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RINGWOOD THE KcHENBY p] Thursday, September 10. IMS w' k \ are spending the .week in Albert Lea, Minn. Mr." and Mrs. John Hogan am) family spent Monday afternoon in Belyi- , dere. "Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Berg and Leland The W. S. C. S. of fourteen churches attended funeral services for Mrs. will meet at the Ririg-Wood church on Bern's sister, Mrs. Inez Norton, at Friday, September 18. from ten until; Genoa City Friday. ,t two. The program will be in charge Mr. and Mrs. Ragher Reamer and of the district program committee, daughter have moved to Chicago to Tfrey are meeting to discuss the probtnake their home. . Terns of small churches. , Mrs. Emma Merchant and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger of Green- Mrs. Earl Sherman of Woodstock wood spent Sunday and Monday in the were callers in the William McCannon George Shepard home. home Sunday afternoon. V. Virginia Jepson of Evanston spent Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kattner and Monday with her mother, Mrs. C. J. • family of Richmond spent Sunday Jepson evening in the Ed Bauer homer Mr. and Mrs. Louis Young and fanv ily of Waukegan spent Sunday afteisnoon with Mr. ad Mrs. George Young: Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper, Eleanorie Jane and Dorothy Ann, of Chicago spent Friday evening in the S., Wr Smith home. - John Sheets; passed away at St. Ther- Mr. and Mi^. I N? Butle^f Wood- ^ hospita]'£n WednesJay m0rninP; stock were Sunday evening dinner. SepU?mber 2. Besides his parents,, his guests of Mr. and Mrs, B. T. BuUer.: ^ is mourned by a sister, Char- * W,th /1 MrS, lene. a brother. Jackie, and his grand- Ben \\alKmgton the first, second and Mr an(J Mrs Anton May. fourth Fridays of each month, Every- Funeral services were mA at & ^re<T% "•* J -n K c v,' v"-Peter's church Friday afternoon at i ^Shirley Hawley visited Bob Schulz g.go with'burial at St. Peter's cemeat St. Luke s hosP1tal m Chicago on ^ Pallbearers were Robert May, Wednesday. -_>• Eugene May, Thomas Freund, and i., Frank Ha^son^is-spending a ten* Jo4 Jus(en. day furlough -with his parents, Mr. .' jprjva't®, Eddie Klein "spent Tuesday SPRING GROVE A Plan to Protect Agriculture After This War For years the tragic results of the expansion of food-producing acreage during World War I has haunted American agriculture. Every farmer, as a matter of patriotism, interrupted his rotation of crops to produce food , and more food for our armies and our Allies. Now again in World War II, to feed our soldiprs and our Allies and to serve the special demands of war industry, we are dislocating our normal production as a matter of patriotic service. It seems plain that by the end of this walr American farms will have Created a tremendous surplus production power whi<fh ordinary peace- SLOCUM LAKE guests, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lagerlund of Chicago, were guests Saturday at the No Effect on Real Estate \ -The people of Los Angeles don1! home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lu^k feel it, but actually they're rising at Maple Park. and falling as if -on a giant teeter- Mr. and Mrs. William-Burkhart "of totter, Dr. U. S. Grant and W. E. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and • Williams PPai rk called on Mrs. F. HuJdaughter, Betty Lou, and Mr. and Mrs.! ska in Chicago. Mrs. Hulska, a sister Robert Emmerson of Maple Park were of Mrs. Burkhart, is ill. Sunday dinner and afternoon guests j Mrs. Elmer Esping of Starks Staat the home of Mr. and Mrs. John tion %as a caller at the home of Mr. Blomgren. ; and Mrs. Harry Matthews last WedwChesney Brooks and Earl Schultz; nesday. * of Roseville attended the Walworth | Miss Ethel Dowell of Libertyville Sheppard, geologists, reported after a study of southern California earth movements. The experts said the movement was so faint that it would have no effect on real estate values. Magnetic Field Any space in which" a compass is affected is called a^maghetic field. Giant Telescotflii The largest refractor telesctoi*e» in the world are the 40-inch installation of the University of Chicago aft the Yerkes observatory at Williams Bay, Wis., and the 36-inch refractor • of the University of California at county fair at Elkhorn Sunday. spent the weekend at the - home Need Rubber Stamps? Order at The the Lick observatory on Mount Ham- Plaindeaier. llton. Fred Lueck and