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* „ • ta Told '* ' * • ' C" ' ,j£ WOULDN'T SAY being by Cost of Eyeglasses The average annual outlay for eyeglasses is only $2.73 among all a I families in villages and towns of I Central states, according to a surof Interest Taken Fran Ike Files of the Plaindealw of Tears Age k thirty of tourists were shown over the cathedral guide. "Behind the altar," he told them.j vey made by the bureau of home "lies Richard the Second. In the j economics of the U. S. department churchyard outside lies Mary Queen i of agricultures The survey disclosed of Scots, also Henry the Eighth.j that only about one in every five And who," he demanded, halting. families had expenditures for eyeabove an unmarked flagstone, "who glasses in any one year, and that of do you think is a-lying 'ere?" | the families- having such expendi- "Well," answered a near-by tour-j tures, the outlay averaged $14.58 per ist, "I don't know for sure, but I j family. hay* mjr suspicions." P-P-Please! An old Southern planter was discussing the hereafter with one of his workers. "Sam," he said, "if you die first, I fvant y°u t0 come back and tell me what it's like over there. If I J. Kleifgen has been painting the ^ die first, I'll come back and tell you house of Anthony Weber inside and i what it's like." SIXTY TEARS AGO t»ut, graining the inside in light oak, ash and black walnut. •j&K' George W. Hunt, t>f Hebron, died quite suddenly on Sunday morning 'last, He has been out of health for }.\ ' ]the past six months. .' t We learn that Mrs. Hueman "Dat suits me fine, sah*," replied the old Negro, "but if you dies first, ah wants you to promise me dat you'll come back in de day* v-'i. • . Cause of High Blood Pressure Special experiments performed on normal persons have shed a new light on the cause of high blood pressure, it was announced recently. Angiotomin, a newly found chemical substance* Was Injected into healthy men and women with the resulting effects like the symptoms of "hypertension," the baffling disease of high blood pressure. Stress Young Look 10f Dressy Black Add Sparkling Accents and time. fnother of John Huemann, a lady a n i k i t > : i r r » . . "v r :8r" CROAKKB years of age, had the misfortune to. * ' . •„ .V, ' .'fall down .stair? 'a few days since,^ * j;,.*,. ' " ' fIr>erpafkikiinncgr tthh eo bhnotniee ' nn*e>aflrr .tthhee ' hhii'Dp .jiortiinltl/t?' "'" " " ... .*>..* ' S^iupnd otherwise bruising herself. \ , Married in Chicago recently, by the;*' )Rev. Dr. Kitteredge. Miss' BJajrchej„ oungest daughter of the late John M'; cOmber. of McHeniy and Mr. J. H. ;. Waldron of Chicago. . FIFTY YEARS AGO Jos. Hedge, junior proprietor, of the ! * Chenoa Gazette, died at his home, iri , -Hthat city, on Friday last, aged, 27 ' ,, $rears. He was a brother to Mrs. M.' . 5A. Howell of t h i s v i l l a g e . ' j j Miss Mary Bickler, daughter of Theodore Bickler, suddenly dropped Head at the home of her parents on ^Sunday evening. She had been out of Ileal th for some time, but had been ground to work, as usual. "Why do you dislike Mr. Frog?" "O.h, he's always croaking, that's why!" .'vv- Be Said ft Tom-»-Harry always was lucky. He won a prize worth $100,000 yesterday by using the right word in the right place. Dick--I don't believe a word of it. How did it happen? Tom--He said "yes" when the minister asked him iiThe took Miss Chas. Nickels, who has been quite^ Goldust to be his lawfully wedded $ick the past two months, is reported w , its slowly improving. > Miss Bell Whiting started Friday for Normal. 111., where she will attend j Maryland Muskrats Going Patriotic? | There's no doubt about New world | solidarity in the fight against totali- ! tarianism! The highly gratifying . fan-American stand against Axis jaggression early this year, was! • shortly followed by declaration of [ . war a g a i n s t our enemies by cer- j 't tain American Indian tribes And < Vj^ipw, our typically American musk- ! [•'rat is wearing "V for Victory" .Markings! .This |ust about makes j Vj it unanimous. The muskrat state- ^iinent comes from a service release ! ywhich tells of a black and brown ' r-animal trapped by Herbert R. North in Maryland bearing white bars ex- ! tending from the ears through the \ eyes and converging at the tip of the nose to form a distinct "V." I^DE BUNKER By John Harvey Fur bay, Ph.D. ithe State Normal