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*'iS :W >. i' >'}' Vt ! * ; »gilflllltf**IIH +*+ ^ ||MM>MIII»l»MMIIliM Mis) db tifft .«t that and tTaMtl HOggl «f fML" finritar vMittM faattag «# Cfcriat m itetod In Matt&aw 4-t, ***And irim he (Christ) had fluted 49 days and 40 nights, ha waa afterward an hmfnd." Ik is no wonder to me that the Bible also states that Vthere were riant* in the earth in those days,' Because surely only men of God and of great strength coald have endured such travail. Aren't you ashamed if you cant give up smoking? (By V. , February ends this week, and Lent wfll be here next Wednesday. I began wondering about Lent, and its background. All I knew was that it waa a period of special penitence or contrition to correspond with the suffering of Christ during the period l There was much excitement in Just preceedfhg the crucifixion, and ; Wonder Lake over the week-end whan afterward until the day of the Res- two fires of sufficient importance to surection. The word "Lent" comes have the McHenry fire department from an old Anglo-Saxon word occurred. A loose brick in the chimmeaning Spring, and originally meant ney at the Ice Cream house owned the "Spring iPast" as against several by Mr. Wm. Fiala caused damage to other forty-day periods of fasting the amount of $500.00. Within twelve , celebrated by the Churches in the! minutes after the call to McHenry, early days. 'the Fire Department was on hand Until 487 A. D., jthe period, of and had the blaze under control. iLent was only thirty-six days. Pope, On Sunday evening. Mr. "Johnny" Felix III added the extra four days, Klein formerly a bar-tender for as a period of 40 days fasting seemed Jerry Kubovy) and his wife, drove to have mystic meaning to several out from Chicago in a car they had of the prophets of the Old Testament borrowed for the occasion. They as well as to Christ. Exodus 34-28 parked the car in front of the Grill, says: "And he (Moses) was there A fire started in the automobile With the Lord 40 days and 40 nights; which almost completely demolished i he did neither' eat bread nor drink it. It was feared that the Grill • water. And he wrote upon the might catch from the stubborn* blaze, tables the words of the Covenant,; which was most difficult to put out. the 10 Commandments." In I Kings The firemen from McHenry were also it states, "And he (Elijah) arose most prompt in eradicating this fire, ahd did eat and drink and went in j , JRie Kleins would have been WANT YOURXIVESTOCK CAREFULLY HANDLED? 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These new members of the school family bring the total of enrolled children to 68--30 upstairs and 28 downstairs. Around ten of the children have no desks, and it is becoming increasingly hard for the teachers to do an adequate teaching job. Why dont we ask for addition to our school? - - Mr. and Mrs. W. Martin and their two daughters, Mary Ann and Esther have returned to their home lq Indian Ridge after having spent two months in Chicago. During the Christmas season, two of the Martin sons returned from service. One from Europe ahd one from Japan. The annual Red Cross Drive is in Srogress this week. Mrs. A. W. [erritt has been appointed chairman, for this district by Mr. C. E[. Duker, of McHenry. So far Mrs. M. Burt, Mrs, Wally Dean, Miss Violet Wendt, Mrs. C. Wilhelm and Mrs. K. B. Richards have volunteered their services to assist in calling personally at the homes. When the ladies call on you, try and have your contribution ready, as it will greatly expedite the drive. The Red Cross is still doing a splendid job assisting veterans and their families in the readjustments necessary in many cases. Clothing for the indigent, emergency funds, family relations, and special medical care are just a few of the things occupying the time of the County Officers of the Red Cross at this time. Three new members of the Ringwood Chemical family have made their homes in our district. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parlour are new residents of Wickline Woods. Mr. Parlour, a Chemist, was formerly employed at Oak Ridge where he assisted on the Atom Bomb. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carmen and their 2 small pre-school sons, are new residents in Deep Spring Woods. Mr. Carmen is also a Chemist. Mr. Lester Klintworth, formerly a Lieutenant in the A. A. F. is now a Chemical Operator, and with his Barents are now residents in Lookout 'oint. Three more newly employed Chemts for the plant are badly in need of housing for their families, and would like to settle in our district. Do you know of a house for sale or for rent. Friends of Frank and Harriet Kiecial of Deep Spring .Woods will be glad to know that they were out over the weekend and that Mrs. Kiecial is looking wonderful now that she has recovered from her long illness. hies that are so hard to get that if I wen to mention them, a special guard would probably have to be stationed around the house! A fear-leafed clover for lots of luck to Pat Cor a shamrock). There was a teal reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Merritt when Chief Torpedo man A. T. Arm strong and his wife came in for a week-end visit. Mrs. Merritt had not ssen her brother for eight years, and it was seventeen years since he had been in die Chicago area. Chief Armstrong, a regular navy man has just returned from service in the South Pacific that took him to the Aleutians, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan. The Chief was badly injured during the Aleutian campaign and is still limping from the injury. After a leave of 60 days, during which time he hopes to visit all his family, he will go to Pearl Harbor where he will be stationed for the next two years. • A family dinner at which Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Earl of Chicago and their daughter, JSarol, Mr. James Fowlie, also of Chicago, and the Allen Armstrongs of Wonder Lake, and their sons, Philip and vBob, and Mr. F. Armstrong, father of the Chief, and also a resident of Wonder Lake was held at the home of the A. WMerritts on Sunday. Mr. Earl served in Germany with the First Army as a Press Correspondent so a verbal tour of both theatres of war. was a high point of the evening "* Mr. and Mrs. James Selsdorfs had as week-enders, their friends Mr. and Mrs.^F. M. Fredette of Chicago. Mr. Selsdorf brought a small package over which he sang, "Happy Washington's Birthday to You," to his w*f® -- >t contained nylons! More police protection, please! Mr. and Mrs. Kucera were honored by ,the presence -of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wendel of Monooka, 111. With them were their three children, Theo. J., Dorothy and Barbara. They expect to stay to greet Corp. Jos! Kncera when he arrives home after almost •three years of Army Service. The .Corporal is expected this week, at which time a grand reunion will take place. P. L. Cormier returned this week from Louisville, Ky., where his son, wm. M. Cormier of Chicago was married to Miss Olivia M. Schoo of that city. The bride wore duchess satin made with a fitted bodice having embroidered seed pearl flowers and a three-point neckline, and a full skirt ending in a long train. She had a veil of illusion and carried a mother-of-pearl prayer book and white orchids. After a motor trip to New Orleans, the young couple will reside in Oak ,ar , Younjr Mr. Cormier is associated with his father in business in Chicago. On last Tuesday our teachers, together -with several other teachers of the McHenry group were visitors at the Avery Coonley school in Downers Grove, where they observed the teaching methods. The Avery Coonley is a private school employing progressive methods, and where student teachers are assistants to the regular instructors. Some of the modern developments observed by our teachers at this school have already been adapted for use here. The Rod and Gun Club, and the Auxilliary will have their regular meeting on March 3, at 3 p.m. A brand new washing machine has been purchased by. the Auxilliary to be Siven away on the Saturday before [other's Day. Watch for details. On Friday, the Gospel Club held a wiener roast and winter party for the children of the district and their friends. More than 60 were present. Several happy youngsters took home some of the fine prizes. Jim Glouser of Ringwood won the dumbbell lifting contest for the big boys, and Philip Armstrong won for the small boys. Bather Martin won the Clothespins in the Bottle prise, and Iva Anderson won the flag Passing contest. The funny hat contest was won by John West. The mighty hunter at our 'house, and the growing huntress, plus the hunters from the house of Noren all rode into Chicago for the Sportsman's show on Sunday. They all came back dreamy-eyed and with long lists of the things they intend to buy as soon as they become available. _ Mrs. Pat Wrede has returned from Little Rock, Arkansas, but will stay with her mother in Arlington Heights for a short visit before returning to Wonder Lake. They tell me that an optimist is ft man who gets treed by ft lion but enjoys the scenery. SPRING GROVE (by Mrs. Charlas Freund) Mrs. Ray May entertained members of her club at