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The state university has agreed to have one of "its professors act as consultant for each of the teachers at the local school. Outlines 'of the courses offered will be made by the state university and will be identical with the courses offered at that institution. In some eases identical examinations will be given. Accept 40 Students Although a largg* portion of the Students will be from the local community, , inquiries are coming in from graduates of neighboring high school in The school board at McHenry has placed no restrictions on IKfe area from which the students may come but they have felt it advisable to state that the Junior 'college can c«re for no more than forty students. ' At present about twenty have indi-. bated their intentions of enrolling. Two methods of extending credit will be used. For those who wish to be certain that their credits are valid at the state university it will be necessary that the student pay a tuition per credit hour--approximately $150 per year. This tuition goe^. directly to the university to pay for the service they render the student. For those Students, who are not interested in having their credits validated no tuition charge will be made. Under •ither plan the students will furbish their texts and supplies. Employ Three Teachers The school will have several ad? vantages, the board believes. One advantage will be the personal contact between teachers and pupils which will be possible. Each chuss will be small, likely about ten. This condition will allow the teachers to use both the usual college lecture method and the highf school question and answer method. A second advantage will be that the students will reside at bome. Some high school graduates are not sufficiently mature to leave home and enter school some distance *way./ Such students will be able to get credit for one year's work at home and then enter the sophmore year at a large school . At a time when many, parents find it dififiicult to finance college courses for their children, the low tuition cost will appeal to many. " Three teachers have been employed. Funds for this, purpose are being furnished by the federal government. The teachers have had experience as |»rofe£!--ors in small colleges and have ^'jifmpleted their masters degrees. T Offices at the McHenry High school will be open daily from 10 to 11 a. . m. for those who desire further in* formation on the Junior college. gTATE LEGION ... ELECTS OFFICERS The fctate convention of the American Legion elected James B. Murphy of Bloomington as state commander, jut $.fce meeting in Quincy, Tuesday. ^ Matthew^ Murphy of Chicago Police Pest was elected senior vice-com- Hander. In each case the rival candidates withdrew when it appeared they were beaten and election was made unanimous. In the Legion Auxiliary election. Mrs. W. G. Suthers, Chicago, w« electee state president. Other officer are: First vice-president, Mrs. Fentcn Soliday, Wood River; second vice-president, Mrs. M. A. Pantelis, Chicago; treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Shclupp, Forest Park; historian, Mrs. George Heckenkamp, Quincy; chap* lain, Mrs. Thomae Fogarty , Champaign. BAND CONCERT TONKlHf ^ The McHenry band will give a ct)iioert in the city park this Thursday evening to which the public is invited. This concert will climax a season of rehearsals in which members of the bend have kept in practice for a series of concerts next summer when the amnicipal band tax will become effective. CAUTION SIGNS -ll- •Catrtfon signs are being' pvk «p' gear the school buildings in McHen- •*y and will serve as warnings to motjorists to drive carefully and protect the Children. This precautionary measure is the work of the Chicago "Motor Club and the signs were delivered by the branch manager of the Chicago Motor Club, V. L. Ex-' ter, of Woodstock. *.•: NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES '- Daring the electrical storm Saturday afternoon of last week the residence of George Cardinal Mundelein in the seminary grounds of St. Mary of the Lake, was struck by lightning. The bolt struck the observation tower surrounding xzfiflc....vbgkqjcmf\vw er surmounting the building causing a small fire which resulted in a call to the Mundelein fire department. Little damage was done to the home. While drilling a well between Wauconda and Lake Zurich, Ted Hucker, driller for Runyard & Chase of Channel Lake, discovered a fossilized fern imbedded in rock. The specimen is nearly perfect and shows the decomposition of plant life under pressure of the earth. It was removed from a depth of 240 feet, the driller