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V Vi - * i; . " stt^Vriv - »i' r«. ... - -vi ' .... .ti. *'.... •< > .v r n McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1935 * • Sj >- •» • AND NOLLE ELP ASKED FOR MILK FARMERS >IATE RAISE EN IPH PRICE NECESSARY . ? '"•* '"f \ 'Unless an immediate, raise, "in €h4 - ' ;pricc of milk to farmers is. granted r ' many of the producers will be forced f6 give up their dairy farms and go ••'/r-'V# ©mergeftcy relief "rolls, Hem y A. • Wallace U. S. Secretary of AgricuN. '••"^jire, Wednesday was advised by "the //.^pHnois Milk commission. : The committee, that sent the warnhig telegram to Secretary Wallace was appointed T»y Gov. Henry Horner from T>oth the lower and upper house :y"; of the general, assembly to make an impartial survey and then make /""tftconuMndations. . On that committee are State Senator Ray Paddock, of Volo; and State Representative Thomas A. Boiger, of * McHenry, afid William -M. C«rrgsll; of Woodstock. " Secretary. Wallace wa? warned that price paid the producing farmer is entirely too: lbv/ to eve* cov«r the 4st>st of production.- The section in which the survey was made was the Chicago milk shed, or tiie - counties in tfie vicinity of Chicago that furnish the milk to the ,„elty. McHenry and Lake counties are -two of the big producing counties that slhip tons of milk, into Chicago daily. One of the most serious situations, committee found, was the fact that the dairy farmers are forced to purchase feed for the herds due to the fact that the drouth and chinch bugs blighted the crops. Text of Telegram The full text of the telegram sent to Secretary Wallace is as follows* ^ Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agricul&re. Washington, D. C. , "The farmers' condition in the fluid :-;"H&ak aea making up the Chicago Milk Shed is? very deplorable. Present pricare iemtirely too low to even cover ihe cost of production. Drouth de- ; ®troyfed the major portion of the crop acrtd d&iry farmers are now compelled •' tb purchase most of their feed. Unless •^f^nmediate raise in price is given, many dairy farmsrs will be forced to it the farm and go on Emergency »lief rolls. Advancing prices in all commodities warrant this raise, e, tfce members o£ the Illinois Milk yommission, desirfe to co-operate with you to this end and will be glad to furnish any information you desire. "Signed, Michael Hennebry, /•v-r . * Chairman "Ray Pa4dock, Secretary. ^"Thomas A. Bolger, Wm. M. Carroll ». MtftTaSraiy* ^^MTINEL ASSOCIATE editor dus SUDDENLY Mrs. Charlotte R. Anderson, wife , (9if P. B. Anderson, and associate editor of th^, Woodstock Paily Sentinel, ,^3e4-M«nday afternoon;at.on$ o'clock of embolism. ' i Mrs. Anderson underwent a serious ----^>eration at the Woodstock hospital • last Thursday, from which phe was v apparently on the way to recovery, amd her sudden death came to aer toved ones as a complete shock. j '•.Tjl She ,.ha3 been employed ik news- * i' Jppnr Work over a long term »f yeqrs, r •*-^*eing a member of the Sentinel staff i' for upwards of twenty-five years. She leaves a bereaved husband, two v sons. Noble and Paul, and one daugh- . ter, Mrs. Eleanor Masslich, one graad- .daughter, Bonnie Rachel, three brothers, and three sisters, Charles F. Stemch. Fred L. Renich of Milwaukee, i Mary E. Renich, Edward A. Renich'of Newton, Kans., Mrs. D. A. (Amanda > Bailey, Owensboro, Ky., Katharine Renich of Indianola, Iowa. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) afternoon at the home, followed by services at the Woodstock Presbyterian church. Pause Case Be FIRST ALUMNI WAS BACK ^ - YEAR 1892 •13 [CY PAVEMENTS MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS light mist, which froze as fast ; struck the ground, left streets, jiways and sidewalks a glaring f ice Friday nipht and brought •he most hazardous traveiine: as experienced thus' far this lists proceeded at a snail's <ce> pedestrians were equally as s. No serious accidents ochere, however, although cars od in all airectio^^ ate highway poli<*t Vported that i ny automobiles and trucks skidded off the highways into ditches* and ethers became stalled on icy hilla. Roads in this locality were in bad ,hape last we^k, due to , the heavy snow which fell and which continued ro drift, blown by the high winds Mocking country roads with drifts Hrger than have been experienced nere for several years. Townshio and state highway officials were on the job immediately; and worked hard to keep th > roads open for traffic, but many of us would