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Volume 58 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933 kT"» ill/"" \ c 'Vt?,r , , No. 39 BOOSTERS WILL PUT I). S. 12 ON M MAP JLD OVERTON TO • • tEND MEETING ATFIRST DEATH PENALTY PASSED BY SHURTLEFF Judge Edward D. Shurtletf passed out" his first death sentence since his elevation to the bench in 1921 at Rockford Satuniay, when he sentenced Russell McWilliams to die in the electric chair. McWilliams, a Rockford youth, heard the death sentence passed on him for the third time last Saturday. • i • • .t • Declaring there were no mitigating >'» W \ ^ ••• " "' :;.'.V.vA feroup of' representative citizens McHenry met recently to discuss -and means to keep Route U S. ( . : 12 the main highway during the Cen- i circumstances and that it was impostory of Progress exposition to be held j s^'e ^he shooting could have been • In Chicago this summer. This route «« accident, Judge Shurtle^.,fixed the ; is the shortest, most, direct and besx eo^tson of McWilliaJhs "Established stretch of ..'concrete leading' °r April 21> 1933 BOARD VOTES miD RELIEF FOR MA8CH, APRIL AND ibfom Wisconsin and adjoining stat Twice before McWilliams wds seri- Sixteen thousand dollars more for relief was voted by the county board of supervisors at its meeting held at the cotirt house Wednesday of last week, The money will come from the gasoline, tax fund. ••'-f The amount voted is to Jbe used during the months of Marclv April and . May. In March $6^000^ has. "been McHenry Needs Civic Club J<ust recently matters have been brought to our attention which show the real rtfced of some kind of a civic organization in McHenry. For instance the fight which is now on for j ciTTTp »t»t PTPV TJTi'f'T TWO Trt the location of a routep£rom the north- U i L.J!,.iri! D&OliUM &b lO west to the Century of Progress ex- DREESBACH PLEA pFMifn dv iiinrp ULHILU Ul JUUUL Fisher of "Rockford. The supreme j May! This money .will be apporcourt saved* the young slayer from« tioried in th^ sanie 1Tlanner as lhe death an each occasion. The third j $20,000 voted in December; Each tune M^Williams^was^givenji change j township's share will be according to the size of the township. through Madison, Ft. Atkinson, Elk- i J"®, • ^^bur 1 voted and $5,000 each foy April and %©m, Lake Geneva, Richmond and McHenry to Chicago and it ts only comuion sense to believe that, this route will appear on the Century of Ftog- •^jress map as the main highway leading jfirom the northwest to- Chicago. The majority of the cities along this route have already organized in an effort to establish this route as the tttost direct thoroughfare to Chicago •fid to advertise it, &n<i representative ® from each city will meet at Madron on February 28 to discuss plans. r-^R. I. Overton of McHenry has been appointed by the mayor to represent McHenry at this meeting at Madison . |Uid anyone who desires to accompany , Tfeum is welcome to do so. ; Indignation at the action taken by : ^ijgighboring cities of McHenry ccjimwho seem to think they have the -only route leading to Chicago, is prev of. venue to Judge Shurtleff. Never having sentenced anyone to death it was thought McWilliams would receive a life term in the penitentiary from Judge Shurtleff. ' Judge Shurtleff , said in beginning his statement that it is ? not a pleasant duty to be required to measure another's conduct and to mete out punishment to another for a crime or misdeed. "It too vividly calls to one's mind his own frailties and his The county board members feel that it is more necessary t6 feed the hungry and take care of the needy during the next three months than it is to build hard roactSi The use of this gas tax money is made possible through a bill voted last fall in the, state legislature. J ' . Name Committee A committee consisting, of L. A own misdeeds and causes one to halt;C^n^.Aekn!,aD .A' H' and grope around and endeavor to *as. 1by Chairman shun the pat& of duty," he said. He j ? T Z, ' ^ ^ called attention to the widow of the; . . „y ' ' , .e^ 'n repan* *° slain motorman, saying the one most I tv u IQ" ° Presen *° vb owedj djo wn w.i.t*h gri•e f- andj w.h1o1,t .h e members ,o f. t. he fg.e nera7l/ avs sem\ bl.y* ifrom this district asking their aid in alent here and probably this move-jhas. suffered the greatest loss, ^ not;pughing a bm that will help give aid ment would not have been considered cry,n£ f°r vengeance, but- with to home owners who are destitute. Over 1,000 people are said to be receiving aid from the county at present. It was painted out by Supervisor Stockwell that many home ownwant to say to the boys of Rockford *1'^° °Wn th*if OWn PIacf' \re that it is all right to go out shooting! L£ Zll **"5 * defenseless people and that they I^ ? and m?ny are °.ut of would get out of it some way. To the ^ ^ _ha : V J in^."