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.. S •>**•-. • k -T * -" '%*• .?l£«£S2£+iii£f!k. «&&.< * ' •** ,•?* " . * ! 5 v -** T& »J * . i *t r~* . " r *< ." ^ *"V*> <• • w '. V"?, •f" W - > f V ,>*•* v --•*'• • *\ . v 'f - ^ fcV?^.,r v-*# VOLUME XLIV MoHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23.19X9 HO.& • JFEEKLY PERSONAL HERS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK rV IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE JC :%Ai Been by Plaindealer Beptrtm and * ' Handed Into Oar Office by Our , *.r „ Friends ft v c'-; Theo. Schiessle passed Tuesday in /Chicago. • f i *, Gilbert Howard passed Monday at |T v< <?rystal Lake. *. ,? : Mrs. Theo. Schiessle passed Fri- f t % day in Chicago". A* \ * * Miss Blanche Pry or spent Saturday fp '[ last in Chicago. . v-< •, Leo Stilling passed Friday in die f ^ Metropolitan city. 1 £ ? y? . f- M. L. Worts was a business visitor * J In Chicago Tuesday. , Albert Barbian passed lastSatur- 't : day in the windy city. ."'• *'* ? Leo Meyers boarded the Chicago Y*}'•'< ' ^ain Monday morning. . • •" I"" John Cronin was a windy city pas- ^^ajenger Monday morning. iVvp 1 ~ Wm. Schneider of Elgin passed Sun- ^ *'*- - T^Say with heme folks here. $ "•A * Mrs. Walter J, Walsh spent Friday " :tnst with relatives in Elgin. -r. Dr. C. H. Fegers was a Chicago "^jjhssenger Wednesday morning. ° v Mrs. F. A. Bohlander boarded the Chicago train Monday morning. Fred Heuser transacted business in metropolitan city Saturday. m- tt r'*' * »\V* > K' fe el "" " ' 'St tt-fcar?, r A,-i % 1 " k i i ~ ; F. E. Martin and son, Loren, were f\*/t - ^/ibunty seat visitors last Friday, t ; Frank Q. Spurting wag a Chicago ; X J* • passenger last Thursday evening. k/\ ' '* Mrs. J. C. Bickler was among the fe u ; %? tJhicago passengers Monday morni»g. T- • •'-« i* ' Carl Bickler was among the Chi- f.;;( t." ^go visitor Saturday morning last. Miss Martha Wagner of Chicago as a vteek end guest of relatives ire. Walter Warner passed Saturday as ^|he guest of relatives at Elgin and ;/.purora. Geo. Smith and Kirk Harrison *ere Woodstock passengers Monday •, BKorning. • E. Hunter attended to matters of a lousiness nature in the windy city '^uesday. ' Mrs. Ed. Malone of Crystal La^e ? j»as the fuest of relatives here last • <. Saturday. , 4?5 k . Mrs. Chas. Stoffel is spending a few . weeks as the guest of relatives at Alvado, O. -v>j . ' John Fay returned to the city Mon- day after a few days' illness at his j'^jipme here. Miss Marjorie Gurnett passed the 4 ;t fieek end as the guest of her parents J[ v Hi Chicago. ^ . •„ _ • 4 Miss Maude Granger of Chicago ! j^gnt the week end with home folks this villages j Martin B. Schmitt attended to business matters in the metropolitan jejjty last Friday. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward of El- /..jpn passed the week end as the guests . Of "McHenry relatives) Mr. and Mrs. J?. J. Schoewer were Jligtnong those to board the Chicago 1^;train Tuesday morning. Mrs. Harry Alexander of Genoa ^function was the guest of relatives biere over the week end. ? • Verne Lockwood of Woodstock was a' week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Perkins. >Mrs. E. McNish of Woodstock spent : j|ie first of the week in the ho^ie of j|r. and Mrs. Jas. T. Perkins. ^ Mrs. S. S. Chapell of Chicago spent ||Eie week end with her mother, Mrs. ' ffl ' y r^lsena Smith, on Main street, g, ^ .s Miss Vera Turner of Solon Aims Was a week end guest in the home of and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. Martha Myer of Wauconda '• ,|»ssed the week end as the guest of i Kisses Alta and Varina Wentworth. Harry A. Smith, Walter Schuett and ./ I^rank Michaelle of Algonquin were ^ Quests of McHenry friends Sunday. Mrs. John Walsh and son, Ray, of tgleside were guests of relatives in cHenry and vicinity over the week and, Mrs. Edward Sutton passed a few ' ;'days recently as the guest of her sis- tar, Mrs. John Dowie, at the county DEATH COMES SUDDENLY To Mm. MatKias Smith at Her H«M Near Jdiiriiuif fir. , Miss m. f. ^ Miss Beulah Larkin of Elgin was , a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sutton at Emerald > .Bark. f^jv^'Jos, and Wm. Wagner of Chicago >. ^ * ifere guests li| the home of their f'r,:- rister, Mrs. Alvin Peterson, over the t<%eek end^ Sam Frazer of Chicago was a week ||»d guest of Misses Alta and Varina P^entworth at their home on Wauke* iittn street, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and little daughter of Zenda, Wis,, were (uests of relatives here the latter part rf last week. i •£ Mrs. Lewis Uecher and little daugn- tlr, Marion, of Chicago are spending a |ew days as guests in the home of s ^ * JjFr- and Mrs. John Stoffel. £ r Floyd Thompson wenty to Crystal <r* f^ake Monday morning, where he at- \t f tended the funeral of Wm. Grantham, ^ - Who passed away in Chicago. .