school the coming i : For Something /'I'll be good for a penny, ei\" coaxed little William, mothhope- Jrear. FORTY YEARS AGO CfctSs Schmidt has secured the contract for plumbing M. Merriman's new fiouse. ' '/i Thos. Bolger, son of Walter Bolger, Jwas thrown from a horse Tuesday flight, sustaining severe injuries. On Monday evening the sidewalk committee opened the bids of J. F. IWisner of Rockford and" Wm. Bell ot jElgin and awarded the contract to the former gentleman, his bid being eight cents per square foot. The new walks nwill be put down where most needed. Ground was broken this week for llrs. Knox's new house on the lot re* • jfcently purchased of R. Waite on Green Street. "Oh, Willie," reproved his mother, ",why can't you be like your father? He isn't good for a penny. He's good for nothing!" • (Son?) Burned "*'I always get dreadfully burned at the seashore." "I suppose you mean that some girl works you for all the money' you bring with you." Demonstrated -r-- "So you want t' marry my daughter? Well, you look like a fellow with good sense." "Sure, I showed it by wanting your daughter." THIRTY YEARS AGO - .<'1 '* E. W. Howe has purchased a lot of tjohn Herbes on south Green street:]--•' ",iu»d will build himself a home there- • on this fall. * • . The R. A. Howard building on the „%rest side is undergoing repairs and feeing placed in readiness for the har- \ \ iiess shop which is to occupy it. Butter was declared firm at 28Vi j ; ipents on the Elgin board of trade on -fJr- Monday. , / The appearance of a street organ in >wn Monday made us feel as if sum. pere not quite over. r Never Sits? ' Doctor--Is your insomnia of longstanding? Recent Father--No; long-walking. Our baby has had the colic for the last three months. DOUBLE INDEMNITY, TOO TWENTY YEARS AGO / ^ The village,.of McHenry is to have ' A lung motor of the very latest design, v "This conclusion was reached at the Regular monthly meeting of the local, on Monday night. . \ The new homes of Wm. Pries and Simes are being treated to coats paint, 6. , Considerable of the corn throughout 4iii8 section will remain uncut this /'(all. One farmer informs us that it : * "Mil not pay to cut same. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Buss have /^'tented the upper flat in the Parks • ftouse on Waukegan street, wherein they expect to go to housekeeping in * Abe very near future. Ten per cent of ymtr Income in War Bonds will help to! build the planes and tanks, that will insure defeat of Hitler and his Axis partners. PLYWOOD 15 NOT A MODERN INVENTION Instead of being one of the creations of modern years, plywood is | an a n c i e n t i d e a . According to News- j week magazine, the ancient Egyp- j t i a n s made it and used it for many j purposes. This fact is known be-) cause mummy cases have been! found made of plywood. Sheets of | lumber are cut into thin layers and i are glued t o g e t h e r with the g r a i n s j of wood running at right angles ir adjacent layers. This stops the splitting of the wood and makes one of the strongest materials known. Ledger Syndicate--WNU Teatures. . By CHERIE NICHOLAS Women want black for "dress" wear, but they want it young-looking, and this season fashion is giving them exactly what they wapt in blacks and are either splashed with high color or that glitter with sparkling accent. While there is nothing new in the mere thought of black with sparkling accent, there is news and big news this season in the new techr nique followed in achieving the much-wanted glitter now so importantly stressed in the newer incoming fashions. To convey some idea of the unique trends in the black-on-black glitter vogue, fancy, if you will, a two-piece costume made of black faille, the jacket of which is closed at the front with a series of frog fastenings made of sparkling black sequins and jet. The revival of the use of frog trimmings is news in itself, but when it interprets the glitter note there's genuirie novelty achieved. Then there are the new cowl collar effects which are coming back into the fashion picture. And again it is not in the cowl neckline alone that there is an important fashion message, but in the fact that the cowl drape is made of an a l l o v e r sequined j kerchief triangle is distinctively a | bit of choice news. A black crepe j dress of the new slenderizing silhouette with pegtop skirt and fitted top bodice