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They spent the first allMi^Wl years of their married life ifcin' MMtfttn moved to McHenry. W1. Bwf i«i a native of Westphalia. Mich., and Mrs. Bohr was bom at "Volo. Her ninety-two year old nether attended the celebration. Janw 14 -- Mr. and Mrs. John Fahrmfeoti of Crystal Lake, both natives of Germany, came to the United States .iust after t}*feir marriage in 1881. Th?v celebrated their golden Wedtlingr on this day, They have beer residents of Crystal Lake since 18ML Mr. Fahrefihols wm employed at Terra Cetta for twenty-nine yean. July 7 -- Thii> was the occasion o' the sixtieth wedding annivertMry of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lawrence of Rlngwood. Both were born in the Ringwood vicinity and have lived there all their lifetimes. In fact, they have resided in the same house for the past fifty years. Oct. 5 --1 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith, Sr., of Chicago celebrated their ftftyftfth wedding anniversary at a dinner at the home of their sen and wife* Mr. and Mra. Jack Smith, Jr., in McHenry. Oct. 22 -- The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhn occurred on Oct. 22. The celebration which was to have takr»n place in Chicago in their honor /was postponed, however, because of the serious condition of Mrs. Kuhn's brother who was injured in an automobile accident. Oct. 14 -- An event seldom observed, a fifty-ninth wedding anniversary, was celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 14, when Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall were pleasantly surprised at their home on John street by relatives and friends. The Halls have been residents of this community for thirty-two years. Oct. 28 -- Another McHenry couple celebrated fifty years of married life the week of Oct. 26, when Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Barbian were guests of honor at a dinner and reception. Mr. Barhian and his bride, the former Miss Emma Freund, were married in St. John's church, Johnsburg. Nov. 16 -- On Sunday, Nov. 16, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Dal ton of Elgin celebrated the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary with an informal open house reception at their home in that city. Mrs. Dalton was the former Miss Hattie L. Mead of McHenry, where the couple were married fifty years ago. Nov. 26 -- Mr. and Mrs. J^acob Hueniann ol Johnsburg celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home. In the afternoon Mra. Huemann entertained a group of friends and in the evening several couples called to congratulate both the bride and groom of fifty years ago. Dec. 8 -- Forty guests, including their six children and their families, were present as Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilbrandt celebrated their golden wodding anniversary in Algonquin IEM8YKWS Announcement that a water color painting by Earl Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mueller of Harvard, ihad been awarded first prise at the jJoslyn Memorial galleries at Omaha, I Neb., was received by the young man's I parents last week. The former Harjvard resident, now instructor in art | at the University of Iowa, was elated ! Wl the recognition given his work in j the six-state display. The entry at- j I tracted considerable attention and was , ' purchased while the show* was still : going en. John William Walker, Jr., 16-year-, old Chicago youth, was shot fitel|y, Saada^, Dec. 14, at the home «f his J grandmother in Fox River Grove when he asked a friend, Donald Richter, if he might inspect a revolver that Rich- | ter had acquired that weekftd. Rich- | ter, 18 yean old, had the revolver in , a belt holster, held in position by a | spring clip. As he removed the gun : from the holster, the clip is believed ' to have caught the trigger, causing the shell to be discharged. It struck Walker in the forehead, inflicting a . wrtmnd which caused his death four hours later at St. Joseph hospital in ; Elgin. < World War I and the present conflict have called six sons of one Crystal Lake mother. Those who have noted this fact are quick to say "she is one of tiie real heroes of the country." The mother is Mrs. Edward J. Kirchberg. | Enough milk has been produced by ;a four-year-old Holstein in the James Cornue herd at Hebron to fill a 1,900 foot