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M* ^Tw^' fwQimvW fet *V««W Society Mates/ £** * j^RIVEK ROAD IMPROVEMENT ^he Friendly East River Road Improvement association will hold a meeting at the Emerald Park school house at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. ;. * • • TBURSDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE v Mrs. Ella Buss will entertain the members of the Thursday Afternoon Bridge club at her home on Main Street on July 18. • ;?>s • • * m m 9 « V ' " LAJOTBS' AID f%* next tegular irieetifl£r of the Ladies' Aid has been postponed from Thursday, July 11/to Thursday, July 18, The affair will be held. in the Methodist church parlors. ICE CREAM SOCIAI •The annual ice cream social for the / - JMtiefit of the Ostend cemetery will be held at the Clyde Clark home on the Woodstock road on Thursday even- '*« iug July 18. Everyone is invited to attend and the ladies ..^iv asked to ldndly bring cakems.m * ' 0« E. S. 7; The Eastern Star held its last regv Iffidr meeting Monday night, July fe, at which time Sister Lillian Gilberts of . Crystal Lake chapter was a guest of honor. An invitation was read to attend a pot-luck dinner and supper in Chicago on Sunday, July 14. On Monday, July 22, the District Deputy has been invited to attend the next meeting. •TV: \:T~: a • • ^ LAWN PICNIC , lite Hobert Thompsons entertained • « igroup of relatives on the Fourth 4f July with a picnic dinner and supper served on the lawn. The entire group enjoyed a social day. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stephenson of Ringwood, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hughes of Crystal Lake, the George JH. Johnson family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson and ' M*** Maud Granger of McHenry. • • • • WED AT McHENRY Seeking out our little city to hare that all-important "knot" tied, Mr. Guy McHenry of Maywood and Miss Mary Uglenica of Chicago were married last Wednesday, July 3, at the Community Methodist church, Rev. Albert Blood officiating. „ " For sentimental reasons Mr. Mc- < Henry chose to link the fact with his natene that he was married in the city ef McHenry, McHenry county, Illinois. Theirs waa a very simple ceremony; they were net accompanied by attend- BOUSE PARTY I' * Svnday visitors at the Harold Owen. Ifeme were Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kraft of Edison Park and their children, Thomas and Elizabeth, and Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Strenmel and daughter, Emily Alice, of Crystal Lake. The two families joined a weekend house party in honor o{ Miss Mildred - Stephens and John D. Norman of Chicago who are to be married at Ep worth Methodist church in Chicago next Saturday evening, July 13. Har- •U Owen will be the best man and Mrs; Owen the matron of honor. • • • BIRTHDAY PARTY Hiley Jean Thomas celebrated her tftthday with a party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. " Thomas, on Saturday, July 6. Various games and music helped make the afternoon a pleasant one. Prizes were awarded to Amy Harrison, Marian Gielow, Ruth Pate, Edith Sherman and Etva Bauman. Mrs. Wattles, Hiley Jean's sunt, baked the lovely birthday cake. After the luneh was served, pictures wore taken and the girls left for home, wishing Hiley Jean many happy returns of the day. t . * * • 1»• FAMILY REUNION * *The John Phalin family held a reunion on July 4, Thursday, at the Harold Phalin home at Lake Villa. A picnic dinner and supper were served and a pleasant day spent at games and visiting. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J*ames Mahoney and children, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson of Chicago, Terry Phalin of Bellevue, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phalin and daughter, Monica, of Lake Villa Mr. and Mrs. John Phalin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knox and family and Mr. and Mrs. imas Phalin and family of Mc- 'W. Nearby Electrified Farms Open to Visitors r 4 • *• R./I KVuatii^ t r Thursday,Jwly 11,194ft EAST RIVER ROAD PINOCHLE The members of the East Rivet Road Pinochle club gathered at th$ home of Mrs. Thomas Thonneson oife Wednesday afternoon of last week. The prizes were awarded to Mrs. Al*. bert Vales, Mrs. J. Braeseke arid Mrs. E. C. Shoemaker. On