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OQVXTSD AWARDS ' «B1 MtSSSMTKD AT 0AA BA1CQUKT A total of 200 member*. ef the Gills' Athletic Association of the hitfti school and their guests gather ed in St. Patrick's church hall on Wednesday evening of last week for their annual banquet. Joan Andreen, chairman of the 1947-48 board, acted aa toastmistress. The president's address was given by Margaret Bol Eur, after which Miss Maurie Tayr, popular instructor of girls' sports, presented the awards, to those who had participated in the after-school gym program the past year. Nineteen seniors were awarded gold pins: Margaret Bolger, Jeanne Sugch, Muriel Butler, Marion Conway, Nancy Cristy, Mary Jean Doherty, Betty Fisher, Diane Freund, Joanne Freund, Virgin*® Freund, Kathleen Greene. Ardell Krueger, si' Catherine May, Mary Lee^ McCar- <4 roll, Lorraine Michels, Elaine Nell, Marianne Rogers, Marie Smith and Mary Ann Stoffel. A long awaited announcement th* came late in the evening when Miss Taylor released the name of the girl who had been awarded the sportsmanship trophy for 1948. Instead & of trophy, it was trophies this year, S; as a tie existed between Joan Andreen and Margaret Bolger, both f" of whom were presented with the coveted awards. Another very important award was also made during the evening When the tennis trophy fbr winning the all school tournament was awarded Virginia (Freund. Awards were also made to' those who had ranked highest in the magazine-selling contest last fall, money which is used to sponsor the, annual banquet. Dorothy Pfannenstill rated highest, her sales reaching more than $60. Concluding the program was the announcement of the girls who will read the organization's activities next year. They are Ferol Martin, president; Marita Williams, vicepresident; Patricia Gilmore and Fatsy Andree, secretaries; Terry Bauer, treasurer; Janice Justen, chairman of the board; Helen Stoffel, Josephine Guercio and Joan Ray- •4&craft, representatives at large; Ce- Aile Held in of the Aladdin of Oil Rubtlrfunp Backward Turkey discovered petroleum cey*s Diyarbakir region Tigris lies close to the of the "black-gold' triangle. This triangle, stretching southward from the Russian Caucaana deep into the Arabian peninsula and •lone the Persian gulf. Includes the traditional "big oil" producers of the Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, and Saud? Arabia, notes the National Geographic society. Beyond Its western edges, about 300 miles southwest of Diyarbakir, Is another Turkish district with potential oil value. Surveys made near the important city of Adana In this area have indicated geological conditions similar to those of the rich Mosul fields of Iraq. In the development of its mineral resources, many of which, like Diyarbaklr oil, are situated far Inside the country. Turkey long haa been handicapped by lad. of transportation facilities. Road and road building thus became an essential feature of the dramatic westerniziilfe and modernizing programs launched by "New Turkey" after World War I. Lines are still being extended, as is evidenced oy the report that ft million dollars ot the curent U. S. Turkish-aid fund has been allocated to road building. Diyarbakir is the commercial heart of Turkish Kurdistan. With a population of nearly 50,000, it serves a region< Whose simple pastoral life has changed little sinCe biblical times. Dredges Always on the Go From Maine to California There now in more than 26,000 miles of navigable water in the United States, one-third of which has a depth of nine feet JT more. A good dsal of dredging takes place in harbors and sefways, where shifting tides and sand ' erosion keep dredges constantly on the go. It is AMONG TBI 8I0K Marcia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Anderson, has been ill at Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan, the past week. Mrs. Leo Winkel has returned PASTY-LINES, USED ooasaonr, PROVIDE SXOSLLKMT SEBVIQS la. something like this.; credited with increasing the At the first tinkle of a telephone of telephone service to an. bell, this rural party-liner goes into! serving in another way now. •etioh. He takes every telephone people want telephone This (% Lines R. Busy) about jigglers aetion. He takes every telephone i ~orB peopie want (call personally. It doesn't make any|than ever 1 difference whether it's his or:wb*•St " •• MVVUV O O) F qff-the-hookers, ringer-answerers and "'ten to the Ustener-inners. Not that I'm try-; i before. Yet, at a ring or wn*n margins of reserve equipment aybe he just doesn't disappeared., there fs a nationrings, and because, he ***• °* exchange facilities try- j isn't sure, answers another's call.