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By CHARLES B. ROTH *-% • ",-r" * OH. FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS GRANDPA BUTLER was M when he died, but he held out to the very last for what he affectionately called "the good old days." He liked to tell about them. Life was simpler then, said he. W? didn't hurry so fast. We had more time to read and to enjoy our friends. And the cost of living--say, you could live for a third of what it costs a fellow these days. Where Grandpa Butler's logic fell down was in confusing the standards of living when he was a boy and when he was an octogenarian. When he was young you could live for less--but you had less In your life. You put up with discomforts which would be unthinkable today. You ate unbalanced meals, lived in uncomfortable homes, had no' radio sets, automobiles or electric servants. As a matter of fact--but we were never able to convince Grandpa Sutler «f ii--the cost of living today, dollar for dollar of value considered, is far less than it was in his young days. Your dollar actually buys more, brings you more value, than any Other dollar in history* Charles Roth Anyone who understands simple economics will tell you why. TVo words will do it. The words are mass production. Mass production ii impossible .without mass distribution, which is just another way of saying that when a larger number of things are made a large number of people must be made to buy them. There wasn't any mass distribui tion until advertising was developed, and there wasn't any of the things in our lives we call modern until advertising put them there. In many foreign countries even today you have to spend weeks scouring the markets for what you want. Farmers bring their cattle and produce to market. They stay in town two or three weeks disposing of it. Consumers have to go from stall to stall and dicker for everything they want. If you have the time and enjoy trading, that sort of thing is fine, is fun; but most of us have other things to do. We And il simpler to do our trading by reading the newspaper advertisements, decide what we will buy and then go down to the store or telephone. It saves time. It saves more. It saves money. Without advertising to smooth the route of goods from seller to buyer, the cost of everything is higher than when advertising is in the picture. «- QOiirlw B. Both. \ HELP! HELP1 OW,TOR. A L€AP Y£AR rlo PROPOSAL! ~^ld I , ^OHUROH SERVICES s (Central Standard Time) St. Mary's Catholic Church Masses: • ,/ Sundays: 8:00; '10:8$' Weekdays: 8:00. \ - V ' First Friday: Communion at 6:130 and 7:00. Mass at 8:00. *« Confessions: < Saturdays: 3:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. in Thursday before First Friday. Alter Mass on Thursday, 8:00 mm and 7:00 p. m. Msgr. C. S. Nix, pastor. . St Patrick's Catholic dumb Masses: • Sundays': 8:00; 10:00. „ -" Weekdays: 7:30. First Fridays: 7:30. On First Friday, Communion dis ti ibuted at 6:30, 7:00 and before and durinsr the 7:30 Mass. Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 p. m. and 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thsrsday before First Friday: 4:00 to 5:00 p. m. ai)d 7:00 to 8:00 ' • X p. m. . ftev. Wm. A. OTtourke, pastor. St John's Catholic Church, Johnsburg Masses: Sundays: 8:00; 10:00. Holy Days: 7:00 and 9:00. * - ; ^ T Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: 8:00. . ~ Confessions: ,;V Saturday*: 2:30 and 7:80. Thursday before First Friday: 2:80 • and 7:80. Rev. A. J. Neidert, past^^ ,.,; Community Chnrch Sunday School: 10 a.nt. > Morning Sermon: 11 a.m. Epworth League: 7:30 p.m. Rev. A. W. Blood, pastor. Lutheran Evangelical Chutch Sunday Service: 2:15 p.m. Rev. Herman P. Meyer, pastor. 8t. Peter's Catholic Church, Spring Grove Masses: Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. Holy Days: 6:30 and 9:00. Weekdays: 8:00. . First Friday: 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 2:30 and 7:15. Thursday before First Friday: 2:80 and 7:15. Rev. John L. Daleiden, Pastor. * - 'V " • v * * i i SPRING GROVE THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE , "OWOWM WOlMIW CElEBtWtOHS IM FEBtBJMV HOHOft iHVENTOWf . MLHJ II Cflft. OH JSC" ANNIVERSARY OP US. PATEKT SYtTBM.* I ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF INVENTION M TMt LAST FBW OEN&RATIOMS / ~ KftB" R"C STUHITABND IN MORE ' jSflE*. A ><AST MARKET FOR THE FARMERS COT TOM AMD FOR MOODM PCUAUN>S-- m,soo JOBS! c iT °AHKK> I ¥* WITH 6OLD IN VAU*. 1 AN AMSRICAN INVENTOR FOUND HOW TO MAKE IT CHSAPLV- GRANDMOTHER 2SfiOOOOB9t ItACDA TNON DIHO& H* ETRO ODWAVN, THIS mOUSTBV HAS ,67000 MEN AMD 1fifOMEN ITS payroll AND NEW IHOOSTRIES UKE THESE ARE BEING OEVJELOPtr I IN THE M0USTRIAL LA90IWr THE 'MOOCRN PIONBtRS" OF TODAY! Mr. and Mrs. Mik& Huff motored to Chicago on Wednesday to celebrate the first birthday of Diane and Joan Huff, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. rthur Huflf. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Carr have returned to their home here, having spent the winter months in Florida. Mr. Carr is confined to his bed by illness. Henry Sweet, who was with jMr. and Mrs. Carr in Florida, will remain there until May. Mrs. Ina Gracy visited her daughter, Mrs. Beryl Sullivan in Racine on 'Thursday. Clarence Karls, Roy Nelson and Howard Lewis are employed in Algonquin. N Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rauen have returned home, having spent the past month in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Justen. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are visiting Mr. and M'rs. .William Adsit in Mc- Henry. A party of friends met at the home of Mrs. Frank May on Thursday afternoon in honor of her birthday. Cards furnished the entertainment and prizes were awarded Mrs. Leon VanEvery and Mrs. Ernest Peacock. Consolation went to Mrs. Frank Sanders. Traveler's prizes were won by Mrs.-Frank May and Mrs. Alice Wagner. A lovely lunch was served following cards and the honored guesl was presented with a gift. Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner of ^Chicago were visitors in the. home of !his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagoner, on Friday night. A1 Schmeltzer attended Odd Fellows meeting in Wilmot on Friday might. Charles Kleker of Chicago spent the past week with his aunt, Mrs. Charles Behrens. Misses Florence Werdell and Virginia Rasmussen ahd Clarence Lund of Chicago were Sunday visitors in the Charles Freund home. Mrs. George W. May and children were supper guests in the home of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Brown on Sunday. ~~ Mrs. Ella S&egler wai a victim of the flu several days last week. A nine pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred May of Fox Lake on Sunday, February 25. Callers in the Joseph G. Wagner home on Monday were Mrs. Ben Watts and Mrs. Harry McGinnis tof Fox Lake. The Martin StofFel family moved this week from the Stephen Huff farm to a farm near Richmond. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Behrens on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Steinke of Racine. Twice ^ T e l d " Tales Hpaslatsr--I Takeo From *• TOm «f PlahdsaUf ef Tmti AGO TWENTY YEARS AGO Lucille Wilds, a professional model, was selected as the artists' dream girl of 1940 in a national jpoll oft artists and illustrators. HE CAN TRAVEL Miss Elizabeth K. Miller is back at the postoffice after a week's vacation. , Miss Julia Weber, who has been employed at the Shnith Bros., store in Centerville during the past several months has given up her position with that firm and is now at her home east of this village. The new retail store, to be conducted by Everett Hunter, Jr., will be open next Saturday, with a complete Bne of high-grade Everett phonographs. John R. Knox, proprietor of the Star garage, reports the following j sales of Ford cars during the past few weeks: J. C. Holly, sedan; Dr. A. I. Froehlich and Warren ell, coupes. THIRTY YEARS AGO Chuck Fenske of Wisconsin, who burned up the track at Madison Square Garden, New York, in the fastest mile ever seen^n this sport palace, is pictured with his trophy. His time was four minutes, seven and four-tenths seconds. We understand that Peter Doherty has disposed of his residence on North Green street and will build himself a new home the coming summer. While at his farm, situated west of town, last Sunday afternoon Mayor F. H. Wattles slipped and fell on an icy surface, sustaining a broken collar bone. John F. Claxton and Henry KennebecK' shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago last week that were sold by A. C. Granger at the Union Stock Yards at $9.25 per hundred. Mrs. Alma Erickson is now employed at the tailoring establishment s* J. D. Lodtz. FORTY YEARS AGO AIDS IN HOLD-UPS .St» John's the German Catholic church at Johnsburg, was totally destroyed by fire last Sunday morning, leaving nothing but bare walls to mark where once stood « beautiful structure. Miss Rioslna Reynolds was the recipient of an elegant piano, recently presented to her by her brother, Albert, of Chicago. On the .Elgin board of trade last Monday butter was firm, oflfering$J>15 tubs, selling at 24 cents. T. Kimball is in Solon taking charge of the factory during the absence of F„ L.' Vosburgh, who is in Nebraska. By John Harrey Fkrtiy, fhJ>. SlIC WAITED RALEIGH NEVER. LAID HIS CLOAK ON THE GROUND FOR, QUEEN ELIZABETH* TO WALK ON IT. . English historians find no valid evidence that Raleigh ever laid his coat in~the mud for Queen Eliza- Tfceth to walk on. The story seentls to have been coined to show the manner of fantastic devotion with which Queen Elizabeth loved to be wooed by the court gentlemen. It has been kept alive chiefly by Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth, which refers to the event as if it really happened. .