be surprised to take a ride through the country* and see the amoant of snow which fell and the high snow piles ttHMI TrnHtd • a s^^-tiaclr^nciL by the mem plcw. j , "Witfi the subject ccf the reorganization of the alumni of the McHenry High school again under discussion, it is amazing to note just how large and interesting a body this group of local graduates has became and how great its influence and potentialities might be. In the good old days of 1900/ and for several years later, the alumni organization of the McHenry high school was a flourishing and active body of graduates who met every year in an annual banquet, dance and program of speeches and toasts who seemed to enjoy the reunion with old classmates and teachers. Here many would return from long distances to spend an evening with friends whom they would not see again until the next year at a similar event and classes were reunited as they have never been since these alumni gatherings were discontinued. The interest of alumni members in these annual meetings began to wane, however, and as classmate became more scattered their return was not so frequent and the yearly banquets were finally discontinued, probably because of financial reasons, caused by lack-of interest. With the large classes , that have graduated from the hi|*h school during the past several years, however* it seems reasonable to believe that the alumni meetings could now be easily revived and stimulated by the enthusiasm and initiative of the graduates of later years. If a strong enough stimulant is used it is said that a dormant body may be revived and it is evident that the pep, vitality ana enthusiasm of recent year graduates is just what is Heeded to put new life into the alumni. Lodges honor their past officers and look to them for backing and support and in this same way the alumni, which Is now numbeied at over 500 graduates, may support its alma mater and work for good in the community. "There's a feeling within us that loves to revert to the merry old times that are gone," and for this reason many of the older members would, doubtless, also, be interested in its return* First Alumni In 1892 From the brick building now used as St. Mary's Parochial school, came the first alumni in 1892, with the lirst class composed of nine graduates. U1 this first class, two of the mt-mTjers are residing in McHenry and are Mrs, Loretta Walsh and Dr. Joe E. Wheeler. . This school was built in 1859 at n cost of $6,000 and was at first a district school with the addition, some years later, of algebra, advanced arithmetic and bookkeeping. Among the we!i remembered teachers of this school were James B. Perry, William Nkkle, S. D. Baldwin and J. J. Vasey. In 1891 the first board i>f education of the village was organized, the members of which were Isaac Wentworth, George W. Besley, F. K. Granger, E. S. Wheeler, John I. Story, Simon Stoffel and C. H. Fegers. Of this number there remain only tw-.- living members, Simon Stoffel and John J. Story, In 1894 the brick building now used as a grade school was.opened to the pupils of McHenry. According to the records, . four years elapsed before another class graduated from the high school and in 1896 the alumni was increased hy three more members. Frorjj then on graduates were turned out every year and are now scattered from New York city to the states of Washington and California, with business and professional men and women attributing their start in life to th?ir education received in the. local high school. One Graduate In 1897 From the smallest class graduate in 1897 the passing years have seen a steady increase until the graduating class of 1934 broke all records for size with fifty-four members graduating. The second largest cla®® numbered forty-eyrht graduates a few years previous. The class of 1899 was composed of on® graduate and there were several classes consisting of two and three member^ and when graduates increased to so great a number as fourteen and sixteen it was considered a matter of record, indeed. - Alumni members hjve journey to many states in the union to seek their fortunes and make their homes and may be found in the north, south, east and west. There are doctors, dentists, lawyers, priests, bankers, druggists, teachers and others in varied worft and professions who have g**aduated from our humble high school with such men and women as Dr. Glen Wells, Dr. W. A. Nye, Dr. Leo Theles, Dr. EdNtn EvansoO, Dr. Louife Branson, jPathcr Walt«r In the Curtr^it Pfewi •. ^ ,0 v> % 4 PILES MOTION SATURDAY - IN CIRCUIT COUBT * 1--Young beauties of Long Beach, Calif., announefng the Xew Year's arrival. 