<*n® caw. So, the telephone coining to .slip any new words over on, At any rate, he's already talking 2. I*t tile \>ther fellow's calls be as private asvyou want yours .to be. 8. If someone else sides' to m«ir« MI emergency call, end your conuppers, not . Or, maj versa p. tp use the t«eywr party-Una raatlea promptly. And if you feast make a ber of telephone calls, wait a . little between each so that other makes better use of available' parties on your line can use the y Memorial hoe- /uu>. dui iney Kina-oi nc in wnen i«« »»»' oy ww ume you »n-; --^-JM-nt bjr temporarily >puUl% j telephone, too. • pital, Waukegan, where she was con-1 about party-line telephones,! swer the phone. | "JJ* one tollplHWM on a single j 5, Like table manners, telephone fined for a few days. Dunng the war, shortages of And that brings to mind the list- i "P v party-line^ therefore, is j manners are part and parcel of Mrs. Katherine Ficken underwent an" increased demand for ener inr.er. He's rally not rack • r W * J "'mwtotn child training #h«i, you • u r f * r y A W ^ t e c k ! f P f . « " ' ! » < < ' « » » - • » » ' » « • ! » • . »•> A»«-j this past week | telephone company to give party- ican institution in' a way. But we *. ~~p,K>n*- Arthur Edstrom Underwent treat- '^ V?™0* to %nV who wanted don't get the real old-fashioned kind .. ment at the Woodstock hospital this l i- .™? Mn*®. Because of con- of listener-inner any more, the kind Well, its obvious that friendly, past week. ! tmuing demand for service and with that used to spend hours at the re- co-operative Mrs. Harold Aim is confined to her1 "?*ny '"•terials still in short supply, i ceiver. Now-a-days it's not consider- j means better home with a sprained ankle this I {J?. ii; cannot furnish ed polite. And when you think abrat;J>m^So, we Mked^^Jor week. individual-liue service to all who, it, he's really invading another gestions on how to get the great-i face was a bit on the crimson Nancy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 whlch me M fellow's pHvaey . Z* ***&?* °# °Ur f®r" But that's just between us paMy- Otto Mueller, underwent a tonsillec- ? ^ae..investigating. This resulted! The party-line's beenarreat thing. vice: ,£ere «»»« « the pointers Hne neighbors. tomv at the Woodstock u--«*-' w! "1the dl»ce*ery, among other things,; Early in the history jof the tele- on good party-line neighbors: j week. 1 some new words. phone business came mechanical l. Answer calls promptly. If[ in, vabuu. So, I tried 'em out over the pin-[developments that made it possible you have a specisl ring for yourj ttaaait experts have found tlitt "t, •:m; teach your children phone correctly, neighbors appreciate it. We've started bur party-line teise of the psrty-line, form right here at home. I admit _ -- -- ^ ior the: when I thought of these things • en about So, asked^or some sug- and remembered back a little--my Durable Bread Probably, the world's most durable bread is made in Afghanistan. It is so tough and leathery that it is used asv a plate fbr other foods. Pieces of it are folded to town s p o o n s f o r e a t i n g s o u p . , f recognise that! it quicluy. When | r telephone, listen1 the average life at transit vehicles is aa follows: Bus, 8 to 10 years; New Color Television A new color television tube has been developed by Arthur B. Bronwell, Northwestern university. The new tube differs from other color tubes in that it is the only system with a composite viewing tube and single electron gun. Other teleoehle table the other night. Our 'or two or more families or busi- telephone, learn to friends mentioned that the folks on i nesses to share a single telephone ring and answer ii their party-line left their telephone j line. Many thousands who coujdn't you pick up your ^icpuuuc, ua»cii . , . .. - receiver off the hook. That made afford individual line telephone ser- to make sure no one is using the #Iectrlc^wscuessitrouey, U to. 15 the line "busy," aftd no one could xall vice became party-listeners. And line. If you hear some one talk- j J®*1"* • streetcar, 30 years. them or anyone else on the line for as each telephone is of greater value ing, hang up gently. Give the other; 1 1 that matter. jas it becomes capable of reaching fellow a chance to finish his con-! Complete line of Beebe Ursstill j '"Most inconsiderate." aU of us more people, the party-line may be versation without interruption, remedies at Wattles Drug Store, Mfr. !agreed. " ! ' . ' Henry. • «41 | subject of party lines in general That's where jigglers-uppers and all the rest came in. Mind you, these! pinochle partners aren't on our par- | ticular-party line, but well, my face was r-e-d. One fellow said he wasn't a listi ener-inner, but recognized himself vision color systems have three jas a ringer-aniVerer. But, one contubes • and two or more electron ; fessed he was a jiggler-upper. These guns. By coating three screens with j are the fellows who act like they're a different color phosphor which 'running a trap drummer's contest' corresponds with the three primary h^th the telephone "hook." We all colors, a composite image ^screen is 1*8rr®ed we don t mind a nice polite provided which enables the viewer t ijf* f °?. Ye Ve ,oVer*^ay ... • ed our time on the hne, but thes"e pnict'M"y m,ke • c,c-r optically superimposed upon each other but are separated by a microscopic distance and electrically insulated from each other. Pavlov, the psychologist and phyj sician, had his dogs trained to the point where the ring of a bell caused immediate hunger pangs. The ring •entatives. /- • V Public Pulse cue Tonyan and Dorothy J«ten,, ^ ^ # senior board representatives; Louise; . . . .. * . , . Johnson, Carol Freund, Sally Smale! h"*°r "J*00™1* t can fo"n<? and Patricia Huemann, junior repre-j Though a body of water may look sentatives; snd Joan Freund and! ideal when seen from above, its un- Nancy Siemon, sophomore repre- j dv-the-rurface terrain may be very uneven, with all sorts of hull-ripping peaks, slopes, boulders and shallow plateaus. In New York harbor sandy shoals and rocky ledges had to be cleaned out by dredge before danger-free navigation was possible. It was only 15 years ago that the giant U. S. S. i Colorado was badly damaged whan it went aground on a submerged ridge called Diamond reef, within sight of the Statue of Liberty. That and other hazards in the world's busiest seaport have now been dredged out of existence. Besides the work involved in improving harbors, deepening channels Prevent Insect Bites (All communications for this department must be signed by the writer, otherwise they will not be published. The Plaindealer invites its rsadsn to express their opinions in these columns.) Jhere is So much talk about our increase of taxes. Here is one tax levied for poor relief that is due now that has increased more than any other. New that the state pays the old age pension to people over ' end building canals, dredges are kept 65 years of age and for dependent children for the last seven years and there is work for everybody, still constantly busy on the job of main tenance, clearing the estuaries of rivers, and they also play a significant W taxes for poor relief the last; role In flood control work, hoping to three years were each •year more - H R than double the amount that I had levied each year of the last three years when I was supervisor and when the state did not pay the eld age pension and for dependent children. The salary of the Poor Master and Held Office was last year five times the amount that I ever received for one year for the same office and was more than the six aldermen and the mayor and the three Held Offices received for the city of McHenry last year. I have always furnished my own bend and now the taxpayers have to pay $200 for the supervisors bond.. S. H. FREUND. build levees on the onq hand and digriver cutoffs on the other. Thiek Seles for Wading Shoes used for wading when himtend fishing should have soles t II least an inch thick. ; ^v.:; -i Navy seaplane* now can carry complete docking facilities along with them to advanced bsses. An inflatable; rubberized fabric dock with plywood decking that is light enough for air transport, has been developed jointly by the navy bureau of aeronautics and Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. The