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"~X 'JL < vi -.j ••.v'Sirta VOL. 62 McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY AUGUST 13.1936 No. 12 •U-: PER CENT INSTALLMENT READY BANK ANNOUNCES FOURTH PAYMENT I to APPLY ON DEFERRED! - > CERTIFICATES CONTRACTORS NEARBY NEWS at Rt. .60 and Grand ave., in Fox Lake. Mrs.. Ruth Poole, 25, of Chicago, was was riding with her husband in the Countiss car was the most seriously hurt. Mrs.. Edith "Johnson oj Clentenraal Queen/and Her Court on Float j Ten-year-old Jane Witte, of 6050 . Crane street. Morton Grove, sustained Thie fourth installment of ten per a bad cut on the left leg Sunday of, cent on the deferred certificates held i last week While bathing , at a beach by the West McHenry State Bank will [near Wauconda. A physician took ten be paid by that-institution this week I stitches to close the .wound, anu payments were begun this morn- I Mrs. Anna Koppins, 32 years old, <Sf 2719 Newport avenue, Chicago, suf- Permission to do this has been re-1 fered a broken left ankle Friday of #Bjved from Edward J. Barrett, audi- j last week when she fell from a bi. tor of public accounts of the state of cycle-ghe was riding near Porten's su^ Illinois, and deferred certificates of division on Fox river, where she is a interest may be taken to the b^nk any! summer resident. i/. i ... .. JA I Five persons were injured last week This payment constitutes 40 per L, u * u., ... l- e JL u ij ui »!.• . i i Saturday when an automobile driven c.e. ftt of the, amount held by the bank . r. i>• u j en e a u j ino„ , , , by G. M. Richard, 60, of Antioch was since March. 1933, and, no doubt, de« . 1. ,. . . -Doctors of the bank will be hannv to 1,1 coJhslon Wlth the cac operated by - + be happy, to Frederick D. Countiss, 22, of Chicago receive this amount now. / What can McHenry folk^h^fwith Abney? Well, it's vacation tihje' and now perhaps the hopes of a trip or vacation tour can be realized, and it's . also just tax time when th» -ri#nd in- ^ ,, . , . •ti'U" Jt .. Antioch. who was a passenger m the •\v ^ifrt-a,il ment of taxes will vn ave tldi be• pai• d tR>i. c,h ard, car was t, reaTte d. f»o r cu.t s andj and again, even though swelpring m ^ . A . • . August heat, folks are beginning to ' ' , think of preparations for winter and » Except for the needle and thread , perhaps getting in their supply'of coal. • welded by Dr. A. J. Ross of Waucon- .'V .>V£This payment of a ten per cent divi- ;da' James Ross. 12 years old, of 822 :;.'.;.:#$jid means that $9,450.33 will be re- Brown street. Lake Forest, would .be • Jejased at once, the greatest portion sh°rt a portion* of nis left ear. The Of which will be used in our own com- ' was diving at Lake Zurich, remunitv in the very near fyture by cently, w-hen he struck some object the 588 depositors. 1that severed one half of the ear. He The third payment made by the was brought to the Ross emergency bank was Dec. 13, 1935, .and the sec- j hospital for repairs. , ynd dividend came a year ago on Aug. I August Parinski, 38, of 716 Federal •»'. ' istreet, Chicago, encountered two-kinds Several checks have been left at the almost simultaneously Tues- , $«nk since the last payment and may afternoon of last week, while fishbe obtained by calling for them. , infiT here. The Chicagoan had made, a • ilt is necessary that everyone en- cast and a black bass gabbed the bait, titled to a ten per cent refund take attempting to get the fish off the certificate to the bank where it artificial plug, one of the hooks enter.* ,#ill be indorsed with the amount of his hand. A physician removed the €he payment, and the face value of hook and gave Parinski anti-toxin.^ • - the certificate will be reduced a like1 ^ -Harozin, 20, of 9000 Fairview v'-;f$riOunt. You must1 present your cer- ®ve*«. Brookfield, wbs criticallj injuied " tificate in, order to secure the dividend recently when his^automobile left the tp be paid. road and turned turtle in the ditch at Payment At Algonquin j McMahon's curve, on the Rand road • The Algonquin State Bank will nrr*h of town. The lad was taken to ••• • make a 25per cent payment, amount- a Wauconda physician where, exanuna- ;ing to $12,534.04 this week, also. This tion disclosed three cuts on his lef. 