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> »;• -y";- ^-..aMaAa TO --: rayjcrSfeFf«•'• Sn .V^v^ kJ': ;v «ji EM SE ACH ESS PUBLISHED lOTHE INTEREST OF THE McHKNRY COMMUNITV HIGH SCHOOL Vol, 1 f i.i.iii ;- McHgnrv. Illinois, March i, 1924 • -- : -- . -- ; -- : -- t No. 14 Mti£ • ' STAFF ••"- x'r ""• Editor in chief ."Anjfela Petetch Assistant editor........ William Njre Sewing Elizabeth Vogt Athletics William Green Science . .......William Beth Commercial V*/*U.Augustine Freund Alumni ... r. .Vi.......Harold Bacon Senior». Helen Powers Junior ....^.....Mildred Zuelsdorf Sophomore ..V....... Adele Pufahl Freshman . ^ Music Floribel Bawett i Girls' Athlett<*..\ft .*U Lillian Buss Humor ...........Ella Harrison jiitwyy .>';•» viiaisie ' * " vk . .. ATHLETIC#; The last scheduled basket batf game of the season was played last Friday night at Gurnee. The first team was the only one that was played and that was lost to Gurnee by a score of 13 to • 23. The loss of the last two games to Wauconda and Gurnee has not made us down hearted and we all. expect to go to Dundee airf- ^ ,%ini -<Hr*r West Chicago. ' ... Nf. ' Mr. Stringer deserves a "great deal of credit as coach of this \eam. This year's first team is a great deal better than last year's and have won a majority of the games played. Now all we have to do to better this team is to win the district tournament, but to do this we need your support, so let's ate all McHenry at Dundee. Wm. M. Green. Most all of the hoys of the high school aro more interested in radio than studies. " ' ' Just ask anyone if we expect to win at the tournament and they'll tell of all our confidence in the team. from the first. Before the doctor left he told Richard that the only thing that would save petty would be an operation. Richard's heart sank, for he realized that he had no money to meet such expenses as an operation would necessitate. Besides he knew of no one from whom he could borrow the money# He was too proud to explain matters to Dr. Morrison, so he decided he must fight the battle alone. The next day he walked up into the mountains to try and solve his problem. How was he to get the money that would save his sister's life? Steal the money? Yes, that seemed Miss Richmond taught Mr. String-J onjy way What i'"f "h e was er's English class Monday. She thinks | caught ? AH those thoughts and many we're quite enthusiastic in discussions. 0thers flashed thru his brain. Not The orchestra played three pieces j noticinpr where he was going Richard for,us in convocation last Thursday ^ad climbed into the mountains. He and they were enjoyed very much by ftegan to realize that he was tired and a*'- exhausted. He sat down near the Mr. Duker announced that two new open5ng of a smaU cave to rest, instruments would be procured forf ^ he was attracted by the figure the orchestra from the money received j of a man up the hill in his from the operetta. [direction. Richard could see the po- Mr. Stringer and a number of basket, pUr3Ujng the man. When the man ball boys were absent from school reached Richard's side he ^ down Monday morning because of practia- ;and it Was then Richard noftced that ing for the tournament at Dundee. !he had hmn shot Mr- Tallmage in botany frequently „Qh ^jp refrains from answering questions like "How do angle worms get on roofs," and says he's too busy to answer. Wonder if that's an excuse. Miss Stockebrand in commercial j tioniessfor geography to Earl, who is sitting pointed t0 a ners. If the pupils have good behavior and good manners when they are outside of town it will speak well for your school. In later life good manners can always be used, and a class offered in school would be a great help. ^ ORCHESTft* VrX The proceeds from the operetta were |108 after all expenses were paid. For some time there has been a fund of $67 lying idle. Now it has been decided by the music instructor and Mr. Duker that the total $166 should be taken to purchase new instruments for the orchestra, a slide trombone and cello. These will be offered to the freshmen or sophomore students. The slide trombone to a boy and the cello to a girl. If they were given to the higher classmen they would hot be