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* V " -T;i> ' V * •'M •'*•?."' i Thursday; September 1,1938 v\,':» »» ,7. V"*# * ri*« • " -fiir V-'ir^r '•* '•'ff1' '" • i -iiw'• yw i.i- • "%!"'"ir. *:-i" Page IWt . \ i ' A "SO i HEAR", EARL WALSH «i \ * . CHILDHOOD MEMORIES •>/" :, (You have them too) V* , * h Hearing tell that a LAST CHANCE TO SEE HAT STABS IN ACTION AT OKAYS LAKE AKKRA Local 'wrestling fans will get the.* i last chancy to see the mat stars in j action Friday night in "Peg's Arena I at Grayslake when Jim McMillen of Antioch, farmer and leading prcf heavyweight, settles his grappling fued one and for all time with King Kong, ; famous bearded Abyssinian challenger, in the main event of the final mat card of the season; Early this summer King Kong met McMillen at Grayslake in a wild affair that ended in a near riot when eat always lands on its feet when dropped. Also that "When the Cat's Away f • V; * J the Mice Will Play." S^» one fine day1 when we littie * . . mousies were alone, we carted a ~'* neighborhood kitty to the top of the the Abyssinian forgot the rules of the V.-,' stairway and proceeded with the ex-Jspor^ amj began to batter McMillen .•i", , periment. Cats do land on their feet. ^int0 unconsciousness with a rock •f.:,_\.v' 1 relieve our little bank of seven pen-^he King's consistent wins SV"*. ^seventy-five times. iearned for him the right to get an- « " AND--Windows rattling at night. | other chance at McMillen, but after ' (yje wer€ never sure whether it,the allotted sixty minute tiirfe limit - was the wind, Santa Claus, a boogey,neither star was able to subdue the man or the stork). other and thef referee declared the Ice, cream socials* _ . . ^ I match a. draw. •. ,y-> ' Watching a kindly neighbor, "Deke j Now fresh from a win over the 1 Wentworth, freeze ice cream. (No g|ant German, Friedrich von Schacht, ** •',ice cream ever tasted better. We ^ Kong will get his last chance at Mc- V'1v t*-•, licked the freezer clean.) ' jMillen to prove to promoters and fans i Maneuvering with a silver knife to just who the best man is and who is } ; '•••; • •'sVt'iv'.' rehv/ our little bank of seven pen- j entitled to a match with Champion n*®8--and shootin' the Works to treat Nagurski at Chicago this fall. Last ? '"our best girl. (Note to the Mrs.: week much dissatisfaction resulted &')? '-K.fj ^ That was about age 6.) ^ j front the action of referee Tony Had- - * Pleading with a younger sister not jac> S(y another referee, possibly Lou sit in the middle of the street to^Gordan will officiate Friday night, her little sand pail. <WU he mur- The semi-windup promises to be * . * dered for that one.) > v ~ Smugglin* crackers 'to bed. _ ^ Playing "Cowboy and Indian." speed aginst the rough and tumble (Indians were scarce. Cowboys al-1 tactics of tuffy Rudy Kay, the Chiways won--in story books.) cago gas-house kid. Rough Rudy is "Policeman and Robber" was about one of the best attractions in the the same. ); 'game and local fans will be out en Throwing stones at the glass knobs mass to see Kay "given de works" by . on telephone poles--hating to miss the handsome Italian adonis. HUNTING SEASON FOR MD DOCKS EXTENDED1S DAYS OPEN FROM OCTOBER M TO NOVEMBER 23 Buck hunters take note! You might see a duck this fall. Game authorities .have heard your pleas and extended the duck hunting season 15 days. You now nave 45 ( days in which to look for ducks instead of 30. Here's hoping you bag a few. The new rules becomes effective this fall. Last year many and loud were the ENTITLED TO P ; The English local train was pull* ing out from the platform. The old gentleman was just settling down comfortably. Suddenly the door burst open and a young man tumbled into the carriage and seated himself, panting and puffing, opposite the old gentleman. The latter looked on with obvious disapproval. "You must be very unfit, young man," he said, after a while. "Why, when I was young I never panted and got out of breath like that after a run." "Perhaps not," retorted the*other, regaining his breath a little, "but I missed this train at the last station."