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Volume 75 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1950 Ho. 41 Ik 1 RED CROSS MARCH CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY WILL BE BREAKFAST GUEST MERE _ __ ^ • * s aim v lieirhig?? ;i^nipl«klbii for the annual Red Cross fund drive, which opens in McHenry township and the entire count? next Wednesday. March 1. As in years past, those in charge df tin drive are hoping to bring it neai completion by the elope of the first day. Dan A. Jmte.i, general chairman of the township campaign, hat named hiB captains and they, in turn, are formulating committee* of workers. The annual breakfast which precedes the drive wMl hi "held in St. Mary's-St. PatrickV school hall for all workers at f a.m. and will be served by the Christian pothers and^ Altai Society. Guest at the breakfast wil. be C. Rnssell Allen, fund drive chairman for McHenry county. At this time it i;j onW fitting tc recall, some of the interesting and < . KISNKLL ALLEN proud lristory of the Red Cross in McHenry county. By doing So, oSe cannot help but feel closer to the appeal for funds which is being made this year. Prior to tlio |«<iveat of America in the second "World War, the American Red Cross had merely a nominal existence in McHenry county. Upon our entrance in'.the •war the exigencies of the moment made it rievessary to ^revitalize the. Red Cross in this, as well as in every other county in the natipn. Little did McHenry county know that this was the beginning of an American Red Crosis Chapter that would be compelled, because of the needs of our people, to function daily in peace times. The demands upfni " 'the local chapter from the close of the war liiive increased insMl# e>f diminished and today the chapter is a definite force in the social wolfare ,ot McHenry county. From Ja ). 1", 1919, to Dec. 31, ISMS, the Homo Service division processed a total of 1,231 indivldua cases. As many as 100 extra services were involved in the handling of some of these individual cas-es. This included letter- to the Veterans Administration,' procuring of affidavits, filing: of claims, etc. To make this division effective, there were live volunteer Home Service workers and three Social Welfare workers who gave a day a week in the chapter headquarters and they contributed a total of ho»drs to this work. tiny Ladle*, The Gray Ladies who are certified by the McHenry county chapter to work at Downey hobpital in occupational therapy, in th$ library, social service and otherwise assist the veverans, contributed an additional 2,476 hours this past year in the performance of their duties. The county chapter contributes a minimum of $100 each month for cigarettes, candy," game prizes, transportation, pipes and tobacco, gum and stamps for hospitalized veterans. No small part of the program sponsored by the chapter is the Junior Red Cross, which has been organized throughout the schools in the county. At least 350 gift boxes were assembled throughout the schoolB in McHenry county by students and sent overseas this last year. The Safety Services division operated by the local chapter has been eagerly received by the general public. This includes classes in first aid, water safety and accident prevention. Thirty-nine school bus drivers completed the standard a id advanced first aid courses this year and approximately 100 first aid certificates were issued altogether. The water safety program has had a far reaching effect throughout ttye county. Approximately 600 swimming certificates were issued at nine beaches and pools\tlu-ough tije county at an approximate cost of $3,000. Over 2,500 people In the county registered for water safety classes so that they might learn how to care for themselves in the water. Benefits Children The county chapter, through instituting programs designed for the benefit of children, has done much to keep child delinquency throughout the county at a minimum. This at a time when child delinquency throughout the nation has become a major problem, deserves great consideration. The quota for the 1950 fund drive for the county is $14,500. Of the total, $5,504 will go to the national headquarters in Washington for the National Disaster Fund and the balance of the money will stay here at home for the use and benefit of the people of McHenry cbuhty. Not only MlcHenry county but the entire- state has more and more this past year begun to realize the great worth ,of the Red Cross. There were 125 chapters of the Red Cross in Illinois la^t year. Their work was divided into five parts: Work for servicemen and their families; for