row of quart milk bottles to overflowing, states the Holstein-Friesian association of America. As officially [recorded by the association, Maywood Pride Lucy is credited with 629.5 pounds butterfat from 12,932 pounds , milk, and was milked three times , daily during the year. Testing was supervised by the University of Illi- • nois and the Holstein-Friesian associ- 1 ation of America. | David Jenkins. ,son of Mr. and Mn. ! Paul Jenkins of Libertyville, and a | member of the senior class at Warren !hieh school has been named as the third alternate on the nominations list of Aqnapolis candidates for this area. His achievement in this exam is considered particularly outstanding since | it is believed that he is the only high I school'student in the Waitkegan area [who took the examination. , William Tibbits of Hebron suffered a painful injury to his right hand, Dec. 15 when it became caught in a I corn shredder which he was adjusting at a farm near Alden. The flesh on j his first finger was badly mangled and Ithe thumb and middle finger also injured badly. PETIT JURY 18 ?fiSEtECTBD •Mi :^fcr. end Mn. Paul Yanda left early Wednesday morning for Winnebago, Minn., wher«.ihey WiH spend the hobdays. Mrs. Jessie Walsh has returned to her home in Grayslake after spending several weeks in the home of Mn. M. J. Walsh in McHenry where she was recovering from a recent operation. Mn. Kathryn Boger has been spending a few days in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snyder and the former's mother of Grayslake were Siuday guests in the George Bohr home. > Mrs. Mary O'Flaherty is spending several weeks in St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin. Richard Freund of Notre Dame is spending the holidays with his parents here. Mrs. May Poile and daughter, Mrs. R. C. Larsen, of Chicaeo called in the Linus Newman home Thursday. Mrs. Eleanor Nye, Mrs. E. R. Sutton and son, Charles, and Arthur Martin visited in Aurora Sunday. While there, they attended the christening of a grandniece of the two former ladies, little Miss There se Irene Strandel. Miss Marie Nix, who is a student nurse at Cook County hospital in Chicago, is spending a week at her home here. Mr. and Mra. Linus Newman were callers in the Frank Chapman and Lewis McDonald homes in Woodstock last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Pich visited relatives in Elgin Sunday. Mrs. Alice Bowles is spending the holidays with her children in Chicago. Roy Gladstone, who is attending the University in Champaign, is spending the holidays here. # Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and daughter were Chicago callers Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stoffel and dawchter were Sunday guests in th° Emil Pinnow home in Crystal Lake. Mrs. K»te Grahim and Miss Claire Kmus® of Long Lake were Sunday guests in the M J. Walsh home. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Adams and son. Clemen*, .visited in Kenosha last Thursday. Joseph Cannon of Waukegan called in the M. J. Walsh home last Sunday. Donald Tonyan of the University of Illinois is spending to*, weeks fa McHenry. „ . *- • ' 'im; ; new OO0XT tbrh mkrMM. _ j A new petit jury panel was drawn ! last week in the circuit court. Hie new court term starts on Jan. 12. The |io!loWjng names make up the panel: 1 Marengo: Ernest Crawford, Sr., and ! Clarice Beldin: Dunham: Clarence' Peterson and Minnie Prenchio; Chemung: John Raeder, Arthur Pangj born. M. E. Berry, Evlna Schoepperle, ! Beatrice Hayden and L<»f»na Conn. I Hartland: Margaret Gillis; Senecfti Minnie Bush; Coral: Tony Zemla, [Wm. Laue and Gwiree" Yount: Grafiton: Marguerite Zimmermann. j Dorr: Dwight Wilson, John McGee, Florence Steinke, Martin Carlson, Josie Carroll; Greenwood: Amelia Doolittle; Hebron: Mae Smith; Richmond: Frank Kilpatrick. McHenry: Raymond Colby, Agnes jDoherty, Clarence Niesen; Nunda: .1. H. Brent, Louise Norris, Carl Jun; Algonquin: Martha Fitzgerald, Walter Meyer, R. C. McCrady, Rose Stiller and John Hegner. FIRE DESTROYS ^ / 4MY TH0NNKS&K : Mv * FAKMDEO. 