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VOL. 61 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 14, 1935 No. 25 COUNTY POOR BILL FOR OCTOBER IS $5,405 COUNTY BOARD ALLOWS LIST OF -£?' ALSO PAY DEDICATION CLAIMS NEARBY NEWS Scenes and Persons in the Current News If the October county poor bill is any criterion of what the coming winter is to bring to McHenry county in this situation then the county board has enormous problems on its hands caring for county paupers. Tuesday the county board approved poor claims from the various townships in the amount of 55,405.12. This is $2,068.11 more than the bills for the previous month which totaled 43,- 337.01. , It was necessary to appropriate $4.- 500 from the general fund to tne poor claim fund to "foot" the bilHS of October, there being only $1,200 in the poor claim fund. . All poor claims are paid through the county board now instead of by the various townships as was the law up until three months ago. The various supervisors turn in their bills which are audited by a special committee of the board before being presented to the. board for action. , ' $<^8o0 License Revenae The report of the license committee was more favorable with a total of 56,850 being reported collected from issuing liquor licenses to' some 90 places of business the past year. A new rule now will tax a tavern owner $26 to transfer his license after.January 3. Treasurer's Report The county treasury is in a healthy condition according1 to a report made j Monday night by Lester Edinger Tuesday for the Other officers TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF 0U& EXCHANGES In order to make the office more efficient and thus take care of added activities at the National Re-employment Service office at Woodstock, a change in registration hours has been made by R. B. Olson, manager. Under the new plan new applicants or those re-registering will be cared for only during the hours of 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Two masked men, one Rearing a shot gun and the other a revolver, held up the Whitney Woods tavern, on Route 14, just north of the A. T. Bentley farm, at 10:30 the night of November 5. Woods, the proprietor, and Stanley Greer, a customer, were tied,'while Mrs. Woods and a woman companion were made to lie on the floor while $35 in money and a quantity- of liquor were stolen from Woods; Greer, tenant op a nearby farm, was relieved of $20.' Twenty turkeys were stolen from the Singer residence on north Walkop avenue, Crystal Lake, between 7 and 9:30 Tuesday night, Mr. Singer reported t# the city police. The sheriff's office and state police were notified to be on the lookout for the thief . Attorney Vernon J. Knox was elected president of the Crystal Lake Lions Club to succeed Albert Pepping, Jr., at a meeting of the organization at the Blethen Hotel, elected were: Vice MANY IN CAST AUDIENCE IS DUE SURPRISE FOR 1--Italian officials In Adowa, Ethiopia, liberating the slaves of Tlgre province. 2--National Guard machine gun unit at oflices of South Carolina highway department Ir. Columbia after Gov. OUn Johnston ousted the commission. 3--Sprullle Braden, appointed American ambassador-at-large for South and Central America. v ' The local high school gives two plays each year. The first play, given in the fall is prpduced by the Junior class, the second in the spring, by the Seniors, Tomorrow, Friday night, this year's Junior play will be given in the high school auditorium. The play will start at 8:15 p. m. r . At each of these plays the public is given an opportunity to see the local high school from two standpoints. The play itself reflects the work being done by the English department. Dramatics, or public speaking, is one of the most important phases of the «iodern English course. To be able to speak well and to make yourself clearly understood by others is essential in adult life. The clasf plays give valuable help along these lines. The other view of the high school which you receive, is that of the Music Department. The two purposes of this department are. first, to pro^de students with a valuable use of their leisure time, both as students and, later, as adults, tend second, to build up an important aspect of school life and spirit. Both the instrumental and vocal departments will be represented tomormonth of October. The balance on September 30, 1935 was $76,777.01. Receipts for the month were $46,229.09. Expenditures for the month amounted to $23,417.74) leaving a balance of $99,- 588.39 as of October 31, 1935. The report of the county poor farm superintendent showed expenses for the month of $3,424.05. The proposition of purchasing an x-ray machine at a cj>et of $2,471.99 for the county hospital was presented and placed on file. No other action was taken. The report of the road and bridge] committee showed that the sum of $4,- 482.96 was expended for the patrol system of roads in the county, the past month., - * Milk Strike Bills Bills in the amount of more than $13^0 for special deputy sheriff hire during the recent milk strike was approved by the board without a dissenting vote. At the same time the claim of the Union Milk Producers for ?759.42 was referred to State's Attorney V. S. Lumley. The milk company