'IS the third repayment for the Algon- j .and a fractured knee cap. qui!) bank, bringing the total up to John Newmann, Jr., 14, of Glen 45 per cent of the amount waived. i Ellyn, who has been visiting with his The depositors in the West McHen- ! uncle, G. J..Berkley, at Mundelein, was • • ly State bank, as well as Algonquin, /drowned in Diamond Lake last week 40 per cent of their depositsj Friday while he was out on the lake in order to facilitate reopening of the a hoat. It was the eleventh Lake banks following.the moratorium* in c°l,nty drowning this year. The boy 1933. • I bad rowed out in a boat by himself. • > -. • . , ., j Some time after the youth had left the V DR. W. H BURMEISTER l«h u 01^ t r he IJ b 1 oat ^'ift f ed ba(J tVttpc AT ctttvttUtpi? Chief of Police Clayton Tiffany and i/l-EiO Al o U iyilYifjii volunteers started a search of the HOME IN McHENRY lake. Two hours after the boat was | discovered drifting on the lake/Chief Dr. Wm, H, Burmeister, 54 years Tiffany and Tony Albright found the old, Chicago physician and surgeon, body of the boy in a weedbed a short died suddenly Tuesday at his summer distance from share. .home in McHenry, following a short j . < 2 * : , . illness.. AN EXPLANATION He was a nifember of the McHenry j A. survey was recently made by the j ' Country Club and well known in Mc-| ci*y of McHenry to ascertain all the Henrj'. where he has been a summer * s*w'er connections and laterals. This • ,re:-i<ient for many years. j survey w^s made for .information pur- i Graduated from the University of. P°ses only. Michigan in 1907, Dr. Burmeister' A slight misunderstanding seems to served on the .faculty of the U! of I. have developed and w;e are asked to Me<iical School^^ and was coroner's phy- ^make an explanation. * i fician under Peter Hoffman, one time j The charge for the operating'costs . Cook County. coroner. He was re- the new sewer plant will be put on ' pruned in his special field of pathol- -he water bills, amounting to 60 cents ogy. . . per mopth for each benefit. The num- He is survived by his mother and ber laterals does not enter into the tint sister, Mrs. Hattie Best. charge, it being made for each benei Funeral -services were held this. Each householder may have a Thursday at 1:30 o'clock at a chapel at toilet, wash bowls, drains, etc., all go- 2701 N. Clark street, Chicago, with in£ into one connection with the sew- , < ;• DR. L. E. FULLER DROWNED WHILE ON CANOE TRIP LECTURED HERE MAY 22 LAST MeHieriry 'pfeople who heard Dr. Leslie E. Fuller, professor at the Garrett Biblical Institute and Northwestern University, give his illustrated lecture at the Methodist church on May 22 will regret to learn that he was drowned while on a venturesome canoe trip with his sons and two other young men in the wilds of Northwestern Canada, north of the Arctic circle, according to word received in Chicago Monday night.. • Prof. Fuller gave a most interestkig|^ concerning a trip taken in the north j woods with one of his sons and at that time he told cf the trip he intended to take this summer with both of his sons, farther into the desolate northland. Fearlessly, Dr. Fuller made light of the dangers of the trip which were to cause his death, and advised fathers and sons to take such a trip if possible. Dr. Fuller's kindly personality attracted everyone who heard him and BAND CONCERT TONIGHT AT" H'HENRY H.S. * * CHICKEN DUCK ttlNNER SERVED SUNDAY Preparations for the Annual Summer Festival, sponsored by St. Mary's Parish, McHenry, are fast nearing completion. The -committees Tor the various games, refreshTrients. and rides are making their best efforts so that this year's Festival will be even a greater succiess than in past years, while the women of the pal ish, under the leadership of the Christian Mothers' Society, are preparing