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m H y K+ is-"';? ~. C ' ' » - ,>' ^r ¥ * 4 ,1 *< ^ r . -;A.. •< • 'I^IP :,V^ v;:1WM<^^. - rM- ^" . sty,* «• -y t*-.5 :*?fM&&~! Wi"s-~ wrswi5-'. '"'" >It . „,.. , . -<«, t.£ • & ' • ' " $ U . ' * - 4 \ . . , ^ r , . . . . „ • . . . _ . . „ . , , , ? T r T . ^ • p . - . : . > : : r ; r , : L . . . ' " r , - " 7 , ~ r ^ , ^ • , ; ; > „ , • : , , - • , ; - • w®.li& am VOXiUME XXXIX. •C':?,0M:- *$?• *1 McHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 28, 1014. mmmitrn •f'i 'S Vv,rV'v " * 'Ffvi; P' •? „ . '!i-Vv^ %-w3&-i$ '4?'iV 5'y * WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS ;s*. OMIERS AMD GOERS OF A REEK « &•'? . ^'v . i eet uisy umi raw® If SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS Aim HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR f'^RIENDS. ,;^- v' ^ ' d^Iiss Elizabeth Th«l«n spent Monday lit Chicago. -V'.'\. John J. Justen Nras a c»unty seat vis­ itor Monday- r Arthur Hunter itnp » Chicago vis- ilfcr Monday. ^ ^ , Chas. 6. Fiwtt was a Chicago r last Friday. > Peter B. Freund was a North Cryfc- flal Lakn visitor Monday, . .vMJBH Mabel Granger was a Chicago Vlpitor last week Friday. ' •tfohn W. Fav o? Chicago spent Sun­ day with his family here. 'Fred Mershon was the guest of friends a|-the county seat Sunday. * * .Miss Margaret Buss was a Chicago •tkitor on Fr'day 6f last week. / V-HMiss Elsie Wille boarded the gain fe^r Chicago lait Friday evening. JMiss Lena Stoflfel spent Friday of lilt week in the metropolitan city. HiTohn J. Vycitai w^s a business vis- IMr in the windy city last Saturday. .^Pr. F. J. Aicher visited DesPlaines Mends on Friday night of last week. (JWm. F. Holtz was among the Chi- ei^o passengers last Friday morning. „ Mrs.,E. V. McAllister was the guest Of Elgin relatives last week Thursday. > Will Howard, James Oannon and Ray Oorr were Woodstock visitors last Sun- a»y. I. A. HungerfOrd attended to busi- ndss matters in the metropolitan city Monday.; :';.; , . Mrs. SA-.0i Smith *m among those to board the Chicago train Monday morning. Mrs. Hose McGee of Woodstock was »Sunday guest in the home of Dr. C. H. Fegers. George Johnson of North Crystal Xdlke spent Sunday as the guest of Mends here. ' Mrs. Anna Moliohan and daughter, Klla, were $haron, Wis., visitors last #«ek Saturday^ ?- Mr. and Mrsi'-ft.%""Oyerton and chil­ dren were guests of Elgin relatives last Friday night. Miss Kathryn Knox of Carpenters- ville was the guest of home folks Sat­ urday and Sunday. 1M isses Frances and Ethel Simpson i(-Dundee attended the class play here Oil Friday evening last. Miss Alice Rice of Wheaton, III., passed t^e latter part of last week as lb# guest of friendp here. , . Mr*/ Mayme Hs^risop spent Friday qf last week with her sister, who is P$!)l oiiit^ illj in ClhlMgOj Mr, and Mrs. H. H. Fay>and daugh­ ter, Kathryn, of Solon spent Sunday as the guests of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin and daugh- Edna, were county seat visitors oil Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Clara Harrison of Woodstock was a Saturday guest in the home of # and Mrs. C. E, Gay lord. Mrs. W. F. Bassett and granddaugh­ ter, Floribpl Bassett, were Dundee and Elgin visitors last Saturday. Mrs. James Rainey of Ringwood passed Sunday in the home of her mother, Mrs. Alma Thomas. M r8. Robert Sutton and daughter, Florence, of Solon were Saturday quests of McHenry relatives. Ed. Martin, Dan Neilen, Elmer Fran- cisco and Efubert Eckart of Woodstock ^rcire visitors in town last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jqs. Bucti and children qf Chicago wer6 Sunday jjuests in the fjotne of Mr. ^nd Mrs. Jacob Justen. ^lipe ffietpftfl Qf Chicago spent p pouple Qf d&ys last week as a guest U) the home of Mrs. Mayme Harrison. ; Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest was a guest in the home of her mother, Mrs. E. W. Howe, Saturday and Sun­ day. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago spent Saturday And Sunday as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Miss Clara- Schiesf^a -wa? a guc«t>in ^ihe home gf h^r ^ter, Mrs. P. H. yfeber, ^t Park Ridge, 111., the first of {Ate week. Miss Margaret Ward of North Chi- (M|go spent Saturday and Sunday'as a guest iu the home of her parents, Mr. %nd Mrs. Frank Ward. Mrs. Chas. Mc Arthur and daughter, Ruth, of Elgin are spend tag the week §s guests in. the hotne of the former's pother, Mrs. August^ Wolff. Miss Bertha Schlosser of Chicago passed the latter part of last and fore pirt of this week asagneat ia tbe Jjome of M««- Augusta Wolff. Miss Florence Qrapger, in company with Mr- and Mrs. Harry Dunnintr, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mead and Harry Alexander of Hebron, spent Sunday at Starved Rock, Wis. • Jklathias Weber, M. "M. Nlesen, John "TSoennes, George Rothermel and John P.-Schreiner were among the McHen- ry Foresters who took . in the degree work at the First Regiment armory in Chicago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Besley and aan« Dr W. (-. Besley," - of Woodstock erfcd thru here on their way to Wau- ponda last week Wednesday.' They •topped long enough ^ say uhe%y % a Bumber oi friends. / m * . : " f- RESORT KEETERS TURNED DOWN COONTY SUPERVISORS FAIL TO «M>F LIQUOR.UC£NSES SATURDAY At a special meeting of the McQenry cdunty supervisors held at Uie couri house at Woodstock last Saturday the proposition to grant licenses to saloons outside of villages in wet territories lost out and as a result the places, which were ordered closed soon after the spring election, will have to be satisfied with the serving of soft drinks in the future. * Tile meeting at the county seat last Saturday, as predicted in the columns of The Plaindealer, was a most inter­ esting affair. Those seeking licenses were on hand with their attorneys, while the Law and Order league also had a good representation. After the proposition was. thoroly gone over by the supervisors and after taking a vote. it was found that a ma­ jority of the supervisors were against the license and therefore the decision is looked upon as final. Naturally, the proprietors of resorts along Fox river, at Johnsburgh and Pistakee Bay are the ones to suffer as the result of the decision and just what the final outcome will be is a matter of conjecture. As stated in these columns in last week's issue of The Plaindealer, there are a number of hotel proprietors and saloonkeepers who are perfectly will­ ing to take out a license and would have done so years ago had the propo­ sition been put to them. These proprietors are- aU law-abid­ ing citizens and have always tried to do what was right. They have con­ ducted respectable places and have been paryially instrumental in building up a summer resort region second to none in the central west. These people have thousands of dol­ lars tied up in property, which, with­ out the bar connections, cannot be made a paying proposition, according to one of the most prominent resort owners at Pistakee Bay. . \ If this is the case, and we have no reason to doubt the truth^pf the state­ ment, and in view of the fact that the town of McHenry was voted wet terri­ tory, we believe it would be^no more than right to grant-licenses to reput­ able persons who wish to take out same. A petition was circulated in the town of McHenry a short time ago for the purpose of getting the feeling of the people in town regarding the licensing Qf saloons outside of the village. The petition, we are told, bore the1 names of 800 legal voters, both men and women, and judging from this the "ma­ jority oft voters are willing to see the saloons continue in businesa provided they get the license to do so. Those who have been circulating the petitions and the resort owners who are thus practically driven out of busi­ ness feel mighty blue over the situa­ tion and none, to our koowledge, have made up their minds as to the future. From present appearance the resort owners are willing to make an attempt at operating their places without bar connections. If they find, after a fair trial, that: they are losing money it is only natural to expect them to'close their doors. The people of this township as well as whole McHenry county will keep a close watch of this region during the coming summer and learn just what the effect of closing the bar rooms will have on the future resort business. Last Sunday, we fire told, quite a few