pre«fnted the bill to the county on the grounds that a truck load of milk was spoiled by kerosene during the milk strike at Hebron. The milk company aliases that Sheriff Nulle promised to protect the milk. Sheriff Nulle on the other hand states that his men escorted the milk t o the Wisconsin line and later the t riuker returned to Hebron with the milk without the sheriff's office knowing anything about it. .Members of the board expressed thei- views that the claim of the milk company is out of the question and that the county is not liable in any way. Sheriff Nulle also says he wasn't <ven asked to protect the milk after the truck was escorted to-the Wisconsin state line and the charge that his nier promised to protect the milk whi>e' it was being stored in an old garage in Hebron is false. Pay Dedication Claims WHh the payment of $1,320,24 in right of way dedication claims by the county board Tuesday all of the right of way on Routes 67, 47 and 176 in the county have been secured and paid for. This announcement was made by Volney E. Brown, supervisor of Dorr township and chairman of the right of way committee of the board. Of the amount mentioned above $38* 29 is for right of way on Route 4". Dedications approved on this route include $225 for Leo Danner; $115.60 for the Public Service Company and $6.fid as fee for the county treasurer. Theee dedications are south of Woods- took. Dedications north of Woodstock on ;he same route which were approved include George Dacy for $40 and a fee < f eighty-one cents for the county treasurer. Tw0 dedications were approved on Route 67 the same being $-702 for Frar k Pugh and $101.50 for the Public Sprvice Company. Fee for the county Lre.isurer, $16.23. T^e7 last of the dedications on Route 176 are near Burton's bridge in the Hurt on bridge beach subdivision. One Iwliiatidn is for $80 for a school disi'ic- t near the bridge and the other, for >30 to G. W. Linburg, receiver for ^rai £ Merrill in the bridge subdivision This covers 15 lots^ The payment $<80 to the school iistrct is for a fence to be erected i.'otection for school children near vhere the highway ;fh« ol. passe* If the president, Floyd Hopper. The Woodstock Journal tea changed ownership, A. E. Johnson, president of the operating organization, announcing sale of <4he property to Hugh F. Eames, resident of the county seat city. A large barn and its contents on the old Ford farm half a mile south of Wauconda, was burned to the ground Sunday evening. The farm is tenanted by the Jarrett family. Moving toward enforcement of the controverted potato control law, Secretary Wallace, Friday announced a tax exempt allotment of 226,600,000 bushels for 1936. All potatoes harvested after Dec. 1, and sold in excess of that quantity will be subject to a tax of approximately 45 cents a bushel. The AAA estimated that 1936 production at 350,000,000 to 355,000,- 000 bushels and said that in the past 64 to 65 per cent of the crop has-been marketed. Through advertisements and use of window cards, the Harvard banks are co-operating in the task of collecting funds to be used in creating a memorial to Will Sogers, who was killed in an airplane crash in Alaska some months ago. In continuous service since 1870, the Orchard Place postoffice last week wrote finis to 55 years of service as Postmaster F. W. Dunteman turned over his authority to Arthur L. Larson, DesPlaines postmaster. Mail for Orchard Place will hitherto be distributed from the DesPlaines office by rural route delivery. With a fairly large group of tax buyers participating, McHenry county's annual tax sale held last week was declared by County Collector Edinger to have been the most active in recent years. The number of buyers on hand this year was somewhat larger and because of their renewed interest, the disposal of many mor< pieces of property was- recorded during the sale which closed Thursday. A dish of red raspberries a sday has been picked during the past two weeks from bushes in the yard of R. P. Schnaebele, Libertyville, he reported Tuesday. Although he has had the bushes in his yard for some time, this is the first year that berries • have ever been picked during cold weather. The yield during the summer months was comparatively small, the report stated, but during the past two weeks, & sauce dish has been picked each day. COMMITTEE REPORT ON SUBSISTENCE GARDENS The board also approved the appropriation of $23,800 from the M. F. T. fund for payment of work oh the Ridgefield, Greenwood ahd Harvard county projects. Of this amount $1500 is for the Ridgefield job. The sum of $200 was voted for the Harvard job and the remainder for the Greenwood job which includes $20,000 for black top construction on the road from Route 20 to Greenwood. $2,000 was voted for work on the shoulders and $100 for other work. The sum of $450 was voted for payment of right of way secured wear the Wisconsin, state line in connection with the paving of a gap north of Richmond. Supervisor Brown stated Tuesday that the state has readvertised for bids dii Route 47 and will open the bids on November 22. Several weeks ago„ all of the bids received were turned down on the grounds that-they were too high. . " , \ . ' '• ;: ' ' More than 269,669 pounds of vegetables have been