, - t v f v -> A ' * • x.;v - -y*f v^. • / 1 - . •. • 1 * <. >, >•*«. - ,- > •* - rfv4-1. * **.;• * •.,? I HE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER1 ^"£1 £*. „ ., The Franklin institute was found- Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by Charles F. Renich ^ filtered as second-class matter at the postoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879.' One Year ... Six Months . -...$2.00 .,...................-.$1.00 A. H. M06HER, Editor and Manager Lillian Sayler, Local Editor -- -- --• ! -- Telephone 197 A '..'v. :V: v,; : :jy; ; RELATIVES AND r FRIENDS ENJOY * v THANKSGIVING (Continued from front page) MARY LOUISE OWEN DECLARED "REDSKIN QUEEN" AT COLLEGE gin were Thanksgiving guests in the W, A. Bishop home. Carmen. Freund of St. Vincent's orphanage, Chicago, spent Thursday at! i^or her home here. ' Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Westfall and daughter, Doris, of Chicago spent Thanksgiving in the " Simon Stoffel home. " „ , Mrs. Elizabeth Laures spent Thanksgiving Day in the home of Mr." and Mrs. Frank Weingart. " j Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dehne and granddaughter,, of Glen View, were Thanksgiving guests in the J. F. Claxton home. Mr. and Mrs. F. E, Covalt and family spent Thanksgiving Day in Chicago. Miss Kathleen J us ten of St. Mary's college and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hoff- > A letter received by Mrs. Robert Thompson frpm her aunt, Mrs. L. H. Owen of Cushing, Okla., contains an interesting clipping from the "Tulsa World" of Nov. *29, 1936, regarding an given to her granddaughter, Mary Louise Owen. Mary Louise, who attends the Okla* h'oma A. & College, is the daughter of Edwin Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Owen, who was born in McHenry in 1894, and will be remembered by old friends here. Miss Owen was adjudged the most -beautiful co-ed on the A. & M."campus for 1936 in a contest sponsored by the Redskin, student year book. Miss ed in 1824 at a meeting of citizens held in Congress hall, Philadelphia, and is the oldest institution in the United States devoted to the study and promotion of the mechanics, arts and applied sciences. Two young men, Samuel Vaughan Merrick and Dr. William H. Keating, son of a French baron and later one of the leading scientists of the University of Pennsylvania, were primarily responsible for the organization, according to a writer in the Detroit News. Classes of instruction were held for 100 years and discontinued in 1924. The studies are continued in the Central high school. Exhibitions of manufacturers have been held, and scientific research is carried on extensively. It has a library of more than 80,0Q0 volumes and 20,000 pamphlets. Its record of American invention is the most complete outside thes .files of the United States patent office. Through the joint efforts of the Franklin institute and the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Inc., sponsored by the Poor Richard club, a site was purchased and building erected as a memorial to the great Benjamin Franklin to house a scientific and technical museum which •orgs dedicated as the Benjamin Is This a Friendly Jr..- World? By LEONARD A. BARRETT Owen, a junior in. the school of edu cation, has been declared "Redskin i Franklin Memorial and Franklin in- Quaen" 'and will be honored with a full page picture in the annual to be issued next spring. She was selected from among1 four-! stitute. man and children o? Wilmette were . dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. William teen contestants '^presenting vandJ J us ten Thursday , cahipus groups J>y two commerce. Mrs. J. Reihansperger and daughter'ar!i!®ts" ' . , Mary, of West Chicago and Ruth!,, The «mte8t^ presented as a Reihansperger of Rockford were din- !"Pageant of alon* ™th :;er guests in the C. J. Reihansperger a™teur h°ur of ente^.nment m the '-nmc ' « college auditorium. Five other girls ome nui*aa> *iwill be chosen as a beauty court format Windsor castle. He was 7 feet & Thanksgiving Day guests of Mr. and' v"v.