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•*" * • wir^ ™ „ . , „ r . . ** , '- > V " - V - „ «* .,..„_ ' .*.. * t j?" "* * v " ^'•l* * - ^-" " ~~~~~ " 'X '*"* " -' K 1 - '• f • « J, .. i fW *** tt 1* ^ A * <«**„ *h t* * 1 I* £ £ '£U\^ V / . n * ' - - ' : r \ t ^ ' " " ' ' • ' • • & ' % > - - « • : • "'•jf'* Yjj ' * ... *' -d :J VOL. 6a McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934 NO. 15 SEWER PROJECT IS ACCEPTED CIIY OFFIGIALS a! WARE PAPERS COUKCIL TN SEPTEMBER MEETING TUESDAY ' :'jjfbe' Public Works administration project for McHenry, comprising the repair of the sewer plant, has been accepted and the detailed preliminary work of filling out questionnaires and , various papers is being complied vfrith by city'officials. The allottment for the work is $25,- 000 and one-third of this amount will be an outright grant with the remain- , der as a loan. Discission of the project was under way aJ the stated meeting of the city council held Tuesday night and it was decided 'to make the session an adjourned one to be resumed at a later date when the engineers would be present. - 0 Other matters were taken care of At the meeting of the council with the customary reports read and bills > •' pa id Return.License Money Upon the demand of Ben Dietz for his distributor's license money the amount was finally refunded to him iand to C. Unti. The complaint was made because they were ones of only a few distributors who had paid their license and they felt it unfair for some to pay and some not. A letter was read from the secre- 1**. of state, asking the co-operation of city and state officials in sponsoring a concentrated drive on delinquent motor vehicle taxes. 0 The sewer project for McHenry 4s ' one of two projects listed for McHenry comity, the other being an $8,- <K)0 grant to the county schools; l^kes Announces Third List ^Public Works Administrator Harold Ickes announced the third list of PWA allottments from the new 500 million dollar easy money fund provided by the congress on June 30, but there is a great deal of "red tape" connected with the plan and it \s not known 5 -when actual work on the sewcf will get under way. >The list included 238 projects in twenty-eight states and Porto Rico, involving an aggregate of $25,165,788. With the two earlier lists, the third list cf allotments bring the total thus far allocated from the 600 million dollar fund to $41,486,351 for seven hundred twenty one projects. . All of the projects in the three lists ate nonfederal in nature, according to Mir. Ickes, of the total number of allotments. Four hundred eighty six are combined loans and grants, the government donating 70 per cent and loaning the remaining 30 per cent at ' 4 per cent interest. The other 235 allotments made were outright grants of 70 per cent of the total estimated cost of the proposed project;1, ' • • WEDDING AT ST. PATRICK'S SATURDAY Upon the day which was to have Sparked the celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of the bride'? parents, Miss Mary McAndrews, daughter of Mrs. Joseph McAndrews of this vicinity and Mr. Charles Chris- Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Christensen of Chicago, were united in mar riag€ at St. Patrick's chapel, Saturday rooming, September 1, at 10 o'clock. The wedding was a quiet one because of the recent death of the bride's father and only immediate relatives were present at the ceremony, although at an earlier date it had been planned to celebrate this event with the golden wedding of the - .bride's parents. Father William A. O'Rourke, pastor of the church, officiated at the High Mass which was sung by Mr. and Mrs.. Carl Weber, newly-wed members of St. Patrick's church choir. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Weber, who sang, "I Love You Truly" at the conclusion of the mass. \ The bride was attended by her friend,* Miss Genevieve Reynolds of Chicago, who became a bride on Labor Day, and Walter Christensen of Woodstock, brother of the groom, _. served as best man. The bride was charming" in a gown of white satin, floor length, with a train, and a tulle veil trimmed with lac* and worn cap effect. Ker costume was completed with a corsage of Talisman roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Genevieve Reyr.olds, .wore a blue velvet gown with matching accessories and a cprsage of Briarcliff rosea. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Cadillac .Cafe to about twenty relatives. Decorations were in blue and white with a wadding cake decorated with a miniature bride^ and groom as -a centerpiece. After the honeymoon trip, Mr. and • Mrs. Christensen will reside in Chicago, where the groom !s, employed. The bride is well known here whera ; she graduated from high schbol but for several years'has'been employed in Chicago. . RELIEF COMMISSION OPENS CANNING CENTER The McHenry County Emergency Relief Commission announces the opening of its canning center in thef basement of .the Armory at Woodstock. In order to conserve the surplus from the Subsistence. Gardens " and also other food for . the relief clients and non-relief clients, a canning center has been established in the Armcry building at Woodstock. This location is deerned advisable for the canning by the Relief Committee because of its central location, which make? it easily accessible from all parts of the county. x This canning center will be open to both relief and non-relief clients. In all cases the Commission will furnish the equipment, cans and supervision. When the canning is done for relief clients, the entire number of cans will be turned over to the person who brings in the products. If the processing is done for others, not on relief, it shall be run on a percentage basis. In the case of the n&n-relief families, the equipment, supervision and the cans -will be furnished the same as "in relief cases. The general plans for both relief and non-relief, who wish to have their products canned is to bring the products to the canning center, assist in the preparation an^J hafe their products processed under supervision. It shall be necessary for each one to implicitly follow the instructions • of the supervisor in charge. The non-relief families will hava returned to them 50 percent of the number of cans put up in return fo* the use of the Commission's cans and facilities, the other 50 percent will be turned over to the Illinois Emergency Relief Food Depot and will be distributed among relief clients as surplus food. In order to maintain proper discipline and order the following rule# must be followed: 1. The person'bringing the products for canning will report to the supervisor in charge and will be assigned a number which will be used at all times in marking his,~or her, canned goods. 2. The cannings supervisor will Btemp each can with the number of the owner. 3. At the close of each day, each relief client who brings products will receive the canned products to take home, and the non-relief clients shall receive 50 percent of its products. However, no cans are to be removed from the canning center until the canning supervisor has been notified of the exact amount of cans removed- 4. With the modern equipment provided, food products may be safely jpnd prbperly canned with a minimum Amount of spoilage, provided instructions are followed. Cleanliness of the room, utensils and workers will be necessary at all times. 5. In order to facilitate matters and to avoid any undue waiting on the part of anyone, it will be necessary for anyone not doing any canning to keep out of the room. This rule .will be insisted upon at all times. ; It is the intention of the Hlittois Emergency Relief Commission to can not only fruits and vegetables, but also meats, fowl and anything that is possible fo process, as they fgpl that hy conserving Ihe surplus at this time it shall be beneficial to both the client and the Commission during th«? Coming winter. The Commission*hopes that everyone, whether on relief or noij-relief, avails themselves of this wonderful opportunity which i9.being offered to them. SPLENDID PICTURES AT EMPIRE THEATER Scenes and Persons in the Current News SCHOOLS OPENED 1--William G. H. Finch of New York, appointed assistant chief engiueer of the federal communications commission with supervision over the telephone section. 2--MaJ. Angel Kcheverria (left) and Capt. Augustin Erl^e of the Cuban aripy hearing the death sentence pronounced on them for conspiracy to overthrow the government. 3-^- Dorothy Thompson Lewis, wife of Sinclair Lewis, who was expelled from Gerniftpy. 4-^Ylew qf ;Oue of the eeU-Woetes in the Eastern State penitentiary of Pennsylvania after 200 convicts staged a riot ' • 'mK ° - OAS TAX MONEY IS BEING APPORTIONED IRAEEIC HEAVY OVER WEEKEND IN SPITE OF A HEAVY RAINFALL --For the best of furnace repairing, see John F. Brda- 14-3-fp The Empire theater has been an unusually popular place during the past week with a packed house ,on Thursday and Friday nights" to see the popular little Shirley Temple in Baby Take A Bow," with another full house on Sunday and Monday nights to see "'Here Copies the Navy," featuring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. - Probably the local theater has "never cccommodated such record crowds for many years as turned out to see these popular pictures brought by the management, Mr. Johnson, who endeavors to please his patrons at all times. Other popular shows are also booked for the theater and among those coming soon are Will Rogers in "Handy Andy," and Joe E. Brown in "Circus Clo^n." " With the perfect sound and ventilation and the popular prices of 10 and 25 cents the Empire is building up a great number of regular customers and pleased movie fans, who will insure the success of the Empire theater. . AGED RESIDENT DIES Mr.