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mm > i l l IM11> M I t l l| j> I | x ^ • ' xi< i^tr^pr. •rd ,y mendous patience, and there was in i working1, painting, planning, him great kindness. It was hard for i wis the kind of companionship WMlttlaii jifumi i » i By Vanesse Sells the school road stands a halffinis! bed Cape Cod cottage with weeds growing rank where a lawn •".'r^aheuld be, and the chimney goes only half way up. Only tikis spring the Benwells had the carpenters /triKn the new mail box, with its finish only the outer shell and Mr. and warm the house that was to be! Ridgte and spttt jut winter his . ho*m ei,l „b ec.au ,s e Lloyd Benwell i"*ar e.^{y, JP .!i /nrnT!? tl£ w , ,»there daily and get some or the inis dead.. Pull of laughter and good nature, and blessed with such great { H.0W well the Benwells worked tovital ity and strength, it is hard to j gether. Daily they started out and think that he is gone. His was a tre- ] spent their day in their new home, him to say* Vno" to anyone and usually he was crwamped with small chores that he was doing for his friends, and all of them were gratis. When the new home was started, a man and woman ought to have when their children are grown and gone and which they, all too often, never do have. Once when fobig on a fishing trip with two other men, Mr. Ben well, after talking at great length about the trip decided, before he left, that he was homesick. He Stmon passengers. Rperi the went Ada! Middle tve sign "Edg#wodd" was erected, Benwell was going to finish Jt up lawn was clipped and the house himself as he was a careful and' would have refused to go had not beginning to be a home. thorough craftsman and loved to his wife insisted that he take the The stones for the chimney lie work with his hands. The material j trip with his friends. scattered where a tired workman shortage, though, slowed the com- • There are other statistics. Those laid them down. Other hands than pletion of the house and when the j that say that Lloyd Benwell was Uk>yd Ben well's must raise that Btenwell home on Route 120 was sold,; 52 years old; that he was the father chimney to some day carry smoke they rented a cottage . in Indian j of two daughters and the grandfather of a little boy and little girl. Also that his body now rests in Mc- Henry in the Peter M. Justen funeral home and that the funeral will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. But statistics don't tell that we who loved him will never again see him throw back his head nor hear his great shout of laughter when he was amused. They dont tell of the kindnesses to the children who followed him about and who loved being with him. Nor do they tell of the lofe he had for the machinery he worked upon. The monuments for Lloyd Benwell aire scattered through the county. There are the good repairihg jobs on the big pieces of farm machinery. There is the trap that the Rod and Gun elub is uaigg in its shoots. There is the good-neighbor job* he did in the neighborhood, lending a hand with a foundation here or a"small plumbing Joibt there. And, other monuments too, the ones in our hearts. jy. As a crashing climax to four days of revelry at the PaH Festival held on the grounds of the Christ the King Mission, "Miss Wonder Lake," in the person of Dolores Wilde of Wonder Woods was chosen. Runners up were Pqt Jurgens and Ardell Krueger. ,M^iy beautiful gifts from stores in Woodstock, McHenry and Wonder Lake were presented to Dolores who is 19 years old and is the daughter ' of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave C. Wilde. The Wilde family came to the community from Chicago about eight years ago. Jtwmut 9$ Gmmmms ncomes Jump f * A QfttaULTUKTS part of the national Income In the Middle WiK A shoved an outstandix* increase In IMS, largely a mult of the abandonment of OPA, and Indications ars that the pace win be Maintained this yew. . . . The Department of Ooaunsros estimates total IMS national Income at $!«#»,MM* or • per otnt greater ftkan 1MB.... R is disclosed that IowaYshare rocketed tl per osnt, It per cent. Missouri 15 psr cot. mtaoto IS per «••*» Indiana tt per cent, and Wisconsin U par cent. . . lbs average for the central states was 12 per cent This ptuspertty on farms means Increased purchasing power for fanners since their ratios of revenue to living costs Increased fsvorablT. ... No other section of the oountry showed so great an Increase, although the New ttigiand states, the Middle Eastern states, and a group of Western and Northwestern states had an IncreaM of 10 per cent each. 1 Compared with IMS, incomes have increased 1W per cent In 144 per cent in Iowa, 136 per cent in Indiana, and 134 per cent hi Wisconsin. The greatest Increase In the grain belt was lit "ptr cent in South Dakota. Record production of agricultural products coupled with an almost Insatiable demand at home and abroad an responsible for the boom in this section. . . . And until conditions change drastically, the opportunity for a continuance of a record -volume of agricultural exports will remain. ' If the proposed World Food Council is formed. It will mean that attempts will be made toward a greater distribution of foodstuffs fca the future to all nations in an effort to avoid gluts in a few sections and famines in many parts of the world. ... Hie latter are considered breeders of communism. 