explained. According to geological estimates, the Original fern was probably crushed under the earth among the rocks during one of thie glacial periods when this section of Illinois was covered by the gigantic ice-sheei. Thomas Kirtan, DesPlaines, recent, ly appointed as a special policeman was shot and killed by' John Walsh^ tavern keeper and prominent politician, in a row at Walsh's Ghandi Inn tavern on Rand road early Wednesday morning, of last v. e*k. Wbtah, in custody at the county highway police station, claims that he shot Kirran in self-Je-e-.ss after the latter, inviting him outride of the tavern to settle a board and room-bill of $4C0 claimed by Walsh, preceded to beat him up. Mrs. John Figley was the victim of an unfortunate accident Wednesday evening of last week when she fell down the basement stairs at her home in Wauconda. She wad badly shaken ^ up in the fall and there ia a possibil- . ity that she has a fractured hip, according to her physician. Word has been received by relatives in Wauconda of the serious illness of James Finnegan, of Highwood, who is suffering with spinal meningitis and is confined in a children's hospital in Chicago. "Jimmy" is well known in Wauconda. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Luebke,. with whom he makes his home, resided here before moving to Highwood last year. Miss Margaret Hughes of Wauconda has indeed made a namd for herself among flower growers. Some of her dahlias have attained the height of nine feet and one inch. Several people were injured, two quite seriously, when two automobiles collided last \^eek Saturday afternoon near the Roney milk depot south ot Wauconda. The accident occurred Y'hen a north-bound car driven by Mrs. Mildred Spevacek, of Cicero, ran off the pavement and skidded when the driver attempted to get the machine back on the concrete. Mrs. Spevacek suffered a fractured shoulder and other bruises. Five other occupants of her car were cut by flying glass. Mrs. Rose Soukup, Cicero, an occupant of th« other car, was badly cut on the legs, arms and hands. Four companions were also cut by glass. All were attended by a local physician. Scenes and Persons in the Current News RECEIVE MERIT CERTIFICATE James P. Jana state agent for the Hanover Fire Insurance company of New York, was in McHenry Wednesday and presented the Stoffel & Reihansperger Insurance Agency with a merit certificate issued by the company for serving tfyfeir agent the past thirty-nine years. A letter was received from the company, telling of their satisfaction in the work of the local insurance firm during the past years. Simon Stoffel, founder of the local insurance firm, which was established tn 1884, is now in his fifty-first year of business, which has been conducted at the same location on Main street, where he has always represented the same companies. Mr. Stoffel, who has been eyel faithful to his work is still active and busy every day. 4-H GIRLS TO STATE FAIR Jean Whiting of the Ringwood Sunshine* Canning 4-H club represented the McHenry county clubs last week in the Foods Judging contest at the State Fair at Springfield. She won this hbnor at the county cdntest held in Woodstock July 24. She judged canned fruits, vegetables, jams, and jellies. Mary Paull, member of the Greenwood Genial Girls 4-H Club, entered the Style Revue conwst in which only county winners are elegible. Mrs. Clara Sweeney, Home Adviser, went with the girls who stayed at the 4-H camp at Springfield. 1--Hancho entry In the Spanish Days Fiesta parade at Santa Barbara, Calif. 2--Howard C\ Hopson, utilities magnate, defying the senate committee investigating lobbying. 3--Field artillery officers observing the firing ait Pine Camp during great army maneuver* ^ JUNIOR FARMERS FOR MONEY 1LND RIBBONS PRESENTED RURAL SCHOOLS P IN COUNTY TO , OPEN SEPT. 3 . : THREE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED ' M'HENRY NOW 63 YEARS OLD Can you remember way back when McHenry was incorporated a» a village ? That wag sixty-three years ago, on August 10, 1872, in the day* when candidates for office made their stump speeches without any radio to broadcast them, and with only a handful of voters to listen to them, while today more than* 2,000 voters reside in the township. Then McHenry'® real estate was not valuable, the town covered only an area of small dimension and there were not many buildings. Do you remember the first village election, when the following officers were chosen: President, Richard Bishop; trustees, J. B. Perry, J. M. McOmber , H. C. Smith, John King and F. K. Granger; clerk, Michael Keller, and treasurer, Henry Colby? Do you remembe that this, the