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K W ":\n £ «••£€» . , , - . , iF r . "" %M 5'. .'•./> '-•* " * %wt' , H '-->t-.,*<> j V • l|? ^V^-'WT ILLINOIS. THURSDAYi AUGUST 30. 1917 MoHENBY, NO. 11 ITEMS OF LOCAL IRTEKEST *M SAD DEATH cosimrnui HOT WEEK RURAL Yoang Wife Is Called Unexpectedly Sunday Morning AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK ESTEEMED McHENRY PEOPLE CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY What People Are Doing la TO* Vil­ lage and the Immediate Vicinity-- Other Short Paragraphs Batter Market Butter on the Elgin board of trade sold at 41 cents, per pound hut Sat­ urday . VOLUME XLIII sm I; Ftf. r-'V- ^ CHANGE IN Lengthening of Routed to All Aver­ age pi Thirty Miles ' - TJhtpostoffice department ft Wash- ington has ordered an entire re­ arrangement of rural mail routes In McHenry county, the change g<?ing into effect on September 1. According to the new ruling Mc­ Henry county loses eight of its routes, as follows: Woodstock, 2; Harvard,, 2; Marengo, 2; Crystal I&ke, 1, and Richmond, 1. This will leave Wood­ stock with six instead of eight routes, Harvard five instead of seven, Ma- fourteen years of age. rengo four instead of six, Crystal It is expected that Theodore Roose- T^ake two instead of three and Rich- WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS *fl̂ TAKEli FROM THE COLUMNS *>•./} m OUR EXCHANGES f *; * r~!" "* titiacellaneosa Assortment of New® v- Items In Condensed Form For Bas> People " A chautauqua is being h«td at Heb­ ron this week. A stack of timothy hay 500 feet long is a novel sight to be ^seen on the Glen Haven farm near Marengo. Miss Sophie Rieck of Chicago lost her life while bathing at Powers Lake one day last week. The victim was veit will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Byllesby at Lake Geneva* Wis., some time the latter part of next month. Captain H. H. Pillinger, former Al­ gonquin physician, is now in England. He is in charge of thirty medical men and expects to see service at the French front soon. <5eo. W. Seablom of Hebron, aged ninety-one years, claims the distinc­ tion of being the only man in Mc­ Henry county who has seen seventy- two crops of grain mature in this county. The fifty-second annual reunion of the survivors of the ninety-fifth Illi­ nois regiment will take place at Crystal Lake next Tuesday, Sept. 4. Seventy-frte members lore expected to be in attendance. For the consideration of $15,000 a postoffice site has been chosen over at the county seat. The new struc­ ture is lo be constructed on the Con­ way property at Van Buren and John­ son streets in that city. Plans for the building are now being made. Village Marshal Dennis L/imberry of Libertyville was run down by a machine driven by W. H. Baethke of Glen Ellyn, HI., one day recently. He was rushed to the Jane McAllister hospital, where he is now recovering, altho it was first thought that his in­ juries would prove fatai. The war has called two employes of the Harvard Herald print shop. Leslie B. Paddock and Elmer Hamil­ ton are the two young men to answer the call of Uncle Sam. Both have been trusted employes of the Har­ vard paper for a half dozen years or more. A huge grtrin bin, containing more than 2,100 bushels of barley, burst myfor the great pressure on the Sulli­ van Bros, farm near Seneca one day recently. The big bin is on the second floor, of the barn and it was only thru quick work of the men at hand that the horses below were saved by the deluge. Frank J. Hurlstone and Geo. A. Burney of Harvard have been denied their claims for exemption by the dis­ trict appeal board now sitting in Chi­ cago. The former is a senior student at the Northwestern dental college and asked for an extension of time to complete his studies, while the latter is employed in the drafting depart­ ment of the Hunt, Helm 4 Ferris factory. The judicial convention to nominate a successor to the late Circuit Judge Frost of Rockford has been called at Rockford for Saturday, Sept. 15. Un- »der the law, the present county com­ mitteemen are the delegates to the nflwi convention tpd it is expected that there will be a full representation of the committeemen from the four counties comprising the seventeenth judicial district---Lake, Boone, Mc­ Henry and Winnebago. Wauconda's new state bank, to be known as the Wauconda Trust and Savings bank, will open for business next Tuesday morning, Sept. 4. Jas. Murray is the president of the new institution, Ray Paddock, vice presi­ dent, and George Stroker, cashier. The new bank has a capital stock of $25,000. The stockholders are