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v /\ •> n F,^frTr w*V#rp ....... :,..» .i>:»,J,,.,,,-.,.'- "^i..-„^...• ^^aU^rfe- • >• v *' •"^""•"'••'W " " = " Thursday, July 4,1940 Society Notes O. E. J*. The Order of the Eastern Star announces the date of its next meeting on Monday, July 8. A11 meritbefa are kindly asked to attend. ; C. D. OF A. Catholic Daughter of America will hold their regular business meeting on Friday evening, July 5, having postponed it a day due to the Fourth of July holiday. j. m 9 m i RIVER VIEW CAMP Rive^yiew Camp, R. N. A., annouinces" that fhere will be . only one meeting each month for July and August. The July meeting, a short business meeting, was held Tuesday, July 2, and the August, meeting will be on Tuesday, August 6. LAWN PARTY A large and very successful dessert bridpe was held on the lawn of Mrs-. Wallace Dobyns' beautiful home on Thursday afternoon, June 27, at 1:30 o'clock. Forty-five tables of cards were- in .play and individual table prizes were given. Many guests were present from the surrounding towns of Woodstock, Harvard, Crystal Lake, Libertyville and Waukegan. PUBLIC CARD PARTT St. Clara's Court, W.C.O.F., will hold a public card party at St. Mary - St. Patrick school hall on Wednesday afternoon, July 10. Several prizes will be awarded and lunch will be served. Admission is twenty-five cents. Only one meeting will be held each* month during July and August, the July meeting pate being. Thursday, the 25th. CONTRACT BRIDGE. Mrs. George A. Stilling wlll entertain the Aftetnoon Co rati club at her talae next 9. Bridge July BAKE SALE ^ The Ringwood Epwtfrth. league will sponsor a benefit bake safe on July Saturday morning, aY the, Royal Blue store at Ringwood. *I"he profits will help send members tffffrjSUmmer camp. • \ ;•« tT> FOX Rtvik VALt inr CAMP A meeting of the Fox Rivtjr Valley Camp, R. N. A., was held Tuesday evening. Plans were made for a garden dessert-bridge to be held' on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Frank Thurlwell, Sr., on Wednesday, July ,24, beginning at 1:30. The public is invited to attend. • • » WILLING 4-H WQKXEitS Kg The Willing 4-H Workers tifeld their first meeting in the Ostend schoolhouse June 27 at two © 'dock. Mrs, Waterstraat, our leader, opened the meeting with the choosing ©t the club name. After this they el«cte<! officers who are as follows: present, I aura Sherman; vice-president, ^U|ee Tl impson; secretary, Edith SmHjnsn; treasurer, Hazel Watersttaatj* recorder, Virginia Colcord; re«n|^H^& chairman, Mildred Thomyjgfft&'^l. The second meetttlg wrtt be July 3 at Mrs. Benwell's 'feotitttv • * • • W. C O. f . Long Time Soil) Program Fixed Yearly Tenant Chr**"""" Af5 Found to Be Condr.:!v3 To Erosion. held SIX TEARS OLD Little Miss Shirley Ann Wegener celebrated her sixth birthday by invit ing six of her friends to her home east of the river last Thursday after noon. Games were played and a dainty lunch was served. Those present were Doris Ann Justen, Mary Jane Gerasch, Mary and Eva Unti, Donna and Jimmy Freund, Warren, Jerry and Joan Carol Weg- DE8SERT BRIDGE *The Eastern Star is completing its plans for the annual Mid-Summer Dessert Bridge on Thursday afternoon, July 11, beginning at 1:30. The public is cordially invited to this social fahction which will be held at the McHenry Country club. Mr. Esping will give a demonstration for the Stanley Products com- ^.pany and will present each woman with a draw prize. Mrs. Fannie Thompson and Mrs, Cetone Kane are the hostesses. Ad' Mission is thirty-five cents. m m m FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY Last Thursday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Conway were pleasantly surprised by a group of friends at Sunnyside Camp, who called to honor them on their fortieth wedding anniversary. The evening was spent in singing, dancing and visiting, after which a delicious lunch was served. The honored guests were the recip- » iente of many beautiful gifts. Those present wefe: Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Smith and son, Denis, aryi Miss Florence Simmons of Beloit, Wis.; Mr. -and Mrs. Edward Holle of Oak Park; Mr. and Mrs. George Wegener of Lily Lake; Mrs. Conway Knox and Ted Steams of Crystal Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Earle Conway and family, Mrs. E. W. Gorman, Miss Ethel AlthofF, Harry Conway, Mike Neary, Bill Reed, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cairns