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- '*'! yO" • ' • - , .... " ' M: V'f" ' -I '"V 'Ur'/ VOL. 60 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934 '• f - >-• SKATING POND wo. 31: M • WORK DELAYED BY EXTREME WEATHER MAY BE IN USE BY ;" 1 JANUARY 1 , ^ / commenced on akatinjE'pond to be located on the baseball diamond next to Route 12. The GWA has approved the project and three or four men have been employed for several days getting the gp&onda into shapopTeparatoryfor the flooding. - j Last night Bill Tonyan, CWA official for this vicinity; returned to town to find that the cold weather, made to order to work on the project, Mad prevented his gang (from working! He immediately sent out a call to those irt&h on the west side who had - offered t&eir services for a short time in order that tne city may. be graced with a :nfc«* complete playground Schedule. H_ Those men came through with a -bans and went to work this morning to hook up the pipes, which are convey the water from the city mains . to the pond. It will take: but a shore time to clear the snow and then the skaters, young, old and indifferent, Will have one of the finest places to enjoy that sport that any city hereabout* can boast. * : Sponsored By Club Much credit must be given the Married Men's Athletic Club for their handling of the situation, nursing it along from a mere rumor until il grew into a real actuality. Darwin Granger is acting as foreman on the job and Da/s ability to stick to it has also helped the cause along. When you are skating on the pond-within the next week or so remember these little things and you'll do a lot towai Sub'Zero Weather Hits McHenry Christmas Night III 1015 BELOW .. REPORTED HERE y': CLASS OF '31 IN ANNUAL REUNION <% Lawell Ny*) 3%«&ty-one McHenry high school graduates met last night at The Bridge for the second annual reunion banquet of the Class of '31. EVen the zero temperature did not stop the-ex-students. One boy drove from his farm home five" mil® west of town. He" reported that after he had induced a stiff motor to start, he still doubted whether or not h* would arrive from the way his car skidded inch by inch up the slippery hills. Class spirit and financial security became more pronounced qualities in the fledging organization of the Clasa of '31 as the fneeting developed last night. Agnes Steffes was elected treasurer and a more permanent operating fund was established. Jack Purvey irihde a motion • that the class elect two co-chairmen in charge of next year's celebration, which will be held on the same date as its predecessors, December 26, it was agreed. The co-chairmen elected unanimously were Harold Vycit&l and Julia McLaughlin. Five of the ex-students were elected unanimously as a committee to start the "wheels turning for a new and rather ambitious project--a general reunion banquet for all alumnae graduated from the >McHenry Community High school. It will be the purpose' of this committee o contact members of each year's gracjuatin.^ class, before and since 1931^ to get the sentiment in favor of, and against, an annual Alumnae banquet. The members elected to "the committee are: Dorothy Fisher, chair utile irangs ana you ao a ioi iuwbu man; Walter Brefeld, Alma Justen, repaying those who Jiave devoted Alwra Antholz, and Kenneth N. their time and interests towards mak ing our city a better one in which to live. ;-/• • J • And don't forget those men on tne VP^st Side Who rallied to the cause when help was needed and who speeded the work along so that the kids and grownups could skate while the weather lasted. "GOOD FELLOWS" PROVIDE DINNERS i Christmas was made a brighter and „!wi>pier day for many in this community hy the distribution of Christmas baskets by the McHenry Township Relief association and made possible by the generosity of Good Fellows of this city. . Good Fellows, the world over, are worthy of the trust placed in them . by the late Edward C. Fitch, who proposed to the Chicago Tribune one cold December night in 1909 that thou- „ sands of Chicagoans follow his example and take a message of cheer to Conditions in this locality have shdwm considerable improvement sinct m year ago and much of the actual want and poverty prevalent last year bias disappeared and the need is not sp acute. This is due, probably, to the > employment furnished by tnu PWA work in the county where men who are able are given a chance to earn their living. baskets war# distributed yi&ar by the Boy Scouts in trucks fn¥&e$ed by the Farmers Mill and N. J. fasten and Son and to these help- X ers the association wishes to ^extend their thanks for their assistance. The baskets were made up by the ofof the association and disn Saturday and Sunday. ^mong the donations received for tfce baskets were the following: Catholic Daughters of America, *15. T. Ik Howe, 100 pounds potatoes, ,• 100 pounds cabbage. Paul Weber, $1. '. Kay McGee, $1. McHenry Flour Mill, all the flour needed for baskets. Mjorri* Taxman, 100 pounds pota- '« toes. Art Smith, all the bread, vegetables. > Anton Freund, 100 pounds potatoes. . <iirl Scouts, toys and canned goods. £ $t. Mary's school, toys and canned "V:.gOOdK. 