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•KrT.- -M . ' i THE M*HENRY PLAlNDEALER . r>?4* v . i- i i > t • ••^' . . :. '4/* ; .%• ^ •':<,. £*#? ^ sv*' ***• ** .. ,»^ * , . * , * , V \ ' *£'... 5 . '/' -.,. l-v,5 ' '*.«• ^^JiL * ..' •*' v"' •. .'•'. JjS'.j.?-S.. .vKSili Sr I Published every Thursday at MeHanry, 111., '•wtigrp. IttkBeiiieh. Jk m Entered as second-class matter at the postoff{MMj|J ithe act of May 8, 1879. . Memr*.- under \ • Six Months «... -- 12.00 J ' • A. H. M06BER, Editor and % • ' T Lillian Sayler, Local Editor -- -- -- iWhone 197 Mir. and Mry. Robert Ulrich and s6n jMickey, of Oak Pork, Maxine Bacon, ^ , 'Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. pari Courier . • '; Jind daughter, Carol Ann, Woodstock, ' / "- <• ,'fepent Christmas with their mother, ) "/|Mrs. Nellie Bacon. r •<"%. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Justen were 8SMV'""'\. IfSunday dinner guests at the home of , "fMr. and Mrs. George M. Justen. V ; \w% A Mr. and/M|jfc4acob Sthaefer went to attends-; tod the i«|p::::p|p^-8chaef#W brother-in4al^ S. Lynch, 75 years old. But4«} ir»a In St. Joseph's cemetery, Chicago, Mr. Lynch had been chief operator of the Milwaukee railroad for sixty years. • " f y «.%».£ t **. • * » : *&<y |»V A • •T1 • r *' r'y •1'• i t y» < v"v -I" ». v% * r- * •- k> ' * • "*v ^ • ' • ••'7 "" *' ' ' 4 Phone 116-R RIVERSIDE DAIRY -- Ore&m Top Hilk \W ' MeHenry Predicting your C--' very bright future! Things will be good --and we'll be good to yoi. : m &W;50' _V.^J • -- ~ U „ , j ) . C j u D ' # s*- Ford Oars and Trucks •• BUSS-PAGE MOTOR SALES thone 1 "West McHenry . A /. t i ^ . - IGJ r v i.SMl'-l J# • • Islt 3^-': We're announcing °* the arrival of 1938* A new and happ^ year for our tomers. v^v-ivf ^ i' ^ a] y: ,/ . ' - Ton will enjoy our New Y W«|»* 4 Welcomei"lftM cause it's a New V with all Jin& in • your lifA . r"S - ...Jm&ihltimSSi f-\% Year fi] ithe good Buick and Pontiac MOTHIjSMlB jIIAil1, Phone 6 •rft -t'1' ^ .u*mZi:*uu in • ; > • ^; , v wj- -• g^,.l-« |?| >«_- " V' ?" vj-;' • v C ;• V*W'- rtr We write you a New Tear's message for all gooi things ahead. GREEK STREET TAVERN Meister Brau, the Beer, on Tap -- Home-Madi OJ^ili Con r. thp. -.wx^totst^and Sandwi<%» Alw^jEs Eeady want to thank you ftfr your patronage - V during the past year JOS. J.MILLEB HAPPY NEW YEAR f i ' \ to ALL! 3wo New Year's Grd&tt ttoniers by ' ' LUELLA B. LYONS ANN HUDSON hadn't recovered from the shock of the first Christmas present her husband, Phil, had given her, their first holiday together. Hadn't she always dreamed of receiving a nice car or a fur coat, or something equally as nice? But he had laid just a fifty-cent piece at her plate Christmas morning. All he could afford just now. he said. "Ann, dear, get on your wraps, dig out the fifty-cent piece and let's spend New Year's day by attending Hartman's farm sale just north of Morton City, today," he urged. "You know Frank Hartman had some grand antiques and maybe you can "make that fifty cents pay interest by investing it." He loved to tease her. t, Everyone in Fletcher and Putnam counties had had the same idea and by the time the Hudsons reached the Hartman farm Ann had quit being heartbroken &nd disappointed over her insignificant gift. "There's one thing, they won't be able to give away here," a neighbor told Ann. "That's that pair of old reed organs over yonder. One belonged to Mrs. Hartman and the other to her Ma before her. No one win- so much as carry an organ home these days!" That set Ann wondoring, but when Phil started the truck homeward, he was the one who was wondering. "You always know best, honey, but won't you let me in on the secret? Why the two organ* at two bits each, please?" "Just to tease, I'm not telling, but you must admit I got a lot of music for four bits, Phil." Spring displaced the wSiter and along came the summer and with it a round of county and state fairs, exhibits and the like. And when the prize lists were being published, one item stood out like a sore thumb- Extra classification--Antique reed organs--oldest and finest group display: First, second- and third prizes, Mrs. Phil Hudson--$30.00." That was a sample of the prizes Ann collected throughout that summer and she and Phil attended farm sales everywhere, hunting rare old reed organs which Ann tinkered with, polished, mended, played and finally exhibited, dates and all. She had started something, for others were delving into the organ collecting hobby. New Year's morning rolled around again and Phil found a tiny ?? WHAT IS P |J>PRI^NEP!