theii" famous chicken and duck dinner which is known far and wide, people coming from Chicago, Milwaukee, Aurora. Vipgil, and many other places to enjoy this delicious dinner, as the women of St. Mary's1 Parish prepare it. WITS SHEW BUILDINGS AND REMODELING Building construction in this locality got off to-a relatively gcod start this year and h^s been increasing as the months go by, probably having reached its peak for the year with the arrival of the mid-summer season. Carpenters, who have had considerable spare time J since the building, slump, which arrived with the depression, are again -busy and emplo5'ing a number of. men in the construction of new places, is well as #niuch repair work., -.'.V-V'.' :C Perhaps the greatest' imprqve'merit' in this part of the country has taken place at the Samuel Joseph place McCollum lake on Route 20. formerly known as the F. S, Rich farm, where situated on the banks of the sparkling . _ , , , lake, is ,tb be feund 6ne ®f the finest During the past years record crowds small faVms in thi^pai.t of the counof eight hundred and ' fifty . and even : nine hundred people have been served j 'There the nmhUnK: old-fashioned ; a t h i s d i n n e r , and n o t h i n g c o u l d K a s W n t r a n s f ( > r m e d i n t o a please the women of St. Mary s ,pore fmCdern citv mansion exquisitely equip- " than to raise this number to one thon-, ^ with 'furnishings brought nw sai. this year. W ith the chicken and | thp hojr# ( f M, ^nd Mrs Joseph in Cliicago. ' 'Mr. Joseph, an expert m remodeling has. indeed! FINS PROGRAMS OFFERED duck there will also be served a woiidetful dressing, potatoes, peas and caiTots. cabbage salad, beets, celery .j modernizinjf homes< and . lives, rolls, coffee and pie., I shovvn his skill in the metamorphosis Dinner will be served froi|v 11:30 a. j w hich ma<£ possible in cha^inZ m. to 3 p. m., Daylight Sayiijg^Tiny?: the home as from a plain, gray jnoth i supper will be served froitt 5.to7 p, m., beautiful,- gaily colored butter- ARE tc fly. McHenry- is beng favored again this summer w-ith band concerts given each Thursday night by the city band which are being enjoyed by many local people. * During July the concerts were given in the city park and this month it is expected that they will be given oti the high school grounds, where the first one took place last Thursday. John Hamilton Kipublictn Nilionil CkiirwM WILLIAM THOMPSON DIES AT WAUKEGAK HOSPITAL MONDAY Friends were saddenecr at the untimely death of William Thompson, 24 yeare old, which occurred at St. ThereseV hospital, .Waukegan, at 8:15. a. ni., Mcnday, August 10< The young man had been at the hos- The high school is centrally located i ^ spend a few happy hours with and an ideal place for these concerts (tlu,m on August 15 and H>. and it is expected that a large crowd | oif interested JUtehers will greet the jQHy B. SCHUMACHER ^ band there tonight and the followmgl _ Tr Thursday nigh in August. IS FATALLY INJURED W. N. Sears of Barringtpn directs -- the band again this year and, with John B, Schumacher, 65 yeAi-s old, ,the band members, prepared foiv ft! died last Wednesday at St. Joseph'sbusy season with practices every! hospital, Elgin, following injuries'-re- Tuesday night throughout the spring,! ceived when he • was knocked off a On St. Mary's School grounds "there ,. At a great expense the entire house will be plenty of Opportunity . for j was reir odeled with new insulated amusement; not cnly,\vill the gair.es of canvas walls and ceilings, beautifully former years be played, but a few new ^}nished. and built for warmth in win-,- attractions have been added to the ter. as well as comfort in tha hot,; list. Then, too, there will be plenty of summer weather. rides for the kiddies, including pon> j A spacious, • screened porch, with; rides. The pony, including saddle, French windows, was built to overwill be auctioned off in the evening, [look the lake and a model kitchen, in The "parishioners of St. Mary's, [cream tile with green trimmings, witrt . Father Miller, and Monsignor Nix ex-j its electric stove and refrigerator tend a most hearty welcome to ' ail1 cupboards and beautiful sink was also', their friends and neighlxirs and invite'.built during the short tin^e, that local pital for two weeks, where his ailment his lecture, full of humorous and in-! baffled physicians and it was only a teresting adventures, was greatly en- short time before he died that his disjoyed. ease was declared to be glanders, very The tragedy is believed to have oc- rare in human beings. curred after the party had made a The son fcf Mr. and Mrs.