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Thursday,-February 9,1955 THE MeHENRY PLAINDEALEB <*% O v~ am Johnsburg News By Hn. Betty Hettemuum 0 . jkl# Farewell Party • 'Mr. and Mrs. Prank Jung and daughtpjnp were victims of a sut prise .party (held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Michels last week. The Jungs are moving from their pr||entf residence to a farm in W^pnsin on March 1. They wers .presented with many lovely household gifts. Those present for a delicious turkey, dinner were the honored guests^ Mr. and Mrs.' Frank Jung anct, ttteir three daughters, Mr. and $$is. Leo Michels and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Arne Michels an$ family, Mr. arid Mrs. Clar- ^ ence Midhels and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Michels and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff 'and family, Mr. and Mrs. An^ Di Bonna * and family of Marengo, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus LaFontaine ajid family, Joan Michels and friend, Warren Hager, of Woodstock, Mr. and. Mrs. Bill Geis and family of Whitewater, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. "Bud" Lieser and daughter. A beautiful* cake was* baked in honor of the occasion. Double Shower Mrs. Marge Peterson was hostess to a group of ladies at ^ her home on Jan. 26, honoring Mrs. Esther Mangold and Mrs. Ann Zeller at a pink and blue shower. A delicious lunch was served" while the two ladies opened their many lovely gifts. Present at the Petersen home were%&|jffldames Eleanor Mangold, Marie Bell, Delores Meyer, Nancy Heinz, Rosina Weber, Olivia Hiiler, Marilyn Miller, Ethel Heim, Lona Patzke and Marie Busch. "A Likely Fish Story" Received a letter from Ma Hettermann earlier this week stating' that she and Mr. and MrS. Joe Smith, Mrs. Irene Tam- ^ asy" and Mrs. Ollie Keenan travelled to Palm Beach to visit and do a little fishing with Mr. and Mrs. Matt Laures, who I might > add are also enjoying the southern climate. . In two and one-half hours tthe group were supposed to have caught 100 crockers. It sounds awfully fishy. Do you thing we should believe it ? We should have proof of some kind. \ Observes 56th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith are in lifiVthis week for some very special congratulations. On Sunday, Feb. 6, they will celebrate • their fifty-sixth 'wedding arihi- WrsftFy. -We extend- -our most sincere v- congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. smith in honor of this very festive occasion. Birthday Notes X3n. Saturday, Jan. 22, Jimmy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus La- Fontaine, celebrated his seventh birthday. On hand to help him celebrate were Mr. and Mrs. Gene LaFontaine and children, Timmy and Kathy, and Miss Dorie Michels. Master Jimmy was the recipient of many gifts. Happy birthday to Johnny Joe Michels, who celebrated his birthday on Jan. 29, and to Katlhy Hettermann, who will celebrate her ninth birthday on Feb. 6. Also in line for congratulations are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ross but for another reason. The Rosses celebrated their thirtysecond wedding anniversary on Jan. 26. Polio Drive At this time I don't have the exact amount collected in this vicinity for the polio drive but it is over the $125 mark. Next week I will have the amount collected and the workers, who so ably assisted "Speed" Stilling in this drive. (Moose Talent Show Next Thursday and Friday, the McHenry Moose , lodge vis having a home talent show entitled "Holiday Ahoy" at the high school. Another highlight is the sponsoring of a Tiny Tot contest. , '"Morton Memos" Ed Hettermann received a letter from "Mayor" Bill Ricks, who is spending the winter in Morton with his daughter and husband, the Emil Boilers. Bill has gained over ten pounds since he h£& been there. Must be getting some good home cooking. He added the weather down there is pretty cold too. Morton has had seven inches of snow to date and has been hitting the zero mark right along. "Mayor" Ricks hopes to be back (here