and son, Gregory, allvof McHenry. % • • • COMMUNITY CLUB The regular meeting of the McCol- "lum Lake Community club will be held •on July 7, 1940 at the regular meeting place, in the basement of Mr. Feiereisel. The meetings have been more satisfactory since they have been taken off the public beach. Admission is by membership card, or identification by the treasurer or secretary. The club at this time would like to remind the members that some 1940 dues are not paid yet. The fiscal year « of the club runs from January 1 to December 31. Those who have not paid for this year will kindly do so now. The club has gone on record to ^sponsor a band composed of children of club members. Mr. Paetz and Mr. Ekiyart were appinted to get the movement under way and they would _£ he glad to meet with the children who ein and will devote their musical talent in this direction. They can call the secretary's phone, 665-W-l in case .they cannot reach. Mr. Enyart and Mr. Paetz. LADIES' AID ' The dinner and summer bazaar sponsored by the women of the Community Methodist church last week was a big success and they wish to extend their thanks to the public for their kind patronage. Not all of the aprons and fancy <Hrork were sold, however, and these "ijemaining articles may be seen at the fiome of Mrfc. Elmer Baum where they are for sale. In keeping with the old adage, "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," the members of the Ladies' Aid society have decided to take a respite . ' from their weeks of hard work in preparation for the summer bazaar and will do nothing but "haye a good tine for a few weeks. » Mrs. Lester .Bacon will be hostess at the next meeting of the society to be held at the Community Methodist parlors ob Thursday aftertioon. July 11. This meeting will be lenown as the mid-summer party and games and entertainment will assure a pleasant afternoon for all who attend. There will be a short business - session. A pot-luck lunch will be served. A cordiid invitation is extended to everyone to attend this meeting. St. Clara's Court, W. CvO< F., honored their Chief Ranger, Kate Worts, at their meeting la£t Thursday night, on the occasion of her wedding anniversary. The ladies staged a mock wedding and presented Mrs. Worts with a gift from t^e court., .The next meeting ; will be {leld 'onrThUrriday, July 25. ; V WASHINGTON.--The a^rculture department plans to broaden its na-' tion-wide program to halt soil erosion, wiiich already has damaged half of all the land in the United States. Farmers and soil specialists meeting here recently with the bureau of agricultural economics, soil conservation service and the forest service developed a three-point pro-^ gram for the corn-belt states. The group agreed that if a maxi-* mum amount of soil conservation is to be accomplished on the nation's farms, additional emphasis should be placed on: : - 1. Long-term farm management planning. ' , ' 2. Long-term tenure contracts to" farm tenants. 3. Education to spread knowledge of mechanical and cultural erosioncontrol practices. v. Yearly Cost Staggering.-"" H. H. Bennett, chief of the soil conservation service, reported that soil erosion is costing farmers at least $400,000,000 a year. At an average value of $50 an acre that means that 8,000,000 acres are being washed or blown away each year. "Across the farm and range lands of the country," he said, "some 282,- 000,000 acres either have been ruined or severely damaged by soil erosion. On an additional 775,0Q0,- 000 acres the process of erosion is actively under way." Recommendations of the conference were intended to supplement the work of soil conservation districts organized under state laws in 36 states. There are more than 200 such districts covering approximately 120,000,000 acres. Claude R. Wickard, AAA northcentral division director, told the conference that "surveys show that about 10 per cent of corn-belt soil has already suffered from severe erosion or has been essentially destroyed for cultivation as a result of erosion and removal of plant food." Further Program Stressed. "Although farmers have become more conscious of conservation during recent years and have adopted the practices of the AAA program to meet the problem, further efforts are required to maintain and restore the soil resources of corn-belt farms," Wickard said. The conference adopted a report recommending (1) soil tests preceding applications of limestone, superphosphate and potash, (2) increase acreage in permanent pasturage, (3) increased planting of trees and forest preservation and (4) county schools on controlling erosion by mechanical and cultural erosion-control practices. The agricultural adjustment administration was requested to urge "that every farmer in 1940 and 1941 be encouraged to a greater extent to carry out the particular soil-conservation measure most heeded and best suited to his farm." Farmers already using soil-erosion-control methods were * urged to adopt at least one new method to serve as an example for neighbors. $816 in Artificial Leg Of Dead Lodger, 70 TULSA.--Crumpled postal savings certificates worth $816 were found in an artificial leg worn by R. Kerenes, 70 years old, who died here. Mrs. M. Brandon, proprietor of the rooming house where the man lived, said she knew little of Kerenes other than that he apparently had a small regular income. Sees First Movie;^ Is Disappointed Aged Man Walks Five Miles In Snow; No Good. > " QUINCY, ILL.--Sixty-eight-yearold Ben Lacke walked through five miles of snowdrifts in subzero temperature to see his first motion picture, but liked it so little that he remained in the theater only 10 minutes. Then he trudged the five miles back to his home east of Quincy. Husky Ben Lacke belittled his 10- mile round trip for the 10-minute trial view of motion pictures, however, just as he belittled the show he would not remain to see. Walking, even in subzero weather, is an old story to Lacke. Every day he walks the five miles from his home to Quincy, just to play pinochle with the boys at the No. 6 engine house. And then he trudges home again. So when he was notified that he was to receive two free tickets to a local theater, in an advertising campaign, his curiosity about motion pictures impelled him to make his subzero trek. He got the tickets and went to the theater. Everybody was mighty nice to Kim, he explained, but 10 minutes was all he could take. "It was all right, I guess," he said, "but I didn't care for it." Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Lacke admitted, he almost went to a show, but a thunderstorm broke as he drove his horse toward town, and he turned back home. Friends are trying to get him to try another show now, sure they can pick one he would like, but he is dubious. And, anyway, he gave his extra ticket to the ticket taker on his way out of his first show. No, says Mr. Lacke, he would rather spend his time around his modern, rural Jiome, on the spot where he waa.born in a log cabin 68 years ago, or walk to town to play pinochle with the firemen. "A good long walk never hurt anybody, regardlesa of weather," he commented. FRED SMITH'S CENTRAL OARAGE, JOHNSBURG, ILL. Here is a haven dear to the heart of a motorist. The Central Garage at Johnsburg, just a few minutes from the bay, extends a cordial invitation especially to all you who are enjoying the summer in the vicinity, to join the regular line of customers who delight in making this garage their favorite fill-up and tune-up place. Located on the southwest side of the highway in the center of Johnsbufig, this garage bids you enter just before you complete the curve. Since the Pistakee Bay road has received its new blacktop coat, the access is so much • more pleasant and handy. If you're on your way to Route 31, to the westward, or to Route 20 in the southernly direction, you'll want to stop here too because the road connects both these highways; our topic of interest holds a centermost position. ' Four skilled workmen are ready to greet you here and to give you expert service. Come in and make their acquaintance as you purchase your Standard Oil products, your Goodyear Among the Sick (Phot© kf Worwick) MRS. PAUL LEWIS A large and colorful wadding was solemnized at St. Peter's church, Spring Grove, on Wednesday morning, June 26, uniting Miss Marie Britz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Britz of Fox Lake, and Mr. Paul Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis of Fox Lake. The account of the wed ding was written in the last issue of The Plaindealer., College Students Convert Junk Into Store Displays BRIDGEWATER, MASS. -- Junk for the dump yardsr is being used by State Teachers' college students here to provide window displays for local stores. The work is part of the art appreciation course and the displays are offered free to any storekeeper who wants them. Otoe