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Not like the trails of years ago but rather beautiful roads of concrete laid by jjKMter workmen or finely graveled llfiMfr-which.are almost equal in work- .BUlkip and convenience to the celaedThighway. ^ One of these pew graveled roads ".^.has just been opened to traffic after mftirfhp of preparation and construc- $i tion under the supervision and experi- ; enced direction of Road Commissioner 'John Boyle. The new road which is about one mile long is a short cut frim the cement highway on Route 20 west of McHenry to the cross-road extending north and south at Sherman's hill, • and-will be appreciated by farmers in that vicinity as a shorter and easier route to McHenry. The road runs due south from the pavement and then at ' a sharp angle turns west at the line fence between the farms of C. E. Sherman and F. H. Wattles and lies south of the former road over the steep hill rat Sherman's. The road is a fine 60- foot graveled highway and is wide and well graded and according to Surveyor Tryon of Woodstock is one of the best pieces of unpaved road which has ever been built in the coun- Donate Right-of-Way the land for the right of way was «||| donated by F." H. Wattles and C. E. Sherman wljo, with other land owners ^ ^ west of this city, have had the move under consideration for several years. The road way was s'urveyed and laid out by the county superintendent of . roads, Surveyor Tryon, and the excavating for the road bed was done by Tony Freund, Mr.' Schraeder of Ringwood also worked. on the road and assisted in the graveling and preparation of the highway under 4he direction of Mfr. Boyle. ( John Boyle has been road commissioner for McHenry for many years and has had a wide experience in the building and improving of roads and this new and latest piece of work is one very much to his credit and of which residents and land owners may • well be proud. The old road, which was a steep • , and stony, one over the hill, will be abandoned and C. E. Sherman will -- make a road from his house across to the cement highway on- Route 20. The land formerly covered by the old highway will revert to the former owners, the greatest part of it becoming a part of the C. EL Sherman farm. This highway was one of the old landmarks of the country and few are the inhabitants, anywhtere in this territory who do not know the Sherman Hill road. It was one of the first „ roads in this lection of the country and was the development of an old Indian trail. An Indian tribe at i>ne time made their home near McCol- 1 urn's lake on land afterwards taken up by the Shermans and Indian trails were numerous when the first white' - pioneers settled here. Much work has been done upon the roads in this section since the early days and they were gradually graded, widened-and improved from the narrow trail to their present condition. In many of the low marshy places logs , and trees were laid to make a solid pvs v foundation and upon this was grad- 14 • ually heaped dirt and gravel until IW - ,, the roadbed was built high and dry 1 "• above the surrounding low land. ,y;ft T It is not a moment's work to aban- | don a road and obtain the right to build another for much legal action ,f* must be taken to accomplish tHte . change which requires more than the spoken wish of a few people. For more than a year legal proceed- % ings have been under way to abandon I the old road and construct a new one ^ and it has been necessafy to circulate petitions and resort to other slow proa visions to accomplish the change, af- • • ter which a tax levy was made and an •* appropriation obtained to finsnaa the ,,.^3 wark. - » :..... 2..'-* " fleiwollM--i. Ckarf * ' With the abandonment of the St^er- > * man Hill road came the closing of the V •' little schoolhouse at the top of tHe < v hill which was also a landmark in this "* section of the count -y where the three - R's and other learning has been dia- - pensed for the past sixty years. .y-ij Last year it was decided to con- Validate District 9, known as the - Sherman Hill district, with the public ; •: .school at McHenry, District 15, and 1| consequently the little schoolhouse was closed after being the home of learning for almost sixty years, and --the pupils were brought by bus to if - j the school at McHenry. At the elec-' tion in April it was voted to sell the T school building in District S9 and about a month later this was done at public auction. building was sold to C. E. Sherman for $240 and the one-half acre :4'\ of land went again into the possession of the Shermans, having originally been purchased from C- E. Sherman's father. "Hm- ftrrt BfinnlhiHiH thk dis- _ '• .. " " <• 7 ' " •Wk M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929 NO. T trict was built farther south on the same road across from the old Sayler homestead where school was held for several terms until about 