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' W • -«>$ «At tr vW'H' , ' ^.W>f :ifc ' r-tfVv -;: •. /" _ ^ ~ ~ ~ _ ^-- ra Cfj i l-\ W ">'•"» •)<!•' bs' , ' •• - "4 - • m*m V, ; » ' . t • ' •„ M ALGONQUIN GLOB SEEKS ELEVATOR AT M'HENRY DAM 15 BOATS PA&ADK KIVSR SUNDAY A group of fifteen boatloads of Al- » . genqpra Boat club members paraded Vy-i;*, , s distance of twenty miles one way K;-Sunday up the Fox river to the Mc~ P^V'% Henry dam demonstrating that, when / /river levels are maintained it is po$» ' * • . ' sible for boat owners to ply the water* ^ of the river. Because of the absence of elevator ,, equipment, the boatmen were denied entry into the McHenry-to-Wjlmot stretch of water after they sought elevation into the chain o' lakes level. The parade was all a pajrt of a demonstration by which the boat club called attention to the necessity for maintenance of river levels and the need for a boat lift at the McHenry dam. (There is a law pertaining to navigable streams that requires the government to provide means of lifting boats over dam obstructions.) According to the Elgin Courier, the issue of Monday, July 8, In connection with the demonstration, the boatmen circulated petitions addressed to Carter Jenkins, chief engineer of the state division of waterways THROWN FROM RUNNING BOARD AS CAR HITS BUMP Jack Mulvihill of McCollum Lake is in St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan, with a head injury suffered Tuesday night near the Tony Freund residence west of McCollum Lake. He was riding on the running board of a car and was thrown off as the car hit a bump. After being treated <by a pital. It is believed he has a fractured skull. AROUND THE' * COURT HOUSE FILES FOR DIVORCE Mildred La Salle of Fox River Grove filed suit for divorce against George LaSalle in the circuit court Tuesday. They were married April 9,1938. Extreme cruelty is charged in the complaint. CHARGES CRUELTY* George H. Burmeister of Crystal Lake Wednesday filed a suit for divorce against his wife, Maud Burmeitser. Extreme cruelty is charged in the bill. The Burmeistars were married November 15, 1919. HELD TO GRAND JURY Edward Lein, alias Ray Paultz, was held to the grand jury on bonds of .. . , T l,- x i j!$2)SOO by Grant Nolan, police magispetitions ask Jenkins to study the, trate Saturday morning. He is chargwater level situation with the view to I ed with makinfff forging and counterconstructmg Je proposed new Al«on-1 feiting a check on the Home State qum dam so that a pool of water wi Bank of Crystal Lake in the amount be provided of sufficient depth to all | of twenty-two dollars. He signed the power boat passage the summer-round name of R Paultz. Deput Sheriff v X *C*enT .dam" ^ furth l eri Harold E. Reese said Saturday Lein ask that the state carry to comple- a * tion its original plan to install in the McHenry dam a lift by which boats may get over that dam into the chain o' lakes. Jehu Logan on Trip John A. Logan of Elgin, chief in- .. vestigator for the division of waterways. took the boat trip, expressed a s- »Jthor«iugh understanding of the probi';^ fem. and told boat club members he ~ %ould have Mr. Jenkins survey the situation. Proponents «f the elevater at the 4am contend tint its installatien would revive iaterest in river boating. They that already this year •ome fifty new power boats--inboard and outboard--have made their app> arance on the Algonquin sector of the stream. When the water is high, as at pres- . tent, power boats could--with a lift at the McHenry dam--enjoy a 135-mile around trip from Algonquin to Wilmot, Wis, The Algonquin to McHenry dam stretch alone is a 40-mile round trip. PAROLE AUGUST HIRTH August Hirth, 28 years old, who at! the age of sixteen set fire to the barn j by Coroner E. H. Cook at the Peter of his employer, George Boat, who re- M. Justen funeral home, McHenry, VIOLENT DEATH ENDS 4 LIVES OVER HOLIOAYS TWO OTHERS DIE AT LAKE MCCOLLUM I*. Hie Fourth of July and the week- £nd ended in tragedy for several pleasure seekers as five persons met tragic death near McHenry and the surrounding territory. Three were drowned, one killed on the highway, one dropped dead and one McCollum Lake Resident died after a lingering illness. The dead are: Herman Bloch, S3, of £406 South Sefeley avenue, Chicago. E. J. Harms, 30, 609 E. Chicago street, Elgin. Edward Chalfoux, 22, of S887 Flournoy street, Chicago. Mrs. Richard