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*• • &< ' .;. J-Wt ' ClubMm QSEgSE&3B5&2&SSS& C. D. af A. Initiation ^toirteen new members were weKj corned by the members of Joyce Kilmer Court, Catholic Daughters of America, at their meeting Friday evening. A good attendance of members were present to enjoy the work put on by their own officers with Anna Stock acting as district deputy. Father OTtourke was present and gave an Interesting talk in jris usual capable manner. The candidates initiated were: Susan Nimsgern, Mrs. Clara Lenzen, Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. Agnes Adams, Mathilda Miller, Madeline Worts, Marian Wagner, Mrs. Celia Fox, Mrs. Celia Thelen, Mrs. Gertrude Stilling, Mrs. Elizabeth Pich, Mrs. Edith Karls and Eleanor May. Lunch was served at the close of the meeting. Another initiation will be held in about a month and anyone wishing to join is requested to notify any of the officers. MR ' . Birthday Anniversary -• «^1ie members of her card club and a few friends surprised Mrs. Thomas Kane Sunday evening, the event being planned in honor of her birthday anniversary. Four tables of five hundred were in play and high honors were won by Mrs. D. A. Whiting and Ford Jackson, while the consolations went to Mrs. Mat Blake and Peter A. Freund. Refreshments were serv ed at the close of the games. In addition to the club members Mrs. D. A. Whiting and Will Whiting were present. ]• ^ Mothers Club Ilk Mothers club met at the torn of Mrs. George Kramer on Friday afternoon, where a good attendance of members and two guests were present. Plans were made for the Mothers party to be given Saturday afternoon at the kindergarten room in the grade school. Mabel Hobbs, county nurse, was present and gave an interesting talk on "Healthful Outdoor Play for Children." Games were played and refreshments were served at the close of an instructive and pleasant afternoon. iImmmrmwmmwwimwmmmmmak w THURSDAY-FRIDAY May 8-9 The Supreme AU Talking Drama Of the Air "FLIGHT* __ with /. _ .. ^ JACK HOLT IiILA LEE and Vitaphoae Varieties SATURDAY, MAY || "THE BISHOP ^ MURDER CASE" Thrills galore in an all talking hit ' V.. V . with ' USfLA HYAMS . PHILO VANCE BASIL RATHBONE with Metrot--e Review And Talking Comedy SUNDAY -- MONDAY May 11-12. Matinee 2:91 0%^ 2" Edmund J , Couldinir n VAp Production* taM •'* VffV ImPAHlti ALL TALKING Aesop's Sound Fables Metre Talking Comely "CRAZY FEET" THURSDAY-FRIDAY f May 15-16 • pOLORES DEL Kg} 'KVAHOELXNE' 4, foresters Install Officers The members of St. Clara's Court, Catholic Order of Foresters, held their annual installation of officers at their hall on Wednesday evening of last week. The meeting was preceded by a six o'clock banquet at Bickler's hotel where the dining room and tables were attractively decorted in the colors of the order, yellow and white. About fifty members were present at the dinner where an interesting talk was given by Father Nix, pastor of St. Mary's church. Following the dinner the members gathered at the hall where the installation ceremonies took place with Mrs. Emma Miller acting as installing officer. , The guard of honor, composed of Mrs. Evelyn Blake, Florence Blake, Anna Blake and Marian Krause, escorted the installing officer to her station and also conducted each officer to their station after they had taken the obligation of the order. I Mrs. Emma Miller as installing officer, was presented with a beautiful plant, as were also Lillian Stoffel, retiring vice-chief ranger, and Helen Schneider, who had been the musician of the order. The chief ranger, Mrs. Kathrine Worts, was presented with a beautiful basket of white Snapdragons. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing bridge, five hundred and bunco, prizes were awarded and lunch served. The officers installed for the year were: * ,*>**> -s •>*. , , , fa' jl»„> £ (f, i %. \ i '<'•&*<*•;» f'TT1'M:>4 -# 1 • J V J r ^ * * '**•* 1 * + ' * i ^ ^ yfc , *£<5, •• 'y » - . s ' , ' ^ ,1 Kt, ijUy, *"* , < y* , '» ' '"f rat W'gnntY PLAnroiALEs, thussda?, may a, idso BUSINESS OHANaXS ON MAIN STREET (Continued from Front Page) Chief Ranger--Kathrine Worts. Vice Chief Ranger--Celia Blake. Past Chief Banger--Emma Miller. Recording secretary--Barbara Krause. Financial secretary--Mrs. Hiller. Treasurer--Helen Weber. First trustee--Gertrude R. Weber. Second trustee--Susan Justen. Third trustee--Kathrine Baur. Sentinels--Anna Meyers, Barbara Weber. Conductors--Frances Kalin, Dorothy Schnefor. 