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- « . " .. 1 ' ' .• ' ' % ' • " v # ? „v' -j A ; < < > « > • „ i > v * v > « ' , * » . \ . r * % * v ' . < « * > * ' •*. ' •'•• V;ir- /V 'v • ?v:-' TBI MeHBNBT PULDVDKALKR ' *" V-" ^ T1 hursday, August 13,1936 UNIFORMITY " IN VARIETY . By tBONARD A, BARRETT ' * ' ^4< T A GOOD SUGGESTION j Waukegan, IIImois. August 4, 1936. No two leaves of the forest are exactly alike. Of the many differe n j k i n d s o f ! 1 v i c H e n r y . P l a i n d e a l e r , trees, no two jMcHenry, 111. iiave exactly the Attention, Mr. Mosher:- s a m e d i m e n sions. . The beau-^j, ty of a tree is symbolized in its symmetry'; b u t ers. and^I seriously considei*ed asking i fcr Father O'N'ieU Under, the doc- | tor's questioning I confessed and was given'an external remedy (not by'th? doctor) that made me resolve to stick to good old cornsilk the fest of my The Home-town Centenriialcelebra- ^days, 4^1 •' ' , tion has passed only insofar as the Bill isn't a good listener at all and dates are concerned. The memories kept trying to tell me about his boyof the occasion will, I am sure, be a hood, but you know there never was £pot of beauty in the garden of memhere a g a in na- 1 for alJ us ^.ho wen? fort,unate ture publishes it- |enough to be present. As for myself. I have lived through two of the most peifect days, that I have so far known let the girls in on that, Clara and Julia | sfoncis- ne gayS he js for Tilden, and & Power Co His place has been taken " Stoffel, the Grangergirls, Fanny and illustrated his position a little story '. •, " .>* V ••• elf in many forms, reaching f r o m ; particles a n d s p i c u l a , through transfor- - . r n a t i o n s - ' i n n u - . • • » • > . - , ;. . , . . merable to the Promotion of this occasion has a per ! feet right t<v fully realize that it was la coinplete success. I talked with a place like JVJcHenry to spend your youth so^I told him about our games of "Anthony Over" over the hitching sheds behind Stoffel's store. We even Twice Told Tales Items of Interest Tak«n From fee Files of th* Platodeak* «f ¥«vt A|« r nesday nig(ht last, S, S. Sherman had two valuable cows killed by lightning on his farm, west of this village. C. E. Lamphere has sold out his grocery business, i*i' the Kelter block, to John Lee, the baker, who lhas taken possession of the same/ Fred Huemann of Johnsburg had the misfortune to lose his valuable young horse, "Broncho H," by a -runaway accident* on August 4. Jofan J. Buch has just put in a new set of scales in front of his buildings near the ircn bridge. This will be a great convenience^for farmers and others, as at present ther€ are no other scales on this side of tbwtt. THIRTY YEARS SIXTY YEARS AGO Hank McLean 'has defined his posi- Carleton D. Ross has resffriM' his tion and we new know just where he position iwth tihe McHenry Light, Heat (August 1st and 2nd, 1936, at the Mc Henry Centennial). Everyone that was«j,in any way connected with the Maud, Ella Beebe, THHe Stewart and Myra Mead. * . I told him how we used to go up that was apt and to the point. Anyone hearing the story could not help but acknowledge'that there was more Then the..next day. we would march behind the G. A. R. to the cemetery, whirK fl^sub-! f^ 1<ealize ! the railroad tracks the day before truth than poetry in his illustration « yarietv -A rose complete,' Decoration Day to gather wild flowers- Uo«i> nut- Will-vary in ?verv one of the sarhe jniany regarding it and that was the ;fMe may recognize -*w"vers?) o .•different roses" by their correct bb- nn addition to that theie was Jjanical names and "give ;them specific descriptions, both of form and of beauty. Nature - is " ajvv^ys c.on- ;Sistent"though she would'try to: cert* jtravene her laws. She equip? hfer self with one thing--<)ld „yet ever new--the one., thing needful : life. lit is from life that nature compounds her creations and from it that she finds the power of uniformity in variety |ect to the (Jictum of. variety. A rose f Will-vary in'~?verv one of the same j . - , - . , . species. Yet^ may recognize-the universal expression of ^everyone, &nd - • - - • in addition to that there was the ^bought so often expressed "This should "be a yearly affair," and why not, the big way i'1 