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SchnValfeldt, 58 years old, didd at the liome of ker niece, Mrs," Robert McCracken, in Kenosha, Wis., at an early hour Sunday morninpr, following an illness of several weeks., Mrs. Schmalfeldt was born in Mc- Henrv. 111., February 21, 1875,'the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs o f - i n t e r e s t i n g s p o t s F^r^ e ^d erick Nichols. She spent her early in the §t^te of Illinois lies within a j ^ pteasure drive from our door, yet how'^^ 111. On October 18, 1900 EX SHERIFF PETERS - DIES IN CHICAGO ^^UiwROYMIlTIIEWSTO M'HENRY WILL BE ON \WORLD'S FAIR ROUTE HAD SUMMER PISTAKEF, BAY HOME AT dSin bgCkout fn tie grip of the worst storm of the winter, McHenry Is gradually getnormal conditions and from snow drifts that Have paralyzed traffic and made walk, inj; difficult. Conditions have be^n Charles Vf. Peters, ^ho was one of m^(ie wofe difficult because of the e*r; the pioneer summer residents 6t Pis-1 ^reiU'e cold with the temperaturie at to takee Bay, near McHenry, and shenf*6 20 bel<>>V .and even lower and a new AIR JUMP TO BE MADE ON sumrter. According to present* plans, the city I of McHenry will be on one of the i mfcirvJiig'tiways leading to the Centut y of Progress exposition in Chicago this - II. S- Route No; 12, leading to Chi capo from Wisconsin, through Mc- V ! Henry, (has btjen mapped out'by Gen- ^ ^ Reeling of the 8t«t» Illinois, tury authorities as the' m»ny from this, vicinity h&ve jvar visited it. •/ ; .':v' ? ..-This is the ICite fffh hdtcheiy at' Spring Qroye,' •Which shipped at one time during the past year more than 2,000,000 fish to various lake? and rivers in the state. "For several years' the average shioin Illinois artd was educated at o^'Cook^'county "^m"Y918rto" 1922, coW wave reported to be on the way, • ^h™h he T" 10 ,nAA' ** died athis Chicago home, 3932 Fron-11?# to down again and hurl this city was ^ ^ 1 W ^ ' < f«st tier avenue, Saturday afternoon, Feh-}^e mercury belw the zero wwk, for fic&r df teur counties with a ratihg of! r J° iV° ^^; ri.%£*-te: a^J 4,M93ff, aged 74 yeis. His passing ^eek-end. ; ,,= li^nwt,'^Xhe^^ S ment of fish has totalled 16,000-,0001 womarii 1 being ait active jnember of fingerlings each seasan and last year . the ppflCe Evangelical Lutheran 36,000,000 wall-es'ed t'Jke alone '^v*er® j chnfch in Wilmot for many years, fdanted in the lak&& and streams of g^e is survived by three sisters, IlHneiSs I This largest fish hatchery in thi United States is operated at an exwas united in marrjage to August Schmalfeldt. F.ollbwing her marriag -Bhe moved to. SiTv-er I>ake, where .shft j -^ras due to heart disease. reside foa- twenty-four years, going ;V Mr. 'Peters was. to Kenosha five yea|^ ago to make hei;j c&0jc sheriff* honie with her niece, Mrs. MbCracken. j depoty •'fbr.iforty-sik .v rSh-e wfl? v^ell knosvn in northern II-1 yg pJjSt yea# after ye^r, no matt^ri 0*? t"G str®et and piled urp dirifts 'ftfom liinois. She was a devout Christian which political party waj in pbwet. ' ^ ten feet high. Following a custom of years' standing, Mr. Peters "> - Mrs. C. J;t Wendt of Crvstal Lake. Msr. Wm. Tesch of ^ffcHenry, and . , Mrs. William Schenning of Burlingpense of about $9,000 a year And as fon Wia she was preceded in death maintained without a cent of expense |hy her husband on Jure 21, 1925, and to the taxpayer. All of this »»«» by two sisters, comes-* from hunting and fishing j Funeral services weTe held Wedneslicenses paid by the sportsmen of l^e !dav afternoon at 1 o'clock from the atate-and each year substantial sums. ho^p of j. p. Witt in Kenosha. The of profit are paid back to the state. cortege proceeded to the Peace Evan- The department is now collecting m«re igplical T.'itheran church in Wilmot. -than a half million dollars annuallyJ -where services were held at 2 o'clock, •from hunters and fishermen. interment following In the family plot Honest conservation is practiced by j jn gaiPTn Mound cemetery, the superintendent, Thomas McCaffertTe «onsin at Madison. | "^ BARTER-EXCHANGE Capacity Doubled j --• During the past year the ..capacity c,h u,t ej..u mps m. adje i. n this. 