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The body was at rest at the Peter M. Justen funeral home in West McHenry until Saturday morning when she was taken to her home in Crystal Lake. Funeral services were held at the If to home on Monday afternoon at two with burial in the Woodstock cemetery. * Henry Dowell Henry Dowell, 78 years old. a retired farmer of the Whuconda vicinity of Lake county, died Monday night after a long period of ill health. He died in the home of a sister-in-law, Mrs. Richard Dowell with whom he had made his home for thirty-five years. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Millie Stewart, and a son, Richard, of La- Crosse, Wis., & sister, Mrs. Ada Wells of Webster, S. D., and two brothers, George and Tom, of Wauconda. Funeral services were held at two this afternoon in the late home with burial at McHenry. Michael P. Mahon Michael P. Mahon, one of the twenty^ Rve passengers who died in the tragic airplane crash near Lovettsville, Va., Saturday night, was well known to the people of this vicinity, especially Wtoodstock. Funeral services for Mahon were held yesterday at eleven o'clock from St. Gertrude's church on Granville avenue, Chicago, with burial in Calvary cemetery, Woodstock. Mahon, an employee of the Department of Internal Revenue, had been in Washington taking special training. His wife was preparing to go, to the airport in Chicago to meet him when she was informed of the crash. He was thirty-nine years old. Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn, his two sisters, Mae and Therese, and a brother, William. He was a brother- in-law of Mrs. Edith Hayes of McHenry. The fifth and last group of mothers and children have completed an enjoyable two weeks vacation at Villa Maria, near Pistakee Bay, this season and have returned to their homes in Chicago. More than a thousand Chicagoan mothers and children have been thankful to the Catholic Charities for such a vacation at beautiful Villa Maria during the put seventeen years, ATTENTION, K. C.I A Meeting of the K. of (J, bowling league will be held at the K. C. hall Tuesday evening, September 10, at 8 o'clock. All interested in bowling are asked to be present* 16-fp AROUND THE COURTHOUSE GIVEN SIX MONTHS Orville White was sentenced to serve six months at Vandalia by Magistrate Grant Nolan last Wednesday morning on a plea of guilty to vagrancy. , " MERCHANTS SEEK PLAN TO WIDEN RIVERSIDE DRIVE COMMITTEE ASKS AID OF COUNCIL A committee of prominent Riverside . ®n{^ beach committee, Terry A. Math- Drive business men attended the city !erchairman; entertainment eomcouncil meeting Tuesday evening with ( m^tee, Mrs. S. F. Beatty, chairman; plans for widening Riverside Drive in : n>embership committee, Hugh E. Murthe block bounded by Elm and Pearl ,W' chairman. . Streets. Property owners in McCoIlum Lake . . . . . . • e s t a t e s s u b d i v i s i o n a n d K n o l l w o o d a d - ***** agreement was or whose rt f reached between the committee » ;Greenwood road and eitends to the the council. While the council cannot shore of McColKim Late are eligible assume the expenditure or any portion f membership. W,t vUV assessment, they , p^sident emphasized that can handleA ^ 1iKht- 'the officers and directors will welcome constructive suggestions from proper- [July 31 and the annual meeting will ibe held on the first Sunday in August. | After the general meeting adjourned the new board of directors met an! elected the following officers: r esident, Peter A. Leonard; vice- 1 president, E. A. Wagonseller; secretary, S. F. Beatty; treasurer, E. 0. McKim. j The complete personnel of. the ' standing committees has not been announced to date but the following )chairman were appointed: road committee, E. O. McKim, chairman; park FILES FOR DIVORCE Anna Readel of Woodstock filed suit for divorce against Delbert Readel in the circuit court Tuesday. They were married June 27, 1921. Desertion is charged in the complaint. CALF IS STOLW Charles Schultz, who lives on a farm southeast of Crystal Lake reported to Sheriff Lester Edinger that a four-day old calf was stolen from his farm Monday afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Harold E. Reese investigated Tuesday. Schultz said the calf was stolen while he was in a pasture nearby getting the cows in for milkipe. ROB SELZ COTTAGE Sheriff Lester Edinger and Deputy Sheriff Harold Reese were called to the Austin Selz estate at Crystal Lake Tuesday afternoon, when employees discovered a cottage had been burglarized over the Labor Day weekend. According to an investigation check-up by the sheriff and his deputy Nearly $150 worth of clothing and household furnishings were taken from the Selz cottage. The investigation, also disclosed that the burglary had/been committed by the same gang, which robbed the Crystal Lake Park Recreational Hall of cigarettes the night previous. , ing and certain portions of street repair. Dangerous Condition The hazardous condition caused by the present narrow street has long been recognized by the present McHenry residents. At various times the city council