-THstler, 82 years old, who hfl* been living with his son, John, in West McHenry, died at 11:30 o'clock this (Thursday) morriing. fte had been sick about a week. No funeral arrangements had been made at the lime the Piaindealer goes to Holiday cfowds in this region were disappointed by the rainy weekend and Labor Day, which put a damper on the good times planned by hundreds of visitors for the last holiday, of the summer season. The rains were general over the east central and west central states*, the greatest rainfall being recorded at Grand Rapids, Mich. With the vacation period practically ended' on Labor Day, the traffic is usually the heaviest of the season for to those who motor out and to those who motor in Will be added thousands of others who have been in the country and are ready to return to the set-ious business of the work-a-day world. ' ' ~ Two great streams of traffic, one composed of the cars jof Chicagoans outward bound for the^ast holiday of the season in nearby resort regions, and the other of motorists inbound to visit the world's fair, roads of this area. State highway policemen in Cook county reported the movements were the largest of the year and, possibly, -of several years. Although there were no tieups on the main highways, extra precautioi^V^re taken to keep the streams of cars moving- Although the peak of the congestion usually comes between 6 p. m. and midnight on Labor Day, the return stream of traffic comuienced earlier this year because of the rain which discouraged the pleasure-seekers and sent many of them home before darkness made driving more precarious. In northern Cook county and Lake' county the travel was most marked on Rand and Waukegan roads and Milwaukee avenue. Sheriff Lester Tiffany of Lake cpunty sent all his available men, including four specially engaged for the three days, to road duty. The resort country in Wisconsin and northern Illinois apparently attracted most of the traveling Chicagoans. No Celebrations Here Carnivals were held -at--Huntley, Elgin, Carpentersville and other neighboring cities on Labor Day, but McHenry observed the day quietly, with postoffices and stores and other business houses closed during the afternoon. . The season, jwhich usually ends In this region at Labor Day wheh vacationists return to the city for .the beginning of school, will perhaps be extended about two weeks longer this year as the Chicago schools will not open until September 17. The public schools in Chicago customarily ^pen the day after Labor Day, but in line with its economy program the school board has postponed the opening two weeks. Parochial schools of the Chicago, archdiocese opened Tuesday, however, as usual. Then, too, many ChicagofiTts wilL stay in the resort territory thisVy^arr because it is cheiper to live in summer cottages close to suburban transportation" than to return to apartments in the city.... x The lotus season has been attracting large crowds to this region ^pd THENNES-WINKEL NUPTIALS SATURDAY At a pretty, late summer wedding at St. Mary's church, Saturday, September I, Miss Cecelia Thennes, daughter of John Thennes, became the bride of Mr.-Leo Winkel, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkel of McHenry. The ceremony was performed by Father Dommermuth at 7 o'clock Saturday morning and was followed immediately by nuptial high mass at which Father Dommermuth also officiated PRIZES AWARDED Al YACHT CLUB SOCIAL SEASON AT BAY CLOSES This social season at the Pistakee Yacht club came to a close on Labor Day when prizes for the season wereawarded in sail boat racing and also Clarence Thennes, brother of in the bridge tournament which have the bride, and James Walsh served the mass. To the strains of the wedding march played by the church organist, the bridal party approached the altat- of the beautiful church, with Miss Ahnra Freund^ a friend of the bride, as bridesmaid and Earl Wqjfh, a friend of the groom, as best man. The bride wore a gown of wine colored silk with a brown hat and' other accessories, her costume