger for thl prescription, compound udn> ' torn it in record time. No ettra charge, of course, for this service. Nor do you pay a premium SOT having your Doctor's prescriptions filled in this establishment where the highest ethical standards and practices are always maintained. Bolger's Drug Stare Green Street McHenry o m I • \r I T-f- The Dopey Dictionary! PAINT-- A substance usee to cover houses, barns and women's faces. PALATE -- Something we please every day with the finest business men's lunch you ever tasted. Priced at only 35c, complete with beverage. It's a champion meal. > 4 j"-". BaXuulJf UilUiVf^ UUllipiOTe, I Or 55c, 65c, 75c and $1.00. \ , KARLS CAFE Riverside Drive McHenry K. of c. - v ? The Knights of Columbus will hold a meeting this Thursday evening in their regular meeting place. There will be a special entertainment and refreshments. * *. * Ringwood Home bureau . The Ringwood Home Bureau party, which was originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed until Friday Evening , May, 2, a^.y^ClittjtOB Martin home. , , ,„a' • . C. I), of A. The Catholic Daughters of America hedl a social meeting last Thursday night. Bridge prises were won by Mrs. Helen Weber and Mrs. Colette Adams, while pinoehle awards were merited by Laura >Wttb«r< and Clara Adams. Refeshments were served. Evening Bridge Mrs. Howard Wattles witfc hostess to the members cf thfe EJvening Bridge club last Friday night. Prises were awarded Mrs. Robert Thompson and Mrs. George Lindsay. : On May 1 the club will meet at the*'Sortie of Mrs. Edward H. Nickels. « * • Book Review • Ifrs. Clarence' Anglefce, wlife Reviewed the book "Exit With A Laugh" by Irvin S. Cobb, last Thursday evening at the high schdbl, gave one of the most interesting reviews of'the season. Everyone who attended was regretful that this wag th©'l*i!t book review until next fall/ ' • * * « f-n- Bi-Weekly Five Hundred • Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Simon entertained the Bi-Weekly Five Hundred club Saturday evening. • Awards were merited by Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop and Mrs. William Freund. On May 3, the club will be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Matches. ^-r * * * , i-'.'iWkiT', u.. Cardy Bunco P*rt]^ )/ ' The Lily Lake P.-T. A. will sponsor a series of card and bunco parties at the Lily Lake school house on the last Monday of each month throughout the summer. The school and the organization itself will receive the benefit from these parties. The first of these parties will be held next Monday, April 28. Everyone is welcome to come and play cards or bunco. There will be prizes and refreshments. Admission is twenty-five cents. * • • Marriage ABnoonai^ Mr. and Mrs. Gust Tinberg entertained fifty guests Saturday at a reception for their son, Harry C. Tinberg, and his bride, the former Ritta C. Mortimer of Algonquin, who were married on April 16. The guests in attendance were from A)gonty(un, Chicago, Elgin and Dundee. A three-course dinner was served, after which bunco and pinochle were plaed. Prizes were merited by Mrs. Henry Brettschneider, Mrs. Ella May Brettschneider and Mrs. Albert Meyer. The newlyweds will reside on a farm near Gilberts. They1 were*'presented with several gifts. « •* 4- • Woman's Society The regular meeting of the Woman's Society was held last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Helen G. Frew gave an interesting lecture on the Girls' seminary at Aurora, of which she is a representative. Mrs. Clarence Douglas led the devotions, her topic having been entitled "Christian Education." x The hostesses for the luncheon were Mrs. Chas. Ensign, Mrs. C. H. Duker, Mrs. Leslie Olsen, Mrs. Edward Nickels and Mrs. Ray Page. The next meeting will be held on May 15. The guest speaker will give H talk on Mexico. Cub Scevta The Cub Scouts of Pack No. 355, McHenry, which includes the three dens in the city, displayed a number of articles in a general emblem merit badge show which took place in Woodstock last Saturday and were honored with a Class A rating. On