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j; ^V|| :-'-v yr ^ TTy^^v^^V*** '•! by EARL R. WALSH ear I'm finally getting around to writing the letter I promised you ao many months ato. fllere's a littleTnfo about that magnificent University I'm attending: * Hooray! For the Gold A Black Yeah! Purdue! _____ »Atn AMD mtf IIIIS 15 TO BUT DUHDEE 11-6 TheJfeHenry Sbanrwki beat Dun wn^ ran nAT«rotai J*OM KIOSHOHD 7 TO 3 . The following box score was lost dee 11 to 6 last Sunday on the home in the shuffle until press time, a© ground* fa) the first game of a 2-; there is little time to tell you more out-of-S ^lay-off. 1 than the fact that the Johnshurg The "MM boys Started Strong,: Tigers beat Richmond 7 to 3 fast iisnil in tta middle Innings, the»» i Sunday. MHMd'itron(. The play-offs continue next Sunday with Johnsbuis playing at Richmond. Richmond Stilling, The Shamrocks topk a 5 to 0 lead in the first two innings then got a bit reckless on the base paths and gave away a couple of runs in the third. Those runs looked big as the Dun-1 Christensen, If dee team hammered away until they;V. Miller, p, d had a 6 to 5 lead after their bats in C. Miller, cf, p •»- the seventh. i R. Miller, 3b I It was in the home half of thei Winn, 2b seventh that the McHenry swatters Huff, rf -- Purdue' University in Lafayette !took «•** of the situation. Jim Larkin'J- Miller, lb .-- Indiana had 3500 F&ahmen students', "Sonny" Miller hit safely. Dick ^" fvery' c 'enrolled in 1947. Five hundred of Conway came up for h>? first bat i„ Heelein these were women. (Need I say I l e 1 KaiJe,,an D l lIel * tnPle deep into aore about the ratio!) It has the!center field-, Bill^Bolger executed the AB & * 8 t 4 4 4 -8 4 0 R 4> , ! 1 -0 0 H 0 1 8 1 0 0 I 1 0 largest Hall of Music of the U. S. i squeeze to bring Conway home"Gur . . ^Colleges, being second only in sise to^ger ^.ned a hot bounder through John^urg Badio City in New York. The uni-, p"™?* le«» at .th,,rd. »n? mpve<l Howw Freund, yversity officials have grand pro-1*® th'rd °n s hit to right N. Sm.^ rf ...... digrams planned months in advance for Murphy was trapped on an attempted B. Miller, cf .... nJhe students. Last year our list of,^ but skillfully gave the boys , B. Meyers, If-- Entertainers included: "The Bob Hope S^ase, allowing Guv to score. When » , "Show" (3 shows); Fred Waring and,Schumacher threw wild, it was safe G. Jackson c ^ ' his half-a-hundred Pennsylvania™ ?»»r°°.nd- The sconnfir ended for L- F™d' " Bob Burns and Jerry Colona appeared th"t. ln2Ing ^ 4 -- The Shamrocks put two more runs Aa ' J»?k*oA ftb - Jackson, so Totals n ft across in the eighth and Murphy put Klapperich, p the brakes on the Dundee batters. together; Stan Kenton and June Christie; Clyde McCoy, the King of the Sugar Blues; and The New York Metro] * jflg imif jjuuuuii • A. VV1UU Y V|| for ages listing the' super programs I™*®4 at Carpentersville park. ropolitan Opera Company present-'§&"\e was packed with action.: Madam Butterfly, fcwld go on N«x* Sunday the same teams will Totals AB 5 2 s / a 6 5 4 • :i 4 87 H 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 8 YKAJt toto&TOUTH F*0€HUM MdUmro BY LOCAL BUEDRS8 HEH One of the most Worthwhile profor many local lads. His program has! Men's Association was responsible' 6KAR1I proved so popular that the great J for seventy-two yttmg baseball fans: Saturday, A«g 38,-wfll'ha Grand amount of work and time entailed in i in this area seeing the Cubs play ball Opening at Jsamisiu'i fltelt- 8m^ carrying ifW efficiently has grown ®" Wednesday of this week. They which opened teesutly aa tSSS, beyond or ™ lESk'&SS , . . . .. „ group. Thus the Business Men's as-1 watching the same but also meeting i values in the lasteat fall Atimm aa4 g^ams ever undertaken in McHenry SOciation concieved the idea of get-| in person some of the is now progressing beyond the plan- ^ting behind the program ana is al-! players. gea, uadjg \ a fhH winter calen-1 . fenry Busiussa Men s jar, laid out for football "big name" n,»nC imd«r the sponsorship of j ready preparing the Mrffenry Bushwas Men's Assocta- 1 dar, with plans t'0Ih That group of men hope to es- and basketball. Volunteers have alt »bl»b a unlgoe youth program ready agreed to aid in the coaching whereby the very young lads in the job T community would be furnished a; The big task befsre the association sports Program te begin this fall and I now is raise money to purchase unicontinae year "round. i forms an<j other necessary expenses. [ Such a program on a small seale The plan which is being offered in j was started this .summer by Odilion this regard is explained in detail in j "Shorty" Long, whose patience and the advertisng pages of this issue.! long hours of training provided 1 As a prelude to the official opening' wholesome, enjoyable entertainment of the fall program, the Business skirts. Many of these are Hated «• the advertising pages of this issue. presented by all the wonderful stars. starring Kay Francis, also a] Now a little about the self. The beautiful campus >1 itis a -most interested, being a pre-med major) are among the oldest on this campus. The engineering buildings most beautiful and completely fedical Center has 4 authorised Physicians, and scores of technicians and nurses. The field house (men's steel supported bleachers. beams under the taking any chances on another bleacher accident such as the disastei 2 years ago. Now if a rabid Illini fan like your self will permit, just a few millioi words about our "Rose Bowl" foot ball team! It pains me greatly (oh yeah!) to have to mention this, but if you'll o . remember, TTie Black and Gold were 8c®r® fV Innings, the first team to score against Illinois all season. Or was it the first» McHenry • ' ' AB R H McCulla, rf - 4 2 2 McCraclcen, tf 5 0 1 J. Larkin, 2b S 2 8 G. Larkin, sa 5 2 2 Miller, lb ... a 1 3 H. Staiinf, 8b , ^ 3 0 o Conway, 3b --i*. 2 2 2 ! 'B. Bolger, cf a 0 1 Warner, c --.-- T. Bolger* ..-- 2 0 0 0 0 0 W. Bolger, e t 1 1 Marphy, g 4 1 3 Totals 40 11 18 Dnndae AB R H Menke, If 5 1 1 Grover. 3K 4 ,,-.-2. 1 Schumacher, lb ^ 3 1 1 Thompson, cf ..w... 4 1 1 Faber, as ...... ..... 5 0 0 Miller, 2b 8 0 1 ' Wacholz, rf 8 0 0 ; Meir, c 2 1. 0 Eggert, p „--^..-- 4 0 1 Totals' is 6 6 Dundee 002 021 100-- 0 McHenry 320 000 42 --11 team to start the scoring of the rr , ,T T ,. ,, . game? Anyway--WE BEAT ILLI- ^^®se. hlJ^; J-J2,r nV _u NOIS! Just ask "Sheriff" Blake.! TOr^-baaeh'fc,. McCracken, G. (Lark- He was with me in the freshman H bleachers watching the Illini being1 . T T„ . slaughtered. I don't believe he'll ^ ^ ever forgive me for asking him down! i!!*?' Schumacher to i to our Homecoming. He sure looked M . tK. r . - funny sitting when everyone was L^il f t j l j ! ' standing cheering for Purdue, and balls off Murphy, 7, Eggert, standing for Illinois when everyone * wallet for tr, A+h was sitting. It took all the diplomacy Walked for Wagner m 6th. I had to get him out of the stadium! ______ __ . __ _ ^ .. alive. Maybe his pretty dimples j INTER-STATE BOXIMQ helped him soothe the women, but AND WKE8LINO SHOW our Purdue men are big and tough, . _ ________ _ , __ _ . and I was worried. AT ROUND LAKE PARK - Well, Karl, there's your thumbnail j _ _ sketch of the "College on the banks The first Interstate boxing show ferent things bought and sold during of the Wabash. There's so much ^ ^ held in Kohler's Lake County the year. inore that I could write but I know Stadium> in Round Lake park ne/t you re busy (ftnd an I. U. (an) I Prirfnv niclit. urill f\nA «urh ctnrfi At Score by Innings .