H,. C. Warden, George Fosse, Hetty Fuller, E. H. Meyer, James Murray, C. H. Patterson, Jennie B. Putnam, Ray Paddock, John F. Miller, Fern H. Meyer and George D. Stroker. "The Wizard of Wiseland** A Chicago critic has happily termed the big, new musical comedy success, "The Wizard of Wiseland," a fountain of yotfth. • The incessant laughter, the pleased faces of old and young, the intense interest, the eager expectancy of still more surprises, and the care free atmosphere that prevails thru out the entire performance, evidently inspire the expression. If a rich vein of comedy that ryns intermittently thru the piece and a wealth of melody and song that tingles the ear and touches the heart, can renew youth by lifting life's burden for two and a half hours, then "The Wizard of Wiseland" is assuredly a fountain of youth. To miss seeing this bright musical ex­ travaganza, presented by a capable company, assisted by one of the larg­ est and prettiest assemblages of chorus girls on the road, is to miss the biggest musical event at the Cen­ tral opera house this season. Sun­ day evening, Sept. 2. Schroeder's orchestra of Woodstock Will furnish {the music at Stoffel's ftfll Saturday evening, mond two instead of three. The rifling does not effect the num­ ber of routes out of the McHenry and West McHenry postoffices, altho the carriers on route 1, West McHenry, and routes 2 and' 8, McHenry, have been given additional mileage. A description of the routes effected fol­ lows Route No. 1, West McHenry Beginning at postoffice thence west, northwest to C. E. Sherman place; retrace to railroad tracks; southwest, south, southwest to Hunt place; re­ trace to J. C. Clemens corner; west to Cherry Valley corner; north, north­ east, north to E. J. Thomas corner; east to John Grasser corner; north to Frank Hutson place; southwest, south to George Hutson corner; west to Mepzel place; retrace to Durkee corner; north to Frank Thompson corner; east to F. E. Martin corner; north to Martin Bros, place; retrace to corner; east to Ringwood road; north to Smith corners; southeast, south, west to West McHenry post- office. Route No. 2, McHenry Beginning at postoffice thence east, Crossing river bridge; southeast to Emerald Park schoolhouse; south, southeast and east to Wauconda; north, northwest to John Hertzing place; southeast retrace to Henry Davis farm; west to St. John farm; south to John Dowell fan^; west to Ray Dowell place; west, north to Wm. Darrell farm; north to Bloomgren brothers; thence to Wheelock's; re­ trace to bridge near Wm. Darrell's place; thence west to Wm. Burnett and John Pfannenstill farms, crossing Burton's bridge; northwest and west to Robinson's corners; north to Lee Lockwood place; west to Thompson's corners; south to Nels Pierson's; west to John Gracy's; northeast and east to Walsh's corners; thence south to Willis Kittle or old Musgrove farm; retrace north to postoffice. Route No. 3, McHenry Beginning at postoffice northeast and north to Peter Smith's; east thru Johnsburg; northeast to little chapel; west to Schaefer's; retrace east and northeast to Thelen place; retrace to chapel; north one mile beyond the Nick F. Freund farm; west to Martin N. May corners; thence north to the Jim Jackson or old Robbins farm; east and south past the Stephen Huff farm to Johnsburg; retrace west and north to Kline's corners; west to Ladd's corners; southeast to post- office. The Plaindealer has also been re­ quested to once more call the atten­ tion of the rural route patrons to the fact that the carriers are not obliged to pick up loose pennies from the mail boxes and that beginning September 1 this practice will' cease. In the past the carriers have taken pennies from the boxes, not because they were obliged to do so, but merely as an accommodation. However, with the extension of their routes, the carriers feel that they will not have time to pick jpennies from boxes and therefore wish to give final notice to this effect. Those-who have been in the habit of paying their postage* in this manner will kindly bear this in mind and supply themselves with stamps. Dance at Stoffel's Hall, Another one of those enjoyable dances will take place at Stoffel s hall here next Saturday evening, Sept. 1. Schroeder's orchestra of Woodstock, which gave such splendid satisfaction at the last danc6, has again been en­ gaged for the coming event and the young people are assured of a fine time. Dance tickets, 75 cents. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone. - Methodist Church The pastor and wife are oo ft trip thru Indiana and Ohio with their auto and will return in a week or ten days. There will be no preaching services at the church next Sunday, but the pastor hoptes to be in his place the first Sunday, in September. J. 4. Schaefer, Op. p, eyesight specialist, Cen terville, McHenry, 111. Spectacles and eye­ glasses accurately fitted. Hours 9 to 6 Wednesday and Saturday, evenings to 8:30. Phone Ul-J, The Wauconda cider mill will open for business August 25, 1917. The mill is located one mil* northeast of GOVERNOR LOWDEN ;1WLL BE IN ATTENDANCE THURSDAY Exhibits, Speed Program, Automobile and Motorcycle Races--Free At­ tract jobs Best Ever Governor Frank O. Lowden will be the guest of the McHenry County fair on Thursday, Sept. 6. The governor will arrive at Woodstock at 9:36 a. m., where he will be met at the station by a committee of prominent citizens of this county. Under the escort of Company G and the Woodstock band he will proceed at once to the fair grounds, where he will make an ad­ dress, followed by a public reception, to which everybody is invited. On acount of an engagement in a distant city on the same day, the gov­ ernor will find it necessary to leave -Woodstock at noon, so that the public is warned to be on hand early to greet him at the fair grounds, where he will arrive at ten o'clock. Governor Lowden has 'Wion the plaudits ot the people of all parties during the brief period of his admin­ istration thus far, because of his vig­ orous and capable management of the state's affairs. Altho nominated and elected to office by a handsome ma­ jority of the votes of the people, it is the unanimous opinion that he has grown immensely in the good will and estimation of the people because of the remarkable record of accomplish­ ment he made during the few months he has been in office. 'Governor Lowden's vigorous hand­ ling of the coal situation during the past few weeks has touched the pulse of the people and won for him the ad­ miration of all. He is a big man, iar above even the estimation of his friends. ; The governor's acceptance of an in­ vitation to speak at the McHenry county fair is in line with his policy to keep in close touch with the people. He comes on a simple invitation and will bring with him a message of pa­ triotism, good will and true Ameri­ canism, which will ring true and in these trying times will be worth go­ ing miles and miles to hear. Remember, Governor Lowden will speak at the McHenry county, fair on Thursday morning, Sept. 6, between 10 and 12 o'clock. Be sure and hear him. The Woodstock .band will be on the job at the fair on Thursday and Fri­ day with Sharon, Wis., concert band opening the program on Wednesday. Rural schools are invited to get into the school exhibits. For information on this point rural school teachers and pupils will kindly get in touch with the secretary, P. R. Forman, who will furnish all information, or write to A. M. Shelton, county superintendent of schools. One thing to be said about the Mc­ Henry county fair is that there is al­ ways something doing. Between the harness and auto races there are free acts in front of the grand stand, good band and solo music, and the ball games. They always have'good ball games at the fair and there is always a great deal of rivalry when it sim­ mers down to the Friday game. Wm. Howard is in charge of the ball games this year and he, says his greatest trouble is to pick out jthe teams to play--there are more teams than fair days--but rest assured of seeing good baseball every day at^he fair. Fast Motorcycle Races On Wednesday and Friday there will be motorcycle races at the fair. Motorcycle Police Peck of Woodstock has the matter in charge and he prom­ ises a good field of entries and ex­ citing races both days. Dr. W. W. Lichty says there are more race horses in the country than ever this year--he is questioning the apacity of the fair grounds to han­ dle so many entries. The McHenry county fair is offering larger purses this year for horse races and there is no doubt but every race will be well filled with good entries, fast racing is assured. ' Speaking of entries for exhibits in the different departments, the secre­ tary already has an entry clerk on the job. Entries do not generally come in until three or four days before the opening of the fair, but this year they are coming in early. If everyone would get 'their entries in early it would relieve a great deal of the con­ gestion of the secretary's office on Tuesday of fair week. Then everyone looking for their entry togs and Wauconda. 