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A. • : - - . J THE M'HENST PL4INDEALKE, THTJB8DAY, DID. 2, 19* /SOCIAL AND CLUB r / OOINQS 0* Party Another novel and original party enjoyed by the telephone girls they were delightfully enterat a Japanese party at the of Miss Pamela Reitzel on Tuesevening. The guesls all came >i pressed in Japanese costumes and the prevailing idea was carried out dur- •;t Jng the evening. The house was f . prettily decorated with chrysathe- ^ urns and chop suey was served. Bun- I was played, with high honors goto Loretta Steffes and to Dorothy Matthews. For Mrs. On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. John Engeln entertained at cards In honor of her sister, Mrs. Frank Hironimus, of Volo. Five hunded and bunco were played. The first prize in cards was ^ Vron by Mrs. Katherine Wagner, second prize by Mrs. Edith Karls, third . prize by Mrs. Clara Lenzen and fourth prize by Mrs. John Engeln. At bun- ' ro Mrs. John Keg won first prize and Mrs. Henry A. Freund won second. Refreshments were served at the close of a pleasant Progressive Twelve Mrs. Agnes Wentworth entertained the Progressive Twelve Card club at the home of Mrs. F. E. Cobb on Wednesday afternoon at cards. Mrs. Gertrude Schaeffer won first prize, Mrs. George Bohr second prize, Mrs. Agnes Wentwoth third prize and Mrs. Joe Rothermel fourth prize. Refresh* ments were served at the close of a pleasant afternoon. The next meeting will be with Mrs. J True** GNEher aBOOVERW you give her 'At BEST/ This Christmas make sure of one thing--that her workshop, your home, is given at least something of the efficiency of the place where yon spend your business hours! She deserves it, heaven knows! She deserves something better than old-fashioned, inadequate tools... the broom, the dustpan, the dustmop. She deserves the BEST, and now more than evert that best is The New Hoover and "Positive Agitation May we show you how? Only takes a moment. Come in or phone and we'll call. The New BooM* complete with Dusting Tools, now only S6.2S down! Jacob Justed & Son MeHenry, Illinois Popular Twelve Club Mrs. J. W. Freund entertained the members of the Poular Twelve Card club at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Five hundred was played and first prize was won by Miss Rose Huemann, second prize by Mrs. N. E. Barbian, and third prize by Mrs. Ted Kalin, with consolation going to Mrs. J. Heimer. Refreshments were served and the next meeting will be with Mrs. Ted Kalin. by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doherty surprised by a few of their friends at their new home, south of town, on Wednesday evening of last week. Several games of cards were played and evening was enjoyed, after Dklahomans win a§ STOCK SHOW JUDGES A. and M. Quintet Make* Total of 4,407 Out of Po+ mble 5.000 Pointa. Ladies' Aid "About twenty-three members attended the Ladies' Aid society at the home of Mrs. E. E. Bassett last Wednesday afternoon. A comfort was tied and articles were made for the bazaar which will be given Dec. 11. Many new members joined the society and a profitable afternoon was spent, at the close of which delicious refreshments were served. Btaco CM The Banco club was entertained at the home of Mrs. N. J. Just en on Saturday evening. Several games of bunco were played, with high honors . _ _ . , , Mayme Harrison of the. wln.nin« team> JanM* CuN the second consecutive year the team of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college won first place In the collegiate Judging contest at the International Live 8tock exposition here. The winning team of five made a total score ot 4,407 points out of a possible 5,000: missing a perfect score by 593 point*, and fell 52 points under the school's winning score last year. Members of the team are J. Culbertson, W. D. Gray, Harold C. Gould. B. G. Glasscock and Maurice McSpadden. McSpadden Is a nephew of Will Rogers, comedian, who served as host Of this judging team at Kansas City on the way to the International. The Kansas Agricultural college took second place, missing first honors by a margin of only 31 points. Its •tore was 4,878, The University of Nebraska was third with a total of 43&°. while Missouri was fourth with 4,346 points. Teams from other schools ranked as follows: Purdue, 4,253; Colorado and Iowa State tied for sixth place, with 4,248; Texas, 4,715; Ohio State, 4.191; Minnesota, 4,156; Kentucky, 4,153; Wisconsin, 4,142; Ontario Agricultural college, 4,083; West Virginia, 4,043; North Dakota, 4,040; Illinois, 3,947; South Dakota, 3,885; Wyoming, 3,859; Mississippi, 3,817; Michigan State, 8,776; South Carolina, 3,759; Pennsylvania, 3,754, and Massachusetts. 