•Hi""jfrs Agnes Dixon and ilttle son of JBilverlake, Wis., passed a few days J*st and this week with her parents, Ifr. and Mrs. Wm. Teach, in this vil- - -.?*•*>*' JO". •< - .•.«*•;•#• .• % r * * * '• v .w *i - r'-\ ** , , * 1 "t I *- This week we are again called up­ on to record the death of a young mother, Mrs. Mathi&s Smith, which occurred at her late home north of Johnsburg at 11:30 o'clock on Wed­ nesday evening of last week. Mrs. Smith had not felt well for two days previous to her death, but was up and around attending to the household duties until the morning of the day of her death, when she took to her bed and the family physi­ cian summoned. Upon the arrival of the physican and after a thoro exam­ ination it was found that the victim was suffering from double pneu­ monia and, altho everything was done to relieve het, she failed rapidly un­ til the end came, her death bring ihg great sorrow to her husband and four children. Mary Miller* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Miller, wa» born on the old homestead north of Johnsburg on April 1, 1882, where she continued to reside until her marriage to Mathias Smith, which occurred at the Johns­ burg Catholic church on Nov. 12, 1902, Rev. H. Mehring performing the, cer­ emony. She was the' mother of four chil dren, as follows: Verona, Laura, Clprence and Elmer. These together with their father are left to mourn the untimely death of a loving wife and mother. She also leaves three sisters and four brothers, as follows: Mrs. Peter Freund, Mrs. Jos. King, Mrs. Stephen May and John Miller of Johnsburg; Jacob. ^Miller of Zenda, Wis.; Jos. Miller of Richmond and Nicholas, who is now in service over in France. For two years after her marriage she made her home on a farm near Johnsburg,' after which the family moved to Zenda, Wis., where she made her home* for a period of eleven years, returning to Johnsburg about two years ago, since which time she has resided on the old fam­ ily homestead north of that village. The deceased was a member of St. Agatha Court, W. C. 0. F, of JoHns- burg as well as the Christian Moth­ ers' society of St. JohnV church". She was a devout Christian mother and a kind friend and neighbor, who will be greatly missed in the home she leaves as well as the community in which she resided. Trie funeral took place from St. John's Catholic church at Johnsburg at ten o'clock last Saturday morning, Rev. Wm. Weber officiating. Inter­ ment was made in the cemetery ad­ joining the church edifice. Th sympathy of our entire com­ munity goes out to the bereaved family. Rents Barber Stbf|> Martin B. Schmitt, the West Side tonsorial artist, this week rented his chairs and fixtures to John Franzen, who has been employed at the shop during the past few months. John has already taken possession of the shop and beginning Saturday will have the assistance of his brother, Jacob Franzen, who has recently been employed at Kenosha, Wis. Mr. Schmitt will now give over his en­ tire time to his billiard and pool hall, which he has operated in conjunction with his barber business. Later on Mr. Schmitt also expects to add an up-to-date bowling alley to his pop­ ular establishment. X WEEKLY EXCH1U1GE ITEHSI AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHAN Will Visit Old Ha Miss' Gladys Mason, who during the past seven years has made iter home with her aunt, Mrs. Everett Hunter, left this village last Mon­ day on her way to her old home near Hull, England. She was joined in Chicago by her sister, Irene, who has been making her home with a brother in the West. They expect to sail from New York harbor on the Lapland, a troop ship, next Saturday. They both expect to return to the states In the spring. x " ^ :r Royally Entertainpi Mrs. Clara Starritt acted as hostess to the members of the W. W. B. G. club at her home on Mill street last Saturday evening. Games and con­ tests were enjoyed, at which Misses Elola Boyle and Mary Burke won first honors. At a late hour a dainty luncheon was served by the jolly hostess, after which the guests de­ parted for their homes declaring Jdtps. Starritt a royal entertainer. :y> Will Move Her# ' * Mr. and Mrs. William T.. Ostdeck, who were united