retained in the school so long as if they were given to the lower classmen. Mr. Duker is going to try to get the instruments by next week. Angela Petesch is now playing a violin in the orchestra, while Mary McAndrews and Marion Wegener are going to work at the. piano. Arthur Kennebeck is going to join the orchestra with his clarinet. The orchestra would like very much to give a spring program some time in the near future, but there may be other things that will the man cried, "they are after me, They shot me and I'm afraid I'm caught this time." Richard assisted the trembling man \ interrupt into the cave. The man lay there mo-i * > some time. Then he- , Honor Roll for Grade School package in his shirt.) Gk*a4g I--Betty Jane Conway, Shitrather uncomfortably: "What s the; Rjchar(] took the package and was not j ley Cfovalt, Chester Howard, Raymond matter, Earl. ^ # , ja little surprised to see that it con- Hughes, George Johnson. Earl: "There's a nail in this seat." learned that the law restricted people from killing birds just for their feathers. Nevertheless this law did not stop Cobbie, Lill, Toots and Slim from attending the masquerade Saturday night. • wm | SENIOR SCHOOL NOTES '• ' Gwnelia was absent from school Monday. /.;> No school Thursday, afternoon. Hurrah! % *' ' We all enjoyed the program given by the orchestra last Thursday. Physics test Friday was the cause of the downcast faces in the senior ranks. We were sorry to learn that our boys were defeated at Gurnee Friday . evening. Most of us were quite tired after the operetta, but we miss our daily rehearsals. The radios that are under construction are progressing fine. We're all anxious to try them qut. Another senior appeared with • shorn locks. Only three more left to follow Kathleen's good example. A number of the seniors are set on going to Dundee Thursday regardless of the fact that they might Jiave to walk. „ It seems that all the teachers believe in "preparedness." As a result they are accustoming us to the evils of teaching. Giggling seems to be quite a prevalent disease in our midst. Because of it three of the physics class landed in room four last Thursday. Was it fum^r? JUNIOR CLASS NOTHT If Robert Burns is Jonathan Swift? The return of the prodigal. Welcome, Jesse. Why is there such a shortage of shorthand books? We had a class meeting to pick out class colors, motto, etc. Evidently the stenography class doesn't believe in signs. Whose initials were printed on Carl's collar? Very artistic. We enjoyed three good numbers . given by the orchestra last Thursday. Gus must have missed his calling. ~He should have been an interior decorator. Nine rahs for Dot Matthews. The last of the junior girls to have her tresses shorn. Ouch! Another test ill ehemistry Seems like our lives arib one darned test after another. Our English is getting very deficient. We can't even pronounce aluminum correctly. * The basket ball warriors journeyed to Dundee to get a few hours' prac tice before the big event. Aha! A great wrong righted. Miss Ashburner tells us thfet college boys started the fad of flopping golashes. One bright commercial geography student says that horses are not being used because they get bumped into to much by autos. Stude: "And a large wave came and washed him off." Class, outburst. ^" J Stude: "'Off the deck " My, but aren't we getting arttatic At least if you noticed the way we have the walls and chain decorated you would think so. Some juniors harbor queer ideas it to* what the fellows uned before hair groom was invented. Any one miss any lard, goose grease or vaseline? 