1871 when the location of the school was changed and a new building was built at Sherman Hill. With the rapid progress of thne comes the passing of old landmarks and events of former years are consigned to history, with the pioneer residents dropping off one by one until not many remain to enlighten the younger generation on events of the past. As the September term of conrt begun SeptemWr 4, 1837, the subject oi roads first enlisted 'the attention of the commissioners. What then comprised McHenry county was divided into eight road districts with the following supervisors appointed for each district for one year: A., C. Ellis, L. W. NichoW, Samuel Sherman, Seth Washburn, Rausom Steele, Phineas Sherman, D. F. Foot and John Chandler. Men called "reviewers" were also appointed to view, survey and lay off roM? as designated by the court. The people of McHenry County have always looked vigilantly after educational interests also and the little schoolhouse an the hill was one of many instituted in the county as time advanced. , Even in pioneer times, when everybody wasipoor and struggling against adverse conditions to make and pay for a home, they sought to give thenchildren what opportunities they could for school training. A number of schoolhouses were erected in the county prior to 1840 and at least two terms of school aVe known to have been taught in the county, in the summer of 1838, only a year after the formal organisation of the county. The first official mention of thi subject of public schools appeared upon the bounty records under the date of June, 1841, when a school land commissioner and boards of school trustees were appointed for each township in the county. In 1870, about the time when the Sherman Hill schoolhouse was built, the number of pupils in the county was 11,890 of whom about 7,000 were enrolled. In 1875 the number of schoolhouses was 150 and as the county became more thickly populated, new districts were formed, so that in a very few years every settler was within a short distance from a schoolhouse. And, now, after all these years -the rural schools are being discarded and rural districts consolidating with eity schools. sTime brings many changes v*hi«h we oan btft foffc.attp for the best. STATE LABORATORY TRUCK EXAMINES M'HENRT MILK A state laboratory truck was in McHenry three days last week examining the milk supply of our city. The two men who accompanied the truck were chemists and bacteriologists and took a bacteria count and made a careful examination for cleanliness, care in handling the milk and equipment. .The large white truck stood at the Riverside Dairy where it was hooked up to the electric current for work in making the tests, which were made for the Community Dairy and the Bowman factory at Ringwood, as well as the Riverside Dairy. An examination and tests for cleanliness'wen also made at the source Of the supply and the dairies supplying tie milk were examined. ' This service offered to the people of smaller communities assure! them of the same protection as is given the residents of Chicago and we may MRS. RULIEN WRITES FROM CALIFORlflA McHenry School Nurse Enjoying De- \ lightful Vacation In Western State J% i A letter received this week from A~ Joanne Rulien, school iftirse for McHenry, states that she is enjoying a delightful vacation with relatives in California this summer. She ha3 been spending the past ten days With her sister and husband camping near Sonora, Calif., among the beautiful Sierra Mountains where the nights are eooi although the days are hot. On July 17 they expected to leave on a motor trip to Moterey, or Carmel-bythe- Sea and to Lake Tahoe. Mrs. Rulien wishes to be remembered to her friends here and although she is so far away from home and enjoying such' a wonderful vacation she does not forget the children of McHenry and states that she is mailing personal letters to parents who brought their children to the preschool clinic hoping that the necessary physical corrections will be made before September. She also sends the following advice and information taken from the "Illinois Health Messenger," which parents are urged' to read. "Airway traffic is the big commercial transportation project of the future according to what amounts to a public notice broadcast by the most powerful financial organizations of the country. What amounts to a General Motors Company for aeronautical pttfrpqses has already been created and million-dollar airports are a byword throughout the land. By the same token health authorities are announcing that the poor in heart and health shall not inherit the earth much less the control of the heavens. "The fellow with a bad heart in the air is worse off than « blacksmith on the ground who refuses to convert his shop into a garage. Rapid change of air pressure creates an imminent danger to life itself for the man whose heart cannot function properly while