in marriage at St. Joseph's church in Elgin last Thurs­ day morning, will move on the E. J. Fellows farm southwest of town. The couple are now enjoying a short hon­ eymoon, after which they will take up their home on safd farm. Mr. Ost­ deck will be assisted on the farm by his brother, Harry. . . Special Meeting By R. N. A special meeting of the members of Riverview camp, R. N. A., will take place at Weber's hall next Mon­ day afternoon. Practice for installa­ tion will be held as well the disposi­ tion of any and all business that may be brought before the meeting. Miscellaneous Assortment of Ne#a Items In OMidenaed Ffena F<ir Basy People Nine millions of dollars- are to be spent on the roads of this state this year. The members of Company G of Woodstock are now stationed in Lux­ emburg. The Hunt* Helm, Ferris & Co. fac­ tory has set out to do a $2,000,000 business this year. The daisy stock at an auction sale recently held near Richmond aver­ aged $113 per head. Out of nineteen applicants, twelve were granted U. S. citizenship papers at Woodstock last week. The Olifer Typewriter company has resumed its pre-war lighting system at its -factory at Woodstock. More than a thousand persons saw Charlie Chaplin in "Shoulder Arms" at the Palace theatre in Harvard one day recently, * A four foot boa-constrictor was found clinging to a bunch of bananas by a Waukegan fruit dealer last Sat­ urday morning. State and county Officials have set out to clean up the village of Union, which is said to be a rendezvous for the thirpty element. Frank Peters, a section • band at Hebron, lost four toes on his right foot one day last week when a thou­ sand pound rail fell on that member. According to reports from County Chairman A. M. Shelton, McHenry county subscribed about seventy-five per cent of her quota for the sale of war savings stamps f6f the year 1918. All of the Ford Motor company employes have recently received an increase in wages of $1.00 per day. The minimum wage scale of that in­ stitution is now $6.00 per day. At a recent meeting of tyie stock­ holders and directors of the United State Bank of Crystal Lake W. H. Wilbur was elected president, F, L. Colby, vice president, and lLynn Rich­ ards, cashier. Waukegan now has two Masonic lodgps, the second having been insti­ tuted in that city on Tuesday evening of this week. The rapid growth of the order is given as the reason for organizing the second lodge, the old organization having a membership of nearly 700. The stock of the Atlas Belting com­ pany, which located at Harvard in 1910, it has just been made public, isn't worth a nickel. The company sold about $12,000 worth of stock in Harvard at that time and then con­ structed a factory and after a very short existence things came to a stop. The company went into bankruptcy in Chicago in 1912. t Woodstock Sentinel*,. The case of George R. Martin,'the Chicago lawyer, charged with swindling Geo. Hanly out of a large amount of property in this county, which was to be beard in the county court Wednesday fore­ noon, has been continued by agree­ ment of the attorneys. Martin signed quit-claim deeds last week and was released on his own, recognizance. Private John Nelson returned to his home at Woodstock lasfe week after six months' overseas service. The young man was wounded while in ac­ tion, a piece of shrapnel three-eighths of an inch thick and weighing half an ounce striking him in the left cheek bone and was removed from the right side of his face. A slight spar on his cheek is the only visible sign that he had been wounded. Woodstock is looking forward to one of the biggest booms experienced in that city in recent years. Work has already been started on a large ad­ dition .to tiie Woodstock typewriter factory, which, when completed, will increase the output and number of employes by twenty per cent. At the Oliver plant the output will soon be increased from 250 to 300 machines a day. The factory is now about four months behind on its orders. This means that jobs will soon be awaiting between four and five hundred new employes in the county seat city. Harvard Independent: Something of a diversion from the dull drudgery or regular proceedings in the Mc­ Henry county circuit court was cre­ ated last Tuesday, which was natural­ ization day, and examinations for final papers were conducted. The various replies to the questions asked brought about many ludicrous situations, the answers showing as many differ­ ences of comprehension as there wertj differences of types and features. Many who we*e present voted a" Harvard man the star of the per­ formance, when his reply to the ques­ tion "Who is president?" came back promptly, "Oh, yes, I like this country all right; I intend to stay here!" A moment after, when asked if he had ever heard of George Washington, he replied: "Sure, I know him." The en­ tire list of proceedings would make interesting reading, altho the day brought out serious things as well. It is reported that an Algonquin man was refused his final papers and may be deported. EARLY MORNING WEDDING b Soteputlsed at St. Patrick's Church Hera Wednesday The marriage of Miss Vera C. Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Knox of this village, and Mr. Mathias B. Laures, son of Mrs. Eliz­ abeth Laures, was solemnized at St. Patrick's church In this village at seven o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week, Rev. M. J. McEvoy, pastor of the church, officiating. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. John Knox, brother and sister to the bride and groom, re­ spectively. Miss Alary G. Doherty played the wedding march. The bride was attired in a' suit of blue serge with hat to match and wore a corsage bouquet of white carnations. The bridesmaid wore a suit of blue velvet, and a corsage bouquet of carnations. A reception was tendered the happy pair at the home* of the groorti's sister, Mrs. Frank Wfeingart, on Main street, which was attended by only the immediate relatives of the pair. They left last evening for a short honeymoon trip, after which they will return to this village, where they will make their home. The bride has always resided in this village, where thru her jovial disposition and courteous manner she has won the respect and admir­ ation of our populace in general. The groom is the proprietor of the Busy Bee cafe on Main street, which he has successfully conducted during the past several years. Their many friends Join in extend­ ing the happy pair a long and happy journey upon the sea of matrimony NATION DRY AFTER LON<? FIGHT DEATITAKS Y0UNG LADY ANNA M. WEBER DIED f^|| FRIDAY MORNING n Ailing For Nearly •Was Member of Three a Year Soeif- Inteireting Review of the Battle That ! % Has Ended In Victor̂ Nation-wide prohibition is eoming to the United States with a swiftness that could nofhave been foreseen one year ago. At that time the history of the battle to make the country dry contained nothing that seemed to promise final success for the cause within so short a time. But now, a year after the prohibi tion amendment to the federal*cons'ti tution was submitted to the states by congress, it has been ratified by more than the required number of states, and in another year the country will be dry unless the unforeseen occurs. In view of the suddenness ..with whieh the battle has ended, at least so far as legislative action is con­ cerned, and the tremendous impor­ tance of jhe event, it is of the greatest interest to review the fight that has been waged for many years to bring about this result. «The Plaindealer is publishing on another page of this issue a story of this fight that every reader will find well worth reading. It is the story of a battle marked by many dramatic incidents. It is not a story of prohibitionists or anti-pro­ hibitionists, but an impartial review of events that have made history not only for the United States, but for tiie world. The Plaindealer fepls sure that this review will be of very great in­ terest to all its readers. la Given Surprise The freshman class of the -Mc­ Henry high school called at the home of Miss Mary Pender Walsh on Main street Saturday evening last, giving her a complete surprise in ad­ vance of her birthday, which occurred on Sunday. In behalf of the class Miss Dorothy Walsh presented her with a beautiful fountain pen. Music and games furnished amusement and refreshments, consisting of ice cream, cake and wafers, were served. Others present were Miss Dora C. Kenney, Ella Newman, Gladys VanNatta, Irene Payne, Lucy Schoel, Mary Bolger, Florence Conway, Frances Petersen, Arline Harrison, Lillian Doherty, Margaret Powers, Mildred Kinsala, Rose Feffer, Emily Stanton, Adella Stoffel, Genevieve Brefeld, Viola Stil­ ling, Mary Frisby, Esther Feltc, Leon Miller, Joseph Buch and Glenn Pet­ erson. A Pleasant Occasion The member of McHenry Chapter, O. E. S., and a few invited friends enjoy a jolly gathering at Masonic hall on Friday evening of last week. Five hundred and bunco made up the evening's diversion and needless to say that all present had a fine