4lr. Duker sympathizes with us. He knows our feet are large and heavy, bpt he sees no reason why we should Park them on the tops of desks be twreen classes. ' . V r Goofs: . _ / - -. The dumbell wfco thinke m wfceat atone is a hard loaf of bread. , The bloke who thinks a soap stone is ' good for the complexion. Senior, at dance: "Hav ya' gotthis dance, freshie?" Freshman girl, confused: "Why, er--er no." " t/•% Senior: "Well, I hope ya' get it." FRESHMAN NOTES a few weeks before examinahave their hair botany in our tained a large xuU of one hundred dollar bills. ' ' : "' "You keep it," said' the man. "There is ni one else to leave it to. I escaped and ran up here because I had it hid and I knew no one would ever find it." Richard gave the man a suspicious glance and was about to return the Grade II--Hazel Howard, Bernice Unti, Beatrice Weber, Guy Duker. • Prade III--Frederick Conrad, Marie Freund, Marguerite Johnson, Florence Trent, Gladys Warrington, Raymond Howard. Grade IV--Arleen Bacon, Harris Fay, Frances Hughes, Juanita Keg, Marie Kinsala, Robert Peterson, Jack money when again the man spoke in < Purvey, Eugene Sayler. a low, quivering voice. * "No! No! I-didn't steal it, I made it." These were the dying man's last words. Richard thrust the money into his pocket and went to meet tRe approaching police. He told the police where ithe man lay and then he asked them Only tions. , All the freshies b&td except one. We have finished general science book. The first ancient history class has started the medieval history. We have only a few months of j why they were after this man. The' Stoffel, Helen Pries, Fanny Levinson, school, for which we are very thank- j p0jjce told Richard that the man was Eleanor Hoffman, Stanley Geier, • * , , iput in prison for making counterfeit Minnie Ferwerda, Catherine Ehle, Bar- Elmer Zuelsdorf is back to school 'money dayg agQ he had after having been absent for about * eac&ped from prison and headed for . . . » , , , . , I t h e m o u n t a i n s . T h e d y i n g m a n ' s l a s t The English I class find it difficult; wordg flaghed acrogs Richard>s ^ind. to give an oral summary of a book m ;Hedidnot menUon the package of a few words. I money because he thought no doubt We hope the orchestra will so^p en-^ ^ m(mey wag counterfeit and no tertain us again as well as it did last. worrying about it. He went home Xnursday morning. / : and threw the money in the bottom of The front hall seems to be a c ub his tnmk and did not mentjon tfae in, room before noon and a hair dressingij^ ^ any ^ Grade V--Elvera Antholz, Dorothy Fisher, Lowell Nye, Margaret Trent, Frances Tucek. Grade VI--Bernice Weber, Bernice Ferwerda, Gwendolyn Overton, Julia Wirfs, Adelene Vogt, Marguerite Kinsala, Arne Miller, Fred Mueller. Grade VII--.Helen Wegener, Lillian bara Dittrich, Eleanor Kreutzer. Grade VIII--George Stenger, Rosalind Nye, Charles Vycital, Earl Dowell, Grace Martin. parlor in the afternoon. Marion Wegener. (To be continued) Louise Chambetijife JOKE) ^ Needed llelp ^ INQUIRING REPORTER ' . . . Q u e s t i o n g i v e n b y R u t h C . S t o c k e - A country doctor, arriving home . „ , , from . ell, found this -of an McHewy, where he expert. him: ^ Doctor--My wife, motherly offel.e(| jn etjquette, to do team work. Answer--Miss Pryor: JOHNSBURG Visit our 10c department at Eriekson's. John Jonas was among the Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. « Emil Debrecht and a number of his friends, all of Chicago, were out over Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blake and fam- . , , , •ui y o*f iM, ctHt enry calilt edj oin, reil atives;' ni,n ety, are in the home alone only here Sunday. Nick Freund moved last 7week Weding a week at home. There was a social party held last Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aylward. Gus Aubert of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Aubert* The Sewing Circle will meet with Mrs. E. Cropley Wednesday afternoon. All members are requested to be present r • Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Armstrong of Chicago were over Sunday quests in the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. J. S. Gibba. Mrs. Gee. Richardson entertained Mr., and Mrs. L. S. Overton and family and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ehrke and family recently. Saturday, March 1, was a busy day with the movers. Will Aylward moved from the Lee Turner house to the Mrs. Arthur Bell house; Walter Watts moved from the John Cossman place to the Harry Osmond place; Henry Demayor moved from the H. Osmond farm to the Mrs. H. Rehvest farm; Gus Ehrke moved from the Walkington farm in Wisconsin to the L. S. Overton place and L. S. Overton is going to move to Milwaukee. ' ' OSTENB " " ' . , The best in groceries at Erickson's. Eleven