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• i: ' ,• • J ..*^1 t ttUUHDlALMt * V"" Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freund and children enjoyed Christmas dinner with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Freund at McHlenry. In the after noon, they motored to Crystal Lake to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepping. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer her mother, Mrs. Edith Cleveland, of Round Lake spent the holiday with relatives in Rockford. Miss Eleanor Hergott, nho is employed in Chicago, is enjoying a vacation at her Mr. and Mrs. George W. May and children were dinner guests in the Charles Day. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Westman son, Roy, of Woodstock visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders, on Christ- ! ();i n , • 10 ' ALBERT KRAUSE CENTRAL GARAGE i .. -t 0, News Agency Elm Street - / * ~:W: j- i . -i % <; .y yi • • j f ,, 'Ring out th« old,l Welcome to 'V.r; WewYear--yonne .1» ' r ^ .v.: • ••• •• GIBBS' GROGEftY & HARKET •*- V y i -' • • -- 4-'^ - * • . * •v'. • -i. W""t iCC ; TIC POPUUR PUCE ^ GUS UNTI, Prop. Corner of Green and Elm Streets Wf.':' ? W" k » ~ - - . " '• •' WATTLES DRUG STOKE »?•/ K-:': You'll be on top of the world when our prophecies for your New Year come •.true. TED SCHIESSLE West McHenry THEATRE Week Days 7:20 -- 9:20 THURSDAY -- FRIDAY Dolores Del Rio -- George "LANCER SPY" Also--Selected Short Subjects Effective Jan. 1 <-- Change in Admission Prices: Sundays and days, Matinee 3:15 Adults, 15c before 5:30; after; Children, 10c; Weekdays 10c - 25c. SATURDAY, JANUAR®^ New Year's Day Eddie Cantor - June Lang "ALIBABA GOES TO TOWN" . Matinee, 3:15 SUNDAY -- MONDAY January 2 -• 3 . 'BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938" y Matinee, 3:15 Continuous TUESDAY, (Double Feature) 10c -- Bargain Nite -- 20c (1) "Billy The Kid" V (2) "Ctornivall Queen" WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Robert Montgomery -- R. "LIVE, LOVE AND LEARN" MILLER THURSDAY -- FRIDAY One of the Season's Greatest! BARBARA STANWYCK in "STELLA DALLAS" with John New Year's Eve jMidnite Show! Starts at 12:00 i'ni?,v" i"< Daring, Revealing fetory of Land and its People Steeped in Mystery! ^UNCIVILIZED**^ -- Adults Only! -- D*Orsay and Me Davis in "Toot REGULAR ADULTS S«e NEW YEAR'S DAY ma Oawford -- Fraadrat Toae Robert Young in 'THE BRIDE WORE RED SUNDAY AND MONDAY WUHaai Powell -- Myraa Loy aad an All-gUr Cast! "DOUBLE WEDDING" "One of the Year's Funniest and Best" Also Short Subject Hits TUESDAY -- BARGAIN NITE WHEELER AND WOOLSEY "HIGH FLYERS" Also--Big Special Attractions WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Don't Miss Loretta Young and Tyrone Power in SECOND HONEYMOON" - Ji'Y *• • • - Photographer frr, i-;v Riverside Dirve Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Qrvis and Mr. and Mrs. William ShotlifT and son, Ted, of Rockford were diriner and holiday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Franzen and family at Ringwood. Ben and Claude Stevens were also dinner gupsts. Mr. and Mrs. John Weber entertained her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. May and her brothers and sisters at their home near McHenry on Christmas night. Among those from out of town present were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman and children and Miss Lucille May of Wilmgtte and" Mr. and Mrs. Steve JSehaefer and sons of Fox Lake. Misses Florence Werdell and Virginia Rasmussen Qf Chicago were visitors in the Charles Freund home on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. William Shotliff motored to Rockford on Saturday. Their son, Edward, returned home with them to spend Christmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Klaus are the happy parents of a baby boy, born Monday, December 27. A pleasant evening of cards and visiting was spent at the home of Mrs. Arthur Kattner on Monday night by Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer, Mrs. Math Nimsgern and Mrs. Charles Freund. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs. Math Nimsgern and Mrs. Charles Freund. A lovely lunch was served. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund on Christmas were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cossey, Misses Eleanor and Lucille Freund, Chicago; George Freund and son of Springfield, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frett and children, Johnsburg; Mr. and Mrs. George Fr<Jtt, son, Richard, of Woodstock; Victor Freund, McHenry and Victor Blink. The Community Club held their regular meeting at St. Peter's Hall on Monday night. The evening ivas spent at* cards and refreshments were served by the committee in charge. ULY LAKE * ."j" *. m Mrs. Wilbert Swanson entertained the members of the Lily Lake Ladies' Tuesday afternoon. Prizes by Josephine Dosch and Mrs. George J. Wegener. The ing of a lovely lunch concluded a enjoyable, afternoon. Donnie Weisbaum has been ill in bed for a week, but is much better now. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Swanson spent the Christmas holidays in Chicago with her sister, Lillian Schon- Christine Wegener of Chicago spent the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr.juid Mrs. George J. Wegener. Mr. and Mrs. J. Daly and Genevieve Daw of Grayslake visited the_home of Mr. an< Little Patti Purvey visited in of, her grandparents, Mr. Mrs. Jos. J. ~ Father Walter Conway of Notre spent Christmas at his here and attended the Alumni night. Will Martin and Newell Nesbit of Chicago spent Christmas with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin, Christmas day guests in the home of Mrs. William Bacon were her children and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Damm and sons of Kenosha, Mr. and Jfrs. Henry Lange and children of Connersville, Ind., Arleen Bacon at Waukegan, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bacon and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Howard of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Lange and children remained for a few days' visit, going to Waukegan to visit his Mary Durland arrived home from Clark College, Dubuque, la., last week Wednesday for the holidays* Her sister, Jane, also arrived,home last week from St. Francis Seminary at Joliet, for the holidays. Mrs. Henry Hfcimer spent Christmas in Chicago with her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Butler and family and also visited friends. Mr sind Mrs. K. M. Bradley of Crystal Lake spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer. . Christmas day guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Schaid were Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schaid and sons, Elmer, Loren and Norman, of Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Glosson and daughters, Grace and Dolores, of Spring Grove, and John Molidor of Mundelein. Christmas dinner guests in the Jos. J. Miller home were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey and daughter, Patti, and Henry Oldman. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nye and children of Aurora spent Christmas and the weekend with relatives here. They also attended the Alumni banquet Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. John Slchaid and daughter, Rena, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Schaid at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffes spent the first of the week in the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schroeder, in Chicago. Delbert Whiting and Ralph Bouril of Elgin attended the Alumni banquet Sunday night. They graduated from high school here in 1933. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gibbs spent the Christmas holidays with her parents at Macomb. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Buch and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Behlke in Chicago. Christmas day dinner guests in the home of Herbert Freund were Mrs. Peter Weber and daughter, Amelia, of Johnsburg, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weber and son, Henry Weber, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doherty spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Gene Zoia and family at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Adams, Mary Celine Adams and Francis Nash of Elgin were Christmas visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Adams. Mary Kinney, grade school is spending the vacation at her home at Mankato, Minn. •5 -• »' .<01. .' .•».** . v. * wishing him a py visit with us. I He i» a welcome latest to all MCHENRY FLOUR MILLS ^ » A* ** January Was for Janift God of New Adventures THE month of January bears its nam* because Janus was the with his of Mr. Christ- J. Boyko sper family in. Chicago. Dinner guests at and Mrs. Edward Mr. S. and Mr. and Mrs. M. Weisbaum, all of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Daly and Genevieve Daw spent Christmas in Chicago at the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. George Daly. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wegener Christmas Day were Christine Wegener of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Miller of Cicero and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wirfs and baby daughter, Roberta Mae, of Lily Lake. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Then Christmas were . lgm Mr. and Mrs. C. Keihl of Chicago and| ' Sunday, Mr. Adam Debus of Chicago*! Dinner guepts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wrublewski were Mr. and Mrs. John Bolger, Mr *od Mrs. Edward Marsh and son, Richard, Mr and Mrs. Albert Nemes, Mrs. Ida Nemes and son, all of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills of Maywood. god of the opening year. He presided over the undertaking of any new adventure, and was a god known only to the Romans. The Romans adopted January as the first of the year from the reign of their second king, Numa Pompilius, who ruled untO 672 B. C. Not until the Eighteenth century was January universally the beginning of the year took the step in 1753, and Sweden in 1753, but other Etiropean countries adopted this New Year's day at an earlier date; France in 1564, Holland, Protestant Germany and Russia in 1700. New Tear's at Since the White House was not completed during our first President's lifetime, the John Adapnses were the first presidential family to occupy it. The first drawing room or New Year's reception was held in the "President's palace/' as it was then referred to, on New Year's That cM dreek, D^geoea! certainly made his point clear in a striking, if unusual, way. Ha was oaoe seen offering his hand to a statue and naturally, asked why? "To accustom myself to a refusal," the philosopher said. WEST MCHENRY STATE BANK " :.V • ; • "The Bank That Service Built »» ANNA HOWARD Gleaning, Pressing, Laundry Green Street ' -»: v' ; . < 1 SGHAEFER'S TAVERN Side of Fox River. v- Beauty rules the festivities for the New Year! Let*i| dnnkatoasttogay 1938. i®Ar O BROADWAY BARBBCUE #ohn Anderson ztm*. is miiy m EOEUE5T1015H8S TO A WM. H. ALTHOFF HOWE. Tf 3 McHenry .;'s