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' yHg-i*\- C v •THEMdHENRY PLAINDEALEtt v Jas; Wx"% ' -0 30/ 1958^ • i - • . WW ^te^bSBrV.':# ' 40.930 REGISTERED VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE NOV. 4 ' (Continued from Page 1) r,V"' -- " obtaining funds to be used for making permanent improvements and institutions owned by this state. The bond program was resorted to because the state has not been able to keep up '"with building needs due to a variety of reasons and a great backlog has been Tiuilt up. Another special ballot is called the Korean Service recognition ballot, in which .voters are asked to decide on a proposal for the state to contract a debt of $75,000,000 and issue bonds to that amount maturing within ten years after date pursuant to the Korean Veterans Compensation act, enacted by the 70th General Assembly October 80 1 Women of the Moose -- Ritual Practice--7:30 p.m. November 4 Fox River Valley Camp Meeting -- Mrs. Earl Brown Home. October SI McHenry Moose Lodge Hallowe'en Costume Dance--9 pin. Members and Guests. November 1 Benefit for Terry Phillips--, Pistakee Highlands Community Center--7 to 10 p.m.--Public Invited. November 2 Bazaar -- Community Club Building -- Sponsored by. St. John's P.T.A., Johnsburg. November 5 Harvest Holiday Bazaar FARM CENSUS HISTORY PROVES OF MUCH INTEREST PERSONALS (Continued from page 1) The latter levies and imposes I Methodist Church--10 a.m. to a number of taxes for the pur pose of paying the principal and interest on such bonds. Another special ballot is best know as the TB tax. calling for the county to levy, in excess of the statutory limit, an additional annual tax not to exceed .075 per cent for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis Blue Ballot Still another ballot to be considered by the voting public has become popularly known as the Blue Ballot. This is divided into two parts. One, which is the proposed amendment to Article VI, has many p r o v i s i o n s . E s s e n t i a l l y , t h e amendment would give the state an integrated court system in which all judicial power would be vested in three levels of courts, the Supreme, appellate and Circuit courts. In lieu of other existing courts, there would be divisions of the Circuit court--the only trial court. The second proposal would eliminate a provision which prohibits a sheriff or county treasurer from succeeding himself in office. With the growth of local precincts, total votes are not expected to be available untiln very late Tuesrfay night or early Wednesday morning. Results of local precincts will be posted in the Plaindealer window by 8:30 Wednesday morning. JAMES FISHER DIES FROM GUN WOUND 5 p.m.--Lunch--11:30 to 2 p.m. November 6 C. D. of A. Busine§?.' 'Meeting November 8 Bake Sale--Legion Home-- 10 a.ni. to 4 p.m:--Sponsored by Holiday Hills Woman's Club. Fun "Fair -- Sponsored by Johnsburg Public School P.T.A. 5 to 9 p.m. November 9 Bake Sale--Riverside Bake Shop--Sponsored by Women of the Moose. November 9 Bake Sale -- Riverside Bake Shop -- 7 a.m. to Noon--Sponsored by Women of the Moose. November 14 Women's Club meeting--Legion Home--1:30 p.m. November 15 Eiazaar and Roast Beef Supper -- Sponsored by W.S.C.S. of Ringwood Methodist Church. November 20 C. D. of A. Social Meeting-- Start of Card Tournament. NOV. 5 IS RED LETTER DAY AT McHENRY CHURCH (Continued from Page 1) in the Woodstock Presbyterian church. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, a 32nd degree Shriner of Beni Kedem temple in Charleston, Wt-st Va.. and belonged to the Elks club and American Legion post in Charleston. Survivors include the wife, Martha Morton Butler Fisher; two sons, Thomas A. and John; one daughter, Nancy Morton; and one sister, Mrs. Juanita GwinE, of Oakridge, Tenn. The body is resting at the Justen funeral home. Last rites will be conducted at 2 o'clock, today (Thursday) from the Presbyterian church in Woodstock, with Rev. Cecil Urch and Rev. Clarence F. Kerr officiating. The body will then be shipped to Madison, West Va., • for burial. Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Community Methodist church have marked Wednesday, Nov. 5, as a Red Letter day. This day marks the end of their many weeks of working and planning for their Harvest Holiday bazaar which will be held in the recreation center of the Community Methodist church from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with cafeteria style luncheon served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Business men are especially invited, but everyone is welcome. We know you will find an apron, tea towel, potted plant or some article among the many offered for the "hard-tobuy- for" person on your Christmas list. Many small gifts for Christmas grab bags are offered at a nominal price. ® Bring the children along as they will hav^ fun with the "honest injun" grab bag and participating in the many games offered for their amusement while mother shops. Avoid the pressure of last minute Christmas shopping by getting it well on its way on Nov. 5 in the recreational center of the church. which totaled 45,407 bushels. McHenry county farms harvested 5,675,782 bushels of corn for grain in 1954. The first farm census record ed 43.957 bushels of wheat raised in the county in 1840. The most recent farm census recorded 42,094 bushels of wheat threshed or combined. In 1840, the oat crop was reported at 38,974 bushels, compared to the 2,077,664 bushels of oats reported threshed or combined in 1954. The first farm census reported $4,534 to be the value cf dairy products in the county. In the last farm census $10,- 354,526 was recorded as the value of dairy products sold.. Recent farm enumerations have