to see the early tulips bloom. MOOSE LODGE This is ritual committee month for our chapter and those members who attended the Feb. 1 meeting all agree that Chairman Doris Lowe and her committee are off to a grand start, for Tuesday nigfht's program, which included a real Down, South cakewalk, proved to be one of the most entertaining of the year. Highlighting the program was a talk given by Mrs. Imogene Ruckstuhl of our neighboring Crystal Lake chapter, on the value and importance of ritual work to chapter meetings. Refreshments were served by the ritual committee. On Saturday evening, Feb. •* 19, the ritual committee will hold a silent auction and public card party. Anyone having anything in the way of a white elephant is urged to bring it to the Feb. 15 meeting or contact Dorian Lowe"5 or Ann Rodenkirch, auction chairmen, so they have time to prepare the items for" the auction. Refreshments will be served, so plan an evening out with your friends at the lodge hall for this occasion on Feb. 19, for an entertaining evening is in order. Fun will get under way, at 8:30 p.m. Watch this column for news of the Feb. 15 meeting, at which time tlhe ritual committee is planning to present an interesting guest who will lecture, using illustrated slides. Savings Inveszefl in Crystal Lake Savings and Loan earn 2'/2% plus y2% extra. 28-ti CLARENCE'S SHOP Bird and Dog Houses, Lawn Chairs and Swings, Picnic and Umbrella Tables. Pier Benches, Window Boxes, Flower Wheel Barrows, Rose Arbors, Trellises, Picket Fences, etc. Children's Swings, Sand Boxes, Play Pens, Tables, etc. . Made to Order: Cabinets, Chest of Drawers, Screens, etc. Cement Cesspool Rings and Chimney Caps. CLARENCE J. SMITH JOHNSBURG, ILL. MeHENRY 1515-J FARM SERVICE WAY AUCTION : ftenry A. Freeman.Auctloneer, Hebron, 111., Phone 4881 Having rented the farm the undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the Tibbitts farm located 4 miles north of Hebron, 111., or 4 miles Sout^i of Lake Geneva, Wis., on Route 120 on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955 to Start at 10 o'clock -- Lutheran Ladies will Serve Lunch 55 HEAD HOLSTEIN CATTLE 86 COWS--12 fresh, 8 springing, balance milking good. 4 heifers, springing; 8 bred heifers, 2 years old; 7 open heifers. MILKING EQUIPMENT--DeLaval mLlking machine, 4 single units, pump, motor, pipe for 49 cows; 20 milk cans; 3 pails; 2 strainers; 2 wash tanks; 2 electric water heaters; DeLaval separator with motor. 20 HEkb OF HOGS ft EQUIPMENT--20 shoats, weight 125 lbs.; 2 hog feeders; 3 hog troughs; 2 50-gal. waterers. 50PQULTRY & EQUIPMENT--50 yearling hens;'14 ft. brooder house; trooder stove; 4 chick feeders; 4 chick founts. RAIN,-HAY, FEED--2850 bales alfalfa hay, 2nd cutting; 1450 bales alfalfa ihky, 1st cutting; 800 bales straw; 1100 bu. oats; 1500 bu. ear corn; 21 bags 3-9-27 fertilizer; 3 bu. of Ranger alfalfa seed. TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT--2 F-20 tractors with cultivators, one is power lift; M-H'"44" with culti.; 3-14 in. trac. gang plow; 2-14 in. trac. gang plow; McD. 8 ft. tandem disk; New Idea manure spreader; Mc& S ft. field Higger; McD. silo filler; bundle loader & wagon hitch; 50 ft. drive belt; New Idea power mower, new this year; McD. 2 row corn placer with 110 rods of wire, new; Little Giant 34 ft. double chain elevator; Little Giant 30 ft. single chain elevator; 5 A hog houses; 2 aalt feeders; 2 silo carts. . FARM MACHINERY--McD. 8 ft. grain drill with fertilizer; grapple fork; harpoon fork; 8 ft. cultipacker; 200 ft. hay rope; 4 sec. lever drag; 3 Sec. lever drag; 2 horse drawn corn planters; 3 high speed trailer wagons on rub. flat hay rack and other farm machinery. r Usual Farm Auction Service, Inc. Terms. F.C. TIBBITTS FARM AUCTION SEBWCEy QiC., ClftTklng Navy Announces New Program * Recognizing that the transition from civilian life to military life is not an easy one for a young man to make, the United States Navy has now instituted a new enlistment feature called the "Buddy Program." The program permits initial enlistments in the