her home on WM. J. H^tDY AUCTION CHARLES LEONARD, Auctioneer OOST LESS TO USE OIL Mrs. Mabel Sartwell has been confined to her bed for the past two weeks, but fait much better Sunday when her nephew, Mr. H. E. Buskirk, and his wife, residents of Rock Island, dropped in for a visit. Mr. Buskirk, formerly with Patton's army has just returned from three years abroad. The children of the school were sorry to bid farewell to young John West of the fourth grade. John is moving to Vincennes, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gustafson were week-end visitors in their cottage. Mr. Gustafson returned from Japan a week ago, and wanted to come out to the little cottage which they hope someday to make in a permanent home. " * WaAMa4ng, aAaraoes. jftva, was jdaiai laid artae* went to Ufa. A1 achmeltaer, ifirs. Arthur Kattaer, Mrs. Arthur Beh and Mrs. Steve 8chatffer. A fhw suey supper was served after cards. Those present other than mentioned ware Mrs. Paul Lewis, Mrs: George W. May, Mrs. Edward May/ Mrs. L, L. Kagan, and Mrs. Charles Freund. A^ farewell party was held at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter May on Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. May will move to their home in town in the near future. The ushers of St. Peter's parish were entertained by Rev. John Daleiden at the Parish hall on Wednesday night. A meeting was held and cards were played. Refreshments were served at the rectory. A pleasant evening of cards was spent at the Albert Britz home on Wednesday night by Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer, Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Charles Freund and Victor Blink. A delicious lunch was served to complete the party. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner attended the funeral of Elmer Vogt at McHenry on Tuesday. Tony May, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie May, who was quite ill last week, rejoined his first grade classmates at St. Peter's school on Monday. Members of her club met at the home of Mrs. Anton May on Thursday afternoon. ^.Prizes for high scoring in five hundred went to Mrs. William Ehgels, Mrs. Harry Hall, Mis. Charles Gillespie, Mrs. .William Britz and , Mrs. Math Nimsgern. A lunch was served following cards. The Christian Mothers and Blessed Virgin Sodality held their regular meeting at St. Peter's Parish hall on Thursday night. After the meeting cards and bunco were' played and prizes went to Mrs. Charles AUCTION % mile south of Highway 173, being 2ft miles southeast of Russell, 2^ miles northwest of Wadsworth, 4 miles west of Zion, 1 mile west of Green Bay Rd., 2 miles east of Skokie (Hwy. 41), 12 miles east of Antioch, on SUNDAY, MAR0H*3 at 1:30 o'clock 51 HEAD OF CATTI^E 27 HOLSTEIN AND GUERNSEY MILK COWS--consisting of 2 cows with calf at side; 6 close springers; 8 recently fresh; balance bred back snd milking good; 4 bred 3-year-old heifers, due to freshen in late spring; 12 coming 2 yeara Holstein heifers (open); 2 yearling Holstein heifers (open); 3 heifer calves, 6 months old; Holstein herd sire, coming 3 years old. Hiis is a young herd of cattle, produce well, and fcave a yearly average teat of 3.75%. FEED--100 bushel oats; 6 ton baled alfalfa and timothy «hay; 175 bushel of ear corn. ^ MISCELLANEOUS -- 1,000 chiek electric brooder (good condition). OAIHESWAY FARM, PROP. Chandler and Elfers, Auctioneers Gurnee and Antioch, 111. Public Auction Service Co., Clerk Tel. Burlington, Wis., 866-W. served by the Mr. and Mrs. Charles "Shim" Karls and Arnold May «f the U. 1 army returned home the paat week. Mr. and Mrs. 'Robert Lent and Mrs. Lucille Nelson and son, Bobby, sprat Sunday in Sharon. • 11II11 H I II I MHUHIMM Lite On the Bay < 1111 HMMMMtlim By 'JCain" Marticke Still more people have Joined the migration to sunnier localities of the U. S. Mrs. Kenneth Jensen and son, Bill, are traveling to<* Florida this week, while Mr. ana Mrs. Walter Ludwig, on the way to California, are stopping at Seattle, Wash., to see their eldest son, Pfc. falter Ludwig. You know, around this territory the beginning of a summer means the beginning of a race to see who can acquire the deepest shade of tah in the shortest possible time. It doesn't look as tnough we stay-athomes will have much of a chance this coming season against all of these traveling sun worshippers. They'll all be as brown as mud patties 'way before summertime! Beautiful white orchids were the Bay the norma, and their son, was 4m a weekend hai tern Military Academy, Louis. han aquar* immense holes to troge fires an to Some of those ice fisl