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"VOL. 60 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST<30,1934 Nd 14 4§3 AT MCHS TOTAL WILL AGAIN KEACH 200 MARK coming at ST^T •' community high school liaa its yearly xegistration on Monday. Tuesdayand Wednesday1 of this week and it Drill be interesting to note how many this year choose to take advantage of -advanced educational facilities offe* ui&y our community. An enrollment of sixty Freshmen Exceeds the beginners of last year bj ab&t 25 per cent and brings the total ' number of students at the high school vp£o the normal marie of about 200 far fiie year. f « 1 A%ew additional Freshmen are expected to register during -the week and Strpt. C. H. Duker will be at ttto office every day this week to register any Freshmen who desire to enter school. : According to registration records fOf'this week there will be forty-nine Seiiiors this year and forty-eight Juftiors, while the smallest class in the high school will number forty- . thrte Sophomores. The high school has seen a steady growth during the past several" years, enlarging from eighty-five pupils when the high school was first .organized to approximately 200 students at the present!time. Each year the enrollment has increased gradually until at the present time it indicates an in* crease of over 100 per cent during the past ten or twelve years. This increase in enrollment is almost entirely due to an increase in the proportion of eighth grade graduates who attend high school. Each yew finds a large proportion of the eighth grade graduates continuing their education in high school. The graduating class of last June holds the record for the largest class in the history of the school, with an enrollment of fifty-four graduates. Previously the largest class to graduate was the class of forty-five students in 1931. Before that date the largest class to .graduate numbered thirty-six and at the time the high school was organized , an average of twelve students was considered a large class. These facts indicate that not only are the pupils entering high school, but a very good proportion of them are completing their four years' work at the local school. No child ever regrets having attended high school and parents should encourage their children to attend school. School Opens Sept. 4 The teachers will return the last of this week and everything will be in readiness for the opening of school on Sept- 4. --Teachers' meetings will be held on Labor Day, with the grade school teachers meeting with Supt. C. H. Dbker at 1:30 o'clock and the members of the high school faculty will pgeemble at 3 o'clock for their meet- JSopt. Duker has 1>een on the job practically all summer and for the past few weeks has been in his office at the high school where he has been ready to assist and encourage * stWcnts in their school problems. The janitors have been busy at the high school and public school buildings during the vacation months, cleaning, painting and varnishing and getting the interiors ready for the occupancy r of the pupils this fall. - • outside of the high school building has been painted and the lavatories and boys' shower been redecorated while the building has been thoroughly cleaned- At the grade schol the Reats have •been sanded and refinished with a co»t of varnish, making them shine like tlew and the walls and floors of the lavatories in the hasement have been repainted. The school buildings are now in fine condition, due to the CWA projects accomplished last year in addition to the usual cleaning and improving that went on during the summed vacation. The school grounds, also, have received their share of care and attention and the football field lit the high school is in the best condition it hafe ever been, with its solid sod covering. Football practice will, no doubt, start soon after school convenes when Coach Orr will assemble his teams for the gridiron.•4->v Among other games on the fall football schedule, McHenry will play at Woodstock on Oct. 27 and will also play St. Mary's this fall. Many Interested In Music W. N. Sears, music directory at the high school all day Monday where he interviewed nearly all of the Freshmen who registered on that day and he found that twenty-nine Freshmen were interested in taking up work on a musical instrument. In order to further interest in the band %nd orchestra and to make it possible for students to take up some instrument, the school will buy second-hand instruments, from local people if possible, for the use of high school students. This, with the beginners' classes that is usually organized, should induce miahy students to