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" a n d N o r t h e r n I l l i r i ^ t l r i r ^ f e i - dents awoke Wednesday morning to find the countryside sheathed in a glaze of ice, resulting from a sleet storm arid rain, whifh froze as it fell, and continued most of the night after it started about 5 p. m. Tuesday. \Trees and shrubbery hung heavy with an icy covering and pavements and sidewalks were one unbroken glare LP. B0STW1CK IS EXPERIMENTING IN LOCATED AT. SCRIPPS UNIVERSITY v INTERESTING , - NEARBY NEWS TAKEN TROM OOLUKHS OF OUR EXCHANGES Whten his automobile stalled on the tracks of the C. M. St. P. & P. rail way at the Monroe street, crossing in Genoa Wednesday afternoon of last week, presence of mind probably saved the lives of Joe Entwhistle and h?$ daughter, Marie. 'When the engine of the car went dead on the tracks bothoccupants of the car jumped to safety just before the locomotive of the east bound passenger train struck. Th# car was carried about 75 feet east of In this present*age of ultra-modern the crossing and there forced to the experiments in science and elsewhere j side of the right-of-way, a complete of ice which was extremely difficult we read of remarkable achievements j wreck. for pedestrians and motorists. Most such as manufacturing fabrics from Mavnr nnrl Mr, riarpn™ Tpnk«n of the cars moved very slowly, avoid-; resin, glass, and milk with reports F1 : n«r«n™ ing the hills until cinders and sand comin* from Japan, indicating that ^ * g ^ ( , ^ were spread and state men were out the soy bean, with which Americans early covering icy hills and curves on are familiar and which supplies part Pennsyiva^ia Reporting the deer the highways. of the orient with bread, meat and *lentifnh the p P arty c g ame back t0 ky sidewalks made travel for pedes-; milk will soon add clothing to these, j ^ ^ient evidenc% trians exceedingly dangerous. Young, A factory has b**m built to make ray--ame,y tWQ ^ young buck3, folks could be seen skating in the on from the plant which bears the The mayor and Mr Broughton afe streets in many parts of the city. | . . ' credited with the actual killing of the I nese new scientific experiments . , , , „ T , j which deer, but Mrs. Jenks and Tommy" were more than satisfied with the The icy condition prevailed .1.0 in . '"«« ""T „ eIPerln,e°U ^ Taixh ^ i bring to mind another project A "dari.z EzIJli?n ^g owraam; much o'*»^ he tti:mmeo 'local r^esid ents may be interested, this ... . q{ making synthetic success of the trip. d^ not help pearls by LaPlace Boetwick, a former George Mc anything, the glaze grew thicker MeHenrv resident. .driving south on School st., sTuesday driving hazards greater during the Synthetic froift oysters are at 4:20 p. m., when children at play • ?' u i, ur<uinMj.w: .#* 'now an old story, but LaPlace Bost- sUrted throwing snow balls at his In a buHetm uwed J1 ^; wick of Scripns/ University of Ocean- car. Morris applied the brakes and ernoon by the Chicago Motor Club it ography Bt Lajoji- cal. now creates the car went into a skid, striking an was reported motoring was practical-y artificial pearls using Clones instead 8-year-old child, Gerald Roberts. The impossible from Fon du Lac, Wis., q{ ^ traditional oyeter. | child was slightly bruised and badly south to GentraJia^ Ill., east to Pitts-! Ucal peopIe> no doubt> will frightened. Morris, who drove on, burg, Cleveland, Detroit and Bay City, he earl da q{ thig experimentai claims he did not know in the confu- Mich. - - -- -- - 1 - - Li,J-- 1-:- Southern Wiwonsin had two jeweler cam€ here ftfter of sleet and glaze, while m Chicago WQrk at Iowa coUeg8f to 8tart hia! car also testified they knew he had motor traffic moved carefully and * ^ fighery» at this location. [struck the curb but did pot know the elevated trains were late ™ tJ®'r We will not go further into details,boy had been hit schedules and street cars and bus ser- • 1 - vice was delayed even more. SteppTif LOCAL VETERANS MADE TRIP ON •N -, • A ' FOR DECEMBER 26 GRADUATES FROM 1892 '9N LISTER : Plans h^e been completed by officcers of the McHenry High School Alumni Association for the Alumni BIG BOAT IS HEiADED FOK : BONEYARD V Leviathan, ".a. mighty - Oewusi liner, is about to make its last vo^«- i aj?e to Great Britain where; it is d^-, v ^ I tirfed for the boneyard. / j many people this statemeijil "holds no special interest, but to sonftft 200.000 veterans of the World War thera is a bit of interest, and perhaps sentiment, attached to the last trip of the giant ship. It was the. Leviathan that carried, / doughboys to and from Europe d«ui--~ ing the war, among them being boys of the 33rd Illinois Division, of whteh several McHenry Legonnaires weie members. These local men, among them being . - \ work when LaPlace Bostwick, an Iowa I sion of the playing children, that hi» mcnes . ------ scientific car had struck the boy. Girls in his MUENRY CHILDREN WaCOMED SANTA ClAUS SATURDAY McHenry is in holiday attire with Y0UN6 MEN RETURN ~ FROM 9,000 MILE TRIP TO THE PACIFIC COAST dinner dance to be held at the River-1 McGee, James E. Doherty. Wllside Hotel Dec. 26. John Karls wiJl|liam Althoflf, and Louis Stoffel. recook the turkey and other food on the their trip on the Leviathan which -- had been made into a troop ship at the time of the war. All compartments had been torn ait and bunks installed, four or five deep, below the water level to make room for the 12,000 troops loaded onto th* big boat in addition to 2,000 men the crew. Homeward Trip In 1919 The ship, which carried more banquet menh "which will be a delicious one. Memberships are already being received and the returns are most favorable and encouraging to those sponsoring the organization of the Alumni. Husbands and wives, althoufc t not graduates of the local high school, may accompany Alumni members to the banquet if they desire. 1 List of Graduates -S M diers than ever before sailed on IT. Below may be found a list of high ressel'u "?ad« ^ts homew«^ hool fmm fir«t rl.^ in bound tr'P with the McHenry and IIUnois doughboys in May, 1919. of the rise and fall of the local ve.n-1 Roy Kesstler, well known Wauconda >w V1C® was aeiayea even ture, but will relate some of Bost-'young man, was the victim of an un- # Ram continued to fall at freezing wicic's more sueccufol work since leav-! fortunate accident last week Frid|y, and the Jrecaster m ^ ^ no immediate change. "V temperatures Chicago said VM in sight. Escape Heavy Snowstorm Pf$ when the little finger on his right For centuries man has sought to1 hand was so badly crushed while work- "hand grow" pearls, but, with a single! i°fc on the clutch of a crane, that it , .j .. exception, no one has found the means' necessary to amputate the digit Although McHenry has had a ligiw of producin^ natUral pearls under con- l*st Thursday morning at the Condell ? ™8n0^' ®8Cap^. ti. trolled conditions. Yet I^Place Bost- Memorial hospital, Libertyville. Mr. snowfall and coating of ice that cov- wick not only ha8 peari8 in KeasUer, an employe of the Davlin A ered the south and west portions OI fre8h an<j wster shells, but he Mitchell dredging company, was overthe state over the weekend. | a]ari u«mI Umm imfIi hauling the crane at the time of the accident As he turned the fly wheel by hand, the motor back-fired, catch- . ... ... Well known magazines, such aa ing his finger in the mechanism. Monday and west of ttis \ * mity tte popuiar gcience and Scientific Month-1 The bakery and store of Mr. and snowfall was considerably heavier than Jy have foumi hig work worthy Mrs. Paul Schmidt, and the adjoining in the Fox River Valley. ^ j g^fjee in their issues and he was re-'cottage of Robert H\ackshaw on For- TTiere was * heavy snowfall at ****-1 cently brought to the attention of Chi- est avenue. Fox Lake, were totallly on and men of the state