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He and his sister, Eleanor, were spending the weekend jwrith an uncle. Shortly after dinner, Sunday, he •lid Jiia sister went in swimming and it is believed that the boy was seized with eranips as he knew how to swim.' He sank beneath the surface of the water before his sis,ter's screams attracted help/ " The body was recovered shortly afterwards but all efforts to revive the boy - were futile. Coitoner fe. H. Cook held an inquest Sunday night and & verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the jury. Loses Life At Pistakee While on a raft which drifted out the shore, LeRoy Wahlman, 31 years old, an employe of the EvaiSton street department, dove off and was drowned at Pistakee lake, Saturday, after several men made a futile attempt to s»ave him. Wahlman, his mother, Mrs. Bertha Engels of Evanston, and a sister, had coihe out from Evanston to visit some friends at Meye^ Bay on the east side of Pistakee lake and Wahlman had gome to the Bay for a dip and got onto a raft where the water was about four feet deep. The raft drifted out froiri shore and it is believed that he became excited and frightienetf and he leaped into the waiter, which was then about 12 feet deep, and called for help. Urban "Red" Faber, former Chicago White Sox pitcher, and his wife noticed the plight of the man from the poich of their cottage which borders! the lake. Fab&r, with a?veral other men along the shore, joined in a rescue squad and attempted to save Wahlman but they were unsuccessful. One of the rescuers became exhausted and was brought to shore by a fellow life saver and a youth tried to bring Wahlman in by towing him but the body sank and almost dragged the boy with it, but he managed to get to short although nearly exhausted. The body of ^the drowned man drifted in to shore late Simday after a dragging crew had worked for nearly twenty-four hours. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning and the body was removed to Evanston for burial. At McCollum Lake Larry Callamg, 28 yeartj old, living at Sixty-sixth street and Anargo avenue, Chicago, owes his life to the effoits of several men as he narrowly escaped death by drowning: at Mc- Coilum lake, Sunday. H« was swimming in the lake about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon when he was seized with cramps and sank from sight. His calls for help attracted other swimmer^ and they started to dive for hi?, body, recovering it within a Dew minutes. Louis Harrant of Chicago, started artificial respiration immediately and a doctor was summoned from McHenry. Cailamg was revived by Harrant but siuffered a collapse shortly afterwards and stopped breathing and hopes for his recovery were practically abandoned. J. Schwerman, a life saving expert from Maywood, was attracted to the scene by the crttwds of spectators, and took up the work with Harrant and the doctor. After another hour'4 work Callamg's condition was pronounced satisfactory and he was removed to his home in Chicago. Third Drowning Near Here Another drowning occurred in Hastings lake, two miles east of Lake \ ilia, where John Maciatif), 55 years old. of Waukegan, was the victim. He Av-as alone in a boat and casting for fish when he lost his bahtnee and fell into the water. He was unable to t-wim and sank before aid could reach him,. ' , : Drowtas In Channel Another drowning occurred Tuesday night which occurred at Indian Foitit channel off Fox Lake brooght INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES The announcement was officially made Thursday morning, of last week tlat the entire common stock representing the ownership of the Alemite Die Casting and Manufacturing Company of Woodstock has been sold by D. F. Fesldr and his associates to the Elecrtic Auto-lite Company of Toledo, Ohio. The deal was a cash transaction and includes all of the stock of which Mr. Fesler held about ninety per cent The amount involved is- about $300,000. Negotiations along thin line have been in progress for several months, but have now been completed. The Auto-lite Company of Toledo is the owner of a group of manufacturing plant? serving the motor industry include more than twenty different factories in its group. Die casting was not included among any of the other Electric Auto-lite activities, so that the Alemite will doubtless become an important unit in this chain. Mr. and tars. James Jason, of Hopewell, have another addition to* their family, acccording to Dr. R. L. Eddington, the attending physician, and the new arrival is a son that tip-; ped the scales at just a shade better than 17 pounds. This is the fourteenth child, all of whom are .living at home.. Several of the children were quite large at birth but