veterans and their dependents; ;ijfor people in time of special need; for promotion of safety and health service; and in youth citizenship training. To these five programs 1,290,000 people contributed $4,600,000 and over 100,000 volunteers took part in serving their neighbors. These volunteers are selected, trained and organized with the sole objective of providing morale building services to their neighbors. So many have already done so much. In our own generosity wo cannot fail to assist such worthwhile work by contributing to the annual Red Cross fund drive next week. LOCAL COMMUNITY MAY JOIN OTHER AREAS IK DIMOUT ^ Resident* of this- community may very possibly join many parts of the country In a, dimout if the coal strike continues. The Illinois Commerce Commission has called a meeting with representatives of twenty-three public utility companies in the- sttuv. for Thursday. At this tir.c ^ companies will submit information concerning fuel reserves and the possibilities of obtaining additional supplies. If conditions warranty according to the commission,~U may order a 25 per cent redaction in the use of electricity, about the same restrictions as prevailed in 1946. The Public Service Companysaid on Monday of this week that it had a twenty-three day .supply of coal. According; to Walter TV-Fisher, chairman of the commission, a preliminary invtatifcation indicated that if present conditions continue it will be necessary to put curtailment into effect by Monday, Feb. 27, to. assure that vital public services can be maintained. . The Commonwealth Edison Company had a twenty-one-day supply when the ICC ordered a dimout during the 1946 strike. That order banned display lighting. It limited the use of electric power by industry to twetty-hours a week and by commercial users, such as theatres, stores and offices, to the hours between 2 and 8 p.m. six days a week. GEORGE A. DOWE' NATIVE OP AREA, DIED ON PRIDAY George A. Dow*, 70 years oid died at>-his home on Lake street, McHenry, early last Frhiuy morning, Feb. IT, after a long: period of poor health. , <• > He was bom oa Jujv 19 1380, at Bit? Hollow add' attended school in Volo in his youth. He was a foundry worker in Waukegau. where he had resided for forty, years before moving to McHeury three years ago. Survivors include tin widow, Lucy Zens DoWe; one brother, Henry of Waukegan; several nieces and nephews. He was a' brother-in-law of Mrs. Robert Frisby, Sr., of McHenry. The bod^rested at the Jacob Justen Sons funeral home until 10 o'clock Monday morning, when services were held at St. Mary's church, with burial i»rlbechurch cemetery. « . Death Takes J. Jt. Graham, Well KiiOwn Marksman * • The death of J. 11/ Oraliam, lit, of l/oui L&kt;,. is this week mourned by'Slus uui::y< friends in this area. Mr. Graham received worldwide recognition as a marksman, - having v on numerous awards tasked shooting and on the rifle range. The d( censed is survived by his widow. Mary Walsh Graham, and three ir.taif(!ri"H. Mrs. A1 Lennon, l ) o n a I d i . n < l I G r a h a m . Funeral • wore held at 10 o'colck morning at *i. Bede's .church. *ith burial it* i&e "church cemetery. . Unemployment Surprisingly Low In McHenry County tAMASyS OJOY FLORIDA A Ilk' W8 reveiveH this veek from Mi. and Mrs. WiUiam Tamasy, former McHenry residents who now reside in Hacienda Trailer Park. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. They report it to be a beautiful spot, where the ^ three - Tamasys have acquired a tan which would be the e.ivy of their many friends here. Mr. Taniasy is employed }n the Ford garage tit Fort Lauderdale. Mrs. Tamasy is un employee of a store in the park Ind little Billy attends "school there. They plan to return i j McHenry after school: is put-in June. A report made last weekend by Patrick McCabe, unemployment manager at Elgin, disclosed that, contrary to expectations, McHenry county's unemploymetat is surprisingly low. In spite of the paralyzing coal strike and other strikes, there were only ninety-three aew claims originating in this area filed in the county -office. In addition, twentytwo filed here had originated in another state. A total of seven - ty-eight persons filed again and oontinued cases totaled 204. This made a total of 397 claims handled. GERMAN VISITOR Miss Elizabeth Harre-r, niece of Mrs. Charles Herdrich and Joseph Harrer of McHenry, arrived by plane from Germany recently. She left Frankfurt, Germany at 5 p.m. on Feb. 8 and arrived in Chicago at midnight oh Feb. 9. She was met by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herdrich and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harrer