harvested from subsistence gardens which were planted and cared for by clients of the McHenry County Emergency Relief Committee, according to its chairman, John T. O'Brien. Heads of 339 relief families participated in this program. They were assigned plots of ground and were furnished seed assortmnets in the spring. While the work was carried on under the superivsion of the McHenry County Emergency Relief Commitee, the actual work of planting the seed, of cultivating the crops as they developed, and of harvesting them after they had matured was the responsibility of each person participating in the program. The families having gardens produced for themselves a continuous supply of vegetables during the summer and early fall, as well as a surplus for late fall and winter use. In order to enable these families to put their surplus produce, the McHenry County Emergency Relief Committee set up a canning project under which these vegetables, as well as fruits, were canned for future use. Under this- program, the relief client bringing in the food receives four out of every five cans which are filled with his produce. The fifth can is retained by the relief committee for future distribution to clients. "The subsistence garden program has had three distinct advantages," said Chairman O'Brien. "It has enabled families-on relief to grow their own vegetables, thereby insuring plentiful supplies of these essential foods in their diets. It has offered them a means of constructive self-help, and it has been a morale building program for the many normally-hard-working men who have found enforced idleness a heavy burden. "Aside from these benefits, the program has more than paid for itself in the actual value of the vegetables produced. We could not possibly begin to purchase these vegetables for what the program luus cost, so that, as a dollars-and-cents proposition, it has been more than worth whilf." MISS ROSINA SMITH, ^ MARTIN A. WEBER, WED AT JOHNSBURG RED CROSS ROLL CAU. STARTS NOVEMBER 18 The anrl ual Red Cross Roll Call for McHenry county will open Monday, Nov. 18. Frank Love of Richmond has been appointed county chairman. A checkup with the local chapman will be in« order on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and a final report will be made on Saturday. Freeman Giesselbrecht. of the First National Bank at Woodstock, is mailing today forms and posters for distribution in the McHenry chapter. M. L. Schoenholtz will act as chairman for the Roll Call. A meeting is called for Monday evening it-8 o'clock at the grade school. "Happy is the bride the sun shines on," says the old adage, and dark skies and heavy clouds cleared to bring the sunshine for the wedding day of Miss Rosina Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith, and Mr. Martin A. Weber, son of Mrs. Peter Weber, on Wednesday, November 13. The ceremony took place at St. John's church at Johnsburg at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, with Father A. J. Vollman officiating, and the bride, on the arm of her father, who gave her in marriage, proceeded to the altar to the strains of the wedding march played by the church organist. A sister of the( bride, Agnes Smith, and Amelia Weber, sister of the groom, were bridesmaids and Walter Smith and William Smith, brothers of the bride, served as groomsmen. The bride was lovej*- in a floor length wedding gown of white satin made with a draped neckline, long sleeves and trimmed with seed pearls, while satin buttons ornamented the back of the bodice. Her head dress was of lace and satin worn in coronet style, from which fell the sheer folds _ot A .long tulle veil and she wore white satin sandals. Her bouquet was a shower of white roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids were dressed alike in floor length gowns of peacock blue changeable taffeta made in jacket effect with standing collar. From blu« the color of the gowns changed t» rose and cerise, blending with th« color of the large arm bouquets ol Talisman roses carried by the bridesmaids. The costumes were completed by blue sandals and meline turnans in a lighter shade of blue worn with chin veils. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, where about eighty guests were present for dinner and supper. The home was attractively decorated in the color* of blue and white and the bride's table was centered with a large, three-tier wedding cake decorated in pink and blue.. The day drew to a close with a wedding dance at the Johnsburg hall. The bride and groom are popular young people of Johnsburg, 'where they have many friends. They will reside in Johnsburg. ^he groom is a carpenter employed with Stephen H. Freund of McHenry. tLORIDA STORMS FAIL TO SCARE RESORTERS DONALD WATTLES IS "LUCKY BABY' R. I. Overton spent Tuesday night with Jus sister, Mrs. Will Cowen, at Harvard. ^ Mrs. R. I. Overton, daughter. Gwendolyn, and - grandson* Junior Bonslett, left Tuesday for "St, Petersburg, Fla. Donald Howard Wattles is the winner in the November "Lucky Baby" contest, being the first baby to be born to parents living within five miles of the Plaindealer office in November* Mr. and Mrs. IJoward Wattles are the parents of Donald Howard. Another •'Lucky Baby" page will appear in the Plaindealer