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EDITORS RELATE 5 TALE OF TRAVEL IN DEEP SOUTH ENTIRE STATEOF FLORIDA ,-r (Editor's Note: Editor and Mrs. fiosher of The McHenry Plaindealer j|nd Editor and Mrs. Renich of The Woodstock Daily Sentinel left Chicago Saturday, April 19, to attend the annual National Editorial association convention which is being held this ear at Jacksonville, Fla The asso- 13 also sponsoring a tour of and Cuba. The happenings 4MB this tour is here related in two lite-editors.) Staurday evening ^ April 26, 194L Friends:. For just one week put Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mosher of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Renich of IVood stock have been traveling over Florida with a party of newspaper •ditors and writers from thirty-seven the forty-eight states of the United tes, all members of the National itorial association. There are over five hundred people In the entire group and we are now .travelling from city to city in large Greyhound buses, each of which cartics from 36 to 40 persons. It takes flfteen large buses to carry the entire party and the Moshers and Renichs •ccupv seats in the third, bos in this Vg parade. We left Woodstock Saturday noon •nd left Chicago by special train that WUll ti « $di of Orlando as a city of attractive residence surroundings. I did hear what the city's population is, but have failed to remember, and am writing this letter in the middle of the night, when I should be in bed, and have no notes to refer to. Incidentally I will take Just a tew lines to explain that this trip is very strenuous. Stopping each night in a different hotel, we must have our grips packed ea£ breakfast, and be ready to go mornings at 8:00 o'clock, while we arrive at our next night stop just in time to change clothes for dinner and whatever evening program has been prepared for us. With our 600 people on this trip there are 1300 pieces of baggage, which are carried out of the hotels each morning and loaded on a big tijac tor-trailer which carries them direct to the next night stop, where the baggage is distributed to the various hotel rooms before the guests arrive. It doesn't always come out as planned, but in general the service has been wonderful. The names of the guests are sent daily in advance to the hotels, in the next town' the rooms are assigned and the guests are informed while enroute what hotel and what room they will occupy for the coming night Bok Singing Tower Leaving Orlando we arrived Friday at 11:00 o'clock at the Singing Tower near Lake Wales. This is in what is known as the Highlands of Central Florida. The famous singing tower was the gift of Edward W. Bok, one of America's philanthropists, a man who loved nature and all beauty. It is a structure of marble and stone over five hundred feet high, in the upper part of which are bells which when played by artists somewhat as we acfternoon. To start with, there were might play the piano, send the beau- •bout sixty or sixty-five people on the j ti'1nl tones out over the air for miles train, but at various stops more were around. The tower is located on the added, coming from Michigan, Indiana and other localities. Sixty-five people are in the group from California, beaded by former Governor and Mrs. 9riend Richardson of that state. Our first important stop enroute 4ooth was at Penpacola, where we t ^>ent the latter part of last Sunday "sifternoon and where we were driven •ver the city in buses. We were diown the interesting beaches, but •tore important we saw the feverish activity which is going on at Fort Barrancas, Fort Dedoubt and the U. S. •aval air station. % Army and Navy officers showed us Jfcany courtesies, but our impression "«u that Uncle Sam is ill prepared to take care of the thousands of soldier toys he is now inducting with such ^eed into the army service. We also apent some time at old Fort San Carlos, which served in the old days mt the Spanish occupation and saw * i"mi.iiejjmruens' fehting between the British and the ** * deh*htful lunch Spaniards before the Revolutionary days. At Pensacola we enjoyed a flsh fry, iichiding their famous "Corn Willies," after which we returned to our train and were sped on toward Jacksonville. riwi we arrived early Monday morn- Three Day* at Jacksonville The next three days were spent* in and around Jacksonville and St. Au- gustine. In the forenoons and Wed-1 ly afternoon it was convention, while Monday and Tuesday afternoons Were spent at St. Augustine. Our party which started from Chicago with sixty-five people had augasented with additions from the East, North, West and South, until we were the five hundred mark in num- After three delightful days spent in