being completed with a corsage of pink roses. The bridesmaid. Miss Alvina Freund, wore a costume of brown with matching accessories and a corsage bouquet of yellow roses. Following the ceremony a wedding crowded the "fbreakfast was served at the home of the bride to members of the bridal party and the immediate relatives. The bride and groom left on a few days' honeymoon trip, after which they will be at home to their friends in McHenry where they have a wide circle of friends. The groom is a graduate of the McHenry High school with the class of 1&23 and has been employed a^ the MicHenry postoffice for several years. The bride has always lived in this city, where she has many friends. "SLIM" WILLIAMS AND DOOS AT WORLD'S FAIR "Slim" Williams and his dog team, who visited McHenry a year ago enroute from Alaska to the Century of Progress exposition, is still in Chicago, according to an item in the Sunday Tribune. Williams transported Miss Grace M. Sparkes of Prescitt, Ariz., secretary of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce, into the fair grounds Saturday on his dog sled through the 14th street gate. According to the picture in "the Tribune, the eight dogs, which composed the team, are still alive and in the harness, and, no doubt, are becoming accustomed to living in Chicago after being reared in the wilds of Alaska. "Salvation Jim," who was with "Slim" Williams on his visit here a year ago, is now in the gold country in Alaska with C. J.-Bender o Mc- Hernry and Chicago. for a few weeks Jater on the duck hunting season will attract many hunters to the lake region. The idea for this American holiday, Labor Day, seems to have been born in Boston aJ>out the year 1880. The credit for the first formal movement to bring this about belongs to Ne\tf York; In 1882, P. J. Maguire, sec- -retar^ of the Central Labor Union in New> York, communicated with all labor unions in the state, presenting the . Labor Day idea. His proposals were enthusiastically received, especially by the Knights of Labor, a workmen's organization started in 1SW Philadelphia. v become annual events with the summer residents at the Bay. The year has been a most successful one in many respects with the sail boat racing, in which the commodore, R. T. Waters, is greatly interested, bringing an added zest to the summer activities. Valuable prizes were awarded for the various events and races held during the summer n ^ths in which the juniors came in ,1- their share of the honors. Perhaps the two most outstanding and most coveted prizes of the season are those awarded for sportsmanship, which among other requirements, state the necessity of being present for every race during the season, being in at the start and the finish. One of these prizes, a beautiful silver trophy depicting youth and victory, was won by Frank Watei«s, son of the commodore of the Pistakee Yacht club. The other sportsmanship prize, which was a stop'watch, Was awarded in Class C and went to James O'Connor. • • I ; . Unmindful of tfcffcftiiti, everyone had a good time on Labor Day when the awarding of the trophies is anticipated and impatiently ••waited. The first prize for the juniors went to Dorothy Ericsson, who was presented with silver sail boat book ends; the second prize went to Mary Lueile O'Connor, who received a suit case, and the third piisfeiwent to Berkeley Felz, who, merited a wrist watch. In a special race for juniors only, Bob O'Connor won the silver cup. For the races in Class C, the first prize was won by Michael Miller, who received a blanket; the second prifce was awarded to Jean Marie Ericsson and Walter Ericsson, Jr., and the third prize went to Charles Peterson. The Jospeh F. Haas cup, a perpetual trophy which is awarded to the winner the the Labor Day race - each year, was won by Clarence Ericsson in the special race of Monday. This cup was given in honor of one of the old time members of the club, Joseph. F. Haas, by his estate. Another similar' perpetual play, given by the family of Henry L. Hertz, was awarded to Michael Miller, winner of the race on July Fourth. On Saturday anight the "Gay Nineties" were depicted at a costume party held at the clubhouse .overlooking the waters of Pistakee Bay. A gay evening was spent by the members and prizes, for the best costumes, went to Mrs. George Dernbach and A. N. Seyles. The annual bridge tournament fclso ended over the Labor Day weekend with prizes awarded in both contract and auction bridge. In contract bridge the prizes were won by Mrs. Jamies O'Connor and Mr. Qsberg while in auction bridge the ^prizes were merited by Mrs- Young and