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• - -•k :?V< 7 i W&v: j?- # r ^ -* - : Thursday, October, 31,1§35. * sr Old Timers Club * THE McHENHY ^PLAINT) EALK& v -j -v* , 5| \ --5^ 7: •, v/^>* Page Three | ed sciatica, so I got a ticket into the j woods from "Clark and Jackson." I only lasted a couple of weeks before jl -was fired, because I pulled the big Herb was in California, but soon joined us. ••»'" One day I saw Will Gallaher, just in from a mail run and heading for saw up while the fellow, with whom , the Milwaukee Restaurant on Wash- I worked, pulled his end down, and ington avenue. Will was a real hak ,HOW "SCOOPUM GOT HIS NAME 1 Elgin, 111. Had a long letter from, my good friend, Frank Bennett, the other day, asking me to contribute something for the Old Timers' Club. Also hope he will consider this an answer to his letter for the time being. Must tell a story concerning his be-whiskered father and two little girls, Martha Block, now Mrs. F. C. Feltz, and Emma Nichols, now Mrs, Theo. Holtz. They found, a nickel and desired to go to Mr. Bennett and have their picture taken with it. He promptly accepted and took three tintypes for them. Funnly how we" mornals can (always toot our «wn horn, but the'following lines might be of interest, to some of you good Old Timers. My father, Fred Block, came to McHenry from Germany about' 1870, a butcher by trade, and a good one, as everyone who tested, his sugar cured hams dan testify. • N. I was born in a little brick house oft- what' is how Waukegan street, a neighbor to Ben Buss, the depot agent. Later it was used as a chicken coop, f in the year 1881 father bought of Mr. Jlubbard the house on Water street, old town. And what an agreeable house it was; to the right of us Boone creek, to the left Riverside House ,and across the street, the brick yard. In 1888 he accepted a position to run a brick yard for a Mr. Sam Wilson at Richmond. How well I remember that. The best brickmakers in McHenry came with Us. We lived in a house that Dad built himself. Our star boarders were Pete, Jack, Nick and Joe Bishop, Sandy Nickels and others I cant' recall. I attended school at Richmond, but we were all glad to get back to McHenry and our home as we were told of the big improvements in the old town. We found that Dr. Fegers painted his fence ivory and Mack and Mrs. Hubbard, across the street, not to be outdone, painted hers white and green Baldwin family at Greenwood had at least four ambitious and distinguished sons--Seebree D., Judge Jesse R. Baldwin of the Circuit Court of Cook County; Henry R., a lawyer of Chicago, and Dr. Baldwin of Chicago. They all studied at fhe University ,of Illinois, I believe. " To illustrate how far ambition will carry open | when we got the saw into a big tree, j a team of horses could not budge it. ' Anyfcay it was mean and wet work man being. None were made any better than he. Greetings, of courst and Will told me that his brother, and poor company. Starting out long Harry, was the general manager of before daylight hiking two miles, and the milling company for whom I was the same, at night and wet through* So I was glad when my "leave" came. Back I went to the "Kennedys. Charley was well 'fixed as he had about a hundred dollars while I had left home with only eighteen. Soon working, [One day in blew Chartey, all dressed upr and, after a while, told us he was going to be married that day, to a girl that worked in the Home while we were there. Her name was Lena S. D. once told me that at! ^firem^ in'"^hotel™ T^nk^ of' R°Se™\ an °rphanj blonde' ^ a«d Champaign his room had not heat and j ™ - - the h-o tel - graceful, and .good enough for the * u i- J v i* i 1 had never thrown a shovel best. Later I heard that thev lived in the winter he applied himself so f coa] jnto anything but a baseburn-! jn Kansas and were blessed with a intensely to his studies as to forget ler and dYie day l felt it about boy. In July, 1907, I had a letter that it was cold. He never lost that ,time to clean f]ues So I shut the big from her, telling me that Charley was drive and capacity for work. The|outlet valves and fifty poundsdead. He .was ih a party, proS characteristic that probablj, most $n-j-of steam in those old blistered double ,mg, in southwest Wyoming, and died deared him was a pure honesty ^ boilers. All right, comb your hair trying to rescue a pal from a SS purpose ^d^fatrn^s that ^1^ recofc- j^ewn., I'm telling about it but 11 mied%rospect hole I never trite expression, he have had a perfect cow-lick .eve.rj.from his wife again, but I sometimes since; , ~ v jthink that Charley and Jim are having I took th#hose and bie* whale of" a good time "Ovefr There." sion. The Wood-shed close by wis; £ue£>filing '$*•**? I ^ ^ories of the Old Days, I handy, too handy, and Irtcall some R*-B°orn-Te-A, as I worked I verf-j made a .serious error' in the editi«h, of bad boys being laid over a saw-buck ^ starts!, m whistling- stuff that Oct. 17 and. I hasten to correct>it, (more than ofae) for that operation,at >^t five years old. I cliinb-|^specially.fo^those who• do not kn6w but I forbear mentioning names: onto the ^ers,.