pupils that started to our school last fall have moved away, leaving fourteen stST* in school. The Foreman family that have lived on the Wallis farm, since last fail* moved the first of the month to the W. J. Kittle farm south of McHenry. Ernest Brott moved the first of the month from the P. W. Freund house to the Weiss farm west of Woodstock, where he will work the coming season. J. N. Sayler, .rural carrier No. 1 from ^West McHenry, mad i the first trip for many days with his auto. Has been compelled- to hire a team and sleigh. Leon Lincoln of LaGrange motored out Saturday evening and spent the night and Sunday with relatives. He found many places where snow was deep. and rutty. Roads are all open now so rural mail carriers can make the route. Rural carrier No. 5 hasn't made the regular'trip thru here since Feb. <4, but now nothing will hinder. Several residents "here turned out one day last week with teams and shovels and tried to make the road passable. SeVeral autos went thru Saturday, the first for several days. Fred Dana came out Sunday in his auto to take C. B. Durkee home with him. Mrs. Dana is the only one 4ie has.to look to. She lived in the Durkee home several years before her marriage. No recent ^news from Mr. Hoppe. He is still in the city and Mrs. Hoppe is with him. Arthur and Mrs. Hoppe's grandfather, an aged man way past when they can pick up some help. Wmrnlstmmi for $75. Can be seen at my summer home on Sundays or Mondays. Dr. C. Keller, McHenry. Phone 167. 88-2t BABY CHICKS -In lOO lote, aaawfced, $11; Leghorns, $12; Barred RfMiks, 6. C. Red Anconas, $14; Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Minorcas, $17. Postpaid. Catalog free. D. T. Far- Phone 182 The Best Service Always West McHenry; BERNHARD POPP Expert Shoemaker ~ - - • &• Illinois row Chickeriea, Peoria, III. * 32-2 It FOR SALE--A six room house With bath, sun parlor, heating plant and ait modern conveniences. Has a i-wo ear garage. All new. Lot 99x130.' located in Crystal Lake, 2 blocks north of depot. Price, $12,000. .Inquire of Ben Stilling & Son, McHenry, 111. 38-2t East Side Service and t 1 Transfer Station V^Herman Schaefer ft Co., PropiplSGeneral Smrmpm.-, Moving Phone 49 i: .' McHKNRY, ILL. is at death's door. Please come and see if you can pull her thru." Different Matter t Employer: "John, I wish you wouldn't whistle at your work." Boy: "I whistling." Busy business man: "Have I appointment for this hour?** Efficient secretary: "Your ... _ _ . . . . FOR SALE--Property in the city of Miss Dora Schaefer °* Elgin sPent McHe inquire of Wm. J. Welch, mrlflv with nar napanra. Mr arm ! -- ... 7 1 , , Sunday her parents, Mr. and West McHenry, 111. 35-tf ; It would be a great advantage to Mrs Jog Schaefer everyone to have an occasional lec- Migg pau]ine Freund of Elgin came!FOR SALE--1000 bushels of ear corn; 1 sue at your wur*. ^ure 0,V "M0ra,s and Manners." home Saturday evening to spend^un-! also 500 bushels good barley. B. J. wasn't working, sir, only! & V" tho"«h^:day with home folks. ' * I Wegener, Volo, 111. Phone 628-M- - ( • j fulness-of others is one of the most lm- Mr and Mrg John Degen of McJ2. , 38.tf an j po'srsteasnst aa8n®d* *a3 di^s caotu rtae ouPs ersaotnti tucd®en, H. enr'y .m oved twhis_ week into the resi-!pQR SALE A number of seven foot Q , , K a numoer oi seven 1001 i ~ . Q611C6 Ox Mrs. OChflCiCr. d6" favipp TtAcsiLA A ]ca wnnH in gf/wo 'the greatest Everyone anjr special time,it~5« C. ^Fri* Henry- W' " '* S71St* day and Saturday of each week until !F0R RENT-The Hanly farms, one wife's Everyone ceased*. funeral, sir, you told me no^to let you: V".. e ma e tp rea lze t is. e| Mrs. John IS. Freund of McHenry j Henry, 111. forget it." should not wait for any time.!,„;il a m -c.-- P,;_ y' k. The New Version Teacher: "What does G. 0. P. staBd for?" Modern Idd: "Grand oU party." Mike: '"Where was you last night, Pat?" Pat: "I was sittin' up with a corpse." ^ Mike: "Was it dead?" Pat: "No, it was a wake. of 350 acres and two of 120 acres each. Also however, but in every class or when ever we are associated with the child further" notice make them feel that they owe it to! Mr and Mrs John Co9gman and|Also house and lot. Inquire of C. W. themselves and others to be truly po- family were visiting with their oar-1 Harrison, Ringwood, 111. 