'vicin-iPty^, a.i"sLthe Fort Dearborn routfe through Ma- irengoc " ' Hmiggnhwwaayyas lleeaadamingg iinnttoo MMccHneeilii ^yv-Jj ump, wPh ich he will make at the "open-!' toI nMcrceHaesnedr^ bWusianhes^s w,fi ll\ tbi e hpbirnoou- gnhnt ;i Mwineon- t ut<ot 8h-iqs no ffniVclen f-iVn < a™fterren obolonc kweidt hb tyr atvheel ons neovwen Tthuee scdiatyy ,; «in,tfifn no f int hreV iC^aeon-rt. ™ QfT »Pnir. oig ress "e xpo-^^. is daiirrecSt x-oouteu a^na people 01 tni.> «K»t snow pk^. !M,^Sr!?rLirSJL v. ;W d0"M' M™. .5cein t0 the county building -- Sthaet uorfdfiacey cmlooserdn inagt 1a nod'c lowckor. keHde ^th'enl ^wokrekedd wwiSthoouutt aavvaSill aass tthhee Tgaallee kkeenpt tL, Accordin^ to Prcsent Pfens ^opas malte their plans to put McHenry on to set two new world records in hfs y went to his home, told his wife he was ^"e snow drifting faster than it could jump at that time, one being the delay suffering with indigestion, and Went! P® Reared out. to bed. Mirs. Peters went to his room j, over west and middle west an hour later and found him dead, heayy snowstdrma- interfered with Charles W. Peters, who was always fid railroad trams were rvihparachute record and the second bethe map during the exposition as surrounding cities are" already doing. irg the record for height in a para- Nldk'.L, FREUND DIES " chSf JUn?p- AT FARGO, NO/l)A|C. " • * - "*•" , j i , « _ j The delay p&rftchute record is noWi A messasre was received this morncalled "Sheriff" Peters among, his as- be.h.jnd schedule and bussesand; held by Shirley Rauner of Cincinnati, j ing by Mrs. N. J. Justen, conveying sociates, was appointed chief deputy automobiles were stalled on roads, with a .height of 18,700 feet. This the sad news of the death of * her in 1886 by Sheriff Canute R. Matson. s«™ng areas of thousanda of squarejrecord Mr. Mf<thews hope8 to. break broker, Nick L Freund, at Fargo No He was. elected sheriff on the Republi-; m,^s- n thftf n# ,.Jby faUfn^ 25,000. feet before his Dak., Wednesday evening. The 'body can ticket and had as his opponent,• ^'parachute opens. As far as thrills|i, expected to amve here either Sun- Anton J. Cermak, now mayor of Chi- J ar° conoernod ifc wou,d that this'day or Monday, with funeral arrange- -- " • ~ J , " ~ ' • • y " C s r u , , < •^ " i f - xt-p*** - ., - »» '« •>• JM*? Mathews h.p^^Uy'-wtaST^),** *tw,t ' .vt _ Republican ward cpmmitteeman in the '"ch J8'1 ]\ Tuesday right with con- keep this t}irjn for himself. The idea-COUNTY RTVn old 25th ward. He served as **!-;«-»•* *"""**«' U f.llta, 25,000 feet thro»Bh the;C°U^„ .K™ ^ dent of the National Association of Rural Schools Closed jether with one's mind filled with j v/HAlr I£iK IS AUI1VI5 Sheriffs during two terms in 1909 and; Rural schools" in thV county were doubts as to whether the old para-! ' \ ... --; 1910. , " closed on Wednesday and rural mail chute will open at the desired moment !• Under the leadership of Chaifman Celebrated Golden Wedding 'carriers were unable 'to complete their l or not is surely not conducive to the Thomas P. Bolger, of McHenry, th? On Friday, Oct. 2, 1931, Mr. and routes. Snow-drifted roads wei'e greatest peace of mind. • McHenry County Red Cross Chapter their golden shoveled out Wednesday morning so: Then, the second world's record that has niade fine progress in its reor- •gatne fish fpr the benefit of great deal of business is being carried | bedding, surrounded by their children, that milk trucks could get through , the local jumper hopes to break is Ionization program the-/- past six ien, now rfextends over thirty- 'on nowadays without - the use of! grandchildren, relatives, business as- and snow plows worked day aTid night that of altitude and was made in m°nths. A cotinty-wide meeting was cago. He entered politics as a follower of former Senator Charles S. w.as rec<>rded- Deneen, and for many years served as' ^on was One of the outstandinjg results of «f the Spring Grove hatchery has be>MT> the depression period through which almost doubled and the enlarged I the world is passing has been the replant, maintained for-the preservation j vival of barter and' exchange and ^a ! Mrs. Peters celebrated of the fishermen, now< exieous> over .wiu-iy-,uu -i>u**»u»jrs wiuiuui.- wie use i>i: granacnuarep, relatives, Dusiness as- ana snow plows worKea aay and nignt tnar oi .altitude and was eight acres, sixteen acres of whioh: money. In America and in Europe' sociates and friends. The day was in a vain endeavor to keep the roads Fi ance last June when a jump of 25,- ^e'd Thursday night at the old have been added within the past year, j men, finding money so dear that its brought to a close with an informal open. |,591 feet was made. Mathews feel's PQstoff'c^ building in Woodstock, at The sixteen acres are now the site of owners will not part with it for labor! reception held at the Germania club Im' Harry Simpson, state highway - ep-; sure that he can smash this record time representatives of the valour new ponds for breeding fish, "and commodities, have leaped back j Chicago, where 500 guests, including gineer in the Chicago area, directed and reclaipi it for the United States r'ous tranche? of the county chapter .which have been added to the eight over centuries, of history and adopted many prominent Chicagoans, gathered the work of sixty-five snowplows, hn^j-hy making a jumpifrom 40,000 feet a'^ended- • . ponds previously in use. These ponds again the custom of a primitive time ; to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Peters, could report little progress because i above the earth. I meeting was for the purpose of and the tanks are supplied with fresh when there was no money. IA second honeymoon trip was -taken of the high wind. - « | The descent will be made with only ^ter <>rPanlzation throughout the spring water, flowing at the rate of J. They are finding it possible to liye'over the same route they traveled fifty j The students from rural districts two parachutes, each 3(, feet in diai^- branches of the chapter. Suggestions, 2,000 gallons per minute. -[by tradirg their 6wn labor with other | years before. • were (excused from high school at S eter, now being made by Thompson• comP^a^nts, and worthwhile advice Bass, blue gills and croppies are|swappers. Each gets what, he ihust1 Not only in Chicago out also in Mc- o'clock Tuesday afternoon so that they Brothers of Aurora wha are also mod- up program of the meeting, pond hatching fish and will not hatch haVe and gives that which he has in Henry was Mr. Peters well known, could reach their homes before roads eling an electrically heated suit which e PurPOS(k f°r which the Red artificially, while trout are taken from surplus. : He was one of the oldest residents at became cmpletely impassable, and- will be worn with an cxygen mask. Cross is organized was brought out thfc hatchery and kept for nine months j • -fe C«lifo«iia (Bii»-;«Mnit^. ->lm -Imw • FSatakee Bay» coming there wheatha. many of the out-of-town pupils were! In, March, Mr. Bell of Chicago will c^ear}y chairman during the la tanks before being "planted." j eighty-three organized co-operative shores of the Bay were wild and un--; unnble to reach schggl Wednesday, 'begin 'his "duties as manager for Mr. mee^ng. The fact the roll call last Eggs are secured through stripping?; units, listing the names of 40,000 inhabited. On the west side of the The severe cold which accompanied Mathews, who will be given publicity.yw,r s^owed a total of practically "the commercial catch on the fishing heads of families, who are sharing the Bay Mr. Peters built a summer home the hliszard is making conditions the;and advertising in various forms. 1.500 members demonstrates the Red boats of Lake Michigan and« from the fruits of the idea of one man, who &hich he and his family enjoyed every worst in many years and is causing1 Perhaps the public in general does; ^ross '9 a pop^a* organization in tiie federal government and nut into glass.; went to a farmer and offered to work season and which he developed into much suffering and trouble. mot realize the magnitude of this un- eounty. jars to hatch and turned1 into {tools'toi,without a money wage. He would one of the most attractive places atj The heavy snow is giving jobs to dertaking and the actual time COH-' .-El^t^n of officers end the forming age, then shipped to lakes and rivers j take his pay in vegetables. At the Pistakee Bay. [many of the unemployed who are; sumed in its completion. ' "* J of executive committees in the variqu3 •where they are planted. jend of his first day's work he,took- Mr. Peters often recalled the early shoveling off sidewalks and opening! Doolittle A<? Pilot ' ;-. • j branches in the county is now betbg ' ^ass cannot be artificially propo-jhome a sack of foodstuffs so larg? days when he was frequently a pas- the lanes for- traffic. Major Doolittle will pilot the plane ho,d" Manf °f the branches have al- .? -fljBted, but at the Spring Grove hatch-jthat he shared his surplus with a senger on the "Mary Gris'wold," ,«i|. With the snow covering most of the'which will take off from the munfc- rcady elected while others will do so ery the habitat of the bass is so per-j needy .neighbor. Unwittingly he had boat making trips on Fox rfter be- natural food sources for birds, people ipal airport about 9 a. m., and will not. dur'ng the next two weejjs. fectly duplicated that the fish spawns pioneered in the development of a bar- tween McHenry and the Bay and he are Urged to scatter bread crumbs return until noon or later. It will re-i Within the next three weeks the and rears its young. It is the only ter system for Los Angeles county, was regularly a commuter between where they will be available to these quire probably an hour and one-haif annual meeting of the chapter will ••-fish that protects its eggs and young] In similar fashion other barter ex- McHenry and Chicago during the sura-; feathered visitors. jfor the plane to roach the required al- ** he,d» 'which time election of until they are able to take care of • changes have sprung up through out mer season for nearly half a century.^ With the McHenry high school has- ititude of 40.000 feet and after a fall. chapter" officer!s will take place. Chair- - themselves. the west, as in other sections of the; Mr. Peters was a member of sev- s ketball team playing In the/county.j of 25,000 feet from the»plane the re-! !^an ®°'Ker 18 anxious that this met - Hatched In Glass Jars ' [country. They have been organized eral Masonic orders, the Pistakee tournament at Woodstock on Wednes- mainder of the descent, using two in* l,e wcl1 attended* .'Every member In the hatching chamber of the]direct the exchange of work for Yacht club, the Pistakee Golf club, day night, members of the team with"chutes, will require, at least, one-half enrolled the pa*t year will be eligible "building at the hatchery there are! fo°d< piprs. for doctors' bills, oats for and was a former president of the the coach, Supt. Duker, and. a few | hour. ' | to attend thi? noting and have a more than ,100 glass.jf-rs each with a;haircuts and eRf?s for clothing. . j German-American club. [rooters, left McHenry before 6 o'clock 1 The temperature at this extreme al- : vo'ee in the selectioil of officers for ° seven-quart capacity, through which | Not long ago the Associated Press S He is survived by his widow, Emma, > Wednesday night to make the trip to titude is 62 degrees below zero in the the new year- • Spring water is piped at the rate -of, conducted a survey and learned that two daughters, Mrs. H. B: Wilcox of the county-6eat which was a slow, and summertime and Mathews will of r,o- i At the meeting Thursday night Mrs. 400 gallons a day. One gallon of jin the United States alone 500,000 North Reading, Mass., and Mrs. J. D. hazardous one. Although the snow cessity have to fall at least 15 000 feet John Whitworth distributed to the vaeggs is placed in each jar and as thejP^ons had been gathered into barter | Erickson of Glencoe, arid six grand-! plow had been through, the pavement j as his suit, which will be heated bv ril0US branches* in the cpunty. fortyfish hatch they come to the surface,! exchanges. ^children. j is far from being well opened with', electric "batteries in-the-plane will be- dozen men's and women's sweat- There are two kinds of barter, sim-t Funeral services were conducted at only a single track in Khany places, gin to cool as soon as he jumps and ers; two dozen boys' knickers and " ' ' . . . . • * --A---- ~ " , l - o v e r s w e a t e r s f o r equipment is ill A report reaches the office ofr^ief Maior Doolittle, pilot "of the"pfan« i ReW and branch officers weri lelight- Plairdealer this morning from Ru-!will also try for an altitude record in ed to rece,ve'thl^ ^"thing to distribdolnh E. Johnson, owner of Bald Knob; the same ascent and after Mathews !ute am°ng the;^ peopJe of their commu- PADUDimPw,^ ?Qtel °n pistake« that: at day-}jumps he will continue to soar higher!nit^ Jho are >n need FARM BUREAU TO HOLD break this (Thursday) morning the in an endeavor to reach 45 000 feet or Grders were taken fw S. Army I^O INTER EST L\G MEETINGS thermometers registered between 30 even higher. The altitude record is'aT,d Navy *urPlus clothixig which is The McHenry County Farm Bu-1 and 31 below zero. This will make, now 43.000 feet. | being sold by the government at ridi . reau announces two meetings that will our Florida readers be glad they are Mr, Mathews now has some stujbe of interest to a large number of so far south. [dents bore who are anxious to be-, < ' JrnmA mpmKorc nf Poeanli.i^ ' tUHlty, WEtKLY EXCHANGE HEMS OF INTEREST TAKEN1 FROM COLUMNS « OF OUR EXCHANGES ** % ' /get info the moving stream of water . .. „0 „wll ,tc „ ,,1IU and swim out to the retaining tanks. P,e and complex, the latter involving^ o'clock Tuesday at the Scottish Rite'which is continually l»eing narrowed his descent through the extreme bold nineteen dozen pull-c Here the C«ng 'tfry" are fed with t},e use of scrip. From the squalor. cathedral under the auspjees of Gol- by the drifting snow. Kvill have to be made rapidly |boys and pirls- ,,Tho liver and be?i'scraps, several tons of!Chicago's Halsted street, where den Rule Lodge, N<h 726, A. F. & A. * ' ' " -- - - 1 -- • - - •' L*"/-n .which are used each year. The fresh-' jobless men trade shoes for caps, to M-. and burial was in Acacia cemely hatched fish remain in the tanks; the wheatlands of Dakota, Where , tery. for four or five months or untfl'^ they farmers trade oats for haircuts, com- ,jar® f?om f^ ;r to six inches long when j ^unities are discovering that money •they are ready to ship. U8 not entirely essential to the con- TTie eggs of a wall-eyed pike come j duct of business--after a fashion. from fishing boats on Lake Michigan and as the fish are taken for market-j SEINE CAftP FOR , ing and the eggs are stripped from) ^ . NEEDY FAMILIES *arn?ers and their wives during the the fish and sent under special con- i A large number of carp, approxi- coming week. On Wednesday, Feb. ditions to the hatchery. Eggs of j mately one ton in total weight, have at * o'clock, in the assembly room trout, white-fish or pike come from been seined from the Fox river at El-ja* the farm bureau office, Professor the United States Bureau of Fisheries gin and the fish will be donated toj^* Hackleman will conduct a seed t under like conditions. Eggs of black | needy persons, in co-operation with:corn meeting. He will demonstrate ' "baas, blue gills, croppies and perch are j the Elgin chapter of the Izaak WaV-1 P pond hatched. Eggs of wall-eyed; ton league. 1 order ulously, low prices. Various branches 'be-if6. ®dvant^? °f this pppor The Red Cross is a nationwide or- come members of the Parachute club. PURE MILK ANNUAL JAllie Bauer and T. Campbell are now, . t. ,iL iL MEETING ON MABCH V4;<5tudyinR' Parachute iumping under fT a"IZtj f w f President f tJl,? The "•««« «-.»« their ^ meeting, ne win demonstrate ^re a«soc,ation_has_ been an-|to make6ten degrees afte^which^hev' Most P^0Ple look at the Red Cross proper method of culling seed in ™?unced f for Tuesday, March 14, i933.^.'accomplish their first iumn then thev: or^an»zation as being only active in r to eliminate a good share of the! W. . m Cj"ca?°! are entitled to bwomp momLr, „f ii a itime of disaster, such as floods, pike, white fish and trout are put into! The freshly caught fish were taken;dl8eases which effect corn. Corn ?t^e.n^i"d,t<)"uin Nearly|Club mnnuprsnip m ine ciui, ,3 uirc„ glass jars. Many breeding fish are j to. Trout park and placed in a deep *rowers who have attended these; froJ" the Chicago »roato a,j who iicensed I" not true because the Red Cross is also used and are carefully selected j pool, and will be distributed from ! demonstrations in the past feel that i" Ia8t ye" s. meet'ng and! quite i one who fo,ds his own parachut** active in man; so awso tuou be fnreeet nfrwomm disease. || t whiecrtec ttoo ppeerrssuonnss wwhhoo rreeqquueesstt ttnheeimn.. !t t--h2 &^re very ^P r^act ical. \j , » . . _'S iaTn. t.i cip- ated this jjumps i(. e a ' , ing the past j The tract of land for the hatchery These fish, taken from the cold water,' The secorfl meeting which will be of,yea y aSS0Cia}10n officials. 