Mr. Hallimarb « . With the activitiee of one year at EXCHANGE HEMS OfJNTERESl TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES . • '.vt, • • t - h--' >; % «• V ^ * V Play days for the boys and girls of McHenry* came to an end on Tuesday when the old school bell rang again after a three months' rest and the youngsters of grade and high school were again seen going to school with boods under .their arms. Work commenced smoothly in the grade school, where a normal enrollment registered. After a session of about an hour in the morning the grade school was dismissed for the^ pupils to procure their books, but at noon the regular routine work commenced. Full sessions in the high school were in pi-ogress both morning and afternoon of the opening day as the students had previously registered anil procured the books necessary for their respective courses "bf study. The first half hour was devoted to general assembly. Plans for the year were, discussed by Supt. C. H. Duker and the teachers at the meetings of the teachers held at 1:30 o'clock at the f^rade school and at "3 o'clock at the high school- According to the registration at the Comfnunity high school, the enrollment is just about 200 this year, which is about the normal record for the past several years. The Freshman class is nuiCh larger this year with an enrollment of over sixty pupils, which exceeds the beginners of last year by about 25 per cent, and keeps up the tdtal for the other classes which are not so large. Nearly All Students Return Practically every, students from last year is back in school af^mn this year with also a few post-graduates and the records show that there will be forty-nine Seniors this year, fortyeight Juniors „and forty-three Sophomores. The teachers arrived; in McHenry the first of the week ready to assume the routine of school life. Miss May Justen will be the only neV teacher in the high school this year and will take the place of Miss Lucile Grant as teacher of Home Economics and assistant director of vocal music, Miss Mary Booth of Morrison will be the only new teacher at the grade school this year. New Rural Teachers There will be sixteen new rural teachers in the county this year, among whom will be Dorothy Fisher of McHenry at the Harrison school, Helen Harrer at the Cherry Valley school, Florence^Zimmer at the Lincoln school, and^Mrs. Alia Samuelson, Solon Mills. *| Six school districts in the county, finding it inadvisable to continue their sghools longer, have transferred pupils to' nearby schools. They , are: District 22, Burton's Bridge, to District 46, Prairie school; District 53, Miller, to Algonquin; District 58, Lines, to Hiebron; District 76, Mc- Connell, to Woodstock; District 77, Walkup, to Crystal Lake; District 96, Shields, to Harvard. The Sherman Hill district was transferred to McHenry several years ago. Apportion Gas Tax Money * The $3,144 45 state gas tax--money for the McHenry county grade schools, the $1,541.82 for the^igh schools ancl the regular school tax money, amounting to $3,366.99, as received by Mrs. E. C. Coe, county superintendent of schools, has been apportioned to the various districts of the county. The McHenry high school will receive $167..50, while the elementary school district will receive $89.14 from the gas tax fund and $95.44 from the regular fund. . Ringwood school will receive $57.24 from the special fund and $29:18 from the regular fund. Approximately the same total amount for the county schools is expected for the month of August and this amount will be apportioned r.mong the several districts at the same ratio as for July, according to enrollment. RlfRAL TEACHERS OF , COUNTY ORGANIZE Frederick Martin, 11 years old, «£ Chicago, is in the St. Joseph's hospital, Belvidere, with a fractured skull. The boy, Who has been visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. An- v .... t drew Boersma, on their farm south nf Marengo, fell down a hay shoot last week,.Sunday. • | JUv.. Mrs. Blanche Pinschs, 42, of Chir . :~"- cago, committed suicide early last < Saturday by hanging herself in her room at the Wooster Lake-Sanitarium, . r Long Lake. She had come to the i sanitarium two weeks ago suffering from, mental disorders. She had pre- , viously been a patient at St. Mary's ,, in Milwaukee. . Walworth county, center of a culvert murder mysteVy that attracted nationwide attention six years ago, - has a new mystery on its hands of - similar nature, though not believed" - to have any connection with the cul- , vert murder case. A human skeleton, believed to be that of a man, w;as uneartheil by a crew of FERA workers .. v employed on a highway 50 curve widening project txvb miles east.of . " f D e l a v a n . T h e ' s k e l e t o n was b u r i e d a t , --- a depth of about three feet and was not far from the concrete pavement.