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aIKp • - Mi. / V.V.' .^Wif "\.v < ** '•'il Tlnmday, Match 38, IMS ' ' Society Motes WAUKEGAN ORCHESTRA PLANS FIN® PROGRAM FOR PERFORMANCE MRS A. AI< TEA SOUTH OF THE BORDER J! •Local music lovers have long anticipated the event which is to become (Continued from first page) frl *T>, i-' V z V « f r Ik-~) r"-" s.F'l; • | ; MOTHERS CLUB Mrs. Harold P. Owen will entertain like Mothers' club on Friday, April 12, At her home on Waukegan road. •JPW ^ ; ATTENTION, FORESTERS! $; JL There will be a checker tournament for the Catholic Order of Foresters on Tuesday, April 2, at St. Mary - St. Patrick school halll. Lunch and refreshments will be served. • • • BKTHDAY PARTY • A groupjjtf flrhr^- surprised Joan, fiNingest Mr. and Mrs. Harry PMfcpiig JNnU'foT afternoon on the oc^B^Keri>iitMay They •pent an mjatfmk afternoon playing games and were served a delicious lunch to complete the day. vj ly CHRISTENING ' J The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Schaffer was christened Carol Ann at St. Mary's church Sunday, Msg:*. Nix officiating. Donald Weingart and Leola Schaffer were the sponsors. The baby was born on March . ?, ..and the mother was former twrise Weingart. LADIES' AID . The Ladies' Aid met last Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Zena Bacon. Mrs. Elmer Baum reviewed "The Nazarene," while Mrs. C. W. Klontz lead the devotions. Next Thursday, April 4, Mrs. Howard Wattles wfll be hostess to the club. m m * SUNDAY EVENING CLUB The Sunday Evening club met with the Ford Jacksons last Sunday evening, with the prizes going to Mrs. Peter Weingart, Mrs. Peter A. Freund, Math Blake and Peter A. iFreund. A lovely lunch was served after the card game. Mr. and Mrs. George Young will entertain the club on Snndiy evening, April 7. » • •• FOX RIVER VALLEY CAMP Fox River Valley Camp, R.N.A., No. 3251, will hold a birthday party and past oracles night on Monday, April 1, 6:30 o'clock, in the Royal Neighbor hall. A pot-luck supper will be served. The charter members and past oracles will be the guests at this meeting. Members will please note the change in the date. • • • O.RS. The Order of the Eastern Star met Monday night at which time an invitation was read inviting the chapter to attend Friends' Night at Nunda chapter, Crystal Lake, on Thursday, April 4. Further plans were made for the Plunlcett supper to be given in the O. E. & hall on Wednesday, April 3. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend this tfaner. • • • MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement was made of the Marriage of Miss Anna Anderson, daughter of John Anderson of Mc- Henry to Mr. Paul Traub of Elgin at a dinner given Saturday in Niesen's cafe. The ceremony took place before a justice of the peace at Clinton, Iowa, January 10, 1940. A reception for about two hundred tives and friends was held in the Knights of Columbus hall Saturday evening. Bach lady was presented with a red rose and the men received pink boutonnieres. The couple will make their home at Elgin where Mr. Traub is a food inspector at the state hospital. . • • • BOY SCOUTS' The fourth session of the "Principles of Scout and Cub Leadership training course will be held in the court house at Woodstock at 7:30 p. m., on Friday, March 29. The theme for the evenine'" discussion will be, "Marks of an Efficient Scout or Cub Unit." The pre-opening period will include a special demonstration in archery. This session will reveal methods of measuring the effectiveness of the program being carried on within the unit; and inform each leader as to whether his unit is fullfilling its mission. Part of the credit for this course is \ »jQ \%J rela given for portraying exhibit material from ones own unit that other leaders may get an interchange of ideas. Leaders bringing this material should plan to arrive a few minutes early to set up their material. This materia] will be shown during the pre-opening period along with a short demonstration of amateur archery. • • • EAST RIVER ROAD PINOCHLE The East River Road Pinochle club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Maurice Gross. Awards were taken by Mrs. E. C. Shoemaker, Mrs. Geo. Gloss, and Mrs. M. A. Sutton. The hostess served a delightful lunch before the close.' "Mrs. Ralph Justen will entertain the club en ' Wednesday, April 10. EVENING CONTRACT BRIDGE Mrs. Albert Barbian entertained the Evening Contract Bridge club