July 17 the" meeting will be At th^,ltj«n« of Mrs Braeseke. ' , 4' fc'«' ' •* PINWHLE'CLUB " Mrs. Louis Stoffel entertained heife' Pinochle club .Wednesday evening, awarding the prizes to Mrs. Antorj Blake and Mrs. Anttfn Schmltt. Mrs, Stoffel received the traveler's prize A lovely lunch served at yhe clos of the game. llrs. Rena Smith wil entertain the club Xu«*d*y evening, July 23. '• W. CO F. tAW J*AJRT* Fourteen tables' erf gues^'Mfre present at. the casd party Wo^rwisday afternoon sponsTOited by' tht Women's; Catholic Order of Foresters. Progress sive games of pinochle, bridge, fivehundred afad bunco were played. Twelve prizes mere awarded for cards and bunco and special prizes went to Mrs. Caroline Scbiessle and, Mrs. A. P. Freund. A delightful lunch closed the afternoon. ' • « • • • /y • > Court Joyce Kilmer, No. o73, Catholic Daughters of America, held their regular meeting in the R. of C. hall Friday of last week. After the business of the meeting, an hour of cards was enjoyed with the prize in bridge being awarded to. Ella Buss and in pinochle to Frances Bauer.;. This was followed by the usual treat. A social night (will be spent at Weber's park, Riverside Drive, on* Thursday, July 18. , A' p&t-Iijck supper is to be served at 6:30 o'clock. All members are invited to Attend and are asked to bring a dish to pass. Also, please bring yoyr^jitj^able service. ELECTRICTCY DKXLL BE ON HALFOTtoUNOIS ' FARMS BY YEAR'S END WUTVIOTOEY IN mm COURT'FOR RICHMOND SCHOOL TUITION CASE An opinion from the Appellate court at Ottawa was received in the law office® of Floyd E, Eckert and Arthur G. Waite this week stating that they have successfully defended the Richmond - Burton Community High school district No. 157, in McHenry county, in the suit of the board of education of Grant Community High school district No. 121, Lake county. * The Lake county board, as plaintiff, instituted a suit against the Richmond - Burton board in the circuit court of McHenry county demanding pay for tuition of certain student* alleged tq l||i|*e been tcanaferred by the county atflierintendent of schools of McHennK ^feuity from the high school in Rf&ihiond to the high school in'Fox Lake. The claims of the Lake county board, including tuitions and interest, aaaounted at this time t*' abort IIS00.M. ^ Attorneys Eckert and Waite^ em^ ^ ployed by the Richmond - Burton di#^ trict, moved to dismiss the ccmplain| ^ of the Lake coflnty board on th|^ " ground that no proper or legal trans* fer had ever been made and that thfc r?vfi McHenry county board was not, there* ~ \'f fore, liable for any tuitions alleged t# ' have been earned. They did not den# - * that certain pupils did attend the Fof " Lake school as alleged in the plaint' '~'h tiff's complaint, but they denied thai *. •, 1 ^ & the McHenry county school wal for any alleged tuitions because suclft transfers were not legally made. , Twice the case was appealed to th#; ^ j appellate court tar plaintiff's councils : ^ having been dismissed the first tim<J / The opinion just received states: "Thtf ; ©*der of the trial court dismissing th# " ' complaint and its judgment againstr: . appellant district was proper. The judgment of the trial eo«rt, is HMKM; -i • fore, affirmed." : ^ Local people who want to see newest electric appliances actually at work on the farm and in the home are Invited to visit any or all of these nearby farms (see map above for general location): HENRY J. FREISE FARM . < •ear Palatine, is fn til northeast corner ef Roate 18 and Roselle ALMAR AAVANG FARM . . . near Greenwood; take Route '4? north from Woodstock; turn east 1 mile on third gravel road, then go south to seoond farm on west side of road. ^ WALTER SAGE FARM . \ near Grayslake--first farm on north side of Peterson Road west of Grayslake-Ivanhoe. GEORGE GREVER FARM ... near Lake Zurich--north side of Cuba Road, second farm east of Route 12. IRVING MASON FARM . . . near Dundee -- third farm south of Route 12 on second travel road west of Dundee. By special arrangement between the farm owners and the Public Service company, these 5 farmf in northern Illinois have been equipped with modern farm an# home electric work-savers, laborfe savers and time-savers. Visitinl hours are from 1 to 6 p.m. dail; except Sunday and the farms wi: remain open through