the youngster bom last Thursday morning holds the record for weight, not only in tHe family but the country side at large. Dr. Eddington reports the mother and baby doing very good and he says that it is the largest baby ever born to a patient that he was attending. The ninety-third milestone in the life of Dr. S. R. Ward of Richmond, was celebrated on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1935 at his home. His daughter, Mrs. Frank Stowell and children, Margaret Frances^ and Frank, Jr., of Glencoe, came to help honor the occasion. France? and Frank remained for a longer visit the former tys been there since Monday. • "* Marengo is making great plans for the 100th anniversary of its settlement, the date set for the observance being September 13, 14 and 15. To properly commemorate the event a varied program is< well under way, according to the Mareng0 Republican News, whose energetic young editor, Edwin R. Dean, is given credit for initiating steps that culminated in an organization to take charge of the birthday anniversary program. Marengo is second in seniority of settlement of McHenry county communities, Algonquin holding first place. Calvin Spenceri and his sister came from Ohio, their birthplace, to MarengD 100 years ago this summer. The latter was the first white woman to keep house in Marengo. Others from Ohio followed them during the summer. while the same fall came a group from Pennsylvai»»i_ianM»* whom was Amos B. Coon. What might have proved a more Serious accident occurred Saturday flight when the car belonging to Miss Evelyn Vogel of Richmond driven by her brother, Harold, failed to make the turn at the George Myers corned north of Richmond on the .Twin Lakes road, going through the fence, and overturning in Mr. Myej-s' field. Riding with Harold were Mr. 'and Mrs. Lyman Buchert, Miss Clara Van Every Mrs. Buchert's sister arid John Coulman, Mjr. Buchert being somewhat injured about tfte shoulders, but others escaped injury. Several accidents were met with by autoists in on near Richmond, one last week Thursday evening resulting in a broken leg for Postmaster John H. Ryan of Richmond. The Ryan car driven by his son, Billy, and a machine driven by Harold Buchert collided in the south part of town near the Grant service station. Rid- 1--Armored trucks unloading at the treasury in Washington $100,000,000 In silver from the Philadelphia mint. It is said to 2--Scene when a thousand officers and enlisted men sailed on the transport Republic frdm the army base at Brooklyn for»servN?e In the Canal zone, the Philippines and Hawaii. 3-r--Members of the Massachusetts Minute Women of 1035 ting to Governor Curley a resolution against the Massachusetts tax. laws, --^ ; 1. -- ; : r-r --: . ' '1 ' 1 .' - •1 " '•--1*---•-- .'JL '• Scenes and Persons in the Current News '... • ' « • ; > ' ' • < - jf GRASS LAKE TO CARPENTERS HAVE LAKE COUNTY BOAIfcD DEEDS LAND A more general year around small boat navigation on Fox river and the lakes will be brought about by the development of the swamp land surrounding Grass lake into a beautiful state park in Lake county, it iq expected. Anticipating the construction of such a park, the Lake county board of superivsors has voted to quit claim all land owned by the county and destired by the state for park purposes. Marsh land involved in the project is about 3,000 acres, and the development is estimated to cost about one million dollars. General improvement of the lakes in that region would be a part of the park project. The property considered suitable for the state park hag had the history of the usual swamp land areas. The territory was first o^ned by the federal government and after the frettlement of the district by the first group of settlers, the government deeded the land over to the state about ten years bfefore the Civil War. Shortly after the Civil war the state turned the property claims of the area near the lakes over to the county. Since the county has held title to 'the siwamp land much of it has been quit claimed to private individuals, but the greater portion of the land around Grass Lake is still held by the county. The state through the department of public works would establish "the state park at Grass lake. . BEES IN BELFRY! Bees in the belfry! ^s, visii^ and then some!'