on November 28 for the month of December. Many useful gifts are< offered to the parents. Dark skies and chilly November winds are hastening the plans of several local residents who plan to spend the winter in warmer climates, either in Florida or California, and every year there are more from this locality who endeavor to avoid the cold and snow of the northern winter. Recent storms at Miami will not halt the winter activities, according to statements made by the city manager, Claude A. Renshaw, after the last storm had struck and cleared away. He said: "There was no structural damage to buildings at Miami Beach, with the exception of perhaps n dozen small, insecure cottages. * There was, however, considerable water damage resulting from defective roofs. ••Shrubbery was badly used. Probably between 600 to 1*000 large cocoanut trees were destroyed. Other shrubbery was damaged in proportion. "Of about a hundred new buildings under construction work has been resumed on all except six in time to have them completed for • record winter season. "Indicating^~that our people have not been discouraged by the storm, 1116,000 in building permits have been issued for new construction. Within three weeks all evidence of the storm will have been removed and the city will be in the best physical condition in its history to entertain its winter guests." Mrs. Harry Zimmerman, a summer resident, who has been ill for the past year, left McHenry for her home in Chicago to remain a few days before going to Florida to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cope, residents of Orchard Beach, left this week to spend the winter in Florida. Mrs. R. I. Overton, daughter, Gwendolyn, and grandson, Junior Bonslett, left Tuesday morning for Florida, making the trip by auto with Will Cowen of Harvard, who also took two other passengers from Harvard. Mrs. Cowen expects to go to Florida later. Their destination in Florida is St. Petersburg, where they will remain for the Iresent. Mrs. Emma McGinnis of Elgin, but well known here, will leave next week to spend the winter in Florida. Mrs. Abbie Martin nas already gone to Florida, where she will spend the winter at her home at Belleview, Fla., REAL LIFE STORK RIVALS NOVEL OF MODERN FICTION RESIDENT OF LILY LAKE J FOR 35 YEARS K-V It is, indeed, hard to re living in our immediate vicinity, practically within our midst, are people so interesting , that it would require column after column to record facts about an interesting interview with them and to relate only-a part of the interesting history of their lifetime and experiences. And, to think that many of these persons have lived in this locality for more than a quarter of a century and yet ntany been going about our daily mindful of the presence of interesting personages. ^ Relating tales of adventure apd romance to rival any present day V»vel modern fiction, Alfred. . Seyfferth of Lily Lake carf entertain his guests with the history of his lifetime from daring escapades of his travels thru the United States to the gripping pathos of his grief and despair upon his return from Alaska to find that death had claimed his wife and helpmate. Rather than to fail in an endeavor to do justice to this unique character by crowding descriptions of Mr. Seyfferth, his wife, family and his beautiful home at Lily Lake, into one story we hope to continue this article next week. Therefore, we first want to introduce our readers to Mr. and Mrs. will tell - ' • :~S row night. TJhe orchestra will play ^ two selections and Adele £roehlich Seyfferth and'next'week will offer a marimba solo. The Girls I something ,bout their Glee Club which did very worth- which is a museum of souvenirs and while work last year, will sing two|anUques well &s & pIace of beauty songs. Those who have attended the class plays during the past years will remember "The Valley of Ghosts," given two years ago. That was the first mystery the high school had attemptand an example of expert workmanship. 35 Years At Lily Lake > *» One of the very first settlers at Lily Lake, Mr. Seyfferth ty years ago on July 4. For seven years he was raised in an orphanage in Saxony, while his ed, You may recall the weird play of jsUrted comin£ fut from Chicago fofcty lights, the frequent appearance of years a£°> m*king the trip with a ghosts and the attendant feeling 0f j r®e a,f*>y ant*. en-j°yed the sumsuspense. This year's Junior play is mers a_t the lake which was then surmore tense, morfe mysterious. Even rou""e<' by woods and prairie with the cast is not being published, jf rushes and Weed grown shores and you want to know who are in the pro- ' ^ an. ^ccas'ona* hunter's shack as duction, come to "The Radio Mystery" ,a ° habitation. Buying the home tomorrow evening jwh,ch he cont,nued to improve until it A murder occurs on the stage and J*8 b€C,on;e ,the show place at the l»ke, in the solution of the mystery many h.e sett'ed there in 1920 where he Ml unexpected pieces of information are i s'nce m*de his permanent home, uncovered. There are twenty-four Born in the city of Lepzig, Saxony, boys in the cast. All the Juniors and *n Seyffert^ is on? of the one hiember of the Senior class were genuine old Anglo-Saxon race ana needed to fill the parts. This is the came to