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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 5 Dec 1935, p. 1

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WAUCONDA COUPLE FATALLY BURNED IN i. "V THE HOUDA1 FIRESIDE GATHERINGS OF LOCAL FOLKS . Thanksgiving day was the occasion for the return of home folks and the entertainment of friends and relatives, as families gathered around tables jf the traditional Thanksgiving feast and enjoyed the day together. Following is a partial list of visitors in McHenry homes on Thanksgiving day and some who spent the day out of town: Supervisor and Mrs. Stephen H. Freund were dinner guests of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blake. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Freund and family, Herbert Freund and family and Bertilla Freund. A family gathering enjoyed ti delicious turkey dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rasmussen, the guests being Mr. and Mr*. Charles McArthur and daughter, Ruth, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson and three daughters of Elgin, Mrs. A. Wolfe and sons, Fred and Emil and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mertes and two daughters of McHenry. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thompson and family of Congress Park, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron and Miss Maud .Granger of Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. C. Leppert and children of Kirkland spent the day with Tier mothetf Mrs. Minnie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson and three children visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Burns at Oak Park. Mr. and Mrs. F. E: Covalt and two children were guests of friends in Chicago for the day. Mrs. Maurine Hunter and little daughter, Mary Jane, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pontius at Walworth, Wis. Rev. and Mrs. R: W. Pinell and their guest, Miss Eunice Risinger, of Columbus Junction, la., spent the day IS CHAIRMAN WELL CALL A MEETING EARLY NEXT YEAR Scenes and Persons in the Current News McHenry will celebrate the one! hundredth anniversary of its founding with a giant homecoming affair nfcxt summer, according to plans now being formed by the mayor and aldermen of the city of McHenry. This announcement was made at the December meeting of the city council held Monday evening, when plans were discussed and a committee appointed to attend to general arrangements. On motion by Aid. Kreutzer, seconded by Aid. Overton, the mayor was instructed to appoint a committee to start plans for the event. The committee appointed is Overton, Justen and Buss, to be Assisted by Attorney Cowl in, and/ on motion by Justen, seconded by Buss, it was decided that Overton be chairman. . It was decided to notify every or- , ganization within the city to^ appoint | a committee of two to represent the j organization at a general meeting that : the committee chairman will call | shortly after the New Year. This large committee will mpke plans for the celebration. The minutes of the previous meeting of the city board were read and approved as were the treasurer's and .clerk's reports, at the meeting Monday night. Due to the accident of the collector, Mayme Buss, there was no report. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $1,785.80 at the beginning of the meeting. While this report was approved it is being returned to the treasurer for a separate accounting of city funds »\ - ?! SiM jSiiSS cormng MAIL EARLY PROSPECTS GOOD FOR HOLIDAY TRADE - 1-- Camel caravan carrying Italian field artillery In the Ethiopian Invasion. 2--^feene In Havana, Cuba, at the unveiling of a statue of Generalissimo Maximo Gomez, hero of the war of liberation against Spain, .3--WUUam B. Bell Of New York, chairman of the new finance committee for the Republican national campaign. STATE TO IMPROVE CHAIN OF LAKES Contract for more/ thajwtwo miles of 100-foot channeli»X> be dredged in the Chain of Lakes region was let on November 29 by the Department of and of the PWA funds for sewer ira- j Public Works of Illinois. Preganzer provements. The clerk had taken in' and Sons, dredging contractors of An- $49.54. jtioch, were awarded the contract as Bills amounting to approximately $1,200 were read, approved and ordered paid. The board approved bills of $6,348. to the Gjellefald Construction company and to the Wells Engineering with a party of old college friends at i company, two bills of $223.80 and I necting waters. low bidders Robert Kingery, director of the Illinois Division of Waterways, states this is the first step in the proposed plan to deepen and free from weeds the waters of the Fox River and con- Richmond in the home of the pastor! 