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s? IBB M'HKNRY PLAIXDKALKB, THURSDAY, HOT. 17,1S» i 4. - joHMBBima Mr- And Mrs. Emil Simon of Chi- 1 / T H»sro risitod with Mrs. R<*9© Mueller Tjiere Tuesday. £--*< , Miss Lanm Meyers dt Chicago . • fcpent the week-end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff and 'i'-' 'Slaughter, Shirley, were Woodstock •trailers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Welke of Chicago •visited with Mr. and Mrs. Peter * f'reund over the week-end- - « ' s, - V Joe Schmitt of Beloit, Wts^ tW a *. 1 ,'p|»ller here Wednesday. ?' s Mir. and Mrs. Joe King Visited with '; • ' and Mrs. Nick Miller at Rich- £/'~£i|nai»d one evening this week. * « r ; M a t h W e l t e r o f E J n g w o o d w a s a ller at the home of John Nett Friiy. • • Mr. afod Mrs. John E- Freund of :cHenry were callers here 'Friday ornmg. Miss Evelyn Meyers wiui a Wood- . fctock caller Friday. V. "• Quite a number of people attended t-K ^the wedding dance here Saturday ^' ' evening. L" The ladies of the Community club * :„tnet at the home of Mrs, Steve May ^ Tjilonday evening. Prizes were a ward- -.ed to Mrs. Fred Smith, first; Mrs. ^J'ynWilliam J- Meyers, second, and Mrs. <v„r4Bleve May, consolation. launch was v \ * Served at the close, A* r-'. Mrs. John Miller and son were Mc- / 'Jicnry callers Saturday afternoon. , ;.'vs . Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund of Chi' ;o spent a few days this week with and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Jacob Steffes of McHenry was a J ;, .visitor here one day this week- V',;.-A Mr. and Mrs. Steve Schaefer of Fox S- . ^J^ake spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein. ~~ 7 The Ladies' Catholic Order of For- * asters postponed their meeting until Monday evening, Nov. 21, instead of " Tuesday evening, Nov. 22. t\; - Miss Viola Staines of McHenry and "^Miss Evelyn Meyers were Crystal Xake callers Saturday evening. »>- Miss Gertrude Williams of McHen- . --iry spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. . ' fcnd Peter Williams. »' ^ Miss Mabel King of McHenry vis- ' Jted with home folks here one evening 5 #this week. j - t Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Wood- ' • •'%tock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ste- V . ; ~|>hen H. Smith Sunday afternoon. *l ' Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund and fam- -- fly of Spring Grove were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hil- " ter Sunday. There will be a dance in the Parish hall on Thanksgiving evening, Nov. "24. Mr. and Mrs, Joe L. Freund, Mr. ./»nd Mrs. Peter Freund and family, ^ Mr. and Mrs- Joe P. Miller, son, F,l- £~\; jfner, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Stilling attended the wedding of Florence * t'reund and Ben Blake at the home of Hubert Freund at McHenry. \ Jack Thie-s of McHenry was a caller > • "tiere Saturday evening. Mass Katherine Althoff of Elgin ? apent Sunday with home lolks. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tonyan and % slaughter, Cecelia, Mr. and Mrs. Ben v : Bchmitt of McHenry were visitors in ^ ' .'the home of their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan, and family recently. The Lady Foresters had their meeting Tuesday evening- There were ./forty-one sisters present. Prizes in -ve hundred were awarded to Mrs. ^oe King, first; Mrs. Tony Freund, {•••^jjjecond, and Mrs. Richard Guyser, con- * Eolation. Bunco prizes were awarded V Jto Miss Evelyn Meyers, first; Miss • " "^Elose Stilling, second, and Mrs. . Anna jLunkenheimer, consolation. Mr. and Mrs. William J. M"eyer3 family visited with Mr. and Mrs. ohn King at McHenry Sunday aftersijioon. ^ - Mr- and Mars. Albert Huff and daughter visited with Joe and John gchaefer at McHenry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers •fend family were Crystal Lake callers --Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and Mrs. : Stephen H. Schmitt spent Saturday • -afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Milder at Richmond. Mr. and Mrs- Jacob Miller and family of Spring Grove visited with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith Sunday. Charles Michels, son, Harold, of McHenry were callers here Friday af- *. ternoon. Mrs. Anna Lunkenheimer was a MeHenry caller Saturday afternoon. George King visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John King, at McHenry one afternoon this week. John Pacek and Stanley Labonsky ©f