8aqnjbe Putr . A party of friends surprised Anton H. Fr-eund at his home west of this city Tuesday evening In honor of his birthday anniversary. Bunco and games were played during the evening with prizes in bunco being won by Mrs. Earl Brown and Nick Freund, first; Mrs. P. W. Frett and Roy Goin, second; and Mrs. Will Harris and Mrs. Roy Goin the consolations. Those present were Messrs. and Mesdames Will Harris, Roy Goin, Earl Brown, Nick Freund, Peter J. Schaefer, Nick Kennebeck u4J(ts. P. W. Freund. Entertains for M rs.l&ssocfow Mrs. Minnie Miller entertained • party of friends in honor of Mrs. Fred Bassodow of Chicago Friday afternoon. Mrs. Bassodow was spending the week at her cottage on Fox River. Two tables of bridge were played during the afternoon and prizes were won by Mrs. J. E. Wheeler and Mrs. E. G. Peterson. Refreshments were served. The guests were Mrs. J. E. Wheeler, Mrs. E. G. Peterson, Mr?. Fred Bassodow, Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mrs. Josephine Pouse, Mrs. A. J. Schneider and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson. Entertain Card Club Mr. and Mrs. Albert Justen recently entertained the members of their card club, at which time five tables of five hundred were in play. Prizes were awarded to ladies as follows: Mrs. John Wagner, first; Mrs. Ed. Cook, second; Mrs. Russell Gibbs, third; Mrs. John Molidor, fourth. The gents' prizes went to Joe Freund, first; John Molidor, second; Peter Freund, third; Russell Gibbs, fourth. Joe Wagner captured the low prize. After the games refreshments were served. Entertain Card Club Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday entertained the members of their card club an Tuesday night at their home. Five hundred was played. Prizes were won by Mrs. Joe Wagner and John Molidor, first; Mrs. Ed. Cook and Joe Freund, second; Mrs. John Molidor and Roy Cook, third; Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, fourth. Low prize, Mrs. Peter Freund a*id Russell Gibbs. A delicious lunchaaa was served at midniefct» may be read for a long distance from all four ways of approach. The entire interior is new with the very latest in metal ceilings finished in Spanish design and the walls are done in two-tone texture of ivory over green. The back room, which was originally lower than the Main party, has been raised to the same level, making floor space of 92 feet in length which will afford ample room for display of stock. There is also another entrance at the side of building on Route 61. The basement will be used as workshop, furnace and storeroom. A large porch and an outside entrance to the upstairs was built on the west side of the building. Mr. Althoff will carry a much larger stock in all of his lines, due to his added space and display room and will be equipped to give better service than before. He has several employees and is also assisted in the store by Mrs. Althoff. Frett SelJs To Joe Regner The business men of Main Street are welcoming a new member to their midst this week in the person of Joe Regner, who has purchased the meat market 0f Peter Wm. Frett and has already taken possession of the concern. Mr. Regnei", who comes from Chicago, worked for Mr. Frett about five years ago and is riot a stranger in this vicinity, having been raised at Johnsburg. He is very competent to carry out his new business venture having received valuable experience for the past five years in his work in one of Chicago's largest chain markets, which is a thorough school in this line of work. He will endeavor to serve the customers of the store in the same efficient manner to which they have been accustomed and is greeting many old friends. While it is with regret that Mr. Frett leaves Main street yet ft is not without a glow of anticipation that lie looks forward to again entering the commercial world and he sees a vista of new opportunities opening before him. Although he has -several very good business propositions awaiting his acceptance he has not just decided which one he will accept and he may take a few weeks* vacation before he makes his decision. Not having had a vacation from the responsibilities of a business for ten years Mr. Frett feels that he is entitled to a little respite, although he is emphatic in his statement that he won't be idle very long. Mr. Frett comes from a family Interested only in the meat business and his father operated t a market on Riverside Drive where the subject of this story was born, but moved soon after to Chicago where his father, Joseph J. Frett, continued in his line of work. On Main Street Ten Years Mr. Frett has been in business on Main street for the past ten years and during this time he served as the mayor of McHenry in which he has always been most interested in its welfare, besides being interested in other public offices. Before coming to McHenry to live he served on tho city council at Milwaukee, Wis., and has had much experience in city affairs. With the exception of six years spent as tJnited States veterinary inspector, which took him all over the United States in his inspection of the main packing centers of the country, much of the work beng done on the killing