Newman, 87, of 820 Court street, Rockford. Ada Jeanette Boyle, 26, of McCollum Lake. Axel Lind, 44, of 1106. W. 102nd street, Chicago. Bloch and three others, Margaret Peterson, Margaret Gillman and Robert Hollinder, all of Chicago, were riding in a row boat up \he Fox river, about a quarter of a mile north of the new Johnsburg bridge, when they collided with a speed boat about 2 a. m. Sunday. The Bloch boat did not have a light and was following a row boat which had as its signal a flash light. Bloch's body was recovered about 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The other passengers in the boat were rescued. Miss Gillman, Bloch's fiancee, was taken to St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan, with a fractured arm, bruises and was suffering from shock. At the inquest which was conducted Chicago Man Drowned In Fox River iijifc,. intoxicated. Popelar had been con- Along its route are fine beaches and fined in the county jail a week pre sides on Route 47, about three miles north of Woodstock, was granted a parole from the state prison at Pontiac last week. Hirth served a sentence of seven years, four months and eighteen days. Ha was sentenced by the late Join Edward p. Shurtleff for a ternfwHbm omU twenty years on a plea of guilty to an indictment charging arson. He set fire to the u 4nrSN THN DATS John Popelar of Walworth was sentenced to serve ten days in the county jail and pay costs of 821.40 by Judge Henry L. Cowlin Monday morning on a plea of guilty to driving a car while tetany modern cottages and subdivision*. Lake boatmen, too, would avail themselves of the opportunity to vious to his sentence. This time is to be allowed on his sentence. Popelar was arrested a week ago Monday near cruise in Algonquin waters if water' Lily Pond on Route 14 after his levels and the boat elevator at tile McHenfy dam were maintained. - Dam Lowers Water Algonquin Boat club members point out that when water levels are low their boats can go no farther north than Rawson's bridge. They claim that the spillway gates at the McHenry dam control the water pool level below. The Algonquin boatmen say that tbe state's plans for the new dam at Algonquin incorporate provision fco raise the height of the 4am. Some say this height will be raised two feet; others maintain less. They explain machine was reported to have collided with a truck driven by Charles Wilson of Chicago. Don A. Wicks, assistant state's attorney, handled the case. Judge Cowlin also entered an order depriving Popelar the right to drive a car in Illinois for ninety days. Sunday night, the motor boat pilot, William McGinnis of Chicago, said he saw the flash light signal of the first boat and swung--out to pass it only to ram into the boat without a light. A verdict of accidental death waa returned. Second Beat AeeMewt In another boating tragedy. Harms lost his life about four o'clock Sunday I afternoon on Pistakee lake, McHenry county. While attempting to change positions in a motor boat, Harms toppled into the lake and was drowned. According to Coroner Cook, who conducted the inquest, he did not come up out of the water again. The motor boat was being piloted by Jess Sanet of Elgin. The body was recovered about 9 o'clock Sunday night. Still another drowning occurred in Diamond Lake in Lake county. Chalfoux, the man drowned, had come to the lake with a group of other Chlcagoans for an outing. A searching squad found Chalfoux's body at a shallow spot in the lake.. There were some intimations that he became ill while in the water before he drowned. Struck by Car Mrs. Newman was killed about 2 Friday morning on Route 14 RECEIVES EYE INJURY WHEN CANDLE BACKFIRES Phyllis Broner, 9 years old, daughter of the Qpftaw Bruners who reside in the OtMHi Stenger subdivision near McHenry, is In the Wiest Suburban hospital with a serious eye injury as a result of a defective Roman c*ndle which exploded in her face on Ike evenings of tbe Fourth of July. After receiving treatment at a local doctor's office, she was taken to the hospital in Oak Park. ; v M - • / " ' J ? ' ' . * 5 < V? ' %• -P: * j*:i NEWS ROD LOCAL GAS, STATION OF MJ ? 1 SATURDAY MORN'/; $ KIDNAP BARTENDER M | V£ •'Xr/HOLDIJP^ *v » V; / MeHeWy -was the sceHtf a ' Vv * ^ bery Saturday morning at about 1:00 . "<$*** The above are- views taken at the time that the body of Herman Bloch, 88/ of 5406 S. -^eley avenue, Chicago, was recovered from the Fox river at Johnsburg about 8:30 Sunday afternoon. Ftiotos were taken by Faul Rossbach of Chicago, a summer resident at Schaefer's Grove. 