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PWm i r ' J& ' ' f* ' - - *- ' - i1-1- THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER J U ,r- *"V, <• r, • . .s \ ••- >• .' Thursday, March 18, 1943 -- ./ AJNT IT THE TRUTH 1 - . • NATIOVU. Sum Cocwca "You watch the road. Ed--TD shift the goanS DO STICKERS ON YOUR CAR MAKE , VISION OBSCURE? tM,"S ^; Sfe too, that the average motorist doesn't ; give enough thought to displaying th« stickers so that they obscure the minimum amount of vision. - It offers the following suggestions: 1. Utilize the space at the top cen-! tor of the windshield, directly in front! of the rear vision niirror, for attach-1 menf of the Federal Vehicle Use Stamp. One other small-sized sticker j may be placed in the adjoining posi- j tion without causing additional vision obscurement, since this space is already covered by the mirror. It is suggested also that this second space be reserved for the sticker which serves as an identification pass for army bases, navy yards, war plants, etc. Such a sticker, however, should be limited in size to two inches square. 2. Stickers used to indicate payment of vehicle fees to states and cities and to show compliance with motor vehicle inspection regulations, should be placed on the bottom edge of the windshield, starting at the extreme maximum size suggested for any sticker is three inches 3quare. £ ^ ... ... . 3. Mileage ration identification ^ reiti'tmuA^di5S;1Ved°°Wln'iah'eld3 trucks' where cm . of cars and trucks. .- ilMMt is not ki„ . . i Many a war ,time motorist has ut- ; i«o beirin with drivers are reauired : A . * should be car- ' .xtaerreedo tthnaatt wwaaiul aass sstuiccKkeerr aaxftieerr * H • A"u requjrea ne<i on the loft rear window of the to reserve windshield space and for ' aK Sticker, of all sizes and descriptions, official inspection stickers required by ^ check when has been handed him--each with the, states and cities i f 1®Pu,5"Me<,'l . , jfcern injunction that it be displayed i„. addition, niarty states and cities L,*' prominently on his windshield. , ^ solving the war-time metal pw>b- 1 It is a situation that has provided Jem by issuing stickers instead of*U j radio comedians and cartoonists with cense plates for 1943. / | 5. No sticker of any type should be many a gag. But the driver is be-! A1_ , l displayed on the windshield or winfinning to wonder if. it's really funny. , ' many se?' "*vy y* 8 i dows of any motor vehicle without 1 l , n d w , r p r o d o c trv P " r a , a , r i « P P " > ™ l » ' s i " » " < ! p ' « ~ - i >k ia ,s er pass to | ment by the state department in which 1 area Still Xr ' <" -- •"»«' '» are beiner distributed to indicate mem- K1 , .. c w 1 bership in the ten per cent payroll re- I Allowing these suggestions the P.«ic,p»«on i„ car Speoia. Enforcement with a set of suggestions as to how "00 8 an? f for admi3slon to industrial the bewildered driver can obey the in*\. °, " .. . , law and still get where he's going in ** f the^e together and you have 6 * a display that a pre-war souvenirminded tourist would have_ envied. Kathleen Norris Sa ' J • Tm Writing BilU-' - Bell Syndicate--WNU r««tur««. *hu* jsrsstiss v are vitally teterested in preventing traffic accidents and thereby expedit- : ing war traffic, these same agencies,1 stanr side window. In the For one thing he's running out Of} . rii-nljlv, ftf windshield. For another, there is af n aisplaj OI definite accident hazard involved. < The National Safety Council, there- j fore, has turned its attention to the duction plan, one piece. ; The committee, composed of leading traffic enforcement officials from state and city police throughout the country, is headed by Don F. Stiver, superintendent of the Indiana State US»lice. r It points out in its report that. The council committee realizes that under war-time conditions most of these stickers are necessary. But it does believe that definite limitation should be imposed as to the number size and place of display. It believes, vested. ollowing committee on Special Problems believes the driving war worker, whose safety is so necessary to the all-out war effort, can eliminate a definite driving hazard. No Mor* Alarm Clocks A New Orleans drugstore fetft about 100 calls a day for alarm clocks, has none for sale, and can't get any more. Alarm clocks havo gone to war. iSt I--"4 HE li.