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% - ^ ( t-; > VV y'.?_ .: "• *\\* Mm Dona, iLl ClywrL 9tOCK At The , ^ ^ • - < . , ' - ' * 4 t . - I ? * - ':• :- r.,'*:' Zjr % < *.•»., |V * " .^"1 V. ,/**« ^--* i*®"* •( « jOrto your Rubber HunuealV. v NEW IMPIRI McHENRY, ILLINOIS San. Mat. S p. •. Continnooa Free. Matinee Friday -- 2:30 p. m. (one showing only) - Sponsored by the C. D. of A. Bring a little something, such as a can of fruit or vegetables, to help fill Christinas Baskets for the needy of the community. On the .Screen "IN OLD MEXICO' ftlv'ift-js featuring Bill Boyd •••jSClfV Also--Comedies FRIDAY -- SATURDAY Jones Family la 'TOO BUSY TO WORK" SUNDAY -- December 24 (One Day Only) Richard Greene - Richard Dix Robert Yooint - George Brent (!) HEBE I AM! A STRANGER"v (2) "PRIDE OF THE BLUEGRASS" MONDAY -- TUESDAY December 25 - 2C •'THE ROARING TWENTIES" ' Monday Holiday Matinee -- S p. m. Continuous WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY "FOUR FEATHERS" wwm Fubttafesd my Tharsdky at No. henry, HI.,' by Charles P. Renieh. Entered as second-class matter a| the postoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. A. H. MOSHER Editor and Manager One Year ... Six Months $2.0# $1.09 SUSTAIN 11 * RICHARD J. LYONS GUEST SPEAKER AT ^ REPUBLICAN DINNER RICHARD J. LYONS the Beautiful laTOVAl* mm CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. McHenry Co's. Leading Theatre Two hundred people attended the dinner, sponsored, by. the McHenry County Republican Central committee, held at Grace Lutheran church in j Woodstock Wednesday evening. The ladies of the church did a wonderful job of serving the large crowd. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Bette Davis in OLD MAID" -- with -- Mirim Hopkins - George Brent SUNDAY AND MONDAY -- Matinee Christmas Day ----- -- Sunday Schedule and Prices -- GINGER WOGERS --in-- FIFTH AVENUE GIRL" -- with -- James Ellison -- Walter Connolly A 1 s • -- Latest March of Time! -- TUESDAY -- l i e -- Special -- 15c Virginia Wetdler fai 'BAD LITTLE ANGEL" -- with -- Gene Reynolds - Guy Kibbee WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Joel McCrea in "ESPIONAGE AGENT" with Brenda Marshall Ten prizes at the Chicago International Live Stock Show this week went to Percherons owned by Pine Tree Farms, McHenry. Only one oth- Percheron exhibitor, Conner's Prairie Farnf Nobleville, Ind., won as may ribbons. All but two of the Pine Richard J = Lyons7 of LltartyvflUvt*"* entrie. plMrt, .nd tot premcandidate for the Republican nomination for governor at the primaries next spring, waS the guest speaker of the evenmg. Mr. Lyons, who, in 1938 was the Republican candidate fbr U. S. Senator, and who carried downstate by a 'large- tnajority, but apparently lost in the city of Chicago, pla to put on" even a more active paign for the gubernatorial His talk Wednesday evening jthat he is in perfect condition to cover the state of Illinois again and reach every city, village and hamlet during the coming political battles of 1940. Edward F Moore, chairman of the Cook County Republican Central committee j Cbas. O'Connor, state's attorney of Kane county, and head of the Chairmen of Cpunty Central Committees organization, befh spoke favorably of Mr. Lyons' candidacy. C. Frank Daly, chairman of the county committee; presided at the meeting, and introduced several candidates wW have'/Minified their intentions to seek renomination on the Republican ticket. lio ui apparigo, plans tive carnal officV indicate^ Theatre MILLER '• W - ^ 9- J# ium for group of three stallions also went to the McHenry stud. „ Second prize went to First Attempt, a four-year-old stallion, and three third places to Enchanter, Houston's Carroll, and Mar Dona. Eight Illinois horse breeders exhibited total of twenty-five Percherons at the Chicago show. Grand championships went to Nesus, four-year-old stallion owned by Fairholme Farms, Lewisville, Ind. and to Julie, white mare owned by Owner's Prairie Farm, Noblesville, Ind. Twenty-three grand champions of former shows competed. Prof. J. L. Edmonds, University of Illinois, judged all Percher on classes. Vtaut FOR SALE Woodstock! ^ir-Conditioaed FOR SALE-- Freshly cut nurseryi grown Chrigtmas trees, from 3 ft | high to 18 ft., 36c to $3.00 Also bundles ofjar&eches for decorating. I Westman Eyejfreen Nursery, Wood- | stock, m., Pfiinfc 232-R. 30-31 FRIDAY -- December 22 On the Screen ---- "THE ESCAPE" Jane Gale with -- • Henry Armette FOR SALE--200 Triple A Leghorn | j Pullets, 70 per cent laying. Tower i Produce Market, Highway 12. Phone 195, Richmond, 111. *81 SATURDAY -- December 23 Continuous from 2:30 2 -- Swell Features -- 2 f*fcHARLIE CHAN IN CITY OF DARKNESS" with Sidney Toiex -- A N D -- "RIDERS OF BLACK -- RIVER" with Charles Starrett FOR SALE--Christmas Trees, fresh I cut, northern stock; all sizes, 25c up. |T. R. Howe, Richmnod Road, McHen- 1*7- J:, .