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s r*- ^ * K , " • '• %': t .. 7 -.'. 7 AO ;1-**' );;v4. vfr tA:r:i Wf»Jj -j« <»> .^(rw™yv •tS *-'- Voltvne 66 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941 No. 3$ SEEK COUNTY FOR SWF GROUP VOTES CONTRIBUTION Installation of radio broadcasting equipment in the county sheriff's office "was brought to light again Tuesday. .svhen Supervisor Carl E. Wittmus gpf Dunham township informed the 'county board of supervisors that the Farmers' Protective association ®t Harvard, formerly known as the Harvard Anti-Horse Thief association, recently voted |100 toward the purchase of such equipment. Radio equipment for the sheriff's office has been under consideration in McHenry county for the past four years. A committee of the county board Consisting of Supervisors Paul Rosenthal, Frank E. Beck and John Filip, still have the matter under investigation. A report from this committee is expected in the near future. Started to Catch Horse Thieves The Harvard Protective association is successor to the Harvard Anti- Rorse Thief association, an organization that was started and functioned in the "horse-and-buggy" days when horse stealing was quite common. Four towns -- Chemung, Dunham, Alden and Hartland -- were included In the old association and continue as the territory of the succeeding association. Members Express Feelings Bringing the radio into the limelight again Tuesday brought comment from various board members. Supervisor J. G. Stevens of Richmond, an advocate of installing a system in the county, said the action of the Harvard association is a good start and the board should follow it up and do something about it. Supervisor Ray Duensenberry of Marengo said he was against the movement at the start because of its cost. However, the Marengo board member said he had been talking with Sheriff Perry Bennett of Boone county and learned that the cost is not near as much as first stated. He said if a similar hookup to that ih Boone county could be secured for MeHenry county he would favor it. Beck States Figwes WEST McHENRY STATE BANK STOCKHOLDERS IN ANNUAL MEETING ' Regular annual meeting of stockholders of the West McHenry State Bank was held Tuesday forenoon, January 14, at the bank building, resulting in the re-election of all the present officers and directors^ as follows : President--Simon Stoffel.. Chqjrrnan of the Board--Wm. M. Carroll. Vice - President -- Charles Reihansperger. Cashier--Gerald J. Carey. Assistant Cashier--Robt. L. Weber. Directors--Simon Stoffel, Jos. W. Freund, Chas. Reihansperger, Wm. M. Canoll, Dr. Wm. A. Nye, Gerald J. Carey. The stockholders were well represented and reports showed that 1940 Was a very successful year. The deposits indicated an approximate increase of $150,000. The bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The official statement appears in this issue" of The Plaindealer. ARdUNDTHE COURTHOUSE "• --: f SEEKS DIVORCE Jeattette Audrey Nelson of Crystal Lake filed suit for divorce against Nets Talbert Nelson in the circuit court last Thursday. Desertion is charged. Thfey were married at Waukegan on August S, 1929. SIMON STOFFEL CELEBRATED 85TH BIRTHDAY MONDAY STILL ACTIVE IN HIS INSURANCE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE GAME LeRoy Mettel and Bob Funk of IBgin are charged in a warrant with obtaining money by means of the confidence game. J. L. Townsend, Woodstock, signed the complaint* A sum of thirty-five dollars is involved. Justice Charles F. Hayes last Thursday continued the case for ten days and fixed bail at $1,500. PIERCE GRANTS FOUR DIVORCES Judge William L. Pierce has granted four divorces in the circuit court. Cases heard include the following: Helen Spice of Crystal Lake against' George Spice, charge, desertion. Olga Lkidell of Crystal Lake against Gun Supervisor Beck stated that prelim- j nanj Lindell, charge, cruelty. Irene inary investigations of the cost of such ( Rousch Woodstock against Chester -- » A. aLAW<J urnnM run ffAWI in. t i j *• .mj. Simon Stoffel, of West McHenry, wejl known insurance man throughout northern Illinois, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary on Monday, January 13, 1941, at which time he enjoyed meeting his friends, both old and young, reading telegrams and cards of congratulations. He was