^Ed Thompportage from the MacKetizie and R£t rivers to dangerous rapids in the Yukon river, a two-day trip from Aklason, he was bcrn at Ringwood on March 19, 1912, and spent most of his life in this vicinity. He was raised vik, the Arctic ocean port of the Mac- on a farm near Ringwood ,and later Kenzie river. This village, 2,500 niiles (wol ked in factories at Kenosha and By direct line from Chicago, was on« Waukegan where' he was adept in his of the stops of Col. and Mrs. Lind- line of work. bergh on their flight to the Orient. Wife Received Netirs Mrs. Fuller received news of the tragedy in a telegram sent from Aklavik by her sons, John Leslie, 21, a For the past six months he had driv- .i|jen a truck for the *tate highway depart ment. ' He is surxived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson, Pistakee Bay, which are being continued this sum mer. requiring the band members to devote two evening* each week to their music. Although Mr. Sears will not return this year as instructor of music in the high school local people are hoping that • he will continue as director of the city band and thus not lose contact entirely with local people. _ The band is composed of local r^sidents, both adults and young people, at.d numbered among them are many of McHenry'h most experienced and talented musicians. Among them, too, are ifiany of this city's pioneer band men, who have grown along with the bar.d for many years, such as H. J. Schaffcr. Carl Weber, Henry Schaefer and others. tern tut in Rose Hill cemetery. Have you Seen McGee's ad ? •Mrs. Rose Miller entertained a er, but the cost is only 60 cents. Build ings having two benefits or two direct services will be charged accordingly. Where the building is occupied by more than one family, that makes a irroup of relatives and friends at her benefit ,?or each family and the • borne on Main street Tuesday. Guests charge is made to each. Vacant lots - were present from Elgin, Algonquin, are not being assessed. _ and Woodstock. Among them was This is not a sewer assement but is ijer (laughter, Mrs. George Stoffel and a charge for operating costs. children, Woodstock, and Mrs. Mix of .. Algonquin. : Have ycu seen McGee's ad ? j : A "Quartet of Old Timers V - .' The?e four fellows had a real gettogether at the McHenry Centennial. Left to right they are Wallace (Chize) Wo«iburttf Woodatocki Fnmk W. nett and Herb (Stretchei ) Bennett, St. Paul, Minn.; Harry Wgihtman, Fargo, No. Dak. ' These men kVioW'the vicissitudes t,f conducting a band and can relate many varied, experiences in the many student at Northwestern, -and Charles,' and eight brothers and sisters. . John [ years"In which they have been. inUryears old, a graduate in June "from - and Edv^aid in Chicago; Mrs. Nick ested in the worlc. the Evanston Township High school. Adams. McHenry; James, of Ringwood;, George of Pistakee Bay; Charles, Betty and Grace Mary, at home. Funeral services were held this Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Patricks church, with Father Wm. A. Burial was in The telegram stated that Dr. Ful ler's body was being brought home by airplane. Dr. Fuller, who, was 53 years old, was an experienced traveler in the wilds. The party left Chicago on June ' O'Rourke officiating. 