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•olume 67 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THUS8PAY, OCTOBER 16,1941 mm DEATH IrALTBI a. FMWCH DIES Ss . m AMTIOOH ^ A giid husband, a kind father and 9 ioyal friend was lost to McHenry lf« t Monday evening when Jos. W. Both«rmel died at his home on Rivetfllde Drive on Oct. 18,1941. :; Mr. Rfthenael had bean hi pwr health since last February and was a patient at Billings Memorial hospital" fa Chicago during t$* jponth of May. Upon his retum'hoiqefcp.seftn«d much improved and during th|.jast summer completed the bvildlng of two homes. .Two months ago, however, he was taken ill again and for the past seven Weeks had been confined to his bed Born on Dec. 19, 1890, he was the :':0n Of George and Katherine Rother- ' atel. Although he changed his residence several times during his lifetime, he Itad always lived somewhere on River aide Drive. .His birthplace was the lite of his present horn?;. He attended St. Mary's school and also the public School for a short time. Upon finishlag school he became a carpenter-contractor and followed this occupation throughout life. „ On April 29, 1914, he wr.s united in marriage to Maud Schvc met. Two years ago they celebrated their silver wedding anniversary at which time they entertained relatives and friends «t open house during the afternoon and evening. Surviving, besides his wife, are two slaughters, Audry and Catherine (Mrs. fred J. Meyers), both residing at home; one brother, Frank, of Kenilworth, and one sister, Mrs. William Ichreiner of West McHenry. Three Brothers, Jacob, Peter and Math, and 'dine sister, Mrs. M. M. Niesen, preceded him in death. v ; Mr. Rothermel was a faithful member of St. Mary's church and belonged the Catholic Order of Foresters. • Funeral services were held at 10 •'clock Thursday morning at St. Mary's church. Burial was to St ftary's cemetery. - ' - • ] Walter G. French ' Friends in McHenry were saddened <}%> learn of the death last Monday, '""Oct 13, 1941, of Walter G. French at fus home in Antioch. He had been in joQr health for many months and last 1 Spring was the victim of a serious guto accident. As a result of it, he Was confined to Victory Memorial hosital in Waukegan for two months. Jor the past six weeks he had been at his home in Antioch. Mr. French, an attorney here for %"•. Almost nine years, was one of the jity's most respected citizens, and it ~ was with regret that local folks saw ^ him change his residence to Antioch 1939, I The deceased was born on Nov. 30, J|880, in Chicago andvspent his entire •-^lifetime there with the exceptioo ox the last eleven years. His wife is the #ormer Edith Cary of Indiana. T Besides his wife he is survived by #ne sister, Mrs. Lillian Mousson of f yestown, Pa., and a brother, Ewart, ^ Chicago. r , : He was a member of the McHenry " County Bar Association and of the - lions club of Antioch. While resid- ^?M|ng in McHenry he belonged to that tame organisation here and served >ne year as its president.. He was also st Master of Windsor Park Masonic Funeral services were held Thurs- •" 4iay afternoon . at 2:80 p- m. from Strang's funeral home in Antioch. t Burial was in Hillside cemetery, Oct. 22nd Dance to Aid Needy in County v ife'iSlifc t« McHenry cossty will be benefited by a daaca^ttjqjnNfd Wednesday, night, Oct a£ Kelt's baliroosa, aocofdinj to lain Meyer*, paetidentof the McHenry Ceoa*f Anm League, Inc, sponsoring organisation. Dancing i> elated to begin at 8:60 o'clock Mid continue until twd in tike meriting, with Barbara Horick's wAwtoa furnishing the music. Net proceed? wfl! be placed m a fund to be used by the sponsoring group in purchasing supplies for these in need this winter. Contact with the needy will be gained through each township supervisor, stated Mr. Meyers, and each official wttl^be asked to l$nd advice as to the beat method of using the fund. * INTERESTING ' ^ NEARBY NEWS a RTHENRY GIRLS RETWN FROM A MILE TRIP John Wockerpfennig, 64, and his third wife, Ann, 21, were found shot to death in the bedroom of their home in Madison, 111., Oct. 5. Patrolman Lee Rollins said an investigation indicated Wucherpfennig had shot his wife, whom he married in 1939 after two divorces, and then took his own life. E. R. Hyndman, 00, prominent Capron seed dealer and vice-chairman of the Boone county AAA committee, was killed late Thursday, Oct. 2, in an automobile accident near Deming, New Mexico. His wife and Mrs. Nellie Sanford of Garden Prairie were injured in the crash. Palatine residents will have a chance to see themselves on the screen this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, . . _ Oct. 16, 17 and 18, when pictures of . thirty-one cents which they won - - • during their brief stay. TKIO ENJOYS BOWER AT GAMP PRESIDIO A never-to-be-forgotten vacation came to an end last Sunday afternoon as the Misses Mildred and Eleanor Kins&la and Alice Gaulke returned from a 6,400 mile trip to California. During the thre« weeks in which they were gone they encountered only one rainy day. This in itself should make many folks envious in view of the dis. agreeable weather experienced in McHenry the past few weeks. The local trio, accompanied by George Kinsala, who returned to Camp Presidio, San Francisco, after a few weeks' furlough, left McHenry on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p. m. On the twenty-fifth they arrived at the Black Hills, S. D. Here they viewed Mount Rushmore, where the likeness of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are carved in the rocks. Two days later, about noon, they arrived at Salt Lake City. It was earlier this same day that their only experience with bad weather was encountered as snow and rain fell alternately for a few hours. However, by afternoon the sky cleared considerably, and they enjoyed a bus tour of the city which, incidentally, has onethird of the state's population. Visit Reno Sept. 28 found our McHenry folks entering "the greatest little city in the world," Reno, Nev. The girls reported the town to have gambling devices the like of which they had never seen before. They are proudly displaying PUBLIC BANKING HOURS FOR. MoHENRY COUNTY CHANGED AT MEETING A meeting , of the McHenry-Boone County Bankers Federation was held in Woodstock Wednesday evening, Oct. 8. TSnL.of the fifteen banks in Boone and McHenry county were represented at the meeting. The business portion of the meeting was preceded by a "Dutch Treat" dinner at the Woodstock Country club. After dinner the meeting was opened to discussion o/ banking problems and centered about compliance with the provisions of the federal wages and hours act. Regulations issued by the administrator of the federal wages and hour act indicate that aB bank employees, except senior execuitjtt officers, are affected'by the .forty, hour week provisions of the law. 0eatrary to general public opinion about the ease of "banker's hours," discussion revealed that most banks are Having a difficult time getting bank work done within the forty hours which has come to be recognised as the standard work week for factory employees and many other classifications including bank clerks. At present the West McHenry State bank and many others in the county are operating on a schedule of public banking hours from 8:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m.. daily except Thursdays and 8:30 a. m. to noon on .Thursdays. Under that schedule the banks have been open to the public thirty-six hours each week. The final solution of- the problem was action toward shortening of the county's public DEATH OF CHICAGi MAN ON OCTOBER 9 REMAINSMYSTERY HOKAR H. JOSEPH DISS AT SPRING GRO VE The death of Homar H. Joseph of 6914 North Ridge avenue, Chicago, on Oct. 9, is still somewhat of a mystery. £n overdose of sedative pills, either taken accidentally or with suicidal intent, i3 believed to have been the cause of the Chicago man's death last Thursday in the Spring Grove summer home of his employer, A. F. Helbling, 1645^ Bdgefifpr .avenue, Chicago. Joseph, a bartender employed in Helbling'f restaurant, left his home Thursday morning on a bicycle and failed to return. He did not appear for work at five o'clock Thursday afternoon and no further trace of him was found until his lifeless body was discovered in the Helbling cottage along the bank of Nippersink creek about one o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Helbling, accompanied by his wife and son, had driven to their Spring Grove home after closing the restaurant Thursday evening. I* was upon arriving there that the lifeless body of the bartender was found. It was learned later that Joseph had spent one day at Helbling's cottage banking hours by more than a year before, but his era Reports Show Increase in Car Registrations S^bftS1 from the automobile department released Monday, Oct. 13, by Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes show increases in all registrations ex. cept motorcycles as compared with October 1 of 1940 with passenger cars in the lead on a count of 1£04£05, or 117,586 more than last year. Totn.1 road fund receipts were $85,480,487.59, exceeding last year's collections by $1,802,888.87. Drivers licensed by the state number 3,195,273 