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MMHHVl spring orovk- Edwin Shotliff entertained twentysix school chums at a birthday party at the Lotus Club rooms Saturday afternoon to celebrate his ninth birthday anniversary. Games of various kinds were played and a happy time was enjoyed by all. Lunch was served and a bountiful birthday cake with nine candles was the center of attraction. Edwin received many beautiful and useful presents. Miss Genevieve Kattner was a Sunday guest of Miss Jeanette Robb. Mrs. Charles Behrnes was a Chicago passenger Thursday. Her mother, Mrs. Steinke returned with her, after having spent the past three weeks in the city. Mrs. John Zomstroff and son, George, motored to Kenosha Wednesday. Mass Agnes Weber and Mrs. Emma Kattner motored to McHenry* Tuesday. Frank Johonott of Richmond transacted business in town Thursday. There will be a pot luck dinner given Nov. 29, next Tuesday, at the town hall. Dinner from 11 o'clock Until all are served. • Everybody is welcome. Please bring one dish of food to pass, tickets twenty-five cents per plate. After dinner cards and bunco will be played with prizes to be awarded for ten cents each, Come and enjoy yourselves. Mrs. James Foulke and sister, Mrs. George Richardson of Solon Bfills motored to Kenosha Thursday. Mrs. Cooley of McHenry spent a few days the past week with her daughter, Mrs. A. Richardson. N. N. Weber transacted business in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oxtoby, P. G. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. S. Robb and son, Richard, and Mr. and Mrs. Ried Carr took dinner at Hebron Sunday with the Sanders family. Mrs". Lillie May was hostess to the Jive Hundred club Tuesday evening. Four tables were in play with the first prize going to Miss Agnes Weber, second Mrs. Lillie May and third to Mrs. Emma Kattner. Those present were Miss Jenette Robb, Miss Dorothy Rauen, Jennie Oxtoby, Ella Siegler, Mrs. S. Robb, Clara Brown, Lillie Oxtoby, Alice Wagner, Katie Rauen. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heinley and family of Elkhorn, Wis., motored here Tuesday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner. John B. Sanborn of Chicago was a Thursday caller at his mother's home. Preparations are Wing made to the WcHand Milk plant. Martin May, who is employed at Watertown, Wis., §pent Saturday and Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Martin Butler was hostess to the members of the Afternoon Five Hundred club at her home Thursday afternoon. Five hundred was played during the afternoon and the first prize was won by Mrs. John Kattner, second by Mrs. S. Robb, third by Mrs. John Rauen. The guests present who were also members of the club were: Mrs. William Boneman, Mrs. Jennie Oxtoby, Mrs. J. J. Freund, Mrs. Alice Wagner, Mrs. Katie Rauen, Mrs. S. Robb, Mrs. Mike Rauen, Mrs. A1 Pepping and Math Nimsgrem. p A number of attractive designs in linen or toereerized pattern cloths to select from for your Thanksgiving table. Erickson Dept. Store. Entertained at Schoewer Hi Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer entertained a crowd of relatives and friends on Sunday, Nov. 20. Bunco and games were played, prizes being awarded to Mirs. F. Weinschenker and Peter J. Schoewer and consolations were received by Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer and Ed N. Young. The guests of the afternoon and evening were: Mir. and Mrs. Charles Hobler and daughters, Bernice and Eva, of Chicago; Mrs. F. Weinschenker^ Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Schoewer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed N. Young and daughter, Eleanor. A birthday cake with two candles for little Miss Eleanor Young in honor of her second birthday, was the center of attraction at the delicious luncheon which was served the guests at 6. Linger Longer Clab Mrs. Frank Mteyer entertained the members of the Linger Longer club at her home Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16. Bunco was played with Mrs. Frank Meyer, Mrs. John Stilling and Mrs. Ted Schiessle receiving prizes. A most delicious lunch was served the gfuests at five o'clock. Mrs. Ed Young will entertain the club at the next meeting. Emerald Bridge Club Mrs. N. J. Nye was hostess to the members of the Emerald Bridge club at her home on Friday afternoon. A pleasant afternoon was spent at bridge with the first prize being won by Mrs. Albert Purvey, the second by Mrs. Harvey Nye and the third by Mrs. Ed. Sutton. The next meeting of the club will take place at the home of Mrs. Harvey Nye. m WEEKLY PHMtS 00HKK8 AND QOKKS OT A WEEK IN QUE CITY You WOULD HOT KNOW• IT!/ An overcoat baggy, wrinkled and sad changed to a garment that's stylish and glad. An overcoat comes to us looking like one of last year's broken resolutions and we make it look . proud and confident .again. • • --Mr. Before and After.' 4' For Appearance's Sake' • Mrs. Anna Howard CLEANING, PRESSING and REPAIRING PHONE 143-W Located over Bolger's Drug Store WHEN BBTTBH AUTOMOBILES ARB BUILT, BUICK WILL, BUILD THBM FromVoof to basement* that's the way to buy a car Buiek welcomes this starching test The man who buys a home goes over it thoroughly, from roof to basement, to make certain that it has the sound construction that means long and enduring service. vV Buy your car as you would a home. Bukk welcomes this searching test, and invites critical comparisons. And Buick is willing to leave the decision to you. SEDANS '1195 to *1995 * COUPES *1195 to *1850 SPORT MODELS *1195 to *1525 M » H m m * . iwf* to* sddtd. 