9 by automobile and arriving at Ed- Mary's cemetery. ironton. Alberta, they outfitted with1 /' . ' three months* supplies,. j "COMING E^ ENTS CAST Mrs. Fuller received the last word i THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE" from them on July 19,'t;itt an air mail I t'?ere is any trVth in this °'d sailetter forwarded by a Hudson Bay|ins- the election of Alf Landon in the Post. ThjF*party was then at Greati coming election on Nov. 3 would seem Bear lake, near the Arctic ocean, wait- ! to be an assured fact, indicated by the ing for the ice to melt so they could I size of a huge sunflower in the yard of-j and popular selections and denoted continue their journey. " - . ! George Bohr on the cdraer of Court Dr. Fuller was a leading member and Broad streets. of the faculty at Northwestern, «nd I ^r- Bdhr reports that this sunflowwas considered one of the most popu-; er at" the present time measuffes 15 lar teachers at Garrett Institute, j ^et in height, has a stalk 3 inclies in where he was professor of the .Old 1 'thickness and the blossom is 10 inches Testament. across and still growing. It came up Born at Los Angeles, Calif., he was i voluntarily, he states, as no seed was thj vocal selections given by Earl educated at Pomona College, Clare-N)lanted- ^h*3 giant sunflower will Conway last week were enthusiastical- Then there are the high school youngsters, who are doing their best to assist in making a band for the advancement of theis home town, and other young people and high school graduates. The girls, also, must not be overlooked. for among the regular members are Adele Froehlich, Rosa Popp and Mrs. Henrietta Vycital. Good Programs ^---- r; TTie concert put on last Thursday night at the high school campus pleased the lovers of good music with its varied program of overtures, marches much time and effort spent in prac tice and preparation. Especially beautiful was the selection "My Old Kentucky Home," played at the last concert, which, though difficult, was well rendered. Always popular with local audience bench and dragged a shcrt distance by a ' skidding automobile containing friends who had driven to call on him at his river cottage just hqrth of the bridge in Algonquin. Schumacher, who was a former Elgin resident, lived in McHenry when! he was 12 year^ old, where he attention i penters were busy there. A cozy breakfast nook was built; as well as a den .with beautifully grained cedar walls, bathroon s and -i dinintr room, living room and bedrooms were also arranged for beauty as we!!' - as comfort. The second floor is now complete' with bath, two bedrooms, sitting roem and hall J^nd numerous handy jflosets, which have all been built and planned from bp attic, with its low. slop- •' ing, walls and supposedly in possible features. Heavy soft carpets, Venetian biind v draperies and exquisite light fixtures all combine in lending an air of quiet splendor. which makes this'home out- ^ standing in its arrangement and fured the public schools. He was bom in ' nishings. ^ / Chicago on Aug. 19, 1870. ) In addition to remodeling the house. From McHenry- he attended college-j Mr. Joseph has also improved the tenat Atchinson, Kan. He worked at, the ar.t house, making it comfcrtahle an<? baking trade in Chicago for a time pleasant, and has built a garage as and went to Elgin in 1889. where he w«ll as painting the barn and pther worked in a bakery. In 1906 he start-'j buildings. ed w« rk in the Elgin watch factory I Mr. and Mrs. Joseph moved only and retired on a pension a year rfgo. j last jveek fj-oir Chicago to the 118- Mr. Schumacher received^ a \eom-i acre farm which they purchased only pound fracture of the left lee. a frac-.