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County History Tells n Lra From the galleys of type set for the new "History of McHenry County 1968" the following account was taken. PROHIBITION This was the era when national prohibition of drinking alcoholic beverages was tried and found wanting. The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by Congress Dec. 18, 1917, and submitted to the states for ratification. Most of our history is intended to be a sober, serious and fairly impartial account of events. But this paragraph from the 1922 History of McHenry County under the heading "An Early Temperance Society Meeting" quite definitely reveals the feeling of the 1922 writer: "It is not the province of this work to discuss the prohibition and liquor questions of the long years ago in this county, as doubtless it is best to cover old John Barleycorn's putrid corpse with a mantle of charity. He no longer lives here, enough mean things have been spoken and written of him in the last seventy-five years to damn him for ever and a day, and we cannot find a record of authority showing that he had any saving traits of character, so let him rest where he fell, at the hand of the people of America in 1919" Then followed an eye-witness account of a "Ladies Temperance Association of McHenry County" meeting at Marengo in 1855, signed "One of the Ladies". Prohibition went into effect Jan. 16, 1920. Its introduction was poorly timed for the Yanks of World War I, returning from France. Some parts of the country, with local option and seeing the "handwriting on the wall" had gone dry before the national effective date. World War I men - even as this book is prepared - recall how they came home to a "dry" country and didn't have a chance to vote on it. One of these returning Yanks was a young man from Woodstock who, on coming home, decided to run for County Sheriff and made it. His name: Lester "Doc" Edinger. At 28, the youngest sheriff in the state of Illinois, Doc Edinger was sheriff twice during the Prohibition era and went on to carve a 41- year-record in county elective office unequalled by any ^ther McHenry County resident living at this writing. was a big headache to all law enforcement officers, and that they, perhaps more than any other segment of our society, were the happiest to see the federal amendment repealed in 1933. The first county prohibition incident Doc Edinger .recalls was under the term of his predecessor, Sheriff Roy J. Stewart. The local department had picked up a truckload of beer from the north and had stored it in a building near the railroad track in Woodstock. Some men got into it and hauled the beer out. "Doc", who gained his familier nickname when he was a tot of 4 in Woodstock and hunted colored buttons for his sister's doll because they looked like pills, took over the reigns as sheriff in December, 1922. He had only two full time officers and always had to deputize extra men when he went on a "bootleg" raid. He recalled candidly that there were probably 25 or 30 speakeasies operating in the county, despite all efforts of his limited force to control them. It was New Year's morning, Jan. 1, 1923, only a month in office, that Doc and his men raided 25 places reported to be selling alcoholic drinks. It may have been later, that spring, that he recalls six or seven trucks loaded with beer that got stuck north of Harvard (no pavement in those days) and the sheriff's department made the raid at 4 a.m. THE DRUNK PIGS A farmer in Hartland township was reported to be making moonshine. Doc and his men went out. While they were sniffing the air and roaming the grounds in search of the farmer, he skirted around behind them and got to the vats of mash in the pig pen. The farmer pushed over the vats into the pig yard. When the officers returned, they discovered pigs stage ring around drunk. Some of them "were sleeping it off'. Then there was the incident of Feb. 23, 1924, a bitter cold winter day with the snow in drifts. A raid was called for Spring Grove. The sheriff body started out, made it as far as Fred Eppel's farm a short distance toward McHenry. They borrowed Fred's team and bobsleigh and continued the 20 miles to Spring Grove. Never again! said Doc. For 13 years (Doc was Woodstock chief of police from 1927 to 1930 and sheriff again from •1930" to 1934) the prohibition enforcement was filled with . incidents that would be called rare today. A bombing at McHenry was one. At one time seventy-three federal prisoners were housed in Woodstock. And for six month's Doc's de- LAKEMOOR - LILYMOOR SHIRLEY SCHUERR 385-2645 NEPHEW OF LOCAL COUPLE KILLED IN VIETNAM No words can express our deepest sympathies to Bill and Phyllis Zahn on the loss of their nephew, Glenn Davis. Glenn was killed Monday, May 13, in Vietnam while serving with the Marines. Glenn and his mother, Mrs. Lois Beaufouef, of Baldwin Pk., Calif., are former residents of Lilymoor. Glenn graduated from McHenry high in 1964. This was Glenn's second tour of duty over in Vietnam. He was over there in 1967 and was wounded. He is survived by his parents, Mrs. Lois Beaufouef of California, Robert Davis of Chicago, grandparents Mrs. Harriet Oliver of Fontana, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Davis of New Mexico and his uncle and aunt, Bill and Phyllis Zahn of Lilymoor. The body will be brought to McHenry for burial. BELATED BIRTHDAY Greetings go to Jerry Mannes who celebrated his birthday Saturday, May 18. Greetings go to Helen Bender who celebrated her ninth birthday Wednesday May 15. BIRTHDAY Greetings go to Howard Bender who will celebrate his fifth birthday Sunday, May 26. Many happy returns, Jerry, Helen and Howard. HOME FROM HOSPITAL I am happy to report that Myra Zabroski is now home from the McHenry hospital. GET-WELL Wishes go to Jerry Bunch. Jerry is a patient at a hospital in Melrose Park. Here's