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MNMXMKS VTBffTKffUND *©E PRfifSS* OWXBRS .» v 6r mtknry < ^ following letter mi vacantly by R. I. Overton, of wtor RafrtPnodock, who, aa 27, 1931, {attoducfd a HIT in Illinois Senate, farm act appropriating to the Depsrtme&t Public woriia and MUngk lor the per pose «f making »vnln4 on aeaount of the miaHnliiin af pavemonte on ttodtea 2ft and 41 la Mdlewir, miuoia, amounting to approximately "Springfield, HU Jnna <9.1M1 "Mr. R. L Owrtw, • "McHwtty, ITlhfiato. -. Am,|> "Dear Mr. Overton: "A* you wHL .ff»*MW>b«r, some Mrtka ago you a#oka to ma rigarda refeft* that Hia people of Mc JM ia-d«» mm for apodal fhli jaw been paid for *> and «1. Mi o| the IrtSTTY JUNK WKQDIHU 1 AT ST. MAST'S OHOXOH it, kk 1n- . 'amount of refund «l Miiwqr wm ap* sly $11,000. With this infill injtinjn I had the Legislative Refer. enee Sda|au prepare a Bill appropri- • I inn awn for this purpose, and introduced it in the Senate. This Bill passed the Senate and want over to -the House Appropriation Committee. At the meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations,* there ware a nmnber of Bills of this nature for consideration'. Mr.v Sheets was present, and, due to the fact that many «f these bills pertained fo pavements that had been used for some time mod had been taken over by the State as a part of the Bond Issue System, the State felt that there should be an adjustment made on a profited plan. In other instances the BiB* had been introduced to carry an appropriation for the full width of the streets. This «f coarse, the department did not con eider, as the only portion that the State felt should be paid was the part of the pavement that had been taken over by the State as a part of tile Bond Issue System.. "The result of this meeting was that upon recommendation of the department and of the Appropriation Committee, these bills were referred to a special committee to determine the amounts the various cities and to make recommendations regarding refunds for these amounts at the vast session of the General Assembly. "While this action will delay Mc- Henry residents along these routes fkqnt receiving the refunds due them, yat I think they can rest assured that at the next Session of the Legislature, when this Committee reports, they will receive the money they are entitled to. "Trusting this will be a satisfactory explanation of the proceedings regarding this Bill and of the refund that thejpeople feel they are entitled ta, I am "Very truly yours, "RAY PADDOCK." A very pretty June wedding waa solemnised at St. Mary's church at nine o'clock Tueaday mailing, JN®a 23,.whan iOaa Fleranee Miksfdiigl* ter ef Mr, and Mrs. Mat Stake, tad Mr. Irvin Smith of Batavia, MO of Mrs Mary Smith of M*S*nrr» were united in marriage by FiBli* Nix, patafr M at Mary's church, who also uelsfrritsd HlghMtas- Tho bride and groom ware attended by Miss Carmen Frannd, nlaea of the groom, aa bridostoaid, and Roy Blake, brother of the bride, who nerved as beat nan. The bride was lovely hi a gown of pinklnce, witlf Ha gw# f«*ds, whSak fUll to thb Aa*, adding a touch of d&atty to the coataaia which waa 'Mapnid by a picture hat of pink lirilislali braid, and white gloves and slippers. She carried a bouquet of ^ThJTrideamaid, Cafteen Freund, We a gewnof ptnk ckanaisuan wttk picture kal to Match anA^rore white gloves sBppais. Shecarried a ^#y«tlow roses. the ceremony a wadding breakfast was served at the home of the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Mary Smith, and a six o'clock dinner was served at the home of the bride to about thirty relatives of the couple, The homo iwaa decorated in pink and white for the occasion, with bouquets of garden flowers completing the arrangement. > Mr. and Mrs. Smith left Tuesday night on a honeymoon trip north, after which they will reside at Batayia, where Mr. Smith is employed aa a barbermnilNrn WUMlrl ffittmsMv 90 BNJOY BANQUET AT NIESSN'S AIM thirty active aQucad at Nissan's business women gatharedat Nieaan*a cafb aa Rivwr side drivein McHenry, Taaaday evening, to attend the meeting of tha Me- Henry County Basiness and Professional Woman's elob, which has recently been organised in the county. Members wers preaent from Woodtitock, Harvard, fWiron. McRenry and Roekfead with a^nteabsr of Matt *y*a ie»«ossntaU»» hMiness won ptaaaat as visitors and prospective Wells