35-tf j , • . . . i t . e n t s , M r . a n d M r s . N . M. Schaefer, j WANTED--i-First mortgage loan of If the correct way of doing things;laat week Wednfisday. is taught them it will save them from Henry Tonyan and son, George, and many embarrassing Situations Migs ^rude Tonyan visited^t the therefore they will enjoy life much home q{ Mr and Mra AlthofT « more than if they are pprm.ttejL to go McHenry one day last week . out into the wo45yathout this knowl- EIection of officers for St. Agatha THE CONVICTS LAST DEED . ' court, W. C. O. F., will take place at Richard May stood looking out the I n ^"fWTT^T,ly Stoffel: ; , . two o'clock on March 11. All memwindow. He was so absorbed in . an °cca«lonal class in jbers are requested to be present, thought he paid no attention to the!e^iq.uetJe should be ofTered to the | One of the largest crowds ever scene below him. In the next room |tudfnts »nd ^Mld be greatly bene- gathered here attended the dance at er sister, Betty May, was *° m school life as ;pari8h school hall here last Monday sobbing. Betty was a crippel and as|we11 as af^r their fra i du®tion- After; evening. Quite a bunch from Moboth parents were dead she and1 a Person leaves school there will be: Henry were down to help make things Richard lived alone in three small I™*"* °cc*sion8 when he will be liveiy. rooms of a tenement house in Chicago. ^ud^®d hJ8 manners and must know p The home talent play, which was The doctor had just been to see °w co L nduct himself properly. By pre8ented here last Sunday evening, Betty and he told Richard that Betty mg course to the pupils theyjwas witnessed by a large audience, should have a change of climate.!"!111 be,g,ven a way to better Prepare AlI seats were sold and everybody was This meant that Richard must give up,themseIves for success. pleased with the splendid program, hi* position and leave the girl whom Answer--Lillian Buss: jThe six young men from Chicago, or he intended to make his wife. Her i * think an occasional class in eti-i the Four Aces as they are called, gave name was Clara Freeman and, next to | Quette would be beneficial to every! a good musical program and from his sister Richard love her better Person 'n the high school. The Home;what we have heard everyone wished than anyone else in the world. But he Economics club includes lessons in to hear them again before long. knew he must do all 4n his power for' etiquette, but only the girls are memhis Hister, so he decided to take her up | ^®r8» and this would not help the boys into the mountains. When he toldiany- ^ occasional class was Uetty that they were going oil a little i °^ered one Wouldn't be afraid to attj< jp she was very excited. tend a large banquet because he or she Would know how to act and would not. feel out of place or afraid to talk to his or her neighbor. It is not only we can travel if others can," was the at a banquet that etiquette comes in j him to Chicago and Jos. B. Hetter cheerful reply. I bandy» but in the home, at school or j mann took him to the station at Mc- $2200.00 on river front property near McHenry bridge. Value $6000.00. Address The Plaindealfer. 39-lt FOR SALE--Two^gas steam radiators, original cost, $150; will be sold "But, Dick,' it costs so,- much to travel," Betty exclaimed. "Never you mind that, sis, I guess Our Rev. pastor Wm. Weber, met with an accident Monday evening when he slipped and fell. He was unable to say mass the following morning and was taken to a hospital in Chicago on Wednesday morning. Just how bad he is hurt is not known at this time. Alfred Debrecht accompanied .They found a place with an elderly j aI}ywhere in public. Lessons in eticouple up in the mountains. Tl»e | Quette thus would save many people people, being childless, welcomed I ^rom embarrassing moments Afid Betty May into their home as /their many unnecessary blunders. own. j Answer--Vera Draper: •; Every day Richard hoped that per- From my standpoint I do not think haps Betty would get better, but he that it is any more than proper for a COuld see no change in her condition, j class in etiquette