'Grade school, toys. . ; . ' Mothers club, toys and pawned gOOdfc. ' ~ ' ' -- Jtay Page, honey. r Barbian Bros., fruit. - yStoffel >& Reihansperger, fruit, • JpTenry Kamholz. $2. " • - S* Clara Noonan, $1. Marian Wegener, JL Mrs. Taylor, $2 for candy, 12 jars iilfer. ,c.;. ••• -"vvi , Mrsi F. Ferwenla, lood.: A. H. Mosher, $£. Harry Frye,, $2. Mrs. L. H. Brattain, toys and canned fruit. Alvera Boley. • Supt. and Mrs. C. H. Duker were guests at the reunion. Mr. Dukeis„ spoke enthusiastically for the Alumr nae banquet. He informed the™'class that the idea had been tried before in the 1900's, but that it died out be« cause of financial reasons. WariiinJ the organizers of such a movement that that would be their biggest problem, Mr. Duker added that he knew of many in town who would be heartily in sympathy with such an event. He offered the facilities of the high school to the committee in their efforts to contact other classes. It was made clear among the members, however, that anything concerning the Alumnae banquet will m n< way be connected with the Class of '31 reunion. In, addition to the graduates above mentioned, those who attended last night's meeting are: Helen Bauer, Louise kilday, Marion Krause, Catherine Landl, Harold Lindsay, Lowell Nye, Harold Patzke, Mrs. Jack Purvey, Everett Thomas, Alvera Weingart, Christine Wegener, and Melvin Whiting. Whereabouts of the missing classmates became one of the first subjects of discussion. By each graduate contributing his bit of information, they learned the following: Ted Anderson is working in Chicago on the Herald and Examiner. Bill Brittain Is still living in Whitewater, Wis. Helen Weber-Conway's arid Rolland Ensign's excuses were unknown. Helen Harrer is teaching in Cherry Valley. Olive Jepnon's excuse was unknown. Dorothy Knaack is married. Jim Powers was 111. Carolyn Regner is continuing her nurse's training in Chicago. Clarence Regner works his father's farm at Fistakcg Bav. Ed Sherman . . " A--; CP s Interesting Local Happenings During 1934 The year of 1934 is passing into history and it again becomes our . duty to chronicle the events of interest which have transpired to make history. Conditions,can not become much worse and the days can not be much more discouraging for many so perhaps the thing to do i9 to enter the new year with hope and assurance of better times to come. New policies and new terms making a "new deal" are being tried out making the year a feature in the fight for recovery of business antjl the nation from the deis living with his mother in Champaign. Margaret Trent-Mulanski lives at Elgin. Dick Wegener is living ir. Chicago and has turned from his study at the Illinois Pharmacy school to civil engineering at the Lewis Institute of Technology. He is working with the Golden Rod ice cream company. Zura Whiting is married. Her name is Holderman and she lives between Wilmot an<T Lake Geneva, Wis. TeJ Winkel works at Ritta's barbecue at Vol* :zzz:::z:zz:zz : ~~x" TWO YOUNG MEN TO Money has been scarce, there has no work and many of us continue to be "broke." The need of charity in the community has been urgent and lodges and organisations have been active in promoting ttye work which was finally grouped under the McHenry Township Emer gency Relief Association. It is time to strike the total of the yearV achievements so that we may know how far we have gone. If we are to measure progress for the year, let us first measure ourselves. Dr. Robert Millikan, world famotu physicist, says, "Tell me how fast the wheels turned in 1934 and I will ask how slow and firm were the-feet of thoughtful men upon the earth. Tell me how much we improved the oil burning engine, and I will ask how much we improve the motor of m£n-- the knowledge, the understanding, the purpose. A few men went up to the stratosphere in 1934. But wj^at of us? In 1936, perhaps, if we Are thoughtful and honest and kind and courageous, we may ascend a little way toward our own stratosphere-- the mysterious altitudes of ourselves." Now at the close of the year, business is becoming stabilized and confidence restored somewhat after the dark days of near panic and despondj ency of last year when the banks closed and business slumped. About $8,000 in Christmas savings standstill with carpenters and men in all departments of business marking time with a resolve to "hang on" until conditions take a turn for the better. People, who in general have pinned their hopes to the new administration, have welcomed with enthusiasm the advent of the Democratic policies, the successes of which they are still awaiting with expectancy. Many appointments under the new administration have been made and riSany men in the township and county are work under the CWA program. Mrs. Gretta Marsh of Crystal Lake is administrator for the Illinois Emergency Relief administration in the county which is now well organized and Arnold Rauen of McHenry is supervisor of the community gardens and of the canning pfoject for the county. During the month of September, there were 487 families on relief rolls in the county with the cost of providing relief amounting to $13,188.57. The amount expeiuied on