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V fagotti ^ >-w .'.' U'~ V, _:• "' >.W \ Zf 2**Y S' THE PLAHTDKALER v t <"*• . v wp'* "ir Tf :; Thursday, September % 1937 'V OUR YOUTH rJPROBLEM^i - Br •* LEONARD A. BARRETT In his little volume, "Good-Bye, Mr. Chips," James Hilton makes one of his chara c t e r s s a y , "Modern parents are beginning to demand something more for their three years' school fees than a few scraps of language that nobody speaks. . . something besides a factory for turning out s n o b c u l t u r e based on money and machines." 19 .The month of June is known as the Commencement season. High schools, colleges, end universities grant degrees to thousands of our ambitious youth. It is truly an occasion in which our young people, for a moment, occupy the center of the stage and are given a diploma as an educational credential. Commencement time is truly a beginning. The old has passed away; the freedom of academic life, a thing of the past; life with its challenge for youth to " make good" is beckoning. It is a strange bewildering world into which the young collegiate is ushered He feels that he is qualified to do a splendid piece of work. He may have specialized in some particular study, and this specialization causes the thermometer of his ambition to rjjpe to a higher level. He will make a name for himself. He will have a glorious career. He will Succeed. But in spite of his adequate preparation, he finds the matter of "placement" much harder than he had imagined. While there is always plenty of room at the top, the pathway leading to the ladder's top is crowded, indeed, overcrowded with similarlyminded youth. For the first time the youth realizes the ruthless economic competition of the world. A cold impersonalism depresses his spirit, and his idealistic world begins to totter. Unless he has received in his long course of study something else besides "a few scraps of language," unless high school or college has been something more than "a factory for turning out a snob culture based on money and machines," the young person soon meets his "Waterloo." The greatest value of a college course is not what we learn or the culture we attain, but the wisdom of utility of knowledge and of self. life is based on the truth of a saying of a wise man of old: "Wis dom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding." Our youth problem is not only the lack of proper discipline in many cases, which causes failure to meet the demands of a stern material istic world, but it is lack of balance In the economic system. There are too many efficiently trained young men and women for the number of available jobs. Perhaps this can be explained partly by the fact that employment has increased fourteen per cent over the low mark of depression, while dividends have increased fifty per cent. Until this spread can he more adequately adjusted, the problem will remain. Culture per se is glorious, but it too demands the right to earn daily bread. What is a job after all, but something someone else Can do. But work: that is something to create. Let us have creative vouth! V. S. Lumley, Attorney ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of Herman Kunz, Deceased. The undersigned, Administratrix of the Estate of Herman Kunz, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of Mc- Henry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, on the 4th day of October, A, D. 1937, at which time All persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dfcted this l?th day of August, A. D. 1987. LOUISE SCHACHNER, 14-8 Administratrix. NOTICE OF SEMI-ANNUAL MEET. ING OP BOARD OF TOWN AUDITORS OF TOWNSHIP OF Mc- HENRY, ILLINOIS. The somtt-annual meeting 6f the Board of Town Auditors will be held at the office of Town Clerk on Tuesday, September 7th, at the hour of 7 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of auditing all bills, against said Town of McHenry, 111., and making- such tax levy as may be required by Highway Commissioner of said town and transacting such other business as may properly camte before said meeting. Giver, under my hand and seal this eighteenth day of August, A. D., 1937. 4,v. ft- J. WALSH, Town Clerk. Vernon J. Knox, Attorney -EXEXCUTOR'S NOTICE Estate of Joseph E. McAndrews, Deceased. The undersigned, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Joseph E. McAndrews, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1937, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 31st day of August" A. D. 1937. MARY CHRISTIANSEN, 15-8 Executrix. STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF McHENRY, S& In the Circuit Court Raymond F. Holland, Plaintiff, vs. • ./ Mary E. Holland, Defendant. r Complaint in Chancery for Divorce, No. 28048. Affidavit showing that the defendant, Mary E. Holland, resides out of this State and on due inquiry cannot be found, so that process cannot be served upon said defendant, having been filed in the office of the Clerk of this court, notice