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?*PPP |$' ||?Jf$ipP^^ ffW^PF^ »i." f--; •" T- IH^jn •0p-~f $*£?*$& -.tt ^*1 wcKS. <J?Lv&e. # -<.•; Wi iV^.r P^S4£'^«fc f *'\^^'T!5ST35&'• *f • **» i ' * f ' jfy \ t« - ly;,",,,;^' >.., ; V'-?f rn s, ^ ? i iS'it^-v--r» . •»' ^ •vay;vte. ..-J : ,s j,,^ t ... •<- • -r*.- \i -*'V„ **? VOLUME 55 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1929 Mo. 28fe WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OF INTEREST ^ PARTIES POPULAR^ THIS FALL FROM COLUMBKT; OF OUR 3X0HANG NOVEMBER 1929 Sat New Clab Is Faraic(d For Enjoyment at Cards--- ^ Organize Sewing Club il$;4jewing club was organised on day afternoon at the home of Mrs, H. Weber and Miss Clara Schiessle, 3The members plan to meet every two Wed Thur i- 1 ;w. <:!*'-'>"WMuri V ^ T Vy *- \* f flWfVWff \<\ ty.'•.', ,, ';wtrv ';<d i'v. •-'**•'• V-i ' "' - .w Auus '-•. " .<•"• ' ft* feeks and bring their own sewing foe few hours of pleasant work. Those o were present were Mrs. Caroline! hiessle, Mrs. N. J. Justen, Mrs; enry fleimer, Mrs. A. I. Froehlich, "iss Clara Schiessle and Mrs. P. H. eber. The next meeting will be a| e home of Mrs. A. I. Froehlich in' #wo weeks. & Royal Neighbors En(«rtaii The members of Riverview Cam. Royal Neighbors of America, enjoye _.«i very pleasant meeting Monday eve ^ing and all who were not present! .jknissed a good time. Following the ;?ir -jiejtular meeting the evening's enter? it was very ably carried out •by the committee consisting of Mrs^ pPeter Heimer, daughter, Alvera, and "Jtfrs. J. D. Beatty. The ladies used iiSamany novel and new ideas to enter* •tain the guests and the entire even** ing showed the result of much timf and effort spent in its preparation •Cards were played and when the «core cards were distributed each one ifound an appropriate verse inscribe# and when read conveyed a joke fitting* ithe occasion. In bridge the high honors were won1 \ t>y Mrs. Albert Vales, in five hundred the high honors went to Mrs. Powert- •while in bunco Mrs. John -Keg won -the prize. Delicious refreshments •were served by the committee. The next meeting of the Riverview Camp will take place December 10, at which time election of officers will be held. A committee has been ap- . pointed for refreshments and all members are urged to attend. The camp has recently been reimbursed by the security fund from the head camp for the money lost in the recent teak failure. •.« New Club Formed A new club was recently formed -with the first meeting being held Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith. The club will be known its the K. R. S. P. club and will meet every two weeks. Bridge was played Friday evening and high ' honors were won by Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ritter, while the consolations went to Mrs. John R. Smith and George Kuhn. The members of the club are Messrs. and Mesdames George Kuhn, H. L. Ritter, E. G. Peterson and John R. Smith. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George "Xuhe. • feftertain at Caitb Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fleming entertained a party of friends at their home on Riverside Drive last Sunday evening. Cards were played and other games enjoyed, after which a dainty lunch was served. Winners at cards were Mrs. Charles Gibbs, Mrs. - Mary McCabe and Ed Sutton.' Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gibbs, Mr. "land Mrs. Earl McAndrews, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buss, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Knox, Mrs. Mary MlcCabe and Misses Mary and Frances Fleming. „ Merrymakers The Merrymakers met at the home «I Mrs. Jacob F. Justen on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Five hundred was played and the first prize was won by Mrs. Albert Vales, second was won by Mrs. Frank Masquelet and the third prize by Mrs. Ben Justen. Mrs. Martin Weber was substitute for Mrs. Stephen Smith. Mrs. William Freund was present for the first time since her accident and the members were very glafl to have her with them again. LEGIONNAIRES IN d COUNTY MEETING Drive For Members Throughout the County Launched at Meeting at Ridtmond One of the largest meetings held by the American Legion took place at Richmond Thursday evening when seven of the ten posts of the county were represented at ttie regular county meeting. An intensive drive for membership throughout the county has been launched,by the Legion. Many prominent members were present, including Thomas P. Bolger of McHenry, past district commander, and the past connty commander, Harold E. Reese, of Woodstock. Talks were given by many of the members and Tom Bolger expressed the hope of seeing McHenry county 100 per cent in membership by the first of the new year and issued i challenge to the Harvard post from the McHenry post. William Carroll of Woodstock brought out the point in his talk that it isn't the large posts in the state that are doing the good work, but the posts of small numbers and expressed his appreciation of the fine meeting sponsored by the Richmond post. William H. Althoff of this city was named on a committee to assist a committee from the county Auxiliary unit in investigating