and around, the leading Jackaonville hotels, we left Thursday morning in the fifteen buses already refer Mkd to. , Our first stop was at the Florida aaiverslty near Gainesville, where we •earned something about a new iroduct called Tung o}l, which is now obtained from China, but is beintroduced in some parts of the South by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. »It is an oil taken from the nut of a tree, and it is claimed the uses for this oil are unlimited. ' Leaving Gainesville we went to : fllvcr Springs, near Ocala, where we abjoyed a trip in a glass bottom boat and saw the wonders of a river bottom varying in depth from a few feet t» upwards of a hundred feet, with all kinds of beauties, including bub- Hing springs, big and small fish, turtles and various kinds of bottom formations, all visible because of the clearness of the water. It was a sost interesting place and we urge all passing tourists to Include it on their program. « From Silver Springs near Ocala, We travelled to the Venetian Gardens •ear Leesburg, where delicious fruit Jaicec was served, then on for a short atop at San Lando Springs before oui arrival at Orlando, where we spent the night at the Angebilt aad 8an Juan hotels. At Orlando we found Miss Rosejjtond Mallory, formerly of Hebron, " "Waiting for us. She is serving as •Be of Florida hostesses and is on the trip with us from Orlando to Miami. Miss Mallory is at present employed as associate editor on a newspaper at Sebring, which is eighty . ar ninety miles south of Orlando. All Enjoy Orlando Baring her two years in the South she has made good in her chosen profession. She sends greetings to her aid friends at HebVon and Woodstock, a£t Wants to be remembered to the Whole Sentinel gang at Woodstock. Orlando is a Nbeautiful city and we Were all much impressed by that fact Located in the midst of a series of hkn, wa were all Mat ta aar highest point in Florida, in the midst of beautifully landscaped grounds an4 recitals are played usually on Sundays at 3:00 p. m. and on certain week days at noon. A program was played in honor of the visiting editors. The grounds are open daily from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. and thousands of visitors enjoy the beauties of this unusual monument each year. Only twelve miles from the tower are located ||§ Cypress Gardens near Winter Haven, VQtflF'apot is known as "America's Tropical Wonderland", where rare aad exotic plants have been gathered train the ends «f the earth to form a paradise of beauty, which attracts a quarter of a million visitors during a year. A small admission price is charged, but you will never regret the price, the place ia so beautiful. From the gardens where we enjoywe were taken to the Waverly packing plant, where w*e saw how they sort and pack oranges and other citrus fruit. Next we stopped for a few minutes at Plant City, where we enjoyed sweet ripe strawberries and straWtterry juices. It was past the season for strawberries, but a stock had been placed in refrigeration to provide a treat for the visiting editofs. Friendly St Petersburg That evening we arrived at St PUBLIC GRADE PUPILS TO PRESENT FESTIVAL OF MUSIC TUES., MAY 6 Next Tuesday, May 6, the pupils of the Public Grade school, Under the direction of Paul R. Yanda, will present a "music festival." On the program will be several selections by the rhythm band made up of kindergarten and first grade pupils. Misses Marie Ropp and Genevieve Knox are in charge of the band. Several vocal numbers by all grades from kindergarten through eighth grade will be included on the program. Also, there will be a number of instrumental solos, duets, and trios and some tapdancers. You have had the opportunity to hear the high school musicians perform several times this year, now come and hear what theie young folk* can do. The program will be presented on the stage of the high school auditorium at 8:15 p.m. There will be no admission charge. -- Earl Pomrening. BARBARA ANN KOESTER r DIES OF PNEUMONIA The death of little Barbara Ann Koester, 19 months old, on Monday morning, April 28, 1941, was attributed to pneumonia. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwin Koester of West McHenry, who have been residents of this city for the past four or five years. Funeral services were held from the Peter M. J us ten funeral home to the Zion Lutheran church at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday. Interment was in Woodland cemetery. " AROUND THE COURT HOUSE HONOR CHARLOTTE MADDEN ON 84TH DIRTHDAY APR. 24 RESIDENT or MCHKNBY ALMOST 75 YEAES , To have attained the age of eightyfour years and to bemoan only one ailment, a corn on one's toe, is the lot of Miss Charlotte Madden, who has resided in the same house on Park street, near Washington, almost continuously since she was nine years old. Aithough the old house has begun to show the weather marks of many seasons, this is not so of the lovely lady who resides within. Miss Madaen, tali and slender and with snowy white hair, who can find no reason for hiring anyone to do her work for her, does all of her own cooking and housecleaning, took three afternoons last week to mow her own lawn and also planted enough potatoes to suit her needs next winter. Miss Madden was born on a farm between Barreville and Burton's Bridge in the territory south of McHenry known as Nunda, on April 24, 186/. She was one of the six children of Henry and Catherine Madden. Her mother was one of the earliest pioneers in this region. Mrs. Mary Green of Ringwood, who passe*} away four years ago, was her sister. Until she was eight years old, Miss Madden relates, she attended a country school near Burton's Bridge. Then her parents moved to Algonquin and a year later to McHenry at which time she entered the Public school, which was located on the spot which is now tne site of St. Mary s church. Until 2 NEW EAGLE SCOUTS NAMED MONDAY NIGHT AT COURT OF HONOR Last Monday evening, April 28, the Boy Scouts of Troop No. 162, McHenry, received awards at a Court of Honor at the McHenry Community High school auditorium at 8 p. m. The new Field Executive, Arnold Schenk, was on hand to participate in the program which was sponsored by the American Legion, Post No, 491. To begin the program, the troop buglers, Charles Page and Robert Weideman, blew taps and the colors ARMY ACCEPTS 63 BOYS OF QUOTA SENT APR. 23 FROM BTHENRY COUNTY It was learned last Friday that twelve of the seventy-eight volunteers and draftees who left the county on Wednesday of last week for selective service have been rejected for physical disability. Seven of these were from draft board number one and five from number two. Those rejected from number one include Robert Frisby, Jr., and James F. Quinn of McHenry, Harold F. Lorden and Claude DeHaan, Jr., of Alden, were then posted by members of the j Floyd Walley, volunteer, and Robert American Legion. Mr. Schenk then Perdlewicz o? Marengo and Daniel 01- lead the group in a song, "God Bless America." C. H. Duker, superintendent of the cott of Woodstock. In addition to the above, three others from number one board are high school, was then called upon to I ^)e'n? held over in Chicago for further give the welcome. After his short examination. They are Kenneth talk on the advantages of Scouting,! Backes of Marengo, Russell E. Gaston Howard Cairns came to the front of • ai>d Willis Graham of Hebron, the stage to present the Tenderfoot' The rejection of twelve leaves the badges. Second Class Scouting awards total at sixty-six with three of this were then presented by Dave Walk- i number still being held over. Sixtyington. | three have been accepted. The original Mr. Schenk "pepped-up" the audi- i 1u°ta was eighty with thirty-nine from ence by leading them through two ' num^er one board and forty-one from songs, "Trail the Eagle" and "Alou- ; At a hour Tuesday, ette." The Merit badges were then ,*5 28, Clyde A. Pierce and Bernard distributed by Elmer Baum. I Uden of board number one were taken Mr. Schenk then reappeared to give a very interesting and inviting lecture on Camp Lowden, the Boy Scout she was eighteen years old, Miss , „ , ... ., .Madden attended this school ud was amma nivnorv I Iteugrht philosophy, algebra, and all the Bfius mvuKtei «. •- ! subjects which are now taught in our Caroline Kahle of Crystal Lake filed high schools. •'And," she contemsuit for divorce against Raymond W. | piutes, -1 think we took our studies Kayle in the circuit court last Thurs- |» ntue deeper than they do now." day. They were married April 25, - 1931. Cruelty is charged in the comcamp on the Rock river. He told the boys that the only way to come Was to come with the whole troop and bring the troop equipment. He also presented Elmer Baum with two class A certificates for the fine Cub Scout exhibits and Ray Page was also hand* ed a certificate which the Scouts merited at the Merit Badge show in Woodstock recently. Mr. Page took the stage and awarded the Star Scout ratings. FoV . lowing this, C. H. Duker, in present* , ing the Life Scout badge to Dean Mob) 10*1 steps in the ladder of Scouthood. By I obtaining his Life Scout rating, Dean I had climbed thirty-five of these steps.j I from the list. Pierce became involved in an accident near Fox Lake which resulted in the death of Charles Armstrong of Chicago, a world war veteran stationed in a CCC camp near Fox Lake, and serious injuries to Pierce. Uden was not