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fldOQL MOT» liens of From Oar ImMu* Hm ef Learnla* t'fci Superintendent's Letter ' To onr Patrons: On NOV. 29 President Harding iwoed a proclamation designating this present week as American education week. A part of the proclamation reads: "Citteens of every state are urged to give special and thoughtful attention t.» the needs and aims of the public schools. It is particularly recom- : mended that efforts be addressed to V practical expression of community intcrest in public education. To that end organisations for civic advancement f'?1 and social betterment are earnestly M" requested to provide programs which Q will inform the people concerning i V the vital needs in this direction, in- ' grant-- re- <nM> mA whteh «w mmM*hec iaath- ' Wrtth* <poe*yia forbidden In the ematics, -tome Latin and perhaps a 'ancient history class becan.se you canlittle science. Today the courses are not do two things at the same time, strictly secondary and in many re- Some of the freshman boys delight spects are the equal of courses for- in cleaning out the desks during almerly offered in college. v gebra class. They are permitted to There have been 234 graduates stay after school and help the janifrom the McHenry high school--al- tors if they wish to work. most one-fifth of the population. If Sophomore Notes tJie high school were to only hold its Eleanor seems to like the freshman own for the next twenty-nine years row* particularly well, for she goes the number of graduates would be a there without being told. close approach to half the population Rosalie and Florence evidently should that also only hold its own. love variety, for they exchanged Statistics show that the high schools dresses Tuesday afternoon., of Illinois have had a very rapid in- The Glee club, we all wish for, crease in attendance within the last seems very slow in materialising, five years--varying up to 200 per What's wrong, Mr. Treadway? cent and even 300 per cent in some It is wonderful to know that our cases. The chief difficulty confront- dear teachers think one's hair is ing a still larger growth seems to be naturally curly, isn't it Margaret? V r.. struct them regarding shortcomings ' to provide the room and equipment The high school veted on the loca- . *; 'k# and deficiencies in present facilities, necessary to take care of the students tion for the new M. C. H. S. After f^ f and bring to their attention specific, and do the work satisfactorily. 'counting the ballots we found that it constructive methods by which these Today practically evyy boy or girl was three tJv one favor of the Herdeficiencies may be supplied." {expects to go thru the high school bes property. • « Perhaps the most striking feature ! and a great many intend to go on thru In promenading the boulevards and V of our educational system within the I college. High school education is be- avenues of McHenry, you will see the last few decades has been the rapid j coming so general that even within freshmen gazing rapturously into the II, ' V V growth of the high schools. Twentynine years ago when our first class was graduated from the McHenry high school, high schools were few and far between. Today scarcely a town of any size does n< t support a high school or has been included in a high school district, and there juct many first-class high schools Itailt out in the open country. « ; library during November. * • Thirty years ago / when our high The freshmen were told they were school was beginning the courses of all passing in ancient history. study usually were two or three years ; Ethel Bell was absent from school long and were more or less a repe- j Thursday and Friday of last week, tition of some of the work done in the I The general science class is learn - the next twenty years the young man dispfay windows filled with toys. They or young woman who has failed to are anxiously awafting the coming of complete at least a high school course Santa. w ill find himself or herself within til# V Our basket ball team had awfully small minority. bad luck at Crystal Lake. But wait ^ ' Yours very trul^, j*ntil we get our new gym, which we , Oswell G. Treadway^; ; ;iope wilj.be very soon, .and then we'll ! ? • Freshman Nods v.. - -« ^ J$how Crystal Lake and every other There were 425 loans from our team in the county what wonderful athletes our boys realty are. ried. W. G. Schreiner, Clerk. COOPER ATI VEEXTKNSION WORK In Agriculture and Heme Economics By McHenry to. Home Bureau \.MWhat, ham atwi eggs and mfeouce pie for that sick boy. Why, she mu-4 be crasy. Doesn't she know An oi the Hebfoll^lPnKaaiNil^^pir^ We are now showing an cxtrscrdi nary arid complete line of underwear for all the family at Erickson's. K At a cost of $3,000, the Bound Lake Golf club will have installed on their links a *2,300 gallon water tank and the extension of' the electric service to their club house and grounds. Contracts for the mason work for a m TO CONDi ERNEST-ROSING" General Auctioneer SALE v - yjNGLESIDE, ILL. Phoae. Round Lake Sl-W-I better thisn to feed a bed ridden boy j new $400,000 addition to the "Elgin such food as that?" - National Watc£ factory has Been let This was overheard some time j and" it is expec ted that work'on consince by a member of Ae Home i struction will begin early in the Bureau and it was but a part of the 1 spring. > bill of fare served .by a mother to her j The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Railson just beginning to recover from a i way Co. is erecting a new electric severe sickness. Moreover, this oc- ] power plant at Marengo. The buildcurred not a thousand miles from the! ing will be 42 feet wide and 106 feet Home Bureau office, too. D&s it re-! long and will be equipped with three fleet discredit on the work of the j Diesel engines, which will have a total Home Bureau? Not at all, for this |capacity of developing 1800 horse mother had * no knowledge of Home ! power for the making of electricity. Bureau work. . It does sjiow the need : The. annual national championship of intelligent tftining in feeding the | tournament? under the auspices of the sick. , " ' i Norge Ski club, wHl take place at Duriijg the month of December the Cary on Jan. 22. The old slide, which 'ubject for discussion and study in was blown down during a heavy wind the Home Bureau meetings will be storm last summer, has been replaced cooking and serving meals for sick by a 115 foot slide and the hill has also people./ Not just how "to cook food, been cut-away to give a sharper jumpbut what food to serve and how to j ing a ngle. A second, slide, thirty feet 3erve it. ! high, to be used for practice, has been The mental state of. patients is constructed. liable to be as far from normal as i and de-f ~ 7- COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Trustees Met In Regular Monday Evening HEETROCK FIRE PROOF W ALLBOARD Sheetrock walls and ^ceilings are easily and quickly erected. For Sheetrock can be sawed and nailed like lumber. Made from rock, Sheetrock walls are fireproof, non-warp ing and nonbuckling, and are resistant alike to best, cold and sound. Let as ahomjrmm Shmmti ml _ Wilbar Lumber Co. Phone 5 U McHenry Mill f® Of ill KIH GBTOW6 MMnWgfTUMB Copley's Dairy Feed a Specialty _• Manufactured and sold by us ^ •/•lite Potatoe? and Fancy ' ~ | . Apple^on hand now. Leave your orders at the mill. Give u^a trial* We know we can please you as we are pleasing many others McHenry County Farmers' Co-operative Association Plant* ai Mclltm y Maio Office: West McHenry Crystal 1 ;<ke. Woodstock C. W. Gibbi, Manager Council Room, Dec. 5, 1921. The village trustees met in regular session with Pres. Stoffel presiding. Trustee present: Doherty, ..Erickson, Knox. Krause, Overton and Wattles. v The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved, i The following .bills were read and ^approved by the finance committee: I Geo. Meyers, labor on streets.$ 6.00 ; McHenry Plaindealer, printing 4.90 jSchaefer Bros., frgt. & dray.. 16.76 H. C. Kamholz, lbr & supplies 10.14 j.Art Johnson, lbr on ww 11.00 'John-Manville, sup for ww... 25.50 !N. H. Petesch, supplies ..... 