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•* -i .. • 'T'l'- ' - J '401 VOL. 62 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, TH^tSDAY, AUGUST 20,1936 No. 13 M'HENRY SCHOOLS WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 8 ENROLLMENT IN JUNIOR COLLEGE A(3AIN THIS YEAR HEAVY RAINS COME AT The waning summer days bring again the suggestion of school days and the warning that vacations must,, . , . . , , , , . 1 soon be ended in readiness for the fall |h eaviest^_,v r ja infall _ in six ojr and winter routine of study. Lawns art again green and gardens have commenced a new growth, due to the heavy rainfall receiv< ' locality the last week. It months and was a shaking downfa ™, i , ,, , that thoroughly saturated the dry The local schools will open on the ' eat-th. Tuesday after Labor1 Day, which date is September 8 this year. The lateness of Labor Day gives pupils, as well as their parents, an extra week of vacation time this year with a week in September before this last of the summer holidays. . "MARY QRISWOLD > The rain did not come too late to be of benefit and was of value to local crops. It particularly benefited pastures, alfalfa fields and new seeding, and will make a more profitable second crop of hay. It will also help the Registration for high school pupils corn, making a better growth for silr wiil take place on Monday, August age and in some cases will also help 31, Sept. 1 and 2. the growth of the ears. Of eourse, On Monday the Juniors arid Sen-j the weeds, too, are growing faster iors . will register, on Tuesday the than ever. Sophraores arid on Wednesday the ! The record-breaking drouth has re- Freshmen will enroll. j duced Illinois corn prospects to 197,- It is expected that there will be a 434,000 bushels or 40 per cent less large FYeshman class this year to than indicated on July 1, according, to t.weri the enrollment" at the high a report by the state and federal de- 'school,* which usually numbers over partments of agriculture. 200 students. j With the exception Of 1934, when There were about eighty-three stud- the crop totaled 167, 808,000 bushels, etits who graduated from eighth this would be the smallest corn crop; grade in the McHenry Community harvested in Illinois since 1887, it was High School district last June and sa'd in the report. it is expected that the majority of Winter wheat yield and quality these graduates will enter the McHen- were above average and oats, spring ry High School next month. . jwheat and barley was better than ex- The Junior College will also open pected. at the high school next month and all Hay prospects declined 17 percent whc are interested in enrolling shouid during July, di?e to adverse father see Supt. C. H. Duker at once. rand damage from grasshopiijtfs. Soy- Supt. Duker is busy at his office at beans are a fair crop and the conditio high school making arrangements tion of pasture and farm gardens wasj iian ' Kinney, Katherine Mavourneen j for ltgistraticn dates and the open- lowest on record. ^ . ing of school, with plans for the Jun-! "The condition of Illinois corn , on ior College miking added duties to August 1 at 48 per cent represents a attend to. • j drop of 33 points during July. A yield i New Text Books Arrive 1 of 21.5 bushels per acre is indicated fbe new text books have arrived at which equals the 1934 yield and coirthe high school and will be on sale pares with the 1923-32 ten year averduring the registration period. High age of 36 bushels. The estim^ed yield school students who have second-hand of 17.5 bushels of wheat this year is ;books which they wish to dispose of half a bushel higher than the ten 'through the school are asked to turn year average. Production is placed them in on Monday, Aug. 31, so that at 35,122,000 bushels compared with they may be resold to registrants. 