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SE ACH ESS PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE McHENRt COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Vol 1 McHeary. tUfaota, January 3, IfM Vs No. 5 STAFF • I, / Editor "Mi thief Angela Fete** glff* * Amietent editor........William Nye kjh Sewing .'.Elisabeth Vogt Athletics ...4.5.^ William Green Science . William Beth k*' *" Commercial .Augustine Freund y 411"*'Alumrt,»«»%»^%||vi;v.v.r.':Harold Bacon Scnioif *.... . . . • • •. »Helen Powers *T Junior .....y.•**->>..Louis Ehle P . / Sophomore Adele Pufahl b . ' * Freshman ...*vx.. .Bernard Kins&la Music "Ji'i.X.floribel Baasett Girls,' Athletics ,.Lillian Boss . ...wElla Harrison Jessie Whiting 'Ifoihor \ Literary JUNIOR CLASS NOTES . Romo Bobb visited school Thursday -"I. >/<afternOOP- ^ Anthony Bonslett and Herman Nye . school one day recently. Who would ever thought that we |V:-'. 'would turn out to be relief workers ? I <Willie, Carl and Conway had their I,; ^'walking tickets" for the game at Huntley Friday night. ^ Mr. Wells: "What are the properties of carbon monoxide?" Beth: "The odor is colorless and .'the color is odorless." \ M1" 0fi' 'x:, Mr. Wells, In economic*; "What is the theory?" Carl: "Put off until tomorrow what you could do today." i' Some of the junior boys would make good salesmen as they know how to talk with their hands as well as they 9^ do with their mouths. While reading "The Tempest" in English III Miss Ashburner wanted to know why Ferdinand was a good hero. Lillian: "He's good looking." Bussy has had orders by the janitor to get to school before he rings If/:,' the last bell so he won't have to ring the bell so long that she ean get there r on time. &£> " ATHLETICS MeHenry and Huntley divided honors on Friday, Dec. 21, 1923. The |W MeHenry seconds were defeated by a t* score of 6 to 15. The^lcHenry boys had a very poor eye for the basket and did not seem to be able to drop i^vX a long shot, but they were also ready Iff' to admit that the Huntley boys were p- > very lucky in shooting the long ones. |-fs* - The first team boys showed that 1/ they were far superior to the Huntp; , ley quintet when it came to defence. %) This game was very close all the way thru. The score by quarters were: . First quarter, MeHenry, 2; Huntley, I* ^ 0; second quarter, MeHenry, 10; Huntley, 6; third quarter, MeHenry, 18; |£,. • Huntley, 12; fourth quarter, MeHenry, If*'.. 18; Huntley, 12. Altho MeHenry had the lead thruout the game, it was not jk/f by a very large margin and it kept If? ' our boys fighting to stay in the lead. |C On Dec. 27 the first team played a p group of boys that have at one time §1® played for this school. This team consisted of Leo Winkel, Earl Walsh, Ed. Kennebeck, Anthony Bonslett, George Bohr and John Vycital. This was a very close game and the score at the end of the game stood 18 to 16 in favor of the high school. MeHenry 2nd FG. FT. PF. FTM. Mr. Thompson 6f Woodstock refereed this game between Hebron and MeHenry. MeHenry 2nd FG. FT. PF. FTM. Green .. Krause . Page .. Hopper Thomas Whiting ...........I 0 »* • *1 ...... 4. • .. . . . .. 0 ....a Total ...8 1 8 8 Hebron 2nd v PG. FT. PP. FTM. Schultz 0 ;<r 0 Pellet.. 0 a 0 Beard .. ..,4 . ...0 0 f 0 Spooner ,,, . ..1 0 ••Jk- ^ 4 - Pete6[>n .. *0 0 0 Schroede^ {. . 0. •S 0. Ellison ...0 0 0 Antcliff ........ ...1 0 i • 2 Total ...4 0 10 6 MeHenry 1^, _ PC: FT. PP. FTM. Overton 0 « '1 Whiting t .i.8 1 0 1 Freund 1 0 2 • Nye ...d 0 • . 0 . Thelen ...0 0 s 0 Newman »,..«.. .. .0 0 tt 0 Barbian ,. . .. .1 0 0 0 Total ...9 2 2 4 Hebron 1st PG. FT. PP. FTM. Prouty ,..6 1 ; 1 DeYoung ....... ...4 0 I 0 Fr^n ...... Aylward , , .4 0 • 0 ...8 0 * 0 Nelson . « «•.. Mi 0 " 0 Blonk .. .. . ... ...« 0 • 1 Y o r k . . ..v..o 0 0 Blonk ...i...... ...0 0 0 tWal..... . .15 1 3 2 1: • Wm. If . Green. LIFE OF A MIRROR I was finished. The last touch had been placed on my beautifully carved frame and I was now ready for shipment. I was a large mirror with a heavily carved frame, quite the style at that time. Naturally, everyone admired me and I had heard one of the workmen say it would not be long before I was purchased. The next day I was packed very carefully, every precaution befe$g taken in order that I would not break. My trip was very uneventful. On several occasions freight men either forgot to read my label, "Glass, Handle With Care," or entirely disregarded it. At one time I received such a bump that I really expected to be disfigured upon being unpacked, a thing I did not wish to suffer. At last I arrived at my destination, a large department store in a much larger town. Here I was hung on the wall of a display window in company with a large display of furniture arranged to represent a living room, j 1924 The world could view me here in all my grandeur. while it lasted, talking over the different people who passed our window. I had been in the window only a Green, If 0 6 0 Conway • • .