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If inefthee way, I will he glad to talk it ww with yon. Joseph N. Siloes WMten Natieaal Bank Bldg. 4 B. q»iiii St, Waukegaa. I1L TflL. MAJESTIC 1W Telephone No. 300 el 6 Reihansperger ageata far all claaato of nanrty ia th* heat e--paaka. mC8T MeHENKY ILLINOlh S. H. Ireood & Son CONTRACTOR! AMD BUILDERS Phone 56-W McHenry Our Experience is at Tour Service in Building Your Wants Charlie's Repair Shop Northeast corner of State Bridge ea Charlea Street Sign Painting Truck Lettering . Furniture Upholstering and Repairing CHARLES RIETESEL JWHTAOOMPA** . All Kinda of I N S U R A N C E Placed with the aioet reliable Ceapaaiea i n Cone in and talk it ©rer Phone McHenry 8 rue X-Ray BR. L B WTTRPHT DENTIST VI1L jife WOTnnemoraxe ' beginning of the New Wfe aee in it * prophecy of good things W . ;•?- { « ^ |- - ' - f J ' ' ' " %r. v; • • ; * x^/.. y; ^ y- ; JOHN DREYMILLER BARBERSHOP SEASON M'HENRY LAUNDRY Strike up the band and welcome General New Year with a 1940 brigade. Well step along t&Victory. A JOHN STILLING SERVICE STATION Elm Street SCHAEFER'S GROCERY AND MARKET $ ^l» list ^ Wctannounce with pleasure the coming of the New Year -- 1940. It will put on an all-star show of merriment and good fortune to last for 365 performances. - ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. HAPPY NEW YEAH ^attonSs^ BETTY NIELSEN i « Style Shop • Mrs. Minnie Schueneman enjoyed the Christmas holidays in the home of her son, Henry Schueneman, at Chicago. Miss Susan Nimsgern of Chicago spent Christmas at the home of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Nimsgern. Frank Hughes, Miss Bertha Schiessle and Miss Barbara Weber are members of the January term Petit Jury, drawn at Woodstock last week. Mrs. Pitzen and Mrs. Norbert Kuchenmeister of Almena, Wis., are guests in the J. N. Miller home, where they were called by the illness of Mr. Washington, December 27--Within a week the gay holiday spirit here will have evaporated and been replaced by grim political warfare. The struggle for place and power will undoubtedly leave its mark on the affairs of the Congressional session, which will be ushered into the Presi- Idential campaign year of 1940 early ; next week. There ia a marked divi- j Miller. Uion of opinion among leaders of the] Guests 1n the home of Mrs. Moltte| j two major political parties as to the j Givens during the past weekend were { | need for a long or short term. Some J Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence of Chi- I lawmakers, who are candidates for | cago and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phalin j re-election, favor a limited session to land daughter, Monica, of Lake Villa. ! permit more time on the home j Mrs. Harold Freund returned home ! grounds during the primaries. Others' from the Woodstock hospital Friday prefer prolonging the meeting until I v/ith her twin daughter and son. The ! the eve of the party conventions in' twins will be named Jeanette and the summer as a means of riveting I Gene. w> S fiHappyNe Jt, • -* >•'# iw\ear| 19+Oj V V - JACOB JUSTEN 4 SONS ^ * Furniture 1":. rhe public's mind of Capitol Hill doings. Foreign policies, national defense, the farm problem and deficits are likely features for early debate. Among the early arrivals are many leaders of the Democratic party who call at the White House in hopes of shaping the text of the President's Mrs. Nellie Bacon was a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Ulrich, at Oak Park Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jurgens and twin sons, Daniel and David, of Chicago were visitors in the home of Mrs. Ben Stilling Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rauen and John Regner enjoyed Christmas with two messages--one on the state of the I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller at Geneva. nation in the form of an annual address with recommendations and the other limited for fiscal matters. Intimations that Mr. Roosevelt will re- Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Frey of Pistakee Bay were delighted last week when they were introduced to Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford at Chicommend special taxes for defense cago last week. and other spending purposes is ere- ^ Miss Kathleen Justen, a nurae at St. ating a panicky feeling as anything | Francis hospital, Evanston, is enjoyaffecting the voters' pocketbook in a ing a week's vacation with her parcampaign year makes the political fu-1 ets. Mr. and Mrs. William Justen. ture of the incumbents very uncer-i Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Schuster and tain. An avalanche of proposed meas- j daughter, Victoria, Of Goldendale, ures calling for expenditure of the Wis., spent Tuesday With friends here, people's money is reported ready to j Guests in the George Wirfs home descend on harassed committees as i Christmas day were Mr. and Mrs. part of the political fodder. I Vincent Wirfs and Peter Albert of The public demand for frequent re- j Rockford, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wirfs of ports on the weather is overtaxing Lily Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Clemence government resources. The Chief of i Wirfs of McHenry. the U. S. Weather Bureau in his an- Mrs. Joseph J. Miller and family nual report this week calls for more! spent Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. skilled aides by "encouragement of | J. C. Purvey and family at Yorkville, meteorological education and research 111. in universities in various parts of the | Mrs. George Wirfs and son, Sylcountry." The day of guessing is gone ; veser, were Antioch callers Tuesday, for too much depends on accuracy of i Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fenske and forecasts. Veterans are given refresh-! children and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert er courses to keep abreast of the lat-1 Fenske of Chicago were weekend and est scientific developments in meteor- Christmas Day guests in the Charles ology and recruits are given in-ser-1 Rietesel home. vice training. The government says:! Callers at the Linus Newman home "There are few human activities which Saturday were Mrs. Lewis McDonald caJ1 boast complete indifference to j and sons, Junior and Richard, of weather, present 6r future." | Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Believe it or not, a government McDonald and son, Ralph, of Waukestudy of industrial accidents for 1938 gan. and just completed shows that work- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and ers in plants producing explosives daughters of Elgin were visitors here had fewer accidents than those in Monday. trades popularly considered far less I William Martin of Chicago spent hazardous. Loggers and sawmill work- Christmas wth his parents, Mr. and ers had the highest frequency rate. Mrs Clarence Martin. The official data has an encouraging | Mrs. Eleanor Foley and children left trend for it discloses that fatalities I Tuesday morning for Cleveland. Ohio, and disabling injuries fell off in 1938 for a week's visit. as compared with the previous years. Miss Katherine McCabe enjoyed Those employed in the construction Christmas day wth Chicago relatives, industry "acounted for more disabling Mrs. Kate Real and Mr. and Mrs. injuries than any other industrial John McCue of Elgin called at the L. CTOUP with a total of 292,200, of|F. Newman home Sunday afternoon, which 2 600 resulted in death and1 Mr. and Mrs. James Doherty left 14.600 in permanent injuries. Agri-' Friday for Jacksonville Fla., where culture accounted. fmo r 2A6ik7M, 4a0jv0a •i nj2. uries am onnn/tivtff tho hminavfl with and also for the largest number of fatalities, 4,400." Campaign managers and publicists for various candidates and parties are giving close study to an analysis of public interest as represented in votes on state proposals in 1989. The 3ureau of the Census report reveals that the year now expiring was an "off season." Only twelve of the fortythey are spending the holidays with her father, M. A. Conway. The latter is enjoying the winter in the Sunny South. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGee and son were Christmas guests of her sister, Mrs. Walter Conway at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. .Moritz of Chicago spent Monday in the Henr> Miller home. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey were eight states submitted proposals to vviissiittoorrss iinn tthhee hhoommee. ooff Durr.. aannda Mmrrss.. their respective electorates in 1939,[J- C. Purvey at Yorkville Christmas in contrast to thrity-six states sub-j day. . mitting proposals in 1938. A total of! Angelo Unt., student at Loyola umsixty- one state-wide measures was | versity, is enjoymg the Oiristmaa submitted to voters in 1939, but thir- j and New Year vacation with his party- three were submitted by one State | e^s. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Unti. -- Georgia. Three-quarters of the ,M.I\ and Mrs. K measures were approved. The strik- j Chnstmasi dinner with the C. L. Newing feature of the study which wor-{«"»» family at Slocums Lake. "7f*"! '«>•Z»h"rr*.„d"taW Mr! fomi. where Chr'rtm.. p.«t, In the Rich.H •„% oS'sT.^,^ S5TJ?-.• ™ h°r„on ZrTF,Dr,v: Jh*. proposal r ,S '^id<S < two per cent of the 1986 ROBERT Blum of Oak Park and the 2tes was Tess^han thirty ^r'cent Mtoe. Mary and Frances Fleming of of that vote. | McHenry. « . itrtliHava I Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dowling of Even dunngtheChristmas Indianapolis, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. the State De^rtn^t finds it neces- Adrian Thomas, Forest Park, spent | , ^ J ? < » • • « » » <* «"• >="• I a disagreeable nature ProtGcol is an | ^ ^ ^ EdwanJ CaIlahan call.. on McHenry relatives Saturday [where the representatives °fforei*", ^Mrs^'Elizabeth Wiswall and Jacob ! governments are present. It ,8 a 8J8; Bu85 of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. tem which is calculated ^ PJ^ent , Dowe and chndren were Christmas mishaps in e receiving o>n|day guests in the Henry Dowe home, the seating at dinners because foreign ^ and Mrg Charl^y Pick enjoyed euests are handled according | Monday in Chicago. foreign representatives. It even goes so far as to apply to the children of the diplomats in Christmas plays and broadcasts here. Yet the protocol rule saves many a worried hostess from headaches which outside of official circles would provide a hardy laugh for the average American. "REX CHIEF" IS ItB Dr. J. P. Frey's horse, "Rex Chief," that showed at the International horse horse show at Chicago is still on the sick list. The horse made a very firte showing, but due to illness, was not! in the money. Admirers hope the i horse will soon recover so that he can be entered in the show next year. was the guest of relatives here for several days. Stanley Schaefer has resumed his work at a Crystal Lake factory after several weeks absence due to a sprained ankle. MARRIAGE LICENSES Eighteenth-Century Portraits In Eighteenth-century America, many portrait painters traveled from town to town with an assortment of pictures of men and women, complete in every detail except the space for the face, says Collier's. One desiring an oil painting of himself merely chose the body he liked best and had his head paint- •* «© * \ ' Ray F. Schaefer, Johnsburg, 111., to Bernice Peterson, McHenry, 111., December 21, 1939. Richard J. Brady, Harvard, 111., to Margaret Maguire, Harvard, IH., December 23, 1939. Harvey W. Koplin, Marengo, 111., to Eileen Alyce Crandall, Marengo, 111., December 21, 1939. .» Charles Crout, Chemung, HI., to Bernice Petersen, Harvard, 111., December 20, 1939. Russell J. Witt, Harvawi* III., to Margaret Church, Woodstock, Hi., December 18, 1939. Soybean From OriMt Ite soybean has been a pal crop in the Orient for probably 50 centuries, but it is only just comio< into its own in this country. Here's hoping the year 1940 steers a propercourse and has smooth " i; sailing all the way for v }•{>;. you! • • ;.'Y* k-,*. * ' TED'S PLACE West McHenry „v, K5B8&3&.-'.'- KARLS' CAFF Fountain Service Top hats are symbols of elegance, so we wish you < \| a Top hat of a New V* Year! May it keep yon dancing with joy. MCHENRY LUMPER CO, RIVERSIDE DAIRY As the clock strikes twelve* it ushers in a New Year! We want that year to give you only the best things in / life. ' * CLAIRE BEAUTY Green Street MflK TL WEST MTHENE* STATE IJHU ^4' WW m