2--Air view of the beaching of the blazing coastwise steamer Ontario In Boston harbor when ftfutrts to extinguish the flames were abandoned. 3--Miss Muriel Cowau, seventeen years old, selected as Queen of <fue 1935 .Pasadena Tournament of Hoses. FORMER CIRCUIT JUDGE IS DEAD C. C. EDWARDS DIES AT .WAUKEGAN CONWAY MEEHAN WEDDING WEDNESDAY Claire'C. Edwards, for sixteen years circuit judge of the 17th judicial district, including Lake, Boone, Winnebago and McHenry counties, and a life-long resident of Lake county, died of heart disease shortly before midnight Monday in his home at 1504 North Jackson street, Waukegan. Judge Edwards resigned from the bench in 1930 to take up the jfrivate practice of law. He was succeeded j by Ralph Dady, who is at present on; of the three judges of the district the others being Arthur E. Fisher of Rockford and Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo. The deceased was well known* in McHenry county, especially among the members of the county bar association. He presided here numerous times in the circuit court. Native of Lake County Judge Edwards was born 0» Aug- 31, 1876, at- Hainesville, in Lake county, the son of Henry E. Edwards, whose father, Churchel, settled in the county in 1834. He was named circuit judge in 1914 by Gov. Edward F. Dunne to fill the vacancy left by the death of Judge Charles Whitney, Judge Edwards was re-elected in 1915, 1921, and 132V* its announced his resignation , i» . the spring of 1930. During his sixteen years on the bench Judge Edwards never had a criminal case reversed, and he is said to have had a minimum oi civil reversals. He was a former president oi the Victory Memorial Hospital association at Waukegan and the Lake County Bar association;-'--^^ Funeral Teday Judge Edwards is survived by his widow, Harriet; a son, Erskine; two daughters, Avis and Eleanor; three brothers, Russell, Harry, and John, and a sister, Mrs. Henrey C. CoulBon, all of Waukegan, and his father, Henry C. Edwards, Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. today in a chapel at 408 North Sheridan road, Waukegan. The Lake County Bar association attened in a body. HERDS BRING GOOD - PRICES AT AUCTIONS Times are beginning to show improvement in various ways. Two auction saia&^were held in this vicinity recently and were largerly attended, with everything sold at good prices. At Mrs. Otto. Johnson's farm sale last week a herd of twelve cows, with a 251-pound base, sold for $73 per head to Frank Wattles. At another sale at the Frank McMillan farm at Terra Cotta, a heru of fifteen cows, with a 300-pout*. base, sold to Henry Bartlet of Elgin for $7S.i>0 per head. Frank McMii Ian died a short time ago. • MK&s Irene Conway, daughter of M, A.: Conway of McHenry, was mar* ried to Mr. John G. Meehan of Jacksonville, Fla., at St. Mary's Catholic Church at Elgin at 9 o'clock Wednesday njprning, Jan. 2. The couple was attended by the bride's sister and brother, Florence Conway and Leroy Conway and the ceremony was performed by another brother of the bride, the Rev. Walter Conway, C.S.C., of New Orleaq^, La. The bride wore a becoming gown of colonial blue velvet with matching slippers and white accessories. Her shoulder bouquet consisted of gardenias. The bridesmaid was dressed in a fuschia velvet gown, with silver accessories, and carried a bouquet of sweet peas and talisman roses. . Earl Conway, a cousin of the bride, pang during the ceremony and for the nuptial mass which followed. Immediately afterward a reception was given for the bridal party and a small group of relatives at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Ayiward, Elgin, with whom she has made her home for several years. The bride has been empolyed as at) operator at the Joseph Spiess Co., beauty parlor for the last five yeai». Mr. Meehan is a general agent for the C. St E, I. R. R. Co., in Florida and has made his home in Jacksonville for several years. He and his bride will live in that city after a honeymoon trip through Florida and a atay at Miami Beach. NEW YEAR IS GIVEN ROUSINCWELCOME MERRIEST IN LAST FIVE YEARS "The year is closed, the Yeeord made; The last deed done, the last word said. The memory alone remains Of all its joys, its griefs, its gains; And now with purpose full and cleat, I turn to meet another year." '•--Robert Browning. Alford H. Pouse, former state's attorney of Mclfenry county, wants his case reinstated against him