18 A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Amy Thonneaon barn on River Road two miles south of Mci Henry, last. Thursday afternoon. It was first discovered by several men (who were husking corn in the field nearby when they saw smoffe coming : from the barn at about 1:50 in the j afternoon. i The bam, which was newly con- 1 st rue ted just two months ago, and the j milk house burned to the ground and the tool house was badly damaged. All the chickens and cattle were j saved. On New Years day, 1935, just j seven years kgo, the old bam was destroyed and buildings on the farm had . been struck by lierhtning several times : during the past summer. Loss was estimated at $6,000. Only • the buildings were covered by insur- I ance An auction sale of cattle will be , held Dec. 27. M < M < M I I I < I I H H M I Among the Sick 1 Ralph Smith has been undergoing treatment e* St. 7h»»r<»«to hospital in 1 Waukegan the past week. George Bohr4 who has oeen **onfined | to . his home for many weeks with rheumatism, is improved and able te be out a little. ( Miss Josephine Doeeh underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital last Saturday. Louis Witt, a caretaker at the Hollenbach estate at Pistakee Bay, entered St. Therese hospital last Saturday j for treatment to his foot, which, was injured when he was knocked down by a sheep. Charles Hall has been ill at his home on John street for several weeks. ^ ' • Transmission Heayy , .. ?tw transmission alone of a Mton medium tank, such as the automotive industries are. producing, weighs 7,600 pounds, or twice '«s much as a heavy automobile. ; (Continued from Page One) Ralph L. Primm of Athens, 111., a 1941 graduate of the Univenity of Iflmois, was "engaged to teach Vocational Agriculture and Biology at the local high school for the coming year. James A. Thompson was the only McHenry man listed in the July draft quota. . Aagust The read improvement project iti McHenry township, provided for in the bend issue of test fall, was completed. On August 8, John Freund, who built a new dairy on his farm north of McHenry, made his first delivery of milk to fifty-eight families. Msgr. C. S. Ni* celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his pastorate at St. Mary's church, McHenry, on Aug. 10. He came from Virgil in 1921 where he had been a pastor for thirteen years. The interior of ti>« church was redecorated as a gift to him cn this occasion. Three electrical storms within four days, Aug, 8 to 11, caused much destruction by wind and lightning. Barns were blown over, as well as a number of trees, especially in the Ringwood area. On Aug. 11 a fire believed to have been cauesd by lightning, destroyed the McHeniy County Farmers Co-operative association's main building in West McHenry. The loss was estimated at $45,000. Richard Vycital was notified by the American Pharmaceutical association of Washington, D. C., that he was the winner of the Kilmer prise for 1941 on the basis of his research paper. Aug. 14 -- Stanley R. Zielinski, 28, of Chicago, drowned when his sailboat capsized on Wonder Lake. Jerry Kubovy, a resident at the lake, dragged Wonder Lake for seventy hours before locating the body on Aug. 17. Aug. 17 -- Henry Buch, fifteen years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Buch of McHenry, after winning the McHenry county Soap Box derby took part in the All-American Soap Box derby at Akron. Ohio. Aug. 17 -- On the one-hundredth aniversary of th." arrvial of Nicholas Frett, of Germany, at McHenry, the Frett fairtily. all descendants of the pioneer, held a large family reunion. The Otto Adams - Augustine Freund partnership of eight year* in an implement shop on Pearl street, was broken as the former and his family moved to Florida. Two 12-year-old boys, George Goranson and Jimmy Freebum, were awarded medals by the East End Social club of McCollum Lake for the bravery they displayed on July 29 in rescuing a man and his daughter from drowning. Aug. 26 -- Three local boys were inducted into the army under the selective service act as follows: Alvin LeRoy Maynard, McHenry; Paul Pitzen, Pistakee Bay, and Clarence J. Michels, Johnsburg. A total of 221 registered at the local high school on August 26 and 27 for the coming year. Vtj* Aug. 30 -- John S. Paul of Chicago, who had owned a summer cottage cm the east side of the Fox river, a short distance south of the new bridge for the past three years, was drowned when his motor bpat struck an abutment of the bridge on route 120 in McHenry. Aug. 81 -- Mn. James E. Loose and her daughter, Karen, 8V4 years old, of McHenry werr» rescued after a boating upset on Lake Marie, near Antioch. The