floors, he was on the road for Swift & Company and the Cudahy Packing Company and was superintendent of the Hanson Packing company at Butte, Mont. Although Mr. Frett is giving up his business here he will never lose ^iis interest in the welfare and advancement of the city of McHenry and is happy in saying that he will always have time to do something for McHenry. He has a warm spot in his heart for the home of his birth and will always continue to call this "home'*. Mr. and Mrs. Frett will move Into the Mrs. Albert Frett house in the north end of town. Edward Frett will continue in the market for the present and will be ; flmplnyed by Mr. Regner. STORM LOSS IS EST! MATED IN THOUSANDS Most Damage Done North of Henry--Many Cattle Die As Barns Crash Me- Bon Bon Club Mrs. Joseph Wagner entertained the members of her card club on Thursday of last week. Luncheon was serv. at one o'clock. Two tables of five tndred were in play during the afrnoon and prizes were won by Mrs. I <i. Cook, Mrs. Frank Masquelet; low I cize, Mrs. Jack McCarrol, while Mrs. Joseph Freund received the consolation. Mrs. Ed. Cook will entertain the members at the next meeting. Emerald Bridge Club ' Mis. Albert Krause was hostess to the ladies of the Emerald Bridge club at her home Thursday afternoon. Two tables of bridge were in play and prizes were won by Mrs. Albert Krause, Mrs. Albert Vales and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, after which refresa* ments were served. Hikers Club The Hikers club met at the home of Mrs. T. J. Walsh Tuesday afternoon at which time the members en joyed a few games of bridge with prizes being won by Mrs. F. O. Cans ;»nd Mrs. George Kuhn. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Minnie Miller. Ladies' Aid Society The Ladies' Aid society will meet at the home of Mrs. F. E. Cobb on tomorrow, Friday, afternoon. Members and friends a^e invited to attend this meeting. Social Wheel The Social Wheel will meet at the home of Mrs. A. J. Schneider on Mxt Thursday afternoon. • 1 Miss Lenore Cobb'of Chicago spent Wednesday night and Thursday at her home here. iFrrTtgi" PERSONALS Mrs. E. G. Peterson was called to Michigan by the death of her brother the first of the week. Raymond Newman of Chicago spent last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Engstrom and children of St. Charlerf were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Reinart and baby of Elgin were Sunday guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wightman of Lake Geneva, Wis., spent Sunday evening as guests of Mr. and Mrs. L F. Newman. Mrs.,Julius Gruenfeldt and daughters have returned to McHenry to spend the summer after spending the winter in Chicago. William J. Welch left Monday evening for Glencoe, Minn., where he will , visit his niece, Mrs. Nellie Rogers, who is seriously ill. Mrs. Edward J. Buss, Mrs. Louis McDonald and daughter, Audrey, and Mrs. L. F. Newman were Waukegan visitors Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Sydney Tracey returned home from St. Anthony's hosp:taI, Chicago Sunday and is recovering nicely from her recent operation for appendicitis The Everest Herrold family have moved from the flat over Marshall bakery on Green street to Crystal Lake, ^where Mr. Herrold Is employed. Mr. and Mrs. William VanNatta of Fountain, Mich., visited relatives in, this vicinity a few days the first part of the week. . They accompanied the remains of their brother-in-law, William Jayne, to Crystal Lake for burial last Saturday. May, the month of cyclones and tornadoes, was ushered in with -wind and destruction in a terrific wind and rainstorm, which swept McHenry and the northern part of the county Thursday night, May 1, th4t resulted in the loss of three lives, many head of valuable live stock, wrecked more than twenty barns and left thousands of dollars in property damage in its wake. The storm was even greater in its intensity and left greater destruction than did the tornado of three years ago which was of a similar nature and which broke over this territory on Monday afternoon. May 9, 1927. During this storm the greatest amount of damage was done south of this city while on Thursday night the force of the storm seemed to strike north of McHenry. The weather .prophets who warned of a big storm before conditions settled down were right and the havoc broke loose about eleven o'clock Thursday night just as many people had gone to bed, as the climax to a day of unsettled weather. The storms were general in the middle west and the loss of twenty-three lives was reported as the result of the tornado in this and other states. The smoke gray cloud which swept up from the south with hail and heavy rain, in addition to the wind traveled northward with the wind changing accordingly, while it seemed to gather velocity until it reached the northwest