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Dr. Paul I. Schwibe OPTOMETRIST Phone: McHeary 12S-J ~ jjjQWl Wuuirtock «T4 BY 9" Large Size Ataminum BUN WARMER Never before at this low price. Serve baked foods piping hoi. An Aluminum Bun Warmer keeps bakery goods fresh and crisp. Spun aluminum with black reed curved handle. 9" © diam. With air-vent cove/. DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOW Com Pepper *2.49 e>. - Electric. 9" high. Wfch walnut handles •ad fibre feet. Without cord. A bargain. SUNBEAM Mixmoster $23.75 ea. With the new automatic mix finder. Has perfect mixing speed for every cooking need at your finger tips. Mixes sad beats more evenly. in> to 120 »olt*. Hamper $1.98 ea. White enamel finish. Black a white pyrahn top. ^rong, durable. iSxioxifiX". Hi Cookie Joe . Hi Jf" 3 qt glazed urn » shape. Asstd. designs in ivory, blue, dubonnet and black. Pinking Shr. Servette $4.95 »r. Wiss Pinking Shears. Smart and practical for the dressmaker. 9" long. Real value. 79c set 6 IO-OZ. fancy tumblers in asstd. colors with light green and white servette tray. Pitcher 59c 11. v. "Stop . Drip." OM laundry expense i* the home. For honey, syrup, etc isoz oQM WM.H. ALTHOFF HDWE. Charles Freund and Edwin Freund attended the meeting of the Catholic Order of Foresters at St. Mary - St. Pit trick hall in McHenry Tuesday night. Mrs. Ernest Peacock was hostess to the members of her club on Tuesday night. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs. J. 3. Freund, Mrs. Ina Gracy and Mrs. Ernest Peacock. Consolation prize went to Mrs. Joseph «nd traveller's prizes were w by Mr". Joseph Brown and Mrs. *Vwnk Sanders. Lunch was served by the hostess. Ed"-in Freund and Mrs. Chas. "Yeund spent a pleasant evening: in the George P. Freund home in McHenry Tuesday, night. Other guests were Mrs. Paul Gerasch and Mrs. Geo. Weber. J*inochle furnished the entertainment and prize •vyinners were Mrs. Chas. Freund and Mrs. Edwin Freund. Refreshments were served. Joseph Schmitt and daughter, Viroiiimku aiw|ijNsi'i one day last week. TV.® BMhday club met at the home of Mrs. Frank Sanders on Thursday afternoon in honor of her birthday. Three tables of five hundred were in olay and prizes were merited by Mrs, Joseph Brown and Mrs. Frank May. Mrs. Jo'pph Waener received consolation »nd traveller's prizes went to Mrs. Ernest Peacock and Mrs. Nlcit Fr°und. At the conclusion of cards * lovely lnnrh was served. Mrs. Ina Gracv and «Mrs. James Gracy were guests other than regular members. A narty of friends pleasantly surmised Mr. and Mrs. Anton Meyer at their home on Thursday night. The event was in honor of their fifteenth weHdin<r anniversary. When the guests »rrived thev charivaried and were im- T*<cd'J»t«>lv invited in. Tables were set up and cards enjoved throughout the PveT>in(ff Prize winners in five hunwere Mrs. Anton Widhahn. Mrs. Cf?f>PTe A. M«v and Mrs. Edwin Fwnd. Mrs. Ed Bauer rs^eived conflation. Refreshments were served. Those who nmde nn this hnnpy parW were Ttev. John Daleiden, Messrs. snd Mesdames Edwin Freund. Anton Widhalm, son. Raymond, Ben Mav. Ed Biner. G»orge A. Mav and children, rv>«>vl?s Fr»>ind and Martin Stoffel, Mi«s Anne Snindler and Paul Wehf>r. Mr. Mrs John Doetsr-h of Wil- "lotte were vi«'+o-<5 in the George W. M»v home on Friday. " Joconh Brown. Jr.. William Hanford, Lawrence Nimsgem and Daniel Milter attended th? Livestock Exposition in Chicago Friday. Mrs. Jnsenh Nimsgern is confined *0 v«>r be^ with the flu. Misses Lucille and Jeanette Her- <?ott. Sanders and Ruth Gracy ™4oved Roller Skating at the Rink in Wankeean Frid»v nicrht. , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Freund, Fox Lake, were callers in the A1 Schmeltzer home Sunday. Mrs. Charles Behrens and daugh- *,0' rit of MeHenry Chicago *n Satur- Young PASSAGE: Metro-Goldwyn-M»yer two years i n continuous work to complete the dramatization of due famous novcL niPP a^«po>h»Jp«<t WfpianrTiqey p|f|ip >»rows<wii aliln »Mi rtwy AT THEATRES SOON ...AT STANDARD OIL DEALERS NOW" Am lt» wory pHco cf«t« (premium quolityl Rm Crown (regularI Isow-pricMl* visited day. Mrs.