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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITERS COMERS AND GOERS QF A WEEK ; : %f OUR BUSY ̂ VILLAGE siQpf: 4s Seen By PliinSealer Reporter* and ]l Handed Into Our Office By Our Friends W. E. Whiting spent Saturday in e metropolitan city. Henry Dowe pf Rockford was the est of his family here over the urth. Mr. and .Mrs. E. J. Mansfield of ^oodstock we McHenry" visitors "Sunday; ;V ; * • Mrs, Geo. Mix of * Chicago is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. jitDhn Miller. John Aylward of Elgin was the test of McHenry relatives the first the week. ' _a Miss Laura - Barbian wild among ""the Chicago passengers last Satur­ day morning. s.^; Miss Lulu Colby of Elgin spent the $rst of the week as the guest of Mc­ Henry friends. / • John Schreiner of /Elgin spent the first of the week as the guest of Mc­ Henry relatives. * Jos. Hoffman of Chicago spent the first of. the'week as the gUest of McHenry friends. ^ Mfss Margaret Miller passed sev­ eral days last week as the guest of Chicago relatives. j Miss Marion Chap^ll of Chicago passed the week end as the guest of -McHenry relatives. ^ Mrs. Gertrude Meslein of Chicago A a guest in the home of her daugh- , |§r, Mrs. Louis Oertel. "• Miss Fordyce Goodell of De Pere, iMTis., is a guest in the home of her tfrother, C. W. Goodell. ^ • V Miss Marie Moritz of Chicago "'•j^ent the first of the week as the "gtafest of McHenry friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bennett and daughter of Belvidere were visitors in town one* day last week. "ir1 Miss Vera Turner of Solon is "pending a-few days with Miss Alta l^entworth at her home here. sT- Miss Marion Van Patten of Chica- . ~j0> spent the first of the week as the guest of Miss Esther Stoffel. Mrs. Geo. Griffiths of Woodstock ^fpent Monday as a guest in the home «f Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bassett. Mrs. Mary Crilly of Chicago spent like first of the week as a guest in the home of Mrs. Ella Hanly. Miss Fannie Granger and Mrs. L. Owen spent several days last week the guests of relatives at Elgin. ,r Earl Mead of Oak Park was a , Sunday guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mead. Mrs. Josephine Heimer of Chicago Is spending, the week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Itiller. Fred Eggebreeht of Elgin spent Saturday and Sunday as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. . Mr. and Mrs. James T. Perkins and r children passed Sunday afternoon as ||je guests of relatives at the coun- %4#r seat. $ Miss Irma Bauman of Dundee and. Mrs. S. Sienian of Chicago spent a day last week as the guests of Miss * Clara Stoffel. '!7 Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Cobb and chil- v^lren of Hebron passed Tuesday as quests of Mrs. Cohb's mother, Mrs. Sarah Dermont. Mr. and Mrs. Alford Nichols of f licago were guests in the home of r. and Mrs. Frank Zuelsdorf the *lrst of the week. Miss Celia Merry of Hebron passed Saturday evening as the guest of Miss Esther Stoffel and attended the :.>£ust Us club dance. •-< Miss Martha Althoff of Kenosha, r Wia., was a guest in the home of | |kr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller from Satur­ day until Wednesday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Engeln and [ slaughter, Virginia, of Crystal Lake 'f. fljpent the first of the week as the r-guests of McHenry relatives. I Mr. and Mrs. J. U McOmber and -4aught<er, Marion, of Chicago are l|ere for the summer, having opened i ^ieir cottage just'across the river. MISS PITZEN WINS PONY Given Away By J. J. Vycital, the Hardware Maqr The '«bntest, advertised by S. Vycital, came to a close Jtity 3 and as a result Elvera Pitzen of Pista- kee Bay won the pony and cart, she receiving the largest number of voles, as will be seen by the figures below this heading. Mr. Vycital wishes to thank those who put such enthusiasm into the contest and will a,ward the next six highest with suitable prizes. The following is a list of thV cofift testants with the number ot votes counted by a committee of three, viz., John Heimer, Wm, Schumacher ahd James Green: J Hlvera Pitzen,. Zelma Hutson. Gladys Rietes^ Paul Karls ...» Charles Fre Joseph Schae" Ed. Boger ..... Dorothy Freund Hubert Schoewer • erer ...... Stewart Mueller of Chicago