old site of the county-seat, was the first town to take shape ia' McHenry county? Previous to the incorporation of the village, factories, churches and schools had become well established. In the same year of its incorporation a gr«t mill was built by William Hanly, in 1881 a butter and cheese factory was started, in 18J3 a lumber yard was established and in 1874 a pickle factory wag built. Do you remember the difficulties thiat confronted the young administration, with the streets in bad condition, and the city in need of money? Does it seem like sixty-three yeats ago that McHenry became incorporated as a village? Remember fifty years ago when A. M. Frett bought from his brother, J. J. Frett, the old meat market near the bridge? Remember fifty years ago when Mrs. E. W. Howe moved her millinery store into the Henry Colby building? Remember forty years ago when the school house was enclosed and workmen were completing the interior? Remember twenty-five years ago when Kate Heimer won a new PUTcell by solving one of tHe puzzles that the piano company put out? Remember ten years ago when the AtcHenry-Woodstock road was opened to traffic ? ' COLOR PICTURE SEEN HERE The all technicolor film, "Becky Sharp," which finished a tKree-day run at the Empire theater last week, was a revelation in beauty heightens the dramatic value of the situations built around Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". Warner Baxter in "Under the Pampas Moon/' with Veloz and Yolanda featured in dance sequences, so occupied a feature spot on the program last week.\ Fredric March was also recently seen in "Les Miserabies," as Jean Valjean, who spends ten years on a French prison ship for stealing a loaf X>f bread and then becomes a fugitive from justice by violating his f>arole. liars' Wear At McGEE*S. BETTER BUSINESS --THIS SUMMER COTTAGES NEARLY OCCUPIED ALL Can it be that the depression ia really abating slightly or is it that people in general are becoming tired of economizing and depriving themselves of pleasure and luxuries and becomig desperate, are deciding to have just one more fling before the cold hand of winter falls to clasp us in its grip ? Whatever the reason may be ib is clearly "cliscemible that there are more vacationists in thia district crowding resorts and cottages, buying at our stores and patronizing local enterprises such as restaurants, the movie and ice cream parlors, than we have seen for several years and many merchants say that business is the best it has been since the depression struck us five years ago. People appear to have more money to spend, for pleasure a» well as for necessities and many are taking vacation trips as they did in the good old pre-depres«ion days. Cottages along the rivers and lakes are nearly all occupied. McHenry is crowded with vacationists^ highways are blocked with congested traffic over the weekends and tourists axe numerous at the lotus beds region. More Repair Wort Considerable repairing and iimproving is under way in this vicinity and in addition to the flew roof and extensive repairs at the grade school and high school, the cily hall has recently undergone repairs and a newroof on the Robert Thompson housed; Main street is being 'shingled, a cement driveway has been made into the Buss-Page Motor Sales garage from Route 20, Mrs. John R. Knox is building a garage at her home on Riverside Drive and many other repairs and improvements may be noted. At the Skidmore farms at Pistakee Bay very extensive repairs and building has been under way, with many men employed and thousands of dollars expended. Building is about completed on the Skidmore farms, Kowevpr, which are now complete with a fine set of buildings on each of the five farms. Among other ilding and repairs, two new barns e built iand a new house in addito poultry houses, fences, hog ouses built and much repairing and painting being done. Some property has also changed hands recently, among the real estate transfers being the F. E. Cobb house which has been sold to C. H. Duker, superintendent of the McHenry public schools, the Ibsh house west of the railroad tracks, which has been sold to David E. Payne of Chicago, who with tys wife, has again become a resident of McHenry after an absence of many yeam SKIDMORE F^RMS SHOW ACTIVITY Building and repairs on the Pine Tree Dairy Farms at Pistakee Bay owned by W. R. Skidmore, is nearing. completion and the five farms, comprising 1,000 acres of land and extending over a distance of two and one-half hyles, ar_» now each equipped with a fine modem set of farm buildings. New barns have been built on farms Nos. 4 and 5 and practically a new house h&9 been