accident cost the life of Thomas Wisbart, 28, a student of Cleveland, Ohio. September The McHenry Community High and Public Grade schools opened for the -fall term on Sept. 2. St. Mary - -St. Patrick school reopened on Sept. 8. Sept. 8 -- Richard Martin Wesolik, 16 year old St. Charles parolee who* murdered Mrs. Margaret Jung of Woodstock on July 14 was sentenced to serve life imprisonment. On Sept. 14 the members and friends of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in West McHenry observed the fiftieth anniversary of the dedU cation of the church where services are still held today. Two people were drowned in Diamond Lake, near Mundelein, whep their small outboard motorboat capsized in rough water about 1,000 feet off shore. They were Miss Anna Ruecio, 24, and Anna Lecatese, 14, both at 861 Hill street, Chicago. At a special meeting Sept. 16, the city council decided that daylight saving time would be terminated on Sept. 28. At another special meeting held on Wednesday evening, Sept. 24, the citf council, after much discussion on the wisdom of changing to standard tim? during October, took a vote which r»» suited in a tie. Mayor Overton gave the deciding answer and, contrary to the previous decision, voted in favor of having daylight saving time throughout October. The two persons from McHenry who were admitted to citizenship' in the circuit court at Woodstock on Sept. 22 were Emma Gies and Justyna Pess. McHenry takes note of the great progress which has taken place in recent years as the Community High school reaches its twenty - secon® birthday this month. October Slight gain in mautBg*' IfeffisBB issued was shown during the first ninemonths^ of this year in McHenry county. A total of 274 were issued up until Oct. 1, 1941,' while in 1940 the number was 26P Anton Schmitt received recognition for being one of twenty-two dairyme* j listed in the 1940 state annual report j of the D. H. I. A. .Francis J. Grasser and Eugene 1*. Adams were the two McHenry bo ye to be inducted into the army from board number one in" the October county draft quota. They were inducted on Oct. 21- Oct. 16 -- The Kelter estate paid the county treasurer, C. Frank Daly, $20,014.96 in full payment of a compromise settlement between the estate and the taxing bodies of McHenry. The death of Homar H. Joseph si SprUg QMNV ftmained a mystery as a coroner's Jsty was unable to decide whether Joseph's death from an-overdose of sedative pills was caused by accidental or suicidal intent. Oct. 23 -- Plans for a defense chemistry courae to be given by the government for the purpose of aiding workers in nearby defense industries were almost completed. Final payment of waived deposits on the West McHenry State Bank, West McHenry, 111., was authorized by Arthur C. Lueder, state auditor of public accounts on Wednesday, Oct 29. This is the first bank in the county to retire these certificates following the banking moratorium of March, 1888. Oct. 2 i -- Most of the Pine Tree Dairy farms in McHenry county owned by William J. Skidmore were sold for taxes at the McHenry county court house in Woodstock for the annual public tax sale. | Oct. 24 -- McHenry county's fint service man death since i>resident Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a national emergency was recorded in naval records Oct. 24, when John ! Thomas Von Hart, 22 year old naval aviation cadet was killed in the collision of two training planes about ten miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas. I November _ Nov. 8 -- Howard Cairns, local police officer who has served the city .since th© start of the fiscal year, was apointed Chjef of .Police by ltayor Overton at the November board meeting. Word was received on Nov. 6 that Capt. Daniel Gilber, Lieut. Thomas Kelly and three other policemen attached to the state's attorney's office in Chicago were found not guilty late the day before in the $50,000 suit charging false arrest which was* tried before Circuit Judge Ralph J. Dady tn Woodstock. An instituion that will serve as a school for the training of game wardens and other employees and as an administration building for the department of conservation in northern Illinois will be established in the lake region near Fox Lake in the near future was the promise of Ligingston Osborne, dirr?ctor of the state department of fish and game conservation