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Walter O. Nunban ef the deed •Bl-i the carcases 1i 3w owed signs of starva warn runs 15 lam of carried WBTr1 raiserly»old man?----- ~ iatmaa island?-- Who wrote "White Christmas"? 5. In what country was mistletoe first worn arand the neck to to for so to OS. School Sisters SR. M. % What"*dSlTt? I believe, wn results. fa%. instructor ** ** --'5SSf«! v«lEfa| hard *wara#d eally snterini Ett that Henry F. Lsrwel- Mr in horticulture jdt the of Wisconsin, Jun basil Saxon word had" or "ha in health" mean in cekmection with a Christmas custom? ;--• ' 1 An old Christmas superstition warm Christmas Bow does ft end? CARD (MP ifeAKK* In this manner we wish to thank fHmds and neighbors for floral ofspiritual bouquets and sUbearass. feringa, spiritual tooquets cards of sympathy, the pallbearers, tie choir and Reverends MM Thomas for they very kind at the tittle of the death of VMti. St THE FAMILY. prviea Joseph - r^^issir Lw-h,, „ _ I'Iimubshiis* JUT* i r Jerri Nimteandj Burlingtoff Wit signs cohc?rned landscaping for both Tnoaaays ana t style house ana a ranch style house. far the interpretat design conducted hr that, Mr. Lewelinr is & work RECEIVES HONOR8 «r r*. n«H5» « *GT * « ? w u T , i Z S S a » m and a Happier New Year. sdhtinttbhed service order and V. Who is QuetzslcoatlT • • K What plant, a thorny one, traditionally blooms only at Christmas time? ------- 14. Until her. death what song did Mme. Schumaim-Heink always sing onChristmas Eve?- 11. What fifthe literal meaning of , "ChristmaV? ---- 11 Where are the remains of Good ; St. Nicholas of Myra buried? Man Odar-Bbd 10 times as many men art " jtalsr-blind as are women. . y; -Britifin distinguished flying cross* $ a ceitenony iifthe British embassy in Washington. D.C., recently. He enlisted m ue Royal Canadian Air Force and later transferred to the royal air force, in which he served until 1M5. He flew forty-nine sorties, accumulating . 272 hours of combat flying as pilot of a Lancaster bomber. _ , ..i > I*«&•><&' » i flsiiM products may Isai sMhs, ys> dMsr isMii.lWs bocease yon can't m skill, care asAnpiriMCK High •odweye.Bat,iadaMofskk- •ess there's satis£sctioa is RETURNS. FROM CHINA Mrs. Bayard Lyon, a resident of Elkhorn for several years, where she operated a Chinese eift shop,* landed Seattle from China last week, after serving eighteen months as colonel in the Chinese army medical corps under the auspices of the American medical aid bureau. Elsii Chung Lyon was China's first trains: nurse more than 36 years ago an< she came to this country following her marriage to Bayard Lyon, a son of the Tate Judge Jay F. Lyon< She is probably the only woman colonel holding an official commission in the Chinese army. jr's Drug Store. Street McHeary i « KcB«U7,mnqii SUN. * MON„ DEC. S»-M islfcy MoGaira Istaii Yoang "CLAUDIA AND DAJOT i CLOSED TUESDAY pDNWAT AND THURSDAY tlsd. Wsar Tsar's Day Matiast 4JI Cenliaaeas Mi Mama -- lack Carsea "TWO GUYS FROM MILWAUKEE" Mrs. Helen Weber attended a Christmas party for employees of the Crystal Lake Cleaners at Fritsel's Lodge one evening last week. Buss Catherine Schwerman, who iraiso Unhri last week to spend the 3n*toer* * 1. DrT flement C. Moor*. 1 * 2. Dicken's "A Christmas Carol." 3. In Indian ocean, southwest of Java. • •;.••>-v*-" ">'• 4. Irving Berlia. " 5. Sweden. 6. Wassail boWt 7. A cold Easter. 8. The Aztec Indian god, half bird, half snake, who took th* place of Santa Gbsus in Mexico in 1930. 9. Christmas cactus. 10. "Silent Night." 