6AM IN DISTRICT IS CENSUS REPORT 2,000 ;HORE LI VIVO COUNTY Figures released by the eensus office at Joliet on Saturday indicate a population gain of approximately 20,- 000 in the eleventh congressional district in the last ten years. The Joliet office was permanently closed and its NAB TIPSY MOTORIST John Ehlers of Huntley was arrest-! jjusband, had stalled, Mrs. Newman ©d Sundsy on charge driving' dccidcd to w&lk b&ck to the c&rnival while intoxicated. The complaint was ja* Harvard to get her daughter, Irss, signed by Harold Smith of Huntley, i *our Hebron men were aid- John Lawson and Herbert Wright,1 ,n& her husband with the car. While state police officers, brought Ehlers j walk»nS °n the highway she was . , r to the county jail at Woodstock. Bond! ?^ruc'c by a car driven by Williard that if the dam at Algonquin were!was set at $1,000 by Justice Charles ®orr Crosby* street, Rockford. F. Hayes. It is claimed $100 damage I Tf8 rushed to the Harvard hoswas done to the Smith car as the re- j J1 ^ <^'e<' on t^le w*y- She sufsult of Ehler driving through a stop '•fe° a _ skull fracture and various sign and striking the car. other injuries. Axel Lind, 44 y ears old, a summer , records moved to Rock Island. The Just south of the city limits of Har-' district includes Kane, McHenry, Duvard. After the car, driven by her Page and Will counties. More than half of this gain was &EADLIHE MONDAY ItXE ENTRIES IN PMA FARM CONTEST McHenry county farmers are speculating on which Pure Milk farms in District 6 will compete for the district championship as the deadline for entering Chicagoland's neatest dairy farm contest approaches. This is the seventh annual contest being sponsored by the Pure Milk association. District championship carries with it not only a 57-piece silverware service and senior award of merit but an when two gunmen entered the Alex, " ..' * -Justen gas station at. the intersection" t ^ V. $ i of Routes 31 and 20 and heid up the- 7 .V'». > station attendant, Harry Dahms, tak- Ving forty dollars in cash. 1 Dahms told Sherirf Lester Edinger,-' Ryan, Cjmtpl Lake, has been'who investigated an hour later, that admitted to meAtfhip in the Flying °ne of the men f-hoved a gun in his Fisherman CluB; It was revealed by face and then, topether with the other, ; W Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, president carried him into the wash room and: " and general mum^t of Siastern Air threw him on the floor. A half hour ' • Lines, sponsors of the unique organ- lateraccording to his story, he came ' ization. Ryan qualified for member- *°- "ie ^°°r wash room was ship with his catch of a 90-pound, 10- not locked so Dahms immediately call- ; ^ ounce Tarpon, measuring five feet, ed his boss, Alex Justen, and the hold--- eight inches in length, made in waters up was reported to the sheriff's office. "•{*"'/% 1 off Boca Grande, Via. I The two bandits wore rubber gloves The body of Albert Larson, 57, who according to Dahms. They took the disappeared from his home at Long money changer and rifled the cash Lake Thursday forenoon, June 27, was register. Dahms has been employed found at 6 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, by about a month by Justen who recently J. P. Pleis of tong Lake. The body Purchased the place from Nick Juswas found on the shore at Pickerel ten- Point, and a boat anchor had been "his was the second holdup in a securely tied to the man's wrist. A the other being at the Clear- Masonic ring, $70.15 in money, and a v,ew tavern, three miles west of Macheck for $100 were found in his r?nR?' ^ere the bartender, Carl clothes. i Hosthendricks, 30 years old, was kidw- o _ij naped. and the cash drawer rifled. resident of IsUnd^Te,'had*! most^J^ Jn T^Tlne uncomfortable experiwice a Week ago orderi a bottle of ^ and /;and. Tuesday when her jaw became dis- wjch and h other. coca cola men ^cated when she yawned. She was Hosthendricks< who wajted on them, 1SUSS? ^n!Lh°!?: turned from placing the money in the tal at Libertyvilie, where she cash register, the second youth had £w*Aii ..