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' ' ' * " • ' " ' " • • ' " " • _ a " ' ~ " " : ' " • * " " ' " ' ' • • y ' V ^ ' ' ! ^ v \ 4 i V - . - : . * " C ^ f - W x- • ~ ' IBSMcHSNSYPLAIMSBAUdl ' I',' ',.. Yf <•', • .:»r • •••:» .-;V*V •• - ••#';« . ' «-. •- +A.' >**.•• •"- . . - I* . FRED MUELLER TELLS OF BEAUTIES OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. RINGWOOD .llfHmry Wafndealer, McHenry, Illinois. Dear Friends: Following my hasfe period SOLON MILLS VOLO Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harrison of Green Bay spent the ^weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison. Frankie Stephenson is spending two weeks in the Rob McLean home in =^aggaBBSBB Edith Eleanor, Hodge of Orlando,! / . Fla., is spending this .week with her I ®®r. and Mrs. Frank Mitacek of aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Chicago spent Sunday at the home of »t Camp Lee, Va., 1 was transferred j Mrs K g Craine of Mil- |d ai interesting and important city j waukee and Mr8 p,^ Nardgren and «rf the south. New Orleans, as we, Nancy, of Libertyville know, is located about 100 miles from i dinner guests jn the Fred Wiethe Gulf of Mexico, on the^Mississippi j Jr home Friday. Hiver, and therefore making it one, #nd Mrg LeSter Nelson and #f our largest ports In fact, it ranks I famil and Mrs. George Bacon of «econd in the country, and it is . Antioch spent Sunday afternoon with •nain gate for fomgn trade ^Jennie Bacon. larbor is considered as one of the j Rev and Mrs CoHinB attended the |»rRest in the world, and is a gre^ j funeral of a friend in Union Grove, inarket for produce of all kinds. It is , Saturday. Surprising to note that here the river j f Elkhorn gpent ^ . k .t l««t Jt^OO *eet w.weekend Jib hi. Bobby /from 100 to 200 feet deep in the har- Brennan Croplty. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Merrell of Ottawa, 111., and Mrs. Harold Bull and daughter, Scharline, of Elgin, were Friday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Merrell. Mrs. S. W. Brown of Ringwood and Mrs. A. C. Merrell were Hebron callers Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Palaske of Antioch were Friday callers at A. C. Merrell's. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Monear of Mc- Henry were Friday evening callers in the Nellie Jackson home. Gerald Hardy of Urbana called on bop. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clay, Maxine, At this time I am unable tc> dis- I • David Peet'of Rock. tlose the nature of the port | ford, spent Friday in the Ed Peet However, one can realize that such • 5 , harbor must be adequately equipped ( Young underwent surgery old friends here Thursday. - ^ Davis at Slocum Lake the past week. UMmr. and M«ras . JTo ne n AA <d!a*m•••s• have a# IT _ _ 1 Ala* moved from the Aylward home to the Berry house. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Turner were callers in the Guy Dygert home in. Greenwood Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schwabe and son, David, of Chicago were weekend visitors in the Mrs. F. Kilpatrick ;*o handle commerce from all source^ gt Therese>s hospital in Wahkegan . Including rail and truck as well as c_turdav r Ahip. One additional featareis^thatap- , Mr and ^ Ben Waikinjfton vis- jhom€. ; V r«ximat^y ® g^ited in the Frank Walkington home Mrs. Norman Stanger of Wood- ,, ^.liters ^^n from the gutf and the ,fc Uhertyvme, Sunday stock and Mm <Seo£e Noble and J&ayous n ty Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon spent daughter, Jennie, of Aurora were facn year. 1 weeiceT1d in the Dick Wilson home Monday evening callers in the Joe at Urbana. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carney and daughter of Chicago visited in the With respect to industry, cane refining leads with a normal output of about $52,000,000 annually. It has imnaannyy oottihieerr iimmppoorrttaanntt iinndouusstirniecs. i»nn -|R ~Neal home over Decoration Day. c^dmp ^i^J^ar _the^eatest^fur ^ and Mrs p c Leonard of Lake Geneva called on Mrs. Jack Leonard and Peggy, Tuesday afternoon. Alice Mae Low and Shirley Hawley producing area in the Western Hemisphere. This great metropolis of nearly a kalf million population, dates its foun- , . M. 17.8, when D, »» ^ fi es' nearlynC«iem^)lished the city, one % ^chm°;d ou h s a e Ve m°Ved int° ^ ?in 1„7o8c8 and one in 1794. Because ol Jennie Bacon house foresight of an extensive fur trading The Home Circle