- Some of the bones were mutilated, ^ • indicating that the man may have been "beaten to death on struck by a T 7" • ' »car. . ' - Aai Paull, while working at the Paul Reynolds farm west of Hebron Friday afternoon of last week had the misfortune- to get his right hand 1 ... Yy, caught in the silo filler and badly crushed. He was taken to a Hebron physician and then to Lake Geneva. At the present writing he is getting - -- along nicely. ' , V Frank Beck, former assistant pott- v master at Harvard, has been named ' supervisor of Chemung township to fill the unexpired term of John T. O'Brien who resigned recently to take over the postmastership of the Har- . yard post office. *. : Burglars recently entered Marie's Y Place on Route 19 southeast of Crystal Lake and made away with a new cash register and $75 in money- About $15 worth of whiskey and a small V ,. quantity of cigarettes were also taken. At Harry Scott's barbecue, Crystal • ^ Lake, the burglars took $3 in pennies ~ . " Y " from & cash register and * small quantity of cigarettes. The burglars also took ten gallons of gasoline. . Fire( of an undetermined origin destroyed the large barn, silo and contents on the Sloan farm between Crystal Lake and Woodstock about 5:30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon. The Crystal Lake fire department answered a call and through diligent ^ efforts succeeded in saving the house and other farm buildings as the heat was intense. In addition tq the barn ^ « and silo, about 10 tons of hay, 500 bushels of grain, a car and other farm equipment was destroyed. The barn • - and silo_ were in good condition and < the damage amounted to several thousand dollars. The farm is owned J»y John A. Sloan of Chicago and, is tenanted by Loren Crummer. ' Henry W. Kunde, living north east of Marengo, is in the Woodstock hospital suffering from a fractured skull,,, a broken vertebrae and three broken" wrist bones as a result of an accident w h i c h o c c u r e d a t t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n o f -- -- the Woodstock-Uniorr road at about 1 ' 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. » Kunde was driving his truck home from Union when a car driven by 3-: Walter Meyers, who lives'1 two mile's ~ east of Union, approached the corner" coming toward Marengo-at the sametime as Mr. Kunde. Mr. Kundf" turned * out to avoid being hit but the cats collided. Mr. Meyers was not hurt. Both men were driving alone. Both machines were damaged. Residents of Twin Lakes were shocked last week Tuesday by the tragic death of Mrs. Hattie Haase, 51, who late Tuesday afternoon fell or threw herself head.irst into a rain barrel half full of water. The cause of her death is said to be depondency ' over ill health. , jDig--.Step--Itia Taverr, near- Trevor 1 • , j Rural teachers of McHenry county have organized as members of the Illinois State Teachers' association. This move demonstrates the active professional interest -of this group. Officers of the new county organization make up the executive committee as follows: President, Roland McCannon of Ringwood; vice-president. Francis Hallisy; secretarv- Mydella * Rawson; publicity, Louise Heider; legislative. Mabel Knox; resolutions, Helen Wilcox.- The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18- an end, the thoughts 6f this congenial summer £«Jony of people already begin to turn to plans for another year and on next Sunday election of officers for another tour will be beld. was held up by two armed men at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon of last week and robbed of $20 in cash. The bandits succeeded in intimidating the bartender and customers, collected their loot, and then escaped in the car ke.pt running outside the tavern; Another crash was added to Keh'o- *ha county's already heavy accident toll at 7:45 Sunday night of last week when Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ellsworth of Twin Lakes, Wis., and Richmond, 111., figured in a head-on -collision on Route 50, between Slades Corners and Lake Geneva. Mrs. Ellsworth suffered a broken leg with seveie cuts and bruises about the .faw. and head. Mr. Ellsworth receive^ a cut lip and body bruises- ' T 7Cf LICENSES IN MONTH A total of 70 marriage licenses were issued during the month of August as against 67 for the same month last vear. . -For the best of furnace repairing see John : " - * ' ' ' . 1