September, y On various appliances perform^ lng typical tasks like milking, watef heating, cooking, refrigerating and water pumping, "check metersf have been installed to permit thj visitor to learn exact costs on thesi Appliances. Charts are displayed' on each farm showing a tabula* tion of th4se current costs. USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FO CKRE8 T H A T - ft* Sforooaod M«k 2.lfcp«ioadlfc» •# laefc thta. edao oecil JAImost 3 flaws as lot)* ffivch "feel* ««i" • f raaor blod« Ll|ltslif 0md AND ONLY Fifty 9^r cent tff all,Illinois farms will have electfici|y by the end of 1940, predicts Ri Parks, extension agricultural engipeec-.^f tfee University of Illinois College <ef Agriculture. . J•. The rapidity with which rural electrification is spreading in, Illinois is shown by a survey recently completed by one of the central Illinois electric companies. Ten >jnears. ago the company's twenty-si* miles of lines connected six town* and served thirty-, one rural customer*. Now, 1,330 farms are being served, Jf©pre»ent»ng eighty-three per cent of Ike Arms the territory wJuflh._are either being served or have service available. Only; 261 of the farms do not hare available service. Sixty par cent of the line! mileage has been beilt( tha^ past fbur years. • While the average 1929 customer used $5.34 worth of electricity month-; ly, the. 1939 customer used $5,331' worth. The average customer ten / years ago used less than eighty kilowatt hours of current a month, compared with more than 160 kilowatt hours each month today. This is about twice the amount of electricity for the same price. - EVERY SIXTEENTH .PERSONIN COUNTY ON RELIEF IN HAYFE ' Car of 19M What will the car of 1960 look like? It's only a prediction Imt automotive engineers paint the following picture: The car two decades from today will have transparent plastic in place of glass. - It will be air-conditioned, more comfortable riding, easier handling, safer, and probably smaller and mora economical* Dogs are overrunning Hie town of Couer d'Alene, Ida., but Mayor J. K. Coe is unable to find anyone who will accept the job of dog catcher. Romaa Frescoes Found Frescoes adorning the walls of a Roman bath, built at the time of Julius Caesar, and in which Cleopatra may have disported herself, have been discovered during work on the river bed of the Tiber. Though the actual paintings are of Hadrianic date (117-138 A. D.), the remains of the bath are of the late Republican period, 100 years earlier. #Ora Barber, a mail carrier of Stevens Point. Wis., was badly bruised when a wheel from a truck broke loose and struck him from behind. Rising Business! Due to the adoption 10 years ago of helium instead of hydrogen ga% the toy balloon industry is now "bif business," selling 360,000 units a year worth more than $5,000,000. Advertising concerns use the balloons in greater volume because of the safety factor added by helium's non-inflammability. Miss Vieki Quesnel of Montreal and Sergeant Charles Chevalier, who was with the British army in France, are arranging to be married by proxy, using radio for the ceremony. Two models to choose from--botft with thfc S£B|M\ exclusive Sunbeam head that has mad* dry-shaving so popular. Both have motors with plenty of power. The one you buy depends on where you wish to use it--the It" has a Universal motor that operates on both AC and DC ... the "M" has a ••agnatic motor that operates on AC only. Model "MAC eefjf $7JO BOLQER'S DRUG STORE Phone 40 CtrMnStrwfe It was diselosed Monday in the May! report of the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission that one out of every sixteen persons in McHenry county was dependent on relief in one form; or another during the month of May. A total of 2,208 were dependent on relief in May in the county. Of this; number 1.096 were on general relief;' 601 on WPA; 464 on old age assist-' ance; 137 mother's pensions and for-! ty-four on blind pensions. The total obligations for general relief amounted to $7,166.60 of which; the state contributed $1,225 and the! various townships $5,941.60. i Total obligations for general relief! in Cook county amounted to $3,828,- 012.60 while in downstate codnties its was $1,439,019.90. In other words it cost more to take care of relief in Cook county than M all the