11. Mass of Christ. 12. The remains were stolen to 1037 by merchants and re-interred at Bari. A Volunteer Santa Speaks His Heart **I know what it is to be a disappointed kid on Christinas morning-- "I always wanted a boat, but my folks were poor and I never got one -- that's why I became Santa Claus, I gueag. ; ••«••• ,4 AM* Africa Needs Nlcettee Serious shortage of nicotine sulfate in Smith Africa, says the department of commerce, "is responsible for the spread of the arsenicresistant tick, first discovered in the vicinity of East London in IH^W. "A survey by the veterinary division of the Union's department of agriculture has revealed infestation throughout Natal and Zululand, with the possibility that it will spread into the Free State and the Transvaal. "If nicotine is not soon available in quantity, work done in the past toward tick eradication will be lost entirely, reports state." Order your ruooer stamps at tfcs Haindealer. , tax March IS. la ettttir mast be TMsgoeefor birsd Anyone who. open file a form Iwl showing the income from tlist ten* A owner who rents the fhrm out ftpr •M DL Posited 0sS X to its Bates prtrmrttv to ntwil Um period si •rCUsMJttar aatll OMMBter- a. M7. The ctarsw ta Jtete«, BMmjfmt, lin km >Ushtty rdocMl awT the woMIbi at botS rsua has bam nMM. at any SSfU may oMaln ttmto sitlMr S"&."uZL£ WJBffERW : ,KL>BCTR1C tkrMmJg iAB Am PAN* By C. E. COLLINg Viee ~ •" is attending Valparaiso University, Ind holidays. Itlsi Bett.y Weber attended a Christmas party for employees of the Oaks, at the Oakmoor tavern Crystal Lake last week Tuesday. LoeHle, attended a Brty far other Oaks employees on uraday Woodstock. DAYS at 2:15 OF LASSIE" 2-J9 "COURAGE la SATURDAY ONLY, DEC. 28 BAMBOO BLONDE" "COLORADO PIONEERS with Wild SUN., MON.. TUBS. FROM MILWAUKEE^ Jack Caraaa Jaaia Paiga NOT HTSR * at 12 _ Open at 11* OF BURLBSQUET Evelyn and Olker Treati f- i!m» Fhrty New! TRURS. * FRL 1-S-S . evening. Miss Mary Grace Murphy of Mount--St. Claire college in Iowa, is spending the Vacation period with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Murpny. Miss Helen Schneider left last Thursday for Manitowoc, Wis., where She will spend a few weeks. Mi%s Nancy Carey arrived home from St. Mary's at Notre Dame last Fridav for the holidays. Richard Ward, who is attending1 Valparaiso University, Ind., is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ward. % Mr. and Mrs. Ben Diets arrived home last Thursday from Fort Lauderdale, ffla, where they spent the past two months. Miss Barbara Carey and Miss Joan Reihansperger, both students at Beloit college, Wis., are spending the holiday vacation at their homes here Roman Schmitt, Route 1, McHenry, a student at IllMUs jsonville, completed the fall term of j the college year during the past | week and is utw home for the {holidays. He waa granted an eighteen- day vacation extending until January 6, at which time the winter term will begin. Frodnettoa Frsai VaaJL . ., One acre of feed crops to cows feeds 10 people 18 days; one acre of feed crops to hogs feeds 10 people 15 days, and one Here of feed crops to steers feeds 10 people 5 daya. 1PH FOR YOe . • • »»*+% • 9E GOOD HT I FRANK'S 6- HELEN'S! TAVERN ' ii» maut 8vrert| MCHBNRY, ILL. 83 on thi DlUBoad Ltkm rmd, on ami 1 Tgn U* aoifth * MONDAY, DEC. 30tt at 12 o'clock sharp th« foOowiRf proytffiy UmtH: - OF LIVESTOCK OocAistinf of the foBowio^: ' ?' * i, * I* ^ ,/ I* ~ '»• ' q . - - ' < 18 Holstoia and Guernsey cows; smttlof tlMgo ««« just fresh or are elate springer*; 3 btUwn,M old; 1 CtaerRsey heifer, 2 yean old; mBM* hull, lB months MAOHDOtRT NCE BRING John Deere Model-3 trector on rnbb«r; John Deeae tractor cultivator; John Deere tiactar plm; John Deeea Under; 7-ft. tractor diac; Mc-D. Add cultivator; Van 8-ft grain drill; cnltipaeker; B-ft. tractor snow plow; steel dray; dump rake; Case fe-ft. mower; Mo-D hay loader, ^ new; Joiin Deere corn planter With fort fits* ette rtimeaI; Wk D. No. 61 combine on rubber; 8-ft. windrower; Hc-D. 96. 