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MICHAEL RAUEH, OF SPRING GROVE AGED 72, DIES •tMC L. SALOMON BITES ~~ IrmmssDAY .fc"; r, f sf<•• i fe#'1" y ,<V " . v"_* >" \* * The community of Spring*- Gfbl»e : i sadly attended the funeral this week ^ of one of its dearest citizens, Michael Rauen, who had been a resident of that village throughout the seventyyears of his life. Mr. Rauen was 'born in Spring Grove in October, 1868, to be numbered among the children of the late • Hubert and Gertrude Rauen, early pioneers in this region. Forty-six years ago he chose Miss Catherine Rothermel of Johnsburg to become his bride after he had established his reputation as a painter. He ? : ^ had been retired for many years. 15' A heart attack proved fatal to Mr. Rauen at about 6:30 p. m. Saturday evening, February 1, 1941, ending an J illness of about six years. , Besides his beloVed wife, the de- < ceased leaves seven children, five daughters and two sons, Mrs. Regina Waller of Antiofch, Miss Dorothy Rauen of Evanston, Mrs. Lillian Hoffman, Wilmette, Mrs. Gertrude Justen , - , of McHenry Mrs. Clara Madden of I dent of the Crystal Lake Woman's „ Kenosha George Rauen of Kenosha club. She was a member of the Conand Leo Rauen of Chicago. 1 gregational church and of the church ^^A-MKrur brothers also survive, John of choir and other musical groups. - Spring Grove, Matthew of McHenry, The Rev. M. J. A. Dalrymple, Jacob and William of Kenosha, Wis., as well as one sister, Mrs. James Bell of Ringwood. Another brother, | cremation followed. Joseph, formerly of Spring Grove, j "r- *e,« Tues IUTFRRTINR day morning at St. Peter's church in |||| L IIIbU I InU Spring Grove with interment in Spring Grove cemetery. Mark L. Salomon One of the first Chicagoans to make his summer home at Pistakee Bay, Mark Lyonel Salomon, pf 4910 N. preceded him in death in May, 1938 A Requiem High mass was read at ten o'clock Saturday morning with burial in the family plot- at Holy Name cemetery. & Samuel J. Keller Relatives here have recently received word of the death of Samuel J. Kelter, of Ottumwa. Iowa, who passed away on January 13, 1941. Mr. Kelter was born in McHenry on May 20, 1855. He left for the west when about twenty years old. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, three sons, one brother, one sister, three grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren, and among his first cousins are Mrs. W. F. Burke, E. F. Kelter, Etta Powers and David Powers, the latter four of McHenry. Mrs. Claire King Mrs. Claire King, 58 years old, wife of Madison B. King of Crystal Lake, and prominent in social and musical circles, died at 12:09 a.m. Tuesday, February 4, in Sherman hospital, Elgin. She had been a patient tfcfere since mid-October. Mrs. King was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 25, 1882, and "her marriage took place May 8. 1907. The family moved to Crystal Lake in 1920. Surviving besides the widower are three daughters, Elizabeth, Katharine and Margery; a son, Madison, Jr., of McHenry; and one grandson, Madison III; a sister, Mrs. William S. Andress of Tampa, Fla. An active member of the Civic Choral and Garden clubs, Mrs. King was at the time of her death presi ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN COUNTY JAIL; OTHER UNDER $10,000 BOND John Van Hulzen, 24 years old, who was sentenced to serve a term of. one year to life in the state penitentiary McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 THREE GROUPS OF TOURISTS RETURN FROM SOUTHLAND TOTO rLOBroiAH arm, •' CITIES-* m pastor, officiated at the services in the church at two this afternoon and JOHN VAN HULZEN at Joliet by Judge William L. Pierce last Friday, attempted to take his life at 7:30 Monday morning by slashing his throat with a safety razor blade in the county jail while waiting to be taken to prison. Van Hulzen was sentenced on • plea of guilty to burglary and larceny of the Clifford Etternarh filling station at Huntley on December 13. Prior to that he had been under arrest for not registering in the selective service. He also was on parole from the state reformatory in Douglas county, Kan. It is believed, although the wound is serious, Van Hulzen will recover. NEARBY NEWS Col. Frank D. Whipp of Hampshire „ , pV".'" ! was appointed as Director of Prisons Fn,„c.$co .»