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Richmond Community "PICK 4-H CLUB TO PBtFORM AT JHSTMCTMEET b.v Phyllis Carlson well as serve sociaifuncjiojis, or other purposes. / - ^ ^ : The Community Clovers 4-H club was selected to go to the district meeting at St. Charles ill the share-the-fun contest. Three groups were chosen and Richmond was first of the three. Many 4-H mothers and daddies and the 4-H leaders, Mrs. Roland Jackson and Mrs. Schlosser, put in^many extra hours of preparation as did the 4-H girls. The club also presented its stunt at "the farewell dinner for Ralph Ostrander last week. Congratulations, to you all. 60th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Chester Osborn ofr Solon Mills were married sixty years ago last Thursday. Because of illness only a few very close friends and relatives took part in-the celebration. On Sunday the children and their families came home. "My Fair Lady" The couples Club of the Community church plus some extra people went into Chicago Saturday evening to see a stage play. About two dozen people enjoyed the play and returned home in the wee hours of the morning, but agreed that it was worth the sleep they missed. Arbor Day Ceremony On the first of May an Arbor Day ceremony was held at the high school. Many young people of the community participated in ft. There were the Brownies and Girl Scouts, the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and the 4-H Clubs. They shared in planting- a locust tree that will grow into a lovely lacy tree that will enhance the high school grounds. The tree was a gift of the Richmond Garden club. From the smallest Brownie to the oldest Boy Scout all of the organizations were represented in shoveling dirt onto the tree. Mrs. J. Wallace Kruse, president of the Garden club, stated that the club° plans to make the tree planting ceremony an annual event. Troop Committees Meet The Girl Scout and Brownie Troop .'committees met at the Grace church parish house last night with a representative pf the Girl Scout Council who was to' advise them on some of their problems. Mrs. Bergtiolz Sails Mrs. Sophie Bergholz left Richmond of last week. She spent two days at the home of her daughter in Palatine and on Thursday left Chicago for New York. On Friday she sailed from New York for Bremerhaven, Germany. She will visit-- various places in Germany, for she was born there, and will return to the states in August. We surely hope she will have a pleasant Jtrip. Auction On Saturday, May 17, the women of Grace church will hold an auction and rummage sale at the parish house. At the auction there will be antiques as well as various items, too numerous to mention. At the rummage sale, which will be held in the morning, there will be many items of clothing as well as other items for sale. Come and Joofi, you may find just what you need. Prom The 'teenaged set is looking 'forward to the prom to be held May 17. The prom will be preceded by a dinner to be held at Gurnee. After the dinner, dancing will be the order of the evening in the high school gym. Friendly Service Group Yesterday the Friendly Service Group planned to complete whatever was left of its thirteenth separate projects for the year. It was the last meeting until falL During the year the group sent thirty-two comforters to a founding home, sent items to Southern Union, Dillar University, a thrift shop in Missouri, the Baptist Children's home in Lake Villa, to migrant workers, a^ children's home in North Carolina, Casa Mia in Italy. The group undertook the care, clothingwise at least of a family of five at the Woodstock Children's home, processed Christmas cards for many places. A fine record for a small group of women, don't you agree. Dr. Bertha Shafer started the group not long ago. Leone Larson of Twin Lakes is the chairman and Edna Speaker of Richmond is the secretary. Mrs. Hobbs has been chairman of the devotions. Community Church Addition The Community church additions shaping up very nicely At the pancake supper last Thursday evening was invited to browse and see the interior which isn'Jt yet completed, but has definite form. The basement area is very large and the upstairs is divided into different sized rooms which will lend themselves very well to classrooms for SUnday School as Church News-- ' Last Sunday evening the Junior Youth Fellowship met at the Community church to view slides of the Congregational church camp at Tower Hill. Sunday morning seminarian Harry Ecklund, whose home is in Harvard conducted the service at Grace church in the absence of Pastor Carlson. Monday evening the church council of Grace church met in the parish house under the direction of Fred Manak, vicepresident of the congregation. Monday evening the ladies of the ULCW. journeyed to Woodstock where they enjoyed a program presented by the ladies of Grace church Woodstock. Dr. and Mrs. Nelson of that city showed tehir pictures of the ^oly Land. > Thursday evening the Evening Star Group of the Community church will meet at the church. Next Surtday the Rev. Paul Erickson, parish education of the Illinois Synod of the United Lutheran church Will speak at the