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I?*** -p RINGWOOD (By Mrs. Geonre SbcB«rd) Mrs. George Hi|^riiin entertained the Ladies Afternoon fire hundred dttb at her 1MM Wtlneeday afc*wlfcrlaea were wutofibr Mfs. Wffllam noon. A one o'clock luncheon wai! MeCannon and Mia. NWt Yoouf. •erred. Itaee to receive priaea Wwwood Home Bown unit ji" M™- •**>• <""• *• Lewis Hawley, low. ! the lesson on "What Homemakers MiSs Mae Wiedneh entertained Should Know About Illinois Laws." the Bunco club at the home of Mrs. The prom-am was planned Tor 1946- Lester Carr Thursday afternoon. JCLARENCE'S SHOP Place orders now for bird houses, lawn chairs and swings, picnic tables, pier and park benches, picket fences, trellises and pergolas, window boxes, etc. Full line of leather belts and bill folds. Barn and house brooms, etc. * CLARENCE J. SMITH, Johnsbwrg. * Card of Appreciation I desire in this manner to express my thanks and appreciation to the voters who supported meat the polls on Tuesday, April 9, 1946. \ »* Harold D. Kelsey FOR SALE - ALL-YEAR-ROUND On 120 Highway, between Lily Lake and McHenry; stucco; 2-car garage; electric; well; 4 lots. $1,500 down, balance $25 month, EDWARD M. LANNES ' Exclusive Agent Hines Realty & Construction Co. Tel. McHenry 674-M-2 or 667-R-2 Haw is hmttimtt Curtain ii thm Bbdd H) Purpose RIT Curtain Dye h «UMMN» •• ^ MTlrf* fcArfc* ramcnr ... As ImT dye that mossy earn bvyl Use it lo* Celanese, acetate Rayon, Nylon and Mimtts as mil as Cor cotton, silk, linen. Foar new "decorator** shades--Champagne, Pwch^ow, Desert Tan, Sunny Ecru. They'll bring die sanshine right into joar home, and perk up an entire room just as they perk up your old curtains. Definitely gmstW»> <wrf-so yoc know yoall have no dye failures. IN THE BIO BOX Thomas P. Bolger McHenry Druggist ON U. S. 12 St-ffS JOHN TAILOR Cleaning, Alterations, Repairing Pressing Same Day Satisfaction Guaranteed PHONE 123-R 416 Main Street West McHenry SOLON TAVERN SOLON MILLS, ILL. You will enjoy our very special Sea Food, served every day, starting April 12, 1946, at the dinner hour from 5 to 10 p.m., Sundays 1 to 8 p.m. LOBSTER TAILS OYSTERS V SHRIMP SCALLOPS WmTXHSH : S. '*•m LAKE TROUT PIKE FILLETS POMPANO RED SNAPPERS "O*' • CHAS. WESTLAKE, Prop, 1M7. Mrs. Baker, garden chairman, directed a seed exchange. Mrs. S. W. Brown spent Saturday afternoon at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lau and daughter, Phyllis, spent Wednesday evening in Chicago and celebrated Phyllis' birthday anniversary. Mrs. Viola Low and daughter, Alice Mae, spent Thursday in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard spent Tuesday morning in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George Haberlein spent Friday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley entertained the five hundred club at their home Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. George Shepard and Weldon Andreas, high, and Mrs. E. E. Whiting and Kenneth Cristy, low. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce and family were visitors at .Woodstock and Elgin Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Baldwin of Norwood Park spent Saturday in the E. E. Whiting home. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Carlson and daughter of Maywood spent the weekend in the Clayton Bruce home. Mr. and Mrs. H. West of Los Anfeles were callers in the Wayne 08s home and Mrs. Cora Kelley home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. West was formerly Carolyn Randall of Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shuetze and daughter, Ruth, of Wauwautosa, Wis., spent the weekend with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Hepburn. Barbara and 'Amy Laurence of Chicago spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Laurence. Mrs. Lill Conway and Mrs. Eleanor Bacon spent Friday evening here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Escher and children of Chicago spent Saturday afternoon with her mother. Mrs. Tillie VaillShcourt. Clarence Warburten left Sunday morning for Livingston, Wis., to make his home. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler spent the weekend with friends at Gary, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Andreas and family spent Sunday with relatives at Algonquin. Mrs. Ed. Bauer and Mrs. Schmitt were visitors at Woodstock Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCanrion were visitors 'in the Earl Sherman and Mrs. Emma Merchant homes at Woodstock Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith and son df Chicago spent Sunday afternoon with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith. Mrs. Viola Low and daughter, Alice Mae, and son, Robert, and Walter Wilcox spent Sunday in the Charles Frey home at Blue Island. Mrs. Beatty, who has been visiting in the Frey home, returned home wtih them. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kattner and Joseph Kattner of Spring Grove spent Sunday afternoon in the Ed Bauer home. There will be services in the- M. E. church Thursday evening, April 18. Alice and Marion Peet of Elgin spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peet. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hughes of Woodstock spent Sunday in the H. M. Stephenson home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kane of Mundelein and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kane, Jr., of Diamond Lake were Sunday Kests of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell ine. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison, Mrs. Roy Harrison, Mrs. H. M. Stephensoil, Mrs. Lonnie Smith nad Mrs. J. C. Pearson attended an Eastern Star meeting at Crystal Lake Thursday evening. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., Helen Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brennan spent Tuesday at Elkhorn. Seaman Carl A. Matsen and friend of Milwaukee spent Saturday afternoon in the J. C. Pearson home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marlowe and »mily of Huntley spent Sunday in tin C. L Harrison home. Mrs. J. C. Pearson and sons visit, ed relatives at Greenwood Sunday afternoon. -• • J«hn Blackman, Jr., of Antioch, S*nt Thursday with his parents, r. and Mrs. John Blackman. _ Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison, Mrs. Roy Harrison, Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, Mrs. Agnes Jencks and Mrs. J, C. Pearson attended an Eastern Star meeting at Woodstock Friday even- .. Jug. ,Mr* *nd Mrs. Leander Lay and children of Spring Grove and Marjone Whiting of Crystal Lake spent Su"d.ay "? E E Whiting home. John Shadle left Monday to visit with friends in Virginia. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hanford of Long Lake were callers in the S. W. smith home Saturday evening. Pvt. Paul Shadle came home Saturday evening for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wolf 35.*1% P* cam5 Chicago with the 5th division for Army day. • Sunday dinner guests in the Fred JViedrich, Jr., home were Mrs. Catherine Vogel and daughter, Jean, and sons, Alan, Bob and Clinton, Ensign and Mrs. Ray Eengbush, Mrs. Ben Lawrence and daughter, Susan, Mrs. James Burnett and daughter Jan, and Mr. and Mrs. George* Vogel and son Phillip of Elkhorn, Louis ,Wmn of Spring Grove and m a Mrs. Bill Brennan. Mr. and Mrs. Axel Carlson and granddaughter of Bull Valley spent Browy *nd Mn* Ckyton Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch spent Sunday with Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Dusen and daughters of Elgin were callers in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lawrence Sunday. F. N. Muzzy left for Minneapolis Tuesday morning to visit relatives. George Maxwell and daughetr of Chicago were visitors here Sunday. Ringwood School Notes The boys and girls of the upper grade room were treated to ice cream by Dorothy Smith, Audrey Andreas, and Roy Dodd. These three children celebrated their birthdays- The county test which. was to be given last week was postponed one week because of printing difficulties. The test will be given this Friday at the McHenry high school. Wednesday afternoon the Ringwood baseball teams plaved the Harrison school teams. We will let you know next week how the games came out. Mrs. Ellison, visual education teacher, showed several interesting to us last Tuesday .after* noon. The teachers from the Greenwood school visited in our school last April 18 is the next meeting of the Ringwood Community Club at the school house. An interesting program is being planned by the committee in charge. Annual school election will be held at the school house Saturday evening, April IS, between the hours of eight and nine. At a recent meeting of the Book Club Dorothy Smith was elected President of the club for the month of April. Children of the first grade treated the rest*of the school children to an interesting little play Friday morning. They dramatized the story of the "Shoemaker and the Elves." Dorothy Smith, Kenneth Betts, James Glauser, Janette Lawrence and Johnny Neal are in the eighth grade in our school. We are making some interesting booklets on South America during our study of this neighboring continent. We receive our report cards Tuesday afternoon- for the third quarter of the school term. » ••<»< »I 111 Mil I I : LILY LAKE i f r f f f i i i mm (By Dick Hyatt) The roar of airplanes, the rumbling of trucks and other vehicles as they passed by, and the mingled shouts of an excited crowd. This is what one saw and heard at the Soldier Day parade in downtown Chicago last Saturday. I counted over seventy troop trucks and more than thirty jeeps, then I got tired and quit. It really was a memorable day for all those who attended. Saturday evening seen the election of the P. T. A.'s officers. Mrs. Neilson was re-elected as president. After the election and the meeting which followed, cards, bunco, and refreshment* were enjoyed by all those attending. Well folks, from the looks of our community our clean-up period has done quite a bit of good. There are still a few places that could stand a bit of cleaning up, though, so if you've put it off till now get busy and get your place spic and span before the period ends. Over the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Skelley were honored by a visit from Miss Szobar of Highland Park, and Mrs. Tetterman and daughter, Flor-' ence, of Chicago. On Monday Mrs. Skelly paid a visit to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Leek man spent Sunday by visiting with their parents at Round Lake. Last Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Pierotti and their little daughter paid Chicago a visit. The family did quite a bit of their Easter shopping and the little lady had her picture taken. There was quite a celebration around the Simon residence last Saturday. Pete Simon grew a year older, and Grampa Budil reached# the age of 80. Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Allen and their son of Chicago. Cards were played for a time, after which a delicious dinner was served. While passing by I found that the Pciha boys are spending a one week vacation at their summer cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Sale were once again out over the weekend. Also spending the weekend at their summer cottage was the Lipson family. We are all sorry to hear that Mrs. Sands, one of our summer residents, is now in the hospital recovering^ from a recent operation. Mr. and Mrs. Abbinantti spent their weekend in Chicago by attending a movie downtown and later on visiting with several friends and rel atfcea. On •pent a. very deUglrtful day by visiting with her afitSir, Mrs, SwenskL Visitors at the Joe Yaeger home on Sunday were their granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A! Becker. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of Downers Grove visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hyatt. Late in the afternoon they all enjoyed a very delicious dinner prepared by Mrs. Hyatt. Guests at the Cederberg residence over the^ weekend were Doc and Mrs. John Monahan from Chicago ana Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and children of Villa Park. Last Thursday, Mr. Normand celebfated his birthday. Happy birthday, Charley. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. L. Ulrich and daughter, Judy, of Edison Park, Mr. and Mrs. Kiehl and children and Marie Thenn all paid a visit to the Roy Morrisons. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmorp and family are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their daughter ,Pat As you all know, Pat is attending Our Lady of Angels Academy in Clinton, Iowa, and is expected home any day now for the holiday vacation. Next Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Eager will go to Chicago to visit with their daughters and also to pay a visjt to Mrs. Esser's brother, who is in the Hines hospital. * On next Wednesday Mrs. Wrublewski and Mrs. Marsh will make a trip to Elgin to do some shopping. Mrs. Ralph 'Nicholette of Superior; Wis., stopped over for a few days at the McDermott home after returning from Ohio. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wallace FOR SALE To be moved, a one-room cottage, 12 x 12, $500, and a tw'o-room, 12 z 24, $900; excellent condition; 3% acres woods, and six-room house, modern, $6,000. S. S. MOORE SPRING GROVJ Saturday or Sunday £."5; jfcren in honor of Mrs. IMktfb mother. An had a very lo«% day. Ctfcp An extra inch of moisture saved in the soil may make a substantial difference in crop yields. Baral ElectrtScattan The department of agriculture announced estimates showing that 3,- 371,188 oI the. nation's farms are still without central station electric aer^ ice. New Flavor Try slicing a little of onion* _ water and then drop carrot sticks In the water for a half an hour before serving. They will he extra crisp and of a flavor all their Own. Order ftttt* 1LOST 52 •a aMeSaBu ^t4r r. - " 'J BOLGETS DRUG vvr'*" --Y * : -JUNIORS-*- e ; New Spring Suits in a variety of tailored and •port suite, plaids and pla.lri trim White Confirmation Dresses, 3 to 14. McHENRY, ILLINOIS PHONE 182 THE 1946 "Gay Nineties" or MoCULLOM LUDI To Be Held ^ JULY 26 - 27 - 28 at McCullom Lake YOU MAY NOT K ABU TO GET A MEW CAR RIGHT AWAY Present production of new cars is limited .. . and k may be a while before there are enough for every-, one. Let us keep your present car in good condition with Ford factory-ap-. proved service and Genuine Ford Parts. Then, your Ford will give you better service now ana be worth more lattr when you trade it in. 10* BUSS MOTOR SALES TOUR FORD DEALER 531 Main Street West McHenry, Ulliinle wmm ti TO THOSE WAITING FOR TELEPHONI SERVICE IN McHEERY Providing telephone service as soon as possible for waiting applicants it. our No. 1 objective. We're doing just-that... as fast as manufacturing Opacity and human energy and ingenuity will allow. , We're happy to report that one of the causes of die delay--lade of telephone instruments--has just about been eliminated. Very soon Acre will be no one waiting for main service in Our territory becaust^ of a telephone instrument shortage. We have not, however, been able to provide telephone service for all those waiting, because of other equipment needed principally in our central office... equipment which maku -the telephone work and which connects it with all jhe other telephones. This central office equipment, unlike die telephone instrument, cannot mass produced. It must be "tailor-made" and it takes a long time to build and to install if. r • • •• Present plans indicate that we will have enough of this equipment Installed by Fall to provide service for all those now on the waiting list. We might do a little better than these estimates, but because of conditions beyond our control we may not be able to 4o as well. At any rate we thought you would like to know what tip . outlook is now. O -1 O Ti Day and nigfit, telephone manufacturing goes on in die rush to up. You may be sure that your application will be taken care of as lapidly as possible and in its proper turn. We will get in touch with you promptly, as soon as your order moves to the head of the list. In die meantime, please accept our thanks for your patience and coopeffe tion. It has been a great help to us in our job of trying to provide telephone service for everyone who wants it i ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY