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;#r '-" J-"\ -' 4? I J.**1 -" • v- "m' -tme mncmtT pLAimHuuat, tbubsdat, mntrun' ^v?..--;*c'-; T^*;*fr » ^ -T^v- •'r5W^;* toti* * ^^5-uj*14**""" vfn\v ;•>•a^*1 « 'it*"**" H• >I mil J--HWWI.'IIW r,'|j» -/-«)"• ntn H« 4 WW* • •«**« ^ssiitSf cttj$0k'-. .•.-mk,r:'iu>iiy •ri .«• **M SINOWOOD , ------- Nick. Freund entertained the Banco club at her home, Thursday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to; Mrs. Nick Freund, Mrs. Ed. Thompson, lira. G. E. Shepard 'and Mrs- Edgar Thomas. Lunch was served at t he dose of the games. The Epworth League will present a play in the near future. Watch for the date. The Ladies' Aid Society" held an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. B. T. Butler, Friday. A pot luck dinner was served. ^ JLenard Bro^rn of" Beleit College r'.t|£nt the week-end at his home here." '••'Mr. and Mrs. 'Clayton Bruce and daughter spent Saturday evening at Melrose Park. Roy Wiedrich and father Fred JWiedrich were, visitors in Chicago, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson Jr. -> of Chicago spent Wednesday and Thursday with the former's parents, • Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thompson- Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard were idlers at McHenry Friday afternoon. " Mrs Ed. Peet and daughters and •lifers. Edgar Thomas were visitors at Woodstock Wednesday afternoon. v-'^jMr. and M*s, Nick. Young attended * party at Spring Grove, Wednesday fining. -Mr. Hune of Chicago and Mrs. I^tah Davis of McHenry were callers to the G. E. Shepard home, Wednesday idSternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Anderson and lfcmily spent Sunday at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard and f||mily and Frances Dix spent Sunday afternoon in the J. F. Cljaxton houje at McHenry. ( Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and family of McHenry spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick. Youftg. t V Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon and tfins of Greenwood and Mr. and Mrs. Bbland McCannon and son were dinner guests in the C. J. Jepson home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens attended the theatre at Woodstock, Stmday afternoon. Mrs. Ethel Coe and son John c-f Woodstock were ^upper guests in the inland McCannon home, Saturday •jening. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson attended tile theatre at Woodstock, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Freund and family of McHenry -were Sunday dinner guests in the Ed. Thompson , home. . - Mrs. Ralph Simpson and Mrs. Nick Freund were visitors at Racine, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neal of Wau- Ifegan spent Sunday in the Roy Neal lH>me. • The Home Bureau held a '500' and iGootie party at the home of Mr- and Mrs. W. B. Harrison, Friday night. Prizes in '500' were awarded to; Mrs. Ralph Simpson, J. F. Stephenson and Helen and James Harrison. In Cootie to Mrs. Fred Eppel and Gordon JLarson and Mrs. C- J. Jepson and fflenn Eppel. Luncheon was served. . Miss Lora Harrison of Evanston spent a few days the past week with her parents,1 Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Carlson attended the theatre at Woodstock, 49bnday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Worts and son, - Mrs. Paul Meyers and sons and John Pint of McHenry spent Sunday with ' Ik- and Mrs. Ed. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey and family of Deerfield, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jackson and family of Solon Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen and son Charles spent Sunday in the home of . Ilr. and Mrs. S. H. Beatty. The Epworth League visited the '«»unty Farm at Martland, Sunday afternoon. The Home Circle will meet at the -home of Mrs. C. J. Jepson Wednesday Fieb. 8th. Miss Mina Laurence spent the week- V'#d with friends at crystal Lake. * Vv Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shuetze of |j|onroe, Wis. spent Sunday with Dr. Mid Mrs. Wm. Hepburn. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Sanborn of Qpring Grove spent Sunday in the F. A. Abbott home. Alice Wilcox and Viola Rager were visitors at Woodstock, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Adams spent Sunday afternoon with the former's parents at Johnshurg. Mrs. Edith Richardson and daughter Harriet of Evanston were Sunday visitors in the S. W. Brown home. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler entertained the '500' club, Wednesday evening. Prizes were awarded to; Mrs. Ray Peters and Clarence Pearson and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens and George Young. Luncheon whs served. Mi*, and Mrs. A. C. Merrell of Solon Mills were visitors here Saturday. Lenard Brown and Donald McCafferty spent Sunday at West Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George Young spent Friday evening in the Peter Weingmrt home near McHenry. School Notet The following pupils have been neither abseftt nor tardy in the Primary Room for 5 months. Amy Harrison, Hiley Jean Thomas, Russel Laurence, Esther Smith, Betty Thompson, Doris Laurence and Robert Anderson. Visitors the past month were? Mrs. Lewis Hawley, Mrs. Edgar Thomas, Mrs. Ethel C. Coe and Mr. Homer Hall, county Supt. of Boone county.. . ' . . Mrs. W. B. Harrison held a card and cooties party at her home Tuesday rif* ternoon. The proceeds of the party went to buy chairs for the primary class of the M. E. Sunday school. Prizes in bridge were awarded to Mrs. Kenneth Cristy and Mrs. Carl Halstrom. In five hundred they went to Mrs. W. O. Fisher and Mrs. Roland McCannon. lift "cootie" Mrs. Ray Merchant and 'Grace Mary Thompson were the winners. Mrs. Frank Dix entertained the Evening bridge club at the home of Mrs. J. C. Pearson Tuesday evening. Prizes werq awarded to Mrs. B. T. Butler and Mrs. J. C. Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters entertained the M. E. church chpir and their families at a party at their home Tuesday evening. Cards and cootie were played. Mrs. E. E. Whiting entertained the Scotch bridge club at her home Wednesday afternoon. Mr% G. E. Shepard entertained the Easy Aces at her home Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Math Nimsgern of Spring Grove spent Tuesday in the Nick Young home- Mrs. F. A. Hitchens spent'Monday in Chicago. Mina Laurence and Virginia Welter spent Tuesday afternoon at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Fisher were Sunday guests in the A. L. Laurence home. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley and family and E. C. Hawley spent Sunday in the D. C. Bacon home at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin and daughter, Julia, and Mrs. Viola Low attended a funeral at Desplaines Mon day afternoon. Frank Walkington and Fern Lester of Libertyville spent Saturday evening in the Ben Walkington home. Jjgbts of NEW YORK Th WALTER TRUMBULL #OES HOME TO DEATH Yukio O/.iiki. seventy ilin-f .war-old Japanese statesman- and pacifist and a former mayor of Tokyo, who left London recently for home, believing that certain assassination awaited him upoft his arrival there. Mr. Oznki'S statements In the United States and London are said to have been construed by some of bis countrymen as unpatriotic. TRAILS WE CROSS By JAMES W. BROOKS IHERE IRON MAKING BEGAN ,... souiheast* from l&Jimond "fte road runs by evidence "Forgs where iron making began in "Hie Colonies, and where iiiis huge hammer was used. If* £ was lost in ihe debris of Time, but vccasts flood* w&shed if up and if is soon fa be aide a manorial +o "the iron industry in America. w, Oapt. Ashley McKinley has been telling me of the downward voyage' made by the Eleanor Boiling, one of the ships of the Byrd expedition, from New York to Little America. It seems that the entire crew, with the exception of Captain Brown, the first mate and the chief engineer, were strictly volunteers, all being members of the exploring party. One or two of them may have had active experience In a rowboat or even have sailed a catboat, but none had really done anything to Impair his Btandlng as an amateur. Dr. I.aurence M Oould was second mate, because of his position as second In command to Admiral Byrd and because he was able to use a sextant. When be was not seasick, be was a very valtiabie seeond mate. - ••• .