is greatly enhanced by this glittering cowl drape accent. Huge sequin-covered buttons travel up the front of a thrilling pencilslim, floor-length crepe dinner gown, sounding another, new note in the present vogue for glittering black. Yokes that say it with glitter are very new this year. Sometimes the yoke is of lace that traces its patterning with beads and sequins. A corsage of black beaded flowers embroidered and appliqued on the bodice has a twin bouquet on the skirt. Then again, a flock of black sequin butterflies comes swooping diagonally across a simply styled bodice. As to color-splashed black, it is a fashion being promoted this season with the greatest enthusiasm. New'ways of introducing a vivid color touch include the insertion of midriff girdles done in startling contrast, or wearing a velvet hat and bag ensemble in a vivid color. Then, too, the newest black afternoon dresses are coming in with pastel satin yokes, cowl drapes. Transparent pastel yokes on black frocks are-also seen. Thursday,- October 1,1942 * • WUai you Buy With WAR BONDS Red Corduroy Goat--Don't you wish you had nine lives like a cat? Dog--No indeed. Think of the life insurance you'd have to carry. It is imperative that the ship lanes be kept free of ice. With American troops occupying Iceland and the Navy using the northern route for transportation of supplies to Russia, ice breakers are essential to Naval operations. The ice breaker is a specially constructed ship with heavily armored bows and powerful engines that crush the ice floes rather than ram through thenfe Independent "So your new job makes you in-" dependent?" " "Absolutely. I get here any time I want before eight, and leave just when I please after five." Abruptly ' "That life insurance agent, left your office in a hurry." __ "Yes; I told him that I was going to take up airplaning." Postman "He's one of those thought transfer chaps." V Mind-reader." "No, letter carrier." PETER B. PEEVE WNU Service) < Wood-Burning Car Beady 'A wood-burning automobile I* ready for production in the Soviet Union. Ice breakers of the Kickapoo class operating in the North Atlantic cost approximately $10,000,0#0. You can help our Navy build these ships by investing mt least ten percent of your income in War Bonds every payday. Enroll in the payroll savings plan or apply at the nearest bank or poStofRce. U. S. Trttnry Dtpartmtnl Here is a little girl all dressed up in her cunning red corduroy suit and doesn't she look stylish! Her costume is fashioned with a jacket that has borrowed the styling details of grown-ups' jacket outfits,, even to the padded shoulders. The skirt has a pleat in the front in the latest approved manner. The dress is made jumper fashion With a white blouse. This very important looking outfit was shown at a recent style clinic which presented a program of children's fashions. I'll ASK MV XOCOMi. CVER, iFHfc WANTS ID SEE A REAL ^ RAHUA WOKS UKEf. ? R?IU?WIN6 f*V Fads and Fancies You can buy knitted jackets and the new woolknit tailored slacks separately, thus giving you a grand chance to make up your own ensembles. The fashion for color patches on skirts and dresses takes an amusing turn in that corduroy dresses for girls are being shown that have one big patch pocket of red and one of yellow sewed on with heavy yarn whip stitching. It's very smart to be a "gingham girl" this fall even to sleeping and lounging nightgowns made of gingham. House robes and pajamas are also done in red and white or blue and white gingham checks. And now- it's cotton fabrics that are getting "permanents." That is, cottons are^ being processed with a permanent glazing that won't come off easily. Keeps you spick and span looking, as the glazing is to a large extent spot-resisting. Britons Fled #ase fn Nazi Transport Escape in Own Staff Car With Enemy Convoy. MATRUH, EGYPT.