1 . > ... . . . ' __ ' i M1 1,11 1 ... _ _ I A nrnorram MT imnnrranf t Membership in the club is open ?t0n?'fireVetc- ^ ide8' *!owevef, • 1 is not true because the Red Cross is „f„ active in many other causes and duryear has been active Mr. Mathews will, no doubt, have]8n;"nir tJlP P°°r •ihkiois fi»s Seven former governor* • living, the oldest one It ing Joseph W. Ci Fifer, 9^, of Blobmington, t , -s Slipping on the floor of her home, Mrs. Enrest Robb of Marengo fell , and fractured her left arm on Jan, , £ 25, She was taken to Highland hos^ -pital at; Belvidere, , where the fra<?-' tuire was reduced ana X-ray photos made. . ' .. . - .... * Fi-ar.lt A. 'Jehsen,, ^«|periht^nd^it of -the Rockford schools,, under temis: of a new budget, will receive a salary for the remainder of the year based on a yearly rate. of $7,500. The superintendent's contract called for $ld,000 this year, bu| he suggested the cut. Ebb Harris, Grayslake farmer, has b«en named to the board of directors of the Illinois Agricultural association for 1933, it was announced following the complete tabulation of votes cast for officers at the annual meeting >>t the organization in Peoria the latter part of last week. Harris takes u»e place on fhe directorate formerly heldli" by .H. C. Vial of DuPage county. Theodore Johnson, Loren TayTar and Milford Wray of Williams iBay were rescued last week Thursday afternoon from a watery grave Lake Geneva. EEhe three men drifted' in their flat bottom boat for seven hours with high icy waves breaking over them continually. The rescue was made from the Linn town pier by Carl Bjorge and Dewey Denton of Fontana who made their way through water and ice with great difficulty in a fiat bottom boat. The unfortunate men were suffering from exposure and were taken to Williams Bay-for medit cal treatment. Harold H. Davis, 32 years old, Kane county supervisor, chairman of the county forest preserve committee aud also a member of the county board of education, was found dead last Thurs-, day in his insurance office in St, Charles. Police said he had committed suicide by swallowing poison. The suicide followed discovery on Wednesday afternoon that Davis had raised a county check for $8.50 to $850 county offifials said. Davis'had used tb£"money obtained with the check to make a payment to the widow of Han« Jensen, St.. Charles contractor,. «»f .. whose estate Davis was administra* tor.- Anticipating the return of legalized beer, the Rockford Brewing companv --which was founded in 1849 and which suspended operations in 1917-- has been incorporated for $50,000 fey John G., John D. and Frank J. Petrlts, and as soon as leases are negotiat -d will expend thousands of dollar* In preparing the plant to resume br*w- ^ ing activities on the day the Volstead v ^ | law is modified to permit manufacture ' • 35 and sale of 4 per cent (by volume? - ' ' beer. "We estimate that i*?on\ $50,000 * « '4, t-9 $60,000 will be required tp remodel 1 \ J the buildines and install Complete r.ew ' * C; modern equipment," John G. 'Petrit* *f. stated recently in announcing pinna N for the company. Writhin a reasonable passage of time blue prints of t-very cemetery in McHenry county will be on file in the office of the county clerk at Woodstock at the expense of the state. Data of a valuable nature relative to burial grounds will be obtainable, for lots therein will be charted and graves marked in such a manner that there. will be no doubt relative to burial locations, For the first time in the history of McHenry county the number of cemeteries there will be dettt»» mined. Passage, of a bill, introduced in the genera! assembly at Springfield two years ago by Representative W. M. Carroll of Woodstock, is responsible .for the bringing of blue prints and registration of graves up to interest will be the baby chick school, I ^ Pro^ram of important addresses morp' interest. particulars"conce^; If you ®re a moniber of the county vhich also will be held in the assem-! afd^n^rtamment is planned to sup- ing his hazardous iumn as Uwt chapter attend the anm»al meeting bly room at the farm bureau on Fri-!? business session of th»> j^^j,ureri • - which will be held in the near future. ^ ' * " | The chapter officers and executive ..1 . icommittee needs the support of every SHOWER FOR BRIDE-TO-BE i member in the county to make the have| Miss Minnie Ferwerda, a bride-to-be organization program a success, til is month, was the hono/ed guest at1 Chairman Bolger !s gratified With was purchased by the state eighteen;are excellent for the table. yiars ago and its sand, gravel and! ' peat above a hard pan of blue clay, FARM RFKTfn i - - . fed by giant springs, make the loca- Misses Frances and Marv Fleming'day' Feb" 17•' This school will be con-:m '"f\ Co"im.ttees have been aptiom a perfect one for the hatchery. !have rented^^ Sr fl w!^ , ducted by H. H. Alp, poultry exten-1 P°inte<l^0 take care or the necessary The enlargement of facilities at j of ^ McHen^ aruf'wil^cmne^t^McHe1^ • sion of the Unive^fty *"'{ | a™ge f ni®nts for the meeting. j Spring Grove has given employment rv to live. They will reside in th-j "lin®ia* . »"***«>* A,P s?ent January^; . aPP°lntm^nts to several men during the past year. Math Steffes house in the north end ' and 7 ln the ^ounty discussing pouU!"Deen maae' With all of the work being done by Uf the citv itry aolocal labor, Thf a. , proximately the McIIenrv ^ueen>^.awn, "i.; »*• senmanng, < "»si oi tms lust l^hursday aft Established in 1915 the hatchery'for so many vears hL WnT'tWcounty• men and women. With hisL- Morgan.' We>t-fnoon Five hundred and bunco were ters of commendation have been rei grounds have been developed and familv for seventh ""u I large amount of practical exoerierce ?*'A* P5.sfer' P1-81"8 View,[Played ^w>t th ^prizes in the former; ceived by the chapter from the na try management problems with an-1 ®y*^*W8 Committed -- W. C. Mc- j8 shower given at Nell's White House, the co-operation the chapter is receiVproximately 200 of » h*> 9ueen> Elpin' I1, 5 c- W. Schmaling, j east of this city, last Thursday after-; ing from the various branches. Letfamily for seventy years, having been! *ar?re amount of practical experience _ Superintendent M.c-. taken up by their faittw from tu gQV jand understanding of the scientific Cafferty until the place is one of the'eminent. , 1^?" i u- ' beautified by- Ill.; D. N. Geyer, Chicago. j awarded to Mrs. Leo Freund, Marie tienal organization. Credentials Committee--J. P. Case,; Miller, Berniece Ferwefda and Mrs. beauty spots of northern Illinois. OVERCOME BY CAR GAS "(fay Compton of Woodstock was Among the Sick found unconscious in his garage about Howard Wattles has been confined fn i,ici v™.- 4v!o e o'clock last Thursday. He had home thls ^ on ««®nnt of beer, doing some repair work on his: tfrapdma my ^ ^ serious, m the garage hd oore ncflo s^ed raiTnd? tihfe pois- at the of Mrs. Martin May the past week 222? *" soon, overcame him. The, EuK«.e' Davis, » „f Mrs. Letoh number of creeks in the floor of tbe Davi», is confined t» his home this ^{principles involved in poultry produc-;VT ... ... IT T ^ t v tj ,. tion his discussions are always of a i Naperville, 111 ; H. L. Hook, Brook- Joseph Huemann, while bunco winners RED CROSS TO ELECT OFFICERS very practical nature. Owing to the!-lyn"WlsV Wnli Krietor' Cro*?1 Po^jwre Mrs. F. Ferwerda...airi Agnes, The member^ of the McHenry fact that most of the poultry work on !»d j, \'r, W" P°hlman^ Palatine, IU.j'Fox. . [Branch of the American Red Cross H. C. Klett, Elwood, 111. j A dainty luncheon was seized and will meet at the ciK- hall at 7:30 next Resolution Committee--John C. 0.1-'-Miss Ferwerda was presented with a Tuesday evening fof the purpose i -f i a l. «tr v .. .. . garage, and the little ?