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TWO IESIDEIIR» an AREJEM lb». Lola WdAC"' 5 Wed Thnksgivfti* V D*y At Age Of 0S ^ ,To the younger people of the cotnilpanity, the name Lola Bishop Walsh my have little significance, but to tiie old timers it has stood for many years for one of the best known, iWfljttttf and progreesivfe of .the eany residents who helped to build aj^ our little community in its early 4ays. To the many who remember tor, news of her death in Los- Aageleft, Calif., was received last week with regret. She passed away BE HHjToMntSiv Ringwood residents were shocked ,by the unexpected death of Ma. S. W. Brown, who pas--d away at her home about 6 o'clock .on Taeeday afternoon, Dec. 2, 1M7. She had keen ill only three days, death resulting from a heart attack. The deceased was born Nelle Trow, seventy-six years up. She lived her early life in HebiTOi and liter moved to Woodstock, where she was a dressmaker for many yean. She was married to S. W. Broata of Ringwood on Nov. 15, 1980. Survivors inclodethe husband; one son, Harold EvmCof Ringwood: a stepson, ILeenerd Jhrown, of Oak Park; two sitters, Mrs. Arthur Merrill of Solon Mills and Mrs. Louis Sthroeder of Wonder Lake. The body is at rest at the Shorn funeral home in Richmond Until Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when last rites Will be conducted from the Ring-wood -Methodist church. Burial will be in Ringwood. MRS. LOLA WALSH UNWANTED FAVORITE IN 1947 HORSE SHOW EVENT The following story concerns a phase of the International Horse show in the big stock yards aaq>hi- | theater in Chicago, but it had its j beginning two years ago in McHenry. ! At a yearling sale held in this vicinity, Hubert Silberman bought a I bright little Kentuclcy?bred fallow i for the sum of $2,500, and installed I him at his Delaine farms in Morton i Grove. Before too long, however, j Silberman decided he had made a bad bargain • and instructed <. his ! manager, Charles Huston, to sell, | even if he must take a $1,000 loas. i Shortly afterward, Silberman left j for a vacation in Arizona. It was j fortunate that no buyers came around j until after Huston worked a bit of | magic on the yearling. Silberman was surprised beyond description a ' few weeks later when his traiaer .called him and reported that he had j a $5,000 offer. It was decided to , keep the animal. | On Tuesday night at the Amphi- ; theater Huston rode Knignfs I Treasurer, the most sensationiu Sgaited junior horse in the country. CHODREirs LETTOS TO SANTA W&1 BE HUNTED S»ff«n **fore our annual appeal for c,»us letters from the youngsters, one letter filled with requests ^a?KVed in our Beginning " ThuJ5day, and for the two re- Iht p??- ^ursd»y» before Christaua, WfndealeT .wiU P""* all of the written V young people in this community*who wWd to express u s i€s to f®*1 ? •ki K as,,*en many years now tfct ^ y oId gcnUeasan has been subscribing to the McHenry Plain- * ifr jand answering the dreams of hundreds of children during the festive season. All the kiddies need do is address their requests to 8anta Claus, care of McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, ui. Better write yours fu xtS0 it-will surely arrive at the North Pole in time for your requests to be filled be&Ore Christmas so many letters now northbound,.Santa is no doubt being caught m the pre-holiday rash along with the rest of us and it only seems fair thut we tell him at this early date what we would like left for u^ under the Christmas tree. Next week the lint of the letters will be printed. at the home of her son, Richard, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1947, after a long period of failing health. The deceased was born ninety-three fears ago, in McHenry, the daughter af a pioneer resident, Richard Bishop, who practiced law, was a partner in » - -- ... „„„ j, McHenry's bank, and was owner of a i and at only 3 years old a winner of thriving grist mill. She was born in I three championships for a 1.000 the old Bishop home, which still j average. The owner was recently forms part of the present N. E. I offered $20,000 for the horse. Tues- Barbian structure on Riverside Drive. J day night's event was a warmup for In her youth she attended St. Mary's Saturday niyh£e $1,000 champion college at Notre Dame, after which j .'