Graduates 1 yrom So. California Glen Wells of Los Angeles, Calif-, 4§a of Drl D. G. Wells of McHenry, graduated last week from the Uni- -varsity of Southern California school of dentistry, and brings honor to his old home town by his accomplishment. Glen, who is a graduate of the McHenry high school with the class of ' 1919, has been in California for seviMjrears. He first attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he spent a year and then 'taught science at the Culver Military Academy for a year, after which he want to the University of Southern California, where he studied dentistry three years, completing Ma course and graduating as a dentist, last weak, Dr. Wells has not yet decided just • -Where he will locate but it will, no * <6oubt, be somewhere in California. About two years ago he was mar-, Tied and he is now living at 919 North •Gardner street, Los Angeles. <Glen is to be congratulated upon Ihe attainment of his degree and it ' Sa with a feeling of pride in his BROWN-SMITH WEDDING AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH A lovely June wedding was solemnteod at St. Pater's church at Volo at 8:80 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 84, when Miss Martha Brown, eldoat daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Peter J. Brown, and Mr. Peter H. Smith, youngeat MM of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith of Johnsburg, were united in marriage with Rev. George Schark, pastor of the church, officiating at the ceremony and the nuptial High Mass. The altar boys who served during the fnass were cousins of the bride and the Ave Maria was sung by the bride's father, Peter J. Brown. The altars were decorated with bouquets of garden flowers and the rainbow colors of the gowns of members of the bridal party completed a beautiful effect as the bride and groom and their attendants entered the church to the strains of the wedding march played by the church organist, Sister Cordula. Miss Helen Smith, sister of the bridegroom, acted as maid of honor, while Miss Florence Smith, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Frances Brown, sister of the bride, were bridesmaids,, while the ushers were William Smith, cousin of the bridegroom, and Herman Brown, brother of the bride. Hie bride, Miss Martha Brown, was beautiful in a gown of white lace, almost touching the floor, with a tulle veil held in place with clusters of orange blossoms and wore white hose and white moire slippers. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Mias Helen Smith, wore a gown of yellow embroidered net with matching slippers and a yellow picture hat and carried a bouquet of Corliss roses and feverfew. Miss Florence Smith, a bridesmaid, wore pale green embroidered net with a green picture hat and yellow slippers and carried Corliss roses and feverfew. Miss Francaa Brown, also a bridesmaid, wore peach embroidered net with peach color picture hat and powder bine slippers and also carried Corliss roses and feverfew. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, where a wedding dinner was served to 150 guests. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion in the colors of peach, yellow and green with baskets of cut flowers in profusion completing the attractive arrangement. The long tables were attractively decorated with a large wedding cake adorned with a bride and groom in the center of tha table Tha meeting was aa interesting and enjoyable ana, with many new acqnshUantes made and tha I^eal Womoa w*re imprssaed by tha oils of ^be offgapsation, Ha Ik and standards, while the mea»bw$ were eotkasiMtiC in plans for the futum- . Following tha delicious , di served by the proprietors of the rea* taaraaVthe bushtes* aaeeting w*s opened by tha president of the clubj Miss Clara Greaves, advisor of the county Home Bureau, of Woodstock, who presided in a charming and efficient manner, denoting her ability, as a leader. The varied occupations ef the women present were made known lti the introductions which mada everyone acquainted and it was interesting to note the many different vocations represented in the large field of activity open to the women of today An outline of the program for the year was given, as made by the program committee, and it was announc ed that the next meeting would be held at the Buckley Tea room, Woodstock, at 7:15 o'clock, daylight