son, Edward, and | Mrs. Celia Dowell. Mrs. Alma Schaefer of Berwyn were ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank LaBelle were guests Labor Day at the home of | supper guests Labor Day at the home Mr. and Mrs.. Harry Matthews. jof Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mazanec at Wau- Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse«and conda. v daughter, France's, were callers at the j Mr. and Mrs. William Burkhart of Great Lakes Training station lastj Williams Park entertained seven Tuesday. ' I guests from Chicago at dinner and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner and supper on Labor Day.. half month old son of Mr. and Mrs. T .. A„+v 5, . , i. - . -- - ; two children spent Sunday afternoon; Mr. and Mrs. William Krueger of ° . -- " i ^me requirements^ will not absorb, j at the home of Mr. and Mr£. John M-; Williams Park spent last Wednesday By the end of 1942 our overall | Wagner at Round Lake.. " evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook of Roselle was. a dinner! Frank LaBelle. guest Labor Day at the hon^p Of Mr. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank LaBelle spent • arid Mrs. Chancey Harrison. Frank is • stationed at Fori^ienning, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spent Saturday at Twin Lakes with Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jenen and family. Lieut, and Mrs. John Brennan~and Patti of Dallas, Texas, visited the Fred Wiedrich, "Jr., family on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Malsh of Glenand Wednesday at his home here- He is connected with the war show at Soldier Field in Chicago as maintenance man. A The first':RTOeed< Cross meeting in th«k^springing into production average increase production over the average for the last 10 years will be more than 21 per cent. How then can American agriculture Side-step a post-war farm tragedy even worse than that following World War I? Experiments in Rubber and Other Products. Our Government is now experimenting with domestic sources for rubber. Some sixty thousand acres are devoted to the production of guayule and its possibilities as a source of domestic rubber. Emergency plants for the production of thousands of tons of synthetic rubber from oil and alcohol are"'now and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Mrs. William Burkhart of; Williams Park and Mrs. A. Knockemus, Mrs. the weekend and Labor Day visiting relatives at Omaha, Nebr., having gone there oh the streamliner, "City Nancy Springer and Mrs. Tallitch of of Denver." Chicago enjoyed lunch and the after-1 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Manthe of Chinoon at the home , of Mrs. Lydia I cago were callers at the home of Mr. Springer at PoWerS Lake,. Wis.,' one ifand Mrs. Ray Dowell Saturday, day recently. „ j Mrs. Wayne Bacon of Crystal Lake Mr. and Mrs. S. Lagerlund of Chi-l and daughter, Miss Myraa, and girl cago were guests at the home of Mr.' friend of Chicago spent last Tuesday John Blomgren from Thursday evening until Saturday" afternoon ' last week.". ' • at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mrs. C. J. t)ecker and son, Chester/ We have learned how to make "paper from slash pine and starch from potatoes. We are learning how to work room was held at Town hall> on Friday afternoon. Quite a few ladies attended and some work was accom- „ , . w . plished. For the convenience of many raise medicinal herbs which we forview spent Sunday night with the lat- of meetin has ^ chan ed i merly imported. tor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton to Nesday, that is every Tuesday afDenied the use of kapok which we ternoon. A quilt has been started and ! imported from the East Indies and remnants of dark colored percales are neeped. Donations of same will be Miss Marion Dowell of the Abbott *^r*> Waukegan spent last Wednes- Laboratories, North Chicago, spent; afternoon at the home of Mr. and the weekend and Labor Day at the Mrs. Ray Dowell. Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Neal of Oak Lawn spent the weekend in the Roy Neal home of her mother, Mrs. Celia Dowell. • • P. . ' ' „ Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Raven and two daughters and Mrs. Pearl Dowell and daughter, Ada, of Roseville, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rodene were Saturday evening guests at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ruthenberg at Mylith Park. Mr. and Mrs. A. Berger entertained a number of relatives and friends at home. , Johnn> Neal returned home che^fuHy accepted. Everyone is inwith them after spending a week with relatives at Oak Lawn. Mrs. Henry Stephenson and Viola Low attended a McHenry county Auxiliary meeting in Gary Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buchert, Betty vited to come to the hall on Tuesday afternoons to help sew or knit. The Firemen's carnival on Saturday night was well attended. The Firemen wish to thank all who helped by their services and donations to make this -Jane and Frank, Jr~, called on, J-gonie affaif such a huge success. Special Bacon Sunday afternoon. Amy Harrison, Bobette Cristy, Shirley Hawley and Eleanore Pries of Mc- Henry were visitors in Waukegan on Sunday. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., and Helen Johnson attended a party in honor of Mrs. Roy Jahnke of Walworth in the P. E. Saunders home at Fontana last Wednesday evening. Frankie Stephenson spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Rob McLean at Woodstock. V Loren Harrison is spending two weeks with relatives in Kansas. used in life preservers, we have discovered that the floss from milkweed makes better life preservers than kapok ever did. Factories have been built and several thousand acres are now devoted to raising milkweed intensively. ^ Already we are producing tung oil successfully. Thousands of acres will be needed before we can supply even our present domestic market. •Luckily, we have at hand the National Farm Chemurgic Council, an organization of research chemists from our several industries who compare notes and gain new enthusiasm in the research for new uses of old crops and new crops noon bv inviting several of his play-j ^hich can be cultivated in America. in n r.1 i °"r government has established regional research laboratories. More than fifteen thousand differprizes went to Mrs. Martha Schueneman, Martin May and Russel Rudolph. Mr. and M$s. Afthur Kattner, son, Billy, and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kutish of Chicago spent Sunday at the Elkhorn fair. Leigh Kagan celebrated his third birthday at his home on Sunday aftermates to a party. Games were played throughout the afternoon and prizes were awarded the winners. A delicious lunch was served which included a large birthday cake. Those to make up this happy party were Leigh and Eugene Larson of Rockford spent Patty Kagan, Herbert and Richard the weekend with Wayne Foss. Wagner. Tommy Freund, Eugene May, Dr. Leo Thelen and friend of St. jjmrny and Bobby May. »-- Louis called on Mr. and Mrs. S. W. jjGy anfj Donnie Westman of Wood- Smith Sunday. stock spent several days last week Louis Hawley and Earl Whiting are with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. enjoying a few days fishing at Frank Sanders. Cheteck, Wis. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Anna Miller of McHenry spent Charles Freund were Misses Virginia Monday with Mrs. Nick Young. Ra^mussen and Florence Werdell and Charlie Hess of the Veterans home Clarence Lund of Chicago. at Woods, Wis., is spending several Mr. and MrS- Ernest Kattner and weeks in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. famiiy Df Richmond spent Sunday ent kinds of plants grow in the natural state in the United States. We use less than three hundred of these plants. Farm chemurgy will not be: complete, nor the post-war problem of - agriculture solved until every plant is re-examined in the light of modern science and made to serve its part in contributing to the comfort, happiness and security of our America of the future. A Plan That Deserves Support. The United States Senate is considering a plan which will require the use of 20 per cent of war profits | Mrs. Harry_ Matthews and sons, Rob- I th{ljr cottape at Mylith Park over ert and Lyle, and guests, Miss Char- the weejcen(j jlotte Bouland of Jacoby's subdivision,! Hubert R^ene of Chicago was a Fox river, Bruce Corzine of Corzine j weekend ^est at the Shields cottage . road, Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and . wj,ere },js wjfC; Evelyn, and friends guests, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lagerlund of :are stayjng for two weeks. ElmwoodPark and Mr. and Mrs. Geo., Mrg Virginia Kellerman of Mylith Lundgren attended the Walworth i Park and a juecp of Mrs. A. V. Mason county fair at Elkhorn last Friday. jg 8pendjng two weeks at Long Island, Mrs. Ed