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Thursday, A 20 1942 <M V. ' • i : - c » - -1 * ^ '-v V, t *~ • jt.- • - \v v * J: -* * " Wj •» , «v THE MqHENRY PLAINDEALER ."• " * ' ' . ^ *-«/ "~:'".rr •>., , v- ,•' "J1.;.. ' Page Thre# Tn:: Kathleen Norris Says: .-^•fetl ' • Our Households Face Rough Weather - ! ' T .' i t a •v-< [ CARS ARE PRICELESS >OSSESSIONS; HELP RESERVE THEIR LIFE LOVE SONG said "Jim lost" When Mazie's ardor turned to frost- But those who said a thing like that Kclensed by Western Newspaper Union. Molly Pitcher Fights Again /~\UT of the ghostly land Of tradjtion and myth, they've summoned Molly Pitcher to fight for her country again. This time she isn't serving a cannon, as she did at the Battle of Monmouth during ft j| ';. - j Cars and trucks today are precious possessions as is the fuel that makei j them run and th«^.ru^>ber they run on. . Preserve their lirebyfollowing these I suggestions: • J 7 ;.•*•. ' Eliminate all unnecessary driving. Form car sharing pools with neighbors working in the same Ireneral area. Drive under forty, miles an hour. Studies have shown that gasoline consqmption increases with the speed of a car. A car getting 16.4 miles on a whose heads were ly fat. . ,, :f TRs true that Mazie turned And met advances with a frown- But when she handed Jim the sack. He got some riph guys presents {' ' * Snbseribjfer ' v**We re founding "a home to: dags where they can be washed and fed and made comfortably. Won't you subscribe?" . "Can't do it. I've put.: all my money in a fur £Ug asylum for homeless fleas that are evicted from your dogs." .• . the Revolution. ^But she's serving j gallon of gas at a speed of forty miles " ' * ""* '«n hour will get only 14.6 on a gallon at 50 miles as hour; 12.6 at 60; 10.6 at 70, and 8.6 miles at 80 miles ari hour. • Por/'t ,'idle'" the motor 'Unrtecessarily. The bureau of standards report that a thirty second "idle" uses one-> sixteenth , a?' much gasoline as would ** c,onsumed by a car going one mile of independent grocery stores all ja* "**y "^les ®n hbjir. " ~~ over the ynited State?. They're vol- ' " Keep your car" in good mechanical in the cause of liberty just the same--selling war savings stamps and bbnds to help beat the Axis. And it isn't just one Molly Pitcher who's doing this, either. There are 5,000,000 Molly Pitchers; Clad in colorful red, white and blue cos? tumes, they're presiding over one of the, Molly Pitcher war bond booths that have been set up in thousands J.Knox,Att®f»ey* if'Sr NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of John R. Smith, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons that Monday. September 7, 194?, is the claim date in the estate of JOHN R. SMITH. Deceased, pending, in the Count; Court of McHegry County, Illinois, and that claims n>ay be filed against the sdid estate on or before said date without issuance of summons. EDWARD T. SMITH. 7 . f j Administrator. ' (Ptab.. August 6 - 13 - 20) Threatened "If I don't marry her she threatfens to make me pay $25,000 .for breach of promise." ... , - ; "Well?" . 7 ' "And if I do marry She will get a divorce with a $50- a-week alimony." NO CATCH Impress the children so forcefully with the throttling porter of debt that the i mill last them the rest of their lives, in peace as uell as in war. IN THE old clipper days it was part of a captain's job to know when a storm was coming. He watched the sky, and when there was trouble ahead he sent every man he could spare up into the yards to shorter! the sails. Perhaps the ship had been sailing along swiftly in fair weather. Perhaps there hadn't been a cloud in the sky as she had spread her white wings to the kiss />f the winds;. But squalls come up swiftly, and smart seamen deal with them instantly. Long before rough gales reach them they have every bit of canvas roped and tied, and the ship is ready to dive head fen into the waves and slip unobstructed through the seas. Your household and mine are lacing rough weather. Of America's more than 40 million homes all except a few are going to feel the strain of the coming months-- months so vital in the history of the world and of civilization that, whatever our personal losses or tears, we must feel ourselves priv- > ileged to live in them. We are going to win the