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OPINING WEEK'S OPERA PROGRAMS NOW ANNOUNCED PtotiA Lonjrone. peneral manaprer, t<> tgay announced the tentative schedule) for the opening: week of th six week reason of the Chicacr^ City Operaj Company. The programs are typical j to the hi#rh quality preparations made J for the entire season. THA>K YOU, MRS. COLBY Burlingame. Calif., October 1936 Noteworthy >s Editor Plaindealer, are those of John Claxton and James Hughes. .v Then them are spinning wheels, wedding clothes, hoop skirts, and pantalettes, besides many interesting things that were part of the daily life cf our ancestors. , As a descendant of one of the old shcp, in Charlie Curtis lane and we,settlers of this community, it is my each weighed fifty pounds at the age j desjre that something on this order of thirteen. My we were proud! Then might be worked out. If available, a room at, the high school would, be a desirable place. Now is the time to make this idea of Mr. Owens' a fact, while we still have the enthusiasm to carry it out, otherwise it will be neglected from year to year until it is too late. P Merely talking about this is not going to get us anywhere. A meeting alonp: came my dear friend, Capt. the selection of popular operas for Dear Sir: -- Enclosed please find Kill's eldest daughter, Kate, who afterwards was my bridesmaid and never forgotten. Many of you writers have mentioned teachers in the old brick school, but I think none have mentioned James Sheldon, who w|is my last teacher the first week and for all the season money order for renewal of our sub itind also the perfect casting. 'scription to the Plaindealer and as Mr. ^ The season opens Saturday night, I c^jby thinks it is up to me to write October 31. with the non-subscriptio.i g let\er to the "Old Timers' Column," ^gala performance of Resphighi s La j wjj| this opportunity to let our Kiamnva." Regular subscription pei- 0j^ 0]d friends know that we have 'fornifliices will follow on Monday, |pj.egt]y enjoyed their.letters. Mkny of i there in 1883. I have his picture beai- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday ( have brought to our memory past j ing the date, given me at the close of evenings and Saturday matineec. episodes and experiences, made clear j school. Special performances will be given things and given us great pleas-) Thegri|tpr old mill-powd! How we several of the intervening evenings, ure jn knowing the whereabouts of old j lovedJiPskate there and many were The schedule for the ftrst week fol- associates. the happy Saturday afternoon crowds, "•lows: • <<T First I would say that we regret I About the last time I had skates on, ' Saturday night . October 31; "La: we were ncit you at the Cen-11 remember Ed Owen grabbing my * Fiamrna" with Raisa. La ManCe. Shar-1 tenn;aj this sumnier. We had planned j hands and swinging me around--Was hova. Porter, Fletcher, Ohlin, Brown, tQ ^ut jt seemed the better part of I scared! He was so tall and I so ; Mills. Bentonelli. Ruisi, Cehanovsky' j8(jom t0 stay at home. „ It was good i short! Glad to know he WS8 the»"9 and Weber .directing. Jto read about it and recall old times t Jhis summer, Monday night, November 2; * Thais an(j timers. 4 ' .with Jepson, Baroya, Matyas, Living-" -\yrhen Mr. Bennett writer of his ston, Thomas, Martin, Ruisu Love, the I times, why we seem to be of a differ- •ballet, and Hasselmans conducting. Jent period. When Charles Oyren wrote Wednesday, November 4; "Martha jai>out the rescue made by my brother jepson, Batova, Schipa, Rimini, gen j sent the paper to brother and should be called and a committee ap pointed to make plans to get an available space for this collection. And everyone who has relics should notify one of the committee. Let's get some enthusiasm about this and pursue it to a satisfactory and noteworthy collection. If ours very truly, ^ ~ J. C. HOLLY. * ,val- Love, Malatesta, LoviCh, and Morar. roni conducting. Friday night, November 6; leria Rusticana" with RaiSa, Barron. Tokatyan, RSmini and Moran zoni conducting. I must stop. It is nearly fifty years since we left the old home in McHenry, we lived twenty of them in Chicago, then Came to California in 1906 and immediately settled in our present home in Burlingame. Our boys mar I will copy a portion of his letter to an(j builded their homes here in Burlingame, so we feel we have been Got the papers all right. Read greatly blest with our children and I Charley ^wens' ^etter- The boys, he j grandchildren about us. We are very n te^s about being drowned with their wejj an(j have ^a(j a very busy, harfather, was a^Reverend "Marsh,' th«^monous #T1<| successful life together, "Americans in Paris" by Gershwin, names were "Ransom" asd with Ruth Page and Ballet. "Sumner." They lived in a little house Saturday Matinee, November *».between "Taylor Mayes" and "Mrs. "La Triviata" with Mason, Fletcher, ciark," just north of the old brewery. Thomas, Tokatyan, Cavadore, Love, Cehanovsky, the baNet, and Moranzoni conducting. Saturday night, November 7; "Mme. Butterfly" with Burke, Matyas, Manning, Chamlee, Rimini, Cavadore, Mal- I saw the whole thing. The father was fishing on the south side of the old wooden bridge, first abutment, west end. His hook got snagged, the boys got an old boat and