«»«, « °" f„ the the appointment being 2, 1941, M Edgewater hospital in Olu-I^ Tu(,sd>y of , ™ ^ by . cago of a heart ailment. Dwight H. Green. He will succeed eighty years old. ' Mr. Salomon was a native of Alsace- Lorraine, then a portion of France. -The territory has been made a portion publisher, i, able only of the German Empire since the pres-1 * ' r * Fred L. O'Brien of Galesburg. Reuben Rouley has been appointed manager of the Dundee Review. Mr. ^ -ar He Fifteen women bowlers, members of 1861, and came ' the Monday night league at the Grove -™ *5 a"C"«<'. Recreation alley, in Pox River Grow, ^where he had ma e have entered the American Women's <1sl"c,e" , . . Fowling Classic, which will be held at Mr Saolmon spent his summers at gtack and ^ Recreati n33 Pistakee Bay for the past forty-five JLnn» Th» to give part time to the paper. , j ^ of the't^ey ia Febru_ ! *10,000 bond to the grand jury on a a beautiful home (on the west ] ai_ 22 and it wiH continue' until April ^arge of burglary and larceny ,n years. The retired brick manufacturer owned end of the bay. He was a charter , member of the Pistakee Yacht dub, as -well as a member of the Pistakee Golf club Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. The HARRY CARROLL Also •in the county jail at Woodstock is Harry Carroll, 23 years old, of Chicago, who is being held under" ary 6. George Rhenberg, Jr., 110 North LaGrange road. LaGrange, was rushed to the emergency ward of the Cook connection with a burglary at the Otto Krull home in Woodstock oh Deoember 23, 1940. Woodstock police officers say they The deceased, who had been ailing County hospital Friday night, January! have a signed statement in which for about three and one-half years, 24 after he wag injured jn an explo- I Carroll admits breaking into eight or Uaves to mourn his belovd wife Mary ?ion frQm chemicals in the nearby homes in that vicinity during the ]Leddy Salomon, a son, Arthur v., and , Forshafri College of Embalming. I Past year. Carroll was apprehended fc daughter, Mrs. Loretto S. Gibney, p^enberg received second degree in Chicago by Chicago police after all of Chicago. bums on his nose, cheeks, lips, chin 1 clues obtained by Woodstock officers Funeral services were held at a an(j forehead but fortunately escaped funeral home at 5501 N. Ashland ave.> 1 burng on hjg eyes Chicago, on Wednesday, February 5,, ^yj,en Henry Ferris returned to at 2 p. m. Burial was m Memoria uarvar(j Saturday night, January 25, _Park cemetery. x he completed a 4,000-mile vacation John Nett jaunt by air during which he met the The death of John Nett, 79, of W u- j prudent 0f Cuba, spent a week in mot, Wis., last Thursday morning,: fhat eountry and took part in the ROTNOUR PLAYERS January 30, 1941, at eleven o'clock was; large|jt masg flight of private planes *^ attributed to a heart attack. He; from one country to another in his- Beemed to have been in his usual state j of health that morning and after | A* 28-year-old Negro, William Elwalking tar Wilmot's business district, more 0f Chicago, will probftbly lose was stricken near the store he had • right ]eg as the result of attempt- , were furnished. Police are also seeking a companion of CarrolL Numerous items taken from Woodstock and Crystal Lake homes have been identified by owners after the loot was found in Carroll's home. TO OPEN AT THE BRIDGE, FEB. 14 Operated for so many years. With the coming of J. B. Rotnour players at the Bridere Auitorium. loving to catch a freight car ride at•. ers of the spoken drama have a treat Born in Niederals, Germany, De- ' R0n(]out last Wednesday morning. He 1 in store for them. Arrangements have g ;?*ember 16, 1861, the son of the late' 1 ,:john and Catherine Nett, he lost his fl fnt.hpr when only five years old, and tame to America with his mother and , two sisters, the late Mrs. Peter Hess fuid Mrs. Patrick Conway, both forjjjnerly of McHenry, when he was ten years of age, and the family settled in Johnsburg. There he attended the German Catholic school until he was -twelve years old. Later he completed his education and fitted himself for a business Career at Spring Grove, where he was employed with the Robert Tweed and jtobert Eeh general stores. On April 13, 1887, he was united in jnarriage to Miss Margaret Carey in tt. Patrick's church, McHenry, with ev. Patrick O'Neil officiating. Five years later the couple moved to Wilfnot, Wis., where they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1937. was taken to Condell Memorial hos- j been completed for their first per- Three groups of McHenry folks returned home this week afUr spending a few delightful weeks in the Southtand. Returning last Friday, January 31, were Mrs. Peter M. Justin and her father, M.