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^ ~"r ;r' r'. V ; v \ V-.; Society Notes 'i ENTERTAIN CARD CLUB ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Dreymiller enttrtained members of their card club •t a New Year's party. Cards were enjoyed and prizes were won by Mrs. Robert Thompson, R. V. Powers, C. Hughes and Mrs. R. V. Powers. FOB 0. I. S. MASQUERADE making of collars. Mrs. C. Downs, foods chairman, attended a meat canning demonstration at Ringwood, Dec. 17 and lA ; MOTHERS CLUB at the River- E. I?, even- ENTERTAIN CARD CLUB of their card club entertained by Mr. and Mrs? Sutton at their home, Sunday ing. Bridge "was played and prizes were won by- E. R. Sutton, Mrs. Albert Krause and Mrs. Nick Freund. At the next meeting, to be held at Richmond, th«K losieiss • • wifl. entertain the winners. ' PARTY AT TERRA COTTA Mrs. Mike Knox entertained a group of old friends at her home near Terra, ^ The Mothers club will home of Mrs. Albert Barbian* side drive, on Friday afternoon. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Henry Miljer and Mrs. Gerald Carey. - Cojach Gerald Reed of the high school will be the guest speaker; \ \ y ROYAL NEIGHBORS : ; 'At ..ar st>ecial election held at Fox River Valley Camp, R. l4. A., Tuesday night, Mrs. Mary Freund was reelected oracle for another year. Flans were made for iristallation Which wilj be' held later in the month. , Co.* Thursday afternoon. Becau,^ V. TAINS CARD CLUB; ^ » of the snow storm and bad roads sev4 Mrs. J. J. Rothermel; entertained - ner card club Wednesday afternooln. Prizes were.-waft by Mrs.. Will Bishop, Mrs. J. W. Rothermel and Mrs. H. B. Schaefer. « y ' : LADY FORESTERS St Clara's Court, Lady Foresters, will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary at the meeting next Wednesday eveneral of the guests were unable to get ; to the party, but those present; enjoy- - ed a pleasant afternoon in caVds and \ visiting, after which lunch was served. - Awards in cards were won by Mrs. M. - J. Walsh, Mrs. Jack Walsh, M « Doherty and Mrs. David Po .</< SLEIGHING PARTY . ,, & , t ing at St. Mary's hall. A pot-luck Wi e s eig mg JL™ supper will be served at 6 o'clock. the heavy snow-fall Thursday, mem bers of the Epwprth League and their guests enjoyed a sleighing party Friday evening. Two sleighs were filled with the happy young people and the crowd Overflowed onto sleds and skiis while others took turns in running or walking .to keep warm. i i^tch member is asked to bring a covered dish to serve. : " HOLY NAME SOCIETY Jacob Freund was elected president of the Holy Name society at the meeting held Monday evening, and will re-! Nobby Style Shop. . < * A fine array of sixty-two prizes will fce awarded at the third annual mi by McHenry chap- O. E. S., to- be held in 'Stoffel's on Jan. 25. The list of prises donated by McHenry business men follows. Plan to be there ai|d win ono of these fine awards. Best Colonial Lady--6 Goblets, Agatha Shop. Best Ladies' Costume--Shampoo and set, Marion's Beauty Shop. Best Liberty--Permanent, Rosebud Beauty Shop. (Time Limit) Best Indian Maid--Bacon, Northland Packing Co. Best Martha Washington--$2 Lamp, Jacob Justen and Sons. Best Gypsy Lady--Necklace, Tempus Fugit. Best Mae West--ToUet Set, Bolger's 'Drug Store. . ' . ^ y y.;y. Best Hard, Times Lady--<$2 in Trade, Spencer's Mill. Ty.,-. f y •> v. Best Farmerette---BreacP Box, Ak thoff's Hardware. . v Best Milk Maid--3 pounds; of coffee-- Barbian Brothers. Best Spanish Lady--Permanent, Claire Beauty Shop. v : Best Russian La4y-^tamp, Ericksons' Store. : v. . Best Scotch Lady--10 pounds of Alby Krug. Best Fairy--Box of Candy, Theis Candy Company. Best Black Mammy--$2.Q0 bundle of laundry, McHenry Laundry. Best Old Fashioned Girl--Stew Pan, Kamholz Hardware. ' Best Girl of the Gay '90's--Hose, Catherine Barbian. Best Advertising Costume, Girl--1 year Subscription of McHenry Plaindealer. Most Comical Lady--$1.00 in trade, .Following the ride, members of the p'"e.Ph" Gr"°' w,ho 5ervclf0 «)> : Best Flower Girt-Pern. McHenry ,rty gathered at the M. E. parsonage <?.st 0ther of" | F1°r»> C°mI>,"3rA. V „ nnnptites were satisfiW . >:f».r the cc"",n« *!" Best Snow Girl-B.rd C»g« and party where healthy appetites were sa with saridwiches and cocoa. tisfifed ficers elected the coming year are j Best Snow Girl--Bird Cage Leo Winkel, vice-president; Herman Stand, Vycital's Hardware. Steffes. secretary and Mat