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VOL. 61 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 27, 1936 FIVE SEEK OFFICE OF M'HENRY COUNTY JUDGE i 5 ENTER CONTEST ' • \ - CANDIDATES FOR STATE S ATTORNEY Monday, Feb. 24, was the deadline lor filing of petitions to place the names of candidates on the April 14 primary ballot. When County Clerk Woods received word from Governor Horner that a county judge would be elected at the regular November election to fill out the term of the late Judge Allen, and that candidates must file for the primary, a rush was made to get the necessary petitions signed in time to get under the wire Monday. The result was that four will seek'. INTERESTIN . NEARBY TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Troy Lillindr of Union is resting comfortably after beiflgs^kwsly injured Friday night, geb. 14, while at work at the^Ssein Manufacturing Co., Unio«vwhen some bags of casein fell upon him, fracturing one arm and spraining the other. i He also cut his face and received other bruises in the fall. He was working alone when the accident happened, ^ Crystal Lake will not change v to Scenes and Persons in the Current News eastern time on March 1 as Chicago | the nomination on the Republican .j a.n<* a number of suburban communiside and one on the Democratic. The ' ^ies 8re doing. The city council has Democrats have entered a full county P6®0 to discussion on the matter i ticket now and the ;racd is on. J b"fc httIl- or "°T interest has been) The ones on the Republican ticket' T™'n: Crystal Lake will change to j for county judge will be Attorneys dayligbt time later on as is done each F. E. Eckert, D. T. Smiley, C. P. jyear; Barnes, all df Woodstock and Henry i Miss Esther Hironimus, Wauconda, L. Cowlin, of Crystal Lake. was the victim of an unfortunate ac- The Republican race for state's at- , cident Tuesday of last week, when she torney has three candidates in the tripped cn a heat register at the Henfield. State's Attorney V. S. Lumley is seeking re-election and Wm. M. Carroll of Woodstock and J. J. Mc- Cauley of Harvard will ask the voters to select them as the nominee. Three candidates are out for the IjLepublican nomination for coroner, being E. H. Cook, of Huntley, present coroner, J. C. Pierce of Woodstock and Harry L. Ehorn of Richmond. Pierce made the race for this job in 1932 but was defeated by Cook by a small margin ry Kruger hom?. Ligaments in her left foot were torn, when Miss Esther! feU. Crystal Lake's oldest resident, Mrs.! Aurelia P. Blakeslee, celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the home of Miss Jessie I, Hobart, 821 Virginia street, with whom she makes her home. Miss Hobert held open house from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. in .honor of the centenarian. John Sikes, a Lake Villa barber, died Tuesday afternoon of last week m AT JOKNSBURG SERVED LOCAL PARISH 16 YEARS OF LENTEN SEASON: BEGAN FES. 26 SERVICES AT MeHEJOHT • CHURCHES Old friends and parishioners paid tribute to a spiritual advisor whom they had loved- and heeded his teachings for many years Tuesday, when many from Johnsburg and this vicinity attended the funeral rites for the Rev. William Weber, 64 ye^rs old, who died suddenly at his home at 4568 North McVicker avenue, Chicago',, on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 2 o'clock from a heart attack. Until, his retirement six yiears ago he had' been pastor of St. John the Baptist parish at -Johnsburg for sixteen years, one of the oldest Catholic communities in the state of Illinois. Father Weber came to Johnsburg. in 1914, following Father Ws Berthold, who was pastor during the prev- 1--Willard \V. Beatty, former superintendent of Bronx ville schools, appointed director of education for the oflkt of Indian affairs. 