ing time, on July 7. This meeting will be a patriotic one and William Carroll will bo the speaker. Mrs. Cora B. Schoonmaker of Rockford, membership chairman of tho state federation of Business and Professional Woman's clubs, who is responsible for the formation of the county organization, was the speaker of the evening and she was accom panied by Miss Priest, newly elected vice-president of the Rockford club, Miss Ruth Ducey, city editor of the Harvard Herald, also spoke, mentioning that there are sixty-five clubs with 4,000 members in the state of Illinois. • Reviews Chfr's History Mrs. Schoonmaker reviewed the history of the club, stating that the organization had been formed since the war by women who had work to do. In 1919 the first meeting was held at St. Louis with 125 QL'Mtfeful 2^ . > BHTS NOW IWORK STARTED ON ENTER JOHN PETERS CHICAGO FLAT John Pteteri of Chicago, who is spending tha summer at his cottagj* on Fox river, was robbed of the furnishtliga of his flat in Chicago 1> week while neighbors stood by and saw tfea valuable belongings carried awssy. Mr. Peters' son and family, a live only two doors away from his flat in the city, were also at the cottage near McHenry and when a track drove up to the flat and men were seen carrying out furniture, rugs, etc., it was thought by tha neighbors that probably tho son was moving some of his fkttytit'b possessions and ?he robbers nnute a successful clean-up of much valuable property. Bad hick seems to have bean lurking in tfce Paters family pathway for the months for on their return from Florida this spring, Mr. and Mrs. Peters met with a serious automobile accident in which Mrs. Inters received severe injnriea. Hire's hoping that a summer seasaa spent in this vicinity along the heautflftU Fox wlti banish the Jinx and bring"baiter luck to Out summer l^ghlon. wgkly mmt ITEMS OF tNIfRESTTAKEN 7R0M COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGE* ^ TOTAL S4M86.81 FOX RIVER LEVEE AUDITOR'S REPORT is ACCEPTED1#* A Qwtial meeting of the'city council was called to order at 8:12 o'clock Ttittsdfcy evening, June 23. Auditor North had completed his report for the fiscal year of May 1, 1930, to April 30, 1951, and a few of the statements that he made when presenting the report to the city board are of particular interest. First, noted a decrease of $7,783.76 in the general fund, due to the reduction of public benefits paid off of |7,0S9.11, plus interest. Also, the amount of special assessments paid of $2,683-84 plus interest. The city has now paid all liabilities on special assessments levied against city property and as the report shows, a total reduction of principal of $9,- 722.95, of accrued interest.. of, |2, 056.95, or a .total payment !mp 379.90. One item of receipts of particular interest is that of water rente amounting to $6,804.08 and the expense of the water works amounting to $3,- 593.49, which shows a nice profit Of the water works department. North Offers Advice In commenting on the collection jf water rentals, Mr. North said: "We desire to suggest a closer adherence to the collection of water rents in accordance with your ordinance, when WEST SHORE • ,fi_ > \ was commenced this weeK | on a 2,000 foot levee along the west -shore of Fox river, just north of the dam and south of McHenry, the Work being done by Julius Keg. This levee has been needed for some time as there is considerable low Isnd along tiie river where the water seeps back into the slue and around the en^< of the dam, wasting much of the wa* ter, which will now be held in con* trol within the banks of the river and a better and mora oven water level will be maintained. achievement that his friends in Mc Henry wish him every success in bis 4 wofk, - , t •V» YOUNG SON DOB " :! Boyd W. Matthews, two-year-old sea of Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews, wl*o reside on the Pitzen farm, died Thursday 0f pneumonia- He was one a family of twelve children, the family moving here from Kentucky •bout four years ago. Funeral services wore held Friday afternoon with in Grant cemetery. * • IvOWELL NYE HOME AGAIN . Lowell Nye, who was injured in an * automobile wreck last week has retained home from St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan. In addition to * nany cuts and bruises and a burn on ** %ia leg, he suffered a slight fracture of the skull over the temple. w