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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 14 May 1936, p. 6

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Jyae Lindbergh Heart By LEONARD A., BARRETT ,V> .'K ' • -f onpl Cfintff1* Old Timers' Club t hear •»>'* "name of Col- A. Lindbergh, we immediately think of the flighf of the j St. Louis to France and of the heroic i) qualities displayed , by Americans fore- [ most.9viator. ,That J Colonel LlndberRh made a contribution to aeronaut ics, second to none, no would de/iv, m Is it giv<'n SENATOR STRAYER JOINS feaker, 0. egon. Editor: • „ the Plaindealer payroll. Pact is that the Old Timers' Club exists, because one old timer wrote me after the 60th ! Anniversary Edition, that I did not know enough about McHenry to write about it. Yes, Asali^l, you are right. Prof. SEN. STRAYER JOINS j OLD TIMERS' CLUB LTiniers'*--at least irf point 6f remem- , . . ,. [Wring things about the McHenry ofjW. H. Strayer was a real friend and j fanner pup.ls wil greatly enjoy h* •\W>g Uifo, but cannot think of any tutor. Remember (of course) how he^-«**• Fo. tweo -y-four r just now. to ^an.v persorl to years, 1893 to *1895, the 'last year in be accredited ^vith j tjje old school building and the first fame in "ibre than i year in the new building. At the one field of sp^cti- cjose 0f the Jast year, I left McHenry lation, Colony IJndbergh, however, Is and r have never ^ there since destined to have his name Jndelibly Tjme and ^ associations of a resi_ engraved upon the records of two de- L(1ence in a far djstant state for over partments of science, tne latter bemg f6rty has dimmed; the memory of not a few of the names and faces lis veil as of many events that trans- An old and valued friend has asked me to write a letter for publication in the columns of the Old Timers' Club of your paper. I am reluctant tp comply with his request for the simple reason that I spent far too bri«»f a period in McHenry .to qualify as a member of that, club, or to warrant the assumption that a letter from me will be of passing interest to many, if any, of your readers. It was my privilege to be pnncipa; Of the McHenry school for two joveiy an<j feej so horribly in these Hastily yours, Lenora Stevens VanSiyke. , 405 Ppwell Ave. SOLILOQUIES OF FORTY ODD YEARS AGO April 7, 1936. !)OiA BESLEY: "Now, I'll tie* the ends of the strings to the door knob, turn around, lean forward; let jthe air out of my lungs and oh, oh, had us form a Reading Club ahd we met at his room and our hbmes and read Victor Hugo and Dumas and ate nuts, candy and pop corn. I have no pleasure in the memory of "that person, Overaker," either. You said it. "Be jasus, lick them all," says 'Be jasus', and that dark tyrant did lick most of us. '• R-* Ll*"« Newman, McHenry. Herbt:, .c.mett, 1045 Fauquier St., St. Paul, Mint). , r * Mrs. Mayme Owen Schnorr, Union BIOCK, Spencer, la, 5 Mrs. Clara Bennett Sorenson, Box ?26, Route 3, Racine, Wis. Mr®- \V. i. Colby, 633 Massena Avi • 't?an, 111. , • V Parsons Swenson, 3736 Strayer has been a member of the 15th Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. We are, indeed, proud to this week enroll W. H. Strayer of Baker, Ore., aS a member of the Old Timers' Club and we feel sure that his marly Lizzie Weber was an Oregon State Senate and is chairman of the' Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled bills; vice-chairman of the committee on resolutions ahd a member of the following committees, Alcoholic Traffic, Irrigation and Drainage, Mining, Revision of Laws, Ways and Means. To Mr. Strayer we extend a very Attractive' s*ncere a°d urgent invitation to atoh! AH! How can a person look so]youngster! brown-eyed sparkling girl? Join up, ; the field of medical research'. $•* Thf» month of March, J&>6, will ever bt remembered in the history of med-i- , - .. . . . - - tclne for the announcement m^e pired • the two really happy $ through the Rockefeller fojih.dation. of 1 year? that I spent while there. But ! the completion of an artificial bods' by } s°me •?