'if" ft %•! waiting for the clerks to fill them out. A great amount of time can be saved for all if you will get your entry lists to the secretary's office early. Try it tjiis year. Clever and Daring Free Acta The George Harrison Trained Ani­ mal company will furnish five free acts each and every day in front of the grand stand. This year's officers are indeed fortunate to land this troupe--they are good. Portage, Wis., fair books these acts repeatedly every year--they never get old up there and they are new here. Among the free acts are King Wil >;;^Gontmued on Page Four) • •• ^i Sri '4 ' 4! Seldom is so sad a death recorded in our midst as that of the young wife of Richard Cronin, who passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cossman, on Suhday morn­ ing, Aug. 26, 1917. She gave up her life in the usher­ ing in of a new life, that life, too, passing on, and the sadness and be­ reavement of that sweet young mother and her first born baby presented the presage that-"Death, loves a shining mark." Helena Cossman Cronin was born at Volo and reached the twentieth year of her age last January. She was an only daughter and came here with her parents about two years ago, when they purchased the farm known as the H. C. Mead place on Woodstock road west of this village. The sadness that this death brings to the devoted husband, parents and four brothers who are left, via., Henry, John, Frank and Fred, is too sacred to dwell upon and the sym­ pathy of the entire community is ex­ tended to the bereaved ones in their great loss. Deceased was married February 7, 1917, to Richard Cronin at St. Mary's church of this village and in this same church was her funeral services held on Tuesday morning, the same pastor, Rev. Edward Berthold, of­ ficiating, who read the requiem mass and also preached the funeral ser­ mon. Burial was in £>t- Mary's cem- ctery here. „ She was a member of the Christian Mothers' society of St. Mary's church. Beautiful floral offerings marked with expressions of sympathy woge sent from every source. & Card of Thanks We wish to thank the friends and neighbors who by their kindness com- iorted our aching hearts during the recent bereavements of our wife and daughter. -- Richard Cronin. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cossnfktt. At Camp Pleasant A happy and contented party of school girls, members of the P. F. F. club, spent last week on the banks of Fox river, encamped at Camp Pleas­ ant, the summer home of Mrs. F. K. Granger, which has been beautified with flowers and many improvements that help to rest the happy resorters. The girls were nfever happier and daylight came none too soon for the fisherman in the crowd, who furnished fish in abundance to feed the merry party. The girls are loud in their praises of Camp Pleasant. Members in camp were Misses Jennie Mae Cooley, Sarah Jane Dodge, Mary and Margaret Harrison, Ellen Spen­ cer, Dorothy Carr and Helen J us ten. Miss Ethel Krumpen chaperoned the party Moonlight Excursion The Hunter boat line will run, an­ other moonlight excursion to Fox Lake next Saturday night, Sept. 1, leaving the Riverside pier at 8:15 o'clock. Stops will be made at the Colonial, Willis Inn, Mineola and Lippincott. The "Gladene" and her sister boats, "Gladys," "Gladness" and "Gladful," will be ushered into service for the trip and a big crowd of McHenryites is expected to make the trip. These boats are all built on lines for speed, comfort and beau­ ty. There is ample room for you and your friends. Seating capacity, 200 - people. Round trip, 35 cents. For additional information call phone 7. Birthday Surprise Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Martin were giv­ en a very pleasant surprise^ at their home south of town on Wednesday evening of last week, Aug. 22, the oc­ casion being Mrs. Martin's birthday. Music, singing and games contribut­ ed to the pleasure of the evening. At one o'clock a dainty luncheon was server, after which the guests depart­ ed for home, leaving with their host­ ess heartiest wishes for many .more happy birthdays. Bowling Contest E. M. Geier, proprietor of the Cen- terville bowling alleys, announces an­ other bowling tournament to be held on his alleys the week of Sept. 1 to 8. Four prizes will be awarded, as follows: First, $10.00; second, $5.00; third, $3.00; fourth, $2.00. All tie scores will be rolled off on Monday evening, Sept. 10. Everyone is invit­ ed to participate. Nobody barred. •, Miss Stoffel Resigns Miss Julia Stoffel resigned her position at the West McHenry State- bank on Saturday last. Her place will be filied by Miss Lenore Freund of this village, who will assume duties Saturday. . Dance at "Stubby's" Another of those good time dances