has sought federal aid. but plans have never materialized. The property owners are now taking an active interest and hope to proceed with the work during the month of October. The plans submitted call for an additional twelve and one-half feet of ty owners at any time. INTERESTING NEARDY NEWS FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT BALL PARE >• I I WIN THE "GABBY" HARTNETT TROPHY IN CLQSEJATTLE SIMONINI LOSES AFTER GALLANT EFFORT Miss Gertrude Borchers, 32, Miss Minnie Margodonna, 50, both of Chicago, and George Powell, colored chauffeur, died Sunday, August 25, as the result of an accident when the cement on the west side of the street automobile in which they were riding and nine feet eight inches on the east skidded on a rain-soaked viaduct at side. This will make a sixty-foot Glenview road and Milwaukee avenue, street frotn curb to curb. west of Glenview, and fell forty feet It is felt that this project will be a to the Milwaukee railroad right-ofgreat improvement and benefit not way. All three were employed at the only to the property owners, but also reducing clinic operated by Mrs. Sarah to the entire city. ( Friend at Lake Villa. Ray McGee and Richard Fleming An immediate response was noted were also present at the council meeting to issue an invitation to the council members to attend the Centennial celebration of St. Patrick's parish on September 22. The mayor expressed the views of the board members in assuring the committee of wholehearted support. 1 fOLUNTEER WORKERS w FOR WILLKIE HOLD ^ SUCCESSFUL MEET Sitfty Volunteer Women Workers for Willkie were present at the meeting held last Thursday evening in the old telephone building on Green street, McHenry. The turn-out was remarkable since this was the first meeting Of this kind to be held in McHenry. Mrs. Earl Phinney of Woodstock, FINED $50.09 Frank Stolfa, 58 years old, paid a fifty dollar fine and costs in the police magistrate's court Saturday morning on a charge of John Piston, game warden, who complained that Stolfa had taken game out of season on August 23. Stolfa, who resides in the Pistakee Bay region where he has a PROPERTY OWNERS ORGANIZE AT McCOLLUM LAKE Better roads in the subdivision and much-needed improvements in the park and beach were assured on Monday, September 2, at an enthusiastic and well attended meeting of property owners held in the newly finished basement of Mr. Clarence A. Feiereisel which was kindly donated for the purpose. A new organization to be known as the Property Owners Association of last week when thirty-four aliens ap peared at the Barrington pos toff ice to be included in the nation-wide registration which is being conducted by the federal government from August 27 to December 26, Postmaster L. B. Paddock said Wednesday night, August 28. The fact that thirty-four persons registered within the first two days or took blanks with which to register indicates the program will be speedily completed in that area. Miss Ella Ham passed away at the home of her niece, Mrs. Lee McKee and Mrs. Clifton McKee in Marengo on Monday, August 26, at the age of ninety-four years. An older sister died at the age of 100 two years ago. Whitewater, Wis., is gradually drying off after the worst soaking it has had in fifteen years. An approximate total of nine inches of rainfall which poured down with incredible continuance from Saturday evening until Wednesday of last week caused innumerable streams to overflow their The above picture shows flag raising ceremony at the McHenry baseball park on Sunday,<,September 1. The flag raising by American Legion members followed a' laudible address by Rev. Wm. A. and sportsmanship. MANAGER ALTHOFF HONORED tSrn patriotism county chairman, opened the meeting and introduced the first speaker of the evening, Mrs. Alford of Crystal Lake. Mrs. Alford, who has been politically active for several years, described and rolling. The annual dues are $5.00, plus $1.00 for each additional l£t owned. F^rom applications received since the summer home is a former government | meeting and the interest ar°usec* ^ employee. In the complaint it was charged that he had taken ducks out of season. He was represented by an assistant state's attorney from Cook county. Firsts hearing of the case was held on August 24 when Stolfa signed a $100 bond, and continued until last Saturday. McCoIlum Lake was formed with fiftyone paid up members to start the ball j banks, flooded streets, and basements. SUES FOR DIVORCE Antone Pokershing, who was admitted to probation for two years by Judge William L. Pierce Friday, Aupresented the movie reels which she^st 23 • was named defendant in took at Ellwood a few weeks ago. The next speaker was Mrs. Walter a Wwrence of Woodstock, county secreand treasurer, who explained the plan of operation. Mrs. A. B. McConnell, chairman of rural women and an active member in Home Bureau and 4-H club work, presented the necessity of Willkie's - election from the farmer's point of jriew. The fourth address was delivered by Mrs. John Knoche of Woodstock, an industrial artist with present Chicago business