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Volume 63 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938 No. 3e C^ iE--L. Ei iB, R* 'A* T' E ; D--OU BLE GO: * L• D--EN• ' WE^DDING "H•E -R - E ; - r »T > J ' - - MARRIED SAME TIME IN 1888 IrorfERTAIN AT STEPHEN H. FREUND HOME ^ . , 'M MARRIED HALF A CENTURY j /Tuesday, January 25, wa£ one ^of <A»^standing importance for two highly respected couples of this vicihity, Supervisor.and Mrs. Stephen H. Freund and her brother and his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Klapperich, as they celebrated the event of their golden wedding anniversary on this date, with beloved members of their families and many cherished friends gathered around them. Rarely occurring is an occasion such as this when two couples live to celebrate the event of their double Wedding after half a century of advancing years and well it may be considered • one of importance. - It is not a common, everyday occurrence for the lives of two people to he spared for a companionship of fifty ~ years, but when this happens, not only to one couple, but to two couples, then, indeed, is the occasion one commanding unusual attention and celebration. Not only in the city of McHenry, but throughout the township and county as well, did the occasion attract the attention of friends for especially well known is Mr. Freund, who has served consecutively for the last twenty-nine years as supervisor of McHenry township and a member of tfeg county board. Joint Celebration With their children and their families and brothers and sisters and other relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich and Mr. and Mrs. Freund spent the day in _a joint celebration at the Freund home in McHenry, where open house was held during the afternoon with many friends calling to offer congratulations. " Blustering winds and dropping temperature aided in reviving memories of half a century ago and in recalling that ftrst wedding day Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich and Mr. and Mrs. Freund stated that the weather was much more severe, with the temperature about 14 degrees below zero and a heavy snowstorm during the day blocked the roads, making travel almost impossible and causing the sleigh, in which they rode later in the day, to tip over. . In answer to the 150 invitations isfitted to the anniversary celebration • relatives came from Iowa, Minnesota and other points, both far and near, in honor of the occasion and the day was made a memorable one for the honored couples. From those who were unable to be present came words of greeting and congratulatory messages and many wonderful gifts were received. The home was beautiful with decorations and festoons of yellow and white crepe paper in honor of the occasion and many baskets and bouquets of flowers transformed the pleasant rooms into a bower of loVliness. Among the flowers received from friends were fifty yellow roses from the supervisors of McHenry county, presented personally by Frank E. Beck of Harvard, chairi^ n of the board of supervisors. Renew Wedding Vows " The activities of the day commenced at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Freund and Mr. and Mrs Klapperich renewed their wedding vows at a nuptial mass at St. Mary's ehurch with their nephew, Father Rob eft Freund of Hanover, 111., officiating. The bridal party approached the altar to the strains of the wedding, march and seated with them were four of their eight original attendants. Only two attendants of each couple are living and are Mrs.' Kathryn Barbian and Jos. W. Freund, who attended~Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich and Mrs. N. E. Barbian and John Schmitt, who attended Mr. and Mrs. Freund. Their children sang the mass, preceding which Mrs. fS-ank Blake and Ann Marie Klapperich sang, "Silver Threads Among the Gold," accompanied by Mrs. Albert Barbian, who also played the wedding march. The altars were decorated with golden roses and everywhere an air happiness prevailed. For the occasion Mrs. Freund wore a gown of wine color silk and Mrs. Klap RISING STREAMS procuring and routing the state highways here and fought two years in cotirt for the right of way for the present state highway thrpugh the city of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs, Freund have seven children, Mrs. ft. E. Buch> Anton K Mrs. Frank Blake, Carl j.. Herbert H., Mrs. Bernard N. Smith and B.ertilla, all of this vicinity and twenty-eight grandchildren. " \ ' Born on German praifcie *>n Sept+ *i6; 1864, Mr. Freund and" his-'-'-slsterj: Mrsj Henry J. Klapperich, who was also' --' ,v v. born on German prairie on Dec. 16 I' McHenry residents are snug in their 1868, are children of the late Mathias homes following floods in northern Illiand Anna Freund. Their brothers and nois and along the Fox River Valley sisters now living are Jos. W. Freund i caused by swollen creeks and rivers and John E. Freund, Mrs. N. E. Bar-' resulting from an all-night rain Sun- ;jRAINS SUNDAY MANY ARE DRIVEN FROM ROCKFORD HOMES. day night, continuing Monday morning. Because the ground is frozen, the water was not absorbed by the soil and everywhere there were ponds and came to America from Germany at running water with culverts,overflow-j A(lams peytoTli g years 0ld, of 823 the age of twelve years with his moth- !nf 1 highways and streams running Elmwocxi avenue, Evanston. The men bian and Mrs. Kate Barbian of McHenry and Mrs. Gertrude Davis of Chicago, all of whom» celebrated the occasion with them. Their father, Mathias S. Freund, FIVE TRAPPED" IK AUTO AS IT FRED HUEMANN, 61, PASSED ON * * i ' LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF *. COMMUNITY ;,Jt. r*i .»