the recipient of one very beatifu! remembrance, being a large basket containing eighty-five wonderful red roses, sent by the Fidelity- Phenix Fire Insurance Co. of New York. Mr. Stoffel has represented this company in this territory since he affiliated with it in 1884. On this page is reproduced a picture of Mr. Stoffel at his desk, along with the |>asket of roses. This now aged business man started soliciting insurance in the darly days throughout McHenry and Lake counties, using as a means of transportation a bicycle. This was followed by a road cart and horse, when he would return home with wheels heavily laden with mud after driving the unimproved roads of that day. Later he drove a horse and buggy and then a little red roadster, the first auto in this vicinity. During more thifll a half century of progress his business grew and flourished, due probably to his untiring efforts and application to his work. Since February 1, 1925, Mr. Stoffel's son-in-law, Chas. Reihansperger, has been his partner, operating under the name of Stoffel A Reihansperger. On Novmeber 30, 1937, Mr. Stoffel was the honored guest at a dinner given by the Fidelity-Phenix Insurance Co. at the Niesen Cafe in McHenry, to celebrate his more than fifty years with the company. Several officials of the company were present. Mr. Stoffel has asked The Plaindealer to express his thanks and appreciation to all those who remembered him on this occasion of his birthday anniversary. The Plaindealer joins in all these good wishes. equipment showed it would run from $4,000 to $12,000 per year depending on how many squad oars and how much equipment was needed. He said the committee has been backward in making any recommendation because of the cost. He said there is no question of its need. Mr. Beck said if the support of the public could be obtained and everybody get behind the !moveme*it it would be no problem to purchase equipment and have it installed. He stated that public favor must be obtMfted first. Rousch, charge, desertion. Mathilda Meyfer of Cary against W. E. Meyer, charge, cruelty. GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE The grand jury returned three true bills Monday, as follows: John L. Strong, charged with burglary in connection with the alleged breaking into the Arthur Ferris tavern at Huntley, known as "Little America." Bail set at $1,500. John VanHulsen and Elmer K re pel, of Crystal Lake, charged with burglary and larceny. Tfjey are charged 1,792 PERSONS RECEIVE COUNTY RELIEF DURING OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR During the month of October, the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission reported last week, a total of 1,792 McHenry county people received assistance from one of the five pub lie assistance programs in Illinois. Of this number 844 were on general relief; 414 on WPA; 452 on old age assistance; 130 mothers' pensions and 52 blind pensions. The total represents one in every twenty-one of the CELEBRATES 85th BIRTHDAY Supervisor Boy J-Stewart said the wjth btfr?]arizin? the cliff Eternack | total population in the county. law in Illinois is such that unless the sberfiff's office is self-supporting in this.connection any movement to purchase such equipment could be stopped by an injunction if the cost was not taken care of by the earnings of the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office earned $1,502 over and above all expenses last year. Want Law Changed The Woodstock supervisor said the •tote association of township officials Is going to try and have the law dunged or amended at thi$ session of the legislature so as to make it legak He said an effort to get state help in a statewide radio hookup for sheriffs is going to be made. Mr. Stewart suggested that until some decision is reached in this movement the county had better take no action. With Lake, Boone, Kane, Walworth •ml other nearby counties all having radio hookups in sheriff's offices the need for one in McHenry county grows with each passing" day. The board members seem to be in favor to a man that such equipment is needed but the cost «ad the legality of such a project seems to be holding up action. In the meantime the sheriff's office continues to struggle along, although the equipment} in the office, compared filling station at Huntley on