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".•«;. V >-7 -r^ %< y-T***. ?-i-^ ^-t--. •••• ,- t- ; , June 20,19% ^•"V; / ;'-» ' •*:£ •*••»<*; ~ i. : '. , - *T'V* ,/ THE McHENKY PLAINDSALB& NEARBY NEWS FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Sunday, June 9, marked the 60th . JPedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Teare, two of Crystal Lake's no8t highly respected residents. Their ^ children and families and a few close friends came during the day to extend congratulations and best wishes, i Work of pburing concrete on Route 1?6 from Burton's Bridge to Terra Cbtta avenue, Crystal Lake, is now ~ tBHferway, more than a mile having . been completed. The work is being A done by Chas. E. Giertz and Son of Elginj centractors. If the weather is favorable, the entire 3.96 miles may ..-.be completed by July 1. ^ Work on the road improvement project at Diamond Lake, in so far as the •Village of Mundelein is .concerned, was completed Saturday of last week, Irhen the top coating of traffic bond gravel was laid on the roadway which hau been under construction , since last October. The work, which was the first major project attempted by the village of Mtindelein under the allotment 6f the state motor fuel tax. hap been under the supervision of Gordon Kay. . , A dog entered the hen house of E. MS EtKng at Crystal Lake recently and killed all of the flock of 9 hens. They were only one year old and good lay- ~'«rs. The dog entered by ripping the -irire loose and crawling under it. p A Ford coupe belonging to, and striven by Edward Mols of Long Lake, •was completely wrecked Saturday afternoon of last week when it ran off the pavement at the curve in front of the Fred VanZandt home, Grayslake, hit the culvert and rolled over three timeB before it finally came to a rest on the north side of route 20. It is somewhat miraculous that any" one could be in the car and escape without serious injury, but aside from a few scratches and bruisfcs, young Mols was uninjured and was able to crawl through the window of the car. Soundly sleeping while burglars ransacked the home "recently, Frank Tracey, father of Mrs. Klipstein of 47 Orchard Court, DesPlaines, had to he informed that a burglarly had been in progress. Stolen was a diamond ring valued at $200 .and a .22 calibre target pistol worth $15. The burglars entered the open rear door of the porch, proceeded to ransack a bedroom in the home. They went out through a window, either not to awaketv* M*yl(racey or at the return of Mr. •nd Mre. Klipstein. A black traveling bag, partially filed with articles taken from the bedroom was left in their hurry to vacate. Fire, believed to have been caused by an explosion of a kerosene stove, completely destroyed one cottage and damaged two others at Williams Park on Slocum Lake, late Sunday afternoon, of last week. The cottage owned by William Kupfeier of Chicago was a complete loss. The structure was almost burned to the ground and all furniture and household goods destroyed. According to the owner, he had gone to the nearby channel for a short time, leaving the house unoccupied. Upon his return he discovered the interior of the building in flames and immediately turned in an alarm. The Kupfeier loss, including building apd furnishings, is estimated at from $2,600 to $3,000. Damage to adjacent cottage^ owned by Mrs. May Burnett and A. R. Ramig amounts to bailout $1:60. " Marengo may have a new industry employing approximately 100 persons full time, if negotiations now in progress are successful. Efforts are being made to move the Apollo Metal Works Co. plant now located at La- Salle, 111., there and to rent or buy the old car barns of the defunct electric railroad located in the west part of that city. Stephen Stanfel, 42, residing at Bowers Corners, east of Richmond, the past five years ,was killed almost instantly at 11:30 Tuesday forenoon of last week when the Ford automobile he was driving collided with a Buick machine driven by Elmer Hansheer, of Ravenswood, a suburb of Chicago, on Highway 60, near Spring Grove. Stanfel was returning to his home from Johnsburg, when he collided with the Ravenswood machine a? HOWELL'S VILLA NEWS The many freshly-painted houses and the sound of hammers in preparing homes in Howell's Villa for occupancy testify to the fact that soon this subdivision will be humming with the activities of everyday life. Even damp weather can not affect the spirits of the many summer vacationers in and about the villa who are opening, or reopening, a3 the case may be, their homes to receive furniture, clothing, and famUies. • Among the first to arrive were Judge and Mrs. Grover Niemeyer, Rogers Park, early in May, later' joined by their son, Grover, after graduating from Kemper High school in Missouri, who will later leaye on a trip to Scotland. Mrs. Niemeyer is an ardent flower lover and plans to spend much of her time in her beautiful garden. Vieing with the Niemeyers as early occupants of saihmer abodes are Mr. and Mrs. William Harrah, Rogers Park, who have been residing here since early spring. Mr. Harrah was j charter member of the Chapel Hut' Country Club and is largely responsible for its existence today. Their son, Bill, is also a golf devotee, and since school has closed, has been spending all spare time on the course. MJr. and Mrs. Bowler