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,.,' \ : •••' j_v-i-r-; . - • - - ' • • . I.' . ••• - '« V .- ' . ' ~ , 1 •- . - . r : -- t - ~ r ~ - - ^ -- r - - ~ & . . . . . . I;-;:- ^ " • .r~ »,1 VOL. 60 McHENRRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 NO. 2$ WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OF INTEREST \.')l >" r-'-j' " ' • TAKEN FROM COLUMN! OF OUR EXCHANGES pftlv. 487 m COW ROLL COST LESS THAN 5 ; AUGUST;';.,. ;v;, ;v'V:.--VV • ' •' :. ' •' the cost of providing relief for famf ffes oii%fe- tolls In MeH&iry conny ?ly daring the inoiith of September ^ was ;f13,188-67.,; as revealed in the monthly bulletin on relief statistics just issued by the statistical department of the Illinois Emergency Relief commission. - ^ . The amount expended on relief ^ alone during September was $10,- *8§2.33 and the cost of administration is given at $2,290.24. • The report state® that the total expended was 51.6 per cent less than in August.' There was a drop of 31.4 per cent in„the number of families cared for from the preceeding month and the average cost of relief for families on the- rolls in September was $22.37. ' The report shows that a total of 284,600 . resident families in Illinois received unemployment , relief from public funds during September.1 This -number "represented an increase of 0.7 per cent over August and an increase of 35 per cent over the figure for September, 1933. The total number of persons, including non-family persons and transient's, receiving re - • lief in the state during August was 1,075,977, WILL YOU HELP FILL A CHRISTMAS BASKET? At a recent meeting of. the .directors of the McHenry Township Emergency Relief Association, plans were made fpr the work of filling Christmas baskets for the. needy of this vicinity. Funds of the association are low, however, and as yet there has been no response to the appeal of last week for donations to the Christmas basket fund. Surely, McHenry is not without its Good Fellows who will come to the front and respond to this call for help in making some family happy at Christmas time. It is expected that a f^wer Dumber of baskets will be required this season as many on relief have had work much of the. time and are not in such dire circumstances as they were a year ago when more than fifty baskets were given out. Those who are most destitute will be .taken care of first and'others will be supplied, according to their needs, as\ long as the funds last. School children, lodges and clubs may all assist in this work by pooling their-donations with the relief association. An extra can of fruit or a few vegetables, a toy pr -anything Reeded for a Christmas basket will be most acceptable. Donations may : e ieft with the officers of the associa- :::rv public funds during ^September amounted to $9,721,837.89, an increase of 0.3 per cent over the corresponding figure for August and 62.5 per cent over September, 1933. Of this amount, the federal government supplied $7,327,736.08, or 75.4 per cent, the state of Illinois $2,297,- 351.37 or 23.6 per cent while local political subdivisions', principally townships, supplied $96,750.44 or 1 per cent of the total. - , Total cost of relief in Winnefcago founty for September was $223,- 095.63; Boone county, $14,056.42; Kane county, $137,299.64; DeKalb county, $18,824.97; and Stephenson county $21,169.49. Relief costs in Cook county, for the month were $5,- 728.388.49. Preliminary figures submitted by all Illinois counties indicate that the number of resident families on relief in October was 285,390, representing an increase of 0.3 per cent over the September number, and reaching the highest level since May, 1933. Of the total number 1,074 received special drouth relief only. The preliminarytotal figure for Cook county is 133,- 415; for all down-state counties combined. 151,975. TREK TO SUNNY SOUTH fltlDA EXPECTS TWO MILLION VISITORS all tion, Mrs. Albert Purvey, Mrs- Albert Krause or Peter M. Justen, Who will greatly appreciate ,the help of ths public. Part of the fun of Christmas time is in being a Good Fellow and contributing to the happiness of someone else and it is hoped that this community will give its whole-hearted support to this annual charity work. Rally round, .Good Fellows! Send in yoiir donation, and you, too, will bring happines9 to some needy family- LOCAL TALENT IN WLS BARN DANCE COMMITTEE IS READY TO DO MEAT CANNING v':"* 4 . ,sajfc-r^ The McHenry County Emergency Relief Committee is how ready to do meat canning for relief and non-relief clients, according to word received here today. Canning for toon-relief clients will be done on a percentage basis. Any meat brought into the Canning Center to be processed must be ready to be cut tip upon arrival. Anyone interested in the canning of meat may communicate yith Mrs. Gretta M. Marsh, the Administrator, or Arnold J. Rauen, County Director of Subsistence Gardens for McHenry County. It Will be necessary to give the Canning Center about twenty-four hours' notice. The amount canned at the Canning Centerthe Armory at Woodstock thus far is about 33,000 cans, with about 4,000 cans of sauerkraut still to be put up and which is about raady to be canned. Considering the fact that due to the drouth the project was started rather late the McHenry E. R. C. feel that they have had a very successful season and are already making plans for a much larger progrant next year. Among the Side •€ •• »»»»<"»•» •»• •>•1 <•* •»•* •* ** * •• » Kenneth Tonyan, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is reported improving and was able to sit up Wednesday for the first time since his illness. The young man Tiatf an attack of the same nature last year. Ift-s. Albert Purvey is recovering from injuries received in the recent barn dance catastrophe and expects to be able to Walk without crutches by the last of the week. Mrs. Mary Schmitt has been ill ahd under the care of a doctor at her home oh Court street. Mrs. E. R. Sutton, who was confined to her bed through - illness Wer a week, is able to be tip again. Henry J. Broeckner was taken to Woodstock hospital Dec. 2 for ikedical care. Postmaster E. E. Bassett is confined to his home by illness. A reproduction, by local talent, of the WLS barn dance show as given in Chicago each Saturday night will be given in Memorial hall, Richmond, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of this week. This will be a replica of the famous Chicago show and will be coached and directed by a talented and efficient director from the staff of WLS. _ The show is sponsored by the Ringwood, Hebron and Solon Mills units of the Home Bureau. Local talent who will take part in the pirogram are Charles, Stanley, Richard and Harold Vycital, George V a l e s , C h e s t e r H o w a r d , S t a n l e y Schaffer and Henry Schaffer, who compose the Little German band, Arthur Whiting, Gerald Haniel, Peter Hamel» Rollo Chamb^rlitr, Andrew Eddy, Bob Peterson of McHenry, Wesley Gibbs, Everett Tnomas, Clarence Larson, James Harrison, Ringwood; John McDonald, George Sandgren, Theron Ehorn, Paul Adams, Marguerite Coleman, Marian Ober, Virginia Motley, Harry Ober, Charles Osborne, Harold Hamilton, Leonard Rush. Mrs. Jtjush, Mrs. Kilpatrick, Lucia Peterson, Mr. Regan, Chester Kilpatrick, George Sweet, Richmond; Adams Brothers, Johnsburg, and Silas Pierce, 85 years old, and grandson, 8 years, Spring Grove. ^ There are also others from Alden, Zenda, Genoa City, Pell Lake and Dundee. • . - , Uncle Ezra, the three little maids, John Brown, Lula Belle, Spareribs end many other characters are impersonated. Everyone will want to see this splendid show put on by people they know whose hidden talent is l?eijig developed. • ' 2 ACTS IN SCHOOL Pi^lT ' Miss Genevieve Daw of Lily Lake was one q| the leading charactersi in the play, "Husband Hunters," held at the Grayslake school gym Thursday night knd given by the Lake County Farm Bureau. Among the friends of Genevieve from Lily Lake, who went to see her were her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daly, Mr. and Mrs William Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch and daughter, Josephine. After the play there was other entertainment consisting of a 4-H club orchestra, songs, string selections; and a musical melodrama. Prizes were given out and the floor was cleared for dancing. &£'.:*•• GIRL SCOUTS MEET The regular meeting of the Girl Scouts was held Monday evening. "Plans for a Christmas party were made when the Mothers club, which sponsors the trobp,' and mothers of For Better Health Dental examinations were given at St. Mary's, school on Friday, Dec. 7: in the, public grade school on Tuesday, Dec. 11, and are now being coirducted in the fiigh school. These examinations are given through the courtesy of our dentists. Does your*, child have 100 per cent dental corrections ? Watch for the class report in next week's Plaindealer. A. JOANNE RULip*,- .... School Nurse. • .With the afrival ef.'wintey'weathei and snow gome of our residents are heeding the call of the sunny southland and are planning to leave soon to spend the winter in Florida. Mrs. Mary Carey and daughters. Evelyn and Florence, will spend the winter at Miami, Fla., and expect to leave this week. Mrs. Albert Wpl. of Washington, D. C„.who has spent several weeks with her mother, Mrs Mary Carey, will leave this week for her home in the capital city, after seeing her mother off for Florida. Dr. and Mrs. N. J. Nye exjiect In leave soon, perhaps the last of the week, for Miami,- Fla. They1 arawaiting word from friends at> Kankakee with whom they are going to make the trip. . Their son, - Eugene, jeft for Florida the first of the week. Mr. aAd Mrs. Ed. Cropley of Solon Mills " were among the first to leave for Florida, making the trip over a month ago to Orlando, where they will spend the winter. Orlando has just completed an extensive/, builidng program designed directly to make the ci{y an entertaining and beneficial pla.c'e to visit. Eveiy available dollar of federal funds was spent constructively on i athletic and sporting projects, beautifying of parks and extending of city streets. * Mrs. E. E. BassefTN and son, Lyle, have escaped some of the early season's cold and are enjoying a several weeks' visit at Houston, Tex., where they are visiting friends. They e*V pect to be home for Christmas, however. Relatives here have receivd cards from Mr; and Mirs. J. F. Brandt an& son, Robert, of Chicago,- who are spending a few weeks at Miami, Fla Mrs. Brandt was formerly Miss El Ha Going, whose childhood was spent" McHenry. Expect 2,000.000 Visitors Florida is expecting two mil 'or. visitors this year and is getting^Ae stage set for the biggest vaca^™ drama in its history. The annual invasion by winter ^visitors of the world's largest playground, is already in full swing and the vacation season is a full thirtydays ahead of the nenedule of former years. Hotels, apartments and shops, which are normally not- open until mid-December, have been open for & month to serve the early arrivals. It may be that the clouds of depression are clearing over business as a whole, but as far as travel business is concerned the efouds h»ve al ready disappeared. This, winter's cruise and excursion programs are greater and involve more transportation units than ever before. Thf whole world appears t^j be getting ready to respond to the inducements offered. It i.« said-that southern Florida maj expect at least two million visitors this yepr as against a million and a half last year and that Miami is open-- ing a season that will surpass anf preceding winter in it« resort history1, Florida reports normal, or less, of unemployment, and many of the ugly aspects of the depression in the north are not to be found in the land of sunshine. - ~ ; Accommodations for tourists are unlimited and Miami alone has 135 hotel?, more than 5,000 private furnished houses and 10,000 apartmentf available. . ' Living Costs Reasonable Rentals and living costs a& kept cn a reasonable basis and the tremendous tourist capacity of the area fosters competition among- the operators of hotels and apartment?, with the consequent assurance of low rates for all. „ This year the fush of early vacationists began in November and motot travel, as checked, is double that oi a year.ago. Transportation facilities will be added to shortly by^the Chicago air service, which will maXe it a ninehour trip from"Ofic%gT> by airplane. Outdoor sports are popular and there are now twenty or more fine golf courses in the Miami area and on the palm beaches, with a capacity for .10.000 players on a single day, in addition to bathing, fishing, boating anr1. numerous other entertainment. At Sarasota. St. Petersburg and ither resorts in Florida, as well as Hot Springs, Ark., and points in Mexico, reports for the greatest report season in history are the. same. IfifSii ABOUT $8,000 CO TO DEPOSITORS IRE CLUBS ARE NOW OPEN FOR NEXT Y&AR Kiddies, be sure to meet Santa Saturday, Dec. IB, at Althoffs Hdwe. DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN McHENRY Despite the customary quietude in this locality, the. merchants' of State street, Qucago, insist that their Christmas business is the best since 1930. . The buying ruBh started the day after Thanksgiving and expert observers see every indication that it will continue at an accelerated pace light Up to the eve of Dec. 25. It is said that people are spending more freely than at any time since 1930 and that the Christmas rush is rot restricted to Chicago, but is a reflection of added buying power throughout the country. Local n/erchants are running special advertisements of Christmas mevchandiselthis week and they are hopeful of seeing some of the business Stimulation so much ^discussed Hn Chicago. The past few years have been hard ones for the local business men who have managed to pull through the years of depression and for whom an increase in business and in the spending ability of the people cannot come too-quickly. Local stores are taking on an air of festivity as Christmas gifts ana decorations bring suggestions for Christmas giving. " Do your part in stimulating, business by patronizing local merchants and do your Christmas shopping in McHenry.. ' . --*^1.;-- CHEVROLET SALES CHANGES HANDS . .v MID-WEEK CLUB Mrs. Geor g e H. J o h n s o n , w a e hostess to members of the Mid-Week club on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Four tables of bridge wore in play and awards were merited by Mrs. Martha Page, Mrs. J. A. Craver and Mrs. H. & Schaefer. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Minnie Miller on Wednesday, Dec. 19, Mrs. Martha Page as hostess. Paul H. Schwerman has taken over the local Chevrolet agency and garage, which will be known as Schwerman 's Chevrolet Sales Service. The deal has already been made and Mr. Schwerman announces the transaction in an advertiBement elsewhere in thii issue. For the past year lAz Schwerman has been with Harry Townsend in the local garage, coming here from Des- Plaines, where he had worked with Mr. Townsend's son. Th|e Chevtrolet garage fond Shell pas station is located on the corner of Routes 20 and U. S. 12 in McHenry, where the new ownei meet his friends ahd customers PAST PRESIDENTS' PARLEY FRIDAY % v • - ... Mrs. Ada Mucklestone, Illinois candidate for national president of the Legion Auxiliary, was £uest speaker at the 'meeting of the past presidents' parley at Woodstock Friday evening. Mirs. Albfn Kuppe, president, presided at the dinner meeting at the Buckley Tea room, where those who have served their.unit as president in the past few years gathered for i social hour, preceding the regular county meeting of the auxiliary. Mrs. Elizabeth Schoewer of Mc- Hienry, county president of the Auxiliary, presided at the county meeting held in the Legion club room, Woodstock. On Tuesday evening, Dec. 18, the county will sponsor a Christmas party for the veterans at the Elgin State hospital. A program of Christmas cheer^, a Christmas tree, packages of homemade candy, stuffed dates and raisins will be a part of the event. Miss Julia Feffer will be in charge. A sum of five dollars will be sent to the department to help purchase bedroom slippers for the men in hns pitals. ' _ The next..county meeting will be held at Algonquin. On Christmas day the world war women who spend their days in government hospitals will receive a crisp new dollar bill as a gift of the department parley. Care of the nurses is the only object of the parley and remembrances will be given at all holidays during the year. Dues are sent to the department and entitles each past president tomembership in both department and county parley. Teas and dinners throughout the year wi}l keep the women in close contact. :: Mrs. Fred Schoewer, Mrs. Herman Schaefer and Mrs. Theo. Schiessle attended the meeting. Xpproximfetely ^8,000 was difttrilkited by the West McHenry State Bank last week to Christmas savings club members and this together with the activities of local merchants, is expected to cause some stimulation in business in the trading area in Mc Henry during the Christmas season. The checks were mailtd out at the end of the week aifd before this the more than 200 members of the club will have their" checks ready for the ^hopping period. , This amount is a part of three hundred and seventy million dollars which will ,be distributed to about >even and a half million members ol the Christmas club by approximately.' fifty-five hundred banking institutions and crgairflatidtls within tht"> weok," aci- ordifig to an estimate given out b>; Herbert F. Rawll, founder and president of the Christmas club. As a group the Mutual Savingsbanks show an incyy^se both in the number of Christmas club depositors and the total accumulation and several of the county's large commercial banks show an increase of more than 20 per cent1 over a year ago. Average In Counly, $48.23 . The average amount received each member amounts to $48.25, Increased use x)f the Christmas club plan as ^Soonvenient method of accumulatin| rTund$ for many necessary expenditures, such as taxes and insurance premiums, as well as the usual buying of holiday gifts is beings shown and for countless numbers the Christmas savings club has made th»e gift buying Seasorv, a happy prospect for others it has made systematic saving easy and taught the fundamentals of thrift and by the .releasing of so many dollars at one time it cannot help but act as a tonic on business in general. „ The banks make no profit in their Christmas clubs, yet they share with the depositors in the benefits as they broaden the scope of their usefulness in the communities thev serve. The savings club is being opened immediately for another year and if you are hot already' a member, now is your chance to enroll. A; fat possum was <faught at tW*; ^ Johnson homct Crystal Lake, tK® ". :• animal having come, lo tlie chickd$--'0 house in quest of a fat hen. The possum was given U) Tom Church, rur«i:> mail carrier, who is having the ftt*- :V made into a clothing piece. : " . ! * The Mehlahn Construction Com- • pany, contractors on Route 173 pair- , ing, will gravel the short street ad- ' / jacent to the village property at the water town and, connecting with orchard street in Antioch aifl take pay for the job in water toj be supplied by the village for the contractors' use in the state highway paving,, it was . announced following the December ' meeting of the village board Tuesday i night of last week. Mt. Mehlahn call HEAVY SNOWSTORM AT CHICAGO MONDAY RED CROSS REP0ET The annual Red Cross roll just completed in this vicinity was most successful and Ray McGee, chairman of the roll call, has given us following report made by C. J. Reihansperger,- treasurer of the roll call: •' 197 memberships .$179.00 Contributions 54.50 McHenry escaped a blizzard that swept Chicago Monday, causing suffering and blocking traffic. f While the sun was shjning in this vicinity, more than 10 inches of snow fell in Chicago and drifts were piled high in the streets. The snow .extended no farther north than Waukegan and missed many of the western suburbs.- Two strong currents of wind, one much colder than the other, met over the city, causing: the disturbance, the weather bureau said. The freak storm was described as the worst the city has known for six years. Street cars loaded with loop workers were stalled and automobiles, piled high with"srrow, dotted every street. •/ McHENRY STORES OPEN EVENINGS NEXT WEEK Most of the business houses in Mc- Henry will be open evenings until Christmas, beginning next week, according to information received by The Plaindealer this morning. Total .,.... ....$233.50 Check to Local Chapter ....... ,...$144.00 Check to National Chapter .... 89 50 $233 50 NEW LICENSE PLATES The first of the 1935 automobile license plates, which are of battleship gray with blue numerals, have made their appearance' on state highways. They appeared on cars whose owners had made, early requests for the reassignment of their 1934 numbers, There were 70,000 of these jeassignments reqi^psted Mail orders for plates are now being filled in the order in which they are received. NEW LOCATION J. D Lotz and son, cleaners and dyers, aire now located in their new location. Corner Green and Elm Sts. . 29fp Santa Claus Mil be at the Althoff Hdwe, Saturday, Dec. 15» He wants to meet all the good boys and girls. 29fp P. O. DEPARTMENT PUTS ON STAR ROUTE Mail from the ljocal post offices is now dispatched to Chicago at 2:55 p. m., and at 6 p. m. With no mail leaving on the morning train. A reminder of the old stage coach days is the Star mail route now established between Crystal Lake and Williams Bay with the mail delivered by messenger. This was made necessary when the freight train, which has delivered the mail here in the early morning, was discontinued. A messenger from Crystal Lake now delivers the mail here in the morning and picks up the last mail at night on his return trip to Crystal Lake. The afternoon train, which formerl; left McHenry at 3:08 now leaves at 2:55 p. jn. Mail leaves the local offices now at 9:50 a. m. and 2:30 and, 6:00 p. m. Mails arrive at 7:00 a. m., 10:25 a. ni and 6:00 p. m. LYLE BASSETT MARRIED WEDNESDAY IN TEXAS ; A telegram was received by the groom's sister in McHenry Wednesday evening, stating that Lyle Bassett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eber Bassett, West McHenry, was united in marriage on that day to Miss Vivian Sweitzer of Houston, Tex., at the home of the bride's' parents. The wire stated that they expected to be home by Tuesday of next week. The bride spent most of the past summer visiting in the McHenry territory and returned to her home a short time ago. accompanied by Mrs. E. E. Bassett and Lylt. ^ FOXES CAUGHT IN COUNTY * Bounties on six foxes Caught in the county in three days have been paid pt the county clerk's office. Hunters who received $3 for each,fox killed are Thomas Bonde, Chemung, two red foxes; Alvin and Karl Westman, Seneca, gray fox; William Gehrke, Dorr, red fox; John E-. Harrison. Dorr, gray fox; Lyle Givens, Greenwood, gray fox. The finest Christmas present in the world is a pair of glasses mad© by Dr. C. Keller. Sundays and Monday at his home on Riverside Drive, Mcfitenry. Phone 211-R. 29fj> O. E. S. INVITATIONS McHenry chapter, O. E. S., has received invitations to attend installation of- officers at Woodstock chapter on Dec. 14, and Wattkegan ter on Dee. IS. present at the sessioa and offered gravel the street 20 feet wide at 90' cents a yard. His off£r was accept*; ed. "T • The .Big"Foot Prairie postoffice, established §7 ycjars aj.'o, wilT.be discoo- ' tinued'ttie end of the present month* ,- according- to information receivad l'rom " the postoffice department Iflf i John T. O'Brien, local fpostma'sfefwv Patroirs of the office will be suppliedby .the.Harvard postoffice. Jolin J. Stockton, fornier 'rditor of the Woodstock Newfe, has b^n' tii^-; placed in the position he ha^ held f«t more than a year in the office of Ed- . ward J. Hughes, secretary of state, * by a Woodstock young man. Hams-- Sorenscn, operative in* an industrial" plant at JYoodstock for several years, ; succeeds Stockton in-the $2,500 per year position in the secretary ot state's office. Mrs. Charles Pingry, Crystal Lake, had the misfortune to slip and fall in front of the Bruedigam blacksmith shopj Woodstock street, about 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, of last week, breaking her left ankle. She ia resting as comfortably as possible at her home op Woodstock and Grant streets. * One of the largest shipment of pheasants ever made from Walworth was sent out recently, according to . J. P. Hanna, ticket agent at lage. There were 60 crates, Jwaling ; 500 birds, which were sent tc^M different points in Ntw York state, and were consigned to game warden# and Isaac Walton clubs or other . sportsmen. When they reach their destinations they will be set free to live in the wild state and replenish the game in the state. This was the finit shipment on an order of 1,200. Fire of mysterious origin last Tues day caused damage estimated at cloe4 to $10,000 in an unoccupied house o» the estate of Philip D. Armour on Green Bay road north of Lake Bluff. Unoccupied for the past several yeat* the big home was a show place of the district when it was last occupied by the Armour family. The structure was a two-story twelve roon^ affair of colonial design and was of wood construction. Hundreds from Waukegan and North Chicago last Wednesday night * watched the riding academy on the . Benjamin F. Stein farm on Telegraph road burn to the ground for a loss of $40,000. The flames lit up the western sky to such an extent that the fii* w a s d i s c e r n a b l e t o n e a r l y a l l o f t h » North Shore towns. Fifteen horse* on the ground floor of the academy were led to safety by employes on the place and Deputy Sheriff John Froe- . lich who was nearby when the blasa was noticed. The building was a two. story structure, with servants' quar-.. terS on the second floor. The Gurnte . fire department made a desperate ef- . fort to halt the blaze without avail. • Stein feared for a time that his re$ir dence would catch fire as well and he ^ was extremely pleased that this build-, ing did not burn. The firemen spent most of their efforts in keeping thefire from spreading to other buildings. An interesting discovery has beeiL_.. made recently in a transfer of ownership of a farm in the township of, Hartland, owned by the same family for 91 years and where the probation of the estate x>f the owner, who died 40 years ago, is now in process in the probate court. The farm in contains 160 acres; was purchased from the federail^Sovemment in 1813- r by Dennis Coakley for $1.25 an acre* Mr. Coakley passed away early in 1894. In his will he named the senior of his two sons as executor. who - passed away in 1926 without having completed probating the estate. The fact that the executor thus name4. paid the legacies provided in the will • and the homestead was willed to him did not. make it incumbent that the. probation be carried out. it is assuiii- ; ed. Now the estates of the fathef and son are going through the probate court at the same time. . Work on state road 176 from Burs ton's Bridge to Route 61 at Term Cotta avenue in Crystal Lake has been retarded considerably because of in*-. • favorable weather. Grading and con- ? struction of culverts has beet cam«4 forward vigorously oa The -cement will ho