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• • . . » jl#,. f, 7' *,. ^ -<• ; * J - ry ' « ' • * - . . . • ' • . . • , . -r -'-y •«*** ** ^ - • . ' • * • - <""T~ :A^v . . * •• :,- " :• •' - • ; >' '•.••• * ••'. • ' ' ' h vr : i:«- •'* •• - - . ' ' • r ^ \4m^ u: A 4 ' * , - - - - • * * r • v . L _ . . * , - . , , , . , ~ „ I r - ' ; - 1 •--" VOL. 60 McfitENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934 NO. 17 EX-SENATOR LORIMER DIES PIONEER RESIDENT Wj.O F P1STAKEE BAY : Ji '* DEiUD IN RAILWAY ST® .>•;•-.-v'.'>A.•; . *-v; - ': E. W. ire KUNNEBECK-NESTER NUPTIALS SATURDAY TION of the early settlers at Pistakee Bay, died Thursday, September 13, 1934, in Chicago. ' The former United States senator died in the Chicago & Northwestern waiting room from a heart attack, having just arrived in Chicago from his summer home at Crystal Lake. His son, Leonard, who had been with him, had left him but a moment and when he returned his father was dead. -Mtt Lorimer, whose long political career was abruptly terminated in 1912 when he was ousted from the senate on spectacular charges of bribery in gaining his office, had in recent years beett-shead of the William Lorimer Lumber company. His wife, who was the former Suan M coney of Chicago, whom he married in 1884, died sixteen years ago.' Surviving him are two sons, William Jr., and Leonard, and six daughters, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. LeRoy McCormick, Mrs. Charles Parker, Mrs. Joseph Duffy, Mr9. James Lucke and Miss Loretta Lorimer. The Lorimer home in Chicago is at 5501 W. Washington Blvd. _ ^ Bay Residents Mamy Years For many years the Lorimer family w€ re regular summer residents at Pistakee Bay where they owned a palatial summer home and were prominent in the social affair# at the Bay. The "blonde boss" was a familiar in the Current figure in McHenry in those days wlien he made regular trips to Chicago and return via the Chicago & Northwestern railroad from the local depot. His family was popular with theyounger set at the Bay where they were interested in yacht racing and other sports events. Funeral services were held at 9 in., Monday from the home at Crys- Lake with mass at 11 a. m., at St. Catharine of Siena church, Austin Ave- and Washington Blvd. Burial .was in Calvary cemetery. COUNTY FARMERS SIGN - CORN-HOG CONTRACTS [cHenry lotment committee has forwarded to Washington 400 of the , McHenry county contracts. This leaves a total of ninety-one contracts which will be sent within the next few days. The total benefit payments to 491 co-operating producers in the cornhog program will be $151,000 less the administration expenses, which is expected not to exceed 5 per cent. The McHenry county allotment committee consists of E. F. Kuecker, Marengo; E. C. Hughes, Woodstock, and Bert Bridges, Harvard. Ben Justen has charge of the compliance work in McHenry township. Judging from contracts sent in by some of the other counties, local contract signers may expect their first payment during the next two or three weeks. The first payment , will consist of 15 cents per bushel on t|je corn and $3 a head on hogs. Reports from Washington indicate that efforts will be made to make the second payment according to schedule. The second '-payment. wili consist of 15 ceii'ts a bushel on the corn and $1 a head on hogs. The third payment will consist of $2 a head on hogs. The seventeen farm supervisors appointed to measure the fields and check up on the compliance work ?n general are expected; to complete their tagk during the next two wjeeks. A report on compliance will be necessary before the second payment is made. - A pretty fall wedding took placo At St. Mary's church at Woodstock at 9 oVlock Saturday wonting, Sept 15, when Miss Clara Kennebeck, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kennebeck, and Mr. Ervin A. Nester, youngest son' of Mrs. Peter Nester of Woodstock, were united in marriage by Father f Voet. Miss Margaret Flood played the wedding march. . f* ' They were attended byMissMary Pierce of Chicago, a niece of the bridegroom, and Elmer Kennebeck, brother of the bride. The bride was most charming in a white Grepe dress, with hat and slippers to match, and carried a bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid, Miss Mary Pierce, wore green crepe, with hat and slippers to match and also carired a bouquet of roses. Following tl\e ceremony a wedding breakfast Was served to the wedding party and immediate families of the bride and groom at the home of the bride's parents at Griswold lake. Bouquets of gladioli were used in the decorations of the home. • The bride of this happy union is a graduate of the McHenry. high school and has been employed at the Montgomery Ward & Company store at Woodstock for the past five years. She has won a host of friends while in Woodstock. The groom-is--a--young man of exemplary habits, who also has many friends in his home town, where he is a graduate of the high school. He Is employed at the Woodstock Typewriter factory. Upon their return- from a short honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Nester will be at^ome to their friends in the Mrs. Clara Floyd house on South street, Woodstock, which is ail ready for their occupancy. Among those who attended the wedding breakfast at the Kennebeck home Were: Mrs. Catherine Nester, Miss Edna Nester, Mr. and Mrs. • Floyd