12 alb filler; ruW>er-tired wagon and rack; ateel-Wheel Harvey hammtorniiB;12-a9 Oaee tractor w steal; BMmI' tor manure spreader on rubber; butt saw; jriaftforiR eoale|; Stal hog feeder; Ideal portable milker; 8 mi& eai water heater; electric tapper; 2 wash tanks; about 8 %m looac hay; 200 bu. ear corn; 50 bu. oats and nnmerous otheriiMes. Usual Thorp Terms. MILTON WoedSftaekJiB DICKOW'S MARKET^ OE1EW ST. PHONE 3 Vehmteers ef America worker plays hsstess to same s( the or* g«tfsatise*a Saehuk 'Working for the Volunteers of srica, I've played Sanfe to thouto of iTMinC*^s during the last llVcars. I read a lot at fmnpls, too, during the depression shen people plodded past my cardboard chimney; folks are happy now and the carols, that gave them a far-away look while war almost blacked out the Christmas Spirit, make them smile and drop coins in the chimney. "It's Am to have a part hi the happy Christmases of ao - many youngster*. Most of those that I see come downtown with their mothers, and I try to get a nod ef approval before I main any definite promises -- kinda make sure the kids won't be disappointed. "Just the same, I can't help thinking about the kids I never see who want dolls 'nd dishes, drums and sleds, picture books, skates, trains . . . and boats; what a lot of helpers Santa needs to see that all these things get to the right places at the right time! "Wish we could be sure there will be no broken hearts this Christ-, mas." Rml St. Nichols Of 4th Century St, Nicholas is popularly associated with Christmas and gift-giving presumably because once during his mortal existence he reportedly endowed three dowerless maidens with three purses of gold. Historically--as the Archbishop of Myra, Nicholas was a member of the council of Niceea. In A. D., Conatantine the Great called together the theologians of the Christian world ia the first complete general council of tin entire Christian church. ... The council, sisamhled near Constent Iwitils, and pcisidod over by the I agjU unbajrttaad Constantino, prowlWad that test asact definition of Christian fishing as embodied in the NIosm Creed and marks the beginning of Christianity a* it is un> darstood today. - .A %" j r-s t i-ifvc-, . IK" . ^ " * ik sMti'tf."' !Vt rT^vYpu. M ilfcik- i fc'd i. at- '-*t m '-'smk SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS • i* community... faith in the future.. .faith in men of good will, eternally of the Christmas ASK $MM0 A $80,000 damage suit was filed h> the circuit court last week by Jose phine A. Beyer, individually, and as executor of the estate of the late E. A. Beyer, against George Austin. The case is the result of an accident on Dec. 24, 1946, near the intersection of Routa&Si and Beyer died as rssutl of injuries received in the accident. She asks fSMOO for pscsenel injuries and I1M00 as executor of the estate. CHRISTMAS should be a time of joy, and w? hope that this Christmas of 1946 will be\ in good cheer and true O • § ; who read this message I we VIST wt WMIVIIIIN9 vt^r v-'V1 i.; .w. ***& i :? * r* « •wm I Sfi -K- •%« ^ :