Johnson and daughter, j N. y. Lieut. Kellerman has been serv- Alice, of the "Flats" and Mrs. Fran- ing overseas since last January, cis Kerns and children of Indeperi-] Mrs. K. Hebestreet and daughter, dence, Mo., were callers last Thursday Dorothy, Mrs. B: Moorehouse, Mrs. |at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. |Loii Janette and son, Buddy, and Mrs. j Brooks. | F. Kaiser and daughter, Sharon, all | Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, j of Chicago, were last Saturday lunch- • Frances, and Miss Frances Davis were eon guests of Mrs. A. V. Mason. After callers in Chicago last Thursday. lunch the afternoon was spent playing j Mr. and Mrs. Harry Raeburg and|tar<^8, children of Belvidere spent Sunday !" Mr. and Mrs. A: Berger and chilat the home of Mrs. Celia Dowell. dren of Mylith, Park enjoyed a fish fry Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and fat Burton's Bidge last Friday evening. SPECIAL FARM POSTER Promotes War Bonds.--Urging farmers to purchase War Bonds every market day, this striking War Bond poster will serve as a constant reminder the farmer's stake in the War, for it will be displayed generally in the rural a teas during the next few months. Illustration is by John Steuart Curry. ' during the war for the purchase of Mrs. Roy Neal, Mrs. Louis Hawley ^Vh'hisVrents',"^Mr. and M^ Wil-I Reco^ery 1 B°nds by e,acJ? company 1 " i.• «r_ , . , Kattner ' m order to have available the nec- Amorvg those employed out of town! fsary cash *° Q^ly change their who spent the holiday with home folks busmess and industrial plants back were Joseph Brown, Jr.. Misses Marie and Dorothy Lay of Chicago and Miss Lorraine May of > Zioh. and Marion were callers in Woodstock Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Glawe of Woodstock spent Friday evening in the R, C. Harrison home. The Ringwood unit of the Home Bureau met with Mrs. Roy Harrison on Tuesday. Mrs. F. N. Muzzy gave the lesson on "The Proper Care of Clothing." Reports were given by each chairman. A party will be held in the community hall on Friday, Sep-' tember 28. School opened on Tuesday with Mrs. JOHNSBIJRG Mrs. Steve King and son, Eugene, | were Chicago callers Thursday. Mrs. Math Schaefer, Chicago, spent Bemice Hawley teaching the lower the week in the home of Mike Schaefgrades and Weldon C. Andreas, the er. upper grades. Miss Thomas of Green- j Mrs. Henry Stoffel of Volo spent wood will teach music, Mrs. Skinner Saturday with Joe Pitzen. , of Crystal Lake, physical education,; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls and Mrs. and it is expected that Mrs. Mead will George King called on Mary Ann return to teach art. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer, LuAnn and Marvin, attended the Firemen's carnival at Spring Grove Saturday evening. A group of Ringwood people attended community services at Greenwood Sunday evening. The Ringwood choir; Prizes were awarded Mrs. Steve May, Karls at the Waukegan sanitorium on Friday evening. * Bill Marz was a Chicago caller last Thursday. Mrs. Wnu J. Meyers entertained the _ _ Five Hundred club Tye§day evening. | jng care of our surplus in the after to peace-time .activities at the close of the war and to adjust the employment of their normal number of factory workers. This percentage of war profits could also be used in a broad plan of research by industrial chemists to develop new uses for products of the farm by our domestic industry.. If our industry has the knowledge and the money in hand to convert an all-out war effort to peacetime production, maintain employment and launch the new products discovered by science, we have a reasonable chance to absorb our farm surplus even in the post-war period. Depression hit our rural areas longer and harder than oor industrial arpas. Our hope for the security, happiness and prosperity of Rural America is at stake. If we can develop this practical plan for tak sang two numbers and Marion Hawley gave several selections. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Harrison and daughter. Lola, of St. Johns, Kansas, spent Friday and Saturday in the R. C. Harrison home. Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and family spent Wednesday in the Albert Schultz home in Genoa City. Howard Shepard of Parks Air college at East St. Louis spent the weekend- with his parents, Mr. „ and Mrs. George Shepard. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peet, Marion Mrs. Delia Miller and Mrs. Wm.' J. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark of Waukegan and Mr/3 and Mrs. Walter Freund of Ingleside were callers here Saturday evening. Miss Katie Pitzen of Chicago spent the weekend with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bugner and Miss Cl^ra Bugner of Alvada,^Ohio, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Freund recently. Miss Kathcrine Althoff, Elgin, spent ; a few days in the home of her«mother, war period, we can go forward un afraid in an all-out production effort for the winning of this war and in providing the food necessary for starving people in the after war period. We will know that we have provided an ever-expanding America with new crops and new uses. Worth thinking about. and Alice, spent Monday in the Artsel j Mrs. William Althoff. Dewey home at Armstrong. Mrs. C. i Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer, Wau- J. Jepson returned home with them kegan, spent Sunday with Mr. "arid after spending two months with the ; Mrs. William J. Meyers. Deweys. j Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas of John Smith sjfent the wgjftend-withl Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Bob friends in Chicago. i Siiyder of Chicago spent a few days Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Biggers x>f the past week in the home of Mr. and Wordcr Lake spent Friday with Mr.' Mrs. Peter F. Freund. and Mrs. Nick Young. j - Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adams of Sk)lon Shirley Hawley spent several days; Mills called on Mr. and Mrs. Art last week with relatives in Crystal Lpke. Mr. and Mrp. Kenneth Cristy .took Bobette to Bloomington Tuesday where she will resume her studies at Illinois Wesleyan college. Mr. and Mrs. Don Smart and sons Adams Sunday afternoon. Agriculture and Labor •if'^iriculture has excellent reasonsto take concern for ^ie welfare of labor," says Wheeler McMillen. "The situation after the war is over will be of particular importance to farmers. Men earning good wages full time are much better customer^ than men without jobs. Men steadily employed under satisfactory Conditions are far less likelj^ than men without work to become the prey o{ men who agitate for strange kindi of government. Agriculture ought not, therefore, to develop hostility toward labor and toward labor or* ganizations as such. A wiser course Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wegener of Volo would be to try to use agriculture's called in the home of Mrs. William Al- influence for correction of those thoff Sunday aftemoen. Art Peters and Ben Tony an spent a few days recently fishing up north. Mrs. Martha Fieund and daughters abuses which do no good either to laborers, farmers or the nation.'* ma ir of Waukegan were Monday evening ; °f Woodstock rfpent a few days last supper guests in the Fred Wiedrich, i week with her mother, Mrs. Math Jr., home. . i Freund. Mr. and Mrs. William Hiene of Chi- j Mr- and Mrs. Bill May and children cago spent the weekend with Mr. and j motored to the •Elkhorn fair Friday. Mrs. George Shepard. A large number of people attended the Walworth, county fair at Elkhorn Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Malsh of Glenview called on Mrs. Ferd Wiedrich, Jr., Monday morning. the home of her Mrs. William JT [spent Tuesday in parents, Mr. and Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. George Zarnstorff, Miss Dorothy Michels and George Meyers motored to the Elkhorn fair Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison j Saturday. entertained at dinner Sunday in honor i Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tannery of Chi» of their son, Frank. Those present I caST° sPent Sunday in the home of Mr. were Mr. and Mrs. William- Wurtz- jand Mrs- Joe Smith. . inger and daughters of Woodstock, I --• Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marl owe'and sons i Baby Lobsters Need Careu*" '-' • of Huntley and Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie ! Six per -cent more newly hatched Smith and family. (lobsters survive the.larval state if Wayne Foss was a caller m Wood- fed 24 limes a day than if fed only stock Wednesday evening. ]12. times, according to aa njwxi- America's Real Stimulant "In the United States, ever; man's value is determined by hig activity, and every man is given the opportunity to develop his abilities. , , A". 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