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Elm street The large 80x96 ft building, will be open ifcr public in*pectk>p at that time, - villi the public invited to inspect CHANGE DATE 07 LAST PROGRAM IN LIBRARY SERIES The library board announces the postponement of its fourth and final Srogram in the current series from [archc 3 to Sunday evening, April 11. The concert will feature Miss Jean Kleinman, soprano, and Miss Rosemary Anderman, pianist, and their teacher, Miss Bessie Ryan, all of Chicago. Miss Kleinman is now in Florida and finds it impossible to return te meet the March date. With the local calendar filled sq completely THREE DEATHS OF 1QCAL RESIDENTS IN CITY Hea^t Attack On v Sunday Fatal To/* • William Hay, 81 T It is with regret that the' list en* during the next few weeks, ~ board ; logistic writing on the long and usemembers were happy to acquiesce in i i. iiie of William Hay must be writchanging the program to a later ten this week. He died at the age date. I of 81 at his home on Washington Season tickets purchased last fall' »£e„et ,®n Sunday afternoon Feb. 22, ' mit one to the concert or *948. h,s. widow's eighty-third birthindividual tickets may be purchased j "#y anniversary, OFFICIAL MUUN FOR PRIMARIES COWifTED the new quarters. 'at the door for fifty cents. " j On several occasions, including his Gns Frennd, who itL owner of the i Last summer's ice cream social eightieth birthday fend his fiftieth lecal company, says that visitors are | wag the beginning of a drive for and «*thieth wedding anniversaries always wSeoined, bnt this particular | funds for T5ew public library build- - ~ Saturday afternoon and evening have i ing in McHenry. This was followed been set aside aa a special occasion \ by the program series sponsored by to show everyone aroand and give | the library board and the sponsor- Intenested persons information con- I ship by the McHenry Business Men's eerning the beautiful structure and Association of "Papa Is A1I" by the the services which the Equipment Woodstock Plurers. The combined Company is offering tile public. j proceeds, together with private Ao- • There will be special entertainment• nations, has reanlted in a very satisfor all* who attend, including .WLS j factory nucleus from which board radio talent, with two performances, members may begin to formulate ! plans for the new building. In j addition to the primary purpose pf ; the programs, excellent entertain- I ment of a high calibre has been , offered the local public. UT. PATRICK'S DAY ! PART if AT McHENRY CHURCH IS PLANNED | Mrs. Cecelia E. Knox has once ' again been chosen chairman of the annual St. Patrick's pot-luck supper : and card party to be held on Wednesday evening, March 17, at 7 o'clock j in St. Patiick's church hall, sponsored by the Altar and Rosary so- | dality. She will be assisted by Mes- .-- dames LeRoy Conway, George Mr. Hay was sought for information Knight. James Doherty, John Kilday, i concerning his lifetime pursuits, and : A. J. Wirtz, J. Glossori, Henry Miller, j he always modestly told of hia Thomas Phalin, Nellie Bacon* Albert various endeavors The April 18 official ballot. has been .completed and lists the following eandidatea on the Republican and Democratic tickets: Repablkan President: Riley Alvin Bender. .. United Statea Senator: c. Wayland prooks and Wiltlam J. Baker. ' Governor: Dwight • H. Green. ' Lieutenant Governor: Richard Yates ftowe. Secretary of State: William G. Stratton. State Auditor: Simon A. Murray. State Treasurer: Elmer H. Droste. Attorney General: George F, Barrett , • • Congressman from the Fourteenth District: Chauncey, W. Reed and Walter E. Miller. Delegates to the National Convention: Roy F. LeVerenz, Henry L. Cowlin and Stolp Dale Fraser. Alternate to the National Convention : Raymond A. Wnlf and Carl Du: Central Commiteeman $850 TOWNSHIP QUOTA IN RED I GROSS DRIVE : , ; McHenry Chapter : Leads County, In / Campaign Support LUTHBRAN8 WILL BUILD PARSONAGE 2 i III NEAR FUTURE \ Rev. W. A. Spurth, supply pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, announced at last Sunday's service that plans have been completed te build a parsonage as soon as work can be started. A building site has already been purchased near the church and a drive will be launched immediately for donations from * members and friends. - Originally it was inteyded to en- '^#r8e the church and. add living ' Ffflal plans which featured a wreSS- f space for a resident pastor, but fast for captains and workers at 8 j due to the high cost of building o'clcock next Monday morning, March materials this plan had to be aban M'HENRY COOTIE MARRIED SIXTY YEARS MUCH T William Teaches . Wed In Lnthenulr; Chnrcfh In 1888 ' £i-- . :-x:VK One of the longaat happily married couples in McHenry are Mr. and Mrs. William Turk. /si# 1, in the Riverside hotel are being i doned. The voters decided to use This week they are eagerly awaiting completed this week for the annual all building fund money collected dur- Red Cross drive. The following ing the past year for a separate chairmen have been named by Rev.! parsonage. "luu arge i Bei Fr. Eugene Baumhofer, general chairman, to head the drives in the various townships: William H. Althoff, McHenry; Floyd Foss, Richmond, John Dacy, Woodstock; John 'Buchte, Union: Mrs. Charles Seefeldt, Alden; George Lasansky, Algonquin; Mrs. Charles H. Blanchard, Crystal Lake; and Auvergne Feeley, and Bernard M. Long. I This year's quota for McHenry State Senator: Ray Paddock and j township is I860, just $200 higher Albert E. Nordstrom. i than last year, when $2,188.75 was Another anticipated change will be the addition of more services on Sunday later in the year. This will become a necessity if last summer's church attendance is any guide from which to make plans. The members of the buildingflnancec committee included Henry Antholx, John Felts, A. J. Kamhols, Otto Mueller, E. B. Ward and Walter Aeverman, chairman. C. IF. Kiehl of Lily Lake, president of Zion Lutheran church, stressed the'importance of the entrance of March, for whether the month is ushered in by the laasb or the lion it promises to be a baaaptl-.. State Representative from the; collected, almost four times the I completing this program at an early Eighth District: ,Nick Keller, Harold I assigned figure. It is no wonder that | date. D. Kelsey, Adolph Gerlich and Har- j McHenry chapter has built up an ve:L Pearson, natorial H. Photo by A. \Vor-v!ck, ?tcllenrv i Stilling, Harold Phalin and C. D. Quinlan and t' e Misses Helen Knox ! and Mildred Kinsala. i _ Each family is asked to bring a dish to serve. Admission price will ! be thirty-five cents, admitting one •m of o 7»T« 1 t^ie 8UPPer and cards following. OTgning »t 7^30 D m O^n progr,m wi" ,l5° "* "re- Jsar JK1,28 *"d The pqbHc l^vi.ed to Mr. Freund, who formerly operated 1 pnnv Af vr atu MAW hi3 business cn fearl street, where x.LUIfl " W the Riverside Motors is now located, : FOUND FROZEN IN moved to the basement of his Elm lPflV PTVVP wnunAV street building in October of 1948, t rUA KAVJ!jK WUWDAY carrying on there until the main f floor was completed. He has been in ! Another mystery was uncovered in _ the implement business since 1983, jthe E1R'n community on Monday forced him to retire about four years always as a McCormick Deering morning: when the body of a man I ago and since that time he spent his dealer. Four employees now assist tentatively identified as Walter Bren- i leisure moments caring for his him in the operation of his business, nan> v;as recovered from the spacious garden. The deceased was bom at Ottawa, 111., on Dec. 31, 186S, and on Feb. 7, 1888, was married at St. John's church Johnsburg, to Miss Helena Schaefer. The couple settled on a farm north of Johnsburg and fo* forty years thereafter continued farming there and in the Spring Orove community. More than twenty years ago the Couple purchased their present home pn Washington 3treet. Mr. Hay retired for a time, but soon eager to j be active again he accepted the posi- j tion of carrying mail from daily; trains to the two local postoffices for a period of ten years. Poor health Committeeman: J. Greene. ^State's Attorney: Don A. Wk*ks. Circuit Clerk: Lester Edinger. Coroner: Harry L. Ehorn. Democratic United States Senator: Paul Douglas. Governor: Adlai E. Stevenson. Lieutenant Governor: Sherwood Dixon. 