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' i *r" ** ;r - i - - • • - > - • • • ** ^ %.> ^ ' ^ * " J * * I * * <•r **<*•-**-f* ^..^- v$f!:^ 'T^-rv;.-*.^' • ,/- * " " ' , " ' - ^ s,, ;:;i\-S:-^: *v' <;"'V >;'>':• ,J;^,0. v«f VOL. 61 MHENRYILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936 . X . No. 34 ? . V .':.->vyV:',-" *; .. . ... ~ . - l%Jr- Scenes and Persons in the Current News JUWtKfi BODY WWIND •v IM BARN ;v, • Driving his'truck into a large barn on the farm of Mrs. P. S. Rich at McCoIlum's lake, which he tenanted, Anton Nelson, about 36 years old, died unexpectedly of a heart attack about rjjil o'clock Thursday morning. ' Less than half an hour after she saw him drive into th« yard, his wife, Hadda, found his lifeless body slumped over the wheel of the automobile. Cold and frightened Mrs. Nelson ran to the nearby honu- of Mrs. Rich, -where a doctor and others were summoned from McHenry, Clarence Douglas, of the Public Service company, and James Perkins, local manager for the Illinois Bell Telephone company, accompanied the doctor and administered artificial respiration, but Y?ere unable to revive the man. As the motor of the car was still running, it was thought possible that Nelson might have been "overcome by carbon monoxide gas from! the exhaust of his engine. This was disapproved by the physician and workers, however, who stated that in the large ^ and well ventilated barn death could not have resulted from the gas fumes in such a short time. ' ' Due To Heart Attack - Coroner E. H. Cook held an inquest at Crystal Lake Friday morning and the -verdict of the jury gave the . •cause of delth due to a heart attack. I The testimony revealed the barn ^ doors were open and that sufficient gas could not have been thrown off by the ' ejchaust to taint the air to the danger point His wife - said that he had been troubled with a heart ailment and high blood pressure.' ** Besides his widow, Mr Nelson is survived by a son, Ernest, and daughter, Pauline. The family came to the Rich farm last March from Crystal Lake. Funeral serviceswere held at Crystal Lake at 2 p. m., Monday with burial at Crystal Lake. TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION OF E. R. DECREASES Assessed valuation of railroads in McHenry county for 1935 is $3,020,955 according to the figures received from the state tax commission by Qounty Clerk Raymond Woods Tuesday. This iif, a decided drop from 1934 when the .assessed valuation of railroads was $3,217,118. FVr 1935 the Chicago, Milwaukee ,nd St. Paul railroad ig assessed $225,- iiS5 as against $214,299 for 1934. In i ther words there has been > raise in h e assessed ^valuation of this railroad. The assessed valuation of the Chita ko Northwestern for 1935 is $2,795,- as against $3,002,819 for 1034. ll A drop of approximately $li .000 has pen made in the assessed valuation of apital stock for corporations. In f»34 the total assessed valuation of apital stock for corporations was 27,800. For 1935 it is $17,420. Corporations listed include the El Tovar theatre at Crystal Lake $190; lollister Motor Cartage, Wo dstock. [<160; Home Investment and I inance, harvard. $450; McHenry couis y telephone, Marengo. $5,550;. JioHenry , ounty Abstract Company, Wo< dstock, '$2,470; Richards, Jewett and Wright Abstract company, Woodstock. $1,660; tation to Lake bus line. Crystal Lake, ,«»<) and the W. J. Thibodeau Motor "a rtage,' Marengo, $5,550. IFFICER OUINTO GETS FINE APPOINTMENT Phil Guinto, who has become popular with local residents with whom he has made friends during the past Several years, in which he has served as state highway policeman, has recently been appointed on special derail work over the entire state of Illinois for the coming year. Mr. Guinto is tlie only officer to be appointed on special detail work aver he state and the new commission is regarded as a "real honor for this Mc- *' Tenry policeman. He will only be | able to get home once a month and V will be here again on February 4. > " The new superintendent of state olice, Walter Williams of Peoria,, reved his appointment on Dec. 23. ATTENTION. FARMERS! pinindealer has been requested ocure homes for two boys, 15 yars, among local \ j^nys are good jhe Ohv ,M some farms V" 'iree years Ike fall clrcuW x *heir dfeval lady measurefl •t NV f and home conditions. •round the hem. PLAN COMBINED REUNION : NEXT YEAR Class reunions, which ha*» gained in