* * " The ship got out of New York harbor all right, with the captain on the bridge, the flirt mate at the wheel, and the chief engineer dashing back and forth between the engine room and the stokehold. One of the volunteer stokers had once had some experience with an oil furnace in'a'Suburban cottage, hnt the other had never done more than turn a radiator on and off. The Eleanor Boiling burned coal. By frenzied effort the two were able, while they lasted, to get up St least 25 pounds of steam. . ' • • • ' • This hsd s bearing on something which happened off Atlantic City. There a revenue cutter took the ship for a rum runner, in spite of the "Bjrrd Expedition." painted plainly in various places, and signaled her to stop. Captain Brown was highly Indignant and whether he would have stopped or not Is somewhat of a question, but some one pulled the whistle cord, the whistle jammed- and blew for about a minute and a half, and the ship came to rest of her owti accord. All the steam was exhausted. When the revenue men came aboard they were welcomed by the officers with strong language and by the crew with loaded cameras. They were s sheepish looking lot • * * Naturally, the mate conldnt spend all his time at the wheel and when he wttS relieved by the first volunteer, strange things happened. The ship b£gnn to do a sort of combination tango and barrel roll. Uttering loud supplications to all the gods of mariners, the captain reeled his way on deck. When he spoke feelingly to the helmsman, the latter was both astonished and hurt. "Why. captain." hp protested, "she never was more than Inches off her course," meaning 6 Inches on the cmspass card. - 0 0 0 Owing to a few such trifling Incidents, the ship, which had been due to reach Norfolk early on Tuesday, did not arrive nntll Wednesday afternoon. This was a bit alarming to relatives of the crew who had gone there to meet her. especially as some of the papers carried headlines saying that the ship was overdue and probably had wink. But with the mate again at the wheel,, she came Into harbor nobly. t..y Meanwhile, the first •flfcrntw isMters had given their best and their all. They were tenderly laid In bunks and Captain McKfnley and the doctor took over the stoking Job. They stoked a large part of the way to New Zealand. They did well and would have done even better, if the furnace doors not formed a hahit of swinging shut Just when they wanted to throw coal In. Pair by pair, the huskiest of the volunteers took their turp In the stokehold. but the steam gage remained at about the same point. At New Zealand a couple of Scandinavian professionals were signed. From the time they took over. It was possible at-all times to blow the whistle without stopping the ship. They weighed about 130 pounds each. • • • Entering the New Zealand harbor. Captain McKlnley had been promoted to the wheel. If /he ship had been an airplane or a dirigible, he would have been an expert pilot. As. it* was. a small misunderstanding arose between him and the captain. • • • "Port," ordered the latter, meaning apparently that he wanted the wheel turned to port. But Ashley McKln\ey naturally thought he was referring to the ship. The captain was so surprised at the result of his command that the ship like a cat chasing Its tail, made practically a complete circle to port before he recovered his power of speech. But by the time the' Eleanor Boiling reached Little America everyone. Including the captafn. first mate and chief engineer, had obtained a lot of experience and all ware able seamen. ©. 1933. Bell Syndlcftt*.--WNU 8ervlc«. , Minnows Make This Man Independently Wealthy Port Huron. MUh.