8 Secretary of State: Edward J. Barrett. State Auditor: Benjamin O. Cooper. Treasurer: Ora Smith. Attorney General: Joseph P. Burke and Ivan Elliott. Congressman from the Fourteenth District: Richard Plum. Delegates to the National Convention: Martin O'Brien and Samuel K. enviable record as having supported Frank | the Red Cross campaigns better than any other chapter in the county. The county quota this year is $11,608. As in the past, it is the^iope of leaders in the 1948 campaign that the drive may he completed the same day it is started. This can be accomplished if each family discusses the matter of how much they intend to give before the worker assigned to that particular district calls at the door. Just how1 important the drive is this year can best be told in a release sent from Red Cross beadquarters in St. Louis: "Of some 306 disaster operations recorded by the American National Red Cross throughout the United States, forty-six were in Illinois. Of Markhian. Alternate Delegates: Paul P. Sauber and Thomas P. Higgins. Central Committeeman: A. J. Meadel and John F. Petit. State Senator: Harold Be ran. State Representative: Thomaa A. Bolger. Senatorial Committeeman: E. M. Phillips. State's Attorney: Raymond J. Kelley. , Circuit Clerk: Max FigtewlM. Coroner:, J. M. McOmber. " YOUTH CHARGED WITH OPERATING CONFIDENCE GAMS' Eldon Paul Pate, 18, of Wbodstock, was placed under arrest in that city Monday on charges of operating a confidence game. He was identified as the youth who cashed^ half dozen worthless checks in Elgin about a week previous. Pate was arrested Sunday afternoon when he attempted to cash a check for $40 at Keller's tavern, west of Woodstock. He was taken into custody by Henry Faerber, deputy sheriff, who called Fred Bau. Pate also faces a charge of cashing a check for $125 on a bartender at thirteen major disasters on Red Cross 1 ^.r.itzel 5 at Crystal Lake and book, for the year, one (the J»«.' * Tom Diedrich. Bob Thurlwell, Harold Fox "ver raceway beneath a trestle Stilling and Herman Steffes. (bridge near the Elgin Flour A Feed Tonyan Construction Co. handled Co- 'Brennpn had disappeared mysthe erection of the building and H. I teriously last Nov. 20. E. (Euch and Son the plambing.and heating. Full Line A receipt made out to W. Brennan from 8 the Richman Bros. Clothing store in Chicago was found in a The compnny carries a fall line of Fock»t as the only identification. The * McCormick Deering farm and dairy condition of the body was such that equipment and International freezers it was impossible to say positively and trucks. Mr. Freund also an- t,,at the dead man and Brennan were Bounces service on all machinery and *be same. trucks. ^ | The body was first found about 8 The term "Base of Operations"' o'clock Monday morning, when the was coined for those International! theory was advanced that it probably Harvester dealers who Pre new' was the missing Elgin man. How- » equipped to give the brand new ser- 1 ever, .required several hours bevice to which they have long felt Ifore it was freed from the ice and their customers were entitled. The • even officers who had known Brennan term is in contrast to the old "ell were unable to identify the body. ^ i,UIllt &lliriI1 fashioned store with its cramped The task of freeing the body required ] seventeen grandchildren and four- «fuarters and inadequate facilities ; parent ^ork by . policemen, firemen j teen KTeat grandchildren. # which thev believe is no longer equal volunteers, who used a live steam to the task of keeping farm ma- line, axes, bars and other tools to --.chinery in profitable operation. The loosen the ice. company recalls the early days when ' A careful study is being made to horse-drawn plows, harrows and determine if the man is Brennan and veapers made up the supply of, if .he fell into the river or whether he farmers' equipment, with the village ' might have met with foul play. blacksmith often the sales agent for i -- -- ~ -- such a line. In the company's own j Cb?llg€S of Venue Granted. ""V^lTo Four In Gambling Case Since the first of this year Mr. Hay's health continued to fail and it was doubtful for a time that he would be able to enter at all into the celebration of his sixtieth wedding anniversary on Feb. 7. However buoyed by his great desire to realize the attainment of this memorable event, be gained in strength for a short tinu and was able to enjoy I the day win his wife and family. I During the past ten days he suffered j two heart attacks, the last one on Sunday proving fatal. Survivors include ithe widow; four children, Frank