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Court Official. Cf "; Open New Chapter \'%' lp^ In Fortune Mixup IT 'Thousands Claim Share in L, ^..Millions Amassed by . Snuff Magnate. THKMoHSNRY * /'1 \ -.s» *)* •*,* •* f * Society NJotes PHILADELPHIA.--Legal referees of an international fortune scramble are ready to shake another family 'tree. v ' Somewhere among its branches WP;.*hey may find what they seek--the or heirs, if any, to millions a old lady didn't bother to men- ' v - f tion in her will. Amassed from sales of snuff dur- V ling the mid-Victorian era, Mrs. Henrietta Garrett's fortune totaled Cv $17,500,000 when she died 10 years «go. . That sum has expanded into a $20,000,000 golden apple--and it's •till growing. 25,0M Claimants. : " It is claimed by no less than 29,000 persons scattered throughout 46 states and 27 foreign countries. In " the fight, too, is the state of Pennsylvania, which contends that since ; 1 f f "there are no known heirs, the money ;*, should go into the public coffers. i"But four years of turbulent and Interminable court hearings have Jailed to establish whether any are entitled to it. This fabulous grabbag has driven people to suicide, fraud and even murder. Court hearings were interrupted last October by commonwealth . charges that a Pennsylvania family group falsified Bible birth records to support a fraudulent claim. They contended one of their kin, Isaac Newton Sheaffer, Newark, Del., wall paper dealer, was an illegitimate son of the widow--born Ibefore her marriage to Walter Garrett, wealthy Quaker snuff manufacturer. Sheaffer and five others were convicted. Their appeal for a new trial is pending. And now--with less than 5,000 ; ; cases heard -- investigators are {ready to explore the next claim-- ; , that of the German clan of Kretschjmar. It was from the junction of the Kretschmar and Sheaffer families a ^ century ago that Mrs. Garrett came. . DSughter of an immigrant German , „ cabinet maker, she met Garrett unider Cinderella circumstances (she was scrubbing a porch) and married 'w' fiim not long after. He died in 1895. Disposed of S62,5M. She was 61 when she scribbled now-famous "request" to "Dear Charles S. Starr," wealthy inestment broker and one of the two ^executors t "Give you my estate and belongings which are named in my book per A/C the following amounts: "Give Henrietta G. Ferguson the ^v^sum of $10,000 if living. Give to Mary A. Weaver. • • •" ' In that manner, to a few intimate ^ friends and employees, she disposed jof only $62,500--a pittance of her fortune. ' The stupendous problem confronting investigators could have been %: avoided had the widow heeded the •advice of her business-like husband. Fifty years ago he urged her to "make a will at once" and not "let the scalawags get any" of her money. She put it off for 26 years. Then when she did write a will, it was the inadequate document. If there was another will, it never has been .foun<d, although the search has extended even to her grave. Walls in her old home were torn down, floors ripped up, closets virtually demolished and an iron safe drilled open, without avail. An eerie tale prompted reopening of the widow's grave in lonely Lau- ^ Hill cemetery. There was, how- •„r«ver, no will. - Mothers' Club ( On Friday afternoon, February 21, the Mothers' club will meet in the Legion hall. The officers will be hostesses at this meeting. Superintendent Wayne Colahan of Woodstock will be the guest speaker at this time. • * * Afternoon Contract Bridge Mrs. C. C. Hoyte Entertained the members of the Afternoon Contract Bridge Tuesday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. Harry Durland, Mrs. Albert Barbian and Mrs. Harold P. Owen. On Wednesday, March 5, the club will meet with Mrs. Albert Barbian. m • • Shower Future Bride Miss Nellie Doherty and Mrs. Clarence Anglese entertained on Friday evening in honor of Miss Marie Knox, who will be married Saturday, February 22. The guests played bridge in which Miss Florence Knox received first prize. The guest of honor received many attractive gifts. ! ' * * * . Betrothal