29.696,000 last year and 30, 674,000 The teaching staff at the high bushels for the five year average." "rschool lstfthains unchanged this year,] -- --; - with all of the instructors returning Mr. and Mrs. George Berry for another year. ! W. N. Sears, instructor of music in Ind the McHenry schools for many years, Phalin home. will not retutji, however, as he has - , " \--~m taken on addend duties elsewhere. | and residm? Ll"ca*°- This vacancy will be filled by Her-' •Miss Fisher is a graduate of the man Ellis, who assisted with the in- McHenry High School and also of a strumental music last year. lis will have charge of all instrumental music« in the high school and grade Fox River Transportation Back In the Seventies The day's of the "Mary Griswold", Scott, Eloise Waite, all of McHenry, are recalled by the above picture which illustrates the mode of. river travel more than a half century ago. The picture was'sent to us by Mrs. Mayme Owen Schnorr of Spencer, la., and wa* displayed in the Centennial historical exhibit. The picture was presented to her by the captain -of the "Mary Griswold," Captain M. Mill on August 8, 1880. The names of those in the party oil board at the time were Mamie L. Owen, May Russell, Ella Clifton, Lil-'tain Hill. who embarked on the excursion on the lake to find "old gold" sunflowers to wear as ornaments. The "Mary Griswold," a stern-wheel steamboat, made regular trips through the river and lakes about sixty years ago and carried regular passehgers at Griswold'.in issue of the Plain* dealer wks made at the Sentinel office in Woodstock and is the result of a new service recently installed. Readers always enjoy pictures and the PlaindeAler hopes to be able, to run more of these interesting scenes of old-time people and places in the COUNTY StTPT. E. C: COE RELEASES NAMES The rural schools in this district, as well as throughout the county, will open on September 8, in conjunction with the local public schools. A total of sixty»four of the 110 rural school teachers hired for the ensuing year by the boards of directprs have been reported to the county superintendent of schools, Mrs. E. C. Coe. Among the local teachers who have been hired for another year are: Florence Zimmer, Lincoln school; Mathias P. Freund, Lily Lake; F. N. Muzzy, Ringwood; Mrs: Arline Pearson, Ringwood; Miss Berriice Smith, Harrison school; Miss Eileen Fitzgerald, Clemens school; Helen Harrer, Cherry Valley; Miss Cora Amerpohl, Hoi- TORS STILL ARRIVE TO SEE IN BLOOMATGRASS • - LAKE .." Visitors continue to arrive daily to view the beautiful spectacle of the lotus beds in full bloom at Grass Lake. The regal splendor of the Egyptian lotus once seen is seldom forgotten and the famous lotus beds are the greatest attraction to Visitors in this .locality at the present time; :. The huge lemon-tinted lilies raise their heads high above the water, and the dark 'green lily ptfds, nearly a foot in diameter, carpet the water with a covering of green as the exotic fragrance of the acles upon acres of plants greets visitors to this region. The beds at Grass Lake are one of three of these famous beds in the world and make this region a mecca fc.i flower levels of the middlewest. Annually thousands join in the Pllcomville; Mrs. Margaret Larkin, : grimage to the lotus beds and enjoy Prairie Grove, school;- Miss Margaret' their beauty. . . Larkin, Barreville; Miss Julia Feffer, Prairie Grove; Alice Wilcojc, Ridgefield; Evelyn Bohl, GrisWpld Lake; Mary Althoff, Coral. Other teachers are: 'Wayne Maushak. Harmony school, Clarice Aylward, Wjashington school; Mrs. May Chesak, Oak Glen school; Ann Butterfield, Solon Mills; Eunice, Gardner, Solon Mills; DeWolf, Ridgefield 2,000 Acres of Flowers There are 2,000 acres of these lotus blossoms at Grass Lake and they present a sight never to be forgotten, v jewed' fro,m beats making daily trips' to the lake. ; Vacation time in the Fox River Valley annually casts its spell over thousands of vacationists who travel R. N. A. COONTY WALLENWEIN IS MEETIN6, OCT. 9 OUT OF RAGE IN EIGHTH DISTRICT that time, as it was the main means ' future.