relief alone during that month was $10,892.33 and the cost of administration was $2,- 209.24. This was 51.6 per cent less than,the total expended in August. It is encouraging to note that there was a drop of 31.4 per cent in the number of families^ cared for from the preceding month. The average cost j returned to run the Riverside hotel. The Riverside Dairy adopted the riew cream tup bottle which of relief for families on the rolls September was $22,37; In the state of Illinois there was a total of 284,600 resident families receiving relief from public funds during September. This number represented an increase of 35 per cent over the figure for September, il933. The greatest number since May, 1933, was reached in October when there were 285,390 families on relief in the state. Uncle Sam approaches the, new year with the knowledge that since the first of the year he has passed out more than four and a quarter billion dollars in his gigantic emergency drive to assist business, the farmer FIRST REAL SAMPLE OF WINTER THIS YEAR Sla^ta Claus had a surprise for'this locality hidden away in his pack as he made his big swing from the north pole and the frozen wastes with gifts and good cheer for all. Tipping his pack upside down, he 4ealt> out a real cold isn^p which struck McHenry on Christmak night, sending the mercury far below zero with temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees below zero reported Wednesday morning- The frigid weather was ushered in with a light snowfall and winds from the north, giving this vicinity its first sample of real winter weather this year. The cold wave extended over tru t Dakotas, ,the upper Mississippi, valleT i and the western portion of the Great Lakes region, causing suffering to many not prepared for it. Local residents really did hot appreciate this parting gift left by old i?anta and would have been better pleased if he had taken ijt'back to the n o r t h l a n d w i t h h i m . _1 . • • Temperatures in all sections of the country have been unusually low this year, with freezing temperatures reported in Florida as far south as tMiami. The orange crop, as well as vegetables and other fruity raised in Florida, was practically ruined by the cold weather, although many of the trees Were saved from permanent injury by the frost. With the fruit almost ready to be picked, the orange grove, Owned by W. A. Sayler of this-city, at Belleview, Fla.< suffered with others in the vicinity and it is estimated that nearly thirty boxes of fruit were ruined by the freeze which struck Florida^ It is hoped, however, that the trees will survive the cold spell. on Green street. Mort Ritt tinued his jewelry shop here and moved to Crystal Lake an^ James Beavis, tailor, went out of business. Clara Noonan and Lillian Freund dissolved partnership in tha Claire Beauty shop and the Rosebud Beauty shop moved from the Barbian building to the1 store, previously occupied by Mort Ritt. The Chevrolet Sales and Service changed hands with Paul Schwerman, taking the garage over 8jL-from Harry Townsend. Dr. W. E. " Thomas, dentist, was in McHenry a few months during the summer. E. W. Johnson, who was manager of the Empire theater, sold out to R. J. Miller during the year, and the theater is enjoying a successful season of prosperity. Charles Rietesel moved from the John Pint blacksmith shop to the Schaefer building east of the bridge. The Orchard Beach golf club wns sold in a foreclosure sale with the property returning to S. H. Freund for the amount of $30,000, the amount of the mortgage and interest William R. Skidmore bought the Sayer farms and the Stock farm including the Pistakee Bay golf course. Joe Friend took over the Bridge tavern and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Justen RESIDENCE CHANGES • •. Mir. and Mrs. Charles Michels have movfed from the Mat Weber house on Riverside Drive:~to" one of the Skidmare farms. r vV ; ' 1 Be sure to see the naw 1935 Ford ts--popular with the customers. The firm of Jacob Justen and Sons celebrated their golden jubilee year in observance, of fifty years in busii ess in McHenry and the Plaindealer celebrated its fifty-ninth birthday. Various sports have been popular during the year, with bowling leagues full swing during the winter months and basketball coming in for its share of popularity. The clubs and lodges have had a prosperous and interesting year, each doing its own share of good in, the community. St. Clara's C o u r t, W.C.O.F., was 28 years old in January. Riverview Camp, HOLIDAY SEASON VACATIONS LENGTHY Another Christmas has come and gone with Santa Claus remembering every family in this community in some small way. : This was indeed a white Christmas with the earth covered with a blanket of snow which wfas very beautiful as lighted Christmas trees gleamed from windows and lawns and the business sections were decorated with strings of colored lights across the street. A rush of Christmas shoppers crowded stores of Chicago and other trading centers Up to the last minute end-throngs, bent on translating their Yuletide spirit into gifts for relatives and friends, were larger than have been witnessed since the boom