at her home Tuesday evening. The prizes were won by Mrs. Ray McGee, first, Mrs. Joanne Rulien, second, and Mrs. Henry Miller and Mrs. Floyd Cooley tied for third place. Miss Clara Miller will be hostess on Tuesday evening, April 9. • • k ' TWELVE TEARS OLD Miss Catherine Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Adams, celebrated her twelfth birthday at her home on Whukegan street Wednesday afternoon. Catherine thanked her guests for their many beautiful gifts and then lead them through a number of games. A lunch and a large piece of birthday cake was served at the close of the afternoon. Those present were Nancy Carey, Dorothy Freund, Elaine Schaefer, Marion Smith, Esther Freund, Mary Ann Noonan, Gladys Stilling and Rita Ann Conway. ious customs, too numerous to mention, and so were sorry to leave this romantic country, with its historical buildings, many of them several centuries old, its narrow streets, jts poor, begging natives and its beautiful scenery. Relentlessly, they stepped aboard the "City of Mexico" for the return trip and arrived in Chicago on Sunday of last week. Mrs. Aicher retrip to the floating gardens at Xocha reality next Tuesday evening, April imilico, the famous Mexican "Venice." 2. The Waukegan Philharmonic or- This is a small lake dotted with hunchestra, under the baton of Harold dreds of little islands and each island tl]rn.j x „ . • Kupper, will present a performance is covered with flowers. On one is- J**?;2*£ on the stage in the'McHenry Commun- land, perhaps, there will be all garity^ High school, thanks to the Moth- denias, on another all carnations, and ers' club. ! still another may be covered with Miss Adele Froehlich, daughter of violets. Millions of blossoms, gorgeous Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Froehlich of Mc- color schemes and sweet, blended perthat same night, loaded down with souvenirs, and contented wifcfc, tfce memories of her joumeyings. ' '•> E ersonals Henry, talented daramatic soprano, will offer three vocal solos. The entire program follows: March of the Boyars--Halversen. Suite from the Opera "Carmen"-- Bizet. Vocal Solos--Adele Froehlich; - "Ave Maria"--Schubert. "La Serenta"--Tosti. "A Brown Bird Singing"--Wood. Prelude, Chorale, «#£ ffu--• Bach and Ebert. Prelude--Jarnfelt, Valse Triste--Sib^ffus. Intermezzo from Jewels «f the Hl< donna--Wolf-Ferrari. • Bacchanale, Samson and Delilah-- Saint-Saens. HUSBAND AND WIFE SUCCUMB WITHIN TJSN HOURS OF EACH OTHER fumes mak^" this an ideal paradise. Natives paddle sightseers around the lake in little boats; a canopy protects them from the hot sun. For only four cents in U. S. money; the ladies purchased an immense bouquet of violets from a little native girl. The next day our party went to Guernavaca where the first palace built by Cortez is still standing. They j continued to the Riviera Mural where Maximillian and Carlota lived daring their ill-fated regime. Mexico City's modernistic Palace of Fine Arts h worthy of attention. Its walls and columns are of colored marble, and the building is so heavy it has sunk five feet since its construction. A peculiar native custom which one hears so much about is the siesta between the hours of 1:00 and 3:30. The shades in the business houses are drawn and it is useless to attempt to do any shopping, for the shops are locked up tight. Unusual too, .the houses in Mexico City are built close to the road, the are After Richard Connors, 23, was turned down for a job in a Pittsfield, Mass., factory because the management didn't employ anyone over 21, he applied for an old-age pension. Residence Changes TEe John Grandts have moved from the lower flat in the Ben J. Brefeld place on Waukegan street to the Mrs. J. Justen house north of McHenry. Mrs. Justen is now situated in her new home north of St. Mary's cemetery. The George Koester family have moved from the upper flat in the Ben J. Brefeld place into the lower flat in the same building, which was vacated by the Grandts. The Wilfred Blhke family has m«vif- FREQUENT LOCAL CALLER . " * LAID TO REST MONDAY Bpaeth, who was well known ? ^ , in McHenry where he was a frequent „• visitor, passed away suddenly last ^ week in Chicago. His home was atf $ 4720 Lincoln avenue in that city. He leaves to mourn, his beloved wife, Clara, a son, Arthur, and a! daughter, Loretta, and a brother, Joseph Spaeth. 