will be held at Smith's hall, Johnsburg, Sai evening, Sept. 1. Everybody in Oeffling's orchestra will furnish music. Tickets, 50 cents. . Read Tho Plaindsaler mP.f Mr. and Mrs, James Bigetar Perry Were Wedded In McHenry Fifty Years Ago Lqgt Saturday On Saturday, August 25, imme­ diate relatives of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry were invited to assist in celebrating their golden wedding* an­ niversary at their home in this village. Their golden wedding was cele­ brated in the same village and near the same church where their marriage occurred fifty years ago, when James Bigelow Perry and Miss Arlette Tut- tle were United in the bans of matri­ mony in this village August 25, 1867, by the Rev. B. N. Wyles, pastor of the Universalist church, and the couple have made McHenry their home since with the exception of four years, when they lived at Woodstock, the county seat. Mrs. Perry was born on the farm now owned by Mrs. Jacob Adams near Ringwood and always resided in McHenry county. is a member of the Daughters the Ameri­ can Revolution and moves in so­ cieties formed for the betterment of the community, where her influence is broad. She is a descendent of Bar- nabus Horton, who came to England to Massachusetts with the Pilgrims 1620. James B. Perry was bom at Riendge, N. H,, August 13, 1837. He attended school at Riendge and the Appleton academy at New Ipswich, N. H., and held the position as prin­ cipal of the Greenville, N. H., schools, which position he resigned to enlist in the 16th -New Hampshire Regiment Volunteers in 1862. He never served in active battle and received an hon­ orable discharge August 20, 1863, and resumed teaching in the Greenville schools, where he taught for only a few weeks, when his health completely failed him. In March, 1864, he came west as far as Huntley, I1U seeking to recover his health. The climate of the broad Illinois prairies seemed to be just the thing and he recovered his health rapidly. In July of the saifle year, 1864, he came to McHenry by invitation of the late Hon. Richard Bishop, agreeing to take charge of the public school, now St. Mary's parochial school. He took up his duties in the fall of that year and closed a most . successful and pleasant term of school the following April, 1865. In June he entered the hardware business with Ralph Stebbins. The business was located in the old Colby block, where Unti's ice cream parlor is now open. Four years later he purchased his partner's interest and moved the stock to the store building now occupied by J. J. Vyeital, where he continued the business for a few years, after which he formed a part­ nership with Alford A. Martin and took over the stock of Owen Bros, ana many of the older residents will remember the Perry & Martin gen­ eral store, at that time located in the building now owned by Theo. L. Grot. Several years later Mr. Martin dis­ posed of his interest to Oliver- N. Owen, this firm continuing the busi­ ness until the nineties. In this same building in 1888 this firm started a banking department and in 1901 moved into the building built espe- cially £o carry on the increasing bus­ iness of the Bank of McHenry. He continued in this business until Oct. 1, 1913, when the Hoy Banking com­ pany took over the banking business and Mr. Perry and his partner retired. Mr. Perry served as county treas­ urer of McHenry county from 1890 to 1894. Prior to his service as coun­ ty treasurer he served as postmaster of McHenry for nine years and also as justice of the peace for eighteen years. He is now serving as president of the board of education, where his services have been invaluable, and to which office he has been re-elected each year for the past twenty-two years practic­ ally without opposition. He is a leader and matters per­ taining to the burdens of his fellow- men have lightened under bis wise counsel, freely given and always acted upon. ' The children of these honored par­ ents are Howard Rand Perry, colonel in the U. S. army, who could not be with them on Saturday, and from whom they received a congratulatory telegram from Camp Denes, Ayer, Mass. They also received a telegram congratulating them from his wife, Mrs. Howard R. Perry, of Syracuse, N. Y., during the day. A second son, James A. Perry, graduate of the Northwestern Uni­ versity College of Law, enlisted his services during the Spanish-American war in April, 1898, in Company A, First Illinois Regiment State Militia, e went to Cuba with the regiment d died at sea in August, 1898, on rd the hospital ship Oliverette and buried at sea. s. Agnes Arlette Grout of Water- wa, the eldest daughter, was a t at Madison University for ,r8»,. huT PftMrfflg* to Henry W. Grout, state senator of Iowa, she was assistant principal in the McHenry high school for a period of fifteen years. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Ber­ enice Ferry Hanly, wife of Dr. H. H. Hanly of Peoria, HI., is a graduate from the McHenry high school. Dr. Hanly is a son of Mrs. Ella Hanly of this village and has received his com­ mission in the medical corps of the U. S. army with orders to be ready to report at Ft Benjamin Harrison, Ind. That a family of such influential citizens may be spared to the village of McHenry for many more years is the sincere wish of every citizen in McHenry and they extend to this couple their heartiest congratulations. Those who enjoyed the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Perry and for whom plates were laid for a five o'clock luncheon included: Mrs. Susan Perry Whittemor, Willis Perry Whit- temore,"Huntley, III.; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Wilson Whittemore, Glen Ellyn, m.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Big­ elow Whittemore, Marengo, 111.; Mr, and Mrs. Henry Whittemore Grout, Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. Bernice Perry Hanly and daughter, Arlette, Peoria, 111.; Mrs. Josephine Dayton Curtis, Marengo, 111.; Mrs. Maude Waite, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holly and Mrs. Nizca Holly of this village. "The Wizard of Wiseland** The action of act II in "The Wizard of Wiseland," the big spectacular musical extravaganza, which is due at the Central opera house on Sunday evening, Sept. 2, takes place on the "Isle of Wiseland" amid its mythical surroundings. There trees, flowers, animals and rocks converse with men as brothers and there, too, the rivers flow with champaigne and the rain, when it falls, furnishes ice cream to the thirsty ground, but never mud. To furnish appropriate scenery and stage properties for the depiction of the strange sights and things encountered on its fabled shores, mere earthly men were forced to journey in imagination to the "Isle of Wiseland." The scenic artist found his -task a comparatively easy one, for he had to do only with the outline of form, whereas the de­ signer of properties could not be con­ tent with outline only--he had to fashion the outlandish living things into bulk and shape. The greatest master of properties in America, Ed­ ward Siedle, of the Metropolitan opera house, New York, was, therefore, se­ lected to the task, and how well he performed it will be shown in the bulging eyes of every boy and girl who look on the fantastic array of moving, grotesque objects discovered during the last eighty minutes of the performance of "The Wizard Of Wise- land" given here. . ' Surprise at Ringwood Friends of J. W. Staines gave him a pleasant surprise at his home near Ringwood on Sunday everting, Aug. 26. It was the occasion of his thir­ tieth birthday and card games and music made up an evening of enjoy­ ment for all. At the close of the games ice cream and cake were served. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Stilling, Mike Justen, Peter A. Freund, Steve Engels, Joe Miller, Math. Freund, Steve Freund, Jos. Schmitt, Martin May, Edwin Levizey, Steve Lucas, Ed. Kennebeck, Christina and Martha May, Eva Brink and Susie Reit^r. Social Re-arranged Last Friday evening the forecast was not as predicted by the weather man and consequently the ice cream social, which was to be held on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Geo. Meyers by the Foresters of St. Patricia's Court,-was re-arranged on account of the frost and those attending were invited into the home, where card games were enjoyed and ice cream and cake served. Those attending as well as the Foresters feel very grate­ ful toward Sister Meyers for her kind hospitality, which was thoroljr en­ joyed. An Accident Little Leone Freund, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Freund of this village, fell from a chair while sitting at the table amus­ ing herself looking at pictures on Saturday evening and broke the lower bone in her left arm. Dr. N. J. Nye attended to the injury and the little girl is doing nicely. W. C. T. U. A special ^meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs Alma Thomas in this village on Sept 8 at 2 o'clock p. m. Members will please come prepared to give in their annual dues. The county convention will be held at Hebron Sept 12. Sec. imi*. «" ;».J .f . x .