when it broke in renewed fury and wrought its greatest damage leaving a jagged line of ruins covering a path which could easily be followed across from McHenry county to Lake county. Virtually every farm in the path of the tornado suffered some property damage from the twister which, according to many, was the worst storm doing the greatest amount of damage ever experienced in the locality north of McHenry. Over $200,000 Damage in County McHenry county alone will suffer more than $200,000 in damage, mostly to farm property and livestock, a9 a result of the storm , which brought reports of more than twenty barns around Hebron, Richmond and Spring Grove being demolished, window? broken, chimneys toppled over, trees uprooted, and windmills and silos scattered. Nearly every barn that was wrecked was one standing north and south which caught the fury of the storm broadside. The next morning many of the roads were almost impassable as great trees, pulled up by the roots, lay across the highways and everywhere were scenes of wreckage. . In McHenry the storm proved to be more noise than actual damage with some trees down as the only evidence of the storm. A large tree blew onto the Fred Boger home doing some damage to the roof of the house. The nearest wreckage was found just west of this city on Route 20, at the farm of John P. Freund, where the barn was moved seven feet off its foundation and completely wrecked. Here twenty cows and four horses were trapped in the basement of the bar, with seven cows and two horses being killed by the weight of falling timbers, hay and machinery. Thirteen cows and two horses were saved and although badly bruised were extricated from the ruins by the quick work of many neighbors and friends who toiled through the remainder of the night, until every living animal was saved. Mr. and Mrs. Freund did not hear the barn crash and knew nothing of it until they happened to look out, first discerning the barn doors were gone and upon investigation they discovered the wreck. They at once sent out a call for help and the fire siren was blown which summoned many to their assistance. Only for the efforts of neighbors and others who toiled through the early hours of the morning in the wind and rain, more animals would have died. Much grain and hay also in the barn, will be lost although the machinery canrbe repaired. Mr. Freund has already started work in clearing up the wreckage and the barn will be rebuilt at once. The livestock is now being kept in the barn at the John Boyle farm nearby. The wood sito on the Tony Freund farm, farther west on Route 20, was blown down as were the silos on the Joe Paul farm and L. C. Benwell farm and the barn doors on the Mat Glosson, Ed. Whiting and Lester Sherman farms were blown off, while the glass was blown out of several windows in the C. R. Draper home. The barn on the F. L. Newcomb farm on the Ringwood road was badly damaged but no livestock was lost. Many trees between here and Woodstock were uprooted and small buildings wrecked. Huge Barn Demolished Thirty-eight head of cattle were crushed to death when the wind demolished $ huge barn on the E. W. Peacock farm, known as the Hoffman farm, on the river road between Johnsburg and Spring Grove. Machinery in the barn was badly damaged and hundreds of dollars worth of hay and grain were destroyed. Every board as well as the huge beams in the barn-were splintered and twisted in so many small pieces that they will be useless only for kindling wood. The barn on this farm was on the east side of the road while the farm home was on the West side and escaped injury. With hundreds of cars parked around the scene the next day, scores of workmen with tractors worked to pull the wreckage apart so that the cows could be extricated. The Dick Cole farm near Spring Grove where William Stewart is a tenant, suffered the loss of practically every building but the house, and the garage was blown down on top of the family car "and a giant tree was uprooted. Two cottages at Colemar were crashed by the wind and three .giant trees at the clubhouse at Colemar, which had stood the elements of various storms for years were blown down, as were countless trees in t^at vicinity. Three barns on the Lawyer Walsh farm worked by Ben May, were badly twisted and wrecked, while between Spring Grove and Solon the Horace Redding barn was demolished and the barn on the Frank Johonnot farm was moved ten feet off its foundation badly wrecked, and one cow was killed. Solon Church Moved In Solon Mills the church of Which Rev. Fleming of Richmond is pastor, was moved ten feet from its foundation and the east side of the structure was driven two feet into the ground. The building leans at a 20 degree angle and is badly wrecked. The old mill» a landmark of Solon biult in 1870, was razed and completely demolished. The roof of the Milwaukee freight depot was carried several hundred feet across a field and a crashing tree demolished the Ford automobile owned by Charles Vogcl parked in front of his house near Solon. The barn on the Louis Hagerman farm was^twisted from its foundation and one cow was killed, while on the Paul Winn farm a new bam was wrecked, seven cows and two horses were killed and a sheeep shed blown over. The big barn on the Peter Sebastion farm was ruined and at the Ralph Cairns farm a new barn was completely demolished. Here thirty-eight head of cattle had been turned out of the structure after the evening milking. Parts of the barn were blown several hundred feet and huge timbers were found sticking in the ground where they had been blown by the terrific force of the wind. Between Hebron and Richmond *on the farm tenanted by Peter Norgard everything is flat except the house. The 100-foot barn is completely demolished and of the sixty dairy cattle in the barn, sixteen were still under fallen timbers on 7rk£*y norftfeg. til# horses were in a part of tho bain where they were not pinned down and it Was possible to get them out. The 86-foot tool shed and granery were also levelled. The Herman Schiessbaugh barn and the Earl Swenson barn were wrecked and the whole orchard on the Harms farm was uprooted. The loss in money and beauty is hard to estimate and only partially covered by insurance, which will cause a hardship for sometime to come. It will be many months before the wrecks wiU be rebuilt and the countryside restored to normal again and the people will begin to forget the havoc and loss wrought in an hours time on Thursday night. Their comfort is the thoughts of their friends who worked through the wind and rain, aided by the flash of lightning or the rays from a lantern to help them in every way possible. Today the sun may be shining brightly but the devastation and loss Wrought by the tornado remains. „ .Three Lives Lost In Lake county, Richard Shannon, 20 years old was fatally injured when his cottage at Channel Lake was blown down. He died Friday at a Waukegan hospital. On Friday Mrs. Elizabeth French, 72 years old, died of a heart attack induced by fright in the storm of the previous night. Lester Withrow, 25 years old, was almost instantly killed in Rockford, when a falling tree crushed into the automobile in which he was rding with a friend, who was also injured. The task of construction and clearing away of the debris has already commenced throughout the storm area where nearly 100 head of livestock were killed when barns buckled under the gale. s The second violent storm in a week struck McHenry Monday afternoon and swept the regMk iouth of Mc Henry with even greater intensitj the chief property damage being donJI around Barrington, Algonquin, Caryff Maywood and other sutmrban towns. The deluge of rain in the form o| a regular cloudburst was accompanl ied by hail and wind and followed th^ wave of record h$at for May 5. Streets and highways were floodc and along the Northwestern railroa<| tracks the water washed gravel ontd the tracks, causing delay in train ser^l" vice, and made it impossible for th^l- Elgin train to get through to Mc-fe; Henry that night. • The storm cooled the atmospher^ here, although the heaviest force olp the storm was escaped. METHODIST CHURCH . You are nvited to attend servieCgfts at the M. E. church evwy Sunday. Morning worship, 11 o'clock. Sunday school, 10 o'clock. #--• Thirty-seven names were read the honor roll for attendance at Sun^ day school during the month and three months' pin was awarded tefc Marilyn Mertes and six months' piad|[: were awarded to Bobby Bacon an«f Esther Colby. Jr- Special services will be observed ijjfe honor of Mothers' Day at the church|P Sunday, with special music by th^«' choir. A cordial invitation is extendi to everyone to attend. v CARD OF THANKS W» desire to thank the telephoned, operators and all neighbors andip friends who assisted us and workedp so faithfully to save the livestock^ which were caught in our barn wrecked by the storm of Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Freund. Misses Evelyn Gascon and Betty Lamb of " Chicago spent- Thursday with Mrs. Nick Adams. on The gift that is most appreciated by mother on her day is Candy* brands to select are hitman's and M Julia King's You can find a large assortment at this stored Thomas P. Bolgef ; "The Candy Store" GreenSt McHeary I «ri fwm -'VfW. V* Mother's Day What better gift to your mother* Account, in her name, at either Probably mother has always w Savings Account--all hef o most opportune time for you to for her--then she can regula savings with a feeling of safety. ese banks? to have Now is a that step eposit Let us explain our savings plart^*1 3 % Paid on Savings Accou4& Peoples of West McHenry State