affiliations, who is a practical working woman. She was recently chpsen and honored by the Business and Professional Women of Chicago as one of the eight outstanding women in her field. The closing speech was given by Mrs. K. K. Krippene, of Crystal Lake, ac ex-newspaper woman. Ladies were present from Spring ""7"Grove, Richmond, Ringwood, Crystal * Lake, Woodstock, McHenry, Johnsburg, McCoIlum .Lake and Wonder suit filed by his wife, Christina, asking divorce and $10,000 personal injury damages on Friday, August 30. The «uit filed last Friday sets up two different charges. One is a chancery proceeding in which divorce is asked with alimony and custody of two sons, jtution and by-laws and a program of Adolph, 18, and Raymond, 16, and the ! activities, and arranged for the first the business like program announced it is anticipated by the new officers and directors that the membership goal of two hundred members will be reached before the next summer season. For several years the need of a progressive association of property owners with sufficient funds to operate has beeif discussed. About two weeks ago several interested individuals formed an organization committee with E. A. Wagonseller as chairman and Terry A. Mathers as treasurer. The other members were S. F. Beatty, Hugh E. Murphy, Joseph Nielsen and Otto Pyritz. These gentlemen got busy with several volunteer helpers, canvassed the subdivision, secured signed applications, drew up a const!- common law suit asking damages in the amount of $10,000. Mrs. Pokershing charges that it cost some $500 for medical care following the shooting on March 5, 1940 in which she was meeting. The constitution and by-laws adopted on September 2 provides that the income be budgeted and all expenditures be definitely allocated as folseriously wounded in the right arm- jlows: fifty per cent for roads, thirty pit. Pokershing was released from the ! Per cent for park and beach and twencounty jail on Monday of last week jty per cent for general administrative where he had been confined since his expense. arrest on March 5. He is making his I E. A. Wagonseller presided at the home with a daughter by a former [messing, explained the need for the blocked highways, and impeded traffic, to say nothing of the irreparable damage it did to hundreds of acres of hay, grain and corn. A jockey known as Billy Mason, former LTHS student and son of Mrs. Emaline Mason, of Libertyville, is in St. John's hospital, Chicago Heights, with a bruised back and fractured leg as the result of an accident Saturday morning, August 24. Billy is an apprentice at the J. Lrtwonstein stables where his job is to test horses for speed. One of the horses he was testing threw him and he landed in a ditch, apparently not seriously hurt. He remounted the animal and later it leaped high into the air and fell over backward, pinning Billy beneath it- Representatives of the state department of health hurried to Antijch Tuesday of last week to investigate { infantile paralysis that caused two j deaths. The latest of the two, that of two and one-half year old David Hor- i ton, son of Mr. and Sfrs Lewis Horton. I occurred last Wednesday ni*rht, while the other, that of 31-year-old Arthur ! Hunter, occurred ten days ago. I The two chief villains in the acci-j dent prevention drama last year were | falls and automobile accidents. They . collaborated to kill sixty-two per cent i of the 93,000 persons who died in accidents in 1939. Highland Park police last Saturday could talk from their squad cars to the deskman in the police station. A The above picture shows Wm. H. Althoff (better known as 'Bill") as he responded to the presentation of a bouquet in recognition of his efforts in gaiding the destiny of McHenry's baseball team and also his untiring efforts in securing the State Amateur Baseball Tournament for the City of McHenry. Lake. »»••••»••»»••#i| »»«•>| g Among the Sick 11IMI Mrs. William Harrah of this city •fttered the Woodstock hospital last Week for medical treatment. Mrs. Jack McLaughlin of Ringwood, Wiho had been a patient at the Wood- Stock hospital for some time, has re- . tamed to her home where she is slowly regaining her health. Glenn Anderson, who was rushed to fjherman hospital, Elgin, last week following an auto accident which left him unconscious for quite a time, is convalescing at hs home in Wast McHenry. marriage, Mary Osleber of Chicago, (new association, the organization and ,new two-way Motorola radio communjthe financial set-up and the proposed Clarence Anderson, who has been .program of activities. Hugh E. Mur- * (Filiated with a baseball team at J phy as chairman of the nominating Statesville. N. C., for the past season, j committee explained in his report that returned to his home in West McHenry Monday morning where he will remain until next spring. Mr. and Mrs. George Diedrich, Misses Rosina Diedrich and Rosemary Wegener, Ervin, Alfred and Walter Heil were present at the wedding of Miss Marie Heil and Mr. Joseph Look, Jr.. at Marathon. Wis., on Labor Day. Mrs. Jack Vehlke of Chicago was a visitor in the home of her brother, H. E. Buch, on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aylward of Chicago were euests in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Senst, Edward Senst and Miss Dorothy Murphy of Chicago. Charles Mueller and FtwI Smith of'St. Louis, Mo., Miss Hilda Schoening of Roclcford, Art Doddi of St. Charles and E. Simon of Chicago were Sunday callers in the hone of Mrs. Rose Mueller. the community as a whole was included and that his committee had selected a slate of proposed directors truly representative of the entire territory. The organization plan provides for a board of nine directors with three to be elected each year. The directors are to elect the officers, namely, a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. Standing committees for roads, park and beach, membership and entertainment are to be appointed by the president with the approval of the board. The nine members of the board of directors for the new association elected at the meeting are: For three year terms, S. F. Beatty, Peter A. Leonard, E. O. McKim; for two year terms, Terry A. Mathers, Joseph Nielsen, Otto E. Pyritz; for a one year term. George C. Scheubert. A. J. Stuhlfeier and E. A. Wagonseller. The fiscal year is from August 1 to ication system has been placed into operation, supplanting the one-way hookup in operation since 1932. Asked by a reporter what the first words sent over the air were, Sgt. Clarence Engdahl replied: "I don't recall, but they were nothing prophetic." Breaking his neck in a twelve-foot fall from a scaffold at Fort Sheridan last Thursday afternoon, John T. Nessa, 66, of Long Lake, a WPA worker, died a few minutes later in the Fort $ieridan hospital. Fellow employes testified at an inquest that Nessa, a carpenter, was preparing to quit work at 4 p. m. on the gun-carraige garage now under construction when he lost his balance and plunged to the ground. Allan Eugene Smith, 15, missing from his home at 2338 Wallace street, North Chicago, since August 22, is safe in Seattle Wash. A letter from the youth to his stepfather, Albert Baley. of the above address, revealed that lie had hitch-hiked to the west coast at a cost of five dollars to visit his father. Was He Right Then or Now? By GEORGE PECK The things men say sometimes rise to embarrass them. On March 2, 1930, Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Governor of New York State, over the radio, delivered one of the ablest speeches ever made in defense of State's Right and Free Private Enterprise. In this address. he decried the encroachment of the National Government into the affairs rightfully belonging to the individual States and scoffed at the idea that there were any "Master Minds'" in this country or ever would be. Here is what he said in part: * "The doctrine of regulation and legislation by 'master minds,' in whose judgment and will, all the people may gladly and quietly acquiesce, has 'jfeen too glaringly apparent at Washington during these last ten years. Were it possible to find 'master minds' so unselfish; so willing to decide unhesitatingly against their own personal interests or private prejudices; men almost god-like in their ability to hold the scales of justice with an even hand--such a government might be to the interests of the country, but there are NONE SUCH ON OUR POLITICAL HORIZON, AND WE CANNOT EXPECT A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF ALL THE TEACHINGS OF HISTORY. "Now to bring about GOVERNMENT BY OLIGARCHY MASQUERADING AS DEMOCRACY, it is fundamentally essential that •tactically all authority and control be CENTRALIZED IN OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. The individual sovereignty of our States must first be destroyed, except in mere minor matters of legislation* WE ARE SAFE from the danger of any such departure from the* principles on which this country was founded just SO LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL HOME RULE OF TESTATES IS SCRUPULOUSLY PRESERVED AND FOUGHT FOR WHENEVER THEY SEEM IN DANGER. j "Thus it will be seen that this HOME RULE Is a most important thing THE MOST VITAL THING--if we are/to continue along the course on which we have so far progressed with such unprecedented success. "But what are THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES on which this government is founded? First and foremost, the new thought that every citizen was entitled to live his own life in his own way so long as his conduct did not injure any of his fellow-men. This was to be a new Land of Promise where a man could worship God in the way he saw fit; WHERE HE COULD RISE BY INDUSTRY, BY THRIFT. BY INTELLIGENCE TO THE HIGHEST PLACES IN THE COMMONWEALTH, secure from tyranny, secure from injustice--a free agent--the maker or destroyer of his own destiny." Since Mr. Roosevelt became President in 1932. many of his actions and public utterances have been diametrically opposed to what he said in 1930. Every true American must decide by his own conscience and by his own intellect as to whether Mr. Roosevelt was rigWl in 1930 or is right now. , , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Manning of Oak Park, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Schmitt, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Blake, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Freund and Miss Gertrude May were Labor Pay guests in the Ben Jung home at Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sutton, daughter, Gertrude, and friend of Chicago spent the weekend at thair summer home in Emerald Park. William Marshall attended a P»rty at the Vales home in Chicago Saturday evening. Norma and Marjorie Whiting, Mildred Kinsala am! Berttsa Schiessle spent the Labor Day weekend in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn Mr. and Mrs. James Orr enjoyed a trip to the Wisconsin Mis on Sunday and Monday. The strong Sycamore nine won t&e Illinois State Amateur title on die McHenry diamond on Labor Day, beating Algonquin 1 to 0 and moving on to the National tournament at Birmingham, Alabama. In winning the state title, the Sycamore team was presented with the Gabby Hartnett trophy. To put it mildly, the tournament had everything -- fights, sparkling plays, high-scoring games, low-scoring games and rousing good crowds. The tournament preliminaries started Sunday noon when the parade, including the City Council and American Legion members, followed the McHenry Band through McHenry in a pep-up parade. The parade was joined by members of the various competing teams at the ball park, circling the field and returning to the flag pole near the third base line to listen to the patriotic and sportsmanlike address by Rev. Father Wm. A. O'Rourke, pastor of St. Patrick's parish in McHenry. Father O'Rourke stressed the point that in this country alone can young men forego the uniform of the soldier for the uniform of the ball player. Rev. Father Paul Tuchlinsky, assistant pastor of St. Mary's parish in McHenry, was recognized for his efforts in promoting and supporting baseball in McHenry. Father Paul responded with encouraging words fitting the occasion and quickly swung into commendation for the committee in charge. The Rev. Father then presented McHenry's team manager, Bill Althoff, with a floral bouquet, donated by the McHenry Floral company, in recognition of Bill's untiring efforts in bringing the state tournameAt to McHenry. Manager Althoff and Mayor Overton then welcomed the visitors to McHenry and the tournament was on its merry way. Mayor Overton tossed the first ball. Sycamore and Algonquin hooked up in the first game. Ebel was on the mound for Algonquin and deserved better luck than came his way. Nine runs were scored against him in the1 first inning as errors and fuzzy play gummed up the works. From there on the game tightened, but the lead was plenty for the cool, experienced C. Hennigan, of the Sycamore squad. The afternoon game was a wow. The snappy, young Forest Park team, known as the Tom Collis Jr's., gdt off to a two run lead over Sycamore that looked plump enough. Sycamore bats began to function and a two-all tie brought the teams into the eighth inning. Forest Park's classy and promising looking young left-hander weakened and a barrage started. Before his relief man could stem the tide, eight runs had crossed the plate--and there went the old ball game. Feeling was tense in this game, but the boys didn't let loose until two men were out and a 3 and 2 count rested on the batter. Miller, star shortstop of the Collis Jr's., was at bat. Words, not of the parlor variety, went back and forth between the batter and catcher. Then all hell broke loose! It was a free-for-all and the devil take the hindmost. Not a ffood fight, nor good sportsmanship, but a great stimulus for attendance at the following games. Julius "TubbySimonini took over the Algonquin pitching chores at tea o'clock Monday morning and set down the Forest Park team with two hits in a 5 to 1 victory. It was a peach of a ball game with true class showing in both lineups. The final game was played on Labor Day afternoon and developed into one of the best ball games ever played ob the McHenry diamond. Sycamore eked out a 1 to 0 verdict in as heart-breaking a finish as you would ever care to witness. After pitching a masterpiece in the morning, Simonini was right back oa j the mound for the all-important afternoon game. "Tubby" mowed 'em down for eight innings and ran into the i ninth with a scoreless tie. Both pitch- : ers were superb. Both teams sparkled [ afield. But, the strain of pitching two , hard games in one day took its toll 'and Simonini hit a batsman with the bases loaded to force in that one big run. It wasn't entirely "Tubby's" fault that the bases were loaded. It just wasn't in the books to pitch and win two masterpieces on the same day. Simonini was a hero in defeat. He showed plenty of heart and gave 'em his best right down the line- I The Sycamore team showed a wellbalanced lineup that could not be dejnied. Experience was § great factor, j Not having to depend on a one-man J pitching staff was another deciding ' factor. Our congratulations to the i a good ball club! Need ' L