-gaited sadaleetake. The gelding, the only 3-year old in the event, will be a favorite to make& tot!* titles in a tow. " taught music privately in this ^ieinity. On Sept. 10, 1877, she was marto Thomas J. Walsh, who ited an implement business here for s time and later acted as postmaster. The feouple became widely kaown through the county for their generosity in providing musical entertainment at gatherings of all Mrs. Walsh was possessed of a and charitable nature and en- Joyed greatly visiting with her many lintances in this community. It with regret that failing health essitated her moving to Los- Angeles about ten years ago, leaving a host of friends. She continued to keep in contact with local acquaintances until she was unable to • hem up correspondence. Mr. Walsh proceeded his wife in death about thirteen years ago. The «sly immediate survivor is one son, Richard, with whom she has made her' home since leaving McHenry. Services were held at 9 o'clock on Monday morning, Dec. 1 from the Oitherdral Chapel in Los Angeles, which she attended for many years, laterment was in Holy Cross terne- 7' Mrs. E. N. Van Slyke Hie second death of a wait known aative of McHenry occurred in Solon Mills last week, claiming the life •f Mrs. E. K. Vaa Slyke. 65. She had been a Waukegan resident for forty years. Death ooteued on Nov. M, 1947, following a two months' iuess. Funeral sei >kas were held aa Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock fteni the First Baptist church in Waukegan, with tale Rev. Wayne Oark officiating. Burial was in the %rmg Grove cemetery. The. deceased was bom Lenore Stevens, in West McHenry in 1882. ttrr parent* were Chester V. and Maria Gifte Stevens. Following her marriage to Edwin N. •an Slyke in 1907, the eouple moved to the family home in Waukegan. where they continued to reeide until Mrs. Van Slyke's health failed and she entered the Solon Mills rest home last June. She was active \in the Waukegan Tirst Baptist chulrrh. taking an active part in the Women's Union and Fidelis Class. She was a leader hi T. W. C. A. work and gave generously of her time to United Service •Organization during the war. Besides her husband,, she is survived by a daughter Mrs. H. D. Mc- Oodock, of Waukegan, and a son, James, on the faculty of Wfeshburoe University, of Waukegan. Three children preceded her in death. Among those who attended last were Mr. and Mrs. Robert tpson and Miss Maud Granger dpaains of the deceased. CHAffOl EXPECT COMPLETION OF CLUBHOUSE BY JAN. 1st URGE S0UTHWT BOOTTO TOURISTS TO OBSxmv* moid TEArno laws . ^**1. resident, who will b« makmg their way southward during the next few months will no doubt be interested in the warnings issued recently by the Chicago Motor Club regarding rigid enforcement of traffic laws in some southern states. Numerous complaints of excessive cash bail requirements and largo lines for minor traffic violations were received by the club last year, and complaints of the same ldnia, only in greater number, have been received this year. Particular attention has been called to speed laws and school zone requirements in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Rigid enforcement is especially evident in those, places where state laws require that motorists must stop when approaching school bus loading or unloading passengers. In many places emphasis is placed on drivers who approach a school bus from the opposite direction, with large fines being levied on those who fail to stop. BODIES OF SEVERAL KILLED IN SE&VXOfcj AIMS BEING R1 REOiltlfH DEATH THjj ON HflUMf Several; Killel; Many Injured In ^; Highway AocidenlA A heavy snow fall and slippery roads over the holiday weekend accounted for a high traffic fatality toll throughout the nation. Loading the country in number of deaths was. . _ . . . - . • Illinois, with several of them taking A , w la definitely for the benefit " ' and protaetjan of the tavern owner who has always been the "goat" in laws trying to be passed by some dry organisation spending millions of dollars a year to attempt to bring HEADS LOCAL 113, A. f. L. LAKE AND McHfclWY COUNTIES i Earl P. Denning, executive-secretary, is1 