Chicago visited Saturday and Sunday with friends here. • Miss Viola Staines of McHenry and Miss Evelyn Meyers visited Rohm an Schaefer Sunday afternoon, who is at Sherman hospital in Elgin. Frank Young of Spring Grove and Miss Helen Michels were Lake Getieva callers Sunday evening. Miss Viola Staines of McHenry and , Miss Evelyn Meyers visited with Mr- *nd Mrs. William Staines near Spring Grove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schaefer are ; 'spending the winter months in the ' iiome of their daughter, Mrs. Cather- , in* Nimsgeern, at McHenry. *nd vjTohr gLOOUM'g LAKE Franklin** Great Idea About 1730 Benjamin Franklin suggested that the members of the Junto club "club" their books Into a common library. This was done. After: About a year the members took back their books. "And now," writes Franklin, "1 set on foot my first project <of a public nature, that for a subscription library. Later," he adds, "this •was the mother of all the North American subscription libraries, now •mo numerous." . -v' v Mr. an4 Mrs. Jack Geary were business callers at McHenry last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jphn Blomgren were callers at Grayslas^Saturday afternodg. H. J. Schaffer of McHenry was a caller at the home of Henry Geary last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Do well and daughters Dorothy and Delores spent, Saturday at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons Robert and Lyle and Mrs. Elmer Esping were business callers at Waukegan Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Maiman of Wauconda spent Sunday evening at the home of the latters father here- Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter Betty Low and Mr. Larson of Maple Park and Mr. and Mrs. F. Swanson and daughter Alice of Highland Park spent Sunday at the Blomgren home. , Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bailey and William Downing of Moline returned home Tuesday after spending the past week with relatives at the Da well - Matthews homes. Chesnsy Brooks and Otis Phillips wore business callers at McHenry last Wednesday afternoon. James Allen of Wauconda spent last Friday afternoon at the home of Henry Geary. Mr«. Ivar Bergstrbm and two sons of Chicago spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and guests, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bailey and William Downing of Moline spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank August at Wauconda, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer of McHenry "spent Sunday afternoon at the home of the latter's father here. Archie Foss of Libertyville spent Sunday at the home of his parents here. Mr. Studer of Libertyville was » caller last Wednesday afternoon at theW. E. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis and daughter Frances spent Sunday evening -at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Harold Wheelock and two friends of Chicago Allen Hayford, Thomas Staneck and Edwin Young of Crystal Lake were hunting pheasants on Oak Glen Farm Sunday afternoon. Claude Baseley of Wauconda was a Sunday dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Billie Foss is ill with the Chickenpox. j Mr- and Mrs. Henry McGurren cf Chicago spent Sunday afternoon a% the home of Henry Geary. Mr. and Mrs. George Eatinger spent last Saturday evening at the |iome of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mr/ jind Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons Robert and Lyle, Mr. and Mrs, Esping, Mr- and Mrs. Willard Darrell and guest Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bailey and Mr. William Downing of Molir.e and Mr, and Mrs. William Darrell son George o$ Wauconda spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews at ' Forest Park. Pearl Foss and Bill Berg of the "Flats" spent last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A- W Foss at Libertyville. Mrs. H. L. Brooks returned home Monday after spending ten days at the home of her daugher, Mrs. Lulu Quartell at Plymouth Mich. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Lucile Rohman of Chicago. Mr- and Mrs. Jos. S. Haas of Wauconda were callers Saturday morninfp at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks called on frienda at Libertyville Monday afternoon- Mrs. Clara Smith called at the home of her sister Mrs. Jos. S. Haas at Wauconda Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Matthews and Mrs. John Blomgren attended a pot luck luncheon and home bureau meeting of the Volo unit at the home of Mrs. G. A. Vasey at Volo last Wednesday. An instructive lesson in food was given in the afternoon. Mrs. Elmer Esping attended a teacher's meeting at Woodstock Friday afternoon. Harry Matthews* and guests, Harvey Bailey and Wm. Downing of Mtfline were business callers at Des Plaints Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boehmer, Miss Belle Taggart, Mrs- Edmund Petersen, Mrs J. A. Ross and Mrs. Paul Broncheon of Wauconda to Waukegan last Thursday evening where they attended Worthy Matrons and Worthy Patrons night at the Masonic Temple. Chester Decker and Mr. Boyce of Waukegan spent last Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell hunting pheasants. * Mr- and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park spent last Thur*dw witk relatives at Oak Glen Farm. - . SCMBC* of Eugenic* Eugenics is from a Greek word, meaning well born, and was first used by Francis Galton, the noted English scientist. In 1883, who defined It as "the science which deals with all Influences that improve the Inborn qualities of a race." %igliak The Court of St. James received this name because St. James' palace was the London residence of the British sovereigns from William III to the accession of Queen Victoria. The pal-- ace is still used for levees and drawing rooms. • r* "• *> . - ^ Central Garage Fred Prop. Johnsburg Chevrolet Sales. General Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble , - Expert Kebori* Day Phone 200-J ' ~ Night Phone 640-J-2 • NOT MUCH POMP %j£r THAT FIRST PILGRIM FEAST ' .i * ' ON EVERT Thanksgiving with its hustle, happy family gatherings and subsequent chatterings, there comes a lull in the activities of the day. Conversation iajsjs. Thoughts turn back to previous Thanksgivings. Let us turn our thoughts back farther than our own experiences. Back Indeed to the first Thanksgiving in America^ and there watch the preparation of this fldst feast, so different from our own. It will give us a close feeling of kinship with these predecessors of ours, these early American homemakers. And It will bring a deeper appreciation of the day, Helen Robertson writes, in the Detroit Free Press. First Thanksgiving Feast. The picture of that flfSt Thanksgiving feast celebrate^ in Plymouth on the thirteenth day of December, 1G21, is a striking one. Imagine the blockhouse standing out stark and alone !t» the great wilderness. Its r«Migh walls, crude furniture and huge flrepiaees-- the Thanksgiving table of long narrow boards, perhaps not more than three feet wide, supported at either end fey 'trestles. - . ' If this first Thanksgiving feast was served in dishes, they were made of square blocks of wood about ten to twelve Inches square and three to four Inches deep, hollowed down into a sort of bowl. Nor was there one of these SAN FRANCISCO MY BURIES MANY SHIPS Busy Commerce Plies Over J Numerous Wrecks* trenchers, for so they were called, for each person. Usually two children or a man and wife ate from one trencher. Forks were almost unknown, in fact the first fork was introduced toy Governor Winthrop in Boston twelve years later. There were spoons, however, and drinking cups and "noggins" which were a sort of mug with a handle. These were passed from hand to hand and Hp to lip around the board. No Holiday for Women. The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted several days rather than Just one. It was a time of recreation and games--for the men at least. One cannot, imagine four women and the few young girls having much time for recreation when they must prepare. the food for 121 men, 91 of whom were Indians with an unbounded capacity for gorging. And this for several days! Doubtless the deer afed great turkeys were roasted in the open, the remainder of the feast being cooked in huge pots and kettles of copper hanging from the "lug pole" in the center of the fireplace which occupied the greater part of one side of the room. After this first Thanksgiving, many followed, several being celebrated in one year. We of today wonder at Francisco.