December 13. Bail set at $1,500. These true bills are the first returned in the county in about six months. " . JTWO SUITS FILED Mary Hadlock filed suit against Edward and Hattie Koltz in the circuit court last Thursday morning asking for a judgment of $15,000 for injuries received in an accident at Harvard on April 18, 1940. The accident took place on a detour between route 14 and 173. Another suit filed in the circuit court last Thursday by John B. and Edith Weidner against Walter Cikowski involves a demand for $5,000 damages. John asks for $2,000 and Edith is seeking $3,000. The suit is the result of an accident on route 12, northwest of Spring Grove on September 9, 1940. Among: the Sick Mathias Engel, who has been sick for several weeks at the home of his sister, Mrs. Kate Sheldon, is now able to eet around again. Mrs. Jenny Eddy who has been conto nearby counties, is about as much i valescing from a recent operation at out of date for^present means as the " ~ * 2 (Ad Harvard Anti- Horse Thief association would be in this day and age. It is hoped that in the near future a countywide hookup between the sheriff's office and all cities and tillages will fee made. Some cities have already pledged support in this connection. The special committee has promised a report and probable recommendation in the very near future. „.:W SPECIAL BARGAINS IN ADS This issue of The Plaindealer contains several special sale advertisements of local merchants, providing scores of bargains for customers. The business men are offering these specials in order to make room in their stores for new spring merchandise. Readers of this paper are asked to read over the items and prices contained in these ads. They will save you money! lbs. Peter A. Freund, daughter, Bernice, Mrs. John S. Freund and Ife-win Schmitt visited the letter's wife at thy hrmnifnl Mm. day evening.' f... & the Ben Miller home on Riverside Drive. Mrs. Michael Knox, who has been undergoing treatment at the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago, returned to her home in Terra Cotta Saturday, where she is under the care of a nurse. Mrs. Erwin Schmitt of this city underwent an appendectomy last Thurs^ day at the Woodstock hoftpital. ' Mrs.. Margaret Bell of Ringwooo entered the Woodstock hospital last Thursda? for medical treatment The record shows that $7,966.64 spent for general relief with the state contribution being $638 and thevarious townships "footing the bill" on the remainder or $6,676.87. The IERC monthly report discloses that $3,145.33 was expended for sttrplus food in the county with $2,374.42 for general cases and $770.91 for the school lunch program. In the state at large a total of $5,464,391.82 was expended fqr gen eral relief for which the state contri buted $3,670,285.75 and the various local relief agencies, $1,794*106,07 DR. BRADLEY TO SPEAK AT FAltH BUREAU MEETING Headlining the activities of the annaul meeting of the McHenry County Farm Bureau will be the address to be given by Dr. Preston Bradley, pastor of the People's Church of Chicago on Saturday, January 18, at the Wood stock Community high school. Dr. Bradley will address the farm bureau members and others in attendance at 1 p. m The meeting is scheduled to start at 10 a. m., Reports to be presented during the da£ will include remarks by President L. Russell Beard and the treasurer's report by John Paul sen. Farm Adviser John H. Brock will discuss a summary of the educational activities for 1940. SNOW WHITE DAIRY COMPANY OPERATING ; THE PIN® TREE PLANT The Snow White Dairy Co**headed by John E. Loose, of Chicago, is now operating the Pine Tree Dairy plant Miss Lola Boyle of West McHenry ion Pistakee Bay, with George Bell, was taken to the Woodstock hospital J one of the country's best bacteriologlast Saturday. She is sffering from j iSts. in complete charge of plant pro heart trouble. Lester R. Bacon is back at work after having a leg operation at St. Luke's hosjTital last week. Mrs. Phil Guinto returned home from the St. Augustana hospital Monday after an operatipn and eleven days in the hospital. Frank Gende of Joliet spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thennes. Msgr. CIAs. S. Nix, Mrs. Tillie Nix and her daughter, Marie, Florida Monday duction. The company plaits to carry on a wholesale milk business in the suburbs