or 1.7 drivers for each automobile. Truck registrations show a sharp increase of S.7&& £<*,*,.tetai of 280,586. v AROUND THE COURT HOUSE FBERPORT MAN HELD J. M. McDougall who told authorities he was a collector employed by National Publicity Service, Freeport, is being held in the county jail under $500 bond on charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was arrested Tuesday night by State Police Officer Ambrose Galvin, Crystal Lake, following an accident in which McDou gall's car was reported to have crashed into the side of a truck driven by Clifford Babcock, of Elkhorn,' Wis. Np. 22 Jacob J- ^ - Word was received here Wedaeafey i^irrehing of the death of Jacob J. HiBe, C": # photographer, in McHenry abort - -thirty-five yean ago- Mr. IBUe hallt studio Oft Wankegan street whfeb been used by snaceatfag photographerf! until the last ffjr years. After leaving McHenry about 1911, Ttbe Hilie family moved to 1888 Mostly tHeero avenue, Chicago, where they ftave since resided. Survivors include his wife, Anna, '•mm! two children, Mrs. Sylvia Chase jpf Youngstown, Ohio, and John of J£!mhurst. _ Services vrffl be held Friday, Oct. |7, at 1:80 p.m. from the funeral |»ome at 7013 South Racine avenue. &oria] will be in Waldheim cemetery, f Mrs. Winifred Fleming ;;|pgr .i Kn, Winifred Fleming, 57. died at ;4C fcer home in Winthrop Harbor last '*• Jhmday following a long illness. She the wife of E. P. Fleming, an Tengine^r on the Chicago 4 North- . <i Western railroad, and a sister-in-law the Misses Mary and Frances ' 'iPlaming and Richard Fleming of Mer • ' Henry. The deceased Was the former Wini- Jcyce and was born-at Ivesdale y^"*]ln Champaign county, IB. On Dec. •f<> #8,1929 she was married to Mr. Flem- ^*;"t^ng. For a few months following their ^Marriage they resided in Kenosha but --for the past eleven years have lived , fn Winthrop Harbor. She was an aclive member of the Dunesland Garden ' Hub. Surviving besides her husband are three sisters, Mrs. C. M. Wick ham of ^Rockford, Mrs. Ella Cotter of Amboy, hl, and Mrs. Justice Heinzeroth of Dixon: and five brothers. J. M. and P. H. Joyce of Chicago, John J , Joseph and Francis D. Joyce of Dixon. Funeral services were held at St. iftetrick's church, McHenry. on Wedmesday morning at 10:80. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. the annual Palatine firemen's festival will be shown at the Palatine theatre. Pictures of the festival itself, as well as the parade, will be shown in tochni color. Emory D. Spicer of Charleston, W. Va., who did a thorough job of burglarizing the A. L. Wiedenbeck home in Barrington on July 25, was indicted last week by a Lake pounty grand jury in WatHmgan^fle is being held on 82,500 bond. Mrs. Sam Joh neon, 51, #91 Clark street, Waukegan, was critically injured and two women companions were badly cut and bruised when the auto in which they were riding struck a Boone county road grader two miles west of Capron on route 173 during the rain storm on Oct. 4. Kurt Weinreb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weinreb of Barrington, who was inducted into the United States army last week, has made application for duty with the army's ski'troops. He hopes to see service in Alaska. Young Weinreb has served as a ski instructor in Vienna, Austria, and Tyrol, Switzerland. His induction orders were issued by a Chicago draft board with which he was registered. . For the third consecutive year, the Warren high school yearbook "Angelus," printed by Keystone Printing Service of Libertyville, received an "All-American" rating by the National Scholastic Press association. The book won a superior rating out of a field of 604 high schools in a contest conducted under tfie sponsorship of the University of Minnesota. Miss Lorelei Langendorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Langendorf of Barrington, was given an audition on Friday of last week by the Chicago Civic Opera company. Dean Crites, Honey Creek aviator, who is now an instructor at the Waukesha airport, and Kenneth Rust of Milwaukee, a student, had a thrilling experience recently, when the propeller on their plane snapped, jerking the motor out when the machine was 1,000 feet in the air. Crites piloted the plane to a safe landing, using it in the manner of a glider. Michael Jarvis, administrator of the estate of Oscar Meijesasr of Chicago, has filed suit in circuit court at Waukegan against the Greyhound corporation for 810,000 damages for causing his dsath on Rand road near Lake Zurich on Sept. 19, 1940. With a companion, Meijesaar was hitch-hiking to the Minnesota grain fields when he was struck by