will meet with loresigni oi an extensive ^ Mrs. Oscar Berg on Wednesday, June establishment, the French exten e in tniirow Hawlev and Mrs. their territory of Louisiana to many Mr. and Mrs. Lou Abendroth of Elmiles northward and westward. It was in 1762 that France transferred noste88 ^Louisiana to Spain. In 1S00, Spain * 8 . Bacon ^ transferred the territory back to the IK'" French who took formal possession M„ ch„|e, and 1803. In the same year and less! Mr ^ Mr> R stevenil than a month 0f MUwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Sus ilouisianlf Purehase. """" R.mimswnt of the earl, days ^ ^ week. 1ho1ld/, ,thio uWgXh now nearly aa century ««" i- «, ", Ch»ri~ »«k" •><>">« has passed, one mustn't overlook the „ London home. Mrs. Louis Thayer and son, Eugene, of Woodstock were callers in the E. E. Cropley home Saturday. Saturday afternoon visitors in the Ernest Snyder home were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Karniboge, Jerry and Carol of Mundelein, Mrs. George Shearer and son, Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dewitt and Mrs. J. W. Snyder of Chicago. * August Aubert and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aubert and her sister of Chicago spent the weekend in the Henry 10. Mrs. Andrew Hawley and Mrs. I ^ubert home. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., will assist the Frank Kilpatrick and • Henry Audark days of the War of 1812, jhen , ^ Urb where she had foreign jpyes were turned toward the I • v takine of this port. It was in Decern- I V1^ ?«;* ^ ber of 1814 to the first of January Mrs Fred ^ ' ® 3815 that the historical battle of New ! Ann, Helen Joh;8°n and Janet, and Orleans took place. At Chalmette, a Jack l^onjard and Pe«gy, v.s,ted short distance from New Orleans,;'" the Catherine VogriI home at Elk- Gen. Andrew <01d Hickory) Jackson | ^rn, Thursday aftern^n. staged a gallant defense and thwarted i ^r^.^oy N®a1' Shirley . caputre of the city by the enemy. In Michael Negri spent Wednesday 1861 it was part of the Confederacy, |in *tenos!j1^; _ . , fc», in 1862 it new the Northern Union < ^ VawTy Mrs. Rose Jepson returned home on flag. As one tours the city, he is attracted especially to the world famous home, Saturday. Mrs. Ben Font and sons of Spring -French quarter. It is well to note the Grove and Mrs. Ed Peet were callers * curious dwellings and the narrow j in Woodstock, Friday afternoon, streets of this particular section. The j Mrs. Leo Karls and Mrs. Harry An- * houses, usually two or three stories j derson of Richmond spent Friday aft- / high, have balconies adorned by the | ernoon with Jennie Bacon. * definitely exotic, lace pattern iron Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and 8 grills. The designs of these grills are 1 family were Sunday supper guests in bert spent Wednesday evening in Chicago. . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schaeffer and family of Spring Grove were visitors in the Joe Adams home Saturday. Miss Jennie Cairns of Woodstock spent Friday evening with her sister, Mrs. Belle Schultz. William Gieser of Chicago spent the weekend in his summer home here. Mrs. Kuntz of McHenry was a caller in the Dora Cole home Saturday. Weekend guests in the Arthur Carnes tiome were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carnes, and son, Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. A. Metzer of Chicago. • Earl and Charles Schultz of Wauconda spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Belle Schultz. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutton, Mrs. Gilbert Kraft .and daughter, Evelyn, were Janesville visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Andrews and daughter, Anita, and Ed Aubert of Chicago spent Saturday in the Henry Aubert home. Leroy and Ifiverne Cole spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Dora Cole. Sunday guests in the Ernest Sny- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hanke of Evanston were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. GedTrge. Miss Shirley Dunker of Capron is spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Orville Alton of Chicago speht the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carlson and family of Chicago called at the kome of Harry Chambers Saturday. Mrs. Sarah Fisher spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mrs. Harry Chambers is on the sick list at this writing. Mrs. Pearl Dowell and