«<.... ..0 • 0 1 Pajre, rf . *.., ... .1 1 0 1 Thelen ......... ..0 • t> 0 Hopper, e «»•••• ..0 P 1 0 Conway 1 0 0 Krauae • • •$$}&'* ..1 -1 1 1 Bacon, rg • 0 Whiting, lg ..... ..0 0 0 0 Total,,,..*. ..2 2 2 8 Huntley FG. FT. PF. FTM. Stading, . . . 4 1 0 1 Kalsaw, rf'^»V*r ...1 0 ,0 0 Hoy ...0 0 1 0 William*, C ...1 2 0 Rugh •.• ...1 1 1 0 Guth, rg ...0 • 1 0 Bammlan, % ... . i .0 • 0 0 Total...... ...7 1 5 J MeHenry Irt WfcJ&.^P. FTM Overton, r{ 1 1" 0 6 Whiting, If....... I f 0 1 Freund, c .2 . 0 2 Bacon, rg .. .8 0 1 B&rbian, ljj-vii*-.... .0 1 1 0 Total. ...7 4 9 Huntley 2iri FG. FT. PF. FTM. Kunke, If ....® .6 Hoy, rf .. .. .1 Miller ... v * • »2 Hoy ...... 0 Williams, e ^,e....,.1 Maush, rg .,..,. ...0 Miller ... Heuer, lg ..... .2 if and I crashed to tfc* sidewalk, breaking into a hundred fleets. ( I am glad that my former friends cannot see me now. Perhaps they would rejoice in my destruction, a* I had once been so stately and dignified. As I write this I am piled up, waiting to be hauled away. Never did dream that my life, which started so wonderfully, would end in such a fashion. Elizabeth Vogt. AN INTERESTING VISITOR We were given a real treat Wednesday morning of this week when How. ard Phalin, who graduated here three years ago, returned for a short visit to our assembly room. Howard, who is at present traveling for the Human Interest Library Book company, gave us a very interesting talk. He has just returned from the south and cited many incidents showing how the negroes are treated and their respect for the white people. The negro people are very anxious for an education and they are trying everything that is in their power to make themselves more successful. In his talk Howard gave us the following figures which started a train of thought in every mind. Common working men, including illiterates, earn on an average of $500 a year, while a high school graduate earns $1000. In forty years the working mah would have earned $20,000, while the high school graduate has earned twice as much. A high school graduate has gone to school 2,260 days. Divide the $20,000 by 2,260 days and you have $9.02 per day. In this way it is proved that unless you are making $9.00 a day you are losing money to leave school before you have graduated. Howard also proved 4o us that only one out of every 150,000 people who have no education succeed in life. Of those who have gone to grammar school, four otftT of every 150,000 succeed in life. Of those having a high school education, eighty-seven out of 150,000 succeed, while of the college graduates, 800 out of 160,000 succeed in life. Succeeding in life means that at the age of sixty-five you are able to support yourself. One out of every quarter of a million people are able at the age of ninety to support themselves. These figures seem rath&yappalling, but they have been proved to be true by the department of the interior at Washington. - Howard was always a student of .great ability and we are sure our school will be proud of this young man because he has only started on the road to success. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE OF FILING FINAL SETTLEMENT Alford H. Pouse, Attorney State of Illinois,) MeHenry County,)ss. Estate of Mathias U. deceased. To All Whom It May Concern: You are hereby notified that oh Monday, the 21st day of January, I, as the Executor of the last Will and Testament of said Deceased, We had a good time will present to the County Court of MeHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, Illinois, my final report of my acts and doings as such Execufew days when I was sent to the home |^or an(j as^ Court to be discharged of a wealthy woman. After hanging me up she viewed me from every pos- i sible angle, finally saying, "Yes, Jt is just the thing," and so t remained. I enjoyed this life immensely. I felt this to be the exact position one who was as dignified as myself should occupy. There were a great many visitors and my mistress entertained I often. If only I eould have told all the gossip I heard. "Mr. Brantly was on the verge of bankruptcy. How sorry everyone would feel for his wife. Miss Shelly was going south for the winter, but really didn't Mrs. Willis believe it was to avoid the talk that had been going round?" This life might not be exciting for some, j but it was interesting to me, except for the summer. For three months each year the house was very still as the family