the blacksmith suffers chiefly from a want of business. "Army requirements for an aviator demand a practically perfect heart, normal blood pressure, perfect eyesight, acute hearing, aleTt mental equipment, normal physical development and freedom from all physical defects that are calculated to interfere with perfect mental and physical self control. Individuals who expect to participate successfully in aeronautical puMuita can avoid disappointment with a health equipment no less rigid. "The lad or lassie with a defective tooth or a diseased tonsil today has already acquired what may amount w> the first deposit of an account which will prove to be a disqualifying condition when he or she reaches the flying age. Even communicable diseases may leave scars upon the heart that render .it much less than a hundred per cent organ of the body. Faulty nutrition may result in the under-development of organs essential to first class health in adult life. "Fortunately the medical profession has increased its skill to the point where most of the disqualifying physical defects can be prevented if that profession has an opportunity to use its skill at the right time. An infected tooth TJoisons thf heart to a damaging degree only after it has re. mained in the mouth for a considerable period. The same is true of diseased tonsils. "These considerations suggest the importance of such movements as the 'summer round-up" and the medical in- CITIZENS BUNK IN HINDS OF RECEIVER THSO. HAMER IS NAMED FOR POSITION Fred B. 'Bennett Appointed To Act Aa Attorney -- Receiver Former Circuit Clerk of County Efforts to effect the liquidation of the Citizens State Bank of McHenry without the appointment of a receiver have failed, due to lack of concerted action on the part of the directors and stockholders, making it necessary for State Auditor Oscar Nelson to instruct the attorney to file a bill in the circuit court of McHenry county under the insolvency laws of'Illinois for the appointment. The appointment - of Theo. Hamer of Woodstock as receiver for the impaired financial institution was made by Mr. Nelson in person on Saturday, July IS, as was also Fred B. Bennett as attorney. Bonds have been furnished and represtatives of the state banking department were here Wednesday and placed Mr. Hameir to, full charge of the bank's assets. Bank Closed April SO, The Citizens State Bank of McHenry was closed on April 30 on account of frozen assets and since that time P. W. Ballance of the state department, has been in charge. Various attempts have been made to effect a liquidation without the receivership, but due to the above mentioned reason it was found to be impossible. It Will take several days for the receiver to organise matters, after which he will be prepared"to receive claims of all creditors, which includes depositors of both time and savings accounts, note holders and all persons having bills of any kind against the bank. He will also collect all notes and all obligations due the bank'. A period of three months will prob* ably be allowed for the presentation of claims, although this will be in the discretion of the state auditor and circuit court. It is expected that Judge Shurtleff will confirm the appoint' ment of the present receiver. When interviewing Mr. Hamer, he stated that he hopes to collect the assets in an expeditious manner and make disbursements as fast as possi ble and that he will be able to conduct matters satisfactory both to creditors and stockholders and avoid ran# unnecessary litigation. It is unfortunate that it became necessary to place the bank's affairs in" the hands of a receiver but inasmuch as it was unavoidable we hope that Mr. Hkmer will be able to make a speedy settlement and that the creditors will be able to realize a very large percentage of their claims. Receiver Well Known Theo. Hamer is perhaps one of the best known citizens of McHenry county as he has been in public life- for a score or more of years. He was circuit clerk of McHenry county for sixteen years and prior to assuming the duties of that office was deputy county clerk for fourteen years. We do not believe that the bank's affairs could have been placed in better hands and commend Auditor Nelson on hia selection of Mr. Hamer M #eceier. . . M'HENRY COUNTRY CLUB feel sure that we are getting pure. I of school children, wise parclean milk. From here the truck went to Grayslake and may return at any time as they have no designated schedule for their visits. ROYAL ENTERTAINERS The Royal Entertainers met' at the home of Mrs. Mat Steffes on Thursday; evening and enjoyed a few hours at cards, with the first prize being won by Mrs. Fred Schneider, the second by Mrs. Jessie Wormley, the third by Mrs. Joos. and the fourth prize by Mrs. Ben Hiller.- Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the fcome of Mrs. H. L. RitteR? ? VIKING RESORT . The Viking Resort at Riverdale on Fox River is the scene of much activity bgain this summer with the rooms of the beautiful summer hotel filled with city people, who delight in the opportunity to spend'^their vacations in the country. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ander, proprietors of the place, say that business la good knd everyone is happy at their beautiful Viking. Resort. ASKING FAVORS IN A COMMANDnflrtTWCtf Ray Conway, our congenial city ^ "ftlerk and gas man, breezed- into this orfice Tuesday afternoon and demand that--that we correct the item in last Peek's Plsftndealer relative to postage and phone calls. It seems that the item read $240. and Ray thought we missed one of the fly specs on the paper. During all'his thunder we were looking in the old copy and finally showed him that there was no error on our part-but we will gladly rectify the mistake and have it read 12.40 for postage and phone ealla* 'Cesa to -ye. AUXILIARY CARD PARTY The ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored a public card party at their hall Friday evening. Owing to the heat the attendance was not as large as had been expected but a pleasant evening was enjoyed by everyone present. Prises were won by Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Anna Howard. Refreshments were served. PUBLIC CARD PARTY The Catholic Daughters of America will sponsor a card party on Friday evening, July 19, at St. Mary's church hall. Bridge five hundred and bunco will be played. Prizes and refreshments. Admission 35 cents. Sheet and pillow cases will be giyen. away at this party. BAKE SALB Bakery Sale for the benefit of the Methodist Sunday School Jujy 20 ""fit. ents will wish to join in and support these activities. TOURING BflTROPt Misses Julia and Evelyn Feffer, daughters of Mr. and Mr3. Emil Feffer, of Crystal Lake, who are well known in this vicinity, are enjoying a three months' trip to Europe. The girls have already visited France and when Last heard from were on their way to Rome. They will visit Ireland 4tad many other countries. Julia Feffer is a teacher at the Prairie Grove school near Barreville and her sister, Evelyn, is at the head at the hair dressing parlors at the Stevens hotel. H. B. CLUB Margaret Bishop entertained the members of the H. B. Club at her home on Riverside Drive Saturday afternoon. Twelve girls were present and enioyed several games of bunco, with prizes being awarded to Clara Freund, Margaret Bishop, Ethel Freund, and Jeanette Bishop. Lunch was served at the close of a haopy after^on. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Lillian Young. ENTERTAINS McHENRY FRIENDS Mrs. Agnes Wentworth entertained a few of her McHenry friends at her home at Lake Geneva on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Bunco furnished the entertainment for the guests during the afternoon and in the evening they attended the theater. MAIL TRUCK PLUNGES DOWN EMBANKMENT The mail car driven by George Stock plunged off the end of the mill pond bridge last Thursday afternoon and hurling down the. almost perpendicular embankment came to a stop at the edge of the Bill pond in an up> right position. The hair-raising escapade took place when the steering gear of the car broke a6 George was taldng the mail to the afternoon train. As he lost control of the car it smashed into a Nash car standing near the bridge, then careened across the pavement and crashed down .the steep embankment at the north end of the bridge. The feat could probably never be accomplished again by anyone and how the car could ever get down the rough fill at the end of the bridge without tipping over is *. source of wonder to all-who saw it. The telephone track hoiated the car up to the pavement again and the driver escaped without injury. George probably has no. desire to repeat the adventure to ascertain whether he could turn the trick as neatly a second time. Coming to the front again after a season of consistent playing E. E. Bass'ett played his best game of the year so far and won the prize for low net score with a 75 in the qualifying round for the C. W. Stenger cup, at the McHenry Country club, Sunday The prize for the low gross score was won by H. A. Rempke with an 80, which was also a pretty fine score for the Niles Center member to make. Sunday was a banner day at the .McHenry Country club when several events were in progress over the week-end, all turning out to be very successful with many entrants in every event. The competition for * the C. W. Stenger cup got well under way Sunday in the qualifying round, yhich was a medal play with full handicap allowance and the low fifteen and present holder of the cup to qualify. Five prizes, consisting of golf balls to those having the best scores, with H. A. Rempke receiving the prize for low gross with an 80 and E. E. Bassett carrying home the prize for low net with a 75. As D. I. Granger had a lower haAdicap than A. J. Mayer he won the second prize and A. J. Mayer came third, each with a score of 77 and William Bonslett, a consistent player and golf enthusiast, was a close fourth, only two points behind, with a 79. The first round for the C. W. Stenger cup will be played July 27 to 30 inclusive and the finals will determine the winner on August 17 to 20. The pairings of the players with their handicaps for the fir?t round will be as follows: - » E. M. Galitz--2./ G. H. Johnson---18. H. A. Rempke-->2. -J.