to be offered to the. This worried him a great deal. j students. If the students are willing, One day when Richard was in tRe j >n taking .it up they will accomplish little village at the foot of the moun- j about twice as much as if it was a retain he thought he would speak to the I quired subject, "the endless number do<?W about Betty. The doctor was a' manners they will meet with in handsome young man named Morrison.!everyday life will "be cultivated and 1% SOPHOMORE NOTES Dick Overton has informed us that far grows on sheep. K<s«r i* it that no notes arf j^ceived -rjtwm tfce %Mtin II elaset . • Richard asked him if he would go with him to see his sister. The doctor, tho reluctant, finally censented to go. When the doctor saw Betty he was amazed ^t her exceptional' beauty. Betty had dark hair, a very light complexion and large dark eyes. She and the doctor became friends they will be remarked about in later years of the wonderful cultivated manners developed; that is if they take the interest in it that they should. Answer--James Fay: Yn, an occasional class should be offered in etiquette because a boy or girl is often judged, by his or her man- Henry. „ SOLON MILLS Mrs. Gerda Aim spent Tuesday in Fox Lake. Alice and Emily Hardy were Chicago shoppers Tuesday. Dr. Arnold Mueller of McHenry was callfng on the sick here Tuesday. Jack Pester and Chas. Westlake spent the day at Fox Lake last Thursday. Annabelle Osborn of Elgin spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Osborn. The Home Improvement club will meet Friday evening. All members should attend. Alfred Parker was out from Chicago Sunday and spent the day with his family here. Miss Emily Cole, who is attending the State Normal at DeKalb, is spend- Are You Curious? Did you ever wish you knew just how much of the cost of a meal was due to the gas required to cook it? Department of Agriculture aj Washington got curious about it, and made accurate tests with a regular gas range. The cost of gas re- ~quired to cook this meal which totaled $1.47, was just 3.3 cents, or one forty-fourth of the whole cost One forty -fourth sounds good to the thrifty householder who knows the oonyenienceof gas. "Western United Gas and Electric Company C. E. COLLINS. Distinct Manager mmm sa.. •* -5," THE OWNERSHIP of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois is not vested , lb a few but is, widely distributed ^^ iimongf its more than 252,981 Customers. ^ * : ^Investing hi a Company rendering essential services to a community, Opportunity is ©ffered individuals With moderate surplus savings to participate in the growth and better-" I Bientof the place in which they live. The revenues, of this Company being derived from the sale of fiervices to the public, which are necessities rather than luxuries, tre stable and not subject to violent ps and downs.: If his Company extended service to 12,821 new 'customers last year, ; the largest number of niRtnnvrsv , Obtained in any one year in the . , " v '^mpany's history. •> r;*~- ^ PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY : ; . OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS i inj 6,000 square m//ea--202 citiaa r | "•.-.v'- towns--with gas arelcctrici ty '4? % G. £. McCOLI.U.M, District Supt. < , = Crystal Lake, Illinois wy1 j,**- . -V".. '- Vote for X " Chatles M. Eldred^e RICHMOND, ILLINOIS v Candidate for ; ^ STATE SENATOR - 8th District-- Lake, McHenry and BoOne Counties Endpr--4 t>y the Republican County Central Cooimittee ol McHenry County, at Woodstock March 3, 1924 •' • -r"- - lie believes in sane legislation and enforcement of such fawsi ratKer than the indiscriminate piling up of laws that only encumber the Statutes and are not enforced and are therefore inoperative and useless. He believes in legislation that will real friend of labor. \ ^- ~ rat the workman and is a He feels that the outstanding question of the day is the present oondition of the farmer and the agricultural situation, and pledges his utmost efforts in support of legislation that will give to tit* farmer an opportunity to more fully profit by his labor and industry. t for the "Woman's Eight Hour Law." " ^ Primary, Tuesday, April 8, 192t