7feG.JL4.Cj most duirMs, w wmil^lr. r Mat 41 Buick Dealers West McHenry, Illinois *•< As Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed In By Our Friends John Ghrens was a Chicago visitor Sunday. Mrs. J. E. Wheeler was an Elgin visitor Monday. Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales. Ray Howard is now traveling in the North buying furs. Irene Conway of Elgin spent the week-end at her home here. John Sutton of Whiting, Ind., spent the week-end with friends here. ' Miss Ethel Bell of Richmond spent the week-end with friends here. Richard Stenger of Waukegan visited with friends here Saturday. Miss Laura Karls pf Chicago spent the week-end at her home in this city. Charles Vales* of Chicago was a Mrs. Raymond Powers and son were Chicago visitors Sunday and Monday. Mrs. McGinnis has just received a pension from the watch factory at Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Engeln and children visited relatives at Volo on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L« A. Erickson and family visited relatives at Caledonia Sunday. Mrs. Jesse Wormley and daughter, Dorothy, were Woodstock visitors on Saturday. Mrs. H. J. Schaefer and son, Stanley, were Woodstock visitors Saturday afternoon. « Miss Leone and Kathleen Givens and brother, Donald, were Elgin visitors Monday. Mrs. Emma McGinnis of Elgin spent a few days the past week with friends here. Paul Fisher of Chicago was a guest In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles tSnsign Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz and family visited with reatives at Belvidere Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hawley "and children of Harvard visited friends in this vicinity Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ffcoyd Colman of Chicago were week-end guests in the Fred Karls home. Arthur Peterson of Round Lake spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. -Andrew Eddy. Mr. and Mrs. William Karls of Chi ! cago spent Sunday with their parents, I Mr. and MVs. Fred Karls. Leo Winkle of Chicago spent the j week-end in the home of his parents,- j Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkle. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Smith of I Round Lake were Sunday guests of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bracker. 1 Mr. arid Mrs. John Adams of Austin ; spent last week in the home of their | daughter, MTS. Frank Thurwell. | Mr. and Mrs.. Harvey Baron were j guests in the hom6 of Mr. and Mrs* Frank Schroeder at Hebron Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. • Ferdinand Frett of Chicago were Sunday guests in the "home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frett. Rollo Chamberlin had the misfortune to fracture his right arm while playing basketball one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frett and son' of Chicago were Sunday guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Frett. Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, Jr., of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and MTS. Frank Thur. i well. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer visited in the home of their daughter, Mrs. K. M. Bradley and family, at Ringwood Sunday. Mrs. J. F. Brandt and daughter, Mary Frances, of Chicago were guests in the home of the former's sister, IMrs. Ray Pag#. Mrs. Ralph Walkup and daughter, Ann Ella, of Ridgefield were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Powers, Saturday. Mayor and Mrsr P. W. Frett and family attended the funeral of Mrs. .Frett's mother, Mrs. Theresa Unger ;4t Chicago Thursday. Miss Viola Sayler of Woodstock spent a few days the first fo the' week in the home of her grandmother, Mrs. W. A. Sayler. Mrs. George Stoffel and daughter, Rosemary, erf Woodstock were Sunday guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foley and Mrs. Julia Clark returned to their homes at Cleveland, Ohio, last week after visiting relatives here. Supt. C. H. Duker and teachers of jthe grade and high school attended, •the teachers' institute at Elgin the first three days of this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Kamholz and little son of Chicago were guests in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Sayler and daughters of Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sayler. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Koerner are spending the week with relatives at Batavia, while Mr. Koerner attends the teachers' institute at Elgin. Miss Theresa Brefeld returned home Sunday, after spending last week in the home of her brother, John Brefeld and family at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. John Brefeld and daughter, Norma, of Waukegan were ^unday guests in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Brefeld. Little Miss Betty Baron, daughter of Mrs. Anna Baron was quite ill at the Woodstock hospital last week but is now recovering at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Paul, west of town. Mrs. Joseph May and N. J. Kleia went to Terra Haute, Ind., on Friday, where they attended t£e christening of little John Charles May, infant so* of Mr. and Mrs. John May, of that «ity. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago waf a Sunday guest of' his parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. J. Walsh, and also presided at the meeting of the directors of the McHenry Country club on SundayjaftfrnioS.