^ the big^e.. I stated that "I had an air, tight _ . v. j . * . \ I valves open and you should have alibi and 'did not.have to he*." • if* J* daughters afterwards.tj^t .steam hit the water Ant-" Those fish stories • were ihe 'cause school here,-and his son, Mordecai/! n« F '•=?>;*» ~ -j became a successful engineer. S. X" ' ' • - *^ -;.S®ner*tiot», and their opmion. My nized. was the very soul of honor. Those were the days of the birch rod and rule and he wielded them on occa- RINGWOOD Mrs. Cora Kelley home Sunday aft* ernoon. Mr. and Mrs. IT. C. Hughes of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson visited Brookfield Zoo Sunday. Mr.'1 and Mrs. C. W. Goodell, Miss Jones, Rev. and Mrs. Pinell and Warren Jones of IVIcHenry attended Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson entertained the five hundred club at their home Saturday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs?. George Young and V" Rav Peters and Mrs. F^A, Hitchens - C,^h evening. Warren and B. T. Butler. There were community services at the M. E. churcfy Sunday evening. There was a good crowd in attendance. PARSONAGE REFURNISHED Tfl*hL e Methodist parsonage is being redecorated with woodwork sm4 floors painted and walls papered, ahd presents 6 a bright, cheery appearance, Much of the work and rriatqrials have been donated which is greatly appreciated. " -Plans are being made to furnish the parsonage so that social affairs, ektas and society meetings and^ Sunday school sessions may be held there, in fact, it will be considered the home . . : 1 .sang in the Sunday school program. Mrs. Charlotte Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilber£/ot Chicago spent Sunday with Mrs. Coirk Flanders. } . , Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nimsgern of •of a11 0r^anizations of the church. The Home Bureau held a; .:cmrd and j gpring Grove and Mr and Mrs Nick i Chairs and various kin<ft of furnibunco party at the home of Mr. and j Young were visitors at Woodstock tUre are needed to complete the plans, Mrs. C. t. Harrison Friday evening.! Saturday evening. ^ and donations or the loan of any Pxizes in five hundred were awarded j Mr and Mrs ployd Fogg of Rich furniture will be greatly appreciated. to Mrs. C. J. Jepson ahd Mrs. W. B. j,mond Mr and Mrs Rasmussen son I If you have an extra chair, table or Harrison, in dominoes to Gladys , and daughter of Chicago, Mrs. Rilla ! piece of furniture that y°u not Howe and Winifred Benwell and in! fOSs and son, Wayne, were Sunday ineed' this wintier please notify Uri. - v.v ; bunco to Claus Larson. 1 dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alec IC" W Klontz or Mrs. Alby Krug, ' ' i The Home Circle will meet with J Anderson. j member of the' parsonage committee, f .v;'- H Mrs. Rilla Foss Wedesday, Nov. IS. j Mrs. Frankie Stephenson and Mrs. j ?r 'eave a^ parsonage. A heat- %' .f! Miss Ruth Owen and Edward Har-1 yiola Low spent Wednesday m the, stov« ^sa^so needed. , " • rison of Elgin, were callers in the Slocum home at Genoa, 111. | V' ^ 'P«stop of the * ,, \ V1 home of the latter!s parents, Mr. and.!- Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brown were ; . Url ' aMd "is wife, who ar^ attend- J#*;", "s "fy' •, < M r s . G e o r g e H a r r i s o n S u n d a y , a f t e r - , v i s i t o r s a t M a d i s o n , W i s . , S u n d a y . j , n ? " a r r ^ t B i b l i c a l I n s t i t u t e a t E v - > • ; * noon. , ' : - ; , | Wr^^ and Mrs.Leonard Franzen .and^;^?