1BIB COLUMN IB SPONSORS) BY M( HENRY GO. FARMERS CO-OP. ASSK. his farm led me to believe that are a . lot «f hlgh powered salesman on the road today. There is lost one thing about it. With all the money there is apparently available nowadaiys, it isn't necessary for a salesman to go up and down the road taking up a farmers' time tiding to wjll him something. If it's good, and is worth buying, the farmer will go but of his way to buy it. { -There seem to be salesmen on the I road today selling stuff you can feed ^ ? ^ j to cure mastitis. Maybe I was taught 4-H News • • -v | wrong, but I'm supposed to know the WondeT Bale WMfy I that it won't work. Mastitis is a 4-H club attended the germ that enters through the teat canal and takes hold when the animal, is injured or when the wrong kind of feed or other factor reduce her resistance. Insurance "is something that seems an exception to the rule in this salesman angle. Under present conditions many people don't have enough insurance on their property today to half pav for a loss. ;. It seems pood business to call your insurance man in to check over your policies every so. often. A good insurance man will insist you do this for his own protection, because he konws what a job it is to tell a man when he has a loss that certain things were not covered. Many people can't tell you what kind and extent of the coverage they have on their car. About the only money a lot of people save is the life insurilun of the Sod and Gun a&d the auxiliary are all into participate in this picnic. -- starting from the gas point the way to the Bod and Gun auxiliary will regular, meeting at 7:80 p.m. rison school. All members are urged to attend as a nominating committae to select new officers will be formed at that time. v w , Throe Bumble, 4-H Finish Up School held last week in the gym of the Woodstock High School. These girls were Geraldine Cormier, Sharon Grace Sells and Joanne Resheske. Geraldine, Sharon Grace arvi Peggy Selsdorf were chosen as project honor winners and Esther Martin, Joanne Resheske and Barbara Sellek were runners-up. One of the sixteen McHenry County girls chosen as an outstanding county girl, wasSharor. Grace Sells. - r Hollywood movie will be shown at tt» M SAYERN> RESTAURANT - : r L I L Y L A K E SATURDAY, 80*. 13, at 8:30 Ml located l1/* &11m Wort of Volo on Bt -- ADMISSION FREE --i :k V- , '% s £ The Confirmation Class (a class for instruction in the Bible and in Christian doctrines) will enroll at the Gospel Center on Saturday mornini September 20, at 10 o'clock. This wil be the first class of this kind ever conducted In this community and offers an excellent opportunity for instruction and guidance in that we believe to be the really essential and all important things in the lives of our young ^generation. Young people within the age limit of 12 to 16 are Cordially invited and are requested to just bring a Bible, a notebook and a pencil. . The schedule of services at th4 Center for the week are as follows; Prayer meeting and Bible study on Thursday night, Sept. 4, at 8 o'clock Sunday B|U« School at 10 a.m. and morning worship service at 11 o'clock on Sunday, Sept. 7. We extend % w«rm welcome to one and all. ance premiums they pay. One-third of the nation's 1946 automobile fatalities occurred on the open highway. Heed speed limits I CLARENCE'S SHOF Kitchen cabinets and cupboards aadt to order. ' Full line of lawn chairs, iwingi, pier benches, nic table sets, children's play pens, sand boxes, trolHica, picket fence* window boxes, bird tones, hand www baskets, etct :;V v- Genuine leather men's and ladies' belts, pones, 4* I , GLARE^^ Johnsbm FABM ADVISER'S COMMENTS PHONE 29 523 Waakegan R4. Members of the Great Books club met at .the home of Mrs. Alice Noren on Tuesday evening. Virginia Caley, sister of Mrs. Hazel von Bampus, was a visitor at the discussion. CLINTON MARTIN West McHenry, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reuter took a real holiday for themselves over the Labor Day weekend when they went to Chicago for a reunion with eleven couples with whom they had dated back in their pre-marriage days. They also had a big dinner in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Crozt of Chicago while they were there. , Visitors last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Noren were Mr. and Mrs.* Glenn Noren and son, Ralph, of Chicago. New residents of the Wonder Center community are Mr. and Mrs. Trygve EUoft and daughter, Ellen. For many years the Eltofts have been summer residents here and only recently decided to make this a permanent home. (EUen will enroll as a junior at McHenry High School this week. Baby Laura Helen Wilson, daughter of Mr. and lira. Ralph Wilwn of Chicago, celebrated her first birthday on Sept. 1 at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony iBtogus, in Indian Ridge. There ,was a small family party with many gifts for the baby. Tilth of the soil was the topfc up for discussion recently at a soi clinic which I was conducting for eight farmers, who had recently had the soils of thttr farms tested by* our laboratory. Farm Bureau President George Richardson made the remark that the way to test the tilth is to walk over the land barefooted about a week after plowing. If it's comfortable, the tilth is good, if it hurts, the tilth is bad. A. H. McConnell says he sowed^ some winter wheat last fall that has yielded thirty-five bushels per acre. Northeastern Illinois is very fortunate in the prospects for a corn crop this year compared to most of the corn belt. Everett Mitchell, Town and Country radio man for .WMAQ told me a'lot of Iowa has no chance Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kofaur, Jr., celebrated seventeen years of marriage on Labor Day1. For the occasion Mr. Kolar presented to his wife, boudoir lamp shades of white taffeta made in a swirl design and encased in a protective shade of cellophane. House guests in the Kolar home for a week were Mrs. Ralph Dusek of Chicago and her small daughter, Barbara Ann, 18 months old. Mrs. Kolar and Mrs. Dusek are old school friends. On Sunday the Rod and Gun club will hold its annual meeting and picnic on the Rod and Gun club | acreage. The schedule is as follows; ^ # You'd b« SURPRISED! c- To Know Whcft lifti* Scalo, Corrosion and "Red" Water are Costing You I • 0**1* WAS'!*" MORE ja THE GREATEST ADVANCEMENT IN POWER FARMING SINCK FIRESTONE PUT THE FARM ON RUBL tVU tests have prove* rubber tractor tires 7 TouH «o man wortc and save tfcue and Ubei provide as mask as 69% greater drawbar pan. than cleats* steel Wheels at a saving of up to 31% on fasl when yon change over yoar Steel-wheeled toae> tecs to Missions fTfcssspisn OioanA Grips, revolutionary saw ttee entcleans, nstpnUs, lasts any other tractor tfce ever hailt. ALL TYPES OF FARM IMPLEMENTS CAN BE CHANCED OVER TO F I R E S T O N E T I R E S . . * HAY RAKES * MANURE SPR EADER S • WAGONS * PLOWS (?ome in .. . uj. aCout t&e {acu Also FIRESTONE Batteries. 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