got out to the line and into the water. The fath atesta, Ruisi, and Moranzoni conduct- j er rushed from the bridge and out to ing. The ballet, based on Gershwins themand they all went down. It happened so quickly, they drowned before surrounded by hosts of friends, but old friends, dear friends are still in our hearts. To those few, who are left, that knew us, we send hearty greetings and especially do I wisk for a happy recovery to Lola.B. Walsh. •CLARA WRIGHT COLBY. composition of the same name, was! help could get them out. They could given an enthusiastic reception at its premiere last August in Cincinnati The choreography is by Ruth Page HISTORICAL ROOM ' West McHenry, Illinois.' October 27, 1988, Members of the Old Timers' Club: Greetings! not swim. The incident Charley menSome time ago our able member of tions of the thin ice, I Chink happened the club, Chas. S. Owen, wrote us relanear the intake of the head race of the tive to the perpetuation of relics and and the scenery, costumes and scenar-jt>ld Grist Mill, which was using water mementoes of pioneer days in an his- 10 by the Chicago artist, Nicholas at that time of y(?ar> and the current torical room. Many have expressed Kemisotf. |kept water from freezing some, mak- the desire to have this done and, as As to the entire repertoire, no;ing the ice thinner. Neither of vs yet, no one has gotten around to take Changes have been made m the listjknew the boy Charley asked who he the initiative and make a fact of it. cn.g'n* y anno"nce<? jy Lon8'one j was and I said "he Is that boy staying Let's go back to pre-settler days, not loftg ago. It includes the premiere j them pe0ple, that live in that when the tribe of Potowattmies, I am nCW 0pera house" and I mentioned some new informed.^' inhabited this area and '"n. pre'.C I's scheduled to h.ve *" ""ed Z. tV"? ^*1* ?st "" J"sh I "Such things is that were forgotten west side, extending to "that region of &f those thousands who for long have over_night all just in the day-s hap- Woodstock and Belvidere and Rockbeen raising ai cry for an All-Ameri- penstance. That happened before I ford. The latter tribes made batt'e can opera. Maria Matyas will have,pulle<} young Joe McOmber from un- with the former and indulged in scalpthe part of Jack, Lucia Diano will be j„r /*«,,_ . - > • . . . the princess, Janice Porter will sing fhat Tas the r^l thing of saCT a e"/ C&ptU™g the the mother role, Julius Huehn wiil lif!» the real thing of saving a en. The writer, as a boy, followed have the part of the giant, and Mark1 jl*v urotu_P„» . a ra ^ ^, e^s an sou e "v" Love will do the role of the talking I j « ™ reminiscences ante-Jer and picked up twenty-one arrow- U trie talking date Mr. Bennett some twenty years, i heads in one afternoon. That find was " " and ^ they would write of them, I am j treasured for years and finally became sure it would be most interesting scattered. reading. They have wonderful menn ories and a fund of experience. I was happy with my eight brothers (no little girl ever had a better body-guard), now there-are only four left. My eldest brother, now 82, living in New York, brother Ben in Tacoma, Wash.. and Stanley and Walter in McHenry. I have many beautiful pictures hanging on memory's wall, and a few One of my earltt. v . • • - ,| iest recollections is that of the farm- J!^heHo'rJ>„'T " remen^lonecl I ers. in the early summer, driving their Tinhee reremmaianidnedre r ooff ttkh e sKe aWseo*n's re- sheep d/o*.wu n through the trees rp ast our r ii • r-v , 'home (then at the northwest corner Mignon, (Thomas); La Juive, (Hal-! . T 1 1. Bishop spinning w,he erls and -various other evy); Faust, (Gounod); Sampson and, «, h °! histor 1 ic ^rest. Delilah, (Saint Saens). In Italian: Jfl'i day S° 'if" Mefistofele, (Boito); rLTa_ Traviata, I f "d T * u i! V J; v. ." I taught me the Sehpherd's Psalm, the 23rd Psalm. i In the line of Te\!vals, two operas are in the repertoire. One will'be Delibes "Lahmke" concerning which no definite plans as to ease or date arc as yet ready. The other is Charpentier's "Louise." Helen Jepson has •been assigned the title role for this work besides Joseph Bentonelli who will sing the Julien part. Maria Claessens will be in. the mother role and ^Leon Rothier in that of the father. . The first performance of Puccini's | some f jhumorous opera "Gianni Schicchi" --1 I suppose this Indian lore is all news to our high school pupils, who have followed, in history,, the trails of the eastern tribes in their wars with the French and English. John Claxton has a marvelous collection of Indian relics and, among others, also James Hughes down the river. In a few years these very fine collections will be split up by relatives and taken from Maine to California and will be lost to us forever. Most of the Indians left this section when the settlers came here. Those hard-working sons of toil left their mark in numerous treasures of (Verdi); Rigoletto, (Verdi); Mme. Butterfly, (Puccini); Otello, (Verdi);i - .. - . . .. La Boheme, (Puccini); Lucia di » *• mermoor, (Donizetti); C.vallena1TT* aMrtain neighborhood Susticana. (M.,«gni); The Barber ol " T f Seville, (Rossini); Martha, (Ffotow); ardeM church Boer' som«"h«' Two Wagner operas will be given in German, Lohengrin and Die Valkyrie. ' Besides "Gianni