in the local circuit court. This was disclosed Saturday when Attorney Frank E. Maynard of Rockford filed a motion, with affidavit supporting same, in the office of Circuit Clerk Will T.. Conn asking that the case be reinstated against Pouse and then the same be dismissed from the docket. Attorney Maynard states in his motion that since the law under which Pouse was indicted in *1928 was repealed in 1932 ana that no other law has ever been enacted in the state to reinstate or reestablish the basis on which the indictment should be nolle pressed. Indictment Stricken • On -January 19, 1933, the indictment, charging conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, was striken from the docket of the circuit court with leave to reinstate. Such action was ken by Attorney Charles W. Haa- j control. y, special prosecutor, who was in charge of the special investigation of alleged crime and liquor violations in the county back in 1928, When the in* dictment was returned. Attorney Maynard sets up in his \ motion that he has been authorized by Pouse to file such a moton as he did Saturday. This would indicate that at least Attorney Maynard knows where the former state's attorney t» at the present time. •••-.•• Pouse absconded frotft McHenry county, in 1928 while he was serving as state's attorney of the county. Since that time he has not been heard from. The county board of supervisors offered a reward of $1,000 for his return, but this was unclaimed up until the time the case was stricken from WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OMNTERESI TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES * Investigation as to the source of a ^ mystery shot fired through a window of his store in Antioch Friday after\ Hoori of last week, is asked by William Keuiman, Antioch jeweler, who notified the sheriff's office shortly after a bullet, apparently shot from a .22 calibre rifle, had pierced the window, before which he was standing. The missile struck the top of a radio and careened off, breaking a vase whicn was onva shelf on the opposite side oi the store. The bullet missed Kuelman by inches. Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle sent Special' Deputy Bob Webb to investigate. The house on the Earl Johnson farm, one mile west of Wauconda, was damaged to the extent of $250 last We rnesday morning by fire which was caused by an overheated • tove pipe, which passes through a thimble in the floor of the • upper part rooms of the home. The family of A. Hiifton, who occupy the house, was awakened at 3:30 Wednesday morning by smoke which filled tu« upper part of the house. The Wauconda fire department responded to the alarm and quickly put the fire un- LOCAL MERCHANTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM Optimism has bewa expressed in business sections of MeHenry as merchants agree that the Christmas husiway, B. Mae Small, English instructor in the Northern Illinois State Teachers college, and many others who are doing a worthwhile work in the world. Every alumni member remembers with pride and a thrill of satisfaction their first alma mater and all it meant fo them as it instilled the desire to succeed and make good as they went out into life and many and interesting life stories could be told if alumni numbers returned to Ti«H jg&fa •sewna of tfcbir youth. , ness this season was an improvement over that of last year in the same length of time. -* There has been so much !«aid in surrounding trade centers concerning the upward trend in business which is considered the best this year since -"the? boom days of 1929, that a streak of curiosity caused inquiries to be made of several local merchants as to just what tbe conditions of business are in McHenry and if this district did not feel any of the increase in business in this territory. --Local citizens should rejoice with the merchants in the encouraging reports of, better, business which the merchants have found after checking up after the busy holiday days. While some of our-merchants claim that business this holiday season was the best in three years, with the en tire year showing a decided improvement in business, others are more conservative, saying that business has been better than that of a like season last year . In some lines of business the year has been a hard one with no improvement until the last few weeks to cheer the owners. Other proprietors have noticed a different attitude among the buyers and are encouraged because the greater part of the Christmas trade was on a cash