shed light on changing conditions. For instance, the 1950 census tabulated a total of 2.425 farms. This total had declined to 2.059 by 1954. During this period the average size of farms increased from 142 acres to 156 acres. Total land in farms also decreased between 1950 ancf 1954 from 345 259 to 321,706 acres. Another changing factor detected through census satistics is the decreasing number of operators residing upon the farms they operate. In 1950 the tabulation shows 2,298 compared to a 1954 total of 1,949 operators residing upon the farms they operated. The 1954 farm census if or the first time counted the number of farms reporting television sets. In McHenry county they totaled 1.626. About 500 county farms will be covered in the November test which is being conducted for the purpose of trying out procedures and questionnaires being considered for use in the nation-wide Census of Agriculture next year. Census Bureau officials urge that local farmers cooperate in the test, pointing out that all confidential features of regular census-taking operations will apply to the test and that information furnished to the Census Bureau cannot be used for purposes of taxation, investigation or regulation. OBITUARIES SHOP IN McHENRY • If it will please her at her age, why not tell her she's beautiful? But don't yawn when you say it. Mary W. Pringle Mrs. Mary Wilson Pringle, 84, of Oakland, Calif, formerly of the McHenry area, died in her home Mcnday, Oct. 27, after an illness of a few days. She was born in Nunda township Sept. 4, 1874, and spent her early life here. Survivors include a son, Blakeslee Pringle, and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Becker, both of- Oakland; also a brother, Frank Wilson, of Volo. Services and burial are in Oakland. Wives regard husbands as some kind of perpetual motion that takes care of everything. Mrs. Anton Williams, daughter Miss Betty Lou Weber and Miss Joyce Weber have returned from a, two weeks motor trip? They spent the first week Tat Canistota, S. D. and later visited the former's daughter Mrs. Varney Tanner and husband at Colorado Springs, Colo. Misses Lena and Clara Stoffel and Mrs. Richard Fleming returned Friday from a trip to the Ozarks, Hot Springs, Ark., and Paris Landing, Tenn. Mrs. Elvera Durland of Chicago spent the weekend with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. John Neuharth attended the Garden Club Christmas Show at Crystal Lake Wednesday evening. John Schreiner of Elgin spent the weekend with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Arigelo Bignali of Merrill, Wis. were Sunday visitors in the William Wissell home. Mrs. Howard Useman and son, Denny of Pueblo, Colo., visited relatives here this week, where they were called by the death of her grandfather, Captain William O'Brien. Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, Miss Laura Weber, Joseph Weber and Melvin Walsh attended the funeral of Mrs. Honeyager at Milwaukee, Wis.; Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Wagner and family of Milton, Wis. were Sunday visitors in the Herb Simon home. Out of town folks here to attend the wake or funeral of Capt. William O'Brien last week were. William O'Brien. Detroit. Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Tnmes Gibbons, St. Paul Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Flovd Kenlay. Winnetka; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kerr, Palatine; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. William Morrissey. Mrs. Kate Campion, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garrity. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell, Johnny Olson, Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Campion, Bob Sullivan, Glen Railton and Mrs. Eliza Herr, Chicago. Mrs. Pearl Patzke spent a few days, the last of the week j with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Patz- ! ke in Champaign. Mrs Mar- J tha Feltz and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Patzke joined her , there | on Sunday to help the Ralph Patzkes celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. William Wissell visited relatives in Zenda, Wis.; Saturday. Mrs. Jewell Shetterlv returned to her home in Franklin, Ohio Sunday,' after a visit with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bigelow of Ft. Jennings, Ohio, were weekend guests of her parents, ]^|r. and Mrs. Leo Blake Mr. and Mrs. L. Magus were Chicago callers. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Martin and Mrs. Arthur Hoppe were Chicago visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Miller, the Gerald Miller family and the Mrs. John Purvey family of Crystal Lake, attended a gathering at the William Morgan home in Elkhorn Sunday honoring Joey Morgan who made his first Communion at St. Patrick's church, in that city, that morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tomlinson were Champaign visitors \ \ I / 1:1®:;! FLASH- , time for a new Kodak FLASH camera WATCH REPAIRING AT ITS FINEST By McHenry's Oldest, Most Reliable >"•' «*>---- Dealer i ) STEFFAN'S JEWELRY STORE 514 W. Main McHenry Phone 123-J over the weekend where they attended Home Coming activities at the University. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mendel Mr. and Mrs- Math Schmitt visited with friends at Polo, 111.. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Smith have returned from a trip to the Ozarks and Smoky Mountains, and sons Jerry and Chuck of Westchester were Sunday visitors in the Art Smith home. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jung and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold May, were guests in the John Wolowic home at Druce Lake Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs." Hilmer Heike, Kenny and Bobby, of Libertyvjlle, were, guests of McHenry relatives Sunday.' Mrs. Mary Fuchs of Humphrey, Nebr., is visiting her daughter and family, the Larry Pilzins, at Round Lake. (r John Hunter of Terra"Haut&f Ind., an old time McHenry resident, called on friends here recently. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whit:. ing of Lake Geneva, Wis., are spending the week with McHenry relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey were dinner guests of Crystal Lake relatives Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Sutton, son Teddy and Mrs. Laura Minteer of Maywood,. are vacationing at Clearwater, Fla. for twp weeks. . James McNiel of Woodstock, a former resident of this vicinity, was a dinner guest in the Clinton Martin home Sunday. Mrs. McNiel is spending' some time with her daughter, Mrs. Doris Taylor in Indianapolis, Ind., making the acquaintance of a new granddaughter. Messrs. and Mesdames John Glosson, Joseph Glosson, William Glosson, George Glosson, Edward Tonyan and Walter Freund paid their final respects Joseph Vogt at the McGillis funeral home in Round Lake Wednesday evening. Mr. Vogt, brother of Robert Vogt of McHenry, died in a Lake Villa nursing home Monday of last week. William Kapche of Pistakee Bay, serving with the arme<J forces in Germany, was called home last week by the death of his father, William Kapche. Mr. and Mrs. Ward O'Brien attended the wake of a friend Jake Scully, in Chicago Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Adams, Joan and Joyce, visited Fox Lake relatives Sunday. Miss Patty Guffey of Richmond spent thes weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Irene Guffey. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cooper attended a class reunion of Marshall high school in Chicago Saturday evening, featuring a dinner dance and entertainment at a hotel. SUSPEND LICENSES Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier announced actions by the drivers' license division of his office affecting residents of this county. The license of Elmer B. Speilman, Wonder Lake, has been revoked for three offenses. Suspensions were given George First, Woodstock, driving while intoxicated; Fred Frantz, Algonquin, Jacob Koehler, McHenry, Edwin Kraeplin, Woodstock, and Melvin Krich, Harvard, three offenses. Be Wise--Use the Classifieds ®itf -Sfcppe 200 S. Green St. McHenry 10 Call Us lor An Appointment for your Fall Hair Style SWEDISH MASSAGE STEAM BATHS The Finest Jn Cosmetics . PATRICIA STEVENS .KODAKfttf^M? FLASH OUTFIT Imagine! A reflex camera in this low-cost outfit Great ,:buy! Price includes Kodet-model Duaflex IV Camera, film, flasholder, and everything else needed for indoor-out- * door picture toking. And it's the surest snapshooting ever. . There's no guesswork -- you see your picture in the big. "preview" finder before you press the button. B0LGER S Drug Stor 108 S. Green St. PHONE 40 McHenry, fl|. 3itinoii (Continent cjCij^e Endurance C^o "CHARTER CONTRACT-PROFIT SHARING PLAN" America's Fastest Growing Life Insurance Co. 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The Legion auxiliary president, Mrs. Diedrich, as well as Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Gray arid Mrs. Mrachek, contributed to the evenings enjoyment 4>y serving the dinner so that the lady guests could dine and lenjoy the festivities with their husbands and friends. Ed. Cannon, chairman for the evening, wielded the gavel in the absence of Mr. Kinsey who was unable to attend. The wives of some of the vets brought dessert, salad, etc., but the ham that was done to per-: fection was the work of Mr. Cannon himself. Some of the women voted for a formation of a Men's cooking club with a charter and constitution making it mandatory to show their skill by staging a ladies' night at least once a week. . There were several guests present at this meeting, some of whom were candidates for membership. It is less than a year since the McHenry barracks of World War I Vets first met with about a dozen men interested. Now, with the admission of the eight candidates into membership, there are approximately seventy members. This for a small community and with the World War I vet fast becoming the vanishing American is a remarkable achievement. Any eligible vet interested in joining may contact George Knight at McHenry 2156 or box 193 McHenry. Meetings are, on the fourth Thursday at the American Legion home in McHenry. This is a group, socially minded and interested in having a little fun as well as advancing the more serious aspect of furthering the affairs of tne World War I veterans. Since the world began, peace has always been* all dressed up with no place to go. IT PAYS TO ADfERTISE LEAGUE HEARS ATTORNEY>TALK ON BLUE BALLOT Last Monday evening, mem,- bers of the League of Women Voters gathered to hear John Robinson, a Chicago attorney and a member of the Committee for Modern Courts, present a film on the proposed judicial amendment to the Illinois Constitution and answer the audience's^ many questions about it. Also represented were the Farm Bureau and the McHenry Bar Association, who are among the many groups supporting this legislation. Mr. Robinson pointed out that our present court system is liO years old. The proposed amendment he said, provides for a modern, business-like integrated court system which will do away with many of the high costs of litigation and, the prolonged delays, often of yeaft which prevent many people from obtaining justice in Htt* nois. It will also abolish thf much-criticized fee system (jjp the lower courts. W. 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