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wmnnmmm^^rr. t&e Holy Published every Itandiy at He- Vniy, I1L, by Lacy H. Bwdi. IdMor ar.d Min*|er.....A. H. Kosher Editor .Adele frothlkh as eocoBd-clees itfesr at AM poetodftce at HeQaury, 111^ *e act «f May 8, 18T». Om Year .$2.60 CDITORIAI-- SSOCIATION Display ads for the Plaindealer Will be accepted until Tuesday noon Of the week ad is to appear. Classified ads will be accepted until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. News must be in our office by 6 o'clock Oil Tuesday afternoon. ! ® ur:. V-' Annoance EngageaMat Of McHeary Girl Mrs. Frances Patzke announces the enfartment of her daughter, June, to Carl J. Milinac, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Millinac of Lily Lake. The wedding will take place in the spring. • -sy ^ t ^ j Altar and Rosary To Elect Officem -r-Tw^k~-~: The Altar and Rosary sodality of St. Patrick's church will hold its next meeting in the church hall on Monday evening, Jan. 5, at which time election of officers will be held. The committee in charge of the meeting includes Mrs. Earl Con: way, chairman; Mrs. William Boetsch, Miss Lenore Frisby, Mrs. Joe Miller and Mrs. Harry O'Brien. Evening Bridge Club Members of ~th e LEv. ening Kathleen Norris Says: Mother Just Doesn't Understand B«ll Syndicate.--WMU FhIvm Has Christmas Parts Bridf* party at Woodstock, on Jus, , Sural Tooth Members ' Invited To Dance Rural Youth members Mid friends, ^ former Rural Youth members, older 4-H members and all high school boys and girls are invited to Sie the old year out and the new one in at a dance at the I. O. O. F. hall in Woodstock on Wednesday, Dec. 31. "Bob Gerloff, Les Luedtke and Helen Johnson of Pleasant Valley and George Rassmussin of Marengo are hi charge of refreshments. * * ,« Bkitertains At Christmas Patty y.- Mrs. Thomas Thonneson - Was hostess to members of the East River R&td Pinochle club St their last meeting, a Christmas party, on Thursday afternoon, lite table was attractively decorated in keeping with the holiday season and Mrs. Thonneson served a tasty lunch. Prize winners in cards included Mrs. J. Jerjens, M#s. Ben Diets, Mrs. Eleanor Miller dnd Mrs. Frank Adelmeier. A gift Exchange followed the meeting. f The next meeting of the, club will ha on Jan. 2 at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Nye.' Holy Name Meadber* Entertained Children Children of St. Patrick's parish, Considerably more than 100 in number were present in the church hall last Sunday evening, with their parents, to enjoy a Christmas party. A large, decorated tree proved attractive to the kiddies and Santa made his appearance to distribute bags of candy, fruit and nut*. The club enjoyed .^Shady Rest, near Wednesday evening of last week. A turkey dinner, followed by an exchange of gifts, was enjoyed by Mesdames Paul Schwerman, H. B. Schaefer, Thomas Phalin, ESdred Wattles, Ben Miller, George Lindsay, iEdward Nickels and Robert Thompson. • * • Seventy-one At ChrfataKss Party Court Joyce Kilmer, ffifa. <678, Catholic Daughters of America^ met in the K. of C. hall on Thursday evening, Dec. 18, for their annual, Christmas party. Seventy-one mem- . bers were in attendance. The hall was beautifully decorated, and si lighted Christmas tree and exchange^ of gifts made the evening one long, to be remembered. This was also the second party of the current card tournament, with brizes being awarded to Miss Mary Kinney, Mrs. Helen Dobyns and Mrs. Ethel McGee in contract (bridge; Mrs. Anna Sutton, Miss Rose Huemann and Mrs. Eleanor Nye in auction bridge; Mn|, Olive May, Mrs. Helen Miller, Miss Katie Weber, Miss Frances Bauer, Mrs. Clara Stilling, Mrs. Helen Heuser and Mrs. Lena Bohr in pinochle; Mrs. Martha (Ben) (Freund in five hundred; and Mrs. Pauline Adama in bunco. Mrs. Ella Buss, grand regent, was presented a Christmas gift from her officers, and she in turn, remembered the officers with personal gifts. A very delicious lunch was served by Marie Powers, chairman, and the following committee: Mrs. Helen H'ettermann, Mrs. Pauline Nimsgern, Miss Lorraine Thennes, Miss Catherine Wagner, Miss Florence Knox and Mrs. Catherine Johnson. There will be no business meeting in January. The social meeting and third party of the card tournament will be on Jan. 15. - 8eeared Farm Jets Under the emergency farm labor programs which were authorized by congress, extension agents made 7% million Job placements last Still Largest City , Los Angeles with an area of 480 square miles is the largest city la the United States in area. It is to. cated In Los Angeles county, the nation's leading agricultural producer and wealthiest farm coun% For The H O L I D A Y S VteHave H Kind Ton Want! Crowned With Bay Leaves Bay