- ,:;v; v Having often heard this hackneyed expression twe have wondered just v.'hat it meant but the carpenters at work on the grade school roof found •ut much to their painful sorrow. Rafters dripping with honey, eighteen tons of it, the school bell honeycombed and so "stuck up" that it would {never again send forth its silvery tones to summon the kiddies to school, bees,--so many of them that the belfry was one swarming bedlam 183 KIDS GET CONES AT KARLS' RESTAURANT Friday was a big day for the. kids and 183 of them received free ice cream cones presented by John Karlg at his Riverside Drive restaurant. A group picture was taken of the kiddies who enjoyed the party to the limit, and who behaved wvll, according to Mr. Karls, whose generosity will, doubtless, make a lasting impression upon the memories of the kids. receive communion sitnday Members of the Altar and Rosary sodality will receive Holy communion at the 8 o'clock mass at St. Patricks's church, Sunday morning. The regular meeting of the sodality will take place Monday evening at the church hall with cards serving as entertainment. There will also be prizes and lunch. ing with Harold Buchert was Allan Henne and the three young fellows escaped injury while Mr. Ryan was> taken to McHenry for an X-ray, the toii of deaths by drowning in waters of this locality, up to four, during the last few days. The last oi the water fatalities wa?,'where it was found his leg had been Daniel Pat, 21 years old, of 1629 N. j boken below the knee and he had Linder avenue, Chicago, grocery ; sustained a slight head injury; Both .clerk who had been spending his vaca- I cars were quite badly damaged. Mr. tion with an aunt, Mrs. A. Koenig, Ryan isi getting along as. well as can at Grass Lake.. • > jbe expected and his many, friends He and his brother, Clifford, 16 j hope to see him around again soon, yearq old, were swimming in the Ind- | Lieutenant H. L. Richey of Fort ian Point channel early Tuesday • Sheridan wao in Woodstock last week night. He was a good swimmer and j and announced that he would return is believed to have been caught in a \ there Monday to open a recruiting ofweed bed about twenty feet from' fice in the post office building for shore. " [several days>. There are vacancies When he satik from sight the first' now existing in the line branches of time, his brother went to his aid ,but j the army including the cavalry, field was unable to rescue him. The body j and coast artillery and i the staff was recovered shortly after but ef- j branches including the medical, quartforts to rsvhre kiln proved futile. - Jermaster and signal eorpa^ - BOAT RACES BIG ATTRACTION ATTEND Sunday was the biggest day of the season in McHenry with approxi- THAN FIFTY YEARS FOUNDER or N. J. JTJSTBH AND SON FIRM The raijiks of the pioneer business men of McHenry have been broken and old friends, business associates and citizens in genera] were saddened last week by the death of N. J. Justen, 79 years old, which occurred *t 10 o'clock Thursday night, August 8, 1935, after months of suffering. He was one of the oldest business men of this city and founder of the firm of N. J. Justen and Son, furniture and undertaking. " - « Always patient and cheerful! 'in spite of his -suffering, Mr."* Justen vas able to be about his pleasant home on Waukegan fjtreet until about ten days ago when he became confined to his bed. As long as his health- would permit he'was to be found at the store on Main street where' Tor more than hall a century,hist interests had been centered as he toiled for the fulfillment of his hopes and ambitions. Fifty-two years ago, in 1883, he DAIRY EMPLOYE SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH SHOTGUN JURY RETURNS SUICIDE * VERDICT ' • * - . ytt:' Thomas of the McHenry Dairy received word that William Foy an employe of the dairy and operator of the Sinclair filling station on route 20 just east of the bridge,'shot himself Tuesday about 6 o'clock while visiting in the home of his daughter at Waterman, 111. _^No particulars of the accident hfcVfe been learned and it is not knowft whether the tragedy was accidental or intentional. Funeral services held this Thursday afternoon. Mr. Foy "who had a day off day, left Monday nighot with his wif<: and child to visit at Waterman. He has been at the Sinclair station since March. The following article taken from the Wednesday Elgin Courier-News gives further information •' coScffSSST Mr. Foy's death. , - "'William Daniel Foy^ 55 years old, of McHenry, shot and killed himself last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wesley .Wangler residing at Waterman in DeKalb county. Foy's wife and daughter were aWajr left the farm %nd came to McHenry yesterday afternoon and they discovwhere he entered the furniture and i ere^ the tragedy last night * hen they undertaking business on Main street returned home. He had shot hunbecoming one of the first to take the se" 'n head with a 12 gauge shot- Restaurants and cafes were over crowded and the banks of the river as their constant hum gave the im- j were lined with spectators during the pression of an approaching airplane, j afternoon. sjuch were the stories circulating from There were nineteen entries in the this staid institution of learning four races Sunday which were held where truth had ever been taught is ' over a course on Fox river Starting one of its outstanding principles. But between the bridges. gun. .... .. -- R. P. Culver, coroner of DeKalb county swor.1 in a juiy and held an inquest last night. A verdict of suicide by ^elf-wnflicted gunshot wounds, was returned by the jury. Foy and his wife had been visiting mately 3,000 people witnessing the VjJne' 2?,V1856,'b^i one"of ' *t the daughter's home for several boat races on Fox rnfcr. ejght chil(Jren of Nich;las ^ Mary iday* Justen Funeral arrangements had not been Op Feb.