->v v. MEN MANAGE TO FREE THEMSELVES * Tragedy lurked in the ice-bound depths of Pistakee Bay Sunday when two boys were drowned, and three men narrowly escaped the same fate when they were trapped inside an automobile as it broke through the ice in the bay and sank in ten feet of water. Victims of the tragedy were Louis Albert Nelson, Jr., 9 years old, of 3039 Kenmore avenue, Chicago, and Photo by. Worwick MR. AND MRS. ST&PHBN H. MR. AND MRS. HENRY J. FREUND KLAPPERICH LOG CABIN, 100 YEARS OLD er and paternal grandmother, settling !into creeks and the river to cause it nBfth of Johnsburg on German prairie, itor1^ rapidly. . about 1850 1 weather Monlday night, how- Here, then, crawled out of the car to safety. "A four-hour battle to save the lives »„ soil ^[-r. checked the rise of overburden- ">e boys, injvhich Ctarenc. Dowthe tall grass of the prairie waved in; the wind and ripened in the sun and Indians and wild animals roamed in freedom as early settlers took up land from the government and builj; homes which would endure for many generations. - - ~ , Neighbors in this new country were the Freunds and the Klappefichs and the children grew up in the same community with a sister and a brother, Mary and Stephen Freund, marrying a brother and sister, Henry J. and Kathrine Klapperich, Throughout the many years, even the families followed by the marriage of two sisters, Emma and Kate Freund to brothers, N. E. Barbian and Anton llarbian. Then, again, in the next generation KLAPPERfCH HOMETSTEAD * • - • "HS8 FRED HUEMANN , Fred Huemann, 61 years old, a lifetime resident of this vicinity, died just before midnight on Thursday. Jan. 20* ed-streams and by noon Tuesday the ^as McHenry, em- 1938, at his home on Riverside Drive, flood stage of all streams was said to j P'°yfs °* ™e Public Service company,, f0u0Wing an illness of about <three be receding. participate , fai e tragica ly w en t «| years. Lowering temperatures turned rain ^stJ>f si* oxygen tenks u Pave out a8 into snow TuQay, with high winds ^ boys were being rushed in anambringing the ftrst blizzard of the year. bulance to the Condell Memorial hos- From a maximum of nearly 50 degree' Pital.at Libertyville where more tanks above zero Monday the temperature Iand mhalator squads were wa.ting. dropped to around zero Tuesday night, The two boys had accompanied their bringing clear skies and sunshine Wed- fathers, Louis A. Nelson, Sr., and nesday. ' Howard Peyton, Floyd Armistead, a Hfeavy Rainfall I baker of 933 Wellington avenue, Har- The two inch rainfall Sunday night old G. Murphy, 18 years old, a high and Monday did considerable damage school pupil of 127 Ridge avenue, in other localities near here and state Evanston, and the latter's father, Edroad maintenance crews were busy all ward Murphy on the ice fishing trip lo'mann retired from farming and with unto the fifth generation, this custom! R8 were 8tote highway patrol-' the Bay. I his wife, moved to McHenry, where has become an outstanding feature in men Warning Issued j they built their pleasant home on Riv- Near Crystal Lake and McHenry on1 Because of the thaw of the last few'erside Drive. Route 14, water stood at a depth of days a warning had been issued to j Besides his wife he is survived by two to four feet over low spots of the fisherman to keep their cars off the three brothers. Hubert of Wardner The son of John and Margaret Hoe- . mann, the deceased was born June 10, 1866. on the old homestead north of McHenry, where he also engaged in farming for many years. Married In 1905 On June 7, 1905, he was ogited in marriage to Barbara M. Worth of Waukegan, Father Barth officiating at the ceremony, which took place at St. Mary's church, McHenry. About sixteen years ago Mr. Huehighway and Monday morning work- ice, but, despite the warning and the dynamited land adjoining the appearance of the ice, there were sev #e find a sister and a brother, Celia j flooded highway in an effort to break eral hundred cars of fisherman on the and Anton P. Freund married to Frank | hg *ound s0 that water would Bay. Blake and his sister and also in the! ^ into ^ sub soil same famil•yy are Carl J. Freund and ^».ir his sister, Helen, married to Evelyn Smith and brother, Ben Smith. Log Cabin On Farm Peter H. Klapperich, father of Henry J. and Kathrine, came to America