built on farm No. 5. A poultry house has been finished on farm No. 4, making four units for poultry. All of the buildings Hfeve been painted white, with green trimming, fences have been painted and the name and number of the farm, painted on each bam. The houses all most modern and are equipped with telephones, electricity and water systems. Charles Michels now lives on farm No. 2, Earl Gillispie of Elgin, on farm No. 3, Ed Thompson on fai;m No. 4, Fred Smith on farm No. 5 and, of course, Henry M. Smith, manager of the farms, lives at farm No. 1. A new roadway has been construct-, ed leading from f#rm No. 5 to Route JO. * ' In addition to the pure bred Swiss cattle kept on farm No. 8 and Holsteins on farm No. 1. and the seventeen pure bred Suffolk horses, Mr. Smith informs us that hogs will also be raised and hog houses are now being built. Threshing was finished last week with the straw already baled and about 4,000 bushels of grain in the bins. A two-row corn binder has been ptfrcMased and cutting of the 200 acres of corn and filling of the three large silos will be commenced nerft week." • TWO DROWN IN NEARBY WATERS ItTie body of Albert Runski, 33 years old, of 1924 Cuyler avenue, Chicago, who was drowned in Fox Lake Thjursday, was recovered Friday. Runski had gone to the lake with his brother. Frank, and a cousin, Kenneth Huebner, 12 years old. He had taken a row boat far out in the lake and was swimming around it when, apparently, he was seized with a cramp and sank. George Carey, 23 years old, of Chicago, was drowned Saturday night in Nippersink Creek, near Fox Lake, where he and three companions had gone for a weekend outing. Village' Marshal Louis Krec, who was called tb the scene said Carey'i companion told him that Carey slipped and fell inty the water. A woman witness* • however, declared the young man had jumped in. He was fully dressed. REPAIR WORK FINISHED ; The repair work on the public school buildings in McHenry has been completed and they are now ready for occupancy again as the date for the opening of school approaches. * The annual 4-H Club show held at Woodstock on Tuesday August 27, proved to be an outstanding exhibit of project from the different 4-H Clubs in the county and was attended by abaut^ 1500 people. Appropriations for premium money by the County Board of Supervisors made it possible to award prizes not only to. the winners in the different classes but also to'provide some expense money for all club members: who etrtftral the contest.'; . . . The Woodstock Lions Club assisted a great deal in staging the successful show. A total of 108 entries were made in the. various agricultural projects in the following divisions: purebred Holsteins, grade Holsteins, Guernseys, other breeds, sKftep, Swine,.', Colt, Garden, Potato and Record Books. t * » | Mr. Paul Furr, Vocational Agricul-| tural Inspector of DeKalb placed the] daify cattle, sheep,' swine and colt classes. Mr. Geo. A. Hunt of Woodstock placed the potato, garden and record book exhibits. The show fpr corn and poultry projects will be held later this fall. The prizes "awarded in the different classes are as follows: Class 1--P. B. Holsteln Calves 1st prize, Wilmer Bohardt, Huntley 4-H Club, $4.00. « C lass 2--P. B. HoKtela Calves 1st prize, Harold Bauman, Huntley 4-H Club, $5.00. 2nd prize, Celestlne Fitzgerald. Huntley 4-H Club, $4.00. Club, $3.00. 4th prise, L. Johnabn, Marengo 4-H Club. $2.00. , 5th prize. Arnold Wlttmus, Harvard 4-H Club, |2.00. Class 3--P. B. Helstela Yearling* 1st prize, James Davis, Huntley, $7.00. 2nd prize, Henry Hartmas, Huntley, 4-H Club, $6.00. . - 3rd prize. Fr&k Martin. Ringwood 4-H Club, $5.00! 4th prize. Eldorls Marsh, Huntley 4-H Club, $4.00. 5th prize. Arnold Wittinus, Harvard 4-H Club, $3.00, '< -- Class 4--P, B. Holsteia Cows 1st prize, James Davis, Huntley(4-H Club. $6.00. 2nd prize, Mllo Wakeley, Harvard 4-H Club, $5.00. Class 6--Grade Holsteln Calves 1st prize, Albert Lang, Huntley 4-H Club, $5.00. 2nd prize .Gerald Beicking, Huntley 4-H Club, $4.00. 3rd prize, Donald Carlson, Harvard 4-H CLub, $3.00. 4th prize. Glenn Walkington, Greenwood 4-H Club, $2.00. 5th prize, Howard jaatef, Hutttley 4-H Club. $2.00. Class 8--Grade Holsteln Yearllaga 1st prize, John Cristy, Ringwood 4-H Club, $5.00. 2nd prize. Howard. Jaster, Huntley 4-H Club, $4.00. 3rd prize, Geo. Rasmussen, Woodstock 4-H Club, $3.00. . 4th prize, Burdette Carlson, Harvard 4-H Club, $2.00; Class 7--Grade Holsteln Cows 1st prize. Wilmer Bohardt, Huntley 4-H Club, $5.00. Class 8--Gaernsey Calves * 1st prize, O. Richardson, Spring Grove 4-H Club, $5.00. 2nd prize. L. Rudolph, Spring Grove 4-H Club. $4.00. 