* M. Niesen, who had left this city almost three weeks previous, on January 8. The two derived a great deal of enjoyment out of touring the state, spending the greater portion of their time at St. Petersburg, Daytona Beach and Miami. At the latter city, the scenes they witnessed on the half-day boat trip they took to the island across Biscayne bay were especially beautiful. At Sarasota tloo, they took an interesting tour through the Ringling museum and gazed on the tropical gardens in the city. Their stay at St. Petersburg was with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook, a couple formerly of Colorado, whom these McHepry folks have known for over thirty years. Also returning home last Friday were Miss Ethel Jones, who is proprietor of the Agatha shop, a. gift shop on Green street, and Mrs. Florence Hoppough. who owns the North Woods Gift shop in Lake Geneva, Wis., who also spent three enjoyable weeks in Florida. The two ladies stopped at several cities in this state to visit relatives «nd friends. Miss Jones spent several Hays with her aunt and uncle at L*rgo. Fla.. Mr. and Mrs. C P. Jenkirn. "ho also operate a gift shop in that city. The two returned home Friday with the report that the weather was excellent and that the trip was oitt to J be long remembered. A1 Barbians Return •' Saturday night saw the return of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barbian and daughter. Rita, and the former's mother, Mrs. Nick Barbian. Their three weeks vacation was centered around the city of Clearwater, Fla., where they were guests in the A. P. Moritz home. • At this city they reveled in the sunshine and toolc a trip to the beach almost daily. St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota were cities included on their list of "having visited." These tropical wonders were something new and lovely to behold for these local folks who enioyed the tours immensely. On their homeward journey, they 4 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS LEAVE FOR CHICAGO WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 !i Nineteen boys from the McHenry county selective service boards received order Monday to report on Wednesday, February 12, at the 122nd Field Artillery armory in Chicago. Number one board has a quota of eight and number two board has to fill a quota of eleven. All of the quota for number one board is being filled by volunteers while all but one of the number two board is being filled by volunteers. According to Sanford A. Howard, clerk in the office of number one board, including this locality, the following volunteers will be the board's quota: George W. Kinsala, West McHenry. Richard E. Behrens, McHenry. Delos C. Force, Union. . Everett M. Roberts, Richmond. ' Edwin A. Ford, Harvard. Anthony G- Wolf, McHenry. Clarence C. Wohlert, West Me* Henry. Herbert R. Peters, Marengo. Information given out by Lester Griffing and Margaret Jane Leonard in the office of number two board says the following volunteers will fill ten places in the eleven quota: James E. Jones, Woodstock. • Victor W. Radtke, Woodstock. Robert G. Adams, Crystal Lake. Walter Goff, Jr.. Crystal Lake. Robert J. Malone. Crystal Lake. Harley W. Neal, Woodstock. Remus J. Mackey, Woodstock. Raymond Mackey. Woodstock. fa5"5"=' Gilbert Woosley, Crystal Lake. Peter Peters, Woodstock. Filling the eleventh position !» James Svejcar of Crystal Lake, who was drafted. Both boards have been hard at work classifying and performing other activities of the board during the past months. Both boards are now conffortably located with number one board having an office in the armory and number two in the courthouse. CONTINUE KING CASE Judge Thomas E. Gill of Rockford Monday morning tbok under advisement his decision in the contempt of court case against Joseph King of Johnsburg. He continued the case for thirty days and indicated it might take longer to make up his mind on what to do in the matter. King was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail several weeks ago when the court learned of Harold Bell visiting King while the case was in progress. Later Judge Gill