of Chicago and also to secure venders to handle its output in a retail manner. Mr., and Mrs. Loose expect to matte their home in this territory in the near future. SIMON STOFFEL Photo by Worwlck MAP OUT VACATION TRIPS FOR SUMMER ISWARM INVITATION Mrs. Charles Ensign, Mrs. E. E. Bassett and Mrs. George Johnson attended the Pastorical meeting at Mrs. Midbel Peck's home in Marengo Tues The Department of Public Works and Buildings of Illinois has just issued a magazine titled, "Illinois State Parks and Memorials." This magazine, filled with beautiful illustrations and interesting reading matter aids you in planning short trips which you will care to take next summer to sites of historical and scenic interest in Illinois. This booklet will, perhaps, give you a concept of several places of interest in the state which you may never have heard of before and to tell you the possibilities each has to offer. To give you an idea of the information offered by this booklet, we here quote a few paragraphs which tell of Chain o' Lakes state park, which, is in Lake county, near Fox Lake: "Chain o' Lakes state park, now undergoing development, promises to become the Middlewests's greatest marine recreation area. When present construction activities are completed visitors will find facilities present for nearly every form of outdoor sport. "A bath house and bathing beach to acommodate large numbers of persons will be available, together with many parking areas, picnic grounds, comfort facilities, shelter houses and other features of interest for those who come to enjoy the beauty of the lotus beds in the spring and swim ming, boating and fishing through the remainder of the park season; "Chain o' Lakes is expected to rival Starved Rock and other major middlewestern playgrounds in attendance, due to its easy accessibility from Chicago. "The region takes its name from a series of glacial lakes of which the largest are Fox lake, Grass lake and Pistakee lake. The Fox river, com ing from the north, enters Grass lake at the west and flows through Grass lake, Nippersink and Pistakee lakes. Other lakes, including Lake Catherine, Channel lake and Lake Marie, drain intjo Grass lake by narrow open channels. "A new dam across the Fox river at McHenry has been construced to regulate navigation depths in the Chain o' Lakes and seventy miles of marked navigation channels add to the pleasure of boating enthusiasts." The booklet gives the following information in another section: "Thirteen thousand five hundred miles of paved highways--the greatest pavement network in the nation-- form a modern Magic Carpet for those who would go adventuring in Illinois. "Twelve state parks, nine historical parks, a great scenic parkway, fortythree monuments and memorials, eighteen game and forest preserves, and forty-eight marked historical sites, all easily accessible on allweather roads, add to the pleasure of motoring in Illinois." About places to go and things to do in Illinois, and about rates, facilities and accommodations at the many units in its System of State Parks* and Memorials, write to: Chas. P. Casey. Director, Department of Public Works and Buildings, Springfield, Illinois. JOHNSBURG COUPLE--- . CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING JANUARY 8 Wednesday, January 8, 1941, was a memorable day for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Michels, of ^Johnsburg, for on that day they recalled another memorable day, their wedding, just fifty years previous. They recalled, too. how, fifty years ago, they were standing before Father Mehring, who was pastor of the Johnsburg parish at that time, The bride was stylishly attired in a light wedding dress with white veil, j The four attendants of the bride and eroom were Mrs. Mike Rauen. of Soring Grove, Mrs. Roy Newell of Chicago, Nick Rothermel of St. Paul, Minn., and Charles Michels of Fox Lake. They have lived in Johnsburg ever since their marriage, where Mr. Michels was a tavern keeper. A reception was held at the house. Those present were Mrs. Rena Smith and family of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels and family of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oeffling and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Michels and family and Lonnie Michels of Johnsburg. * WILLIAM JOHN HARM, 57r