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Pinochle Chih 'Mrs. Mary Freund, Mrs. Lena Blake and Mrs. Margaret Freund were the prize winners last Thursday evening when Mrs. George Worts entertained her Pinochle club. Mrs. Mary ground will be the hostess at the next meeting on Wednesday, September 18. THE McHENEY fLAIKD£ALK& fc ' - Y - ' A : r . ' S u n d a y , If, 1940 WLS ARTJI.SSTTSS WVY IILLLL APPEAR ^IRIDAY AT GREENWOOD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIO* members played cards and a lunch was served by the officers. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. R. M. Fleming, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Fred §choew er, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, with special prize going to Mrs. R. F. Conway Pinochle Club Mr*. I*aul Gerasch ente&Sfofetf tier Pinochle club Wednesday evening at her home on Pearl street. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Helen McCarroll and Mrs. Margaret' Stilling. On Septem ber 25 the club will meet at the home tf Mrs. Helen McCarroll ; ;Vrv '>>.>' (Fhoto by WorwJck) MR. AND MRS. LEANDER LAY The above is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Leander M. Lay as they appear ed on their wedding day\ on Tuesday August 27. Before her marriage, the^-.^' bride was Miss Laura Jean Whiting, (Fhoto by Worwlek) | daughter of the Edwin Whitings of Prairie Ramblers Mothers' Club At. the first fall meeting of the Mothers' club on Friday, September 13, in the American Legion hall in McHenry, Mrs. Math Laures, chairman. wiil be ass&ted by Mrs. L. Page, Mrs. F. Cooley, Mrs. Landgren and Mrs. C. Downs. ,Mr. C. H. fhiker will b« the guest speaker. • + m m \ • V;'. • t Young Ladies Sodality: T*e Young Ladies Sodality1 i>t -fet. Mary's church met Tuesday evening in the parochial school hall to discuss plans for a Halloween party. About twenty-five members were present. The afghan which was exhibited during .the carnival1 was awarded to Mrs.' •JS. B. Freund of West McHenry. r DinnerParty ,• *. • Richard .Freund, who left Tuesday for his first year at Notre Dame university, was honored Monday evening at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund, at a dinner party. Those present were Mrs. Elizabeth Michels, G. G. Reed, Miss Loretta Bailey, Emil Simon and Gerald Miller. Epworth League *: , ' 'The Epworth League met in the Methodist Community church Sunday with Shirley Colby leading the devotional sv, Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: president, Gordon Scholle; Beryl Colby, first vice-president; Laura Sherman, second vice-president; Violet Pearson, third vice-president; Warren Jones, fourth vice-president; Bonnie Page, secretary; Martin Baum, treasurer. Following this the members played .gomes and had refreshments. , • • * Business and Professional The first meeting this fall of the "McHenry County Business and Professional Woman's club will be held Monday evening, September 16, at Niesen's cafe, McHenry, under the direction of the recently elected president, Miss Ethel Jones. Miss Minnie Bohn will give a report of the district convention held last month at Madison, Wis. Mrs. Ethel C. Coe w|Jl assist in a round table discussion. • * * River Road Improvement The Friendly East River Road Improvement association held its regular monthly meeting at the Emerald Park school on Sunday. September 8. The main interest of the day was the election of officers as follows: Harry Wright, president; Mr. Raven, vicepresident; Mrs. Thomas Thonneson, secretary; John Benson, treasurer. Tne board of trustees are George Gloss, chairman, John Benson, M. A. Sutton, Henry Felmeten, Jr., Ben Dietz and E. C. Shoemaker. . Meetings are to be held the*, first Sunday of each month at two o'clock. . . . Past Oracles * Hrfr. Ora Bratzler entertained the McHenry county R. N. A. Past Oracles clnb at her cottage at Wonder Lake on Tuesday, beginning with a pot-luck lunch at noon. Nineteen past oracles were present for the lunch and the afternoon activities which included a regular business meeting and a bingo party. Mrs. Cora B as sett, Mrs. Mary Freund and Mrs. Dorothy Nickels, all past oracles, and Mrs. Susan Olson at- . tended iiam McHenry* --, • • - • O. E. II- . At the meeting of the McHenry chapter, O. E. S., an invitation was read inviting the members to attend Dance Night at Day Star chapter, Dundee, on September 13. Initiation ceremonies will take place at the next meeting on Monday, September 23. The officers are asked to < attend a short meeting to practice on " Saurday evening, September 21, at 7:30. Altar and Rosary 1 'The Altar and Rosarv sodality of St. Patrick's church held a business meeting last "Thursday afternoon in ti»e church basement. A report of the Inly dinner and carnival was read by the president, Mrs. John Bolger, and plans for the Centennial on September 22 were outlined and discussed. After the business meeting the * ' Surprise Farewell , On Monday evening, a grottp of the employees of the West McHenry State Bank surprised Herbert Reihansperger. one of their co-workers, who is leaving next week to attend the University of Wisconsin. They took him out to a chicken dinner at Crystal Lake and then presented him with a gift. The remainder of the evening was spent at Robert Weber's place where they played cards. (Photo br Worwick) MRS. FRED FUCHS MRS. CLARENCE STILLING Miss Rosemary Hettermann, lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hettermann of Johnsburg, and Mr. Clar- Women's Society The Women's Society of the Community Methodist church will have its first monthly meeting on Thursday, September 19, at the church. The meeting will begin with a delicious twenty-five cent luenh. After lunch a new book, "A Southerner Discovers New England," by Jonathan Daniels, will be discussed by Mrs. Elm^r Baum. The luncheon menu will include tasty New England dishes. This is the first in a series of unusual programs and luncheons and it is hoped that a renewed interest will be taken in the organization. Miss Elseda Freund, daughter of , , Mr. and Mrs. Anton H. Freund of ?nce Stilling, son of the John A. Still- West McHenry, is pictured above in *n£s °* McHenry, exchanged the the gown in which she became the vows of Matrimony on Wednesbride of Mr. Fred Fuchs, son of Mr. day morning, August 28, at St. Johns and Mrs. John F. Fuchs of Humphrey, Neb., at St. Mary's church, McHenry, on Wednesday morning, September 4, at nine o'clock. Msgr. C. S. Nix officiated at the ceremony. 