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^'n \ ^ 7 ( ^ ^ V r ' ; Wednesday, December 22,1954 txW THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Holiday Specials ar Chocolate has a special place during the Christmas season. One of its popular variations is hot fudge sauce. Mrs. Pearl Z. Janssen, foods specialist at the University of Illinois, gives this easy-to-make recipe. Make the sauce in quantity, store it and use to dress up holiday desserts. ' Hot Fudge Sauce 1% cups evaporated milk 2 cups sugar 4 ounces (squares) unsweetened chocolate % cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon salt Heat milk and sugar to boiling pojft, and boil "hard for one minute while stirring. Then add the uncut chocolate and continue to stir and heat until the chocolate is melted.. Remove mixture ffom heat and beat with a rotary beater until smooth. Add butter, vanilla, and salt; mix well and cool. When ready to serve the sauce, reheat it over a very slow heat with stirring, or in the top of a double boiler. This hot, thick chocolate sauce is 'delicious on ice cream, or a plain cake. It is especially good on peppermint stick ice cream. Nut Variations • Glazed, salted, spiced and minted nuts make a favorite Christmas goodie for your family to nibble on during holidays. Mrs. Janssen suggests that you make your own now that nuts are expected to be lower in price because of the unusually go6d crop. Mrs. Janssen says you can takf a shortcut in making salted nuts by using your oven rather than the top of the stove. Bleach almonds and peanuts before salting. Wash and drain and then spread the moist nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet or in a shallow pan. Sprinkle them evenly with salt, allowing about two teaspoons of salt to one pound of shelled nuts. Then bake the nuts for about 20 minutes or until they are a delicate brown in a moderate (350° P) oven. Stir occasionally to assure even heating and browning. As soon as the nuts have cooled, they will be crisp. Spiced almonds can also be made easily and quickly in the oven. Coat unblanched almonds with egg white. Then roll them ih a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, using one tablespoon of „ cinnamon to one-half cup of sugar. Spread on a baking sJjeet, and bake in a slow oven (300# F) for about 30 minutes. Other variations are the popular orange pecans and minted nuts. To prepare them, place fondant in a bowl over boiling water. Add a few drops of water and heat, while stirring, until the fondant is melted and hot. Remove the bowl from heat, and add grated orange rind for orange pecans or a couple of drops of oil of peppermint for the minted nuts. Beat the mixture until it starts to thicken. Add enough nuts to use all of the the fondant to coat the nuts. Then spread the coated nuts on waxed paper, separate them and let them dry. "BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT, THEN GO ' AHEAD" * (Author's name below) No prescription is ever dispensed until we are absolutely certain everything about it is "Right". Not only must every ingredient be exactly as your Physician specifies, but our careful checking system absolutely prevents any possibility of error. T ipson raffic CHARLES F. CARPENTIER Secretary of State This Is Christmas week, one of the happiest, most joyous times of the year. You are probably in the throes of last minute Christmas shopping or busy making plans fqr ether observances of the holiday season. Don't let your concentration on those matters distract your atten- <: tion from your driving. Tragedy is never welcome in any family, but it is worst when it comes at Christmas time. A moment's thoughtlessness or carelessness In the operation of your car could bring tragedy to your family or cause you to bring it to someone else's family. Be especially alert, because others may not be. And have a truly Happy Christmas! A copy of the completely new "Rulps of the Road" booklet will be sent to you free upon request. Write to CHARLES P. CARPENTIER, Secretary of Stats, Springfield, Illinois. Twenty-one guns constitute a presidential salute. A dollar was once called a joachimsthaler. Twice Told Tales Twenty-Five Years Ago John Barbian, retired cigar mainufacturer, died at his home on Bioad street in this city on Monday evening, aged 67 years. A fire which caused considerable excitement occurred about noon on Monday at the home of Ben J. Dietz, south of town