ptsaled to announce the appointments of George DeRoche, who recently returned from the west coast and formerly resided in McHenry, has been appointed assistant to^the^wesfclent of Loca} 113, A. F. L. secretary YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO WEEKLY PAPER . IS WELCOME GOT? If you were to move iia# fnnti McHenry during the next few weeks wnat would you miss most ? That's no sixty-four dollar question, for anyone could answer without a momenta hesitation that seeing old friends and keeping up on the news _ Bill Wolf, assistant j of the community would toD the lint secretary to the Tavern Guild, af-1 In fact, even thoio who Sid* Distillery Rectifying 1 in our community would orobahlv and Wine Workers International i answer that ^ American ntemational Unicn, Federation of Labor. Mr. DeRoche has_ been connected with labor *nd businessmen» in the protection of their livelihood. •The Tavern Guild, Local 118, Listed among the 181 bodies of army war dead arriving during the past week from European battlefields at New York harbor on the army transport, "Robert Burns," are several from McHenry county. Those to be returned include 'Lieut. William Harold H<-Jey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris liaiey of Woodstock; Pvt. Elmer M. Peters- and Pfc. Robert vina Peters W. Schutt y of He- ~ Crystal and the lurMor, In the past several weeks-, i Ohl p Veterans of Foreign Wars members have been active in the construction />f their new building, located in the V. F. W. Veterans Memorial Park. Because the greatest part of the membership can onl£ donate thoir work on weekends, the progress they have made is quite gratifying. Last Sunday morning, with the temperature down near the «m mark, it was noted that nearly twenty members and volunteer carpenters were present to start erect in* the roof. It is hoped that the j He^liiiterf 'j for occupancy by the first of the year. imn»disto fotafre there ! gium. Private Robert Peter* died on shall be fonaied. a committee whoae j Nov. 2, 1944, during the big drive in responsibilities will fca to pass on Germany. the type *f entntalament and use; Sgt. Carrey died on Dec. 14, 1944, to be made of the new dab honse. duiwg -the invasion of Get many and This committee will be held ae- Ca^Sehutt lost his Uift^t a countable to maintain a standard that will benefit the high M-H af the Veterans of Foreign Wats and F. Peters, sons of of Crystal Lake; of Harvard; Pjrtrf bron; and JohjrH. Ci Lake. T Most of the bodies from Henri QiapeMe tery at Eup«n, cemetery atl Saint-! near Bayeux.lFranee. Lt Haley l«t his life ! invasion of France on Jaaa fi, 1941 jters l^.t his life Nov. 30, 1944, dWing tie bat|le in Germany. He was buried in " «"g the mm, 1944. place in this locality. Fourteen deaths occurred# in the state on Thanksgiving day, twelve of them on ice-<*>ated streets and lu^hwaya. New York had eleven fatalities and Indiana thirteen, all from traffic accidents, to bring the nation's toll M 128 persons dead at the close of the holiday. Fatal accidents were reported in thirty-two states. Richard C. Cnureh, World War II veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Church of Rklgefield, was killed early last Thpfaday morning, Nov. 27, when the Car Ke was driving skidded front the icy pavement on Rt. 14, four milee northwest of Woodstock, and overturned in the ditch. The young man was pinned under the car and die*! instantly, while his brother, Leoaard, escaped with minor injuries. The two men had completed work on the night shift at the Auto-Lite plant and were enroute to Harvard to get a lunch, there being no restaurant open in Woodstock. The accident, occurred enroute north, about 4 a. m., and Happened so quickly that Leonard was unable to say jufet how it took place. The youth died on his twenty-first birthday anniversary, his family having planned a reunion to take place at his home in Ridgefteld that day. Three Die An automobile-truck collision on U. S. Rt. 20, midway between Belvide re and Garden Prairie last week Wednesday afternoon, claimed its third victim that night when Mrs. Sidney Nash, 35, mothet of two children, died in a Belvidere hospital. W. T. Nash, 75, her father-in-law, died a few minutes