---20, 1879, he was united completed this morning. in marriage to Gertrude S. Freund, the ceremony being performed by Illinois State examination for em-.! balinvrs. Ht h.h'. license no. 123 in | Ihe state and was also one oT thp old- j est undertakers in McHenry county.' Always a resident of this? vicinity, Nicholas J. Justem was born on a t farm between McHenry and Johns- I then, that's probably the way things looked--and maybe even worsp,--to the carpenters, who swatted bees with one hand while they hung onto the roof and; drove nails, with the other hand as the bees pestered them incessantly. Well, things* couldn't go on like this very long but tha bees, having selected a nice, quiet home around the old school bell objected to the noisy interruption of the carpenter?) and i continued making things hot for them during the past week and as the workmen drew nearer to their peaceful home where they had been undisturbed even by the ringing of the school bell, conditions grew worse. As the bees grew more insistent in their attack the workmen planned a surprise encounter and creeping up on them in the night bombarded from behind a smoke screen. The battle of Waterloo was not fought in a day, neither can a Swarm The prize winners and their awards were as follows-. Outboards; Class A ynd B. 1.-Art Jacobs won silver cup. ^ 2.-John Guntus--Electric clock. 3.-C. U. Later--set of life preserver cushions. Class C;--l.-Navek--Silver CMtpw- . 2.-Art Jacobs--Thermos jug. 3. Sullivan--life preserver cushions. Inboard class, 45 to 85 h. p., mo- i tors: 1.- Kratner won a cup donated hy E. Hunter. 2.-Rits. K.--spotlight. - • 3.-Parleyvoo--5 gallons oil. Inboards: Free or all:" 1.-Maybelle--silver cup. 2.-Kramrr--spotlight. 3.-Argle Gargle--5 galons oil. Boat n -es are bein£ planned for Labor Day and arrangements are be»j log-made fpr some most interesting ! events. The races are -sponsored' by local Father Fegers, pasttor of St. John's^ church at Johnsburg. The ceremony took place, in the ol,d church which was destroyed by fire many y^ars ago. (LOCAL OFFICERS ARE INVITED TO MEETING of bees be conquered in a night, but 1 business men whose donations are after several nights of persuasion and u^ed below with a complete account ripping up of perfectly good belfry j of expenses and receipts. boads the onslaught of the two or three attackers against the well fortified enemy of a million or more, began to tell and the ground below was covered with the dead and dying victims. The plucky little bees did not give up without a struggle, however, John E Freund is secretary and William Mertes treasurer of the association. Donators . Jos. J. Rothermel Geo. Nielsen, Shell Oil ....... West McHenry State.. Bank Schaffer Bros. McHenry'q three justices of the peace, M. J. Walsh, E. E. Bassett, and Sibre Whiting, and the police [magistrate, (William B^kler, have been invited to attend a meeting of I the county justices of the peace and | police magistrates called by Assistant State's Attorney Russell Allen at Woodstock Friday evening. The purpose of the meeting, it is said, will be to discuss the changes in the new motor traffic code and the duties of officers under the new law as well as other matters in connection with law enforcement in the county. There are forty ' justices of the peace - and police magistates in the county. and one of the poor little fellows even ' Harold Mi„er/ pit'"^ ciawled into the trouser leg of one of the enemy, w)here he hid until morning when he gained a sweet revenge. Well, the bee story has dwindled down to about 150 or 200 pounds of honey, now, and the moral? Well, it's probably derived from the persistence and industry of the busy beeq as they worked unceasingly through the day carrying away their dead, sealing and making more comb and repairing the damages wrought by the unsympathetic carpenters. EXPECTED TO CLEAR $3,000 FROM CARNIVAL The largest and piost successful carnival in the history of St. Mary's parish took place over the weekend with the people packed onto the church grounds so closely that moving about was