regular Navy in groups of frrom two to twenty "buddies" who want to go through recruit training together. The Navy feels that continuing established friendships in service is particularly helpful in the early indoctrination phase of a man's training. Being with friends makes the young man lhappier and hence more eager to learn and absorb a new way of life. Under this plan, all applicants are assured by the recruiting service that they will, to the maximum extent possible, undergo training together in the same company at the Naval Training Center. The only circumstances which could cause separation of a group of "buddies" would be sickness, failure to meet minimum requirements for recruit training, or unsatisfactory progress while in training. Personnel enlisting under this program will be transferred as a group to the appropriate Naval Training Center and be assigned to the same recruit company. As a further extension of this idea, the Navy Department has also sanctioned the organization of special recruit companies on an "all-city," "all-county" or "allstate" basis. Well, Well The difference between "just so" and "just so-so" seems to be almost a unique case where a doubling of the word tends to make it weaker, it is the general order, especially in pidgin English, that repetition is resorted to for emphasis. SUCCESSFUL A successful vacation is one that turns the color of • the circles under your eyes from black to tan. UNIMPRESSED A home town is where people wonder- how you got as far as you have. Y.F.W. NEWS The last meeting of the V.P.W. auxiliary held at the clubhouse Jan. 24 saw fifteen members present in spite of the snow storm and zero temperatures. The meeting was called to order by the president and minutes of the last meeting were read. Election of officers was then held to fill the two vacated chairs. Our new senior vice-president is Florence svoboda. Connie Thomas was elected conductress. Congratulations to both these girls. They will finish our auxiliary year, which runs until June. An announcement was made of a joint meeting to be held Monday (last), Jan. 31. Gussie Diedrich and Mary Hettermann were appointed to the food committee for this meeting. Mary Weideman, hospital chairman, gave a report on the last Downey party. Mary Hettermann, Pat Haynes, Irene Stoller, Mrs. Thompson and the chairman attended. The girls served orange juice, cookies and fruit to the patients and played cards* Don't forget to make at least two trips a year to Downey. This eases the load on . your chairman when she is looking for volunteers. A motion was mtode to give $25 to the March of Dimes. Our last meeting (Jan. 10) saw a pledge of $10 to the Girl Scouts and may we also mention at t&is time, jjrith a thank you, an anonymous donation of $5 toward our Christmas baskets. Don't forget the Feb. 12 Patriotic conference at the Sherman hotel in Chicago. Any girls driving in will be reimbursed for their car expenses. It was also voted to reimburse the drivers of tJhe Downey cars. After a short discussion of the new plans for he kitchen it was announced that the Feb. 14 meeting would be a Valentine party. Come and have a good time. Food committee consists of Florence Svoboda and Tina Morrison. 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The governor, in turn, in his legislative message urged that thie daytime limits be set at either 60 or 65 and the nighttime limits be 50 or 55. At present, t)\ere is no set speed limit for passenger cars on Illinois highways. The law limits the speed only' to what is "reasonable and proper" under the conditions. This, it has been argued, is subject to a variety of interpretations because what a motorist may consider "reasonable and proper" may be quite different from the point of view of an arresting officer and may, as a matter of fact, vary from officer to officer. The modern automobile is able to reach speeds of 80 to 90 miles an hour with less effort than its predecessors required to attain speeds of 35 to 45. As a result, the natural temptation has been to drive faster