and another uncle and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Harrer, of Chicago. Miss Harrer is so enthusiastic over life in the United States, even in her brief stay thus far, that she is contemplating making this her permanent home. ON-FA&M TRAINING i VETS MUST REPORT EARNINGS BT MARCH I Otto Babcock, service officer, McHenry county, says that Illinois veterans who are taking institutional on-farm training undo. GI Bill of Rights are warned by the Illinois Veteranp Commission to make a report of their 1949 earnings by March 1, 1950, or face suspension of their subsistance. The reports must be made to the Veterans Administration so they can adjust each veteran's subsistence for the current year (1950) Reports should cover only the income from productive labor for the calendar year of 1949. They should be based *ipou farm accounting records kept by the veteran trainee as part of his course of instruction. Nearly 13,000 , veterans are taking institutional on-farm training in Illinq^id and of this number 93 percent are operating their own farms. While these reports must be made to the VA, service officers of the' Illinois Veterans Commission can and will assist veterans in meeting the deadline by furnishing information or direct aid. In McHenry county veterans should contact the IVC service officer at Court House street in Woodstpck, who' Is there" every Wednesday... FREQUENT VISITOR* TO McHENRY DIED g-. FRIDAY, AGED 102 V VISITS SOUTH AMERICA' Dr. Joseph P. Frey of Pistakee Bay left last week with a group of Chicago friends for a trip to South America. They are making the trip on water. In their itinerary are included Rio de Janireo, Sao Paulo, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Enrorte hjome by plane they will make a stop at Lima, Peru. Following their return Mr. Frey will go to Hialeah, Fla., where his wife has been staying during his absence. She has been visiting her father John Regner, and sister, Mrs. Louise Lombardo. CAR DAMAGED Floyd L. Radlien of Rt. 1. McHenry escaped injury on Tuesday of this week when he lost control of his car on an ice-covered blacktop roag, four miles south of McHenry. The auto hit a telephone pole and was damaged to the extent of $209. Mrs. Cart Martin and Infant returned home from the Woodstock hospital Saturday. McHenrv friends and , acquaintances this week mourned the death of Ferdinand Je?chkc, 102 years old, of 15.1 N. lltli avenue, Melrose Park. Mr. Jeschkc, a frequent visitor at the home of hi# daughter. Mrs. Fred Schmitt, whqf owns a summer home at Emerald Park, McHenry, passed away at!; his home last Friday. He had 4)eei| bedridden since being taken ill shortly after his 102nd birtliday last Sept. 22. The deceased was a retired cabinet maker for Western Electric Co., and was the oldest pensioner in the Illinois Bell Telephone system. He was born in Stolp. Germany, and came to Chicago in 1869. There he worked for a furniture company until he lost his leg in a factory accident in 1878. He manufactured an artificial leg for himself and in 1886 began his long pertod of employment with Western Electric, continuing until his retirement in 1909. He had resided In Melrose Park since 1872, where he was a village trustee from 1884 to 1889. He was one of the founders of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church. At a party held in the church in observance of his 100th birthday annivei-sary and attended by several hundred people, lie told his friends, "I am satisfied with my age, I eat and sleep good, what more could I want?" Even after his 100th birthday, Mr. Jeschke continued to work about his home,, mow the lawn, chop wood and care for his garden. Survivors include one non, Albert; four daughters, Amelia, Mrs. Lennie Naumann, Mrs. Anna Schmitt and Mrs. Martha Wegnci , also nineteen grandchildren ioiu three great-grandcbildre'n. Services were hold at 3 o'clock Monday from' St. Paul's church with burial in Concordia cemetery VOTE $2,000,0110 ROAD PROGRAM Orfthity Board - Approved Issue Last Week 11 To TWO LEGISLATURE-, CANDIDATES BEGIN CAMPAIGN SPEECHES State Representatives . Thoa«as Rolger ot McHenry an<4 Ae ^rney Discussion took place, pro and con, at the regular meeting dau j Tuesday, after which it was agrevd to meet again the following day for final action, which had been suggested by Todd Nolan, chairman of the road and bridge committee. Such action wa-j necessary, he said, because approval by the state highway aepartment at Springfield was a "must" before the proposal could be submitted to the county board. It was the Wednesday meeting which ended in the 11 to 8 vote to suomit me plan to« the public, One member of the road committee, Supervisor Frank Beck of Harvard, informed the board regarding several points which they and the- general public wouiU ue especially concerned with. T.ic ballots are to specify inters rates not exceeding i \-A pei eon. Then, should the eieciiou iun \, the iictual rate to be paid woulu be the best offer of a bondnig house. The rate may vary beiwev :l ll/» and 2H per ceut,, with au <j-; timate that this would amouiu u, *|%om<etti!ng in neijfhbori.oou oi $;*00,00§.'. • ;r .: £•'_ • O"; ' • I »a. iiOtoi-.-furi ••Jta.v rtoj^li*.v with h- uir'ttfh? Ittx on couiity property owners, would pay lor the bond issue* Although resuient.s of the county aile liable for ttie Raymond Kelley of Huntley ap-, full amount, a large &havo of the peared 011 t"hiee same platform at MFT pevetoae; which last year vo- Harvard lg,»t week and stated fchoii views on legistktio^ to coma before the next session of. the: state legislature. : Bolger faces opposition from a candidate from McHenry county for the first time in his long political career. He has served ten terra? in Springfield for a total of twenty years. Kelley described^his background and qualifications ior the office in his talk before the Harvard Itot^rv Club. Both men have been associated actively with the Democrats in McHenry couniy for many years. Kelley was an unsuccessful candidate for state's attorney of McHenry county in thp 1'948 election although he polled over 6,000 votes to set a record for any Democrat seeking a county office, It was the first campaign speech for Bolger and the second for Kelley. At the last meeting of the McHenry County Sportsmen's League, Kelley talked to the members along with other candidates for the office, both Republicans and Democrats. The primary will be on April 11, at which time the Democrats nominate one and the Republicans will pick three me^i for the general election in November. DELORES VALES WILL APPEAR ON TELEVISION SHOW McHe*ary friends of Miss Delores Vales (knpwn professionally as Lorrie Vales) will have an opportunity to see the lovely young lady on television Thursday evening, Feb. 23. She will appear on WGN-TV between 10 and 11 o'clock in a beauty contest, with winners to be selected by popular vote. Those tuning in the program will be given the address which they may use to^ cast their vote for their favorite. This is not Miss Vales first appearance an TV. Several months ago she appeared in another beauty contest of the same type and was a very close runner-up for the title. This time, when her friends are informed ahead of time of her appearance, it is hoped thai she may emerge the beauty queen. RECEIVES CAP Miss Dorothy Justen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick M. Juste-n. was one of the members of the freshman class at St. Anthony's Hospital School of Nursing in Rockford to be honored at capping services held last Friday evening. Dr.- L. S, Greenwood, president of the hospital staff, was the main speaker. Those from here who attended the program were Mr. and Mrs. Justen and daughter, Jac queline, Mrs. Henry Stilling' and Miss Terry Bauer. McHery residents and thosethroughout the- bounty will have a chance to vote on whether or not they wish to adopt the $2,000,000 road improvement program when they go to the polls for tiie primary elee'tion on April 11. Action to bring the- program up for approval or disapproval of the public was taken last week 'when the board ot ^supervisors voted. 11 to 8 to adopt the county bond issue resolution. TWO WINNETKA^ H Y« TEEN AGED GIRLS :: ->;• ACCIDENT VICTIMS; , 7 Two Winnetka *een-ttped JSiM* were killed in the'se<ond lataI accident of the year near Caiy last Saturday. They Wert; Joyce :Wo"nk, 15, and Ann Aleshirc, also 15. Injureid was Robert Ralph'. ! V o£ Wilmette, who was taken to Sherman hospital. Elgin, An inquest conducted by>Coroner Harry L. Ehorn at Crystal I*ake 011 Sunday de.ilt only with Miss Monk's death, which occurred in McHenry county. Aleshire died in Kane count> enremte to the hospital. Chief witnesses at ;)'.*» inqueat were Frank R. Petselt. 