er built. . +4DQOR mn.!.o.n.w smalJest a.aal inaks Cne . abes S 8 C ®0 E -- )' ~. .. Sor its type, ever builr. , Ml i.X #0 7:30 --(Central A ,-t-"," ' "%',_,.i'v it s "{:?,'Q ';.' w : : e y Lar M i~ t «o C ue C ANH of the members of | family sleeping ~when the ; broke in the home. They awaken-- Bby the smell of smoke'and sounds es Wreck Home of Joseph _ n, Pioneer: Mer-- + of Village. --FINE RESIDENCE _ _ IN LK. FOREST Rome of Joseph Anderson, ploneer Forest merchant, in Woestern Lhuvflhgo.ul:llb'dock morning. -- Anderson and his nflfiurhda narrow es-- 6 being trapped in the burn-- walued at $20,000 is regarded as a imesday morning, with Rev S. E. bck, officiating. E. Shannon, of Poultney, Vermont in funeral of E. E. Shannon was at his late home at Channel Lake as Alice Goldy of Woodstock vis at the home of her sister, Mrs. :(hrhfl.lwn.unolmehou- Lfih&nfl'.vfiltbm ves this week. He has been sta d at March Field Cal., ter sever-- Hnda Drom was operated on at L--:mmm» icitis on Saturday morning. m on adjoining nt residence. & Antioch Creamery has been re »d, and is under the direction of armers of this vicinity. a-- Albert Barnstable family are Ig into the home which they re-- y purchased on North Main St. er Lusco, who recently occupied puse, has moved to a farm on hte side of town.> 8. L. Bell, of Chicago, spent the ky season with Antioch relatives. . and Mra Charles Tiftany, of by the --death of his father, E. and Mra Herman Bock left on dJay tor Roseland, Florida, where expoct to spend the balance of is Goldie Davis spent New Year's relatives in Kenosha. :ummumnmm v Friday after having spent a :nm-_numu teral services for the late W. J. s, of Fox Lake were held at the The 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o Hremen, although handicapped axtreme cold did valient and fire completely gutted the 5 and destroyed the roof be-- believed to have from spent the week end with the body was mounted on a sill and both 2. For the first time in history, battle-- --an easier car to handle--a faster car to await the usual discom-- fort --it will never TDrive over cobbles and uk % C WE .Y Sew "'-vilhdndelguoltbobody, © Spectacular Performance The results of these, and other basic in-- Mpl::e.o?;n . si.h .buuy og e otor car value; % comfort, safety, strength md:ostin- pressive and important of all --perform-- 4; For the first time since the invention of The Victory are a single integral unit It compares with no other car or class, E%yhndianym,ndhfly and thoroughly original--is 1i fl[m"dhdn.inmlz ause NO car, either here or abroad, must Bgu,hcmthqufimply do 0S . |ayoHes wrires OF FREWZ ESIDFENCF ! TEMPERA'IUE IN SUNNY SOL construction (i. e., double steel ) is here applied to the motor car. VICTORY S1x BY --DODGE BROTHERS of a single unit, there Q/fnnounoing,o } 'lk_munt meeting and banquet of [th of the Antioch Township High ESchool was attenled by more than one hundred people, several of whom, came quite a distance to be Aresent at the, occasion. Among the after dinner speakers, were, Dr. F. N. Gaggin, of Chicago, and John Hodge, of Waukegan, both of whom are ftorm-- crprhd)thdtb&.ehool. This was the first meeting of the Alumani, and steps were taken to form a permanent organization. Albert Herman was se lected to serve as the first president. tent. 1 Lirst meeting and banquet of ;tlm--dot the Antioch Township High School was attenled by more than one hundred people, several of whom, came quite a distance to be mMr. and Mrs. Tred and sons werg Libertyville callers on on Friday. Mrsd. Emmett Geary" and son weer Maywood enllon"? Saturday. s James Koser James Davis, vis-- ited in Libertyville on Saturday. THE INDEPENDENT $1.50 aA YEAR DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME EACH TEEK. NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY The Woman's Club held a card party at King's drug store on Thursday af-- ternoon. @ Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pety spent the holidays> with relatives in the south-- ern part of the state. O&I Fellows, at their meeting on Friday evening. After the meeting, cards and bunco furnished amusement. Re freshments were served and everyone enjoyed the occazsion to the fullest ex-- Chanute Field, I!l, He is a student in the Air Corps School. + Mr. and Mrs. Peterst spent the hol-- idays with relatives at Muhphysboro, were juct sticking their nosw mmunmam '!thand;-dnvt;hqb:.mu'wz:cw grow again. ons, ium.mm:a':'m«mm still, with their backs up and waited till this morning, to do it again. My wife has gotten back to normal health again, and took advantage of Also rain or snow was spoken of}labor in Florida at the present time. from the Fijis to Scotland, with New , Except ~where the colored woman ymmuumamlmmvmuwmmw We have had three days of rain and |and children in "rashuns." Three of are satisfied that:the drouth spoken them just went by, going to the bay of in my last is permanantly broken.