Announced v Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Rothermel of Riverside Drive, announce the engagement of their daughter, Catherine., to Mr. Fred rich Meyer, son of Mrs. Anna Meyer also of McHenry. Friday. St. Valentine's day, was the occasion of the engagement and it -Is expected that the wedding will take place in the spring. » * • TOtarsdav Afternoon Bridge Mrs. Howard Wattles graciously entertained the Thursday Afternoon Bridge club Kon February 13. Two prizes were received by Mrs. Eva Nye and one each by Mrs. Dorothy Page, Mrs. Rose Freund and Mrs. Howard Wattles. The club will meet with Mrs. Anna Sutton on Monday, February 24, rather than on Thursday as is the usual custom. • * * Public Card Party Mrs. Margaret Reid will entertain Neighborhood Club The Neighborhood club met last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Prizes were won by Miss Clara Stoffel, Mrs. Thomas Phalin and Mrs. William Spencer. Mrs. C. H. Duker will be hostess at the. next meeting. • • « « Y /. Christening Last Thursday evening at St. John's church, Johnsburg, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schaefer of Johnsburg was christened Dorothy Ann. The sponsors were Anton Schmitt of McHenry and Mrs. Joe Schaefer of Johnsburg. The baby was born February 10. • « » Fathers' Night ; - The students of St. Mary,. 8t.Patrick school are eagerly preparing for Fathers' Night which is to take place this Thursday evening in 'the school half. Sister Mary Andreella's music pupils have planned a musical pro- Lily Lake P.-T. A. The election held February 14 • at the Lily Lake school resulted in the following ladies being elected as officers of the Lily Lake P.-T. A.: Mrs, Ray Bieseceker, president; Mrs. Ray Williams, vice-president; Mrs. George Nielsen, secretary and Mrs. M. P. Freund, treasurer. The new officers are to be installed February 24 at 8 p. m. to which event the adult community is cordially invited. Bunco, card playing, dancing and refreshments will aid in celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of the Lily Lake P.-T. Jr. Mrs. F. E. Weiler, retiring president, Mrs. R. Biesecker, retiring vicepresident, and Mrs. H. Einspar, retiring secretary-treasurer, wish the new officers the best of luck in their new endeavor. » • • ' \ , Y.:'- * P»t-Laek LuachMa The new officers of the Altar and Rosary sodality of St. Patrick's church were hostesses Tuesday afternoon at a pot-luck luncheon in the home of Mrs. Wallace Dobyns which began at 1:30 p. m. The new officers are Mrs. Albert Purvey, Mrs. Paul Doherty, Mrs. George Kane and Mr# A. J. Wirtz. Following the luncheon cards and a fvest Mary Adelindis will be the hostesses during the. social hour following open house. • • • Red Cross The McHenry chapter of the Volunteer Red Cross Workers are asked to attend a meeting in St. Mary - St. Patrick school hall Friday afternoon from two to five. Two items needed by the Red Cross are buttons, all sizes and colors, for use on clothing being made for children and adults and six-inch squares, ready-cut from woolen material, which are sewn into afghans and comforters. r * * * CD.ofA. This Thursday evening, the Catholic Daughters of America will hold the last meeting of their cand tournament Miss Lena Stoffel heads the at a public card party Friday evening, I committee in charge of the evening. February 21. which will be held at the Tonight also the fifth and sixth win- Homestead Tearoom. The proceeds of ners in the Merchandise club will be gram and are looking forward to en- J bunco were Pkyed with prises going tertaimng their fathers. After the t0 the following: in bridge to Mrs. program the school will hold open |John bunco, Miss Mary F. house. i Knox; pinochle, Mrs. Dan O'Shea, The mothers of the pupils of Sister I and five hundred, Mrs. William F, Run Over by Locomot've, Sleeper Just Has Headache v MONTGOMERY, ALA. -- Oliver Graham, 47, went to sleep on the tracks of the Seaboard air line, us- - ing a rail for a pillow. A freight train bound for Americus, Ga., struck him and the big locomotive and three box