after the collision, and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Nash, 68, passed away in a Belvidere hospital shortly after being admitted. Sidney Nash, 43, driver of the auto, suffered a skull fracture and! £oi fractures of both' legs. His I " daughter, Judfth, 8, suffered a skull ] tor fracture, and a son, Jeffrey, 1 year I cannot lose, old. sustained a broken leg. ! help. The The truck, loaded with milk cans ! Distillerjv ftact and driven by Gordon Copas, was ; Uniuft of' Aider? westbound, when it struck a patch bers- Thev want of GBOftGfe DEROCHE back prohtfcitiin," states Mr. De- Roche. They do not realise and furthermore, do not care how many millions <rf people they would put out of work and business, causing moonshine, awarders, sneak joints, vice, and eri«g|}fc> repeat as it did during the prohibition. But, let me WSt*n '"^a, they are trying very haii This we know and are to ftfffeA'lfebt back at them. federation, of bfr. per cent. We it, we neert your on behind us, the g Wine Workers has 75,000 mem- . _ r peoplet who sell ice and skidded out of Control.' these prodweta- to join so their pro- It swerved to the left side of the ! tection, and /our protection, will be highway and overturned on top of the Nash car. The Nash family was enroote to Albino, Ind., to spend the holiday. Athletes Killed The lives of two youthful athletes were claimed in a pre-holiday accident last Wednesday Might. They were William Dobler, ML former Dundee high school basketball star, and a member of Bradlay University cage squad, and Glenn Sarndt, 28, of Carpentersville. The latter was strong at alf thiol). "Let me qudtk total number of townships #y in Illinois, outside of Chicago, nif hbndred eighteen out of a total of 1,562, or 33.25 per cent. The total number of incorporated cities, tov.ns, and villages in Illinois is 1,143, of which 232 are dry, or 20.03 per cert. According to t e lost cen:.us approximately 35 per cent of Illincis is dry, so this inrfictas the dtyj are working, but I aay tWh»\with all stuSfarlty, khwr^irthe tjtzs ££ i SLATE OF OFFICERS ^ WILTi BE PUFSENTFD^ "TO WOMEN'S LEAQUE^ parents, Hem- Road, Mr. and Mrs. Bay Rede awved aacently.. from the home of her the Peter Sbgalas, on East to one of the lower apartments in the Wattles building h West McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Mason and daughter, who had been residing with her parents, the Peter Weingarts, awved last Sunday to Elgin. , Mr. and Mrs. Letnanf Thennes and haby have moved from the May cottag* on John street to their new heme in the norti part of the city. Complete Una of Lee's poultry laaiedlsa at Wattles Drag Stare, Memmry. +* It's McGee's for his gift »-FP our communibr. Members wish to thank the y interested persons outside the orcanitation who have so graciouslw nated of their time and material t* help complete this building ^rawT At this time the V. F. W. has not fully decided on a plan for the Ml use of the grounds serreendine the club house. However, tirnra aM nearly fourteen acres of a upon which a ioffefcall diamond, shoe pitchii^ pits, bachacae oven, etc., can b« erected, £ it can be maintained for general use. It is hoped that the veterans will use this memorial Perk to its faiw possibilities. / moitf) later also Gerw--ay. Sgt Clarke the; jjiailtiii of Normandy Wfft the return of these six veterans, the total now has reached ae*m in the county. The firit to be retursedfras Harold Karstea af Woodstock whoee funeral servieae were held three weeks ago. 111 MIH»»Q«OO»»OI ler died shortly after hi* admittance to a Pontiac, -111., hospital, a short distance from the scene of the accident. Injured were Charles L. V.","; Grover. 