|to see #f they couldn't get a mess of The frogs are trying to make us be--!fish, to add to the "greens" and sow Ueve that we are back where the belly that makes up the most of their sleigh bells used to chime saisty years living. 3 ago. -- And the difference in the notes -- All Lake County people here, took are hard to distinguish. "Silent night", Christmas dinner with Mrs. Wake for an instant and the next in fubl field. Too Gond Too Much. That's chorus. _ But the weather turned off , all. ' warm enough to have an out lloorl H. D. HUGHES and then back to "frost" next morning Miami, Fis., saying that the thermom-- eter was standing at 35 in each case, the same night. We had it from 26 'OfOr euic1ency _ __ struments, color combinations and other C glomenin Pineirrayeandgesdan * '--P?l:: ' of style and good taste. --a faster car to _ Indeed, you have a distinct and thrilling g impression that the car in which you are riding $ f is long, low, swift and 3 * safe--a car of surpass-- i ¥ j Ang originality and As this is the last day of the year, and about the most springlike of any that 'we have had for some time, prob-- ably it is as good a time to write as | any. We heard from many different parts of the world and in most cases, Mr la. Lynn Haven, Florida, "December 31, 1927. Splash shields, a constant .Splaah:hiddn,ae;.mu of noise, mc&r%flo& m:ym;odmw A Car of Striking Beauty Mmfimmu.:%-h-- lomovpcn_he_(ghtm head-- The aim of all parts in The Vlcuoly' body---tnd' 2 welded into a single unit. u«.i':?;: quietness at all speeds. room and road ilnafiqof known. -- A hanch boodg, with doors that ciose with ioi nirsnpaint me, ~ ~ «1 o + > on ceaabet And the double steel walls mean double protection in case of accident--double Quiet and Comfortable Safe, Strong and Stable 0 wrilé a8| The DuPonts are financing the two y different bridges that are to cross St. Andrews nost cases, Bay, at different points on the "Gulf re having Cogst Highway," and they will get it Mass., and back in tolls to the tune of about two 1otor--specially engineered for ory--preserves this luxurious Mr. angd Mrs. K.. C. Werden were in Grayslake on Friday. : Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boehmer call-- on friends in Waukegan on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cook were Mc Henry ca¥ers on Wednesday. Mrs. and Mre, D. L. Brown and sone, were Waukegan callers on Tuesday. Mis Marguerite Garvin is spending a few days in Chicago. business caller here on Wednesday. Mrs. Clyde Wright of Fremont. call-- ntthokhnooldlhmon'l'm:z: Mrs. J. L Harris and sons are ing, this week, in Milwaukee. Miss Mae Burke is spending the week at her hom ein Milwaukee. of McHenry spent New Years Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Clyde and Dorothy Peck, of Chicago spent Christmas here with their moth-- er, Mrs. Edith Peck. Alex Schnapp was a Chicago caller on Saturday. f Mrs. Fannie Pratt spent Christmas with her daughters, in Chicago. E. H. Meyer is confined to his home with an injured foot. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The ice houses of the vicinity arebe-- ing prepared for filling. Miss Ethel Peck is spending a few days in Chicage. H. D. HUGHES P. 8. I forgot to say that the roses. carnations, petunias and pansys are in bloom, and that the hens ave laying "slxty--cent--eggs" every day, and this morning, a flock of qual fléw up out of our garden. Robins and meadow larks'in flock,; with bluebirds looking for a nest, in the corner post by the street. Now I will take this to the Post office and see if it ever gets to the Independent Miice Happy New M. 68. Clark returned home from a trip to Texas this week. 0 0 0 0O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o -- WAUCONDA .« o own them. And incidently, the prop erty that they own along the route may increase in value. Hope so. Road work and bridge work, along with saw milling and turventining, con stitutes all the work that calls for labor-- in Florida at the present time. ERxcept <where the colored woman takes in washing to keep her "man" and children in "rashuns." Three of them just went by, going to the bay to see i they couldn't get a mess of fish, to add to the "greens" and sow belly that makes up the most of their All Lake County people here, took Christmas dinner with Mrs,. Wake millions of dollars before the state wil the warmth to go all over'the house looking for roaches, and it being to their liking, they came out to look for her »and"the meeting was disastrous tor the roaches. Like the poor, they are always with us in the South, Mrs. H. C. Stoker spent Tuesday in Mr. and Mra Frank Meyer and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fisher were in h.i *% Liloyd -- Fisher: and Elwood Dowell mwwGMfl& "Mr. and Mro. Geonge Schied and daughter, Lillian and Mra. Ella Powers visited at the Lloyd Fizher home on Monday