at a banquet staged in his honor. Several families in and around McHenry were made happy by the return from army camps of sons and brothers the week of Nov. 13. They were EIRoy Jackman, Melvin Walsh John Glosson and Raymond Rother mel. Three of them were released because of the ruling which defers men over twenty-eight. On Nov. 12, two boys, Archie Stanford, 19. and Tom Fromm, 14, were held to the grand jury under bonds of $15,000 each on a charge of assault with intent to rob Herbert Orr of Harvard. During the robbery Orr was shot by one of the boys. Nov. 17 -- A jury of eight women and four men returned a verdict of $19,000 damages in favor of Mrs. Henrietta Burr of Crystal Lake and against Edward Knox, Crystal Lake. It was one of the largest verdicts returned in a damage suit in many yean in that court. Nov. 20 -- The names of fourteen young men who will leave McHenry county on Nov. 27 with the month's draft quota was released this week. The three local boys included were Fredrick Smith, Earl J. Blasius and Felix C. Unti. Nov. 25 -- A fall music festival, the fint of its kind to be presented in McHenry, was enjoyed in the high school auditorium on the evening of Nov. 25. The event was presented by the Forte club and was sponsored fey the Mothen' ehb. Dec. 1 -- McHenry county's newest village, Lily Lake, was again in the limelight when several residents of that community asked th^ court to grant a temporary injunction restraining several, including village officials, from holding a special election on Dec. 2. Dec. 4 -- The mystery of the disappearance of John F. Fletcher of Elgin was cleared as relatives received word that he had enli&ted several weeks previous in an anti-aircraft battery with the Royal Canadian array and had sailed some time in November to see service .in Europe. United States declared war on Japan on Monday, Dec. 8. The following night a telegram was received in McHenry county from Chairman Norman H. Davis of the American Red Cross asking that a special war relief fund of $6,800 be raised in the county. Word was received here that Miss Louise Stilling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stilling and a student at Lake Forest college, will be listed in the 1941 - 42 issue of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges'! to be released soon. Among those from here who have enl sited in some branch of the service since war was declared were Wilbur Trainor, Rollo Chamberlin and Kelly M. Elkin. Dec. 15 -- Among ten new applications for citizenship on file in the Circuit court was one from McHenry, that of Emil Herdrich, West McHenry, from Germany. At a meeting held on Dec. 15, the Red Cross appointed committees for McHenry and the surrounding territory for the purpose of canvassing to raise funds called for by national headquartrra. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yanda visited in Woodstock Sunday. enm<s SECOND L nrsw* • v-i- J * ~ * t. v ^ "< >.v - s'f'- gip warn WBOStfRf *"* Br. Paul £ Schwabe «« oproMsrtianr McHenry 1S8-J THURSDAY MORNIMCB ~ • «T4 BY AiTonmmT ORI Are You Having - > Winter Troubles Witfe y## car or truck? If so, drive in now at our wellequipped garage. Best of mechanics use only the highest grade materials. We can locate the trouble and do a line job at a moderate prioe. CENTRAL GARAGE f Phone 200 J FEED J. SMITH, Prop. Towing What a difference cheerful lighting makes! you CAM SEE WHy My HUSBAND USED TO CALL IMS THE "GLOOM BOOM* i ^ | . j >* • •Is -yij H££ES ALL\A/E OIO We learned a lesson From fne ^ ADVISOR v -: ,'1$5 HOME LIGHTIN $he scientifically measured the amount of light needed for festal' * Vision and impressed me with the importance of better light during # <jfhe darkj winter months and its relationship to better sight. She also jgave me many clever ideas for making my other rooms largerlooking and more attractive. " •- K ? ; ^ - She csh help you, cool Just phoor, or aaail t ori to the loeit < Public Service Company office. Ask for a home lighting adviser^ §fre £ no chafge or obligation for her ierviee*. > f I . . . and E l e c t r i c i t y is •> . « UC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS V ' y > L We replaced those old fUmc-coJoced bulbs with regular bulbs and used plastic ihxfet, 2. Wc also added buffet urns. What a difference those simple citM^S made. Our room even looks Awftr. :Am: