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fey* • \v r- -•-- f- ' r "v» 1 McHenry Plaindealer's («« *p».» p.# /^a, ** - wl': --5f l- - v~" '~*v ^ ^ WILL BE HKLD AT TH* Auditorium March 27 a n d BEGINNING AT 1:30 P.M. w . - ' 6T kUl Every homemaker should plan to attend this FREE COOKING SCHOOL, sponsored by the McHenry Plaindealer with the co-operation of local merchants. Learn abont the newest recipes and culinary art--modern meth- --i ods of preparing meals. Actual demonstrations by a graduate Home Economists schooL 'COOKING WITH CONFIDENCE' CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chaoncef W. Reed Km, Helen W. Harris, noted economist of the Spry Research Kitchens, Cambridge, Mass., will conduct the to attend! <». f National Defense Program JOHNSBURG New Ramifications of Defense Work Another two hundred and twentyfive million dollars has been allotted for housing, two thirds of it for a new program and one-third to complete the present plans. The sum of thirtysix million dollars additional money has been allocated for new shipyards in connection with the 200 emergency ship program. More will be devoted to this purpose later. An additional twenty-seven millions has been demanded for TVA and Central Valley projects to accellerate the power development Bids are being opened on contracts for twenty-five million yards of woolen cloth for the army. The deliveries are to be so spaced as to fit into the ordinary demands on the mills. The new defense housing program is remarkable for a rental innovation which has been adopted. Rents are to be graduated according to the income of the occupant familes, and not on the sice or cost oi the house. Let's Find dat a Few Thine* Secretary of War and Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall were recently called before the House Military Affairs Committee to give the Committee members a confidential report on he progress of the defense program. The Committee voted to summon the Secretary and the Chief of Staff after General Marshall had refused a request for a written statement on the status of the defense program. His refushal was based on the ground that any information which he might give the Committee members should be classified as being of a confidential nature and should not be publicized. While information is not available concerning the testimony which was given by the two officials to the Committee members, well informed sources say that one of the subjects discussed was the manner in which the War Department has been handling, the fixed-fee contracts in the construction of defense projects. While, unquestionably, certain details concerning the defense program are necessarily of a confidential nature a great many members of Congress feel that they, as the representatives of J the people of the United States, are 1 entitled to some information concerning the spending of millions at follara of public money. f Census Disclosures The recent 1940 census gives us some very important figures concerning happenings in our State of Illinois during the ten-year period intervening between the recent census and the preceding one taken in 1930. The 1940 census discloses the following: The population of the State of Illinois has risen to 7,870,241,000 people or a gain of 3.5 per cent, since the 1930 census. There are twenty-three cities of more than 25,000 population in the State and these twenty-three population as well as fifty-eight per cent of all stores and seventy-two per cent of all retail sales in Illinois. The number of stores increased by seventeen per cent. The gain since the 1930 census of 6,089 filling stations and 14,884 eating and drinking places, as well as 982 fuel, ice and fuel-oil dealers and 268 florists more than offsets the decreased number of stores in most of the other kinds of business, resulting in the net increase of 15,700 stores for the State as a whole. By Beorge Peck j All Americans are pretty well j agreed that the Defense Program is her frjend of essential and should be speeded up. were visitors Anthony Kerkmann and sister and New Munster, Wis., were visitors in the home of their We may differ as to methods to be aunt> Mrs. Wm. Althoff, Sunday afterused, as to the quantity of armaments noon, that should be manufactured and the , Mrs ^ Ztmstorff, Mrs. Mike amount of money that should be, and ^ Q King spent spent; we may be drnded m our op n- ; Wednesday in the home of Mr. and ions as to just how much aid should p be given to England; we may have divergent views as to just how great powers should be given to the President; and we may disagree as to the possibility or probability of an actual invasion of our shores, but we are as one in realising that the world is on fire and that we must provide ourselves with adequate fire-fighting equipment. Now, in order to arm ourselves to the teeth (for defense, not aggression), billions of dollars are being spent and will be spent. What effect is this going to have on the economic life of America ? Can we carry through this vast Defense Program without extensive readjustment of our economic life? On this point, there seem to be three widely different schools of j Mrs. Joe King entertained the five • hundred club Tuesday evening. Prizes | were awarded to Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Steve May and Mrs. Delia Miller. • | George Jackson was operated on at j Woodstock hospital Wednesday morning- ) The five hundred club met at the t home of Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers Wedj nesday afternoon. Prizes were mer- , ited by Mrs. Joe King, Mrs. Peter I Smith and Mrs. Delia Miller, j Tuesday, March 25, will be the last j day we will do commercial killing this season. Regner's Market. 43 I Bernard Althoff and Barbara Al- J thoff and their sister, Mrs. Elisabeth tTonyan, were visitors in the home of i their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. YOLO thought. The first and pessimistic Krift near Burlington, Wis.,^ last ireek school feels that in order to shift our Monday. energies from peace to war produc- j Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers called tion, it will be necessary to drastically on Mr. and Mrs. Walter Freund at reorganize our entire#economic system ' Waukegan Wednesday evening with a resultant lowering of our standard of living. The second school holds to the optimistic opinion that the Defense Program is a blessing--almost a divine visitation of Providence--that it will stimulate industry--that we will once more begin to utilize to the full our too-long dormant productive resources-- that for the first time in many years there will be no unemployment --and that we actually can increase our standard of living while building up our military defenses. The third school takes a position about half way between the first two. It contends that for a while, it will not be necessary to divert production from consumer goods to war goods, but that utlimately limitations will have to be Gerald Hettermann and Elmer Mey- {ers called on George Jackson at the Woodstohk hospital Friday evening. Mrs. Mamie King spent a few days in Chicago with Mr, and Mrs. Alex Freund. I Miss Katie Pltzen of Chieago spent ,a few days with her father, John Pitxen. | Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Corey of Genoa called on Mr. and Mrs. George King Sunday. J Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkie of Chicago ' and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas of Woodstock spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Freund. Peter Neumen spent Saturday fa Chicago. , Mr. and Mrs. John Rheinbolt and with put on the production and consump- (family left for Iowa Monday after tion of certain types of peace-time commodities if we are not to impede the progress of the Defense Program. | Our opinion is that no great dis- j organization of our economic system or reduction of living standards .is j necessary. It would be too much to hope that some curtailment of production of consumer goods may not have to be made. This, we as patriotic Americans, should take in stride without too much grumbling. However, what really concerns us is: Can we finance this Defense Program without further increasing the National Debt, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright o. Lake Defiance visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser, Jr., Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grabbe of Crystal Lake were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey. Mrs. Alda Smith of Wauconda called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Case Tuesday. Mrs. Otto Klemm returned to her home here Monday from St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Richard Fisher, Clifford Peterson, Buddy Thennes and Harry Case accompanied four of their classmates to the tractor school at Gray slake Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George were Friday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Marwhite at Cicero. Mrs. Rose Kennedy of Rockford is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Len Littlefield. Many friends and neighbors were sorry to learn that Mrs. Anthony Wegener entered St. Therese hospital for medical treatment Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. Reiland of North brook were Friday visitors at the home of Harry Chambers. Clifford Peterson spent a few days m Chicago the past week visiting relatives. Mrs. Arthur Powers, Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., and daughter, Lillian, of Wauconda were Thursday evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mrs. Clinton* Raven and family of Slocum Lake called at the Dowell home Friday. .Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hironhnus and Otto Klemm visited Mrs. Otto Klemm at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Arthur Kaiser spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner at Slocum Lake. Mrs. Wendell Dickson* and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher attended the Lake County Home Bureau executive board meeting at Grayslake Monday. At this meeting Mrs. Dickson was elected recreation chairman and Mrs. Fisher, county 4-H leader. Mrs. Pearl Dowell and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher attended the R. N. A. Ineeting at the home of Mrs. A. E. Singer at Wauconda Friday. Edward Wiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser was called for services Wednesday with the National Guards. Mrs. Frank St. George and Mrs. Len Littlefield called on Mrs. George Maypole at the St. Therese hospital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rushing of Hampshire, HI., called ,at the home oif Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey Sunday evening. Harry Chambers was a Sunday dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Bin. P. Rieland at Northbrook. Tuesday, March 25, will be the last day we will do commercial killing this season. Regner's Market. 4S Milton Dowell and Richard Fisher motored to Kankakee, 111., Saturday. Mrs. William Fulton entertained her' daughter, Mra. James Dillion, at 373 Brook street," Elgin. Mrs. Paul O'Leary accompanied Mrs. Fulton to Elgin. . !'•» Many friends, relatives and neighbors from this community attended ifc the funeral of G. A. Vasey at Me-\^ ^ Henry Sunday. Mrs. Frank Wilson and daughter, Beatrice, Mrs. William Fulton, Mrs Walter Crook, Mrs. Wendell Dickson, Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, Mrs. Alvin Case, Mrs. Homer Cooke, Mrs. William Wirtz, Mrs. Harry Matthews, Mrs. John Blomgren, Mrs. Howard Converse and Mrs. William Dillion attended the ninth annual meeting of the Lake county Home Bureau at the Baptist church in Waukegan Tuesday. This group represented the Volo unit. Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Fisher were elected to serve on the county board at this meeting. ^ • 4 .J T. A William J. Hanley Tof Boston tidH and broke his leg in two places, bat doctors fund a package of eggs in his overcoat pocket--unbroken. »i»»'»111 Iii>i<mi spending a couple of months relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller and Mrs. George King spent Monday with Mrs. Mike Gorski at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer, Waukegan, were Sunday callers at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. %teyers. - Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Frett of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Mrs. Delia Miller. Alex Freund of Chicago was a caller here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Blake and son and do we face, a terrific collapse when of Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the either tlie war is ended or the Defense home qf Mr. and Mrs. For<j Jackfion. Program is completed? These ques-i ^ tion will be discussed in this column ' PRORATE