came out from Chicago and like the previous Sunday were very much dis­ appointed in findiqg that drinks of the WEEKLY EXCIMGE ITERS intoxicating nature ware unobtainable at the Bay. Some even ventured to come to McHenry for it, but upon be­ ing told that the lid was on here they were satisfied,to stay and pass the day. A representative of The Plaindealer interviewed Ben Stilling the fore part of the week regarding this matter and found the pioneer resort keeper to be in anything but a happy spirit. He told of the years that he had conducted the place and how, thra his, J^rsonn? charge, he liad seen the place grow in­ to one of the best conducted and well known summer resorts in these parts. After all these years of unceasing labors, it seems like being driven out of his old home, are his sentiments, and the other landlords, no doubt, feel about the same as does Mr. Stilling. However, we are glad to state that Mr. Stilling as well as all others will give the barless resorts a fair trial and it is sincerely hoped by everyone interested in the future growth of this section that these men will find the business still a paying investment. gRAND NEW K1NBALL HADE PIANO 9T PLAIN STYLE NQW 9W This instrument should be sold for $300, but we give you an opportunity to save oyer $100, because we are anxious to place as many as possible of this particular style of pianos in the homes of McHenry and vicinity. They will be the best advertising announcement we can makdV Ybu will not have an­ other chanceVrlike'it, so we take this opportunity to ^dvttse you in due time to take adyantagfc of in. Call at the W= vX)KrANY. • ' f m. , • Common d^inj^s are uncommonly good at our fouhSain. Petdsfrh. ; _ ^ AS TAKEN l«0H THE COLDMtS Of | r ' OPR MANY EXCHANGES. V MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. A wireless station is to be erected at the Great Lakes Naval station at North Chicago. A rattle snake with ten rattles was killed in a slough wpar Harvard one day last week.- V ' / The' large, new hotel at Lake Gen­ eva will open for the susamer season hext Saturday. The 200th member of the Harvard lodge of Free and Accepted Masons will be initiated in thai eitjr tomorrow night. A home talent play was given at Wauconda last Friday evening. The proceeds will help pay for their new depot; An < auto lata line .has been ostab lished between the cities of Genoa and Sycamore. A charge of fl.00 is made for the round trip. The new' Catholic church at _Dundee will be dedicated on Saturday morning of this week. Bishop Muldooa will be in charge of the services. Crystal Lake's only saloon closed its doors on Thursday evening of last week and now the village as well as Nunda township is absolutely dry. Beginning June 6 and continuing thruout the hot summer months, the employes of the Elgin National Watch factory will work but five days a week. This means Saturdays off. The two Crystal Lake youths, who have been serving time in the county jail on a charge of stealing sheep, were released last Sunday afternoon after a three,months' confinement. On account of the decrease in the sale of typewriters in Mexico since the present outbreak, the Oliver Type­ writer company at Woodstock has been forced to lay off fifty men. Employes of the Elgin National Watch company will be given a three day rest as a Decoration day vacation. The factory will close down tonight and. will not reopen until Monday morn­ ing. Mayor A. J. Olson of Woodstock wants the city of Woods took to receive interest on the oity treasurer's monthly bank balance. He asks two per oent, which would amount to> about <800 annually. The Harvard band has ordered new uniforms, which they expect to wear for the first time at the memorial ex­ ercises in that city next Saturday. The band consists of twenty-one pieces. A. L Darling is the band master. The breaking or a defective rung in a ladder caused Charles A. Buckely of Libertyville to fall, striking headlong on a cement sidewalk fifteen feet be­ low. The victim, who was seventy- seven years of age, lived about ten minutes after the accident, never re­ gaining consciousness. Dr. A. M. Wray, practising veter­ inary in Richmond during the past fifteen years, has disposed of his prac­ tice, the purchaser being Dr. G. E. Gorden of Chicago. Dr. Wray thru ill health was forced to dispose of the practice. and with his wife wlll soon take up his residence in Denver, Colo. Deere Grove Park on the new Pala­ tine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda line has been rented for the season by a number of enterprising men of those three villages. They propose to ad­ vertise the place as picnic grounds. Al­ ready a number of Chicago societies have become interested and will hold their outings at this point. The city council of Harvard pawed two new ordinances last week. The first relates to junk dealers in that city, who in the future must pay to the city S€K) per year for the carrying on of their business, while the second pro­ hibits the running of automobiles by persons under fifteen years of age, un­ less accompanied by their parents or guardian. The city of Genoa, 111., is now ad­ vertising for bids for the cousu uctioa of a sewage purification works in that city. The city has just installed the ornamental lighting system and judg­ ing from the spirit shown the city is going to have all the things that other towns have in spite of the fact that the saloons were voted out at the spring elections. Genoa is a city about the size of McHenry^ The village board of Hampshire has refused to issue liquor selling licenses. It will be remembered that the town was voted dry at the spring election, but the case was taken into the county 'court, where Judge Frank G. Plain ruled the dry victory illejfal on account of the use of separate ballots for the local option question. The members of the board expressed themselves as believing that the majority of the vot­ ers wei35 against the granting of li­ censes and therefore they voted in favor of the majority. M«HENRY'S SOCIETY •A- =- Catevtata Saatsn Members of the freshmen, sopho­ more and junior classes of the McHenry high school entertained iue members of the senior class at Stoffel's hall on Monday evening of this week. A pre­ viously arranged program was first enjoyed, after which a few hours were passed in dancing. The program was a n^tdntoresting as well as entertain­ ing bffif. The doings came to a close with t£e serving of light refreshments. AH present had a fine time. COMNEXCENERT EXERCISES IK Till W rnmMi VMllf l%flU EVEMN6 vrircniv • WMWH I DANCE AT JGHKSqUiurt Tt* next dance at hall, Johnsburgh, will' take place on Friday evening, May 2#. The Northern Illi­ nois orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion and a good time is in store for those who attend. Dance tickets, 50 cents. A^^DfdM^viUUion Is extended to all. •• ' ' " •' - - -V - 'V- Dtnmr aa4 Shwmr In honor of her approaching mar­ riage the Misses Carey of Ringwood entertained a company of friends afc a six o'clock dinner for Miss LaNctte Whiting last Saturday evening.' The event proved one of the daintiest of the season and was very much enjoyed by those present. That same evening Miss Margaret Ward gave a china shower at her home here for the bride- to-be. Miss Whiting was the recipient of many pieces of china, which were both beautiful and expensive. Guess­ ing contests and other forms of amuse­ ments wero enjoyed, all of which went to make up an evening of wholesome entertainment. The event came to a close with the serving of refreshments. MlaMllaaMua ShMrM* Miss Mabel M. Granger, bride-to-be, was tendered a miscellaneous shower by Miss Kathryn Burks at the home of Mr. and Mi-s. E. E. Bassett last Satur- urday evening. The event was given in the way of a surprise, the guest of honor being kept ignorant of the affair until that night. Invitations had pre­ viously been extended by the hostess to the members of the old "Five Hun­ dred Card", club, of which the coming bride was a member, and a few friends. The chief form of amusement for the evening was guessing contests, in which Misses Julia Stoffel and. Mabel Granger won first honors. At an appropriate hour delicate refreshments were served. The gifts presented to the guest of honor were varied and of a beautiful nature, including cut glass, silver, hand painted china and linen. Miss Granger will be married early in June. SHELTON-WEBER