and faster as we have become lulled into believing that we can drive more safely today at the higher speeds. This, however, is not so. The read danger of high speeds does not necessarily lie in increased frequency of accidents but rather in increased severity. Hathaway G. Kemper, a pionee$ in highway safety, has pointed out that traffic figures indicate the faster a motorist drives the greater are hfs chances of being killed if he has an accident. Kemper cited the following figures to show how the death rate in accidents increases with speed (the first figure giving the vehicle speed and the second figure the fatalities per 1,000 accidents): 40, 46.9; 45, 53.0; 50, 80.0; 55, 92 I; 60, 136.2; 65, 153.2; 70 and up; 246.9. Some people may argue that, in this jet-propelled atomic age, drivers are entitled to go faster to get where they are going sooner. Actually, driving at a higher speed doesn't make too much difference in the amount of time spent on a trip. In a test in Kansas, two cars were sent out on a 295-mile trip over the same route, one car was driven at a top speed of 65 and the other at a top speed of 50. The driver who went at the 65- A group of citizens would appreciate your votes for the following candidates to be elected as members of the School Board of District 12 at Johnsburg Public School FEBRUARY 5, 1955 Election Hours: Noon to 7 p.m. EARL KOCH GEORGE BOSSLER HERMAN STAMER IRVING LISHAMER JOHN TRENDLER RALPH MUELLER WALTER KERBER (Adv.) mile top made the trip fu # hours and 25 minutes. The 50 m.p.h. driver made it in 6 hours and 50 minutes. The faster driver saved 25 minutes but he took more chances and he lost 11 per cent in gasoline consumption and 50 per cent in oil consumption. No matter what action the legislature takes, you owe it to yourself and to your family <,to drive carefully. After all, the true test of driving skill is not the ability to drive a car as fast as it Mil go but the ability to reach/ your destination in one piece. Last year, approximately 2,100 persons were killed in traffic accidents in Illinois. Speed was a major factor in this terrible toll. More and more results of the state's road improvement program are in evidence -- such as the reopened 23-mile stretch of U.S. Rt. 150 south of Danville, closed since July*„ the reconstructed seven miles of U.S. Route 51 between Carbondale and DeSota, and the new Schuyler avenue bridge in Kankakee costing almost $679,000 and handling some 8,000 vehicles daily already. NEW ASSKiBttBBBfTB Governor William O. Stratton has appointed Robert D. PAtton; present state purchasing agent, to the position of chairman of the Illinois Youth . commission. This post has been vacant since the resignation of Lee Daniels last summer. Eugene J.. Qsachorski of Chicago, a member of the commission, has been acting chairman. The governor appointed Vernon R. Forgue, of Maywood, an administrative assistant in his office, as purchasing agent to succeed Patton. Savings of millions of dollars in state purchases as compared to former years are reported to have resulted" from practices instituted by Patton. These improved methods will be continued1 by Forgufe; the governor said, and otter 'changes will be put into effect wherever it is found possible, to make additional savings for Illinois taxpayers. i WHAf ABOUT TAX? The director of the United States Mint should consider the circulation of a new coin worth 98 cents, and. folding money in $199.95 and $299.95 denominations. » ALKALI RESISTANT . . „ Elliotts CONCRETEX A Rubber-base ready-mixed masonry coating made with "Goodyear Pliolite S-5" -- for Stucco, Brick, Cement, Cinder Block, and Asbestos Shingles and Siding. A self primer and sealer with exceptional hiding power. 30 popular colors. IDEAL FOR BASEMENT WALLS VYCITAL'S HARDWARE PHONE 9S 182 SO. GREEN STREET SHEET METAL SHOP MoBENBir, ILL. m Tender, Steer Corner of Green & Elm St., McHenry. IIL. MANOR HOUSE COFFEE Reg. Price $1.09 Lb. Our Price 99h>. with any $2.00 purchase RED LABEL - 46 oz. 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