4.75 ,'Jas. B. Clow & Sons, svTp ww 28.93 j Crown Metal Co., lead pipe.. 44.57 Claron Eddy, lbr on ww 11.50 jL. F. Newman, lbr on wsr 85.50 'Jacob Stoffel, lbr on ww.... 21.50 Mike Freund, lbr on ww..... 30.50 C. L. Newman, lbr on ww... 15.00 Henry W. Ahrens, lbr on ww. 124.50 Peter W. Frett, twine .87 "Public Service Co., lighting sts I -and traffic lights 142.91 John Walsh, marshal service. 125.00 W. G. Schreiner, tele & post. 2.25 John Thennes, gasoline & bil. 26.98 H . E . B u c h , l b r o n w w . 6 2 . 0 3 Jack Nicholls, lbr on streets and bridge 25jQ0~ J. W. Bonslet^lbr ww 6 sap fs.OO L. F. Newman, lbr on bridge." 27.00 McHenry ^yja. Co., lumber.. 131.78 ^ Jr. Schoewer, supplies 1.25 Motion by Dohert>, seconded by Krause, that the minutes be accepted as read. Yeas--Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton and Wattles. Nays --Erickson. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Knox, that the treasurer's, collector's and clerk's reports be accepted as read. Motion carried. : Motion by Doherty, seconded by Knox, that title village purchase a "Dipping Needle" on thirty days' • trial. Motion carried ' Motion by Knox, seconded by Doherty, that the village board advertise : for bids on a new electric pump to ; pump the water. Motion carried, j Motion by Wattles, seconded by Erickson, that the bills be accepted as O. K.'d' by the finance committee. Motion carried. v Motion by Doherty, seconded hy ' 9 PLAYS RECORDS that of the physical body mands may be very exacting. How to < meet the demands of body and mind > great asset to the home mother, who is ^so often called upon to be a v nurse. V There could hardly be S^rfiare interesting or more important subject \ for our Home Bureau women. The j meetings should be attended by every member. Let your friends know of this and bring them with you. ~ v* The following are the dates and places of the December meetings:. Tuesday, Dec. 6, Chemung, Mrs. Winifred Bridges. Wednesday, Dec, 7, Hartland, with Mrs. Dan Desmond. y Thursday, Dec. 8, Marengo, 1rith Mrs. Henry Echtemach. •• Friday, Dec. 9, RidgefieW, With Mrs. C. E. Lockwood. • Tuesday, Dec. 13, Riley.. • "**• Wednesday, Dec. 14, Coral, with Mrs. H. C. Humbracht.1 ' Thursday, Dec. 15,> Dunjpn, with tHCPf 5 A MST£ THAT ' GOCS "WITH A HOME /V1A0C HAT ON w'*i\tvh~ vitfc Sirs. QSLOUR CAM PPt* st Warm Shoes Dry * With your feet in a psdr of S°°d stout Arctics, you can work outdoors in anylcind of weather that comes along. 1ALL@BANDT : Select your Arctics from inir big new stock of . J' Ball-Band" theyarewdl " triade, exceedingly durably , ^nd come in lists «© fit sny shop* / Brunswick Phonographs & Records Pianos & Rolls Floor Lamps Sheet Music EVERETT MUSIC STORE Mrs. John B. Wells. Tuesday, Dec. 20, Kate Andrews. ' Friday, Dec. 80, Greenwood, with Mrs. Burton Pritchett. ^ Mrs. Frank Silliman, / Publicity ChairmanC THE REAL LNTEREST OF THE CASH BUYER CENTERS IN THE DUNDEE CASH STORE OF C. F. HALL CO., THREE LARGE STORES CONNECTED. SELLING EVERYTHING WHICH PERTAINS TO THE USE Qf WRIT. tyoMEN AND CHILDREN, WE OFFER INDUCEMENTS NOT MADE BY ANY OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS OR ANY OTHER SECTION. COME AND GET THE BENEFIT This week we make a special of^a large purchase of men's, \yomen's and children's gloves and mittens, suitable for present wear, at a trifle over half prevailing prices. TOese are sample goods bought from a leading'house in that line and an unusual opportunity for you. Prices range from 10c Up. *12 yds. of sheeting, 36 in. wide, good round thread, $1.00. 8 yds. of bleached muslin for $1.00, thoroly good. Best prints, 10c. Special in blanket sheets, good weight, size 54x 74, for three-quarter beds, $1.00. Christmas merchandise is now on. hand and displayed on large tables for easy selection. Bring the children and come and get the benefit. All our departments are now on the main fl<6>r uiu} we have a larger frontage than any store in this section. Mrs. Block's department in the rear of the Sternberg building this week offers the following specials: Ladies' corduroy robes in blue and rose at $5.75 a,nd $6.75. Ladies' beacon blanket bath robes at $5.25, $6.75, $7.60, $8.25. Ladies' envelope