vacated his order and had the state file an information requesting the two men to appear in court Monday to show cause why they should not'De Ijetd in contempt. " <K- V. ; AROUND THE » COURT HEBRON MAN FINED Otto Wagner of Hebron was fined $150 and costs of $14.40 by Justice Charles F. Hayes Tuesday on a charge of disorderly conduct. FILES FOR DIVORCE i x Jane Amanda Austin filed suit for divorce Saturday against Donald Austin of Woodstock. Cruelty is charged in the complaint. They were married September 25, 1938. COUNTY TENTH IN NATION IN MILK OUTPUT FOUNDATION RELEASES FIGURES BOYLE ESTATE ^Letters of administration were issued to Richard I. Overton of McHenry in the $4,750 estate of Elola'E. Boyle, who died at McHenry on Janu ary 25. Two brothers are listed as heirs, the Same being James of Jack sonville, Florida, and Edwin* of Mc- Henry. • FOUR COUNTY BOYS SENT TO WISCONSIN TO WORK WITH CCC The regular enrollment for the Civilian Conservation Corps has been completed with two enrollments in January. As a result, a total of four boys were sent from McHenry County. These boys were sent to Camp Elcho, 657th Company. Elcho, Wisconsin. They ranged in ages from 17 to 23 % years and enrolled for a period of six months. They may remain in camp, however, if they desire, for a two year period. Opportunities such as a continuation of school work, vocational training, and participation in the defense program will be offered to the boys. The Office of the Director, CCC, has spent the first night at Pensacola. j announced that there will be eight PROBATE E8TAT» The $1^00 estate of Emma Beilke who died at Union on December 28 was probated Monday. Louis Miller pf Morristown, S. D., is left the homestead farm near Morristown; $400 is left to each of Edward Miller, Kitchell, S. Iowa, and Pauline Saxmann. Alberta, Alabama. The sum of fifty dollars is left to Lydene Straech, Esther Cochran and Estelle Mack, while ten dollars is left to the Zion Lutheran church of Marengo. Fla.. with Msgr. C. S. Nix, pastor of St. Mary's church in McHenry. They left here on Friday morning and made the remainder of the journey in two days. FAREWELL DINNER AT CRYSTAL LAKE LODGE tONORS JAS. PERKINS CCC enrollments a year. In addition to the regular quarterly enrollments, there will be an intermediate enrollment the final ten days of the month immediately following the regular auarterly enrollment. This means that another enrollment will take place February 18-28, 1941 RETURNED TO CHICAGO Adolph Stepanak. brought to Woodstock Monday of last week for investigation in connection with recent burg laries in the county, was returned to Chicago last Thursday afternoon and turned over to the detective bureau. Stepanak was questioned in regard to disposing of loot taken from Woodstock and Crystal Lake homes by Harry Carroll. He denied having any knowledge of the matter and said he had not sold any articles in this connection. SETTLE $1,500 SUIT By agreement between both parties a $1 500 suit of A. H. Crain against Abe and Tillie Cooper was settled Friday in the circuit court with the plaintiff receiving $500. The suit resulted Bovs I from a charge that Cooper violated a unemployed and in need of employ- j farm lease. Crain charged that a , ment that come within the CCC age ^Hrn burned on the farm he was renti range, should make application im-jfro*" Cooper and because Cooper James Perkins, who recently retired ! mediately to the local Township Su- failed to rebuild the structure he was after thirty-five years of active service with the Illinois Bell Teelphone company, was recently the guest of honor at a banquet which was held at pervisor or the Illinois Emergency Relief Coifcmission Office located in the Armory building at Woodstock. Intermediate enrollments will re- .pital, Libertyville, with a badly mangled leg and was transferred last Thursday to the County hospital at Waukegan. » Three Holstein cows were electrocuted when an electric wire came in contact with the steel stanchions in the dairy barn of the Howard Hoi formance Friday evening, February 14. For the benefit of those interested, the cast of, players include all well known andf recognised players in the popular field of amusement and they have been personally selected by Mr. Rotnour: Miss Dorothy LaVerne, brook farm in Barrington township. Miss Jewell Townsend, Miss Octavia early Friday morning, January 24. After the