America as an i largest cast used by the high school for a number of years. Besides the large number of boys, there are seven girls. While a play of this sort another and older sister is more difficult to produce, it gives greater oportunity to represent the class, and more suspense fo^ the audience. Because of the excitement and terrifying situations in the play, the business manager asks parents not to I and in the milk business in Chicago bring babies or to allow small chil- but not satisfied with thp ev»ry<-|nv dren to Attend the performance with- j routine of business affairs, he left out an adult, * * in the summer of 1897 for No matter what happens in the where he spent four years and play, please do not be alarmed--you he travelled on foot over the will not be shot more than three times.! barren spaces covered recently by Wiley Post and Will Rogers and wherv theyNmet their death in an airplane. He visited Cape Nome and Cape. Prince of Wales, he walked 1,800 mile.* over the Yukon river, he mined for gold in the Indian river country and America, his mother finally returning to bring her son to a new home in a new country. Now 86 years old, this mother is still alive and resides with her daughter in Chicago.. In 1896 Mr. Seyfferth was married • • • . . . • • OLD TIMERS' CLUB * IS MAKING HISTORY Up in the attic, dust covered and forgotten, there is still an old spin- j wUhin'sixty mTle"s"of^Dawsoncii" ning wheel If the hands that used to 500 miles northeast of Cape Princ turn it could only reach back across the years and even so much as touch it! Today is serves no purpose but nobody has the he^rt to dispose of it, for it reminds us of other days--and Cape Prince of Wales. 74 Below Zero It was in 1899 that he covered tfe<» • barren land recently ^visited by Pee* and Rogers, when he went through tk>' we need to be reminded of other days. White Horse canyon and rapid*, chrf We need to remember what a1 fresh-turned furrow feels like to a boy's bare feet, and what hot, sausages and buckwheat cakes, swimming in butter and maple syrup, taste like on a winter morning. And let us live again, back fn the days when all it took to bind a bargain was a handshake. Have you a spinning wheel or do you know where there is one? Write and tell us about it and the interesting history that surrounds it. Have you an old book or bible, a piece most dangerous waters in the world, with a scow and packed two tons - „ A „ of silverware or an heirloom of any Her son Clinton, took her to Belle- kind ? 0ur remden are intere8ted in V1-;- !s automobile. (these things. Tell us about them and Others who usually spend the wint- Irene Walsh, Mrs. Rose Landgren and Lorraine Knox were in Chicago Tuesday. John Knox and daughter, Lorraine, visited at Downers Grove Thursday. er in Florida are Miss Rose Huemann and Msgr. C. S. Nix, who stay at Pensacola, and Dr. and Mrs. N. J. Nye and son, Eugene, who will probably leave in December for Miami, Fla. Eugene Nye has been building a trailer which will be used in making the trip to Florida this year. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cropley of Solon Mills, also, usually spend the winter at Orlando, Fla. Those who made the trip to Belleview, Fla., recently, but who will not remain for the winter, in addition to Clinton Martin "-are E. A. Thomas, Lloyd Benwell and Arthur Hoppe. John L. May of Waupaca, Wis., spent Armistice Day with his mother, Mrs. Jos. May. join the Old Timers' club. We invite your letters and we hope yon want *> join our club. provisions for great distances to camp in the mining sections at temperatures as low as 74 degrees bel#ifzero. It was here that he frose his fitfc* snd eyes so badly that after his *eturn to the states his eyesight began to fail and he was threatened with blindness caused by the stoppage the blood supply to the eye ball. By treatment, total blindness was avelt< ed, however, and Mr. Seyfferth retains about half of his perfect vision. After four years in the Yukon eoui*- try Mr. Seyfferth returned home t<* •- . • • • % V -uS find his wife dead and buried and h?* business, which she had carried er' suffering from neglect. Discourage.? fiVPAPTC TUrfP '.and disheartened he returned to tiht?• KxiirUrvlD xHtrl Ox 'gold country only to lose there ip7^ EVERGREEN TREES fortune and to return again after r -- 1 year to his home in Chicago. baitkrup4 Henry Stilling, living north of Mc- Ai,one time Mr Seyfiferth was knew- Henry," reported -to. Sheriff Henry the meat king of Alaska: havir- Nulle, Monday, the loss of eighteen $42,000 invested in a controlling t»; evergreens from his property. While j teres't of the meat business when tV • he was unable to give the exact time ! government put a ban on the sale r " of the alleged theft, Jie lias of the meat after a certain date, thus ma ing the sale of meat impossible aj his entire supply worth thousands dollars was sold for dog feed at $;kX Before he was 21 veais of age 3tf Seyfferth had visited every state opinion that the trees were removed over the weekepd. Similar thefts have occurred at the Stilling home on previous occasions. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kreutzer are moving into the Simon Stoffel house. the union with the exception {Continued c$ last page.)