*. friendships formed at £ Colonel. Lindbergh. It Is called the |that "time have endured through the » • robot heart. The^ mechanism consists yeArs and I still entertain many rec- J of glass tubes of various dimensions. |ol lections that are deeply graven, sO glass receptacles, and so on, into which can be placed tf wounded part of the body, ai d the healing process watched aD<1 stn'Hed with scientific precision. In other words, the pa^ts of the human body such as a diseased thyroid gland, or kidney, can be made to function under normal condtt'nn^, ^<van«» r'..„ receptacle into .which these organs are placed functions exactly as does the human body. Organs separated from the human body can thus be kept normally alive, and the process of healiftg' tinder the influence of the curative methods employed, studied as it never has been possible before. The physician or surgeon studies the effect caused by certain bodily conditions as'they are manifested in fever, pains, and symptoms. From these effects he seeks to discover the cause of the malady. This effort to discover the cause mi', ' t- attended by the element of a "guess.' Many times the cause is difficult to discover. It is claimed that the rQbot heart will reveal not only the effect of disease but the cause as well. : • It took Colonel Lindbergh five years of most i-ainstaking toil to perfect his contribution to medical science. According to a representative of the Rockefel'vr foundation, It is impossible to pred1'1' •he ultimate 'value® of the application of Colonel Lindbergh's new creation to the healing of disease. All hail to America's foremost aviator. In the future we shall doubtless think -' h'-n also, as a scientist of the highest, w © W«*tern Newspa-per Union. be good this season. Well, they will do it and I might as weii get the fee. Their chances for happiness are, now let's see, (hum, hum, hum), a possible 20 to 1 shot. Yes, that's about right, but the Lord said, 'If there be city.' Maybe nearer.": . 40 to one would be that I: cherish the hope of some day having an opportunity to visit the town once more and thereby revive latent memories by the subtle proce&o of suggestion. When I do, I hope that I may meet with now and then a familiar face. I would like to rar.bk- abcut end not$. the changes that the years have hrought, just dream, a reverie that never grows 'old. - : . I have been asked to tell something -of my life work. That can be done in very few words. I was admitted to the bar in 1896, and have been engaged in the law practice in the State of Oregon practically ever since. I presume my professional experience v ould not differ from that of all other lawyers, always mixed up in some controversy. Many interesting experiences, but it would take too much space to defail them, even if the readers of the Plaindealer were familiar with the actors m some real i • dramas. WILL MEAD: "Kinda funny my Aside from the practice of my pro- thinking that; I'd rather kiss one gin fession, I have spent much time in j than twenty men. Gome to think of public service. I was elected to the j it, who wouldn't?" v State Senate in 1914 and if I complete I -- my present term, I will have served, LEW OWEN: "I'd like to have for twenty-four years. When I was j John I. Story, Pete Thelen and Hank elected the first time, I had serious j Mead line up on that counter and pull opposition, but always thereafter I all three wires at once and see which things?" JOHN STOFFEL: "I've a nice store here, but it's seven in^the morning until ten at night. -- - go fishing." If you find my "Way Back Whens" mixed up (kinda cart before the horse) ,please remember that I sent in a thousand of them in January Wish I could j when We were snowed and froze in Lyle, our line-o-type-"pest," gets the o tTAtiri tit*. uni c T.J t. .i N turned up side down, now and then, RAY HOWARD: ' ^ be®n , ^saheit and that is why Lon Howard born rich instead of good looking." L._ J T ' A.,.* u «« BILL MUSGROVE: , "Ad says that every time we go to; town, we lose $10,000. Wonder Dvhat it . all has amounted up to?" , ! :^v ^ read Lou. Don't worry dbout it, we all know what is correct, and Lyle really is a. darn fine kid. Be careful how you type that word. fine. my boy. Brother Herb is back in St. Paul and is weekending with me. .He sure is a pal. Here jt is past midnight and he is downstairs playing cards; they are arguing and squabbling and having such a good time. Last Fri- REV. CONLEY: "The exodus from day P- m ' J him along on calls the frying pan into the fire' should |UP°£ Serbian stc^kyard workers 'at South St. Paul. A ftice old lady fys, "Dcft^". ever eat Serbian pickles?" "No!" says I, "but I'm sure going to eat one right now." You remember reading about Lazurus and "a certain rich man?" Well, you TOM MUfcPHY: "Wish I'd had a fine education. It's one thing to think and another to know about what you are thinking." + but one righteous man, 1T1II1I spare the^ Jj ust m.u.n.c.h a Serbian fp ick. le. .o nce, and ROLL WAITfc: "I wonder whatstung me as I sat on that counter." • JOHN THELEN (Singing): "! grabbed. Dog grabbed.. Towser got the best of it. Fence caught my coat tail and I left my Sunday britclies ih McGee's back yard." CjABBY QERTIE OH LOON ncrmcn i point of interest is sometimes point Of reproof. * My Neighbor SAYS: To prevefit tu.ui.g uown youi* de'phiniuuj planets spread coal ashes or lime around each, "plant.-. Slug::.; c,an- .ftot crawl over them.. would jump the highest*" JAMES B. PERRY: "I'd bet four dollars that there isn't an alderman in town that has had a bath sincei laijt; summer/' . received the endorsement of both political" parties. There are several other members of the legislature, older in point of years that I am (and I am not so young), but no other member has ever seryed as long as I have sincei the state "was admitted in 1859. In view of the fact that my district is quite evenly divided politically, I think my record is quite unique in both respects. Last fall I made a hurrleJ trip to the East, incidentally visiting Chicago and portions of Wisconsin and other points. Enroute from Oshkosh to Chicago, I stopped off al Wauke-j' LINUS NEWMAN: "this broad gan and had a short visit with two of | belt that I wear is a fine idea. See ? my former pupils, Asahel Stevens and i Standing, it is loose. Bend over and his wife, Grace Stevens. My only | it is tight. A quick duck to the regret was that I did not have the right and a straight left to the short time to visit McHenry and Wauconda. j ribs is easy on the fist and takes the I probably would have been disap- fight out of 'em." (Looks at watch), pointed in some respects, for memory "About time to go home to Mabel, makes no note of change. I have | the kids and breakfast." travlelled quite extensively through- \ -----. out all the west, including our neigh-! REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- O. N. OWEN: "One dollar at 6 per cent is $1.06. $1,000 at 6 per cent it $1060. If I can get that wood sawed at $1.00 instead of $1.25 a cord, the saving will amount to 25 per cent. (Aloud)--Lew, put the tfover on that cracker barrel." you will know more about it. Albert Holly sent me a letter that,^ he got from George Howe. Hello, George, you read the Plaindealer, join tha club. Let's get together. We all join in sympathy over the passing of your father, He was a good man and a splendid gentleman. Kindest regards to your mother and brothers. "Jule" Smith showelfed McHenry with his kindly personality? The Club greets you Mr. Smith and rejoice that you*, are .carrying on. We are happy to get the truth about the Hank McLean pig story. I was about nine or ten years old when I heard him tell his yktois. Maybe Mr. Johnson was still hale and husky at that time and Hank switched names. I dunno. Now that you have joined th» club, write some "Way Back Whens." Help with the "restoratives^ I still think there is life. Loretta, you will have to. think up another excuse, besides golf. ' I am happy to tell you that I am entirely recovered from the sciatica after two miserable months. All praise is due to Gilbert Howard's efforts in manipulation and rubbing my leg which was in a very bad condition. Gilbert spent a very pleasant nineteen days with us, and we weiv sorry to have him leave. FRANK BENNETT. tend the Homecoming and Centennial in McHenry on July 30, 31 and Aug. 1, and to let us convince him that McHenry is not a ghost town. Members of the club to date are: Frank Behnelt, 20 S. Fail view Ave. S t . P a u l , M i n n . " / • - Margaret McDonald, J22i S. St John Ave;, Highland Park. Albert Holly, Genoa, 111. Mrs. Amy