--Some with masts awry, some with their scuppers eternally brimming, and some with their bows stove in, but all with green seas In their holds, a motely company of wrecked vessels sway In the tides t>f the bay here, fathoms under the busy commerce. Between 60,000 and 70,000 persons cross the bay daily, but few know of the ghostly wrecks beneath them. Somewhere In the vicinity of the Vallejo piers is the hulk of the ferry Julia, which exploded February 27, 1&3S| and sank with a loss of 30 Uvea Two Famous Wrecks. Somewhere off Fort Point at -the bay's entrance lie two famous.wrecks, the City of Bio de Janeiro and the City of Chester. The Rio de Janeiro, a $500,000 vessel carrying a $400,000 cargo, struck a rock in deep water and sank within ten minutes, carrying 128 persons to their death. The City of Chester went down August 22, 1888, five minutes after colliding with the steel steamer Oceanic from Liverpool Sixteen lost their lives. Somewhere In S&n Pablo hay Ues the wreck of the schooner Secretary, whose boilers exploded April 15, 1854. Fifty were lost The bark Atlantic lies somewhere along the edge of the Golden Gate, where she sank In 1886 carrying down 27. In the bay off Alcatraa island is the Aberdeen, which went down in 1916, drowning tight. , Stranded on Rocka. j Stranded on the rocks off Land's End | la a portion of the freighter Lyman i Stewart, wrecked when it collided with the Walter A. Luckenback, October 7, | 1922. Water shoots through the rusty plates and up the pipes of the vessel as Its hulk rolls In the pounding surf. Less than a mile away lies the steamer Coos Bays, which drove "far up on the beach at Land's End" in a heavj fog five years later. There are many others resting about the fringes of the bay. The I'ort Saunders, the Golden City, the Trifolium, the Red Wing, the Aberdeen-- barges, schooners, fishing boats, trim motorboats, sailboats--all. are there, mute objects In a kind of marine museum. Like Moat Vuatioaista "Take care not to end your holidaj on the wrong note," advises a writer. We generally end ours without any notes at all.--The Humorist (London! PkMplionu ia 'Body Approximately 70 per cent of the body's phosphorus is in the skeleton, about 9 per cent in the muscles, 1 per cent in the brain and nervea, aad the rest in the body fluids. ^ Ttay Fail to Rtplf f According to a naturalist, fish have no method of communication. .We hat noticed that they do not respond tie llnes we drop them..'-- Atlanta ConStitutlon. AffaetaHo* Affectation ia an awkward sad forced imitation of wluit should genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what Is natural.-- Locke. NORTHLAND . Walsh Building . WEST McHENRY, ILL. BEEF SAL *V „ Ji ^ their courage Au bold Thanksgiving feasts when there seems to have been so little to be thankful for. In the mind of the Puritan, Christmas and its celebration was nothing short of idolatry. This was the day to be spent in religious service. But Thanksgiving was the day Of finally reunion and feasting. Eighteenth Century Thank*. The Dext Thanksgiving celebrations of which we read are those which required days and even weeks of preparation. We read the description of one table, which surely must have groaned under its weight of dellciousness. "On one end of the table was the jblg roast turkey and on the other a goose and two pigeon pastries. There was abundance of vegetables." - Besides these there were huge chines of roast pork and' venison. And still the some letter bemoans the fact that they were unable to have roast beef because of the scarcity due to the war! The letter finishes with this paragraph: **Our mince pies were good, though we had to use dried cherries instead of raisins and venison instead of beef. The pumpkin pies, apple tarts, and big Indian puddings lacked for nothing save appetite by the time we got around to them." Do you wonder? / Setting Day Aside. The celebration of a certain day for Thanksgiving was not universal ontll 1864 when President Llncolrf issued a proclamation appointing the fourth Thursday ia November with a view of having a day kept thereafter annually without interruption. The President's assassination the next year almost caused a suspension of his own rule until. President Johnson appointed the last Thursday In November. Nevertheless it Is "ye oyster Stewed," "turkie,w corn and pumpkin which were served in the Pilgrim days that still play the leading roles in our Thanksgiving menus of today. And Just as in those early years, it is still a day of family gatherings and feasting. So while the Thanksgiving celebrations conform with the dictates of our day there still remain shades and shadows of the past which enrich it and make it the happier. First Sky»crap*r •- ' The first United States skyscraper is said to have been the Home Insurance building of Chicago, erected la 1884. , - , _,XI- ; . 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