A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Mary's Catholic church here last Thursday afternoon when Rev. A. Royer officiated at a ceremony which united the hearts and hands of Mrs. Anna Shelton and Peter Weber, both of this village. The ceremony was of a most simple nature and utterly void of the frills whieh aceompany such occasions. Attending them were Miss Gertrude Weber-, sister of the groom, and William Bickler, a nephew of the bride. Following the CcrcuiOujr the couple, with members of the imme diate families, gathered at the home of the groom's parents east of the river, where a reception was tendered them. The ' bride is the daughter of Mrs. Theodore Bickler of this village and is well and favorably known to most of our people. The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Weber and is employed at the Borden milk factory here, where his services have been most valuable for some years past. The oouple have already gone to housekeeping in the Frank Steinsdoerfer house in the north end of town, where they are now at home to their friends. Their many friends here extend congratulations. MEMORIAL DAY In compliance with the supreme by­ laws of the R. N. A. and M. W. A., the first Sunday in June should be obr served as memorial day, the day on which they should honorably remem­ ber their dead. That particular day, however, is a church day for the ma­ jority of the people residing in this vicinity. It has therefore seemed wise and fitting to hold their exercises on the nation's memorial day. The Cen­ tral opera house has been donated by Mr. Smith lor the occasion and the exercises will be conducted by our lady members.. The old soldiers will be the guests of the day aud the cLil- drcu will assist them in their usual manner. It is hoped that a good audi­ ence will greet the efforts of .the ladles to celebrate Decoration day. A MEMBER. LAHER CEMETERY AID SOCIETY The Ladies' Cemetery Aid society will meet with Mrs. J. B. Perryt Tues­ day, June 2, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. Few have responded as yet to the call for the $1.00 a year to care for the resting place oX those we love, and if we are to keep our cemetery in its present con­ dition we must have your assistance. Try to be present at this meeting and help to carry on this good work. f'i&fi MRS. J. B. PERRY, Pres. MRS. T. J. WALSH, Sec. DECORATION DAY DANCE The members of the Fox River Val­ ley camp, R. N. A., No. 3251, extend a pordial invitation to Everyone to be present at a Deooratlon day dance, which will he given by that society at Stoffel's hall on Saturday evening, }flay 30- Moore's orchestra of Wood­ stock has been engaged to furnish the music and a fine time is assured those who turn out. Discs tickets, 15 cento. Let Win. Simes supply you with lightning rods. He has the best prop- aiHtion ever put on the market. v LARCE CROWD PRESENTA. S. (UNOSFORD 18 SPEAKER OF EVENING AND GIVES EXCELLENT ADDRESS On Tuesday evening of this week were held the commencement exercises for the class of '1"4, the largest to leave McHenry high school in its history-- a class of eleven girls and six boys. The event was. held in the Central opera house and in spite of the extreme heat a capacity house greeted the hon­ ored ones of the evening as the curtain rose for the opening number on the program. / The stage was beautifully decorated in the class colors, maroon and white Potted plants and flowers banked the front, while graceful festoons of the American Beauty rose, the class flow­ er, hung from above. The class motto, "DIG," waa conspicuous across the front. The program waa carried out as printed in last week's Issue, Miss Tnes Coffin, music director, playing the opening march. The glee club and girls' sextette showed the efficiency of Miss Coffin's work, especially for the short time she has been in our school. The class poem by Lester Sherman and class prophecy by Edwin Heimer were both perfectly delivered and surely were a credit to the young authors. We hope to publish same in foltowlng issues. The speaker of the evening, A. S. Kingsford, superintendent of schools at Aurora, gave an address that must have filled the hearts and minds of all who heard it with a new determina­ tion