highway ae- capro Tribune readers. destroyed by a fire which was discovpartment had snow plows ready for, Bostwick started his experiments'ered at about 2:30 o'clock Monday any emergency. ..... years ago at Muscatine, la., and later'morning of last week. Damage is es- Dnving on downstate highways (jn his laboratory at Iowa City he timated at $10,000. Mr. and Mrs. extremely hazardous and bus service foun<| secret of growing pearls in, Schmidt and their son, Willie, who live was-delayed in some places.due to fre8h-water shells.. During that time in an apartment at the rear of the t h e i c y g l a z e w h i c h f o r m e d w h e n . . . . . le theweexena. 'also has produced several large pearls Moving eastward from the Pacific in colot^ coast, «now and rain fell on muchi < Feature Bostwick Work the country over the weekend and school graduates from the first class in 1892 to the year 1920. The Alumni officers request that readers will assist them in checking lists to ascertain if they are correct and complete and in submitting addresses and married names of graduates. Graduates of the high school are: 1892--Walter Besley, Harry Eldredge, Joanna Frisby, Lyle Howe, Fannie Osborne, Mary Sutton, Loretta __ . __ ___ Floyd Covalt, Jr., and William Pries, festoons or colored lights ornamenting Jr., arrived home Thursday night from the streets of the shopping districts | a 9,000-mile trip to New Mexioo and and stores and business places dec-; the West Coast. orated for the Christmas season, with Leaving McHenry October 25 in enlarged stocks attracting shoppers Covalt's *37 Chevrolet coupe with Walsh, Thomas Walsh, Joel Wheeler, who are invited to do their Christmas (which they pulled a sleeping trailer j 1896^--Frank W. Bennett, Nell Clemshopping in their home town. (which they had made themselves in en8> Mary L. Raymond, f Local stores are «well supplied not preparation for the trip, the two young 1887--Bernice Perry. I - only with every day merchandise but men followed the southern route to' iggg Jacob Busse, Eleanor McGee, gifts as well and there are toys for, Texas and New Mexico. The trip Ethel M. Smith, Ida A. Wilson, the children, as well as something for through New Mexico was made on the, 1809--David Clayton Wilson; every member of the family at the Pan American highway, the only ce->| 1900--Charles J. Busse, William C. various stores. j ment highway in the state, to Mexico Claxton, Nina E. Colby, Harold E. Santa Claus, who packed his sleigh City, 8,000 feet high in the Sierra Cristy, Fayette R. Small, Jennie M. in the northland, but arrived in Mc- Madre mountains, where they visited Smith, Margaret I. Sutton, Jennie E. Henry via automobile. Saturday, at- a friend of Pries, spending about ten Walton. tracted the children to AlthofTs store,'days in the southern state. They at-j 1901--Marion V. Carey, Fred H. Elwhere he made his headquarters for tended the Centenrial at Dallas, Tex, dridge, Elsie M. Howe, Emery L. Kimthe afternoon. also, and crossed the states of Texas, ball, Mamie E. Knox, Mildred. R. Stev- All was excitement as 225 young- New Mexico and Ariiona to enter enasters told Santa what > they wanted for California. | 1902--Thomas A. Bolger, Lynn W. Christmas and each one received a| The local boys lived in their trailer Cristy, Elmer Francisco, Mary Mabel gift from him on the spot, just to until they lost it in New Mexico. While Granger, Rose L. Huson, Lucie E. show his faith in them. j driving a bow broke on the hitch and Stevens, Dorothea E. Stoffel. Many children in tMs vicinity are,the trailer tipped over onto the pave-| 1903--Nina M. Colby, Myrta Bel sick with the measles, but are hoping ment, wrecking it so badly that the Gallaher, Birdie Mae Small, Agnes M. The old ship, sold to the British by the United States, will soon be taken overseas where the British will break it up into scrap iron, much of the metal probably being used in their program