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v • * " . fe- • >f • <lha lure not loo numerous tha daily uk of a good fly «pr*y in the/infested rooms wiD givesatisfactory relief. Pets should bs dusted twice a week with a good flea powder, and tf this has bean dona throughout the warm weather, it is a rar« case where: fleas becofne numerous and hotter- ( some. Yards iitfMted with fleas, may ! be sprayed with Black Leaf 40 diluted with 100 equal parts of water. I Enough soap should be added to make the water cloudy. Fanners Jtaving trouble with fleas in the hogj lot or farmyard should thoroughly dean all animal and plant wastes' from the floors or yard and scatter i thinly in the fields. The cleaned! floors should be treated with waste' oil, or 25 per cent creosote and 75 per cent fuel oil. • Prize Fish" jwordfish is listed as a precious food and is the highest priced fish on the American market. About 15,000,000 Jobs of food were sent abroad under lend-lease from Mate*. 1M1, to July, IMft. - ( Defrost ftettigaratsv Regularly defrost your refrigeratdt. Thick ice on freeing wits raises operation cost--defrost .when it's a quarter inch thick. To reduce frost on coils, cover foods in automatic refrigerators--except those like or* anges with their own coverings. :*• 0, :J : v Michaelmas Day Is Rent Day . Mickaelmas Day, Sept. 29, ia One of the four quarterly terms on. Which rents are paid in England. Bat Population The rat population in most cities outnumbers the civilian population. Continuous campaigns to keep rats from multiplying too rapidly are -necessary in the majority of cities. More than 20,000 rats were killed in the city dumps of a large western city during the first month of a campaign inaugurated recently by the United States Bureau of Biological Survey. Eats are natural enemies of man. They do $200,000,- 0Q0 damage in the United States annually through their consumption of foodstuffs alone, and it has been estimated that it costs $2 a year to maintain each rat. Kathleen Norris Says; Building the Family Ml Syndicate.--WNU ftalUM. ZOIA MONUMENT CO. Large Modern Display--Open Sunday Afternoons Factory Prices--We Have No Agents--Buy Direct Dependable Over 55 Yi Location; Hear Oourt House, Woodstock, IB. Tel. Woodstock 358 Knight's Refrigeration X. CORRECT STORAGE TEMPERATURES .Fresh Meat 3§Beveragesr„ ~T7r*ruits ' Ice Cream ked Food All Deep-Freezers 34 to 38 deg. 40 to 43 deg. ...45 to 50 deg. .. ... 0 to 5 deg. .. .38 to 40 deg. 40 to 45 deg. ...40 to 45 deg. N „..0 to 5 deg. Call ns for COMMERCIAL REPAIR SERVIOE Phone McHenry 439-W :: MILL INN :: <Formeriy Barnard's Mill) North End of Wonder Lake at the Bridge fHIS OLD FLOUR MILL NOW CONVERTED INTO A FOOD MILL WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR ONE OF THE SWEETEOT OLD SONGS EVHR WRITTEN, "DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM." BTSAKS-MiSTS-CHIOmr --LOBSTOt DINNERS COMPLETE FROM APPETIZER TO DESSERT NO COMPLETE DINNER OVER $LS0 BE CONVINCED--LET US SERVE YOU B1NNER8 SERVED SATURDAY 5 TO II; SUNDAY 1 TO 7 DELICIOUS SANDWICHES AT ALL TIMES COCKTAILS -- FANCY DRINKS -- WINE -- BEER -- LIQUOR FOR PARTEM, WEDblNGS, ANNIVERSARIES, BIRTHDAYS, ETC., CALL RICHMOND 312 AND LET US HANDLE YOUR FOOD PROBLEM. "DEAO" STRONG, Owner Phone Richmond 312 HOOT'S wo TAVERfl AND RESTAURANT S0& Green St, McHenry, Dt --v" ; . ---*--0--t-- _ Are yen looking tea nice place to take year wife to dine? Try NOONAN'S CUPBOARD Evening and 8nnday#dinners are our specialty! For a "palatepleasing taste treat" try onr DELICIOUS SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN (Half Spring Chicken, batter fried, golden brown), French Fries, Salad and Toast LENTEN DISHES -- CHOICE SANDWICHES Orders put up to take out. Home-made Pies and CSkes Daily v ^^iRestaurant Closed All Day Monday EDITOR'S NOTE: This newsfMpov through spedial mrrangament with th$ Washington Bureau of Western JVewtinMT Vmicn mt 1616 Eye Sir-*, N. r„ Washing. •*. D. C, is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems* of tha votorrnm and serviceman ond his family. Question* moy be addressed to the above Bureau ond they will be answered in i subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by | mail, but only in the column which will ! appear in this newspaper regularly. Credit for Army Schomt* > ! ^"h* Veterans' administration is completing arrangements with high ; schools, colleges and universities so that. veterans may be given' acafr i demic credit on diplomas and de» : grees for study and technical ex£ j perience acquired during wartim^ l service in the armed forces. For this purpose VA is using ai a guide a compendium of hundred®; of educational and training studies given by the armed forces during the war compiled by the American Council on Education. School authorities may consult this guide and obtain the recom* mended evaluation of courses taken from the U. S. Armed Forces insti-' tute, or at one of the four oversea* Army Study centers, or in any ol the service technical schools, civil affairs training courses, etc. For instance, a veteran who* studied the history of philosophy at Biarrit* American university in Biarritz, France, and is credited on his AGO form 100 with completion of the course, would be given by the guide's recommendation. 