2--Scene at tile ski sllile at • Gaciulsch-Parlenkirehen, i.'erinany, where the Olympic winter gainer were held. 3--George Bernard Shaw, British playwright, being welcomed to Miami; Fla., by Ma.vor A. D. Fossey an City JManager L. L» Lee. 4--Niagara Falls frown practically solid during the twib-isero spell. Circuit Clerk Will T. Conn will|at. tlie Condell Memorial hospital of have no opposition in the Republican injuries suffered early in the day ticket for re-election. >He hay held ;W^en automobile skidded into a this office with credit for the past eight years. Democrats File Full Ticket Five minutes before the «. deadline Monday afternoon • group of Demo Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa cific railroad train at the Wilson road crossing in Long Lake. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Testimony at the inquest recratic ileaders, including Postmaster j vealed that the driver had apparently Dan Desmond of Woodstock, S. T. j tried to stop the car, but ice on the; Oliver, John Deneen, Eugene O'Brien, r°ad paused it to slide into the train, Walter F. Kelly and Harold Stone in-1 Sikes was alone in the car at the time vaded the office of County Clerk, the accident. Woods with petitions of Jour candi- ! Homer Ingram took over the officc dates for county offices on the Demo cratic ticket. . The slate is headed by a la$ron of postmaster at Zion last Tuesday He succeeds J. Alex DePew, an active worker in the Christian Catholic GRADUAL THAW LESSENS DANGER OF BAD FLOODS DOWN RIVER MAYORS HOLD MEETING The gradual thaw which has- taken -place during the last few days, with TOWNSHIP POOR BILL FOR JANUARY. $368,81 McHenry township's poor bill for January was $368.81, according to claims presented at the county board meeting last week. \ The claims of the fifteen townships totals $7,718.44, the highest amount since the county took over the paying of poor bills last September. Marengo township leads all others in claims for the month, with a total OLD MAN WINTER FINALLY DECIDES TO MOVE ALONG SNOW RAPIDLY MELTING I THIS WEEK of $1,537.80, Chemung is second and ^ • •-- Algonquin third and Dorr fourth. McHenry welcomed some warm iCfcIIenry ranks sixth on the list, days over the weekend and first of the too* t pla^e ,n Attention of devout Christians -ojf nearly all denominations began Wednesday to focus on the approach- of ^ Lent which began With Ash Wednesday this week. This was thejirst day of the Lenten season, a period covering nearly seven weeks, during which congregations will be called to repentance and renunciation of the things of this world, and to more intensive cultivation of spiritual and eternal verities. Ash .Wednesday follows Shrove Tuesday, or, ^ a§ in French, Mardis Cras--fat Tuesday--*which precedes Lenten fasting and self denials, which either are imposed by regulations are voluntarily undertaken. _« . v Special services will be observed in the local Catholic churches during the Leitten season, with services on two evenings each week at St. Patrick's church and on Wednesday and Friday evenings at St. Mary's church. At St. Mary's church there will be - the rosary, sermon and'benediction; on- Wednesday evenings at 7:30 o'clock and cn Friday evenings there will be stations of the cross and l>enediction. Father Miller will officiate at the services during-the absence of Msgr. Charles S. Nix% who is jn Pensacola, Fla. • , .. - V..' Following the mass 6^ Ash Wednesday. the Ashes, which were blessed before the mass, were distributed and this ceremony, was repeated after devotions Wednesday evening. At St. Patrick's church the distribution of ashes followed the pass at 7*80 a. m., and was repeated after the* vaTuirn wittiam WVRFR evening services, which included the FATHER WILLIAM WEBER rosary, sermon and benediction. Serious two years and Fathei Woifgait- yjces observed Friday evenen, who was pastor for years. ling at St. Patrick's church with sta- Puring his pastorate at Johnsburg tions of the cross and benediction. Father Weber endeared himself to ReV ^m. A. O'Rourke, pastei* of the his parishioners and accomplished church, will officiate at all services, mlich for good in the community, At St. Johns' church, Johnsburg. working faithfully for their interests Lenten services will be held every and the welfare of the church. . Wednesday and Friday afternoon at During the years of his stay in'3.30 p. m.. until further notice. This Johnsburg several outstanding events wjii probably be observed until weaththe history of -.the er an(j roads improve. T?- for county judge, D. F. QuinlaJfc I church, of which Wilbur Glenn Voliva : temperatures near or above the sea- and signifies- the extreme caution used . week with the mercury above freezing.; church,- One event which will long - Regulations Announced ' Woodstock real estate man. For cir. » general overseer. Postmaster In- sonal normal, has lessened the danger'1 by Supervisor S. H. Freund in allow-! on Sunday, ,the warm weather start-Remembered by the parishioners, [ In appropriate serinons last Sunday cuit clerk, Lester Siedschlag of partner ii> the printing firm of ; 0f floods and ice-jams . in the Fox i ing poor claims. j ing the snow melting, the water run-, much of 1^ "*cces>^ "p, J"®; mornrng the' ^"ten i-egulationsjjere Spring Grove, who carried the colors! Bicket and Ingram, received, notice^ river and the lakes of this region, j Claims were also allowed the Chi- ning and the snow packed roads to Fathei ^ebei, was the t an. h iu . ile announced by local pastors, ac^ord- ' ' " . . . - • I n d u s t r i a l H o m e $439 50: Old i "slump" and the drifts to settle. on June 24 to 20, 1927, celebrating ing to instructions given rut by ^ • T * . . . » . • ' t l i A O M M n r n f c O I - I f n f f h o J ' township election for supervisor a j mastership to take over the duties at | eneti, according to experts in stream' People's Home, $46; Ottawa Sanitor-1 This was indeed a welcome change the eighty fifth anniversaiy of the dinal Mundelein of the Democratic party in the Burton j0^ the appointment to the Zion post-j Much damage to property is threat- jcago e's Home, $46; Ottawa oomwi-i -- - e A- r .u U ,f i )n -j, ,, His nominaion for the office! control,' if there is a sudden thaw ac- i ium". $81.05, $81.67, $81.85 and Zace; after prevailing temperatures of & Jounding of the parish m 1842 and j: Cardinal confirmed by the senate- last! companied by rain, j Sanitorium, $10. [and 25 degrees below zero. Aecord- j the. silver -jubilee of. the_church. •... •. distinguish I T-a in the river varies from two to Since last September, when the law ing to the promise of the weather-; - . ... , .. .. . ice in tne river varies irom two to . , the man this locality was in for several 1;a.ther. Weber's pastorate was the. and abstinence: on the latter, meat is of mild weather, with 4 he | building of the beautiful Lourdes altogether prohibited. year ago -against Frank May, and jonce who was defeated by a margin of a jwas couple of votes, is seeking the job. For state's attorney Walter F. . Kelly "of Crystal Lake, son of Dennis Kelley, former chairman of the Dem month. Jean^mbaU, youngest daughter j th^ Veet in thickness, Mundelein's reeulations between days of fasting Another event accomplished during-and days which reouire both fasting of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kimball, Wau- severa> decades past, while the i conda, suffered a broken.Irft leg last |Ue lakes to the northeast of record for providing care for paupers by white on the ocratic county central committee, is : week Thursday when skiing near her prcbab]y a foot greater in thickness. | PauPer careseeking the post. W. ;J, Copeland, I, ome 0,1 the shore of the lake. W hile Cary physician, is the Democratic!'^ was not known for some time how candidate for coroner. J.serious the injury was, X-ray pictures While McHenry is probably not threatened so seriously by the breaking of the ice in the river, as those j* I county instead of townships, it hasl.days -- - . «. . . - . cost McHenry fcounty : 127,351 for ^warmth prevailing in the southwest, grotto erected in St. John s cemetery former <iays one full meal with meat j keeping our own temperatures from 'n Octt ber, 1920, to the memory of is. allowed. 'dropping, despite the cold air which Father Mehring, former pastor of j The word "lent" is the earl £ Enthe church for twenty-five years. 'j glish word ft r spring and refers not Just preceding the jubilee celebra- only to the germination of seeds and A contest for the job of Democratic ;taken at Elizabeth Memorial hospital,!. . , „fv„_ . v or.n . senatorial committeeman is scheduled ! Libertyville on Tuesday disclosed the | pities farther south are,, yet the great 5. broken bone. The leg will be placed ! u me°ace. he® ,"the peaking up DEMONSTRATION OF FARM MACHINERY still prevails in western Canada. However, another, snowstorm Tuesday night, added to. the discomfort of tion the -church was refinished arid bursting of buds, local residents and as . it continued' redecorated at a cost of about $25,000 lengthening days but also to the until nights and Adams and Ft-eund,' local McCor- to meit, increased thte' threat of high with artists busy at the work--for days become' of eoual length at the ^c^miSTeman ^in^DDO^erfor ^ &^ casT'some'timrthis we^/1"^" | of the ice in the lakes above us and ! mick-Deering dealers in farm imple- I ^ater'Tn"streams" of\his7rea.* The' eight months. . time of the spring eouinox. It is Uiis PP A hangar and the six airplanes if i •'ust how raPldly th,s wil1 break upjrnents, announce a demonstration of four ^ five inch snowfall covered I During the summer of i;&2&»Father equinox, together with the first full contained were destroyed by fire1 and^ come down the river to perhaps, their line on Monday. March 2, to 1 sidewalks and highways with slush1 Weber took an interesting three ihitm falling thereafter, which sets Tuesday morning, of last week at tha!^am at tlie ^r^P68' menacing their j which all farmers are invited to 'at- j jnconvenjenCing motorists and pedes- - months tour through Europe, return- the first Rundav' followVqg- these two re-election by Woodstock. Stewart T. Oliver of A recent change in the election law ^eKalb county airport at WatermahTj^^tgy as xvel maUer flf conjecture. Temperatures as high as 45 and 50 degrees abov# zero, the warmest since Md at their place* Illinois will deprive voters frcm j * • hangar and three of the! voting for a county siirveyor. Tho planes were owned by -Dr. Herman J. surveyor is now Appointed by the i^seubauer of Hinckley, "'the flying doc county board of supervisors. The appointment this year will be made at the September meeting and the person appointed will take over the office the first Monday in December. George L. Tryon is the present surtor of DeKalb county." The other three planes were owned by Elmer Larson, Rochelle, Wilbur Mack, Waterman, and LaVerne Ellis of Hinckley. Loss w'as estimated by Dr. Neubauer at $50,000. The fire followed an ex- January 15, and - no more sub-zero weather in sight, brought joy to local residents this week, although it also brought a small degree of alarm to residents cf the Fox River Valley ing to Johnsburg in Supleuibei.'--•--iuhuitikts a.« These are only a few ol' the bright year OP April 12. , trians. of business on Pearl street, McHenry, If tlie temperature is merely nor There will be good speakers giv-1 ma] ^ntil March 1, according to the1 spots in the pastorate of Father j ing expert advice " on farm products forecaster this month will become the Weber, whose years of service in Ranter, which fall? thin and also about one hour's entertain ment with sound movies. Also a free lunch at noon. Farmers are asked to come early as the machinery demonstration will take that a sudden thaw might flood-the! Place in the forenoon, which includes RECEIVER PAYS 10% DIVIDEND veyo^r having' held" the office" several lesion of a pan of oil, placed near a j valley and perhaps repeat-the danger ; International trucks, • McCormickterms In fact the office of countv j *tove in the hangar office. of floods as disastrous as the ones of jeering tracers, plows, disc harrows, . nSer [ Mrs. Enm. St.rritt, Crysfl Lake. 1857 and 1887 , u --. . J -<««. «>" ««• of the Trydn family over a period of Ifel1 in her kitchen one day last week,) A sudden thaw would, of course, twenty-five years or more. striking her head against the corner 1 flood the liver's tributaries, since the Bight In Legislative Race of the stove, injuring her left eye and ifrczen gr^m1 cannot absorb the wat- <Six Republicans and two - Demo- suffering a gash in her forehead. ' A J'er.. The water from the streams, cimts have filed for the three - places Physician was required to walk sev- [ pouring down upon the ice, would in the state legislature from this dis- eral miles through the snow to give ("loose" and the resulting gorges trict. Two are seeking re-election,' medical attention. 