become interested in music and will, no doubt, ehlajge the personnel of the band and orchestra this year. The people of McHenry are indeed fortunate in having this opportunity for a musical education for their children under a competent and efficient instructor such as Mr. Sears. ISt. Mary's school will open on Sept. 4, also, with its us\ial enrollment. Beginners of the school were requested to register at the §isters home last week. Rural Teachers To Meet McHenry county's 125 rural school teachers will gather Friday, Aug. 31, at a-meeting called at Central school, Woodstock, by Mrs. Ethel C. Coe, county superintendent, for the purpose of organizing the year's propram in the county rural educational system. The session will start at 9 a. m., standard time, and the teachers will be classified in four groups, each . of which will meet three times during the school term for half- day study sessions. MSss Marina Phillips of the educational department of the state teachjers' school at DeKalb, will be present to lay plans for the concluding year's work in the four-year - reading program she is developing in McHenry county. Mrs. V. T. Bowman, of Aurora, district representative of Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, will be in charge of a conference table and will assist in the organization of county instructors as a subordinate unit of Illinois State Teachers' association. Materials, special instructions, schedules and announcements will be given by Mrs. Coe who has planned the coming year's program with an emphasis on the development of reading, skill in pupils in middle and upper grades of elementary schols. In previous years the reading studies have covered primary grades. ... W"®SiT -- •: .y /--~~--T-- • -------- Scenes and Persons in the Current New* ' i FORMER PASTOR MAIN SPEAKER RE-ELECT OFFICERS OF ASSOCf!TI AATTTIiOYWN 1--First-class cadets from West Point getting"firing practice with six-inch coast defense rifles at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. 2--Pickets surrounding the American Aluminum dompany plant at Alcoa, Tenn., with temporary shelters prepared for a long siege. 8--Lowering the Stars and Stripei at .the-, pia^ine barracks at Cape Haltlen, as. the American forces finally evacuated Haiti. MISS BAKER BRIDE OF PROF. CLAUSEN Correspondent Finds Beauty v. Spot In Southern ^Wisconsin (By Lowell Nye) SAUK CITY, WIS., Aug. 27 -- <J$peeial)--There's not much point in writing this story, except maybe to fill up space in the Plaindealer, so if you've got something else to do, just - alfip this. . However, there really is a lot to sprite about, whether or not anybody - reads it. • Wisconsin, in the first place, has --Always been known to be a scenic state. Her Dells and north woods are famed and praised by tourists. She even has romantic Indian names for her cities, such as Oconomowoc and .Wausau. But that'9 not what I'm getting at. •Everybody knows about the Dells. Tov day 1 found a section a few miles northwest of he?e which needs a little publicity, whether or not anybody reads it. '• Ladies and gentlemen, you wouldn't have to go to the Rockies or to the Alps to find mountains; Come to • Wisconsin! Particularly, to Sauk, Monroe, Richland and counties. Whib . : loo.se •gravel was spinning from und* r the double-wheel^l tires of a poultry truck forcing its way over a highway zig-zagging crazily along hillsides and through granite quarries, I suddenly came to the"'-realization t^t ~ here was an obscure land_of a heart's ;'f,i»sire. Cornstalks ten feet high sway in the sunlight of the fertile valleys. Neat and prosperous-looking farm v homes neatly snugly in the midsto| their abundant green verdure between frowning granite cliffs^ Not ordinarily given to using rhetorical flourishes, I would say that ;t was "the nuts." For miles and miles we roared .along the "route" through the ideal country. And I thought of avid McHenry and the poor farmers importing hay for their starving cattle and the golf links burned brown.- ,, Even the unprotected sides of these-- I would like to call them "mountains," are unbroken stretches of green. Alfalfa is still growing healthily after itsr third cutting- The only sign to remind us of the nation-wide drouth was an occasional dry creek bed. The drive was a pleasure--even ir: a truck. With granite and limestone deposits flanking the roadside, and neaFing their cedar-studded heads hundreds of feet' in the air, the government can easily afford to keep the roads in such splendid 50-mile-an-hour. shape. Upon descending one of th«» dizzy weaving grades we almost forced a passing motorist through thf? railing to certain destruction below. And to think that 125 miles away sits McHenry, forlorn and waiting foi rain. In past years she used to escape everything from tornadoes to floods. After a journey to other parts, McHenry was always a good place to call home. But now I don't know. For the year 1934, it seems, McHenry is not destined to get her usual "breaks^' The home of Mr. and Mrs. Zion F. Baker, Waukegan Road, was the scene of the wedding of their daughter, Marian Elisabeth, to Mr- Clarence Arthur Clausen at noon Wednesday, August 29. • In the library before an altar of ferns and gladiolus, the Protestant wedding service was read by Very Rtevei(?n<J Father El IV. Cardinal, president of St. Viator's College. Father Cardinal and the bride and groom were among the five who received the Ph.D. degree in history from the University of Illinois ir. June 1932. The other two receiving the degree at the same time, Dr. LL. Sage, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Dr. W. D. David, Chicago,, were pteser.t as guests. Mrs. Leland L. Sage sang "I Love You Truly" before Mrs. John "A. Ing of Decatur, Illinois, aunt of the bride, played Lohengrin's Wedding March as 1 he' bridal party entered- The bride was given in marriage by her father, and was attended by her cousins, Mrs. John B. Miller, Niagara Falls, New York, and Miss Jean Whitfield, Sullivan, Illinois. Dr. Joseph E. Baker of Evanston, brother of the bride, acted as best man. The bride was attired in white organdy and carried a colonial shower bouquet of white gardenias. The point lace handkerchief was carried by her mother at her wedding thirty years ago. Mrs. Miller wore pale blue organdy with pink accessories, and Miss Whitfield pale pink organdy with blue accessories- Each carried a colonial bouquet of briar-cliff roses, blue delphinium and baby's breath. After the wedding breakfast Mr. and Mr®. Clausen left immediately for Cleveland, Ohio, by way of the Great Lakes. They will be at home after September 16 at 1011 Garfield Averue, Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Clausen attended the University of Illinois, whefe she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority, and Mr. Clausen was graduated freun St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. Both are members of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Illinois, where they did their graduate work and taught for several years- For the past two years Mrs. Clausen has been head ~>f the history department in Lynchburg College, 'Ljf-ichburg, Virginia. Mr. Clausen is professor of history in Wittepberg College, Springfield, Ohio, where both will teach the c<fritln/F year.^ Among those present were: Mrs. N. C. Ellis, Mrs. Frank Fleming and daughters, Mildred and Mjary Lois, Mrs. C. F- Whitfield, Jean, Robert and Jack Whitfield, of Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ing and daughters, Alice Jeanette and Margie, of Decatur; Dr. ami Mrs. L. L. Sage, and daughter, Carolyn, of Cedar Fails, la.; Dr. W. D. David, Chicago; Mrs. Merle W. Janes, Dr. Joseph E. Baker and daughter, Ann Elizabeth, Murry Bradon, Evanston; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Miller, Niagara Falls, N. Y-; Bro. E, E. Lauriers, C. S. V. Bourbonnais. SAMANTHA ESTATE PROBATED The $3,000 estate of the late Samantha Button, civil war mother, who lived to be 102 years old before she died at McHenry on July 22, was probated in the county court Monday. The will sets up that $100 be set aside to purchase a suitable marker for her grave and that $50 be set aside for the upkeep of the cemetery lot. Other bequeaths include $500 to Lizzie M. Rorer, wife of deceased son, Leonard G. Rorer; $500 each to two granddaughters, Ethel W. Thrasher of Fort Shafter, Honolulu and Emily Rorer of Santee Normal Training School, Santee, Nebraska; and the remainder of the estate to be divided between four grandsons,' Clinton Roier of Minneapolis, Leonard and Frank Rorer of Dixon and Clarence Rorer of Waukegan. Clara B. Rorer is named executrix of the will. ..., SU1Q(ER WEDDINCfc • IT PATRICK'S CHURCH NEW RESIDENTS ARE * FAMILY OF TEACHERS BAKERY SALE V..;-, . At * Bank building^Green -Saturday, by Fox River Valley Camp, R. N- A. ,14-fp RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Otto Adams . have moved from the Raymond Powers house on Court street to the Rose Huemann house next door. For the best of furnace repairing, «e« John F. Brda- . .14-3-fp Mr. and Mrs. Zion F- Baker, who have been residents of this vicinity for nearly a year, camejW^McHenry last October after they h*t| bought the home of Mrs. .Martih s. Freund on Route 20, just west of the city limits. Coming