passed Hhe latter part of last and the fore mart of this week as a guest in the :home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page. v Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Burns of Aus- Ijin spent the latter part of last and fore part of this week as the - guests of relatives at Emerald Park. " M.r and Mrs. Joe Buch and chil- |»>n returned to their home in Chi­ cago Tuesday after spending several days as the guests of McHenry rela­ tives. Mr. and • Mrs» ~A. Barker a»4 daughter, Glenys, of Rockford spent ighe first of the week as guests in Jjhe home of, Mr* and Mrs. Peter J. ^freund. r Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hanly and little daughter, Grace, of Elgin spent the first of the week as guests in the home of the former's mother, Mrs. JMa Hanly. - Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bohlander of .... *999,400 ,. ,470.775 . v.V» , . . .413,935 .254,035 64,605 60,430 ... 17,230 .... 4,780 -- • urn At the Central The J. Wllard Mayley Stock com­ pany will present, at the Central opera house next Sunday evening, the great American, crook or Underworld play in four acts, entitled "The Up­ hill Road." This play has been a wonderful success, having had runs of four and six months respectively in Chicago and New York. The play tells the story of the struggle of an ex-convict to go straight after a tefm "by the- river." There is also a beautiful tale of love and romance dovetailed into the piece and there is plenty of good, clean comedy. Modern vaudeville will be offered be­ tween acts, making the performance continuous. M.r Bayley is well known in McHenry, having been here on many previous occasions as the leading man with Flora DeVoss. Mr. Bayley has been exploiting his own organization since Christmas and has met with unusual success. Special scenery will be used thruout the. bill. _ Cemetery Society. The Cemetery Aid society will hdd their next meeting with Mrs. James B. Perry Tuesday, July 11, at 2:30 p. m. All who have paid their an­ nual dues will have the graves of their loved ones cared for, otherwise they will find them left without at­ tention, not from choice, but we have not the money to pay the rare-taker. Have you paid your $1.00? * 1 Mrs. J. B. Perry, President. Mrs. T. J. Walsh, Secretary. New Auto BUB Overton & Cowen recently pur­ chased a sixteen passenger auto bus, which they pressed into service last week. The purchase was made from the Bauer livery at Crystal Lake, who did not find business enough to warrant them success with it. The bus is a beauty, electrically lighted and'up to date in every par­ ticular. It will be kept busy during the summer months. Priests at Harvard Reverends Paul Bourke of Roehelle, M. J. McEvoy and Edward Berthold motored from here Tuesday via Woodstock to Harvard and partici­ pated in celebrating the golden jubi­ lee of the foundation of St. Joseph's church there and also the dedicar tion of a new parochial school. Rev. Daniel A. Feeley, pastor at Harvard, had charge of the exercises. Miss Rose Parsley Hlj«« Rose Parsley died at her home near Burton's Bridge Saturday morning, July 1. She had many friends in St Patrick's parish here, where she attended mass until the erection of- a Catholic church at Cary a few years ago, where funeral ser­ vices were held Wednesday, and burial was made in St. Patrick's cemetery in this village. ^ , Thanks Her Fried* I want The Plaindealer to thank the many kind friends at McHenry Johnsburg and Pistakee Bay for the votes they gave in helping me to win the pony and cart in the contest at Vycital's and. will try before the sea­ son closes to drive around and thank you all personally. v Elvera Pitsen. Hampshire, ni., home of the fo< find Mrs. F. A. #f the week. ts in the ents, Mr. the first TX3 WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS V OR OIJR EXCHANGES % Notice Notice, is hereby given - that wr banty in McHenry will hereafter close at 4:00 o'clock each Saturday after- non to remain closed for the-balance of the day, thus doing away with the Saturday evening opening. Hoy Banking Co. * Next Meeting of R. N. A. The next meeting oif Fox River Valley camp, No. 3251, R. N. A., will take place Tuesday evening, July 18. Books will be audited. Social and beneficial members please note that assessment No. 6, with per capita, is past due. Loretto Walsh, Rec. M. E. Church Services as follows next Sunday: Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; preach­ ing services, 11:00 a. m.; evening services, 7c46 p. m. W. C. Kvars, Pa stor. -.