conditions at the Elgin state hospital. It was decided not to hold a meeting in December. The next regular county meeting will be held at McHenry on January 23, at which time State Commander Edward Hayes will be present. It is planned to make this a big meeting with at least 200 Legionnaires present. Among those from McHenry who attended the meeting were: Thomas Bolger, William H. Althoff, Charles J Reihansperger, Fred C. Schoewer, James Beavis, J. J. Marshall oad Ray McGee. Royal Bunco Club James Beavis entertained the members of the Royal Bunco club at her home Thursday evening. _ Bunco was played and the first prize was won by Mrs. John Engeln, the second went to Mrs. Fred Nickels, who also won the prize for throwing the most number of buncos and the third prize • went to Mrs. J. 'J. Marshall. Delicious refreshments were served; Royal Entertainers • The Royal Entertainers met at the home of Mrs. T. W. Winkle on Thursday evening. Five hundred was played and the first prize was won by 23 Mrs. H. L. Ritter, the second by Mra. R. J- Frisby and the^third prize by Mrs. Mat Freund. Refreshments were served. Emerald Bridge Club «f%o members of the Emerald Bridge - 'club were entertained by Mrs. Albert Vales at her home Monday afternoon Bridge was played and the first prize won by Mrs. Albert Vales, the second by Mrs. Thomas Wilson and the third by Mrs. Albert Krause. Re freshments were served .it of the games. !. pe ci^s< Royal Neighbor Dance fox River Valley Camp, R. N. A IfeM a dance at Stoffel's hall Saturday night. The turkey which was «*fen away went tp R. I- Overton. YOUNG MAN DIES FROM HEART FAILURE THURSDAY Ephraim Raven, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Raven of Griswold Lake, died suddenly late Thursday night, Nov. 21, of heart attack, according to a verdict returned by a jury Friday afternoon at the inquest conducted by Coroner E. H. Cook of Huntley. The boy had attended a party Thursday evening at a farm near his home, operated by a brother, John Raven. Leaving late in the evening he entered his car and while waiting for his brother to crank the machine suddenly slumped over the steering wheel. He died shortly after being taken into the house. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers and a sister. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in McHenry with Rev. W. Bonham officiating Sunday afternoon. ^°od" land cemetery. " *'-r" BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Douglas announce the birth of a son at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, on Saturday, Nov. 16. The younff man will answer to the, name of Thomas Charles. ' * Mr. and Mrs. Charles Egan of Chicago are the proud parents of a son born at St. Anthony's hospital, Chicago, on Wednesday. The little fellow tipped the scales at seven pounds. Mrs. Egan was formerly Miss Blanche Meyers of this city. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Karowsky of Chicago announce the birth of a daughter on Nov. 6. Mr. and Mrs Karowsky in summer rtsidents at McHenry,. . . ' •• TEACHERS ATTEND ANNUAL INSTITUTE Prominent Educators on Program at Elgin Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday All of the teachers of the grade school and community high school of McHenry attended the annual institute at Elgin on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this weeK. It is estimated that 1,500 public school teachers from Kane, McHenry and Kendall counties made Elgin iTieir headquarters and attended the institute programs at the Elgin high school. Schools of the "County were dismissed for the entire week, the first three days being given over to the institute sessions and the latter part of the .greek covering the Thanksgiving holidays. Educators of national prominence were obtained to address the various sectional and general meetings, with Frai\cis G. Blair of Springfield, state superintendent of public instruction, as one of the prominent educators on the program, which was arranged by the three county superintendents, E. M. Harris of Kane county, Ethel Coe of McHenry county and A. N. Barron of Kendall county. Many of the school executives and teachers declared this year's program to be one of the greatest in value in the history of the district, and for the first time has a section devoted entirely to kindergarten work. Several McHenry county instructors will speak before various of the sectional meetings with the Harvard and Crystal Lake schools represented. As of recent years the routine institute meetings were divided into sections, according to grades for elementary school instructors' and according* to subjects for high school teachers. State Superintendent of Schools, Francis G. Blair, spoke at the opening session of the institute and told the educators assembled that there is much more remuneration in their profession than the mere value represented in salary checks. With his subject, "Our Work," he spoke of the intangible income derived from a life in the teaching profession. He went on to say that it is not what the boy does to arithmetic, but what arithmetic does to the boy that counts, and in the same vein of thought, it is not what the teacher gives the