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mmmm fer (Continued from Front Pigt) Representative Thoa. A. Bolger $ 6.00 on* Companion. direction desired. Lfljr Lake Schtsl Picak Knox HiaaMary Bolder and her pupils, Harry Cook, Mildred fWtfice Broker, Rita Phan- BUbert Fhannenstill, Paul Betty Schulder and Charles Allen, had a bif time last Monday at the fade*. Plenty of sandwiches, lemonade, ice cream and cake. A - tired bunch of kids at night said it was the . biggest day of the year. According to the grownups who assisted, Mrs. Fbuimenstill, Mrs- Blake, Mrs. Poliot, lb*. Scharff and Mrs. Scimitar, the was a grand success. Sodality Card Party ^The Altar and Rosary Sodality of jfct Patrick's church sponsored a card party at the home of Mrs. Mary Powers Tuesday evening. Eight tables of bridge and five hundred were in play and prizes in the first named igame were won by Mrs. Walter "Welsh, Mrs. H. B. Schaefer and Mrs. George Miiler. In five hundred the prizes went to Mrs. Jacob Schaefer, llrs. Nick Young, Kate McLaughlin •lid Mrs. Mat Steffes. The quilt donated by Miss Kate ^McLaughlin teas awarded to Mrs. Niclr^Young. that Routes 20 and* 61 converge, bringing people from every direction West McHenry State Bank and location to this corner. The podI Peoples State Bank of McHenry is already completed with nearly half, Thos. P. Bolger a hundred gold fish hiding in the! Buss-Page Motor Sales ..... cool corners and under the rocks, I Alexander Lumber Co. which are beautifully arranged with! McHenry Artificial Stone Co. „ ferns and moss growing out from the. Ted Schiessle crevices and water plants at the edge. The bottom of the pool is made of green cement and covered with shells which gives a novel and enticing effect of the greeft depths of the sea. Back of this there is being arranged the rockery where flowers will be planted. A stone resembling a helmet stands in the center of prominence and is one which stood in the James B. Perry yard, former owner of property, for many years. N. J. Justen & Son ...... Wattles Drug Store .... Louis A. Erickson Jos. W. Freund John Stoffel .„ Floyd E. Covalt Jacob Justen & Sons Dr. J. Aicher George A. Stilling F. S. Walsh .. R. I- Overton Leo. Stilling .. Earl Monear Jim Marshall Surprise Party . Mrs. Ben Kennebeck was pleasantly Mrprised at her home on the evening of May 21, when a number of friends gathered to celebrate her birthday She was presented with a gift. The evening was spent in playing five hundred after which lunch was served. Prizes went to MA. Ben Stilling, Alvina Schumaker, Jacob Schumaker, while the consolation went to Mrs. Joseph Huemann. After the party all her friends wished her many more happy birthdays. Home Bureau Party 'Home Bureau party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Eppel on Wednesday evening of last week. Five hundred and bunco were played. Prises in five hundred were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane, Wil 1*® Whiting and Viola Low and in bunco prizes went to Mrs. Mat Glosfon, Mr. Sweeney, Walter Thomas •ad Winifred Benwell, . i . Merrymahan The Merrymakers met at the home Of Mrs. Frank Masquelet Wednesday afternoon. Five hundred was played and prizes were won by Mrs. Joe .Blake, Mrs. George Steinsdoerfer, Mrs. Peter Freund and Mrs. Catherine Schneider. Mra. Ben Justen Was absent. The next meeting will N at the home of Mrs. Jacob F. JwtCB. 1 . Aaalictaed Tw \ 1M W^Dutch-* 1, an English ftrm of "Duetsclf and related words 44 the Germanic tongues. Formerly It applied to all peoples of Germanic Stock or language but recent usage restricts It more or less to Holland* era. The "Pennsylvania Dutch" who play an important part In the life *ifid history of that state, and of the nation, are almost entirely of Ger* mu and German Swiss "Hot Cross Buns" Sd London and all over England, the morning of Good Friday is ushered in with an almost universal cry of "Hot cross buns." A parcel of the buns appears on nearly every breakfast tafltfet delivered by men, women and children astir early In the day and carrying targe baskets covered with flannel •fed white cloth to keep the buns warm. The home economics workers ssy the history of the bun has been traced back thousands of years. e J' ':' > • £•* Aiding Travelers j£he first recorded organised effort t4 assist people who are traveling was smarted in St Louis in 1851 with a bequest of $1,000,000 left by Bryan Mollanphy to assist persons "traveling to the West." Other societies followed, and in 1917 the National Association etf Traveler* .