Merchant, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mahoney, and John Deneen of Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Nester of Oak Park and Mrs. Fred Pierce and daug'hter, June, of Chicago. If HENRY POST GETS $500 FOR CHARITY McHenry Post of the American Legion will receive $500 under the Bogardis act to care for disabled veterans in an annual levy asked for by the posts of the county. The county board approved the levy of $8,150 asked for by the I<egion posts of the"county. Commanders of the posts are asked to furnish a R. 1 MILLER IS WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW BEST PICTURES WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OFJTERESI TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES' - 1--Textile workers in a mill at Concord, N. C., running the gauntlet of .Wring strikers. 2--View of the burning Morro Castle and a lifeboat and coast guard dory being rowed away with survivors of the terrible catastrophe, Model of statue of King George of England which loyal ruling- princes of India* will erect at New Delhi, ; SIMON STOFFEL AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL Stoffel, president of the West McHenry (State 'Blank, is at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago where he is awaiting an operation which will take place probably the last of this week. He was taken to St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, last Friday and was removed Tues- <fey afternoon to the Presbyterian hospital. One of the oldest business men in McHenry, having been in business for over 50 years, Mr. Stoffel is known throughout MicHenry county and northern Illinois for his fire insurance work. His many friends In this territory will anxiously await news of Mr. Stoffel's condition and are hoping for his speedy recovery. JELLY FOR CHARITY jelly, grape jelly^ peach preserves, plum jam, in fact, any kind or variety of jam will be a very welcome donation to the jelly project sponsored by the ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary, who have pledged 100 glasses of jelly to be used in family relief work thjs winter. - Not only Auxiliary women but every woman in McHenry is asked to become interested in this project and donate some jelly for the children this winter. Leave your donation with any Auxiliafy member or notifyjMrs- Marie ScKiessle. It will be made ready for some needy family. ARM "CUT WHEN AUTO IS FORCED INTO DITCH bond for twice the amount asked and the money is spent by a welfare committee of each post and at the close of the year a report is made to the county board by the posts. # All veterans are eligible for relief j but not wrecking it badly. under the act and the fact that the The occupants were badly shaken American Legion is the. best organ- up and bruised and Mr- Smith had an artery cut in his arm with a ninemile trip to make to reach a doctor.. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and Joe Schmitt enjoyed a trip last week in W isconsin. The pleasure of the trip wa»' spoiled, somewhat, by an' accident •which happened as they were returning home Thursday night near Tomahawk, Wis. As Mr. Smith turned out to pass a telephone company truck he was forced into the ditch, his car overturning, ized ex-service organization in the county the work under the Bogardis act is performed exclusively by the SCHOOL NOTES Miss Evora Carlson, a Sophomore, is librarian for the rural school library at the high school this year. The Sophomores have elected their officers for the year as follows: President, George Frisby; vice-president, Dan Justen; secretory "treasurer, Cletus AJthoff. Fkiadealers for aale at Bolfer'a. < • I ' » * * * 1 •»'•••• Among the Sick M'CMN WRITES OF SCHOOL LIBRARY RINGWOOD TEACHER PLAINS PLAN The following article which appears in the September issue of "The Illinois Teacher,'.' is entitled "McHenry County Solves the Rural School Library Problem," and was written by Roland McCannon, teacher in the Ringwood school and a member of the McHenry rural school library /board 'since its organization. . "To develop in his pupils a lore of reading should be a chief objective of the elementary teacher. An adequate skill in the mechanics of reading is of little value to a child i£ «t th« same time he is developing an aversion toward good books. It is the purpose of this article to show how the necessary tools for achieving this objective may be acquired so economically that no rural. school can afford not t,o provide them. Few children will learn to 'enjoy reading if they are not adequately supplied with interesting books. Not only must the books contain an interesting content, but they must also possess an attractive make-up; a good grade of paper and strong binding to withstand hard usage are prime essentials. Type should never be smaller than ten-point, or better still twelve-point. Children prefer books which can be read in a comparatively short time and which a^e well illustrated. Younger children especially like pictures; their books should contain numerous colored illustrations. /'Books possessing these qualifications are, of course, costly- To supply a sufficient number to satisfy all the individual "tastes found in the average rural or village / school requires a larger outlay of money than most of these districts can afford. To make matters worse very few pupils in the rural schools have easy