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• * * , / ! ' " F7 r 4l. j• ^r|- *7* >/*,T•fys h|« Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDHALER Thursday, November 29, 1934 V0*, •'::.[ MID-WEEK CtUfl ~* Mid-Week Club will meet next 'Wednesday afternoon with "Mrs. George Johnson. t o ; ' ATTEND FUNERAL . Among those who attended the ftt«i eral of Mrs. George Botger at Elgii Friday were Mr. and Mrs. John Bolge/, Mr. and Mr?. Thomas Bolgep, Thomas P. Bolger, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. George * SOCIAL WHEEL Social Wheel will meet with | _ • - , „ t M Tn,„i,:„ :Mrt,_H,nry Stephenson ,t Ri««»o«."^"Whertr: on Thursday, Dec. 13. . U„BNVM ,KPNC MI?RR T" * ENTERTAIN AT CARDS^ ~ fU^6 ito^a'^^^o^ft^nds^Friday eSg* iby Mrs. Joe Blake, Mrs. Will i'reUna .Gertrude gchaefer, Mrs. Kate Worts Waaid „J£rs. Will Blake. ^NEIGHBORHOOD CLUfc •..., •, -V „ . Mirsi G. W. Hess was hostess t6 the j ^nna ow | and Mrs. A. Krause, *fld in five hundred by Mrs. Will Smith and Mrs. *•"-^embers of the Neighborhood Br>d^° ^ ~D OF A OfllCPS ENTERTAIN SJ"fclub Friday evening, fridge; ^ was J; ^ off^ns ^jfrart^Jovce Kilmer WEEKLY EXCHANGE HEMS 01 INTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES 250,000 MMRDERER9 ' f AT LARGE IN U. S. Criminologist See* 390,000 Fafc- ^ ing Violent Death. was {, Vi play«i and prizes were merited by ' catjj0iic America, en- ^Mrs. Harry.Borland, Mr& ^Thomas V^fca].;:. 6'nd Lena Stoffel. ;• tertained at a social meeting held Monday evening. Cards "yvere enioyed arid trriaeS bridgewere •^;;;'vENTERTAiN FRIENDS;,; .,,v ltatwwaJlrtduecdu to Katie Weber and Mrs; Mr. and Mrs George . Shepalrtfj Agnes Schaefer and in five hundred ^^^tertamed !a party of. friends it their.Pto j^rs. L; Stoffel. Lunch WSS: served. "';».home in Ringwood Sunday tuning..,at the close of.-a^easant evening. The Four tables of five hundred were in. next business meeting will be-hftld the ;'-i'v; ;-.:;pIay and high honor's were merited fia-gt Thursday in December. • • by Mr?. George Young and F. A. Hitchens, while consolations went to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nickels. . , STUDY CLUB MEETS CELEBRATE WEDDING DAY Mr. and Mrs. George Hutson of •Woodstock were surprised on Wednesday evening of last week by a 'Vibi^lHvate Worlds," by Phyllis Bot- jgr0up of seventeen relatives in honor tome, and "So Red the Rose," by Stark their fortieth wedding anniversary. Young were reviewed by Mrs. E. M. 'A pot-luck supper was served and a Phillips at the meeting of the Study ' pleasant evening enjoyed. A bouquet club held at the high school on W ed- j Qf roses an(] other gifts were receivnesday evening "of last^weel# The ; ed Wilt Crunkshank of Milton reviews given by Mrs. Phillips are * Junction, Vera Hutson of Cary and always interesting and it is expected gernice Harrison of Elgin iwere --thafe-^he^wil'! return for another meet- out-of-town guests. ing. Thi^vas the first meeting of t .. .. L_u ; i---- the "season for the Study club which | ENTERTAIN K. C. LADIES -is sponsored by "the Mothers club. j Catholic Daughters of America • y: ^ ' entertained the ladies of the Knights PARTY . AT W ILSON HOME of Columbus ^Sunday afternoon while • A party of friends were entertained the men attended the initiation at St. at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Thomas patrick's church hall- Cards, mu'slo • Wils-on Saturday evening, arriving at pn(j dancing furnished entertainment the invitation of Mrs. Wilson, whose for thirteen guests from Waukegan, •birthday it was."but who did not dis- Harvard and Woodstock. ' Priz&s----«i clost this fact to thf guests. bridge, were won by Mrs. E< 3. Buss Some of her friends surprised her, and Mrs. £. R. Sutton and in five however, by iremembering the date hundred by • Mrsr Mabel Bricktey and and upion. informing the others an at- jjrs_ jjav iQonw-ay. ~ . ' " - tractive gift of a laee