which McHenry did"this job, I am sure that it will prove well worth the' effort in a financial way as well as otherwise. That parade, to you who had a part in it, I would say it would have been a credit to « town many times the size of McHenry, I am only joining my opinion with that of hundreds of Growth and reproduction are es^ others in this and it was the same in sential characteristics of life, be- connection with the exhibit of relics, cause all living forms are constant- etc at the schoolhouse. It seems too ]y reaching a limit of growth, and bacJ' that that display has not been :dying. Living things reproduce made a permanent feature in the vestithemselves, but one^of the facts of hllIa nf tVlp ^Hoolhouse. There was by Joe Holly. the hotels, at the "Bay and along the rivet- enjoyed a rushing business.over Saturday and Sunday. Especially was ,T , . . J . . .... this true at the. Riverside, where the Hank intends to put on a biled shirt house was. taxed to its utmost capasoon, and take the war path. ) city • am, matter flower, on the soldier' * i for tw<"""k» A rumor Is being circulated" tor the ^aves!' A ,S^rhv « C' I that We.t McHenry U ; to-have F K GraAnmrTw»i "olloweTand°I ^h' ma" '<><>ks ^ppy and the vend.;, ^ understand that *• or«nseE followed and prs of lce cream have been ha.-yesting^^ i,meetlne.of:the stock holders of the new enterprise It to take plape some ti'ip-e this week.. , Bicycle riders sKoUld'pleasfc hear in mind that the sidewalks -are not built for them to ride upon. can remember how thrilled I was at j pjcaynnes. ;\Fhe health of the village the bravery of the .boys in blue and j ^ very good in spite of th« excessive how they never^lost a battle because ^ : it is too warm to, engage their cause was just. I remember only one^sour note at these ceriemonies and that was the tifne Charlie Eldridge-declared he must have had wheels in his head to fight to set Johnnie Brentz free. It seems Johnnie's dog had barked at George 0. a day or two previous. I told him about the best child's-dentist that ever was in this country. Charlie Granger's sole equipment was a piece of string. He paid 2 cents for political discussion, and croquet is almost a burden. The hucksters of raspberries abound in our streets and find ready sale for ,t)he luscious fruit. Whortleberries may also be obtained* FIFTY YEARS AGO R. Bishop has ust put into his mill a new feed grinding machine, that has the capacity of grinding eighty bush. tnemseives, out one,oi me racis oi bul of the scHoolhouse.. 4 . .. . „. , els of feed per ftour. Mr. Bishorp -is reproduction is th^t the species is indeed a perfect displav, very educa-Jthe pretended privilege of pulling a constantly making new improvements, alike in form, but always slightly tional and extremely interesting, and1 front tooth, 5 cents for a molar. One|and his facilities are second to'no mill J" ' "T " t0 have aii 0f those interesting ar-^ime the urgent need of"a nickel sent|in the northwest; V*" different. We speak of this slight difference as individuality. Every species changes all its individualities in each generation. Thus does "one touch of nature make the whole world kin," and yet is each touch an individual touch revealing variety in uniformity. We may classify dogs according to their breeds and distinguish a German .-police dog from all other species, -and one German police dog from 'another. >;' If the law of variety did not. function, this would be a very monotonous world. The differences existing in the species itself 3re a challenge to the spirit of investigation as well as an element of appreciative value. The law of variety is not difficult to understand, since .