<* Tf-yt "•t ' ' rr v Mtarelfaneotta Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Bug) People A band is being organised atBar- rington. Seventy-one farms are now regis­ tered at the court house at Wood­ stock. j The city of Kenosha, Wis., now has a population of over 30,000, aft in­ crease of 5,000 during the past year. Work was started last week on a large new garage building at Rich­ mond. E. M. Stewart is erecting it. The township high school propo­ sition Was vote^ down at Alden last week. The vote stood 63 for and 107 against. Bishop P. J, Muldoon of Rockford confirmed a class of eighty at St. Peter and St. Paul church at Cary last Sunday. The Commercial club of1 Crystal Lake enjoyed a banquet in that city one evening last week. There were seventy present. The Johnson Construction company of Chicago has been awarded the con­ tract far the street paving job at Harvard, their bid being $69,319. The business men of Genoa Junc­ tion, Wis., have engaged the Rich­ mond band for concerts in that vil­ lage every Friday evening during the summer months. By actual count, there were 158 automobiles and 53 carriages on the streets of Marengo during a concert by the Marengo concert orchestra one evening last week. Officials of the C. & N. W. railway company visited Hebron one day last week, making arrangements for the removal of the stock yards from one of her principal streets. Hebron has been promised a more adequate train service by the C. & N. W. company. The enterprising citi­ zens of that village are surely en­ titled to better service than they have been getting. A number of prominent Chicagoans visited the fish hatchery at Spring Grove one day last week. Included among the visitors were Carter Har­ rison, State's Attorney Hoyne and State Fish Commissioner Henry Von Metreen. Robert Gitlmore, son of Judge and Mrs. O. H. Gillmore, former resi­ dent s of Woodstock, is a member of Battery E, field artillery. The young man has given up a lucrative posi­ tion as assistant editor of the Photo­ play magazine, Chicago, while he is on duty at the front. The Yerkes observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis., is now open to persons presenting cards every afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30. Tickets may be had by addressing the observatory at Williams Bay, fais., and enclosing a self addressed and stamped envelope with a request for the number of ad­ mission cards desired. The sewer contractor at Grayslake is having more than a little trouble in keeping help. A fang of Austral­ ians, who were employed on the job quit short one day last week and the next morning demanded their pay. They got it and then went back to Chicago from where they came. The following day a new gang went to work, but quit the same day. The third gang is now at work. Waukegan has passed a wheel tax ordinance and hereafter motorcycle owners will be obliged to pay this tax in addition to the regular state li­ cense. The rates, as embodied in the ordinance, are as follows: Mo­ torcycles, $2.00; trucks less than 35 h. p., $5.00; 35 h. p* or more, $8.00; motorcoaches, $12; motor trucks, one ton capacity or les#, $5.00; one to three ton machines, $10.00; o^er three tons, $20.00. Harvard Independent: H. Huck- atadt and Jas. V. Wright commenced work Wednesday on the . big grading and graveling job connecting with the state road out of Woodstock. Four miles of road will be constructed and the job, which will cost $6,000, was awarded Messrs. Huckstadt and Wright without a bid. Commencing at the end of the state road, about three miles northwest of Woodstock, four miles of grading and graveling will be done--two miles towards Har­ vard apd two miles toward Marengo. The big excavating grader, secured to handle , this work, arrive^ here on Tuesday. A^out sixteen men and ten teams will be employed on the job, which is expected to take about three months. . Wedding Dance A wedding dance will take place at Nell's Columbia park dancing pa­ vilion on Monday evening of next week, July 10. The young folks who patronize these dances always look forward to events at this