daughter, Ada, spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Raven at Slocum Lake. Mrs. Herman Dunker and family of Capron, Mrs. Frank Harrison of Chicago, Mrs. Wendell Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., of Wauconda, Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Dowell and son, Torfimy, of Libertyville, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carlson and family of Chicago were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stl George spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Valenta in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Littlefield and son of Waukegan spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Len Littlefield. Donald and Harold Grabbe at Crystal Lake spent Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kruppa of Evanst6n and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clem of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of Mr.* and Mrs. Frank St. George. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz entertained the following guests at their home Friday evening: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ritta, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ritta and family of Mundelein, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ritta and famliy of Ivanhoe, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Grabbe of Ivanhoe, Miss Hughes, Miss Rita Brown, Miss Helen Brown, Donald Brown and Dale Rider from this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. F. Levy of .Chicago spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parson, Sr., and daughter oi Chicago called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bacon Friday. JOHNSBITRG - ' Thundiy, Jose i Mrs. George Miller of Gray slake spent Wednesday with her father, John Pitzen. M^. ajid Mrs. frank Kampfer of McHenry called on Mr. and Mrs. John Pitzen Tuesday evening. Mrs. Walter Freund and son, Billy, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers Friday afternoon. Mrs. Steve Freund of Spring Groye attended the Lady Foresters meeting here Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and daughter, Nancy, spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zolloner and son of Chicago spent the weekend with Art Peters and Bill Marc. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilke of Chicago spent the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Freund. Mrs. Henry Stoffel of Volo spent a few days in the home of her father, John Pitzen. Joe Pitzen was a Bofoit, Wis., cal'er Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guyser of Chicago spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. William Oeffling. Miss Katie Pitsen of Chicago is spending a few days with her father, John Pitzed. Mr. and Mrs. John Bohmen and son, Jackie, of Wilmette, and John King of McHenry, were supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers Decoration Day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bode of North Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klapperich. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller of (Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller. Miss Kathryn Althoff of Elgin spent a few days in the home of her mother, Mrs. William Althoff. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Meyers of Chicago spent the weekend at their cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. Bill May and son, Richard, were Spring Grove callerf^1 Sunday. John Pitsafe i« •quite tUk at writing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young daughter of Spring Grove spent S day with Mr. and Mrs. Joe ft v. 'Wi'. m- Collects Pencils 5 The pencil collecting hobby thai Ed Johnson of Pratt, Kan., starte# as a boy has grown up with him. , He now has 42,000 of them an« claims it is the "largest pencil co^ lection in the world outsid# it ft newspaper man's pocket." Cooling off Guns Cannonading had to atop on. th# third day of the Battle of Getty% burg in order to cool the guns ijt; anticipation of a fresh attack, Mat " Gen. Abner Doubleday discloses is his book, "Chancellorsville and Oct* tysburg." - Subscribe for The Plaindealer! Official U. S. Treasury War Bond Quotas for June MINNESOTA 1&Z6U0 I2.SO7.9B0 •Mill tl.679.B0S / vriftfinf '1,101.100 f, Ms, 500 is •:--> \9£rss.5ii,jo8 hiiiw-w1 <5S.Miwou.tH.iA® ' - - j 117 381.300 36.562,+11 >2.249.001 512.JJ02.I0I IMH.SH mum (it.oto.eoo "mill imnt <1.475.100 Missmi 11(51.10 1 r>T3jW^rw7MU,ouH Tt****!11 S tllSO.SOO ... • IIUNSM ~ . i official tieasury PEPARTMINT FIGURES KIOTO DATE. SKI • 5,000,000,000 • NATIONAL 10NO QUOTA FOR juniiootooaooo yiCTORY BUY mtmr-imtmT tmiumurtiL The above map of the country shows the War Bond Qnota by states for the month of June totalling $800,000,- BBO. Everybody every pay day is expected to invest at least ten per cent of his income in War Bonds to aid in financing America's offensive against the Axis powers. The ultimate quota for the nation will be on a basis ef one billion dollars per month effective in July. This sum is necessary to provide for all-out production of plane% guns, ships and munitions adequate to arm our fighting men with the tools necessary to win the war. innj-u LruT-rtruxjtru .ri_rLrLr»»~w~>nj"«->r»r>r>r>rif»<~'r"M-i<-yM-M-»~ "v"1 ~ ~i~ ** ^i** m m . a m elaborate, as well as artistic, and each 1 the Elmer Olsen home at Richmond.! der home were Francis Snyder of Genoa City and Mrs. Frances Reed of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer. Nielson and son, Junior, and Billy Nielson of Chicago spent the weekend in their sumseems to outclass the other in fashion j Rev. and Mrs. Collins were Chicago and decorativeness. The most out-, visitors one day last week. "standing of the structures I consider \ The Memorial Day dinner given by to be St. Louis Cathedral, which was the W. S. C. S. was well attended and erected and decorated in 1794, being was a success in every way. r the third church built on this spot.! Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walkington and j mer home here. Guests were Lou and (Here on this location, the founder of son visited in the Edwin Benoy home Leroy Krating, Ronny Carlson, Joe New Orleans erected the first Cath- t at Genoa City, Sunday. jCervas and Ricky Bochert. ; olic church in 1718. Storm and fire i Fred Wiedrich, Jr., and Roy Sutton Weekend guests in the accounted for the loss of this and returned home on Thursday from Althe second church.) The Cathedral is bert Lea, Minn. beautiful beyond compare, not in ma-1 Mrs. William Aubert and son. Jim- • terial or design, but in the spirit it is my, spent Monday afternoon in the ; meant to impart. Words cannot ex- ! Harrj^ Turner home in Woodstock. press the atmosphere of this sanct-1 Mrs. Roland McCannon of Algon- ! quin spent Monday afternoon with her mother, Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Those from Ringwood attending the church dinner in Greenwood Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Collins and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Mr. and Mrs. Don Smart and sons of Waukegan spent Saturday evening in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. Mrs. Albert Schultz of Genoa City spent Friday with Mrs. Roy Wiein this section of the city, observing drich. many, ancient establishments, each a j Mrs. Laura Hendrickson and Clara story in itself. Leaving this area, we Mae Ellison of Richmond called on come* again to the modern New Or-;jennje Bacon, Sunday. leans. There are such places as the | Michael Negri has returned home .... __ r Tulane stadium, commonly known as after spending a°week with his daugh- j of Chicago were weekend visitors in the "Supar Bowl," Huey Long bridge, i ter, Mrs. Roy Neal. j the home of the former's parents, Mrthe zoo, Chalmette National cemetery, j Mr. and Mrs. Taylor of Dundee | and Mrs. F. Kilpatrick. an™L° e * creat'ons scenic value. spent Monday" evening with Agnes Thus, I hope to have given a brief ! Jenks. 1 accounting of a city which thrills Bruckner of Chicago spent thousands of visitors annually, and Sundav afternoon and evening in the although, the Mardi Gras was not held Fred Wiedrich Jr. home. this year, it will not alter the usual %jrs. Ole Moe of'Chicago called on visitations. And now as I sit here on her grandmother, Jennie Bacon, Sunthe levee watching "Old Man River" day afternoon. uary, as one has actually to be pre ent to appreciate its signifigance and spiritual effect. We move on now to another building' known as The Cabildo. Its purpose for the general council assembly, and it was here that the transaction of transferring Louisiana from Spain to France, and then to the United States in 1803 took place. It is now a slate museum and well worth seeing. One could go from place to place William Gieser home were Mr. and Mrs. John Sugrue, Jake Aubert and Tillie Davis of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gieser and family of Russell, 111. Mr. and Mrs. John Hotham of Zion were callers in the Henry Aubert and Joe London homes Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Randell and daughter, Nancy Kay, of Milwaukee, spent Memorial Day and Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pester. Alfred Parker, who is employed at Beloit, Wis., spent the weekend in his home here. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reading of Brooklyn, Mich., are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. E. E. Cropley. Mr. and Mrs. Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jung of MoHenry were Friday evening callers in the E. E. Cropley home. Vivian Kilpatrick and Earl Lohse going along, I find myself becoming Mr. and Mrs. William Albert spent absorbed in just what story it could1 c !' ",,u "V8, "","n'"uue TiLlf' LvinV^'^^b0 C°n0lUdp. bV UTheyRedeCross will me^Tn Friday, S „ « f ?°V 11 June 12, with Mrs. Louis Hawley. "Hello," ^ the othTfellows in 'the I .Rin,f7°d P"ticipatV!n s the services0 and a,ls o tjo my .fri .e nd.s .in JMl cchurch dedication at Greenwood, Sun- Henry and Johnsburg. (Facts and other information were obtained from plaques, historical markers, and a guide book.--The tourist in New Orleans. Sincerely, PVT. FRED J. MUELLER, 2nd Provisional Battalion Co. 8, O.D. & R.D. Chalmette Slip, N.OJ.E. New Orleans, La. #r THIS fie MNIC'S OHiAfi/ Invest Mour moaeq in United Mas Wtyillllfc BONDS AND STAMPS! V. S. Treasury Dtpartme*t day, an all day meeting, with a dinner served by the Dorcas, at noon There will be no services at the Ringwood church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Volkart and daughter, Earlene, and Gus Vogel of Kenosha, were callers in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home, Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison and family of Round Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Ordin Frisby and family of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Malsch of Glenview and Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison of Green Bay were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hawley spent MoniMy at Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hunt entertained forty guests at a picnic on their lawn, Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Collins attended church services in McHenry Sunday, going to hear Rev. Richard Miller, superintended of education of the Methodist church. Miss Bernice Schwabe apd friend of Chicago were weekend visitors in the Frank Kilpatrick home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prentzman and daughter, Donna, Jean, of Oak Park were weekend guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cropley. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Guthrie and daughter, Virginia, of West Point, 111., spent from Wednesday to Monday in the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner. Mr.* and Mrs. William Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Guthrie and Virginia motored to Kenosha and Duna Park on Lake Michigan Memorial Day. Sunday guests in the Charles Osborn home were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mallory and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of Marengo, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Colby of Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Colby and R. L. Colby of Woodstock, Miss Jeannette Hawthorn and friends of Hebron, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Osborn of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Hodge and son, William, of Delavan, Wis., were Friday callers in the home of their aunt, Mrs. E. E. Cropley. Mrs. Maud Johonnott of .Racine, Wis., will spend the week of June 9 with her grandchildren. Her son, Lyman, and wife are taking a trip to New York. Perfect Wren The house wren's food habits are perfect, 98 per cent of its diet consisting of insects and their Lost Hat, Gets m The hat that L. F. Allmond, Oklahoma City, lost in a restaurant had his name, address and telephone number in it. A week later he received a letter from Columbus, Ohio, enclosing % $5 bill. A note said a man took the hat by mistake and he imagined it was worth about $5. Here was fee thankfc Production Electric Power in Northern Illinois Throw a switch, and electric power surges form lb turn the wheels of war production. 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