2V4 hours toward a baccalaureate degree. In many instances sufficient credits have been earned so that a veteran forced to leave high school to enter the service, finds he may receive a high school diploma upon his re*, turn. > Qaasiiont and Answer* Q. My son received his discharge la September and the first six months la the army I didn't get* my allotment or that for two minor children, one 13 and the other 8. Is there any way I ean get this money? -C. E. J., Halifax, N. C. A. An allotment to parents is not ! compulsory and you could get it ! only if the amount was deducted : from your son's pay. If the two I minor children are your son's chili dren they are entitled to the allot- ; ment which every serviceman is sre- , quired to pay his dependent family. Syggest you write to Chiof Finance , Officer, Allotment Branch, Adjutant j General's office, War Department, Washington, D. C., giving son's | name, serial number and all other I data. O. My consin was killed in the ' Battle of the Bulge, December 25, 1944. I would like to know in what i cemetery and in what town and country he is buried.--D. D., Potts- ; ville, Pa. > i A. Write to the Office of the Quar- ' termaster General, Graves registra- } tion, War Department, Washington | 25. D. C., giving the veteran's name I and serial number. | Q. I have a son who was inducted into the army in January, 1943, a ad was discharged the following March, j 1943. Is he entitled to mastering- | oat pay and the O.I. Bill benefits?-- Mrs. E. M. P., Deeatar, Neb. A. He is probably entitled to $200 | mustering-out pay if he served 60 days in active service, tie is not entitled to G.I. benefits unless he received a disability discharge, for this requires 90 days active service. Q. I ala the mother af a bay killed la actios la 1944. He made me beneficiary far his lasaraace. I am fit years eld and get $52.99 monthly. Will I ever gat say mere amathty. aad haw soon?--Mrs. H. G., Sharon, I Than is the secret of buildiiig a making It a place Patent Benefits Since World War I many thousands «f patents have been granted which have induced the investment of billions of dollars and given employment to millions. Among them are: the autogyro; nitrocellulose lac- QuersI ethyl gasoline; push-button elevators; bromine from sea water; the perfection of color photography; radio beacon; nylon; refrigerants (low boiling fluorine compounds); synthetic rubber; and television. The entire radio and electric refrigerator industries were developed after World War I.„ -i Despite wartime driving tions, 2,050 school children killed in motor vehicle accidents fcl 1944. One hundred and ten tb0tt> sand school age children were to jured by motor vehicles last yea& Labor Day „ The first Labor Day celebration In the ^United States was a parade by the Knights of Labor on September 5, 1882. Two years later the first Monday in September was chosen for annual observance. Peter J. Maguire, labor leader, is regarded as the "Father of Labor Day." Oregon, in 1887, was the first state to declare it a holiday. Pennsylvania has observed it as a holiday since 1889. On June 28, 1894, after 31 states had made the first Monday in September a holiday, President Cleveland approved a bill which. m%de it a legal public hnii. day. Ordefr >oti'r rubber stamps at the Plaindealer. All Materials All Labor... GUARANTEED long-lasting slite-surfaccd asphalt shingle roofs fit! »« u low at For Estimates Call FRANK GANS PHONE lO^Vt ?