'Last rites were held Monday at 10:30 a. m. from the fun-4 eral home at 4611 Lincoln avenue to ed from the F. H. Freund farm off St Matthias' church. Interment Riverside Drive to the newly complet-' in St. Botaiface cemetery. ed F. H. Freund farm in Orchard i . Beach. The place they vacated is be-1 Geno Poultry Remedies at Wattles ing occupied by the Nick Nett family. Drug Store. 48-4 X .'- j .'iC A number of local relatives attended the tragic double funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muntz at Chicago last Saturday. Mrs. Muntz, 68 years old, the for- streets are narrow, and there mer Catherine Bohr, was caring for either very small sidewalks or none her husband who was confined to bed at a11* Consequently, it is impossible JPd m siMk i SMWUSTE* y fcrT-1 pfT w.- 8erMMtf MMfe • oly 2-th«alandthi «f aa tfcla. AlaiMt 3 tiMM M aiaeb "bala araa" a* Mtal Ltfhtalaa- •ate oaail latlaa oat- SHAVES CLOSER. FASTER and SMOOTHER O N L Y SHAVEMASTER HAS THIS HEAD See it! Try it! Enjoy itl Two model Shavemasters to choose from. Both models have this famous dose-shaving head. Both have motors with plenty of power. Model "M", AC only. $7.50. Mode! "R". AC-DC, $15.00. Bolger's Drug Store -Gsistt StMet Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Justen were Miss Ruth Sharkey and J. W. Justen, D. C., of Momence, Paul Justen of Davenport, Iowa, Miss Bertha Justen and Ed Vincent of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Odell Conklin who reside on Victory street, McHenry, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on April 13, Wednesday. Easter guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Schaefer were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube and son, Walter, of Chicagop John Mertes and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Adams of Johnsburg, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and daughter, Joan, of iSlocams Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin of Woodstock and Miss Lovina Brown of Volo. Mr. and Mrs. John Heisler and daughter, Lorraine,. of-Cryrtal Lake, were visitors in the George*- Lindsay home Sunday afternoon* . Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Keker spent a| few days this week in Chicago where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Victor Larson Tuesday,; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin of Woodstock visited his aunt, Mrs. Eleanor Nye. Tuesday. -j . Mrs. Robert Ritchie and daughter, Beverly, of Winnebago, Minn., is enjoying a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Yanda. ... /•,. Alfons Diedrich of Chicago spent Sunday in the Jacob Diedrich home. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson of Chicago were callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lindsay Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Peterson's mother, Mrs.! A. C. Cobb, who spent the weekend in the Lindsay home, returned to Chicago with them. * ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin, Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ander-: son of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phalin and daughter, Monica, of Lake Villa were Easter guests in the John Phalin home. Mr. and Mrs. George Lindsay were Crystal Lake callers Monday. Lee Gladstone of Chicago Medical college and Roy and Melyin of the University of Illinois at Champaign, were weekend guests in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gladstone. Mr. and Mrs., Peorga Kuhn were Easter guests in the Albert Vales home. The Misses Marion, Ethel and Lois,, Krohn of Ringwood and Miss Charlene Krohn of McHenry were' Chicago shop-, pers Monday. They fiflso called on thd latter's sister, Mrs. Fjrancis Curulew. ski. Mr. and Mrs. Dick* 'Hester spent Monday evening ai lSlkhorn. Wis. Bruce Klontz spient the Easter vacation with his pareriti, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Klontz. Miss Ruth Reihansperger of Rockford college, was a weekend truest a| her home in McHeiiry. Rev. Walter K« Gonway, who spent the past week with relatives here, left Monday for a visit in the home of his sister, Mrs. John Meehan, and family,* at Jacksonville, Fla. His father, M. A. Conway, who spent the winter in the Meehan home, expects to return to McHenry with him. Sunday guests in the A. E. Nye home were Atty. iand Mrs. Harry Hitzemann of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Nye of Libertyville. Mrs. Lowell Nye remained in McHdnry for a few days visit. Mrs. Math Brown and daughter, Helen, and Mrs. Frank