-- Johnsburg 010 040 11-- 7. Richmond 000 800 000-- 3 Stolen bases: Howie Freund, L. Freund. Two-Base Hits:' Howie Freund, J. Miller. Struck out by V. Miller, 3; C. Miller, 4; Klapperich, 4. Bases on balls off V. Miller, 1; Klapperich, 3. f \ ' ii Kn-ti Fam Hmrii Easily Kqrt, PrtfNaMt lliat every farmer should katp a farm account raoord is tte advice of extension specialists, who point out that th* furm account provides facts for studying the farm business. A complete record of the farm receipts and expenses together with inventory changes furnishes the necessary figures for calculating farm income, which is what the I farmer gets for his year's work and the use of his capital invested in the term business. Not only does the { farm account have value as a rec I ord of the farm business and a basis for improving the farm organization but it also may be useful in other ways, such as preparing income tax returns or furnishing valuable information in case of fire or In the settling of an'estate. Adequate farm records can be kept in simple form without a great deal of time being spent on them. A satisfactory record includes a property inventory, including feed and ! supplies; made at the beginning and i and of the year, the numbers of livestock kept, a record of crops i grown and yields obtained, and a ! record of receipts and expenses together with the quantities of the difbu I'll close for now. MARILYN PERKINSON. Friday night, will find such stars as ( Bob Vagnali, Gene Peters, Sgt. Morgan, 'Bruce Priebe and John Chcouske paired against - some of the best Well, Marilyn, you really went to amateur boxers in Wisconsin. In fii Wild '/tower Destruction In our more populous areas wild flowers are disappearing rapidly. town when you finally got to that' addition there will be wrestling mat- Much of our wild flower destruction letter. We take it that you like ches. ie due to advancing civilisation, that Purdue. Let's see--Where did The entire show is one of the best j which is beyond our control, but there you say that school is located ? staged by Promoter Fred Kohler this Is one tremendous source of loss that You mention iu a footnote that you summer and a capacity gathering is each person can help to minimize, will reserve a place for our son about J looked for. , and that la the toll taken by "nature the year 1960 if he has his dad's build, etc. No. He isn't build like his dad. His maternal grandmother was a Tonyan girl. That gives you OPENS NEW BUSINESS The formal opening of Fitzgerald's •« n£an f«rl. That gives you Inc. in Crystal Lake, men's Tlothing; an idea. He should make a good and dry cleaning business, took place! end or center on a basketball team. last Sa\urday, Aug. 21, in the »6uth My--when we think of it! Seems store in the El Tovar theatre buildonly a few years ago that Uncle Leo Winkel used to put Marilyn's little ing. The business is owned by! Homer Fitzgerald >of McHenry andj Fred Beach, Crystal Lake, both exsnow suit on her and bring her to j perjence(i jn this type of business, visit us. He used to hold her on his £he ]ocal bu8ine8aman also haa a Si SL2.* «« * F« «-*• overcrowded with men. "I Saw Stars" and they heard oraeter Installed A drunkometer, a chemical devici registering alcoholic content in th: blood, has been set up on the baj bridge at San Francisco for testing the sobriety of drivers. Drivers suspected of being drunk are given a balloon to blow vp and the air in the balloon is then {breed through the machine to determine the amount of alcohol in the blood. If the meter registers over .15 of 1 per cent--the equivalent of more than six ounces -:'^tore«* Honed OWi , . _^n»as most birds prefer to wait the birdies sing. It was last Friday! until late spring to raiss a family, , night in Soldier Field whei} the All- j ^ ^ horned owl becomes a papa °* whiskey or six bottles of beer-- Stars took a sound trimming from ( \ mamma) lp late February or ; U* man is too drunk to drive, the Chicago Cardinals. I Qreat owl neata m s The All-Stars were simpl, out- bullt * tw!**' hlgrh up ta a ^ ^ . , Back Beat Driven played by a team that didn't mate l*Bt' •ome on® ha* • ^d word mistakes. for back seat drivers. The National -- The Dark CeillftSft Highway Users conference's safety While we were distappointed in { Africa, an independent continent, department contends that this much not seeing a close 'game, the whole has a shorter coast line for its size j maligned individual can help cut the program and the sight of 100,000; than any other continent. Despite nation's death and accident toll. In people gathered together was quite' ^ lack of gulfs, bays and other cases where the driver makes a miea thnll for a country boy. | natUral harbors and the fact that ; take, remonstrance by the passenger Twas a biir dav last Sundav as few safe Places can ^ ,ound ,or j h«v« checked the carelessness hundreds of friends gathered for a shiP* to dock it has undergone pro- ; or undue speed. Still, on the other picnic in Weingart's Woods. It was! digious modifications by the explora- hand, too much advice or criticism "Joe Frett Day." i tion and mutual jealousy which can make the driver nervoufc or iri- Notables from all points were on' stirred European nations at varioys table and si*ect his judgment. The hand. Everybody we can think of | times to explore and conquer. It still back seat- driver must use his head but President Truman. He's having! was called the Dark Continent 70 ^ too. all th& picnic he wants right down; years ago, because of the fact that almost lmpo»«ble for ships! Toni Permanent Wave Kits, fl.25 w*i1l1l go dow1n ya s oneh losf, Vth£ee' .hbaupt p.itehls*t. to land. ' and $T2 .00. Wattles D•'•ru-ag S°t ore. 35-tf After all, there isn't anything that makes a person happier than Knowing you have good friends--«nd having them show their friendship. WHOOPS! A machine break-down at press time has caused some omissions in sports news--We will hold over such items as Ed Murphy's report on Junior baseball--Shamrocks averages will also have to wait-- Crow Pop corn is Injured seriously by treating It with crow repellent. Experiments en pop oorn by the UnW versity of New Hampshire extension service showed a difference of between M per cent germination with no treatment and about <6 per cent germination in seed treated with crew repellent. On the other hiuid, with sweet corn the results were Just the opposite. In many cases, the titated oorn germinated from 5 to 10 par cent higher than the untreated corn. In other words, the crsw repellent actually protected the can aeed front inlurious soil fungi. Toni Permanent Wave Kita, fl-2* mi $100* Wfttks Drug Stare. M-U PALACE RECREATION 119 S. Green St. PHONE McHENRY 349 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Now Forming All bowlers should register before August 28th. Bowling every afternoon and evening. Meeting of the pin setters will be held August 27 at 8 o. m. * " • -v ;-- • " ^ . V .. . -- - LEAGUES NOW rQEMINO ^ ^ Tacsday afternoon at 2 p. m. Tavern Qwner laSigties. Thursday afternoon At 2 pr. m. Ladies' League, 130 uviffi or over. FIRE! FIRE! FIRE See our fire department defend its title in the McHenry Gimnty Championship WATER FIGHT SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 at 2 o'clock ttVEKSIDE DRIVE, McHKNBT " i 16 TEAMS 16 TEAMS Let's back our team to win Winning team * will compete at Rockford for State Championship. BOXING and WRESTLING r, AUGUST 27th, 8:30 P. M. o Boxing Tentative Lineup ' 1. Bob Vagnali r •a George Rolo£T Lake Zurich Kilwankee \ 2. Gene Peters vs Gordon Watts Round Lake Pk. . Milwaukee 3. Bruce Priebe vs Bob Heintz Libertyville # Kenosha 4. Sgt. Morg&n vs Ken Johnson Tt. Sheridan Kenosha 5. Kenreth Pratt YS Tom TheHn McHenry Milwaukee TenCative Wrestling Bouts 1. Mnrian Mcskalewitz VS Carl Engstrom Chicago Fireman Carl Schurz H. S. 2. John O'Connell vs Kecne h Lang Batavia Central A.A.U. Champ iAKE COUNTY STADIUM LADIES' TEAMS CHILDREN'S TEAMS ROUND LAKE PARK, ILLINOIS WWWIIBD tWAMCO CAMPBELL'S PORK AND MargarlM •UNDALI CtUt . THIN SLtCSO Ot KMULA* |\ TOP Mt MEAB . 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