^variations are caused by both heredity and environment. The» uniformity in nature is also evident when we remember that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"--or the history of the individual repeats itself in the history of the Tace and vice versa. Every acorn is subject to the laws of growth, development, and disintegration. A forest oak can be produced in no other way. Would it not also be a very monotonous world if every person • looked exactly alike? Would we not all be victims of ennui if every person behaved in exactly the 'if. same manner? In spite of variety in the moral world, the aspect of j uniformity saves us from our worst enemy, ourself. In the realm of ,» moral values, the creative moral impulses are born from within by a power higher than ourselves--a power "which makes for righteousness." If we add to our faith, virtue, to virtue, knowledge, and on ;--to the end of the octave of the highest spiritual* realities, moral and me down to the lumber yard with a •molar that wasn't ripe, and after the tides put back in the closet, attic, bureau drawers, etc., it's not right. There was the nucleus for as fine an string broke for the third time I was exhibit as one ever sees, and I believe |™ tears. The operator told me not it would be materially added to if.to cry that he guessed hed had a those to whom Che articles belong nickel's worth of practice and besides knew that they were where they would be safe and well Cared for. I may be presumptious, anyway that's how it strikes me. Fanny had a loose tooth he could pull at noon and he'd bet she wouldnt' cry. Bill tried to tell me about the big grey horses dashing down the street Here and now I wish to add my vote [™th the flaming fire engines but I of appreciation of the efforts of O. T. poo-pooed1 him and said he should have Frank Bennett for his part in helping j^a" the men. m Gagetown dashing so materially in making this birthday Rev. J. C. Bigelow will preach in the M. E. church next Sabbath at IOV2 TWENTY YEARS A0# Letters and post cards received from Dr. D. G. Wells ttie first of the week tell of him'throwing snowballs on the mountains of Alaska. The large cross erected on - St. Mary's church"^ steeple was made by Donavin and Reihansperger, the progressive hardware dealers on the West Side. The Borden employes, who went out last vfreek demanding $2.00 per day, an increase of 20 cents per day for mse a. m. and 7% p. m. and at Ringwood' hour's work, went back on Friday noon party such a complete success. To those of you "Old timers" who coulH not be there, don't think that you were forgotten. I am sure that no one was forgotten for we were all Hp the street with the hose cart. Of course, I didn't tell him how that street was knee deep with mud in the spring and fall, and ankle deep with dust in the summer, but I did tell him about our first sputtering arc lights at 2 p. m. , W^ understand that Vern Smith has sold his residence in this village to Albert Colby* We have not learned the price as yet. David Parker is building a wing on the east side of his residence, which will much improve it, both in looks and convenience. FORTY YEARS AGO t During "ttog thunder storm on Wedafter the company agreed to raise and the men all feel contented and satisfied. Hi Ho's View of Life e "Life is but a soon-Silenced song," •aid Hi Ho, the sage pi Chinatown. "Alas, that so many of us should be but indifferent singers!" DIAMOND LAKE RINK Skating Every Night 25c Monday -- Free Ice Cream. Tuesday -- Free. Pop. v £ Wednesday -- Couple Night. One Girl and one Boy for the/ Price of One. Thursday --• Balloon Nigiit, Prize. Friday -- Bank Night. Open Every Night. ' Word "Data" Pkral The word "data" is plural in forife* but both plural and singular verbs am used with it '.'-v >; .*/.• ;W." COAST TO COAbT VISITORS The Plaindealer office was the meeting'place for old residents who came from coast to coast and varicus points between last week. At one time the editor welcomed Henry Foss of New York City, Ed Owen of Oakland, Calif., and Fred Schnori- of Council Bluffs, la. HOUSE CALL | OPTICAL SERVICE II YOUR OWN HONE NO EXTRA CHARGE Dr. Kagan prill carefully examine your eyes and fit your glasses in your own home at your own convenience, using the latest and most scientific methods with the same instruments he would use in his office without extra charge. Why not call in youfl eye doctor as you do your family physician? Eighteen years of experience is your guarantee of complete satisfaction. For appointment, Phone Chicago, Franklin 8510 -- McHenry 60-W or Write to -- Dr. M. M. Kagan OPTOMETRIC EYE SPECIALIST 108 N. State Street, Chicago MONEY TO LOAN I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will be glad to talk it over with you. Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank Bldg. 4 S. Genesee St., Waukegan, 111. . TEL. MAJESTIC 103 $100.00 REWARD for the name of any man living or dead that has sold more McHenry County Real Estate than has Dan Qiiinlan--that's all he does. Farina for Sale and Rent ifa Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.- Large ones and small ones. I sell farmf, DAN QUINLAK ' : Woodstock, 111. Long distance private phones 50f . V . • ; • • • •'.V^yv'^iOVV B. C.®UNl£ (VETERINARIAN Crystal Lake, Illinois Telephone 452-M West Hillside Road c ."W-v ;' •-> -v' : f- P,BE INSURANCE FARM AUTO LOW EARL R. WALSfl Presenting Reliable Companies When you need insurance of any kind Plume 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. - - McHenry , • . , , . , .1..11 and how the ladies all wore veils to lookingi an as ing or e ^ keep off the bugs that were supposed to bite them on the lips. Someone had started a rumor that the beetles which at some time back, there was part of the circle, I believe that there will be another Home-coming in 1937* resdtvc now, to be there and you can be assured of the thrill of a lifetime. This sure should boost the Old Timers •membership very materially. Again I will say, everyone who had any part whatever in promoting this occasion is to be congratulated. It was a complete success, The Old Home Town, as usual, put it over in a big way. Thanks a Million. . A. G. STEVENS, A CONTRAST IN METHODS HAP A FINE TIME Dear Old Timers: The McHenry Centennial was a grand success--the Centennial of a 1,000 thrills. Such a welcome as we visiting old timers received we will cherish for years to.jco.me and we are all sure that it will add years to ouv lives. We old timers have talked it over and all are agreed that we should keep the old timers column open, and we gathered round the lights were kissing bugs. 1 could have told him a lot more, but as. I said before Bill isn't a good listener. "You're nuts," he said, "if the town is half as good as you say it is why don't you go back?" "Well," I sighed, "for the same reason I don't do a lot of things. My wife won't let me. But I'll haunt her if she buries me anywhere else." JOHN J. LONG. 207 So. Kilbourn Ave., : * Chicago, Illinois. MATHEW In 1834 Mathew Carr, with his family, came to America from Yorkshire, England. In 1837, moved to McHenry county, the: only man in this section of the county, when the land was surveyed. He borrowed money at 30 per cent. He was one of the founders if the Ringwood Methodist church and 0o0ip "u2*,1! Yon can't w a s h ' -- A away-v* Vt (Cooked-In Odora) Bat you can scour C. O. (cooked* in odors) away with GLO ... the scientifically treated cotton-soft metal wool. Ask ydur grocer Today about the FREE GIFT offer with . GLO. QABBY (JERTIE spiritual norms will manifest them-|for many years ; his home was the selves in different ways, yet will they be true to their law- of uniformity: individual reproduction in the individual mind and heart. The stable norms which know no variety in essence are the realities upon which character is developed. They govern conduct, enlarge per-' sonality, a and are the principles which emphasize right living which in substance is; Mto ?do justly,, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." C Western Newspaper L'nloo. so we can keep together in spirit. A great many old timers have suggested that we have a "home-coming" arriually. That is a-grand idea, let us all figure on it. We all missed Seeing a few of the old timers who were here at the Centennial, but we hope to meet them aX the next "home-coming celebration." As ever, HERB "Stretcher" BENNETT. minister's, home and was used for public worship. He died Feb. 7, 1848, aged 53 years. His wife died October 1, 1865. Richard H. Carr was born on March 9, 1832. When-" but 1'6 years of age he was left to take charge of the farm and care for his mother. Father and grandfather of Mrs. Luella Steph- IN 1917-1918 THE WAR CONGRESS and Woodrow Wilson got trained men, adding nearly 400 thousand Government employees to the rolls, after they had passed Civil Service examinations to test their fitness. In 1933-1935 New Deal Congresses and Franklin D. Roosevelt reduced Civil Service employees, but boosted the Federal payroll 600 million dollars, by putting on 250 thousand non-Civil Service employees. Wilson used the Merit System, Roosevelt the