hoping you are now home and just fine Jerry. OUR SERVICEMEN Tom Bitter man has hung up his civilian clothes for the wearing of the Army uniform. Tom is taking his basic tfain - ing at Fort Polk, La. Dave Tobey on returning to the Navy after his leave will be -going over to Vietnam. Both Tom and Phil Schmidt are now stationed over in Vietnam. Tom and Phil are in the Marines. WHO CORNER Who is the young lady who crawled up into her attic and got stuck up there for two hours because of the ladder falling dpwn. Couldn't you find an easier way of taking a rest E.B.? HUMAN Established 1944 at a luncheon given by General Robert E. Wood. The guests were such men as Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Herbert Hoover, Robert A. Taft„ etc. For the purpose of giving the people facts about our government. In the coming weeks, HUMAN EVENTS will pull no punches in revealing" inside election year facts about Johnson, Nixon, McCarthy, Rockefeller, Wallace, Reagan and others . . . plus special coverage of major campaign issues like crime in the streets, trade with the enemy, taxes, the money crisis and Viet Nam. 1968 election guide concerning the records of governors, Senators, Representatives. How tfyey vote on laws passed by Congress, etc. will be given to subscribers. 20 weekly issues $4.98 1 year $12.50 HUMAN EVENTS 422 First Street, S. E., Washington, D.C. 2003 partment had two members of the Dino Baniori gang, Dapper Dan McCarthy and Heimie Wiess, helping to build the sheriffs garage next to the courthouse while they served their time. He recalled another time when A1 Capone's brother, Ralph, paid a visit to Wood - stock. It goes without saying that when the 18th Amendment was repealed and December 5,1933, arrived to make the selling of alcoholic beverages legal once more (except in states that chose to remain "dry") the county law enforcers, from town constable to circuit judge^ heaved a sigh of relief. W HISS Gertrude Disney 385-7515 WEAVER NAMED DIRECTOR Gov. Otto Kerner named Edward T. Weaver of Downers Grove director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to succeed the late Cyril Winking. Weaver has been serving as director of the department's Chicago Region since March 1966. He was director of the Champaign Region from 1964 to March 1966. From 1961 to 1964 he was director of Residential Services, Lake Bluff Children's Home. A night club seems to have what it takes to take what you have. LARGE GROUP JOINS SENIOR CITIZEN CLUB A goodly number from Whispering Oaks attended the senior citizens club at the McHenry high school cafeteria on Monday evening, May 13. A program for the club is well on its way, with a picnic planned for this summer. RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT Ed Schlaeger is home after his terrible accident. He feels weak. It will take months before he is able to work again. He will be having more plastic surgery thru the year. WHISPERS ABOUT FOLKS Mr. and Mrs. Bert Welker spent Sunday in Chicago with their children. They received some good news, their daughter, Sister Loraine, will be transferred back to River Grove from New York, where she will continue her teaching. Mrs. Kauth of Sussex entertained five retired teachers on Monday. She is spending several days in Chicago. Mrs. Dimeler of Manchester Mall cooked her family dinner on Mother's Day. Her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Esin of Chicago and her grandson, Edward Schmidt, and his wife were the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Devereux, had her folks, Mr. and Mrs. John Schroeder, with her on Mother's Day. Also company from McCullom Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Davis took Mr. Davis's mother, Alice, to dinner and for a drive. She is staying at a Christian Science Retirement home, the Anna Vaum in Geneva. There are thirtyfive ladies staying there. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild entertained friends, the Fred Gordens of Edison Park. They have been friends for 40 years. Mr. and Mrs. Reiter of Ashley had their little granddaughter, from Dearborn, Mich., here on Sunday.The whole famity came to the Mother's Day dinner. And the Reiters always have their American flag out every day. Mrs. Sass^who is slowly recovering was out walking with her husband. She is very grateful that she could be about. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Koehedar of Ely, Minn., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell of 4506 Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bautel of 4411 Ashley just returned from a fishing trip in Eagle River, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Liby of 1208 Manchester Mall had a wonderful time at a bowling ban- ' quet in Woodstock. The music was great and Mrs. Liby sang Irish tunes. They danced til 1 p.m. Mr. Liby won the high individual game of 282 and received a beautiful trophy. Mrs. Wilson is smiling again these days. She had her cast removed from her arm and now is back in the swing again. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford spent Mother's Day with her daughter and family. They also went to a fortieth wedding anniversary, saw friends they had not seen for 25 years. The Disneys went to church in Chicago. All the mothers were blessed through prayer by the Elders of the church. The y spent the rest of the day with their son at Marina city. We were going to have a new family on Ashley but the family nest was disturbed by Ted's WED., MAY 22, 1968 - PLAIN DEALER - P G. 5, big capterpillar. So they left i the neighborhood, too noisy. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Uhlman had their children spend Mother's Day at their home. The Bob Uhlmans were married 32 years, May 17. Mr. Doremyer of 4613 Ashley cooked the Mother's Day dinner for his wife and son, Rick. 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