cars passed over his body. In consequence, he is suffering from a severe headache. The engineer saw the head on the rail just before the train reached it, whereupon he stopped the train and the crew went back to investigate the remains. They found Graham sitting beside the track, dazed. Railroad men say Graham's head was too low for the cowcatcher, and the ponderous wheel simply pushed his head from the rail. A few slight bruises were evident when he was taken to {jHubbard hospital. the party will be turned over to the j O. E. S. The next regular meeting of the O. E. S. will be held Monday, February 24. After a short meeting there I will be a bingo party to which the] public is cordially invited. • * * Altar and Rosary The Altar and Rosary sodality ofl St. Patrick's church met with the outgoing president, Mrs. John Bolger, last Thursday afternoon, at which time the following officers were elected for the coming years: Mrs. Albert | Purvey, president; Mrs. Paul Doherty, vice-president; Mrs. George I Kane, seceretary, and Mrs. A. J. j Wirtz, treasurer. Lunch was served and plans completed for a pot-luck luncheon for the I members which was held Tuesday of t h i s w e e k a t t h e h o m e o f M r s . W a l -j lace Dobyns. m m * Cab Scouts -- Den 2 Leopard Den No. 2 began their I meeting Wednesday afternoon by forming a living circle. The keeper of the buckskin, Richard Heuser, then read the minutes, of the last meeting. The Cubs reviewed the bobcat achievements while the den chief, | Glenn Peterson, was making up trick. He then asked the Cubs to re- | cite their yell. Norman Taxman was appointed to the office of denner, to j succeed Dave Page. The boys tried their centipede stunt j and then closed the meeting with the' den song, "It's a Long Way to Man- j hood." • • • Birthday Dinner Mrs. M. L. Schoenholtz entertained' several guests at a delicious chicken I dinner Tuesday evening in honor of hpr husband on the occasion of his | birthday. * Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gies and son, Charles, Mr. and I Mrs. Arnold Anderson and daughter, Marcia, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Justen. Later pinochle was played and prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. j Alex Justen and Mrs. Schoenholtz. At the close of a very enjoyable I evening Mr. Schoenholtz was presented with a lovely gift and heaps ofj good wishes. choscpi. The first four names to be chosen were Miss Mildred Kinsala, Mrs. Joe May, Miss Alice Gaulke and Mrs. Beatty. Read *a Want Ada Doherty. Miss Kate McLaughlin received a guest prize. The charter members of the sodality were guests of honor at this meeting. They were Mrs. M. J. Walsh, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, Mrs. John M. Phalin, Miss Mary F. Knox, Misses Mary and Frances Fleming and Miss Kate McLaughlin. • * * -• A .. Annual Forester Fest St. , Mary's Court, No. 504, C.O.F., of McHenry held its annual "Forester Fest" last Tuesday evening in St. Mary's school hall. It was the outstanding event of the year in Forester activities. There were, several hundred Foresters, their wives and lady friends present to enjoy the festivities. The Johnsburg Foresters and their ladies were guests of St. Mary's church. Barbara Horick's orchestra favored the dancers until the wee hours of the morning. During the evening there were other features of entertainment interspersed. Among these were Nick Tomei- of Highland Park, a real honest- to-goodness magician, who kept the audience spellbound for an hour with his sleight-of-hand performance and his bag of tricks. The McHenry SMinr, tha Court's vagalar news lettor, made Mi appearance and was read by Brother William H. Althoff to the delight of the ladies to whom it was dedicated. Brother Gerald Miller staged a shadow-operation before the mystified audience, the victim of his surgery being Brother Donald Wein gart. Lunch and refreshments in abundance were served by the com" mittee. Public Pulse (All communications for this department must be signed by the writer, otherwise they will not be published. The