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V'-'S - THE GOOD t BISHOP , 4 *r t.POPURn A BARRETT A story is related of a certain 'bishop known by the name of "Welcome." He was given a sixtyroom palace in which to live, with evepy room comfortably furnished and well l i g h t e d . F r o m the front win- . dows in his palace the bishop could see a small hospital of only six rooms, dingy and poorly lighted. After assuming the duties of . his high office, the bishop made his . first visit, which was a visit to the. ^hospital. The record of this visit : is as follows. "How many patients ' Have you here?" the good bishop inquired. "Twenty-six," replied the" head physician. "Your beds are . crowded and your rooms are> poorly ventilated." «aid the bishop. "Yes, -your lordship," replied the doctor, "but what can we do? We have no more, room!" "There is, some mistake here." said the bishop. "They have got these houses mixed. You should have my house and I should ha velours." So the palace became a hospital and the dingy hospital became the bishop's palace. A true . story. Not an unusual sacrifice in a bishop, perhaps, but the influence -of his unselfish service made him at once the friend of all the inhabitants of the town, and his influence , increased daily. This little story teaches many lessons. One of the most important . is that the thoughtfulness for the welfare of others must be actually lived; must be expressed in kind v and noble deeds if it is to have a permanent value in life. A person may be honest and upright and live an exemplary life, but be indifferent to the physical and spiritual needs of those about him. Being good ourselves is only part of our - responsibility. Goodness must be expressed in something helpful to others, if it is to live. An, isolated life is soon forgotten, but-* "WhjBn a good man dies ' For years beyond his ken The good he leaves behind hire Ues upon the path of men." Doubtless the good bishop was: much happier in the hospital than he would have been in the palace. Strange as it may seem, we enjoy most those possessions we have ac- . quired through some act of sacrifice. It is not what we keep but what "we give away that gives us our keenest satisfaction. We seem to lose ultimately what we try to keep to ourselves, and to retain with increased value what we share with others. "The gift without the giver , is bare." True. What we give away is not measured by r its intrinsic worth but by the spirit of the giver. No wonder the good bishop was called "Welcome." Thrice blessed >is he who wins friends not only by being friendly but by meeting the needs of others through sharing the blessings he has. © Wettern Newspaper Union. Old Timers^ , Club HOLIDAY GREETINGS Waukegan, IlL, , Dec. 8, 1986. The Mcrfeftry Plaindealer, McHenry, Il'l. > * Mr. A. H. Mosher, Editor: * ^ I had hoped to write a letterfor the Old Timers' Colurrn long before this, but fate seems to have decided otherwise, as 1 am unable to sit up. This makes writing difficult. But I do want to wish all of the Old Timers* and in fact, all old friends of McHenry A Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. ......... Very truly, * A. G. STEVENS.* ' ', CHRISTMAS GREETINGS . " Milwaukee, Wisconsin*! 2 December 16,1936. To The Plaindealer, r . * .McHenry, 111. I Dear Old^Timers: .'V* - I I guess I must help to keep .thehall a-rolling and send in a message oc- Jcasionaliy. Now since the blessed j Christmas Season is drawing near, one leant' help but think of the old' friends 'and wonder where they all are. { I want to wish everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas Season, and may the real Christmas spirit dwell in each heart and home. How well I remember the happy Christmas I spent while living in the Joseph Wiedemann family, when I was 17 or 8 years old, Mother Wiedemann j trimmed a big tree which reached to jthe ceiling; it was in the parlor and |the door was kept locked until the 'great time came when we were to ! greet Santa Claus. And oh, the wonderful things we received. S The doll which I received at that Itime was on exhibition at the Cervteni nial. She wore the same clothes which I she had on when I received her. { Does anyone remember Mary Griswold singing, "Hang up the Baby's Stocking" at the Christmas Eve services held at the Methodist church? I wonder if Mary is still living? I r~sha4k never forget the wonderful Pageant given at the Centennial last j summer. Those who missed seeing it • surely missed a wonderful thing. I And how nice it was to meet and I greet the old friends whom we hadn't jseen for many years. I must confess that I had to be introduced to some