NOTICE |!i' A meeting will be held Friday af- 'Iwnoon, June 26, 2:30 o'clock, at the feegion Hall, to formulate plans for the Salvation Army appeal. All organisations will be represented. Every . Interested person is invited to attend- Farm 1« In the evening a wedding dance I Was held at Nell's Columbia Park. The bride and groom are enjoying a short honeymoon trip, after which they will make their home in this vicinity. The groom is employed as a painter at Johnsburg and the bride was last employed by Walter Carey, wlu^|lw worked for about two years. bills are not paid, some of those rewomen j ceiving service are doing so at the present and today there are 60,000. expense of the other taxpayers. Such members in every state in the union, j procedure is a burden to those who as well as an organization in Geneva,! try to assist in maintaining the Switserland, where the first interna-1 operation of your city and should be tional convention will be held this! corrected by enforcing your ordinance. A change in your ordinance would be advisable whereby those paying promptly would receive a discount and those who fail to pay and are cut off should pay a service charge for reconnection." Mr. North found* that the records of the city treasurer, city collector and clerk are all in order and very well kept- Information in all cases was readily available and necessary aid and assistance cheerfully given. At the present time the city's total indebtedness and judgments are $19,678; public benefits and bonds of year. The organization stands for "Better business women for a better business world" and civic projects,' community cheer work, educational and charity work are among the work accomplished by the club members. "The success of every woman, is the obligation of every other woman," said Mrs. Schoonmaker, whose talk was most interesting, making the club work more familiar to the local visitors. Invitations to Rockford and Harvard were accepted for September. The dub charter is being held open so that those who wish to become > $27,018.81; a total , indebtedness of BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marrie of Waukegan announce the birth of m little son on June 18. Mrs. Marrie was formerly Miss Kogina Glosson of this city. Mr. and Mrs- Frad Skillman of Johnsburg are parents of a daughter, born last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Cassin of Kenilworth, who are summer residents of McHenry, are the proud grandparents of a baby girl, born to their daughter, Mrs. Milton J. Mezurek, of Oak Park, on June 19. New assortment of pewter pieces, reasonably priced. Appropriate gifts for all occasions, at Nye's Jewelry Store. West McHenry. 4-fp members qiay avoid payment of the two dollar initiatory fee to be charged after the charter is closed.* Objects of the Club The objects of the club are to elevate the standards for women in business and in professions; to promote the interests of business and professional women and to .bring about a spirit of co-operation bettoeen them; to stimulate local and state organisations; to extend opportunities to business and professional women through education along lines of industrial, scientific and vocational activities; to create fellowship and friendship among its members. It non-partisan, non-sectarian, selfgoverning and self-supporting. The national federation is the largest national organization of business and profesional women in the world, having approximately 60,000 members affiliated through 1,250 individual cluba. It took the first step toward raising educational standards in business when it adopted its slogan, "At least a high school education for every business girl" and approximately onequarter of a million dollars has been expended in obtaining whale or part educations for about 1,500 girls and several boys. Among the prominent county women who are members are: Mrs. E. C. Coe, county superintendent of schools, Miss Maud Dona van, deputy county clerk, Mrs. Mary Large, superintendent of the Woodstock hospital and Miss Clara Greaves jrf the County Home Bureau, ICE CREAM SOCIAL" There will be an ice cream social at the Chas. Jecks lawn on Tuesday evening, June S0„ for the benefit of the Ostend cemetery. Ladies please hriav cakes. * BAKERY SALE The Ladies' Aid society will hold a bakery sale at the city hall, Saturday. 