*J- 4• -• -1s3- %*:rl - -'y-ri - given an anesthetic and her jaw put a ?un leve,^, at him other back m place. v,, 'youth went around the bar, while the Clayton Dean, 78 years old, son of gxm was being played on Hosthenpioneer settlers in Lake county, died dricks, and took what money there Thursday aWOTTOn, June 27, at his ^ i„ the cash register. He missed r n|^ home in MuttMBk Although he had several packages of dime<* and nickles not worked in h p j t e n t y e a r s , t h e * d f ^ , and some c u r r e n c y which were i n , ceased is well remembered u the in- drawers on either sides of the cash* . ventor of wha£ *nm known as the drawer. ••flip-flop," an ittraction that thrilled. The gunmen then ordered Hosthencrowds at the fairs and carni-1 dricks to come along with them. Ther;^;^ vals many years ago. Iimir were driving a blue colored Ford, r. ^ V :• '}§*, 4 Two Chjaago JUW^ W(t9 drowned in |They were dressed in summer cldth-S^-MM]4 Round Lalia ftuaiiy forenoon, .June j ing and wore no hats or eape. 80, when the rowboat from which they <wore glasses. They were described asK/*/-• were Ashing, overturned. Edmund beine about twenty-three years of age. | i Roberts, 29, also of Chicago, who was the third occupant of the boat, managed to stay on the surface of the water and made an unsuccessful attempt to save one of his companions. The two men who lost their lives were Thomas Tivy, 39, of 908 Rush street, and Anthony Hoggat, 42, Of 1850 Humboldt Mvd. Oren W. Winters, 5186 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, owner of a motor transport company, got a new boat Sunday, June 27, and set sail from After being let out of the ear^.,jj,v^- ^ Hosthendricks went to a nearby farm t j and got a ride back to the tavern from where he notified Fred Nelson, f Marengo police chief. Sheriff Lester ' •% Edinger was cslled by Chief Nelson 7 and he immediatelv investigated. Hosthendricks d»d not know how 4 'A *, opportunity, to compete for the grand , Muskegon, Mich., for Chicago. Came championship of the Chicago milk shed. The Mutx Brothers farm at Trevor, Wis., last year's winner, is ineligible for the district championship a second time as is Frank Hay of West McHenry, who was 1938 winner, Henry J. Stilling of McHenry and Ben Justen recorded in fast-growing DuPage,of Ringwood, 1937 and 1936 winners. raised, two feet it would assure an 18- Inch raise in the level of the stream at tbe McHenry dam--sufficient to get power boats through. Anton Forrest, president of the Alj. jgfomjuin Boat club, said "all we want 4s. enough water to get our boats over "thfit dam. Right now thenj is enough frater and nowhere along the stream Is there a flooded area." county. In round figures, Durage county gained 11,000 since 1930; Kane county, 4,000; Will county, 8,000, and McHenry county, 2,000. The tabulations by counties is as follows: v. "i' y - Counties 1940 DuPage <MMw».102,730 Kane ......129,756 Will .^..»...w„^..l 13,365 McHe«y 37,159 1930 91,998 125,327 110,732 35,079 PF-#PRINO GROVE PUPILS - GIVE DEMONSTRATION AT N.E. A. MEETING Ihipils of the Spring Grove school, accompanied by their teacher, Louisa Winn, and by some of their parents. were taken by bus to Milwaukee, Monday, July 1, to give a demonstration before the Rural Department of the National Education Association. The theme of tbe conference was "Art and Rural Life." The demonstration, entitled "An Elementacy j 4 tJchool in Action," was given on the j, ttagc of the auditorium of the city ' museum building before an enthusi- Totals .... .383,010 .863,136 State's Attorney William BL CutoQ _ - filed an information on Wednesday resident at McCollum Lake, dropped against John Ehlers of Huntley charg- j "ea" about noontime, Sunday in a ing him with driving a vehicle while tavern at McCollum Lake after danc- j Woodstock famished the largest under the influence of intoxicating yth hls daughter. He complain- increase in McHenry county with a liquor on July 7. Ehlers Was arrested ied of a, ,pa,n !n ^'8 c^est* was seated jump from 5,471 to 6,117 or 646. by state police officers. I» a a" suddenly passed away. Other increases include 16 for Hebron, Si TL?, £o"man J, for the 105 for Harvard, 79 for Marengo, 157 Standard Car Manufacturing company m Crystal Lake and 268 in McHenry. John Karls. administrator of the ,n ,ca£°- SEEKS $10,000 DAMAGBB 5 a. m. Monday and they ran out of gas. Five hours liter the boat, with Winters and several friends, was still drifting when a freighter, the Joseph P. Block, arrived. Winters learned with surprise that he was eighteenmiles off Waukegan instead of near Chicago. When his ear crashed head-on into a large truck on Highway 64, a short distance west of Sycamore early Monday morning, July 1, Edwin Reeves, 30, of DeKalb was instantly killed and the driver of the truck Albert C. Yeager, of BeUevue, Iowa, seriously burned. The latter is now in the Sycamore hospital. Last Friday, six brothers met-once more after a period of forty-three years since their last meeting as a "committee of the whole." The youngest of them is in his seventieth year and the oldest ia in his seventy-eighth. All enjoy compsratively good health and are active. In the order of their seniority, they are: Charles F. John- Thomas Gill of Chicago is enjoying'*0". 