Saturday, April 26, the Cub Scouts will erect a display, of some of their handiwork in the window of McGee*s clothing store on Green street. On Monday night the pack met in the Legion hall for their monthly gettogether. Franklin Becker, the cub master, presided over the meeting. Several parents and friends of the Scouts were in attendance. They sang songs and had a general good time. Mothers' Clob The members of the Mothers' club met last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Peter M. Justen. Approximately fifty ladies were present. Miss May Justen's sewing class at the McHenry High school sponsored a style show, modeling a number of afternoon dresses, slacks and play suits which will set the style this summer. Mrs. Elmer Baum offered several vocal selections. She was accompanied by Mrs. George Johnson. I Dr. Beatty gave a very intelligent! talk on "World Peace." Since he is connected with the history department at Northern Illinois State Teachers' college at DeKalib, he is well informed on the subject. After the program the hostesses served refreshments from a very attractive tea table. Plans were completed at this meeting for the piano recital which will be given on Sunday evening, May 4, by Miss Elsa Harmsen, the blind* pianist of West McHenry. The Mothers' club; is sponsoring this recital which wilV be held in the high school auditorium. The next regular meeting will be on May 9 at the home of Mrs. Harold P. Owen. CHICAGO FISHERMAN DfcOWNS IN CHANNEL LAKE EARLY SUNDAY Kenneth E. Olin, 23, of 3829 Fj-emont ave., Chicago, drowned Sunday in Channel Lake, north of McHenry, and three companions were pulled safely to shore when their two rowboats capsized in a 40-mile-an-hour gale. Sam Smith and James McMillen were the rescuers. The rescued were Oliver Berg, of 3134 Fullerton ave., Chicago, his brother, Ralph, of the same address, and Carl T. Wetzel, of 1200 Newport ave., Chicago. Smith, who was on the C. K. Anderson property near the lake, was looking out over the water when he saw the boats turn over. He notified McMillen and the two men waded out to pull the Berg Brothers and Wetzel to shore. Olin was meanwhile holding on to one of the overturned boats. As the rescuers were starting out for Olin, he let go of the boat and started swimming towards shore. When about 100 feet from land, he went down. The rescuers recovered the body in a shorl time. All efforts to revive him proved futile. This was the first drowning ' in Lake county waters in 1941. The four fisherirtn hdd gone to Russell Smith at Channel Lake at 6:30 Sunday morning to rent two boats for fishing purposes. Ralph Berg and Olin went out in one boat and Oliver Berg and Wetzel in the: other. As the boats got out, Ralph Berg and Olin noticed that their companions were having difficulty. The craft with Wetzel and Oliver Berg capsized and as Ralph Berg and Olin were trying to aid them their own boat turned over. NATIVE or RIN0WOOD, DIES AT ZION RESIDENCE Dwain Oliver Bell, 59, of 2S10 Gideon ave., Zion, who was born December 27, 1881, at Rinwood, died Sunday, April 20, 1941, at his home after a brief illness. He was employed at a Waukegan nursery. In 1909 Bell moved to Waukegan and was employed as a barber until 1911 when he purchased a farm at Richmond where he lived for nineteen years. In 1928 the Bell family moved to Winthrop Harbor and a year later to Zion. From 1928 to 1932, Mr. Bell was employed at the Johns-Manville Products corporation and since 1932 as a nursery man. For a time he was on the Zion police force as substitute officer during vacation periods. Mr. Bell was married for thirty-one years and is survived by his wife, Emma; a son, Gay old; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Cilfford and Mrs. Lola McNabb; two grandsons, and two granddaughters, all of Zion; his father, John Bell of Hartford, Mich., and two brothers, James of Ringwood and Lester of Antioch. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in Ccngdon funeral home, Zion, with the Rev. C. E. McCarreil officiating. Interment was in Ringwood • cemetery. OHlOAOOmH KILLED WHB STaUOK BY OAS AT RICHMOND FRIDAY Frank Halal, 52 years old, of Chicago, was killed last Friday night, April 18, 1941, when he was struck by a car while walking along U. S. route 12, about a half-mile north of Richmond. The driver of the car was H. Canfield Cook of 529 Aldine street, Chicago. Cook stated he had been in Madison, Wis., on business and was returning to Chicago. Just before the accident Cook said he passed a car from the opposite direction. Halal appeared on the highway directly in the path of his $1,800 DAMAGE SUIT A mixed verdict was returned in the damage suit which ended in the circuit court in Woodstock TSwii»y afternoon. One of the plaintiffs in the consolidated case, Gordon Schwemm of Crystal Lake, was given a $300 verdict for damages against the ThU>odeau Motor company while the other plaintiff, Arthur Thurow, of Woodstock, was found guilty on a counterclaim filed by the defendant and assessed damages in the amount of $1,500. C. Russell Allen, representing the two plaintiffs, asked for $164 damages for Thurow and $400 for Schwemm. Attorney D. R. Joslyn, representing the motor company, asked for $2,828 on a counterclaim. The suit involved an accar and he had no chance to avoid cjdent on route 14 between Woodstock sn^tMriiklriivnt igw hKi1mm . HUaallanlr'as body was t^hVrIHoAwNnM ^ _ _ on the left side of the hood of Cook's car.' It is said that his legs and neck were broken. The accident occurred about 7:30 p. m. Cook remained in Richmond to testify at the inquest conducted Saturday morning by Coroner Harry L. Ehorn. Hie report says Halal had a divorced wife and two sons in East Chicago, and Crystal Lake. It was the third trial of the case. The first trial resulted in a verdict of $100 for Thurow and $4i?i6 for Schwemm. A new trial was granted and the second trial resuited in a mistrial when the matter of insurance got before the jury. Schwemm and Thurow were driving different Cars at the time of the accident. Both filed suits against the Stop in and see our IEW YARD-MAN LAWN MOWERS Wide range of prices and models to choose from. E. H, "BRUCE" NICKELS Phone 2 West McHenry ^ . it - 'i- H Ind. He had lived at 1559 Clybourne motor company and later consolidated. NELLIE E. McOMBER Nellie E. McOmber, daughter of the latfe. Jerome and Mary Golden and wife of J. M. McOmber, a native of McHenry, died in Chicago on April 12, 1941 of a heart attack. She was born May 26, 1872, in Chicago and married in 1895. Mr. "and Mrs. McOmber have occupied their cottage on the Fox river in McHenry for over twenty summers. Her home was at 4131 West Congress street, Chicago. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 15, at St. Patrick's church, McHenry, with burial in Woodland cemetery. Subscribe for The Plafodeater Buick SPECIAL 6-passenger - Sedanet, $1006. Wkite sidewall tires extra^M RED CROSS HONORS THREE LOCAL WOMEN, ALL OVER 80 YEARS Seven women have become charter members of Octogenarian Volunteer Workers, an honorary group organized by McHenry county Red Cross chapter as a special recognition of volunteers, between the ages of eighty and ninety, who are assisting with the war relief garment production program: First members of the new group are Mrs. Cora Thompson, 85, and Mrs. Cart*ie Mansfield, 80, both of Woodstock; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris, 81, Mrs. Edson Cash, 82, Harvard; Mrs. Gertrude Justerf, 83, Mrs. Josephine Heimer, 83, Mrs. Minnie Schueneman, 81, McHenry. All are knitters. This week each is being issued an attractive membership certificate in which she is praised for outstanding service to a worthy cause. Signatures of J. O. Gay, county chapter chairman, Mrs. W. Earle Phinney, county production chairman, and of the local garment branch to which the member belongs, appear on the certificate. Plalndealer Wafti A4s Bring Results ave., Chicago, and had gone to Richmond last Tuesday with Steve Warady, tavern keeper of Chicago, who owns a farm near Richmond. Halal had appeared at the unemployment office at 913 Noulant