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McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934 LAST OF CIVIL SAMAKTHA BUTTON DIBS HERE SUNDAY v Had BeceasedXived Until Next tyJ?"December. She Would Have > Reached the Age of 103 "Mrs. Samantha Button, who had gained renown throughout the United States as being the only living Civil virar toother, and McHenry's oldest resident, who hjid lived two'and onehalf years beyond the century mark, fled at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night, July 22, 1934, at the home of Mr. and Mr». Howard Culver. Although she 9 had been failing in health f<?r sometime and had been confined to her bed for several weeks, she had previously been in good health and able to wait upon herself, take care of her »fn room and was always, active and . industrious. _ - In recent years the anniversaries of the centenarian had been the occasion of remembrances of local townspeople in tribute to her advancing years. Her ©fie-hundredth-birthday Was ;a particularly interesting event with tributes , the county and other organizations, , music by the high school band and d reception for friends and neighbors , &iid members of the city council. Born In 1831 Samantha McCollum, the daughter of;Mr. and Mrs- William McCollum, wis born in Fairfax county, Ohio,.on December 12, 1831, and came to 'Mc- Henry with her parents and other members of the family in 1838, when about six years old. The trip from the east to < the prairies of Illinois was made' in a prairie schooner over winding Indian trails, which have since been transformed into wonderful cement highways, over which tourists travel in luxurious automobiles. Here they settled on Sherman Hill, near the lake which bears their name, where, among the Indians and the wild game they built their crude home. Here she grew old Airing the ages of some, of the greatest inventions, including the reaper and harvester; she had seen the growth of railroads and the develop' ment of business, the invention of-lhe telephone, electric lights, radio, automobiles and airplanes. <*•••"• Pioneers like Mrs. Button are becoming few, yet it is a privilege to MOTHERS IS DEAD Mirn., to live but after his death returned to McHenry where she has since made her home, Mrs. ButtonV read without glasses, composed poetry which she recited" to her visitors and was always interested in the affairs of the present day. Sh£ enjoyed relating interesting stories of:; the early d^ys of McHenry and mar •veled at the growth and development of the country/always'generous in her praise for the improving and changing trend of affairs. " ' : Witnessed Many Chaftgcs She was a remarkable picture of the heroism of the ages arid in her unusual record. of • fivp score years she saw the march of time triumphant to the present age. she saw the western wilds of a century ago changed into busy cities and prosperous villages, and the Indiah and the .primitive log cabin give place to modern civilization and palatial homes. Mrs. Button is survived by four granddaughters, Miss Clara B. Rorer, Gilman, 111., Mrs, Ella Kerns, Onarga, 111., Mrs. Ethel Thrasher, Honolulu, and Dr. Emily Rorer, Santee, Neb.; four grandsons, Clinton J>eWitt Rorer, Minneapolis, Leonard Rorer, a n d Frank Rorer of Dixon,, and Dr. 'C. G. Rorer, Waukegan, and thirteen greatgrandchildren. Other relatives who survive are, Mrs. Warren Fish and Mrs. Lefla Foley of Woodstock, Will Dwelly of Chicago, and Mrs. Leah -Brown, a cousin, of McHenry. Funeral services. were held at the home at 2-o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. L. H. Brattain, pastor of the M. E. church, officiating. McHertry Post, American Lfegion, attended in a body. Appropriate songs were fenmeet them and learn of the hardships she crosses the bar into eternity Members of the Legion who acted as pall-bearers were Peter Neiss, C J. Reihansperger, Ed Nickels, James Marshall, Fred Schoewer and Howard Cairns. Daughters of the G: A. R., and members of the American Legion Auxiliary were also present' to honor the last of'the country's brave Civil, war mothers. Escorted by the flag of her country, for