war, . whether it takes us five months or five years, or fifteen. v Something to Hope Far. ; i It may be that this coming autumn will see the. tide turned, will assure us the worst is over, and the Vnly dragging months of settle- \ raent and readjustment are ahead. Some of the best-informed men in Ai^e^ica" -and Fi>gl«nd think . that this might be so. Something tohope for, anyway. , But whether the road to peace is long or short it is for you and me now to shorten sail." And just as those oM sea captains used to send their very smallest boys up into the rigging, so begin With the smallest members of the family, ahel, take them into your confidence. Work -out a plan that mgans paying up every debt you owe to the very last cent. Make a graph of these debts, if you like, and post it in the living room. Slowly obliterate the red lines, as dentist, installment collector, insurance and grocer get their doe. Impress the children so force-- fully with the throttling power of debt that the lesson will last them the rest of their lives, In peace as well as war times. If your argument is: "We barely get along now; it is utterly impossible for us to do any better," something is wrong in your mind. It is always possible to do better. In every department of your housekeeping there is leakage, small in itself, but adding up into formidable waste. Wasted bread and butter on small plates; wasted lights 1 burning unneeded; wasted oven heat, wasted hot water, wasted telephoning, wasteful habits of helping oneself to just a little too much :4 gravy, potato, biscuits, • bacon, sliced pcachcs. Wasteful Thinking. Worst and most extravagant *11 is the wasteful thinking. Thinking' ' that you and yours must, have certain things and must live in a certain way. Dad likes pure olive oil in salacte, so none of the cheaper vegetable oils will do. There is no usable substitute fo»« pure butter in cake. The front hall and the drawing-room must be lighted at five o'clock every evening. Telegrams must be sent on all occa- IN THE RED To those icho never quite manage to tpake the proverbial ends meet; tcho always feel that little extravagances ar"e necessary "just this once"; uho are more than willing to pay the doctor, tht grocer, the tax collector--next time; to these and all others like them, who are never completely on the credit side of the ledger, Kathleen Morris offers a solemn learning that the peace that comes after this war will bring greater freedom, greater happiness, greater opportunity only to those whose lives are not clouded by the knowledge that, although they know where the next meal is coming from, they will prob• ably not be able to pay for it. vunteer women workers Who are j condition., Adjust the carburetor and ••'members of women's clubs, church : timer. If propferly adjusted, the and parentrteacher organizations, [ motpr -- however excellent -- will the Red Cross and the grocer's own ( "knock a little" on inclines and under family. They started it on July I-- jload. _The man who says his motor days after tfe 164th ahniver-j rjeyeS-^knocks'^ is actually admitting • •*'I« Minnesota The northernmost point in the United States is the Lake of the Woods projection which extends to latitude 49 degrees 23 minutes 041.1 seconds at longitude 95 degrees 09 minutes 11:3 seconds. This is a part of the state of .Minnesota. REPUBLICANS FROM COUNTY ATTENDING „__STATE CONVENTION ^ 'Republicans from McHenjy county 8n1 throughout the state are attend- ? k'. We a state convention of the party in J Springfield today (Thursday). Pol- r--*- lowing the reorganizatiqn of -the county .central committee in Wood-' * J stock several months ago a list of i : delegates and altetfiStes were named to attend the convention. Judge Henry : ; L. Cowlin of Crystal Lake is the county chairman. Those delegates named from this •' vicinity follow: Victor O. Siegler, "v"" Spring Grove; Harold Miliar and Thomas P. Bnlger, McHenry. The alternates include R. I. Orerton, McHenry; Charles Freund and J. .E. FreUnd of Spring Grove. - One Black Crow Bob Killworth has a »>ew companion, a trusting black crow that is constantly with him. Killworth, a dairy worker, .was out hiking recently when he foutd the crow on the groundwith an injured wing" H>e took it home, fed and nursed it -three