--. Wm. Bonslett--17. W. C. Galitz-r-8. E. E. Bassett--15. D. I. Granger---8. R. C- Klehm---15. ^ - G. V. Rempke*--7. A. K. Burns--IS. J. N. Sayler--10. A. E. Boelke--11. F. Maierhofer--11 H. E. Nelson--14. A. J. Mayer--11. A. Stielow--13. In the semi-finals vfor the President's cup played over the week-end Willard Galitz defeated H. E. Nelson 3 and 2 and D. I. Granger defeated William Bonslett 4 and 2. What promises to be a close and in teresting match will be played WheVl the two survivors of the semi-finals, W.- Galitz and D. I. Granger, meet in the final contest of skill next Sunday to determine the winner of the President's cup. They will be evenly matched, each playing with a handicap of 8, and are both well known winners of prizes and trophies at the club, and the long thirty-six holes of the finals promise to be a real contest of skill between the two. No predictions as to the winner are being made, for where two such evenly matched players are pitted against each other just a little turn of luck will swing the game either way. There was also a blind bogey event for guests put on at the beautiful golf course last Sunday, the bogey number being 92. The two winners of the event were F. Huff and Bob Meeghan. Besides the first round of the President's cup to be played next Sunday there will be a blind bogy contest for boys--55 and o v e r--with suitable prizes awarded. No doubt the "boys" will all be on hand for this event. * PERSONALS\~£t f!r."a#d Mrs. A. E. Nye MfSK Chicago visitors Tuesday. Clement Wirfs returned home from the Woodstock hospital Sunday. Mrs. Fred Miller and children visited relatives at Cary on Monday. Mr. and Mirs. Charles Stoffel of Milwaukee visited relatives here Sunday. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OF INTEREST 5 Archie Helton, aged 7 of Rockford, was drowned late Monday afternoon while wading in the quarry pool near Chappel Bros., Inc., plant with two young brothers. Alvin Matteson, 65 years of age, an employee of the new Delavan golf course, died of prostration Tuesday at Delavan. He suffered heat prostration while working on the golf course the day before his death. John Madden of Brooklyn, N. Y.r who with a companion was hitchhiking his way to Hollywood, Calif., MAN MURDERED AT LIFELESS BODY XM FAIRGROUNDS FOUN0 Henry Mengs Victim of Cold & Assassin--"Red** Haupris Held As Suspect The lifeless body of Henry Meng»^«<«>;' of Woodstock was found Tuesday ajt || ^ the fairgrounds in that city, the vicr-^ .'V, was killed at Highland Park recently! blooded^ murderer. Th* ; when he was s-4tr.u*.c.k!, kby„ a- car driven «x>dy showed unmistakable evidence ofei%*r by Joseph Vole of tnat city. Vincenzo R. Mele, known among his companions as 'VJimmy," of Wrfuconda, was killed instantly Thursday evening, June 27, when he was running towards home with his two brothers and a group of neighbor boys. Frank Padobnik did $15 worth of damage to the uniform worn by Patrolman Howard Loomer, Saturday night at Wfeukegan when he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Padobnik was fined ¥50 and costs and ordered to pay the damages to Loomer's clothes. # , John Hazelkamp, driver of a feed truck, was fatally injured when he was struck by a C. & N. W. train at a grade crossing near Arlington Park on July 8. Hazelkamp was enroute to the race track to deliver a load of feed. An eye witnass to the accident said he heard no whistle nor warning of any kiadL The crossing is . unguarded. JOHN REGNER SEDAN IS STOLEN ON GREEN STREET Green street was the scene of another robbery on Tuesday night of last week when the Buick sedan belonging to John Regner was stolen from its parking place near the Empire theater. The Regner family lame to the ahow at the Empire and parked their £ar in what they considered a safe place near the theater but when they came out the car was gone and no trace of it has, as yet, been found. Passersby afterwards related how two foreign looking men, apparently Mexicans, were seen looking over the cars along the street evidently profering a smaller car if possible. In getting the sedan backed out of its parking space the driver jammed the fender of a car next to them and acfailed to report any suspicious looking proceedings. The car had only been run 8,000 miles and will be a considerable loss to the owner having suffered a blow on the hea<§^ and was cut and hacked with a kniff^' which was also