the bus. Funeral services for Pearl Foxwell Witcher, 61, of Harvard, who died Wednesday night, Oct. 8, in Walworth county hospital at Elkhorn, Wis., from burns and shock received September 26, when he picked up a live electric wire while working at a summer home on *Lake Geneva, were held Saturday at two o'clock fin Harvard. Mr. Witcher had been a patient at the hoe. pital since the accident. Yosemite National park in California proved to be every bit as beautiful as the stories told about it would indicate. The park is 9,941 feet above sea level. After viewing it completely, they drove into Yosemite Valley, which is a twenty mile desert. The valley, itself, is just seven miles long and one mile wide. While there they saw one of the most beautiful sights of the trip. Each afternoon charcoal three hours per week resulting in schedule of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily except Thursday and 9:00 a_ m. to noon each Thursday. Bankers present agreed that the new schedule of hours should enable banks to continue compliance with the letter and spirit of the federal wages and hours act with a minimum of inconvenience to bank patrons throughout the county. FARM MANAGEMENT SERVICE AVAILABLE TO FARMERS IN 1942 The Farm Bureau Farm management servlcee is to be organized in McHenry county. It will be available to farmers beginning with the first of , , , . . . , | the new year. and bark is burned and.at bum o'clock | McHenry County -Farm Bnreawt- COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW HAS 40| r ' TAX The McHenry county board of review completed work on the assessor's books last week, with an estimated 400 complaints checked during the session. At a meeting of the county board which was held recently, the board of review was granted an extension of time until Oct. 1. The final adjournment according to law is Sept. 7. Additional work this year and the fact that several assesors were late in reporting made it necessary to extend the time. Members of the board were: Gilbert J. Carroll, chairman; G. H. Stew, art, Democratic member, and Stephea H. Freund, Republican member. every evening this is raked over the edge of the mountains making a veritable waterfall of fire. It was here, too, that they saw the Grisley Giant tree, a Sequoia, 3,800 years old. On Sept. 30, the group reached San Francisco. Approaching the city they took the Skyline drive and crossed the eight mile bridge from Oakland. Dine with Army On Oct. 1, George reported at Camp Presidio where he was told to invite the other members of the party to dinner. The girls were very proud to find themselves eating with the commanding officer, the lieutenant and the corporal, in addition to the rest of the men in camp. The dinner, however, was composed of regular army food. The menu consisted of beans, brown beef, red cabbage, potatoes, spice cake and coffee. It was on this day that George's portion of the trip was concluded; and the girls reported (hat the officers seemed as glad to see him back again as his family were upon his arrival in McHenry three weeks previously. On Oct 3, the trio reached Ojai, Calif., and it was here that they picked their first oranges. They also were shown through the packing plant which packs Sunkist oranges tor shipment The night of the third, they reached Hollywood where they visited th« Columbia Broadcasting stuidos and had dinner at the Brown Derby on Vine stmet. At midnight they enjeyed lunch at Earl Carroll's restaurant. Take Flaat Trip The next day they boarded the S. S. Catalina at Wilmington and rode to Catalina Island. After taking a sightseeing tour of the islnd, which contains only one city, they returned by plane to Wilmington. Before reaching San Diego, my saw the famous San Juan Capistrano Mission and on Oct. 6, viewed the Caliente race tracks. On the seventh, they passed through the Mojave desert and reached Boulder City by afternoon. Here they made a forty-four foot descent to view Boulder Dam. All belongings, even purses, are forbidden to be carried by those who descend to see the dam. The last portion of the trip, although less eventful, was just as enjoyable. and the girls picked cotton in Texas and enjoyed lunch at the Will Rogers hotel in Claremore, Okla., on the return trip. Sunday afternoon, Oct. IS, tired but happy, the travelers arrived in McHenry with memories that" wiB never be forgotten. Parity Payments to McHenry Co. Farmers Total $121,858.50 ftlrfty jla^'llients to farmers in McHenry county under the 1940 agricultural adjustment administration program totaled $121,858.50. McHenry ranked fifth in largest disbursements. Lee