™ - ' I -- •_ Mrs. Robert Thompson were Mr. and. Mrs. Harry Alexander. Hebron; Mr Canada's Giant'7 Ft. # In. " ^ Tall, Weighed 560 Pounds Angus McAskill, known as the Cape Breton giant, was born in the Hebrides of Scotland in 1825 and came to Canada at an earty age. He became famous as a strong man and appeared before Queen Victort* • Local friend* join in extending and Mrs. Charles Owen and son" Nile's congratulations to^Mr. and Mrs. L, H. 'Center; &r. and Mrs. Oliver Owen and, 0w*n u uPon ,th u eir 1°VL'ly ^andda"gh" Maod Granger, Chicago. V | ter, whom, although many years have „M rs, Cn a.t1he rine \v oung e•n 4t.e" r*ta i• nedj , *pa s^ sed', the,y, swti ll claim as a descend- . . . . . , , , . . a n t f r o m o l d M c uH e n r„y o ff w .h o m t h e y the foHowing members of )wr family • * on Thanksgiving Day: Mr. and --. ' * Loois.Vow*; Waukegan; Mr. *nd. M,. »"•) Mr,. L_ Mrs. Arnold lUiiwrl and !•"'! Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, ers . " . ; / 1 Harvard: Mr. and Mrs. George VflnwgJ' __ " 1 ^ii^Swood; Wiiiiam Young and Gladys' S^ES FOR _ Spiecer, Elgin, and Clarence Young of- TO AUTOMOBILB Noyth Chicago; / i Mr. and Mt s. ^rank Nottoli and I Justice of the Peace, M- J. Walsh,, icon, LeRoy, of Chicago and Bern ice heard a case at the city hall Tuesday J^'nti of Northwestern University were' afternoon between Rudolph Johnson, Thanksgiving guests in the C. -U'nti ;a farmer residing on Route 173, west home. of McHenry, concerning damages to Mrs. Jack Walsh and son, Earl, the latter's car. Floyd Eckert of spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs.'Woodstock was attorney for Johnson Walsh's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. l and Vernon Knox represented Green, and Mis. George Miller in Chicago. The Chevrolet car of Green's was Miss Ellen Walsh of South Bend, Ind., 1 damaged on the night of Oct. 3, when was also a guest of the day. Mrs. | his brother-in-law, Raymond Ferwer- Walsh remained for a several days' j da, was driving ob Route 173 past visit over the weekend. Johnson's house. Johnson was driv- Mr. and Mrs. Ben Justen spent ing cows across the road without a Thanksgiving and the weekend with lantern or light of any kind and not her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William' seeing a cow in the road Ferwerda Rothermel, at Springfield, where Mr. struck it, badly damaging the maand Mrs. Rothermel celebrated their inches in height, weighed 560 pounds, had a chest measuring 80 inches, foot 18 inches, hand span 12 inches. He could lift a 100-pound weight with two fingers and hold it at arm's length for len minutes, Or swing a 300-pound barrel of salt pork under each arm and run down the main street. He is said to have set a 40-foot tttaSt a schooner Single-handed, also t<5 .have carried^ a full grown invalid 25 miles Jhfcvifih a Snowstorm to a doctor. He COuW hold a pound of bulk tea in his hand. The feat that was held rfc-' sponsible for his death was lifting a 2,750-pound anchor in New York; 'a fluke of the anchor struck and injured him. He died in 1863 at the age of 38 and Was buried in the cemetery of St. Ann, Nova Scotia, where his gravestone has the inscription, "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright." . golden wedding Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer, with Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Bradley and daughter, Alice, of Crystal Lake, spent Thanksgiving in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Butler and family, Chicago. Mrs. Bradley and daughter spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Butler. College Students Home |(any local young people who are away at college spent the Thanksgiving holidays at their homes here. Among them were: Guy Duker of the University of Illinois, who spent the vacation with Supt. and Mrs. C. H. Duker. George Johnson of the University of Illinois and his sister, Marguerite, - of the Northern Illinois State Normal school at DeKalb, visited in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson, during the holidays. Miss Kathleen Justen of St. Mary's' college at Notre Dame, spent Thanksgiving vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Justen. Jerome Justen of Lake Forest college spent the weekend vacation at his home. Miss Shirley Covalt, who is attending: Moser Business College in Chicago, spent the Thanksgiving vaca tion at her' home here. chine. The verdict was given to Green, although Eckert, counsel for Johnson, stated th«)r would appeal the case. t |.