Schicchi," Smc-I tana's "Bartered Bride" will also'be given in English. stayed at home. As soon as the lady had departed for church, down from I "dulcimer" and did he play it! For nearly an hour, he had a most wonderful time, dance music, too,--but the "dulcimer" was not in sight when "Sary" returned. I well remember sitting on the fence listening! I debate with myself about drawing Mrs. Steve Schaefer was hostess to on of the sad pictures of memory, but SPRING GROVE the members of her club at her home in Fox Lake Thursday evening. Two because a previous letter in this column explained the why of a mother's tables of five hundred were in play j lament, I think no harm can occur and and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Edith it might awaken a latent charitable Cleveland, a guest, and Mrs. Ella' thought. This is it: Siegler. Consolation was received! The very last time I saw Mrs. Gates, cyclone swept through this section by Mrs. Al Schmeltzer. A lovely j the mother of Wilson Wait; she had Aug. 4, 1861. Vast numbers of giant served by the hostess at j heard I was at heme, from Chicago, oak were twisted and uprooted. Buildings and crops were scattered from What is to be done about all this? Are we going to drift along inert and let this Opportunity escape us or are we going to have a civic collection th**t will attract our own generations and people from far and near? ' Civic pride is something to nourish and to let it be known to the world that this is a community of welcome and friendliness. If this is actively attended to, the attraction to McHenry will be great. We should be known throughout the country as a city of friendly people, active in our affairs and a place to visit. May I suggest that our very fine City Council give this matter of preserving our historic objects their earnest .consideration and follow it to success. . Let us hear from .those who have items or collections. "Very truly, FRANK W. BENNETT. Note--It is interesting to know,' through John Claxton, that a terrific lunch was the close of this pleasant evening. [and came up to mothers to see me. Joseph Wagner and family, Chica- 'While there, she cried bitterly, because go, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I she could not find out how Wilson got Frank Wagner, on Sunday. |out of the house, and the fear of the Miss Evelyn Hergott, Chicago,; night, because of his being sick from spent, Sunday with home folks. Miss Carol Bower, Waukegan, spent the weekend at her home here. what had been given him. >yhat a tragedy to enter one's life! Mrs. Gates came as a young bride to the A nice crowd attended the Bingo wilds of McHenry, and prior to the party at St. Peter's Hall Sunday j birth of her boy, she was terribly night. frightened and shocked by a drunken George and Wendlynn Kattner, accompanied by friends from Chicago, spent Sunday at their home here. Miss Arlene Nett is enjiying a- vacation with relatives in Johnsburg. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kattner and children were visitors in the William Kattner home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmeltzer visited relatives in Rockford this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kattner, son, ; Billy, motored to Wilmette Sunday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. ,Ed j Hoff mil}. Mrs. Charles Freund entertained! members of her club Monday night. Cards furnished the entertainment and prize winners were Mrs. Nick Freund, Mrs. Ella Siegler, Mrs. Frank May and Mrs. John Kattner received consolation. Refreshments were served. The club will meet next month at Hw. Al Schmeltzer's home. man, driving a team of oxen on the river road. And you laughed because poor Wilson was always driving! Oh, the heartaches caused by careless thinking and doing. My mother told me of her story. When I begin to recall those, early days, many facts and faces crowd my memory. Well do I remember the day Millie Waite and myself went to the butcher Richmond to Ejgin. DO IT NOW! " McHenry, Illinois. October 26, 1&36. McHenry Plaindealer: Dear Editor--I'm reading the letter of Chas. S. Owen and his view of preserving the historic relics of McHienry and McHenry county. As a matter of fact, the old relics will be dissipated and split up and finally become lost. There are numerous collections in and around McHenry of pre-settler days and of the early settler days of which there could be quite a collection mad Tradition tells us that this locali'y has been the battle ground of numerous Indian conflicts. Among the very ftne collection displayed in glass cases A Letter of Appreciation - Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Mueller extend their thantes to the neighbors and the McHenry Fire Department for their efforts in fighting the at their home," The I*rel$i," en Piffckw %9>y tart r P t We take pride & announcing thalrtheihdme Was completely inbuilt by local labor and all materials furnished Exclusively by local firms. If you have Real Estate to sell or if you wish to buy property, we wilT appreciate a phone call .or a visit to our office. PHONE 43. EARL R. WALSH. , n-tf MONEY TO LOW! I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who want to bartow money on real estate. 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