was gone. For five years I lived in this place. . Then one morning I was taken down, Jane, the maid, saying I had decorated the room long enough. From what I gathered I was out of fashion. To me this was a personal insult. After much discussion I was sent to a niece of my owner. Her home was in a real small town in the middle west. I was given a place of honor on the parlor wall, where I could from any and all further duties and responsibilities connected with said Estate and my administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist sucji application if you choose so to do. 30-2t * Nicholas Jong, Executor. Men's and Erickson's. boys' winter cape at ENTERTAINED FRIENDS AT RIETESEL HOME Misses Angela Petesch and Gladys and Pamela Rietesel entertained a' lake. Mrs. Margaret company of their young friends at the : MeHenry, 111. home of the latters* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rietesel, on Fox river on Saturday evening last. The evening Was p3Ssed at dancing and listening to the- radio. At an appropriate hour refreshments were served. Those who FOR SALE OR RENT--Farm, known made up the happy gathering were the' as the old Math. May farm, located Misses Alice Miller, Floribel Bassett, |©n German prairie. Seventy acre$. Helen Vycital, Carolyn Steffes, Angela j Inquire of Frank May, Spring Grove, Petesch, Gladys and Pamela Rietesel, j 111. 27-tf Messrs. Theodore Miller, Leo Winkel, F0R SALE^-Modera eight room FOR RENT--160 acre farm near Lily Pfannenstill 30-2t* I FOR SALE--Fumed oak library table I with book blocks to match. In excellent condition, having been used only a short time. Call phone 91-W- 80* John Vycital, Earl Walsh, Lisle Bassett, Carl Weber atid Richard Stenger. house on Court St., 4cnown as the J. C. Holly home. Bath, furnace, hard and soft water, all in- A No. 1 condition. Terms reasonable. Wm. J. Welch, trustee, West Mcj^flry. 30-tf FARM FOR RBpfc*~lI15 acre farm four miles east ofvcHenry on paved road for cash rent. Both buildings and land in excellent condition. Barn for over thirty (80) head of dairy cattle, about 30 acres in good alfalfa. All tillable land and productive. Apply to- Charles W. Lehmann, Elgin, 111. 28--tf Dr. Fred L. Minick returned Monday from a several days' visit with home folks ait Washington, la. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stringer and little son passed the first of the wade as the guests of relatives in Elgin. 1 «I •:ADF. TO C '(tpf'sin o/r-isfhtii'/ (jpficia.n 3407 N>'4U.Ll:NA ST, : c.cR PiOSCOE »ND L'I.N.COI.N AVE. In order to .clear up a misunder standing among the people as to the condition of the eyes I want to say a few words to you so there will be less worry about your eyes. In the first place, anyone forty years old or more unable to read or sew without glasses, this condition is not a sickness or bad eyes. It is merely an abnormal condition which can well be corrected with a good pair of glasses. Of course younger people have their eyes examined and we find they are either short sighted, long sighted or we find that condftton causes astigmatism. If you or wur children have astigmatism that ooesn't mean by any means that your eyes are bad or sick. Astigmatism is merely a Latin word to indicate abnormal shape of an eye or an eye which is not perfectly round. This eye is generally as good as any other eye, but the patient is unable to see as clearly. Nervousness,' dizziness, head aches may be due to astigmatism. The greatest possible injury you bring on yourself is by buying ready made glasses. You never know what you've got until your eyes are ruined. Go to a reliable scientific optometrist, who does nothing else but test eyes and make glasses. I don't use any drugs in your eyes and my work in this township seems to be very much appreciated. I have examined eyes for thirty years and also grind my own glasses. If you have trouble with your eyes come any Monday afternoon between 12:00 and 3:00 o'clock. I will give you an examination. If you don't need glasses I will honestly tell you so. My MeHenry office is located in my summer honfie in the Lasch subdivision on the west side t»f Fox river, within two blocks north of the river bridge. Always call up before you com* • '^"9^ '• '~r.. ••?,"••••• 1 Dr. C. KELLER, • Optometrist and OpticiaA ' Chicago Address MeHenry, 111. 