-- Stray Stories Magazine. That Scotch Joke Again Wandering aimlessly on a lonely road in Scotland, an American at v „ last met up with another human--ra complaints that the season had start-j kilWi Highlander. ed and ended and no one had seen any "Gosh, pal," remarked the Amerwild fowl. Now that was a shame, j ican, "I'm lost!'* No matter how good a man thinks he! _ "Is there a reward oot for ye?" is,--he can't-* shoot a duck if there j inquired the^Scot. r > , aren't any ducks. The conservation-j ^Why, no." ^ : ists, who plan our gante laws, evi-j '"Weel,' remarked- the Scotsman, dently remembered the sad and sour ~a on'__ re" lost."--» faces of the duck hunters last fall, ; Washin*ton Post* and this year, when formulating rules, extended the duck season 15 days. Southern Trek Late ' . The fall of last year was very* mild and undoubtedly the wildfowl was perfectly content to remain in its northern summer grounds until the advent of cold weather, which hap- DO YOU KNOW-- That Immense areas of the ocean •re over 20,000 feet deep? . 1 That a northerly course is the shortest air route to the Orient? That Norwegians are far ahead of Americans in electrification of their farms? That It takes 4Vt years for a ray of light'to reach the earth from the nearest star? " -." . • - That 43 vast continental areas and island groups ^changed hands as a result of the World war? -and afraid to hit. Trying to catch pigeons in farm- Two classy preliminary matches complete the card. George Becker, AnvVi r ight^system. up" hitters. --I-- Pity poor Sir Runciman! All he has to do is stop a war in Europe. --I-- He can't do that! After all the time these dictators have spent getting ready for this little war party-- he has to try to stop 'em. --B-- No need of us getting into war, but why not send Corrigan over ? He can at least get 'em going in the opposite direction. --n-- That fellow, Casey Stengel, is do- cago. ing all right at Boston in spite of all j Richmond-- the Crepe that was hung when Bill Heeline, 2B .. McKechnie went to Cincinnati. Bill Robinson, 3B was a miracle-man. Casey was to be1 Christonsen, SS a flop. But, they didn't know Casey. iW. Harm, C . --|-- (Ehorn, P No lotus in Grass Lake this year, j C. Harm, CP .Too much rain. That makes ft ear- Cappanos, IB tain lotus aren't weeds. P- Borre, LP i another thriller with sleek and clever Ralph Garibaldi matching wits and,Pened to be> most unfortunately/after ' duck hunters in the northern zone had packed away their scatterguns. It is practically impossible to predict whether fall frill be mild or severe this year, but /northern zone shooters are assured of\I§ extra days of .duck hunting. j Following are the 1938 Migratory Game Bird Regulations: Ducks, Brant, Geese, Coots, Wilson's and Jack Snipes and Rails Season | Dates, (Inclusive)-- Ducks, Brant, Geese, Coots, Snipes: October 15 - November 28. Rails: September 1 - November 30. Shooting Hours -- Ducks, Brant, Geese and Coots: 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. Std. Time. Snipe, Rails and Gallinules: 7 a. m. to sunset. Method of Taking Birds--Feeding or baiting of birds, use of live decoys, prohibited; only shotguns of threeshot capacity, and not larger than 10 guage permitted. The State of Illinois Game Code, Section 8, provides the following additional restrictions governing the taking of migratory waterfowl (ducks, brant and geese): "It shall only be lawful, - - - F (b) To take migratory waterfowl from any fixed or artificial ambush ers' hay lofts. (Don. Harrison was a j Brooklyn, N. Y., sensation who won specialist.) | instant acclaim in his first appear- Hating lettuce. iance at the Lake arena last Friday Starting all letters with "How are ^ when he whipped Jck Conley, will go you? We are all fine." into action against "Bad Boy" Brown, Disliking girls. (Honest!) highly touted southern bad-man. The - --"-- . , I other .prelim features Al Williams, Those Yankee bats must be loaded. tatooed blond tough-guy from Fox --'-- | Lake, against Jimmy Heffner, Texas ow, (|te Yankee* have the j hurricane, who promises local mat They buy all clean- fans something new in wrestling. 