'Watered Stock' There is always something new under the sun, as witness the case of an Iowa poultry dealer who was charged with fraud because he injected hypodermically water into his chickens so as to make them weigh more for sales purposes. _ church, Johnsburg, before the pastor, Rev. A. J. Neidert. They are making their home in one of the Schneider apartments on Riverside Drive,.... McHenry. * ^ ;v..~ ' Learn to Dance Miss Olive Swanson, who will be a$-. sisted by Miss Zoe Adelhelm, a dancer of Tulsa, Okla., is opening fall classes for children of all ages in all types of dancing with thorough training. Your special attention is called to a Dance club for the high school students of McHenry on Thursday evenings. Correct fundamental style, conga, rhumba and new collegiate fox trots are inspirational toward developing the artistry of the ballroom dance. Formal and special parties, also contests are to be featured, with attention to traditional dress and the matter of refreshments. Parents will be invited to visit these partia* Meteor When a meteor strikes the earth, it becomes a meteorite. Biggest meteorite ever dug out of the ground was at Bacubirito in Mexico; it was a mass of iron weighing about 50 tctas. Wrestling Ancient Twenty-four hundred years ago the wrestlers of ancient Greece were packing 'em in with the same flashy, showy style of wrestling as you now see when wrestlers like Tony Siano, Joe Savoldi, Gus Sonnenberg and Danno O'Mahoney put on a wrestling show. . ™ , "• * ; • •. ..[j Docent... A docent is a term applied to one licensed to teach in a university but not classed as a professor. It also refers to a tutor and is used in some museums to apply to an official who guides or lectures. Ringwood, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lay of Spring Grove. The two were married at St. Patrick's church, .McHenry, the Rev, Wm. O'Rourke officating. Set for Robbers The bandit or holduo man trying to flee the scene of his crime on Miami Beach this winter will be hemmed in by drawbridges just as though he were making his getaway from a moat-protected, medieval .castle. Hotels, banks and business houses will notify police headquarters by an electric alarm system when robberies occur. By an automatic device, police will raise the three drawbridges that link the beach with the mainland. The bridges will stay up, blocking all traffic, until officers arrive to check each car leaving the beach. More Men 'lit'.* recent study of .mortality among industrial policy holders of a large insurance company it was found that fatal accidents in the home were 1% times as frequent among males as atfiong females in the broad age of 15 to 64 years. Visit the New Rolaine Grill and T ap Room WONDER LAKE < Chicken and Steak Dinners . . .. Fine Liquors .... Schlitz Beer direct from keg.... * Chicken and Steak dinners will be served on Satur: rtay and Sunday wty, a&d fish fry* will be served -oa Eri- ' '-V " "*••• . V. = „ . " •• The Rolaine Grill can be used during the week for private parties, reservations. Call t^e Rolaine Grill, Wonder Lake, far I I C D. of A. A group of sixty ladies, thirtynine of McHenry and the remainder coming from Belvidere and Chicago, enjoyed an outing Tuesday at the Milk Foundation on Wacker drive in Chi-! cago. The local ladies chartered a j bus and when they arrived at their | destination they were served a delicious luncheon. In order to acquaint i ^he ladies with the uses of milk, every I dish they were served contained milk as its basic ingredient. S Following the dinner a food demonstrator entertained them with her | demonstrations and lectures. The rest of the afternoon was spent at cards. | The profits of the afternoon were for the benefit of the Catholic Daughters of America. The Catholic Daughters will hold their next meeting on Thursday, September l£i; Mrs. Margaret Simon will j be the chairman. & 'NOW ON DISPLAY i ' AT BUICK SHOWROOMS EVERYWHERE $10,000 DECREASE IN COUNTY TAX * LEVY THIS YEA*. (Continued from Page One) (£SEfe> SHAVlMASWt §9999 ScrMittd MMh only 2tk*«- sanikhs •( aa inch thla. Almost 3 tlmt ai n u c h " k • I • »rn" M M«UI Llfhtaiaftut, Mih laUaf nttar •( ra- SHAVES CLOSER# FASTER and SMOOTHER ONLY. For light, water, courthouse, $l,200jj Repairs, courthouse, $2,000; Supplies,] rourthouse, $2,000; Telephone courts] house and jail, $1,200; salary proba^ tion officers^ $1,980; Traveling exH pense, probation officers, $360; Sal*] aries, board of review, $2,500; Salary ies, employees county home, $7,000; Care inmates county home, $11,€ Levy County Home Fuel, county home, $1,200; Light] and power, county home, $1,200; Repairs, coutny home, $2,200; Care de-1 pendent children, $8,000; Care T. B. patients in sanatoriums, $8,500; Bogardus, $8,000; Construction and irepair of bridges, $4,500; Salary, county veterinarian, $1,680; Insurance, coun- j ty properties, $900. The levy is split up in four differ- I ent items. The above items make up $89,085 of the levy while $44,000 is levied for the maintenance of state aid I and county roads; $10,000 for mothers' pensions and $10,000 for blind | pensions. 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