development grew out of a wartime need for docking facilities at advanced bases before the arrival of construction crewa. jV Seeteh Highways * Macadam surfaced roads wetf named after MacAdam, a Scottish engineer, who repaired and constructed nrany of England's highways in the J8th century. The new seaplane floating dock la constructed of nylon coated fabric pontoons covered with a marine kl| grade plywood. Bach pontoon is 25 jfeet long by aeven feet wide and Is constructed ot four separate, cylindrical air chambers. When completely assembled, nine of the pontoons are arranged together to form an elongated "IT shaped floating dock. Deck panels are hinged to provide necessary rigidity for unity while at the same time being flexible enough to undulate with water movement. Three units are Inflated for the end of the huge "U" and three units are placed end to end for the extending legs. When completed, it Is sufficiently large to accomodate the huge "Mars" flying boat Minor repairs could be made from the dock, but its primary function is to provide tie-up facilities for loading and unloading of cargo and personnel from seaplanes. The entire doc.; can be disassembled and carried ia oae airplane, v 7TSH0HS 40" AT WORK 4 AT PLAY No use roasting along with the ham hock* at A* next back-yard barbecue. On the course you'll find Van Tee your best partner, fou just don't have to pull any string either, to get some of these superior tee shirts. Just say Van before you say Tee and you have it --Van Too. You can't match them for comfort and coolnds*, you can't beat them for style.' We've a wonderful coHifi | Hon right now -- stop in for yours today. •1.50 8M S. ©RE everyday vocation coivi |et your supply now! BOLGER'S DRUG STORE McHENBY, ILfc. Buoyant ans wer Back Road and Bo Ztrilui* 111 m Aow you evr mIgcNqm of Tftomf^ond -- * 1 * ^ -- - - - iwp_* I Ml el lis hissty «i • Trawnlwd ^OMwed of wSiBid quality wMh e »la»d Cstlfals of Gimrip ead •Hon* Come In letev* ••;,y StmfouA flewebuf W. Main St., McHenry TeL McHenry 123-J Per Bol The gun that wasn't loaded and ths bull that could be trusted have •«»+- thing in common-theyre bovTZ sponsible for many accidents. The "gentle bull" too often Is ths one that acta at unexpected moments, gores;; someone to death or inflieta aeriaus Injury. One of the principal safety rules with bulla is to handle them as little as possible. With a properly designed and well constructed bull pen. any bull can be handled safely. The gate and doors, as well as facilities for feeding, watering and breeding, can be arranged to eliminate all danger of attack from the bull. Bulls are not the only livestock on the farm to be handled with care. Horses were responsible for more farm deaths and Injuries last year than bulla. Idaho's Ore Center The Comtx d'Alene region of produces SO per cent of the production of that state. Wehrertae State Van's motto Is "It You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Lode Around The apple bloseooT la the s#tr and the robin the official bird. .tr V1:?' WMf*Vdewoll Nrw, « llhntrotad, wwllahli S wht cotl. Rsmbmhs that rough patoh of - road up yonder where die ruts and ridges make a washboard leem smooth? 1 die tiring teofsenee! brought by the drum and hum oi road loise and tremor even over emooth concrete highways? Well, clock away the miles ih this stunningly styled Buick -- iad meet up with the sweetest answer to such matters this side of eloud cruising. It's a ride that's soft and smooth •s velvet," folks tell us. And w» tell them it comes from • hoet of things.1 It comes from the ample roadweight of a two-ton car built low and wide -- and so beautifully balanced it handles light as a baton. It oomes from the leveling buoy-' mey of Buiek*s all-ooil springing which puts a pillow of deeply ooiled steel at each wheel to soak up the bumps and ripplea. It oomes from Ae softness bigger, lowenpressurs tires tbt eushion away rood tremors and roMghness -- from die sure-fooled, swerve-free steadiness of Bukflrt extra wide Safety-Ride rims« widest in die industry. /%MtlWapilnipiOpiNPPV from a brand-new engineering gem we eall Vibra-Shielding whid) banishes vibration build-up. Here for the first time you're freed from .the motoring fatigue brAght on by tiny tremors piling up into bigger ones. 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