20. of Cary, driver of the cur. and Donald Ortega), 17. of Wilmette, who was sitting in the front of the toboggan. Ortegal told of he and seven other studeuts of New Trier high school starting out in a car and toboggan for a slide near Cary. The toboggan, built for twelve, was being towed by a car. Four rode- in the cut- and four in the toboggan, which was towed by a twenty-foot rope. Rounding a, curve near the Rawson bridge., the toboggan was thrown to the left and at that moment OrteRal said he saw the lights of the approaching car. He said he pulled on the rope to tighten the slack and get the toboggan back on the right side- of the i-oad. When he found this was impossible he told everyone to jump, then rolled off nimself. Petzelt testified that he- did not see the tobeiggan but stopped whei. he felt a slight thud. He found Miss Monk and Ralph under the car and Miss Alesiiire to one- i,ide. LOCAL OFFICERS AID i^JN INITIAL PROJECT MORE HOSPITAL BEDS NECESSARY IN COUNTY i OR COUNT? GKIPPLEjJ In order to assure adequate'hospital facilities for the growing population of McHenry county, residents in all communities therein may be asked to cooperate in a county-wide campaign to raise funds to enlarge the Woodstock hospital and provide repairs on one of the present sections. A meeting of the hospital board. Auxiliary members and physicians oh the staff was held at the court house on Tuesday evening of this week, at which time the question was raised. "Do we want a hospital that will take care of the people of the county?" It was decided that some action must be taken at once but the assembled interested persons decided that the project was too large for a few people and should be decided by a more representative vote. It was disclosed that accordl-.g to the number of hospital beds deemed by authorities necessary for the proper care of a given population, the number of beds required in McHenry county is 120. At present there are fifty beds in the Woodstock hospital and thirty in Harvard. Of these eighty beds, twentysix are located in one section 61 the Woodstock hospital which may very possibly not pass state inspection. The floors in this section are so bad that several radiators have gone through and last wee-k a bed pushed partly through in one place. Should the section noi receive the O. K. of the state, there would be only sixty-four beds in the county, little more than half of the number deemed necessary. Further discussion of this iin: PQrtant matter will doubtless 4fce place in the near future. PLAN LENTEN SERVICES M taled $tSTf,00<), would lie applied toward the bdnd 'jiaynients. No defoiiVe tax figures can be quoted by the committee since the amount received each year through MFT funds varies and because of the uncertainty of the rate of Sin* terest that would be charged by the bonding company. Ask For Bridge Another item of interest presented at the meeting was the petition asking the county to build a bridge at Barnard's Mill, over the Nipperskink creek. Chairman Matt N. Schmitt of McHenry appointed Supervisors Frank Mc- Connell, Frank Mav and Elmer Aavang as a special committee to investigate this bridge. Select Snpervlsor Rry Dusenberry of Marengo was appointed by the board to the newly created office of supervisor of tax assessments. Mr. Dusenberry, member of the county zoning board and formerly 011 the board of review, will hold office until 1954. Carol Harrison To Speak At Annual 4-H Banquet-- ' The annual banquet for 4-11 leaders will be held in Woodstock on March 4, the place to be decided later. Carol Harrison of RlngwQOd, student at the University of Illinois and a resident of 4-H House on the campus, will speak. Carol, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison, was a member of the 4- H ih this community for ten years and 1b now an assistant leader for the Ringwood club. Last year she was chosen as one of the Illinois representatives to the National 4- H Congress- held in Chicago, PLAN FOR CARMVAL The iiinteenth annual Middlebury College Winter Carnival will get underway today, Thursday, Feb. 23* with students and their guests participating in the traditional carnival festivities and enjoying the ski competition offered at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl by twenty of the best men's and woiuen s college teams . * the Utaited States and Canaia. Among the students handling arrangements is Mark W. Hopkins of. McHenry. NEW COMPOSITION The new song hit "Short and Sweet" is a composition of a Barrington resident, Will Back. The recording, which was made by the popular young orchestra leader and his band, was put out on local juke boxes last week. O'n the other side of the record is "I Surrender, Dear," with Mrs. Back, who is known professionally • ai Eunice Clark, singing the lyrica. The first project ot tliu teceilib organised McHenry t .<uu'j cm pter of the Illinois• Ae^ociuiion hot The Crippled w:ll be of !u .'.v'fit 10 all of the crippled uiul iiiiiiu pea bhui-iiiti' in Uiw cuuHtj. progu'un', uCHiyiiea 10 t.hy omsiue world .».H0 tilj th'otj*'le.sis iouuttMe ilia.:" Vim' 411- jonty of people, is a bouiul nfuvitt^ picture project. This was matte possible by a vote of tne uiietio.a oi the bounty organization at a lecent meeting where Airs. Marion Phinney suggestad that a ponable moving picture outfit be purchased from the funds available, the eq.iipm nt to be taken to the various homes of the shut-ins by members of the Gray Lady corps <;f tlio Mellenry county chapter of the American Red Cross. This suggestion was unanimously approved b.v the other board members. Frank liendricks of Woodstock, Fred Sells of Wonder Lakfe and N. Cates of Alden, the executiv j committee, will take immediate action to secure the necessary equipment so the program"can .-tart at an early date. The funds that made this purchase possible was McHenry county's allotment from the state association for the crippled through their letter sales of Easter Seals. This allotment of funds was followed by the organization of the county asseiciatio'ii. Officers of the county are Frank Hendricks of Woodstock, president; George Harding of Woodstock, first vicer-president; Olive Tallman of Wonder Lake, second vice-president; Mrs. Marion Phinney of Woodstock secretary; Fl*ed Seils of Wonder Lake, treausrer; and Noah Miller of Woodstock, assistant treasurer. Members of the board of directors include Kev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer t /of McHenry. y ! - ;:f.. CONTEST RECORD • There are forty Illinois farm flock owners who won county, state and national awards in the 1948-99 National Farm Flock Laying contest. Plaques were awarded to the high record flocks in each county and all poultry raisers completing the notarized records received parchment scrolls certifying their . production. Iji the iipnvediate MjcHjenry community, ; .Mr*. Theodora Garrelts of McCuUpin Lake kept records 011 over 200 lly- Lines and ma,v wqll be proud of a twelve-month'average of 19S.8 eggs per hen on a her^"o\itved basis. l ELECTED HOARD OF.FIf^K Wally oHodgkiqsqn. Kapp^ Sigma senior at Lake Forest college, from McHenry- h$s been ehn teil vice-president of the iutia-uiural board of the college. Tait. board i.-s composed of one member of each organization and their j«»i> is to run the intra-mural .sports pro gram and formulate all rules. Wally is the son of Mrs. Agues l'iek of West McHenry. JOHN WALSH DIES John Wralsh, 86 years old, died at the home of Walter Walsh, south of McHenry, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 22. As The Plain dealer goes to prass, funeral airangements ara fn-j-miyTove.' Ee»4 thy Want Ads. MAN*/ INTii.!lESTINCt« PROGRAMS ASSURED' KIWANIAN3 IN '50 ;. ... KJwanis Club of ilcllfc.ii y tisliip had several distingni.-lu J gjnestB.froni Deivalb ac their me. • ing Monday: IS. .F. Harrison, gi >1 eral manager of Dei\.. lb plum 01" General Electric, Lorea T. Caiu- 'well, instructor at Northern Illinois State Teachers College, an<t Harold Kdwards of Edwards Photo Sound SeWice. These gentlemen, together with Wm. Barringer of the Marengo Kiwanis Club conferred with the directors of tne locwi club on program work. As a result, the kiwanis Club of McHenry Township is assured of many interesting, entertaining programs for the year 1950. A very important committee was set up to bring about closer relations with the agriculture people of this vicinity. Kenneth Cristy, chairman Of the agriculture committee, is working 0.1 the project and the program should alert the people Ot this area to the importnt role agriculture plays in oui lives. Robert Doerfeldt, tli6 president of the club, gave a repWrt on the preparations being made for the Kiwanis International convention at Miami. Fla.. to be held May 7 to 11. Many members and their wives arc planning to attend. More than 10,000 persons are expected to attend the convention. Many nationally known figures will be on hand to address delegates, such as Secretary of Defense IjOuIs Johnson, General Carlos P. Romulo, president of the General Assembly of the United Nations and J- Hugh Jackson, dean of the graduate school of business at Stratford University and President of Kiwanis International. Mlny Hundreds Attended Rites On Ash Wednesday! GUILD DROPS "RED" PLAY FOR "THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BE^N" "The Late Christopher Bean," a homey, heart-warming comedy about a New England family who discover that they are the owners of many valuable paintings by the la^e Christopher Bean, will be presetated by the Woodstock Players, sponsored by the McHenry County Theatre Guild op Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, Feb. 24, 25 and 26 at 8:30 o'clock. With buyers clan\bring for the paintings, t^h? fhmily is ups?t by the fact that they don't' know what to do. The original offering scheduled for this week was "Squaring The Circle", listed in play catalogues as suitable farce-comedy fordpUigli schools and community theatre.