is therefore, hereby given to said Mary E. Holland, defendant, that the plaintiff inthe above entitled cause filed his complaint in said cause on the 18th day of August 1937, and that said action is now pending and undetermined in said court, and that you, the said Mary E. Holland, defendant, moist file your appearance in said action on or before the First Monday in the month of October, 1937, and in the event you fail to do so, default may be entered against you. i WILL T. CONN, • a : Clerk of said Court. Plaintiffs Attorney: Vernon J. Knox. Attorney's Address: Crystal Lake, Illinois. , 15-3 SAYS: AN "M. P." IN INDIA A saucerful of quicklime placed In a damp closet or cupboard will «bsorb all dampness. »v * * • * ' / Celery stuffed with fhrimp salad Ban be used for giving variety to lite appetizer tray. • • • ' Powdered borax added tQ the watcr when washing fine white flannels •helps to keep them soft. . ' ^ Chopped ripe olives give flavor to j§al casserole. Use about one-fourth #fip for each two cups veal required. Shasta daisies will bloom themijjUves to death the first year they fire planted unless some of the buds sMte removed. * ~1T0 -*r----ii|» guit, buy a campus plaid jacket felouse. They come in many different plaids and have a belt and an Vscot tie. These are priced very Bpasonablv. POTPOURRI Voiceless Kangaroo said the kangaroo makes "no vocal noises because organs for that purpose are completely lacking. Native to Australia and nearby . islands, there are 40 known species ranging in size from a foot or so to seven feet. • It often leaps four times its length when frightened. Natives •consider kangaroo meat as highly desirable. Western Newspaper Union. ) " 1 T o l d Tales Items of Inter--* Taken ' tfce Files of tfc* F!atndeal» ef Year. Age TWENTY YEARS AG€ Corn during the past two has made wonderful progress and indications now are that a bumper crop will be harvested throughout this section of the country this fall. Sunday was the biggest day of the present season for the ice cream dealers here. At nine o'clock at night, both N. H. Petesch and the two retail stores operated by.C. Unti were completely sold out. Butter OQ the Elgin board of trade sold at 38 H cents per pound last Saturday. • A very iiriuch welcomed rain fell on Tuesday, and as a result, the crops were greatly benefitted thereby. Thos. A. Bolger and Jas. N. Sayler are driving new Ford touring cars. THIRTY-'YEARS AGO^v. * Butter on the Elgin board of trade Monday was firm at 24% cents. A gang of men are at wojk this week laying new tar walks about town. Chris Hapke is again employed at the macaroni factory at Libertyville, and will move his family to that city soon. Geo. Cantwell of Lake Geneva was in town the first of the week, looking over the property of the McHenry Electric Light, Heat and Power Co., with a view to purchasing it. PGfiTY% YEARS AGO C. B. Murphy had the misfortune to lose one of his team of ponies on Sunday (morning last. Lung fever was said to be the cause. J. D. Lodtz has some newand tasty signs on the windows of his tailoring establishment. Simeon Kennedy, we think, takes the medal for the first green corn of the season, picking a nice mess for dinner nearly two weeks ago. We understand that Wm. Bonslett has purchased the two lots known as thf Sturtevan lots, on Main street. Consideration, $500. At that price, they are a bargain. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Wilbur Lumber Company and Smrith, Son £ Co., are painting Up their offices near the depot, which makes a fine improvement. W. A Cristy, at the pickle factory, is doing an extensive business in the corn and feed business and is hardly able to get it fast enough to supply his customers. The first meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held on Thursday, at the Universalist church. Men and women of whatever church or denomination are earnestly invited to come and join. Frank McOmber. Will Mead. Earl Mead, Miss Effie Gilbert, Miss Lida Schiessle and Miss Cora McOmber, are camping at Pistaqua Bay this week. Walworth County P*ir Promises f Many Attractions Wlthlhe largest group of 4-H and general exhibits in recent years, a $4,- 400 horse racing program, big free attraction program, revue at night, and sixteen rides and shows on the midway, everything is all set for the opening of the 96th Walworth County Fair next Monday morning. The fair, opening on Labor Day, will continue through Thursday night The midway will be packed with amusements, shows and thrill rides with eight shows and eight rides from ,the Gold Medal Carnival. The carnival offers two new rides and several new shows and the midway will be attractive by the use of new neon lighting. The entrance to the midway will be directly opposite the main gates with the attractions on both sides and rides down the center. On the race track, 100 of the fastest horses in this section of the country will camlpete for the $4,400 prize money offered by the fair association. Some of the top-notch drivers of the country will appear, including one who drove in the big Hambletonian race in New York state recently. The free acts in front of the amphitheatre during the racing program include "Tarzan," the trained ape, "Shorty" Flerrm, comedian, a dog and pony show, boomerang act, a clown and trained mjule act, and a group of Arabian horses who march in formation. The night show offers a big musical revue with fifty singers, dancers and comedians; entitled "Everything's Tops." It is one of the outstanding traveling musical shows of the season and comes to Elkhorn after playing some of the largest exhibitions in the country. There will be baseball and kittenball on the morning programs, including the junior kittenball championship game between playground teams of the county, a senior kittenball championship elimination and fi.nal and a baseball championship series. Teams competing at the fair are from Lake Geneva, Delavan, Whitewater, East Troy, Elkhorn, Cambridge, Sharon and Genesee. The largest 4-H exhibit in recent years is scheduled for competition for the more than $1,200 in prize money offered by the fair and the-Walworth County Banker's Association. There will be eight 4-H booths and booths showing the educational exhibits from the county schools. The buildings on the fair grounds are in excellent condition, following an extensive repair and remodeling program this year. Entries are coming in rapidly %nd most of the ground rental space has been sold. Exhibits of farm machinery, automboiles and various commercial enterprises are filling the grounds t<0>ver-fiowing. With a break in weather, the Walworth County Fair should come through with another sizable surplus. The loan from the Walworth county board, miade two years ago, has been entirely paid back and the fair will go into the opening da^Owfth only minor obligations to meet. The officers of the fair are: Harold Potter, president; George Pope, vicepresident; F. M. Porter, secretary; J. C. Woodford, treasurer, and Roy Lauderdale, marshal. The directors are: Linn Phelps, A. R. Ives, Charles Fourttaine, and R. K. Coe. W. E. Ma- Gill is superintendent of privileges. SIXTY YEARS AGO The steamer, "Wm. Norton," of Algonquin, passed up the river for the lakes on Sunday last. Will Moses started for Nebraska on OLD TIMERS CLUB "HOMESICK" ' St. Paul, Minn., Monday, Aug. 30, 1937. Old Timers' Club: * Dear Friends: Your "Old Timer," afflicted with mostalgia (homesick* ness) left McHenry Aug. 25, and had Monday morning last. We understand a feood outing with brother Herb and he contemplates embarking in the mercantile business there. The front of the store in Riverside block has been repainted and otherwise improved, and is now one of the his good friends on Lake Pepin and arrived home without mishap. Fishing was poor on account of heat or wind, but we sure had plenty to eat. Musk and watermellons were handsomest to be found in the county. I prime and we also had our fill of new We learn through private sources: cabbage and no tax. today that the Harvard Independent has suspended. What is the cause or whether it is a temporary or permanent suspension we did not learn. ON VISIT HERE FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woll and children, Mary Cynthia, and the twins, Phyllis and Irene, and David Carey Woll, are spending the week with Mrs. WoII's mother, Mrs. Mary Carey, and other relatives here. They expect to leave the last of the week for their home at Washington, D. C CONGRESSIONAL VIEW# . By Congressman Chauncey W. Reed 7^ Men Who Have Represented Your County in Congress During the three years that I have had the honor to represent the people of DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will Counties in the Congress of the United States, I have frequently been the recipient of queries from residents of our district concerning certain men who had represented us in the past-- particularly during those periods when our government faced some of the great crisises of its history. Of times, these communications have been difficult to answer for the reason the four individual counties that now comprise the eleventh congressional district were each many times attached to different districts, and, too, the counties themselves in the past did not have the same boundary lines as they have today. Believing itwouldbe of interest to our citizens to have compiled and set forth some of this data, I embraced the opportunity this year while in" Washington, of spending several evenings in that great national institution of research, where one can find soirtet'uing about everything--the Library of Congress. There, after poring over some of its musty volumes and ancient maps, I was enabled, with a fair degree of accuracy, to determine the original and subsequent boundary, lines of each of the four counties of the present eleventh congressional district, the apportionment acts passed by Congress, the formation of congressional districts by various acts of the legislature of Illinois and the names and public records of the men who, under these various enactments,, had been elected to represent the people living within the boundaries of what fs now DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will counties. The work, though at times tedious has been extremely interesting. We are> all sometimes somewhat apprehensive about the advisability of tracing our family trees for fear that our research may disclose that in the dim past some of our ancestors might have been justly or unjustly convicted of some act of rascality or perhaps hanged for piracy. I am happy to say, however, that in tracing this my political genealogy, I found none but honorable men/ whose lives and deeds played an important part in shaping the poiicies and destinies of this great state and nation. If I, myself, experience no inspiration frOm the record of achievements of these illustrious statesmen, who were my predecessors in office* then, indeed, my time and efforts expended in obtaining this data must haVe been in vain. It is interesting to note that Illinois itself, was once only a county. After the conquest bf Kaskaskia and Vincennes by George Rogers Clark in 1778, Virginia 6y a legislative enactment established the "County of Illinois," as a part of" the Commonwealth of Virginia and proclaimed it as such on June, 17, 1779. The county seat was fixed at Kaskaskia and Captaiii John Todd was, by Governor Patrick Henry, of Virginia, appointed "County Lieutenant and Commandant." In 1784 the so-called "County of Illinois" and other lands of equal or even greater proportions were surrendered and ceded by Virginia to the Congress then acting under the Articles of Confederation and that body of the ordinance of 1787 established what is known as the Northwest Territory, or the "territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River." General Arthur St. Clair was appointed Governor of the Territory and in 1790 he organized the counties of St. Clair (named in honor of himself) and Knox (named in hor&r of .General Henry Knox of Revolutionary fame who was Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President George Washington. St. Clair County embraced a considerable portion of the western, central and southern portion of the western; central and southern -part of what is nw the Sttfte of Illinois. Knox County included about half of the present state, all of Indiana, part pf Ohio, .most of Michigan and a great deal of Wisconsin. VISIT IN MINNESOTA Mr. and Mrs. Math Blake and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Freund, returned home Friday from a few days' visit with relatives and friends in Minnesota. They visited Mat Hueman and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klockner near the Minnesota- Iowa state line, where they found them nicely located^ Mr. and Mrs. Kloeckner left here last spring f<tr their new home ih Minnesota. They are doing well there and the crops this year are quite good. A visit to Niagara Cave was made and relatives and friends were visited at Adams, Minn., Staceyville, Meyer, Johnsburg and other towns. Many former residents of this vicinity are now living there and several of them continue to subscribe for the Plaindealer. In telling them news of their old home town, the travellers state that they would often reply, "Yes, I saw it in the Plaindealer." tt. E. CHURCH Yon are invited to attend services at ^ y the M. E. church every Sunday. * 1 i . Sunday school, 10 a. m. 7 Morning worship, 11 a. m. Epworth League, 7:30 p. m. Pastor: Rev. Harry Collins, Ring' wood. HOUSE GALL OPTICAL SERVICE a YODR OKI BONE *0 EXTRA CHABGE GLA8BB8 COMPLETE *Q fiA AS LOW AS #0.0 U For appointment, Phone Chicago, Franklin 8510 -- McHenry 60-W of Write to -- Dr. M. M. Kagan OPTOMETRIC EYE SPECIALIST US N. State Street; Chicag* 'Ti Iff® '>*i ^TOETT BROTHERS CONTRACTORS ;• Cfenent, Brick, Plaster and ' Stucco Work - * * Building, Moving and | Raising Telephone 625 McHENRY, ILL, Hebrew Watchword The Hebrew word shalom'Jg a watchword meaning "peace to film who is far off and to him who is near." ^SNAPSHOT OlilL •'S UP TO YOU Pretty enough to give most film queens a run for their money, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pundit is also possessed of more than the usual amount of brains. She is the first woman in the political history of India to be appointed to a political post. Mrs. Pundit recently won a seat in the U. P. cabinet congress,; which roughly corresponds to an English member of parliament. Mark Twain's Burial Mark Twain ie buried lawn cemetery, Elmira, Mr. and MrsT^WolI left Washington several weeks ago, the former on a business trip enroute to Sante Fe, I the ol N. M. Mrs. Woll and children accom- my I found my family to be in fine shape including son, John, who is all over his cough. My dog, Jerry, was so delighted to see me that it took more than an hour to turn himt right side out again and to stroke the kinhw out of his muscles. jr I am happy to be able to te!V vou that Buster (Bill Althoff's do^A * f "dumb" but "very wise/' n£ Anyway he liked me and^f is natur_ al, the world over, tob^st those who truly do like us. McHenry iR ir'onderfiilly blessed in its very fine r£ople They are wholerrthy. My sojourn in Mc- U very pleasant and proftt- It'a the man,.feehlnd the camera that counts. This picture, for example, was snapped with an Inexpensive and simply operated camera. some and w<3 Henry wa* - my m panied hihi as far as Michigan City, sp\j# where she stopped, off to'spend a few weeks with his mother ^efore comin to McHenry. From Santa Fe Mr. W^,, went to LosAngeles, Calif., andJr now on his way home. ** 13 Mr. Woll is special assistant attorney-general and in charge • f federal security act violations an fraud matters at Washington, Vjf predict my early return to haunts to be followed later by family. Probably in the early nff- Sincerely yours, FRANK BENNETT. 'o the 1 mail D. G. Washington's Wafer Suppl. Army engineers have suPeiVvised Washington's water supply-• 1853, when they recomyay^jT. . present source, Great i^llded the Poto^nac river, 16 mile; national capital. "Era of Good Feeling" ° The name "era of good feeling" w a s a p p l i e d t o t h e p e r i o d f r o m 1817-23, when the Federalist party having declined, there was little open party feeling. The phrase was coined at the time of President Monroe's good-will tour through the North. Sonny in Yuma, Arisona' Clouds hide the sun only about 12 per cent of the time in Yuma, Ariz. ITS % foy to own a line precision Camera with a fast lens and shuti& t. No one will deny that: Such /cameras are versatile and open the / way for picture taking under many conditions. Extremely fast action holds no terror for them. They laugh at poor light If you want to specialise on speed photography or indoor shots without special Illumination, or shoot under adverse conditions in general, a precision-built, ultra last lens camera is the thing to own. If, however, you want a camera jfcffcsnap pictures under ordinary conditions, a simple, inexpensive one will serve admirably, afford a lot of pleasure and, as far as recording the subject is concerned, will make average snapshots *H8t as well as the more elaborate type. Remember, I am referring to snapshooting under ordinary conditions. Artistic composition, shooting to capture fascinating and artistic shadows -- which always add so .much to a picture, interest appeal and lighting are strictly up to you. iThere Isn't'a camera made at any price that can tell you how, when or where to make a picture of rare i^uality and appeal, but experience *111 teach mucfir The fact that an unusual.interestcompelling snapshot was taken with " a "tricky" camera does not signify that the same picture could not have been snapped equally as well with a simple camera by the same person. if a certain picture to be taken should be snapped at f.ll with a • shutter speed of 1/25 of a second, it might take an expert to determine which of two prints of this subject was taken with a beginner's type of camera and which with one of the type used by the experts. So much depends on the person behind the camera. If you will make * a study of pictures appearing in magazines, newspapers and pictorial books you will learn much about the fundamentals of good picture making. You will find pictures of gardens, buildings, homes, people, animals and pets, close-ups and, in fact, just about every type of picture you will ever want to make. Study these pictures and note carefully the different angles from which some of them are taken. Study the lighting, the shadows and the very natural appearance of people In many of the pictures. You will soon develop an "eye for pictures" and when you do you will find that eveD your inexpensive camera will produce the kind of pictures you,; thought were possible only with an ; expensive instrument. . So you see, much depends on the^ man or woman behind the camera. John van Guilder MOREY 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 yon. x Joseph R. Sikes Wankegan National Bank Bid*. 4 S. Genesee St, Waukegan, Ili TEL. MAJESTIC 103 SBHT * COMPACT i, AO Kinda of • r ; ^ . I N 8 U B A N C 1 Placed with the meet rettabl* Companies in aat talk ft aw "km MtHev; ( ChuHe's Repair Shop Next Door To Hoot Noonan's : On U. S. 12 RADIATORS RHPAffillD BODIES and FENDERS Straightened 7 . 8ign Painting - Truck Lettering Furniture Upholstering CHARLES If, . A. P. Freimd Co. Szcavating Contractor 'ydranft Service load BuiMii«, TeL 204-M ^ McHenry, S. H. freond & SOD g;•$ GOtTItACTORS AMD BUILDERS Pfcene 1S7-R McHenry Our experience is at Year Service in building Tour Wants T«i«ph*ns No. M0 • | Steffel A Reihanspergtr | I--raara agents Cor all classes a! ptsteity 1" the best companies. WEST McHENRY OLUNOa Meter Expfess • The Pioneer Linus Operates d&ily between HcHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash 7518 McHenry 896 Phone 48 VERNON J. 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