3,678. Teams from 23 states competed in the judging contest, establishing a new record for the contest Individual honors went to a mem- Elgin visbeing won by Mrs. and Mrs. Caroline Schiessle, while Mrs. Elizabeth Laures carried away the consolation. Dainty refreshments weret served iat the close of the evening. . : % WeddtuR Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Schaefer celebrated their eighteenth wedding anniversary Sunday, November 28. About fifty relatives and friends were in attendance. The afternoOYi was enjoyed in playing cards and games and at five o'clock a delicious chicken dinner was served. Those present also enjoyed a mock wedding and an oldfashioned charivari. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer received many useful gifts. All the guests left wishing the happy couple many more years of wedded life.. - - * *«it ertained at Dinner Mrs. John Niesen entertained as her guests at a six o'clock dinner on Thanksgiving, Mr. and Mrs. James Lafkas, Richard Schoenberper and son, "Dickie," Miss Vera Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beller and daughter, Monica. After the dinner they attended the dance at wf Polly Prim pavilion. Variety Card Ctob The Variety Card club met at the home of Mrs. Martin H. Freund Sunday evening. Games were played with high honors going to Mrs. Johj^ Lay, Mrs. John Thelen second, and consolation to Mrs. John Mertes. At the close of the game^ a delicious lunch was served. j West Side Card Club " | The members of the West Side Card j club were entertained at the home of! Mrs. P. M. Justen on Monday even-j ing. Five hundred was played and J first prize was won by Mrs. Henry j Kinsala and second prize by Mrs.! Delia Matthews and consolation by Mrs. N. J. Justen. Delicious refreshments were served. Mothers' Club The Mothers' club will meet at the home of Mrs. John F. Knox on Friday afternoon at 2:30. bertson, who shattered a record of 26 years' standing. His score of 941 out of a possible 1,000 was 94.1 per cent perfect, the highest in the competition alnce the event was founded in 1900. W. C. Bute of the Missouri team was second with 932, another high total, while J. D. Amend of Texas was third with 925. The standing of ottyer contestants : E. JEL Crawley, Nebraska, fourth; W. A Armstrong, Kentucky, fifth; W. D. Gray, Oklahoma, sixth; H. Johnfeon, Kansas, seventh; G. J. Stewart, Kansas, eighth; P. Kodgers, Missouri, and R. VadnalS, Missouri, tied for ninth place. Oklahoma's victory gives the Stillwater school two legs on the Intercollegiate trophy offered by the Union Stockyards and Transit company. The Cbp must be won three times to be retained permanently. , Iowa, Texas and Purdue teams have each won twice. Oklahoma's victory in the collegiate contest was dne to Its consistency in all departments. It placed ftecond In the horse and sheep clashes and fifth in the cattle and hogs departments. Students from the Ontario Agricultural college of Guelph, Ont., the only Canadian college represented, placed thirteenth. In the 1925 contest the Ontario quintet placed third. The Kansas Agricultural college team won the collegiate crop judging contest, scoring 4,449.4. Iowa State made a close race for the first honors, however, totaling 4,434.5. North Carolina was third with 4^304.1. Following are the standing of the other colleges: Oklahoma, 4,202.2, fourth; Ohio State, 4.118.2, fifth; Nebraska, 4,202.8, sixth; Michigan State, 4,081.3, seventh; West Virginia, 4,027, eighth. Individual honors went to W. L. Adams of North Carolina, who made a score of 1,509.3. Samuel G^odsell of Iowa was rtose with total ofl,505.4 | out of a possible 1.600. S. B. Ceffman of Kansas was third, leading the winning squad with a score of 1,493.5. Other leading individual scores were: R. F. Baker, Iowa, 1,480.3. fourth; Albert Watson, Kansas, 1,479.2, fifth; S. M. Raleigh, Kansas. 