I of my old schoolmates. Many are ' married and some have grandchildren, ; but some of us are still happy "Old Maids," or to make it sound nicer, j "Unclaimed Jewels" I ke^p in touch | with some of the old McHenry friends. ! Have been told that Frank Bennett, has. made many new friends, and has been quite successful in his work at McHenry, so hope he will return again in due season. I expect to see some of the old friends when I visit in Chicago during the holidays. My best wishes •: to you all at this joyous season, and may the New Year be a prosperous and happy one. Sincerely your», LILLIE BREYEE. Twice Told Tales Item# of Interest Taken From tit* Piles of th» Plaindealer of Tear* At* : : SIXTY YEARS AGO Geo. Owen catight a large grey ovl a few days since, and now has him at'E. M. Owen's warehouse. He is a wise looking bird, and looks almost able to tell who is to be the next President. The pleasantest sight at this time of year is to see a man pick himself up serenely from a slippery walk with a benignant smil^ upon his countenance. . i ' O. W. Owen has put a new safe into his store that weighs nearly four thousand pounds. L. Francisco is now making a potent wagon box that beats anything we ever saw. cjWy GI^ighbof J* * Says: : * To soften shoe polish thai has hardened pour a little turpentine over it. Turn house plants once a week so that they may get sun on all sides. Remove all faded flowers and dried leaves. 4 • • • * Always try fat with a piece of 1 bread before putting in croquettes. ""When bread browns fat is suffi- -ciently hot to fry croquettes. • • * Windows are likely to be steamed at this time of year. This may be remedied by wiping with a cloth slightly moistened with glycerine. • • • Save a part of a roll of paper after room has been papered. Seal roll and write on outside location of room in which it has been used. When patching is needed paper may be easily found. C Araociated Newapapers.--WNU S e r v l c * . PERSONALS QABBY QERTIE Miss Genevieve Knox and brother, Marty, were Elgin visitors Sunday. Mrs. Johanna Walsh of Fox Lake and daughter, Irene, of McHenry, left Saturday on a trip to Los Angeles* Cal., where they will spend about three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Burns of Oak Park were Sunday guests in the Geo. Johnson home Mrs. John O'Connor and daughter of Harvard were recent callers of Mrs. O'Flaherty in the Nancy Frisby home. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey and Mrs. Albert Krause were Chicago visitors Monday. Miss Mary Celine Adams spent several days the past week in Elgin. Mrs. Wm. Gerharc# attended a party at Fox Lake Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Martin and children left Saturday for Belleview, Fla., where they will spend the holidays. Mr. Martin's mothet, Mrs. Abfcfie Martin, is ill in a hospital there. Fred Mueller, who is in a CCC camp at Naperville, will spend Christmas with his mother here. Billy Kinsala was in Chicago Saturday/ J. F. r' "ixton, undaunted by the holiday rus of last minute Christmas shoppers, spent Monday in Chicago. Dr. D. G. Wells, accompanied by his son and wife, Dr. and Mrs. Glen W. Wells, of Los Angeles, Calif., left Chicago Monday to spend the holidays at Montreal and New York. They will visit the doctor's mother, who is 92 years old. FIFTY YEARS AGO , W. E. Colby shipped to Chicago last week, seven hogs that weighed 8680 pounds. Can you beat it ? The Kickapoo Indian Medicine company, who are now holding forth, at Riverside Hall, in this village, are drawing crowded houses each evening. Police magistrate Holmes, had the misfortune to slip and fall on the sidewalk a few days since, and the result was a broken shoulder. C. T. Eldredge is now paying an average of $100 per day for poultry. He took in on Tuesday eight dressed geese that weighed 96 pounds. " FORTY YEARS AGO Henry Seipp has been ousted from the postoffice at Lake Zurich and C. W. Kohl is in charge.' Walsh and Reynolds are putting in an engine at the mill this week, to assist them when the water i6 low. They will thus be able to grind at all times and get work out promptly. They are having a good run of custom. John Evanson and Co., have just put in a new cooler system, in their cold storage house on the west side. It is the very latest improved system for handling butter, eggs, etc., and is ahead of anything in the county. THIRTY YEARS AGO Wm. Mead has purchased land in Texas and will move there with his family in the near future. The ice season is nearly here and the owners of the various houses in this vicinity are preparing for the annual harvest. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hanly, who have been making Texas their home during the past two years, have returned to McHenry to reside. E. L. Mead, son of postmaster and Mrs. H. C Mead of this village, will open a new pharmacy at Cfak Park, about the middle of February. TWENTY YEARS AGO o Jacob R. Jus ten of Pistakee Bay has taken the contract for filling the Math Baur ice house, situated on the mill pond in this village, and will begin work next week. While a few have taken Advantage of the excellent sleighing, the majority of our pople are satisfied with the wheeled vehicles. Mr. and Mrs Ray Conway will move from Crystal Lake, where they have resided for the past year, and will occupy Mrs. Margaret Bonslett's residence on Waukegan street. The rain of Tuesday has delayed the ice making season at Borden's. Supt. Pufahl intended to begin work on Tuesday morning, but the rain came and spoiled it all. Some, Sweet Home The largest and most magnificent private dwelling in the world is said to be the Palazzo Doria in Rome, now over 400 years old. As many as a thousand persons have lived under its roof at one time. May Earn More Profit "Fallacy may earn more profit than the truth," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "An astronomer makes vast discoveries and may not win even gratitude, but an astrologer is lavishly remunerated." . . -.- • Apoplexy Death from apoplexy is caused by the rupture of a weakened blood vessel supplying the brain. When this vessel breaks, blood is poured out into the brain tissue, causing sudden loss of consciousness. In the typical apoplectic attack the conditions are described thus by the late Sir Willian Osier in his Principles and Practice of Medicine: There is deep unconsciousness; the patient cannot be aroused. The face is injected, sometimes cyanotic (blue), or of an ashen gray hue. The pupils vary; usually they are dilated, sometimes unequal and always, in deep coma, inactive. ' Egyptian Headdress Sphinx-like Egyptian headdresses are used to cover the head at Lanvin. Indoors, the headdress is •lipped over the head like a cape. HUNTLEY COMMUNITY GROUP * HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY Interior view of the Frontier Shack, flood lounge car on the Streamliner City of Denver of the Chicago St North Western-Union Pacific. Shades of Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane! What a wealth of song and story these names recall--of days when tnen lived by the grace of God and fc six-shooter, and knew not whether the setting sun would gild their krizgled whiskers, or a prairie lily on their suddenly dug grave. EA bit of this rugged and individulistif life of the Old West is reicarnated in what is perhaps the Jnost jiovel lounge-club car yet put forward by an American railway-- [The Frontier Shade--°n the Chicago & North Vestern-tJnion Pacific Streamliner City of Denver. The City of Denver is the fastest long-distance train hi America, pnaking a daily ran between Chicago and Denver in 16 hours. The Frontier Shack was conceived by, and assembled under jthe direction of the noted artist, Walt Kuhn, a student and portrayer of the West for the past 35 years. It is a faithful reproduction of a frontier tavern of the period between the close of the Civil War and the beginning of the gay nineties. The sole modern touches are air-conditioning and concealed electric lighting. Walls and ceiling are of unfinished and unmatched white pine boards, face nailed and of uneven lengths and widths. Natural low ftttt of the December meeting was devoted to ,a Christmas pft*ty by farm families in the Huntley community who have been meeting regularly for the past three months. » Special numbers on the program included a cornet solo by Darlene Marsh, a recitation by Agnes Brian, and a piano solo by Marion Barteldt. The 1987 agricultural outlook was discussed by Farm Adviser John H. Brock. Home Adviser Clara Greaves Sweeney , presented the November Home Bureau lesson. COUNTY GROUP TO * * * DISTRICT MEBT.ON * ; ^ 1937 FARM PLAN The Streamliner City of Denver, which covert the run between Chicago and Denver deiily in 16 hour*. ' " •> ceiling beams and floocs at oldfashioned scrub oak, nwm»h>ii«iii face nailed and of uneven lengths and widths, complete the typical frontier construction. From the walls protrude long, square iron spikes for coats and hats. Old - tin? brass lamps with smoked chimneys htng from the ceiling, while on sbe&es decorated wiJh perioratedpaper stand replicas of old-ttBt ofl burmrs. Small w(indews*St~ the sidei are smoked and appropriately stained. The interior decorations of the car are priceless. Here are pictures, posters, signs and ornaments, which are not replicas, but actual relics of the days when Buffalo Bill, Lillie Langtry, General Grant and a host of others were in their prime. « The Frontier Shack has proven exceedingly popular, its facilities being available to all passengers on the train, whether coach or Pullman travelers. World's Youngest Mayor Quest of LaQuardia and New York mm Municipal budgets and such were discussed by the mayor of the world's largest- city and world's youngest mayor when Mayor LaGuardia of New York played host to 17-year-old Mayor Daniel Kampan of Boys Town recently. Left to right above are LaGuardia. w. Kampan and Father Flanagan, founder and director of Boys TownT THE world's youngest mayor visited New York recently as official guest of the mayor of the world's largest city--and they talked about budgets! Danny Kampan, Mayor of Boys Town, Nebr., is only 17 and the youngest mayor of a real city in the world. As mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia controls the largest municipal budget in the world. After being locked in private conference in LaGuardia's office for some fifteen minutes, the mayor of New York admitted newspapermen and photogra phers: "Mayor Kampan and I have exchanged credentials" LaGuardia said. "We've decided this job of being mayor isn't all it's cracked up to be!" •'You said it!" chimed in the youthful Kampan. Going to New York to take part in a national radio broadcast, the Mayor of Boys Town and Father Flanagan, founder and director of the nationally famous home for homeless boys there were accorded all the courtesies and honors extended by the metropolis only to world celebrities. They *were met £t the train by Mayor LaGuardia's official motor cavalcade with synartly uniformed motorcycle officers flanking all sides. With screaming sirens clearing their way through the heavy New York traffic, they were whisked to the City hall for the big public reception. While the two mayors posed for a battery of photographers, Father Flanagan stood in the background smiling gently, his eyes serious and kindly. He founded Boys Town, ten miles west of Omaha in 1917. Since then 4,466 homeless boys of all races, color and creeds--from the 48 states of the union have been made good citizens there. Beseiged by reporters for a history of his famous home he said: "No boy is a really bad boy. If you take him off the streets you can stem the tide of Crime. No one want^ to be i criminal. It's only the lack of opportunity that makes boys criminals." Breathless before the honors and recognition extended his homeless boys by the great American metropolis Father Flanagan told newspapermen how Boys Town began 19 years ago with five boys, how today present Boys Town with its 360 acres of fine farm land and modern buildings was his dream come true. With pride he showed reporters a recent letter written him by J. Edgar Hoover head of the nation's G-Men. Hoover wrote: "If Boys Town were just financially able to care for all the boys that need its help, crime would be dealt one of the most effective and crushing blows I can imagine." While in New York, young Kampan was offered an opportunity to attend an eastern preparatory school, a scholarship in an eastern college and a career. He turned them down. with thanks, and a smile: "Thank you very much" he said "but J think I'll go back with Father Flanagan!" > y , • Adviser John HJ Brock and members of the McHenry County Agricultural Conservation Committee in« eluding E. F. Kuecker, Bert Bridges and E. C. Hughes, county allotment committee members attended a district conference at Geneva at which time, details of the 1987 farm program were explained. The conference which wiU be attend* ed by Farm advisers and county committemen from this territory will be in charge of representatives of th« extension service of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, and of the State Agricultural Conservation Committee. Similar district meetings are being held throughout the state this week. As in thej 1986 program the new plan will be launched in McHenry county by a series of community meetings. According to word received by ^Farm Adviser John H. Brock from the extension service of the agricultural college, present plans call for a series of community meetings to follow soon after the district conferences. Details of the 1937 program are be ing announcd several months in advance of the time the 1936 program was launched, Farm Adviser, Brock, pointed out. This should be of particular advantage to McHenry county farmers, since they will know in advance of the cropping season just = -which practices are outlined by -the program, he said. Dates of the community meetings will probably be announced soon after jthe return of the farm adviser and the county committee from the district conference. MONEY TO LJUUI I have clients who have SMney to lend on first mortgages en veal estate and others who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will lie glad to talk it over with you. Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank BUf. 4 S. Geiwmi St, Waukegan, ML TEL. MAJESTIC lit -- 1"" ---- KENT* COMPANY AO Kinds of I N 8 U B A N C I ? ' ' h 4 Placed with the meet rsHaMs In aatf talk It over **hene MeHenry • (Strife's Repik Sltf , Next Door To HootNoonan's On U. 8i 12 SADIAT0B8 REPA1RBD BODIES and FKNDB8 8ftnigfctmd~ Sign PataHaf . * Thick Lettering W«Wa| CBA&LKS TffffHHtr; -vy • V : • - • • •' u-.'- • A. P. FretSMl IxcaYtffaif Contractor f fnwkinf, HjrdratiUe and OrtM load Buildtag T«L 304-M EARL SWENSON NOMINATED FOR BURTON F. B. DIRECTOR S. H. Freond & Soli. OOMTKAOrOlS AMD BttyLDBIS ' n*M m-i' nsBnry Our txperlence U it Your Serrioe in bnildinf 1 Your Wonts Earl Swenson of Spring Grove was wminated for Farm Bureau Director :!or Burton township at a community meeting held at English Prairie School on Thursday, December 17. Mrs. George Richardson was selected as chairman of the next meeting to be held on"Thursday, January 7. The 1937 Agricultural outlook was discussed by Farm Adviser John H. Brock. The November Home <8ureau lesson, "The Buying of Canned Foods" was presented by Ifcst LeJand Kortemeier of Woodstock, HARVARD 4-H CLUBS SPONSOR A SERIES OF MONTHLY RALLIES The first of a series of monthly 4-tl Club Rallies was held at Harvard High -School, Saturday evening, December 19. According to J. B. Adams, vocational agricultural teacher and leader; of the Harvard Boys 4-H Club, the purpose of these meetings is to de-; velop a more complete year round club program. , A part of the program was devoted^ to presentation of achievement pins and prize money earned in connection with the corn and poultry show recently held at Marengo. As one of three club members in the county, completing seven years of 4-H achievement, Arnold Wittmus was awarded a 4-H watch fob medal appropriately engraved. Dates set for other rallies for both; the boys and girls clubs are as follows: January 23, March 20, April 17, and May 22. ; k Telephone No. 800 Stoffol A Reih&nspergor ^ "'M asarance agent* (or all dasaea «|| property in the bent companies. J «EST McHENRY ILLINOIS iv:' Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Lino Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabagb McHenrv 7518 I 256 Phone 42 i r ' VEMOR J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays, CHINESE LAWYER OtKerliira by Appointment McBenry ... Rlinafc FIRE AUTO :V* INSURANCE '£5 EAIL H WALSI Presenting Reliable Companies When you need insurance of any Uad Ptoae 42 or tl-M Pries Bldg. McHenry Thomas H. Lee, thirty-two years Old, American-born Chinese, is the first person of Chinese descent to be admitted to the New York bar. Thus the population of New York City's Chinatown will have someone to represent them in court who can understand and speak their language. As far as Mr. Lee knows there are two other Chinese-American lawyers in this country, both of whom live in California. $100.00 REWARD for the name of any man living or dead that has sold more McHenry County Real Estate than has Daa Quinlan--that's all he does*. Parma for Sale and Rent in Northern Ittnsia and Southern Wisconsin. Large and small ones. I sell farms. DAN QUINLAN Woodstock, 111. Lonff distance private phones SO Concord, Catawba Grapes The Concord grape, cultivated l|fv a nameless Massachusetts gardener, grows around the world. Hardly less famous is the Catawba. It is said that those who intodnced these species would have beeenie multimillionaires had they had n peiuyfrroyalty on every vine planted since the little sour native species began their long advance towasd perfection. . . * • V ;V'.' '1 WM Bores Deviate ^ ^ The drilling of an oil or gas weS in a straight line is very dlfflenll. After reaching certain depths maMy well boree deviate considcraf^ from the perpendicular, and sons* times even run into one another.-- Collier's Weekly. ••Whoever put the simp in simpHstty should have put him in jail." 1 ACCEPTS POSITION ItA. Anna Graves of Woodstock, who has many friends here, has taken over the secretarial position in the county veterinarian's office at Woodstock. She takes the place of Dorothy Dmmcinrt, who will become thsjbrida of Wiffiam GaaOcs on Jan. 1 (.7 , £TOM, spare ME1. I 'M-TOO/ j i ptOAfr rro pie. „ tK'l ' V? % _ ;t ' 3 j. .". . & • 1 ' • - * . . . 5 * ! - J r <