county received the largest disbursement, |179,492J>8; D e K a 1 b county ranked second to Lee in this ar°a with payments of $176 302.74 while Whiteside was third, with $168,- 827.98, Ogle, fourth with $154,804.45 and McHenry, fifth. board has arranged to co-operate with the farm bureaus in Lake, Boone, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Will and Kankakee counties and with the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Illinois making the service available. The service is a farm accounting ployer was unaware that he had gone there following his disappearance. Body Found on Floor Joseph's body was found on the floor. It was partly clothed and a bed had been turned down, indicating that Joseph planned to retire. He had gone to the second floor and secured extra blankets because of the cold. Near his body was a bottle which originally contained one hundred sleep-producing pills. Only twentytwo were left in the bottle but Coroner Harry Ehom was unable to determine how many Joseph might have taken. Helbling told McHenry county authorities that Joseph had been somewhat worried over a few debts but he did not believe this fact might have influenced him into taking his life. Entered Through Window ... Joseph had gained entrance to the home by breaking a window in the back of the house. It is believed that he went to Spring Grove some time Thursday and died during the evening. A Chicago newspaper dated Oct. 9 was found in the cottage. A coroner's jury was unable to deand farm management service. About | «ide whether Joseph might have taken two hundred farmers co-operate in the; an overdose of sedative pills by acci- > b4'H' ' i • Bead the Want A*| employment of a nature fipldman who is experienced in farm management and in practical farm accounting. The fieldman spends all of his time working with the co-operating farmers. He visits each one five or six times each year. He helps them with their records, summarizes their books at the end of the year, and brings a complete analysis of each one's business to him after the close of each| year. The fieldman becomes familiar with each co-operator's farm and business and brings to each one the worthwhile practice that he finds in use on other farms. Each farmer's business records are kept confidential. The service was first organized in Illinois in 1925. It is now available in twenty-two counties in central and western Illinois and is being used in Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. . Any farm bureau member who wishes to know more about the service should write or call the farm bureau office in Woodstock. On receipt of such requests, a leaflet describe*- vice, will be mailed. " Expect 12,000 Entries, Live Stook Exposition McHenry county's first entry for the 1941 International Livestock Exposition was made by Mrs. Joan Carlson, proprietor'of » fana near .Bsjrriiigton. She will exhibit in the Hereford steer classes of this year's show, which will be held November 29 to December 8 in the International Amphitheatre at the Chicago Stock Yards. It will be the forty-second annual renewal of the International Exposition, which ranks as the leading livestock show on the continent. Under present world conditions, it also takes world precedence. The management reports that entries for the 1941 show have thus far been received from stockmen and farmers in seventeen states. Entries will be accepted until Nov. 1, when it is anticipated that the total listing will exceed 12.000 head of beef cattle, draft and pleasure horses, sheep, and rMte. dent or intentionally. Following an inquest which was held Friday morning, the body was taken to Chicago for funeral services and burial. Besides the widow, Joseph is survived by two sons. 8100,000 ESTATE FILED Filed for probata in the probate court in Woodstock last week was the $200,000 estate of the late Christopher Statter, 47-year-old Crystal Lake wall paper manufacturer, who died at Lake Zurich early on the morning of Oct. 1. By terms of the will dated May 27, 1935, the entire estate is left to the widow, Edith Alice Statter of Joliet. Other heirs include three children, Irene, 20, a student at Central Illinois Normal school at Normal, 111., Kenneth, 16, and Ralph, 15, students at St. John's Military academy, Delafield, Wis. The widow is also named executrix of the will. The estate, one of the largest to be filed in the probate court at Woodstock in many years, was filed by Attorney Knox of Crystal Lake. V, J. COUNTY CHILDREN OET FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF AID IN OCTOBER BSD CROSS MEETING^ - The annua] Red Cross