wene also among the first to establish themselves within their summer homestead. Mrs. Parker, her brother and her son, Harold, among the oldest residents of Howell's Villa, closed their Chicago homes and moved to McHenry in the early part of June. Harold Parker, winner of many trophies of Chapel Hill Country Club, and present holder of the Howell Cup, eagerly accepts this chance to play his favorite game, and Mrs. Parker is looking forward to a happy summer of gardening and swimming, two pastimes which she thoroughly enjoys. With the closing of the Chicago schools, Peter M. Kelly, president of the Chapel Hill -Country Club, and his wife and children, Rita, Peter, Jr., John, Catherine, Therese and Patty, arrived in Howell's Villa, where they will be joined by Mary, another daughter, who is visiting friends iif Tulsa, Okla. School closing also brought tyr. and Mrs. William Waugh and son, Bobbie, Chicago, vacationward. Among the recent residents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ecffert, and children, Nancy and Hugh, Chicago, who so well enjoyed summering here that they are back again, having bought a home; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Joyce and daughter, Ruth, Rogers Park, who were weekenders last year, but are here for the entire summer this time; Doctor Johnson, back again after a number of summers spent elsewhere; and Mr.sand Mrs. Thomas Brennan, and children, Marion, Eleanor and Tommie, Rogers Park, who are vacationing here for the first time this year. The approach of warm weather is expected to attract many of the other families to their neighboring homes in Howell's Villa within the next two weeks. Among these will probably be Mrs. Joseph McDonough and children, Joseph, Jr., Bill, Mary Jane, and Helen; Captain and Mrs. Thomas Kilroy and children, Tom, Betty, Virginia, Joseph and Bill; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lang and children, Dolly and Sonny, all of Chicago. SPRING GROVE This vicinity was grieved to hear of the death of Stephen Stanfel. Mr. Stanfel was killed instantly in an auto accident when two cars collided on highway 60 near this town. He leaves his widow, who was formerly Edith Waspi and well known in this community, and three children; his father, two brothers and six sisters, all of Joliet. We,extend our heartfelt sympathy tp the bereaved family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner entertained the members of their club Tuesday evening. Cards and visiting were the evening's diversion. Four tables of five hundred were in play and several prizes were awarded to those achieving high scores. Refreshments were served. Cora Belle Esh of Bartlett spent the past week with her aunt, Mrs. Bertha Esh. Mrs. AJjc§ MacDouga) and daughhe drove onto the highway from the ter of Wilmot, Wip., called on friends dirt road. In the impact he was thrown to the pavement suffering a crushed chest and broken rib*, which pierced the lungs, causing internal hemorrhages. He died within a few minutes after saying to two farmers Who rushed to the scene of the accident from a nearby field. "Carry me off from the pavement." The number of voting precints in McHenry county will be increased form 31 to 32 as the result of action taken at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at Woodstock Monday. The new precinct will be located in Grafton townsfaip, the voting place to be at the Fred Schutt place just * south of Grafton Park. The new voting place will be for sections, one, two eleven and twelve, a square of four sections. This will take in residents "of Grafton township on the north ' shore, south shore, Lakevtood, etc. Commuters, for instance, find themselves, practically Without a voting franchise as they cannot get to Huntley to vote and back to their work on time and likewise they do not have time to vote after working hours. The lone voting place at Huntley must be reached over gravel roads and this had been purchased. One of these is in foreclosure and the committee is having some little difficulty in closhas worked a hardship, especially on j ing the other. The right-of-way for those without cars. The population {Route 47 has been purchased up to in town Wednesday. Miss Carol Bower motored to Waukegan Thursday to visit with friends- Mr. and Mrs. John Sanborn and children of Chicago are spending a week'* vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Orvis. Lucille Nimsgern returned to Chicago on Sunday having spent the past week with her parents. Frank Sanders was pleasantly surprised by a party of friends Friday night in honor of his birthday. After greetings were over they all went to the town hall to enjoy dancing. A tempting lunch was served to complete the party. Sunday visitors in the home of John Karls were Mr. and Mrs. Wimberly and Miss Eleanor Karls, Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCafferty and family were guests of friends in Madison, Wis., this weekend. Miss Lucy Stevens, Chicago, spent Sunday with home folks. St. Peter's parish will hold their annual festival on July 27 and 28. •of the precinct has reached, a point of where there it about 900 voters, enough to provide for a second voting precinet. The total population of the area about the lake has been increasing rapidly during the last sevaqyeral years and the new voting place