which she gave her son, and by the Legion colors and with the tolling nf church bells, she was carried to her final resting place beside her soldier son in Woodland cemetery- As the funeral procession passed St. Mary's church the bells tolled in honor of her memory and people of every faith paused in tribute to this aged and respected citizen who had gone to her final reward. The trees will whisper a solemn requiem over her grave and the present generation will pause to recall memories of her vast; experience and her courage and will bow in gratitude for the achievements she represents. As we have wished this veteran of a century Godspeed so many times a3 she continued her journey through life, "again, this time wf.h a tear and a sigh of regret, we say Godspeed as Of the early settler, his unfailing .pluck and caurage and his indomitable industry whibh^are a heritage for youth and an inspiration for the gen-? erations. »Happy and carefree she roamed the prairies until at the age of sixteen she was married to George Rorer and had three sons. One of these boys, Clj ton Rorer, enlisted in Company 18th Illinois Cavalry, in February 1864, and died later from pneumonia and was brought back to McHenry -and buried.' At the age of 39 years, she married Jfuxies Button and went to Rochester, Scene* and Persons in the Current News 1--Premie.' Coerinjt of Prussia entertaining «.>'i»'en Barni of Si.-uu at a ' liunquet iir'l'.erUu just nfiaf" ttM "Woody purge" of the Nazi party. 2--Alexander Troyanov sky, Russian ambassador to the United States, on I visit t* • Century of Progress In Chicago. 3--Scene In Jacksonville, 111., after a destructive tornado had hit'that cltjr, ,r i » TWO JAILBREAKERS ARE 1AKENJ0 "PEN" BOTH MEN ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY Relatives who were present at' the funeral services were the grandchildren, Miss Clara Rorer of Gilman, Dr.| C. G. Rorer of Waukegan, Leonard Rorer of Dixon, great-grandchildren, Harold, Mary Kathrine and Elizabetli Rorer of Dixon, children of Frank rer, Mrs. Warren Fish and Mrs. av Foley, Woodstock, and Mrs. h Brown, McHenry- v Emily Rorer of Santee, Neb., arrived on the midnight bus Tuesday night, too late for the funeral of her grandmother. She left- Wednesday morning with Miss Clara Rorer for Gilman, 111. 4- Latest Picture of Mrs. Button, JS-FK" * Taken Shorily After She Reached the Age of 100 Yeats \\ ur w i t k. M c H t n r y i John Enosi and Henry Odenbriet, two of the five who broke but of the Woodstock jail July "8 and were later recaptured, were tak(?n to the state penitentiary Monday by Sheriff Edinger and Deputy Reese, following their being sentenced last week to serve long terms in the prison. Besides being sentenced for aiding in the escape of prisoners, both were sentenced on other charge^. On Friday, Erios pleaded guilty to four indictments charging the rescuing of prisoners from/ the McHenry county jail. He was sentenced to serve from one to five years on two of them, the sentences to run concurrently and a similar sentence on the other two. A fine of $250 was. imposed on each. ^ ' Enos Oiangwa Attitude At first Enos refused to pllead guilty to all four indictments saying he was willing to plead guilty to breaking out of jail but fie wouldn't take any rer sponsibility for aiding any of the other prisoners In getting out pf jail. State's Attorney V. S. Lumley was in no frame of mind to make any bargains with Enos. He said Enos had si right to pleat! not guilty and to face trial on the charges if he Wanted to and that lie was ready for trial at an early date. After Enos found out he couldn't make any bargain he informed the court he was raidy to plead guilty to any charge just so long "as he could get it over with and starts serving his term. These two sentences added to the one to life sentence imposed the dfiy before on a plea of guilty to an indictment charging robbery with a gun means Enos will no doubt <spend most of the rest of his life in the state prison. Odenbriet pleaded guilty to the four indictments charging rescuing prisoners from the county jail. He was sentenced to serve from one to five years on each count and to pay a $50 fine- The four sentences are to run concurrently and also to run .concurrently with the sentence of one to fourteen years for forgery which he received on a plea of -guilty the day before. .