of McHenry, Mrs. Rose Petrosky of Genoa City, Wis., John of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Laura Barish of Chicago; onC sister, Mrs. Catherine Yaung of Elgin; AROUND THf COURT HOUSE NATURALIZATION DAY Naturalization day in the circuit court has been set for March 1. On thex same date, the Paul Wilhelm case will be heard. He floods affecting sixteen counties on the Mississippi) was in Illinois. Of the more than $11,000,000 allocated by Red Cross for relief of disaster victims across the nation, more than $175,000 went to aid stricken families in the prairie state. This figure does not include costs incurred following a fire in Harrisburg, Dec. 2. /'Costliest of the forty-six disaster operations in Illinois was that following the June floods, when a total of $144,301.76 was spent for the relief of flood victims. Of this amount, largest expenditure, $35,838.84, went for food, clothing, and maintenance of families forced from their homes. More than $25,000 was invested in Woodstock clothing store. It was believed that he cashed several more checks in Elgin. The youth said he used part of the money be obtained to purchase a used car. Pate was arraigned before Justicfc of the Peace, Charles F. Hayes in Woodstock on Monday and his case continued ten days, with bond set ai $2,500. AMERICAN FARMS FEWER AND BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE American farms are gettir 3 Monday,! were in. the prairie state. 142 fires affecting five or more families, at least thirty-five were in is up before the court for violation , Illinois. Of the forty-two tornadoes of h£s parole. ; listed, at least one was in Illinois. There were at least two mine disasters. "The disaster-caused death toll ng fewer and bigger, a development that has each of these classifications: Building I significant social and economic implt- j UP AND MRS WILLIAM TESCH and repair and household furnishings. I cations for the nation at large, ac-; * - ----r ' There were disasters in every j cording to a recent report of the ful day, for it is their sixtieth we4- month of the year, with at least Institute of Life Insurance. ding anniversary. twenty-seven of the state's 125 chap- Continuing a trend that has been 1 While the rest of us find ourselves ters assisting. Of the fifty flood 1 under way for several decades, the j caught in the hurry and comnskm of operations recorded by Red Cross I Institute said, the average American j livng today, the Tesches are content throughout the nation, at least six I farm ha* grown in size to the neigh-' to quietly watch from their pleasant The body rested at the Jacob Justen Sons funeral home until Wednesday morning, when last rites were conducted at St. Mary's church, with burial in th» church cemetery. Henry Schau The many friends of Henry Schau of Indian Ridge, Wonder Lake, this week mourn his death, which COMMISSION SUIT Judge William M. Carroll last week set for triaj on March 8 the realtor's commission suit of W. S. Weller against Mary Bowes and Thomas Bowes. Mr. Weller, an Elmhurst real estate broker, asserts in his complain^ bill that the Bowes listed property with him for sale at $12,700, or less if the defendants agreed. Mr. Weller said that he produced a purchaser willing to pay the sum agreed upon and that the ! defendants then refused^to pay him * j . JUOKIIH $600 commissioner's fee. w totaUy d«abled •; receive a Of the borhood of 200 acres, based on U. S. | little home on the corner of Main and department of agriculture data. The Green streets. There they have exact figure for 1945. the latest date lived during all their married livea* available, was an average of 195 and since the erection of the pre® acres for PU the nation's farms, the ~ent high school have watched allargest since 1860, the institute | most a generation of McHenry** stated- j young people timidly make , their 'The growth in the size of the entrance as Freshmen and emerge throughout the nation was twice that j average farm was particularly pro- , four years later as confidant adults, of the previous year. Red Cross I nounced in the 1935-45 decade." the They have enjoyed the years and look estimates 1,266 disaster deaths in j Institute said. "In this period the 1 hopefully ahead to many more, with v, « volume of land in farms increased ; the daily presence