time. At five hundred favors went to Mrs. F. A. Bohlander and A. J. Gafke, the latter from Woodstock, while bunco favors went to Mrs. John F. Miller and Clayton Harrison. The occasion came to a fitting'close with the serv­ ing of delicious refreshments by members of the chapter. Important Notice! Misr Eva Blair of the Hon* Im­ provement association will conduct a meeting at the home of Mrs. Wm. Bonslett on Wednesday of next week, Jan. 29, and give instructions On the curing and canning of meats. Mem­ bers and thosfe interested in the work are requested to be present. Plans for further work nf the year fjti. be made.' ties--Funeral Monday Miss Anna M. Weber passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and lfrf. Hubert Weber, who reside a short distance east of the river, early last Friday morning, following an illness of nearly a year. The deceased was taken ill with pneumonia on April 18, 1918, the effects of the disease leaving her in such a weakened condition that she has never been strong since. How­ ever, during the summer months a slight improvement was noticed and for a time it looked as if she was on the road to complete recovery. These hopes were again lost last fall when the patient began failing again and from that time on she grew steadily weaker until her Master's voice called her to her reward last Friday morning. Miss Weber was born on the old homestead, situated about four and •ne-half miles east of McHenry, on December 10, 1896, having reached her twenty-third year last Decem­ ber. She continued to make her home here and attended the rural school at Lily Lake until e the spring of 4010, when her parents moved to their present home. On, their ar­ rival in McHenry the deceased en tered St. Mary's parochial school and after making her first holy com munion entered the McHenry public school, where she'remained for two seasons. i About five yearn ago she entered the employ of Smith Bros, in their store here, where she remained a faithful and ever courteous employe for a period of four years, giving up her position there at the time she was stricken with pneumonia last spring. She was a member of Riverview camp, R. N. A., St. Clara's court, W. C. O. F., and the Young Ladies' so­ dality of St. Mary's church, proving herself a worthy member in each of these societies. Possessed of a kindly disposition, she made many friends in and around McHenry, Who deeply regret her early and untimely death. Not only did she make many friends thru her affilia­ tion with the three societies, but her four years' service at Smith Bros.' also brought her in close touch with many of the people of the village as well as the community and thru the latter source especially she wen the high respect and confidence of a great many. Besides the grief stricken parents, she leaves five brothers and four sisters, as follows: Peter, Joseph and George, who reside at home; Martin, who is now serving with the colors in France, and Henry, with the colors in Siberia; Barbara and Gertrude at home: Mrs. Nicholas Weingart and Mrs. Fred Smith, both of whom reside near this village. The funeral took place from St. Mary's Catholic church in this vil­ lage at ten o'clock on Monday morn­ ing of this week. The members of the various societies of which she was a member attended in a body, while large concourse of sorrowing rela­ tives and friends also gathered to pay their last respects to one whom they had loved and esteemed so dearly in life. Rev. Edward Berthold, who performed the last sad rites, preached a beautiful sermon, eulogizing upon the pure, Christian life the deceased had lived, and pictured her an ex­ cellent example for others to follow. The remains were tenderly laid at rest in the family lot in St. Mary's cemetery. Card of Thank* In this public manner 'we wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the many kindnesses shown us during the long illness and after the death of our beloved one. We wish in particular to thank the mem­ bers of the Riverview camp, R. N. A., for the flowers sent in from time to time as well as those contributed after our sad hereavement. Also do we wish to thank all donors of flowers. Hubert Weber and Family. NEW BUSINESS FIRM Will Locate In Brefeld Blade About February 1 ^ t Hankermeyer and Jos. ^W. Rotbermel have formed a partnership and expect to open up a new business bouse in McHenry on or about Feb. 1. The new enterprise, which will be known as the Northern Illinois Trad­ ing company, will be located in the Brefeld block on Main street on