* . • iI "' - I-- ' *YOUNG AMERICAALL WET" t'j ' n j The Christian Era About the year 533 A. D., a Roman abbot named Dionysius Exiguus introduced into Italy what he called the Christian era, according to which dates are reckoned forward and backward from the birth of Christ. This method came into use i n F r a n c e a n d E n g l a n d i n t h e Eighth century, and in other countries later. He used the year 754 of the Roman era as the year of Christ's birth; subsequent authorities have placed that event four years previous, or in 4 B. C., instead of in the y^ar 1 A. D. There was, of course, no year 0 A. D., so that from the end of 4 B. C. to the beginning of 4 A. D., six years elapsed (3 B. C., 2 B. C., 1 B. C., 1 A. D., 2 A. D., 3 A.„D.). The date of the crucifixion is generally regarded as 29 A. D., when Christ was thirty-two or thirty-three years of age. There Is a tendency to state truth in terms of dead matter. We argue from effect back to first cause, an thus conclude that evolution explains not only the cosmos but also the complete development of tfte human race. In spite of expressed opinions to the contrary, organic evolution does explain the orderly growth of the universe, but it does not explain all that is implied in answer to the question, Is this a friendly world? Another tendency is to state truth in terms of cold reason. Unless we can see clearly our way through a certain truth or experience, we instantly brand it as doubtful or impossible. We instinctively demand the reason for things. Why did this or that happen? If a calamity strikes us unaware, we may become discouraged or rebellious. Without economic or moral reserve, we may reach the point of despair. The world seems then, anything but friendly. The world becomes adamant, cruel. We frequently hear people say that which we too have said: No! This is nofriendlyworld." Another factor must enter the equation before we can determine whether or not this is a frienqly world. That factor is purpose. Wit|i-. Lout consideration of the purpose of «vent we despair of obtaining a satisfactory solution of either a simple or a complex problem of life. There is a popular saying that whatever happens is always for the best. It is difficult to believe this at all times, especially when we look ahead. When we review our past experiences and the effect of one event upon another in the chain of circumstances our life has met, we FOR SALE FOR SALE--100 White Giant XXX pullets; Jim Moore strain; 6 mos. old next month; good weight; priced reasonable. W. H. Guffey. Phone McHenry 131-W. ^ y *23 FOR SALE--House Trailer, large enough for a small family. Must be seen; priced right. Schweftnan Chevrolet Sales. 22-tf »»»•»<»>»»>>I>»!>»»»»!»»»» Among the Side ****"•- T T I > I I 3,193& Friends here of Mrs. Fred Wynkoop of Woodsock will be interested to know that she is recovering from injuries received when she fell the length of the steps leading from the Lil-Mar Beauty shop, Woodstock. Although no bones were broken she was badly bruised. Clarence Anglese is absent from his teaching duties at the high school, recovering from a tonsil operation to which he submitted at St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin, Friday. Clarence Smith returned Monday night from Michael Reese hospital, Chicago, where he had undergone an Strip's Log Formerly the ship's log was an in* strument towed by the vessel, the distance sailed being ascertained by the number of its recorded revolu-1 tions. In steam vessels, the distance traveled is determined by the drive of the engine. FOR SALE OR RENT Adams Store operation on his eye. He£^«taying1 w r> i Women Hut's Different 'If* a kindness to show a fellow human where he's wrong," said Uncle Eben, "but dat fact ain* (inter make a small boy enjoy bavin' his face washed." JOHN STOFFEL property in Johnsbarg. G. A. Stilling, Receiver. Reasonable. 28 AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE --Have two, need one. Sell either, used Reo Tudor, has hot water heater, good battery, and six good tires,; price'$35.; or, Lincoln Sedan, looks like, and condition throughout like new. Six good tires and two heaters, price $300.00, Wm. Bonsltitt, McHenry. 