^^ •• . «'?e'p^°^?!eTtr3r ' V'te V : ' jrV. Buckl• and an..d M..i. s.s F• lo..r.a. Ta• yr. sons Visited relatives i.n.. C.hi»cag o.. . S_ un• *! Mondfa y noo0,n;n ' " - *ft• ernoo. n UTltl^ « ' » lor visited at Eagle Lake, Wis., in the George Dixon home Sunday. Mrs." L. Ev Hawley -arid-" daughters,- Shirley arid Marion, Mris. F. A. Hitchens and Jessie Schroeder w«re Elgin visitors Saturday. ' ' Mr. and Mrs, Louis Schroeder arid daughter, Jessie, s spent Monday day. Jjjtrs. "Si; W. Brown was a Woodstock t'isfitor Thursday. * 4 S. W. Brown attended: a ^McHenry county druggists teivqiiiet at- Hebrofi Tuesday night..' a , - "Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin and ; -•. **• a-. # ... . . in daughter, Julia, arid" MT. and ML ... received a salary as prinfeipal "of-«ix^ | Jav^ut thVhllrk' vHu ' absolutely would not tolerate Chicago. : V ; : Ralph Simpson were visitors at^Wauty dollars per month for ten months I u*"? ! *• '. ' Mr. .nd Mrs, Joe Weber .nd kefran Sunday. in the year, small even then, I'SJ r , " ' , W , ^ i l y o f M c H e m ' y ^ ~ f ,nd Mrs-Nick YounB- the school board for a raise to sixty- j valves just a wee bit. In about a teken my wKicf wou1d D • !half hour the man came back> He have been s^ht to what I« would The principal before Mr. Baldwin proved to be a railroad engineer. have received if found out later. was Mr. Pickett, who," with his wife, were quite"" urban and polished. Mr* rTSraves preceded him, a most kindly and also polished an<i cultured man, whom the scholars all loved. He had a broad eastern accent tljat diswestern people. His health failed him and he had to leave. Civil Right* Act Ruled CNil In 1875 congress passed a civil rights act, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme court in 1883, asserting th|at It "is not authorized by the Fourteenth amendment, because that refers to.action by the state, while the bill refers to indl- Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. and. Mrs. George Shepard and v family attended a party: in the Will Son," he said, "I wouldn't be ThV Old Timers were very strict Heine* home in Chicago, Sunday around here with fifty in them boil- abouft falsehood\artd th^t training has 'evening. ^ ers for1 this town aritTBuluth throwrisjib^ays been relWibn with me. One I Mrs. Jennie Bacon returned home in-" j)e' youngsters, begets another, and a j Saturday from a visit in the home vidnal discrimination." The bill had So I went back to the Kennedys to |'ar *s despised and not trustworthy, 0f her son, George, at Antioch. to do with equal enjoyment of facllltin< rui«hoH him in rmr little vilWo 1 live» and took a lot of kidding from in >'outh and in business. It may be. Quite a few from here attended the! ties and privileges' in intia, ptahlip-cMi' „„ni. i„ xii- i i4L ^:i-j I Uncle Sim. There were.-over-100 peo- an easy way out at the time, but it: chicken dinner and bazaar at Solon' -TeyaBc^s. thttitpi-s. etc; pie in that hotel and Mr. Kennedy |sw>n -backfires, and one is not known Mills, Thursday evening. fondly pictured to me just what would t0 reliable. . Please excuse it, won't you ? Very truly, . FRANK BENNETT. Steam Oil Push-Up Wave For Short Shin^e'.. Bob St\les; Also Ringlet End Curt Permanent 1.5ft Croquignole or Spiral Waves, ?uar. $3 value, 2 persons $3 up All Waves comp. with Shampoo, Set STOMP AN A TO 'S Beauty Salon Tel. 641 Woodstock, HI. 226 Main St. 229 Benton St- Note--A complete pric«? list. wiD sent on request. Prior, to; Mr. Graves was one of a;have happened, if those boilers had different kind, Wm. Nickels,, of Ring- let ]oose. "Uncle» Sim and "Major wood. I remember him only in see- j Hoople" of carton fame could have ing him drive into town in his old- |had one splendid visit and I would fashioned buggy, £ tall, angular, haVe bet on the former. I had a lot muscular man of the Lincoln and 0F ^un during the month that I fired pioneer type. Hearsay had it that and got fired It jugt oCcurred to Must tell how I came by the name he was very stern and strict in school |me that maybe there is a reason for of "Seoopum." The Riverside at that time was opereated by a family by the name of Ford (not Henry). He had two!"sons, as , I remember. One day 1 sat on Mr. Lawless' steps eating a large slice of coffee cake. In German you know that is "kauchen." One of the boys asked me what I was eating and I promptly replied, "kauchen," and from that time on I was nicknamed "Seoopum." In 1898, when the rest of my pals left for the Spanish war, I was so disappointed I couldn't join them that I left- McHenry, but, nevertheless am deeply interested in the old town and its people, and you should appreciate the fact, that you have a fine newspaper and it should be complimented for devoting space to the Old Timers' Club. ThwikYoul " C. P. BLOCK. and wielded the rod without stint and i^y "poor memory " that the boys had a wholesome fear Qne Sunday, after I had cleaned of him. He was highly respected, the fires under those old boHers, I however, in school and out. scouted around in the basement an These are casual recollections only.' found a battery of "live" beer kegs. Let some who are better -informed, which -supplied the hotel saloon. Feelwrite more fully. c. s. OWEN. ASKS FOR MORE HISTORY Chicago, Oct., 1936. Editor, McHenry Plaindealer: The reminiscences and incidents given by Old Timers in your columns have been Very interesting to us older residents and former residents of McHenry. With these reminiscences ' would it not be well to have some more formal historical information, some data with dates and namel where obtainable, vh-itten up on a special subject, such as the first and succeeding settlements in the district, a history of our schools, short biographical sketches of the more prominent persons or families, etc? Such articles would be not only of much interest, but valuable historical information preserved for future generations. There was an abundance of good material for the purpose; there were plenty of things that happened; there is no doubt now a great plenty of material available in the shape of records, newspaper files, deeds, abstracts, letters, and the recollections of old inhabitants. But as time goes on, more or less of this will be lost unless put into shape now. May we urge that those who have such information available or can get it, give us the benefit of it in articles or letters for this column. Howevot incomplete, fragmentary or personal, I am sure they would be very welcome. On a recent visit to the office of The Plaindealer, I was shown the files of the paper, substantially bound and preserved from its inception until now, with hardly an issue missing. I was thrilled to look ovev these papers of the seventies and eighties. We should be very grateful to the present management for having so kept them. They are history. Let us add as we can to those records before it is too late. 1 ~ f-" I mentioned above as to our v schools. Cannot someone gather and collate the information into an article on this subpect, going back as far as possible ? A mere list of the school principals and the years they taught; and the names of other teach- «rs would be of interest. Those of us who were scholars under S. JD. Baldwin, principal from 1877 to 1883, can never forget him nor cease to be thankful that we came under the influence of such^a goodly, kindly, honorable ai>d efficient man in these formative years. • He was not only abreast of but ahead of his times, at least for a school of that size. He introduced many new subjects and ideas and methods of teaching-- music and singing every day by all in the upper classroom, short daily talks on health ana other general topics, a digest of the news of the day given by one of the scholars, debates, spelling bees, puplic recitations--to mention only a few. .He was a persistent worker and Jvery ambitious. He was county superintendent of schools and had studied for the bar THREE MUSKETEERS AND OTHERS St. Paul, Minn. Hello, Joe 'Wheeler! How's a bdy 1 I have known, for a long time, that you realized your boyhood ambition. fTook a lot of study, Joe, and I am betting you are no "booze hound." One day, back in the middle nineties, not having seen you for a year, i M.'E. CHURCH You are invited to attend services at the M, E. church every Sunday. Sunday school, 10 a. ni:-- Morning worship, 11 a. in. Sermon by the pastoi\ Rev. R. W. Pinell. Choir practice every Thursday d evening at the home of Mrs. C. W. gTGdndell. ' Annual bazaar and chicken dinneron Dec. 5. The pastor and his wife. Rev. and j disconnected the hose and put. the i ^rs< ^'.neP' w^° are attending Gar- weefcs in the Ralph Clay home at end in my mouth, and turned the I Biblical Institute at Evanston.-j Rockford. valve on and darn near blew the top < a'e at the parsonage next to the j ^jjss MUdre(l Jepson of Evanston church on Mam street from Friday sp€nt the weekend with her parents, afternoon until Monday noon, every Mr and Mrs c j jepson. week. Telephone number 61-J. I ing that I should have a little beer I shut off the valve^on one of the kegs, Mr. 'and Mrs. Max Beth and son, Billy, of Chicago, were visitors here Wednesday. : Mrs. Libbie Ladd spent' Thursday at Williams Bay. ; j ;\ Mrs. Edward Thompson of McHenry was a caller in the William McCannon home Monday. j Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clay and daughter, Betty, of Rockford spent Sifnday in the Ed Peet home. Mrs*] Peet returned home after spending j the past two weeks in the Clay home, j Mr. and Mrs. William McCannon' were visitors at Trevor and ^ntioch" Thursday. ' | Miss Edna Peet is spending -a few Why Not Beat the Gun? Summer is over and it's time to think of jcooler weather and how your car will start this winter. A few dollars spent-noW to tune up the car will rhake for easier starting and, more economical operation during the cold weather. •' ^ « -- SMITH'S GAR AG PkMM 320 McHenry Elm'Stri Rivtraide DrW« off of my head. Well, one has to learn. Ehl what? The episode of the boilers taught me a valuable lesson, and even today I am very careful not to get "beyond my depth." j ' A few years ago I'was driving in downtown St. Paul and suddenly saw I hailed your dad. He was driving a familiar face, Dwight Kennedy. I a colored wagon and a pair of spirited bay Morgans. You used to put the box on a sled (in winter, of course). had just time to holler, "Boley," as the traffic hurried me along. But I drove around the block and found him waiting. It was a joyful meet- I remember troina- after a irallon of ing and 1 asked Dwi«ht what he x rememoer going alter a gallon oi thought when x hollered and he said, kie jr osene when I was five or six years ,,T , . .. , ,, old, and 1T put the can o,v e'r the "I knew it was some one from the . j j j * i Old Tmo wn. *Nto one eli se wouuld cal„l tail board, and your dad drove so fast ,D i > u • i » •tuh_a4t. Ir was uh alif# way ou*t on It ri• shu me^ 'B olej y, my old nickname." knew 7 he was iivine at Tsie Prairie before he heard me and let' T ,, , , ' me off, covered with the smelly stuff, t^re 'is e lot8 "f pike ^Han-y and, «s it WM winter, took rae home.jjj d d, d , March P 190i from J But .« I w.s 8.yme. I hailed your uptured» .app-pnenddiixx. THJ e li ooik eda me over with tha.t gnn o-f Vi . Well, , it g.o,t along to NewJ HY ear'*? his and. saidj : "««Jro e djo n t getx Ito tao. wn iVD,a.y' ,a nd no jj o.b , s, o I bo.r rowed five of t *#• mi. v. tp t » I Charley, and took the tram for Mmc ' ran ' ' neapolis, where my father's brother Jan was Satdad, and asked: "Where is Joe?" that get • ««r/ l " a i •»>, t i j br Ml he.««, 1°°eS>mer 1 *'>ed !lived, and arrived on Saturday, 'No says he, J,m Pen-j^and Cha.., „ow do I 1cn6w it wa* lmetyr NiNJ novrndnqiuliicstt cponmmae nouurt ao g»AoAoHd dHeaaull • and they hunt cotton tails and help with the chores, and nights they sit around and crack nuts and eat popurday and Jan. 5th? Because the next day was Sunday and the fifth was Brother Herb's birthday. Simple, isn't it? Mother had a memory syscorn and plan what they are going to tem of her OWJ1 and ghe did h/r do when they get out into the world. to mfi Of course that excited my honest I go> the "nextday was Sunday." curiosity so I askedIhim what they j My relativ^9 were semi-aristocrats e n . , . , e" t ! ^ e ' , and when I appeared ready for church throwing his leg over the end of the, dre83ed in a blue flannel shirt> ^ seat, Joe is going to be a horse doc-. necku gT&y coat and those striped tor, Jim is going tojbe a lawyer and trousers that john Lodtz made foc Charley^ w interestetfTrr^Tntnmg^--T -met you should have seen the lifted °W 1 bor' | eyebrows. My overcoat was a short was never invited to enter that myst- brown duck with a sheep colIar. ic circle. You boys were three or me TELL YOU, I'd just love to do it all four years older than I, so I Had to'^,. be content with the society of such fellows as Dr. Wells and the Methodist and Universalist ministers. Remember that, Dr. Wells? We had a heap of fun, didn't we ? Going out in the country and fixing up fractures. and also dislocations, etc., and no X-ray to guide you. I have a testimonial from you, stating that I had "more than usual diplomacy in the sick room." I wonder. I tell you, Dr. Wells had not a little to do with the shaping of my destiny, and he was an inspiration. The ministers seemed to neutralize, as far as I can see, and I drew blanks. Well, Joe, you know how that comradeship of you boys terminated, but the later years of Charley Nordquist have never been clear to you, so I am going to tell you about it. In the summer of 1900, I met Charley down by the river bridge. "Hello, Frank!" "Hello; Christy!" , "How long are going to stay around here," says he. "Let's get all over again Well, they rustled me a white sl>irt and collar and did the best they could with what they had, but I could not see any sense to it all. I looked right as I was, but I was a stranger in a strange land, so we all went to church and it seemed that everyone kept looking at me. Years after, Dr. Moorehouse told me, "Frank, you were the greenest thing we had ever seen outside of a spring pasture;" Even now, I think he was just jealous. It took six weeks before I found a job at 12 V6 cents an hour for a nine£hour day, and glad to