child so much as it is what the child gives the teacher, a more enjoyable and appreciative understanding of life and a more thorough enjoyment of one's life work. One of the other features of the opening program was an address by Dr. F. B. Snyder of Northwestern University, who was also a former Elgin graduate, who spoke on the subject, 'What Can We Offer Our Students ? " Music was furnished by the A. Capella choir of the Nicholas Senri high school, Chicago, directed by Noble Cain, and the Elgin high school orchestra, directed by Miss Emma R. Knudson. AUCTION SALE OF COWS Are you looking for some high class Guernsey cows and heifers? If so be sure to attend the sale of the Dr. F. M. Sylvester herd at the Spring Grove Stock Yards on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Read the auction ad. in this issue.- Chas. Leonard, Auctioneer. 26-fp Christmas presents now" pn display at J. J- Vycital's. Come in and see this line before buying 26-fp Arvin Hot Water Heaters are the best that money can buy. For all cars at Buss-Page Motor Sales. 26 LOCAL RED CROSS DRIVE SUCCESSFUL ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN WINS MEMBERS Splendid Co-operation of Organisations and Individual Workers Does the Job Ike annual Red CroBS membership drive in McHenry was put over with a bang and the response made by the citizens was glorious. The entire enrollment when completed will probably number about 100 members, all of whom gave cheerfully and generously. The solicitors in the drive were eight high school girls, Dorothy Fisher, Louise Kilday, Julia McLaughlin, Elvera Antholz, Marion Krause, Agnes Steffes, Helen Weber and Marguerite Kinsala, who completed the territory assigned to them in recordbreaking time. If you have not. joined the, Red Cross you may do so at any time by notifying any of the executive committee, it is not too late yet. It was impossible to cover all of the territory belonging to the local chapter, especially in the rural districts, but it is not too late to join and new members will be welcomed at anytime. The drive was put over with the assistance of the American Legion, represented by C. J. Reihansperger. who evinced much interest in the work and wno put forth every effort to make the drive a success. Supt. C. H. Duker also assisted, the Boy Scouts made quick work of putting up the posters and distributing literature and the eight girls entere4 into the soliciting of memberships with enthusiasm and zest. All of the above mentioned workers are earnestly extended a vote ot thanks by the Red Cross officers, who greatly appreciate their interest in the work and their time and, effort spent in putting over the drive successfully. Will Retain Charter SUMMER RESIDENT ' ,1H NARROW ESCAPE Richard Koch. Chicago Attorney, Overcome By Monoxide Gas Sunday Evening Richard Koch, a Chicago lawyer, narrowly escaped death Sunday evening as he was overcome with monoxide gas at his cottage on Fox River FIRE DESTROYS BARN _ 0N FARM NEAR VOLO Departments From McHenry and Round Lake Called to Scene Simjday Evening The large barn on the farm of Henry Schaefer, located four miles east of McHenry and about two miles northwest of Volo, near Sullivan lake, burned to the ground Sunday evening. The fire was first noticed by Mr. near Chapel Hill. The family came oui to the cottage Sunday to close it for the winter and ad they were pre- Schaefer about 8 c.ciock Sunday ni ht paring to return to the city, Mr. Koch oa ^ went to the garage to prepare the car for the return trip. As he did not re turn to the house a member of the family went to look for him and found him in the closed garage, overcome by the monoxide gas from his car. Medical aid was summoned and a pulmi tor was used for two hours before he showed any signs of life, it seemingly appearing that he did not breathe -for some time. He was taken to St. Theresa's hospital at Waukegan, where oxygen was administered and he is now getting along nicely. v AUXILIARY LADIES! ENTERTAIN EX-SOLDIERS The ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary entertained the boys at the Elgin state hospital Friday afternoon of last week, this being their annual Thanksgiving dinner. A menu of roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, celery, pickles, pumpkin pie and coffee was served. The ladies of the Auxiliary prepare and serve this meal to the boys- and the size of the task can better be understood when it is known that 200 pounds of beef and eighty pies were used. It can well be imagined what a huge undertaking it is for these women who willingly lend their services to make these poor unfortunates happy. The meal is served at tables with eight seated at a table. The entire meal was put on the tables before the large doors at each end of the large dining room, with two spacious living rooms adjoining, one at each end, are unlocked, after which the patients enter single file and are seated. It is very remarkable how orderly these boys enter the dining room and the eager look on their faces as they Everyone should feel grateful, for j are seated makes one feel well repaid now the local Red Cross chapter may I for the effort put forth. The whole retain their charter and will continue, county lends their services in preparto be an organization maintained for | jnpr amj serving this meal and those charity and the assistance of our lo-1 from McHenry who assisted were: cal people in distress. While dtie- j Mrs- James Beavis, Mrs. John Ktrls, half of every membership fee goes to i jfra p j Schoewer and Mrs. William the National Red Cross through the county chairman, ,E. H. Waite, or Woodstock, the other half will remain H. Althoff. On Dec. 5 the McHenry County Council will elect and install their of in McHenry for the assistance of | ficers for the coming year at Woodpeople. I stock. All members should plan to The assistance of those who gave attend.* extra donations in addition to their membership fee is also appreciated. Although it is not known how the showing made in the drive by McHenry will compare with the other units in the county, yet we are proud of our showing and of the spirit of co-operation and assistance shown by everyone in this city. The local Red Cross chapter has never refused to aid an appeal for The American Legion Auxiliary convention was held at Batavia on Saturday. This convention was for the eleventh district and took place at the home of the district committee^ woman, Emma Swan. Many interesting subjects were discussed, including child welfare and rehabilitation. Those from McHenry who attended were Mrs. James Beavis, Mrs. J. J. Marshall, Mrs. F. M. Ensign. Mrs. Hercharity and since the war hundreds of j man fiehaeffer and Mrs. P. J. Schoedollars have been spent for local re- j wer. lief work. It has represented the city -- • in its donations to foreign relief work, MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Japanese relief work, Southern Illi- Records at the court house show nois relief work, to Mississippi flood that a marria?e license was issued fund and other national causes. In' on hjov 25 to Mr. Arthur Kennebeck addition to this several hundreds of j and jfliss Louise Chamberlin, both of dollars have been spent locally, in j McHenry. relieving the distress of residents in -- this vicinity. Funeral expenses have the victims of fires and other catasbeen paid as well as doctor's bills, trophes. They still stand ready to contribution was made to the Ameri- {continue in this charitable work and can Legion fire relief fund, relief surely there is no organization more funds were instituted for several i worthy of the support of the public needy families and those who were than the Red Cross. as flames burst from the cupola and a window high up in the barn. The fire seemed to start in the very top of the barn and flames burst out high above the hay and cornstalks. The cause of the fire is not known and will probably remain a mystery, the only solution being that it might possibly have been caused by heating corn fodder in the bam. The wind swept the flames and burning embers onto the house which caught fire sev eral times and would probably have been destroyed also if it had not been for the efforts of the McHenry and Round Lake fire departments which were called to the scene and did all in their power to keep the fire from spreading. The silo also burned and a stack of cornstalks which stood near the barn. The shortage of water made it impossible to save these and the efforts of the workers were centered on saving the house. About seventeen cows and four horses were rescued from the barn by Mr. Sojiaefer with the smoke becoming almost unbearable and one calf was almost lost before it could be taken through the heat and smoke. Although the livestock was saved the loss was a heavy one with thirty tons of fine alfalfa hay, five tons of timothy and more than ten tons of shredded fodder destroyed aa well as 1,200 bushels of grain, besides, harnesses, tools and other valuable property. The loss will amount to several thousands of dollars with only a small part being covered by Insurance Schaefer states that he has been fighting the fire ever since Sunday night and has kept a constant watch night and day over the smouldering ruins, pouring water on the burning grain and watching for another outbreak. He is now fixing up a tool shed in which to keep his cows and plans to start to rebuild the barn at once if the weather remans favorable. Another fire occurred Sunday night when the house, barn and other farm buildings on a farm owned by Miss Nellie Thompson were destroyed by fire. The farm is located at Rawson's bridge on Fox River between McHenry and Cary and was. unoccupied at the time of the fire. The fire was of a mysterious origin but the owner is of the opinion that there was, a still in the barn and that this was the cause of the fire. It is also thought that the fire was the result of spite work although it is all a conjecture. ^- DINNER AND BAZAAR--, The public is invited to the chicken , _ p . dinner, baked ham supper served at ^ M. E. church Thursday, Dec. 5, 60c per plate. Also a sale of fancy and useful articles. Menu: baked chicken. dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy. salad, peas, cranberries, celery, rolls, pickles, coffee, pie. 26fp Assortment of Newsy Items Condensed Form For * Busy People Fellingham of Crystal Lake has^rn his possession a deed issued to his father by the United States government in 1850 and signed by President Taylor. The deed is on & Sheet of parchment paper that is unusually well preserved. The writing and printing are easily read. G. S. Randall of Harvard narrowlyescaped being killed Tuesday rnorn- •ng of last week when a vicious bull, which he was leading to water, attacked him. throwing him up in thet ^air twice. Through the timely assistance of his nephew, Mr. Randall '! I*88 dragged from the pathway of the V5|| -*1 bull to the milk house and later was ' ®ble to reach the house. With the - v*- assistance of the neighbors about two hours were spent in getting the mid* '. £? mal back in the barn. Herman Osman. 