'BUD' MILLER STARS AS REDS WHIP RICHMOND OUT-OF-DATE * '.Iff] Old Aunt--Well, my dear, were you a good girl while I was away? Jane--Not me, good girls are so dreadfully mid-Victorian. "Bud" Miller pitched and his teammates hit. Result: Johnsburg 10, Richmond 1. The Reds opened up with a five run blast in the fourth inning to put the game on ice. The Reds will have a day off next Sunday but will play a double-header Sunday, September 11, against the St. Gregory C. O. F, nine from Chir --I-- Pitcher Max Butcher, who fumbled around with Brooklyn, is a sensation since he was traded to the Phils a short spell back. How can you figure this game of baseball, anyhow? --I-- A new bridge for Johnsburg. Why not put a canopy over the old bridge and rent space to the fishermen?-- Comfortable seats and all that sort of thing, you know. --I-- The Brooklyn Dodgers are supposed to be changed team, but now they are bringing up a cross-eyed pitcher. --I-- The Phils, a mere trading post for the National League, left a strange impression in Pittsburg lately. Ifs news when the Phils win three out of four from anybody. Pittsburg outfielders collected only two hits off Phil flinging--and Paul Waiter got both of 'em. --I-- The heading to this story is "Local Barber Goes Out of Town for Haircut and Gets Trimmed." . That's enough story. . --I-- /Ii""-*?' The height of something: A lady entering a 5 and 10 store and asking for the bargain basement. --I-- Roy Millers of the Lily Lake Millers, puts us straight on our mention of Cleveland's Bob Feller and a mere 1000 crowd. "They were playing the White Sox and the fans knew it would be a push-over," says our orator. We seem to recall that our White Sox pinned Mr. Feller's ears back that :'day. ; v Beal, RF Totals Johnsburg D. Freund, SB - ' • 2 N. Smith, 2B H. Freund, C B. Meyers, SS ....... T. Pitxen, IB ... A. Freund, CP S. Freund, RP R. Hettermann, LF B. Miller, P AB H ... 1 0 0 ... 4 0 1 ... 8 0 1 ... 4 « 1 ... 4 2 ... 4 0 0 ... 4 ™ 4 1 4 0 0 ... 8 0 0 ...31 1 6 AB R H .. 2 8 1 .. 4 © 1 ». 4 ' ; i " 2 .. 5 9 0 .. 5 f 2 . . 4 r 0 .. 4 l • 1 .. 4 I 2 ... 8 2 1 ..85 10 10 Strong Medicine A colored woman went to her husband's physician and said: "Doctah, Ah's come to see if yo' am gwine to ordah Rastus one of dem mustard plasters again today?" "I think, Mandy, perhaps he'd better have one more." •. "Well, he says to ax yo' kin he have a slice of ham wif it 'cause it's mighty pow'ful to take alone.'1 Started Early Young Bill--I think we are much better today than in your time--better than they were thousands of years ago--even the babies swore in the olden days. "How do you make that out?" when the said ambush is located with-' gasped grandpa. in the lines of the natural covering of! "Why," chuckled Bill, "it says in reeds canes, willows, flags, crooked 'that Job cursed the day brush, wild rice, or other standing he was born."--Rail. vegetation, above the open waters of That frigid weather and blizzards are common occurrences in certain places in equatorial Africa? - That the area of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics is greater than that of all North America? That the continent of Antarctica is jigger than all Europe--as big as Australia and the United States, combined? That Alaska grows in record time prize flowers and fafm products, because its summer days have 22 hours of sunshine? . That a ship sailing from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean through the Panama ,canal travels in an easterly direction?--Philadelphia Record. A LITTLE DIFFERENT any lake, river, bayou, or inlet or other watercourse within the jurisdiction of the State; from any tree or other elevated perch or point not Happiness Deferred j ' Sandy--When is Annie McTavish goin' to let you marry her? Andy--It's very uncertain. Some _ ^ ^ .i person gave her a big pad o' notemore than ten (10) feet above ground paper with her name printed on it. There is every indication' of widespread interest in the tennis tournaments planned for next Sunday and Labor Day on the local courts. Several entries have been received this week from out of town players for the Men's Singles on Labor Day. All plans have been completed for the girls' and mixed doubles tournament to be held next Sunday, September 4th. It is important that all entries for the Labor Day tourney be in the hands of "Mac" not later than Sunday. I From all indications, both tournaments will sparkle with brilliapt ten- There is some telk of the Old timJ"£ ™!,?*ayerlar in fine f0rm *fers (who really aren't so old) playing; - " 0"?..0r^ slimmer on the the youthful Johnsburg Reds. That f,ourts- Th.e p"b.hc 18 invited to watch Totals Struck out by Miller, 9; Ehorn, 2. Base on Balls off Miller, 4; Ehorn, S. , Two base hits: H. Freund. Three base hits: D. Freund. WIDESPREAD INTEREST SHOWN IN LABOR DAT TENNIS TOURNAMENTS ought to be good. --I-- It seems that a bunch of good ball players around here hang up their spikes too soon. --1-- Fellows, like Louie Bending, couldn't be dragged off the diamond with a team of horses when they ware in their twenties. . --I-- , Frank Freund, "Shootie" Thelen, "Johnnie Butch" and others stayed in the game 'till they were real veterans of the diamond. " ' --I-- Why! We wouldn't b# surprised to see Bob Knox and Kelly Conway staging a comeback any year now. Those fellows loved the game. --I-- Which reminds us that Charley Newman reports that Father Walter Conway was* playing ball with the kids in town this week. Bet he was the batter. --1-- "I turned the way I signalled," said the lady, indignantly, after the crash. ^ "I know it," retorted the nan, ""ffeat's whst fooled me.* > these worth-while matches, sport. ft** real McHenry, 111. Aug. 30, 1938. So-I-Hear, McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, 01. Dear So-I-Hear: The Shamrocks suffered their third defeat of the season Sunday,- at the hands of the Sherman Hill Bluebirds, the score being 14-4. The Wauconda Dowells, Bub and Pete, led the 17 hit rampage. Next Sunday the Shamrocks play Barre* ville on the Shamrocks' diamond. "The Shamrocks." or water; or from a boat when secure ly fixed or anchored" Daily Limits: (Including birds taken by any other person, who, for hire, accompanies or assists hunter in taking birds.)--Ducks--10 in the aggregate of all kinds. (Not more than 3, She won't get married till it's used up--an' she writes very few letters on account of the postage.--Stray Stories Magazine. Who'll Sew the Battens? Wife--I've just read an article or 3 in the aggregate, of bufflehead,i about electricity, John. It says that c a n v s s b a c k , r e d h e a d , a n d r u d d y ducks; season closed on wood ducks.) Geese or Brant--5 in the aggregate of all kinds. Coots--25. Rails, Gallinules, Sora--15 in the aggregate of all kinds. Snipe--15. Possession Limits -- Ducks, Geese, Brant: Two days' kill; Coots, Rails, etc. Snipe: One day's kill. Federal Duck Stamp--Must be had when taking any kind of migratory Waterfowl, (ducks, geese, brant); persons under 16 years of age exempt. Stamp may be purchased at any Post Office. Doves Season Dates--September 1 - September 30, both dates inclusive. Limits--Daily, 15; Possession, 15. Shooting Hfturs--7 a. m. to Sunset. Methods of Taking Birds--Feeding or baiting prohibited; only shotguns of three-shot capacity, and not larger than 10 guage permitted.,: Possession Time Limit _ . All Migratory Birds--Ten days after the OPEN season in the State where taken. JOHN M. PITZEN, State Investigator, before long we shall have everything we want by just touching a button. John--It won't do us any