Freund, j Best Dutch Girl--fl.00 in trade, treasurer. Twelve new members were • Lyons' Variety Store. Best Japanese Man--Grease Job, CARD PARTY . , , . , . ... The £**r and Rosary sodiliiy "ofV*so recelved at this meetin* St. Patrick's church will sponsor card party at the Albert Purvey home M. E. LOYALTY LEAGUE .. , ic f n • Everyone interested in the Loyalty ^ Thursday afternoon, Jan 16, at - of the M E church is4nvited to o'clock. The committee m charge o i < ^& ^ ^ h o m e ^ a,r ra. ngement„s is vtM 1r1s- . t>K ay Mciure e, and Mrs. (_. W. KJontz, rnday evenchairman; Mrs. Melhe Bacon, Mrs. Cotoe and bring vour friends. t°"ls MrS M GerpdvSTyW v I meeting, which*will be a busi- Peter Doherty, Mrs. Robert Knox,! _ • . j- • * > i , . „ . -- • lira. J. M. Phalin, Mrs. David Poweris, ?'1? ^ Pi "* Mrs. .C. J. Reihattgerger, Mrs George for ye*r' """ Mjled " ' oclodL ^ H*"1 T"»«« Skelly Gas Station. Best Uncle Sam--$2 Basket of groceries-- A. G. Matthews. Best Man's Costume--5 gal. - gas, John Thennes Gas Station. Best Indian Chief--Grease or Wash Job, Buss-Page Garage. Best George Washington-- $2.00 in Schreimr, Mrs- M. A; Sutton, Mrs. Jack Walsh and Mrs. Roy Smith. year, win oe called at < O CIOCK. Best Hard Times Man $1.25 in A good attendance of men and women trade, John R. Freund. is. desired^ r;-I. Best Tramp--Basket ilsls? ?**• COUNTY AUXILIARY feETS Every unit in the county, Vitfc th<B , exception of Harvard, was represented at the monthly meeting of the M€- Memry County Council of the American Legioxi Auxiliary, held St Crystal Lake, Friday evening. Report of the Christmas party was made by the chairman. John Nelson, service officer at the Elgin hospital, ffave an interesting talk, telling of Ilia work. • J Those IMBpry who attended Were Mrs. IriMgg|9tcon, Mrs. F. C. Schoewer and wMW'loyd Reed. The ladies were accompanied to Crystal Lake by Mr. Reed and Mr. Schoewer. LADIES' AID SOCIETY PeapHe the snow and inclement weather on Thursday about eighteen ladies tarned out to enjoy the meet- Aid society at the ducts. Riverside, Man--Grease Job, home of Mrs. meeting was a social one, with games furnishing entertainment for those present. The next meeting of the society will be* held at the M. E. parsonage on next Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. B. G. Peterson as hostess. There will be work ready and a large- at» tendance is. hoped for. Anton Nelson Funeral services for were held December Warner Funeral Chapel at Crystal ^Arts Cafe. Lake. i Be#c Spanish Anton Nelson was born in Sweden' N xraji'j Garageon July 19, 1893. He caoe to this Best ScofrhTsn H.5# ia trade-- country in ,1921. He made his firs* Arwiersoii's Barbecue. home at Crystal Lake. Since that Bert Rrate--11.06 io trade, Albert time his occupation was farancg. Kraasei - Mr. Nelson and his family cazae to Old Biaek Joe--|L00 in trade, Ba- McHenry in March 1&-1-5. where they Nookresided on the F. S. Rich farm rx. Mc- &*** Mac. it the Gay Wj--Gillette Collum's Lake- StA*. He is survived by his wife, " 'IftiaiaB--Bundle of Laundry, and two children, Eraetfk tfHTTSuiline.. Howari •y r.Elides his family he is sarvived by Advertising Costume, Man--1 prtk" TEN YEARS OLD Jean Reihansperger, who was ten years old on Saturday, January 4, celebrated the occasion of her birthday with a party to which a dozen of her school friends were invited. A happy time was spent in playing games, with prizes won by Bonnie Page, Nadine Schaefer, Betty Kilday, Patricia Phalin and Lily Unti. Following the games delicious refreshments were served with a prettily decorated birthday cake as the center of attraction. Others present, besides the prize winners, were Cynthia Erickson, Barbara and Jerry Carey, Laura and Edith Sherauin and Ellen Boyle. HUTSON-McDONALD The marriage of Miss Anita Hut- Son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becker of Crystal Lake, to Mr. Grant McDonald of Crystal Lake, took st Clown--Tie, McGee's Clothing. Second Best Cknm_Cake, McHenry Bakery. Best Policeman--$1.00 Py^i^ or Anton Neiaon ;jC".eamng, Lorftx and Lodtz. 