morning service at Grace church. The Junior choir will sing in honor of Mother's Day. On Sunday evening the Senior Youth Fellowship Group will meet at the church. McHENft? fciAttfDfiMJEft ^ Mrs. Kenneth Granger filled the guest office of guest receiver at the the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstoclc Progressive Camp 5300. New Neighbors The Lemke family has moved to Richmond from Elgin and will operate the Richmond Food Center formerly operated by Curly Stevens. The Lemkes have two children, Dwight, 11, and Diane, 8, who attend the Richmond Grade School. Birthdays On April 27 Ted Bielecki had a birthday. On April 28 Larry Diedrich and John Vierke were a year older. On May 1 was Helen Molinaro's birthday. She was sweet sixteen and celebrated with a party last Saturday night. Alan Kautz had a birthday Saturday, Betty Skogstad yesterday and today {Steve Edmonds and Jeannette Seaman have birthdays. Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs. Anton Haraldsen had as Saturday night dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunderson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindholm and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Du- Wayne Sheldon and daughter. Woman's Club The Richmond Woman's club plans its spring luncheon Tuesday, May 13 at Antioch. Open House Hie P.T.A. will sponsor open house at the Richmond grade school on Wednesday evening. May 14, the regular meeting night of the P.T.A. Children and their parents are invited to attend and to visit the various classrooms and see some of the work the children have done. WE FEATURE A COMPLETE LINE OF Benjamin A Moore paints DURA SEAL Wood Finishes Also •CLEANERS • WAXES ELM PAINT & SUPPLY COMPLETE PAINT SUPPLIES E. Elm St. PHONE 864 McHenry, III. Visitors Mrs. Kenneth Pentz and son of Springfield spent the weekend with .Mrs. Van Every. IRlrs. Pentz is Mrs. Van Eveiy's daughter. Here and There The measles are making their rounds and we heard of a couple of families who have them. The Savages -- Patty and Murray, the Speakers-- Elaine. Mrs. Kenneth Granger, Mrs. Klabunde and Mrs. Franklin Hoffman went to Woodstock on Tuesday of last week to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the Royal Neighbors camp of Woodstock. Under Here and There Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klabunde and daughters of Woodstock visited Mr. arid Mrs. Gus Klabunde and son of Richmond. ;1 ' v Sunday visitors at the Kenneth Granger home Were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warne, Charles Andrus and Art Carpenter of Rockford. Mrs. Warne is Mrs. Granger's aunt. -Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Krabbenhoft and four children of Crystal Lake were also Sunday callers in the Granger home. Mrs. Krabbenhoft is a sister of Mr. Granger. Mr. and ^Mrs. Dallas McKee and four children of Rockford were also Sunday callers in the Kenneth Granger home. Mrs. McKee is Mrs. Granger's cousin. Melvin Seaman of Chicago, a brother of Mrs. Vernon Harris was a weekerid/guest in the Vernon Harris home. Sunday Mrs. Lydia Klabunde and son, Gus, were .supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knaack of Woodstock^ There were two accidents in Richmond Sunday evening. The rescue squa<| was called out to assist. One was south of town near the Nippersink bridge and one was at Route 12 and 173. The injured were taken to Woodstock hosptial. prian Berryhill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Berryhill, is; the proud owner of a puppy. Brian will willingly show you his six week old, roly poly puppy and will enjoy telling you all the merits of the little dog. Peter WJ. Juiten & Son OXYGEN EQUIPPED AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone McHenry 63 wrvE JUST OPENED rot BUSINESS at the all new SPRING GROVE fiunJteb Gosnpcuuf CASH * CARRY SPRING GROVE, ILL. Highest Quality at the Lowest Prices' Between Fox Lake and Richmond on Hwy. 12 Watch For Our 8-Page Price List About June 1st AIR LIFTS In the past six years more than 15,000 members of Illinois farm families have surveyed their land through "soil conservation airlifts," according to the state Aeronautics department. A soil expert flies with the farmer to point out erosion and to show how contoured or terraced fields may increase crop production. Leslie Heiser, superintenderitlftof the Division of Soil Consultation, state Department of I."Agriculture,- says that more tharv half of the 98 soil conservation districts have sponsored annual airlifts. Before a farmefc is flown over his own acreage, the pilot traverses a prescribed route which allows t h e farmer to observe good and bad soil practices and apply them to his own larid. ^ Although the soil .conservation district is unable to provide funds, occasionally a farmer may be relieved of soitie of the cost of soil conservation projects by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A simple-minded person who has not been reproved by scornful children often speaks a superior grade of English. To know nothing about grammar is perhaps better than to know just a little, especially if most of what you "know" is wrong. CORN PRICES