of the window displays consisted of old soup cans, which were dissected and then put together again in the form of two figures sipping soup from a bowl. The backdrop for the scene was a Venetian blind, rescued from an attic and painted green and silver. Mrs. Frank Coffman of route two, McHenry, submitted to surgery at the Woodstock hospital Saturday morning. Mrs. Fred Freund of Johnsburg, who was confined to her bed for the past three months with a broken hip, is able to get around on crutches. She sustained her injury when she slipped and fell on some ice last winter. Miss Jeanette Boyle of West McHenry entered the Woodstock hospital Monday for medical treatment. Miss Estelle Hiller of McHenry underwent surgery Monday morning at the Woodstock hospital. It was thought this week that Le- Roy Raffel, 13-year-old summer resitires, have your car washed or lubricated, or whatever riiay be your needs. If you're interested in a Chevrolet car or truck, tHey would be only too happy to give you a demonstration. If you should have an unfortunate accident on the road, although we hope you don't, the boys can give you twenty-four hour service. For day calls, phone McHenry 200-J and for night calls you'll have to wake up the proprietor at 640-J-2. Fred J. Smith, the proprietor, has been doing automobile work for twenty- one years, and has been the owner and operator of the Central Garage for the past eleven years. Thus he is an expert in automobile repair work on all makes of cars. If your outboard motor isn't working, he knows how to fix it too. Also, he can put your truck through the State of Illinois safety lane test. Don't fail to pay a ^sit to this garage at your earliest opportunity, because Fred and his assistants, Norbert Smith, Fred H.. Smith and Art Klein, will welcome your patronage. dent, at Johnsburg who was struck bv an automobile^, last week while ridins a bicycle, would lose his right arm. He was taken to the West Suburban hospital, Chicago, where it is thought amputation will be necessary at the elbow. The nerves were severed and he has lost control of the arm. Miss Jean Matthews of McHenry underwent an appendectomy at the Woodstock Community hospital Tuesday morning. Mrs. A. J. Wirtz submitted to surgery at Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan, early Tuesday morning. She is recovering nicely after having received two blood transfusions Tues day. Miss Luella Thelen of .McHenry was operated upon Tuesday morning at the Woodstock hospital. . EPWORTH LEAGUE On Sunday, June 30, the Epwotfh League met at Chester Colby's home, with the latter leading the devotionals. Before the meeting the members enjoyed a few outside games. On Thursday, July 4, there will be a special meeting at the home of Warren Jones. ' 1 : >( Knowledge Through More than 80 per cent of knowledge is gained through eyes. our the Read lie Waijt Ads A. WORWICK .PHOTOGRAPHER < Portraifcara - 43»>mmi|rcisl • Photography - Photo-Finishing Enlarging - Copying . Framing Phone 275 -- RSvenMe Drive McHENRY, ILL. JL_ P WOODSTOCK SUMMER THEATRE -- Presents -- "KISS THE BOYS GOOD-BYE" By Glare Boothe, author of "The Women" ItJLY 5th, 6th, 7th AT THE OPERA HOUSE Woodstock, Hi Curtain at 8:46 DOT. Phone Woodstock 705 for lions! Read the Want Ada Owl Becomes Mascot for These School Children SALINAS, CALIF.--In return for mice and other tidbits on the menu cA the well-fed owl, Petey, a little gray-breasted owl, has become mascot for children at. the Lincoln elementary school. For three months, Petey has stayed in a bush near the school, clucking happily when approached by students, who intend to build him a home. Although Petey's vision during the daytime is none too good, gradually he is gaining the confidence due all mascots. There is little chance that he will leave his new job, for he has a broken wing and can't fly. Hunt for Fortune Left by Recluse ST. CHARLES, MINN. -- A search has been started through a ramshackle shed on the chance a recluse had left a hoarded fortune there when he died. Fred C. Smith, 81, .who lived alone after retiring as a school teacher at Tracy, Minn., was found dead in the shack where he lived for 30 years. About $30 in cash was found in his pockets. Dog Plays With Lamp Cord, Veterinarian Fixes Him Up DES MOINES.