> w. S. S. 6. Ctab Miss Mayme Ibsh was hostess to the members of the W. S. S. S. club at her home on Woodstock road last Friday eyening. Games, contests ami music were the chief diversions. Dainty refreshments were served and a pleasant evening spent by the members of this famous club. Fall opening at the West Side mil- 15* • f ' • • &sa' ••m im Without jesting, the weather dtir? - " ing the past month was ideal for those wearing August furs. Extensive preparations for the best dance of the season at hall Saturday evening, Sept i„. y Mr. and Mrs. RolUn Babcock srer' , ^ ' now occupying the Schnorr cottag*^. on Main street, which they rvt^nuy | ;s purchased. € ,. ; Velvet hats, all trimmed and ready to wear, from $1.50 up, at the West "t i Side millinery opening, Sept 15. Miss . S§ E. Thelen. -,[j Jacob Justen, the hustling Center- .' ^ ville furniture man and undertaker, " ,^5 has just added a new Ford delivery ' ' «| to, his equipment The McHenry public school is be- ̂ ing reshingled. Contractor H. J. ;l||| Schaffer and his gang of workmen are doing the job. James Madson of Hebron brougut. J a load of wheat to the McHenry miu J last week to be ground into floor ~;;|f that tested fifty-nine. * ^ The most popular dance hall in the county and likewise the orchestra are assurances of a good/ time at Stoffel's hall Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marshall at Morton Grove announce the birtn o*. a son named Kenneth Marcelius. Mrs. Marshall was Miss Agnes Meyers. ; The Owl patrol of Boy Scouts ok Dundee canoed their way up J? ojl river to this village the first oi tue weak. They are spending the enuu« week in camp along the Fox. The Ladies' Cemetery Aid society / . . . f v will meet with Mrs. T. J. Walsh at ^ 2:30 o'clock on Teusday afternoon el next week, Sept 4. Members ai * . kindly requested to be present \ Lg^pite of the cool weather, co* cumbers are said to be a plentiful ' crop and farmers are filling in con*. tracts at the pickle factory here witH bushels of them, delivered daily. • Quite a number of our baseoau ( J fans accompanied the McHenry *Sox to Dundee last Sunday and a large ' 4 delegation is also planning on making ?| the trip to Lake Geneva* Wis., next Sunday. t A lawn party will be held at the If home of Wm. Bonslett on Waukegan | street under the auspices of St. Plat* rick's parish on Tuesday evening^, Sept 4. Refreshments. Everybody ' invited. " | At the recent festival hold at the lotus beds at Fox Lake steps were ̂ taken' to have a law passed that wiH 4 * protect these flowers in $he. future. A bill along these linos has already \ been drawn. The band concert, given by the M<> Henry Military band on the school \ campus Tuesday evening, was weU - 'v' prepared and a large crowd was in at- r-,* tendance to enjoy each and every * number given. Local race horse owners have been training their steeds during the past couple of weeks. 'We have not learned whether or not local horses have been' entered in any of the races at the county seat next week. rj Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bacon of Wall | Lake, la., announce the birth of a "-/•% daughter at their home on Thursday* * "vj Aug. 23. Mrs. Bacon was formerly ^ Miss Nellie Frisby, daughter of J. B. Frisby of this village. According to the Grayslake Times, the Fox Lake bridge is now assured. A deed for a piece of property, giv* ing the village a right-of-way ove# >|| the river, has been received from the ' railroad company and, according to J ^ , present plans, the structure will be^ up and doing service within a year. , ̂ We are informed that the board ofc , education is about to make arrange- -|j ments \ hereby the f'udents of the M c H e n r y p u b l i c s c h o o l w i l l b e s u p - » ^ ̂ plied with books by them during the"-.^ ^ coming year at or near cost*., In j .4 previous years school books were- * ^ handled by the various drug stores of the village. By the new arrangement; the parents will be saved consid ^ arable money and we are sure that;; the public appreciates the step taken > by our enterprising school board. yhe McHenry township young men < f|§ who took the army examination at thet - county seat last Thursday and Fri- day and who have passed- and been, accepted for Uncle Sam's new national army are the following: Seth H. Richardson, Henry T. Quinn, Harry Felmeten, John W. Freund, Edward W. Krapel, CI art nee N. Nelson, Roy B. Hobart, Charles Kidrow, Frank Distler and Victor EL Peterson. The McHenry men will be trained at the Rockford cantonment, which will be completed by the end of the week. Most of our boys who have been called to the colors have already re­ signed their various positions and. we V-