-- When Charles ©i Day sold a 14 quart pail of minnows for $1 some 30 years ago. he uncon sclously founded a business that was' to make him independently ° wealthy within three decades. From his start with a pail of minnows, Day developed the Idea of selling- fish bait to reap a profit off $f>0.000 last year. He supplies fresh or "canned" minnows, grasshoppers, crawfish, angleworms, salmon eggs aftd pork rind to sporting goods stores ID everj^section of the country. CAP AND BELLS HE SPOKE THE TRUTH The maid timidly approached tM' head of the house. , "P-please, sir," she said shakily, "there's been a man at the door with a pitiful tale of woe, and--'* The master of the house waved her away. . '-'V- • ' -v -. ; "{'ant help It, my glrL" he snapped. •It's all tommy-rot, and It leaves me quite cold." "Yes, sir," replied the maid, "I thought perhaps it would., I found he haa,taken your overcQa^ fr^. the UitL*--Answers. . ' " 1 Twice Told Items of Interest Taken Frost the Files of the Plaindcaler •j:\of Tears At®*-"' ^ They Smash All Hoodoos Bravely • " Plenty "of Pattenc* Little Sylvia wished a glass of milk at dinner. Grandmother was busy serving others and left the little girl to wait her turn. Again the child said: "Grandma, I want some milk." "Sylvia," sa id grandma, "haven't you any patience?" "Yes, grandma, but I haven't any milk," answered the child. Professional Personality "What Is your boy John doing noW?" "Studying medicine," answered Farmer Corntossel. "How is he doing?** "First rate. Every time I get a COjtt he can talk about it in a way that'll scare me nearly to death." FIFTY YEARS AGO . Lent begins today, Wednesday, and will end on Easter Sunday, March 25, a season of forty-six days. The McHenry minstrels announce their intention of giving an entertainment at Matman's hall, Wauconda, on Friday evening, Feb. 16. Eggs are twenty-five and thirty cents a dozen.and yet the hens in this section are standing around the barndoinK nothing, and ham and eggs ?'h only be thought of, not enjoyed, ' '| FORTY YEARS AGO O. W. Owen has sold one of his cottages, at Pistaqua Bay td N. H, Pike of JQhenoa, 111. We "did not learn, the consideration. We see by the Gazette that burglars paid Richmond a visit last week. Fiv€ places, including the mill and the poBt office were broken into and considerable valuables stolen. No clue to the burglars has been found as yet. A. C. Mathews has bought out Lamp here's Meat Market, in Nichol's Block, Mrs. F. K. Granger started on Monday for a visit with friends in Dakota. She expects to be gone about two weeks. <J ' *J * • '-x.i-l "A :<! S -p.. Combination Lackpenny--I--ah--realljp waat |l bed-sitting-room. Landlady--This Is a bed-sitting-room. "Indeed? I see the bed all right, but where's the sitting-room?" "Oa the bed."--Pearson s Weefcljr;, FRUITFUL m TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at SW cents on the Elgin board of trade- Monday. McHenry township has a total tax of $21,813.46 this year. • " , The saloon keepers held a meeting in this village one day to consider plans and means to fight the local option move. Bordens expect within a few days to cut their second crop of ice. The second Crop will be shipped to houses where'ice is not to* be had. Lew Bishop' was laid up all last week with two severely bruised arms, caused by being thrown from a wagon at Pistakee Bay on Friday, Jan. 24. However, Lewis in his shop last Satur- • and has been up and down ever since. Thirteen prominent, business.men of Chicago tuive formed the "Jiax club" and,, meeting op Fridays, they amuse themselves by defying all the common superstitions. Here are II. G. Powers, secretary; Sidney Strotjs, president, «ud Jpe Triper, vice president, breaking mirrors, spilling aalu apd opened umbrella lndoora. And nbthlng hns happened to them yet ... A y sie WiU Be White House Pet "They have a family tree, I suppose?" "Yes, and the daughters are pipplns." ' . Scrambled Alphabet Editor--My "boy, your punctuation and grammar are something fierce. Literary Aspirant--Then ther.e Is no ho|te for me. "Sure there is; try dialect stories." --Brooklyn Kagle. Last Resort Proud Suburban Ijidv--You know, my husband plays the organ. „ Depressed Acquaintance--Well, If things don't improve, my husband will have to get one, too.--An«w#ra (London). Non-T ransf erabte Teacher--Tommy, come up here and give me what you've got In your mouth. , Tommy--I wish I could--It's. tbs toothache.