times of 1928. Postoffice employes struggled through a wave of Christmas mail, Good Fellows warmed to the charitable spirit of the season, and railroads and buses carried1 a tremendous load of holiday travelers. -For many thousands this will be the longest holiday period they have ever known. The c,ujrrent observance of the five-day week made Saturday a day^jf rest for-these and many weregranted Monday off by their empfoytrs- With Sunday--and Christmas WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OMNTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES :: Accident*! discharging- of a jg&ff caused serious iitjuries to Reuben Johnson of Baxringtoa township Sunday afternoon of last week. He had gone into the yard , to .drive <»tit strange dogs that were annoying his sheep arid geest when the gun went off, tearing the outside part of his left foot above the ankle. Bone, ligaments and flesh were painfully jured, it was reported. Fred Peement of Chicago, narrowly escaped death when his car upset in the ditch near the Bert M^cDonald farm, 3 Vt miles west of Marengo, about 2:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon of last week. Although Mr. Peement was not nijured except for bruises,and slight cuts, rumors in Marerigo were that he hard been killea owing to the fact that-some red ethyl gasoline ran out of his gasoline tank onto the road leading to the report hat the road was full of blood,, Peement was passing a. car when he skidded into the ditch and upset. The car was badly damaged. A purebred Holstein Cow. owned0 by. Ole Stalheim, member of the directorate of the iKire Milk association, topped' the-list among McHenry coun- - ty cows in milk production for the. month, of November. The Stalheim cow yeilded an average of 94.5 pounds of bhtterfat and 1,630 pounds of milk for-thfr lfionth, thus-excelling any of the 1,847 heiad of dairy cattle which McHenry county dairymen own. H;- Mrs. Carrie Wiener, Hoy u-rsnue, Woodstock, suffered a severe injury when she fell on a.Q icy sidewalk several doors away from her home Wednesday. Her leg was broken, at the headltf the bone, near the joint. She was taken to the hospital in an ambulance Wednesday aittrnoon and was put at once into a body cast. She spent an uncomfortable night Wednesday, but no complications arc expected. She will likely be confined to the hospital for several weeks. Gustave Nelson, was arrested by Sheriff Nulle and Chief Deputy Harol<) Reese, last week Monday cnargeu with the theft of an automobile. The car taken from Omar Wright of Marengo Sunday night. It is claimed that as soon as Ne[s*n entered the car, he drove rapidly away, Wright and others w:ho are toaW to Wave witnessed the theft, gave chase and NeJson was overtaken about four or five miles from Marengo and Jffie iificers took him to Woodstock, where he was placed in the county jail for a hearing. ~ « John H. .Haley,. 73, retired farmer, passed away Wednesday morning. Dec. 19, in a hospital at Woodstock following injuries received in a fall on an icy sidewalk at Woodstock, his home of late years. The accident happened three, weeks ago. He received a broken pelvis bpne. Pyring his residence in Woodstock and Hartland he served as town clerk for many years and was recognized as one of the most substantial and reputable citizens of his township. Fire, of unknown, origin, deetreye# one bam, a silo and a large supply of hay, grain, various feeds and other sundry articles- last week Tuesday on the Ray Seymour farm, 2 miles northwest of Wauconda, on Rand Road. All livestock was saved. The fire was discovered by Mrs. Seymour when she added, many had four whole days for rest, pleasure and shopping. The schools closed FViday for a vacation over the holidays until Jan. •>, and college students are home for a two weeks' vacation from their studies. Spiritual expressions of the holiday's significance were in the spotlight Sunday and Christmas day as churches in this city held special seivices in religious tributes scheduled to start in the early morning. The charitable aspects of the occasion were m^the forefront Monday when about twenty-five ChrrstmtM baskets were distributed by the Mc- R.N.A., ob- | Henry Township Emergency. Relief anniversary- Association to needy families. Homes where perhaps holiday cheer would athenxifie be tacking, were provided <; t • • S;? .4 at once informed her husband wan in the house at the time. _ .and the needy. . Relief in ..manifold OPEN OFFICES HERE i wa« distributed by the West McHenry ; form has taken the largest slice of the j State bank before the holidays and j treasury's 1934 spending. In this cate- i served its twenty-third Two offices are to be opened in the j t-his with pay checks now being re- Ifrory are not only direct payments for and<Fox River Valley Camp its thirty Pties building, one by Earl WsHi_an<l iceived regidarly by CWA e">Pjoyes of ;feeding and clothing thp hut «>. Liwth, Bnni"trt«ry--The--Boy-Scouts- iri.