street, Chicago, on March 28. ALMOST 2.000 COUNTY PEOPLE RECEIVE $9,660 FROM IERC, FEBRUARY --^ During th6 montlT of February, i| was disclosed in the monthly report of the IERC, a total of 1,986 people in McHenry county Were dependent upon one of five public assistance programs. Of this number 1,042 were on general reilef, 481 on WPA, 445 on old age assistance, 128 on mothers' pensions and 49 on blind pensions. The number represents one in every nineteen persons. A total of ^9,660.93 was expended for general relief in the county of which $8,658 93 was from the various township relief agencies and $1,002 'contributed from the state. The February relief load was somewhat higher than in January when $8,224.03 was expended of which $7,217.03 was from the township agencies and $1,027 contributed by the state. Little change occurred from January to February in either the estimated number of cases dependent upon one or' more of the five public assistance programs in the state or general level of employment in the state. The jury selected included Inez Keliey and Ruth Tanner, Marengo; Alice Stevens and Mary Bressler, Chemung; Lenorc Bottlemy of Alden; Edwin Hemfner, Huntley; Walter Morris, Woodstock; Gilbert Kraft, Richmond; William Engel and Henry W. Schaef- "•$0$ fer. McHenry; James Trebing of Algonquin and Lydia Wurtzinger, Crystal Lake. Order your Rubber Stamp* *% $he Plaindeatar* ^ CORN J li-'lhe imperial agricttltural plant of America and the • raising of the crop is the masterpiece of the farmer. For better silag« plant Stelford's Improved Yellow Dent White Cap. Because more: d i g e s t i b l e n u t r i e n t s , m o r e , sugar, more tender, sweet J ind juicy. $3.75 per bushel. ; Butt-end kernels, $2.2C per bushel. For sale in McHenry,; exclusively by * McHENRY COUNTY t FARMERS CO OF. ^ ASSOCIATION -- Phone 29 -- A V COLOR you** Basement FLOORS flORDYE ! TONYAN CONSTRUCTION COT Telephone 152 } West McHenry, m, Flor-Dye penetrates and dyes the cement. For this reason, it naturally lasts indefinitely. It's watasproof and limeproof. Stops cement dusting and Is non-staining. Drop in and ask us for attradm folde* mior samples and prices. Marriage Announced. . Miss Carolyn Tonyan of Chicago^ daughter of W. B. Tonyan of Mcf Henry, became the bride of Mr. Jamet S. Renne, also of Chicago, on Saturday, April 12. They enjoyed a WM| •• • ' • > • ' - y . WOULDN'T a sprinter or a longdistance runner look silly trying to race with a clothespin firmly clamped on his nose! Yet, in a sense, something fairly close to that happens in nearly every car that lacks Buick's sensational Own* pound Carburetion.t For your engine has to breathe in huge quantities of air to be mixed with gasoline before it is burned in the cylinders. »UICK PR«C«» idelivered at f l i n t , M t c h . i State tax> op-l tional equipment and accessories -- extra. Prtces subject to change without. notice. The faster you go, or the more power you call for, the more air your engine needs for smooth, efficient, topeconomy operation. But single-carburetor fuel supply systems handle only a given air volume. We remove that clothespin very simply-by having two carburetors; one that handles all casual driving smoothly and efficiently, another to jump in with more air and more fuel when you call for extra power If stepping on the gas treadle! This volume can't be entirely enough HW.I..P Very for top-range performance or it Would be too much for low-range travel, giving a thin, inefficient powerlight mixture. To that extent, then, an ordtlnWy engine has a clothespin on its nose .-a limitation on air supply for big power operation. And simply marvelous in the extra FIREBALL wallop it gives you and in the gas savings you get - as much as 10% to 15% over previous Buicks with the same-size engines. ~ Maybe you'd better go see your TBuick dealer now. fOptional eqaipm.nt on the Btrick SrsciAi.. wirtrtanlliAw awhk forth® ftWftlne&s Coup* •XIMPIAR OP OCNIKAL MOTOtS V^JLUC R. I. OVERTON MOTOR SALES ^ front Qtreet, Want McHenry; HL ,' 216 Main St., Crystal Lake, QL VJfc,