30 from the _ ®e*t Boseaa Man--Cigarettes, his mother, who lives in Sweden and subscription to McHenry Plaintwo sisters, Mrs. Johanna Hanson of Woodstock and Mrs. Anna Johnson cf Most Comical Man--$ LOO in trade, Minneapolis, and one brother, Nels, of, ^^ner's Market. Denver, Colo. i Snow Man--Wool Helmet, IPopp'g Shoe Store. ADAM LEITNER, 80, OBSERVES BIRTHDAY birthday on "Wednesday, Adam Leitner. of 325 Wellington avenue, Elgin, a pensioner of the Elgin National Watch Co., and a former resident of McHenry, observed his eightieth Jan. 8. Born Jan. 8, 1856, in New York City, Mr. Leitner moved with his parents when 12 years old to Philadelphia, in which city he recalls following the funeral cortege of Abraham Lincoln. Later the family came to Chicago oij a two months' visit some two years after the Chicago fire, and then settled in McHenry. It was in McHenry that Mr. Leitner was married to Miss Mary Albert of New York City, a childhood friend. The couple made their home here until 1891, when they moved to Elgin where he was employed by the Elgin Butter Tub Co., and later by Kerber Packing Co. He was later engaged as head butcher at the National House place at high noon on New Year's day 1 °f th u e, E1^n j Watcf1 Co., a position he at the Becker home in the presence of! caPab]y fil1^ "ntl1 hls retirement on. relatives. The Rev. O. T. Canfield, of, Pe?»10n in 1928. Geneva, officated. He makes his home with a daugh- The bride was attended bv Miss ter \nd son"in-law' Mr- and Mrs. Har- Beatrice Kolberg and Miss *Marian Ty u M°ore' An,other daughter, Mrs. Beatty. Ragner Watin and Robert Mc- ... e' and a son, Chris, also re- Donald served the bridegroom S A -1" gm aS d° four erandchildrert. The couple will reside until 'spring • «rSter' MrS- Emil S^^der resides at the home of the bride's parents1 m *Woodstock' Mr. McDonald is employed at the Crystal Lake postoffice. Best Jew--Basket of Groceries, Peter Schafferr Best Mickey Mouse--Basket of fruit, Art Smith. Best Gypsy Man--Tobacco Pouch, A. E. Nye. Best Twins--1 gallon ice cream^ McHenrj' Ice Cream Company, Best Scarecrow--Cartoon of Cigarettes, John Dreymiller. Donations towards music--West McHenry Bank. McHenry Lumber Company--500 pounds of soft coal. Alexander Lumber company--500 pounds soft coal. -- Miller Coal company--500 pounds soft coal. Worwick Studio--1 6x8 Individual Photograph in Modernistic Frame. (Time Limit) , : Pries Market--Ham. Daley Barber Shop--Hair Tonic. Northwestern Hotel--Deck of cards. Riverside Bakery--Cake. Overton's Garage--Grease Job. Mrs. Pich--Hat. ^ Carey Electric--Electric Four-way Outlet. HOME BUREAU Mrs. Iioyd Benwell and Mrs. E. A. . Thomas, members of Ringwood unit of ! ^eir f°Wen wedding on Nov. 1®, 1927 A&r. Leitner, who enjoys fairly good health, is a member of St Joseph's church and the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mr. and Mrs. Leitner celebrated CITY COUNCIL IN - JANUARY MEETING JUDGE ALLEN TO LEAVE HOSPITAL the Home Bureau, gave the lesson on 1 S' Leitner died in 1931. i "Quick Bread" at the meeting of McHenry unit, held at the home of Mrs. Charles Rasmussen, Friday afternoon. They demonstrated the lesson by risking powder, biscuits, which turned out Judge Charles T. Allen, who. has de.iciously brown and fluffy, perfect- been seriously ill at the Mayo Brothly displaying the ability of the cooks ers hospital in Rochester, Minn., for as well as the reliability of the re- the past seven weeks, is expected to CI*tuvo w v i *1 r i ^ ] leave the hospital Saturday of this I.J • • 4u »V atei straat was j week. He is going to the home of hostess at the meeting, at uhich tbeu his brother, Dr. George Allen at South were four members and four visit- Rend on his return for a short period °.r - ^ rs" J" E> ei}man was f time before returning to .his home elected as a delegate to represent the at Cary. • • • McHenry unit at the Hoire-r,lakers I j udge AHen is getting along as well conference at Urbana on January J.4.., as c ipected according to reports to- Several recipes for quick breads were j day. His many friends in McHenry -• i . | c°ut ,ty will be glad to hear he is able Ane first chairman, Mrs. R. Wateu-1 to leave the hospital and wish for him Straat, talked on the organization of , a speedy recovery from his illness. a ycugg people's club. Mrs. Denman.l i clothing chairman, gave the lesson on I Subscribe for The Plalnffealer. The regular city board meeting was held Monday night, Jan. 6. The first order of business after roll Call was the reading and approving of the minutes of the previous meeting. The treasurer's report showed "balance of $4,232.61 at the beginning of the meeting. The collector had taken in $1,427.09 and the clerk had collected $60.75. The regular bills were ordered p id as OK'd by the finance