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WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OF INTEREST lAKEN FROM COLUMNS # OF OUR EXCHANGES A--urtwcnt of Newsy ItMU b • t Condensed Form For fv * Busy People My?tety connected with the finding jjfccently of a Dodge sedan almost Completely submerged in the gravel pit near Rockland road, Libertyville has Jbten partly solved when a check-up of the identification numbers on the machine show it is the car that was Stolen in Waukegan last Wednesday iltght from Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks of 98 Broadway, North Chicago. Fred Weltzien, proprietor of the Cry ?ta! Ballroom near the head of^ Crystal Lake was held up there about! 1:30 Sunday morning when he had re- i tllrned from Huntley, where he had given a dance. About sixty dollars in cash; two "diamond pins, a gold watch •ad other personal belongings were •taken by the men. 7T Residents of the community around Waueonda were grieved the first of last -tveek to learn of the resignation of Principal Charles E. Mullins, from the faculty of the local high school. Mr. Mullins has been in rather poor health for about two years. ;An instance of vandalism of a rather fBiusual Sort came to the attention ofj 1&e pub lie last week when it was| learned that a tombstone from Grass' . Lake cemetery had been placed in the! back yard of R. D. Brown of North Butrick street, Waukegan. The stone | bore on its face the inscription, Byron; E. Yopp, son of R. W. and I. F. Yopp. j Its identification was effected by an! •unt who, upon reading of the incident j read ire of the incident in the paper, jtecogr.i/ed the name as that of a nephof hers who had died many years | ago in infancy. | Property amounting to about fifty dollar? was stolen from the Express Body Corporation factory at Crystal Lake last Thursday night by % thief who gained entrance through one of the windows. The theft was discovered t|y the fireman who came to the factory about 5 o'clock. He thought that lie heard some one in the building and Started an investigation, finding that the place had been thoroughly ransacked. Police were notified and are working on the case in an effort to find the thief. Over-extertion from dancing is believed to have caused the death of John Karl Baldwin, aged 37 years, an attache of the Great Lakes Naval Training station, who fell dead in the Parish House of Christ Episcopal church of Waukegan recently. Mrs. H. B. Merrit of Round Lake was the victim of a very unusual accident at her home one day last week. The cartridge in a minature pistol, •: hich was used as a watch charm exploded. The cartridges in the pistol were supposedly blanks, but this one contained a pellet, whieh lodged in her side. Checks amounting to $56,000 have been put into the mails this past week by the banks of Woodstock, which represent the savings made by the people of Woodstock through Christmas Savings clubs, since last .December. y ^ Birthday Anniversary Friends and neighbors of Miss Nancy Frisby caused unusual merriment in her pleasant home on Green street Friday afternoon by giving her a complete surprise on her birthday anniversary. Social chats and euchre' by those who are expert at the game were the chief diversions. Two large angel food cakes with decorations suggestive of the Yuletide season were served. The quiet that reigns where she and her brother, Jim, constitute the household was supplanted with gay hilarity. Guests presented a magazine basket as a souvenir of the day, December, 9, 1927. In.addition to those mentioned above the party included Mesdames Pat McCabe, Edmund Knox, Bridget? Relihan, Ellen Whiting, Margaret McCarthy, Wm. F. Burke, Mary Carey, John M. Phalin, Michael Knox, John McEvoy, M. J. Walsh, C. W. Gibbs, C. E. Martin, E. R. Sutton, M. A. Sutton, W. J. Walsh, Herman Schaefer, Jack Walsh, and the Misses B. Mjary, and Ellen Doherty, Etta Powers and Kathryn McLaughlin* Entertains Card Club • Mr. and Mrs. H. C. HugheS-Wrteitained the members of their card club at their home at Ringwood on Saturday evening. Dinner was served at 6:30 with the table decorations being carried out in orchid with a centerpiece of orchid sweet peas. A delightful evening was spent at bridge with high honors going to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider.. omes WYl .if " VaEmssaexEszi il'f UWi.ni .) I DODGE "128" LINE WILL HAVE FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES Dodge Brothers, Inc., is now equipping all passenger cars in its "128" line of fours with the latest and most efficient type of steel-draulic (mechanical) four-wheel brakes, a company announcement today states. The cars comprising the "128" line are the de luxe sedan, the sedan, the coupe and the cabriolet roadster. The new four-wheel brakes are of the expanding band type, operating mechanically on 12-inch drums. They can be operated with the lightest foot pressure and make possible absolutely uniform braking on all four wheels. Although they constitute a major improvement to Dodge Brothers four cylinder line they are being added at no extra cost to the purchaser. The, de luxe sedan, In fact, is being reduced i .J* $25 and will hereafter sell at $950 -^nt,och one da? fast weekf. o.b. Detroit. Prices of all other types with four-wheel brakes remain the same. "Dodge Brothers "tour cylinder line gains another important selling advantage through the addition of mechanical four-wheel brakes, WEDIY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR CITY V'fl As Seen By Plaihdealer IM Porters and Handed In ' # By Out; Friends ; Mary Green spent Sunday te Ringwood. A. W. Krug spent Sunday at fcte" home in Ashton, HI. * Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider were Elgin visitors Saturday. Mrs. William Pries of V&iukegan spent Wednesday in MjcHenry. , R. J. Green was a business riutffif •:d "'t, Miss Mayme Keg of Chicago spent the week-end at her home here. Glen Robertson of Chicago spent the week-end with McHenry friends. Miss Maud Granger of Chicago spent the week-end with home folks, says ^r" an<* ®®:rs* M. Stephenson of Mr. Gunderson, local Dodge Brothers! Ri"frW°°d were McHenry callers Satmanager, in discussing the most re- x?yL v - - cent improvement. "Since the com-! I oun^ am* f*»»ly of Ringpany first introduced the line last' W?°J sp€nt Sunday with McHenry summer," says M-- r. G-u nderson, "it has! relatives. gained rapidly in popularity with the!. s" , readw®11 or Chicago visited purchasers of moderate priced cars. J ^P ' v* Loughlin, on The slogan by which it was introduced | ^ . T , . -'America's Fastest Four'-has been a"^rS* A* ^fnJwer «<**>« one of the potent reasons for the rc-jsit rf were MenIJ visitors markable success which it has achiev- ay* , „. _ A . ed, for with the public's recognition T ^ Mrs. Joll«sy of Crystol that Dodge Brothers four surpassed | teek-end F S ^ all other fours and equalled in speed eJL Q ,, , _ many o( the light sixes, sales mounted . Mrs: S' J <*«?«» »' *»"••» •» steadily. The remarkable acceleration, * » TV 'he °m' Mr" of the new cars--0 to 25 miles through j w rS j «• ' r ompson. sears in less than seven second,-! Frank Str,m ofRich- and, their ability to maki e 2np5 mi-il es ito ! m. ond, .w ere„ g ues„ts mir r th^e -h,o1m e of t"he ir the gal.l,o n o,f gas a.t 2_5 c miles per h,ouri; d a u g h t e r , M r s . C. W. Klontz one day -- i lioa st weeK/ . * have also proved substantial argu ments in their favor. "The addition of w>ur-wheel brakes, making possible deceleration as note-, stauatlon , able as the mile-a-i;iinu£e performance | ^ of which Dodge Brothers fours are' capable strengthens the advantage which they have enjoyed in tfceir field and should add greatly to tfce|r$opularity next year." « •>,-; %. f- Thomas P. Bolger went to Woodstock Monday evening where he acted as installing officer at the annual in- • stallation of officers of Peter Uma- Binks: "How's your wife coming along with her driving lessons?" Jinks: "(Well, she's beginning to learn that it is easier and less expensive to use the brake than telephone poles or trees to top the car." --Daily Alaska Empire. Santa Claus Visits Althoffs Store Santa Claus made his first visit of the season in this vicinity on Saturday at which time he stopped at the Wm. H. Althoff hardware store on Main street. He arrived in the afternoon and was greeted by a crowd of merry children who lost no time in informing him of their numerous wishes. Plaindealers at Bolgers • v^fir i ' - *A, 'n "AS - I ; . - { I , ... Join Our Christmas Club Today! Your First Payment Makes You a Member--No Fees or Fines It is possible for everyone tofeave ample funds for Christmas or other purposes, without any real effort or self denial. All that is necessary is to join our Christmas Club and enroll in one or more Classes. The amount you select may be small or large, according to your own choice and arranged so that you can easily afford, to make the specified payments. Tfliis plan of saving a certain amount each week, from the ~ start to finish of the Club, in 50 weeks, makes the payments so easy that you will never miss the money. The main thing is to regularly save the amount you require for your Chri#t«w».:#9^^gs and to systematically deposit same. After tlie close of the club, in 50 weeks,' and in advance of Christmas, members will receive our check for full amount due, which payment will reach them at the period when ready money is most needed. I*4t poesible to think of an easier or surer way lo save money for Christmas presents-, Taxes, Insurance premiums, Vacation or other purposes? People in all walks of life find it * practicable method of saving. Many parents, employers and others give membership in club as Christmas presents. No gift is more appropriate. - Select the Class in the Club which you consider those you enroll can afford to regularly pay. Make first payment for a week, month or longer period and then present the Christmas Club account, opened ia the name of those favored, suggesting that such members make all later payments. d£hri£troa$ True Happiness Lies in Giving--To Give, YouMustHave--Our Christmas Club Insures an Easy and Sure Way to Have Money for Christmas and tv- Other Purposes This will have the'good educational effect of teaching thrift and may prove the foundation of the future financial success of those enrolled bv vou. ' Yftu may join one or more of the following Classes: Class 25. Members paying 25c eaeh week for 50 weeks, reecive : ......r....... § 1150 Class 50. Members paying 50c each week for 50 weeks, receive __$25.W Class 100. Members paying $1.00 each week for 50 weeks, receive ' 50.00 Class 200. Members paying $2.00 each week for 50 weeks, receive :v--^ Class 500. Members paying $5.00 each week for 50 Weeks, receive Three pe? cent interest added, it#*all payments are made regularly Qr in advance W We Shall Welcome You as One oi Our Depositors WEST "The Bank that Service Buil y' « 4