found near the body. \ Developments on Wednesday led t#, * * the arrest of "Red" Haupris, 26 year|f"; s< o l d . o f W o o d s t o c k . C i r c u m s t a n t i a l , * evidence pointed strongly to the young man as the guilty party although h# > v - has so far failed to admit anything** ^ ? State's Attorney Lumley issued a\ , % warrant shortly after noon on Wed>S?s ^ • * n e s d a y , c h a r g i n g H a u p r i s w i t h t h # k • S ' 4 murder. The county official reviewed J the vast amount of circumstantial evi« .T; dence secured by Sheriff Sanford and immediately issued the warrant. The following evidence is what the sheriff bases his charge on that Hau* » pris is the murderer: Summary of Evidence That Mengs exchanged seven OlC* twenty dollar bills for seven net| twenty dollar bills late last week. That Haupris stalled his Ford coup# at the fairgrounds last Saturday night and had secured help from nearby house to help him. get WtV started. - y? That failing to get it started hgl^ went to the home of Frank Gaulke o#';-; Calhoun street near the fairground? and telephoned the Chevrolet garag* : for assistance. That Fred Siebel of the Chevrolet garage went to the fairgrounds anf|V, helped Haupris get the car started. . ^ That Haupris drove the Ford to tl* Chevrolet garage and then made jif down payment of $120 in new twenty T dollar bills on a new Chevrolet car. That Haupris, fcarly in the evening --;, had borrowed the Ford coupe from thd * Chevrolet garage to use for several hours, while he obtained money enough to make the down payment qft-v a newly purchased Chevrolet car. That Haupris hired Siebel to taM m •a -1 him to Janesville Saturday night 6# • iicAi. w uucm anu «v- keys t*1e new Chevrolet. . , { cording to'the getting out into the street and yet no blood ^ f one saw them or if they did see them . . . . '»•••• That a watch, answering the description of the watch owned by - 4 Mengs, was found in the-Ford Sun* M day morning. > That the twenty dollar bills paid tha ' * ^ Chevrolet garage by Haupris werav * , 4 GEORGE BARBIAN ESCAPES ' I ,b®nke<! Woodstock bank and thrift ? INJURY IN AUTO CRASH , / che,cked J w,th tho8« *iven Mengf . George Barbian was the victim of what appeared to be a fatal accident for him last Saturday afternoon when the car which b® was driving was struck by a speeding car at the corner on Riverside Drive. The crash occurred about 2 o'clock as George was driving the Ford delivery truck, distributing orders for the Albert Barbian grocery and market. A gray touring car driven by resorters from Pistakee Bay approached from the other direction and the two cars struck with such force that the delivery truck was tossed into the air coming down bottom side up with the wheels spinning in the air and the driver pinned underneath. When Mr. Barbian was rescued from heneath the wreckage he was unconscious and nearly half an hour elapsed before he responded to the efforts of the doctor to revive him. His clothing was torn and he was badly bruised and shaken up but no bones were broken and he is recovering nicely from the bruises and shock of tiw accident, _ last week-end. That Haupris was stopped earlf Saturdav night on Main street by Chief of Police Edinger for driving' without lights. That Edinger mad| him take the car back to the srarag^ and have the lights fixed before driv. innr it any more. ^ That a Woodstock man . saw Haul* pris pick up Mengs in his ear neai the postoffiee Saturday night. . Claims He Was Bootleggiag The suspect denies that he had a part in the killing. He does agre« that he was at the fairgrounds oa • y ; Saturday night. He also says that h*. talked with Mengs on the street Sat* nrdav night. He claims, however* ^ .; >• & Mrs. McCann of Chicago visited her MR& HENRY FOSS HOSTESS sunt, Mrs. Lawlus, over the week-end. Mrs. Lily Brown of Chicago spent several days last week with relatives here. • Miss Elsa Nye of Milwaukee, Wis., is visiting relatives in this city this week. ' Mrs. B. Cos tell o of Elgin spent Thursday sis the guest of McHenry relatives. Mrs. Jos."J. Buch and children of Chicago visited relatives in this city Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Einer Johnson and son and daughter from Glencoe spent SOUTHERN AUTO TRIP Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John A Southern auto trip was made by | Mertes. Mrs. Ben T. Olsen of Biysnfele, her jfr. an<i *Mrs. W. J. Doitavin and daughter, Bernice, and hU<baiWl, Wil- daughters spent a few days the last Ham Burmeister, and Mrs. B«niBeister, ] the week with relatives at West his mother. They first went to Ashville, N. C., up in the Blue mountains. Tljfg highest peak, e^Uad Chimney Rock, is about 6,000 feet above the ground. They stopped there for a few days, visited other places of interest, then motored to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Karges and daughter, Dorothy, of Kenosha, were Sunday guests