OWen Chapel!, 1328 N Denver Ave., Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. Jack Walsh, McHenry. C. F. Blocks 415 W, First St., Dundee." . Delia Beckwith, McHenry. Geo. W. Owen, 503 Center St., EUr. gin, III. •' ' - •• C. S. Owen, 456 Ida Place, Glencoe, 111. Mrs. Agnes Wentworth, McHenry. : John F. Claxton, McHenry. Fred. T. Colby, 514 Peninsular Ave., Burlingame, California. Gilbert Howard, Deadwood, S. D, Co. 2759-V. Alice Sutton, 3874 46th Street, EL San Diego, Calif. Simon Stoffel, West McHenry, Hi. ITPAYS LIVE STOCK BY RAIL 1 "North Western" offers shippan ^ many advantages Jn getting " U** tock to market--economy . -too. For example below ia the CM# ft m minhuM IWIFEFC MT. Uom Nogs Cattla McH£NSY HvbDMiOwlbDMi Mte. Wt. Mia. Wt. Wita. W*. t® • 16,900 Uw. 24,000 lbt. 22,0M fta. Chicago CJU.S. YdeO $23^33*^:10 VfM for tun on alnd iMftm ami lmfbroiauoa about way other scoao« •Uf umI •dvaau«M ot thippUtf Ur» stock by^sil; coamlt; ' ^ a W. GOODELL, Agent Phone 65-W CHICAGO tr "NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY c S P E C I A L TM I f W E E K / whil# theg iasttt if Holds 4 quarts. The ivory and green •nomel v adds color to any kitchen A rare bargain opportunity. 394 VALUE L I M I T 1 TO A CUSTOM E ^ Wm. H. Althoff Hardware Corner Main St. & U. S. 12 West McHenry Ko good soaps are greasy. Sldtat- tn>f soups by droi'ipirig. a piece of damp cheesecloth Into the liquid. The grease quickly adheres to"iT."~ -- Water used iq iuiikinji tea -should .always be freshly Hoiled, Waiter boiled for a Vng t Rile its va Itiahl e 6a I' s and b made vi-ith it are lack leg .in :U4ste^:-/- ;-:-i ,* , - on etetlriiig to tie cleansed BliOflii ,!>e fi'ifiiiied with whitte basting threadv before; rj'ittitig Into gasoline: Ru! J U J places with White soap abd rtnge w " iri clean gasoline. Keep away -in ire. - STED NEIIF LIAIJBRT'.--^VNU SERIFIC*. bor to the north as well as to the south. Here and there, especially in the gold producing sections, I have visited what we call ghost towns. Towns that once were inhabited by hundreds and. even thousands-^f people feverishly bent upon taking from placer and quartz the valuable deposits of gold and other precious minerals,, towns that are long since deserted. In some of these towns, the business and residential buildings still stand. There is one ghost town not many miles-from here, or rather the grave of a ghost town, for not a vestage of. the town remains except some sunken graves upon the mountain side, and yet at one time from 'en to fifteen thousand bearded miners delved in the placer deposits. On my eastern trip, 1 hired a car in1', drove out to tht place where I first entered school. It "was a ghost place. The school house was gone {i.d I had to be told where it once stood. Nothing was familiar, not even the hills. „ I was disappointed. Had I gone to McHenry, I might have been disappointed in. the riames and faces encountered on the streets and in the business houses, but I am confident it would have been in these re- Knects only. To any of my former friends'who may read this. Greetings! W. H. STRAYER. Stacey Clark went into Tom Burk's meat market and said: "Tom, I have about 400 pounds of very fine dried beef outside. If you will take it all, I'll make you a price on it." Tom went out to take a look and hitched to the rail was an old and very thin cow on the hoof. Them WAS Che days! •. > - "Frankie" Block, was a t&galong ? That young fellow is now a "live wire" and assistant postmaster Tuscon, Arizona, a population of over 40,000. Have a letter from him and a Rodeo Edition of their paper, the other day. Frankie is a'splendid, joyous, happily married, young fellow, Watch for his letter. - Rubinoff Holds World Recojrd for Broadcasting ft Aw POTPOURRI ^everwd Tattoo S fH'I be successfully v i.; . . _-t' skiuntd people, for the process Is one of puncturing the skin an<3 rubbing colors Into the fresh Bears. However, dark Skinned rac-s use a related t~ -eversed method. They ~ash the t'.in and rub ashes or c'.„y Into the wounds thus caving light rals.-4" •cam to form. 0 Western Ntmpii,, Unlo®. CO-OPERATION Waukegan, 111. .