--Two young British lieutenants revealed that they had escaped after the fall of Tobruk by joining a German motor convoy in an imperial command staff car and riding comfortably into Egypt. When the procession got too slow for them they blew the horn and the German trucks pulled over. There were so many captured British vehicles in the convoy the Germans didn't notice that British lieutenants were driving one. The lieutenants -- R. P. Beuan- Green of London and H. F. Briggs of Hull--said that before the fall of Tobruk all of their artillery except one gun was knocked out by the Germans. After Tobruk fell, a German armored car roared up the coast and took them prisoners, While the Germans were busy the lieutenants stole a British staff car. Several had been taken over by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for his own use, but they didn't realize it until they passed two sentries. They expected to be shot; instead they received the Nazi salute. . "Then we joined a German cdnyoymoving east,5" Lieutenant Briggs related. "There were so many British vehicles with it, Jerry took no notice." , , They weren't found out until tney reached Bardia, near the Egyptian- Libyan frontier. A sentry tried to stop them, they said, but "our staff car was going almost 50 miles an hour and we nearly ran him down." The Germans gave chase, but failed to catch them. Within the British lines they were s e v e r e l y s h e l l e d before they sue- j ceeded in "surrendering" and identifying themselves. IjHTOOH 8ESVIOBI St Mary's Catholic Church Masses: Sundays: 7:00; 8:30; 10:00; 11:80. Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:00. Week Days: 6:45 and 8:00. First Friday: 6:30 and 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 3:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Thursday before First Friday-- After 8:00 Mass on Thursday; 8:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. ;v Msgr. C. S. Nix, Pastor. fH. Patrick's Catholic Charcfc Massed? Sundays: 8:00; 0:00; 10:00; 11:00. Weekdays: 7-410. First Fridays: 7:80. On First Friday, Communion distributed at 6:^0, 7:00 and befot* and during the 7:80 Mass. Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. Thursday before First Friday: 4:00 to 5:00 p. m. and 7nX) tr 8:08 ' BjW. Wm. A. CRourfre, pastor. St. John's Catholic Church, Johnahurg Massee: • Sundays: 7, 8:30, 10 and 11;1&., Holy Days: 7:00 and 9:90. "v\. Weekdays: 8:00. 4 4 ;, v First Friday : 8 :00. , y.j v * Confessions: • Saturdays: 2:30 an(d 7:30. Thursday before First Fridayt 2:30 and 7:30. ,, , Rev. A. J. Neidert, pastor. Community Church Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Junior League: 6:30 p.m. Epworth League: 8:00 p. m. * Rev. J. Heber Miller, pastOC^ r - McHENRY GARAGE Electric and Acetylene Welding; General Repairing, Wagons and Trailers to Order! &te. 31 -- John & Front Sts. J'tone 97-J or 151-M : Nick P. Miller f f . • ^ A. WORWICK 4 PHOTOGRAPHER * Portraiture - Commercial Photography - Photo-Finishing-- Enlarging - Copying - Framing Phone 275 -- Riverside Drive McHENRY, ILL. A™UTBO INSURANCE EflKL R. WALSH FARM L1FB Presenting Reliable Companies ! - When you need insuraneo of" any kteA Phone 43, or 118-M Green & Elm McHenry Phone McHenry 677-R-l ~ -- Basement Excavating --•' NETT'S SAND & GRAVEL Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . . Black Dirt & Stone Power Shovel Service . . Power Leveling and Grading .. . Cement Mixers for Rent.' J. E. NETT Johnsburg P. P.--McHenry Zion Ev angelical Lutheran Churcti * Divine Service -- Nine o'clock. Sunday School -- Ten o'clock. . Rev. R. T. Eisfeldt, Pastor. Rebuilds Radio on Perry Plane Despite Injury LONDON.--Despite the fact that the blood was flowing freely from his injured hand, Alexander Sutton, 19 years old, of Glasgow, a wireless operator on board an American bomber being ferried to Britain, dismantled his radio when it broke down and reassembled it unaided. The bomber was about halfway across the North Atlantic when the radio went wrong. It was midnight, and there was little light by which to make repairs. Knowing that the captain of the plane depended on getting wireless bearings, Sutton decided to dismantle the whole set. He had memorized the blueprint and he started in almost pitch darkness to carry out the difficult task. After two and a half hours, he got the set going again, but the captain was astonished to see the boy saturated in blood. He had gashed his hand while dismantling the set, and the fact that the bomber had been flying at over 20,000 feet had caused the blood to spurt freely from the wound. Use Dry Ice Instead of Powder in Militia Guns DENVER.