77 > Omaha, Neb.; Ernest Johnson. respectively, are also ineligible for first place in the district. All of them may, however, compete for the grand championship if their scopes equal or exceed that of the 1940 district winner. Midnight Monday, July 1$, is the latest that entries will be accepted for the 1940 contest. As in previous years, neatness and cleanliness are the only things that will count. Senior Award of merit plaques will go to farms scoring ninety per cent or higher, junior award of merit plaques to farms scoring eighty per cent to eigthy-nine per cent. estate of Charles Karls, filed suit ask-! r!^' ing damages in the amount of $10,000 j brother of' Fred ^i„d of settle" against Leon P. Kozak.ew.cz .n the,Wash The deceased w„ a membe circuit court Monday. The plaintiff o| Kensington lodge, No. 804, A. F. A charges that on July 11, 1939, his - - - ' brother. Charles, was walking on •*r? a week of vacation in McHenry. there's An Old Stw About Swapping. So What? Route SI some three miles north of McHenry when he was struck by a car driven by the defendant. As the result of injuries received in the accident he died the same day. As administrator of the estate the plaintiff is asking damages in the amount of $10,000. $ | astic audience. It consisted of a foun- n»yun» snvu km rim * iation lesson in animal drawing taught . STOUBN : 'l>y »uth A. Mead, the special teacher „A car 8tolen frT Edward Felps of f 0 art in McHenry county. The model £aref*0 on Monday was recovered Was a bantam rooster, which showed i at Morris according to m- ' liis interest by crowing on several oc-! *°Jmat,tMV received by Sheriff Lester Jtasions and obliged the pupils by mov- ®^m^er from Sheriff Jim White of ing about so they were able to draw ^ . him in various natural poses. The • pupils used 12x18 inch paper and Al- T^hacolor chalk crayons. Much interest on the part of the audience was shown in the discussion which fol- •) lowed the demonstration. I » An exhibit of art work done in the Sural schools of McHenry county was hung on the walls of the auditorium, v. At the request of Dr. Cyr, president «f the department, this was left on r/ Hisptay throughout file meetings of the department. . xMiss G l a d y s J u s t e n of E l g i n has ^ %aen vacationing in the home of her " ftatrents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Justen, And, also, in Lake Geneva, Wis. She has been employed the past few years « h? the law firm of McNerney and Mc~ ' fferhey whose offices are in Elgin. Grundy county. It was also disclosed that a car owned by Judge F. H. Hayes of Morris was stolen about the •a me time the Felps car was recovered. y / A. M., and Boseland lodge of Vasa. No. 128. ALLOW $175 CLAtM George Schroeder, Rockford surveyor, was allowed a claim of $175 for services rendered the county in connection with the compiling of a program, for the county-wide WPA project recently approved by the government. The project will cost $176,279 j laundry stood. This building will rethe amount recently approved by the place the dairy on the Johnsburg Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 10, at 2 p. m. at a chapel at 10234 Michigan avenue, Chicago, with interment in Cedar Park cemetery. Ada Jeanette Boyle Ada Jeanette Boyle, daughter of tbe late Everard S. Boyle, passed away at the Woodstock hospital Saturday after an illness of several months. A native of Chicago, sha had been making her home at McCollum Lake for the past few years. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Boyle, and five brothers, Everard R.. George A., Ross C., John S., David W. Boyle. The funeral services were held at the Peter M. Justen funeral home at West McHenry at 10:00 o'clock Monday morning with bural in Ridgewood cemetery, DesPlaines. BUILDING NEW DAIRY ' The foundation has been dug for the new McHenry Dairy which will be situated in West McHenry on Illinois Route 20, just west of Anderson's barbecue, on the site where the old government. The project will be of county-wide in the nature of improvement* «f streets and alleys and other items* Order your Plaindeafer. ^ Stamps at Hm blacktop road which was party destroyed by fire during the milk strike a few months ago. Mrs. Arthur Groom of Los Angeles, Calif., is a guest this week la tits M. J. Walsh home. - AM6WT LAND Qummt Stott, im fJU Ormgonimm. 75, Wsukegan; Richard Johnson, 74. Omaha, Neb.; Bror Johnson, 72, Chicago; John F. Johnson, 71, Ludington, Mich., and Axel G. Johnson Rapp, 69 Evans ton. R. J. Mock of Alton,HI., drove 4ong and straigth from the tenth tee. But he couldn't find his ball. Just as he as about to give ud another golfer came up and said: "Is this your ball? It landed in my bag." Mock Identified the ball as his. DRIVER BURNED WHEN SUBURBAN OIL TRUCK CATCHES FIRS SUNDAY Fred Mau, a truck driver employed by the Suburban Oil company of Oak Park was burned about the face and arms Sunday night when -one of the oil trucks caught'fire. He was pour ing some oil into a can from a hose connected with the truck when the can of oil burst into flames. Mau's bums were not serious, but the entire track was destroyed. The explosion and fire took place at the county gravel pit south of McHenry, on the East River road about 11:00 Sunday night. The McHenry Fire department was catled but they could do little to battle the flames. The Suburban Oil company recently completed the blacktopping of the Pistakee Bay road and are under contract to lay the same kind of a topping on the old Crystal Lake road. They have their huge drier and mixing machine at the gravel pit south of town where they prepare the mixture before hauling it to tlw road they are much money was in the cash df«p|£» * - ^ FREE VOCATIONAL \ TRAINING COURSE §1 OPEN TO PUBLIC | The Woodstock Community High * School has been requested to take , part in the National Defense Pro- •' gram by opening up the Vocational ^ departments summer training pro- / v^igvam. Classes started on Mbnday, July 8, and will continue until August 30. The purpose of this program is to train men for defense industrial plants. The students must be from eighteen to fifty years of age. Exceptions will be made for high school graduates. Men over fijfty may secure admission by applying to the school / director, Mr. W. J. Colafean, Wood- / .. stock, Illinois. J ' This school will conduct a day course meeting for eight (hours* a" day except Saturday and Sunday and also an evening course which will meet • two nights a week. ^ Courses offered will be: Auto Mechanics, taught by Mr. Irving H. Stamets, which will be a class in the day and another class in the evening school; Blueprint Reading, Drafting ~ and Machine Design, taught by Mr. Hugh P. Ackert, class in the day school and another in the evening school; Cabiifct, Making, taught by Mr. Harold Ray, with a class in day school and- one in the evening; Gas and Electric Welding, taught by Mr. Verne Abbott, evening class only. The day school is meant for boys over eighteen with no previous training and adults who wish re-training or further training to better prepare them. It is also hoped that the day school will have sn enrollment of those working on night shifts. The evening school is intended for those employed in the day time. There will be no charge of any kind to students and there will be no geographic limit of the students. At present the Woodstock Community High school is the only school offering this training between Chicago and Rockford and all students will be accepted no matter from what locality they may come. Registration will be conducted at the Woodstock Community High 'school all next week beginning Monday from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All classes will be held at the Community High school. y* . "-it. ' • *: Sea* the «W A* 1 /..-a stijdne.,- MARRIAGE LICENSES Ralph C. Comstock, Gary, Ind., te Winifred Kubick. Gar)*. Ind.. June Mt, 1940. Chas. K. Smith, Lake Bluff, IlL, to Shirley Johnson, North Chicago, Tit* June 29, 1940. Guy C. McHenry, Maywood. 111., t» Mary Uglenica, Chicago, III., June tt, 1940. Clarence M. Niesen, McHenry, KL, to Marie C. Flanigen, McHaary, &, [July 2, im * \t iv: fri t .s,.