chemise at $1.50, $1.65 and $1.95. Ladies' home ma3e aprons, trimmed with rick rack at 49c. Camisoles in flesh and white at $1.35, $1.69 and $1.98. Flannelette "gowns for ladies at 90c, 2 for $1.75. # Extra size flannelette gowns at $1.35. Sateen bloomers ^n navy, j green, capen and black at 98c and! $1.25/ ,A fine line of ladies' and children's coats and dresses. Our center Toom contains the clothing department and we are offering an unusual attractive line of men's, boys' and youths'- clothing, sweaters, mackinaws,' etc. A good, serviceable man's suit for. $13.50. Boys' knee pants for $1.00. A special line of boys' school suits with two pairs of pants. 100 pairs of men's pants in seconds, good pants at $£.95. The room now occupied by the shoe department is where it always was and we are offering special lines of shoes at attractive prices. A ladies' Julia Marlowe shoe, heretofore offered at $5.50. now $2.R9. Warm shoes, rubbers, rubber boots, in fact anything and everything to be found in a first-class shoe store* • In hosiery we offer 72 varieties with specials in children's hose st 10c, 15c ajtyd 25c. Men's wool hose, thoroly good, at 25c per ' pair. See us on libsiery if on- no other item. 4 We are "satisfied that if you come ohce you will make this your regular supply store ih the future and we want to see you iii your own interests. Remember our rebate in chips, good for household purposes, on every $5.00 NO matter how delielous ' the filling. of a pie ; may be, it's the flaky, brown crust that gives it the taste that makes .vou smack your lips and thoroughly enjoy it. Our pure tloufr lias everything in its flavor, to produce .tasty c r ust Just give it a trial. * . "JTry our flour--yoiftl lik^ K," V McHENRY ^ Flour Milfe West SfcHenrv. III. HAPPY PARTY S v.*. Second Annual Grand Masque Party American Legion Hall West McHenry. Hi." DEC. 9, 1921 T By- Fox River Foui E. •Mr: 60. GRAND PRIZES 60 The annual feature of the American Legion and one that will make the old young and the young youaget. Hv'fv dancers are required"to triask. > THtlR. POOVTRV3 TtHDCRAS CAH SC 60 NATURAW/ XT MC r AG AIN MK Happypart > rises to mention th»t he's very fund of bur poultry. He knows the birds »e sell are well conditions and when he buys a biid « here it's all bird and quality wide--not h half a pound of sand in its crop. i IWSf PCii• MT Or H*.*I_T . mImi ppy rWf^J.f | § ;FRETTS; IMARKET U GnoaRY IN^IN ST. WEST HcHtHRYJLl | VC.^A BIG VARIETY Of NOWREAPY AHF4t«t Goods 75 T: .. -7 • > • -HBuy now and avoil. ^ v ^ ^ the late shopping rush ' ^ vSeeT our wiMbow display 4PPN & VYgrrAt IdcHenry, 1UtSMM 1M.J 1fjf^¥¥1WT Crn/M?fWfft purchase. It will more than pay your Jv/tTlN i3 1 Ur 17 EJLJ expense in coming. C. F. Hall Co., Dundee, Illinois. Electric Appliance* are :r;. ;. Ideal Christmas Presents V V - Their variety is large, v From the ilst sonoc- 4 v ~ thing suiiahlu for any # member of the family or aoy friend can be selected. We lhjt»ni «t the ^ LOWEST PRICES!, % There's a^ays a large buying movement at this time of the year and often lt» effect is to render s o ni* articles scaiee. The iessonlte :x- SHOP EARLY Nearest Salesroom * Waiikegatt Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Phone 98-M Wtt «Im rorarai Disk With the Pord«oB Harrow With the Pardee*? Whether in the field, around tfie form, or on the road, the Fordao'i Tractor is doing wonders is saving time, reducing Oost and increasing profiti fbr thousands of Eswoert everjr Where. Harvest With the FoAlsoa Bale Hav With the Ferasoa No matter what the finrxn task, if it can be done by motive power the Pocdsoo cast do it, *od doit we& Saw Wood With the F^r Pomp Water WMrSeFordsoa 170,000 now m use mall parta •fthe country apd in every kind Of field and belt workprovethe rfBdency, stability, and relia bflity of the Fordson Tractor. Grade With the Ford«-- Poll Stumps With the Forasea Fdl the Silo With the Fordsoa Grind Feed With Ford*oa Call, write or phone for the fects. Learn now just what Fordson mesne to yw ia Ibe day's work. STAR iiAiuwinsf iloha AT-Kimm, •"•JF McHenty, WESl McHENR V \ & -v.