McHenry county meeting will be held in the Woodstock city council room on Tues. day evening, Oct. 21, at 8:80, DST. Plans will be discussed for roll call. Last year there were 2,300 members enrolled in tfie county and a larger number is expected this year. Officers are Ruth Cunningham, secretary and chairman pro-tem; Vivian Smith, vice chairman, and Freeman GisselbrecHt, treasurer. Mrs. Harold Bacon and daughters, Kay and Mary, of Crystal Lake visited Mrs. Nellie Bscon Wednesday. First distribution of aid to dependent children in MHcenry county will be made this month, it was reported Saturday by Mrs. Lula Barter of Harvard, superintendent of the McHenry county department of public welfare. The distribution comes under the new state law which went into, effect October 1. Mrs. Barter said two applications for monthly awards of eighteen dollars each, are approved and first payment is due Oct. 25. No other applications are now on file. Five of them have been referred to the county board by th*> Illinois public aid commission. J( The aid to dependent children case load is expected to remain small until July 1, due to the fact that the county welfare department does not assume jurisdiction over the county mothers' pension payroll until then. On July 1, Mm. Barter said, aid to children as administered by the ceuaty department, as a Stete ^gepcy wiJl cover three general classifications, mothers' pension dependents, relief cases and children who come under neither of thoee groupings. She explained that an applicant, to qualify, must be a dependent child living either with his father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle or aunt. $20,014.96 in Taxes Paid * toy J. B. Kelter Estate Tfrt^itefter estate this week paid the county treasurer, C. Frank Daly, $20,014.96 in full payment of a compromise settlement between the estate and the taxing bodies of McHenry. These taxes represent the omitted personal property taxes of John B. Kelter for the years 1931 to 1940. After attorney fees are deducted the remainder will be divided between four groups, namely, the city, the high school, the grade school and a fourth group consisting of the township, coutny, road and bridge fund and poor fund. .i . . N O T I C B I Sunday School classes in all departments will be held Oct. 19, at the Community Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O'Keefe, Roy Sanders and William and Charles Thies of Chicago were visitors in the Jacob Thies home last Sunday. ' TEACHERS ML ATTEND L E. 4 MEETING OCT. 17 TWO THOUSAND TO MEK IN JOLIET . JOBflNO EVENTS October IS Public Card Party--Sponsored by C. D. of A. Woman's Society--Community Methodist Church. East River Road Pinochle--Mrs. Clarence Redwanz. October 11 Betty Nielsen's Style Show--Celony Theatre--Sponsored by P.-T. A. Evening Contract Bridge -- Mrs. A. Barbian. October 28 Mothers' Club--Teachers' Party* October 25 Hard Times Barn Dance--Fox Pavilion-- Sponsored by McCullom Lake Community Club. October 88 Pjbblic Card Party--Sponsored by Fox j River Vslley Camp. I • November 4 Public Card Party -- Legion Hall -- - Sponsored by Group 5, Women's So. ciety of the Community Methodist church. November Forte Club Music Festival -- H. S. Auditorium -- Sponsored bf Mathers' Club. •• • November 14 Mothers' Club--R M. Fleming. On Ittday, October 17, Joliet Township High school in the city of Joliet will entertain more than two thousand teachers, principals 'and superintendents, at the one-day meeting of the Northeast division of the Illinois Education Association. The teachers attending this division meet, ing are from Kane, Kendall, McHenry and Will counties. McHenry public school teachers as well as teachers in the rural schools of this county will be in attendance. The theme of the program far this year's meeting is "Education and the American Way of Life." The program wil! open with a concert by the Joliet grade school band, Forrest McAllister, conductor. Following the concert, the band and Mr. McAllister will have charge of the presentation of colors, the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and the entire assembly singing the "Star Spangled Banner." Expect Fine Program T. V. Smith, professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and recent Congressman at Large from Illinois, will discuss the subject "Discipline in Our Democracy." Mr. Smith is well known through the middle west for his radio address. He has spoken before many National Education audiences and is the author of many subjects in the field of politics. Appearing on the program will be the Joliet Township High school band and the Joliet