( Anyone having interestingj Dr.wn .. school, „0ver smooth highways to this region of transportation to the lakes region, old-time pictures is asked to bring; Beatrice Bloner, Wienke school; Mrs., to'.'.seek-recreation in popular resorts.. Many old timers recall this .faijiil-' them to the Plaindealer for publica-! Lily Wickham, Burgett school; Louise McHenry is situated in the midst of lar scene as well as the many pl6as-lLion. They will be returned unharm-1 Kellerman, Try-on's Corner schooi; this Vacation land and is now the ant trips on the steamboat with Cap-jod. jRuth Beard, Thayer school; \ erda: t-ceYie of much activity as summer. If you like this new feature let us j Anderson, Greenwod; Mary Charles, rtsidents conie here to trade at local The cut ior the print of tiie Mary |know by >*ojirCcritributicfllfof more. Greenwood; Mydella Rawson, Charles j stores and business houses. J pictures- \ >.; | school'; Mis. Olive Hill; Fosdickj Excursions run twice daily to' the school; Mrs. Mary Klemme, Gregory t lake region, offering a thirty-five mile school; Marion Cbnley, Haligus j ithrough the river and lakes in a school; Janet Burbank, Wickham ' well-marked channel, which is nearly school; Miss Ruth McComb, Big Foot ; j as busy a place as the highways in the Elizabeth Otens, Wilson school; Vic- j territory. toria Jacobson, Teeple school; Elleri I-•/•With 60,000 acres of lake water fflid Walsh, Manley -school; Isabel Ye rick, /more than 100 miles of sandy beaches ' Cash schod; Francis Hallisey, Deep 1 for the enjoyment of vacationists, Cut school;* Mrs. Arunie Billington, j this region, is prepared to entertain McHenry will be the mecca for Royal Neighbors of America on Oc«,' an^. gather here to attend the^ annual TO REVIEW CASE i-ins, Robert *na .Roberta of Gary. «ujty eonventio,, sponsored this. yeff. ,d„ were reccnt guests in the Joh'.' »>' % alley Camp,. No. 32rt, of West McHenry. Each year a dif- Mrs. Emma Lahning, 80 years old, Brookdale schqpl; Mrs. Iva Roekel;. any number of visitors who arie j^- widow of Burt Lanning, deceased, Evergieen school; ,J" '* D A * """ i'ormer Marengo farmer, has signed a school; contract to appear weekly at station school; Hannah \M.tOK,,Rockford: ' Mf'a. Lanning will EUi# Anderson, Franklinville; Mai y , broadcast her own programs at- 9:30 Byckman, .. f uller school; Mrs. l;ia • - " e, , [every Friday morning. She will - give' Stockwell, Union school; Mrs. Frances Justice of the Peace Henry F. v\al^| btief talks* and read her own poems i Wright, Union school; Mrs. Marjorie , Ten-ttein of \^aukegan is out of parti--, which haN'e been compared by iftBny-t'O O Rourke school; wSSiryei^vlL^M^^ <»"««• h-in* Kiven »p hope « Z Bremer, Heath school; Eloise Bogarif- ; . getting his name on the Nov. 3 elec- | Mrg Ma,.je Bergi 33 a resident of us' State Line school;. Agnes Hutch- - Fox Rh-er Grove, was fatally "injured j »ls«n; Chemung; Mrs. Lillian Van Mr. El- two-year teachers' course at Northern ,dent, Mrs. Henry Vogel, of West Mc- Eighth Senatorial district. - aJfomobuJ^Uich:sH*wm ridfnVon1 N^^^Dunham'""Margaret Yerk.8' Illinois State Teachers College at De« ! Htnry, for the purpose of making. --- - . ..... . I automobile in which she was nding on o^iiyvij - »»v/v»v. i aiijr IIUIUWl Vi « I0IVU10 T» uy «i c • i school ; Ida Brink, Bayrd, ways welcome to this vicinity. Marjorie Wilson, Jvanaly; . " '§"^' innah Mills, Vermont school; ' SUPERVISORS TOSELECT CLERKS A meeting of county officers was tion ballot as. a Democratic candidate called last week by the county presi- j-ol state representative ffom school this year and will also have charge of the vocal music in the grades. Mr. Ellis came to McHenry last year, highly recommended in both instrumental and vces? music. Dtying-the summer he has been study_-J ing at the University of. Wisconsin, where he is working for his Master's' _ Genevieve Knox First and Second Grades. Alice Ward--Third Grade, Dorothv Fisher--Fifth