- . Weston Bacon spent the week-end in Chicago. . Bernard Newman was a Chicago visitor Sunday. Fred J. Dowell and son were Wanconda visitors Sunday. J. B. Kelter of Chicago spent the week-end with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wrede of Chicago spent Sunday at McHenry. Richard Warner of Elgin is spending the week with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sampson visited relatives at Highland Park Saturday. Mrs. Louis McDonald and children were" Woodstock visitors last Thursday. Mrs. Caroline Schiessle and daughter, Bertha, were Chicago visitors on Friday. ^ Mir. and Mrs. Frank Meyer visited relatives at Wauconda one evening of last week. ( Mr. and Mrs. J. Prehn of Batavia were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Koerner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks and son, James, visited relatives in Chicago over the week-end. Miss - Bertha Prehn of DeKalb Normal was a week-end £uest of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Koerner. Mirs. Helen McAuliffe of Chicago spent Friday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Brooks. Miss Theresa Karls of Chicago spent a recent day in the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Fred Karls. I Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Segrist of Aurora were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Koerner. Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughters, Lena and Clara, and Miss Mayme Buss motored, to Kenosha, Wis., Sun-^ day- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pidgeon and daughter, Shirley, of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks Friday. Miss Louise Chamberlin of Elmhurst spent Sunday in the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin. Mrs. P. Peterson and daughters. Martha and Ruby, of Marengo were Sunday guests cf Mr. and Mrs. A. Eddy. "You must find that impedient in your speech very inconvenient at times." • "Oh, n-no. Everyone has his peculiarity and s-stammering is mine. What's yours? "I am not aware that I have any." "D-do you stir y-our coffee with your r-right hand?" "Why, yes, of course." " "We-well, t-that's your pe-peculiarity. Mose people use a t-teaspoon."-- Selected. in cash prizes for a Slog an The Trade Extension Committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association wants a slogan about wood The contest is open to everybody. AH the information you need is in a free book, uThe Story of Wood,** which contains die Official Blanks on which all Slogans must be submitted. First Prize • Second Prize Third Prize i Four Prizes • Fifty Prizes • .e; £5.000.00 > 2,000.00 . 1,000.00 each 500.00 each 100.00 (In ease of tie, thm full prirm to each) Remember--these slogan contest prizes are hardly ever won by prolesaional writers or technical ex* pens. Nearly always the winners are people who never expected to win. They just hi' on the simple way to express the big central idea. You can do that as well as anybody; This office is Official Headqttarten for the Lumber Slogan Contest in this locality. Don't jmt it off. Come in for your fret copy of "The Story of Wood" to&Of Mrff£NRY LUMBER fA Quality (Ind Service First * ' i West McHenry Official Distributing Station for Contest Booklets and BIibW m .1 . >1 a* Autumn Needs firtheHome Electric Heaters-- 1 bring quick warmth wherever wanted $700 Don't start the furnace going nntfl you really need it. Let one or two electric heaters around the home supply you with the quick warmth needed for short periods on these cool, bet ween-season days. YouU also find them useful this winter and all the year 'round, whenever extra heat is a comfort. Two popular heaters featured in our FaD display are illustrated. L ft H Heater with square bowl and detachable cord, $922 Our Special Display of Lamps A beautiful floor or table lamp helps add charm and comfort to the home. A wide variety of new lamp styles are included in oar Autumn Display, and many are specially priced. Any lamp may be purchased the easy "Little by Little" way 41 Daylight Kitchen Unit $ 450 installation Extra Here's an attractive new lighting fixture that makes the kitchen as bright and attractive as a sun parlor. You owe it to your eyes to have the correct lighting this unit assures. May be had with a convenience outlet in the drop cord so that you can use an electric iron, percolator or other appliance. Price of Daylight Kitchen Unit complete with drop cord switch arid extra outlet, $4.50; with drop cord, but no extra outlet, $3.75; with no drop cord and no extra outlet, $3.00. Brighten Up the Bedroom The New Bedroom Unit, illustrated at right, makes the room cheery with warm, sofiiy diffused light. Ivory shade is daintily decorated in rose and light blue, and the metal $ Pf 7i holder is in ivory enamel. M A special value at fmtollatfam Extra For Easier House Cleaning Rags, ditpwin, bidding, furniture are all dNMd more thoroughly and with lets effort wbn yoa have thi« splendid electric cleaner. Low in pries and folly guaranteed. Call in and let as demonstrate hs many advantages to yea. for the Misnee *522 JRREE Bag fm Attachment* r_ r=> PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY ^ OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 101 Williams 5L, Crystal Lake Telephone 280 Se A. Schabeck. District Manager L * ' | * ...*k M