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"*N4 VT- • •**. . ' - V ' Thursday, December 22,1938 e^bLd Dr. Paul A. Schwabe w« m'hw OPTOMETRIST Phone: McHenry 123-J THURSDAY MORNINGS Woodstock 674 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY SAHFORD ; SNUG HARBOR TAVERN |||| ',pn East River Jtoad ^ South of the State Bridge g&g A./H. WATSON > . and i"* WALTER SCHIMMEL Fish Fry Eyery Friday Dinty Moore Special, Gornfed Beef and O&bbage Every Thursday. < CENTRAL GARAGE --One of the best equippejd garages in Northern Illinois-- Let us check over your car or truck and we will find your . „ trouble. Our modern equipment and expert workmen assure you of a good job and moderately priced. PRESTONE - ALCOHOL - WHITER OILS - GREASES . Full Line of Atlas and Goodyear Tires . Electric and Acetylene Welding - Car Washing and Polishing i Phone 200-J Towing Jehnsburg ; Decorate NOW! Pay out of Income , How long is it sine* your homo wai "don* over"? It it still hi style? Do your Honda exclaim or« it or do thoy critiaiV when your back is turned? 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Main Steet West McHenry THE, McHENRY PLAINDEALER Page Three * *. f;*5 SLOCUM'S LAKE • 100 ROOMS wf* tol* • K)0 ROOMS wMh t*h ieW CONANT HOTEL COMPANY Harry Matthews a,nd son, Lyle, and George Darrell of Wauconda were callers at Richmond Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse spent Sunday evening at the h/ome of the latter's mother, Mrs. Philena Davis. Mrs. Davis has been ill, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews were business callers at Waukegan last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, and Otis Phillips spent last i Friday at the home of Mrs. Ella Parks at Park Ridge. Miss Frances Converse spent' the I weekend at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Philena Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Lyle, and Willard Darrell were dinner and supper guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kane at Diamond Lake. Mrs. Esping and Robert Matthews were supper and evening guests. 1 Willard Darrell and Mr. A. D. Smith of Libertyville attended the annual meeting of the Kane Co. Farm Bureau and Service Co., at Hampshire last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. S. Swanson of Highland Park spept last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Arthur Wackerow was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner at Waukegan Wednesday evening. Mrs. Mary Obenatif of Libertyville spent three days last week at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Ralph Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. John Blonigren were business callers at Waukegan Monday. They also visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Swanson at North Chicago. * Mrs. Yaxley and Mrs. Risteau of Chicago visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook at Wauconda were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett and H» W. Hansel were callers at Libertyville Monday. Harry Grantham, Sr., of Wauconda, Mrs. Alma Grantham and son, Walter, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler of Round Lake, Mr. J. M. Tailor of Genoa City were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett on Tuesday. r j Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park spent Friday with rela-, tives at Oak Glen Farm. MrsvElmer Esping and Robert Matthews return-1 ed home with them. • I Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. J and Mrs. G. J. Burnett were Mrs. Ada' Wilkinson and son. Mr. Maurice Wilk-' enson of Long Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler of Round Lake and Mil- i ton Dctwell. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett and H. L. Grantham, Sr., visited at the hortie of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright at Barreville last Wednesday afternoon. Our Washington Letter Editorial Hopkins will succeed to Roper's job as Secretary of Commerce. There are a number of factors which militate against the elevation of Hopkins at this time. He is facing investigation for the interference of the W. P. A. in eletieons and primaries. Hopkins is considered as a social worker with innate antagonisms to business. As Secretary of Commerce he would be obliged to serve as the chief contact for the President with trade and commerce. , . .> u o, o . , Be<*ause of his recent history it is be- Washing/^, December 21 -- Social lieved business would be chary of conjunctions abounding in good cheer operating to theextent of Riving concave temporarily displaced routine fidential reports. Noteworthy, t6o is politics. \et the spirit of the season | the political strategy of placing W P is reflected in the chit-chat of official f w.'s Harry Hopkins in the Cttnmerce jdrawmg-rooms where speculation runs. Department now as it might be con- I high as to the likelihood of the new strued as an admission that the , legislative year witnessing a more f re- dent had ordered a retreat from proquent d.splay of the olive branch be- posed, reorganization of government tween the V\hite House and Capitol departments. Hill. The prospects are decidedly 1 t, i , cloudy although hope for amity is . ^ ^ng f stated to placed in President Roosevelt's confer- y. • • x e'5 r*n\^nt of Welfai%, a new ence with Vice President Garner. . Cab,n?t- "eat u ef, und_fr the. Pending re- ! It is generally admitted that legis- °r*an'zatlor' bill and one for