from a tanily of teachers and college professors, both Mr. arid Mirs. Baker are inweiittjbftg people to know and local peop$8{|ftl0uld be proud that they have chosen this locality in which to make thefrjyoflie. Mr. Baker, whose interest is farming, was a member of the first law class to graduate from the University of Ilinois, while Mrs- Baker taught Latin, English and rhetoric at the University of Illinois, where she was later theme clerk in the English department, being in charge of all the themes at the college. Their two children both have their doctor's degree and aire college teachers. Dr. Joseph Baker, the sdn, received his Ph.D. degree at Princeton University, where he also taught and has since been an instructor at " the University of Illinois. He is now English instructor at Northwestern University, Evanston., The daughter, Marian, received her Ph.D. degree in history at the Uni versity of Illinois, where she taught for several years- For the past two years she has been head of the history department at Lynchburg College. On Wednesday she was married to a college professor, Mr. Clarence Clausen, professor of history at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. Both the son and daughter studied abroad in preparing their thesis preparatory to acquiring " their Doctor's degrees. The family moved from Sullivan to Urbana during the years of college there, later went to Chicago and then coming to McHenry. v ' • COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY The September city council meeting will be held Tuesday evening. Sept. 4, instead of Monday, due to th? Labor Day holiday. V ' Mrs- Etta Cooney of Cleveland, O., is spending several days in the home tif her brother, J. B. Kelter. SCHOOL S. W. Brown, Ringwood druggist, announces that he has necessary school books for sale. These books are §old strictly for cash. A pretty summer wedding of interest to people of this vicinity was solemnized at St. Patrick's church Tuesday morning, August rS8, when Miss Dorothy Knox, daughter of Mrs. Edmund Knox, and Mr. Carl Weber, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Weber, were united in holy bonds of matrimony. Father William O'Rourke officiated at the ceremony a$d the nuptial High Mass at 9 o'clock. The beautiful altar, illumined with burning candles, and decorated with peach color gladioli, was approached by the bridal party as Lohengrin's wedding march waa-Jlayed by Dwight Goodwin of Crystal Lake, who also played for the mass which was sung by the choir of St Patrick's church. Earl Conway sang the "Ave Maria" and at the close of the mass he sang, "I Love You Truly." MisB Knox was attended by her niece, Miss Betty Conway, and John Wilson, a friend of the groom, acted as best man. -1 The bride was charming in a floor length gown of white satin with a lace jacket and a three-quarter length veil worn, cap effect. She carried a Colonial bridal bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid, Miss Conway, wore a floor length gown of peach satin trimmed in silver with a net turban and mitts of a corresponding shade- He r slippers were of silver and she carried a Colonial bouquet of Talesman roses and blue delphinium. Following'the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served to about forty relatives and friends at the Bridge, where decorations were in pink and white with a large wedding bell over the bride's table which was centered with a miniature bride and groom. The guests spent the afternoon at the bride's home where the happy couple received the congratulations of their many friends and relatives and later slipped away oh ^^hort honeymoon trip. ^ The bride and groom have many interests in common, both being musicians of prominence and they have played together in an orchestra for some time. Miss Knox has been organist at St. Patrick's church for many years and recently became director of the choir. Mr. and Mrs. Weber will make their home with her mother for the winter. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCarthy of Oak Park; Edward Knox and daughters, Anna and Dorothy, of Chicago; Mr- and Mrs. Steve Kelley of Libertyville; May Keefe, John Sutton, Mr; and Mrs. Clarence Whiting, Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Laudreck, of Arlington Heights. residents , and old exchanged greetings at the ninth annual home doming at Ringwood on Friday, Aug. 24, which becomes a greater event in the history of Ringwood each year. Invitations to attend this meeting had ?,been extended far and wide and familiar faces were to be seen at Woodman Hall from various parts of the country. These former residents of Ringwood Wire greeted heartily by the local people and the old friends who met during the day exchanged reminescences, which brought happiness to their faces and a warmth of friendship to the hearts of those who will always consider this their home, no matter how far they-may roam. The day was a busy one with a program of music -and fine talks in the afternoon followed by a cafeteria supper and a home-talent play in the evening given by the church choir., „ The day's events were sponsored by the Ringwood Home-coming association, which is to be complimented in putting on an affair of thift.