basis. Local business men evince a more hopeful attitude and are looking, forward with expectancy to. the coming year which they feel will bring a continued improvement of business. Now that the Christmas rush is over, local stores will soon take annual inventories when they can tell more about the success of th* year's business. for Tks Flaiadntafi' New Year's has come and gone, the year, 1935, has been welcomed in revelry and celebrations the merriest in the last five years, and now we are about to settle down, again, and see what the new year has in store for. us. Christmas of 1984 is also gone, bnt not forgotten. In the great hurlyburly of life we view it carelessly over our left shoulder as it speeds away to join all the Christmases that ever were. The holidays have been gay with parties, entertaining ana social events and the new year was welcomed by parties in private homes as well as in public affairs. New Year's eve is the highest point of the season for the taverns and cabarets. Extra entertainment ana extra dining and dancing and music was announced by practically all of the taverns in this vicinity which did a flourishing business during the night. This is the second welcome^ to a new year since prohibition was repealed and the "lid was off" throughout the country. Hotel reservations in Chicago were said to be about 50 per cent ahead Of those last year and everyone, with a hopeful eye to what 1935 has ill store, celebrated New Year's eve in some form or other. ~--- But celebrations cannot go on forever and people are once more adjusting themselvea fco the reality of life. Back to Schools College students are returning this week to resume their duties and today, Thursday, the McHenry school* opened, after a vacation of about ten days. * School activities will continue thick and fast with basketball games and the. county tournament coming immediately, then there is practice for the Junior class play and second quarter exams on January 17 and 18. Lodges will hold installation of officers, business and society will look with expectancy for what the new year-has to offer and good resolutions Aill be made and broken as readily Ss they are made. Even the sun is outdoing itself to make this a record year and wiU pnsent its greatest show of eclipses in the last 130 years. The sun and moon together will offer seven eclipses, the most possible in any one year. The moon will pass» between the sun and the earth five times and^ the moon win be in, the earth's shadow twice.' Five Eclipses Not since 1805 has the sun's rays been partly blotted from the earth so many times. It will be the second time of five solar eclipses in one year since 1255 and there will not be another such number Until 2485. The new year ushered in much colder weather for this vicinity and the mercury dropped 30 degrees in the wee small hours of the new year. Last year produced Uures £h»oom- •aa of unnnaal interest It was the The public school building at Barnngton, following a thorough .cleaning in which the floors, woodwork »»>H walls were washed and disinfected with soap and water and a chlorine disinfectant, will be ready to open on scheduled time, Wednesday, Jan. 2. The decision to reassemble the classes at the^usual time was reached by the school board last week, .according to Superintendent E. S. Smith. It is believed that the present "flu" epidemic which caused the closing of the school on Decer. ber 18 will have subsided greatly by the opening day. Miss Florence Berkley, of Woodstock, suffered painful bruised anu the loss of two teeth when the car in which she was riding, driven by the docket in January, 1933, at which Elmer Benson, crashed into a stalled time, the board rescinded its of/er. Blanket Indictment Pouse was indicted with 118 others on a charge of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. A federal indictment wsrs also returned against him at the tirfie. It is understood this indictment has also been stricken from the docket with leave to reinstate. State's Attorney V. S. Lumley received a copy of the motion and afcar on route 19 between Woodstock and Crystal "Lake abut 9:30 o'clock on Christmas night. The stalled cax belonged to John Wheatley of l$V*4Ston. It was directly in the i»outhbagt)(i|t?affice lane, and could not be seen by Mr. Benson, who drove into it head on. In the crash Miss Berkley was thrown against the windshield and badly bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Krause of Crystal Lake, the other occupants fidavit filed by Attorney