Pl&inde&ler invites its readers to express their opinions in these columns.) TO THE TAXPAYERS OF McHENRY TOWNSHIP I have a letter from Mr. M. B. Coker, public accountant of the Peoria Audit Bureau, specializing in auditing county and township accounts. He quotes the law on Township Officials Compensation, as follows: Supervisor--As a Township Officer, $3 per day while outside the township and $2.50 per day inside the township. As Supervisor of the Ptoor, salary to be fixed by the Board of Town Auditors at the March meeting and approved at the township meeting election day. As Treasurer of the Road and Bridge Fund, commission of two per cent on first $2,000 spent and one per cent on balance, computed on an annual basis, except amount paid to successor and money paid out on bonds and interest. , Town Clerk--Same as supervisor above, also paid on a fee basis; according to statutes. While meeting with Commissioner, $4 per day. Asesessor--Chapter 120, Paragraph 281, fixes compensation as follows: Township less than 5,000, $2.50 to $5 per day; township 5,000 to 15,000, $5 to $10 per day; township 15,000 to 50,000, not to exceed $1,000 per year. Assessor and deputy assessor salaries to be fixed by Board of Town Auditors on the above scale. We have less than 5,000. la the township. I notice in the supervisor's report of last year that he has paid himself $200 as supervisor and $200 as poor master. TTie Board of Auditors on March 28, 1939, appropriated only $100 to meet the expense of the supervisor fees and earnings for the year, and $200 as supervisor of the poor, which report was adopted April 4, 1989, by the electors of the town, Walter French, moderator and M. J. Walsh, clerk of tft* mmtlug, so, according to law, the-fS0» paid for supervisor of the town, was unlawful. In regard to the assessor's salary for 140 days, as per the report, he had received the assessor's books and supplies on April Is#, and they are supposed to be returned the fore part of July. The treasurer had the assessment published in the McHenry Plaindealer on the 18th of July, so the books must have been returned the fore part of July. Including Sundays, April has 30 days, May 31 days, June 30 days, July 10 days. The total is 101 days instead of pay for 140 days, as the report shows. & H. PBgpHfe Balletproof Tire The U. S. Rubber company has developed a tire tube that is bulletproof in the sense that it seals itself after bein£ punctured by bullets. In a test, according to company officials, one of these tubes was shot 29 times by army rifles, then sealed itself so well that "only a fraction" of the 60-pound air inflation was Ibst. Moreover, it is asserted this selfsealing process can be accomplished at temperatures as low as 39 degrees below zero (F.). The new tube is being manufactured for the U". S. army and also is being released for restricted use on lfw-ec|orcejaent vehicles. • * " w i t V".' 4 , * v :•* r, February 20, OOMnrO*TEIfT8 F e b r u a r y ^ ' ' " Fath&s' Night--St. Mary - St. Rwl rick Hall--Sponsored by P.-T. A. ' East River Road Pinochle--Mrs. E. Ci Shoemaker. . .-3? C. D. of A.--Card Tournamel^ ^ February 21 ,* -* *' - Mothers' Club--Legion Hall.' * 1 [ Public Card Party--Homestbad lllfc Room--Benefit O. E. S. 'vj 1 February 22 Bi-Weekly Five Hundred -- Ml Mrs. Math Blake. February Si • O. E. 8.--Meeting and Public Pferty. • < Thursday Afternoon Bridge Anna Sutton. February 25 Evening Pinochle--Mrs. Jack Hues. Evening Contract Bridge -- Mrs. R(L McGee. - ^ Biarcft 2 ' ,• \,;t Dinner--Methodist Church--Men's C*N \ gunisation. * - Kn'7. ^ j- MarebS-'i,, P.-T. A.--Regular Meetf^. Afternoon Contract Bridge Albert Barbian. • V "Citizens of this community, and every community, would approve if the Governor now, and all puNic officials in the future, would pay attention to> merit in t&e disposition of patronage."--Pinckneyville Democrat. 