--Sonny Boy, twomonth- old Boitoft-'ferrier belonging to Mrs. Roy Hfcritfng a«d her daughter, Dorothy, wa» having » great time at home the other night. Sonny Boy approached a floor lamp cord stretcned along the baseboard. It appeared defenseless. Sonny Boy seized the cord in his needle-sharp teeth and gave it a shake. Nothing happened. With a satisfied growl, the pup tore into the cord, holding it down with his forefeet. Insulation Hew. An anguished wail resounded through the Hansing residence. Son ny Boy had established a direct 110' volt connection with the central pow er plant. Dorothy, alone at the residence, placed a calMo a downtown theater her mother was attending. The* program was interrupted^ Mks. Hansing sped homeward. Theater patrons, misconstruing the call for Mrs. Hansing, thought a son of hers had met a dice- faie^- Telephone bells began ringing. / Word spread there had been art electrocution. Cars skidded stop before the Hansing front door. Their occupants found Sonny Btoy lying on the boor, his tongue hanging out. Sonny Boy wished he hada't done it. The veterinarian to whom the dog was rushed said Sonny Boy had. suffered a burned tongue and shock. Sonny Boy, sired by an international champion, Little M!an,. What Now, apparently is going to be all right. Police Deduction Wrong But Suspects Are Caught GREEN BAY, WIS.--Three youths fleeing from a stolen cac en toot outdistanced the officers pursuing them. Officer Jerome Keehan turned to his companion, Officer Arthur Kosnar. "That last man was carrying a bowling ball. Let's check the bowling alleys." This the officers did and found the names of the suspects recorded on a score sheet. The youths were soon arrested. In court, Keehan told the boys: "It was easy tracing you after we saw you carrying that bowling ball." "Bowling ball?" said one of the youths! "That was my hat." AUCTIOICSALE AT STATE LINE SALES BARN OW u. S. I* -- AT 7 P. M., CUT Friday Night, July 12 50 Choice Dairy Cows -- Plenty of used and new machinery including: 1929 Model A Ford in good condition; 1930 Chevrolet V2-ton Truck in good condition; AUis- Chalmers Combine Efeff new; 2 used Threshers. Make your own tenaa; down, balance 3 % interest. Clerks, Thorp F&iance Corporation. Auctioneer, Norm Christoasen STATE LINE HORSE AND CATTLE MARKET Genoa City, Wisconsin • my Z-tltt* •uMi af M la* tkte. ft- •Ml SttMH iatk SHAVES CLOSER, FASTER mni SMOOTHER $u3mm SHAVEMASTER HAS THIS HEAD Sm M Try M Enjoy M T«» •Mdei Shoivemasters to chooei leoa*. Both models have tfcfc f--om close-shaving head* BM OCW0 mOTOTS WRR •f power. Model **M* •aly. $730. Model "V* ~ AC-PC, SI SUM. Bolger's Dmg Store Green Street McBMwy Whatmone dowu need to know* 5s?. - ^ Baron Convicted as 8py ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. - A Moravian baron, whose name was withheld and who was said to have been on the payrolls of both the British and German intelligence services, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for making Switzerland his espionage headquarters. (Photo by WorwickJ MRS. ELMER HETTERMANN Miss Lillian Miller, youngest daugh» ter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Miller of McHenry, became the'lovely bride of Mr. Elmer Hettermann, son of Henry Hettermann of Johnsburg, last Wednesday, June 26. They are making their home in the gppir flat at the Peter Miller home. A complete account of the wedding appeared in th* last Plaindealer. Philippine National Debt The national dfebt of the Philippine islands is $2 per capita, about one-thirtieth that of Japan. Tallest Holly Tree > A holly tree nearly 100 feet tall in Granville county, N. C., is believed to b& the largest holly on record. Miss Anna Head of Harvard is enjoying this wssk with Mrs. Bonstok. / T must be good--to be able to beat all previous Buick records ia times like these! , , <> it must be good--to bring people up from even the lowest-price class on a sheer give-you-more-for-every-dollar basis! So if you haven't tried our all-time bestseller-- haven't handled the only engine electrically balanced after assembly, sampled the comfort of service-free BuiCoil Springing, or reveled in the *895 room of the biggest package your monep can buy--better ask your Buick dealer now to show you what you can get for (prices* starting at*... for the business coupe, delivered at Flint, Mich. Transportation based on rail rates* ftate and local taxes (if any), optional equipment and accessories--extra. ^Prices subject to change without notice. wa « C » cxiMHAa or MMMt Moioas vaim - # H L OVERTON MOTOR SALES front Street, Wert McHenry, m. H6 Main«t, OrjiUl Lake, DL