Grade* degree. - j Junior High: • Supt. Duker, of course, is returning! Mathematics and Reading--Mrs, for another year and Mrs'. Joanne Jennie Mae Richardson. Rulien, also, will serve as nurse in History and Science--Mary Kinney, all Of the local schools again this yeari | Geography and English--M. L. High School Teachers j Schoenholtz, Principal. - Helen Stevens--English and Dra- j The grade and high school buildings matics. . i are being cleaned and redecorated in Maurie Taylor--Languages, Girls' readiness for the school year, with re- Athletic Director. v (pairs wherever needed. Mrs. Lillian Ninety-thrde liquor licenses issued by. the county board since Jan. 1, 1935, When Justice Wallenwein was in- 'Mannheim road left the pavement near P,unh^m:. An'ie Man°s, iStoue school; ! have brought in a revenue of Dunham; •ccoming: to a report read fat the Burr Oak|county board meeting last week. school; The net allotment of motor fuel tax uiKf,' ». , . , ., W r . | .. ..vv-A, IUUI IIC school;; for, the county for July was $6,726.47; convenes fs selected by the camp spen- McHenrv and Bodtte counties to plice ^st wee '"^hA ' Faith Easton, Fay school; Mrs. L. Etsoring the day's session and the p.ace his name on the b„,ot. he decided l0 ^Th™ he ntar the Wm. Pollock farm, four miles d -complttely over, top, body and fenders all being mashed or bent up. will be announced at a later date. ,tecoriie just an "onlooker." tner, Williamson school; Mrs. Arlene Lembcke, Eicksteadt school. of the convention this year are: President--Floribel Vogel, McHenry. ' r ; First Vice-F^sident^HUda Stange, Crystal Lake. Wallenwein's name on the ballot was turned down.. . Candidate For J. P. • "I'fj' "through with partisan politics," Wallenwein said. "At the No Under a new law the board of supervisors will select clerks for the general election to be held in November at the September meeting of the Under «•<* v#; *" •> * * v .4 •, ',j> \ W Second Vice-President--Mabel Hes-; vernber election I'll be an onlooker selgrave, Woodstock. . Next spring I'll be a candidate for bile and fired. The pellets hit the1 board. the old. law the board ground near Mrs. Mogg, who returned only selected the judges which w.aS ^ „ . T -. the fire. Her husband also shot at the'!^onie th«' annual June meeting, f l;; A 1 a'+ T if1 ° 0lfn ii Cf k • fleeing car. The prowlers had broken I thereafter both judges a»d cledti-^- dent ot Lake county for all of his 60, off a padlock cn the frpnt door of the wiU be appointed at the June: m#'">V tavern and had just sprung the lock ing. Representatives of the two. nsaj- ' on the rear door when the Moggs or political parties on the board are ', G. • Gn^eed--Science and Athletic Coach. (the janitor, Joe Schmitt, at the high L. J. McCracken---History and As- school, which is now practically ready Fred Schoewer has been assisting l56? ^011135' Marengo Treasurer--Varina Marshal, Henry, > * years of life, was instantly, killed on last Tuesday morning when the road Chancellor--Etta Grasehel, Har- re-election as justice of the peace in ! grading cUtfit which he was operating^ jntt>i-rupted them. j to be named on the committee to draw fifteen years head of Sacred Heart .lawparish at Marengo, will succeed Mon-1 Dr. B. F. Kennelly of Elgin has vard. , Waukegan township." Secretary--Mary Freund, McHenry. Partisan politics, so far as the Re- Assistant Secretarj'--Minnie Cris- publican and Democratic party designaTibns are conceiiud, are: absen sistant Coach. Clarence Anglese-->Sciencie,' Math crivatics. Librarian. May Justen--Domestic Science, As sistant Director Vocal Music; Dorothea Holden--Commercial Sub jects and School Finance. Mc- ! for the opening of school At the grade school about a dozen ] Inen have been busy during the surii- j 1 lr.er redecorating the interior of the l building. This work will be complet-' ed in readiness for the opening of| school. local township elections. The withdrawal of Wallenwein assures the two