from Germany with his parents at the age of seventeen years and settled north of Johnsburg about the year 1842. Selecting an attractive piece of land on Fox river, on which there was a comfortable log cabin, they decided to make this their home, buying the property from an earlier owner, who had taken it from the government. Never to the present time did this land again change hands and during the past, century it has remained as the property of the Klapperichs. In the days when only Indians #ere their neighbors little did these first Idaho, Jacob and Joseph of Johnsburg. and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ffeund of Chicago, Mr. Jos. Diedrich, McHenry, and Miss Rose Huemann, who ji now in Pensacola, Fla. Preceding him in death were a The party drove out in Armistead's Nippersink creek was rampant north car to a spot between Coon Island and of McHenry and overflowed Route 60 the southeast shore of the Bay, about brother, Nick, and two sisters, Mrs. so that the highway between Fox Lake 400 feet from the shore at the Eric- Casper Adams and Mrs. Kathrine May. and Richmond was closed and was still Bson home, cut holes in the ice and Funeral services were held at 10 closed at noon Tuesday. 1 fished. o'clock Monday morning at St. Pat- About noon Monday Route 20 was After about an hour it was decided churchy with Father Wnu A. closed between Marengo and Belvi- jjjat more poles were needed so Arm- j OTlourke officiating at the solemn redere, due to the flooded condition of {g^ad and Murphy, with the two lads, j Qu'em mass. Burial' was in St. Mary s Coon Creek and Route 25 between St se^ ouj for Bhore in the automobile. On cemetery. Charles and Geneva was flooded. | way they picked up another fisher- A subway on Route 54, south of jnan, Jess Lynn of 935 Leland avenue. Mundelein, was closed by flood waters. I js believed that the driver of the Flood Hits R*>ckford 'car, ignorant of the location Qf the At Rockford flood Waters caused channel, struck thin ice over the fastheavy damage in several areas and er moving current of water and the according to reports, more than 500 front wheels of the car broke through persons were forced to leave their and a moment later the whole car homes by flood waters. broke through and plunged to the bot- Rescuers in boats plied the flooded ^,m streets and many marooned persons Murphy, 'breaking %<a car window were rescued from tops of parked with his fist, cutting his wrist, was . automobiles as rushing water swept the ftrst'one to wiggle out and reach settlers dream that some day their pasj- their feet. the surface and was followed by Armfarm would be sold for homes along The Chicago Motor Club reported {stead and Lynn. They then started Fox river, now comprising Riverdale, Route 12 closed from Baldwin, Wis., diving for the two boys, whose faththickly populated with beautiful sum- t0 Minneapolis and noted heavy snows erSi seeing the accident, rushed to the and drifts on highways of southwest- scene and aided in the search for their em Minnesota and northern Iowa. 'sons. At South Beloit, five inches of water, Diving and working frantically ft nter homes. Still to be seen at the Klapperich form is the original log cabin built more than a century *go and where some of the eldest children were born. The present brick house on the farm was built about eighty yeard ago-frpm bricks which were made at the farm ernoon were also served ice cream and In 1922 he bought several properties from clay suitable for th}s work found cake and other refreshments. , in the city of McHenry, which he im- Father Robert1 Freund, of Hanover, proved and in 1923 built the present a nephew, was toastmaster and talks home in which he and his wife 'are were made by Father Miller, Mr. and now living. Mrs. S. H. Freund and Mr. and Mr*. During the passing years Mr. Freund H. J. Klapperich. J; ihas been active and interested In civic j Freund, was born there July 25, 1867, The Lions Club is sponsoring the popular movie, "45 Fathers," featuring Jane Withers, at the Empire theater, Friday evening, Feb. 4. _ __ Proceeds from the picture show will which later froze over Route 51, forced was less than ten minutes later when|f° 10 a fund to bemused in Mca detour of traffic to Beloit. • , the boys were rescued and brought to Although little damage was done in the surface by Peyton and anothct this section, a part of Woodstock was rescuer, Frank Balla. flooded. ! Dr. B. N. Balding of Elgin, who had Card of Thanks In this manner we desire to express our sincere thanks and deep appreciation to neighbors and friends for floral offerings, expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness extended to us during our recent bereavement. W# also wish to thank donors of cars. MRS. FRED HURMAm-kv •V-i'P LIONS SPONSORING* MOVIE AT EMPIRE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Eight persons were rescued from arrived on the scene, administered in the land sloping to the sunny shores j two islands in the Fox river at Aurora