access to a public library. "To overcome these handicaps the rural schools of McHenry county have been organized into six rural school library districts, each district embracing those rural schools underlying a given community high school. Of the 110 one-room and two-room rural schools in the county, ninety-seven are located in a library district and eighty of the ninety-seven schoo's now hold membership in one of these libraries.. "All of the libraries have been successful in accomplishing the purpose for which they were organized; namely, supplying the rural school children with a large variety of good supplementary reference and story books. Member of Board "Having been a membef of the McHenry Rural School Library Board! since its organization, I shall briefly describe how this particular library was organized, how it works, and how it is financed. The other libraries are organized on a similar plan, differing only in details. "Four years ago a meeting of the directors of the eight rural schools underlying the McHenry Community high school was called by the county superintendent of schools. At this meeting thfc*rural school library plan was explained to the directors and an opportunity was given them to ex- AMATEUR NIGHT AT AUTO INN SATURDAY Everyone in McHenry county, who has ambitions to become a vaudeville or professional stage performer, is invited to participate in an Amateur Night tryout at the Auto Inn in McHenry Saturday evening, Sept. 22. Dancers, singers, instrumentalists, novelty acts, duos, trios, and all oth ers who have an act which is unusual, are urged to try "out. Miss Floretta Held, who is representing an agency Woking for new and unusual stage material, will have charge of the show. She will be assisted in. the judging of contestants by Mr. Miller, new owner of the Empire theater in McHenry, and by the reaction of the audience, which is always a good indication of the entertainment value of an act. Miss Held suggests that all those interested make it a point to meet and talk with her personally before Saturday, in order to assure a definite time for their performances. The orchestra will play for those desiring accompaniment, but each contestant is required to bring his own music. Any type of costume regularly used' is permissible. The acts chosen as having the most entertainment value will be presented at the Empire theater on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26 and 26, in a gala stage shpw in conjunction with the regular feature. All those who try out will have an opportunity to appear on bookings by Miss Held at a later date. Some of those who will appear Saturday to try out at Auto Inn are Bob Peterson, recent winner of "Opportunity Night" at the Miller theater in Woodstock; the Adamis Boys, also winners at the Miller theater; Bob Detwilder, harmonica player extraordinary, and others equally well knowr. Miss Held urges everyone who can perform in any way to see her at the Auto Inn and arrange for a tryout, regardless of their length of experience. Miss Rose Worts, manager of tho Auto Inn, who is sp6hsoring this Amateur Night, urges all McHenry eounty to turn oyt and help to discover the best talent in the county on Saturday evening, Sep. 227 and advises that they come early in order to secure good seats for the performance. : r AUXILIARY NATIONAL CONVENTION, MIAMI Herbert Reihansperger underwent a tonsil operation at Sherman hospital, Elgin, Saturday. . . . Miss Elsie Regner, R. N., daughter P^ss their opinions- All eight of the of Mr. amJ^IHrs. John Regner, under- school districts willingly became w e n t a n ( o p e r a t i o n f o r a p p e n d i c i t i s m e m b e r s . . . . Monday looming of this week at the "Each one-room rural school agreed Grant hospital, Chicago. (Continued on page 4) The national convention of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at Miami, Oct. 20. r Mjrs. Ada Mucklestone, piast department president, was endorsed by the state convention for the office 5f national president. Sept. 24 is naturalization day at the county court house. Three will seek their citizenship papers at the morning session. William Carroll will give a talk and flags will be presented by the county president of the Auxiliary. 1 Rockford has been aw&rded the membership prize for the past year, having doubled their membership. Illinois was awarded a naval plate for their outstanding work in Americanism. Rockford high school was awarded the prize for having the most outstanding poppy poster. . BLAIR HERE WEDNESDAY AT K. OF C. HALL, O'CLOCK, DST 10:30 Wm. J. Stratton, nominee for state treasurer; Francis G. Blair, renomi nated for the office of superintendent of public instruction, and Richard J. Lyons, candidate for the general assembly, are scheduled to speak in McHenry at 10:30*o'clock, DOT, Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the K. of C. hall- These three candidate are making a tour of Illinois. Mr. Stratton and Mr. Lyofis are residents of Lake county, so they are neighbors and known to a multitude in McHenry county. J|r. Blair has a particularly large and favorable acquaintance among the educators of the state. McHehry should give the traveling party a cordial greeting and 'favor them with a representative audience. Each has a message of importance t<. impart to the public. Remember the date, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 