*> Riverside Drive McHENKY A. If the insurance is National Service Life and has not been converted there are two options for payment: (a) If the beneficiary is under 30 years of age at the date of death of the insured, payments are made in 240 equal monthly installments at the rate of $5.51 for each $1,000 of insurance. However, the beneficiary may elect to have the Insurance payable in monthly installments as a refund life income, payable for a definite period and continuing throughout the life of the first beneficiary and in event of death of the first beneficiary the remaining installments, if any, paid to the second beneficiary or, (b) If the beneficiary is 30 or more , years of age payments are made in equal monthly installments throughout the remaining lifetime of such beneficiary with the proviso that such monthly installments shall be payable for 120 months certain. If you are hot satisfied with your installments, suggest you write to Insurance Department, Veterans' Administration, at your regional office in Kansas City. Q. My brother was killed in action In Germany, leaving a wife and one child. Several months ago her in* saraace cheeks stopped coming. We have written to find oat why but have been unable to do so. Can yon help as?--Mrs. J. H. R., Kiddie. Ore. A. The only suggestion I can make is that you contact, personally if possible, your nearest Veterans' administration regional offices, at the Veterans' hospital at Portland, and tell them the whole story and case history. -JL •- By KATHLEEN NORMS THE world is full of handsome, useless buildings that have cost incalculable fortunes, and that are no use at all. In your town and mine--everywhere, whether you're driving through New York or Newport, Santa Barbara or Forest Lake, you see these gorgeous homesteads-- shut up. Even in housing shortages they can't rent these ridiculous palaces because to keep the b&throoms reasonably warm would take more fuel than anyone can get, to say nothing of the great sepulchral hallways, and the pantries, and the vast cave that once was a dining room. , The history of these old places is a tragic one, not because so much happened in chem -- but because nothing did. Some rich dull old man and ambitious woman built every one of them, realized very soon that there was something dead about the place, that it would never come alive -- aful moved on to try something etee, build anott^er sarcophagus perhaps, this time dt'Palm Beach or Hollywood. I know one house outside of London that cost two million dollars, and never was lived in--not for a moment. I know another, in Hillsborough, Calif., into which the husband and wife never moved. It has 31 rooms, and the floors of all the downstairs rooms are patterned in Parian marbles. These people gdt a divorce, and for awhile the husband lived on with a servant or two, in the gate lodge. NobdBy ever has lived in the house. Pathetic Mennmeats. Up Fifth avenue there are hundreds of these pathetic monuments to man's idea that brooms tone walls and plate glass windows, tiles and brocades, boiserie from Paris and rugs from the Orient, will somehow miraculously turn themselves into a home, some day. The real building of a home must be done with elements that these people never possess and never can buy. Love, to begin with, and dependence upon each other, service, children, work and laughter. If by any lucky chance yotT are a woman who has these things, then the best thing you can do--out of a whole world of service--is to incorporate them into a home. Harriet, who writes me from a mid-west town, has a home, and just to read of it makas one feel what raal riches are*-'.- . 0 _• o - "Having the seven children always about--and their friends also, who number seven times seven," she says, in a letter inviting me to visit her, "I can't promise quiet or order --not always. .For my daughters are friendly creatures, and the five boys are all over the place--porch roofs and rain barrels and ladders are their natural perching, places. But we do have all the things you write about; a lunch table out in the side yard; a game room where their possessions are never disturbed; a special closet in which they hang school coats and hats and put books and TRUE WEALTH Big fine houses of themselves can't bring happiness. It's the people in them that make the differencee. There are plenty of mansions around the world, built by lonely rich people who hoped to get tome real Joy out of them. Too late they discovered that huge empty rooms are a mockery. It takes children and their friends, and cousins and uncles and aunts, and lots of acquaint• ances to put life into a house. They make noise and they wear out the furniture, and they cost a lot to feed, but they bring hu' man warmth and gayety. They make a "house into a home." Today's letter is from a moth' er of seven children. They haven't much, as possessions go--just, a small house, not big enough for the five boys and two girls and their lively friends--but they have the secret of happiness. •iw. Leftover Serving Cut tops from hard dinner rolls, \ scoop out centers and iill with leftover meat mixture. Replace top. 