resort with great pleasure and the place never fails to draw a large crowd of danc­ ers. The McHenry orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone to ha Dance tickets, 50 cen|* Charles Newman Writes of Coadi- tpoos at Fort Brown/ Texaa Fort Brown, Texas, June 29, 1910. Dear Mother and Father--Recei\j$d a letter from Gerald last night, but have not heard from you for two weeks.' Think you must be sick. If Carranza does not let those sev­ enteen negro soldiers go by tomor­ row we go into Mexico for sure. The captain in charge of the troop of negroes at Carrixal, Mexico, says every man died singing and joking and fought laughjng when they knew they were doomed. That is what I call a soldier and no militiaman could do it, but we are training for it, and face perils day and night. When we fight Mexico we will have to fight every man, woman and child. Two battery of siege guns came today and inside of three days we will have 30,000 men in the Brown- ville district, which extends , 150 miles. We even drilled Sunday so as to harden us up and hike about ten or fifteen mile every forenoon with­ out water and only ten minutes' rest. We hiked today and half of us were full of cactus and evei?y step we took they would go farther in, but could not stop, and couldn't see ten feet in front. We make about six miles an hour..? Have not had a rmin .since God knows when. Is Clyde Zoia home from Notre Dame yet? I havent heard from him lately. The militia \^ill not get much of a chance to fight, but will guard the border, for it takes experience and a lot of training to go into Mexico and they will be sickly for. a couple of weeks, as this is an awful climate. Their feet and limbs break out with what they call dobey itch. Best regards to Bill, Tony and Dick. Love to all. Charles. VOLO HAS EXERCISES LETTER FROM SOLDIER BOY School ChHdren Appear In Excellent Program at the Central The commencement exercises of St. Peter's school, Volo, 111., were held, at the Central opera house here on Friday evening of last week, June 30. The program consisted of a five act drama, entitled "Dolores,^ a trag­ edy in one act, entitled "Arden's Ro­ sary," recitations and duets. The graduates were Joseph Molidor, Frank Rosing and. Frances Pitzen. The diplomas were presented by Rev. Geo. Shark, pastor of the Volo Catholic church. The program was pat -on by the pupils of the school and the parents as Well as all who attended were more than pleased with the talent presented by the pupils of St. Peter's school. ^ • QUARTER OF A CENTURY i Items Clipped From The Plaindealer Of Twenty-Five Yean Ago Mrs. F. M. Ovrealeer, who has been very sick the past few weeks, is rap­ idly improving, which will be good news to her many friends in' this vil­ lage and vicinity. The game of ball at the driving park on the Fourth was not of the most interesting character, as neither club played up to their usual stand­ ard. The result was 16 to 15 in fa­ vor of Woodstock. The party at the Riverside House on the 3rd was a grand success finan­ cially, in numbers and every other way. Two hundred and one couples were present and§ everything passed off as smoothly as a Sunday school. K. of C. to Harvard The local Knights of Columbus baseball team will play their first out-of-town game next Sunday, when they travel over to Harvard to do battle with the K. of C. team of that city. This game was scheduled for last Sunday, but owing to the failure of the suits to arrive the date was changed to the coming Sunday, as the boys want to look their very best in the opening game of the season. The team has been playing practice games during the past two or three Sundays and the boys feel that they are capable of putting up a very fair article of ball. McHenry followers jof the team wish them unbounded success and hope that McHenry's traveling team will be just as suc­ cessful in point of games won as the McHenry Sox have been thus far this season. The team is under the lead­ ership of Ed. L. Hayes. Celebration Big Success The Fourth of July celebration at Johnsburg proved a grand success. Every number on the program was carried out to perfection and the par­ ishioners of St. John's church have enriched their treasury much to the credit of all members of the parish and their zealous pastor, Rev. Wm. Weber. Pay year gas bills at Petesch's, RESORT SEASON 0PEK1NG SEASON OF POTATO PESTS .oY NOW PIED _ OCCU- • i|', How To Treat Pests and Diseases ef Potatoes v..