DIES AT HOME IN SPRING GROVE 200 COUNTY WOMEN BUSY ON WAR RELIEF GARMENT PRODUCTION McHenry county Red Cross chapter's appeal for aid with war relief garment production has been answered by more than 200 county women, who are busy at work on hand-made clothing to be sent to civiljan refugees. > The first county quota is scheduled to leave Woodstcxfe on January 31. Largest of community work groups, outside of Woodstock, are at Hebron where thirty-five volunteers are registered, and Marengo and Crystal Lake with twenty-five workers each. The groups working in Marengo and Hebron have completed their share of the initial county quota and have been issued new materials to be made into garments for future shipment. With the co-operation of County Nurse Mabel Hobbs, the county chapter is planning to establish an emer gency closet which will contain a supply of layettes and clothing which will be available to county families and, individuals needing this serviee. & At &:&0 Wednesday morning, Janu< ary 15, 1941, William John Carl Harm, 57 years old, and well known resident, passed away at his home in Spring Grove after having suffered from cerebral hemorrhages. Born in Nunda township, Kenosha county, on August 1, 1884, he was the son of the late William and Marie Hasselman Harm, He received his education in the English Prairie school, north of Spring Grove. On November 22, 1904, he was united in marriage with Bertha Gravol of Burlington, Wis. He lived on a farm for fifty years after which he was a highway commissioner for Burton township for twelve years. For the past three years he was a representative of the Blooming Casualty Accident Insurance company. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons. Earl, of Spring Grove and Alvin and Rodelle, both at home; four daughters, Mrs. Fladia Ehlert of Wil* mot, Wis., Mrs. Herman Frank of Bassetts, Wis., Mrs. Oliver Balza of Kenosha, Wis., and Mrs. Frank Mc- Connell. Jr., of Elgin; three brothers, John, Richard, and Henry, all of Lake Geneva; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Volbrecht of Bassets, Wis., and Mrs. Henry Gauger of Richmond; and thirteen grandchildren. The body is resting at the Schuette funeral home at Burlington, Wis. It will be brought back to his home on English Prairie Friday and on Saturday will be taken to the Lutheran church at Wilmot at 12, noon, where it will remain until 2 p. m., when funeral services will be held by Rev. R. P. Otto. Burial will be In the Wilmot cemetery. INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS LADIES TO BE GUESTS OF LEGIONNAIRES AT • COUNTY MEET, JAN. 23 Peter Umathum Post No. 412 American Legion of Woodstock is planning one of the most interesting county Legion meetings in recent years for January 23 at the Legion home in Woodstock. On this date a distinguished group of Michigan Legionnaires and Auxiliary members will be guests of the Woodstock post. Heading the visiting group will be Albert C. Puttbrese, former Woodstock resident and member of Peter Umathum post who is now commander of the Michigan department. With him will be his wife, a former district Auxiliary president, and Mrs. Pearl, present president of the Michigan American Legion Auxilary department. Commander Puttbrese will also bring with him his department adjutant, Addison Alquire. It is expected a goodly number of "brass hats" from the Illinois department will be present, including S. S. Schmeiding, district commander of Plainfield. A feature of this meeting will be that women are invited. It will be a joint meeting and a special invitation is extended to the Auxiliary women to attend. Legionnaires are urged to invite their wives, mothers, sisters or sweethearts. County Commander Ray Page of McHenry extends a special invitation to all Legionnaires to attend and give Commander Puttbrese a rousirtg welcome to his old home town. RETURN SUNDAY FROM ENJOYABLE MOTOR TRIP TO STATE OF FLORIDA *•*«* Melvin Gladstone and cousin, Stanford Fremmel, of Chicago enjoyed a recent trip to Florida. Leaving Chicago Christinas day, they motored to Memphis, Tennessee. After seeing all the sites there, they went on to New Orleans. Here they took in the Sugar Bowl game and also other places of interest. It was in this city that they welcomed in the New Year. Driving on, they spent a night in