-last year and which they plan to mak-> Tured right leg, and Internal lnjuriesT their periiianent home, having named The car started down, the hill at {it "Flosum Farm " ^ Schumachers' cottage and got out of | . The Joseph Luniher company.is one .control, skidding down the gravel and j the largest con -panitls in Chicago grass-covered grade despite the use j where it has made a permanent repu Uf brakes. ' . | ration duTTne the many years m which Schumacher's1 hearing was impaired j ft has grown and prospered. and Tie failed to hear the mach'ine Mr. Joseph, who commutes daily ta which struck the bench upon which hr» ( h's business in the city, is an expect was sitting, throwing hint- . to" the j 'n . niodernizing homes as well as , in ground and then dragging him a short | biiilding and planning new ones ami ddiissttaannccee. * j-his (w " home indeed gives evidence of Schumacher xvas in dazed Condi-jhis great ability in this resoect. tion when take*n into his cottage and L Hansen is the manager of th^ later was taken to the hospital. I *arn^ _ Employ Extra Help Among the firms who have employ - - ed extra help this summer and . who have been very busy in new and renal: work is the Tonyan Ctvnstauction Pany, with fifteen laborers employed for the last two months. All of these men, with the exception of one. arj local residents who are being k.r-er' employment by the local cortsXruc>ioa company which had "nipioy^a Births A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sex in Chicago last Tuesday. . Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Weber are parents of a son. born at St. Joseph'3 hospital, El;rin, Tuesday. August 11. of the municipal band tax, which calls Ple%i°us to this time. for a small tax levy for municipal | Among the new work of the season band purposes. i , ( the Toriyan company built two new The levy is so small that it can-1 sumn-er cottages, one in the Owe-i. not be cal|ed a tax, however, but it! Stenger, Allen subdivision for Dr. rtlont, Calif., Drew Theological semin-! probably be seen at some G.O.P. meet- j ly- applauded with the blowing of au-. gives to the community a great im- Edmund J. Cusen and one at Meyers ary. Columbia University and the Uni-1 infTW th« near future. _ tomobile horns expressing the approv-! petus to cWic progress and one which Bay f0r Knut Youngstrand: versity of Berne, in Switzerland. He was ordained a minister of the M. E. church in 1912 and held a pastorate at Pacific Beach, Calif., before coming to 'Gflirrett in 1913. ; V . PUBLIC CARD PARTY Sponsored by Fox River Valley Camp, R. N. A.. Wed. P. M., Aug. 19. Prizes, lunch, 25 cents. NOTICE Students who are planning to attend Junior College this year are requested to see Supt. C. H. Duker on or before August 18. , M. R CHURCH REPUBLICAN MEETING A meeting of young Republicans will be held in the Matthews Building, West McHenry, Friday evening, j the pulpit this Sunday in the absence are invited to attend services at the M. E. church every Sunttej, ' Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Rev. Collins of Ringwood will fill 14, at-8:80 o'ci--fc. * al of listeners. Members 6f the band give generously of their time and talent, not for th<v small remuneration which ,they receive, but because of their love of music and their enjoyment in giving pleasure to others. In addition to their unselfish desire to promote music in the community is their re^Siness to encourage the younger genration, who, if interested now, will make up the, bands of the future for McHenry. The concerts, which are given by the band during the summer months. of tbe pastor, S«vu R. W. Pinneil. _ _ is felt to b« a distinct contribution to j ^ yhe reflation the community. The mumc.pal bam with'porches and other convex tax has received the Indorsement oi * r numerous' business men and organizations throughout Illinois. Whatever stimulates community activity reacts to the benefit of business and McHenry surely has a band of lences. ,»A new* milk house was built on the H. C. Hughes farm, now tenanted b* "Hjappy" Weber, and a barn a"d milk house on the Humphrey farm, one are poaaiWe throu«^ tito. pawing expecting you. which it may be proud. If in no other' mi(e west of Richmond, were repairway the people of McHenry may show J ^ ^ their appreciation of the city band by j Qne of the m(4t extensive jobs of attending the concerts and add to their 'he geason ^ ^ dairv built own enjoyment as well. ' I Construction company Attend the band concerts every j y V Thursday night. The band members |f°r the Wagner Dairy company, at (Continued on Page 4), M- • } • •