of re-armament. Mr. McGee recalls that he was mattered out on June 19, 1919, and arrived at New York on the giant Leviathan sometime in May. He states that he made the overseas trip in a. convoy, returning home on the Leviathan. Mr. Althoff states that he made the trip to France on the Leviathan, but returned to New York or. "a hospital ship, "Harrisburg," arriving April 25, 1919, just before the return of the Illinois division. He arrived at his home in Johnaburg on May 5, but was only there About ten days when he went to a hospital in Chicago. He recalls that Paul Schumacher was another Johnsburg boy in the 33rd division. . James E. Doherty, also, states that he made the homeward trip on the Leviathan, going over to France on the "Covington." When asked if he was one of the boys in the famous 33rd, George Kane said that he was a member of the 39th divisioft and sailed to France on the "President Grant." He recalls that [ea ™)en|he also discovered that he~ could con- store building, were awakened by the to he well before Chriatmaa so that boys went on without it j Stevens, Samuel L. Zimmerman. rain, falling from warmer air than trol the-r cojor a degree and barking of their dog, and although j they will be ready for Santa. | In California many interesting plac- j 1904--Frances E. Busse, Cassie L. the atmosphere, encountered below ^rew seVeral black pearls. i the front of the building was a mass! The local postoffices are beginning es were visited, including Los Angeles i Eldredge, Florence E. Howe, Kathryn j the Leviathan was in dock at New freezing cold at the surface. After meeting failure and disap-'of flames, were able to escape uninjur-jto feel the first of the Christmas rush; where Billy Pries had spent two years .L. Knox, Elizabeth McGee, Agnes M. York when his division loaded and pointment here in McHenry, Bostwick ed. Fox Lake firemen, who responded with an increase in the mail and par- and had many friends, Hollywood Meyers, Hazel Osmun, Ethel M. Owen, when they were four days out the - - '--1 *- « •> • * .. . -- « j tv Leviathan passed them, nu>king abonf ... - •>. ' I" r-- north central states except Wisconsin Forecaster Donnel of the U. S. Weather bureau in Chicago stated that Snow ranging up to seven inches at ^ ^ Springfveld, Minn., fell throughout the, ^nt to K6y West, where he' succeeded to the call, were unable to save the' eel post being received, although it is and Pasadena and San Diego, where Helen M. Raymond, Cferlton D. Ross, t v -- i j n g r o w i n g l a r g e ' p i n k p e a r l s , u s i n g H a c k s h a w h o m e , a n d i t w a s n o t u n t i l ! s o m e w h a t e a r l y f o r t h e i n c r e a s e o f t h e y v i s i t e d L e o n a r d D a v i s , a P i s t a k e e B e s s i e E . S m i t h , R i c h a r d B . W a l s h , j t h r e e t i m e s t h e i r s p e e d . the large pink couch as the medium. 18:00 a. m., that the flames were under mail being sent out. I Bay resident, now in the Marine of- Mary E. Walsh. Speedy Vessel The couch is a sort of giant snail control. A few hours later, the smoul- A few foreign packages have been ftcers flying corps at the Naval Air 1905--James N. Sayler, William N.J The speed of the Leviathan sorthe general storms were a sequence and R projific producer 0f pearls. It dering ruins were fanned into a blaze, mailed out, principally to Germany Base. They went through the Naval Thomas, ! passed anything on the sea and thft of the Pacific coast floods,, which left jg SRid that Bostwick found he could and the firemen made a return trip to land Austria, and mail for distant, Air Base which was most interesting. I 1906--Paul J. Doherty, Edwin Evan-i trip to France was made in four days, thousands homeless. 