• • ' Enos will 4oin his two partners in crime at the state prison. William Nothiesen and John Herzog. who were with Enos on the Huntley bank robbery job, are now serving terms for a bank robbery in Kane county. It is claimed that these two were ^he first to tip off authorities that l£nos, (known as Little Johnny) was^a member of the trio Which hpld up the Huntley and Union banks. City Wells BeingCleaned The city wells are being cleaned this week $^d*as a result th^ city water is ploudy and, sandy but it will only be a few days until it is settled again. The flow of water has been diminishing Until it was impossible for the city to supply water for the golf course at the country club and it was thought best to clean the wells* .clear the sand from the pipes and get the flow b£ck to normal again. Mayor Doherty states that the city council is anxious to sell all the water possible and that they intend to fix up the wells, if possible, so that there will be plenty of water for the golf course and all customers. There are three wells that supply water for city use and work is now in progress on the second well and will be continued to the third! <2 MAN DIES AFTER EBNfi. REVIVED FROM DROWNING IN POX RIVER M. L SCHOENHOLIZ LIKES* PAPER LOCAL TEACHER STUDYS IN COLORADO J;- AN EXPLANATION' --^7 T desire to state that the newspaper report published in various , papers last^veek that I had filed a $10,000 damage suit in circuit court against ButtervVorth and-Geir was a . great surprise to me and the reading of it praded beyond her depth, was the first knowledge I hid of same. . • The suit wa^\not>--£iled by me, although my nameSnd no other name appears: on the legal papers! This notice .is published to clear the matter among my friends in this community.' -- . *9-fp PETER WIKFS. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson visited in The home of'Mrs., Ada Smith at Elgin Thursday. Miss Juli^ Feffer,-district, director of the American Legion Auxiliary was guest of honor at the meeting of the Ibcal Auxiliary Thursday .night.s ' The sweltering heat of the weekend ^ent hundreds of persons- seeking relief to lakes and rivers ia this region and resulted in three deaths in Lake ami McHenry counties. Anton Ellman, 44 years old, a painting and decorating contractor at 4045 West Wilcox street, Chicago, suffered a heart attack while swimming in Fox river, south of McHenry, near Emerald Park, Sunday afternoon, and died a few hours later as he was preparing to return to Chicago. Ellman was in swimming with several members of his family and friends late Sunday afternoon when he collapsed in the water and would have drowned, hfcd it not heen for a timely rescuejby several men swirraning nearby. . He was bcought to the office of a physician in McHenry where he was treated and when he had apparently recovered, returned to the cottage down river. 1 Preparations were made for the return trip to Chicago and Ellman had jilst seated himself in the automobile when he suffered another heart attack and died before medical aid could be summoned. The body was taken to the N. J. Justen A Son undertaking rooms where an inquest-was conducted Sunday night with a verdict of "acute Myocardis from over exertion while in bathing in Fox river south! of Mfc- Henry." Ellman was born in Chicago on January 4, 1890, and was married. Funeral services were1 held this Thursday, July 26, in Chic^ro, with burial in Oakriclge cemetery. Two Others Drown Two drownings occurred," one In Bangs Lake at Waucorida, and the other in Diamond Lake; two rnjles west of Libertyville- Mrs. Johanna McPhal, 34 years old, qf Chicago, lost her life in Bangs Lake. She "was unable to. swim an< I She is believed to have stepped into a hole and tank from sight before rescuers could reach her. - The body was recovered • within a short time and efforts to revive her were mad/. but she was pronounced dead two hou^si^fcoj* James- "Yoref"l2fi