leaves, now used in pot roasts and pickles, were once used to crown the heads of ancient kings and heroes. The sweet bay tree of southern Europe is the true laurel <ot the Romans, the Daphne ot the Greeks, the victor's laurel and Doet's laurel of romance. Strength of Plywood -. Douglas fir logs from which plywood is made are called "peelers," because thin aheets of wood are peeled from the log, then bonded together into the panels. Actually, tests undertaken at the Forest Producta laboratory, Madison, Wis., have proved plywood has pound for pound atrength greater than that of steel. / M WHITMAN'S SAMPLER FAIRHILL A $1.75 . $1.25 $1.60 We Also Garry Other Famous Brands T Early Coal Mining The ancienta apparently did not know the value of coal. There<is a record of the Britons having used coal as early as 852 aa a household fuel. Mining waa begun in America in 1750 in Virginia. Prior to that tone, however, the Indians used poli» ed coal for ornaments and powuered coal in paint. PAGE & SHA$f GOBELIN ALICE 4 M ; Bunte DIANA " STUFT" CONFECTIONS A Limited Supply GET IT NOW! - Peerless Maid XMAS HARD CANDIES A Delicious Treat '• l:JPor All The ' Family •••' 1','^ 'ijp* SHOP EARLY AT Air Delivered Packages Varied- uses are being found for the helicopter, says Capper's Farmer. Its utility has been well established for spraying fruit, vegetables and orchard crops. A department store in Middletown, Conn., uses one for store-to-door delivery of packages. A helicopter also is providing shuttle service between downtown Boston and the local airport. Monks as Miners Near a certain monastery in Tibet, where gold is worked by the monks, large gold nuggets are immediately replaced in the earth when found. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, people there reputedly believe that the large nuggets germinate in time and produce the small lumps for which they are privileged to search. That's the letter. In answer I can say to "Distracted Mollie" only that to be merely fearful and shocked is not the way to handle this problem of the rising generation. Try to get it through your head that they live In a world as unfamiliar to you' as your world was to your mother and grandmother. Speaking from the pride of the latter position I have to admit that what was goodness, self-control and duty for us small girls of the Nineties is completely, utterly, wholly changed today. Women didn't smoke in the Nineties; they didn't drink; they didn't go to public bars; there were no movies, funnies, ice-cream cones, telephones, motor cars, radios, newspaper comics. Think what tftese mean to your children and what their lives would be if they were all withdrawn. Adjust yourself to the staggering changes. Mentally and spiritually, too, the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence and the violent bear it away. Tkey dmt tike rmgamufflnt, tpmd homrt hmging mm tktrmdio mi jttlttfir kmu with dr--dful comic weeklies.1' By KATHLEEN NORRIS ««"* *Y DAUGHTERS, Rosemaric and Beverly Anne, are 13 and 15, writes a mother from a Pennsylvania town, "and are beginning to be a cause of anxiety to their father and myself. They always have been our joy and pride, but as things are now in the world, I am almost vfeedy to envy women whir have/no children or whose children ire boys. "Isn't this a dreadful wa\to feel? I would have laughed at it a few years ago. But now I am often in nervous tears of apprehension as to what they will do next. They dress like ragamuffins, live on ice-cream cones, potato chips and candy; spend all the lata, afternoon hours hanging over the.radio, and fill their rooms with dreadful colored comic weeklies. Their language is careless and almost monosyllabic "All this is bad enough. But in a few years--at ahjr tim£ now--it will lead to excessive use of cosmetics, smoking of cigarets, motor trips with boys, extravagances of every £ort that will make* us feel that we bavf entirely kpt pur children. Wheh tpey ware quite sMfcll ve made the painful discovery that both hati learned to smoke, but thai jyts some years ago and was stopped short. -» Gaad Baa^e. Atmosphere. "Now I ought to tell you,M continues the letter, "that both these girls are darlings, handsome, goodtempered, intelligent and popular. They never have given us any anxieties of maladjustment, nerves, inhibitions. My husband is a wonderful man; our home is hospitable and cheerful. If I cottld feel that we are doing our duty by the girls I would not have a car* in the world. "But schools are different, too. I am bonified sometimes at the subjects that thejr take up for discussion. Nothing seems to be sacred now. The thinga I hear my daughters talking about, the matteraffact way in which they mention things I always considered entirely unmentionable, the jokes at which they laugh--all this really frightens me. Is there no delicacy, no reserve, no code of speech and conduct left in the world? If these things go on at 1ft and l3, where do they stop?" NO CAUSE FOR ALARM Times are eompletely, utterly, wholly changed today, Miss Norris advises a distracted mother in this article. Although her dough' ten are only 13 and 1$, "Distracted Mollie" believes that their present actions portend a grim future. "You can't put the clock bach," Miss Norris admonishes Mollie, suggesting that she accept the present conditions and standards, just as fond mothers have done for countless generations. Judging by parental standards, there always will be a "reckless youth." Many a fine woman of today drove her parents almost into despair in 1925. while they, in turn, were a constant source of worry to their parents back at the turn of -the century. In each case tbf apprehension was along somewhat different lines hist always alarmed parents were Moused by the actions of "feckless youth," Instead of constantly haranguing their offspring to abide by the standards of "the good oU days," parents should set a good example for tbek children and should encourage them to cultl> vote estimable qualities of ecter, Miss Norm counsels. Auxiliary Helps To Veterans On Every veteran of Wan who is forced was in a veterans' ceive a Christmas American Legion an Wm. Green rehabilitation of the local auxiliary uftit, nounced. Plans are no# throughout the country Christmas cheer to the veterans. The local auxiliary unit has taken part in the Christmas program for veterans being arranged by tile Ilij. noia department. Gifts will gx> t0 veterans in the Elgin State Hospital The gifts are being contributed bv auxiliary units throughout the state and will be presented to the disabled men and women in person by auxiliary members. Christmas parties a|ul entertainments have been sponsored by the auxiliary in all hospitals where this ii practicable. Help will he given in providing Christmas trees and decorations. More than 100,000 veterans are expected to be in Veterans' Administration hospitals this Christmas and the auxiliary is banning to make the holidays as lappy %s possible for each one of them. f t r 11 n i T m i t i » « i i r i j i mi AMONG THE ggOK her arm on Sunday. |eee#M 11 > sees eeeeeeftMee BIRTHS eeeeeo >i»teeeeaeeeeei> A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boyle of Lockport, 111., Dec. 16. Mrs. Boyle is the former Jeannette Lindsay of MdHenry. The couple has two other children. Sharon, 6, and "®uteh," 4tt. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ingersol of McCullom Lake are the parents of a daughter, born on Dec, 20 at the Woodstock hospital. A son was born at the Woodstock hospital on Dec. 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Thorns. The little fellow, wfio weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz at birth, has been named Robert Scott Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Neuhaus of Spring Grove are the parents of a son, born on Dec. 19 at the Woodstock hospital. COMING EVSOT1 January 2 East River Road Pinochle Club--Mrs. Eleanor Nye. January 5 Altar and Rosary Sodality--Election of Officers. January 7 St. Mary's-St. Patrick's P. T. A. January 9 Mothers Club--Election of Officers. January 15 C. D. of A.. Social Meeting and Card Tournament*' - ' If your children casually diacuss matters for which your own mother didn't even know the terms, it is because that is part of their education. Girls are no more restricted than boys today. Schoolroom ^classes take qp subjects long taboo; questions are an* swered with clinical frankneea; the mooda and misdeeds for which children once were spanked now are analyzed seriously and forgivingly. Children see their parents wasting time and money ana if divorce does not actually touch them with its withering hand, they know of it and count it in as an integral part of their lives. * Mast Aeeept Chaafe. Since you can't change tilings, Mollie, and can't put the clock back, be glad that your girls are healthy and have a normal enjoyment of life. Use all your influence toward cultivating in tham the lovely qualities of temperance, self-control, gen tleness, choice in Vords and manner. Quietly praise their friends who have these traita. And when you apeak of their coming yeara, of profesaional or married life, take it for granted that they will grow in dignity, kindness, goodness. Example is, of course, the irresistible cure of rowdy girlhood. They eventually will copy what they admire, even though it seems sometimes to take a long time. One or two embarrasing moments or the humiliation of seeing some other girl nicer and daintier also will have tremendous