get it. sent Charley the five spot and the first of July I got a letter from him, telling me to join him in Superior for a trip to the Buffalo Exposition. But just then I was figuring on getting a position as supervisor of boys at Washburn Home, an institution for orphans, and half orphans, and went to work there July 15 at $30 per month board and room. Charley went The new district superintendent, Dr. Stevenson, of Chicago, will pay his. first visit to McHenry on Nov, 10. The time Will be announced later. Plans are being made to form an Epworth League or Young people's organization and all who are interested are asked to watch for further announcements. The parsonage is being re-decorated and furnished and any donation or loan of furniture or a heating stove will be appreciated. Chester Colby has been elected as secretary of the church for the year to succeed Arleen Bacon, who is now employed at Waukegan. CORN CRIB IS CLOSED Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and family of Algonquin spent Saturday evening here. Mrs. Leonard Franzen and. sons spent Saturday evening at Spring Grove in the B. L. Orvis home. Mrs. Libbie Ladd, Mrs. Cora Flanders and Mrs. Howard Buckland were Woodstock visitors Friday. The Ladies Aid Society will hold their chicken supper and bazaar at the M. W. A. hall Nov. 21. Fred Wiedrich and daughter, Mae, were callers at Richmond Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huson of Mundelein and Mrs. Thomas Nelson of Downers Grove spent Sunday in the C. J. Jepson home. M. ur, O V >, T. N , Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and chilnpnonpnulfac r po0p0c1o rn standj, w°!h^ic uh adjoin8s j dren and Roy Wiedrich were visitors at Harvard Saturd ^ J.RU/ s£re °" Gre.e f n street' has| Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens visitclosedJor the winter after a success-^ relatives at Downers Grove Sun_ ful season. Girls in charge of the stand, who dispensed the delicious French-friend popcorn were, Janet Lindsay and Miriam Saylef, yO><fi> •' Nan* uPet*fr* Ttt? origin of the name "petrel" aa applied to the group of birds la derived from their apparent habit of walking on the water as St Peter !• recorded to have done/ day. L Mr. and Mrs. Harold Osterman and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Holms and son, MaWin, Jr., of Woodstock called here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. David Walkington and son of McHenry spent Sunday in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington. Mr. ahd Mrs. David Stanley and son of Woodstock were visitors in the • HOW IS THE TIME TO BUY . Tires '-v.'- AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES We will allow you 30% discount for your old tired, regardless of condition. Goodyear G-3, Goodyear Pathfinder and Goodyear Speedway^JUl sixes and all new, fresh .stock.,. . . . .. •. .40 as low as $3.8$ Batteries, Prestone, Thermo Anti-Freeze. Winter Oils and Greases. Battery Charging, Tire and Tube Vulcanizing. Walter J- Freund Phone 294 West McHenry, 111. the stake we can and go into the ^ the exposition, and one day blew woods this winter We waited until }in to see me and landed a job in the election, voted for McKinley, and j Home as second engineer. The Home went up to Superior, Wis. Charley was an endowed institution and had its had the idea then, few people own electric light plant,, laundry and: schools. While the children were ih school I went to school. Still had that doctor idea in my head, but it is tough work with no still have, that that city is destined to be great. Dwight Kennedy had a barber shop there and his father, "Uncle" Sim and family lived there on Tower avenue, backing. Charley got restless in the and in winter it is so cold that, when : spring of 1902 and quit and started you spit it freezes and rolls along for the Great West. He was a poor in front of you. So we dropped in i hand to Write so I never knew where on them. Pai^ four dollars each for j he went. a week's board, and started eagerly The same spring Phile Mayes, wiff to look for work. , and daughter moved to Minneapolis Mrs. Kennedy sure fed us well and • and were .soon followed by my .father Harry had a fine job at two dollars 3 1 and mother. So on Aug 15 I quit day, and Dwight had a six chair bar-1 my job and returned to 9 more normber shop. Everything seemed to be al life, and set about looking for a At met an early death in 1883. The. unionized apd Charley's leg develop-1 job, which I landed,in the flour mills. veyou seen F0EDV8? 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