4-fp $46,686.81. On motion by Overton, seconded by Kreutzer, the auditors report was accepted as read. Mayor Knox VllT in receipt of the second or third letter from the state sanitary department in reference to necessary additions to be built onto the sewage disposal plant, to . increase the purification of sewage mat. ter from about 40 par cent to about 85 or 90 per cent It was reported that Algonquin, Cary, Geneva, St. Charles, Batavia aftd other points are all working on plans for improvement on their sewage disposal plants, Algonquin, at least, to start immediate construction. It was decided to have Atty. Cowlin draft a letter to the head of the sanitary district telling them that the city is investigating- expense of adequate sewer purification plant. There have been so many com plsints by citikens of McHenry of fake solicitors that Atty. Cowlin has been instructed to prepare an ordinance making it necessary for all non-resident solicitors to sccure a permit to solicit within tha city corporation The street committee is ta meet with the state man in the near future to see about construction of a permanent water gutter down Richmond road beside the pavement. Monday evening's rain washed two truck loads of gravel onto the pavement. J. W. North's bill of $200 for making the audit was ordered paid. ATTENDS CONVENTION Jerome Schneider, of - Hawley A Schneider, the new DeVaux distributors, left for Chicago Tuesday to join a caravan of DeVaux dealers from northern Illinois and Indiana in an overland trip to the DeVaux factory at Grand Rapids, Mich., to attend the convention and dealers' school. We know that Mr. Schneider will be glad to tell his many McHenry friends what he has found out about the DeVaux models upon his return. ORGANIZE FOB APPEAL , or SALVATION AKMY Mrs. Mary T. Wish man, Appeal Director of Salvation Army Home . , Service spoke at Royal Neighbor, The dike will be three feet above camp Riverview, and visited Order of the water and extends from the Boi- Eastern Star at recent meetings here, ger property to the levee on the Kennebeck farm, approximately a distance of 2,000 feet. The work of Louis Foibrich, 71, a farmer livfeg near Lake Marie for over thirty yean was killed early Wednesday morning of last week, when he was attacked by an enraged bulL No one witnesaed the tragedy. According to his son, Walter, who lives with his parents, his father had left the house to drive cows from the pasture to be milked. When he failed to return, Walter ran down to the pasture where he found the body of his father crushed and lifeless. Walter hurried for his gun and shot the animal ta prevent any further attacks. Twenty dollars in cash was takan from Ray's gas station at Antioch*. about 3:39 Monday morning of ls*t week. According to the night tea-, der, Albert Brookman, four men drove up in a large car and asked tor gas. While he Was fining .the tank, they entered the station upon ft# pretense that they wanted to wash their hands. They came out, paid for the gas and drove away. When he went back into the station, Brookman found that the $20 in the cash regis? ter had been "lifted." The seen warn young, between 20 and 25, and Welldressed, Brookman said. An attempted burglary of several hundred dollars worth of golf equipment at the Libertyville country club, two miles north of tha village on Route 21, was foiled late Sunday night of last week when the watchman fired a shot, frightening tha burglars, away before the arrival of police- Samuel Helminger, an employe of the club, who sleeps in tha club house and acts as watchman, was awakened by the sound at someone pounding on the door of the shop in the rear of the club house shortly before eleven o'clock. Seising a 32 calibre rifle he shot through a --mi. telling the work of the Salvation screen door of the club house in the Army and voicing the urgent request j direction of ihe shop, • Kpsists of that organization that local Appeal building, several hundred feet in tha dredging to make tha dike will re Boards be built in all towns in Mc-1 rear of the main building. No trace quins about ten days, after which the j Henry county, that their interests', of the thieves was fOtoftd when work of smoothing and finishing the may be protected and a fund secure^ arrived. earthen wall will commence. The expense of the work will be about $1,000 and will be paid from the flood relief fund. According to Ray P. Conway, who