^1 7 FOR RENT | FOR RENT--Furnished room or a suite of rooms. Mrs. T. R. Howe, | Richmond Road. 4 • • ••?••• *81 T" l» * *"'• ' . LOST SUNDAY ONLY -- December 24 Continuous from 2:30 2 -- BIG Features -- 2 LOST--Irish Setter dog, please notify | Joe Lyons, Crystal Lake, Phone 648. ! Reward. 31 MISCELLANEOUS ~~*'IN NAME ONLY" -- with -- Carole Lombard - Gary Grant -- A N D -- "UBTTiar'or INTRODUCTION" -- with -- Charlie McCarthy - Edgar Bergeii ] FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS --On I homes and farms, in and around Mc- | Henry, I1L Low interest rates. See | Kent & Co. Inc., McHenry, El., Phone 8. • 28-tf Mrs. Charles Goodell and Warren Jones enjoyed the opera "Othello" at the Chicago Civic Opera house last Wednesday night. Mrs. George Bell spent several dayB last week with her sister, Mrs. Leo J. Freund, at Barrington. Vernon Freund and Glen Anderson left last Thursday for Ann Arbor, Mich., and returned Saturday evening with the latter's brother, Harry Anderson, who is a student in that city. He will spend the Christmas holidays at his home here. Marshall Bacon, who is working with the CCC at Des Plalnes, enjoyed the weekehd at his home in this city. Ed. Reed and Jimmy Smith of Chicago attended a meeting of the Country club members Sunday. Mr. Smith is conducting a golf school in Chicago this winter and expects t6 return to McHenry next summer to take over his former duties of managing the Country club. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwerda left Saturday by auto for a few months stay in Los Angeles, Calif. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Frank May of Chicago are visiting in the Joseph N. Miller residence on Pearl street. Vale Adams, a student at Lake Forest, returned1 to hs home here this weekend, to enjoy the Christmas vaca tion. Mrs. L. N. Baer and daughter, Mrs. John McManus and Mrs. L. Barsoditti were guests in the Paul Gerasch home one day last week. Mary Walsh has been vacationing from her work at the Carey Electric shop and spent some time with friends and relatives in Waukegan, Chicago and Whiting, Ind. Miss Rita Martin spent a few days the past week with relatives at Oak Park. Miss Alice Ann Ryan wasa visitor at Chicago this wekend. Mrs. Rose Miller spent the weekend with Chicago relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Winkelman and son, Jimmy, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Anna Knox. Mrs. Minnie Block is spending few weeks in the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Dreyer, at Forest Park. Miss Eleanor Althoff, student nurse at St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wtn H. Althoff, this weekend. Miss Beatrice Lane of Joliet was a weekend guest of Miss Helen Stev MONDAY -- TUESDAY December 25-26 A Big Holiday Special!- Ginger Rogers in 'FIFTH AVENUE GIRL" and another hit -- "THE UNDERPUP" -- with --s Robert Cummings • Nan Grey FARMERS--We pay $3.00 to 115 per ! head for old or down horses and cows. Must be alive. Prompt day and night I service, Sundays and holidays included. No help needed to lead. Your j pets will be Shot on place if desired. I Phone Wheeling 102, reverse charges. 44-10 Jap Villagers Kneel at Mound -"*• They Call Christ's Burial Place TOKYO.--Peasants in a remote northern Japanese village do not celebrate Christmas but they believe Jesus Christ died in Japan. Nor are they Christians, but each year they- kneel before a strange mound which they believe is Christ's burial place.. This takes place at the village of Herai where Buddhists or Shintoists gather each year around a mound surmounted by a pillar on which are three Japanese characters and a six-pointed star composed of interlocking triangles, like the Hebrew emblem. How this strange tradition arrived in Japan is not known, but visitors notice that the village, which is located in Aomori, near the extreme tip of Honshu island, is no great distance south of Mount Yadaijin, which is pronounced almost like the modern Japanese word for "Jew." The six-pointed star is completely foreign to the people, yet some peasants