short circuit had been discovered and removed, other cows also suffering effects of shock were removed from the stanchions. Hereafter the camp at Round Lake, HI., operated by the Young Men's Jewish Council for underprivileged boys will be known as Camp Henry Powell, Jimmy LeRoy, James Lawler, Jimmy Parsons, Bob Gentry, Bad Adams and Robert Bayley Every play takes up one hour and forty-five minutes. Between acts there will be vod'vil introduced by different members, consisting of Mr. Parsons and his laughing saxaphone; Bob Gentry, the eccentric dancer; OcHorneY as a memorial to the late govtavia Powell, who is a popular-knight ernor. The council voted last Tuesday j club entertainer and vod'vil entertainto change the name from Camp °r; Mr. Lawler, the man with the big . Wooster. Governor Horner was one bass voice. In 1892 he became the partner of j cf the camp's founders in. 1914. I Every play will be staged with all falter Carey at Wilmot in a general j Russell Manley, 25, son of Mrs. Mae I special scenic effects. In addition to Inerchandise store, which for seven- 1 Manley of Rockton, escaped with j the regularp erformance there will be feen years was operated under the • minor burns when the airplane he was firm of Carey & Nett. Then he took : piloting crashed near Hermann, Mo., fver the enterprise on his own and re- j Monday, January 27. He was on the jnained in business until a fire de-1 first lap of an 8,000-mile air trip to atroyed his holdings in 1935. Since t Mexico. /. then he has led a retired life, 1 '• He was Salem township treasurer ^tfor six years and served many years ^ its clerk on the Wilmot High school J. Arthur Pease, 55, of Belvidero, an employee at Camp Grant, is being grand dance after the show each night. The music will be furnished by Bob Peterson's band of Elgin. It will be ladies' night the first night. One lady free with each adult paid admission. All paid adults admitted free to the dance. Watch The Plainsf hpir i •• feoard, taking a chief part in all the j and fatally iniured Mrs. Clara Sands educational activities of the commun- 56. of Belvidere last Tuesday events: . {ing. Pease failed to stop and was A member of the Holy Name of i captured a few days later in a Rock- Jesus church, he was on thf building 1 ford tavern. He admitted at the time Committee which constructed two of arrest that his car had struck the «hurches under the supervision of the • kev. Joseph Heller. He was treasurer Sf the church for thirty years and a irector of the Holy Name cemetery association since its formation. * Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. W. Jt. Schenning, and a son, Benjamin, . fcoth of Wilmot, ten grandchildren and ~ two great-grandchildren. His wife held in the Boone county jail on a1 dealer next week for name of play manslaughter charge. His car struck j and details in full. Remember the irrand opening Friday evening. Febru- Miss Jane Durland started as a student at the local telephone office Monday morning under the instruction of Miss RoVena Marshall. ary 14, at the Bridge. Boy your Baby Chicks Farmers Mill. Phone 29/ - at the 36-fp-8 . PURCHASES NEW HOME , Dr. John C. Purvey of Crystal Lake, who is well known in McHenry, has purchased a residence on the corner of Virginia street and Pomeroy avenue. Crystal Lake, from Mrs. Mildred Williams. The house will be remodeled into an office and living quarters. ' Fritzel's Crystal Lodge in Crystal duce the applicants' period of wait- Lake. ing for enrollment and also tend to Seventy-four men, all employees of, keep the corps at maximum strength. the telephone company, most of whom -- -- had worked with Mr. Perkins at one COUNTY WOMEN ACCEPT time or other during his thirty-five PRODUCTION QUOTA years with the company, were present i __ _ __ to enjoy the delicious steak dinner, j 1^ RED CROS|t PROJECT These men were from several departments in a number of surrounding cities, such as Chicago, Elgin, Woodstock, etc. 