on Fox river. I3ie blaze started in the chicken house, which quickly burned to the ground. Thirty-two fine full-blood Ancona chickens Were lost in the fire. On last Tuesday afternoon Miss Katherine Walsh appeared . on a program given by the Woman's club at Bethany Lutheran church at Crystal Lake. She delighted the audience with her reading of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." A daughter was born this morning, Dec. 23, to Mr. and Mr?. John Kilday. William White, one of the quartet which robbed the West Mc- Henry State bank last year, was given a life sentence in the criminal court at Chicago Tuesday night by a jury hearing the evi-r dence in his trial for the murder of a policeman at Forest Park. While doing some trading in Welter's store at Ringwood one evening last week, Amas Smith had the misfortune to fall through a trap door to the basement. Ai) unusual offering of WJJD and WEBH, America's twin radio stations, was heard last Thursday, Dec. 16, when Clara Clemens, daughter of the late Mark Twain, appeared in scenes from "Joan of Are," which is staged by Paul Stephenson, 1917 McHenry graduate, a widely known American producer. Those who live in the future must always appear selfish to those who live in the past. In 1933 unemployment in the U.S. was 15 million. mrk for Hou Ask Your To McHENRY 26 When You Need A Medicine A great many thoughtful people entrust us with the responsibility of filling their prescriptions. May we compound yours? NYE Drug Store "WALGREEN AGENCY" 129 N. Riverside Dr. McHenry, J1L PRESCRIPTION CHEMISTS * Quotation by David Crockett 1812 GAS PUMP THOUGHTS By: Ed Guettler We thought that we'd like to take the opportunity Christmas gives us to tell you 'just how we value friendship. You've heard some people say, "Business is one thing, but friendship is another." But, this isn't true at all. There certainly wouldn't be no pleasure in the filling station business without friendship. We are mighty happy to have so many business friendships and it is our sincere wish at GUETTLER'S CITIES SERVICE to continue building our friendship for many years to come. May the joys of this Happy Season be yours in fullest measure. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all from the fellows at GUETTLER'S CITIES SERVICE' at HIGHWAY 31, McHENRY, ILL. p<*4 mm ***** NOTHING like glass for fine flavor protection Yes . . . there'* nothing like glass to protect the delicate flavor of finest foods. That's why glass bottles and jars are by far the favored container for milk, syrup, ketchup, vinegar, and many other fine foods and ingredients. Handy glass bottles assure honest measure of contents . . . never leak. Buy your milk by the quart or by the economy gallon or half gallon . . . but buy it in glass . . . and be sure Mickey the Milkman soys: "YOU'LL ENJOY THE CONVENIENCE pF OUR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE*' For Your Convenience We Deliver Two Half Gallons at Gallon Prices. FREUND'S DAIRY, Ine. Route 31 Phone McHenry 195 2 Miles North Of McHenry For Christmas Fikn and Good Ealing " • :-•* You can make professional-looking apples on a stick. Just follow this recipe. (Select crisp, firm, red apples. Wash and polish. For the sticks, use wooden meat skewers, or flat wooden blades (tongue depressors) you can buy in a drug store.) Candy Applts-on-a-8tick t medium-slae red apples S cups sugar % cup light core •yrup 1 cup water Wash apples; dry;remove stems; insert wooden sticks flrqtfpln stem ends. Stir sugar, corn syrup and water together in medium • size saucepan until sugar almost dissolves. Cover; bring slowly to boll- % teaspoon cinnamon flavoring Red pure rood coloring lng. Remove coVer; boll rapidly, without stirring tp 300* P., or until 1 teaspoonful syrup separates into hard brittle threads when dropped into cold water. During cooking wipe Bides of pan often with wet cheesecloth wrapped around a fork. Add flavoring and enough coloring to tint syrup bright red; remove from heat; stir until blended. Tip saucepan; dip apples, twisting in syrup until covered. Let any extra syrup on apples drain back into Baucepan. Work quickly, placing saucepan over low heat or boiling water if necessary to keep syrup thin enough to coat apples easily. Save any exceBS syrup to help stick on decorations. Place coated apples, stick up, on lightly greased cooky sheet to harden. NEW YEAR'S EVE. PARTY at SNUG HARBOR Music - Entertainment - Refreshments Ready Mixed [~9 Concrete Predict High Speed And Alcohol Will Again Head Highway Fatalities Thirteen High speed and alcohol, perennial Killers of American motorists and pedestrians, once again will head the list of causes of highway fatalities during this Christmas weekend, when at least 205 persons will die in crashes caused by those two factors alone. According to a prediction released recenUy_ by the Association of Casualty and Surety companies, the probable death toll from accidents involving high speed or speed too fast for con. ditions will amount to 124 victims. Alcohol, taken too freely by both drivers and pedestrians, is expected to 'account for another eighty-one victims. Before the end of the weekend, which starts officially at 6 p.m. Dec. 23 and closes at midnight Dec. 26, there also will be thirtyseven deaths in accidents caused by failure to keep to the right of a centerline, twenty-six more for failure to yield the right of way and another twenty-three in crashes caused by overfatigued drivers or drivers actually asleep at the wheel. In releasing the prediction. Thomas N. Boate, manager of the association's accident prevention department, pointed to overzealous holiday celebrants as principal offenders in the accident picture. "This year, as every year," Mr. Boate said, "the party-goer who just doesn't know when to quit will substitute grief for Christmas joy when he kills himself, or someone else, on the way home from an overindulgent celebration. Any driver who drinks, even though he may not be obviously drunk, is a potential killer on the highway. It would be well for hosts and guest alike to remember that when planning a party duiing this Christmas season." Texas lead all states in railway mileage with a total of 16,473 miles. Colorado has the greatest nnm- p ber of high jpeaa* o: any »t*t« i h t h e n a t i o n . _ - ^ ^ Tortoises on the Galapagos Islands are believed to be the oldest living creatures on earth. Save More By At Home Season's Greetings from WALTER'S BARBER SHOP! JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS ' WALTER DURRENBERG, Owner ' i l l * 1 ...CUTS DOWN WASTE Stop wasting materials by on-the-job mixing! Tell us your specifications and we'll deliver the right amount of the right concrete mix right on time! McHenry Sand & Gravel Co. "RADIO DISPATCHED" PHONE B20 To all of our friends everywhere go our best wishes for a real old-fashioned Yuletide, foast-warm with love and frfendship... starf bright with the sparkle of children's eyes. ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. PHONE 1434 W. Main Street McHenry, 111. -- BEN FRANKLIN ON SOUTH GREEN STREET •HMHH HH& Toy Closeouts (only one or two of a kind) 3 - $11.98 Maple Table & Chair Sets $6.88 1 - $5.98 Metal Table & Chair Set $3.88 2 - $4.98 Rocking Horses .... $3.44 1 - $12.95 Electric Phonograph $8.88 6 - $2.98 Folding Deck Chairs , $1.88 1 - $7.98 "Ride "em" Fire Engine $4.88 8 - $1.49 - $1.98 Blackboards $1.00 1 - $3.98 Metal Kitchen Set $1.88 Tri-Cydes $4.88 1 . $9.98 Tri-Cycle $6.88 33%% REDUCTION ON ALL DOLLS selling above 5.98. (does not include walking dolls) All $5.98 Dolls Now $3.99 All $6.98 Dolls Now $4.66 All $7.98 Dolls Now $5.33 All $8.98 Dolls Now $5.99 All $10.98 Dolls Now $7.33 All Mark Down Toys Subject To Prior Sale Plenty Of Toys For The Last Minute Gilt | Slinky 98c Holster Sets .. 98c - $7.98 Cat Guns 29c - $1.98 Armored Knight Sets 98c Scrabble Sets $2.98 Transport Truck Sets $1.79 Store Hours 8:30 a.m. To 9:00 p.m. GIFTS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY Men's Fancy Dress Socks 49c Pr. Men's Helanca (irreg.) Stretch Socks .... 69c Pr. Boy's Novelty Dress Socks .. 4 pr. $1.00 Boy's Western Belts ...... $1.00 Boy's Scarf 8c Glove Sets $2.98 Boy's Flannel Shirts $1.98 Women's 51 gauge Nylons 98c Pr. Women's Wool Gloves 98c Pr. Women's Handbags $1.98 Women's Fancy Aprons 79c to $L49 Ladies - "Man-Style" Shirts $1.98 - $338 Little Girls - Holiday Dresses $1.98 - $5.98 Baby Baskets with legs .. $7.98 Baby Bathinette $16.98 Baby Buntings $3.98 For the hbme - Beautiful Pictures 49c - Large Assortment of , Pin-Up Lamps Parakeet Cage $4.98 Cannon Towel Sets $1.98 New Plastic Draw Drapes ....... All Types Lamp Shades .... to $6.98 Mixing » Bowl Sals 69c - $1.98 Wood Nut Bowl Sets $1.00 Plain and Novelty Ash Trays 5c - 98c Gift Boxed Carving S«ts $2.98 Box of 50 Christmas Cards $1.00 Closed 6:00 pjn. Xmas - Eve