Spoils System. Civil 8ervice employees may not engage in political activities. But non-Clvll Service employees, appointed through political Influence, ara expected to be politically active. The New De^l has the most costly political army In our history, and It Is paid for by taxpayers. Makes tjVMiflhitu] 6LOW won 8ALI BY Schaefer's Grocery and Market NO BOILING! NO RINSING! | \yilaAe i/otil Cuttcutii. ' J&oA MAe neivuvtA Gypsy tCRU CURTAIN DYEi /0< /5t Phone 43 McHenry .VERNON J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment • ' Illinote •J' Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 256 Telephone No. 300 Stoffdlf A ReihanspergM* ' iMarance agents for all dassea at property in the best companies. "A miss in the motor can be sat isfactorily adjusted with one hand JOB the. wheel." POTPOURRI A "LONG" LETTER - \ ' Chicago, 111., \ August 10, J936; Old Timers' Club, . . •;•••?;• Care of The Plaindealer: Midnight was gone when a friend of mine and I pushed aside the coffee cups and leaned back for a final smoke before retiring. We sat in silence till I said, "Smoking a pipe must have been a tough game in the days when they used a flint and steel. You have already used six matches on a single pipe of tobacco. Why don't you smoke like a civilized man?" "Listen fellow," he answered, "my father smoked a pipe, so did my grandfather, and his before him. Who am I to change an old family custom. Why Jack, I remember my father in his rocker/ smoking his pipe and reading by the light of a kerosene lamp " .That's the way it started and I had lit a third cigar and Bill had burned a box of matches before it ended. In the meantime I told him about Butch Wattles, Babe Gallagher. Matt Lauros, Bobbie Thompson and Gib McOmber. I told him about the time that Hennie Heimer and I went out in a boat on the mill pond , to smoke our first cigars. How we struggled back to shore to lay half dead under the trees in Feltz's pasture. - When I went home I had no desire for supper and I looked so pale and wan, that my mother, thoroughly frightened called Dr. Fegoypsy UK (IIMUI ml CUR.AiUS WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS >ND BUILDER! Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience i« at Your Service in building Your Wants FOR SALE AT Wattles Drug Store McHenry, 111. Polish Your Car this New Easy Way Apply JohntQn S amazing new Auto Cleaner and Polish quickly, eaaily Simply rub creamy white liquid over surface--let dry to a fine white powder -- and rub it off. To protect the itniah apply Johnion'i easy - to - ute Auto Wax. A. P. Freund ; Excavating Contractor Tracking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building TeL 204-M McHenry, HL , Animal Age* 3 Animals live to surprising ages. If a normal life is permitted, attained ages may be: Whale 500 years, tortoise 350, .crocodile 300, elephant 100, lion and camel 40, toad 36, horse 27, leopard, bear, tiger, pig and cow 25, goat, frog, and dog 15, cat 13, squirrel and mouse 6. In birds, the eagle, swan aijd crow live for 100 years. G Western Ne w«pap«r Union. ©rier your robber Btaaafa •* the H\D STUFF You Don't Shoot Santa Claus PRINCE OANA I WHO /• NOBOOV / C0u>-» ' SMO«T CSAlaNvTSX CQ VfB THOUGHT WV wouldn'T HAvr -ns py FCR THIS/ Main St. F R E E ! whil* thay I cut--One regular size can of J oh nton's Black Touch-Up Enamel with every purchase of Johnson's Auto Cleaner and Polish and a regular can of Johnaon's Auto Wax at the tpecial pi'ce of 98c Ihey call him *:Prince Oana of Hawaii, but it is merely a nick name although he is a native of Hawaii. He is the first of his native land to crash the big leagues. He played with Portland in the coast league last year and was given a trial - with the Philadelphia Nationals this year. F O R ' S A L E AT John J. Vycital Hardware Subscribe for The Plaindealer. Green St. McHenry, I1L owe ^ Mlw&/ ~r WAUJ J4E ATE "My APPLE ikwow* 1 Ait rr ay MiSTAKE Charlie's Repair Shop Just East of Old Bridge Over Fox River (Rear Schaefer's Tavern) RADIATORS REPAIRED BODIES and FENDERS Straightened > Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESEL KENT ft COMPANY AU Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Placed with , the most rtttaMe Con panics Oeae la and talk it over nbeoe MeHenry • -p