Maynard | of the car were not injured. Both car Saturday. He said it wasn't his case and it would be up to Attorney Hadley to answer the motion of Attorney Maynard. . Pouse was serving his first term as state's attorney when he disappeared from the county. Attorney Lumiey was named by the board to fill the unexpired term and he has served as state's attorney since that time. During the special investigasfon which followed the absconding of Pouse from the county, Charles W. Hadley of Wheaton was appointed special prosecutor. He had as his assistants, Attorney Charles P. Barnes and Senator James Barbour of Evanston. The investigation lasted for several months, during which time numerous indictments were returned were considerably damaged. Did you ever buy an eotpfenfcSve watch, pay for it, have some one steal it, and then have it returned ? If not, ask Miss Agnes Colby of Crystal Lake about the feelings that come over you. Miss Colby paid about $40 for a new wrist watch a few week j ago. She left it on the dining reom table one Sunday afternoon. No one was at home except her mother, who was sleeping upstairs. Some time (hiring the afternoon, the watch was stolen. Miss Colby figured it was gone for good and did her best to forget it. Sunday morning, however, when she returned from church, she found the watch had been returned. Whether the Christmas spirit brought about a guilty conscience or not eant .'?• M one of which named Pouse. The in- not be determined as the thief is not vestigation created statewide atten- known. At any rate. Miss Colby wa» tion and was instigated by a group of i very happy to receive the watch. people who called themselves the CiM zens' League of McHenry county. --- Up To Hadley Numerous rumors have been heard as to where Pouse went when he disappeared and where he is at the ' present time, Two hunters, who already had Tjagged four hen pheasants, came to grief late Thursday afternoon ae*. Half Day where they were caught by George Ward who served as a special deputy sheriff under Lester T. Tif- However, the ®£tion fany Both had the birds in their posaters^ t taken by Maynard is the first official j gessjon amj were fined $50 and costs information which would indicate that , by Justice of the Michael f his whereabouts are known. Haney. They went to the county jail Whether Attorney Hadley^will agre» . ^ serve out their time due to their inability to pay the fines. Oscar Laurance, 22 years old, and the oldest of to reinstate the case and have_ it nolle prossed remained to be found out. State's Attorney Lumley indicated clearly, although he was state's attorney of t,he county, the next move is up to- Hadley and not him. CHRISTMAS SEALS Mrs. C. W. Goodell, chairman of McHenry. for the Christmas seal sales, desires to express thanks and appreciation to those who have sent in their money |or the seals. There are many who have not returned the seals or sent in the money and Mrs. Goodell asks that they do so now so she can make out her report. Say you read it In THE FIiANDEALER.. See the new 1935 Pohtiac 8 and ¥ at 'the R. I. Overton Motor Sales. Saturday, Jan. 5. 32 driest year recorded in the files of the hunters, gave his addrtss as •Wheeling. The other was James Franke, 16 years old, of Joliet. who0 has Hlfcn living with Laumnce, his cousin. Ward advised- Justice Hangy that the two boys had been hunting in the Half Day area for weeks. They boasted, he charged, that they had killed close to 200 pheasants and sold them. The pheasants now are not only out of season but there is not an open season on hen? at any time. Besides getting the fjne. which they cannot pay, their automobile was towed to a garage in Half Day where they will be forced to pay the towing and storage charges befoiv they gvt it back. ' FIRST OF FTVE BOOK REVIEWS The McHenry County Business and Professional Women's club will present the first of a series of five book reviews, under the direction of Mr*. JJwj|overnment weather bureau since E. M. Phillips, at the home of the 1871; it was the sixth warmest with county superintendent of school?. Mrs the highest temperature ever record- Coe, in. Woodstock, Monda ed, 104.8 on July 24; and more sno® fell last month than in all but two previous Decembers, the fall totalling 27.2 inches. While only memory remains of the past year, with high resolves and Jjppes wp turn with purpose full and dm te wNt aaothsr ymr. Jan. 7, at 8 o'clock., Thes, are open to the public. "The Testament of Yj Brittain, will be discu^ be a business 7:30. Anyone^ wou^jUl