committee. The Wells Engineering convianj was allowed $248.97 and the Gjellefald Construction company was allowed $7,047.65 from the PWA funds, while the company was allowed J385 from the general funds for payment on change of aerating systems from the regular PWA contract. A representative of the Public Service company was present and objected to the $25 deduction on previous month's light bill because the time clock was not properly adjusted. This matter was adjusted on a $15 deduction basis. . ' Meeting adjourned at an early hcur. Fro« Walk* on Ceilinf• A green frog which can walk oo ceilings Is found In Australia. ITS LEAP YEAR AGAIN AND HERE'S WHAT CAUSES IT KEEPS SPRING AND FALL FROM JUMBLING UP. The following interesting article is written by Wayne Thomis, £iid published recently in the Chicago , Tribune: j Thisuiew year, 1936, is a leap year, is 366 days long, and traditionally is a year in which the usual proprieties of courting are reversed and maids may propose to men. Its designation as a leap year and the extra day are beneficaries conferred upon us all by decree of Julius Caesar, tribune of Rome, who issued his edict in 46 ft. C. It is from the old Roman Calends or Kalends, a method of dividing time into certain periods such as days, weeks, months, and years, that our modern term, calendar, is derived. And from the sajne sourpe, modified by Pope Gregory XIII., comes the calendar by which we distinguish our' civil and ecclesiastical years, months, and days from the solar and astronomical years and days. The need for a leap year once in every quadrennial period is based entirely upon the fact that "natural" divisions of time--the solar year in which the circle of the seasons is | completed, the solar day in which the earth makes its daily revolution, and j the lunar month during which thp, phases of the moon complete their > cycle--do not correspond exactly to our conventional time divisions. - Those Extra Hours Ordinarily we consider that a year is 365 days long: Actually our sdlar year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds of mean solar time. It is easy to see thta if the odd hours, minutes and seconds are ignored over even as short a period as 20 years, we fall behind solar time four days and 19 hours, with some minutes left over. Without understanding why, the primitive tribes which founded Rome, discovered that their seasons "wandered" through their months. These tribes, from what information is available, apparently had ten months in their year, and th< Inhered far on into March and spring moved over into the summer months. Authorities say that one of the early Roman leaders, Numa, following the death of Romulus, one of the twins, who, tradition says, founded Rome, added the new month, February, "to follow December, and January to precede March. A New Month Appears This change was undoubtedly made to restore the calendar to some semblance of parallel with the natural seasons. From Numa's to Caesar's time the Roman calendar was of the hxnisolar form, having previously been largely based upon the lunar changes with a year of 364 days. To keep the calendar approximately in step with the seasons a thirteenth month, Mercedonius, was introduced at intervals of two or three years. In all these efforts the calendar makers had attempted to have the spring months of their year come about the time of the vernal equinox which we noW know occurs about March 25. At the time of the equinox we say winter is ended and spring begins. By Caesar's time the irregular use of the month of Mercedonius had produced intolerable uncertainties of reckoning, and these the mighty Caesar sought to correct. With the aid of Sosigenes. and Egyptian astronomer, he abolished the lunar controls on the calendar, restored the date of the equinox to its roper place, and set up a fixed solar calendar of 365 days find a twelve month year. Restore the Equinox The new calendar began with Jan. 1, 46 B. C., and that year was made to control a total of 445 days, to restore the equinox, putting it on the afternoon of March 23. Sosigenes knew that the solar year was actually longer than 365 days, and after consultation Caesar decreed that the civil year should be 365'/a days. He ordered then that every fourth year should be leap year, and that to it an extra day should be added to prevent the old wandering; Time proved, however, that even Caesar's solution was not a final one, for