Pistakee are taking terrific these days. When " them huddle together on a of ice no larger than fifty feet and then cut imme the ice and b«0d huge the same limited time someone starts sturdy life preservers. Mr. and Mrs. James Ilia Carey, and Major .. er, of the United States °f Chicsgo, paid a surprise the Ort McNellis home St Fred Krause, Jr., and Gould, of Woodstock, Mrs. Stanley Franks of Rose TQht Pistakee Bay. Miss Gould is tkft daughter of Chester Gould, the matt who motivates the actions of tfcaf crime-busting, comic-strip " Dick Trftcv.:' V.' ' See the Latest, Greatest at the A. S. Blake Mo„_ Pearl St., McHenry, Saturday, DAY AUCTION 1:30 p.m., sharp Wednesday, Mar. 6 At ChuiWa Sale Barn--Route 47--'Woodstock, fiBurii Gharles Leon&rd, Auctioneer 76 HEAD OF DAIRY OOWS, EITHER CLOSE SPRINGERS OR FRESH WITH CALF B7 SIDE. XL FEEDER PIGS STOCK BULLS BEEF CATTLE BROOD SOWS HALVES JtORSES SHEXP riKDER 0ATTLE YOU 0AM BUT -- YOU OAK SKLL Call Woodstock 572 or 499 if you hate livestock to consign ALL CONSIGNORS PAID CASH DAT AFTER SALE. All consignors make arrangements to get your livestock in, either the day before the sale or bring same morning of sale. Term*: 25 per eent down, balance in monthly installments. 1 to 16 months time at Vi of 1 per cent interest Woodstock Commission Sales Co. Inc. WM. E. GAULKE, OWner--Phoiw 872 Kenneth Audino, two and one-half years of age, is wearing a fine black eye as is six year old Leslie Bergdahl. Both of these youngsters had severe falls which resulted, in eye injury. The children aren't even neighbors, but the injuries were about the same. < Young Ronnie Wilhelm, stationed at Glenview Naval Station has re* ceived his first rating, that of MM- 3C. Congratulations." MoHenry Oil Burner Service A petition will probably be presented to you this week that is sponsored by the W. A. F. Transportation Co., of McHenry. They wish to secure a franchise for a bus that will service our community and which, if the proper number of signatures are secured/ will be in operation about April 15. The proposed schedule of the bus is that it start in Wbnder Lake early enough to catch the 7:10 train in McHenry, and then return to Wonder Lake and transport employees of both Ringwood Chemical and various Woodstock companies. The bus will also service Ringwood and McCullom Lake, Buses will run at regular intervals throughout the day. If enough interest is evinced, W. A. F. Transportation Co., may even be able to secure a franchise for a school bus for our children. The undersigned will sell all of his personsi property on the farm known as the A. P. Peck farm located 1% miles north of Ridgefteld, 3/4 mile east of the Woodstock Country Club road, 1 mile west of Holcombville school, 5 miles northwest of Crystsl Lake and 5 miles east of Woodstock, on THURSDAY, MARCH 7 Commencing at 12^0 o'clock sharp the following described personal property: Consisting of Machinery Case tractor and cultivator, new: Case tractor spreader, new; Case 6 ft. combine with motor mounted pickup and scourer clean, in perfect shape; McCormick 16-inch tractor plow, n#Rr; 10-20 tractor; 2-bottom 14-inch tractor plow; 7-ft. disc, wagon and grain box; 8-ft. cultipacker; 7-ft. drill; 2-section spring tooth drag; 6-ft. mower; single row cultivator; John Deere corn planter, nearly new; 1-cylinder type corn, sheller, new; 6-ft. McCormick Deering grain binder; horse cultivator; 5004b. scales; Lets feed grinder and hay chopper. Hay snd Feed 550 bales alfalfa hay, wire baled, no rain on it; 175 bales straw, 2 years old; some ear corn. Poultry and Poultry Equipment 400 laying pullets; 8 ft. flock feeder for chicks, ages from 6 weeks to 16 weeks; 16--6, .7 and 8 ft. feeders for laying hens; 7--4 ft. waterers, 14 4 ft. galvanized feeder for starting chicks: 25--S ft. galvanized feeders for -starting chicks; ft--2 ft, galvanized feeders for starting chicks; 11--3 gal. waterers; 11--E gal. waterers; 11--10 hole nests. 10--feeder racks. ..and water racks for baby chicks. 9 sets poultry equipment to raise 500 baby chicks consisting of one Macomb oil brooder stove, racks, feeders, waterers, Pick Wick poultry picker and equipment. 40--5 inch galvanized pipe, never used. TERMS--All sums of $25 snd under that amount, cash, over that amount a credit of six months, at 6 par cent will be extended on notes approved by the clerk. Those desiring credit kindly make arrangements prior to purchase. No property to m,a J^HAEbY all a t m fOUR YEARS BETTER THAN BEFORE LATEST : : will be on display SATURDAY, MARCH 1 A. S. BLAKE PEARL 8T. 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