'operate five times on a single couch Rcene. Several of the men wer* j states such as California has gone out. I Before heading for home they vis- son, Zue A. Gallaher, Mayme L. Gran- j The ship travelled alone because n< With snow in the east and floods in antj „row as many pearls within its given medical treatment for frozen' " the west this locality enjoyed cal"j> shell. hands. The cause of the fire is not JACK GERASGH, 7, but cold, sunshine over the weekend, jjjg later sojd out ^ interests at Key known but it is thought it might have J. DIES AT HOSPITAL although this week has been cloudy, Wes(. ^ went to where h# started from spontaneous combustion, climaxing in the icy glare Wednesday. Js no^ at the i^titution at in the bakery oven. I sonducting Between 250 and ,800 select White; experiments with abalones, Chicago's temperature high on 9mt- CaL There, he is conducting urday was 21 degrees above zero and -iLi t* AFTER OPERATION the low 8 above. ' of snail found only along the-Pacific vafib $800, raui uerascn, passeo urns, ze ^iiora rouse, uiara otoire. oonn i. luuser Mm,ons were spent in According to -the weather bureau COJUJt Abalon«s are -probably the were destroyed by fire early Monday away Sunday afternoon at St. Ther- degrees below zero and this hurried. Sutton Myrtle Wattles, Eva S Wheel- furnishing the ship after the war avi fha WAftrnAl* TA1* thA flNC . « ...... ... . .. XAT a nlrAivan aftoi* Anlu ii. _ l a.l. «ai««. 1 ap T.illion WnoAlAr TjiNotia VI nihnir. 1 ahA true witnnroarn frnm ited Covalt's uncle in San Francisco, ger, Mary E. Knox, Harriet I. Lam-1 of the other boats could keep up with where there were also many points of phere, Irene McOmber, Gilbert C. it. interest and then followed the central Ross, Margaret C. Ward, Emery A.! Built by the Germans twenty-three route homeward. | Wheeler. j years ago, the "Vaterland" had made Although the weather in California 1907--Anna Carey, Louise Evanson, only three round trips when taken was wonderful they encountered snow Florence Granger, John P^Larsen, F. over by the United States when this a species Leghorn chickens and a poultry house > - Jf*ck Gerasch, seven-year-old son of and extreme cold weather in the moun- Earl McAndrews, Nellie E. Newman.! country entered ttlh e war against the le • Pacific with a total valUe of more than $800| Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerasch, passed tains, where the temperature was 26 Alford Pouse, Clara Stoffel, John I. Kaiser. Millions i . .i 1 " . . i i « i i .vis Sniulsv nftprnonn at. St. Ther- knlnn. um anrt thin knrriiul Sutton. Mvrtle Wattles Eva S. Wheel- furnishinsr the shii were spent in but reports on the weather for th rs ra0st beautiful shells in the world and morning as the Antioch Fire depart- ese's hospital, Waukegan, after only eleven days of December have had an Bostwick hopes to add new shades of ment answered a futile call to the a *ew day* illness. average mean temperature of .pearls to those aleradv produced, this Klaus Mark farm near Trevor. Roust-1 w^° been ill only since degrees below normal. Only two sim- ^ of mollusk ^ing used. 'ed out of bed at 2 a. m., the firemen Thursday with an obstruction of the ilar periods in the history of the bur- Delicate Operations | found themselves unable to do much bowels, was taken to the hospital Sateau have been colder; the deficiency Knowledge, skill and patience are about the blaze. It is believed that urday morning, where he underwent in 1893 was 14 degrees and in 187* it required in the operations in an overheated stove in the building operation immediately, but passed was 13 degrees. which he makes a sharp incision with started the fire. Tony Collins, em- By^y the following day. . Flood mi West Coast I a sharp surgical knife and then places ploye of the Antioch Milling company "Jackie" as he was affectionately seven-weeks' trip. In reading of the wymg weatheJ the nucleus wjthin thjp ^ of the who is tenant on the farm> estimated called by everyone who knew him, was ; conditions throughoA? the country live animal ^ .g formed the value of the destroyed poultry at ^rn in McHenry on^June 4, 1930 and with floods, gales and torrential rams around the foreign ^bstance by a se- $300 to $350. The chicken house and £st year attended St. Marys school. on the Pacific coast, we find the men- cretion that becomes pearly nacre and equipment was valued at $500. Loss He was eaprly looking forward to attion of Downiosvill€| the home of a f them along on their homeward jour-'er, Lillian Wheeler, LaNette Whiting.: she was withdrawn from passen ney. In fact they considered them-j 1908--William F. Gallaher, Sadie E. service several years ago when it selves fortunate in getting through' Hobart, Gertrude M. Neiss, Charles came too costly to operate her. this route so late in the season, parts Ray Page. 1 Thoughts of the old ship bring ba& of it usually being closed at this time! 1909--Lucille Byrd, Pearl I. Claxton; to the ex-soldiers many memories of of year. David Ensign, Maude Granger, Chaun-1 World War days and of the journey The boys arrived home via the Lin- cey Harrison, Gilbert McOmber, Alice which was decidedly n«r * pieaawp* ^ coin highway, after a most enjoyable Olson, Leonard C. Phillips. Flossie trip. | B. Randall, Hattie M. Randall, Joseph jj. Sutton, Howard F. Wattles, j 1910--Anna Bolger, Agnes Dodge, w*"cb i» a pearl sac will grow around the for-' on the latter was covered by insurance tending school soon in the new school McHenry res- ijfn object ^ to the extent of $250 on the building building of St- Maiy s parish. , , . . m«re When an attached pearl is desired and $50 on the equipment. The chick AJtnougn not neara irom ior more the operation is varied by placing the ens, however, represented a total loss. ££ s* nucleus against the shell, where if, -- jurpa WRNHY PURVEY Tkrva AT nDVQTAT T Clyde Francisco, Fannie Granger, Julia|grade school DI£o AT CaiSlAL 1«&S.E stoffel. Santa Claus," than a year, Carl D. Ross, fc 1918--Albert Barbjan. Alfred Ban* slett, Bernice Bonslett, Etfrieda Black, OPERETTA POSTPONED Due to unforseen circumstances tjie operetta. "In Quest e| , . has been postponed UK* 1911--Marguerite E. Granger, Robt | til Wednesday, Dec. 22. Admission t<* o ^ Mrs. Hienry Purvey of Crystal Lake, E. Knox, Emil W. Thomas. -- the matinee which will begin at 2:Sji Besides his parents, he is survived mother of Albert Purvey of McHenry, 1912--John Bolger, Margaret Buss, p m. wjH be ten cents for everyone his grandmother, Mrs. M. J. died Wednesday morning at St. Jo-^ Walter Conway, Anna Knox, Florence; and the evening performance, start* OI T V "Freund, 'two sisters, Catherine and seph's hospital, Elgin, following an Knox, Margarite Knox, Clinton Mar- in^ at 8:15 o'clock, will be 25 cents. ident and McHenry High School grad- conditions* are rieht. "the' Dearl ^will' tached round, white pearls of various Mary Jane and a brother, Leo, as well operation. ... ^'a Mollahan, Eleanor Phalm. -- ^ uate, gave Downiesville as his ad-™' a® ^ taken from abalones and an at- as many friends. | She is survived by her husband and' 1913-Inez Bacon, Kathryn Buch. Harrison .Margaret Harrison, Ver* dress in his last letter received here. ! Following the operation the abalone tached pearl of good size still on its Although confined to a wheel chair nine children, Albert, McHenry; Will- Mary Burke, Neil Doherty, Genevieve Hutson AUeen O R eilly, Lester Pag% According to press reports, the j, ^/.Ted in Sw^er wtere abal^shell. (during his lifetime, he w» always pa- «»m of HunUey; Frank and Mrs. Knox Elsie Smith Lera Smith, Agnes M Stephenson^Ulhan Stillmg^ rapidly rising waters of the Yuba riv- the abalone remains inactive for about Until Bostwick created large" pearls | tient and cheerful and enjoyed his Frank Riley, of Wt^stock. Mrs. Rob- Tesch Frances ^ elch er swirled into the little town, isolat- nrooiro » in m\lnr man t<a« Kppn unable to match; Dlavmates who came to see him daily, ert Burleigh, Ingleside, Mrs. Ralph 1914--Lelah