adrenalin to the youths, indicating of the Fox river. an(j country roads near Freeport were they might be saved. Henry J. Klapperich, now 75 years. t,josed as the Pecatonica river rose six • Douglas and Hobbs assisted in artiold, was born Sept. 18, 1862 on the old: an(j a fggt jn nineteen hours. "ficial respiration from 2 o'clock to 4:30 hbmestead and his sister, Mrs. S. H. Three highway bridges were washed p. m., and four oxygen tanks were out near Ottawa, where tributaries to rushed from Fox Lake and Antioch by Hlenry for the welfare of children in need of medical treatment, or glasses to correct defects in eyesight. The club, in promoting this worthy cause, will, doubtless, receive the support and co-operation of the people of McHenry and vicinity who are ever interested |a the youth of tihf munity. .• »•••»• i •»••••• i i i i n i i i H > » Married At Johnsburg : ^ (projects of various kinds, including! Mrs. Nick F. Freund, who, with l<er pox an(j Illinois rivers flooded ad- the fire departments to be used with Among the Sick The fv-st wedding ceremony at twitch dairy and farm organizations, as well | husband, celebrated their golden wed- j0;ning areas. ! the artificial respiration. Mr. and Mrs. Freund and Mr. and as state and county affairs. 'ding a short time ago, is the only liv-i Two Lives Lost j Because the great crowd which Mrs. Klapperich were the principals,' In 1895 he assisted in organizing the ing sister of Mr. Klapperich and Mrs. Two lives were lost Monday ia the gathered threatened to break through was solemnized at: St. John's church, Johnsburg Creamery company, of S. H. Freund and was also born on thejanpry waters of swollen streams. One the ice the boys were moved to shore Johnsburg, on January 25, 1888, with which he served as secretary and man-; old homestead. j vjctim was Eddie Proctor, 6 years old, on sleds where the fight for their Stephen H. Freund and Katherine ager until 1911, when it was sold to the j During the passing yearfl Mr. and (who drowTied at Amboy and the other lives continued. Klapperich, and Henry J. Klapperich Wieland Dairy company. He held a Mrs. Klapperich have continued to ^ag Hartness, a bakery truck. Oxygen Gives Out and Mary Freund, repeating their membership in the Elgin Butter board make their home on the old home-1 yrjver 0f Elmwood, whose truck was, An ambulance, carrying two tanks vows before Father Mehring, then pas- for seventeen years and has been a; stead, now consisting of 112 acres found submerged in a creek south of of oxygen, arrived, the boys were'eration at Colonial hospital. Roc besttor of St. John's church. 'member of the National Dairy Union where Mr. Klapperich has devoted his Kewanee after waters had receded. placed inside with Dr. Balding and a er, Minn., Saturday. He expects to be Following their marriage Mr. and for twelve years and a member of the life to farming and where they are: Travel in many sections was hazard- race to reach the Libertyville hospital j at his office again the latter part of Mrs. Freund started farming on the state Dairymen's Association for fif-, still comfortably situated in the °ld ous an(j mota*ist8 were warned to stay was made. About five miles short of February. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schoewer received a letter from Chicago this week saying that the former's brother, Hubert Schoewer, is quarantined with scarlet fever at his home in Oak Park. Dr. F. J. Aicher underwent an opfirst of March on an 80-acre farm, one teen years. ' He also helped to organ-, home built eighty years ago, while off roads leading into Rockford, Free- the hospital the last of the oxygen mile south of Solon Mills. Two* years ize the County Farm Bureau associ- nearby nestles the old log cabin built jporti Dixon and Janesville. tanks gave out, however, and, although later they moved to an 80-acre farm, ation. Jmore than a century ago when thei state Route 5 between Cherry Val- the doctor worked desperately, * all one and a half miles south of Spring He served as trustee of St. Mary's country was young. j jejr an(j Rockford was impassable, with further efforts to revive the boys prov- Grove, where Mr. Freund farmed and | parish under Father Barth and Father j Seven children were bom to Mr. and j SpVprai feet of water over the road ed futile. followed the building trade for three' Royer. ( Mrs. Klapperich and five of them are gn(j tjje roa<j between Capron and Bel- The bodies were taken to the Ray years. ' Mr. Freund has been a member of living and celebrated the golden wed- was reported closed because of funeral home in Libertyville^ where an perich wore a tunic of gold cloth over On November 22, 1892, they moved j the Chicago Planning association for ding with their parents. The children navy blue satin, the latter being a part to the Peter H. Klapperich farm of • six years and helped to organize the are twin girls, Rose, now Mrs. Albert of her original wedding gown worn 1130 acres, one and a half miles northfifty years ago. [east of