28 *SrAr FOR RENT in the home of his sister, MrsTcar! Women's Flannelette Freund, for a few days because of Pajamas illness, at his home. I John King, who is seriously ill Tuck Stitch Vflgta ' * his home oh Court street, does riot" -, . ' . ' * > improve. ' iHen'a Flnnnftlftffiji Robert Richardson of Crystal Lake,'Paiamaa a former resident of this vicinity, is' - T I seriously ill at his home in that city." Men's Ties ' .Iftc Friends here have received news! 92c 15c 87c 25c FARM FOR RENT--220 acres good land, 2 miles from town, good modern basement barn, good house and other bed. buildings, silo. Will furnish some Mrs. J. J. Miller is recovering from firewood. Also a choice 58-acre prair-1 her illness, although still confined to ie farm for rent, good buildings. Stof- her bed, at her home on Main street that Mrs. William Heaney of Jackson- Part Wool Socks. Of. ville, Fla., who has been seriously ill from a paralytic stroke, is slowly im-1 Boxed i ' • . . proving. She is now home from the TTanrilrArrftiefa iiu m. hospital, but remains confined to her Uan(UcercmerS - 15© -- 25C Crinkle Bed Spreads Women's Felt $1.00 fel & Reihansperger, West McHenry. 28-4 FOR RENT--Modern house on Waukegan street. Phone 223-W. 28-tf The many friends of Miss Mayme, Slippers, pr. Buss will be pleased to know that she has shown excellent improvement and is reported to be well on the way to a complete recovery from her accident. 50c -t- 75c FOR RENT--Heated 3,-room furnished flat in Schneider building, on Riverside Drive. Phone McHenry 221-J. 21-tf FOR RENT-^Flat in People's State Bank Bldg. Inquire of F. A. Bohlander, Wesrt McHenry. 26-tf FOR RENT--Rooms; modern, heated, air-conditioned, by day or week. Tel. 61-R, McHenry. 27-tf Most Beautiful Cities There is a great diversity of opin- Misses' Flanelette Pajamas ' 50c Blanket Binding, 5 yds. 25c 9/4 Saxon Sheeting, yd. 33c ion in making a selection of the , _ world's beautiful cities, but a travel j Pattern Blankets $2.45 & $2.75 authority lists the following as the WANTED most beautiful in the world:Rome, Venice, Paris, Edinburgh, Stockholm, Naples, New York, Dresden, Istanbul, Nice, Florence, Vienna, The Hague, Nuremberg, Budapest, Rio de Janeiro, Prague, Brussels, Geneva and Washington. Cotton Table CoverB 35c 45c 46-inch Table Oil Cloth, yd. 24c 36-inch Outing Flannel, yd. 15c WANTED TO BUY--Wheat. Will pay, _ Fo® BIack Widow Spider a good price. McHenry Co. Farmers ^ e rnud dauber wasp, scientists are usually able to see beneficenceT-ry^p Ann>~ MfH^nrv ?9 state, is a natural enemy of the for what once seemed a barnacle. To think that this old world has no purpose U».n an4 even vicious thinking. In medicine We have many drugs, many of which - are poisonous. A physician's prescription may contain one of these poisons. If we extract the poison and take it, we may die. If we take the medicine as given in the ^prescription, we may recover. So it is in our daily experience. We should not extract a great sorrow, or failure, or disap- 26-tf AM IN THE MARKET And will pay cash, if price is light, for a farm from 80 to 200 acres, preferably one with stock and tools, in close range of McHenry. Write Box 431, McHenry. •27-4 dreaded black widow spider. The wasp lays its eggs in the cocoons of the black widow so that when the wasp larvae hatch out they can feed upon the young spiders. LOST LOST--Springer Spaniel dog* brow ft and white, medium size, bum scat1 On right side of nose. Reward. Mrs. pointment and judge life by th^t I George Stilling. 28 bne event. It takes all of one life's events to reveal the pattern that holds its un- FftH of the Cheater r: "He who cheats a friend," said HI Ho the sage of Chinatown, "will do ISO but seldom, for soon he ^will have no friends to cheat." broken thread of gold. MISCELLANEOUS WILL TAKE LIVESTOtk In trade According to our vision of purpose f»r J929 Ford coupe. "Joseph Draper., so is our perception of life. It is our j Phone 61a-J*M. use of anesthetics that proves them a curse Or a blessing. The savage "Young America--all wet!" by Kenneth Dudley Smith of Staten Is- Miss Ruth Reihansperger of Rock-, la"d N" is one of the pictures ' - - • shown at the National Salon of Photography held in New York. The I exhibition included 274 pictorial prints and 77 technical prints, se- I lected from 2,070 pictures submitted by the best photographers o~f America. ford