*;--. Pistakee and River Scene of Gayety --Hotels Entertain Large Crowds the First of the Week Bathing, boating and, fishing are now in order among the resorters. The river is still quite high, much to the joy of the bathers and motor- boat owners. ' The Mineral Sptrings and Stilling's hotels at Pistakee Bay are still closed and from all appearances the places will not be opened this year. Some very pretty as well as ex­ pensive boats are now traversing the waters of this summer resort region, many of which are the work of the local builders. W Mertes' dance hall at Pistakee Bay has lost none of i£s popularity, as the dances there always bring out a bappy gathering of young folks, both natives and resorters. Emerald Park, south of the village, looks prettier than ever this year. Property owners there are taking particular pride in their places, as shown by the well kept lawns. A number of gay events took place at the Pistakee Yacht club pavilion over the Foruth. These gatherings are always enjoyed by the members and the events of the past week were no exceptions to this rule. Excursion boats are now plying the waters of Fox river and the chain of lakes. Business has opened up most auspiciously for the owners of these craft, who look forward to one of the best seasons in years. The warm days of the past week or more made the real summer sea­ son opening a gay one. The crowds over the Fourth were large. Every hotel in McHenry, along the river and at Pistakee Bay was filled to overflowing. One of the prettiest places along Fox river is the Orchard Beach hotel and grounds. The place underwent extensive improvements during the early spring months and its beauties are being admired by everyone. Mellin's resort on Bald Knob, Pis­ takee Lake, is once more under the able management of the owner, S. J. Mellin. Altho Mr. Mellin is get­ ting along in years, he is never more content than when buoring himself at his beautiful resort. A little German band livened up things along Fox river and Pistakee lake on Monday of this week, when they enjoyed a boat trip from Fox Lake to McHenry and back. The music was received with rounds of applause all along the route. Most of the cottage owners and renters are now enjoying the com­ forts and pleasures that this beauti­ ful summer resort district 'affords, Many social event have taken place during the past week and from now until the close of the season this sec tion will present a busy scene. The Rovers of Chicago enjoyed a Fourth of July outing at their cot­ tage at Pistakee Bay. Among those to enjoy the outing were: Messrs. H. Aldworth, E. Bagley, Tom Kelley,, Terry Costello, P. Gribben, J. Cook, G. Walz, Frank Clifford Kennen and Dave Brandt The boys surely did make use of every minute while here. Bending Day' Sunday, July 16, will be Bending day at the baseball park. L. P. Bending, one of the oldest and best all-round ball players that McHenry has ever known, will be honored on that occasion. Louie has probably done as much for baseball in Mc­ Henry as any other player who ever wore a local uniform. Altho now a resident of Woodstock, he has never forgotten this village and her peo­ ple, When it became known that Mc­ Henry was to have a baseball team this season Mr. Bending was one of the first pliers to offer Manager Walsh any assistance at his com­ mand. He is a baseball worker and a good booster and in appreciation of present and past work it has been decided to hold Bending day at the ball park on the above mentioned date. The proceeds of the game, which is to be played between the Rockford Maroons and the McHenry Sox, will be turned over to the mem b«ni of Company G„ 3rd Illinois, I. N. G. ett ̂ ^ ^ X tW Warning Notice All parties found or seen hunting, fishing, boating or trespassing, with­ out my permission, on Lake Defiance, within the lines of the N. W. % of within the lines of the N. W. % of the S. E. *4 of section 6, township 44, N., range 9, E. 3rd P. M., will be prosecuted to the extent of the law, and all boats found trespassing with­ in the above lines on said lake will be captured and held as hostage. See Hlinois statutes, chapter 5*6, section 7. M. Kelter. Miss Mary Kanaly of