^ftl Societies formed. was. Others Beautify Grounds Not far from this rockery is another j one in the James Perkins yard. This, George Schreiner i..., rockery is built at both sides of the j Kent & Co brick walk with a fish poO} | Jno. A. Brown & Counderneath. Mr. and Mrs. Per-1 Barbian Bros kins have rocks from vari-: Jno. J. Karls ous states, including Iowa, South Da- R»y McGee kota, and New York. Some of the'Dr. D. G. Wells specimens were chipped from an im- f Dr. C. Kiontx mense boulder in Iowa, which stood Dr. N. J. Nye 15 feet above the ground and meas- Jim Beavis .. ured 180 feet in circumference. Pereii- The Bridge ........ nials and various plants complete the Ed Sutton .......... arrangement. Charles Lasch ., Another rock garden and pool, John A. Bolger which is viewed by many -travellers Nic Freund each year is the one at the home of, Charles Unti Mr. and Mrs. Math Baur on Route 61. | H. J. Miller This is a large garden and with it j J- C. Thies ft Co. many perennials and varied rocks {Stoeffel & Reihensperger shows much work in its arrangement, i Math Freund It would be hard to find a prettier E. E. Bassett arrangement of beautiful stones than E. E. Thomas may be seen on the embankment at; McHenry Flour Milk the home of Mr. ad Mrs. Frank Spurl- j Ray Howard ing on Waukegan street. The stones Dave Segel have all been gathered by Mrs. Spurl- \ Harry J. Town send ing and consist of many beautifully John M. Phalin colored specimens, among which are1 George Kane growing perennials, rock garden plants Johonnott's Variety Store ..... and wild flowers, including rare vari-I Alby K. Krug eties and more common kinds such as, i Smith Bros the blue Getian, lady slipper, spider H. E. Buch wort, wake robin, four varieties of Richard B. Walsh violets, including the yellow violet, | McHenry Plaindealer dogtooth violet, pansy violet and blue John Stilling Violet, wild phlox, verbena, shooting Walter E. Carey star, wild geranium, spring beauty Clarence Niesen ................ and May flowers. Tonyan Construction Co. Dr. and Mrs. C- W. Klontz have a S. H. Freund beautiful rockery at their home at Peter J. Doherty 7., the corner of Elgin road and Wauke- j H. C. -Kamhoiz gan street and here lilies, wild flow- Donation ers and other varieties bloom among Peter W. Frett the ledge of rocks. Nearby there is M. J. Walsh an attractive fish pool, also surround-) Mrs. ^3. W. Goodell ed by flowers, and an enticing latticed arbor and seat, .which seems to invite one to enjoy its shady and comfortable retreaj. Dr. and Mrs. N. J. Nye ate making a rockery and pool which, when completed, promises to be a very beautiful one. The irregular outline of the pool lends a natural effect while rocks and flowers will complete the arrangement. No doubt, by this time our readers are convinced that this city really has a wide variety of beautiful rock vT Mr. Fisher John Thennes .J National Tea Co. Atlantic & Pacific Stent Donations 10.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 $.00 5.00 *.00 5.00 2.00 1000 2.00 S.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 8.00 2.00 *.00 '2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 too 2,00 ioo *.00 5.00 5.00 .2.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 1.00 .1.00 1.00 5.00 100 6,00 1.00 1.00 2;00 1.00 2.00 1.00 r.oo 5.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2:00 5.00 5.00 1.00 2i00 2.00 5.00 3.00 5.09 2.00 .60 2.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 7.00 4.00 Total .....$ZI3.50 There was a balance left in this account of $61.56 which was used as per Cleveland report. Donations for Cleveland Orchestra Trip Public Service Co. of North. IH. $25.00 gardens which it is a pleasure to visit 1 Bowman Dairy Co., Ringwood and sdmire. Perhaps there are more eqhally as attractive gardens which we ha^e not mentioned and if this is the case we will be glad to tell you more about them next week. Credited to tli "Cutting a dido," which means to cut capers or to play .the mischief, is of unknown origin, s&ys Pathfinder Magazine. It is believed that It originated among American negroes. There is no evidence to support the theory that it was suggested by the classical story of Queen Dido, who founded Carthage In Africa on a piece of Isnd measured bf strips of s bull's hide and McHenry 25.00 Western United Gas & Elec. Co. 25.00 Members McHenry City Band 200.