other counties in the state* combined. „ Stth ANNIVERSARY Sunday marked the fifty-ninth wed ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lawrence of Ringwood and they honored the occasion with a party at the home of their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weg- \ ener. A group of friends and relatives brought many lovely gifts for Hie chicken dinner which was served in the evening. On July 7, 1881, the late Rev. P. M. O'Neil married Mr. Abraham Lin- #oln Lawrence and Miss Barbara Mil- "ler at St. Patrick's church, McHenry. They are the parents of three sons, JUiver, Joseph and William, and one aughter, Eva Wegener. They also ; fcave eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. ^ _ Both Mr. Lawrence, 80 years old, " •nd Mrs. Lawrence, 78 years old, have Upent their entire lives in this vicinity. Although Mrs. Lawrence suffered a • iroken hip a few years ago, she is fible to get around now and both arc 4|njoying good health. $\:V: Mr. Lawrence, familiarly known as . *Abe," was named after President *~Xincoln, during whose administration "'5° bem. -3a 4s a retired stor*e mason. Those who helped them celebrate the %appy occasion were Mr. and Mrs. * Suhling of Waukgan, Joseph and William Lawrence of Ringwood, Mr. and ,Krs. Wegener, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Himsgera and son, Jimmy, and Mr. . «nd Mrs. Frank Thurlwell of McHenry. YOUNG REPUBLICANS* SELECT DELEGATES FOR BIG STATE CONVENTION The county organization of the Young Republicans held a meeting all Woodstock Monday evening at which" the following delegates and alternate^ from the McHenry community were t selected to attend the state conven* tion at the Orlando hotel in Decatur this weekend, Saturday and Sunday^ July 13 and 14. 1 Delegates--Harold Miller, Earl Dow ell, Quentin Walsh, and Arthut Krause, McHenry. Alternates--Le« Roy Conway, Edward Matthews an<| Robert Conway, McHenry; Joseph Freund and Charles Smith, Johnsburg. Business sessions will start at p. m., Saturday, with a huge dance and ^ entertainment Saturday night). Business sessions and elec .ion of stat* officers Sunday afternoon. A large crowd is expected to lay out extensive plans, to reach all young voters. All interested younf people are invited to "sit in." Decatur promises a huge weekend. Arctic hares of the fa* «orth have developed special features to help them meet the sterner conditions ol life in their native habitats. Motheif Nature has given them larger, stronger bodies than the southerly,, species, as well as special toeth de* velopment, heavier fur, and large* claws, for digging. • t " \ j :\.v. •mi T'S pretty conclusive proof of a real value when more people than ever ^before buy tingle year. a certain make of car. in a That is true of this 1940 Buick. " 's pretty good proof of value when a higher percentage of all new-car buyers selects that car after looking the field over. That is alto true of this 1940 Buiek. yjjk> on sheer value, it should be clear that tight now, " Best buy's Buick" -- the Question we'd like to ask is* Isn't this gdso the best time to buy? S' ' isn't this the smart time to put yourself jbehind a brand-new power plant, husky, thrifty, thrilling -- and smQQthjer than ever? ' . ' - ' :.y\ isn't this a smart time to get more room-*- jpp-to-date controls -- sure, soft brakes-- new rubber--springing that never needs lubrication -- truly modern features fBuick has no less than six dozen) -- months on months 0/ reliable, trouble - free, low-cost, stay-out~§jf* i the-shop servicef The thfifA SPECIAL 4-door y * touring sedan $996* - . ' ' , , '•*£& jpui lUlllgs WIIBIUCI cu, we txiiuK IT IS* Especially so when you consider current , prices, • • • • J , • It won t cost a cent to try a Buick, get the low delivered prices and have your present car appraised. Hadn't you better tbat? *895 Buick prices begin at for Business Coupe-Sedan prices start at $955-- it delivered at Flinty Mich. Transportation based on rail rates, state and local taxes (if any) > optional equipment and accessories-- extra. Prices subject to change without notice. EXEMPLAR OF GENERAL MOTORS VALUE 1 R. L OVERTON MOTOR SALES front Street, Want MoHuiqr, IE HI Main St, Oryital Lain, HL MI THf OCNBUU. MOTORS KXHIMTS AT WI NIW YORK AND SAN FKANCISCO FAHtS : t - . . . t. . • v . •