sary of the battle in which the origi- [he is wasting gasoline, nal Molly Pitcher won immortality I • Align the wheels properly. Wheels --and they're going to keep it up' " until they've helped the members of the Independent Food Distributors' council sell their share.of the $1,000,000,000 worth of bonds and stamps per month, the goal which the United States treasury department has set for the nation-wide campaign through retail outlets. Thus the - name and fame of a Revolutionary war heroine will be heard again throughout the length and breadth of the nation to whose "No, season. good hunting here?" not; an heiress here this --This Bit-- There was a youth ' Who told the truth, Hex caught a fish one #13?* "Six pounds it weigned," ; The young man said. Folks laughed and turned sway. sions. Olives and celery must be upon the table whenever there is company. Friends in the hospital must have flowers. 1 These are the niceties and luxuries of living; we have accustomed ourselves to them, and it i% hard to do without them. It is much more pleasant to have a nice girl in a cap and apron serving dinner, and to be able to ignore the question of dishwashing and clearing afterward, than to serve things up in a scramble, with Molly running in and out of -the pantry setting the table, and Mother cooking. But none of these things is as is no quicker way to banish fear and doubt than to get the hotne situation well In liana aiiu tu face tile future solvent and unafraid. "" Solvency Is Freedom. This is a war for freedom an4. independence. Solvency is freedom; being out of debt is. independence. I-t won't help you much, when the world is free, and when we are all rejoicing in the dawn of a new day, to remember that during the war you refused to adapt yourself, you stumbled right on into deeper and deeper debt and that, though America has won", you have lost. A Nashville woman writes ttie this: - V... " Bid Neighbor My neighbors don't like m®, their hatred is deep, And I hear that they want to annul My right to live near. I don't blame them; I keep My lawn mower rusty and dulL Wrong Again "Isn't it a pity that so famous a ball player should be brought home such a wreck?" "He wasn't no ball player; he was only the umpire." A modern Molly Pitcher sells a war bond to a food store customer. Not Amused .p, ; "Does Edith bring her troubles to you now as she used ti.?", * y *"No; not since I began pointing out to her that she was to blame for haying them " Spendthrift . . , "SmallWood was m a brown suidy valuable as a spirit of peace There tnHay anri l ofTered him a pt;nny for hix. thoughts." ; " 'JYou spendthrift! You;nev«|:.iji|el' k n o w t h e v a l u e o f m o n e y - how Going Up Lady Shopper--I wonder prices are in this store? Elevator Boy--Going up! • V, Lady. Shopper--My, that's alt ever hear! :' that ar^ out of line are literally a "drag" on a car. Alij?ninif the wheels not only will save gasoline but will reduce the wear on the tires. Lubricate all parts of the car regularly with the proper lubricants. Nftt lubricating a car properly adds, another "drag" that wastes gasoline. ' ( Drive ,at a steady speed. Avoid spurting: Start slowly. Don't at* tempt quick get-aways. Keep braking, to a safe minimum. Inflate tires properly. Don't drive on curves at speeds that '•pull" the car. FINE WORK DONE BY NURSE AftD T. ASSOCIATION Mabel Hobbs, county Aurse. made a most interesting report to-the county board of supervisors last week in connection with the work done through her office and the county T. B. associ ation. « . Miss * Hobbs reported that there wej^twHYfr-pBtients from the County in sanatoriums on August 1, 1941 with fourteen being admitted during the past" year. The number of patients dismissed was thirteen of which six wer" improved, three had tuberculosis and four died. The number remaining in sanatoriums on August 1, 1942 was twelve. The number of patients who had sanatoriurii oare or received care in "any Way was fifty during the year. The total high school students and teacers X-rayed following! tuberculosis testing survey in high schools was fifty-seven. Last November the McHenry. County T. B. Association voted to offer skin tests to seniors of high schools of' the county and also to teachers. A total of 277 took this test with the result that forty-two students and fifteen teachers were X-raved. " M iss Hobbs recommended that the founding she contributed. Although history has preserved her fame under the name of Molly Pitcher, that wasn't her real name. She was born Mary Ludwig at Carlisle, Pa., on October 13, 1744, the daughter of John George Ludwig, who came to America from the German Palatinate. When Mary grew up she was em ployed as a servapt in the family of Gen. William Irvine of Carlisle, who was destined to become a famous i Revolutionary leader. There on j July 24, 1769, she was married to j John Hays, a barber. At the out-!. . break of the Revolution Hays enlisted j immunization program be expanded in Proctor's First Pennsylvania ar- j so that children be immunized against tillery in the Continental line troops that dangerous d.sease of diphtheria and when he marched away for >nd small pox: She reported that th.* service as a gunner, Mary marched i high school program finds an occawith him, Ss was the custom of j sional case of tuberculosis that migm wives of privates in those days. otherwise go on to a more advanced Little is known of either John | case, harder to cure and taking Hays or his wife until the battle of j longer. She said the program gives a Monmouth, N. J., fought on June 28, 'better understanding of thw disease to 1778. At that battle Hays' battery ; students and demonstrates how ^to was stationed on rising ground be- ; guard against the diseases. tween Livingston's and Varnum's The board granted the usual reqUBa. brigades. It was a terrifically hot of $2,200 to carry on this work-in the dsy, the mercury rising •«> 96 rif^- ! county during the ne*t v»»r grees in the shade. During the fighting Mary Hays discovered a little brook running back of the hill where her husband was stationed and she Marines in Hawaii in 1893 United Stales marines were lartdv. , . .. . .• ir, _ i ed in Hawaii in 1893 to protect Amer- SSf'SESIl* was serving other] fc». Hw» «"« durU,« "Last year we had three sons at home, two working and contributing to. expenses, one In school. Now two of them are drafted, the third past 18 and therefore eligible to the draft, and my husband recently stricken "with a heart illness that •will mend slowly, perhaps, taking months to cure. This means that from an income of $67 a week, plus $10 each from the boys--more than $350 a month in all--I am reduced to whatever Bud can earn, and even, that may ptfesently disappear. "But my people h&ve always been soldiers and pioneers, and I am proud to follow in their fefqtsteps. I rented my home and moved into a three-room apartrnent that ! get for nothing, becsflSse I am caretaker. Not a janitress, for there is a goofi janitor, but I am ^expected to hire elevator boys, Iniwer , complaints, send for*plumbers- when necessary, advertise empty apartments, sign leases and so on. "I advertised that a woman of 46, wiiose SOBS were called to the service, would like to be given a trial in any capacity that ^assured her of a home, and had five answers, of which this job was my choice. Bud gets $40 a week and gives half to me'for board: I save every cent! of tkis, as-the $75 I get for my hope more than pays otir • expenses. Hard Life . "Life '-is-hard." •• : ' ®" ' "Yes; by the time your mother stops forbidding you to eat jam the doctor begins."' : Marriage a .mighty. thirsty soldiers a^ well and there was no more welcome sound amid the roar of the cannon than the cry "Here comes Molly with her pitcher!" As the battle grew fiercer and her revolution. Big Slingshot _; • y^./ Bathj Maine, boys have built the biggest slingshot on record. It is a foot and a half <wide and the rubbw: ] trips to the brook more frequent, the ban(j is more {han an wide. call was abbreviated into "Molly < Mounted cm a pair of cart wheels, "Marriage is school in whdeh to leafn Ijow to be a bachelor." . "What s the matter with this tree here it's summer and no leaves out yet?" • Time for Recovery Nearly half a minute is required for average eyes to recover from exposure to bright, glaring fight, according to tests rtnade at the University of California. i t J Gold Fonnd in Gizzard While cleaning" a chicken.' Mrs. Thomas Stalheim extracted from its gizzard a nugget whicfi5' when examined by a jeweler was found to be. pure