*. MARINE CORPS COLORS <7 ARE NEVER CARRIED1. THI4 FLAG- 15 KEPT ALWAYS AT MARINE * HEADQUARTERS INU WASHINGTON, DC.„ Ltigtf Sptdicatt, fiSCHl LEFT: NATIONAL ?T,\NDARO, US.M.C. KK5HT t f*E<HM£NTAL COLOR?, USMC. ABINES ARE . , CALLED LEATHERNECKS BECAUSE THE CRAVATS ABOUT THEIR NECKS WERE MADE OF LEATHER INSTEAD OF THE CUSTOMARY LACE W! $f "V V UK ?% ... •&L'-.TJL ^:A LITTLE THINGS A frequently quoted definition of morale is that it it "a lot of little things." So is a good letter, and a good letter from home goes a long way toward helping morale. Kathleen Norris tells of the disappointed private who asked his mail-sergeant to run through the pile of mail just once more in the hope that the expected letter was there after all. Then he walked away, say• ing, "Gee, that's funny." It it funny, too; funny that we don't take more time to write» when a letter from home much to our boys. so Nothing lifts the heart like the right sort of letter, and nothing creates such a permanent ache of discomfort as the wrong sort. Even at home here, in our protected lives, we all know the little prick we carry about with us all morning when we have heard from poor Carrie, who says that Mama is very blue. The beef and coffee shortages are something awful; George wasn't accepted because of his deafness and the weather has been something awful. And on the other hand, a letter with cheerful news in it, a letter with a laugh here and there, full of affection and confidence and courage, will buoy one for days, even though it comes thousands of miles from across the world, from a writer one may not hope to see for a long, long time. "D'you mind running through those D's again," a young soldier said in my hearing years ago. We were standing in the camp post office and he was watching the mailsergeant going through a bunch of letters. The man shook his head; nothing for Private Davis. Little Niece Had Right Idea. "Gee, that's funny," the boy muttered, going away with a little drooping of his khaki-clad shoulders. He was right here in America; his people at home knew where he was. Another man showed me more than once--showed all of us more than once, the letter written by his 12- year-old niece. Kate hadn't forgotten him, anyway! Kate had included two snapshots of his Airedale and had informed him that she was learning to cook. She would make an ice-box cake for him as sopn as he came home. "Kate's the only one who's written," he said. The mother of an 18-year-old soldier sent him a box this Christmas with the usual cigarettes and cookies, razor from Dad, fountain pen from Mother. In this box she put 12 small inexpensive gifts so that Tom, if he asked a few pais in for a little Christmas celebration, would have something to give them as souvenirs of the occasion. She remembered that a boy of 18 hasn't outgrown all his small-boy characteristics, and would immensely enjoy the excitement that a distribution of pencils, pens, wallets, pocket-knives, handkerchiefs and garters would create. Collect Interesting Items. We want them to believe that we are thinking of them all the time, and the best way to do that is actually to think of them constantly, save up bits of good or amusing news for them as we used to surreptitiously carry home to them the small cakes and candy from a party. War to every one of them is a desperate and thrilling adventure, but even the most extraordinary experiences have their long dull stretches. HHUROH SERVICE! % St Mary's Catholic Masses: Sunday: 7:00, 8*0, 10:30.: :•£. Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:ii Week Days: 6:45 and 8:00. First Friday: 6:80 and 8:00. # Confessions: Saturdays: UtOO p. m. and 7:00 p.lm. Thursday before First Friday-- After 8:00 Mass on Thursday; p, m. and 7:00 p. m. Msgr. C. 8. Nix. Pastor; St Patrick's Catholle Cfcanfr asses: Sunday: 8:00, l&CC. Weekdays: 7:30. First Fridays: 7:80. On First Friday, Communkw 4fcstributed at 6 JO, 7:00 and bcfoit and durinr the 7:30 Mass; Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 p. m. and, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday before first Friday. 4:00 to 6:00 p. ra. and 7a)fl t* 9rOC; Rev. Wm. A. OUourte, pastor. St Joha's Catholic Charcfc, Johaslrarg Masses: Sunday, 8:00, 10:00. ?J > Holy Days: 7:00 and 9.