tablecloth was s „ purchased and presented to Mrs. Wil? | o. E. S. CHRISTM AS PARTY >on, who was much surprise to know |; McHenry chapter, O. E. S-, met that her secret had been found out. Monday evening in regular session. A pleasant evening was 3pent in pians were made for-' a Christmas playing pinochle and prizes w:ere jjarty to be given Dec. 21 at the hall, awaxtied to Mrs. Albert Vales, John Pot-luck lunch will be served and each Stilling, Mrs. Hugh Morris, and Al- one is to bring a ten-cent gift to exbert Vales. Delicious refreshments change. • were served in the dihing room, and ' The party is for members of, the t,hen more pinochle was played. I chapter, their families- and members Guests were Messrs. and Mesdames. 0f the Miasonic lodge. Hugh Morris, Jacob Schaefer, Albei-t ; The next meeting of the chapter Vales, E. R. Sutton, John Stilling, and w-ill be election of officers. Miss Kathrine Buch and Thon^a-apd !• Qn Friday evening the matfons and John Stilling. j patrons of the North Shore Club i-will be guests of Miss Frances Vycital . HOME BLREAU MEETING j at the hall. Officers and past ma- McHenry unit of the Home Bureau trohs and patrons of McHenry chapmet « at the home of Mrs. C. W. j ter are also invited. This will be a Klontz .Friday, in an all-day meeting, j hard times party. Mrs. Ed Feet of the Ringwood unit, 1 Miss Frances Vycital and sister, ^ was present and gavie the lesson in 'Elsie, were at Plainfield chapter Wed- _ha?diferaft, which was very interest- nesday night where the former served ing <and instructive. X Mrs. Clara a3 marshal. Sweeney, Home Adviser, gave the • major project, "Care of Our Clothes," and the response to roll call given with Christmas recipes.' wa« Wins With a Smile Gown of Lame Tissue Bevt-rly Boltan i* !iaib'<l as Uit- lhw <'han)]>ion crawfish catcher--or gi^jrer-- of Miaini. Fla. When asked how she caught them, Miss Boltan said: "You Simply ;aiythem, jrild then ;ou jr»s t^w." i Pkiindealer Want Ads bring results Back interest claims attention in a handsome gown of lame tissue. The color is a peculiar 'silvery beige which hannonizes with the velvet wrap. Gordon Pearson, Crystal Lake, Was injured at the 0«k Manufacturing Co. Saturday, of last.w;eek, suffering accidental amputation of the first finger of his right hand. Charles Nelson of Long Lake* "who «ras working at the school auditorium in Gray.-lake, had one leg fractured, and received body bruises and head lacerations last Thursday when he fell 30 feet from a scaffold to the floor of the auditorium. He was taken to the office of a physician, and to the hospital for X-Ray pictures, and afterward removed to his home. A large Bowman milk truck' enroute from Chicago tipped over oh the curve near the C. A. Sverkerson farm near Crystal Lake early last Wednesday afternoon. The driver was ufiinjured but suffered severe shock. He was able, however, tot continue on hi'js way later ; with the truck proper, -leaving: the. wrecked trailer to be removed later- ^Northbound traffic on the Jjighway. wag blocked; for, some time. Mrs. Lincoln Lu^k of Libertyville, buffered a broken leg Monday of last week in a fall in the basement of her home. According to a report of the accident, she was doing the weekly washing and tripped over a p®t dog which ran in front of her as sha stepped away from the washing machine. Word was received at Ivanhoe, last Wednesdaj&of the suicide, at Alton, 111., of the Rev. Philip Mercer, a former preacher at the Ivanhoe Congregational church. According to the re* port the body, of the pastor was found hanging from a crossbeam in the Unitarian church". He"had apparently stepped from a chair with a sash cord around his neck. The Rev. Mercer came to Ivanhoe fifteen years ago End remained in charge of that church for nearly two years before he accepted a call to a larger church. Louis John Zimmerman, II, four months old son of Dr. and Mrs.