will be a much-desired convenience. According to V; E. Brown, Woodstock, chairman of the right-of-way committee, all but two small pieces of jrightof-way for state Route No. 47 the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks just southeast of Woodstock. This will complete the gap between Woodstock and Huntley and will give the public a paved highway from the Wisconsin state line, directly south as far as Urbana, 111. The survey for the continuation of Route 67 into Crystal Lake, is to join Route 47 and run east from the John Hoy farm (Ernest Swanson place) into Crystal Lake. ODD THINGS Pcagne, Chechoslovakia, reports that a three months'old firl baby can speak fluently. A beetle which -carries Its mate In Its pincers has been found in South America. A horticulturist In South Africa -recently grew thirty-six varieties of pecan-nut trees. SCIENCE NIDTES It has been found that nitrogen will toughen rustless steel. • Germany has produced a synthetic wool from '"liquefied wood." Star blasts are held to W fbe key to the source of cosmic rays. <.. y': Magnification of the human volci one million times Is accomplished by • new loud speaker. r ^ Propelling railroad of power broadcast through the air is it future possibility. , ^ ; • A French scientist has designed a steel ball 80 feet across for explorations under the sea. . Scientists in Italy find that the Juice of the winter cherry contains twice as much vitamin C as ripe lemon juice. A new light has been shed on the nerve impulses. The theory is advanced that they are transmitted by certain chemicals. " Hydrogen In a metallic fOrtn, 20 times lighter than water, yet many times stronger than steel, Is a near reality in California Institute of Tfchnology. THATS CURIOUS Strange fish caught recently Include a three-eyed roach in the Avon, and a whiting with two mouths in the Solent f orty billion germs exist ltl a pound of earth, the smallest being only one twenty-flve-thousandths of an Inch In diameter. Waiters In Berlin will In future dls pense with "tails" and wear an armlet on their lounge suits to distinguish them from guests. The Black Mamba, deadliest of all African snakes, can move over a shod distance ac 85 miles an hour--faster than a Derby winner. Rats are rain, according to the offl clal rat-catcher of Fleetwood, Lancashire, who gets the best results by placing mirrors behind his traps. . London's latest telephone directory contains three Chickens, 20 Chicks. Ave Heavens, 40 Angels, 17 Ducks, one Kissa, nine Pickles, and three Cheers, among other queer names.--TIt-Blts Magazine. Public Pulse (All communications for this department must be signed by the wrier, otherwise they will not be published. The Plaindealer invites its readers to express their opinions in these columns.) THE BEAUTIFUL FOX The Fox river is now displaying all the better qualities of its annual life history. It is like a handsome youth with powerful muscles and a healthy body. The trouble with us mortals,--materialistic as we are,--is that we take this beautiful stream altogether for granted. Intent upon making as much as we can out of the summer trade, we forget, for the time being, about the river,-', now". at the acme of its beauty. •" Rolling" along, majestic and serene, between green banks, the Fox nowadays is sleek and fattened by spring rains. It has none, of the thirsty appearance that it lakes on toward the ehd of July. Its waters are cooi, clean and deep. Swimmers are able to dive from shore piers without striking bottom. The water-line touching grassy banks lends an aspect of artificiality to a scene actually conceived by Nature. All this lies at our doorstep. While people a few hundred miles „away choke with dust and drown in floods, we revel in green fields and placid water. Whatever may be our particularly redeeming virtue, that we should merit this consideration by Nature, is a question. At any rate, to meditate upon the beautiful Fox gives one a good deal exhilarating mental enjoyment. LOWELL NYE INFANT DIES Robert Henrj, one-month-old son of Mr. and ajfys. Joe Passficld, died Sunday about 11 a. m, after a week's illness caused by bowel trouble. Thft baby was one of a pair of twins born May 8* and both were healthy and gaining nicely until about a week ago when the infant was taken sick. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Passfield, the twin brother, Ronald George, and another brother, Melvin. Funeral services were" held at the home at 1:30 p. m., Tuesday, with burial tn Woodland cemetery, McHenry. Twice Told Tales Items of Interest Taken From the Flies of the Plahideal#^ : of Tears Age FIFTY YEARS AGO One new train, the Steamboat Express, was added on Monday, making five trains per day each way. We understand they will commence moulding brick on the new brick yard on Thursday of this week. The bri£|t at' the old yard are b£ingt shipped as. rapidly as possible. The Children's Day exercises ftf the Methodist church last. Sabbath, were enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience both morning and evening. The church -Was beautifully decorated. S. S. Shepard and sdn have started the Clover Drying business in this village in earnest this year and are now receiving clover blossoms at their driers. They want 400,000 pounds of clover blossoms, for which they will pay two cents per pound. cessful year. Prof. Strayer has just cause to feel proud of hi* school work in McHenry. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO Miss Maggie Buss is a new assistant in the ticket office at the depot here. . Another new cottage is being erected on the east shore of Fox . river south of ihe bridge. We have not learned who the owner is. The blacksmith shop, occupied by J. W. Schaffer on the West Side has been greatly beautified thru a fresh coat, of paint. Mike Schaffer plied the brush. James L. Conway, the Ringwood well driller, recently completed a flowing well in the home of Mr and Mrs. J. W. Smith. This is the first well of its kind ever constructed in a home in McHenry and the water obtained therefrom is A No 1. BAKE SALE The Ladies' Aid society will hold a bake sale on Saturday, June.29. FORTY YEARS AGO To the surprise of a large majority of our citizens when they arose on Sunday morning, it was discovered that during the night Fox river had been dammed. Who was at the head of the scheme we know not, but this we do know that between nine and ten o'clock an extra train pulled in at the depot and that immediately after 12 o'clock teams commenced hauling from said train heavy loads of sacks containing Portland cement and sand. These, with the aid of^a large force A men, were sunk in the river at a point about 40 rods below the iron bridge and by ten o'clock Sunday a very formidable dam raised itself above the waters of the raging Fox river, at that point. John J. Miller has been using a liberal supply of paint on the front of his block, which much improves its appearance. Jacob Bonslett has jj»st received a carload of the celebrated McCormick machines, mowers and binders, to which he invites the attention of the farmers. Our public school will close on Friday of this week, after a very suc- • . TWENTY YEARS AGO ; ' The McHenry public school closed for the summer vacation last Friday afternoon and the kids are happy. Fox rivpr is once more at its high water mark, the recent rains being responsible. Thus for the tin^e being we haven't the slighest t&e ^or the dam'. ^ In spite jst "the unfavorable weather the work of razing the old village hall building seems to progress uninterruptedly. All of the lumber on the building has already been taken away, while ^only a small portion of the old wall remains intact. The trip from Chicago to McHenry by automobile is becoming easer and more popular all the time. V^ith the good gravel roads rains do not stop automobiles from making the run. The trip can now be made in the most leisurely fashion in three hours. TEN YEARS AGO The McHenry Plaindealer has been" sold by F. G. Schreiner to Chas. F. Renich, editor and publisher of the Woodstock Sentinel. The deal involving the sale of the property was closed on Monday of this week although possession will Hiot be given until July 1. -- Most of- the cottage owners along Fox river and Pistakee lake and bay have opened their summer homes. The cement pavement on Main st. was opened according to schedule last Saturday morning and no sooner had the barricades been removed before the thorofare was quite well filled with traffic. The street had been closed for several weeks and needless to say that the business men on the West side as also residents along the stjreet were very much pleased to again be given the use of the same. Front street was opened at the same 'time., Steam Oil Push-Up Wave Foj^jfcprt Shingl* Bob Styles; Also Ringlet End Curl Permanent IBM $1.50 . yA Oroqoignole or H V Spiral WaVea, ' Mgfl guar. $3 value, V H 2 persons $3 up All Waves com p. with Shampoo, Set S T O M P A N A T O ' S Beauty Salon Tel. 641 Woodstock, 111. , 226 Main St. 229 Bentoa St. Note--A complete price list will sent on request. 'i > •vr;" V; ; - ' 'A, TRACTOR OILS, Motor Oils SPECIAL--2 can Sinclair Oil 98* 13-plate Ford and Chevrolet Battery : guaranteed 9 months |ia*3-95 13-plate Ford and Chevrolet Battery, guaranteed 1 year $4.55 GOOD USED TRUCK AND PASSENGER CAE TIRES All Sixes Tire and Tube Repairing, Battery Charging, etc. Car Washing, Simopizing, Greasing, Crank Case Draining Walter J. Freund Phone 294 Road Service West McHenry "K m ITS A QUEER WORLD The Egyptians used shorthand more than 1,700 years ago. The language of the shorthand was not Egyptian, hut Greek. Nine worms, all alive and wriggling, were found recently In a piece of rock hewn from the pit bottonf of Wyadham Colliery, Ogmore valley--one of the deepest pits in south Wales. (n Budapest eggs are being accepted as payment for theater seats. Thirty years ago in the Island of Stroma, ID the Pentland Firth, the only shop accepted eggs In payment for all goods. A club which forbids its members to shake hands with anyone has been formed by 100 men at Ljubljana, Jugoslavia. They are rebels against a con . ventlon which has made hand shading a burden in central Europe. A single vertebra of a large fossf) sea snake that lived in North Anier li*a GO,000,OOflT years ago has been de posited with the Smithsonian institution. The reptile was about 25 feet long.--Tit-Bits Magazine. MAY BE TRUE Lots of things that couldn't be doB* have been done.--Bates. A large part of Ghrlstian virtue dwr gists of right habits.--Paley. • . .. • Be that may hinder mischief and yet permits it. 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