college spent the vacation with] home folks. Bernice Unti, who is attending Northwestern University, spent hert vacation at her home on Green street.' Eugene Sayler of the University of ( Illinois College of Dentistry, in Chicago, spent Thanksgiving at his home here, returning that evenng for school the next day. , Harry Schnaitman, of the University ,of Illinois, spent his vacation at ^s home here. in February, spent the vacation at her Miss Lillian Segel, who will grad- home here. She is planning to teach ^«ate from the University of Illinois1 French and art. Habits of Garter Snakes A garter snake may be met in all sorts of situations, but ts partial to grassy meadows and to the border of streams, where the frogs, toads, fish, mice and shrews on which it mainly feeds are numerous, and--being a near relative of the water-snakes--it takes to water willingly and swims well. All garter snakes are also food climbers, wriggling easily up a scaly tree-trunk, a wall of brick ttr Of rough boards, -and 'they search tfie bushes for eggs and young birds in the spring, but rarely climb'high, as sometimes do blacksnakes on a similar errand. They are ' bold in coming about gardens arid village parks, and enter cellars, dairies or chicken houses, but do go less often than some of the larger serpents.. who knows Very little toncerning the moral element of purpose sees in poison a drug that kills. He does not know that poison may be made a power for good; that electricity may be controlled for thfe advancement of civilization; thait the darkness of the nightt need give lib cause for fear. , f ,. We are far removed frorh the savage mind and heart. We cannot state trtith In terms'of destruction only. We know that this is an orderly universe. The element of purpose is in the cosmic process all the way from the tiny blade of grass to the giant 'Oak of the forest. And all things work together for good in the moral-and spiritual world. tO Western Newspaper Union. READY TO Coal and Otfke. Sompel ami ^bn. NEW LEAGUE CHIEF Pioneer in Archeologicai Work Harvard university was the pioneer in archeologicai. work on the mounds in the Ohio valley. . •. ^ f V v'.'Of ; V;V\. '• r-iv" ,2" . • , J:*' Christmas Gifts • SelAct your Christmas gifts from our complete stock. Here axe a few suggestions -- Box of 20 Beautiful Christmas Cards ^ 79c Christmas Lights, strings ..j" • 3®cltip Christmas Bells ' ' " ' " ' . . 2 5 c Christmas Wreaths 5c up Box Stationery .. . . . .... . J • 25c up Compacts „ $1.00 Manicure Setss $1.7| V Fine Selections of Books, Mystery Stories, etc 29c Magazine Subscriptions, Clubs, etc., Make Good Gifts. Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos, Pipes, etc. Bfxed for Xmas. NEWS AGENCY Elm Street ALBERT KRAUSE McHenry Superstitious - Scotland 'moth is regarded as telling of a letter on its "Way; spiders in the home are'lucky; killing a beetle brings' rain; - and a falling picture foretells hews of a death. Very few people in Scotland move to a new home on- a Saturday, as it is believed that "a Saturday flitting means a short sitting," or that misfortune will soon come along. To present'a new-born baby with a silver ' coin insures luck for the child, but copper coins spell ill-luck for the innocent infant.--Pearson's Weekly. Barial Changes Statas Under the common law of the United States the burial of a human body changes its status from personal property to unowned "real estate." Hence the courts of several states have often ruled in favor of those who have opposed the removal of a body, even in cases in which the opposing party was unrelated to the family.--Collier's Weekly Hawaii Has Two Anthems Hawaii is the only portion of the United States that has two nationil anthems. "The Star Spangled Banner" is played at every concert along with "Hawaii Ponoi," former anthem of the Hawaiian monarchy, which was composed by King Kala kaua. YOU WITH-- Call 649-R-l. H. 4-tf GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let t us diapotte 'of your garbage each week, or bftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular year round route, formerly George Meyers'. Ben J. Smith. Phone 157 or 631-M-l. 2-tf FOR CASH AND QUICK REMOVAL of crippled, and Dead Horses and Cattle. 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