bis supposition that the year is 365 Vi days gives the year 11 minutes, 14 seconds too much time. The real eiror amounts to one day in every 128 years. Each leap year too many as it was added to the growing total did Its biti toward dislocating the equinox toward January. By 1582 the date of the equinox had wondered 12 days backward into the winter hionths. Pope Gregory XIII called a conference and ordered changes in the Julian calendar. Pope Suppresses 10 Days He suppressed 10 days of the year 1582 to correct the "drift" of the equinox, and then ordered that the intercalations of odd days on leap years be omitted on all centenary years except those which are multiples of 400. This was done because the error in the Julian intercalation was found to be about three days in 400 years. Now the Gregorian rule gives 07 intercalations in 400 years, and consequently one year contains 305 days, ^ hours. 49 mii.utes, and 12 seconds. This exceeds the true solar year by only 26 seconds' or one day in ",323 years. And the Gregorian rule is: every year the number of which is divisible by four is a leap year excepting the last year of each century, which becomes a leqp year only when the number of the century is divisible by four. Thus it is seen that leap year will not be si 2100 A. D. Accepted Rapidly in Italy, Spain, and Portugal on the same day it was ordered in Rome. In France it was accepted before the year was ended and in 1583 by the Catholic states of Germany. The German Protestant states retained the Julian calendar until 1700 when Sweden and In Great Britain the Julian dar was abqlished by the act Of 1760. That same year saw. the change in the British colonies in America. The birthday of George Washington, which •v;. ntiac PONT1AC SIZES and EIGHTS FOB GOMTORT LUt pricma mt fuwlwi, Jlfiofc., bagtn mt $415 for thm Star <uuf 9730for thm B|kl (mlfjact to chmitgo «4mwI node*). Standard group if •wwwld «Mn> Front Street R. I. OVERTON MOTOR SALES; (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) Public Accounts' of business on thfe $165,434.99 127,711.71 . 127,969.79 201,362.12 11,569.00 1,813.70 $635,861.31 at ^ (P. 0. West McHenry) transmitted in response to call of the Auditor of pursuant to law and showing condition at the close 31st day of December 1935. RESOURCES I. Cash and due from banks : • v ' . . 3. United States Government obligations, direct and/or fully guaranteed 4. Other bonds* stocks and securities 5. Loans and discounts *. 7. Banking house, $9,409.00$ Furniture and fixtures, $2,160.00 y---' ." 41, Other resources .... Grand Total Resources 12. Capital stock 14. Surplus 15. Undivided Profits (Net) 16. Reserve accounts 17. Demand Deposits seasonal 18. Time Deposits ; J. - ,: Total of deposits: (1) Secured by pledge of loans, investments . (2) Not secured by pledge of loans and/or investments T. 1 $ 50,000.00 50,000.00 8,619.10 2,099.14 273,489.43 . 251,650.34 5 25,000.00 500,139.77 (3) Total Deposits u. Other Liabilities ' 1 Z--$525,139.77"= 3.30 Grand Total Liabilities ...„y...$635,861.31 Memorandum: Loans and Investments Pledged: to Secure Liabilities: 26. Loans and investments pledged: Vy ^ U. S. Government obligations direct and^or . fully guaranteed ......$27,000.00 Total Pledged (excluding re-discounts) .._j$27,000.00 27. Pledged: ' . y / Against fund? of State of Illinois m „$ 27,000.00 Total Pliedged ...1 .$27,000.00 The bank has outstanding $66,174.38 face amount of Deferred Certificates, payable solely out of future net profits, if and when such future net profits are earned, (future net profits are operating profits plus recoveries, less charge-offs and proper provision for reserves) representing contributions to the bank and subordinated to all deposit and creditor liabilities but payable before any distribution to stockholders as such. : '^"-v •: I, Gerald J. .Carey, Cashier of West McHenry State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the items and amounts shown aboy# agree with the items and amounts shown in the report made to tb« Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, pursuant to law. GERALD J. CAREY, Cashier. JOS. W. FREUND, $IM0N STOFFEE; Directors. V STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of McHenry. ss. - Subscribed and sworn to»before me this 7th day of January, 1936. ' <SEAL> ROBERT L. WEBER, Notary Public: DEPOSITS, D^X^EMBER 31,1934 .1 $426,934 33 Deposits, Dec. 31,1935 0525,139 &