which he • lation was not the only subject discus- .. -f, e*Per,ece as a 1 sed at the weekend conference at the . r Herbert Hoover devoti White House. The Vice President, • n„TI y°T mak'nf.the Commerce 1 shrewd politician, knows the real tern- . ^ men a Powerful instrument for per of the Senate and has reliable con- ^usmefs co-operation. He also used it | tacts in the House where he served so f5 * f^PP'ng st 4 one ^he Residency, 1 long as a 'Democratic leader and ^he f,Pep^tlT?e!lt h^s not fared Speaker. It is doubtful that he spoke W^U m ^is Administration.. ^ as frankly to the President as hie hah The dramatic scenes incident to tfye to his intimates. Mr. Garner has been C0"aPs<? of an 80 million dollar drug ;frustrated on several notable occasions le • ft™. -----1 when he endeavored to steer Mr. concern is feed for the Congressional mill, ^he alleged frauds are calcu Roosevelt away from attitudes which 'a^c<l to stir public interest in the aannttaaggoonniizzeedd Coonnggrreessss.. .. presentation of the Securities and Ex- In private conversations the vice- President has been quoted as unwilling to continue bumping against a stone wall when offering friendly adchange Commins^iion before he so-called Monopoly Commission. The dts« closures may provide the Federal wan wnen oreering irienaiy aa- arg--enc•y' with a«• lierv,ce'r with wmhmic-nh tioo vice to his superior in the Executive lighten the .statutes regarding issu- | Mansion. Southerners in the Senate anco _ securities to the public. Anyand House occupy positions of power ^nc ammunition for the polin a majority of committees and these ^lcos- r Dixie lads play along with-the Texan j Rumblings Of discontent are heard | who presides over the Senate. There- against the reciprocal trade treaty be- 'fore, Mr. Garner knows what is what tween this country and Great Britain, at Capitol Hill far better than Mr. The agreement bt^omes effective 'Roosevelt or his scouts. Then, too, the shortly, but already domestic producveteran Republicans, insofar as poli- ers are raising a cry that the British tics permit, also confide in the ruddy- and Canadians obtained the best barj cheeked statesman from Uvalde, which gains from State Department agents (makes him an unusual repository for who negotiated the treaty. If the (information. It has £een said that'farmers eventually believe they hav» Texas Jack could obtain action in a been "gypped" in the deal, it will be five minute huddle where a series of fireside chats would not make a dent jin legislative doings. The two Cabinet vacancies may provoke bitter debate in the Senate when appointments are sent up for confirmation. Unless the President "pulls a fast one" by designating a sitting Senator to a post in his official family, the Senate will not be rushed in giving its "advice and consent." Senatorial courtesy would probably preclude or soften an attack on a nominee recruited from their membership. It is not at all certain that Harry; come a serious matter for the politicians. Telling the Truth "Do not imagine," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "thkt you show, intelligence by being deceitful. One of the most difficult things in the world is to ,tell nothing but the truth and still be, ontertaining." 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Meyers. | Bill Marz spent Sunday and Mailday with relatives in Chicago. ^ r i Mrs. Leo Gerlach was a Chicago caller Saturday. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin viaited with her mother, Mrs. Wm. Althoff, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski and children of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller Sunday. Mrs. Joe E. Miller and daughters of Richmond were callers here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Bohnen and son, Jackie, and Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kirsk of Wilmot and Mrs. John of McHenry called on Mrs. Anna Bugner Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Joe P. Miller and Mrs. George King and children spent Saturday with Mrs. Mike Gorski atWoodstock. Mrs. Joe Huff of Greenwood was a caller here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Frett of Chicago spent the weekend in the hone of Mrs. John A. Miller. Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and sons, tie- Roy and Elmer, were Woodstock callers Saturday. Mrs. Joe Michels and son, Arnie, motored to Waukegan Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Milfcr of Richmond were callers here Tuesday even« in£- Steve Freund andJVIrs. Jake Miner of Spring Grove attended the Lady Forester meeting Tuesday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Karls and children spent a few days with relatives te Chicago. v Joe Sjchmitt of Beloit, Wis., was a business caller here Wednesday. John A. Miller and son, LeRoy, and Mrs. Leo Freund were Elgin callers Tuesday afternoon. Miss Barbara and Bernard Althdff attended the Confirmation exercTses at Woodstock Tuesday evening. V • Mrs. Henry Stoffel of A£olo ind Mix. George Miller of Grayslake visited with their father, John Pitzen, Tuesday. Arthur Adams and Donald Michel* were Chicago callers Thursday. 5 Mrs. John A. Miller entertained the five hundred club Wednesday after-, noofl. Prizes were awarded to Mrs." Wm. J. Meyers, Mrs. Peter Srnitk and Mrs. Joe King. Mrs. Stephen H. Smith and Met. Mamie King visited with Mrs. Ray Horick at Woodstock Wednesday. 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