to meet life with braver hearts and to give the best that is iti them to their work. He gave so many instanc­ es to Illustrate his points--so many examples of handicaps overoome by a strong determination and high ideals-- that no one present could truthfully feel he had "no show." He showed that only in Work, with a noble pur­ pose in vi$w, could be found real hap­ piness, and gave Edison's definition for success as "98% hard work and 2% genius." When asked if he didq't mean inspiration, he replied: "No; perspiration." The class, especially, was told that so much depended entire­ ly upon one's own determination to succeed--one didn't need to be "born with & silver spoon in his mouth" to get what the world had to offer. In fact, it WRB his personal observation that those who had to work for things got them and could appreciate their worth and be an inspiration and uplift to their fellowmen. He said it needed no .string of college diplomas to be an educated person, but he hoped that all who oould do so would oontinue with higher work, and by all means not con­ sider their education completed now. One good bit of advice he gave was: "If jou oan't have what you want, leafti to want what you have." A university graduate himaelf, Mr. Kingsford gave a talk "in plain En­ glish"--there were no fancy flights above the heads of his listeners, and every word carried his message. The program closed with the vale­ dictory by Miss Esther Stoffel. This, also, was faultlessly rendered, a fitting farewell to associates and teachers of many years. The diplomas were proudly present­ ed by Prof. A. E. Nye, who for three years of the four has held this class together and has the pleasure of know­ ing that this year's graduates number nearly three times those of his first year here and two times those of last year. In connection with this, we may add that a class of nlneteeu received eighth grade diplomas in the afternoon and it is hoped that all will complete the high school work and four years from now fill the stage at did the seniors of Tuesday night. ~ GAS COMPANY HAS OFFICE The Western United Gas & Electric Co., which is now in this village, has rented the store room in the C. G. Frett building in Center- ville, which will he used for office and store room purposes. The compaay is now moving into same and within the next few days will have the place open for business with sortie wan or young lady in charge. The company still has its gang of workman here and from present indications about three hun­ dred stoves will be installed at this place, which certainly is quite a rec­ ord for a village the size of MeHenry, and which goes to show that the peo­ ple are ever ready to aeeept the more modern convenienses which the world of today aflords. ""LEST WE FORGET** Another year has rolled avotmd and the time is here when the thinned line of blue marches with halting tread to honor the boys that have gene to the last roll call. Few of the gallsal boys of m and t>5 are still with us. The big majority have goae to the Great Com­ mander. In hooor of those that have gone and those that are stllf with us we run in this of The Plmntlealer _ %m i-i &Q &ppiV|MlllM3 MllViO uu wcuivriai day that is well worth reading. Do not fail to read this special illustrated featurow Yon will enjoy t£ NO. sqj MND ISSUE CARRES me ONE MNMB9 AND THIRTY-OMB TOTEM VttEf FOULS ITEMS OF That very little interest Wta rnani* fested in the special school election held last Saturday • for the purpose of voting for and against the bonding of this school district to the amount of $7,000 is evidenced from the fact that only about one-fifth of the vote in the district was cast. To be exact 131 voters went to the polls. Of this num­ ber 85 voted for and 46 against, thus it may be seen that the proposition car­ ried almost two to one> As is only natural, there are a few "kickers," but we sincerely believe that when these voters give the mat-1 ter another serious consideration they will have no fault to find. In looking over what other towns the size of McHenry and even Smaller places are giving their children in the way of schools we should say that Mc­ Henry is just a bit behind, but now that the majority of voters have