1865., Attorney Carroll, $375.00. These of the M. E. church. Martin and Genevieve Knox spent the day in the home of their sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whiting, at Elgin. Melvin Whiting also spent the day at his home in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. McCracken and two sons motored to Greenville, 111., to visit her parents, returning hpme Sunday. Miss Dorothy Holden spent the vacation at her home in Macomb. Miss Ropp visited home folks at Bloomington. Miss Catherine Walsh spent her vacation^ with friends in Chicago. Supt and Mrs. C. H. Duker enjoyed the visit of their son, who;is attending the University of Illinois. Mrs. C. Going of Chicago spent several days in the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Page. R. J. Miller ate Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago. Miss Wanda Boyko spent theday at her home at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Freund and daughter, Rita, were dinner guests of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fitzgerald at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hunter and John Fay, Jr., of Chicago and Miss Lois Cooper of Genoa were guests of the day with Mr. and Mrs. John Fay. Will Martin and Mrs. Wm. Smith aixi two daughters of Chicago spent the day in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarenee Martin. Mrs. Josephine Heimer spent several days in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton and family and Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and children of Ringwood were guests of Mr. ahd Mrs. Will Heine in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs*- Wm. Bonslett visited Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bonslett in Evanston. Marie Kinsala of Chicago spent her vacation at her home here. Martin Cooney of Chicago was a rue.'t in the John Kelter home. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Walsh and children, Richard, Jr., and Sally, of , Evans; on spent the day with his mother, Mrs T. J. Walsh, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chapman. Mrs. J. W. Smith spent the day with relatives in Chicago. „ Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nye and two children of Freepbrt spent the day with relatives here. Mrs. Nye and hi: iren remained for a. few days, returning home Sunday with Mr. Nye. M r. and Mrs. Curtis Westfall and daughter, Doris, of Chicago spent the day m the SimOft Stoffel home. Rjchard Vycital of Lake Forest college spent his vacation at his home here. - ' The Waterways Improvement Asbills were approved by the~board and SOciation of Northern Illinois, an orordered paid and the PWA furnishes ganization of public spirited men and the funds. <, j women of this section have for the The board ordered an anticipation j past three years directed their efwarrant for an amount of about $750 j forts toward this improvement of ®^'son p*rk, Mr. Spencer went to to pay the bank's interest on the I these natural bodies of water, which ' California where he has since resided. JOHN SPENCER, 90, DIES IN CALI#ORNii Only meager details have, as yet, been received concerning the death of John Spencer, 90 years old,.which occurred at Pomona, Calif., on Tuasday of last week, Nov. 26, following a paralytic stroke. Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer of this city left Tuesday after receiving word of his fatal illness and arrived there Thursday. Funeral services were held Friday. All of the children of the aged man were there, including Mrs. Chas. Kirwin of Crystal Lake, Mrs. Elmer Grove, Edison Park, Mrs. Walter Peake of Anchorage, Ky., ami William Spencer of McHenry. Following the death of his wife in 61 MEMBERS ANSWER RED CROSS ROLL CALL judgment held against the city. In the reports of officers and committees it was reported that nearly all of the vehicle and dog licenses are in and the few exceptions that are not paid immediately are liable to lead the delinquents into serious trouble. WED AT OSHKOSH TUESDAY, NOV. 26 (Continued-on last pace.) Miss Rose Holiaus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Holiaus of Oshkosh, Wis., became the bride of Mr. Clements Joseph Wirfs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Georeg Wirfs of McHenry, at appropriate ceremony in St. Vincent De- Paul church at Oshkosh at 8 a m. on Tuesday, November 26, Father Baston, pastor of the church, officiating. Miss Lucile Schettl, cousin of the bride, was bridesmaid and Alex Wirfs, brother of the groom as best man. The bride was charming in a white satin gown, floor length, with a long tulle veil worn cap effect and trimmed in orange blossoms and pearls. She wore silver slippers and carried a bouquet of calla lilies and Baby's Breath. The bridesmaid wore a gown of blue satin with blue hat and short veil and silver slippers. She carried an arm bouquet of red roses and Baby's Breath. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast and dinner were served at the home of the bride's parents to about twenty members of the immediate families. On Wednesday the bridal couple came to McHenry, where they were honored at a dinner at the groom's home on Thanksgiving day. About thirty guests were present for the day and dinner and supper were served. Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Wirfs of Rockford and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smoak and children of Antioch. The bride has lived in this vicinity for the past two years, making her home with Mrs. Lily Meurer at Woodlawn Park. The groom operates a feed grinder. The couple will live at the home of Mrs. Meurer this winter while she is in Florida. Those from McHenry who went to Oshkosh to attend the wedding Were Mr. and Mrs. - George Wirfs, son, Alex, and Mrs. Lily Meurer, mean so much to the economic and recreational advantages of the Fox River and the Chain of Lakes section. John R. Dewson, president of the Waterways Improvement Association of Northern Illinois, who has directed the fight for this improvement is more than satisfied that once the state starts this work it will continue the program proposed. The dredging is to start as soon as possible with a 10Q-foot channel on Pistakee to the new bridge on Route 60 and continue through to Point Comfort, and on to Klondike, and out into Fox Lake. ENJOYED HOME PAPER FOR FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS John Spencer was born in England, where he learned the trade of a machinist and his first job in America was in the locomotive shops, building engines for what was then the Chicago and Rock Island railway. Thrifty in his habits he saved his money until he combined with a man named Huke to establish the firm of Huke and Spencer, builders of printing presses, at 81 and 83 Jackson Blvd., Chicago, nowjn the very heart of the loop. John Spencer solved the problem of printing books for the blind and by The annual Red Cross roll call was completed in McHenry last week with about sixty-one member* enrolled. Although this membership is less than half as great as the membership of last year, the results are satisfactory and the enrollment for the year is greatly appreciated. M. L. Schoen holts, local teacher and Scoutmaster, was chairman of the drive and was assisted by his. loyal friends, the McHenry Boy Scouts, who are to be complimented upon their effort and the fine results of their diligence. The officers of McHenry chapter of the Red Cross wish to express their sincere thanks to these Scouts who did their national good turn in this manner and they gratefullyappreciate their interest and efforts put into the work. Always polite and always ready to serve, these boys give daily evidence of the fine teachings of their leader whom they admire and respect fend who is instilling into their lives the finer ideals and higher standards of tnaphood. t The Red Cross has been on the job in McHenry and throughout the country and is giving relief to the needy in every way possible, assisting where there is illness and with clothing, groceries and necessities. Recovery from depression will not NEAR HOLLAND, MO., TUESDAY MR AND MRS. C. WERDEN VICTIMS Tragic deaths have brought sorrow to three nearby communities during the past week, some of the victims being well known jn McHenry. The most recent and greatest of the three was the death of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Werden of Wauconda, who were burned to-death in the wreckage of their car, near Holland, Mo., Tuesday, enroute to Texas to spend the winter. Their daughter and two grandchildren, Mrs. Edna Gossel, 35 years o"Gl, ahd sons Franklin, 8 years old, and pavid, 6 years old, were seriously injured and burned and taken to a hospital at Blytheville, Ark.,, ten miles from, Holland, Mo. (Word, reaches here today that David died in the hospital Tuesday night.) A report of the crash which reached Mrs. Gossel's husband, James, a carpenter contractor at Wauconda, stated that the Werden "car collided with a motor truck on the highway and caught fire. ~ Mr.*and Mrs Werden were accompanying . their daughter, Mrs, Ethel Gossel, and her two sons to Texas to spend the winter, for Mrs. Goedel'* health. .... - -t. It is said that Mr*. Werden had been unable to get about by herself during the past four years and it is With another Thanksgiving season now rh the background, residents of this community are turning their thoughts towards the Christmas holidays, only three short weeks away, and are already making plans for the season of gift making. Local stores are getting in their Christmas gifts, opening boxes of Christmas stock and decorating windows and interior? for the coming busy season. ' , . A larger and more varied display of gifts are found in sevetil of the stores in McHenry this year and extend a tempting invitation to citizens'to'" do their Christmas shopping at home," the gifts being reasonably priced and the very latest:and most modern in every respect. Everywhere, merchants are preparing for a greater shopping season than they have experienced for many years and this is also the case in McHenry where trade indication* are for a podperous and joyous season. The Thanksgiving weekend' is traditionally the harbinger of the holiday season, but this year there has been an earlier start in the larger cities with gift sales already under way, Just what the reaction to the Christ- jbelieved that Werden. evidently at-. mas season will be in McHenry is a tempted to assist his wife in getting matter of conjeciure, but with many j out of the burning wrecked automoemployed in PWA and WPA projects j bile and also perished. Mrs Gossel and very few idle men in the vicinity, I was badly burned about the legs and local merchants are looking forward j received lacerations of the head and to the holidays hopefully and it is legs and the tyo children were cut aj*4 hoped that business will be stimulated. 