3rd prize. Ehrere, Siedschlag,! Spring Grove 4-H Club, $3.00. 4th prize, R. Ilanford,'Spring Grove 4-H Club, $2.00. 5th prize. Robert kelley. Huntley 4-H Club, $2.00. Class 9--Guernsey Yearlings '. 1st prize, R. Winn, Spring Grove. 4-H Club, $5.00. I 2nd prize. 3 Blackmail, Spring Grove 4-H Club; $4.0d. Class 1 ©--Other Breeds 1st prize, Floyd Freund. Ringwood 4-H Club, $5.00. 2nd prize. Howard Dittrich, Pleasant Valley 4-H Club, $4.00. 3rd prize. Robert Dittrich, Pleasant Valley 4-H Club, $3.0fc 4th prize, Xiel Harrison, Ringwood 4'rH Club, $2.00. f. ' 5th prize, Robert Jursich, Pleasant Valley 4-H Club, $2.00. Class 11--Special Reeeris 1st prise, Arnold Wlttmus. Harvard 441 Club. $9.45. SvbacrO* far TM Pltfatakr. The rural schools in this district aa well as throughout the county, wiH open on September o, in conjunction with the local public schools. On Friday. August 30, a regular meeting of the teachers of the county will be held at Woodstock, sit which time instructions -for the opening of school will be given, with Mrs. E. C. Coe, county superintendent, ir^ charge. ... 12*5 Teachers , Th6r<; are 125 teachers employed in the rural schools of the county and out- of this number about seventy have, their card?, listed with the County superintendent. : * ~ Four rural schools in the county send their children to - total school, i Salaries of rural teachers vary from $60 to $125. , ""Florence Zimmer will again teach ~ the Lincoln~?cholj District 14; Mathias P. Freund will again be at Lily Lake, 16jEvelyn Bohl of Crystal Lake will teach Griswold Lak1 school; Doro hy Fisher will teach Harrison schftol; Mrs. Arline Pearson remains at Ringwood;Wayne Foss of Ringwood will be at "Montelona,' o0; Bernice , Smiths, t Ringwood, at Maple Square, 32f Mrs. Alta Samuelson of Richmond and Eva Hawthorne, Hebron, v.iU teach at Solon Mills, 33; Eileen Fitzgerald, McHenry, Clemens school, 40; Helen Harrer, West Mc- | Henry, Cherry Valley, 41; flulia Feffer of Crystal Lake, Prairie Grove, 46; Alice Clark, Ostend school; Mrs. Olive Dygert Hill and Mary Charles, Greenwood school; Victoria Jacobson Of McHenry at Tuple school, 93; Mary , Althoff McHenry, will teach the Cor-, al Center school; Margaret Larkin, Burton Bridge; Caroline and Helen Bauer will teach in Lake county and . their seljooIs will also open Sept. 3. Enrollment About 2,500 The enrollment in McHenry county is expected to be about 2,500 pupils. Supplies were given out to the teachers' at a meeting held at Woodstock early this month. LOCAL MAN GIVES PINT OF BLOOD W. E. Whiting of McHenry gave more thtan a pint of blood to save the lift of Henry F. Senne, a brother- in-law, of Crystal Lake, Tuesday afternoon. . * Mr. Senne Underwent g major operation at Shem&n hospital, Elgin, Tuesday morning, but suffered from shock and hemorrhages and a blood transfusion was deemed necessary to save his life. The blood of Arthur Wilmii.gtoh, also a brother-in-law, was examined, as well as th*1 °f Mr, Whiting, but I the latter was found to be the best suited for "the case and the transfu- I sion was completed Tuesday afternoon. . The patient rallied . enough to talk 1 after receiving the n.w supply of blood, and Wednesday morning was reported as better but still .very low. Mr. Senne, who is a member of the Serine and Rowe Hardware and Plumbing establishment of Crystal Lake, is well known here, as veil as his wife who was formerly Lois Waiting. • RADIO STAR VISITSHERE Happy Jack Turner of rutiio fame, with his wife and a friend. Koj Ed- .monds, of Chicago, spent the weekend at the Pink Har^j=«n resort at . Pistakee Bay. They attended the Johnsburg carnival during the afternoon and entertained the crowd with songs, enjoying the event immensely. Happy Jack Turner rendered a group of three selections and, hi.- theme sorg'and Pink Harrison, who taught "White Wings** to Jack, did the number himself. Happy Jack sings over the raaio at station WMAQ every day at noon and those who listened in on Monday heard him dedicate a song to Martin H. Freund, who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are frequent visitors to this vicinity and spent a short vacaflon in a cottage on Fox fivet this summer. -•V * ' ' > ' • -i £ NAMED ON COMMJTTHT Ben Bauer, commander of McHenry Post of the American Legion th« past year, and Tom Bolder, past commander, have been appointed members of the advisory committee of th.< countv council, the committee bein--. Headed by Frank Brockrogsre of Crystal Lake. Committees were named oy tae. newly elected county eorrmander, Richard Burton, at the county m*e'- ing. held at Woodstock... .Thursday night. ' • Soys' W«ar A$, McGJX*. ^ . J - .V*"- 7 V V