(f0 H. G. Saal .. . 20.00 Carl Buehler 15.00 111. Bell Telephone Co. .............. 10.00 William Brown 10.00 C. W. Harrison 10.00 John R. Knox ,10.00 John V. Buckland ....A.......*,..-....,. 5.00 James Mraz --...* 4.00 A. H. Severinghaus 5.00 Albert J. Cox 5.00 William Mertes 5.00 Donation ........ 5.00 John Miller 2.00 Rudolph Johnson 5.00 Fred Bohlander .......................... 1.00 John Kelter ...j,. 5.00 George H. Johnson 5.00 War Money PrwtrrH A complete set of the French pap# money issued in towns and villages near the trenches .during the World war is in the Imperial War museum in London. ONE CENT Dr. Joel E. Wheeler V. S. N. J. Justen .. August Landl George J. Wegner Edward Nordin .... Lois Esch Olive Jepson ........ Helen Harrer Helen Baur Agnes Mischke .... Kenneth Boley George Vales Rollo Chamberlin > 5.00 3.00 10.00 &00 IJOO 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 If- . DU-KWIK 4-HOUR VARNISH tt Can--Any Size--for One 1 Gallon (rcg.).^4.7f 2nd Gallon. .01 2 Gallon*.. 1 Quart (rcg.)...^(lJ5 2nd Quart...... .01 -JM Quart* ...0136 TO FURTHER popularise tba mxcMmt qnalMw of DU-KWDC, Ae manufacturer* an coopwating with us la dU* 1-Cmk SoU, offering this (.moa, 4 Hour Dry finish in a "2-for-dM-pric*. g-1 C^ibmation. Wear-proof, Wat.r-proof, WMthw-proof and it M the ldcftl finish for all Interior and Exterior mrfsccs Floon, Furniture, Woodwork, I ininUiim. PotdiM. AalM, " puKly an introductory offer. Bagnlar prioM will prevail after this vale ends. Vm. H" m " McHfry, B. Total $461.00 Cash Report of Cleveland Orchestra Trip showing cash donations and expense of trip. RECEIPTS Balance of Springfield trip ....$ 61.56 Dance and chances oti smoking stand 197.86 Ringwood card party * 17.00 Donations as pei* report above 461.00 ' Total Receipts $787.42 v DISBURSEMENTS Hotels and meals $437.60 Transportation 192.88 Instrument rental, car storage* and incidentals 79.60 Refund to members of the McHenry City Band 40.00 Total Disbursements . $750.08 Deficit ...$ 12.66 METHODIST CHURCH You are invited to attend services at the M. E. church every Sunday. Morning worship, 11 o'clock. Sunday school, 10 o'clock. Fourth quarterly conference at the church at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. Dr. Moore, district superintendent, will be present to hear the reports for the year and to plan for the new year. Members of the official board are urged to be present- Mrs. F. E. Cobb was elected lay delegate to the annual conference to be held in Chicago in October! Mrs. E. E. Bassett was elected reserve lay delegate to the conference. • _ ; .* Jt>aljr Oae's T)wa After all, was there ever really amy such thing as an entirely unbiased opinion ?--Wayne tfews-Sentli 'iiSilt iSFr iii%M*Wr^ Mrs. F. A. HitchenS of Ringwood visited in this city Monday. Arthur Wrede of Chicago spent Tuesday at his home here. Martin Smfilley, Jr., of Woodstock visited relatives here Tuesday Mr. ana Mrs. Joe Weber visited relatives at Ringwood Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Flpyd Foss visited at Ringwood Sunday. Francis Bonslett of Chicago was a business visitor here Tuesday. Mr- and Mrs. Leslie Olsen visited relatives at Ringwood Wednesday, " William Martin of Chicago visited his parents Sunday. Ben Wegener of Chicago spent Monday at his home heret„ Harry Fay of Elgin » McHenry visitor Friday. Mrs. J. J. Vyeital and sons were Chicago visitors Thursday. Albert Krause was a Springfield visitor the.last of the week* Mrs. Anna Barron spent the weekend in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin were recent Woodstock visitors. Clarcnce Anglese spent Saturday at Lake Forest. H. C. Hughes was a Rockford visitor Tuesday. B. J. Brefeld left Tuesday morning to spend the week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George Young and family of Ringwood were Sunday vis itors in the John R Smith home. W. A. Sayler and John ML Schmitt attended the opening of the grand jury at Woodstock Monday. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Klontx and children were Chicago visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Newman, Mrs. Alma Thomas and Mrs. L. F. Newman were Elgin visitors Thursday. ^ Mrs. Louis McDonald and Miss Lizzie Ames were Elgin visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frett and daughter of Aurora visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. John Bolger and daughter of Woodstock were McHenry visitors Monday. Miss Helen Allen and Betty Thompson of Mishwaukee were week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Hess. Mrs. Anna Howard and son, Donald, and Mrs. Emily Lawson and children visited at Richmod Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heinter of Chicago visited his mother, Mrs. Josephine Heimer, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Pries of Waukegan visited Mr, and Mrs. George Bohr Sunday. Master Carl Kamhoiz of Chicago spent the past week with Ms grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pied Kambolz. Mrs. E. E. Bassett and daughter, Floribel, were Chicago visitors Friday. Mrs. Alice Leppert of Fox Lake visited -her mother, Mrs. MLanue Miller, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Ycwng and sons of Ringwood visited relatives here -Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Woods and the letter's father of Chicago were McHenry visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosing and son, AI9H, of Libertyville spent Sunday afternoon with her parents here. Miss Ruth Holm of Williams Bay was a guest in the home of Mrs. B. Frisby Sunday evening. Mr- and Mrs. Carl J. Freund and children and Miss Bertilla Freund visited at Milwaukee Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fxisby of Chicago visited his mother* Mrs. Annie Frisby, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sutton of Elmhurst spent the week-end at their cottage at Emerald Park. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holle of Chicago visited relatives here over the week-end- Mr. and Mrs. William Dryer and son of Forest Park spent the week-end in the home of Mrs. Henry Block. Mrs. Glen Robison of Woodstock visited relatives here Wednesday morning. Mrs. H. Cannon apd children of Waukegan spent the week-end with friends here. Mr. and Mrs- Gerald Newman and children and Mrs. Alma Thomas were Woodstock visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Kamhoiz and children of Chicago visited in the Fred Kamhoiz home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles DaMstrom of Chicago spent the week-end at their cottage at McCollum's lake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whit^ly and son of Chicago visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Woll of Chicago visited in the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Carey, Sunday. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman and daughter of Chicago visited friends here over the week-end. Mrs. C. J. Bender and Mrs- W. C. Bender and' children of Chicago are spending the week at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beatty attended the funeral of a friend, Mrs. H. Vicborn, in Chicago, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmitt and children of Chicago spent Wednesday in the Fred Kamhoiz home. Misses Ethel Jones, Frances and Elsie Vyeital were Woodstock visitors Tuesday evening. Miss Helen Bennett of Rockford spent the first of the week with her mother, Mrs. M. W. Crouch. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Boutelle and children of Lake Geneva visited in the home of Mr- and Mrs. John R. Smith Sunday. Mr. arid Mrs- Theodore Suenan of Hudson, Wis., and Mrs. Theodore Bohl of Chippewa Falls' were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Althoff last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conway and daughter, Betty, and Misses Dorothy and Genevieve Knox were Elgin visitors Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Salzman and children of Libertyville visited In the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math Baur, Sundayother one in this vicinity for it is here Dr. and Mrs. George W. Hess and norm are enjoying ajtWA weeks' Mrs. BtelML Jf^oster City; who ttf «ipting in cago and Libertyville fbr th* mer, called on friends here TUMUSy Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwefdi returned home Saturday, after enjoying a motor trip through Wisconsin, Canada and other points. Mrs. W. F. Vogt and daughter of Geneva and Miss Angela Petesch jf Oak Park played golf at the Mc- , Henry County club Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs- Earl McAndrews and family visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gibbs at Lake Geneva, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Grady and children of Lake Geneva were guests of Mr. and Mrs- Wm. F. Burke, Tuesday. Mr. an£ Mrs.