'bruised. t "Good Fellows" j Word of the death of the couple was Not to be outdone by larger cities [ sent immediately to Mr. Gossel and McHenry will again have its band of ®'so to a son, Kirk Werden, at Oil •Good Fellows," who will remember those in need of food and-clothing in this vicinity. In the days before the depression scarcely a needyi family was to be found in this vicinity, but the years o^ City, Pa., who had visited them list Sunday. Clayton Werden was 62 and hi* wife, Hallie, 56 years old. Hebron Youth Killed Elroy Pierner, 19 years old, of He- Mrs. C. S. Howard, whose son, Gilbert, is a member of the Old Timers' club, called us on the phone last week to tell us how much she enjoys the Old Timers' club and to express her appreciation of the Plaindealer as it has made her a weekly visit during the past fifty-eight years. Mrs. Howard has an outstanding record as a subscriber for never in the fifty-eight years has she missed a copy of the Plaindealer, having been a most faithful reader and friend. MrS. Howard says she thinks the Old Timers' column is the best move ever started by the Plaindealer and she cannot fully express her appreciation of it. She had just received a porcupine using what was then the new Morse. immediately end distress. Disasters code, used only in telegraph work, and I and accidents will continue and new arranging them so that the sensitive generations require instrtictions in fingers of the blind could feel the fundamentals of safe living. printed pages he succeeded in intro-' Red Cross service must keep pace hardship have left their mark and, br°n was instantly killed Sunday brought many changes. | ^js motorcycle crashed into a bridge .Various societies and lodges are ; abutment near Rockford and his body making plans for social events, as .j became caught in the wreckage of th* well as acts of charity during the com-1 burning machine after it had hurtled ing weeks, when those in need will be ( ro*^ int0 an abutment of taken care of. rhe sPr»ag CresX bridge. 4 Mail Early His brother, Melvin and Arthur Eg* The postoffice department has is- °f Hebron, were driving be- Bued leaflets of printed instructions "m" 'n * truck. Rescuers f< after he had been pulled from the wreckage, that he had been killed when his head crashed into the concrete abutment Apparently driving at a rate of speed the motorcycle, ducing books for the blind. For this purpose he built a press and for many years all the books for the blind printed in America were published on presses either built by Huke and Spencer or adapting the principles devised by Mr. Spencer in 1877. In 1881 John Spencer sold his interest in the business and moved to Wauconda There he bought the flour and grist mill which he operated lor with the multitudes' of demands . It must be prepared for greater tasks and for this it requires the support of the people. MRS. JOSEPH M. FREUND DIES; FUNERAL FRIDAY A home is saddened and a mother grief stricken at the death of Mrs. more than a quarter of a century. In J°s- M. Freund, who passed away at July, 1906, the mill was destroyed by fire, and the owner, almost sixty years old, was forced to start over again. to aid in the mailing of Christmas packages and cards and they urge everyone to "shop now and mail early." During the holiday season the volume of mail increases approximately, , 200 per cent and it is a physical im- j Purchased went out of control'and in possibility to handle efficiently and ;a 30-foot dive it catapulted between promptly within a few days. I * s e the bridge and a steel Therefore to assure delivery of *ence. cleared the narrow creek, and Christmas gifts and cards before j*terally ew 'nto fhe abutment, then Christmas day they should be mail- j b°un£in£ twenty feet into the undered a week or ten days in advance, ac-i brush. cording to distance. I ** 'S? employe^ 'be 1 I Products company. MISS LOUISE KILDAY TTw1 f, ^ i , Lad Swallows I'MMI .-. •••• y. WEDS CHICAGO MAN1 Leaving a note to his mother Mn ; . : which he admitted shortage in the ac- ...•/A • wedding of interest to many j counts of a lodge which he served as friends here was solemnized at Our treasurer, Henry Hruska, 17 years Lady of Mercy church in Chicago old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Saturday morning at 10 o'clock when t Huskar of Chicago, swallowed Miss Louise Kilday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday, of McHenry, and Mr. Richard Smith, son of Mrs. Arthur Jalove of Chicago were united in marriage. They were attended by the bride's sister, Miss Aileen Kilday, as brides- Sunday night at the home of a friend' in Fox River Grove and died within a few minutes. He was a student at Harrison Tech high school and with two. companions arrived in Fox River Grove Saturday night to attend a dance with maid, and Charles McGonigle, cousin gir": They stayed with a friend, of the bridegroom, as best man, and: Henry Henzl, intending to return t* the bride was" given in marriage by > Chicago Sunday. the home of her mother, Mrs. Rena Smith, Tuesday night, following a several weeks' illness. Afte a criti- He then came to McHenry where'C4' illness, pneumonia developed and her father. he purchased from the Hanly broth-! her strength was not sufficient to