good. Wife--^Well why not? John--You'd never touch « button. Look at my shirt. MIGHT BE TBUE "Why Jonah leave whale?" "I suppose he saw one of those 'no loitering' signs." WHERE'S YOUR HORSE? Coal Grates Long in Use Coal grates are referred to early tat the Seventeenth century. An inventory of the home of Sir Thomas Kipton of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England, 1603, include<j the following: "In the great chamber one cradell of iron for the chimney to burne sea cole with." Hengrave was begun in 1525 and completed in 1538. The word "grate" first appeajs jB ttia Jlagiisli in 1W, ' Ready for a gallop is Marie Dowell, who modeled this Western riding outfit at the San Francisco style show. It includes beige worsted jodhpurs, gold satin blouse, kerchief, ten-gallon hat and frontier boots. Hard Coach Boss--Rastus, you good-for-nothing scamp, where have you been loafing all day? Didn't I tell you to lay in some coal? Rastus--Yassuh, Ah's been layin' in de coal all day, tho' dere is lots of softer places where Ah'd ruther lay.---Houston Post. AppropriattJ The pianist was playing the first bars of the "Wedding March." "What's that?" asked the wife of her weary husband. "O," he replied, "that's the beginning of 'Stormy Weather.' " Practice Makes Perfect Beryl--Ethel carries her age well, doesn't she? Pamela--So she should. She's had years of practice. Taet "Father, what is tact?" "Tact, my boy, is what prevents a gray-haired man from reminding a youthful-looking woman with the complexion of a rose that they were boy and girl together.--Grit. Handy Maa Lady--So you are on a submarine? Tell me, what do you do? Sailor--Oh, I run forward and hold her nose when we're going to <Uya«--Annapolis Log. Learning and Forgetting The ancient controversy whether praise or blame is more efficacious in stimulating learning has been answered in this way: It doesn't make any difference which you use; learning and forgetting seem to proceed at an equal pace with either system. Service for Broken Dolb Every year priests of the Tohoku temple in Sugamo, Tokyo, hold services for the broken dolls of the children of Japan. The ceremonies are solemnly attended by the "parents" of the shattered toys. Another unique service is that held for broken needles. ^. Banana peels are used by a British mill to make a soft, light yarn. Crookhaven is the name of a village on the southern coast of Ire^ land. -- A shop in the center of Glasgow, Scotland, te ranted at two cents a week. , Mare's milk is used extensively in Russia to manufacture alcoholic drinks. Prisoners are moved, by trailer in the Texas prison system's "travels ing jail." Little America, world's southernmost "town," is floating on a sheet of ice 250 feet thick. Cincinnati has two winter street cleaning, groups, one for light, the other for heavy, snows. Nearly 200 persons pulled the communication cord and stopped trains in Britain last year. . ' England has learned that one may pass free through a toll gate when going to church or to vote. Japan had to supply shoes nearly 12M inches long for Yoshio Ikeda, a soldier on duty near Shanghai. AT HOME AND ABROAD CAUGHT IN MINNESOTA WATERS CI**® * " 1 ' '5M 4* Aj -i .sa,1 * This is another fish story, and for a change--rit's true. Or at least it should be, because we have the man's Word and the picture. „ The fine mess of wall-eyed/ pike shown in the picture above represents a day arid one half's catch. Although thirtyrone were caught, but twenty-:.' six are shown. , They were caught by:^ Albert Schaefer, former resident of'C Johnsburg, and; Benedict Adams ofb; Stacyvilie, la,, at Lyon's boat landing at Lake' Winnibigoshish, Minn. Some of the larger ones averaged si*',? pounds. * • *4 ': V-v>'"v! SALAD FOR TWO Florida's Everglades average 18 feet above sea level. Miami Beach, Fla., boasts the first marine ambulance in the world. The Hebrew university in Palestine is open to men and women, regar41ess of race, creed or nationality. , Palestine's