a capella choir, directed by Mr. Alex Zimmerman. Also on the program, in addition to Mr. Smith, is Irving F. Pearson of Springfield, executive secretary of the Illinois Education Asaociation, who will discuss the new laws passed by the last legislature. Edward H. Stullken, principal of the Mountifiore special school of Chicago will speak on the "Education of Problem Children." The Hon. Joe Starnes, Congressman of the Fifth District of Alabama, and a member of the special pommittee investigating subversive activities known as the Dies committee, will speak on the subject "The Trojan Horse in America." ••M EDWARD PEARSON IS VICTIM OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT A Chicago Are department inhalatec squad kept a youthful aute victim alive for more than two hours Friday night after his heart and breathing had been practically stopped by a head injury which paralyzed the nerve center in the brain. The fight proved futile, however, the bofs injury later causing his death. The victim of the accident was Edward Pearson, 9 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elon G. Pearson, 3816 Green view avenue, Chicago, a summer resident of Crystal Lake. The Pearson family has a summer home at Crystal Lake and is well known in McHenry county. FINAL PLANS IN PROGRESS FOR HARD TIMES DANCB Well, folks, it won't be long now until we will all be rug-cutting or square-dancing to the music of BUI Glaser's orchestra at the Hard Times Barn Dance to be held at the Fox Pavilion in McHenry on Saturday night, Oct. 25. For those who enjoy sweet musk we have added afl electric Hawaiian guitar to the ensemble and it will be featured during the evening. The entertainment committee is really putting the finishing touches to the program which will afford amusement to everyone regardless of age. Mrs. Irene Sales wishes to announce to those who have purchased tickets and who may wish to make additions to their parties, that tickets will also be on sale at the door, or by phone at 686-W-l. BUILD FABMBB8 MILL Construction of the new Farmers Mill to replace the old building which burned on August 11 is continuing at a rapid pace. Paul Tanda was a Palatine Saturday. OCTOBER DRAFT QUOTA fj FOR McHENRY COUNTY fj TOTALS THIRTY-THREE ^ McHenry county selective service ^ '^1 draft quota for October has been set at thirty-three. Sixteen men from .&t draft board number one and seventeen from board number two are to be inducted on Oct. 21. Two young men - from McHenry were among those l-§ called. 4B Those to be iQjjatted from board number one are: .V-v^ Emil E. Behm, Robert Hettinga, 'H?| Glenn M. Thomas and Glen W. Pete re, Harvard; Homer F. Malsch and ;rf^ Adolph E. Van Landuyt, Woodstock. ^ Herman Levin, Edwin H. Polnow, Charles P. Coon and Herbert A. An- *^§ thony, Marengo; Francis J. Grasser, West McHenry, and Eugene L. Adams, fjj McHenry. ^ Ray W. KUpatrfck, Solon Mills; '- Lawrence F. Roberts, Alden; lister A. Booth, Sycamore, snd Fred C. f'" Green, Miami, Fla, FIRE DESTROYS FAMED 1 IVANHOE DANCB HALL EARLY TUESDAY MORN Lightning struck Ivanhoe's lavish night spot, Orrie's Ranch, at 2:46 a. m. Tuesday, and resulted in an estimated $88,000 damage when the frame building burned to the ground. As it was long paat closing time, the : % place was deserted and there were no ^ casualties. , Electricity was also the c«se of a ||j blzing sp >ctacle about seven years ago, :v|| when the Ranch's original site, Louis ^ Dietx's Stables, went up in flames after a raging rainstorm, when a tree limb came in contact with a 8280-volt ."j wire. *5 Recently, the original Diets'a Stables | was changed to Orrie's Ranch, undergoing a complete transformation into a picturesque Mdude ranch," with . ^ wagon wheel lighting fixtures and bartenders in cowboy shirts. It was said to have the longest bar in Lake % county. r " fjj|ftv.V f • SEEK THIEF OF TWW . ^ \ OUTBOARD MOTGfll AT BAT , ^ Sheriff Lester Edinger was asked early this week to investigate theft of a twin outboard motor valued at mors . than $100 from the garage at the Pistakee Bay summer home of Verner , Olsen, 1430 Foster avenue, Chicago. '-gi Discovery that the garage had been v|| entered and the motor stolen was made on Sunday by Mr. Ols-m. Other reports of burglary and cottages being ransacked came from Munshawville school, southeast of Crystal Lake. whets the school was entered but t ^ nothing taken, and from cottages in the Pistakee Bay region, now closed fog the Wipter. Raridanoe Changea v |: . r ThaBaycraft family moved recently Item Woodstock to tfcft, Gklo? cottage at McCallom Lake. •' v: *". J&. . . I f J i - ' a?"1* £ ;