- Math Schmitt, Mrs. Franlt May, son, Eufpoe, Mrk. Arthur Kattner, son, Billy, spent Friday in Ken* osha, Wis. Mr. and Krs. Philip May and chil dren visited in the Stanley Beal homcf * in Richmond '»Satii rday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Merrit Brago an Lester Stevens of Maywood wi guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs*' William Shotliff on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pierce and Mrs Roy Todd of Richmond attended the^ dedication at the Community church on Sunday. Mrs. Walter Turner and son, Howard, of Roselle were visitors in the; Ben Winn home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Foulke and son, Robert, visited in Racine on Sunday. Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsgern and Miss Catherine Freund were among those employed out of town who spent Sunday with home folks. Mike Wagner motored from ChifNirrn frv fVn witfl W* children at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner. Mrs; A1 Schmeltzer is spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Edith Cleveland, in Round Lake. Mrs. Cleveland was injured on Monday when she was knocked down by a ear while crossing the street. Items «f Inter--t Takes Tram fee Files of PlaM«aM» 0t Yean Age , I.. • • ---:--• y TWENTY YEARS AGO . v According to letters received by relatives recently, the three McHenry young men who have seen service in Siberia, and who have not as yet been discharged, are now on their way home. They are, Henry Weber, Leo Smith and Karl Patzke. Joe Freund, until recently employed at the Borden factory, has vacated the Webster house on John street and moved on a farm east of town. The lower end of the pond wfes frozen over for the ftrst time this season last Friday. By Saturday night the entire pond had its first winter coat. Lest Bacon of this village and Walter Freund of Woodstock arrived in the later named city from the south last week, where they had just finished a successful season with the Hag enbach-Wallace circus. Santa Claus is very busy distributing Christmas cash to our Christmas Club de positors of the past year! 8 They won't be ' pinched'hy gift purchases, •S take a tip from them and enroll now for 'iy 1940 Christmas money. It's so A visit to o^r bank will enroll youl ! State Bank THIRTY YEARS AGO The interior of , the N. H. Petesch drug store has been repainted, giving the establishment a very tasty ap- : peai^ance. Frank Buhr was the artist. The first real winter weather struck McHenry last Sunday afternoon and since then business has boomed for our merchants t<j>-a high state of satisfaction: Well, we are prepared, so let her come. The merry jingle of the sleigh bells is again heard. The sleighing is the finest that it has been in some yearfe. Prosperity is surely returning. One West Side business man informs us that so far this fall his business has increased about ftfty per cent oyer that of last year. FORTY YEARS'AGO 1 Hon. F. K. Granger and wife celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their marriage on Saturday last. They spent the day very pleasantly in Chicago. George Sommers is putting in an ^ | acetylene gas plant for J. J. Buck. The new barn being built by Harry Wightman is nearing completion. The bridge, which has been in an unsafe condition for some time past, is now being repaired and will be put in first class order. FIFTY YEARH AGO We learn that John I. Story has purchased the stock of hardware on the West side of W. P. Stevens, and will continue the business there. Prof. Cameron's dancing school, at the Parker House hall seems to be the rage. He has nearly fifty pupils. Married -- At the residence of the bride's parents in this village, on Thursday evening, Nov. 28, 1889, by the Rev. J. M. Coulee, of Rockton. 111., James T. Sorenson, of Racine, Wis., and Miss Clara L. Bennett, of tills vil« lage. YOUNG LADIES' PARTY About twenty-five members of the Young Ladies' sodality of St. Mary's church were present at a Christmas pqrtv Tuesday evening in St. Mary - St. Patrick school hall. The group gathered around a beautiful Christmas tree and enjoyed a number of delightful gamse. Gifts were exchanged, followed by a lonely lunch. The table urns decorated in gay holday spirit with branches of evergreen, nine '•ones and was ighted by candle light. The girls completed the evening by singing songs. CHRISTIAN MOTHERS The Christian Mothers society of St. Mary's church held election of officers last Friday night at St. Mary - St. Patrick school hall. The results of the election are as follows: Helen Weber. President: Mrs. Mary Freund, Vice President; Mrs .A. P. 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