- L. J. Zimmerman of Spafford street, Antioch, died in the Burlington hospital last week following a few -days illness of pneumonia which had developed into pneumonia meningitis. The child was born July 24. The disease which resulted fatally .is rather rare, according to physicians, and is caused by the pneumonia j^rm entering the blood stream. Sidney Ptocknow, 18, of Evanston, wounded "himself in the heel jStinday of last week. He and a frienl were hunting south of Hebron, when the gun Procknow was carrying suddenly went off as he was climbing over <« fence. He was taken to Dr. C. W. Bailey for medical aid and then to the Woodstock Hospital. His heer-tva^ practically shot off. Phillip Miobery, Jr., freshman at the LibertyvilLe township high school, died last Saturday afternoon as the result of blood poisoning that developed following a blister on his heel. The youth had been ill for the past six. days and under the care of a Libertyville doctor. According to reports, the injury was .sustained in a football game. Earl Nordmeyer, well known Wauconda young man, has purchased a garage business at Garden Prairie, Illinois, whe!% he will operate a general repair shop. Barney Tedmeier, of Lake -Zurich, had a narrow escape from death early Wednesday morning of last week, when a Chicago and Northwestern railroad train hit the rear end of his automobile at the Hough street crossbig in Barrington. According to reports, Tedmeier ignored signal warnings of the.;a^proaching train and attempted to speed over the crossing. A Chicago-bound passenger train clipped the rear of his ear, tearing off a spare wheel and turning the machine completely around. Tedmeier escaped uninjured and only slight damage was done to his automobile. The Merchants & Farmers bank, of Grayslake, founded 32 year ago, is u'oing to suspend business in January or February according to an announcement made recently by L. Y. Sykes, president, and for 29 years head of the bank. Syke« is ^losing the bank because the business no longer can be operated at a profit for the bank. Consequently the decision was made to suspend business and pay off all of the depositors at the rate of 100 cents on the dollar. The depositors have $429,000 coming and they will get every penny of it, Then Sykes will continue on with the liquidation of the bank so that the stockholders can get their money from the institution and divide the surplusage. New l'ork.--There are still at large In this country today 250,000 murderers. • * Simple- statistical analysis Indicates that about 300,000 American men and 'women now living will commit murder. Since murderers are often uncaught, or unconvicted, and then proceed to kill for a second or even third time, there must be at least 390,000 living Americans who will meet deathJby being- murdered. » • Allowing for murderers who are In prison, these figures mean that approximately 1,000,000 citizens of the United States are murderers, will be murderers or Will be murdered. '"Murders In this country are so common," declares J. H. Wallls. "that a^n American does not take them seriously-- unless he is murdered himself." Mr. Wallls, the authority for the amazing and appalling criminal statistics Just listed, is a -New York author, a life-long student of criminal law and statistics ami, at one time, a personal assistant to Herbert Hoover. , " His vie>vs aHp especially Interesting at this time, since one New Yorfc woman, Mrs. Aqna Antonio, recently was executed for murder and another, Eva Coo, has Just been'; convtcted of the same offense. __ „ Such murderers "want what they want when they * want It"--and are ready to kili to get It. He finds that women who slay usually are of this type, since few women are professional killers for gain. n - - , "I'm a collector of thousands 9of real murders--of stories' about them," Mr. Wajlls explained. "Consider the childish motives of many, women killers-- motives which, in fiction, readers would sccfln as utterly Inadequate. "In Chicago a woman choked her tiusjinnd to death because, as-she explained, he insisted on wearing suspenders instead of a helt. A Kansas Cit.v woman, whose husband was tier partner at bridge, shot and killed him because he failed to make the contract from, the ty'and whiirh she laid down. She was acquitted, too."; POPULAR The new superintendent of a private asylum was strolling round; the grounds a few weeks after his appointment when suddenly one of the Inmates accosted him. ~ "Excuse me, sir," he said, raising his hat, "but I haveagreat pleasure In Informing you that I and all my unfortunate friends like you better than the last superintendent." "Thank you," replied the new man, pleasantly. "And may I ask why?" ' "Well, sir," answered the lunatic, "you seem more like one of ourselves." --Tlt-Bita Magazine. * < Think of M«, Anyhow Ginsberg was riding in a taxlcab when the driver suddenly lost control and the car sped forward at a terrific rate. "Hey," yelled Ginsberg In alarm. "What's the matter?" ,v "I don't know," answered the "drlyer grimly, "I can't stop her !"' 1 "Well, for heaven's sake!" Ginsberg shouted, "can't you at least turn off th* B'aal Brith Mggfulue. : ' - ' ' ' v 3 v * "Hello, Jim; back, from your huntlag trip, :I see. PI<| you bag anything?' ' •' , ' "" ' "Not a bird.'* , , "Well; no wonder. Look ;at the dog you took. The idea of going hunting with a tailless pointer!" " "Oh, don't blame poor Beppo. He had a tall when we started."--Tit-Bits Magazine. Wat Expecting Reduction Father (a business man, to son)-- How are you getting along with your arithmetic In school, my son? Son--Very good, father. • Father--Well, tell me how much IS two and two? '.:.Son--Six.vf- '• , ; Father--Ah, -.six Is - Son--I know it. But I expected you to pull me down to four.--Exchange. HO HOPE Tree in Nebraska Dates Back to Pioneer Dajjt; Lyons, Neb.^-Pioneer days of - Nebraska's history are linked with today by one of nature's landmarks--a huge elm tree, now.hollow, which- appears to be as o|d as the hills in its vicinity. . Year after year it has escaped the ax, first of the homemakers of early' days, and later the cutting process that precedes the modern lumber-making device, the buzz-saw. The tree measures 22 feet, 4 inches in circumference at the base. It stands nearly 75 feet high. It branches out into five divisions ^about 12 feet up the trunk. E.'ioh division is as large as a fair-sized tree trunk, with .the sub-branches fully green and alive. A storm some years ago .tore away part of the trunk wall and the tree stands split into two parts. Many tales are told of the important part the tree played as a hiding place for valuable documents, jyeapons and lovers' notes. Two of the earliest settlers here relate the story of finding a wallet and revolver of strange make In its hollow trunk. The wallet was of leather, containing papers that no one could decipher. . ~ Many years ago camp meetings were held near the tree, and the spot is referred to often as the old "camp-meeting grounds." * o Paying Teller--I cannot honor this check, Mrs. Jones. You've already overdrawn your husband's account. Mrs. Jones--Don't talk silly.. There ate still 24 checks In the check book that I haven't used at all. - • Just Like a Woman - She«was weeping audibly during the wedding ceremony. "For the love of Mike," growled farther, "you picked him out for daughter, didn't you? So why bawl about it now?" "Oh,", she. snlfTed, "I don't think I'm satisfied with hlnu after , all, and I wish I could exchange him for a better one." 6 Million Persons Will Seek Hindenburg Crosse* ^Berlin.--About 6,000,000 persons, or 9 per cent of the population of Germany, will apply, It was estimated recently, for the "Honor Crosses" established by President Paul von Hindenburg not long before his death, August 2. The crosses are awarded In three classes: To men who actually fought In the W'orld war; to persons who did military service but never were under fire, and to widows, orphans or parents of men killed in action. The first award was to President Hindenburg himself, posthumously, and the second was to Adolf Hitler. Original Yankee* OB)? residents of the New England states are rightfully Yankees. Closing out sale of all fall and winter hats, $1.00 each. Children's hats, 50c. Mrs. C. F. Pich, Riverside Drive. 27-bp Lincoln Land Patent FUed in Nebraska Nebraska City, Neb.--An original United States patent on Otoe county land, signed on December 5, 1861, by President Abraham Lincoln, Is on file with the register of deeds here. The patent is for 120 acres of land southwest of Nebraska City, now owned by Edward Baltensperger. The patent conveyed the land to Lydia Stoddard, widow of Daniel Stoddard, a veteran of the war of 1812. Mrs. Stoddard's claim was assigned to Nancy Shields, In whose favor the pat«Bt w«a issued. Semes and Persons in the Current News • ^ mm- Moon Over Cow Shed Caused Fire Alarm West Chester, Pa.--A big and bright September moon caused a false fire alarm here. Mr and Mrs. Frank Seeds, farmers, looked out their bedroom window and saw a glare In their barn. Thinking the building was ablaze, they called the fire department. When the firemen arrived, they discovered It was only the moon "coming, jup over the cow shed." 1--Miss Josephine A. Roche of Denver, newly appointed, assistant secretary of the treasury. 2--President Roosevelt addressing great crowd tn Fort Harrod at Harrodsburg, Ky. ft--Mrs. Roosevelt placing a wreath at the grave of President JUHS K. PoUc a«d his wife In Nashville, Two. rjrt ifij <1 -- How It Happanwl Bob, who had been out playing with eome friends, came running Into the house with a black eye, crying. His mother asked what was the matter. "Junior hit me," sobbed Bob. "Why didn't you hit him?' asked mother. • / "I did," Bobby sniffed. ?I hit him first." FRANK MCMILLAN • DIES AT HOSPITAL Prank McMillan of Terra Cotta died early Monday morning in Sfiermbn hospital, Eljgin, affcer a long illness. He was born May 27,1884; at Terra Cotta, where his jentire life had been pent. ^ - Surviving are the widow, a daugh? ter, Eleanor, and three brothers, Henry and Ray, of Terra Cotta and Earl of Dundee. Funeral services vers held Wednesday afternoon a,t 2 o'clock at the home with burial in the McMillan cemetery, Terra Cotta." CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE OPENS NOT 'SO Mrs. E. C. Coe, county- Christmas seal chairman, is distributing 420,000 eals this week to the various county towns and schools which will assist in the annual drive which starts Nov. 30 and continues until Christmas day. The estimated returns on sales in the county in previous years totalled iabout $1,500. Of the amount received three-quarters is used to assist in combating tuberculosis in the county and one-quarter is sent to the Illinois Tuberculosis society for distribution.- • As in previous years the sale will be conducted by mail , distribution in towns and by rural school pupils ID fiwal-districts. On* Way Ont. " "I see large and shady fifoieS tti dark and troubled waters, portending grave financial loss--but stay, there Is hope. A blaze of light from 1,000 tongues of flame." "C%n you see If we get away with the Insurance?" asked the client eagerly. Poaaeaaive Pride Mike--Can you tell time by the sun, Pat? Pat--I could till I bought this dollar watch. I find now that the sun Is running slow. Might Need It "Can you lend me your broom, JSrs. Mendoca?" "I can't Just now. I expect my husband home at any moment" ALL GASSED UP First Bird--Say, Bill, look at that old fellow; he must have swallowed a balloou. • Second Bird--Naw, he's a pouter-- always looks-that way. Sucker "Say, Hiram, d'jever get that "Sure cure fer horses slobberln' you sent fer?" "Naw, the low' down, sneakln' skunks. I sent 'em $2 an', they sent me a slip o' paper sayln', 'Teach your horses to spit'." 'Towns Have English Names America has many towns which have taken their name« from English place*. There are thirteen Brlstols, thirteen Oxfords, nine Plymouths, seven Xorfcs, 'Seven Baths, and six OambrldgSS. Smart Accessories A black cellophane hat and bow are the smart modern accessories to this Schiapftrelji costume. The coat is In black lightweight wool and Is collared with two silver fox pelts. It is- worn over an afternoon dress of heavily crinkled rayon called "Pave." Births h PRESCRIPTIONS Accurately and promptly filled* Ignore medical advice o£ anyone not qualified to make a scientific diagnosis. Only: the physician can do thatr Let us fill your prescriptions. Then you ar® safe both wajnt Phone 40 McHenry Learn New Alphabet Since the Latin alphabet was adopted bar Turkey In IMS nearly half the jeprtaUeQ' kSs IsaMed te .iratte. • Erickson Prices FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOV. 30, DEC. 1 m ' V"1| Pillsbury's Pre- f* j Pancake Flour^ " 24c Small pkg. 9^ CORN, Plymouth Rock Sweet Cor% No. 2 cans, extra standard, each Coffee Chase and Sanborn's Dated Coffee, lb. 11* 30c MM "AS THOUSANDS CHEER!? IN LAST CHICAGO WEEKS" Although the gTeat popularity 6t "As Thousands Cheer" has made it necessary to extend the Chicago run - of this gilt-edfjed revue beyond its 0- riginal booking ati the Grand Opera House, it is now announced that the end of the successful run is in sight and will probably occur on Saturday night, December 29th. Other cities have contracted to see this famous Irving Berlin-Mioss Hart entertainment, and the fulfillment of these contracts cannot be longer postponed. • One reason why "As Thousands Cheer" is meeting with as great success on the road as it did in New York, where it remained for 50 solid weeks, as that Sam H. Harris, the producer, is presenting, the big shoW everywhere precicely as it was given at the Music Box theatre on Broadway, with the original cast of stars, headed by Clifton Webb, Helen Broderick, Dorothy Stone and Ethel Waters, and their large supporting company of 80, together with the sumiptuoiis production which requires five baggage cars to transport it from c i t y t o c i t y . • ,v V There are twenty-tvo scenes ;in'- "As Thousands Cheer," despite 'wbicli the curtain is dowr by 11 o'clock, the ' speed of the many scenic Changes being one of the novel features of the revue..; .• By laughable skit?? lampooning the great and thfe rieiar great are well known. They include side-splitting take-offs on the Hoovers, the Rockefellers, the British royal family, Barbara llutton and her Prince Mdivani, Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Aimee Semple MucFherson, Ramsey MacDonald, Josephine Baker, Noel Coward and Lynn Fontanne. Irving Berlin's musical numbers include "Heat Wave," "Lonely Heart," "The Funnies," "Her Eastev Bonnet," "Supper Time," "Our Wedding Day," "I've Got Harlem On My Mind," "Not For All The Rice In China" and othe* s. There are also numerous spectlfcles and colorful; effects, one of'the most beautiful being the Easter/Para d e on F i f t h A v e n u e i n New Y o r k o f , t88&, which for sheer beauty has never been surpassed oh any stage. Mr. and ^Irs. Louis Young of Waukegan are parents of a daughter, born at St. Theresa's hospital Saturday. Mrs. Young was formerly Miss nor Walsh of this city. : / Fr.ed ifcolber of St. Lojais had aliking for fancy socks, and * was recently arrested for stealing many »airs of assorted bright colors. . ROYAL GELATINE DESSERT, All Flavors, per pkg. Sug ar Finest Cane Sugar. 6* 10149c BROWN SUGAR, 3:ibs^.„.^^^.....^.:^.:.,.l7* SARDINES, California Sardines, 15 oz. oval tins, in natural tomato and mustard sauce, can 11* BROOMS, 4 sewed Parlor Brooms, each ......39^ SOAP FLAKES, Clean Quick Soap Chips, &lb. bx. 30* Crackers sodaCr,ck<r82 16c