of 'Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCarroll of Chicago visited in the home of ber the Mammouth and Crystal caves in [ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen, Kentucky. These caves are all rock Sunday. and crystal and onyx." .Then theyi Mrs. Thomas Mills and daughters motored on through the beautiful and Miss Marie Mertea visited in country to West Baden, stopped there j Glencoe with relatives the latter part for a few days, taking some baths and 0f jast week. ' freshening up for their summer home Thelma Lang and Virgiline Minton on. good old pistakee Lake, completing a rtAind trip of 2,000 miles. ENJOYING EASTERN TRIP A card was received this week from Mr. and Mra. J". G. Spurling, who are enjoying a tWp to Bar Harbor, Maine. They stopped off at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Portland to Bar Harbor and will return of Indianapolis. Ind., .are visiting in Ihe home of her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Nye, this week. "i/irs. J. J. McHugh and two children I of Cincinnati. O.. are visiting Mr. and TO FRIENDS FROM McHENBY Mrs. Henry Foss of Barrintrton entertained several McHenry friends at her home on the Hecht estate near Barrington on last Thursday afternoon. The estate is a' beautiful 6ne of 200 acres and the,afternoon" spent in viewing the well planned grounds and gardens was an unusual treat for the guests. Mr. Foss holds the responsible position of head gardener for the millionaire and has the full care of the wonderfully arranged formal garden at the rear of the imposing Hecht home. The garden was especially beautiful with rose beds in full bloom, wistaria covered arbors, ornamental evergreens and perennials of every description bordering a beautiful lawn and pool. The guests were Mrs. J. F. Claxton and daughteir, Mfrs.jHohn Dreymiller, Mrs. R. V. Powers, Mirs. Ray Page, Mrs. James. Sayler, Mrs. Robert Thompson, Mrs. Joe Smith and children, Mrs. C. E. Martin and Mrs. H, C. Hughes. " CEMENT POST SMASHED One of the cement block posts at the base of the steps at the Riverside hotel was completely smashed and the flower-filled urn wrecked, when it was struck by a car Wednesday afternoon. In an endeavor to r.>und the corner from Elm street orito Riverside Drive the driver did not turn quickly enough and the car ran up over th" sidewalk and crashed into the ornathat the money he gave the Chevrolet garage as a down payipent on his new ? car. was obtained by bootlegging an<| \ '.?t that he sold enough alcohol Saturdaf.- v xnight to aret the $120 in new bills. * „* ^ "Red" Haupris will be remaindered ,r by local boxing fans as he was on th# " bill at the Polly Prim club during w* past winter. ' v '-.."$.2" Body in Bad Condition . , The body of Mengs was in a very * bad condition when found. It wat ^li' c r u m p l e d u p a n d l o o k e d a s i f h e h a i l - - ^ 3 been dragged into the secluded placfy^A'-^-tSwhere it was found. , A search of the clothes d'seto 1 only a pipe and a can of tobacco. 115* money and watch were missing. He was dressed in h»a working clothes of overalls and jacket. He was missed from his horn,? on -Sunday, when it was found that ha did not come home on Saturday night.' He had made his home for a number of years with his sister, Mrs. Frvd Pope. His lister claims that he al- ' ^ v,;|i j ways came home nights not later tha«t. - -- - ,'1 '$ 10 o'clock. His body was found btf ~ J. C. Heisler.and Fred Pope who hadL • 1 started a searefa for him shortly aftar' \ \ noon Tuesday. - rm,® -- --«-- ' SOCIAL WHEEL . Mrs. J. A. Craver was has teas t#-. the members and friends of the Soc?a|i^| WTieel at her beautiful home on Fox River last Thursday afternoon with a large attendance of thirty-one laJie-t 33S present. The afternoon passed plea«*7 antly in playine five hundred, with tb*» first prize being awarded to Mrs. H. ' A. Asmalsky, the second prize was won by Mrs. N. H. Pete so h and the consolation went to Mrs. E. G. Peterson. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the home of Mi's. Minnie Miller next Thursday. Mrs. J. MlcEvoy for a week before' mental, post. ... going to Point Lookout, Mich., fori. The driver? the rest of the summer. I was a woman! Mr. and - Mrs.; Thomas Mills and! ------ .daughter and Mr. and Mrs.. Walter! Miaa Marjory home by the way of Ney York City Gnibe and son, Walter, were recent spent a few days this and $oston. This is a very beautiful visitors at the 1mm Ulrs. guest ter aant^ trip as well as a highly enjoyable one. John MBer$es. i Laughlin. Oh. yaa, tha driver Bffurray of Geneva week CARD PART* A card party will be held afternoon, July 25, at 2:30 o'clock, atJcwi* St. Patrick's hall. Door prize and^ | prise for, each table. Refreshments* SPOTLIGHT TWINS AT FOX The stellar fttraction at the Fn«c - -- : theidMce pavilion on Saturday of, KM*. Xfc*jjuly 1$ was a specialty noaahar by ' I the Spotlight Twins.