Republican nominees arid one Democratic nominee of election on Nov. 3. Three representatives arc at the Grub hill crossing of the railrcad, and, although the re were no wit«--: -- , -- . . ritsses, it is thought the noise of the 's^n<?r Binz w ho ,s to become secre- ( been approved^byThe state and coungrader prevented his hearing the ap-! t0 th« apostolic delegate in ; ty and will be McHenrj- County s prcach of the train. This accident was 'Washington, a promotion considered ; new veterinarian, It is expected he I the indirect cause of the death of A1 vtI>' important and which he will soon rwill start on his neW duties soon. . TKMm$TEm ARE TRAVELING arc ftO be. tnm tigntn ;r^ of, the disablcd engine onto a'"0™^ of the |mssed a special levy for the care of ..enatonal d^trict. The Republicans ,;tm.itch track at Long Uke. Mr. Good-j Rcckford dlocese- | paupers, made necessary because of Justen and son, Rolland, left for a ami N'S Keller of Waukegan win" who resided at Oshkosh, Wis.,! Excellent progress es being made in the fact that a change in the law has Goodwin, conductor of the train, who ^ssume" A successor to Father Dren- j McHenry, as well as -aif of the seyrn ' fp" dead as'he was directing the mov-i "an at Marengo has_ not yet been an- enteen townships in the county, has to be elected fr« m _the Eig.hth Q"no unced by Bishop Hoban On August 5, John, Ben and William win, Wis., | • tj- * B- »• u i • -»* o x. .... . , trip through the west and drouth s'ec* • 5 * ihad suffered from heart trouble, : and i the erection of the building at Rich- changed the care of paupers from the Margaret O Gara-History, English, | Henry Schmitt will again transport; tjo^ f- the United States> travelling * a r!, j!" J 1 ^e shock of the accident undoubtedly | mond being tyiilt by the WagneLDairy ! county back to the, township again. and Director of Vocal Music. One New Grade Teacher I the pupils from the Sherman Hill district to the grade school. He was giv- In the grade school there will be, en the contract last year and pur- ,but one change in the teaching staff,' chased a new school bus, which wili with Miss Dorothy Fisher teaching seat twenty-four adults, to use.in the fifth grade this year to fill the vacancy work. This bus will also be used for caused by the resignation of Miss educational trips for the pupils dur- Catherine Walslj, who Is now Mrs. ing the .school term. caused his death. Centennial Visitors > California, Minnesota and Illinois, were I land, Cal., ,Frank W. Bennett of St represented at the Centennial by these Paul, Minn., and Charles S. Owen of three old timers, Ed. W. Owen of Oak-1 Glencoe, 111. , , , . , Rtp. Thomas A. Bolger of McHenry. through SJX states, and finally reach- ^ Lvons Led Ticket , ing lellowstone National, Park^AJot^ a t th nVimarv election on Anril Slipping front the platform of 1l4^ hthee. RReeppu^bbllTiccaanT sseennaattoorniaal^ eeoomnmnntitt - ^train she attempted to bo,rd while »'«» bunldm,r well along and according b|.0'ught a narrow e3Ci|)e to one. of the Arm. expeoted to have from death to Naomi Carrell, 17 years the building completed and ready for of beautiful scenery was seen in the mountain states. The iheft report that North and South Dakota are to be pitied. Big elevators standing along railroad tracks and in small towns, and not a wheat field in sight, eyerything burned up by the heat. They returned home last Sunday night after benig gone ten days and making 3,300 miles by auto. Last Saturday morning, Mi^. Peter M. Justen and son, Daniel, and Mrs. Alex Justen left for a motor trip to Denver, Colo., where they will vacation until Labor Day. Monday, Joseph Justen, son of Nick M. Justen, Ringwood, and Arthur Doberstein, hired man of Ben Justen's left on a trip for Detroit,' Niagra Falls and New York City on a pair of motorcycles and expect to be gone a week. Miss Bertha Justen and a co-wcrker in the office of the Woodstock Typewriter - factory, just returned honie from a