1 would threaten the desti uction of being Richard J. Lyons of Liberty-1 A of $49,786 will be paid by every bridge across the river. Moreville (Rep.) and Thos. A. Bolger of the state of Illinois for building a half over, flpods would cover the lam McHenry (Dem.). Jmile of concrete highway which will | along the river. However, these wor- The other five Republican candi- c°nnect state routes 173 and 19 at the I "es have been, somewhat dispelled dates include Charles H. Francis' of j south edge of Harvard, officials of | during the last few days, as the snow Woodstock, Nick Keller of Waukegan, j state highway department have ; disappearing gradually, but effec- Victor Siegler of Spring Grove, Ru-! made public. The slab of concrete tively, and it is hoped that the ice in dolph Dvorak of Fox River Grove and E. A. Warren tof Highland Park. The other Democratic candidate is Henry F. Wallenwein of Waukegan. FINAL NOTICE Get your McHcnry vehicle sticker before March 1 ar.d Five the penalty of 50 cents per month. The price is $1.60 if secured in February. After that date the penalty is added. CITY o? McHENRY. , will start near the line that divides the townships of Dunham and Chemung near the Thos. Tyner residence in federal route, 14 and proceed west until a connection is made with route the lakes, which continues to remain adamant, will break up as gradually. Boone Creek and other tributaries to Fox river are becoming swollen and overflowing their banks which 173 at what has" long been known lo- j will- soon be noticeable in the rising cally as the driving park grounds.! °f the water in Fox river. Owners The contract to build the state pro-j o* property along the river are fearject has been let to the Gee. Welch iful of what may happen to their summer homes as the river rises and over- -er for The Citfzen^StateBank'of U run Up an impressive record tf.... .ffiliated »ith the „e» EockfortJ Kenry^ which ^ the sixth div" service in the f.™er, battle «.i„,t Diocese w^re hej.^ ysistant ,A fn l Old man winter. . his teverend brother in Aurora. In 1 Another ---per. Cent dividend^was paid last week by Theo. Hamer, receiv McHenry, dend to be paid since the bank closed several years ago and makes a total of 36 per cent to bd paid. Depositors received $9,543.38 from the receiver last week. Mr. Hamer petitioned the circuit court for the right to make the distribution, which was granted by Judge Edward D. Shurtleff. When the bank closed there was approximately $95,000 on deposit. coldest February in history, exceed-: Johnsburg were eventful ones, ening the record of 14.7 degrees aver-j dearing him to members >f his. parish age set in 1875. So far, this month as a counsellor and friend. ; . has averaged 8.2 degrees. I Bern In Germany • Althfiugh city and town life is get- Rev. . Weber was born in Luxemting back to normal after the cen- 'burg, GerAtdny, on April 10, 1872. He tury's worst snow and cold, mai^r Studied classics and philosophy at farm families within this vicinity, Mt. Calvary, Wis., and made his theo- Awrd JJEaster^ April 12 Easter Sunday date? have appeared in March just fifteen times since 18fi5, the 'earliest' date for Easier.- since that time falling on March 23 in 1913. The latest date for Easter since 18fi5 was on April 25 in 1886. Years in which Easter Sundav occurred on. it does this year, were' are continuing their struggle against' logical course at the American Col-. 190?- '19-14- and' 1925; - bad roads and other handicaps. With lege, Lowain, Belgium. In July, 1905.; . Next year Easter will be ^onsider- .. i i„: 4 i... 1 „nhK* pfirliAr rnminnr , n March 'S anil PUBLIC C>RD PARTY The Altar aijd Rosary Sodality will sponsor a public card par'y March 1? in; K. C. Hall. y Goodyear and Gillette Goper- ' taction tires." They realTy pull through snow. Walter J. Freund. 40-fp Ptaindealer Want Ads bring results construction organization of Beloit, Wi?., and also located at Dundee. Work on the highway* project, will be taken up as soon as weather conditions will permit, Contractor Welch states. . - v who is K L. ^rr*^ - In the Chicago Tribune for Feb. 23 yre find E. L. W. of West McHenry remembering Way Back When--"We played 'Anthony Over' and 'Pum-Pum Pullaway' during recess at the rural school." NOTICE I desire to announce that on March 1, I will move my ,• arage from the present location < n Route 20 to the flows its banks, some even predicting | jolm stilling building on Pearl street. that home on Riverside Drive will be threat ned. On Wednesday water to the running board of autombiles covered the pavement south of the Fox Pavilion on Route U. S. '12 and gave the plac-s the appearance of a small lake. ^ ' 20-In, Ice At Dam George Witt, in charge of the dam below McHenry, informs us that tFe ice at that location is about twenty (Continued on last pap.) McHenry, west -of Bieklei- hotel, and will still be known as Adams Repair Shop. 39-2-fp NICK J. ADAMS. SHOVELING DISCONTINUED The work of shoveling ?now on the .highways was discontinued Monday after about. two week;s df steady empi oment or over fifty' men. Subscribe for The Plaindealsr. automobile transportation collapsed he was ordained by the late Bishop ..ably eariier coming .n 28.and. completely as a means of communica- Th. Meehschaert for the Diocese cf m 1938 it will be even later than this tion and securing of supplies, the Peoria and went to Chicago October year, arriving- on April. 17.,.LaSt war; horse and bob-sled, long considered a'15, 1908. In 1909 he obtained his F^ster .was very, late coming- on Aor J; picturesque relic of the last century,1 "exeat^ from the Chicago Diocese and .-1 and in 1934 it fell on April first. HOME BUREAU TO MEET McHenry unit of the Home Burei i Over fields andf meadows, forsaking! January, 1913, he was made pastor at WJ11 meet at the high schwl Friday the established routes of transport, Lena and in 1914 he came to Johns- afternoon at L o clock, with Mrs. R. the horses'and bob-sled are bringing burg. • . . W^terstraat, as hostess.. to, milk and eggs' tqr market and return- j July, 1930, after'.sixteen • years-,ro11 cal' V111 ^hat..1 , £ ing with food and fuel, it is not as he resigned the pastorate and went eomplish In February and the_ leait was in the days when Whittie* to Chicago, where he retired from ®on w. l>be- Color fer You and your wrote his famous poem, "Snowbound.", active work. Ho™. Plans for an all-day meeting Then the threat of complete isolation His work at Johnsburg was c'on- wiil be (list iK-ised. by winter's snow was foreseen and ar- | tinued by Father A. J. Vollman. rangements were made in accordance, j Today, however, farm contacts with the" city must b£ maintained at all costs and days of toil with shovels are the farmer's lot. . « Recall Former Winters: Severe winters of former years are being recalled by old^ime residents, some recalling winters of more snow, but .never so many days of continued extreme cold. The winter of the big snow was in 1881 when trains were stopped and roads were filled with snow. Then. however, there were no large dairy herds demanding daily shipment of milk to Chicago, and farmers took it Sourer of Evanstcn served as Mast?i Surviving are a brother, the Rev. of Ceremonies and. the Rev. Msyr. J. P. Weber of Sierra Madre, Calif.. Clousen of Chicago preached th« and a sister, ' i-Bfteral'^ttasn^-^Thiere.- '• sister, Susanne, preceded him in ope priests present in the church for' death. the mass " The remains rested in his home un-1, The following men from his firmer til Monday afternoon when they were parish of Jqhusburg served as .piitt^- taken to'St Robert Bellarm'ne church bearers: Anton M. Schmitt, lMer_ at Austin avenue" and Slocuin street, Fr»>und. Jr.. John A. Miller. John M. vhere they lay in state unt;l the Schmitt, Nick S. Pitzet\ and Charles funeral services at 10:80 a. m., Tues- Stilting- . day. Burial was at St Boniface j Vhosfe from Johnsburg to attend the cemetery. - funeral services of Rev. Fr. William •Solemn Requiem High Mass was Weber Tuesday were Rev. Fr. A. Jt celebrated by his reverend brother,; Vollman, Anton M. Schmitt, Peter Peter Weber, as celebrant. Rev. Fath- Freund. Jr., John M. Schmitt, Nick er Fehring of Cicero, a cousin of thj? S. Pitzen, Martin Weber, Charles easy in the winter time. Then there. deceased was Deacon, Rev. Fr. Wester : Stilling, and the' Misses Julia, Rose