'Jim" Perkins, as he is better unable to meet the • requirements of the Chicago health department in marketing his milk. NAB AURORA MAN Niel Stoner of Aurora was turned over to Sheriff Lester Edinger Saturday by Colonel Charles Green, Aurora police chief. Stoner is charged with being connected with the attempted burglary of the Arthur Ferris tavern at Huntley, December 27. John Strong of Aurora has been in J. O. Gay, Woodstock, chairman of custody since the burglary. It is the McHenry county chapter of the j charged that Stoner was the driver of Red Cross announced today that wo-1 car 'n which a third member of men volunteers have accepted a new j the alleged gang made his escape folknown, was presented with a beautiful! production quqta of more than 7,000 j lowing the attempted burglary, initialed leather Gladstone bag*1>y his separate garments to be completed by 1 "e was to the grand jury on associate?, who regret that he will no longer be with them in active duty. After ~ the dinner the men enjoyed May 31 for foreign war relief. | bond of $2,500 Tuesday by Justice Valued at more than $2,000, the jChas- F- Hayes. Unable to furnish country's first quota of garments for j bond, He is being confined its the the remainder of the evening at cards, j war refugees was shipped from Wood-1 county jail. Mr. Perkins, who has been a resi- stock this week. The shipment weigh- j • ' dent of McHenry for several years, ed 473 pounds and consisted of lay- BELLT5 SENTENCE STAYS plans to remain in this city for the! ettes, sweaters, mufflers, caps, mit-1 0"1 Monday afternoon. Judge present. EDWAL LABORATORIES PURCHASE RINGWOOD BOWMAN DAIRY PLANT tens, and socks made by volunteers Thomas E. Gill again sentenced Har who worked approximately 3,500 1 °ld Bell of Ringwood to a year in the hours to produce the garments. | county jail for contempt of court. Two Woodstock women worked 2,578 hours! weeks ago he entered a similar sen- The Edwal laboratories, chemical manufacturers, have purchased the Bowman Dairy plant lit Ringwood. Plans have been made to commence operations in April, and the plant will employ about ten men at that time. Some technical men will be brought from the Chicago plant to fill these positions. A complete account of this .plant I school, and its operations will appear in a later issue of The Plaindealer. on tfce initial quota, and fourteen other county units accounted for another 1,000 hours. Chairmen of the community units in the county met with Mrs. W. Earle Phinney, county garment chairman, at the headquarters in Woodstock on Tuesday to discuess plans for main tence and later vacated it and had Bell ordered into court Monday to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Bell, through his attorney, Earl Gromer of Elgin, pleaded guilty to the citation, but asked the mercy of the court in that the defendant had al- A local workroom, has been established temporarily at the parochial ATTENTION, LEGIONNAIRES! . Joe May is attending the boat show in Chicago this week. MARRIAGE LICENSES Roger C. Colver. Marengo. HI., to Tuan*ta. Bennett, Marengo, 111.. January 28, 1941. Gust Sekey. Kenosha. Wis., to Miltaining a monthly production average j ready been punished by confinement of necessary to fill the new quota. j more than a week in jail and by public ' opinion. Bell went to the home of a juror in his own damage suit and tried to influence the juror to be for him according to the evidence in the case. His only excuse offered was that he thought he had the right to do so. Judge Gill stated they might just as well shut up the courthouse as to let Bell go unpunished. He said tfae offense was worse than burglary or 4 The McHenry County Council of"the ,t, American Legion Auxiliary extends ; lie Glockner, Kenosha, Wis., January an invitation to all Legionnaires and j 15. 1941. their wives to attend their nfext meet- J Harold Smith, Huntley, 111., to Betty; larceny and in many cases worse than ing to be held at Hebron. Friday even-' Ann Frost, Huntley, 111., January 27,: murder. He stated he never in his ing, Fbruary 7, at which time they expect to have State's Attorney Alex J. Strom, an active Legionnaire of Boone county as their speaker. Need Rubber Stamps? Order at The Plaindealer. 1941 f j twenty-five years of law practice Frank Kosmoc, Waukegan, 111., to heard of such a violation of the law. Rosie Kusle Dolence, North Chicago, > The court said that at the end of 111.. January 25, 1941. • six months if Bell could convince him Joseph Brychta, Fox River Grove, j he had been punished enough ( he 111., to Anna Draxan, Berwyn, IU., ™ight take the matter into considera- February 1, 1941. jtion again. New York, Feb. 6 --Illinois' out- , standing position in the dairy industry - is vividly depicted in a new handbook - /reissued by the Milk Industry Funda* ation. According to the book, MILK > FACTS, 1,145,000 cows valued at $72,- " . 