19, an employee at the Arlington Park race track was shot and killed while on a hunting ex-', pedition a week ago Sunday. Frel Nettie, a fifteen-year-old Arlington Heights lad is being held, chargett- *- with the murder after confessing that ' he had shot at Osman when the latter had trespassed on his father's land. : HeVman Nettie, the boy's father is also held as accessory to, the fatal* shooting as it is charged that he and 4 'his son had previously driven hunters^ from the farm by deliberately shooting at them. Phillip Pluskiss of Chicago lost kit life on Sunday of last week when the car in which he was riding crashed into a tree on Sheridan road hear Lake Forest. Pluskiss was accompanied by Walter^ Roman and it is believed that they were looking back to watch tha military maneuvers at Tort Sheridan and that their car ran off the road and crashed into a tree. The injured men were taken to the Fort SheridaK hospital, where Pluskiss passed awaj^t soon afterward from the effects of a tekull ifracture. Roman 'received bruises and lacerations which weiiv not very serious, and was able to leave the hospital that evening. it Mr. and Mrs. John Hazelton of Maft^ Chester, celebrated their 60th am# versarv, Sunday Nov. 17, at their farm home where they have resided for the past 55 years. Mr. and Mr*. Hazelton are both 81 years old, and were married in Belolt, Nov. 17, 186ft. Josephine Smith, 18, South Bend* Ind., girl was returned to her homo town last week from the Lake Foreft jail to face charges of stealing a car. The police are still looking for h4t companion, Howard Bailey, 20 y^i# old South Bender who escaped after the stolen car hit a fence in Waukegan when the Lake Forest police were overtaking him after a ten mile chas^. Clarence E. Foss, an ex-service ma* , of Woodstock, who deserted his wife - and five children to run away with Leola Klanke, the "hired girl," was sent back to the farm by Judge Allen* in the county court Monday afternoon of last week. Judge Allen stated tha® rather than put him in jail where he could rest, he preferred to send hi® back to the farm to do the heavy which his wife has been doing. The , court warned Foss that this case wa» ( his one chance, that he was to leave the girl alone and not to be seen 'm Elgin where she lives. He also watf» informed that should the girl com* into the county she would be placed;,; where she could not break up hie home. Three youthful bandits, claiming Indianapolis, Ind., as their residency ^ are lodged in the jail at Elkhorn, Wis& charged with stealing a Ford car own. Mr* I by Louis Remer of Burlington, j " The trio came to Burlington, an4 lacking funds to buy gasoline for their car, a Nash se^fn, abandoned the machine and helped themselves * to Remer's Ford. Remer saw th* youths get into the car and notified J V A "'vl j ALADDIN MANTLE LAMP In the advertising columns this week will be found an announcement by John J. Vycital, local merchant, in regard to taking on the sale of the instant-light Aladdin Lamp. This announcement will be of particular interest to anyone not having the advantage* of electrkHjr. *26-fp authorities in neighboring communis ties, and after an exciting chase bjjr three deputy sheriffs at Elkhorn, th#-- trio was captured. During the skir<» mish the youthful bandits threw awaf their guns, but masks, glass cutter% a chisel and a quantity of cartridge®^ were found on their persons. il Disclosing the fact that over 50.00#', v dairy cows are bought in this section ?• - each year, E. S. Delancey, Minneapo- . >\g lis, announced last week of plans ma- ^ , turin? to m&ke Trevor, Wis., on6 w^ the leading cow marketing centers i* vrjij ^ the middle west. The company has # been formed, according to Mr. Delare* t ^ cey; it is to be a Maryland corpora^ \ tion and will operate in Wisconsin ap. ^ a foreign corporation. The Soo Lin^^rjj > in the great anticipation of the volume of shipping that will be done , . -jg when the market gets under improve v sidings and shedn * ^ ^ according to Delancey, who is also aut» , > > thority for the statement that Trevo*. & was selected for the best location foe the marketing of dairy cows and horses. Similar markets are in oper*.^ tion at Springfield. Mo., and oth •# places. Trevor already has quite a reputation as being a shippiag pomfr for sheep. Be sure to read the Riverside Grocery 4 Market, fourth anniversary in this issue. Select your Christmas gifti Mfc Jti J. Vycital's, mem on dieplny. *4* ' . N -1 .