--New Haven Register, TWENTY YEARS AGO Better was declared firm at 84-eenti | on the Elgin board of trade, Monday. Eight below zero on Wednesday ' morning. Thats' real winter weather | and the ice men are wearing the smile that wont erase. Mr. G. Hog declared last Sunday that we shall have six weeks more of winter. The sun shone brightly on that day and his shadow scared him back into winter quarters for another six week's snooze. In a post card from Mrs. Ray Thomas, who with her children is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Mead, at Raymondville, Texas she inform* us that the temperature on the north side of their home is 80 in the shade and that the grass is nice and green. The increase in wages to the employes of the American Steel & Wire company's plant at Waukegan became effective last Saturday. The increase means an addition of $80,000 annually to the pay roll of the big mill. " - *Lr* v'*" * Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President Elect of the United States* pictured with "Mepgsie," who for years has been her pet scotch terrier and who, will occupy the position of honor amouj the White House pets after March 4. Gsod Samaritan --- Wh?--Why did you tell Mrs. Tuft ber husband was dead when he had only lost all his money? * He--I thought I'd better break, ^ her gently;--Humorist (London), Hans Lo«t "What's happened? Have you bad an accident?" •No. I just bet Hans he couldn't carry me up a ladder on his hack, and I vsgp."--Die Gemutiiche Sacbse, All Explained Johnnie--Why does the whistle blow for a fire? Hilly--It doesnt blow^ for the Are, it blows for water. They've got the fire.--Hudson Star. STILL TOO RED TEN YEARS AGO Another light snow storm visited us during last Friday night Just enough fell to make the going rather difficult and caused many a fall. Tomorrow is ground hog day and, according to weather prognostigators, will determine whether or not v a are to experience an early spring. Carl E. Mead is now ncting a > rural representative for the Pan American Coffee Mills, having succeeded Frank, lin Ensign in that position the first of the week. The ice harvesting season, so far a* McHenry is concerned, is at an end. The work of filling the last house, that of the McHenry ice cream factory, was completed last Thursday night. Those who own houses here are congratulating themselves on the excellant quality of ice, harvested this year. ' , A number of our citizens were over at Woodstock on Monday morning of this week, where they listened to the evidence as presented by the objectors to the proposed sewerage improvement in this village. ---- erous You need new tires. It's dangerous to run on old ones* New ones are very reasonable in price now. As an extra inducement we will give a TUBE FREE with each All-Weather Tire purchased during the next week beginning Friday, Feb, 3, at the following low prices: 4.40X21 . . . . $7.05 5.50x18 $11.50 4.30x20 7,45 5.50x19 12.00 4.50x21 7.83 5£<tatM 1*50 5.00X19 ..1.4 *,15 6.00x19 ia.io 5 . 0 0 x 2 0 . . . . . . . t.40 6.00x20 i.. 11.50 5.25x21 11.40 6.00x21 . ............................. 13.90 Walter J. Freund v Ties sail Tube Vulcanizing, Car Washing, Simoniakig, ~ Battery Charging, Repairing, Greasing, Draining, Etc. First Class Jab Guaranteed PHONE 294 WEST McHENRY Vis 51 'i" New Thrill for Winter Sports Enthusiasts ' '1 see your radical friend is less red than he .was." "Yes; but hasn't yet attained that ptak of perfection .we'd like to see." , Brief An*wer . Williams--Well, how has everything gone since 1 last saw you? Wilson--Everything's gone.--London Answer* .v., - ';•••• • Eel Found in Gravel Workmen digging a fish pond site In Pennsylvania at a state fish hatchery were astounded to see an eel wriggle from the coarse gravel dug by the steam shovel at a feet in tfce.crftek bed. ~- White Sacred Color Almost all things white are sacred 1% India, so rare Is the color In that land of luxuriant color* if China'* Perspective Credulous Tillie says it's no wonder they have so much confusion in China when you consider that for several thousand years their religion has been "Coofu 4oniam "--Sipri ngfleld (Mass.) Union. . ~~ Va^iie of Health and Wealth The^relative value of health and wealth filways depends on which one jrou have lost--Boston Post, • Out on Big Bear lake in the mountains or southern California Sam Wrinkle of Los Angeles constructed this "anew boat" which is capable of doing 7U miles an hour over the frozen lake and tbt sncw fields. It Is driven 100 horse power Hall Sc»tt alrplane swtor. •• :^-'S "V