}r .which came in made escape from death possible. Pneumonia was feared from the exweek with chicken-pox, Mrs. Catherine Young, who was inpoultry our farms is done by the women they are extended , a «pecial invitation - to this-.school. ' brich, Harvard, 111.; E. P. Kamp'meyer,ikitchenette set Guests were Mrs. Joe electing officers- Downers Grove, 111.: Bruce McClellan, Nell, Mrs. Leo Freund. Marie Miller, Delavan, Wis.; L. M. Chase, Teegarden. Ind. . - Program Committee--L- M. Mul- SOCIAL WHEEL Members of the Social Wheel were entertained by Mrs. Minnie Miller at . , , ^ her home on Richmond road Thursday ,ooly' CIlrt<?n. Wis.; A. P. ffruckej, afternoon.. Four tables of bridge wcr« j Monterey, Ind.; Ole Stalheim Har-; Albert Krause. Krause played with prizes awarded to "Mrs. J. vard' II1- ' A* M- Kra-hl, Chicago. J. Rothermel, Miss Mabel Wheelar "whirS «•* but is recovering „ice,y. IPorvey of this city. I Mrs. Fred Justen returned home _ Monday from the St. Charles hospi- ^ 4 vnm tiro 1 4 'tal, Aurora, where'she underwent an CA* I IDA THIS FOR RE-ELEXTION i operation several weeks ago.' nj?utCV tmvnship c,erk' andI Mrs. Theresa Culver, who has been ye ,iU.'C? ,of the P^a^la patient at St. Theresa's hospital, ^rill both be candidates for re-election j Waukegan, since Christmas, is reat the coming township election. ported as somewhat Improved. jured in a fall Christmas day, is still land Mrs. J. Brefeld. The next meet- ! ing will be held at the Universaligt church parlors in two weeks with Bfrs. Bienapfl as hostess. Martha Hettermann, Mrs. John Hue-; SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY mann Mrs Cecelia Fox Miss Agnes ; A hap{n. faniiiv patherinsr was held Fox Mrs. C. H. Duker, Mrs. A. Grit^- at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry macher, Mrs. George Kramer, Mrs. Heimer Sundav in honor of the forise. Mrs. Arthur Krause.' Mrs. Earl Conway, Mrs. Frank pary. The event was a surprise? f.«....r Hujrhes. Helen Wegener. Mrs. Fred, Mr. Heimer and was most enjoyable. LINGER LONGER CLUB "Fenr,wne"rdaa.. J*u'uaanni'tiaa Keu, Boeerrmnieeccee aannda . aa s<=ix;* on'Vcllnorckk- ddiinnnneerr wwaass sseerrvveedd,, iinn - The Linger Longer bunco club m'et "'"n^ Ferwerda,. Mrs,.Hennr .No,He.feluding a birthday cake brought by a ii-»i iwtk» ir^onL- of Mrs. Arthur Kennebeck and Mrs. Joe daughter, Mrs. A. J. Butler, from Chicago. Those present were Mr. and MID-WEEK CLUB meeting of the Mid-Week eltlb Wafe ]k)stponed this week on account of the weather. It will meet in two Weber, at her home at Lily Lake, Friweeks with Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin. iday evening^ Feb. 17. : - :. . : v - • - ' • * - with Mrs. Frank Meyer-at her home on Waukegan street, Thursday evening. Prize winners were Mrs. Ed. Young, Mrs. Louis McDonald, and Mrs. Peter Schaefer. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Peter M. Huemann. TURKEY SUPPER - A turkey supper will be served at Nell's "White ; House Saturday night, Feb. 11, one mile east of McHehry. Mrs. A. J. Butler and family of Chicago and M|. and Mrs. K. M. Bradley and family of Woodstock- Mies Alva da Carlson of Downers 37-fp t Grove called on iriends here Sui»day. FORESTER FEAST St. Mary's Cbu?t. No. 594. G» O F.; will hold its|-anriial Forester Feast fn. Wednesday evening at Stoffel's Hall This is^p yearly affair when the man take their wives or sweethearts out for one night of dancirg. Every memher is a young member on this night. St. Mary's Court will invjte St, Clara's Court of Lady Foresters and •: . the Forester courts of Johnsburg to attend the feast. *37-fp BIRTHS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tanner, of Lincoln, 111., on Jan. 27, a little ~ daughter, Alice Louise. Mrs. Turaer • was formerly Miss Emily Smith of Ringwood. arid a graduate of the local high school. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brefeld announoi - the arrix-al of a son at the NorwefUMi- 1 ? American hospital, Chicago, Wednes Say morning, Feb. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCarroll »&•* / r ounce the arrival of a son at tfrs • Woodstock hospital, Monday, Feb. ^ I 'i9 FAREWELL; PARTY A large party o^neighbor?"-aaHf friends gathered at the farm home of Misses Frances and Marv Flemi'Sif Sunday "evening and surprised th£«a» the affair being a farewell party f«? the ladies who have rented their fann and wilt move to McHenry to make their home. They were presented with a gift of remembrance from their ianv friends. Cards were enjoy«t during the evemnc and a delkicHM lunch was ^served. t - ML