STABILIZE NEAR $1.10 SUPPORT RATE Recent prices of corn were 10 to 15 cents, dower than those of a year ago. There are seve r a l r e a s o n s for the loweiv prices: „ s 1. Supplies of corn are larger than they were a year ago. Farmers have About 5 percent more, and the government has 10 percent more. Total stocks are probably up around 7 percent. The western corn belt especially (except Missouri) is much better Supplied with corn than it was a year Ago. 2. Supplies of other feed g r a i n s , e s p e c i a l l y sorghum grain, . are much greater than they were a year ago. Altogether, supplies of these, other f e e d1 g r a i n s are about h a l f again as large as last year. Sorghum grain provides exceptionally abundant feed in the usually dry areas^ of western Kansas and Texas. 3. Much less corn than last year is eligible for price support. Fewer farmers complied with their acreage allotments, and much of the 1957 crop is too wet to qualify for price support loans. To mid-February, only 181 million bushels had been put under support, three-fifths as much as to th&> same date a year before. 4. Price support levels are lower than they were l a s t year. The average support rate for compliance corn is $1.40 10 cents lower; and for noncompliance^ corn, $1.10, 15 cents lower. 5. The soft and uncertain business situation also probab- RUPTURE -EASER c&ts Life Worrit Uvfag fOft ME* WOMEN, CaiDtEN «***. -V# BOWSER'S ** PHONE 40 ly weakens the market for corn. ' Against these price-depressi ing forces, ther6 are a few price-supporting ones: (i) The government has been s^ing less com -- only 100 million bushels since Oct. 1 compared with 140 million a year before; (2) exports have increased, amounting to 78 million bushels since Oct. 1 compared with 57 million a year before; (3) prices of livestock are higher than they were last year; and (4) there is a stronger demand in'the South and East for feed from the corn belt than there Was a year ago. Looking ahead, it appears that very little additional 1957 corn will be placed under price support because prices already are close to the support levels for non-compliance c6rn. The government may have to step up its sales of corn in order to prevent losses from spoilage. Livestock prices will not show their usual price advances this spring and summer. The prospective acreage of corn for 1958 is about 2 percent larger than for 1957. FihaHyj the price support level tot the 1958 crop seems. likely to be lower than that for the 1957 crop. The USDA recently ahnounced that the loan level would not be less than $1.36, four cents less than the pres* ent rate; k A change in government policy regarding export sales might lift market prices. Heretofore the CCC has been selling its own stocks of corn for export. Plans are being made to change to the payment of export subsidies as it is done with wheat. The subsidies would be paid in coi#- from government stoclss. Whe|* ther such a change wOu'I|l» i boost market prices would d&*| pend upon the rate and amount* *1 of subsidy payments. /y; * • * . L.,H. SIMfiR^. , „ , • „ Departmenfrap ' Agricultural EconomuS1 v 4 /-•ummtmu » wumt HJiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii^ = CEMENT CONTRACTORS I Phone 409 | COMPLETE LIKE OF CEMENT WO; iitiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiii MAY 10th CHUCK WAGON SERVED THURSDAY From 5:00 lo 10:00 P.M. SUNDAY From 3:00 lo 10:00 P.M. $|50 PER PERSON r: <0 -- DINNERS SERVED TUES. TO SAT. 5 TO 10 P.M. FOR RESERVATIONS OR SPECIAL PARTIES (CLOSED MONDAYS) PHONE 841 or 9862 SUNDAY 1 TO 10 P.M. o IS • ...asks UTTLEBILL 0 O CM Qfc D •* i » 'Electricity eon, 1*, today. y0u tn>°w it did 25 yea** agoJ> (7 Public Service Company A; jQ 99Buaoftvr«*litt Edison Company You're an average family if-- in the postwar years you'vo _ j added six new electrical ap- \ pliances. Shown here are a few typical examples. I This is why you're using ' far more electricity nowa-_ • days than you did just a few V years ago. And why life is a i lot easier. But of all the ' things you buy today, electricity has gone up less than \ almost anything else ' So, while your bill may be j a little higher, electricity is actually doing nearly twice al much work for the money now as it did years ago. * i Sh how little it costs to run Mck^ o f t h e s e e l e c t r i c h e l p e r s . ' " j a--Electric blanket--fust i1 14 a l l n i g h t . Gives warmth of 3 blankets, ? often weighs less than 1. r, b--Portable TV--2 hours for 14. The world's finest entertainment for pennies a day. c--Air Conditioner-- only an hour. This n M-ton u n i t c l e a n s , cools, dehumidifies air in 2 big rooms. d--Radio--5 hours for 1#. Relaxing entertainment for pennies a week. O-- Sun Lamp--healthy tan in a week 1*. Like having all the good of the sun all winter. f--Electric Shaver, 200 shaves 1{. Clean, close .< and comfortable. And it costs so little. Other appliances shown include: (g) Hair Dryer--Does 3 hair sets for2^.(h) ISO-watt lamp--Good reading light 3 hours for 14. (I) Electric Wall Healer--Quick heat to take the chill out of the air--31 an hour, (() Electric clock --thy exact time,, just 1# a week. I