1,476.8, sixth; W. A. Alexander, North Carolina, 1,450.9. seventh; J. S. Simpson, Iowa, 1,448.8, eighth; L. H. Bronnan,*Oklahome, 1,432.9. ninth; D. M. Glenn, Ohio, 1,419.0, tenth. WEEKLY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR CITY As Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed ti By Our Friends \ v . Leo Winkle spent Sunday in Chicago. Miss .Myrtle Zenk spent Saturday at Elgin. Miss Marian Stoffel spent Sunday at Rockford. Mrs. Ed Kelter was an Elgin visitor Monday. C. W. Goodell was an Elgin caller Wednesday. N» George Johnson Ww^an itor Wednesday. Henry Schaefer was an Elgin caller Wednesday. James Halpin spent Wednesday evening at Elgin. * Merwin Kent was a Crystal Lake called Tuesday. Mrs. Margaret Stoffel was a Chka go visitor Friday. N. H. Petesch spent Wednesday evening at Elgin. Mrs. Raymond Powers spent Tuesday at Waukegan, Ray Conway was a business visitor at Elgin Tuesday. Mrs. Thomas Phalin was a Chicago visitor Wednesday. Frank Gans was a week-end guest of Chicago relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Cannon wen Waukegan visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Pich of Chicago spent Monday in MeHenry. A. E. Nye was a business visitor in Chicago Wednesday. Miss Letah Patzke spent last week with relatives in Chicago. Roy Kent was a business visitor at Crystal Lake Tuesday. Miss Adeline Vogt spent last week with relatives a^ Elbum, Fred Schoewer was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Arthur Boger of Chicago spent Thanksgiving day with his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. A.' L. Purvey were visitors at Elgin on Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Lester Page were visitors at Waukegan Sunday. Una Weisner of Volo spent Tuesday with Mrs. Frank Rossing. Parker S. Webster of Chicago was a business visitor here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thurwell visited relatives at Rockford Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Phalin and daughter, Eleanor, spent Saturday at Elgin. Leon Miller of Tulsa, Okla., spent two weeks visiting relatives here. Dr. and Mrs. N. J, Nye spent the week-end with friends in Chicago. Mrs. P. W. Engeln and Dora Engeln were Chicago visitors Saturday. Dana McKnight spent ^Thanksgiving day with relatives a? Aurora. Mrs. Charles Frett and family of Aurora visited relatives here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Vogt and family visited relatives at Elburn over Sunday. William and Eleanor Sutton visited friends at Evanston ovei^ the weekend. Mrs. Josephine Pouse vtstted relatives in Chicago several days last week. Mrs. Ed Walsh of Chicago visited relatives in this vicinity one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Hoeft of Chicago called on friends here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. F>rwerda and family visited relatives in Chicago on Sunday. Mrs. Merwin Kent and Miss Lenore Freund were visitors in Chicago Friday. Minnie Ferwerda spent several days last week with relatives and friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Prank O'Flaherty were guests in the James Frisby home Thursday. Miss Esther Peters of Woodstock spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs George Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, George Stoffel and Miss Pryor visited in Chicago Saturday. Arthur Peterson of Sound Lake was a Thanksgiving day guest of idr. and Mrs. A. Eddy. Kenneth Howe of Fort Sheridan spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. Hattie Howe. A. Ramus of Elgin was the guest of Arthur Krause at his home here over the week-end. Mrs. Andrew Eddy spent the last of the week with friends and relatives in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rossing and children visited relatives at Waukegan on Sunday. William G. Schreiner and son, Maurice, were taking in the sights in Chicago last week. Miss Mayme Keg of Chicago spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keg. Thomas Stanton, mother and sister of Long Lake, spent Monday with MeHenry relatives. Mrs. Gus Peters of Woodstock spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. George Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson and family spent the week-end with relatives in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Carey and Misses Lena and Clara Stoffel visited at Evanston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gritzmacher spent a few days the last of the week with relatives in Chicago; Miss Ruth Whiting 6f Chicago spent the week-end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Vogt. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wagner and daughter, Marian, spent Sunday with relatives at Ringwood. Mrs. Peterson of Chicago spent last week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkle. Mr. and Mrs. Art Kennedy of Rockford were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Thurwell. Mrs. M. W. Lewis and children of Kenosha spent Thanksgiving day with Mr. and Mrs. William Tesch. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greeley and family were Sunday dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Klonts. We wish in this manner to convey our thanks to those who assisted us during the fire Sunday evening, A fine spirit of co-operation was maai- - fested and duly appreciated. 26 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henaefr , ii. u ' •*€ Card ef Thank* . 'v I desire to publicly thank the members' of the fire department and others who assiisted during the disastrous fire which destroyed my bakery Sunday night. They made a brave fight " and accomplished great results in preventing the spread of the flames., 26 Frank Hoffman. Endowment ' The best philanthropy for the Sim old American stock would be to en* dow a high chair.--Duluth Herald. Card of Thanh* We wish to express our tteffles e appreciation for the assistance rendered us during the disastrous conflagration on Green street Sunday,,^ Nov. 28. The work of the department and helpers is to be commended. ' t' ->• Smith Bra*. ' • Thanks - I desire to publicly express my _ • thanks and appreciation to the Henry Fire Department and all those? { , , who assisted during the fire whicht? 4 ; destroyed the building owned by me., .' v» on Green street, Sunday night. Th» valiant fight made saved many othei?: business houses from destruction. * , ' • Walter Carey. tvbry' tjfdcds; $rom single mirrors tei 12-piece dresser sets--always pleas* ing and acceptable as Christmas gifts* A. B. Nye's Gift 8hop, Weft Hciienry; 29 20 --.v Every member of. the family should share the pleasure and benefit of ep Christmas Club memberslup. It's pleasure to the grown-ups and it'# s fun and good training for the kid-i" "r~ dies. Fox River Valley State Bank, / MeHenry, 111. 26-8 J Aa' enlargement in a swing fraaa^" will make an . appropriate giffrf^ Bobb Studio. 25-Sf.;; < • . t f * » Bedt the crowd to the ing J KENT RADIO The real joy of radio to. those who own the best. And the experienced radio fan knows the best in radio now moans Atwater Kent. Atwater Kent Model No. 35, $70.00 Demonstration will be gladly given any time you call. We will relieve you^of all technical details and give you, through our service, copplete radio satisfaction. • TERMS IF DESIRED / Let the Air Amuse Ytffc KNOX MOTOR SALES $ Exclusive Atwater Kent Dealers Fkones 30 and 31 1 Canadian Railroad Men Vote Strike; No Dale Set Montreal.--The action of the membership of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in voting to strike to obtain an increase in wages, has been folly indorsed by representatives of both .unions. No date had been decided- when the men will quit work. Teach German in Aliaee Paris.--France will teach <ierinan to residents in Alsace and Lorraine, •JJPremier Polncare announced.«. Rues Envoy Diet in England London--Leonid Krassin, Russian So viet charge d'affaires in London, is •tad here from pernicious anaemia. To Pay Alien» $100,000,000 Wash!npton.--Representative Tread- Well (Hep., Mass.), a member of the Ways iind means committee, has announced a plan to obtain a congressional appropriation of $100,000,000 for adjustment of alien property Claims. Football; Broken Back; Diet "Buffalo, N. Y.--Harry Finegan, sixteen- year-old Southpark high school toy, died from a broken back received "%a football game. We Don't Want JSEiti ther ? wh you receive most nourishmeilt, from poultry that has been killed from three six^months and packed on Ice for the same length of time or from the farmer that is killed after yon ordered it?--Circular ot ai poultry uiui'M. Horses in AJ* ' Algeria is said to contain oUUUt* It may seem a little early, but in about four weeks Christmas and its crowd of hurried shoppers will be upon us. Then you will be apt to find that choosing presents for the men of your family will be one of the hardest tasks of the holiday season. Let us help you select Ihe things that men most appreciate. We have the finest Hart Schaffner & Marx suits and overcoats and a great display of men's furnishings. Every article bought in our store is new in style and high in quality - you can rely on this. The men know it :s bearine our name. '<•4 McGee's The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes Green Street / cHenry f ' W f* I ' ^