effect. Don't expect quick or even visible results, but keep the trend toward higher ideals, more accurate speech, more selfcontrol and less recklessneas and thoughtlessness. Many a fine woman t<f today worried her father and mother almost into despair in 1925, just as they, in turn, worried their paienta along somewhat diffevent linea in 1900. > ANCIENT .CLOCK dock, made in Brimingfaam,/ England about 1720 and in the possesion of his family for more than 200 years, ndw stands in the home of Henry K. Smith in Elgin, an employee of Art Wolff Refrigeration Sales and Service. The family history indicates that the first Smith •to own the time-keeper was a Henry Smith. After coming to this country he had lived in the east for a time and in 1792, crossed the mountains bringing this and three other clocks with him. The Older the The most important change withf advancing years in a dairy cow is a slight decrease in the percentage! of butterfat. The variation, although of no great consequence, is notic«* able nevertheless. A cow which shows an average teat of 5 per cent fat as a young animal will decline to about 4.5 per cent if die continues to produce until 14 years of age. 1 Demand for Nickel Until about 50 years ago there waa little demand for nickel except for nickel plating, for nickel coins and for nickel silver to make articles for domestic use and as a base for silver-plated ware. Since that time, and especially since 1921, hundreds of additional uses have been discovered for this metal, largelythrough scientific research. Complete line of Lee's poultry remedies at Wattles Drug Store, Mc- "It Acre mo cede ef speech mi emiuet Ml la dm MrUr RETURN VERDICT A Du Page county coroner's jury returned a verdict that E. Emmons Rees, 50, of Aurora, either fell or was thrown from a Burlington train near Naperville on Slept. 30, at an luest with Joseph Dieter, deputy coroner, conducted last week. It is believed that he became faint and opened a door to get some air, falling out of the car. The jury was unable to uncover any motive to indicate Rees might have jumped from the train. Mowing MaehiM Patent In 1822, Jeremiah Bailey took out a patent on a mower or grasscutting machine. This is the first machine to indicate the principle c o n t a i n e d i n a f l e x i b l e b a r . - '* Railroad Bight-of-Way The right-of-way is the strip of land, of various widths, upon which the railroad and its facilities are built. It is wide enough to provide for tracks, drainage, aignals, bridge abutments, telegraph and telephone lines, sidings, buildings and other needs. J" "•. b.' ' JUST AN OLD-FASHIONED YULETIDE GREETING 1'* « * •" * i • . To all of out customers a We'extend our very best Wishes for a merry Christmas a prosperous New Yea* ) McHENRY STATE BANlC Member Federal Besenre Syplem Member Federal Deposit Iasaraaea fyu~>ii n r -- - - **l~ ~ ~ - -- " < ,-- r <~i n rwi <~|n nrxyimfrj nersonw Mrs. William Guffey and daughter, Patty, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schessel of Richmond, visited Mrs. Mary Kravat at Elkhorn, Wis., on Sunday afternoon. Miss Catherine Schwerman is spending the holiday vacation with her mother, Mrs. Paul Schwerman. She is a student at Valparaiso, University, Ind. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay is spending this month visiting in the Ben Boyle home in Lockport, 111. p, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robinson of Woodstock visited McHenry relatives on Sunday evening. Mrs. Robert Newkirk spent Saturday in Chicago. !- Misg Winifred Paluch of Chicago, who attends Rosary college, is spending the holiday with her parents, the Anthony Paluehs. Mr. and Mrs. William Martin of Sterling are spending the week in the Clarence Martin home. Richard Ward, a student at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., arrived last weekend to spend the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs, Harold Lindsay and daughtery€re spending the holiday acatiop^with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest rnia in Volo. and Mrs. Everett Thompson and daughter, Kay, of Lyons, 111., and William VanNatta . of Crystal Lake spent last Sunday visiting in the Robert Thompson home. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson of Evanston spent the weekend with his parents. Mrs. Albert Vales has been visiting in the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and MrS. Frank Kempfer, Jr., in Medford, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thonneson are vacationing in the South. Miss Mary Jane Laures spent last week in Chicago. Miss Marguerite Johnson, who is on the faculty of the Wheaton schools, is enjoying the holiday vacation with her parents, the George Johnsons. Howard Wattles and son, Donald, left Saturday for a three weeks' vacation in California. Mrs. Eleanor Foley and children are spending the holiday vacation with relatives in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Laura .Wray and daughter, Maybelle, of Chicago visited in the (Ekrnest Loomis home in Volo recently. Mrs. Thomas Doherty, Mrs. Nick Young and Mrs. Oscar Berg- attended a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Walter Wilcox in .Woodstock last Saturday afternoon. Approaching Days Arf Important To Tenantg • New Year's day, marking the of the period in Which rent-incr leases may be negotiated, and Year day, Feb. 20, 1948, the end of the present fedi law, are fast apymaehing, of significance to tenants and landlords, Norman Nicholson, rent representative, stated In addition to marking the end ot the lease-making period, Jan. 1 wQl also see the beginning of de-control for all rental properties that alto under rent-increase, leases, he said. "The end of rent control really comes two months early for tenanta under rent-increase leases," Nicholson reminded citizens. "From Jan. 1 on, only the terms of the leaae will govern such rentals. There is no recourse to the rent office, starting' then, on places where renters by lease are guaranteed housing afc least until, Dec. 31, 1948." The rent official suggested that: both tenants and landlords make certain of their position under the* cent law prior to Jan. 1. CARD OF THANKS In this manner J wish to by sincere thanks to all those whfr remembered me with cards, flowers,.. gifts and prayers during the time I was confined to the hospital. Th<0^. were much appreciated. * *32 HAROLD J. FREUND. CARD OF THANKS In this manner we wish to expreflir our . sincere thanks to frietdi aa£i neighbors for floral offerings, spiritual bouquets and cars offered in our bereavement. We are also grateful, for the services of Rev. Fr. Nefdert and assistant. MRS. ROSE SCHUMACHER 4^ MR. AND MRS. PAUL J" SCHUMACHER AM) FAMlUt MR. & MRS. BEN KENNEBECK AND FAMILY MISS ALVTNA SCHUMACHER. ~-- IN MEMORIAM ~ Dec. 22, 1946--In loving1 memory; of Sylvia Crawford. Just one year ago today God called you and you went awaf4 You said goodby to none, T Your loving heart had ceased to beat; Before we knew it you were goh||j|.' You didn't fail to do your best, -4~ Your heart was true and tender; f You woriced hard for those you leftr And always will be remembered. 32 MOTHER AND DAD. Complete line of Beebe livestock remedies at Wattles Drug Store, Ma- Henry. 8-tf Read the Want Ads HIGH-STYLE DECORATIONS Nylon hosiery soon will beast embroidered motifs, fancy clocks, lace insets and even such flirtatious ornamenta as embroidered roses on the knee, Edwin L. Winpanny, vice president of Gotham Hosiery company, predicted at a fashion group luncheon. Reviving a style of 1910. striped stockings alA will return, he suggested. In diacuasing current trenda, Winpenny said darker Shades are in vogue and there is a growing demand for eeemlee* hosiery. How Many Trees? Hone Made No one knows, because new onee ! Gaiua Caeaar>yoicknamed CaHgn» are being discovered in remote ila because he wore milltaf^Jfay tropical regions constantly, just ! called caligae in his youth* while how many different species of trees j serving as Roman emperor* from 37 there are in the world. However, to 41 A. D., made hia horse a consul Uncle Sam Says days te iparthe CJiniUnis feeling. Second best P*£*J» m tae mm Christmas? There'saetWageamPs able to the warmth ef Chnstmi over 20,000, with a definite ecommic value, have been reported. Stay Clear of Deposit The largest deposit of quicksand in the world is at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, N. C. of the Roman empire. He later waa murdered by members at the P^®Ptorian cohorts led by Chaerea. When They See Only about one woman la gMMa color -blind* the feeling when yea havethe. to make dreama eeme trae fee yea and your family. Ike asost edMeat bfca"c kul?ongr e ofw a* *° buBi jsp * savings Is tfcroagh year company's Payroll Savings Waa ler buying United Slates Bonds or your bank's Peadyjseam Every extra eavtaf* bead yea add to your bond holdings Is one ™ore„, Powerful stride toward security. The best ChristMfts give your family Is te start a li- -ii bond every month as^O Christmae. J Gi" re$ll,t ta * *** *** " I C E CREAM ^LAV^IS FOR DECEMBER PEPPERMINT STICK , TOASTED HAZEL-NUT ' . CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW V ^AWBERBY ROY4^E ^ ' V NEAPOLITAN ; , RASPBERRY TARTS SPECIAL XMAS BRICK PISTACHIO NUT TREE CENTER IN VANILLA • SPECIAL NEW YEAR BRICK 1 STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM BELL IN • FRENCH VANILLA HOLIDAY ICE CREAM CAKE < ORDER NOW! ^ . BOLGER'S DRUG STORE --f PHONE 40 - » • • MCHEKRT if®! 1,11,111 '