Blake visited Math Brown, who is a patient at Sfc. Therese's hospital, Saturday. Mr. Brown is recovering nicely from a recent operation and expects to return home soon. with a severe cold at their home on Mozart street, near Irving Park blvd., last week. A neighbor lady, not seeing any signs of life last Thursday morning, walked into the house to find that Mrs. Muntz had died in her bed of exhaustion. iShe then discovered that Mr. Muntz had developed pneumonia and had him rushed to a Chicago hospital where he died ten hours after his wife. The Muntz's had been married for sixteen years. Mrs. Muntz, whose first husband's name was Beawer, is survived by three daughters and two sons from the first marriage. Funeral services were held at Furman's funeral home on Irving Park blvd., with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. Those from McHenry to attend were Mr. and Mrs. George Bohr, Paul Bohr, Mrs. Emma Justen, Mrs. Nick Bohr, William Schaefer and George M. Bohr. to see any vehicles which may be approaching from a side street. There are no traffic lights to speak of, so horns are used as signals .making the place extremely noisy at all times of the day and night. Everything from a wagon to an auto has a horn, and the one who blows the horn first has the right of way . The surprising part of it is, there are very few accidents. The Mexican Serape The tourists found out that the famous Mexican serape is not only used to throw across one's shoulder as it is usually pictured. The brilliantlycolored. hand-woven blanket is worn much like a chasuble .A silk portion is woven in the center of the serape, in the shape of a diamond. In cold weather, the natives cut out this piece and put their heads through the hole; thus the blanket hangs down in front and in back. They draw this close about them and are outfitted with a warm cloak.* They found hundreds of other eur- ^ ~ :*'&• : * - fr When You Discover 'M I * ' t^comjplati hn* if Strictly HflaAcutin* , Joiltt Puparationi Scimtificattif TOILET VfeEMUUK THE HOUSE FOR HEW lac. • After Shftve Trod % After Electric Shsre Treat | Balanced Shampoo I Bath Soap # Cologne £ DeodaiaB^Jsd # FaceTreaf • Fine Hair Oil • Hand Treat Hand Stain Reompver # Hair Took: for Oily Hair • Hair Tonic farDrf Httr • No-Grease Hair Control • No-Brush Smooth Sha*e Cream • Smooth Share Ckeam (Bkufl • Shaving Bowl, permanent container, cover locks and holds brush • Shaving Bowl Refill • Talcum Powder, ] container • Talcum Powder i • A Man's Tooth BOLGER'S DRUG STORE Phone 40 "1 *-r* *- Green Street ' ^'1 more V Iff: \ IN other, blunter words, why be satisfied to trail? Why buy a car that's content to follow «loq|^ --When little, il any, more money will pi|tyou in a Buick up where the banners ai* flying? For this year's automotive style pattern was out by Buick a good twelve months «fe. This year's performance tempo was set two Prices begin at for Basisem Coupe --Sedan prices start at 0BS5- • delivered ai Flint t Mich, Transportation based on rail rates, state and local taxes (if any), optional equipment and accessories -- extra. Prices subject to change without notice. years back when thai Buick Dynaflash on* gine appeared. And this year's comfort standards still have some catching up to do to equal Buick's combination of four coil springs* recoilmounted Knee-Action, the SUPER'S fivefoot front seat room and Foomtex cushions. Eventually, perhaps, others may find a way to micropoise - balance engines after assembly; they may heavy- up their frames, and generally seek to equal Buick's staunchness. ~ to enjoy. ^ Htip PnmHt Safety--Dim Ttmr Lights Whtm PMttng You'll drive the style-leader, the comfortleader, the oa/stf-leader--a car full of thing* that will still be "new" s good two years from how. And as a visit to your Buick dealer will show, you'll get it at prices like those you find on the sixes, at figures so little above some of the lesser cars that the difference is more than made up by the additional equipment included in Buick's price. % Go see him early -- to get in on all the fun. • • • WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARi BIMT •UtCK WHL BUHD THEM EXEMFLAt OP GENERAL MOTORS VALUE CARD OP THANKS In this mnner we wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in our recent sorrow. Mrs. J. IB. Iwaniec and Family. Buy your Baby Chicks at the Farmers Mill, the Home of Good Chicks. 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