10:30 o'clock, DST, at K. of C. hall, McHenry. v & W. Johnson, W<«en^^sV^ip®uwlat manager of., the Empire theater, has sold out to R». J. Miller of Quincy, who took over the theater this w^ek. Mr. Miller, whose father operates two theaters at Quincy, has had considerable experience in the show business and plans to continue the' theater along the same policy used by Mr. Johnson, giving the same up-to-date ^pictures and s^tisfattory service that have built up the crowds for M'". Johnson during the pa^t months. The contracts for the pictures for the year have been previously purchased by Mr. Johnson, who has seen to it that McHenry will be presented with only the best and latest pictures during the coming'season. Having sold films for the large companies for sixteen years, he has a wide experience in this Important phase of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will 'work with Mr. Miller for the present until he becomes accustomed to his new location. The forme* manager of .the theater has made many friends «uHng his residance in McHenry who will, no doubt, be glad to extend a welcome to Mr. Miller. Mr- Running, who has assisted Mr. Johnson at the Empire theater, left Sunday for Chicago. He, also, made many friends during his stay*-here. CONSTITUTION DAY OBSERVED SEPTt 17 Constitution Day was observed in McHenry and throughout* the nation on Monday, September 17, as schools end organizations joined P in paying tribute to the 147th anniversary nf the signing of the great document composed of about 12,000 words, about six times as many as are in the Declaration of Independence. History classes in both the high school and grade school deviated from their regular routihe to observe the occasion. At the high school further observance was given to the day wltli Robert Martin presenting Sn article, written by E. A. Hayes, national commander of the American Legion, and entitled "This Is The Law of Our Merrill Hapke, 19, was taken Memorial hospital in Libertyville list Thursday with head lacerations- alnd a dislocated hip that he received ia an auto accident south of Wauconda ^ early last Thursday- Hapke, who lives in Wauconda and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hapke, lost control of his car in the heavy fog at 5 o'clock that morning and crashed into a tree qt the roadside. The net cost of operatintr the McHenry county home at HartJind the past month was $1,251.89, a report approved by the board of supervisors Sept. 11 reveals. The cost of dieting inmates was 30 cents daily. Dr. E. Thos. Brand of Woodstock, county physician, incurred expenses of $1.90 in making visits to patients at ths county' home, his bill showed- He received no remuneration for his vices, desiring to render same Durinpr the past# month lie made? visits to patients at the home. Frank Whitton, 72, of Antioch an.t Chicago, and his brother, Charley, 80, of Edmonton. Canada, met at Jthe former's home at Channel Lake Monday of last week for the first time in 55 years. Charley came here to judge the beer drinking contest in connect tion with the combined Irish Alliance in-Normal Park, Chicago. Frank, retired sporting goods manufacturer, and noted locally as an angler of no small ability, has. had his home_afc •'.-'A-*-' A METHODIST WOMEN ATTEND MEETING . V - - t ~ Rev. Moore, pastor of the M. Echurch at Ringwood, gave a brief talk on the program at the meeting of the McHenry county gioup of the Methodist Women's Association of Rock River conference held $t Harvard, Friday. Those from McHenry who attended were Mrs. L. H. Brattain and Mrs. Charles Ensign. Mrs. Brattain gave a talk on "First Things First In the Ladies' Aid" and Rev. Moore talked on "First "filing* First In the Church." Rev. Haggertv spoke on "First Things First In the Country" and the closing talk In tbis series Was "First Things First In the Home." . ^ The meeting opened at 10:30 a. m. with singing and an address of welcome by Mrs. Putnam, acting president, and response by Mrs. Bertha Shaw, Greenwood, president McHenry county group. ' Devotions were led by- Rev., Roderick Murray of Woodstock anc^ the business session consisted of an open forum, a report of the work of the Ladies' Aid societies for six months and a financial report for the year. The seventeen £roup presidents will. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Caul of Chicago were gueets of A. J. Schneider a few days this week; • -v ~;" The next group meeting of the association will be held next spring at McHenry. ' JOHN J. OEFFLINCf, 46, DIES, FUNERAL FRIDAY Leaving his wife and small chi!