sent because of an order from Paul Armstrong, state director of selective service, stating his case was to be investigated further. INTERESTING NEAR8Y NEWS plaiati TAKEN TO JOLIBV Arthur Kramer of Aurora, who was sentenced on Monday of last week to serve a term of from one to five years on a plea of guilty to an indictment charging attempted burglary, Was taken to Joliet Friday afternoon by Sheriff Lester Edinger. Kramer pleaded guilty to attempted burglary of the Arthur Ferris tavern ia MueUey last December. Petersburg at about six o'clock where our entire group was divided between three hotels. The Moshers and Renichs were at the Suwanee hotel, and in the evening we enjoyed a banquet and program which was put on by the owners of the two local newspapers. It was at this affair we learned all about those famous benches which line all of the principal down town streets of St. Petersburg. One speaker compared them to ruHi.r.cntary education, the three Rs, reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, and in St. Petersburg the benches also stand for three Rs, resting, rheumatism and romance, and now some people in the Democratic South want to add a fourth R -- Republicans. St. Petersburg is a beautiful city, the 1940 census gave it over 60,000 in population, a tremendous growth in the last few years. It is called the Sunshine city, and one of its newspapers is given away fre£ on any day when the sun does not shine before the newspaper appears on the street. It happens about five times a year. At St. Petersburg we are located on Tampa Bay, one of the most important harbors on the Gulf of Mexico. Saturday has been spent in this locality, travelling miles over beautiful highways twixt St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tarpon Springs and Tampa, BURGLARIZE HOME John M. Becker reported Saturday that his home in Huemann's subdivision aiong the Fox river, north of McHenry, had been burglarised last week while the Beckers were spending a few days in Chicago. Reported missing were a man's suit, a bedspread, two suit coats and a pair of trousers. Officer Jack Smith of McHenry investigated. The farm of William Wirts, near Volo in Wauconda township, has been The highlight of the evening was ' selected for one of the fourteen Illinext on the program when Donald nois hybrid corn performsqoe test a. i>. bulawin was her last teacher. Schaefer and Norman Neiss, acconi- plots to be conducted in different parts When the Maddens moved to Mc-1 P*nie<1 by their mothers, were called of the state. Henry, Mr. Madden, a native of Ire- uP°n «tage. Mr- Schenk introduc- Mrs. Myrtle Hunt, 84, of 7 North land, hired out as a harness maker. ed the ^°yti and then **ked e*ch Vine street, Hinsdale, was killed and In later years he operated his own • mother to present her son with the six others were injured Sundsy afterharness shop where the Empire tha-!Ea*le Pin> the certificate of the high- noon, April 20, in a two car collision atre now stands. est award in Scouting. In conclusion on Twenty-second street near Wolf ENTER JUDGMENT Judgment in the amount af $4,- 549.25, plus costs of $25.00, was entered in the circuit court against George Pyott of Algonquin for delinquent taxes Monday. The complaint was filed by State's Attorney William M. Carroll iti behalf of the county. Also Monday State's Attorney Carroll filed a complaint in equity against Frank Nordinger for alleged delinquent taxes in the amount of $602.19. RECOVER STOLEN TRUCK Police radios scored again recently as a truck stolen from where it was parked in the rear of the E. J. Field hardware store, Woodstock, last Thursday night, was recovered in Milwaukee Friday night. Harold Kemerling, Woodstock police chief, said that recovery of the truck was due directly in getting it over the air to police officers in Milwaukee. When the truck was found in Milwaukee, police arrested Arthur Waring, ex-convict wanted in Milwaukee. He bad taken the truck. Chief Kemerling says Milwaukee police want Waring and although Mr. Field will get his truck back it isn't likely McHenry county will get Waring for a while. * SETTLE $5,000 SUIT By agreement between both parties the $5,000 personal injury suit of C. wheA' weare now lo«atedat one of E. Barrett, Crystal lake .against J^ the most beautiful hotels I have ever seen, the Tampa Terrace hotel. During our travels today we have visited MacDill army field, another one of those half built army camps to which soldier boys are being rushed long before the camp is ready for them. Tarpon Springs is a quaint place. It is the location of the Sponge Exchange, where dozens of sponge fishing boats manned by Greek natives and their descendants are located. It is a Greek town, where Greek customs prevail arid even a priest of the Greek Orthodox church is located here. These Greeks go out in their boats on trips of several hundred miles into the Gulf of Mexico, where they gather sponges through divers from the bottom of the waters. Each boat carries an equipment of about six to eight men and stays out for a number of days until a satisfactory crop of sponges has been gathered. The evening has been spent at a fine turkey dinner, served as the compliments of the publisher of the Tampa Tribune, followed by a brief program eat page fear), seph Crivetti was settled Tuesday after the plaintiff had presented its side of the case in the circuit court. Attorney David R. Joslyn, representing the defendant moved for a directed verdict following the plaintiff's side of the case and the court withheld its ruling. It was then that both parties got together snd the jury was withdrawn. The case was dismissed from the docket. Basis of the suit was aa accident south of Harvard on a detocur of route 14 on September 5, 1940. NAME NEW PETIT JURY A new petit jury was selected Monday afternoon for the May term of court which opens May 26. The local members of the roster follow: Leo Conway, Barbara Althoff, Chas. Peet and William Adars of McHenry; R. R Turner and Edith Vogel of Richmond} Fred Lange and Hilda Loitz of Nunda. We invite you to visit our store on Open House D§y/Majr& Althoff's Hardware. ' 50-fp Willard McCullough of Chicago spent Monday night in the home of HlM Charlotte Decides lipoa Teaching After completing her schooling, Miss Madden decided to devote her life to teaching and spent twentythree years at this profession. She spent these years in a number of little school houses around the countryside, including Lay Lake, Volo, Barreville and Emerald Park. She also spent eight years in Lake county. Miss Madden delights in relating the hardships which she had to endure at that time when she didn't even have a hot-se and buggy to carry her to and from her pupils. When she taught at Lily Lake ana tater at Emerald Park, she always made these daily trips on foot. She says she would pack her lunch in the morning, walk to school, serve as janitor, as well as school teacher, all day long and then trudge wearily home at night. "Sometimes," she said, *'the river was across the road and then I would walk through the fields, around it." Retired 37 Years Age And now she has been retired for thirty-seven years. Leading the strenuous life that was hers seems to have brought her only the best of health, for she says she can remember of eating only one meal in bed. Miss Madden goes on to say that she still likes to take long walks, and last year she hiked almost as far as Lily Lake and back. ' As soon as I get this corn healed up, I hope to do some more walking, "she concludes. The party which her neighbors and friends planned for her eighty-fourth birthday last Thursday came as a complete surprise. She was honored at a chicken dinner at Niesen's cafe at which twenty-six guests were present. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green and Genevieve Ferwerda of Chicago and Mrs. John Forbes and daughter of Cary. Mrs. Forbes was s pupil of Miss Madden's over fifty years ago. eoimra sviMts May 1 East River Road Pinochle--Mrs. Clarence Redwanz. Evening Bridge--Mrs. E. H. Nickels. May 2 Public Card Party -- Pistakee Bay School -- Benefit of Comfaxuiity Methodist Church. \ May S Bi-Weekly Five Hundred -r Mr. ancT Mrs. John Matchen. , May 4 •* Pia no Recital--Miss Elsa RSfmsen-- McHenry High School Auditorium. Friendly East River Road Improvement-- Regular Meeting. May 6 Fox River Valley Camp ---Business Meeting. May 7 P.-T. A.--Regular Meeting.*"< May • Mothers' Club-- Mrs. Harold Owen. May 11 Public Card Party--Sponsored by Altar and Rosary--St. Patrick's Hall. Golden Wedding--Mr. and- Jtfrs. Geo. .... Bohr. /May U Mothers* Day Banquet--C. BL-of A.-- Niesen's Cafe. May M Afternoon Contract firidgt Mrs. Walter Conway. BLIND PIANIST PRESENTS PIANO CONCERT SUNDAY ELSA HARMSEN TO GIVE RECITAL CITY TO MAKE SECOND COLLECTION OF TRASH FOR "CLEAN-UP" WEEK Today and tomorrow, May 1 aad S, are the days for getting rid of your gather up rubbish which was left in containers on the curb along the streets. If you did not have your he complimented the McHenry troop road, LaGrange, according to a coun for having the most Eagle scouts in ty police report. any one troop in the district and also A crowd of 25,000 people witnessed M. L. S' hoenholtz the Scoutmaster, the eight-miie Marathon race of colwhose untiring efforts have urged lege students on the police patrolled . "^bish. A truck, with the help of these boys to accomplish what they streets of Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday wme civic-minded high school boys, have as Boy Scouts. April 19, m which Vance Wilson,1 made the rounds of the citr today to The Legionnaires then retired the ®f Crystsl L*ke came in second. Wil- --... -- u* 1- colors and taps were Mown, to close son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Wilson the program. °* Crystal Lake and a freshman at Following are the Scouts and the Cornell college was only fifty yards ; j^k on the street in time, do not fail awards each received Monday, even- behind Dave Clutterham, of Cornell, to have it there early tomorrow morning: Norman Neiss, Eagle, camping, who won the race. Of the first seven jng, for the truck will make another bird study, pioneering; Donald Schaef- who received trophies Vance was the round of the city at that time. Hower, Eagle, camping, pioneering, rep- <mly one who ran the eight miles for ever, since it would take too long to tile study, weather; Thomas Lawson, the first time, the next seven to place gather up all the ashes in the cornfarm layout and building arrange- med I aU" „ „ munity, you are kindly asked to disment, physical development; Carl William J. Dillon, Chicago coal j pgge 0f your ashes by some other Neiss, Second Class, pathfinding; Paul merchant and civic leader and sum- means. Bonslett, scholarship, athletics; fire- mertime resident of Libertyville for , The Council Committee urges the manship; Dean McCracken, Life, first twenty-six years, died Thursday, April 1 citizens to keep up this campaign aid, athletics; Robert Weideman, bird 17, in a sanitarium at Tucson, Ariz., throughout the summer and not to study; Larry Phalin, farm home and where he had been for the past seven allow careless neighbors to dump its planning, handicraft, farm layout jfjonths. He was sixty-six years old. trash and tin cans in vacant lots as snd building arrangement. ® WM . e f*'her °f Richard M. Dil- Norman Knaack, carpentry, first J®® w^° '• a director of Cook iueiuoi iui aid, bird study; Robert Richardson, ™r^.' firemanship, civics, woodcarving; Bob- Yf ® on , * new, (460,000 science hie Peterson, pioneering, rowing, first "u"ding, which is to be erected on the renders it more than ever logical and aid to animals; Adolph Weideman, campus of Northern Illinois State. necessary that homes and business farm layout and building arrangement. Teachers college in DeKalb, is expect- property be put in best possible shape dog care, woodcarving; Rudolph John- fd to be started early in May, accord- , ms a bulwark of "home defense" son, safety, scholarship; Daniel Ed- to Fre®>dent Karl L. Adams. The • which will help to strengthen economic strom, farm layout and building ar- building will be 70x180 feet, and nine , an(j sociai stability for the individual. stories high at the tower but four ; ^ community and the nation. This has been their practice during past se*>«ons Any person found guilty of such will b° dulv fined. The National Defense program rangement, Star; Harry Mueller, Sec ond Class; Charles Page, bugling, signaling. The sponsors for both the Boy Scouts and the Cub Pack in McHenry full-size floors will be utilised for classroom and laboratory work. The new instructor of machine shop mathematics at the Great Lakes Navis the American Legion Post. The ** Training station is Henry Ford II, committee for Troop No. 162 is as fol- eldMt ®f Edsel Ford and a grandlows: D. Russell Fyfe, chairman, Wm. *°n ot the Detroit automobile manu- H. Althoff, Glenn F. Peterson and f*cturer. Homer Fitzgerald. 1 The air ar» army we«k F. G. Becker is Cubmaster for the P*id * v™** to the Lake Forest estate Cub Pack and the committee is composed of: R. E. Baum, chairman, Geo, Worts, Lester Bacon, Clarence Douglas and David Walkington. Wm. H- Althoff is Neighborhood Scout commissioner, representing the jBlackawk area council in servicing troops and packs in this part of Mcenry county. Other members-atlarge are Ray McGee, Elmer Freund and Ray Page. . The annual campaign for funds to help maintain the program of Cubbing and Scouting is set for Tuesday, May 13. This will begin with a "kick-off" breakfast at 7:30 in the morning. of Mrs. William E. Casselberry, 1386 North Green Bay road, Waukegan. A sleeve target towed by an airplane was knocked down by anti-aircraft fire at Fort Sheridan and floated to the Casselberry lawn. Army authorities were notified and recovered the expensive target. ^ For a distance of sixteen miles at speed of sixty miles per hour, Officers Stanley Symusiak and John Kubayko pursued a motorist early Saturday in their squad car throughout the streets of North Chicago. Finally caught, he identified himself as Arthur Hall, 32, of 1820 Seymour avenue, North