°,_,nCome of ariy „in McHenry had the highway ques-1 Christian smile, is suggesting and t!on been left alone, with each road 'ur^in^ mercy--knowing that nothing jettirtg its share of the traffic. How- P16!001^ °an -WI^ bring back her aver, when cities on Route 19 endeavor "usband. to make over hundreds of miles of Judge Shurtleff said he did not concrete to re-route it and change the •a&tablished numbers in an effort to J0ve the impression that theirs is the best and only course open to the -x-j ~ w«y. xo «'e|kind. He said thgt jn man position, well, then it appears to be i r they are worse off than PeoPle who time for some of the other cities also i in2- th®y Wl11 s<x>ner or|do t th . homes and are In McHenry county to appear on the eet and be free again. It ^ helped by ^ county 8 ^ Job and protest their own rights. 's ^he supreme punishment they all, Supervisor Stockwell suggested the One of the first strips of cement to fear an^ » deterrent to others- it! p]an 0f uking ncftes from these peo- %laid in Wisconsin, Route 12 in thati'^ ^y of the courts to protect ,e M the ftate, is one of the best known and|SO"fTy- • , ..'their own property cannot receive aid ttost popular routes and connecting1 Clarence Darrow declared he would frnm ^ y „ it does now with U. S. 12 in Illi- continue to try to save 18-year-old;^ ^1^%' f Mnnysuggeshons «ois it is accented as the most direct ^V11 McWilliams from the elec-^ ^te s Attorney LumtricWhair, when informed that the^Tt' t^ W notgive an op.mon death sentence had been imposed1?- 10 the laW on such a propoRltlon on the youth for the third time by Judge Shurtleff at Rockford. MHe is not dead yet," Darrow, who shortest and most scenic highway leading to Chicago. U. S. 12 Is Shorter No changes in the route are necessary, it is known as Route 12 from its start to its finish, has always beenlj)®5 ***" defending the boy, said, "known by this number and has been|T,Im S°,nK to trY a?a»* *o s*Ve him. need by motorists from many statesj I^not £oinf ^ quit.' "f©r many years, who are well »c- \ Harrow said he would confer nnand its i mediate'y with his associates to de- ! termine what course of action would be followed now. <|uainted with its course name. Its mileage is shorter despite the fact of report* to the contrary, . •its course is easy to follow with no change in numbering and its paveiBfcent is safe and comfortable, with "beautiful scenery along the way. It il shown on all road maps as a well <£tablished route. Surely the motorists who travel to ,^he exposition are going to select a He said he had written the attorney general for his opinion but had not received a reply. The situation is general throughout the county and the general opinion of-*the board members is that some kind of a measure should be voted so that people in such condition can receive aid. It was pointed out that many small home owners who have been out of KPmOruNNTDk UtttPj mMrEvMmrBeEvtRoSo wor|c for a Jrear or mo~e and have al- I ready mortgaged their homes are un- FOR MILK MEETING able to raise any more money through j mortgage and are destitute. Under the law they cannot receive any aid from the county because they are taxpayers. ... . . Local officers of the Pure Milk Association in this vicinity have starti ^ ^ _ ^ their campaign-of rounding up a ipoute which will be the most enjoy- j number of their members to attend the able and where they can see the -ta.o&£i annual meeting of the organization 4* make their trip worth while. C: • i|to ^ hejd in Chicago, March 14, at the Most Scenic Route Auditorium Theatre. • Route U. S. 12 is noted for the I Selling of dinner tickets for the , - -- - "beauty of its course which leads 'meet>ng is a major point in the altend- ,1Scuff ways and means of "through the lakes region and around iance _ campaign. Last year, the iiake Geneva, one of the most beau- j association s annual meeting was attlful and widely known lakes in the i ^ended by 5,000 members, although a PUBLIC MEETING A public meeting has been called to be held at the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening, Feb. 28, at 8 securing favorable action towards directing the traffic Irom the north to the world's fair in Chicago through TJniied States. " If for no other rea- j very sma11 number of these purchased j *he Clty of McHenry and vicinity, as son, Lake Geneva alone will attract their dinner tickets ahead of time as Possible. Other towns have •thousands to this part of the country !^rom *be local officers. The result *f. n act|ve interest in diverting •where they will decide at once to use'was a serious crippling of service and,thls t 4 rafflc through their towns and the route leading to this scene cfimany were turned away because the c,ties/and the People of McHenry and "beauty. Then not far from Lake Ge - hotel was not prepared to serve so' Vlcmity must act .at once on this matneva is the Yerkes observatory where 'ar£e a number. This year no reserved ter' "the world's largest telescope aids re-1 tickets will be sold the day of the search work of professors from the I annual meeting and only those mem- Oiicago University. This interesting i bers who buy their tickets from the •pot is known ;fche world over and will secretary before March 11, wiU attract motorists to its vicinity and guaranteed a place at the table. H|j(ill be one of the biggest advertise-j Featured on the day's entertain- Jlents for U. S. 12. jment program are the "Prairie Ram-. Our friends on Route 19, which \ blers>" who will perform on musical j-saw puzzles around, and checker leads through Crystal Lake, Wood- {jnstruments and vocally. This quartet j boards, cribbage boards and other Stock and Harvard, are bringing out j *s well known for its regular broad-1 winter amusement games, Bolger's "the point that time is short and that|casting- over WLS. Extensive plans,now have Anagrams, the new WQfd action should be taken immediately to are also being made to entertain the j game. Stop in and see it. ' S9-fp tfet Route 19, or the Northwest high-' women during the hours when routine1 "way, as they propose to name it, on j business is being conducted by tke "the Century of Progress map They i delegates. " fdso plan to establish the name of the . " " , ' j..' :'. 'j "highway firmly in tlje minds of the'D/^TE OF JUDICIAL •traveling public as the "shortest Everyone is invited, free of charge, to assist in this cause or any other good cause that could be advanced in the interests of our people. ANAGRAMS AT BOLGER'S Besides the largest selection of jig position in Chicago this year, and the need of a movement to advertise McHenry and attract the< thousands of world's fair visitors to "this eomntunitjr. :' ^ '." -.-.•••' •"". ' In yiears past McHenry has had organizations' df various .kinds, such as community clubs, the last of which was, a Kiwanis club. For the past three or four years t'/fis city* ftas been without an organfzati^ji of any kind. When questions arise concerning activities for the benefit of McHenry, there is no body of citizens to take up these matters and they usually go by the board without any action. Neighboring cities and towns have clubs of some kind or other and most of them are busy looking out for the interests of their respective communities. Although in years past McHenry has not been successful in establishing an organization of a permanent nature, we btelieve that tn effort should be made once more to create a body of business men who would be ready to put their shoulders to the 'wheel at this time and get everything possible for our city. V A strictly local club could be organized without heavy expense. Just because we have failed somewhat in the past is no real excuse for sidestepping another endeavor, when the need "is so plain. We have numerous men here who could and would take the lead in this matter if properly approached. It is. not necessary to have a Chamber of Commerce, a Rotary, Kiwanis or Lions club, where a considerable portion of the dues go to the national headquart^k. Form a civic club of our own.'Xhresh out our own problems and the cost of the upkeep of sucjh a club would bring returns far in excess of the expense. Don't let other cities -and towns grab what rightfully belongs to McHenry. CELEBRATE SILVER ANNIVERSARY •CUT TERM FERWERDA--GREEN NUFTIALS SUNDAY A pretty pre-Ler.teit wedding took place Sunday, Feb. 19, at the home of Father William O'Rourke, pastor of St, Patrick's church,, when Miss Minnie Ferwerda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwerda, and Mr. William - - . t i. .-j . . j Green, son of Mrs. Mary Green;-were A At-tlte.Jrtarmg.t9r a new tlttNJr united in marriage at p; m. They Arthur Dreesbach, convicted of the I were attended by Miss Bernice Fer" murder °f Nicholas .Weher and -given j werda -sister-of the and E, £r fnurteon pemtenti&Ty, | Huemann, a friend, c The bride was charming in & white *®ute, all paved, from Madison to <3hicago," and will post sign boards along the route. The Century of Progress exposition 1g opening up the advantages of a lifetime to Chicago and its surrounding territory and it has been estimated that at least 70,000 ears will be enroute to Chicago every day during the exposition. ELECTION IS JUNE 5 The Republican nominating convention will be held prior to April 21, and will probably be at Rockford. McHenry county will have' eighteen delegates. . ' Three judges are to be elected, as the terms of Judges E. D. Shurtleffi If five per cent McHenry county; Ralph Dady ,of «f these cars travel rrom the north-'Lake county, and Arthur E.-Fisher, of arest and if even one-fifth of this num- Winnebago county, are to expire. The ber stop in each town daily and spend, election date is June 5. at least a dollar or two for gas, oil At present there seems to be n > or food, several thousands of dollars opposition in the district from th BOAST BEEF SUPPER The Eastern Star Will serve a roast beef supper to the public in Masonic hull, Feb. 28, beginning, at 5 p. m. 35 cents per plate. 89-fp ST; CLARA'S COURT TO MEET St. Clara's Court, W. C. O. F., will hold its next meeting on March 2. Election of officers will be held. SI Mr. and Mrs. David Powers entertained a party of about forty relatives and friends at their home Monday evening in honor of their silver wedding anniversary. .Cards were played during the evening and prizes in five hundred were won by Miss Nellie Dohe rty, Miss Florence Knox, William Dohert.v, Jr., and Thomas Bolger. Guests were: Messrs. and Mesdames Mike Knox and daughter, Florence, J. J. Doherty and family, Nellie, Lillian and Frank, Paul Doherty, William Doherty, Jr., Thomas Doherty, Jack McLaughlin, Thomas Bolger, J. M. Phalin, Miss Etta Powers, Mrs. Mae Powers, daughter, Marie, and son, James, Mrs- Mary F. Powers and daughters, Kathleen and Jean, Thos. McLaughlin, Miss Kale McLaughlin, William Doherty, Sr., and son, James, M isses B. and Mary Doherty. Their daughter, Dorothy, of St. Theresa's hospital, was also present. David Powers and Mabel Doherty were married at St. Patrick's church by Fr. P. Burke twenty-five years ago and have always lived in this vicinity. They have resided on their present farm home most of this time, where they recently built a finfe, new, modern home which they enjoy with their family of nine children. -- At one time Mrs. Powers was correspondent for the McHenry Plaindealer. Mr. and Mrs. Powers appear young and well and Mrs. Powers was charming in a gown of silver gray. Her Sister, Grace, now Mrs. Thomas Bolder, was her bridesmaid and was present at the silver anniversary. Mr. alid Mrs. Powers received a beautiful gift of silverware from their guests. fourteen years in the Ju4gfe E. D. Shurtleff refused-the plea of Dreesbach'8 attorney, Harold Levy, in the iMcH^nry. ifeOunty Circuit court Wednesday. ' Dreesbach was cpjiVicted last Decerrtber of the m&rder, which occurred, during a - drunken brawl at his home at Lily Lake. The only defease the satin gown, floor length, wearing a tight-fitting white straw, hat and other white accessories. She carried a colonial bouquet of ,wjhit$ roses- and 'lilies-.of-the: vaifeyC The .bridesmaid, Miss Bernice Ferwerda, wore a gown of blue crepe, defendant could intake, was that did i length, with a beige crepe hat not^remember what happened « j and ^ther beige cold? accessor^ She night.of Aug. 6V 1932. The argument of. Attorney Levy Wednesday was that several of the instructions were faulty. He pointed out three instructions on voluntary drunkenness, one for involuntary, one.^^"^ d^oraTed for voluntary and one for regular, were admitted to the jury. Levy's cotention was that the admittance of the three instructions constituted a reversible error. Cites Instructions The defense counsel also pointed out that one instruction stated voluntary drunkenness was no excuse for crime while another stated it was, when the intent was not shown. Attorney Levy referred to the carried a colonial bouquet' Of French yellow roses. Following the ceremony a dinner was served at^, 2 o'clock "at the Bridge to about 100 wedding guests in white roses and ferns and the bride's table centered with an attractive wedding cake. The dinner and supper were served by the Ladies' Aid society and the waitresses were Senior girls of the M. E. Sulnday school.." A reception was held at 3:30 o'clock when other guests arrives, remaining for the evening and a buffet supper served At 6 o'clock. An orchestra furnished music for n ; /-n • % dancing during the day and cousins of Thomas Gilday case m Chicago, whp,e:Ahe bride> Mr and Mrs. Peter „amil. pase was reversed in the upper court , ton of West Pu„mail! rendered scv. itolrZne y tLPev y s?taZteda Tthe ffa,c ttsy - were Ura^l [be auatlisfQu l sje le;c tionwsW o,n: Hha waiia,n ,im. ar in these two cases. . cut the wcd(Unp cake.. Boh Peterson Attorney Levy said in his opinion and Guy.DuUer accompanled by Miss there had .been no proof of malice or ; Juanita Keg, sang "O, Promise Me" intent shown m the case. He said if and ..j ^ a LitUe Cotte » &n(i there was any guilt it should * have been a manslaughter verdict and not a verdict of murder. Judge Shurtleff said he thought! "gg the intent and malice was shown. He Cottage Earl . Gonway sang "I Love You Truly," responding with an encore! Little Miss Jean Huck also sang two .aid "'Fu athue r Wi ijt t^-am.p teis tifiee d i • and groom quietly slHip pieTd a way, lJe"a*v1-' Drowbaoh asked him !-., „day for him inf, on , week., ^„to^tri thf desti. T h ' / " . ! • I n , t i o » ' W r h t h e y d i d n o t d h d o M The court said he bel.eved the ja>y;to their friendi.. rten^rn.s^"i,r t pr i u"°n ,heir •«* »-<• Mrs. k «ltl>o«gh there may! Green .-ill reside in the'bungalow „f have been some minor accusations in the case he believed the supreme court would uphold the verdict on the grounds sufficient proof had been shown in the case the crime was committed by Dreesbach. He said he be- Mrs. Mary Green on Court street, where their many beautiful wedding gifts await them. Since graduating from the .McHenry high school in 1925, the groom has been employed by the National Tea lieved Dreesbach, although- drunk, | company'and is now^ manager "of the r i " rT f"r he k?tfi Lake store at Crystal Lake. liauory«nd &a7 l*™ ^ The bri<le « » »rraduate of the Me- Atto^ I^vP 7? not mix. Henry high school with the class of A torney L*>vy took exceptions fo|1929 and has many friends in this^vilfemi lirni,,^ lh&n°-t ,ask/or ® stav;cinity who join in "wishing them many of mittimus which indicates Drees-, happy years together. bach will be taken to Joliet to start j • serving his term within the next ten oTnunurr»» days. The attorney will appeal the i SXJIVUSffER RESIDENT case. . , , ' " . j • DIES IN CHICAGO MAY WILL ADMITTED > Mr, ram*™ v „ TO PRAuATr Mftvniv' Mrs. William K. Burns died at the ^f^he..Ute T JoSCP'i M*?.: who died in, after a short ilUss. Mrs. Burns was the mother of A. K. _ ..- Hi probate Monday in the Mc Henry county court. Real estate McHenry, Jan. 16, will receive th May estate, .ccordin* f tk. will "• mitted to Mondav th. «c- f^ThV vSt^s^ty the amount of 13,000, and $700 in per" ^Tn/^V^ ^ sonal property, were listed. The will SM?"3! ^ f Mrf ®UrnS ,WaS °'i° recites that th.' widow, *^^11^1,™!??'., "'.Tp'^ c«eidivvee tltthLed eessttgahttete 'ff oGr eth"er urdees't soh»f '!th "e"irI »itli her'husband thirty years a"jr" where u, bui|t , • lives, wuh the exeeption of *!0, whichj Which she ha, enjoyed «w£ 'S to be divided between two sons, since that time. John and George, as their part of the estate, they having received financial assistance previously. $. After the death of the wife and the daughter the two executors, Lso Blake and John Freund, are asked to home season Other children who survive are Mrs Melville Earl of Canada, William,'of California, and Mrs. Lillian Strong of Irving Park. Funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock this Thursday afternoon in Roseh'll WEEKLY EXCHANGE TFMC AF IMTtncoT IL.fb Ul miLi\Li3l TAKEN FROM C0LUMH3 OF OUR EXCHANGES PUBLIC CARD PARTY A public card party, sponsored by the Christian Mothers, will be held at St. Mary's church hall, Sunday evening, Feb. 2$, Lunch, Admission' 25 cents. 39-fp EMERALD BRIDGE CLUB The Emerald Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. Ben Dietz Tuesday afternoon, with prizes in bridge being awarded to Mrs. Albert Krausa, Mrs. J. A. Craver, Mrs. John Stilling and Mrs. Thomas Wilson. May, Chicago; Mrs. Mamie Freund, West McHenry; Mrs. Julia Rosing, Libertyville; Mrs. Evelyn Blake, West McHenry, iand Eleanor May, Wilmette. The will further states that the executors are to manage and care for cemetcry. WARNING! Watch out for $10 counterfeit bills. The sheriff s office of McHenry coun- ^ lv/I,ty ,MS issued a warning, due to the the homestead and, if necessary, live! a<^'v^y a nian the last few days ;inn the home so tjh-ua-ti. 4thUe_ widjo w andi itvh e- 1I who jh1a*s8 eeIn^<d:e'ea®vvoorree<d^ ttoo npna»sss hbiillll»s or>f# daughter may live there irj thelt cus-' .ls denomination mostly at gas sta tomary way. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bacon are parents of an -pound girl, born Friday mo'rning. The little daughter has be€n named Diana Lynn. RABBIT FRT Rabbit f*y at Nell's White House, one mile east of McHenry, Saturday, Feb. 25. Everybody welcome. tions and grocery stores. The bill is a crude imitation and can be readily told, from the genuine $10 note. CAMPBELL MAKES 273 MILES PER HOUR HOME BUREAU PARTY The Farm Bureau members and 4-H club members are guests this Thursday evening of the Ringwood unit -f the Home Bureau at the Woodman hall in Ringwood. Games will he played and achievement pins will be 39-fp | presented by Miss Greaves to the Sunshine Girls who completed their year's work. The boys' club, Future Dairymen, will also receive achieve ment pins. Lfon Hewitt, young son ctf-Mr. and Mrs-' Fred Hewitt,- of Marengo .wa$ badly injured when he cut off hi* thumb on the left hand, between the joint and, nail, Satiirday, morning' of last week while chopping wood in the , basement of the Wright Tire Shop, He was . taken to tjhe Highland, hospi. tal for jnedical attentiooi. Guy Stephenson, a caretaker M St, Mary's Seminary at Mundelein, was seriously injured last week Monday morning when he was thrpwn from the cutter in which ha was riding when his horse became frightened and ran away. Both legs were fractured when he was thrown against a stone pillar at the seminary entrance. Property including the Dr. J. C. Gray and WUJiam Rean Duplex and one of the Martin J. Maher cottages, valued altogether at $15,000, was destroyed early Saturday night of last week in a fire which threatened for a time to raze an entire row of cottages in the subdivision at Lake Catherine. • Of a total of 10,767 McHenry county dairy cattle tested for bovine tuberculosis in January, only 42J showed reaction, according to the monthly report of Miss Dorothy Desmond, secretary to Dr. C. P. Draper, county veterinarian. Three hundred and sixty-one herds were tested and of that number 337 herds passed clean tests. . ' Carl Krenz of Cary was seriously injured in an automobile, accident on Route 19 Sunday night of last \yeek. Krenz was going toward Woodstock when he struck a high ' snow bank, turning his car over. The car was badly demolished and Krenz was cut and bruised. A physician was summoned to give first aid as it was at first thought thatKrenz had been fatally injured. "The most satisfactory ice harvest in five years", was the pronouncement of William Nisser, proprietor of Crandall Ice Co., at Antioc'n recently when the harvest was completed. Thirtvfive men| have been working at Lake Catherirtte'-the past two weeks cutting ice which amounted to 8000 tons. The ^ice according to Mr. Nissen was 11 to 15 inches deep and because of the excellent freeze last week, clearer than the ice harvested for a number of years. Harold Spooher employed at the Hebron Garage has been spending some of his spare time in a very interesting way - lately. He has been making boats of intricate design which include a battleship three fe$t ICDg", th« Santa Maria, d three masted schooner and a modern liner, with the smallest boat being one foot in length. He has also constructed a 12 inch stage coach- The battleship his latest creation, took about three weeks spare time and is perfect in every detail of its gray and red exterior. Arraigned before Justice W. S. Battern of Woodstock Tuesday afternoon of last week, Ed Boxleitner, 30 year old Huntley farmer, was held to the grand jury on a charge of forgery on bonds of $2,500. Hunted since la3t October when he is alleged to have cashed a $23.75 check to which he had forked the name of Anton Barborka, Huntley farmer, Bozleitner was arrested on Tuesday morning by Chief Deputy Harold E. Reese at the home of a relative near Huntley. The check was cashed by Walter J. Farley, Huntley grocer. A. S. Wright, veteran Woodstock druggist, last Tuesday celebrated Sis eighty-sixth birthefay. Mr. Wright has been in iSe" drug business continuously for the past sixty-six years. He became a' drug apprentice in Hi? native town of Syracuse, N. Y., as a boy of 14. After serving through the civil war in the Union army, he came to Woodstock to work for his former employer, W. P. Adams, in a drug store. In later years he took full charge of the business and since has seldom missed a day . in his store on Van Buren street. Jf'i-S «K>nth. be received by each town in a PRE-LENTEN PARTY The Altar and Rosary Sodality of "St. Patrick's church will sponsor a poblic card partv at the home of Mr. and M rs John Kilday, Jlichmond road, 'S&nday evening, Feb. 26. . Prizes and lonch. Admission, 25 cents. 39-fp ATTENTION! An old-fashioned Fastnacht (costufne dance) will be held at St. John's hall, Johnsburg. on Monday avening, Feb. 27, 8 o'clock, with oldfashioned Germanic ^concertina and "bandoneon music. Prizes will ' be awarded. Refreshments. Admission m_ ««?*•,. .far-: person. Republican side to any of the presen judges. FATHER OF M'HENRY MERCHANT PASSES AVA1 John Lyons, 76 years old, died a St. Ann's horrie, Techny, 111., Wednes day night at 7:20 o'clock, following is long period of illness, being an invalid for some time. Eight children survive, being Mrs. S. B. Harbison, Mrs. H. H. Nickols. Mrs. N. J. Mitchell, T. E. and L. M. Lyons, all of Chicago; L. C. Lyons, West Chicago; D. M. and C. W- of McHenry. The mother passed away March 30, 1932. Funeral services will be. held Saturday from St. Gertrude's church, Cknmtd afHni% CUti|<k - £ "C INCOME TAX BLANKS Tncome tax blanks have been received in McHenry .and the annual orgy in figuring, although perhaps in reduced figures, is now under way. Peter M. Justen, income tax expert, is again on the job and will be kept busy for several weeks - in this and neighboring cities, assisting in the report's. Many important changes have been made in the provisions of the federal income tax law,, about 750 of them to be exact. , » •t Dayteoa HARD TIME COSTUME DANCE McHenry Post, No. 491, American Legion and the £eg*on Auxiliary will sponsor a hard time costume dance at ! St off el's hall, Saturday night, Feb. 25. Prizes will be awarded. Fun for young and old. The prizes to be given were donated by Art Smith, Bolger's Drug Store. Wattles Drug Store, Ray Wednesday, Feb. 22, Srttm* New World'! Becord For Land Speed Wm' H' Akho<r *od JGIRL SCOUT« NEWS The Girl Scouts held their reguHtr meeting in their room at the high school Monday afternoon after school. Patrols No. 2 and 3 with all members present. We welcomed three new members to our troop, which is steadily growine. Our leader gave us a talk on a health program and a schedule which we will follow for three months- The hour closed with fiimnt swings. Patrol No. 3 will hoJd their eaudy sale as planned, Saturday, Feb. 25y at Jacob Jus ten's furniture store oir Green street. Mr. Austen has kindly given us the use of his window whi n we appreciate very much. Mis^ Evelyn Justen will be in charge of this - sale. There will be various kintis of home-made cardies and we invite patronage of the public. Posters «*»• now out advertising this sale. JANICE KLONTZ, ° ; .Scout Reported, AMONG THE SICK Mrs. B. Frisby, who ftas been ° fined to her bed for mar.v months, not been so well during the past wnk. Miss Nellie Staines Is absent from her work at Justea's fattUlWuamiM al-.--. ilhEMMN.