--Col. Clyde E. Hill, commander of the Colorado defense force, has announced that the unit will be armed with "dry ice" guns to replace the Springfield rifles taken over by the army. Hill explained that the new weapon is powered by gas from dry ice which propels a bullet with the same velocity as a powder-burning cartridge. & Ray J. Monner, Denver, designed the dry ice gun which he said had been demonstrated He the war department. The rifle shoots a .22 caliber bullet. Its operation ia based on the fact that gas evaporating from solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) exerts about 1,170 pounds of constant pressure per square inch in the gun's magazine. ' A trigger opens a valve, releasing the gas pressure and discharging the bullet. One loading of dry ice, Monner said, would foe 1,800 rounds o|, ammunition. MlUt Put Up With Noity 1 War Plant, Judge Says DETROIT.--If you're bothered by a noisy war plant near your home, don't tell Traffic Judge George T. Murphy about it. Residents around a tool and die company complained that the plant, going day and night, had a noisy blower on the roof. "I'll not waste much time on complaints like these," said Judge Murphy as he dismissed the charges, then asked the complainants: "Weuld you rather hear falling bombs or the noisy blower on a war plant?" St. Peter's Catholic Church, Spring Grove^'v.; Masses;- '• Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. Holy Days: 6:30 and 9:00. Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: <*:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 2:30 and 7^8 Thursday before First Friday: 2:10 aM 7.15. Re* John L. Daleiden, Pastor. McHENRY LODGE A. F. ft A. M. McHenry Lodge No. 158 meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hall on Court street. yiCTOKY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Charlie's Repair Shop Sign Painting Track Lettering Furniture Upholstering 1 and Repairing CHARLES R1ETESEL Telephone No. 300 Stoffel & Reihansper&er Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY - - ILLINOIS S. H. Freund &Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Our Experience is at Your Service in Building Your Wants. Phone 56-W McHenry A. P. Freund Co. Excavating Contractor -Trucking, Hydraulic" ^ . and Crane Service. --Road Building-- Tel. 204-M McHenry, Hfc Phone 43 » ; Vernon J. Knox ATTORNEY AT LAW -- OFFICE HOURS -- r Tuesdays and Fridays " Other Days by Appointment McHenry . - . , .Illinois PHONE 15 X-Ray Service J. E. SAYLER DENTIST Office Hours 9-13 and 1-5 Ehrenings by Appointment Thurdays - 9 to 12 Green and Elm Streets, McHenry A WAAC to Use 'Mam* In Lieu of Army 'Sir' DES MOINES.--It'll probably be "Yes, mam," "No, mam," in the women's army. Obviously, the "sir" which ivery buck private and junior officer addresses a superior officer is hardly suitable. Officials at the WAAC training school said "mam" probably will be the substitute. TEL. WONDER LAKE 1SS DR. C. L. WATKINS Dentist - Office Hoars - Tuesday & Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evenings and Sunday Mornings by Appointment! Lookout Point Wonder Lake, DL WANTED TO BUY We pay $3 to $15 for Old or Injured Horses or Cows Standing or Down if Alive. Matt's Mink Ranch 1 Johnsburg - Spring Grove Road Phone Johnsburg 659-J-2 CALL AT ONCE ON DEAD HOGS, HORSES & CATTLE We pay phone charges. PHALIK SUPER SERVICE L SINCLAIR - ffips. Oils and Gresa»s>-.-^-. . Cor Routes 31 and 120 -- McHenry Horses Wanted I B u Y Old and Disabled Horses. Pay from $5 to $14 ---- ARTHUR W. WERRBACK Phono $44 439 E. Calhoun St Woodstock, I1L McHENRY FLORAL CO. Phone 606-R-l -- One Mile South of McHenry on Route 31. Flowers for all occasions! McHENRY TOWN CLUB Riverside Drive and Pearl Street Mixed Drinks of All Kinds ||UR SPECIAL BARBECUED RIBS Phone 12 McHenry Nice Image Among the Burvnans the soul is frequently imaged as a butterfly. Maybe More Now Afghanistan, with compulsory military service, has an army of about 100,000., . . Nice Average -Average service of U. S. Supreme court justices since 1790 has been 16 years.- ' wtsm 0m NXWAR BONOS Good Brakes Save Your Tires " K E E P 'EM K O L L I N G " If you are having brake trouble, bring your car or truck to our trained mechanics for expert Brake .Service. Remember, good brakes give your tires the chance to give you the maximum service at minimum cost. Come in today for a checkup on our State Approved Safety Lane. These services will lengthen the life of your car. Motor Tuning * . Lubrication Tire Repairing Willard Fast Battery Charging CENTRAL GARAGE' FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200-T- Towing Johnsburg