gold. ', 1 * ^ Couldn't' Say '• "Well. Bill," asked a- neighbor, "I hear the boss has a fever.. How's his temperature today?" . The hired man scratched his head and decided not to commit himself. " 'Taint for me to say," he replied. ."The boss died last nift&" Quite Sure . Tramp--Has the doctor any .old pants he could let me have? Lady--No, they wouldn't fit you. Tramp--Are you sure? Lady--Quite sure--I'm the ddotor. MiUtary Mines - . The word Vmine" had a military^ significance4 to tke Romans befoTe it de-i'eioij^ed its industrial meaning. ftranswick's Reasoning In 1588, the Duke Julius of Brunswick made Kiding in coaches by his vassals a crime punishable as a felony, largely on the ground that i|] would interfere with military paredness, for men would Ipse their equestrian skUL v Marines at Midway A V. S. marine detachment waa first stationed on Midway island on May 4, 1904, with Second Lieutenant Clarence S. Owen in command. at i%\ pretheir i • Painting Preserves Stnceo . Painting stucco surfaces not only offers numerous possibilities of color effects, but helps prevent disintegration. Three coats of high quality exterior paint, such as pure white lead and oil, have proved to be most efficient means of treating stucco. Pitcher" and thus her nickname was rn. Suddenly Hays fell, seriously wounded, during a charge made by the British cavalry and infantry As no one was competent to take Gunr ner Hays' place, the cannon which he was serving was ordered movei& to the rear. Thereupon Molly, dropping her pitcher, seized the rammer which her husband had been using and declared that she would carry on in his place. She proved to be is good substitute and so Von the admiration bf the soldiers that they, told theii/ officers about .her heroic conduct/ As a result next morning Gen. JSathanael Greene presented" her Gen. George Washington, the manderrin-chief, wh© praised her gallantry and then and there made her a sergeant in the artillery. Later she was placed on the-list of half-pay officers and for, many years after the Revolution she lived at the Carlisle Barracks, cooking and washing for the soldiers. Some years after the death of Hays she was married to Sergt. George Mo- Cauley or McKolly, who seems to have been a worthless sort whe lived on her earnings and abused her cruelly. In 1822-the Pennsylvania^ legislature voted her a gift of $40 fdr her services in the Revolution and $80 annually for life. She died January 22, 1823, and was buried with military honors. it requires' the services of three youngsters tb operate it INCLUDING NIGHTS GRAND CIRCUIT HARNESS /Jmetic&L tyaltelt r-- - AND P GCVU ! JEOTTVl 98 HORSES $33,000.00 I N P U R S E S yl \ Speck** # I I ^ j FRUff # AR* SHOW ft- HON «• _ SHOW 5HO« Cap*** f. sHttf MO r t C O N O ^ | C S How* , T S S ""c'TtR . J U N I O R <60 000 00 in PREMIUMS DAIRY SHOW 0AI«y QUtf CCHONATIOM 40 ACRES OF VICTORY EXHIBITS IN THE WAR OVCI ISOO AMD tovt "Aren't tacky Bow Long for Ton? >( The life of a dollar bill is said to be nine months. Bacteria Inherit Family Traits ; ' Bacteria, like men, pass hered(i« t^ry family traits on to their offspring to produce both weaklings andJ'tough guys" among species of germs, according to research discoveries at Westinghouse. Bacteria are also attacked and destroyed themselves by invisible viruses known as bacteriophages. Most of these bacteriophage fatal to bacteria are harmless to man. 1 .. <f Oil is ammunition ; i : Us* it wistly m* STAiom on is STANDARD SERVICE cit toRStmnea kmvaithb m weh can last •if; • Today thousands of patriotic Americans are saying their tires through a new wtr-time method of cross-switching. This method is. built around Standard Oil Dealers' Tire Mileage Gauge, a measuring instrument tor estimating the mileage left in your tires. With this estimate your dealer can place-each tire where,it will give the most mileage. Have him do this every 2500-5000 miles--older tires should be switched every 2500 miles to get maximum milfrom the set. It will help you get the full mileage built into your tires. * * * Buy Lotted^ States War Savings Bonds and Stamps to help guarantee victorv. „ STAMPAKO Oil COMPANY (IHO«A*A) T* make yotr car last long, iwi well, team up two great stradbys STANDARD RED CROWN . »T*« ram « STANDARD'S ISO-VIS oit in