is in charge of the work, the water in Fox river is now at a good level, which will be kept as desired and with annually. This is also a protection to the public agsinst tha numerous and promiscuous solicitors fn uniforms Automobile thieves Tuesday mOrfiing of last week drove away with tha car of the A. T. Farr family of Libertyville, when Mrs. Farr left the ma« who constantly circulate getting, c|,ine in the parking area at the Benemoney under false pretenses from Ljictine Convent of Perpetual Adorapeople who think they are contribut-1 tjon for a few minutes. The stolen ing to the Salvation Army. "Money j £gr was recovered somewhat damaged th. I.v« compter ft will be e«N,r>-e„ th„ w.y mv„ h ^ Is*1"*'™ Army hon>* serric^nl, 11^,1., wh,n the police wore «.ll«d, better below the dam to committees of local citizens, shouldI j after the thieves who had set about Carroll Bill Signed Last week Governor Emmarson signed the bill introduced by William any contributions of moryy be made, said Mrs. Wishraan. A meeting will be held Friday afternoon of this week in American Le Carroll of Woodstock appropriating gion at 2;30 to further diaeUM $25,000 for improving navigation of | and organise the local Appeal in Mcthe Fox river between Burton s bridge Henry. an«rMfHe,nry' , . ... , and women are cordially in- Work along the river and lakes fs | vited to attend. There will be neprebeing planned to improve them for; sented at the meeting the American Navigation and among other things Legion and Legion Auxiliary, Cathothe locks at the dam will be repaired Hc Daughters of America, Royal Neighbors, O. E. S. and business men. Business men appreciate the fact that the overhead expense of Salvation Army work is reported by actual audit to be lower thaa other philanthropic organisations seeking public support. As a leading financier of Chicago said, "Money given to the Salvation Army goes farther in constructive service for unfortunates than in any other revenue in which it can be con tributed," Right from our own locality girls are cared for each year (without charge) by the Salvation Awfty Bes cue Home HoapitaL ". and sand bars below the dam taken out so that boats from below the dam may more easily get through. Julius Keg is also at work filling in the Beller property between Boone erode and the golf club. AMONG THE SICK Kathrine Rothermel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rothermel, underwent an operation for the removal of her tontigs at Harvard, Friday. Mrs. CT. W. Steager, who underwent an operation several weeks ago, remains in a serious condition at her home in Waukegan, where she is under the care of har sister, who is a trained nurse. Mrs. W. Bonham ; of Chicago is spending the summer in McHenry, where she is receiving- treatments for her recent illness. Marie Jackson, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Bfirs. Ford Jackson, broke her arm just above the wrist while she was at play on her lawn at her home, Friday'evening. 7-HOUR FILM SERVICE Bolger's Drug Store, McHenry, has inaugurated a 7-hour service on developing and printing, with guaranteed work, as good as can be secured anywhere. An ad. appears on the last page of {his issue, announcing this new feature. If it were possible to turn out these films aad prints in a shorter time, Bolger's would have such service. But good work is the first consideration, so the time limit J has been placed at seven hours, which cut her foot, under ordinary conditions is early enough to accommodate tha average customer. Take your films to Bolger-- get fast service and good results. BELIEVE IT OR NOT The kind of accident that was in vogue twenty years ago occurred at Slocum lake Sunday affernoon when Lester Foss, a farmer living near the hike, hitched up a pair of colts to an old-fashioned buggy and started out for a ride. " Mr. Foss was holding his own until the buggy went to pieces much after the fashion of the deacon's "One Hoss Shay," the colts disappeared in a cloud of dust snd the driver was picked up from the side of the road with a fractured arm. Another accident helped to mar the week-end at Sloe urn's lake when Mary Ann Fraser, five years old, of Chicago who was spending the day at the lake with her parents, stepped on a piece of barbed wire embedded in tha lake and LONG BOY SAYS THAT Officer Jack Walsh, who by the way is McHenry's best policeman, has