*f6. Weekdays: 8:00. - First Friday: 8:0t. • ^Confessions: 1 - Satordays: 2:80 fit* *:*>: ^ ' Thursday before First Friday: IJI and 7:80. Rev. A. J. Neidert, pastor. Look Bore, Free Wimpies A Denver, Colo., grill offered a free hamburger for each five pmindi of scrap brought in "by customer*^ Moaatainoos Spanish Morocco - f Except for the flat rim of tho coastal area--broader and more fertile on the Atlantic side than on tho Mediterranean--Spanish Morocco is mountainous. Most famous natural, feature is the rocky promontory forming oi.e of the Pillars of Her* cules on the southern side of tho Strait of Gibraltar. Legend has it that this promontory »nd Gibs-altar were joined «nd that Hercules split them to give access to the ocean beyond. Sandy wastes, common in F r e n c h M o r o c c o , d o ' n o t o c c u r an" >•» "W '41 Spain's am U4.WAR BONOS Painting Track Lettering" Furniture Upholstering and Repairing CHARLES EIETESEL H , *T*e boy, acknowledging this birthday gift, mUL that not only he Mm- M|/ but mvrf me •/ hit pah liked te listen to ike home recorded record, over and ovar again." By KATHLEEN NORRIS HEN you write to tlie uniformed boy you love don't feel that the letter need necessarily be long. Write regularly and briefly. If he is on foreign service send the letter by "V-mail," which is to say by air. Don't let your boy feel himself forgotten. These letters to our boys are not too easy to write. On one side, we don't want them to think we are lonely and gloomy and on the other, nothing is so desolating to those far away from home as to believe that jthey aren't loved and missed. It is 'for you to be ingenious enough to Steer a path between these pitfalls. • Many years ago my father told tne that when writing to a regular correspondent it was a good idea to ^mention time and place. I still find :|t helps a letter. You give him the whole picture. Tell him that "it is just before dinner; Dad is giving Bingo a walk around the block and Sis is setting the table. I cut a lot of gold and bronze chrysanthemums ioday, and with the ik+ and the clamps they make the room look lovely. I'm wearing my old blue jjersey, but Sis is going to the movies with Roger--who may be called any jday now, by the way--and looks lovely in her black velvet. I can .smell cornbread baking and hear the Watsons' baby rebelling against ibed time, as usual." That sort o| thing takes him back home. ^ What Not to Write. - On the other hand, what does he get from pages and pages of stuff like this? "Well, I suppose you are surely having an interesting time, |t is all but winter here, we listened the President's speech and sincerely hope this dreadful war will j«oon be over. Winter is upon us; you will probably have no snow jwhere you are, as climatic conditions differ. There is no news, town as dull as ever, everything is just the same, I am going to work with the Red Cross as usual tomorrow." Make your letter a little home imagazine. Watch the papers for items that concern the friends he jloved or the sports that interested him, and paste the actual clippings, "Which are much more interesting j.than your mere quotations of them, in the letter. If there is a good illustrated joke, or a, picture in one •of the illustrated weeklies that is striking or amusing, put those in, too. One mother in our town takes the 32 pages of the Sunday comic sections every week and binds them with gummed paper so that they have some body, and mails them to an adopted soldier in Alaska. Grown persons follow comics with avid enjoyment; every man in the family has his favorite series, and the soldier to Whom these bound pages are sent reports that they circulate until they are reduced to rags. _ Family Record Great Treat. Another large family made a record a few months ago and shipped it to the adored son of the house, who is far away. Grandfather and grandmothers, cousins, aunts, brother, sisters, brothers-in-law and a few intimate friends brought the participants to 31; one of the girls in the group wrote jingles appropriate to every personality, and the faraway boy, acknowledging this birthday gift, said that not only he himself but every one of his pals liked to listen to it, over and over again. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Chareh Divine Service -- Nine o'clock. Sunday School -- Ten o'clock. Rev. R. T. Eisfeldt, Pastors • - CooiBMinity Chareh Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a. m. » 1" Junior League: 6:30 p.m. fipworth League: 8:00 p.m. Rev. J. Heber Miller, pastoff^f, 8t Fetor's Catholic Chareh, " Spring Grove Masses: Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. Holy Days: 6:80 and 9:OOL Weekday?: *;P0. First Friday: 8:01 * " * Confessions: , , •>- Saturdays: 2:30 ~ r Thursday before First Friday: S:S0 and 7:15. Rev. John I* Daleiden, Pastor. Wonder Lake Ev. Luth. Church (Missouri Synod) « ; ; Sunday school--10:00 a. m. Divine services--3:00 p. m. H. L. PFOTENHAUER, Pastor McHENRY LODGE A. F. A A. M McHenry Lodge No. 158 meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hall on Court street* 1 ^ - '-:J '^rC'S- -• ' > Prise Picture * » ' *' A check for $1,500 is on its -way to Corp. Kenneth C. Pratt of Northvale, N. J., now stationed in a northern camp. A good shot with a camera, Pratt won first prize in tho Newspaper Snapshot award# .with a pi* entitled "Guardians of Our Far- Flung Outposts." Phone 48 ,'v.. "7^ .'v Vernon 1. Knox ATTORNEY AT LAW * -- OFFICE HOURS -- ; - Tuesdays and Fridays ; Other Days by Appointment McHenry . . . . . I l l i n o i s --WAirc*6 f6 fttre We pay $3 to $15 for Old or Injured Horses or Cows Standing or Down if Alive. Matt's Mink Ranch Jdmisburg - Spring Grove Road Phone Johnsburg 659-J-2 CALL AT ONCE ON DEAD HOGS, HORSES A CATTLE We pay phone chaiyes. Horses Wanted I B U T OM and Disabled Horsrs. ' Pay from $5 to $14 -- ARTHUR W. WERRBACK Phone 844 439 E. Calhovn St Woodstock, I1L Phone McHenry 677-R-l -- Basement Excavating -- NETT'S SAND & GRAVEL Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . Black Dirt Si Stone Power Shovel Service . . Power Leveling and Grading . . . Cement Mixers for Rent J. E. NETT Johnsbarg P. O.--McHenry McHENBY fLOKAIt 00. Phone 608-R-l •' &i -i- :• One Mile South of McHenry on Route 31. Flowers for all occasions! A. WORWICK^I PHOTOGRAPHER - Portraiture - Commercial Photography - Photo-Finishing Enlarging - Copying - Framing Phone 775 -- Riversider Drive McHENRY, ILL. t. IS& INSURANCE p&5 EARL H WALSI Presenting •ifr. Reliable Companies s Wbe« yon need insurance of any hfl|j|C Phope 43 or 118-M Green & Elm McHenry Telephone No. 800 Stoffel A Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY * - ILLINOIS A. P. Freund C% Excavating Contractor - Thicking. Hydraulic • •.and Crane Service. --Road Building-- J • Tel. 204-M McHenry, 111. S. H. Freond & Soo CONTRACTORS t AND BUILDERS Our Experience is at Your Service i n B u i l d i n g W a n t s . Phone 56-W " McHenry TEL. WONDER LAKE 158 I Wt. C. L. WATKItfg V.-v Dentist./ ' - Office Honrs - ' ""'£j Tneeday & Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 5 P-ffri Evenings hnd Sunday Mornings ^ by Appointment! ^ ' Lookout Point Wonder Lake, HL . PHONE 15- X-Ray Service * • DR. J. E. SAYLEFE DENTIST Office Hoars 9-12 and l-S Evenings by Appointment Thardays - • to 12 Green and Elm Streets, McHenry # Shark Hides for Sandpaper 8hark hides were formerly used In carpenter shops as sandpaper. Manganese Deposits Located Manganese minerals have boon, found in mwiasreial quantity fay three localities in Pennsylvania. First Headquarters The first headquarters for tho marine oorps waaat Tun Tavern. Philadelphia, Pa. *C\- Protection for Fishing Rods A synthetic resin sealer now on the market provides a good protection for fishing rods, as well as protecting all fishing gear against rust and corrosion. ,-:iThat Was Infiatie%no _ • ' Without price control dmg tho first World war granulated sugar tone from five cents a pound in 1914 to If coats in 1810. Eggs wont up to 91 cents a dosen. We. Are Co-Operating! h SEIWCl miiM DURATION We are right in line with the nation's war effort! We're doing exactly what each new government regulation calls for to the letter! And we're continuing to give our customers the besp| service possible in every way that we can, so please jmderstand that if we sometime have to refuse yon something you'd like done--we're only doing our share--as you want us to do--for victory. Bring in your trucks to our State Approved Safety Lane. CENTRAL GARAGE FRED I. SMITH, Prop. Plume 200-J Towing * Johnsburg 0 Q Q