'Pour gravy over rolls and heat in oven. mQuilt by some licli, dull old man. . Bees Prolific Ten or more generations of bees can be produced during the time re- ~ for one generation of cows. ..^^idpieaa Giiclotli. ? Use a brush and soap and water' to remove stubborn spots from oilcloth instead of harsher methods and yoijr oilcloth will laftt much longer. . Grocery Stores j Over 38,000 grocery stores closed i Wiring the war, statistics reveaL ! The peak in number of stores was ! reached in third quarter, 1941, when ! the number was 347,000. In the sec- ! ond quarter ol 1944, the figure was 289,000. pencils in special pigeonholes. We have a ritual for Saturday nights, cookies, cokes arid pencil games; we build as many traditions as we can --like a picnic on Dad's birthday and a comfort drawer for serious bumps, cuts, or injustices -- this drawer is filled with odd toys and treasures, from which the afflicted one may s* lect. Our children think the# arc lucky, and other children do too, and that's what I want to give them; household laws of order and helping, happy companionship, home security. Work and Fan. "Of course, I never stop," the letter goes on. "Meals and beds, socks and floors, picking up and sewing together--there is no end to it. I market twice a week, bake once, have my main meal in the middle of the day, and sandwiches --nothing else, but their variety can be endless--and cooked fruit and perhaps cookies or gingerbread oi pudding for supper. "We put unbuttered bread of all sorts on a tray, fill bowls with chopped eggs, mayonnaise, jam, peanut butter, cheese, corned beefwhatever we can get, with tomatoes and lettuce, and everyone, makes his own sandwich, and the children feel sorry for other children, who have to set tables and eat potatoes and beans> for dinner. "And what a good time it all sums up into!" There is the secret of building a home; making it a place where everyone has a good time. All the empty, dusty, magnificent palaces of the world don't hold -- have never held--the joy of even one hour in such a home as this. They moulder away in your town and mine, and the children go -romping by them, never even stopping to look in at their forbidding gates. If you want to build a great mansion, build it in the happy simple lives oi your family -- cousins, ; uncles, aunts, old people, children. That is the only real building; that is what makes America what she is today. ,rT"7" less Sugar For Us United States civilians have 982 | thousand tons o| sugar for their j needs during the last three months j of 1945. This is about equal to the | 1942 quantity, but 562 thousand tons | lower than last year. It now ap- j pears that the civilian per capita j consumption will average about 73 pounds, compared with 89 pounds last year. This allocation includes sugar for commercial food processors. Total civilian supplies for the year are estimated at slightly more jtbaft 5 million tons. | Celds Crippling ~~ Colds are responsible for more | than one-third of the total number I of days lost in American industry. | Women are half again as susceptii blc to catching colds as men. The peak of colds-comes in December, : with the "second peak in October. When in trooMe CALL McHENRY 615-W-2 IGNITION SPECIALISTS Motor Tune-ops a Specialty Bectrieal and Fael Uaita • Ex- .changed. "SC. • • • SALES AND SERVICE MOTOR REBUILDING . BRAKE SKRVICK FRED J. SVOBODA DIRECTIONS -- Tarn soath en i . .. . , „ . . Ronte 129 at Lily Lake School. Liiynoor, west side of Lily Lake tarrv left at third road (leading Box 416, 'McHenry, Illinois to lake), second (wilding frost Center Avenne. t FOR SALE " WONDER LAKE YEAR-ROUND INSULATED HOME - 'if 5 rooms, with furnishings, overlooking lake, lar^ lot, partial basement, stone foundation, beautifully appointed and landscaped, well situated. Price $6,500; terms if desired. ' ~ EDWARD M. LANNES, Agent Hines Realty & Construction Co* ~~~~ Tel. McHenry 674-M-2 or 667R-2 • ROLAINE GRILL at WONDER LAKE (Under New Ownership) Open At Noon Daily Now Serving-- COMPLETE DINNERS CHOICE STEAKS TRIED CHICKEN LOBSTER TAILS FRESH JUMBO SHRipf Dinners Served-- Daily, From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays and Holidays, 12 noon to 9 Sandwiches from 12 noon to closing. Party Reservations Call WONDER LAKE 631 AL REPAN, PROP. ••a Sheep Twins Sheepmen believe more twins will be produced if the ewes put on flesh lor 10 days or 2 weeks before being teed. N0TCJUST OIL HEAT WHEN YOU HAVE LO-PRESSURE OnSiC Complete Units For - HOT WATER -- AIR (Blueprints for all new heating systems factory specifications) Conversion Burners For Tour did Furnace , Sold Exclusively By THENNES OIL CO. 605 S. Green St. -- Tel 465 R --Burner Service On AIL * • '•'A < "Ai