19, of CarpentOMville. Edward Unruh, 19, of Dundee, Robert Postien, 23, of Fox Lake, and Albert Andresen, 19, Elgin. • Dobler was aaid to have been driving at a high rate of speed when his car crashed into the rear of a truck, which had slowed up to turn off the high«NK< News of jtha through the 'Ulere are pome tavern keepers who don't ere laws, or order, and who aae cutting prices. These people, gentlemen, we »re ^o'n®- to stop with the Oaild of A. F. L. You know thla can be done. We are definitely aaalaat child delinquency. "Wa aa«t the hacking of the IlUnoli li^har Control Commisslo#- and focal authorities to rid such places tiroartlng crime and violation of laws. We are not going to let the respectable tavern keepers suffer for a few, aa we haw an aBiwaMii aiswfa ,that %®»^towir *ew» is 'must ' in evei^day living. With this in mind, we can easilv solve your gift problem this Chirstmas for the member* of your family or friends who have found it necessary to leave our little city for a change of residence, or for those who live in the next block. A year's subscription to the Plaindealer is your answer. Your thoughtfulness costs only $2.50 and will each week bring them, wherever they may live, news concerning the people and the city which means so much to them. An attractive gift card will be sent to the person of your choice, inxorminfr him or her that your conbringing this welcome fin throughout 1948. Whether it is. a new subscription or merely a renewal fbr the next twelve months, it is something which any one will appreciate. 97 PERCENT OF 1946 COUNTY TAXES PAID --- UP ON NOVEMBER 30 A very gratifying announcement has been made to the effect that McHenry county taxpayers paid $2- of their 10141 19*6 bill of $2,130,413.94, according to a report made on Nov. 30 and released by the office of County Treasurer Henry A. J! \w,This amount represents more than 97 per cent paid of the 1946 bill. Mr. Nulle is to be congratulated on this fine record, and he, in turn, has the following to say: "I feel this is a most remarkable record for the citizens of the county, and we in the treasurer's office are grateful for the sincere co-operation of the folks who sa% to it their tax bills were paid." "Considering the delay caused by the Butler bill and the confusion in general resulting from this bill, not only in McHenry county but throughout the state, I believe our record in this county will stack up with any county in the state," remarked J. G. Stevens, deputy treasurer. . AMONG THE BtOK 11 f i M Donna Dowe has been a surgical patient at the Woodstock hospital. Harold Freunri. who reeide* on r-gso that and, reach fte *°ll* Uietaio short time to the large gathered in to watch a the young play. A: who heard first time families of killed. Others bjm* Herbert Knutter of Wo* seriously injured early aa Thanks giving morninf when his eair skidded Grand avenue, underwent surgery at | on Rt. 14 in Woodstock, Crashinr into the Woodstock hospital during the!, telephone polTand Sm - vera la ^Oar in any ii help yo«r hi _ counties. Oar main are located H MO South Boulevard, hoadoaarteca uthAshlaad Illinois. " past week. i over in the (fitch. Mrs. Lillian Cox has been M surgi- j Harry Nowicki, well kown j cal patient at the Woodstock hospi- , resident, was seriously injured last tal. j week Wednesday nteht wfeea ids ear turninr Wonder L«k» Resident Gary Laid To Reit ttov. 28 John Geary of Volb is Recovering nicely from major suirel7 which he i underwent in a Chicago hospital a | few weeks ago. . . The McHenry Countv Imm. Mrs. John Samec returned home Women Voters will meet on iFVMav Li1 iBrs'-j'!fl,n J i , evening at 7*15 n <®,*™ay the middle of last parlor? It Tri* 1 Wood8tock ho»Pital- where stock. At that tiaie a slate of skidded from th» Machtegr>oad east of Cary, turning over Ja,4he dlteh. The only accident iBpuithd in the immediate vicinity of Mdpnry occurred at the Y InlsrhsiPjja at Pistaofficers wU , he presented to menrbership by the nomination com- i jje^y Yt tbe Wvodstock hospital last tb* j side Drive, McHenry, underwent surn ittee. The early hour i, occasioned by the ! W<u«Vi«ri. i-vear-old laughter of fact that an important public meet- U(r and Mrs Elm^r Justen of Soloa in«r on the tentative report nf *i-- of Mr anil county school survey committee wfll ^ ii for, is rritiraltw be held the same evanSg itWiS-! ^rS" „Ni<* M - ^ stock Community high school and at T^ere,e p ' - many of the League members' wish to also attend this meeting. The school meeting starts at 8:15 so that anyoai wishing to attend'the league mattin* can be aasurad of attending onth on time. The iearae now boasts of thirtythree member*. Thoee from this area are Mrs. Fral F. Young, Mid Mrs. L. S. Onrtn rfRi$S!Z the In- ^ McHENRY WINNE «* early competition at ternational Ckmia and Bay Show now hurst vof McHenry won the rsiarfs championship in the cow peas division. Gift's at McGee's, where she underwent tomy during the Past.