evening. C Mrs. Richard Dowell and daughter and Milton Dowell visited at the Lloyd Fisher home on Monday eve Mrs. Cora Dowell is taking care of her--daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, who is seriously ill. e > i) & Joe Passfield visited at the home of his parents on Wednesday morning. \Mra. Joe, Vogt and daughter wers Me® and Mrs. Leslie Davi and fam-- ily motored to McHenry on business, Harry Case is very ill at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin callers in this vicinity on Mr® and Mrs. Leslie Day Association, for a good many years and active in Sunday school work,. and it is a generally known fact, that she is to be greatly missed by everyone. * Rev. Brown was. unable tto drive out from Chicago, last Bunday, because of the snow, and consequently; there were no church szservices. ~ * f Tho%lu Sprague and: Nehmer families New Year's dinner at the home --of Mr. and Mrs.--Walter Lipps, at: Highland Park. Mr. and Mrs. Paulu Storm visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leum and other relatives, over the holidays. Last Friday, Jake Bierger was buried in Vernon cemetery. s was employ-- edbytlnl'dfl!o'mm.u Cisgero{/ and met with an' re eulting in his death. Mr. Bierger was very well known here. eays there are --even --very nice girls down there, but why shouldn't they be, just as well as here. -- The Adult Sunday*school class will hold their monthly meeting at the home of C. J. Herschberger on Mon-- day evining, January 9. The Annual meeting and Election of officers for Washburn Congregation al church and Sunday school will be held at the church on Sunday after noon, January 8 at 2 o'clock. A large 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o 0 0o o 0 o 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o show the esteem, with which she was held. Mrs. Stancliff was at the head Thursday, January 12. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Meyer and son George, returned last week from San Benito, Texas, where they have been spending the past six weeks, mak ing the trip by automobile, a total of 1700 miles, and all but about 400 miles is pavement and the most part of that is gravel and the traveling is fine. The valley is devc'wng rapidly and has a fine future ore it. Geotge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0o 0 0 0O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o It is expected that the board will conceive some system of checkinsg up on the claims of visitors to echools or arrange for an additional escort for students to their homes in such cases or it may contrive some entirely new plan which will foll the objects of "The matter will be discussed at length at the meeting of the board in January," Mr. Buck declared today, "and some plan will no doubt be ar-- rived at --which will prevent a repiti-- tion of the Los Angeles affair in Waukegan." Other Members Agree Since the Los Angeles affair, Mr. Buck has conferred with several members of the board whom he has chancved to meet and all have agreed that some measures.should be taken to assure greater protection for chil-- dren in the schools. ¥ would--be kidnapers. The youthful appearance of the kid-- naper and murderer aided him in car-- rying out his plot. Like that of Los Angeles preceding the horrible fate of the innocent Psar-- ker child, the Waukesan school sys tem is within a set policy for meeting such situations. Only the : ordinary suspicions that might be aroused by actions of would--be kidnapers or oth ers seeking to gain custody of a child might serve as protection for youth of the city. > Need for greater protection of stu-- dents is sensed following kidnaping end . tragic death of little .Marian Parker of Los Angeles, after she had been' placed in the custody of William E. Hickman, who took-- her from a high school on a claim that her father had been seriously injured in an au-- tomobile accident and was calling for her. Hickman Found It Easy Hickman in obtaining custody of the child, furnished the instructors with a tale that was not questioned. Protection for stéhool children of Waukegan against beings ~"made vic-- tims of kidnapers or other designing persons who may vigit schools and up-- der the guise of friends of the family or messengers sent by relatives ob tain custody of a° child, will be fur-- thered at the meeting of the board of education early in January, Fred W. Buck, chairman, declared today. ACT TO PROTECT _ SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM KIDNAPERS Waukegan School Board Will Adopt Measures at January . Meeting. HALF DAY ENDENT. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1928.