$; • _ B j r ' ^ y . r LEONARD A. BARRETT • Every person wants to possess a sense- of security. Amid uncertain cosmic and social forces, we seek some place where we may be assured of safety. We are constantly searching for the absolute, for ultimate authority in the presence of everchanging norms. In the economic world we want to know what investment is free from the ravages of depressions. What is the sure way to happiness? What is permanent in life? A search for the ^'absolute" is accompanied with many pitfalls. MistakJi we call them, errors in the correct evaluation of conflicting forces. But would it not be already present Utopia, if no one made mistakes? Perhaps the most strenuous work of the world today is that work in which one-half of the people are engaged in trying to correot the mistakes of the other half. A world void of mistakes would guarantee security. But so long as we all differ in our appraisal of values of SUCCBSB and failure, so long shall we be forced to meet serious uncertainties. tio we really want a state of absolute security? In the struggle to achieve we experience a keen sense of satisfaction in overcoming those very obstacles which create a state of uncertainty. If daring,, striving, and venturing were no longer necessary, life would lose much of its zest and enthusiasm. It is always a finer spectacle to see a man struggling to achieve than to see him the proud possessor of a shining prize. Neither the cosmic, the economic, nor the social world guarantees a condition of absolute security. "The OLD OLOSSON HOMS DESTROYED BT FIKE Two fires within twenty-four hours caused excitement in MeHenry Tuesday afternoon and night, the first since the blaze at the Worts tavern a few weeks ago. On Tuesday afternoon the fire department was called to the Frank Hughes home on Richmond road, where the roof was ablaze, presumably caused by a spark from the chimney. Neighbors detected the fife and notified the 'Hughes family when the alarm was given. The fire was extinguished before a great amount of damage was done. About 3 o'clock W< the old Glosson house, end of town, burned leaving the occupants Garrett and children, homeless. Mrs. Garrett operates a filling station and tavern near Ringwood and has lived here for several months. It is thought that the fire started from a defective or overheated stove. Only a few articles of furniture were saved, including a table, rug and radio. The fire was well under way before the fire department was summoned. McRenry has had Very few fires this year and the Worts fire was the first for this city for several months; Wednesday; ouse, in tl ied to t^e ints, Mrs. morning* the north ground, Loretta FRANK M. PECK, 81, DIES IN CHICAGO Frank M. Peck, 81 years old, son of pioneer Ohio settlers south of MeHenry, and a Chicago & Northwest- 1 railroad pensioner after forty years of service, died Sunday in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Hefferon, Chicago, following , a two-months illness. In recent years Mr. Peck has spent much time at his summer home on Fox riv er, south of Burton's bridge. He was born on a farm two and onehalf miles south of MeHenry and grew to manhood in this vicinity. He was married to Emma Rawson, who preceded him in death. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Hefferon, he is survived by two brothers, A. P. Peck of Crystal Lake and Rahn Peck of Central Point, Ore. Funeral services were held Wednesday at noon in the Hefferon home, Chicago, with burial la Ridgefield ce^netery at 3 p. m. V ' SAN CARLOS OPERA COMPANY RETURNS TO AUDITORIUM v -s. -i;i- PLACE RESTAURANT P&onelW JUSTKN ft TRETOD, Prop* ^ Often St. m wum--Special for Saturday and ffinndftr ;i ^ Roast Chickenh4oflfew Year's and Sunday --* Mi Sm^, . , *£. * A , _> » » •NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY DECEMBER 31----i--;-- i«. HOOTS TAVERN' Route 12 ,t MeHenry, IE DINE AND I>ANCE Music by Wileys Orchestra , NOISE MA&ERS AND NOVELTIES , 75c A. E. NOONAN, i V; h y.i •'J. •(T START the NEW YEAR RIGHT -- CELEBRATE at THE PIT « NEW YEAR'S EVE One Quarter Mile East of MeHenry . Route 20 No Cover or PN I I>. Morns--uonlettl Minimum Charge L/UCK L/inncr and Noisemaker* Horns--Confetti MUSIC BY RALPH BRISTOL AND HIS ORCHESTRA Schoen's Old Lager Beer on Tap Change in Prices. ^ Finest Liquors -- No Everybody Welcome. The famous San Carlo Opera company will return to the Auditorium theater in Chicago Monday, January 3, for an engagement of sixteen performances, ending Sunday, January 16. Fortune Gallo, managing director, announces not only such favorites of other seasons as Lucille Meusel, Bianca Saroya, Leola Turner and the peerless Hizi Koyke, Carlotta Bruno, Dreda Aves, Fhiline Falco, Dimitri Onofrei, Aroldo, Lindi, Mostyn Thomas, Mario Valle, Stefan Kozakevich and Harold Kravitt, but also Maru Castagna, mezzo-soprano, sister of Bi uno Castagna of the Metropolitan, who has just arrived from stage triumphs in Sweden, Denmark and Holland; Norina Greco, lyric soprano, Enrico Cappellotti, sailing December 23 from Italy to make his fia*4t appearances under the San Carlo banner, and Stefano Ballerini, baritone. The engagement, as always, will be at popular prices and the operas will be as follows: Monday, Jan 3--Rigolttend a New Year's Eve Party at KICK'S TAVERN West MeHenry -- FRIDAY, DEC. 31 ---- Pig will be Served Reservations Accepted UBS THE OUSSinXS COLUMNS 708 QUICK RESULTS Ami and Phil Attended Farm Sales Hasting Old Organs. 1 envelope at his plate. "Just a little gift and a little interest on that four-bit investment you financed last year. Let's hunt up a farm sale to celebrate the day, too, Phil. What say?" "Sure, but it's 82 miles away so we'd better get going. What's 82 miles in the lives of two organ hunters?" he gibed back. e WMtera Newspaper Union. ' / 'i* POTPOURRI Chinese Invented Printing We usually associate the invention of printing with the year 1440 when the process of duplication by means of movable type was developed. But the Chinese invented and used printing hundreds of years before that period. The first printed books, however, did not come until after 1440 although early monks wrote entire volumes by hand. - C Western Newspaper Union. , Biad the Want Ads !etto; Tues., Jan. 4--Cavalleria a rich man m "y become the"£»/tomorrow." This is true of all the experiences which affect the development of our physical and material existence. Is there an absolute, a dependable certainty? (in German); Thurs., Jan. 6--Ai Fri., Jan. 7--Faust; Sat. Mat., Jan. 8--Mme. Butterfly; Slat. Eve., Jan. 8 --Carmen; Sunday, Jan 9--II Trovatore; Mon., Jan 10--Traviata; Tues., In a court room in the days of j H---La Boheme; Wed. Mat., Jan. old, a wise man determined the dis-i 12 --Lucia Di Lammermoor; Wed. puted maternity of a Uttle child, j Evt., Jan. 12--Tannhauser (in Ger- Both women who claimed to be,man); Thurs., Jan. 13--No performthe mother were brought before him. Well did he know a certain time tested principle which never. Jan. 15--II Trovatore; Sun., Jan. 16 ance; Fri., Jan. 14--Mme. Butterfly; Sat. Mat., Jan. 15, Carmen; Sat. Eve., fails. The suggestion that the child be severed so that each might have an equal part of the child, instantly called forth a protest of despair from the real mother who was willing to sacrifice her joy of possession of her child for the life of the child itself. Her babe was restored to her. That "love never faileth" has proved true through the history of the human race. The following lines are pregnant with truth: "Love never faileth: whether there be tongues they shall cease: whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away . . . faith, hope, and love abide: but the greatest of these is love." The certain, the permanent, the irrevocable realities in 4ife are expressions of personality more spiritual than material. The power which enables us to mas* ter uncertainties and not be mastered by them; the power to ride triumphantly through economic and aU other storms is the assured confidence that some one loves us. For sake of that love we carry on. The permanent things which make life worth living are of the heart and not of the hand. They are inward rather than outward possessions. They are forces which lead and inspire rather 4han coerce and impel. They are eternal constants, thie most dynamic of which is love. • Wtatorn Niwapaptr Union. • * • Lemon halves filled with grape or currant jelly make effective garnishes for roast ham, beef or veal. e * • Mushrooms and cauliflower blend well. Combine them after cooking and serve with butter or cream sauce. Good for a luncheon dish. • • • Spiced apple sauce, made by adding cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to the regular sauce recipe, is a pleasing accompaniment to pork or ham dishes. « • • • House plants need an occasional bath. Once a month water and a soft cloth should be used to remove accumulated dust from the smooth leaved varieties. . • Associated Newspaper*.--WlfU SenriMh --Aida. Mail orders are being received now at the Auditorium theater. U £ We Invite You To ; (ebfate the Ne\y Year With Us. ,> ^ JOIN OUR GAY CROWD IN FUN if.win-,in,, - ^ the > " t4 •***>« ^OHNSBURG TAVERN TURKEY AND CHICKEN PLATE DINNER ---- 50c Noisemaker* and Novelties MUSIC BY AMANN'S ORCHESTRA . . J. B. Hettermann, Mgr. \ X NOTICE OF MEETING A special meeting of the MeHenry Universalist Church Society will be held on Thursday evening, Jaft. 13, 1938, at 8 o'clock, at the M. E. church for the purposes of discussing and voting on the question of transferring the title of the MeHenry Universalist church property, being lot 5 of block 21 of the Original Plat of the Village (now city) of MeHenry, situated in the City of MeHenry, County of MeHenry and State of Illinois, to the M. E. church of MeHenry, to be used for community services. ETHEL, JONES, Pres. ALICE LINDSAY, Sec'y. 32-S RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vycital have moved from the Reed house to the Merriman house, formerly occupied by the late Dr. D. G. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gorman moved Tuesday from the flat in the Kirchcr building on Green street to the Ray Powers house on Court street. Miss Gladys Fritz of Elgin spent a few days with friends here the first of the week.. Theodore Bethke and Miss Marie Block of Dundee visited relatives here Sunday. Christmas guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nye were their children and, friends, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hitzeman and small son, Jimmy, Ruth Nye, Armella Haines %nd Bernard Wolman of Chicago and Lowell Nye of Libertyville. Ruth Nye and Armella Haines will complete their three months training course at Dunning and plan to return to St. Therese hospital, Dec. 31. i»r 1938 PINK HARRISON nmrss YOU TO CELEBRATE ~ New Year's Eve at Pistakee Bay OOOD*OOD SPLENDID DRINKS GOOD MUSIC ONE-HAU FRIED CHICKEN PLATE LUNCH 50o N0I8EMAKERS AND BfERYTHIN& -- RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED PISTAKEE® Early Way of Baking Urea# * An early method of baking bread was to lay the dough on a board and place it over the hearth. When the upper side was baked, th* dough7 was then turned over. OLD-FASHIONED Friday, Dec. 31 v>j i . e . - \V .. EVERYBODY WELCOME Turkey will be served at . Make reservations early iv 1