--M. (PubMe Ltdse* -WRU 9*rviM<| • . GABBY GERTIE KcHEKRY FLORAL 00. On* Mil# South of Masonry • on Route 31. "i • Tlowtfft ^ an, oocasaoos! * „«,• VERHON J. KNOX If; ' ^g-'ftTORNBY At ii* ^ . Mm Bid*. ^ I ivl OFFICE Toeedays and Fridays /;, Olfcer Days ky AppointaeatA^ McH«8ury> . *| J:;;: * DR. J. E. SJLTLCB »-5 . DENTIST * -v' OBm Honrs 9.1s ani l-F Braaivgs by Aypohtnwt Main Street W. McHenry A. P. Freimd Co. a Exoaratiiif Contractor Trucking, Hydraulic and Grant Service --Road BniMin^il fd. 304-H McHenry, X1L •v'^- . • '-5|f St FIFTY YEARS AGO Chas. Van Netta will deliver temperance lectures in McHenry, at the M. E. Church, Saturday and Universalist Church Sunday. Frank Parker will take possesion of the Parker House in this village on March 1. Jos. Heimer, Wm. Fonheim. Geo. Bahnan, Jos. Schmidt, and Jacob Miller, all of Chicago were calling on friends here on Thursday last. John Huemann has kindly furnished us with the following news item. The oldest person living in this township is Margaret Miller, whose a«re is 93 - Dolores Downey, pretty 18-yearold girl, dressed in the height of fashion, calmly confessed to the police in Chicago that she had taken active part in four hold-ups and acted as lookout in several others. 8IXTY YEARS AGO Interest Sinks So low have interest rates declined that an investor would have to own $114,000 worth of U. S. treasury bonds maturing in a little more than two years to get enough return to buy a newspaper every day and an additional $558,000 to provide sufficient income for a daily pack of cigarettes, an investment house study shows. Workers Per AirplaM Nearly 20 employees were required for each airplane built in an aircraft factory at Los Angeles during the last five years compared with only seven men for each plane built in the previous half decade, the company's annual report shows. Since 1922, 2,326 planes have been built, of which four-fifths w&re military. Bounding Bunny Hind feet of animals that bound, including the rabbit, track ahead of the front feet. The Lecture by H. W. McLean, on Tuesday evening, cante off as per announcement, but owing to the bad weather and horrid condition of the roads, was very poorly attended, but those who were there speak well of Hank's first efforts in this, to him new lecture field. Wle hear a rumor that Hon. Schuyler Colfax is soon to lecture in this village, but know nothing of the particulars or truth in relation thereto. Nicholas Muladore, one of the oldest German settlers in this town, died at the residence of his son three miles north of Johnsburg on Sunday night last, ageu about 72 y«»x,s. . NOTICE OF CLAIM DATS Vernon J. Knox, Attorney Estate of ROSALIE G. BUTLER, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons that Monday, April 1, 1940, it= the claim date in the estate of ROSALIE G. BUTLER, deceased, pending in the County Court jpf McHenry County, Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said date -without issuance of summons. / JOSEPH G. WAGNER, 39-3 < Administrator. "A girl admires a man who ean pull himself together after he flies to pieces in a rage." My Neighbor Says ;= When scouring steel cutlery, use a cork instead of a glothf ft Drill wear longer. * • « Chopped ham may be added to waffle batter and served with pineapple- orange sauce. * • * * Stuff tomatoes with cottage cheese mixed with diced pineapple. The result is a tasty combination. • • * Granulated sugar sifted over the * top of sponge cake before putting it into the oven gives it a rich brown crust when baked. * * • Try dipping fish filets in yellow commeal, in milk and again in cornmeal. Then fry them in deep fat until they are weH browned. • • • Always rinse chamois and doeskin gloves in soap water and" dry where heat is not intense if you wish to keep gloves in good condition. (Associated Newspapers--WNU ServlcO * * j YEAR-ROyND HAT I - • Horses Wanted * I B U Y • and Disabled Horses. -- Pay from $5 to $14. ---- ABTHUR W. WERRBACK Phone 444 335 Hayward Street Woodstock, 111, ' 4 i "--J FIRE AUTO INSURANCE 5 CARL R. WALSH " ' - ' Presenting jleliable Companies When you need insurance of any Uni Phone 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. McHanry MONEY TO LOAN I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and ethers who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will be (lad to talk It over with you. - Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank B 4 S. Genesee St* Waukegan, TEL. MAJESTIC 103 Telephone No. tOO Stoffel ft Reihansperger * insurance agents for all chwsit Hf property hi the test ssaipaniti. *S8T MeBXNSY ILLINOIS S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 56-W JflcHenry Our Experience is at Your Service in Building Your Wants This classic sports hat has been revamped for the current season. Note the manipulated crown, the swooped brim and the novelty effect of the grosgrain ribbon woven in and out of the felt itself.. It is an ideal hat for casual clothes and country clothes. PETER Si PEEVE N. £ (WNU SERVICE) AIM PETER PEEVE w Charlie's Repair Shop Northeast comer of State Bridge en Charles Street Sifn Paintinf ^ Truck Lettering 9irnitnre Upholstering and Repairing CHARLES RIETESEL KENT ft COMPANY ^ An Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Ptwp4 *it*» the meet eepHi, Companies Cosm in and talk it ever Phone McHenry S m BR. L. B. MURPHY DBNTOT Office Honrs -- 9 Green Street -- to » ».st. BL I •- J?' ' .1 HA.% " "'SC.,