popularity since the class of 1907 instituted the first one in observance of their twenty-fifth graduation date, were an important part of the social activities in McHenry during the holidays with three of the gatherings taking place. First 'SS Reunion On Monday evening the McHenry high school class of 193S held its first reunion at Niesen's restaurant with nineteen of the thirty-three members assembling at 6:30 o'clock for a delicious Chicken dinner served family style The long table was attractively decorated in the class colors of black and gold and centered with bouquets of tea roses, the class flower. Gold streamers, which were attached to each place card, led to the roses of the centerpiece, a rose for each guest. Miss Lillian Segel, home for the holidays from her studies at the University of Illinois, acted as toastmistress, calling on those present who responded* with short talks. Robert Frisby gave an interesting account of his life in the CCC camp in the west, Miss Rita Freund read the class prophecy, Eunice Marshall read, "Can You Imagine" and Eleanor Sutton read an article which she wrote on the "Class As It Now Is." Interesting facts about the class members were given, including the statistics that a few of the class were married, three employed in Chicago, one in Woodstock, one in nurse's training, two teaching school, and some attending college. The class officers were MaTy Althoff, president; Ray Howard, secretary and Florence Trent and Adelbert Whiting, vice-presidents. Miss Evelyn Anderson also entertained with vocal selections, aceompaning herself on the guitar. The committee In charge of arrangements for the affair were Evelyn Anderson, Hazel Kramer, Marie Freund and Eleanor Sutton. The class was unanimous in agreeing to make the reunion an annual affair and discussed a combined reunion with the classes from '31 to *36 inclusive, for next year. A committee appointed to make plans for next year consisted of George Larkin, Marguerite 'Johnson, Lucile Steffes and Robert Frisby. Class of '35 , On Sunday evening twenty-six of the forty-six members of the class of 1935 enjoyed a similar gathering in The Walnut room of the Riverside hotel. j A chicken dinner wia served at 7 o'clock, with George Johnson , Jr., presiding as toastmaster. fre called on the members for remarks and many told of their present occupation and life. . A-Jetter from Marian Kaelin, a diatant member now*" living in Tulsa, Okla., was read. Officers to take charge of arrangements for another year were appointed as follows: Dorothy Althoff, president; Betty Conway, vice-president; Jean Whiting, secretary and treasufer. There was also " a discussion on the classes from '31 to '36, combining in a similar observance next year. Following the dinner dancing was enjoyed. Members df the Class of '31 took one step further toward the formation this year of a social organization >>i all graduates from the Community High school. This was the main topic of discussion at their third annual reunion last Thursday night. They directed their alumni committee, appointed at the 1934 meeting, to continue its efforts towards contacting other elasses Members of the comttnittee of five are: Dorothy Fisher. chairman; Alvera Antholz, Kenneth N. Boley, Walter Brefeld and Alma Justen. This year, tke year of McHenry's Centennial celebration, it was thought, would be an appropriate time to form the organization of all graduates from McHenry's Community High School. Twenty-four young people assemblled at the third annual meeting of the Class of "31. They came through zero weather from their homes, in Chicago, Woodstock, on snow swept f^rms and in McHenry. „ ,1^ Those present are as follows: Mr. and Mrs Theodore Anderson. Alvera Antholz, Helen Bauer. Kenneth Boley, Mrs. Earl Conway, (Helen Weber), Dorothy Fisher. Alma Justen. Marion Krause, Harold Lindsay, Julia McLaughlin, Lowell Nye, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey, Clarence Regner, Edwin Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, (Louise Kilday), Agnes Steffes, Everett Thomas, Mr- and Mrs. Harpld Vycital, Alvera Weingart and Christine Wegener. Held in the Walnut Room of the Riverside Hotel, the reunion banquet was a full five-course affair of soup, salad, fried chicken, dessert and eof- : * \ - -- LOCAL SCHOOLS! - * > *- V - * 111 Sx v • \ A * ! V IIMIifA ' ' SPEND $10,841 IN THIS] TAKEN FROM COLUMNS COUNTY "1 OF OUR EXCHANGES School buildings and grtomds tft the county tfre being improved at a federal cost of $10,841, in WPA projects. Improvements at both the high school and grade school in McHenry are included in this amount with the allotment for work at the high school being $2,431 from federal funds, with $151 to be paid by the high school board of education. The appropriation for school building and ground improvement at the grade school, by the government, is $3,687, while the district, No. 15, pays $623. Four m)en started work at the high ! Elmer Stanke„ Crystal Lake, Was injured recently while at work at the Alemite factory in Woodstock when a six inch piece of iron blew from one of the machines and struck him on*- the head. August Wolfe, an old time resident of Richmond, died at Brooklyn, N. Dec. 20. The Wolfe family resided in Richmond som« 50 years agp, their home being where Mr. Klabunde' is now located. Mr. Wolfe's father was engaged in repairing boots and shoes. "He was later succeeded by his son, August. ruui IIWIl SWH1LCU WUJTK Hi IIU! lUgll . school in October whel'e they replaced u ,, ,a" _a" "Tatlc beater in, dirt token from the tree ink witt.1 S*„d" **•>«<• »' * ^ four inches of black dirt, and built u ^ a cement apron at the entrance to p • , s, lg school, causing watthe driveway south of the building. hn,,«L ^ ' od,n8' the entire Much of the interior of the building * °le ^°}ce entered the resiis being painted. "i "Ce A cn'cu* the telephone At Grade School Irnn^^36 , op,^tor to At the'grade school, two cement re-!,.-„• S1^na • When she taining walls and cement steps in. the noi- answ^r' the cast thp hnilrlirnr w«ra kuilt atiil D .. inve_Sti((* Was made. Police said that of the plastering in 1--American Seventh Day Adventist hospital In Dessye, Etliiopia, which was bombed by Italian airmen. 2--Gen. John J. Pershing presenting the Hubbard gold medal of the National Geographic society to Capts. A. \V. Stevens and Orvil Anderson for their stratosphere flight, while President Grosvenor of the society looks on. 3--Most Rev. l'olienrp Morusca, first Rumanian Orthodox missionary bishop to visit the JL'nlted States, leaving tlw White House with Rumanian Minister C. A. Devila. ; 1 -A. COLD WAVE AMD 1 HEAVY SNOWFALL McHenry residents, weary., from shoveling an endless stream of coal into furnaces and struggling with frozen automobile!^ welcomed with relief the end of the cold wave thai came over the weekend when rising temperatures and snow flurries arrived Brisk biting winds ushered in the «?r hill east of the buildjng were built and the playground covered with two inches of crushed rock. The interior of the building is being redecorated and a concrete fleer made in the boiler room. «Plans were also made to install a modern inverted _ - - - B w lighting system in the building, with i "•"ington postmaster came to an four inverted lights in each room. e . ^ Week when Cornelius Snyder Twenty WPA projects-are now un- official notification that he der way in the county, with $53,995 "®en appointed the house was ruined and rugs, soaked through, were frozen to the floor. The Sandwicks were vacationing at Fort Lauderale, Fla. i The long delay in naming of the new 86 PER CENT OF TAXES COLLECTED FINAL DISTRIBUTION IS BEINp-HjjAj>E , . . . , .. Lester Bdlnger, McHenry county below zero temperatw*. in Mdinen tnMUrar, cloeed hit books Tvesdfty for for Christmas and gave amateur rnd professional coal stokers several busy workouts. Snow flurries produced more than four inches . of downfall, the greatest being on Christmas day, which bloeked highways and made traveling hazardous. Slippery streets added to the hazards brought on by the north pole atmospheres and the drifting snow blocked the country roads, although extra men were put to work on the main highways which were kept open. A welcome bieak in the sub-zero weather during he afternoon of Christmas day proved only temporary, for the mercury suddenly veered downward and succeeded in passing the low point of the preceding day. Christmas day was not the coldest on record, but the temperature was considerably below normal for the day. The coldest Christmas on record was Dec. 25, 1924, when, jn the midst of an intense frigid spell, the mercury registered 11 below. Last year Christmas day was seasonable, although below zero weather fallowed the next day. The coldest place in the country was at Devils Lake, N. D., where 22 below was recorded. The division of highways at Springfield announced Friday that the Christmas snowdrifts had been cleared from all paved routes. One way traffic was provided on some roads of secondary importance, but maintennce officials said snowplows would open up two lanes during the day. MISS NELLIE STAINES A DECEMBER BRIDE being expended in federal funds. CAR FOUND IN J PISTAKEE BAY An automobile found frozen in the channel of Pistakee Bay Thursday by Sheriff Henry Nulle was believed to have been stolen in Chicago, although its owner could not be located. Persons' living near where the car was fcund reported that a young man drove it out onto the ice of the channel and when it broke through, he managed to climb to safety and fled across the lake on foot. The car broke through where the water is shallow and it was chopped free and towed to a garage. The state license number was issued to S. P. Zellers of Robinson, III., while a Chicago vehicle license was issued to Lionel Edenson of 57 Monroe street, Chicago. The car was about a half mil$ from shore and although first seen Saturday was not reported until Thursday. fee. i Boley, the genial and suave master of ceremonies, conducted the business of the meeting. Class President Lindsay was eleffed treasurer for this year. Vycital and McLaughlin were re-elected as co-chairmen for the 1936 reunion to be held Sunday, December 27. Suggestions were made on the problem of attracting absent class members to the reunion. "Talking it up" in private conversations and visits with a close tab on addressee was thought to be the beat method. the year with 8t.€ per cent of the 1934 tax bill, collected. The final distribution of the amount collected is being made. Of the $1,171,40*94 tax bill for 1934 County Treasurer Bdlnger announced that the sum of $1,056,156.25 has been collected. Mr. Bdlnger is very well satisfied with the year's collection although he would have liked to have done better. The little township of Coral grabbed off all the honors in the amount collected for the year. Of the totil t^x bill of $40,272. 3&the sum of $39,170.89 has been collected in Coral township. Greenwood township was a close second with a 96.7 per cent record. Hebron finished in third place with 95.7. It is .interesting to note that the townships made up mostly of farming taxpayers lead all others in the percentage of taxes collected. ---- Sub-divisions caused Grafton township to finish last on the list. Grafton dropped to a 78.7 percentage mark which is quite some under the next lowest pn the list. Door, one of the largest townships in the femount of taxes to be collected. finished with a 90.5 per cent record. Algonquin had the largest bill for the year and finished with an 85.7 record. | Chicago. The sum of $433,282.44 is being distributed in the final distribution. In this amount is Included the following amounts to the various taxing bodies: Townships, - $2€,978.60; Road and bridge, $17,838.30; Corporations. $43,- 177.39; Road and bridge inside corporations, $5,739.34; High schools! $132.- C29.39; District schools. $123,222.12; County treasurer, dog tax, $654.25; County treasurer, non-high school, $2,- 470.85; John Stell, state treasurer, state tax collected with 1934 tax, $4,- 516.98, and Crystal Lake park distribt, $4,529.35. Besides the current tax • collected this year the sum of $79,795.31 was collected in back taxes with the 1934 bills. The sum of $31,183,63 was also collected on forfeitures on 1933 taxes making the total amount collected during the year of $1,173,135.19. The forfeiture amount collected was distributed in July- Following is a table showing the amount collected during the year by the various townships as compared with the amount charged as well as the percentage of each township's bill collected * Charged Pet. $ 22,248.90 92.0 70,248.60 89.0 With the year of 1936 drawing to a close the last of -the nuptial events for the year was observed on Tuesday, December 81, when Miss Nellie Staines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Staines and Mr. Lee Whiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whiting, were united in marriage at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Patrick's church with Father Wm. A. O'Rourke, officiating. Attendants were Miss Viola Staines, sister of the bride, and Will Thomp* son, a friend, who served as but man. The bride was lovely in a blue and sihrer metallic suit with white velvet hat and face veil and blue slippers and her bridesmaid and sister were gowned in green crepe with brown accessoriesj Both the bride and her sister wore corsages of sweet peas and baby breath. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, where members of the im- ORDER 180,000 FAMILIES OFF RELIEF JAN. 15 Bluntly blaming the federal govas acting postmaster, to succeed E J. Langendorf. Mr. Snyder is Democratic precinct committeeman in Cuba township. He has been a resident of Barrington ail his life, and has been active in political circles for the past five years. I Stray dogs have killed about 135 if. n: eminent for breaking ^ sheep en farms e«tst and south of Genpromises of Jobs for all able to work, oa since August says L Lloyd, farmer the Illinois ^"ergencyEeUef Com- living on X sSLSl^ mission Monday ordered relief to. Estimated value of one head of s£m the 180,000 families on the rolls stop- is $g so there is a loss of $1080. Oi£ fai mer lost 31 head, 17 at one time and 14 another. Deputies from the Sheriff's office will answer any call when action is needed to kill a dog and their alertness in responding to a call at the Engh farm north of Sycamore resulted in the slaying of one dog that had killed a hog and was caught in the act. One dog in ptrticular came in for blame as 43 sheep were maimed on the left hind leg. John Kodada, who has just moved to the place across from the Avon Center school, which he recently purchased, was injured recently when he fell from a step ladder on which he was standing while fixing .a barn door. His hip was hurt and a bone in ped after January 15. Executive Secretary Wilfred S. Reynolds issued the orders on instructions from the commission and with the approval of Governor Horaer alter an eight-<hour conference at the governor's sickbed in Springfield.. .< Leading up to the decision to cast 672,000 persons on their own resources was a week's silence by President Roosevelt and Washington relief officials on the plea for federal assistance made when the governor called at the White House. Without, being specific, state officials made it clear they were relying on the President's statement before the conference of mayors that in end . ^ --T ; ^ j mediate families and a few friends were guests at'a wedding dinner. The home was attractively decorated in the nuptial colors of blue and silver and the table was also prettily decorated. The couple left on a few days' trip, after which they will reside in their ~ home Which is already furnished for them on McHenry avenue at Woodstock. - The bridegroom is employed in the Alemite factory at Woodstock and the bride has been employed by Joe Friend for the last four years. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Spaeth, Mrs Lona AadJC.es and WilL Thompson of 20 BASKETS DISTRIBUTED BY 1GOOD FELLOWS" Ing the federal dole, the government his wrist fractured. Mr. Kodada is would not allow any person to suffer, owner and driver of one of the large In fact, Chairman John C. Martin (trucks that carries milk from this viof the relief commission asserted it cinity to Chicago. still hoped Washington will open the j Herman Schumacher, 47, highly ms> purse strings on $10,000,000, or $2,500,- ected larmer living 3 rrfiles east of 000 a month, for the first four months was a victim of self-inflicted gun shoe' , (wounds last week Monday afternoon At Washington. Senator Lewis an- at *;20 o'clock. At an inquest connounced he would confer Thursday ducted Tuesday morning by Coroner with Federal Relief Administrator ^ Cook, a coroner's jury returned Hopkins to urge that the government ® death being caused by resume direct relief grants to Illinois.1 self-inflicted gun shot wounds inflict- Hopkins himself was silent. | while temporarily insane Illinois' relief budget for January i . s * result of a skid whicl c^lls for expenditures of $5:800,000. Available to pay'the bills is some $2,- 800,000, including expected sales tax proceeds, savings from December and local contributions, leaving a deficit of $3,000,000. ' ^ „ \ Terming the situation the most Well, another, Christmas has come and gone, with Santa Claus remembering everyone in his usual generous style, and really outdoing himself this year in many cases. Homes were merry with the laughter of children gathered around brightly- lighted Christmas trees and through the efforts of local Good Fellows there <His not a home in this community that was not made happy at the Christmas time. About twenty baskets were given out this year by the McHenry Township Relief Association, tohich was about half the number given out last year and a quarter of the number given out two years ago. If this is any criterion of the conditions in McHenry it will be seen that they are gradually1] improving. In addition to this the various lodges and societies looked; after their own members and assisted j in spreading happiness. Iiiley Marengo Dunham .. Chemung Alden Hart land Seneca .... Coral Grafton . Dorr Greenwood Hebron .... Richmond Burton McHenry. Collected $ 20.489.70 65,241.60 26,271.84 120,630.13 31,907.79 33,186.13 25,231.33 39,170.88 43,496.38 158,906.12 28,951.38 48,959 14 38,150.49 9,040.52 trjK.ti " 28,981.80" 90.6 131,792.05 91.5 33,873.S7 35,145.62 28,418.10 40,272 35 55.283.01 175,596.42 $9,933.87 61,134.80 41,218.57 11,135.86 94.2 94.2 88.8 97.2 78.7 90.5 96.7 95.7 925 91.5 TOWNSEND PLAN MEETING A Townsend Old Age Pensions Plan meeting will be held in the city hall at McHenry on Tuesday evening, Jan. 7, 1936 at 8 o'clock. A well-posted speaker will fully explain the plan, both in its original and modified forms. Everyone, young and old, are cordially invited. which resulted when he attempted to avoid his auto smashing into a pedestrian and anothei auto, popular. likable merchant and goodfellow Anthony "Tony" Parouhek. of DesPIaines. is in the Northwestern hospital with both arms broken and ^ severe cuts \nd bruises as the result, serious ever faced by the relief cf»w»-l j^ accident, two days before Christmission. Chairman Martin declared • J* a , Mr. Paroubek it grew out of the government's work *.ni1 ^ °X .,s ho,id*y busirelief program failing to have' the ef- st *' 'S , ** a,"es Mercantile feet which Illinois had been given day morning of Ustwi? ^ Without federal aid. Martin assert- ^^',1 ^riousiy^ mjured in ed. no money for relief betwteen Jan- automobile co,,ision lha J t resulted . nary 16 and February 1 will be avail- j th<? death <>f gidney able unless cities and counties con- toonist amJ author of ^n(Jv Guinp tribute toward the needs of their was d,scha,.ped from the c<;mmun£. localities, as is done in other ®ta ^s- hospital in Harvard Dec 22 The In addition to ordering ^Uef ende-J road trajredy took p,ace eaj.Jv th<f January 15. Reynolds directed that the morninff of October 20 and Martin commission s 5,500 employes be sus- iWas oblit?ed to -n ^ Harvard pended and that all offices In the hospital for two months and one day state be closed. ^ xWhen he left his face and head were it?. the the generously covered with bandages. The day before dismissal he submitted to a tooth ipxtraction. Martin maintained the strictest silence in relation to the road collision, refusing to dislast Sunday's Chicago Tribune, which j cuss any phase of it, except to his atwill be of interest to local readers: j torneys, of Harvard and the ether a "The Tenth Annual Exhibition of jof Watseka, 111, hometown of the Work of Illinois Artists is on view 1 Martin. LOCAL ARTIST ' RECEIVES MENTION The' following article appeared in Miss Pauline Herdrich of Chicago spent Friday at the home of Miss Evalyne Weingart. . Nunda .... 106.922.96 121.841.97 Algonquin 172,304.25 200,754.41 87.7 85.7 $1,964,154.25 $1,178,409CM.» Cattle, pigs and poultry at the Haile Brothers farm at Hickory Corner*, near Antioch, were saved by members of the Antioch fire department Men-: day night of last week when fire de • stroyed a large bain and a large at the Stevens Hotel third floor gallery to Dec. 31 under the auspices of the All-Illinois Society of Fine Art-. It is the best exhibition the society has hung, considering it as a whole. Beside the distinguished prize paintings there are a number of pictures j quantity of grains and hay. Damagt that should receive mention." by fire was estimated at $3,000. When Then follows a list of twenty, out of the firemen appeared at the burning about 300 paintings, which include barn, they found the farm-hands and "Midnight Mass at St. John's at1 neighbors laboring with the livestock Johnsburg," by Jacob Van Stock of' and poultry. The firemen, using the McHenry. Mr. Stock's painting stands ! water hose and other implements, about six feet high. [forced the mooing cattle and sqocdiMS - pigs from the barn. The fire was coa- «aindsakr Waal Afc brtar rtftte «*d to-tke • - ..