- It was described as a Russian "Abie's Irish Rose". A quick reading disclosed that the play might well have been entitled "Abie s Red, Red Rose" and the actors set out at once to avoid changing their announced schedule by deleting the communistic ideologic*-, which had been varefully distorted and made pleasant to the i.awar.- When this was accomplished, ve • little remained Of the play, in essitating a change in offerings: The penitentential season of lent began yesterday, Ash We^esdajr, beginning the six-weeks' period leading up to Easter Sunday, April 9. Hundreds of faithful crowded into local churches for the first of a serie-3 of specfial tente.i services to be continued^ in the weeks to come. „ , In Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, Ash Wednesday was marked by the imposition of ashes of burned palms on the forehead and penitential offices were read as the devout prepared to emulate the forty-day fast of the Savior in the desert. Practices varied somewhat in Lutheran and Protestant churches buc the same idea of repentance remains in the services of all denominations. St. Mary's - At St - Mary's church. WrifeM will be held aa in other years, on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. There will be special lenten instructions by Fr. Kngene Baumhofer on Wednesday*, in addition to the recitation of the rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. On Friday evenings there will be Stations of the Cross and Benediction. Meriting masses will be read at 6:45 and 8 o'clock. St. Patrick's Lenten services at St. Patrick's churcu will be held oa Htv*d» and Friday evenings 7: ro o'clock. The pastor, Fr. Seward C. Coakley, wlil give a series of sermons appropriate to the sea* son on Tuesday evenings qgd-there will be recitation of th^TTIjpeary and Benediction. Friday oentags there will i>e St«tioiu; of the Cross and Benediction. There will b • two masses daily, *1 < aud at o'clock. Methodist The first lenten E-rvice at the Community Methouist church was held Fe-b. 22, preceded by a potluck supper. Future curvices will be held each Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. On March 1, Rev. Earl Olsen of the. Marengo Methodist church will be guest speaker. Zlon Lutheras Wednesday is i-lso the evening chosen bv members of the Xioa Evangelical Lutheran church on which to hold services. Feature ot the weekly rites will be sermon by the. pastor. Rev. Carl Lobitx. St. John's Services w{U be held this week on Friday evening at St. John's church. Johnsburg, fcfLei: which time of night services is indefinite. Morning masses will be mid at S o'clock. Christ the King Christ the King church'at Wonder Lake will have masses daily at 8:10 a.m. and will also have devotions eve»y Friday evening until Easter. These rites will begin at 8:15 o'clock and will include recitation of the rosary, Stations of the Cross and Benediction. fciiS ...-S f ® Second Major Fire Of Week Damaged Garage The second major fire in less than a week occurred in Woodstock last Thursday. Only a few days after a devastating fire had caused $50,000 damage at the Patton shoe store, fire swept through the Harding garage at 225 E. Calhoun street, causing damage estimated at $50,000. George Harding, owner said that about $20,000 in accessories were almost completely destroyed. The blaze originated from aa acetylene torch being used by Bill Warrack. Rt. 1. West McHenry. an employee. W?arrack said the fire started from the torch he was using to heat up a rear spring nnt on a car. He adde-J that the torch ignited grease and oil. Garage employees removed eight automobile* to safety, including a 1950 model. HEAD CASHIER OF SWIFT, NATIVE OF CITY, DEAD Order your rubber i-t Tb- Plaindeaier. Funeral Services were Ml'-lft. 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning from Sacred Heart church. Chicago, for Henry Siers. 64. ot 1421 W. 72nd street. Burial was In St. Mary's cemetery. Chicago. Mr. Siers, born in McHenry. was head cashier of the general office of Swift & Co. An employee of the company for forty-seven years, he died at Little Company ot Mary hospital last Sunday. Survivors include the widow. Mary, and a son. Francis J. Siers. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence of Chicago spent the weekend her mother, Mrs. Mollis Given a, iSM*' iV^,2,3 •J t U 4