- May 5, 1936. Dear Friends:- . You asked me to send Mrs. Cristy's address. Just at present it is: Mrs. W. A. Cristy, Granby, Missouri, in care of Lynn W. Cristy. Harold Cristy's-address is Warren, Arizona. , I enjoy the paper and look forward to its arrival each week. I have been trying to think of any 6ther persons I know who could be rated as "Old Frank Wiedemann did his spring housecleaning ? He lived over John Niesen's blacksmith shop, near the liver bridge. Frank piled the stuff! cutside and threw on a can of kcro sene. A match started the cleaning When the fire was at its height, he threw in his hat. Try it' yourself. IiOts of fun: Lenora Stevens was a joyous lively kid? The club admits you with great pleasure. Where have you been all my life? The Twin Cities was the home of the 13th Minnesota. Shall be glad to meet your hubbie. We are mighty glad, Lenora, that you have survived all these years. Have wondered about you and am feeling much encouraged about the Club, since Jyour letter. Please be a live- membe/ and help administer restoratives. Good girl! Give Us the Hank McLean story. I missed that one. We now have 34 members. Eight who live in McHenry, including one very feeble business man. Ii I can only get him mad, it will be a pleasure. I assure you that I am NOT on A. G. Stevens, 1202 Yeoman Waukegan, 111. Mrs. F. E. Knowles, 2010 E. Baa* dolph, Enid, Okla. Mrs. Ella Wheeler, McHenry. * Julius D. Smith, 208 Washington Blvd., Urbana, III. Mrs. E. M. VanSlyke, 406 Powell, Ave., Waukegan, 111. y ^ Lewis Owen, Cushing, Okla. Miss Clara Wightman, Haines /lorida. Mrs. Chlotilde Frett Wooley, 1323 E. 64th St., Chicago. • * Fred J. Schnorr, 40 Savings Bank Bldg., Council Bluffs, la. Frank E. Block, 1739 E. Hawthoi'ne St., Tucson, Ariz. Mrs. A. .Edwin Perry, 503 Center St., Elgin, 111. W. H. Strayer, Sommer Bldg., Baker, pre. Mrs. Jennie Bassettf West McHenry. DR. B. C. HUN* VETERINARIAN^ : r Crystal Lake,„ Telephone 452-M " -- West Hillside Road"' ,' .•- '.• vy<-. I',/,; c, FIRE AUTO CAB* UFB INSURANCE EARL R. WALSH Presenting Reliable Companion Wlwn need inraraiice of aay Idni Pbooe 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. - McHenry Phone 43 VERNON J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment McHenry Illinois Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 256 Telephone No. 300 Stoffel & Reihansperger lasnrance agents for all classes st property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Onr experience U at Yonr Service in building • Yonr Wants ' A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor Tricking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building T«L 204 M McHenry, QI #• WILLIAM B. MARTIN Representing Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 105 S. York St. Elmhurst, III. Main Street McHenry, 111. Phono Elm. 2706 Phone MoH. 100-J Rubinoff and his violin--and Chevrolet--are a combination that f rw, if ar.--, I ,»dio listenerr . t'\t United States have not received in their homes via th.* air. The famous violinist and his St adivarius, :->:arn o Ih" Chevrolet Musical Moments programs, have the distin.-tion of going on the ai: from .nore broa-1 rasping stavu i "ha"i ny other program in the history of radio. Three hurared and seventy-eight stations broadcast Ri binofT "irr* ' nes a eek, a total of 1134 fifteen-minute programs. That figures out at 283 hours, and if one we -k's program* were i-'^qdcast one after the other, day and night, it would require 11 days. The illuttratkxi shows Rubn^ Wi. ^ ^ posiAg with his car after a special appearance at Detroit. Charlie's Repair Shop Just Bast of Old Bridge Over -Fox River (Rear Schaefer's Tavern) RADIATORS REPAIRED BODIES and FEND#pS Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESEL KENT & COMPANY All Kinds of INStlBA'NCB Placed with the most reliable r^;T,r, ^ Companies Osme in and talk it am nbone McHeory 8 J |V7e11 be see" a' you at the Cen'cennial mel Homeccr. ;ng in July 80, 31 and Aug. 1. ' ' I*1 : Trsilnti Vlelorv 1 Sorpsaa General Hugh Oammlngs Meentlj predicted ultimate victory (or medw ta Its fight against cancer. ' III® (^9s»SLkj BAROAIM VWYA, POP lAZUG, SOAJ= WWAr T 90 fCR UP! Rembvber M: TIKAF IS1 WORTH yvvosiEy \Vtu, YA (HMME AQuAkTER^ WDRtH OFNER time, AMP Mr

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