found it necessary lately to do something about keeping a cool head. Not having a cake of ice handy at all times he has gone and had a venti LILY LAKE PIRATES The Lfly Lhke Pnrites, representing the 4^H dub, with Miss Christine Wegener as president, Bernice Freund, vice-president; Bernice Allen, secretary; Rita Pfannenstill, treasurer; Evelyn Schaefer, cheer leader; Eleanor ^Wegener, Kathrine Allen, Mildred Seer ing, Betty Shulder, Carmen Freund, Mary Sutton and members, held'their first meeting on June stripping it were frightened away. The machine was brought to Libertyville where it was determined that s rod had been burned out in the motor. A mob of Italians attempted to kill Charlie Troy, 22, colored, at Rockford one evening last week after the automobile which he was driving struck five-year-old Priscilla Acalise on Winnebago street, inflicting wounds which may prove fatal. Troy stopped to pick * up the child when fifteen or twenty neighbors of the child attacked him, hurling stones and sticks and trying to stab him. He fled to a small grocery store nearby, and after barricading himself there, called the police- Due to a shortage of funds in tha treasury of Lake county, the board of supervisors has deemed it expedient to discontinue the standing reward for the capture of poultry and livestock thieves, and bounties for crows, crow eggs and groundhogs. All will be discontinued on June 30. Harry Sutton, 29, reputed head ff the gang of "hot car" thieves, who operated in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin for some years, with headquarters at Darieiw Wis., pleaded guilty of automobile stealing at Elkhorn on Tuesday of last week and was sentenced to a term of from two to three years at Waupun penitentiary. Sutton is on parole from the Illinois penitentiary for a previous offense and it is expected that when Wisconsin is through with him he will be turned over to the Illinois authorities and wfll have to finish out a term of seven years in Illinois. A heroic attempt at rescue on the part of 13-year-old Andrew Gillsghnr, Barrington, faded to save a companion, Charles G. Fitzgerald, 17, of Chicago, from drowning in Honey lake near the Biltmore county club north of Barrington shortly after noon on Wednesday of last week. Andrew uttered the water and swam around the end of the pier demonstrating the sidestroke. Then Charles went into the water and started to swim. When he was near the weeds, Andrew told him he had better come back to the pier, and almost immediately afterwards, Charles was seised with cramps and sank below the surface. His young companion swam to him. grasped the drowning boy and tried to convey him back to the pier. However, Fitzgerald pulled the boy ander with him twice before he could break m ^4 \ rJrT-' x 1 . . PHAUN LEASES GARAGE • George E. Phalin, formerly of the partnership of Phalin A Kennebeck, has leased the John Schaefer garage on Pearl street, McHenry, and is now ready to take care <tf customers, who are in need of general automotive repair work, storage, greasing, etc. Mr. Phalin needs no introduction to the people of McHenry and vicinity. He has been in this lino of work tor many years, giving satisfactory service- - ft ' , r- • * „ , , X \ f' -v.* «jV . lator put in that fine cap of his so 24. Our first lesson was on sewing t ^ Andrew then called for help- The body was soon recovered by a nearby man who offered he^^ PIANO AND VOICE RECITAL i A piano ami voice recital will be given by "the pupils of Kathryn Diehi at the Woodstock opera house this Thursday night at 8:15 o'clock. A musical comedy in two acts will alao be presented Tha price of adsaimdan will be adults. 35c; children, 15c now at all times he is calm, cool and collected. Christmas is juab #* months from today. . FINISH CANOE TRIP Theodore Bethke, Jr., and Milton Reko have returned to ^heir homes in Dundee from a canoe trip on Fox river to McHenry. They paddled to this city in one day.- They will leave soon on another trip on the river to Burlington, Wis. in whictf^we did patch work and darned stockings. At the next lesson oh July 1, we will start or continue with under garments. With our work and play combined, we pirates make a happy carefree lot. MARGARET FREUND, Reporter. New assortment of pewter pieces, reasonably priced. Appropriate gifts for all occasions, at Nye's Jewelry Store, West McHenry. 4-fp •M