Talahassee, then went on to Miami. Here they spent a week resting and swimming (they satd the water's firte) and looking over the town. Something which caught their eye was the little town called "French Quarter." Everything here is strictly French from the appearance of the people to the buildings themselves. Even the food you eat and the narrow streets you walk on present a French picture. After seeing most everything of interest in .Miami, . the boys were homeward bound. They arrived safely in Chicago Sunday evening, Janoasy IS. Harry C. Gilkerson, lirho has faithfully and efficiently served Lake county as farm adviser for the past fourteen years, has resigned from that position in order to return to private business. He is to become a partner of Carl Olson in the Olson Management Service of Freeport, and will have charge of the advisory management department for Lake, McHenry, Cook and Kane counties in Illinois, and Kenosha county in Wisconsin. His resignation is to become effective Jan. 31, and he will move to the Louis Gil mer farm, north of Libertyville. Leath I. Butterfield of Waukegan has leased a piece of land on the farm occupied by George Druce, east of Grayslake, and will establish a flying field there. The field is about one-half mile in length, running east to west, and nearly Jhe same distance north and south. It is located about one-half mile north of Belvidere road and onehalf mile east of route 21, and is ideally situated for such a purpose. James McKibben celebrated his 90th birthday anniversary on Wednesday. January 8. Uncle Jim, as he is familiarly called by nearly everyone, is Hebron's oldest resident. He was born on a farm one mile north of Zenda in Linn Township, Wis., where he lived and farmed for half a century. Miss Thelma John, daughter of Mr. and Mo. John John, received a fractured skull, a deep laceration on her face and ether cuts, and bruises when the car in which she and three other young people were riding met with an accident near Ridgefield on Wednesday morning, January 1, at about 3:00 o'clock. The nine-room two-story frame residence, the main house at Dodridge farm, at Libertyville, which was recently renovated for use as the United States novitiate of the Ladies of the Grail, Catholic Sisterhood, was partially destroyed by fire Sunday, January 5, the damage amounting to approximately $8,000. Fire Chief Edward Schneider of Libertyville said that the fire started near the furnace, but he could determine nothing further. Congressman Ralph E. Church of Illinois, who holds the commission of Lieutenant-Commander in the United States Naval Reserve is at Norfolk, Va., for Naval training duty in the Atlantic. He will return to Chicago about January 20 to continue the practice of law. The annual meeting of t." stockholders of the Home State Bank of Crystal Lake was held Monday, Janu ary 6, with 238 shares being represented. William P. Murray, Frank D Gorsline, Raymond E. Daly and Harold J. Bacon, the latter formerly of McHenry, were elected directors for the ensuing year. The latter is a new director elected to fill a vacancy on the board. "We will start rebuilding just as soon as settlement is reached with the insurance company, which should be in the next week or ten days." E. Merle Weiskopf. proprietor of Merle's Auto Service, Libertyville. made that statement to The Independent-Register last Wednesday--four days after his com bined Buick auto agency and Sinclair filling station at the corner of Milwaukee ave., and Lake street was gutted by a fire that caused nearly $25,000 in damage. Just when the winter sports season was getting co-operation from the weather, tragedy last, Wednesday struck the Rasmussen family. 