years old, residing on Telegraph vroad in West Lake Forest, drowned in Diamond Lake He was unable to swim, but was holding onto a rowboat which was being rowed •by a frieriH, Leo Moran of Lake Forest. Yore* is believed to have lost his hold on the boat and sank beneath th§ surface "of the water. Moran was an. £bje to rescue him. , , The following interesting letter was received this (Thursday)* morning £kom M. L. Schoenholtz, .teacher in McHenry grade school, who i lying during the summer month* in the Colorado university, at Boulder The many friends of "Mike" .will, no doubt, enjoy reading this message: 1135 Broadway, Boulder, Colo. July 23, 1934. bearMr- Mosher: , Each Monday afternoon I make a beeline straight for honw, because I know that I have there ah important friend, which will take me back to McHenry for a visit of an hour or Indeed the PJaindealer is a true friend, because it has in it just the news I'm interested in. And it is complete enough that no questions re-, main in my mind after finishing each edition. I haven't heeded the call"of th« mountains very much this summer lch habe zu trie! Shakespear, deutcha Klasse und so weiter gehabt. (Dc you think eighty per sent of your readers understand that) sentence? However, last Friday after completing six hours of examination?, four of us made a journey to Longs IVak Inr end Bald Pate Inn, whicTi are neat Estes Park. The latter Inn is nited all over the United States for its collection of keys of all sorts. Whetone visits it, he is asked to leave a key (and old kind^ with his namc arr! address attached to it. Consequently all the walls and ceiling of one room is literally covered With species frorr. a quarter of an inch long up to fourteen inches. The scen£ reminded much the same as when .my father used to decorate the crib driveway with seed corn in the fall. " ^ Saturday night was the opening night *at Central City for Shakespeare's pla£ "Othello."? I'm fortunate enough to be able to make the trip there July 27 to see it. The city is an old mining town that once could boast of 40,000 inhabitants, but now of only 500. All along the steep street, it has only one, one may see signs of fifty years ago hanging from the old shop windows. The famous Teller House, where President U. S. Grant once walked from the stage coach Jo. the entrance on a pavement of'sHver bricks, is again open for two weeks this summer. At the very heart of the old town stands «the Opera House, with its stone walls at least four feet thick. The1 interwr is really gay With frescoes and^Tstal chandeliers-- literally a theatre within a theatre. It was built in 1879* by a popular subscription lavish enough to e>"«t "the finest playhouse. we»* of The" River." So you can see what a thrill is in line for me. ESCAPED PRISONER REVOLVER BATTLE" SOLON MILLS r) Joe Levotiian came back to McHenry county last Thursday night Wf not back to the McHenry county jail from which he sawed his" Way out a week ago. Joe came back to Solqn Mills to get what he thought was revenge for him fleing a fugitive from justice- As the story goes Joe invaded Solon Mills aWund midnight^and after waiting until most everybody in that little village had retired he sauntered ov^r to the Charles Westlake tayern. West lake was just closing up for the night. He was at the front door and his wife at the rear door. Joe entered from the rear and pushing Mrs. Westlake aside he whipped out a" revolver and opened fire on Westlake.4- One bullet found its mark in the left wrist of Westlake. However, Westlake can shool with either foand and anticipating that probably Levonian would return to Solon Mills he had armed himself with a revolver. ^This weapon was in his shirt blouse. ' Westlake Also Starts Firing After Joe fired the first shot "the bombardment- was on and in return Westlake emptied his revolver at Joe- In the meantime Joe had made up his mind his-revenge was_not agoing to be so easy and he made his departure from the tavern from the same door he had entered. " - Westlake followed but Joe had a car parked less than a block away and before help could be summoned Levonian made his escape in the