Elgin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Mahoney and Miss Nellie Grant of Chicago attended the fnueral of Miss Rose Parsley here last Wednesday, " Hits is the season of the yWft"wheP diseases and pests begin to appear in the potato fields and unless con­ trolled may cause a complete failure to the crop. The most common pest is the well known potato bug, which may be con­ trolled by spraying with a solution of paris green or arsenate of lead. Late blight, a fungus disease, de­ velops best in cool, rainy weather, such as we have been having the past few weeks. Potatoes effected with late blight have the appearance of ripening. The vines are destroyed, which causes the tubers to rot, whether in the soil or in storage. There is no cure for blight after it once gets a good start in the field, but it may be prevented by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. The first application should be put on at once and repeated every two weeks for six or eight weeks, depending up­ on weather conditions. Paris green or arsenate of lead mixture may be mixed with Bordeaux and the two applied at the same time. Fursarium wilt is becoming quite common in many sections and in some cases cuts the yield by one- fourth. This disease may be-detect- ed on the potato by cutting off the stem end and noting the black ring which appears. In the field it is de­ tected by the hollow stefcn and the rotting of foe stem at the base. Each plant thus effected cuts the yield and if the whole field is effected it cuts the yield by a great many bushels. The effected plants should be pulled out and clean seed planted. Rhiyoctonia wilt of little potato disease may be detected by the ap­ pearance of little black spots on the potato before planting and by the formation of little potatoes on the vines aft^r growth. In the first stages of the development of this disease the leaves begin to curl lightly and the vine has the general appearance of a rose bush. The pas­ sage thru the stem has been cut off at the surface of the ground. The nature of the potato is to store starch and sure it cannot store it underneath the surface. It stores it above the ground in the form of small tubers, which are found on the vines. This disease has a very marked effect on the yield, sometimes cutting it by as much as one-half. To prevent this, the potato should be treated before planting with corrosive sublimate, which treatment is also efficient in eradicating the common scab which is prevalent. Formalin has been used for years for scab because it is less dangerous to have around than the corrosive sublimate, but the later treatment will effect both the scab and the wilt ai)d therefore meets with better success at the present time. Close inspection of the field during growth and at digging time will as­ certain to what extent these diseases have developed and whether the treatment before planting is neces­ sary in this section. There is still time to treat for the potato bugs and blight and all are urged to take these precautions. McHenry Co. Soil Imp. Assn. A. J. Gafke, Co. Agri. Agent Annual Appropriation Ordinance Be it ordained by the president and board of trustees of the Village of McHenry, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois: Section 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any money that is now or that may be hereafter in the village treasury of the Village of McHenry, not otherwise appropri­ ated, the following sums of money for the purposes herein specified to defray the necessary expenses and liabilities of said Village for the fis­ cal year commencing on the first day of May, A. D. 1916, viz.: For salaries $2000.00 For sidewalks For streets" and plleys <.. For waterworks For public property fnudv. For contingent expenses . Section 2. That this .. 2000.00 .. 3500.00 .. 1000.00 .. 1000.00 .. 