404 North ave., Waukegan. Mrs. Isabel Rasmussen notified Waukegan police that a pair of black, four-foot skis had been stolen from Powell park in Waukegan. The United States war department last Thursday announced the letting of an additional contract for drugs and medical supplies to the Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago. The new contract is for $8,375 worth of goods. FILE PETITIONS FOR LETTERS IN GREELEY ESTATE \ ___ AMOUNT INVOLVED WILL ^ BE $100,000 1' '"•M Two sisters, who died within thref weeks of each other, have left estates - ;• valued at neeily $100,000 it was re® - •"= vealed Monday when peittions wer#. filed asking letters of administration 1 ; to collect in the McHenry county ? court. The petitions ask that lettertl be issued to the First National Ban|i' <*f Chicago. . ! ' | The sisters in question are Harriet G r e e l e y , 8 0 , a n d K a t e K r e e l e y , 8 $ . \ ; .The first named died at Elgin on D^pr~-^scember 5 and the latter passed away | December 30 in Chicago^ ii - _ The estate of Harriet Greeley Hi ~ { estimated at $65,000, with $50,000 in personal property and $15,000 in real estate. The estate of her sister valued at $32,500, with $25,000 in pel* sonal property and $7,500 in real et* " u- . tate, -*! Wills Executed in 1897 , . ' Because of the fact the will in each . || case was executed in 1897, it has beeii difficult and impossible to secure wi|^-"^ nesses to the wills or to 'prove signa* tures on the documents. It is for that j reason two surviving sisters and s 4 like number of surviving brothers wb» have asked that letters be issued to •• "v the First National Bank of Chicago to collect. | The survivors include Mrs. Mary J| Stone of Richmond, in whose home Harriet lived of late years; Mrs, Harry Daveler of Elgin, Henry If. Greeley of Richmond and Edward Greeley of Alden, Minnesota. Both sisters for more than fifty years designed the clothing of Cht cago's most celebrated beauties. The two went to Chicago from Richmond back in 1878 to open a dress shop. The sisters retired from businep many years ago and of late had df^ voted much of their time to tnsmL DAVE PAYNE LOOKS . FORWARD TO 75th « BIRTHDAY SUNDAf . Next Sunday, Jenuary. 19, McH will join with David Payne of Wi McHenry in rejoicing over the fa<ft that this date will mark the seventy* fifth anniversary of his birth. Every day of the year, "Old Davei* as he is affectionately known by hit many friends, takes his daily wall# through the city, always accompanied • by his crooked cane. He stops to extend cheery greetings, is always ready with a few jokes, and then he gocfe on his way leaving the message, "Go4 bless you." In 1907 Mr. Payne came to Md» " Henry with his wife from Denve^ Colo. They had moved to the We^l from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, his birth* ~ place. After the Armstice was signed' in 1919, the couple moved to Chicagp where Dave was employed by thjt Schulz Baking company. Li In 1935, he decided to retire froil this work and return to McHenry to live in peace and quiet. Thus, oM August 1 of that year, they move! back to McHenry to seek the happiness in their later years of which tm . two are so deserving. And now, thsft their three daughters and one son a lie happily occupied in various parts the country, the Paynes are looking forward to a quiet celebration next Week, and perhaps s more elaborate one in three years when they will have been married fifty years. i;:" fi.v? Mrs. Kenneth Murray and Miss Gertrude Billings, two of the victims of the accident in which Mrs. Johanna Walsh was killed, returned to their homes in Wauconda Tuesday, after spending some time in the Liberty- FIRE DIST. TRUSTEES ENTERTAIN FIREMEN AND "HELLO" GIRL§| Trustees of the McHenry Township Fire Protection District entertained a gioup including the firemen and telephone operators last Thursday eve>* i"g at Joe Hettermann's tavern st Johnsburg." • t v In appreciation for faithful s rvicie to the fire district, the gue«t* weriitreated to a bounteous turkey dinned prepared and served to the queen's taste. Vernon J. Knox, attorney for the district, acted as toastmaster, hand*- ling the duties in a fashion that lent much gaiety and laughter throughout. President Anton M. Schmitt, Trustee and Mrs. Jos. M. Regner. Trustee and Mrs. Clayton Harrison and M?. and Mrs. Earl R. Walsh were included in the party. FARM MANAGER LOSES ARM WHEN CAUGHT IN CORN SHREDDER Clayton Bruce, who is the manager of the Ettinger farm at Wonder Lake* was seriously injured Tuesday morning, when his right arm was caught in a corn shredder. The machine b*f came stuffed and as Mr. Bruce tried t<£ untangle it, the arm became involved! He was immediately taken to th<| ' Woodstock hospital by a local i»hjsi^ cian. where his right arm was ampu< tated. He was also given sever blood transfusions. We are very gla to state that Mr. Brace's condition M reported satisfactory. Mrs. Bruce is also a patient a* tbi|; •