*,?f Frank* Keller of Lily Uke a medical patient at tbe h<j5mn*h Woods underweirt at St. Therese hospital, thiswoek. Waukegan, appendecnoon. route when their auto Was struck by one traveling west. OAr one person, an elderly lady, w*» inJaredT A good bit of cap" less be excercissfl h|r ists during the next, such accidents aa the be a "stop, look for the smart Methodist Christmas THIRD PLACE WI>N«» this weeks hl at the 1"' ition bang heid tUs week in Chicago, third pi** » the senior five-gated stallions age, was won by P»ne 1 "l™"~ af McEeary. ( CHOIRS The combined rhslll ef sod and Ringwood i churchse will' open the with a cantata evening, Dee. 7, at the church. Besides the charal bers, there will be several special selections by individual members. COUNTY LEGION MEETING The regular meeting «bf the Mcany Henry County Council, Americaa Legion, wifl be held la AiMnquia on Thursday evening, Docaaiuer 4. Basides the n^ular basineis. a special Christmas trees for ssle. HteUssd ««tortainment of marfc bjr Urn wholesale. One e»stithrar en Mgar Hot_Shots wfll he e^joyeiL **t ItO. D. Thomas. Tel. » i* if.V 11 tlear m tl5 AH county Legionnaires aia atgaf to attend this ",,M"" Pauline Easier Anderson, 82, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Pinkal, in Wbnder Lake, last T\iesda<r morning, Nov. 25, 1947. She had fallen into a coma the Sunday before, from which «he never rallied. Another daughter, Mrs. Charles W: Day, of New Orleans, was visiting in the Pinkel home at thajlam of Mrs. Anderson's death. ~ Funeral services were held at the Fair Brawn Funeral Home, 4447 bvte* hi; Vhni, Chicago, on Friday, Vffr* p. m. Interment waa la Acsda rant cemetery, where laid to rest four she is MAT FILE FOR REFUND IN TAXES •an an. SS5-,o f- bCr-Miwra ca -gMl Jack Day of New GbAsbm. there are also four gnat XMA8 CHORAL CONCERTS Tickets are now on sale for the two Cbrietaws choral programs which will ha presented in the local high school auditorium in the near future. The vocal organisations of the school lave scheduled their program for Suaday evening, Dec. 14, Mid the Choral Club will Uiasunt their' esfceert on Tharsdnr. Dee.' 18. Goo^aete prograau wfil anear hi uext week's issue ec the naindealer. to neat of on active Public coaiwss jrteidss that lacom^ tax hs iiiuiid for tha taxable yaar m de«th •»» hr prevlons >aan la scrvies la sddiHsn, the new law seta forth fittd. Filing masTlM aosompjished before Jan. 1, lMt. Heretofore income taxes for years of war service prior to death ware forgives if not paid, but if paid, could not be refunded Service officer Philip E. Bierdeman, of the Illinois Veterans' Commission office in Woodstock, will assist and advise families of deceased servicemen* in determining eligibility and filing of spaljotioas foi refunds, •; :^A, MAIL EARLY" IS ADVICE 8f POSTMASTERS • Holiday Mailing Regrulationii Stream* •'By Local Hflflelals A reouest has been made by Mc- Henry Postmasters Ray McGee and Eta®r frmxni to plan on maiun<^ " your Christmas packages and cards aarly, thus avoiding long waiting ~ : lines at postoffice windows during / the last few days. -• s, » ,[ In order '.o be sure that your gifts to friends out of state reach tneni before the holiday, mailings should cake place before Dec. 10. Greetng cards for local delivery should be in the mail by Dec. 15. It is certainly gratifying on Christmas Eve to be abeolutely sure chat loved ones many arflee from tome have received your f^sl gift or because of you>- iOres.te.ic n mailing early. When you delay until the last week, you run a vny great chance af having your holiday nessage caaf^t in the rush and perhaps not delivered until after Christmas. Both local postmasters anticipate s-----^ feven heavier mail loads this Christmas than during the record-breaking 1946 holiday season. They said that post offices acroes the nation are already preparing for this peak load by recruiting extra mail clerks and carriers, collecting and overhauling delivery trucks and oiling up the stamp-cancellation machines. Postoffices have done their own shopping early fcy stocking up on hundreds >f dollars worth of stamps. Buy Stamps Now One way suggested by Mr. McGee ind Mr. Kreund tor avoid that last minute rush at the windotta is to stop in during this next week and purchase the extra stamps needed for Christmas cards This is one part of the gram that c^n, b" completed t will help a great deal '% i p traffic at the postoffice luring December. * It has been recommended "hristmas cards be sent first where there is any possibility that he address may be incorrect or in- # -omplete, since only envelopes bearng a three-cent stamp have forarding privileges. St vending need for complete hi* is and packages are days late '•riving every Christmas season or nd Mp in the defcd letter office beause of insufficient address. '~inhasfe is placed on sone numbers wherever available.to speed delivery. Parcel post packages cannot be> accepted anises they wrapped, sav the local This sssaas heavy cord, staid and hsavy cardboard in weifktaad are limita# sifte to 100 incass coaihiped. Tie la Chiiilpisi cards tc handletf before being brought to the offtae, with all envelopee facing the same way and the stamps in the 'One bit of information which Mr. McGee related to us this week, after attending a postmas«psa* in Peons, is that a < 01 i-en.wng the Ior t ;f ,acrutaU. addresses, postal ry pHiwanf wi»*tSiroratoiTids orflwwl 3D WIN N. MEYERg, , ^ fll 0KHr Ur UAB'f VAS, BURIED HXSE Friends were saddened this week to learn of the death fo Edwin N Meyers, 45 year? old, who died at r veterans' hospital at Woods, Wis. •war Milwaukee, on Sunday morning Vov. SO, 1017. He had been ill for several month?. Mr. Meyer was born in McHenry vhere he lived for several years. He joined the navy in 1942 and war •:6norably discharged two years '%tor. after receiving injuries in ombat. Survivors include three brothers, nd two sisters, Arthur Meyers of McHenry, Henry, Gottlieb, Mayme and Elisabeth. The body rested at the Jacob T us ten Sons funeral, until dsy morning, whan military were conducted there and mass was sung at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment was in the church" cemetery. , package can be seat airmail far' of letters only, and will perhape surprised to find the rate so law oa packages. There isn't one of as jMha Isat living on a very crowd*# ashtMe during the holidays, bat probably the oaeieat of all are those who serve the p^Mie in aar postofficee. Let^; co sperato by mailing all oar holiday reianmhtaasss aariy. rnjc ^ooimre svimis ^3* . A Public Interested In Political Announcements Adding to the general excitement which prevails during this preholiday season were two political announcements which wave made during the paft wadcMfL Democrats ware Jnttfastad in the statement of Senator Scott W. Lucas, who announced that contrary to a general belief, he would net become a candidate for governor at nUaois on the Democratic ticket ia the IMS election. From Morns, I1L, came ward from Congressman at Large William G. Stratton, speaking before a meeting of the Graady county Republican central conamttee. He formally announced Ms candidacy for secretary of state in the coming primary on the Republican ticket. ? NOTECB m c. East 'Mrs, p i, Circle 8/W. 8. Spencer. December I Christmas sad Bate* Lutheran Mission Aid. December < Public Instsllation of O. E. S. December 9 McHenry County Past Oraeles dab, R. N. A.--McHenry. Circle 1, W. S. C. &--Christmas Party--A. A. Thompson Home. December 11 It. Clara's Court, W. C. O. F.--S ; o'clock Pot-Lack SuMer and ? Christmas Party--Parochial school hall. December 19 Mother's Chfl> Christmaa Party. ^ * ftoasashsr 14 'High School Chrfctmiw Choral Coasevt. • »• December If St. Agatha's Oeart, W. C. O. F. No. 777--Pot Luck Sapper and Christmas Ifcrty -- Johaeburg school hall--IdO p. m. Kiverviaw Cam K. N. A«~CWstmas Party--t ef C. Hall. Deeemher It MeHoary Chord Club Christmw Concert--High School Auditorium. December » Juvenile Forssteta Chrlstmsa Pagty Parochial Sehoal Hatt-TjC m. Jaaaary ft Altar and Rosary ^ ef Officers. U' The Parit Ftabt located on the old hiaacij corner, McHenry, *rill be doeed every 'Tuesday untfl ftarther XSSI ai#: i . ~i Hrlx" McGee% im hia gift. r of the »ah. heSSL at n hm Dee.™