-- at the Milton and Adah Dowell business in McHenry on iPassfield home on New Year's Day. All the roads in this vicinity are in very bad shape, on account of the snow storm of the past {ew days. _ --Richard Lloyd Fisher is still very rot Inn, on New Year's Eve. Joe Passfield called on his parents on Saturday evening. j George Passfield, of Crystal Lake, ;cmh t New Year's with the home peo-- pie, -- ERllwood Dowell was a caller at the Harry Pasefiecld home on Tuesday. John Passfield is reported to be on the gain. Frank Rossdeutscher of Crystal Lk. was a caller here one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dowell and family motored to Wauconda Friday. Mrs. Clinton Ravin and son spent Saturday with her parents Mr. and Lloyd Dowell was a business caller at the iJoe Freund bome on last Fri Mrs. Jooe. Wagner is spending a few weeks in Chicago. 5 Frank Henkle of Wauconda, was a Volo caller on Thursday. Miss Margaret Steinsdorter is visit-- ing at the home of Miss Beatrice Wil-- born on January 2. Joe is the proud-- est daddy in these parts. A number from this community at-- tended the opening dance at the Par-- All the world loves a lover--partice-- larly if he doesn't bother it too much with the details.--Atchison Globe > to Wauconda on ln.tmda; k The little daughter of:Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy is very ill at her home. Lloyd Fisher transacted business in Wauconda on Wednesday. _ Mrs. Harry Passfield is spending a week at the hbhome of her daughter, Mrs.' Llioyd Rddy. . 783 lgl PACKARD EIGHT m i PRICES REDUCED Fady was a caller at and James Dowell motored AS'K\\ T H E ' ';-_¥AN W H O /°OW N S O N B. Seven Pass.Sedan Limousine $5250 $4550 $700 Seven Passenger Sedan . . 5150 4450 700 Two Pass. Convertible Coupe 4950 . 4250 700 Two Passenger Coupe .. . 4800 4150 650 Five Passenger ClubSedan . 4950 4450 500 Four Passenger Coupe . <. 49590 4450 500 The Packard factories are busy to capacity --busier than ever before in nearly thirty years of fine motor car building and at a season of the year when activity is least expected. It is but good business for Packard to share its prosperity with those who buy its products. Therefore the new prices. There has been no change in quality. Fach car is identical paint and upholstery options costing hundreds of dollars extra gives the Packard Fight an : t first codk advanikat The lower prices make it possible for many additional thouw sands to step up to the possession of America's finest and most modern car. PACKARD'SownCustom_Eight cars are to-- day reduced in price as follows : We shall be pleased to put this great car into your hands fo a demonstration and in return ask only the privilege of tellin you what-- your present car is worth inwp:rrt-m---'r "--E Packard may be purchased on our payment plan. 'Exchisive Dealers for Waukegan and Vicinity \ur THE INDEPENDENT i9 DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR FOR ONLY $1.50 Lawrence Tidewater association, will speak on his favorite subject;> J. A. O. Preus, former governor of Minne-- sota, will be the after dinner speaker the first night, taking some phase of Extensive educational exhibits will be provided the institute meeting by the University of Ilincis college of agriculture; the state department of agriculiture and the western weight-- ing and inspection bureau. tion" are topics on .which speakers are yet to be obtained. man Fred C. Purnell, of Indiana, ranking member of the house commit-- tee on agricuiture, will speak on fed-- eral legislation. "Agricultural and+Industry" will be the subject on which Clifford V. Gre-- ing, and farm relief, are some of the outstanding projects for -- addresses and discussion at the big meeting. W. H. Harding, former governor of lTowa, director of the Great Lakes--St. while members of the committee in charge of arrangements have invited Vice President Charles G. Dawes to address the institute. Deep water-- ways, cooperative marketing, the cam-- ~ EJ ®, CGupCLaurd IHauinciliis, uC Calli-- paign against the corn borer, dairy-- ing, and farm relief, are some of the Waukegan |will be host to several men of pro ence who are listed as speakers on (the program of the Illi-- nois Farmers Institute which will convene in its $3rd annual session in Waukegan, February 15, 16 and 17. Two 1 governors and at least NOTED MEN WILL ABDRFSS MEETING --OF FARMERS Two Fornj Congess \Mlfid Genesee Street Waukegan, l!I. Ath Ni (Prices do not include freight and Government tax) er Governors and a nan Already Listed n Program. OLDPRICE NEWPRICE REDUCTION $5250 $4550 _ $700 & 5150 4450 700 e 4950 . 4250 700 + 4800 4150 650 -- 4950 4450 500 -- 49430 4450 500 We have earnestly sought to do this in the past. We shall redouble our efforts in the future. We are better organized and better equipped for this than ever before. To youCadillac and La Salleowners, whose generous patronage makes our business possible, we pledge a The Cadillac and La Salle Owners of this Community McCormick Motor Sales <OR 1928 o Our Eop 304 So. Genesee St. WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS service for the coming LEDGE i¥ * * «*