3000.00 ordinance ITEHS OF LOCAL ffllOEST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER BKPORTEK8 DURING WKKH-- What People are Doing in This Vil­ lage and the Immediate Vicinity-- Other Short Paragraphs Butter Market Butter sold at 27& cents per poQad on the Elgin hoard of trade last Safe* urday. Read The Plaindealer ads. ^, Binding twine at Math. Freand%» ' ; Golf goods at the McAllister draff store. Gibbsr ice cream DeLuxe a& rjfak: Allister's. • "A' shall be in force and Effect ten (10) days after its passage, approval and publication according to law. Approved, D. G. Wells, President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of McHenry, Illinois, Attest: W. G. Schreiner,1 Village Clerk. Passed, July 3, 1916. Approved, July 3, 1916. Published, July 6, 1916. "Fine Feathers** Pleases Glenn Beveridge and his players presented "Fine Feathers" to a most appreciative audience at the Central opera house last Sunday evening.The play is one of the strongest and best that has been seen at this play house in a number of years and those who were present seemed to enjoy it thoroly. The Beveridge orchestra, the up-to-the-minute specialties and the tHo fre, worthy of special men­ tion. I Band Flaindaahr afla. Ask McAllister about Rat Omu, the safe poison. - /• Read The Plaindealer and keep pcafc-' f ed on local happenings. ^ A full line of Dee.ring binders ' mowers at Math. Freund's. S-2t The Social Wheel will meet with Mrs. D. G. Wells on Friday after- noon, July 7. * Wm. Bonslett, who has been | iously ill at his home on Waukegan street, is now on the gain. * j John P. Schreiner is enjoying a two weeks' vacation from his duties - ^ at the F. A. Bohlander store. /Mrs. Anna Zens of Waukegan hap come to make her home with her ̂ daughter, Mrs. Robert Frisby. . ^ "f Math. Freund carries a complete % line of farm machinery. See him when in the market. 3-2t Mrs. David Woodburn informs w that her son, Wayne, of Rockford la among the Illinois guards - camp at Springfield. i *1 The tall grass and weeds along out thorofare has been mown daring the past week. Another step towards making our village a place of beauty. Miss Alice Waite will assist at the postoffice in Centerville during the busy months of July and August. She commenced her duties on day. Eight automobiles, carrying Algon­ quin Fourth of July boosters, went thru town Friday noon. They came here from Wauconda and were en- route to Woodstock. « The Independence party, given hy ) 1 the girls of the Just Us club at Stof- 1 fel's hall last Saturday evening, was well attended. The music was fine J and the usual good time always ^ shownwtheir guests prevailed. / f W. D. Wentworth met with a pain­ ful accident one day last week. Whfle cranking his auto he was struck by the handle near the wrist and has been unable to use his arm since thft accident. A Ford, driven by Robert Knot, collided with a buggy in the jam on our streets Saturday night. The ac­ cident was unavoidable* K© serious results, outside of slight damages to vehicle and automobile. Homer Wattles, an old resident fit this place, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday July 5. He has made his home with his son, F. H. Wattles, since the death of his wife. In spila of his advanced age, Mr. Wattles en­ joys the best of health. * r* Sixteen Boy Scouts from the K|fe> ball avenue Evangelical church of Chicago, under the leadership a# Scout Master Jas. H ax ton, Jr., spent several days this and last week at Emerald Park, where they foond ideal entertainment ^ In the automobile contest, |hlB '4 by the Grayslake Times, Miss Celia Geary of Wauconda was the lucky winner of a Reo touring car. Miss j Geary is a sister of Mrs. H, J, Schaf- fer of this place and has many friends here, who rejowSe at her #pa». ^ cess. ' , The lecture, given by Dr. Geo. P. Gill of Rockford at Stoffel's hall on Thursday evening last, under the auspices of McHenry council, K. of C., was well attended. The lecturer related many experiences as an American surgeon while with the British expeditionary force in Franca. The Fourth passed over in a quiet and orderly manner in McHenry and, best of all, no accidents of any sort have been reported. Some of our people took in the celebration at Woodstock, others at Harvard, while still others passed the day at Colum­ bia park. A few remained at home just to see that no one wouki- carry the town away. * The band' concert, given by tile McHenry band on Wednesday even­ ing was well rendered The boys awe certainly doing themselves proud and should be given every encourage­ ment. The next open air concert will take place in Centerville on Wed­ nesday evening, July ,12. The band will also play at the ball park aaat Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Ellen Walsh is visiting her daughter, Mrs, P. Costello, at B* • • y.;*;