< dren, John Oeffljng, 46 years old, died at 2:30 o'clock Weflnesday morning- Sept. 19, after an illness of several In this fine tribute to the Constitution, Commander Hayes urged every Legionnaire to read the entire constitution as it touched each one in the Legion a few years ago with a directness which should still continue to DP felt, as each Legionnaire took oath to uphold and maintain it, if necessary at the cost of life itself. "And 'while you read," says Commander Hayes, "the very pageant of American history will move in vivid panorama before your eyes. For hen? is no stuffy document pigeonholed in the dustbin of forgotten archives-^- here, rather, is a vital, pulsing, breathing spirit that guides us today as it has guided us now for nearly a century and a half. Here i^ America; Here is the basic law of our land--as it was in 1789, When it was declared in effect, as it is in 1934, it shall be as long as America endures. For if ever the Constitution cwrses to ex ercise its benign influence on our* course as a nation, if ever its words of fire become the ashes of high resolves and noble purposes, then, and then only, and then inevitably, America herself shall become one with the nations that perished because they were false to great heritages." He goes on to say: "It is singularly appropriate that Constitution Day falls at a season when some sixteen million American, boys and girls are returning to their studies after the summer vacation. We, of the Legion--most of us, at any rate--enjoyed the inestimable advantage of stepping from the school door, whether it was grammar, grade or university, into an ordered relatively'placid world. Our ow*i ship of meet under the conference president 5Wate, time and again, has been tossed on Oct. 4. about, has crested high seas, has walmonths. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Obituary will appear--in these Cffiiuynws next week. v •, , JOINT INSTALLATION The American Legion Post" and Auxiliary will hold a joint installation of officers this evening in Legion hall. Pot-luck lunch will be served- A large attendance ia desired. lowed in the trough. But she has al ways made port, and she has always saiied forth again. Whoever the helmsman may have been, however green the crew, they have always been guided by the same Rules of Navigation--the Constitution of the United States. "The Constitution is a vital, pulsing, breathing spirit that guides us today as^it has guided us now for nearly a century and a half." v BEG PARDON! ^ The Plaindealer acknowledges; an error in one of the ads run last week, being that of the Chevrolet The signature on the ad was wrong and should have been that of the Harry Townsend Chevrolet Sales. The same is being inserted this week and be found on Page 8. Say you xead tt la TH* P1AINDEALOL. Channel Lake for over 40 years. Chicken thieve? again entered this community last week Friday night and succeeded in making away -with about 80 hens from the poultry houses on the Holmes farm east of Wauconda. In making their visit, the thieves worked ^vith skill and precision., They cut six woven wive, fences enroute to' the poultry houses and very neatly fastened the wires back, affording easy access in carting away their loot. They left their auto * or truck in a nearby driveway and carried the chickens to it. They left : no, clue except a pair of wire cutters when they departed. A second theft of chickens was reported Wednesday night of last week when 200 chickens were stolen from the Ftank Lemke ht>me near Cary. Mr- and Mrs. Walter Gossell and two sons of Mafengo were seriously ill several days last week from eating what was supposed to be mushrooms. One of the sons had picked the plants near their honie and they were thot to be all right. ' Soon after the evening meal Saturday, members of the family became ill. The condition of Mrs. Gossell and one son were reported to be serious, t It was several day* onvrr tr--y rpOOVerd. Peter Zibilu^, 58, of Lake Villa% an employe on the farm of Peter Wesner, died lfite Saturday of last week at tha Lake County general hospital of .injuries inflicted by an enraged bull. Zibilus was herding cattle on a strip of pasturage near the Wesner farm when the bull suddenly turned on him He was borne to the ground by the atiima(l and before employes could drive the enraged animal away, Zflibus, ribs were crushed and he was hurt internally. - One. man was badly injured and several other persons shaken up in an auto crash at the intersection of Main •street and state route 176" in * Wauconda, at 6 o'clock Sunday even-, ng of last week, tfhe injured man is George Fielder of Chicago, who was taken to Elizabeth Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville, .suffering with a broken hand and several ugly cuts, His companions, including another Chicago men and his wife and two children, suffered bruises. The accident occurred when an auto being driven east on route 176 failed *.o stop at the stop sTgn and crashed into the Chicago bound car on Main St., tipping the latter machine over. H: J. Fortin. said to be a Crystal Lak? barber, and driver of the car causing the accident, was placed under arrest and taken to the county jail at Waukegan. He was released on band; .pending trial at a later date. . The Adler Corporation of Aurora, manufacturers of bridge tables and chairs, will go to Crystal Lake. This was the word announced there recently. Officials of "the company were there last Monday afternoon and signed the contract for the purchase of the building on Walkup avenue formerly occupied by the Express Body Corporation. John B. Adler, president, stated that he hopes to have the plant moved there in about 15 days. The firm is ; incorporated for $25.000 and has been in operation for more than a year. , RESIDENCE CHANGSjS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosing and familyhave mo veil from the Dr. N- J. Nye house to the Huck flat- Mr, and Mrs. Jack N'icholls have moved from the Huck flat to the flat in the bank building on Green street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Immekus are moving from the two flat building oa Main street to the Mrs. Jokn Nieaea house next door. ,