car- ' A physician was summoned from Richmond to dress"Westlake's wound. Sheriff Lester Edinger was notified and he and Deputy Sheriff Harold E. Reese rushed to the-scene. They found Westlake's injuries quite serious and he was ordered removed to a hospital at Elgin. Levonian lived in Solon Mills when arrested several months ago on a charge of arson which resulted in an attempt by Levonian to burn down the, Westlake tavern where the shooting •took place Thursday night. Believes Levonian Injured Westlake believes he wounded' Le- Vohian. lie said he fired five times and he is quite sure one or more of the bullets found its mark. Levonian is a dangerous character and Sheriff Edinger is leaving nothing undone to have him recaptured. Citizens of Solon Mills are quite alarmed over the situation. Wentlake and Levonian were partners at one time. They separated 3nd Levonian started another tavern a short distance from the Westlake place. It was after the separation that Levonian is alleged to have macl? the attempt to burn down the Westlake tavern, for which crime he was indicted. v • -• ~r NO 9r ITEMS OE INTEREST TAKEN FROM OF OUR EXCHANGES Mrs. Johanna McP^al, 34fc of §839 - "Shields.:.'aye,', -..Chicago' was- drowfted' •- Sunday in Bangs. Lake, near Wauconda; - She went to the lake on Saturday with a brother, Henry Kaapas, to attend a party in a summer cottage-. L. V. Scott of Harvard, who soffeffed a painful accident recently at' the Alemij^e Die Casting Manufacture ing Company factory, when his hind ^as ! caught in a. die cast ing machine, is in the Woodstock hospital, where the injury is being treatied. Barney Perline, 30 years old,1 of Cicero^ suffered painful, in juries, het Thursday when he was attacked by a St. Bernard dog on the George Maier farm northwest of Wauconda; Periine was peddling fruit and had just alighted from his wagon whep the dog juiaped on him, biting Ms right leg . and arm. •; Walter Zague, 22, Chicago, suffered bad cuts oa the head, arms and hands when the car in which he was riding with his father was forced off the DR. THOMAS NEW McHENRY DENTIST jch werde "Auwiedersehen" sageu, M. L. SCHOENHOLTZ. 4 Dr.-W. E. Thomas, dentist, and his wife are nicely located in the Vales house on Elm street, where Dr. Thomas has opened an office for the practice of dentistry. His office hour? are from 10 a. m. to 6 p. rii., daily, except Wednesdays, when his office is closed for the day, as will be learned by his business card to be; found in the columns of this paper. Dr. Thomas is afe old Illinois practitioner, being a graduate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, , jr. Chicago, wher6 he also practiced for nineteen years- Before coming to McHenry, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas speh*. two years in Idaho, where Dr. Thomas went for his health,>'but as his health returned "They preferred to return to Illinois. .* DtiJ Thomas also had considerable experience in his chosen profession in the army of the Spanish-American war and for three years specialized in the extraction of" teeth. He has had i a--wide experience in the practice of general dentistry and-will be glad to meet local patients at any time. The Plaind^aler joins _with.-.the people of McHenry in welcoming Dr. and Mrs. Thomas to thU city- -vroad 2Vt miles south of Wauconda at. Tugsday morning of last week. The father, Stanley Zagac, also received"cuts"abirnt the face and legs. Both .were taken to the Ros* emergency hospital at Wauconda for treatment. . . C. A. SverkersW brougibf"» pound puff ball mushroom from his farm near Crystal Lakevrecently, and placet! it on display at the Northwestern garage in that city where many persons have viewed it. The mushroom was one of the largest ever seen here and grew in some bottom land on the Sverkerson farm. "It only , takes about a day and a half for on? to grow," said Mr. Sverkerson. They seem to .push right .up » from the ground." The type is considered good for eating, being sliced and fried in grease. Walter Mack, 32 years "old, of Chicago, suffered a deep cut on his right arm Monday of last week, when he lost control of his automobile^and it