the West Side, where a choice and com­ plete line of groceries will be handled. Mr. Hankermeyer, who is with the India Tea company, and * who has operated a Ford delivery car out of this village" during the past two years, has met with very gratifying* success and, while he will continue to operate for the India Tea company, his business partner will take care of the other lines that are to be handled by the new firm. Another delivery car is now being fitted with an appropriate body and upon its delivery it will be placed in­ to commission with Mr. Rothermel in charge. The West Side store wiU*be left in the hands of competent help. In interviewing the members of the new firm, a Plaindealer reporter was told that McHenry and the surround­ ing territory offer an excellent work­ ing field for such an enterprise and both young men feel reasonably con­ fident of success. Both are of the enterprising type and if service, hon­ esty and hustle will do it success is sure to crown their efforts in their new business venture. , ; SCHOOL NOT^fl Items of Interest From Our Educa­ tional Institution Tax Collection Time fa* Collection time will soon be at hand and tax payers will be asked to call and pay up instead of await­ ing the call of the collector. The duties of collecting the taxes now fall upon the shoulders of the county treasurer and, while Mr. McConnell hasn't made his plans public as yet, it would not surprise us in the least to learn that the job will be handle^ thru the various banks of the county. Mission at St. Patrick's Beginning on next Sunday, Jan. 26, and continuing for a week, a mission will be given at St. Patrick's church by Rev. John Costello of Fort Wayne diocese. An invitation is cor­ dially extended to the Catholic and non-Catholic3 public. The evening services will begin^ at 7:30. Morn­ ing services will be announced later. I**! Miller has roamin' (Roman) fever. Lottie Hartlett has left school and moved to Woodstock. . - ' Several are absent from room five on account of sickness. Mike Gramolak is back in room two after a two weeks' absence. Tough luck! Wauconda beat Mc­ Henry in the game Friday night. Freshies are getting current events. Talk about doleful students. McHenry highs go to Crystal Lake Friday 'night, both first and second teams. Stella Thurtwell and Violet Vycital are absent from room three on ac­ count of sickness. Julia Marie Wirfs and Robert Ed- inger are absent from room one on account of sickness. Chas. Vycital, Letah Patzke and Helen Stolzke are absent from room two on account of sickness. Quite a few visited high school this week. Among them were Miss Whiting and Miss Barbian. Dorothy Walsh, Esther Feltz, Ella Newman and Mildred Kinsala dis­ cussed current events this week. The Girls' Glee club was favored by a lovely solo .by Blanche Meyers, which was greatly enjoyed by all. Exams are being enjoyed today by the high school and will continue to be enjoyed until tomorrow night. Berteel Spencer celebrated her eleventh brithday by passing choco­ lates and peanuts to her classmates in room three yesterday. Theo. Miller celebrated his birth­ day in room II on Tuesday, Jan. 21. He brought some lovely carnations to Miss Phalin and delighted each of his classmates with a Hershey bar.=>; Will Take Vacation A C. W. Goodell, who during the past several years has acted as station agent for the Chicago & Northwest­ ern at this point, leaves tomorrow for Eleanor, Ala., where he expects to enjoy a three or four months' rest. Mr. Goodell has served his employers as well as the public faithfully and satisfactorily since coming to Mc­ Henry and is entitled to the vaea tion that has now been granted him. Mr. Goodell's father-in-law, J. V. Jones, who has spent practically his whole life in railroad work, will fill the position in McHenry during the absence of the regularly appointed agent. Mrs. Goodell has been down in the southern city during the past year or more. IFBB OF UOL WTIIEST AS PICKED UP BY REPORTERS DURING What People A^Dofe* I» Iftfc flk1 lage and the Imnifl»f» Vkiaity-- Other Short Parmgrapha Fish houses are again • coBunon sight on Geneva lake. The Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Harvey Baron on Wednes­ day afternoon of next week, Jan. 29. The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs. Jas. B. Perry on Thurs­ day afternoon of next week, Jan. 30. Frank Ward, a faithful employe at the Star garage, has been enjoyMg^a short but well earned vacation from his duties at that plaee. Most of the walks about town are