- C- J. Jepson and family and Mr. and Mrs.' Roland Mc- Cannon of Ringwood were McHenry visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gustafson and family have mover! from the Parks house on John street to the Huemann house on the corner of Court and Pearl streets. Miss Rita Bacon, Arleen Bacon, Lois Bacon and Bernice Weber attended a shower given by Miss Elizabeth Lange at her home in Waukegan in honor of Mrs. Henry Lange, Monday evening. John Erickson of Chicago, Louis A. Erickson, Dr. R. G. Chamberlin, Walter Gorman, Glen Wattles and H. C, Hughes were Rockford visitors Tuesday evening. Mrs. A. Landwer and son, Keith, spent the week-end in the James Perkins home. Mrs. Landwer remained for a lenjjer visit while her son returned ;to attend school. . Mat Weber, son, Joe, and daughter, Laura, visited in Chicago over the week-end, where they saw the former's granddaughter, Dorothy Heuser, make her first communion on Sunday. Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Frett were: Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Connelly and daughter, Mary Lou, and Tom Gill of Chicago; Mr. {and Mrs. George Schofer of Kenosha, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Frett and daughter of Aurora- Nam* Variously Spelt ^ name "Niagara" is believed te be derived from an Iroquois Indian name, meaning, according to one authority, "across the neck" or "at the neck," in reference to the strait. One of the early French explorers. Father L'Allemant. In 1640, referred to the river as the Onaguiaahra. Father Hennepin In 1079 spelled the name as "Niagara." Another spelling In the old manuscripts Is "Onglara." v.. , ^ Diseovary of Haliam Eft 1868, Jannsen, a French astronomer, noted a bright yellow line in the spectrum of the sun during an eclipse. Franklin and Lockyer, British scientists, showed that the line was caused by a new element not known on earth. They named it helium, from hellos. the Greek word for sun. It, was finally fount! on earth, but retained the name. $uyer or Salle* "Put or call" is the doable 'option of being able to buy or sell according to which transaction will yield a profit PICNIC ¥ Athene or <field yotflt* enjoy thesefine foods-- titer al) it it whet you --not where you eat -rkhet countsl Your «$NA FJU STANDAftD QUAUTf SUCH) Knedppli§ ImcIohi stfccs of ptec* ^1 mm CAN Jh i v •'!&»-*4 - 'I •: #1 n SULTANA " ."V- .rt- f Peanut Butter . H.™ B&M Oran-B«k*d Baani Dromedary Grape Fruit ring <s varied selection of good foods «t feci idediy low priccs. if |§c> 1 •Sfr 19c £2 19c So NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY* METZ&S OB Cookie* 3*ko«-13c Fireside Marshmalldws . us. 1*0.15c Canada Dry Ginger Ale " (toras 14c Clicquoti1 C lub Ginger Ale 3 •OTTUS 50c Longhorn Cheese GRANDMOTHER'S Tea Balls SPECIAL! BUTTER 'f MtCKOR rus CIGARETTES TIN OF FIFTY dm%9 FOUND 21c _ BACH 9C tMtmm Large sise Ctertakwpe 2 for lie Sweet and Juicjr Valencia Oranges Mi iiosi: 2Se / %&rge Sise Lemons, dos. . J^ilifania Carrots, ^nnch This state will be open Friday evening, May Until 9:30 o'clock, Daylight Saving Time. p&GSoap iOws29 GOLD DUST LAtOC PACKAQf 21c A&P Food S t o r e s I In- ( . ri .11 \ 1 :. 1 :. . I'.i. lii( ! • ' I & FOR THOJt WHO GAVE THE "boys" will be marching down the Stoeet on May 30th, tiakling the echos of their famous marches You owe it to them to stand out with' doffed hat and cheer them. And the boys of the Great War--they will be coming along too, and to them you must pay your respects and mark tribute to their sacrifices and daring. f? >'V MEMORIAL DAY is the hoar of kindly remembrance -on the part of a nation that lives tempestuoiudy. Do your bit for the sentimentality of remembrance on this Day. a Do not forget the dead--decorate the-graves of those who yon have loved in life. These basks will be closed Saturday, Memorial Day West McHenry State Peoples Statjg Bank of McHenry