difficult. Approximately 1200 persons were fed during the day with nearly 900 being served at dinner by the ladies of the church. The car was given back to the church by the friend who purchased t i c k e t s , j ' r - 3-- Although the expenses have not all been taken care, of, it is estimated that 3,000 will be cleared for the church. Msgr. Nix, pastor of the church, desires to thank all of the workers and members of the various societies who made th»» affair such a-big success, as their efforts are greatly ap-. eciated. . Joe Wagrier.' Volo Barbiari Bros.. Ray F. McGee Kent and Co McHenry Brewing Co. John E. Freund 5.00 Harold Freund, Cadillac C*fe •••• 2.50 J. C- Bickler Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Justen commerced farming on the Howe farm and then worked her father's farm until they moved to McHenry where Mr. Justen ( entered the furniture and undertaking 2.50 ; business. • 2.50 i Mr. Justen's first place of bu.«fness $ 5.00 3.50 5.00 5.00 GEORGE MEYERS BREAKS LEG 5.00 | Was established in the "Tip , Smith A. Baur Ice Co, ......................... John Karls ..k............ Wm. Me rte s Chas. Rietesel Tom Bolger ...i.......... E. Hunter Boat Co. John Kilday, Standard Oil Co. Albert Buch and H. E. Buch ... lp Outboard fees at $1.00 10.00 9 Inboard fees at $2.0(^............ 18.00 Expenses . • / ' ' Painting signs 5.00 Adv. Elgin paper 5.00 Adv. ;Waukegan paper 9.00 Adv. McHenry paper, 2 setups 6.00 Adv. Woodstock paper 3.60 McHenry paper, posters 9,75 Four cups 33.t0 Two jSpotlights^ 13.25 Four Cushions 5-00 Two cans oil 7.00 Two prizes 6.00 Two buoys ......I 5.00 Announcing equipment 10.00, 5.00 building but after a few years he 2.001 bought the Mead property, now *>•^0 j known as the%ohn Stoffel building, where his business was established for about twenty years, ~ith the lain*™ 5.00 jjy living in the flat above the store, 2.50 where their silver wectding annjver-" 5.^0 Sary was observed. - 7^50 For about twelve years, he wati in 5.00 company with his brother, Jacob, dur- 3.00 ing which time they bought the John 9-70 Blake furniture sftore in McHenry, 3.50 which Jacob Justen took over. 10.00 Aboupt thirty years ago Mr. Justen purchased the Ostrander... property which he remodeled into a two-store and flat building with the posfoffice. $127.20 Here he continued to maintain his place of business until the structure Was completely destroyed by fire on April 11, 1926. _ In three month's time this wa;i replaced with one of George Meyers, 79 years old, spffered a broken leg, Monday morning while cranking his truck in Centerville. As the motor started the truck ran over him causing a compound fiactuie of the leg. He was taken to \Voodstook h o s p i t a l where h i c o n d i tion is as good as c-n be expected. . Mr. Meyers, who is an old resident of McHenry, is a familiar .figuve about the town, being a resident here for fifty-eight years. He was born in Lorraine, France, and came here in 1877. when about 21 years old. |Mr. Meyers has always been active and busy and his? many friends hope for hiq speedy covery. BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE AT WONDER LAKE The large barn on the Dr. Schroeder farm on the south end of Wonder Lake was destroyed by file \* tan.-i* day lorenoon. The McHenry fire department responded to a call for help. The barn had been filled with hay and it was thought that perhaps the tin9 was caused by combustion. , $114.30 TotaL Collections $127.20 Total- Expenses 114.30 GREAT GRANDCHILD BORN .Relatives here have received nouncement of the birth of Johi Richard Hartman at Morton. Grove on July 9. Mrs. Hartman wits formerly Miss Erma Thomas, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thomas of Morton the finest and most modern places of j Grove and granddaughter of Mrs-, business. Alma Thomas of McHenry. She is About the same time^that he took also a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs* en purchased the Ostrander property Earl Mead of Brownsville, Texas. Justen moved his . family into their Xbis is the firsf great grandchild new home on Waukegan street where j of Mr. and Mrs. Mead an i also of they lived Uj\til about twelve years Jfrs. Thomas making four generations in the family of "which they . doubtless very proud. . - ^ ago when he sold the place and built a bungalow on the same street. In 1915 his son, i'eter M., entered the business^ the name of which then Was changed to N. J. Justen and Sop. In 1929 this estimable coupie cele- ..... --, brated their golden wedding anniver-( on the September grand jurysary. with their relatives' g> *nd jury was^elected by the 9 i£.90 j (Continued on Us* page.) • Wt"; GRAND JIRORS tHOSKN ^ . Theodore Winkel and William Teftr van will represent MejH«nry towi •V V