Johnsburg, which was the old At noon a dinner was served to| h omestead of Mrs. Freund's people. about seventy-five relatives, including (Here,, for eleven years, Mr. Freund enchildren and their families and broth- gaged in farming and building con-! twenty years. ers and sisters and their families tracting until on Feb. 18 they moved: Supervisor 29 Years ^ile later in the day supper was serv-. to the Albert Howe farm of 110 acres, j His township work-in which he has isd to-about 150 relatives and guests, north of McHenry, which he purchas- since been active, commenced in 1887 In order to accommodate the large red on November 4, 1908, and engaged when he was elected assessor for one anmber of guests, tables were set in • in farming only. I year. In 1909 he was elected superthe spacious basement, where decora- In 1906 he erected a complete and visor,, of McHenry- township and this tions were in yellow and white and; most modern set of farm buildings' office he has held continuously for first County , Good Roads Movement , Weber, and Clara, now Mrs. Nick Mil of which he was the ftrst chairman. ,ler of Milwaukee, Wis.. William of Mc- He served as a member of the board Hfenry, Joseph and Frank at home, of education of the grade school for tables were centered with flowers and with all modern improvements at a decorated in the prevailing color Wheme of gold. The bridal table set in the dining »cost of $6,000. In 1915 the Buch farm of sixty-six acres was purchased and Mr. Freund carried on both farms unroom was attractive in appointments til March 1, 1923, when he sold, at an «t gold with yellow rosebuds in a gold-' auction sale, all of the livestock, farm- "•m between two beautiful large ing tools, hay aai «***• sod wedding cakes. Callers during the aft-'out uie fanns. > ' twenty-nine years. He was chairman of the board in 1920 and most of his time on the county board he has served on important committees. At present Mr. Freund is chairman of the county home committee in addition to being a member on other committees. He was active in high water. inquest was conducted Monday morn- Throughout the countryside farm ing by Coroner Taylor of Lake counhomes were surrounded by water and ty. Verdicts of accidental drowning fields were inundated. -jr5^ returned by the jury. Mrs. B. F. Martin, who has been ill at her home in Gray slake, is again able to be out. They also have eight grandchildren. lations and best wishes upon this mem?; • JANUARY CLEARANCE Although they have always been orable occasion. ' Oh page 8 of this issue will be found busy and active the years have passed j Among those from out of town who the ad of McGee's Clothing Store, lightly over the heads of Mr. and Mrs. j attended the celebration were Mr. and which advertises a January Clearance Freund and Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich i Mrs. Mat W. Weber, Mrs. Nick Weber, Sale. It will pay everybody to read and they are in good health with the'Mat Huemann, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert the items, and prices quoted therein, promise of many years ahead of them.! Miller, and Mat Miller, all of Stacy- Suits, overcoats, etc., are on sale at With a companionship so true andjville, la.; Mrs. Christine Marquardt, reduced prices. Items which every their lives so steadfast their days are [Mrs. N. J. Justen, Mrs. Gertrude Dav- man needs. Don't neglect, buy now ones of happiness among old friends lis, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller, Joseph or before the sale ends, Monday, Jan. and familiar surroundings and the Miller, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, 31. * ' • §!-fp greetings of their many friends made'Mr. and Mrs. Gottschalk, Mr. and Mr*,j ° ^ . 1 -* the passing of this golden milestone j Mettske, of Chicago; Mrs. Raymond, CORRECTION 1 . one which will never hp forgotten. Whitm^, Lake Geneva; The Plaindealer joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Freund and Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich in congratu- Mr. and Mrs. In last week's issue an error was ! Albert Weber and Mr. and Mrs. Nick made in the address of Dr. G. W. Hess. Miller, Milwaukee, Wi*, and art Freund of Hanover, HL It is 926 S, .Sioux falls. So. Dakot* . COMMUNITY NIGHT Dr. Leesenian, of Gar re 11 * BT5!ical_ Institute at Evanston, was the Sunday evening speaker at the Community night sponsored by the Epworth League at the Methodist church. Dr. Leeseman gave a very fine taik on the different ways in which God reaches people and everyone present appreciated the opportunity of hearing him. A piano duet was played Mrs. C. W.-Goodell and Shirley Colby and refreshments were served. BONSLETT HOUSE SOLD The Mrs. Margaret Bonslett house, on Waukegan street, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Math B. Laures of McHenry. They plan to improve the house, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence Chicago spent the weekend vtith Mother, Mrs, MbQie W » '"ii'S'-",'" .'•K. - • ,. .-..•-'.Kr •