turned turtle in ^her-d^eh^aTthe Mc- Mahon curve ndrth of Wauconda. Two men were killed last Thursday morning at 5:30 o'clock when their car left the highway and crashed into a tree on Milwaukee avenue, one mile north of Half Day. . The car in which they were riding evidently skidded on the wet pavement, plunged over a deep ditch, hit two trees ana careened down the right-of-way of the highway 100 feet. Both men, the only occupanti of the machine, were cJ?ad when nelp arrived shortly after the accident. The body of one was impaled qd one of the trees, which the machine struck, and was horribly mutilated. Th? other body was found hanging in the .rear of the wrecked machine lying across the spare tire. #( George Larsen, 38, of Chicago, was- "hooked" in the side of the head Tuesday night of last week wht^his fishing _conipahion, Paul Vauvein, 30 years 'old, also of Chicago, let gp with r/ wyld cast while the two were fislung on Bangs lake. The injured man was taken tp the office of a Waucohda physicion who found it necessary to •cut the hook out of his head. \ Virginia Liebengood, 11 years of Wauconda townshig, was taken"^o " the office of .a Wtfuconda physician last Thursday suffering with an Infected foot, caused by stepping on a rus ty na i k - Tetatitts -seTUm was ad ministered for the prevention of lockjaw. " A complete stock of large sire paint brushes, valued .at $25 was stolen from the Shurtleff Lumber Co., at BarringtOn by thieves who entered through a rear window Saturday night. A check of the stock Monday and Tuesday did not reveal any other loss except possibly a few miscellaneous items of low value. Neither the safe nor money drawer showed any signs of having been tampered with, and no money had Inn rvstOlen. ':TT - • ,»VA;, AUTO COLLISION AT ! WOODSTOCK; ONE DEAD • . RADIO STAftS HERK -- ^ SUNDAY, JULY 2S " A .series of'popd^fo' Sunday evening radio concerts will be .presented at the McHenry High .School auditorium 1934 Sets H°t Weather Record , All heat records for July were broken in this territory Tuesday and resid. ints sweltered in a long seven day, heat spell which brought a toll of oyer 700 deaths,throughou_t._the country. Forcaster Donrel of Chicago stated that the official temperature of 109 in Chicago was the highest evex; reached on a government thermometer here since the establishment of the weather bureau in 1871. Hot nights as Well as days* brought no relifcf'and local residents have suffered from ""the heat ai d the drouth of the past several days. Sa°y you read- it- in -THE PLAINmr- ATFP V: by St. Mary's church, featuring in person famous stars of the. radio. The first of the series will be giveu. . tr ,-,n i'" . u- ,•* 1. i Sundajvevening. July 29, at 8:30 p. m:; Edwin Hapspn, 29, lost hjs life^when j pcesentin": Ruth Lyon, popular.^' his car collided, with another in Wood stock-Jast Thursday morning. Hanosh was employed in Terra Cotta and Wifs ion his" way to work when the rccident' happened. • Irving StametS. also of Woodstock, was the drive?" of the^^ Other car. v.Tfefr-coronerl. jury i-eturr>ed, & verdict of M»avoidable *acr ci'dent.. ' • / • •. ., MRS, LOVIS H. KNIGGE , DIES AT CRYSTAL tAICE ' !t$. Louis Kaigge, 76 years old, died at her home at Crystal Lake; Tuesday evening at 6:30 after several months' illness.. Previous to going to Crystal Lake1, Mrs. Knigge residetl at Griswold Lake, where her husband operated a milk factory.:- She is survivprano of the National Broadcasting Co., assisted by Dean Remick, radio conceit pianist. These artists ar6 . brought here under the^ direction -Jrit- Robert L.. Hollinshead. ,-.,r.rr- : , '•>*.' The^ndniissi<in charge' is; only ^ ' cents; Tickets on sale at i'kreh Hovfifes, • ^ and all stores. , Here is an opportunity! to^ee'ifojMMj \ ^ of the hiost jK\pula.r stars of the air ia pers»n/and at the same "time* h»lp " ;• your local tfjurch treasury, Reme.itt« ber the date of the first concerts-- Sii^dayi'July ^9,. at 8:30. ; Edmund W jllis of Superior,: \"isited frierttis here' a few days tMs week and also attended the pwturr of Progress. Mr. Willis will be r«- mem be red as a former teacher iatitmhigh school. yr