again quite free from snow. Now let us make it cwir ..lousiness . them so during winter. ' balance of the According to weather prognoStka- tors, we can look forward to some real blizzards and much cold weather between now and the first of the month. t The regulations on coke and coal will be suspended on February I and consumers are now living in the hope that hard coal will again be obtain­ able on and after that date. Even at this early date one oee»> sionally hears local politics discussed. "Who will be McHenry's next mayor" ^ is one *of the questions that we have >1 heard asked. " < John Wegener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wegener of this village, is now at a sanatorium at Wooster Lake, Lake county, where he is receiving treatment. He was taken to that in­ stitution last week. Gus Herdklotz moved hia effects to Woodstock the first of the week, where the family will again make their home. The Herdklota family moved to this village from the county seat a few years ago. Milk Producers' Meeting The most important meeting ever held by the dairymen of McHenry will be held next Saturday, Jan. 25. The meeting will be called promptly at ten o'clock and every man is ex­ pected to be there. If yo^ can't come yourself send your representa­ tive, as important business will come before the meeting that must be acted upon at once. Walter J. Walsh, Pres., Chas. L. Page, Sec., ' of the M. ?. A " A Busy Place Hie war and unusual business con­ ditions seem to have had little effect upon the Star garage in this village this winter, where the regular work­ ing force has been kept quite busy right along. The painting depart­ ment, especially, has been more than busy ever since last fall. Many out- of-town jobs have been completed there within the past few weeks. A new eighty foot brick stack was completed at the Borden milk bottling plant here last weekl The old metal chimney, which has served its purpose since the erection of the factory here, will be torn down. Three of our residents, J. C. Bick­ ler, Nicholas Bishop and John Oef- fling, who recently underwent oper­ ations in a Chicago hospital, are re­ covering nicely from the effects of same and have returned to tkeir homes in this village. Local ice workers are still in any­ thing but a cheerful mood. Instead of thickening the ice is becoming thinner each day and even with a week of zero weather it is very doubt­ ful that the ice harvest will eeMan'iapM to former years. The Young Ladies' sodality of St. Mary's Catholic church will appear in one of its popular «entertainments some tjme in the near future. The announcement was made from tine pulpit by Rev. Edward Berthold at tiw - services last Sunday morning. " Secretary of State Louis L. son has just issued a statement show­ ing the attributions made to the good roads fund by automobile owners dur­ ing the year ending Dec. 31. Hie re­ ceipts for licenses issued to auto owners in McHenry county totals $25,936.38. * * * * The "flu" am Local fishermen report catches of the finny tribe during the past week or more. As usual, ISita- kee bay and lake appear to b* tte most popular fishing fields. While perch seem to be predominating in number, some fine specimen of baas and pickerel have also been from the waters of late. ema to have takan -4 firm grip.here in McHenry during tike past week or so. Quite a number of the homes in the village are now in the grip of the much-dreaded disease. However, the malady appears to be in a mild form in most cases, thus time is no need of feeling alarmed. Bruce Fallows, who was employed at the local milk bottling plant here a few years ago, and who since leaving McHenry has made his home in Chi­ cago, passed away in that city on Wednesday of last week, the victim of pneumonia. Three of his children are also afflicted with influenza. The windows are now in St. Mau t̂ church and with a few more days of favorable weather the workmen trill also complete the tile roofing job. The interior is also progressing with all possible speed and * from present indications it looks as if the rebuilt edifice will be re-opened sooner than had been expected. Now that tl<e war is over and tike prospects of peace tena; signed within the next few moatha, it looks as tho building operatieaa will be resumed in McHenry. Accordifcg* to rumors that have spread about the village during the past week or so, considerable building will be done here durint tha <mw'ng and >al^. • "~ty" ; H • ' . • "s$> - -ft -A, J 1^3%' V*-T * " ' », ' • •v.* •' Mi? W M : i * V*" *