cast their ballots in favor of an addition to the present school building the chil­ dren of this district will be given as good a learning institution as is to be found anywhere in the northern part of the state. . Two meetings of the board of educa­ tion have been held sinee last Satur­ day. A building oommittee, composed of Stephen H. Freund, P. J. Clearv and Charles L. Page, has been appoint­ ed and the plans and specifications for the new addition are now being pre­ pared by Architect Tnrabull of Elgin, who drew up the plans for the present school building. The board expects to receive the plans and specifications some time this week and just as soon as same arrives bids will be advertised for and actual work started at the earliest possible moment. It is the wish of the board as well as all others interested to have the new addition completed by the beginning of the fall term of school and with this end in view the preliminary work is being rushed with all possible haste. The new addition will correspond in architecture with the present building and will be 36^60 feet in dimensions, DrsYrLAffmiUKC' iPOSTH5S5WB5WSS5 WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING • THIS VLL* LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE YtCnUXjr-- orant MMTT PAR AGRAFM. Butter M«rk«f * Butter sales were made on the board of trade on Monday at FOR SALIC--Girl's bicycle, size.;, Will be sold cheap.^ this office, t Take an afternoon off sad assist in making MOHenry's menwdbl day war* ., thy of the name next Saturday. The farmers residing in this seotldS 'II declarethat the rain of last Saturday \sight did an abundance of good. We believe them. V v-J;- The swimming: season is on. uu^p . of the boys took their first dip cm Mon* • Vs day evening of this week. All pro- • T* ^ nounced the water fine. ^ if Get out your old straw boon<j|if v- With the dust spots cm it, With Elkay's clean it all ovc)^ Ten cents at McAllister's. TAKES HONORS IN SPELLING Frank Doherty and Helen O'Donald, pupils of the Holcombville school, won first and second prizes, respectively, in the spelling contest connected with the annual Nunda township school exer­ cises held at the Terra Cotta school on Monday evening of this week. Miss Lucile Byrd of this village, a product of the McHenry high school, is the teacher of the Holcombille school and thru her juntiring efforts she has brought the school up so that it now ranks as one of the best counts? insti­ tutions in this cotmty. Thru her efforts it has been credited a standard school. Miss Mary Bolger, a pupil of Miss Marguerite Knox, teacher in the Bol­ ger district and also a graduate of Mc­ Henry school, won third place. Mary is only ten years old and a pupil of the fifth grade, and winning this place in a class of eighteen is indeed an honor. The three pupils who won honors on Monday evening will compete for coun­ ty honors, which will be awarded at a eounty spelling contest which will be conducted during the MoHenry eounty fair. . CLASS PLAY DRAWS PACKED HOUSE One of the largest, if not the largest crowd that ever packed the Central opera house, gathered at that place last Friday evening to witness "The Kingdom of Heart's Content" as pre­ sented by the senior class of the Mo- Henry high school. The advance sale of seats amounted to over $100, while 150 worth of tickets were disposed of at the box office oa the night of the performance. The play was a well chosen one and those who took part certainly did themselves proud. Owing to the fact that seventeen characters appeared in the east we are unable to give individual mention, but will ven lure to say that the efforts the class won the approval of the immense •ndlence present. JUNE PART*' |:,vv V; A June party, to which an hi^tation is extended to everyone, will be held at Nell's Columbia Park pavilion, east of Johnsburgh,*oo Wednesday evening of next week, June 3. This pavilion is, without doubt, one of the largest and best in this section of the state and many are the good times that have been enjoyed here by both old and young in the past. Sohroeder's orches­ tra of Woodstock will furnish the music for the occasion. Dance tickets, 50 cpntf FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC ' Mrs. Nell this week makes the an­ nouncement that the annual Fourth of July picnic will take place at Colum­ bia park, on Fox river, near the Johns­ burgh bridge. For some years past the nation's birthday has been ob­ served with a grand old-fashioned pic­ nic at this place and taking past eventa as a criterion the picnic this year will terminate into one enjoyable affair. Watch these columns for further ad­ vertising matter regarding thia event. Miss Eleanor Phalin has taken Miia Florence Welch's place in her school near Ridgefield, the iatter being eo fined to her home here thru illness. .. The cement workers are employed at the Mrs. Elsena Smith home op Main street on the West Side. A neiW';- cement porch is underway of constru#^ > tion. ' , ,# Green street presented a real cif^; 'V scene on Friday and Tuesday evening^ The class play and graduation exe^| cises brought out the big crowds v, these two nights. The McHenry public aehoot .elsoajl^ for the summer vacation on Tuesday*" " of this week. Strange as it may i we did not see a boy or girl in tears < account of the fact. $F- Mrs. Fred Feltz, Sr., is quite ill her home on Waukegan street. Midi' Marie Block of Elgin, a trained nurse ̂ is caring for her. Her manj frietsdlfj hope for a speedy recovery. The lock boxes for the new waSt !jt the Bank of McHenry tmtfcfoff rived this week and have already betift,;, put in place. The boxes, like thj|-:; vault, are right up to the minute*' Some class, eh? ' The pupils of MisaLaNetbe Whitlng%V room of tike McHenry public MlhP^' - ' enjoyed a' picnic at beautiful M«C0t» lum's lake on Wednesday of this It is unnecessary for us to state tha^-?t the little folks made the best of tho : day. » All of the streets In town veoMnijl̂ a thoro sprinkling last Saturday nighi, The heavy rain laid the dust in fino" / shape and in view of the fast tbaiv; everyone was complaining abontr .tl^t <v dust all wire satisfied, for a day St least. . ' • ^ The • West Side merehantR agreed to close their respective placea _ of business from one until five o'clock next Saturday afternoon. This Is dl»» ' playing the (right sort of spirit and wjfc\A commend these men on their honorable ' action. 1 !•* ./I m / 'J , i - i' On aooount of the rain of last Satur­ day night and Sunday morning thf, manager of the local baseball tea% called the game off for that day. At* tho the sun came out before noon the playing field was anything but in oonr dition for a contest. - ^ >1 Si ! W* •• we ieartfe;^.:.;^:^ a^fbrmer.' The school children erf St parochial school will receive couimunp- ion in a body at the 8 o'clock mass al St. Mary's Catholic church next Sun^- g iff day morning. This will be the first holy communion for some. Most of them have already received this ment. From the Elgin Courier -we leant that Mrs. Mayme Overton, •teacher in the McHenry school, ha* been re-engaged to teach the There's complexion protection In our cold cream. It preserves good com­ plexions and improves poor ones. 25c at PMMkV grade in one of the schools in that city^ ^ < As the board of education has nota^ ^ ̂ yet made assignments, we are unable ^ to say to what school Mra. Overtop rV'; ; - will go. • *C£' The Kimball Piano company of Chi- ^ cago has rented the Mrs. Bonalet^/^ ' ! store room on Green street, Center* ,{ ^ ville, and are now conducting a bi# . / ̂ piano sale therein. A full page adver*., ^ ^ tisement on another page of this issue- of The Plaindealer sets forth som<f wonderfully low prices. Read the ad-, « vlp|| vertisement. ,:#'|v It begins to loak as if Mayor Stoftii means business when he says that tho' •':% saloons must remain closed on Sun* > ^ days. A complaint had been made to* J him that some of the places were as!)* _ -7 ing on Sundays and as a result tho'twsp^ ^ polioe officers received instnlittoaaf;\j-l last week to keep them closed ttjgifc J This they were on Su<oday. ^ If For the first time in many yaaw ^ every store room on GrttB.afinfl now rented, two piano aMma, tliff. ^ gas company office and tke Chisago Telephone company being the comers. Over on the West Side onljf, one desirable stare roost ie«*MM|g^?:'>v~ this being the Bohnorr WWr v merly oocupSsd by the Mm -A y%