Chi Clarence Douglas is general chairman cago. He was charged with reckless of this affair. driving, speeding and disregarding ! nine stop signs. MARRIAGE LICENSES ! Carl Johnson, 65 years old, a for- Frits C. Prueter, River Grow, HL, mer Richmond resident was fatally to Marie Pruessing, Park Ridge, 111., injured Saturday night, April 19, in April 17, 1941. j Janesville, Wis., when the bicycle he Glenn McPherson, Hgin, fll. to was riding was hit by a car. He was Bernice Westergard, Elgin, 111., April returning to his home from work 18 1941. | about midnight when the accident hap- Norbert A. Yegge, McHenry, 111., to pened. He wiU be remembered as the Mrs. Marie Schiessle, McHenry, DL,! operator of a shoe repair shop over April 21, 1941! j Boutellfs store in Richmond for sev- Joseph A. Sompel. 29, McHenry, to eral years. spring of 1941 is the suspicious time for our citizens to accomplish this end to their best advantages while prices are still low and materials far remodeling are readily obtainable. This campaign should not be carried over a mere week, but should be muk to last Ion? *»nough to do a thorough job of "faee-liftinr" in every part of our community. The city is countin* on you, Mr. Citizen, for your co-operation in making ours a city of beauty. Abide by the sloean, "Clean-up. Fixup, Plant-up, Paint-up." 450 RECEIVED OLD AO* PAYMENTS IN COUNTY THIS WEEK Marie C. Diedrich, 22, Ingleside. Lowell Elsworth Bauder, Harvard, 111., to Vergean Cummings, Rockford*< 111., April 16, 1941. Miss Mary Jane Laures, who is enrolled at St. Joseph's School of Nursing at Elgin, enjoyed a short vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math B. Laures, last week. Mrs. Mary 0*Connell of Chicago was a weekend guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Frisby. Besutiful line of new hats for Mothers Day gifts. Large head sines. Mrs. Pich's, Green Street. 50-fp The newest line in Sport Hats, all head sixes. Mrs. Pich's, Green St. May 5 to May 10 is Rural Mail Box Improvement Week. Get a new regulation size mail box at 80c. Vycital's Hardware. 50-fp A total, of 450 needy »?»d in McHenry county received SI 0,211 last month it was announced Monday. Ia. March, 4S2 received $10 223. State officials announced at Soiihgfield that a record number of persons living in Illinois received old age pensions in April but that the number of pension applications awaiting dispositions has reached the lowest level in the history of the pension program. On April 1 there were 8.758 cases pending, compared with 11JM7 on July 1. 1940. State Auditor Arthur C. iLueder said that 145.109 persons were mailed pension checks las! month, an increase of 769 over the number of recipients in March. The checks totaled $8,- 306.929, an increase of $49,486 over February. The eighth million old age assistance warrant has been issued by Auditor Lueder. The first old age assistance warrant was mailed on May 12, 1936, and warrant No. 1,000,000 on June 28, 193T. Lueder pointed out that a million warrants thus lasted for a little over thirteen months at the beginning of the old age assistance program. The last million warrants were used up in almost half that time--seven months. (.if.'1" - r Miss Elsa Harmsen, the blind pianist of West McHenry, who has been a student of the piano for nine years, will present a concert Sunday evening, May 4, in the high school auditorium at eight o'clock. Miss Harmsen began studying music while she was attending the State School for the Blind at Jacksonville, 111., and since she has not been enrolled at the school for the past three years, she now makes weekly trips to Forest Park to receive the instruction of A. Cristan Brans, whom 'Miss Harmsen hopes to be able to present to her audience Sunday evening. To be accomplished at the piano means a good deal of time and effort put forth, but in the case of Miss Harmsen, this accomplishment is even more to be admired. Since she cannot see the music, she must read it in Braille and thus memorise each piece as she goes along. Because this is her' first concert, Miss Harmsen is receiving the support of the Mothers' club in sponsoring the affair. She spends about five hours at the piano each day in order that she might present a perfect performance Sunday evening. Her programme fc as follows: Programme. I Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 ... . Beethoven (a) Adagio sosteuate. (b) Allegretto. (c) Presto agitata* Invention No. 13 and 14 ...... Bach II Hark, Hark! The Lark! I Schubert-Uaat The Prophet IBird . ..i*,.#.•* Schumann Etude Op. 299 No. 9 » ..... Cserny in Hungarian McDowell Serenata Ifoszkowski Four Impromptus Schubert Spanish Dance Granados Vxte 8uhflci&> for The PjaiTidealer F v