9 Sometimes psopte because of die high Mhicai standards we Ama- Mia, our price* must be aw.youtofUo-.Oathecontrt* 7r it co«ti no more, and wmetimes/e«, to have*Prescription compounded bere. that's I art cur primary I yrge volume means low overhead. Quick turnover, assures fresh, potent drogsi* every instance. And,. it is our policy P»* scriptions exactly as theDqc* tor directs. Don't g«nb»> BdngaaXOUtB*111 lil'l'**1 BOLGKR'S WHIG STOBi Green PhoM t mmmm mm Not if it's One of these Four New Additions to the Buick SPECIAL Line that Compact Automobile Bigness into Fewer Bumper-to-Bumper Inche* :h- Fieeing Rabbit Scores Knockdown in Cornfield DES MOINES, IOWA --Dick Van Whyhe, farmer, got the surprise of his life as he walked through a cornfield. Something hit him. The next thing he knew he was fiat on his face, knocked down by the strength of the blow. He looked around to see what had hit him. Nearby lay a large jackrabbit, also stunned from the colT lision. In its hurry to get away from a dog the rabbit collided with Van Whyhe. Van Whyhe was bruised. :The rabbit died Announce Engagemeat Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund announced the engagement of their daughter, I Marguerite, to Dr. Robert Winkel, of Milwaukee, Wis., Sunday at a dinner given at their home on Waukegan road. Out of town guests were Mr. I and Mrs. Felix Van Heirselee and Raymond Van Heirselee and three I sons of Waukegan. Miss Freund is a senior at Mount I Mary college at Milwaukee where she is imajoring in French. She will be graduated in June. Dr. Winkel is serving a year in the National Guard on ambulance duty. He is also a licensed pilot. No date has been set I as yet for the wedding. * * • ' Welter - Ritter Wedding Announcement has been made ofl the marriage of Miss Virginia Welter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Welter of Ring-wood and Mr. Harry Rittter, son of the John Ritters of Woodstock, who drove to Dubuque ,Iowa, on Saturday, February 15, to have the I ceremony performed. The two were accompanied by Mrs. I John Ritter, Jr., and Elmer Ritter | who served as their attendants. The bride was attired in a blue ensemble with matching accessories. I Shg haj been amployed at both the Alemite and Woodstock factories. The groom is on the staff of the city electricians of Woodstock working under | John Sea grist The Ritters fcrian to make their] home in Woodstock in the near fa* | tare. HERE of Uite the modern automobile has been giving a pretty good imita^ tion of a man'getting up in the morning. ' ** It has stretched and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-enl--until today you almost have to have a shoehorn to get a car of any size tucked away in the family garage. W We thought something Ought to about that. done Thought it w* time someone built a truly ' big ear--big in ability, in room* b beaisty -^that was* still compact enough, bumper to bumper, to fit your garage without dis* ,,possessing the garden tools. So today in Buick dealers' showrooms you'll see four new models, additions to die 1941 Buick Spbcial line. ^ " "fi, . 'They are typical Buicks on every count -trigger-quick, steady, tireless travelers with a big 115-hp. Buick FlRBBAl.1. si eight under their bonnets. •flue* 9I5£ Ifcey dress every mile you travel in Buick style--cradle every yard of distance on soft all-coil springing. They top off every trip with aa ewea greater measure of gasoline economy, thread traffic with a new nimbleness, and when it comes to parking find the proverbial dime roomy . as a dance floor. \ But by the simple step ot compacting all . this ability, goodness and value on a 118- inch wheeibase, we've trimmed inches off 5^^ the over«eB length--and dollars off thecost. " We're passing those dollar savings on to you, which makes three reasons for going to see these honeys now: You'II go for their ability--your wife will go for trim size and easy handling--and both will stand upand cheer for the easily-reachable price. white nt, mun. «--- -- • - i > II tires optional equipment ' Jdewall UrtS^ to change Jfcctssonti tx&fr V* .1/dithout notice. EXCMrlAR OP OCNEKAl MQTOtS VAUIt R. L OVERTON MOTOR SALES front Street, Went McHenry, OL -- ~ Main 81, Crystal Lake, Ufc- WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM V.l V5 3 ,-4 i