*in<l. Former Pastor Speikcf Rev., Collins of Lanark, a former pastor of Ringwood, was the rpaln speaker of the day and,, as usual, his address was^much enjoyed. Rev. Collins has always hoped to return to Ringwood to make hi&Jiome when he retires from the ministry and he Is very "hear and dear to the people there WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS Of MEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Philip Fleishman, 53 years oldi a Chicago cigarmaker, died sudderUy • Lake Zurich cottage Friday eveniing of last week from the effects of a heart attack. Flieshman had returned ed to the* cottage after a fishing trip on the lake, and had stated to his wife that he would fish no more because of his poor luck. A few minutes later he toppled over dead. Attacked by an angry bull, Harvey Meyers, 38, a farmer living north of Genoa on the Belvlflere v ' Was painfully injured at 7:f}0 o'clock Monday night of last weelf. His right collarbone was. cracked and he suffered bruises from head to foot. Meyers was repairing a fence when the bull came upon* him from behind with a mad rush, felled him to the. ground and trampled .him-until he was able to roll under the fence. The new 1934 Plymouth cpach belonging to Edna Speaker of Richmond, taken in a holdup-of Foley's Garage at Richmond-last week Thursday night was recovered Wednesday at Belvidere, the car having been abandoned on a side road between Belvidere and Caledonia. Mr- Foley received information thait a new Plymouth had been found abandoned and picked up by the Sheriff's office %£ Belvidere last Saturday morning and on investigation of numbers proved to be the Speaker machine. 1 f "It couldn't have been pJckTes." That was th pretty good polk*, deduction of a burglary at the 9qtiire Dingee pickle factory at Des Plaines Sunday everting of last week. Plant Manager Henry Mackaben, 1348 Henry who are waiting to welcome hiril and 1 avenue, reported that buiglars had his' tyife to their midst, Other speakers on the program were Rev. Hagerty of Richmond, Rev. broken a window to gain entrance into the office. Items reported Stolen included stationery, scratch pads, pen- LOCAL GIRL WEDS WOODSTOCK MAN Miss MIarie Wirtz, daughter of Mrand Mrs. John Wirtz, of this city, and Mr. M«!vin Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller of Woodstock, were married at 9t. Patrick's parish house Friday afternoon, Aug. 24, at 4:30 o'clock. Rev. Father William A. O'Rourke, pastor of St. Patrick's church, read the service. The couple, was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene ^leyer of Jehnsburg. 0 The bride has been employed at Woodstock for the past two years. Mr- and M^s. Miller will reside at Woodstock, where Mr. Miller is an employe of the Woodstock Typewriter 14fp Company. L. H. Brattain of McHenry and Rev.' cils, check book and tools, Moore of Greenwood and Ringwood. Community singing was led by Mrs. Collins, who also sang a solo. The minutes of the last meeting were read and the same officers of the association were re-ejected, namely, J. V. Buchland, president, and Mrs1. H. M. Stephenson, secretary. A cafeteria supper was served by the Ladies' Aid society and in th^ evening a one-act play, "Friday For Luck," was given with Frank Mathieu, juggler and magician, entertaining for the* second part of the program. Walter . Morris and daughter, Mary Frances, of Woodstock, sang several duets, while Medelle Morris played selections on the xylophone- Miss Twamaley of Greenwood was heard in piano selections anil Wesley Gibbs sang a solo. : Letters of Greeting Letters of greeting were read from. Rev. and Mrs. Hoover of Chicago, who were on a vacation trip in northern Michigan, and from Rev. and Mrs. Dibble of Lenox, all former residents of Ringwood. Among the out-of-town visitors who were present during the day were: Mrs. McLain, Gus Vogel, Mrs. Lou Francisco, Mrs. Libbie Allen, MxSGeorgie Harrison and daughters, Bernice and Olive, of Woodstock; Miss Maud Harrison and Miss Soner of Crystal Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Beck of Dundee; Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon, Antioch; Mr. and Mrs. Ehom, Richmond. CARY TAVERN BOMBED WEDNESDAY MORNING McHenry county was the scene of another bombing early Wednesday morning when the William Wascher tavern at Cary was bombed. Tke front part of the bujlding was badly damaged and several business houses on the same street were also damaged. Sheriff Lefeter Edinger was notified of the bombing about 4:30 that morning. On investigating, he found that a bomb had been placed at the entrance to the upstairs of the building which was directly in line with the bar on the inside of the tavern. -The big glass window was smashed and the front of the place badly damaged. Wascher was unable to give Sheriff Edinger ,any information as to why his prlace v^as bombed.' He said he-had jiot been threatened or talked to by any person and as far-as he could tell had no enemies of any kind. . MRS. CAROLINE REHBOCK DIES AT WOODSTOCK Mrs. Caroline Rehbock, mother of Mrs. Charles F- Renich, died Monday morning. August 27, 1934, -at 6:30 a. m., at the home' of her daughter. 514 Washington street, Woodstock. Mrs. Rehbock had been in feeble health for several months and during the recent long hot spell her condition becameserious. For the past two weeks there had been no hope for her recovery. She passed hen 77th birthday on Monday* August 13- Funeral services for the deceased were -held at her late home on Wednesday. Burial was at Barrington, 111. : ,. _ . ^ For the best of furnace repairing see John, F. Brda* 14-3-fp John Blackman, former proprietor of Bartlett's service station in Antioch, is suffering from a serious injury received eight days ago at his farm home five miles west of Antioch on the Spring Grove road. Blackman and Earl Swenson were unloading a 230- pound calf when the animal jumped from the truck, striking Blackman and knocking him to the pavement. He suffered concussion of .the brain, , according to the physician attending him. William H. Peterson, who lives on a farm north of Libertyville, lost two valuable cows Friday night of last week, when an automobile ran into his herd on the highway near the farm injuring two of the animals, one of which died shortly after the accident and the other being so badly crippled that it was necessary to kill her. Peterson's son was driving the cows from the pasture just before dark Friday evening when a car driven by R. C. Gerber of Maywood came up from the north and plunged into the herd. According to Gerber he did not see the cows until too late to stop." Mr. Peterson stated *hat there was sufficient light to enable him to see the herd from the farm house some distance away. Gerber agreed to pay. the cost of the dead animals which is estimated at $100. Frank P. Senf, of Fox Lake, hooked a big 19-pound fish last week Wednesday in Nippersink Lake oppoeit? the DuBell boat dock. The fish put up plenty of fight and took about 20 minutes to land. Mr. Senf was surprised at the appearance of the fish and was informed that it was a lake salmon many of the salmon being put in the lake a number of years ago Fredrick J. Taylor, of Chicago, was drowned last Wednesday in Long Lake while trying to rescue his two-yearold daughter, Nancy. ' The baby was saved by Dr. JCdnvund Krump. a Berwyn optometrist, and his son, who were fishing near the fatal spot. This was the twenty-third drownings. Lovell Edwin Bennett, three-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Lovell Bennett, Barrington, brought momentary consternation to his parents' household Saturday morning of last week by falling 15 feet from a second story window. "Nebbie," as the youngster has been nicknamed, leaned a littlw too l^ard against the screen. A main- . .ent later he was picked up from the soft dirt where he landed not. more than six inches from a concrete sidewalk. , His small body made a deep impression in the ground. S>ome of the force of his fall was probably absorbed by the screen which was found to be badly broken after the fall. The child has* shown no ill effects from the descent, it was reported- A Chicago man and his wife narrowly escaped being burned' to death Sunday evening of last week whea their car turned over at the intersection of Route 172 and the Casey road just north of Libertyville. They were Charley Wojocik and his Wife of Chicago who suffered minor bruises in the accident. Wojocik said that a tire blow out threw the car out of control' and before he could bring it to a stop the machine ran into the ditch and ignited almost a* soon as the cat overturned but the occupants were able to crawl out before the flames reached them. ••1 V