The bride was lovely in a blue weders the McHenry Flour Mill. Here he'eo™1*4 the disease. . ding gown with gold hat and slippers'- installed a power system completely j Emily Smith was born in McHenry *nd wdl-e a shoulder bouquet of gar modern, enlarged the mill and made on Sept. 6, 1913, and here, she attendskin-- quills and all--from her son, | McHenry the milling center of north- school and grew to womanhood. Gilbert, in Sturgis, S. D., and was ern Illinois. /. ' T ' most interested in it. BETTY NIELSEN BUYS NOBBY STYLE SH01* Misses Rose, Julia, and Margaret Stilling and John Schaefer motored to Chicago Monday to \attend the funeral of Susie Webersister of Father Weber. Mrs. Howard promised, to write a letter for the Old Timers' Club some day and become a member. In the meantime she enjoys hearing from the other Old Timers. OFFICER PHIL GUINTO TRANSFERRED TO COOK State Officer Phil Guinto has received notice from the state department that he is transferred from Mcdenias and lilies of the valley. ! A chancre of ownership tn one a'. The bridesmaid wore a rust color j-Riverside Drive's business houses tail;- Less than a year ago she was unit- gown with brown accessories and a - place this week, when Betty Niels** John Spencer had lived a busy life'ed 'n marriage to Joseph M. Freund , shoulder bouquet of rose6 and yellow purchased the Nobby Style Shop frem and accom plished much, so in 1914 he' ®1* January 19, 1985, and they went i chrysanthemums. - Mrs. Jalove and Mrs. Margaret M Freund. turned the business over to his son J to housekeeping in the upper flat of. Mrs, Kilday wore shoulder bouquets of i Mrs. Nielsen is not a stranger t** William, and, retiring from active the home on his mother's farm. carnations. rthe McHenry people as she and he* work, he returned to the vicinity of I She is survived by her mother, Mrs.' Following the ceremony a wedding husband, the late Henry Niels#!*; Chicago, the environment of his youth, i Rena Smith, four brothers and two breakfast 'was served at the home oi formerly conducted the Nielsen Stod- Mr. Spencer was one of the pion-' sisters, as well as many friends and; the groom's ^ aunt, Mrs. John Bloom, io here for several years. She and h*>; eers of Chicago and northern Illinois, relatives. Iand L a s'x °'clf?k dinner was served children have been residing at Sou**, Her father, William Smith, hfead of, at the Fred Sheehan summer home Haven, Mich., and after the holiday* the firm of Smith Brothers, Green near McHenry. During the evening they will make their home in Me- •K experiencing the great Chicago fire and the hardships of early life in this country. His wife Charlotte Hornsey Spencer Henry county to DesPlaines, in Cook • preceded him in death several years county, making the change Dec. 1. The.ag0, people of this territory regret very much to lose the services of this experienced officer. When needed, Officer Guinto was always found ready to respond immediately to any call. He has made many warm friends in his district, taking an active interest in local affairs and was" a splendid worker: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Adams attended the funeral of a friend in Chicago Monday. . The history of": the local mill and its owners go b«c:l^ many years and is interwoven with that of McHenry and surrounding territory. This history and that of its owner, John Spencer, has been as interesting as any story ever told and the mill will stand as a monument to the memory of the man who modernised it and .to his courage, industry and achieve^ ment. Subecriba for Hie Plaindealer. street merchants, preceded her in death on March 6, 1931. In St. Mary's church, where less than a year ago she entered as a happy bride, funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock, with burial in St. Mary's cemetery.. Your gift problems solved. We are offering a new assortment of gift articles or bridge prizes, 40c and up. N. J. Justen and Son, West McHnery. 28-fp Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner of Round Lake spent Sunday evening in the home of her father,. John Mertes. reception for about one hundred Henry. guests was held at the home of the bride's parents in McHenry. < The bride graduate^ from, the McHenry high school with the class of 1932 and has many friends here. The bridegroom, who graduated from Dc- Paul1 academy in Chicago in 1930. is employed with the Murphy Bed and Spring company in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will reside in Chicago. Those frtmi McHenry who attended the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday and family, Mrs. Albert Justen, Mrs." Jacob P. Miller and son, Arnold, and Mrs. Jack McCarroll, . The new owner will carry a linf e' ladies'* and children's wearing appai* ' and she cordially invites the pubi" to visit her place of business, w.her' many appropriate gifts are 'on thspl*' for the holiday shoppers. Mrs. Freund, wh.:> retires aftr . many years in • the business with her family, now occupy an ment in the John J- Buch residence on Riverside Drive. A gift for the" whole family--A • Apex Washing machine. See them +* N. J. Justen and SOB'S, West M Henry. . 28-f** ,v ; '

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