ESTATE ""v subsequent issues of this news-' 'ftrar children and five g randlcllflpaper. Watch for them! SPRING GROVE On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of this week parishioners of St. Peter's church spent hours of prayer and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. The opening of Forty Hours Devotion was held Sunday morning with a High Mass and Exposition of Com-1 the Blessed Sacrament at eight pared with the 1930 census there is j o'clock. The masses every morning a payroll decrease of 21 per cent., and services in the evening were well | dren will share the $7,700 estate of ' Anna Backing, who died at Woodstock, on February 10, according to j the will filed for probate Monday. The I children include Louis and Edward Becking and Bertha Becking of ^Woodstock and Alvena Meyer of Menomonee, Wis. The grandchildren include Clifford, Donald and Lynn Merwin and Stella Menitz of Woodstock and Doris Bierlotzer of Chicago. The children will each receive a one-fifth share and the grandchildren a one twenty-fifth share. Louis ' and Edward Becking are named executors. The will was dated February 28, 1939. | Retail sales in Illinois according to the recent census figures total $2,857,- 646,000 in 1939, or a twenty-two per I cent decrease under the dollar volume reached in 1929. LILY LAKE Ladies, do not miss this opportunity. A printed program containing all the recipes will be presented to each person attending. These delicious and economical dishes will be prepared, cooked on the stage, explained step by step to the audience and presented "daily to some women attending. Many other prizes will be awarded. IT --A 1 • • /^1 -Mo Admission Charge- Every lady in the McHenry community is invited and The Lily Lake P.-T.A. held a card and bunco party at the home of Mrs. Wilbert Swanson, Thursday, March 6. Prizes were awarded to the winners. The serving of a lunch concluded a most enjoyable afternoon. The P.-T. A. is going to havf a St. Patrick's party, March 17, at Schoveni. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Miller of Chicago visited at the home of her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Peschke, Sunday. Mrs. Clara Winter, John Tysler and son, George, Mr. and Mrs. Lipson and family, Mrs. Ahem and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. and Mrs. Mackey, Mr. Pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Riealy and Mr. and Mrs. Georye Esser and family .and many others of Chicago spent the weekend at LOy Lake. * Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wirfs and sen, Wayne, and daughter, Robert Mae, and Mn. George Wegener visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krinn Sunday evening. Tuesday, March 25, will be the last day we will do commercial killing this season. Regner's Market. 43 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh were McCullom Lake visitors 8unday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Dosch and Mrs. Wilbert Swanson were Waukegan visitors on Monday. A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klabough Saturday evening in honor of his birthday. Cards and bunco were played with prizes being won by Alfred Seyfferth, Mrs. Jennie McDermott, Mrs. Edward Marsh. Mrs. Wilbert Swanson and Josephine Dosch. About twelve o'clock a lovely lunch was served to about eigtheen guests who were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wegener, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Claude McDermott, Mrs. Lottie Bransford, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Seyfferth, Orra Belle Bettray and Mrs. Mary Schoveni, all of Lily Lake. One-Sided Perhaps the greatest bar to the acauirement of real knowledge is refusal by the average person to look upon "the other side" of a question-- particularly one which involves a new i idea.--LeRoy Journal. . % attended. The solemn closing was held Tuesday night. Little girls dressed in white, servers carrying lighted tapers and visiting priests all marched in procession before the Blessed Sacrament. Benediction of the Blesesd Sacrament and the singing of Te Duum appropriately closed the three days of prayer. Mr. and Mrs. John Sanborn and family of Chicago visited in the Mike Huff and Byron Orris homes on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wasp! left on Monday for California. Dinner guests in the Fred Meyer home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Anton Meyer and family, Mr. and Mrs Elmer Smith and the George A. May family. Mr. and Mrs. Ray May visited, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller Sunday. Miss Lorraine May, who is employed in Zion spent Sunday and Monday at her home here. Mrs. Glendale Esh and son of Chicago were visitors in the home of Mrs. Bertha Esh the past week. Tuesday, March 25, will bp the last day we will do commercial killing this season. Regner's Market. 48 Mr. and Mrs. George W. May and children were callers in the Charles Freund home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltier visited her mother, Mrs. Biith Cleveland in Round Lake 8undajr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kattner, son, Billy, spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein in Johnsburg. Mrs. William Schlosser and daughter have returned to their home in California having spent several months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hergott. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Freund and family have moved to the Mike Freund farm. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hergott moved to the farm vacated by John Freund. The Joseph Nimsgem family have moved to the farm recently occupied by William Staines. - •'The hour flies by." Ovid And when Man s hour has passed, it is fitting that the last tribute should be one if reverent *ea«# services, regardless of cost, strive toward that end. JACOB JUSTEN ft SONS Funeral Directors Phone 103-R McHenry How America Feels Today millions of Americans hate Hitler and what he represents. For Mussolini they have contempt. These millions feel that dictators are their enemies, just as they are England's enemies. The old crimes and mistakes of Imperial Britain have been forgotten. And, in the opinion of many a thoughtful student, we ourselves are about to embark from necessity, on an unprecedented imperial policy of our own. -- Illinois - Star, Beards town. 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