two weeks' vacation on Mackinac Island, . located between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. teemeri asked for two Rep. Lyons led the field of six GOP candidates with 46,707 votes, and Keller second with 15,G37. In the Democratic party considerable confusion reigned before the pri mary because the Lake county sena Company of1 Chicago. The Tonyan The special ievy made for McHenry is Construction Co. of McHenry has $11,000.00 Algonquin township has the Iprgesrr levy of $14,902.89. The total for county is >82,971.32. " * - , Total poor bills for the county last ' month were $5,428.93. Of this amoiirit . eld, of 707 Center street, DesPlaines,1 operation in 5 or 6 weeks. The Tonyan Friday morning of last week. Miss *~omPany has the contract for all the Carrell was painfully cut about thei^ork on construction* j bills for McHenry were $272.53. head and suffered a crushed toe as she| heating, plumbing, painting, decorat- j ^ The city of McHenry was among the fell from the platform after a game i sewerage, etc. The plant will be' firit*siX of the cities and villages c* Sobaeribe for Th« PUlnaeator. marv Because tne i>aKe sena- v"v onAAiw iu x"? torial committeemen had asked for effort to hang to the hand-rail of the to 200,000 lbs. the county to file its tax levy for 1956 the nomination of two candidates, third-from-last coach of the 7:55,01- m,,K .• ^ now on file in the office of County while the committeemen from Mc- morning train. Falling beneath the! Father Jesetsky, 56, of Chicago;,';Clerk R. D. Woods at Woodstock. " Henry and Boone counties sought one. The primary results gave Rep. Bolger 29.413 votes and Wallenwein 13,063. Other candidates whose names were written in on the Democratic ballot received 596%. 1 . The state canvassing board, in announcing its findings, ruled against Emmett Moroney of Highland Park, who asked for two Democratic nominations, and declared Bolger the only Democratic nominee. The supreme court denied petitions to review the matter. -. " - > v that one of them nassed over her toe. When, burglars who were thwarted in their attempt to break into the Mogg tavern at Gages lake fired tKree shots at hei* recently, Mrs. James Mogg did -jiot give ground but shot right baek. Armed with a revolver, she was alongside her husband when he shouldered, a rifl.e to chase away the prowlers. While Mr. and Mrs. Mogg, who live oh the second floor of the building across the street from Laurence Salerno, talented" Vocalist their'tavern, were coming toward the of radio fame, enjoyed a day on the. tavern, one of the burglars, who was golf course at the McHenry Country J scared away from a rear door of the Sunday. jt&vera, jumped into wheels, she had the presence of mind spending . a few days at the Ingle-! The levy for McHenry . for 1936 is 'and quickness to roll away from the side Shi re Hotel, collapsed suddenly $13,296 as compared to $J2.736 for tracks." So close was she to the wheels last week Tuesday as lie returned 1935. / •' from fishing in Fox Lake. A doctor; Cieorge Frett arid Edwa-rd Smttil' was called but the reverend man pass-, have been named on the Grand Jury ed away before lje arrived. County Coroner Taylor was called and an inquest held .'the: vardict being as abov» stated. «.. ":"V--. • to represent McHenry; for September. dance. Thursday, sept.> , The Young Republican Club of Mc* Henrv Township is sponsoring a dan^a ATTfiNTIOX -'TAVERN" OWNERS •'. to be'put on at the Bridge Ball Room,. I wish to thank the tavern owner's Mcttenry. Thursday evening. Sept, in my territory for their courtesy and , 3. to which everyone is invited. G«o4 co-operation in my official business music has been secured and a splendid with them as Special Agent for the evening is assured. The admissi&ii Illinois Liquor Control Commission j charge is only 25 cents per person. : daring the past three years. EAilLE E. BOWER, *13-4p Riduoooti, HI. Need rubber stamps * Ordtr tt Pliirohiltr t ,,LLd .,3y*J