3407 N. Paulina St. Phone 157 Phone Graceland 9540. ; 1 ' V' , WOODSTOCK, ft ' f l !L "k -*v J ^ 24 •-'f • Total 6 0 9 2 The MeHenry basket ball teams played Hebron on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the MeHenry high school gym, The second team lost a very hard game at a score of 8 to 7. This is the closest game that haB yet been played on the MeHenry floor this season The MeHenry boys had a great deal of hard luck in shooting baskets, but the good guarding kept the Hebron boys from running up a large score. / The first team succeeded in making twenty points against the fast Hebron team, buUnevertheless they could not catch up to the score set by Hebron. It is thought that this game was lost in the first quarter when Hebron succeeded in making twelve points. After this quarter the MeHenry boys caught onto the excellent team wbrk that Hebron possessed and succeeded in staying their great progress. But our 'hoys were destined to be defeated and at the end of the fourth quarter the MOM la ffcror of Hebron. J-p«ch the proceedings of the family, i This was an entirely new life to me. Children ran in and out during the day and studied in the evening. In this place I was used. Formerly in passing perhaps a woman ftoade sore of her hat being on correctly before she met my mistress. Now, each one of the family used me; the boys to see if their hair really needed combing and the girls to see if they really ought not to comb theirs again. But this could not last long. It seemed my fate to be broken. Several times I had fallen, but the third time was fatal. My frame broke it several parts and I was carried to* the attic. My feelings in the matter were certainly not consulted. It was very warm here, besides being uninteresting. The furniture was old and knew nothing s of the world for the last ten years. I did not regret leaving when I was taken home by the cleaning woman. ^ At her home £ was 'set o'taggpHafele within easy reach of ! several small children. I«£aw that my days were numbered inTthis place. One evening a small chila. came in and took me from the tabw. It was very disgusting to have dirty finger marks over one's face. As the littfe fellow was carrying me down, the steps he fell Giving; the Telephone Life * * Whbrbvkr your thought goes your volet may go. You can talk across the continent as if race to face. Your telephone is the latch to open for you any door in die land. "5 There is the web of wires. The many switcfl* boards. The maze of apparatus. The millions of telephones. All are parts of a country-wide mechanism for far-speaking. The equipment has cost over two billion dollars, but more than equipment is needed. There must be the guardians of the wires to keep them vital with speech-carrying electrical currents. There must be those who watch the myriads of tiny switchboard lights and answer your commands. There must be technicians of every sort to construct, repair and operate. A quarter of a million men and women §r£ united to give nation-wide telephone servicer With their brains and hands they make the Bell System livt. 5 • f. »*v<>«fe Policy • One Syctetn And All Directed Towsrds jEUinpis Bell Telephone Company i Those attending MILK PRODUCERS' MEETING are invited fo make this Store their Headquarters^ 1894 Tlfis Store Thanks Yoo For Your Patronage .••' i. *" ' ' 1923 added a number of hew customers to our increasioj! "patronage; and each year has seen a forward movement in the progress of this store. Qaulity, Value, Style, Variety and Ser- N vice have been predominating factors in winning your recognition. We strive to meHt your confidence. ^ v ^ ' , v " "'X" # In reaching out for greater business this sttfrie <lbe$ Irisit Overlook the fact that your local merchant has the first call fo^- your patronage. We are strong advocates of trade at homfe. It's the, out of town trade that we seek and we are prepared ill manner of stocks and variety to supply a community's needs. We thank you for your liberal patronage in 1923 and invit* you to make this store your home whenin Woodstock. THE JANUARY SALES ARE NOW W' ri ••"I - IN PROGRESS 'GREAT PRICE REDUCTIONS ARE NOW IN EFFECT A0 THIS IS THE TIME WHEN GREAT SAVINGS AR^ POSSIBLE IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S APPAREL. BUILT ON VALllGff W^ I EN'S GROWING ON i •* ?< y1 &• t DETROIT I' A Striking Value.--at V ' Considering the improved ing its cost to the purchaser. appearance of the new Ford Acomparisonextendwgover Touring Car, one would a long period of years will naturally expect a proper revealthefactthatthepresent ttonate advance in pn«v , price is actually the lowest Larger scale production,how- at ^ve^PaS8enger ever, has made it possible to °Pen ^ ^as ever been sold., incorporate in this new type TheFordTouringCar stands touring car a number of de- today, as it always has, a most remarkable value in the motor car field* NcfiQIRY ILL cided improvements without increas- Thbearctmh*obttth»dthrough A* M CAB.SX XUCIQM f; •i? fc. '•"§ V\' i - • -p.':. / 4 'V it '".J#'. r»* V- :,"4 , •••