of youth to keep 1 ' to more than 1.1 billion acres, a them young in spirit. record high. But the significant fac- ! William Tesch and Johanna Nickels tor as that the number of American were niarrfed 0n March 1, 1888, it/ farms decreased by nearly a million' the McHenry church which was at between 19S5 and 1945 to fall under ^hat time used jointly by the Methothe 6,000,000 mark.for the first time and Lutheran congregations. They immediately set up houskeej; 1947." PREFERENCE GIVEN WIDOWED MOTHERS IN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS of On SEEK DAMAGES March 9 the trial for servicemen now re- j-irk-Ki. ten-point preference in' federal civil service examinations. , . , since the; turn of this century.' deceased or "Taken in connection with the re- $5000 growth in the financial strength of farmeVs as a whole in Aa n acit of congress passed, a*t .t.h e, recent years, such as savings and Hebt reJuct5on/> the Institute said> Firemen Busy Answering Four Calls During Week damages of Ruth Lineau against j by^resid^ntTruman provides for the ' flrm^rovides a new'indication ^ ™19M in Cry,^ : wh, w., . wido«, ° the According to th. bill of com- | de«h\7 dujbmtylt^. "rhere *re m,">' factors th" ianges , weeks. He passed away in' plaint filed on behalf of Ruth Li- 1 son or daughter "bv reason of war, lit Judge Ralph J Dadv in Wau- Victory Memorial hospital, Wauke- neau, she was driving her car east Je?o*nized^ Sie-time^mpa°gn oi n yesterday to four defendants | gan, where he had been confined for ; on Crystal Lake avenue and Roy ! ^Te connoted dSIbility occurred on Saturday afternoon, Feb 21, 1948, following an illness of about j Lake. Changes of venue were granted by • four weeks Circuit kegan w» iour ueiei.ua.it* , wnere ne naa oeen connnea ior Koy 1 eprviee-oonnecterl disability ^ j under the indictment in the Lake; about two weeks. Heidenrich, an agent of Mr. Dufield, j Service officers of the Illinois The customary spring grass fires • county gambling situation. j Mr. Schau was born in Germany on was driving west on the sanw street. 1 Veterans' Commission in all of the an early start this year, with j By agreement of tne ana j Aug 14, 1888, and came to this coun- When her car was partly across the ; jo2 counties of the state are assisttry with his parents at the age of 2. ' intersection, Mr. Heidenrich drove The family settled in Chicago, where | his car so 1 they resided until Mr. Schau, his wife : own, causing _ of the court recorded locally during the past I attorneys, the cases were turned over week. In addition, firemen were to Judge William M. Carroll of called to extinguish a roof and an 1 Woodstock, and arrangements set anto fire. (for March 2, when Judge Carroll sits One grass fire occurred early this I at Waukegan. week on the H. Scholx land in the! The accused men, charged with con- Mrth part of the city, the other at1 spiracy and thejjpera^n^of gamb- Pistakee " ported at Fire fighters were summoned to count for the changing size pattern in agriculture. Among these can be listed the substantial loss of farm population to the cities in the last conijnunity decade, the growing mechanization * of agriculture and hence need for ~ their present home, which long been the residence of Mis. Tesch and her parents. - Mr. Tesch, a native of Germany, was employed for forty-three years, at the Terra Cotta Ceramics Works. Since his retirement several yeara aeo he continues to remain busy at all times, taking particular pride in an excellent garden. Mrs. Tesch, a native of Dundee, came to McHenry at the age of six months, so can be truly classified as a native of the The groom of sixty years is 84 g~ reater capital investment, and them yKAet*n rs . Ia4wI» hillne aih is* • br--i d*e Jr Je ached and two children moved to Wonder \ her compfiunt. Lake five years ago. He was employed as maintenance man at the Sawyer Biscuit Company in Chicago "t 'ttnhaat tiitt ccooluHiadeead 1 wwiittnh 'hneerr 1j gi?.i®^'- ble ufor thfis Vnew 'benef"it. ™ I *fotr«md yninnocrnatsnem' fa SKetw een 191^0 a n0d# !Tfers ch.i frhetmiratihn s luasntu suAaul ing injur,es, according to In McHeny county the, office ot t Inerat- while Mrs. Teschs he Ve . _ ... - MARCH 12 TRIAL Bay. No damage was re- houses, are Rocco Fischetti, John j for thirty-three years and served In i March 12 the suit_of the Roseneither place. | Kelly, Leo Weiss and August D., jj,e same capacity at Jbhnson Motors j Lumber n, Liebe. . I in Waukegan since moving to this This is the second important venue j community. change to the local jurist's court,1 the Illinois Veterans' Commission is located at 100% N. Benton St. in ' Woodstock. the Wagner Wonder 'Lake View Farm at Wonder Lake to extinguish a roof amd chimney fire which threatened to canse serious damage to the home. Firemen also were called to put out a fire in the Ford car of Mrs. Pearl Stratton. Tires were saved, but otherwise the car was totally destroyed. Mil l»»»•»••>••••••••»•»«»»« AMONG THE SICK NMI !!>•••••••••<••*»»••• Mrs. Arthur Smith, Sr., underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital the past week. Mrs. Anthony Freund was a surgical patient at St. Therese hospital Waukegan, last week. Mrs. Genevieve Hoelscher underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital last week. Mrs. Ignace Bergis underwent surgery at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, during the past week. B&llesleu Filitovicz was a sumcal patitnt at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, this week. 7»[ARRIAGE LICENSES the other being the Glenn murder case in Rockford. Marsh RESIDENCE CHANGES Roy Wingate and Alvera Hunter, both of Woodstock. " M. The Robert Vogts, who have been residing with her parents, the Phillip Thennes', on Richmond Road, have moved to the Vogt farm near McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stoffel and daughter moved this week from the Peter Freund home on Waukegan | s t r e e t t o t h e a p a r t m e n t a b o v e t h e i Stoffel store in West McHenry. The ! Eugene Millers, who had been resid- Although a comparatively new resident of this area, a friendly personality endeared . Mr. Schau to his many acquaintances; Survivors includfe the widow, Henirietta; a daughter, Mrs. Vera Henthprne; a son, Henry; and a granddaughter, Cora Jean Henthorne, all of Wonder Lake. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when Rev. Anderson of Wonder Lake officiated at last rites held there. Interment was in the Ringwood cemetery. Mrs. Cora Kelley Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Crystal Lake against R. B. Miller will be brought to trial. The plaintiff asks $440.74 for drainage tile delivered to the defendant at Marengo. MRS. T. L. KIMBALL . TO BE LAID TO REST^ 1 IN WOODLAND CEMETERf' y active, and health has not permitted her to be out of doors of 2 000 000 farm 'ate carries out her daily houseor more than one-third tasks- . When health permits, of the total number, were. 55 years ™th T ar* faithful in attending the old or ovef." ' Zlon Lutheran church services. The Tesches pleasantly recall their golden wedding day ten years ago, 1945 the average age of farm operat ors rose from 44% to 48.7 years, and in 1945 over operators, • '! •i?I BIRTHS Old time residents were saddened ! A> daughter was born »t the Woodthis week to leam of the death of ! stock hospital on Feb. 18 to Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kimball, who died at her i Mrs. LeRoy -mith. home at 227 Imperial street, Park i Mr. and Mrs. W llfred Freund an- Ridge, Monday evening, Feb. 23,! r«nn£ the^ birth of a> daughter at 1948. She had been ill with pneu-1 th® W oodfctock hospital on Feb. JM. 1 Mrs. Pearl Stratton of McHenry is when blue skies and warm breezes ave promise of an early spring, liey also recall fifty previous when broke cloudy and ing in the apartment, have moved to 1 J¥right Kelley were held from the the Freund home. 1 * The John N. Freund family/has moved from Johnsburg to their new home in Lake View subdivision, McHenry. The Paul Patzke family has moved from Center street to an apartment in .the Victor Freund home on Richmond Road. The place vacated by the Patzkes is now occupied by the Anton Freunds, who recently purchased the place and moved from the Thompson farm on the Woodstock read. The R. W- Nimtz family, who resided in tht Victor Freund apartment are now making their home in the former Downs place on Wauke Subscribe for Jacob Justen Sons funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Simmons of Chicago officiating. Burial was in the Ringwood cemetery. Mrs. Kelley, Widow of William Kelley. passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1&48, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Oliver Lawrence at Ringwood. Cora Adelaide Wright, daughter of Bessie and William Wright, was born in Laurenceville, Pa., on May 26, 1861, (and, was educated at Mansfield, Ya.. and at the state Normal schoolA She moved to Illinois in 1881 »an\j was united in marriage to of Knojcvilie, I1L, on MEASLES EPIDEMIC Dr. Roland R. Cross, state director of public health, announced last,week that measles is the most prevalent _ communicable disease in Illinois at | mon,a i°r sev*ral dayf- _ 1 »r«ndmntK«.r for second time 7i,M ""1' the present time, with 1,900 cases i The deceas^ was the former Lena « grandmother for th ^ ec d Henry, their four grandchildren and reported during the week ending Smith, daughter of J. P. Smith, one Mr and Mrs *Vank heeler of Los three great-grandchildren. While no their wedding day threatening rain. The celebrant will observe their anniversary with their two daughters, Mrs. Alma Riggs of Salem, Wis., and Mrs. Agnes Bienapfl of Mcreported during the week ending February 7. Of this number, 624 cases were reported from Cook county, 214 from Peoria county, and the remainder were scattered over more than one-half the counties of the state. This upward trend in measles is likely to continue for several weeks before the peak of the epidemic wave is reached. Dr. Cross predicted. So far this year. 7,738 eases of measles have been reported to the state department of public health. State Health Dept., Dis. No. 2. 11 Dean Street, Woodstock,, 111. May 15, 1882, later moving to Ringwood. Survivors include two duaghters, Mrs. Laurence of Ringwood and Mrs. Paul Jolitz of ' McHenry; a son, Harold Kelley, of Wheaton; twenty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A daughter. Mi's. Clara Beth preceded her in death. formal open house has been planned, the couple w«ou|d enjoy greatly visits with neighbors and old Angeles are parents of a son, Bruce f-tward. born on „• February 20, 01 me pcKia „lollI x , 1-948. The Keelers are also the store"on'Elm""street. ^Her'^husband's ' nrrents of a daughter, Donna Lee, ^„ds parents were also old time residents whots two yea is old. Mrs. Keeier Abundant good wishes to this very t-- IT. ig her only immediate " former Frances Stratton of - M"Henry. Mr. and Mrs. \incent fhwer of Woodstock are oroud of McHenry's early resident. He operated a jewelry store at the site of the present Math Freund jewelry 'Mm nere. He survivor. The body rested at_the Ryan Parke funeral home Tuesday niglit, and was brought to the Jacob Justen Sons funeral home in McHenry. Last rites will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home, Park 'Ridge on great-grandparents of the baby. comings. I on Wednesday: Mr. and Mrs. Ted PakniV °f v 1 * 4. T abo qro ina nflvenfc AT * • charming couple, who have learned to make the most of life's pleasures and to graciously accept its short- Wonder Lake are the parents of a1 dsuphter, born at *he Ravenswood hcfpital. Chicfsro, Feb. 17. weighing 7 lbs. 1R oz. The little girl has been with burial in Woodland cemetery, j na med Valerie Anne. CANDIDATE DIES HONOR ROLL STUDENT Atty. Stolp D. Fraser of Aurora, i Lvle Franzen, a member of the a candidate for delegate to the , sophomore class, has been listed on National Republican convention, died ! the Blackburn college honor roll for jng the inner lining of his stomach. FREAK ACCIDENT Nine-year-old Kenneth Biek. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bitk of Barring ton. was injured in a freak accident while playing during recess at the Barrington Public school recently. H1 fell ard a lead pencil which was ir his pocket .Nardv missed rntneturlast week. However, his name will remain on the April 13 primary ballot. His death leaves Judge Henry L. Cowlin of Crystal Lake and Roy >. Levemz of Naperville as the rnly two candidates. "" - 5 • \ •. . ' ..'.wA'u-.i.*'.... the first semester t)f this yeah The The pencil went throusrh hi- clothhonor roll consists of the upper 10 ins; and oenetTated fas flesh sb«Mit an percent of the student body, which inch. T*».e • boy was by a ihHudes JUS students. On the basis -H-V "«d r^t«r «•»« to hia of 5.0 r.s^the• behest averaga, ho^e. « d'wjlgpej l»yle received a 5.0. . • apa .iic i"j> atUiu-iii-* i.s u>ual. r.m