^ , 'fhe Other by Atty. Vernon J. Kiiox. "jtlie Wurity arid township hfas given a lotments for aiding agriculture, and were transferred to the Blackhawk with a bountiful Christmas di Earl Walsh will sell all classes of j brighter aspect to conditions, as well . the distressed^ home owner and for in- area, with George C. Driesbach as insurance, including farm, fire, auto- j as an added stimulus "to business ! suring bank depositors. " j Scout executive atld the McHenry mobile and life insurance. He was en- [ which Jias been comparatively dead j jhe last quartet of years has J troop is now proud to have eight during the year. The merchants have ; brought a jitter to life that has given | Eagle Scouts with their Scoutmaster, the younger generation especially theTM. L. Schoenholta, gaged in the insurance business In this locality for several years and was later with the Great American Insurance company of Chicago. Mr. Walsh has a very large acquaintance in this, his home community, and* undoubtedly will be able to build up a large clientele. Vernon J. Knox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Knor of Terra Cotta, is a graduate of Notre Dame and of the Chicago Kent College of Law, and recently passed the state bar examination. He has been associated with Attorney flenry L. Cowlin at Crystal Lake for the past two years and will continue with Attorney Cowl in, "divi dine: his tima betiraaa McHeary and Cw- 4al s- • •• grown accustomed to the hard times and arti making the best of,, things distinct impression that they are teetwith not even an outstanding summer in^ on thp crumb]v cd(,e of thi sseeaassoonn tto* eennccmoiurraaog-Pe IthWem-. I But Iifp „ces on; antJ t~ &e young It is claimed by some that the Century of Progress exposition in' Chicago attracted many tourists away, from this region during the summer months. A feeling of security was given the public when bank deposits were insured through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation although interest on savings accounts was cut from three to two per cent. ' The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the West McHenry State bank was held in January.; Building haa bees practically at a has beerv assigned the job of building order out of disintegration. Business changes have been unimportant and not very . numerous. Among the moat important business enterprises was the opening of the McHenry brewery in March which bears the distinction of being the oldest brewery making beer in northern Illinois. "McHenry Lager" is the name of the beer being made at the brewery founded, in Civil war days. Dick Fleming opened an implement warehouse in West McHenry aiid John tadti and son opened a tailor, shop Scoutmaster's key. The local Knights of ColumbOT initiated a clas&_of 45 members, of them being local members. The, Red Cross enrolled 179 members in its annual roll call. Elections, i>is*aUations, birthdays and other events have all been observed in the various Todges of the city. year with impressive, services orf Easter and Christmas. Easter was on April 1. { Bishop Hoban was present at the confirmation of a clasp of 64 at St. Patrick's church and in November when 97 children and three adults A huge flood of greeting cards added to the volume of parcel post in the mails, juSt about swamped local postoffices. The prerholiday activity was swelled by the popularity of Christmas parties and social events which were popular during the past week as th«> who THe~ latter rushed to the barn to find the upper part of the structure breaking into flames. He immediately drov about twenty head of cattle and five horses to safety. Harry Kinsley of ShoreYood, an exclusive subdivision near Round Lake, fell and fractured his right arm recently- as he went, shotgun in haad, to*investigate prowlers in his summer cottage adjacent to his winter home. Kinsier noticed a light in the summer home and set out along a circular driveway toward the cottage* The " driveway was covered with snow thai had been beaten down to an ice guu*- and he slipped on this. He rvttirtiea .to the house with blood dripping from wounds in the fact- and with the brok- The light was discoverg-l (Coatinaad w hat burning in the cottage about 1 o'clock-. , in the morning. Deputy Sheriffs Stanley Stadtfeld and Robert Webb ^ ve?tigated and found out that no prowlers had been" in the place aAd the light probably had been left burning by members of the Kinsier faia- Mare 'ii. Trestle, 44, employed as an electrician in Harvard for a few holiday spirit prevailed. Lodges apd years preceding the World war, took individuals entertained with partita-his life by hanging in the basement of where the Christmas spirit pre his home at Friknklin Grove, Illinois, Dec. 16. Taking his mother, with, whom he resided, to Sunday School LADIES LEAGUE MEE'rS the morning of the tragedy, hie return,- The Lily Lake Ladies' League held ,ed Jo the house and the mother-opes-™ their meeting at the home of Mr. and' reaching the house was unable to find Mrs. Peter Weber last Tuesday. Cards her son. Notifying neighbors, a and bunco were enjoyed and refeshments served,, On Friday afternoon William Etten treated the ladies to a sleigh ride at which time Christmas rere delivacwi was begun that resulted in the eovery in the house basement. 1 world war veteran, had been in paired health for some ti •.. 'c Want A*