Claxton, ing it from the outside world. least fifty persons were reported have tied their homes before the pow er service was disrupted and the town pearls. I year, plunged into darkness. I Pearls will grow in two months, al-l Genuine pearls can not be cut or All bridges leading into the Sierra though those produced by abalones in polished like other gems, but it"Is a Nevada community were washed out that short period have not attained J curious fact that the beauty and value and telegraph and telephone lines their final pearly luster, but possess, of a pearl increases if it is worn conwere swept away by the waters. j roundness of form and a perfect cov-jstantly in contact with the skin. The August Costa, 75, - retired mining ering over which successive layers of slight moisture from a healthy body, man, was reported missing by rela- the pearl forming nacre are grown. with delicate friction from movements tives and it was feared he had been j Exhibit Hand-Made Pearls tend to improve the p«arl and increase carried away by the water. | It is said that on exhibition at La- its luster. ' ,< At the time of the McHenry Cen- • Jolla, Cal.. where Bostwick is conduct-1 Fine pearls of size and quality are tennial, Carl was editor of the Down- (ing his experiments, there are several | becoming very scarce as no new pearl ies*rlle newspaper, but in a more re-, of the rare handmade pearls, including fishery has been discovered during the cent letter he stated that he was in the pink pearl grown at Key West, last fifty yeans. A . fine pearl, grain the mining business in the Sierra Ne-| Fla., a large black pearl, five white for grain, is worth more than a di vadas at the same address. He also.pearls still attached to a couch shell told us that his mother had died. in which they developed, eleven unat- ' ' ' ^ Agnes Con cemetery PLAINDEALER WILL ISSUE WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK, urday morning. amond oy pttwr precious stoaest it i» said. ---^-r-~---t- - Advertisers and correspondents are asked to get their copy in next week one day earlier than usual, as The Plaindealer will be printed on Wednesday instead of Thursday, in order to provide one more shopping day before Christmas after the paper is issued. & Mrs. Thomas Phalin has been using cratches because of a ipnuned ankle sustained at her home. 1 •' Funeral services will be held at the Edythe Petesch, Edna Phalin, Lester Spencer. Verona \\ entworth. Catholic church at Crystal Lake Satr,. Sherman. Harry Stephenson, Esther, 1919--Ruth Bacon., \ era Buss. OjaF ' Stoffel, Elsie Wolf. J Cooley. Leon a Crop lew. Thonns Fri* 1915--Guy Bacon, Laura Barbian. by. Matthias Freund. Sue Harrisan, Francis Bonslett. Mary Bonslett, Irene Leo Heimer, Florence Kainholz. Geo. Mildred WelcW STORES OPEN EVENINGS -•*The Plaindealer has been asked to Buhr, Lenore Freund, Clara Frisby, Phalin. Ellen Walsh, inforni its readers that the McHenry Jane Owen, Germer Petesch, Irene, Glenn W ells, Charles W hit ing. merchants will keep their stores open Vasey, Edward Bonslett, Mary Con-1 1920--George Joseph Barbian, " Hway, Floyd Cooley, Agnes Frisby, liam Ferdinand Brunswick. G neviijre j Dorothy Knox. Alfred Richardson, Em-: Harriette Carey. Jennie Mae Cooley* ' Cmi+h Vinton Thompson, Vera'Francis Aloysius Doherty. Blanc®e every evening from now until Christ- r way, mas. iDoro i ( i l y Smith, -- vTOrder your Christmas Canfti at Thtt-Turner, Alta Wentworth, Anna Wrede. Mary Meyers, Clarence Mark Nies«i, Plaindealer. We can fill your order' 1917--Hdena Adams, Mame Bar- Harvey Emmanual Nye, Ra?em«y for 25 cards for as low as $1.25, and. bian, Winifred Bradley, Verena Bre- Ancilla Nye. Kathleen_Alcia O ReiH^ deliver them in plenty of time before] feld, Edward Buas, Eleanor Conway, Mary Evelyn Smith Elsie Mary VJthe holiday. -- iSsrah Dodgi^Nellie Doherty, Flor«»ce|cital, Rob«rt Loots Wetar. > / ' : p • -v-./ . / • I • . '• • - - _