supreme court consists of a British chief justice, one other British judge and four Palestinian judges. Between two and one-half and three million operations are performed annually in tfee country's hospitals. Massachusetts is the second most densely populated state in the Union, with 514 persons to the square mile. The population of Egypt is 15,- 904,525. The population of Cairo is 1,307,422. The population of Alexandria is 682,101. A hotel at Bolzano, Italy, which refused to take in an Italian couple with four children has been closed for "action hostile to the state." NOTES OF INTEREST Cocoa produced in Trinidad in one month weighed 600,000 pounds. One-fourth the population of Panama now reside in Panama City and Colon. The hull of a modern 40-foot motor boat contains more than 1,000,000 brass. screws. - Nearly half of the cases of whooping cough occur in children under two years old. Copper is used in paints for ship bottoms, to prevent marine growths from developing. Old automobiles were scrapped at the rate of 3,000 a week for a year in England. The largest window in England is to be four. i in York Minster. It is 75 feet h|gh and 32 feet wide. New York's lower Manhattan island had 125 Christian churches 104 years ago, now only 17 of these re- Native Land of 'Irish' Potato The western plateau of South America is the native land of the' "Irish" potato. When Russia Held Alaska Russia held Alaska by the right of Bering's discovery in 1741 and the subsequent settlement of the country. In i799 thje land was granted by the czar to a Russian fur company, which chiefly administered it until 1863. Four years later the United States purchased the territory. Founder of International Law Grotius, a Seventeenth century Dutch jurist, is regarded as the founder of international law. X' ' ' While netting crabs, Dorothy Jordon accounts for these two--just enough for a salad--which she holds gingerly and a long way from the cnaooinr claws. Golfers At Pistaqua Hills Approximately forty men, mem* bers of the McHenry and Woodstock Country, clubs, spent last Thursday afternoon as guests of the Hills Country club. Joseph Haas,: manager of the club, planned for them a most enjoyable afternoon. At $iX o'clock a delicious dinner was served in th,e clubhouse. Principal event of the afternoon was play-off of the tie existing be*- tween Woodstock and McHenry, and our local players emerged the vfe* tors. Shrews Savage Animals Ifce little shrews are exceedingly saviage and voracious animals and will fight and devour one another upon the slightest provocation. Over considerable periods of time, when in captivity, they have been known to eat their own weight in meat on an average of once every three hours. • >' t • -'1 Back to School Clothes BOYS' KAYNEE SHIRTS Smart fall patterns in colors and white, all sixes. 794 ^4^ . BOYS' TIES Four in hand and ready tied types, in the new fall patterns. 254 BOYS' SLACKS AND KNICKERS in the newest models, woolen and corduroy. BOYS' HOSE Sl&df Socks and % hose. Ifcfl patterns and colors. r fcHd 504 BOYS' BELTS Brown or black, all tetther 504 BOYS' OXFORDS as smartly styled as Dad's. Leathers that can take it. $2.95 to $3.50 McGEE'S ' .> m y* •; T C. & N.W. RY. TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN McHENRY tid C H I C A G O SCHEDULES ---- Effective Sept. 6th (Subject to change with new time cards effective Sept 25th) Southbound Northbound (Re-id Down) (Read Up) 644 686 11% 627 649 763 dUtf PM PM AM PM AM •a 5:27 *1:15 Sb6:2G Lv. Wiffiams Bay -~Ar. *10:10 *a6:03 S10:15 *a 6:06 *2:10 Sb7:10 Lv. McHenry _^..^r. *9:17 *a5:20 S 9:32 •a 7:07 *4:20 Sb 8:80 Ar. Chicago .....Lv. *7:20 *a 4:18 S 7:45 •--Daily ex. Sun. S--Sun. only, a--Observation Cafe Parlor Car to Qei* 1st. fc--Straight Farlor Car. last trip Sept. 11. LOW ROUND TRIP AND COMMUTATION-; FARES IN EFFECT ALL YEAR v jl\)r information and tickets apply to any C. At N. W. Ry. Ticket Ageat . CHICAGO & NORTH WESTER* RY.