are familiar with the Biblical version of Christ's death. The Aomorian story, which they have believed for 20 centuries, is this: During the reign of the Emperor Suinin, the eleventh emperor, a young white man came to live in the district. Twelve years later, at the age of 34, he disappeared. His name: Soraitaro. Fifteen years later he returned and told the people he had been to the land of his birth teaching reli gion and that, because of his beliefs, had been-sentenced to deathJ»y crucifixion. Soraitaro is then said to have told WHERE CHRIST IS 'BURIED Pacific vsir ' Ocean the natives that his younger brother, Iskiri, sacrificed his own life on the cross. Then he traveled for four years, across Europe and through Siberia. Finally reaching Aomori again, he died at the age of 105 in the eleventh year of Keiko Tenno's reign. Near the alleged burial mound is the ruin of a stone building which villagers call "Tsukino-Tatte," the House of the Moon. Many foreign articles are reported to have been unearthed from this place. People say it is the place where Jesus worshiped. They do not worship His memory in a religious way, nor is the mound especially sacred. They describe Jesus as a "Sel-Jin," a saint or wise man. GREEN STREET TAVERN^ The interior decorating i» proceeding. Come in ? 'i « and tell m how you like it. - The walls are fin- ^ v ished and await your approval. WATCH FOR OUR GRAND SW^'^ & ' n- :C*} f-'x' h i l l s * • i 'jmPs Grande Cleaners & Dyers --V W.I8H ;.TiOU " • ] A Very Merry Christmas >r- HAEEY DAHM3, feprewntatire -jf n AAAAfu\ruvu*vAA. Celebrate the New Year with'. US JOIN THE GAT CROWD IN FUN, Taveri! J. B. HETTHOIAHK, Prop. , r Sped si Goose, Turing and Chicken -- 50c FAVORS FOB ALL GOODHUSIO AGATHA SHOP a«X SUGGIBftTIONS (SlasswaWl" Lace CloChs' r Dishes ^ - Bath Towel Sets Pottery Games Copper - Lingerie 4Mankat* Hose "T*"V71? " "• • v," Books HOME-MADE CANDY Purses Costume Jewelfjr Handkerchiefs Scarfs POULTRYMEN, ATTENTION!--We I have a poultry expert who will worm, j cull, and vaccinate your poultry. Prices very reasonable. FARMERS [MILL, Phone 25. 23-tf , WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY December 27-28 "DANCING CO-EDM with Lana Turner Ann Rutherford - Leon. Btrol -- E X T R A ! E X T R A ! -- | Spicy . . Entertaining! ! "HOW TO UNDRESS IN FRONT | OF YOUR HUSBAND" with Elaine Barrie Barry more (This Program is not Recommended | for Children) GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let us dispose of your garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular year round route, formerly Getfrge Meyers'. Ben J. Smith. Phone 365 or 631-M-l. 2-tf DEAD ANIMALS--We want them -- Pay Cash! $1.00 per head for cows and horses, if called at once I ! Also ; pick up hogs and pigs. Day and night service, Sundays and holidays. No .help needed in loading with our sanitary loading devices. Post mortems will be given if requested. Phone Wheeling 102, reverse charges. 44-10 PLAN TO ATTEND OUR New Year's Eve Midnitel Show on Sunday, Dec. 31 A Parrel of Foil for Everybody!] MARRIAGE LICENSES Johann Christian Onnen, Watseka, 111., to Doris Caroline Schroeder, Crystal Lake, December 12, 1939. Chester R. Lyngaas, Chicago, 111., to Marie N; Kabashuk, Chicago, 111./ December 12, 1939. Icicles* for"' decorations stone's. 3 pkgs. for 10c. Olad- / 81 ens. Richard Justen, attending the Uni versity of Wisconsin at Madison, is enjoying the Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick P. Justen. ^ Joseph J. Frett is spending several weeks in the home of his son, Frank Frett, at Chicago. Rev. Frank J. Miller of Fulton, 111., called on friends here Monday. Miss Eileen Fitzgerald spent the weekend in Chicago where she attended the wedding of a relative. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin, Mrs. James Mah""»y and son, Jimmy, of Chicago were Sunday visitors in the John Phalin home. Mrs. Eleanor Foley returned with them for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bonslett of Evanston visited McHenry relatives on Sunday. Miss Ruth Reihansperger returned home Thursday for a three week vacation from her studies at Rockford college. Sunday guests in the Robert Thompson home were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron and Mr. and Mrs. William VanNatta of Crystal Lake. Mrs. Clinton Martin, who has been spending the past fe;w weeks in Florida, expects to return to her home here for Christmas. > Those who attended the funeral services for William Noonan