135.000, produced $68,176,000 in cash - V farm milk income for Illinois farmers •, in 1939. Production of farm rnilk in - the state for the year totaled 2.431.- '0 000,000 quarts; creamery butter, 74,- - 229,000 pounds; cheddar cheese, 29,- 207,000 pounds; ice cream, 18,313,000 gallons. The booklet also shows that Me- ' Henry county is tenth on the list at leading counties in milk production in* 1938, with a total of an estimated!. 154,189,000 quarts. This is the only1 county in Illinois which is listed in the . * leading twenty-five counties. Los Ang-> y ^ i eles county in California leads the listT - with 364,314,000 quarts of milk durinar - "t", 1938. The United States is one* of theranking milk using nations in the { ./'• world with per capita consumption of - fluid milk totaling 153 quarts a year, - V pictogratphs show. Milk and its pwwrf-* ucts comprise over twenty-five per . cent of the 1.500 pounds of the principal foods consumed each year by the average American, the book says, with forty-five million quarts of milk delivered daily to homes and stores. Pictorial (harts and figures show7 the importance of the milk industry to the country's economic 'Picture and illustrate how milk costs less in the *' U. S. in minutes of labor. Diagramatic charts illustrate how the annual milk supply of some fifty-one billion quarts is utiHjrH. Fluid or fresh milk for cities and villages providing the farmer's highest cash return, accounts for 29.9 per cent of the country's yearly production. Creamery butter takes 31.6 per , cent, farm butter, 9.2 per cent, while . 11.7 per cent of the milk is used as fluid milk on farms where produced. In making cheese 6.3 per cent of the total milk is used; ice cream, 3.1 per cent and canned milks. 4.5 per cent, according to charts. A chart of the distributor's milk dollar shows 52.31 per cent going to dairy farmers for milk; 19.24 per cent to delivery labor; 8.21 per cent to delivery expense: 6.33 plant expense: 4.94 plant labor; 2.78 administrative labor; 2.18 administrative expense; 1.68 office labor, and profit 2.33 per cent, representing only a frac- • tion of a cent per quart of milk. 'The production and utilization of milk have so increased in this country," says the booklet, "that today we are the greatest of dairy nations. Milk, butter and other dairy products annually create an output valued at 3% billions. . Facts about the cows and the.. farmers that furnish the mHk. the distributors whose efficiency has made wide usage possible and the consumption of this 'most nearly perfect food' should lead to a clearer understanding of milk economics. "One out of every fifteen families in the U. S. is dependent on milk for livelihood. Milk is the largest single source of farm cash income, larger than cattle, twice cotton, three times wheat, five times tobacco. There are 25 million cows on three-quarters of the nation's 7 million farms. "Americans enjoy the best milk in the world and economical distribution, meticulous sanitation, pasteurization and other safeguards have made 4WT milk supply a world standard." OFFICER GUINTO BACK IN HOME TERRITORY, HAS SERGEANT S RANK M Phillip Guinto, of McHenry, *tate police officer, who has served u der five governors of Illinois, hat ng started under Governor Small in 1927. has been transferred back to hit home district, and will be at hi< McHenry home each night, ready to answer calls at any time. For a number of years Officer Guinto was a state patrolman, later transferred to Dist. 3. and made a sergeant and then promoted to a lieulancy. Upon the death of Governor Horner, the then lieutenant-governor, John Stelle. became governor and he demoted Mr. Guinto back to a patrolin. The local officer served in that capacity until February 1, 1941, when the new Republican governor, Dwight H. Green, promoted him to geancy, and transferred him back to Dist. 2, headquarters in Elgin district comprises the counties of Lake, McHenry, Boone, Kane, Da--- Page and Kendall. Officer Guinto has a sple during the fourteen years he has ed in Illinois, and his many fi here are glad that he is to b» to his home territory. Sunday guests in the George Adams home were Mr. and Mrs. John Whalen, daughter, Judy. Misses Margaret and Clarahelle Adams, Leo Adams mI Walter Pentergast, all of Hgin. Baby Chicks at the Milk Phone 29. - jLK ... '