at El^in Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Noonan, Amos Noonan, Miss Mae Noonan, Mrs. Thomas Kane and Clinton Martin. William H. Althoff was a Chicago caller Monday. Among the students at the University of Illinois who returned on Tuesday night to spend the holidays with tehir parents were Frank John- } son, Curtis Newman, Stanley Vycital, Bruce Klontz, Muriel Elfers, Joe Siedschlag and Frank Foley of Richmond. Sunday guests in the E. E. Basseett home were Mr. and Mrs|. Henry Vogel and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Furgeson of Woodstock. Marguerite Johnson, student at I}e- Kalb Normal, returned to McHenry Monday for a few weeks' vacation. Mrs. Jennie Bassett is spending the week with her daughter at Delavan. Mrs. George H. Johnson was an Elgin shopper Tuesday. The Misses Alta Mae Denman and Audrey Rothermel and Harold Taxman returned to their respective homes here Tuesday to enjoy the Christmas holidays away from then studies at Northern State Teachers college at DeKalb. Mrs. John R. Smith of this city, accompanied by Mrs. Chester Frasier of Grinnell, Iowa, and Mrs. George Young of Ringwood, spent Monday in the Fuller Boutelle home at Lake Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Weber and Miss Clara Schiessle were dinner guests in the Earl T. Conway home Monday evening. The dinner was held in honor of the lattet's oldest daughter, Carol. Miss Jane Durland returned home with her father, Harry Durland, Tuesday evening for a few weeks vacation from her studies at Clarke college, Dubuque, Iowa. Allen and Anthony Noonan are enjoying the Christmas holidays at their home here. They are attending Armour Tech in Chicago. Miss Vivian Bolger returned to her duties at the Elgin State hospital this week after recovering from recent injuries in an automobile dent. ; '• Christmas Comeq But Once a Y ear- Almost Any Time! Britain's Rosetta Stone The Rosetta stone, an important archeological relic permitting the deciphering of ancient Egyptidh inscriptions, was ceded to Britain as a trophy of war in 1801. Flowers for the holiday season. Evergreen blankets and wreaths. McHenry Floral Co. Phone McHenry 608-R-l. 81 Merry Christmas is whatever you make it, whenever you make it. From December 5, when Saint Nicholas arrives for Dutch children, to the Aleutian islanders' Christmas on January 7, someone is celebrating this festive day most of the time. Holland chooses December 5 as the eve of the festival day which the church has set aside in Saint Nicholas' honor. In Hungary Santa Claus pays his first visit several weeks ahead of the Yuletide, leaving boxes of candy in preparation for his second visit. Most of the unusual celebrations, however, come after December 25 --indeed, fall after New Year's day. Remote Shetland islanders north of Scotland celebrate January 5, still clinging to the old Julian calendar and refusing to accept that of Pope Gregory which most of the world has used for two centuries. January 5 is also Christmas day in at least one part of the United States proper, isolated and windswept Rodahthe island off North Carolina. The custom, apparently a holdover from "old Christmas"-- the Twelfth night, or Epiphany-- the occasion finds all 300 residents hanging their stockings and awaiting Santa Claus. In Alaska, where mid-summer delivery of Christmas presents makes them suitable either for last Christ mas or the coming one, part of the residents celebrate on December 25 and the rest, January 7. The latter date is observed chiefly by Aleutian islanders, which is populated by natives who were interbred with Russians hundreds of years ago. They use the Russian calendar, which has not been changed to conform with that used by the rest of the world By this calendar, New Year's is celebrated January 14. Special Boxed fbr Christmas fine quality and ably priced. All the Popular Brands of O J i f A K S a n d C I G A R E T T E S in Christmas boxes. s * r Give Him a dandy pipe and a large can of tobacco. We have a large selection • Imported and Domestic WINES a n d LIQUORS NORTHERN GREYHOUND BUS LINE DEPOT Cor. Elm and Green GUS UNTI, Prop. Friday and Saturday SPECIALS APPLES -- Jonathan or Delicious ORANGES -- Large Florida RADISHES -- 3 bunches ^ J*. 5* dosen 23# 10* POPCORN -- Fancy yellow, 1-lb. pk^. ^...^ tOt PEANUT BRITTLE - HARD CANDY or CHOCOLATE DROPS lb. 15^ PO&K SAUSAGE -- Home-madi. lb. 20* PORK LOIN ROAST lb. 10^ -i FANCY POT ROAST lb. 23* BARBIAN BROS. We Deliver Phone ISO Riverside Drive