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16 . PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1974 Friday, 13th, Bad Days? Humbug I How susceptible are you to sight of a black cat crossing prevent any evil spirits from Just think of it! the probing finger of fate? your path? upsetting your plans? Not just one Friday the 13th Do you cringe at the mere Do you knock on wood to What about the year 1974? this year. . . there was one in $utê /ian/ti yftfend SERVICES Mount Hope Church United Methodist 10J5 W. Broadway Pist&kee Highlands Rev. lien Schoenherr Sunday Wdrship U^oon., Sun­ day Sc|iopf, 9:45awa. Turn out the lights some night, touch a match to a single candle, and watch the miracle that happens. The flame wavers and then stead­ ies. The whole room is bathed in a soft glow, showing new shadows and depths, new softness and warmth. It seems like you are living in an­ other place, in another age. Switch the lights on again and they seem dazzling, harsh, until your eyes get used to them. Two entirely different atmos­ pheres have been created in the same room. The candlelight has wrought a kind of magic; electricity has brought with it reality. In our lives we need both magic and reality--and the place to find them is in church. The Church offers the magic of peace and relaxation; yet its message is real, sometimes even harsh. Its teachings are as old as time, yet as new as tomorrow. Go find out for yourself. Faith Presbyterian Church West of the Outdoor Theatre John O. Mclntire, Pastor Corporate Worshfip- 10:30a.m. Church School Grades l-9{9:00a.m. Pre-School -• 10:30 a. m. First Baptist Church 509 N. Front St. 385-0083 Virgle L. Chappell Bible Study - Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 10:45a.m. and7:00p.m. Training Union; 6:00 p.m Interpretation for Deaf at all Services. Special Spanish Services. Wednesday, Prayer Service. 7:30 p.m. St Paul's Episcopal Cturch 3706 W. St. Paul's & Green Rev. Arthur D. McKay, Vicar 385-7690 Sunday Services - Holy Eucharist - 8 a.m., Family Eucharist, 10 a.m. Church, School & Coffee Hour. Wed­ nesdays - Holy Eucharist 9:30, a.m. Friday - Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Wonder Lake Bible Church 7501 Howe Road, Box No. 2 Rev. Richard N. Wright, Pastor SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service - 6:00 p.m.. Bible Fellowship Hour 7:30 p.m. High School Youth Fellowship. Nursery care provided WEDNESDAY: 7:30p.m. Midweek Prayer and Praise Service FRIDAY: 7:00p.m. AWANA Young Group . Scriptures Selected By The American Bible Society Copyright 1974 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia Sunday Isaiah 11:1-10 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Isaiah Matthew Luke Romans 40:1-11 3:1-12 3:1-6 15:4-9 Friday Saturday Philippians II Peter 1:3-11 3:8-14 St John the Baptist Catholic Church Johnsburg Rev. Leo Bartel, Pastor Rectory Phone 385-1477 Convent Phone 385-5363 Sat., night-8:00p.m. Mass Sun., Masses: 7,9,10:30,12:00 Nativity Lutheran Church 3506 E. Wonder Lake Rd. Box 157 Phone 653-3832 Wonder Lake, Illinois Sun .Worship8and 10:30a.m. Sunday School -9a.m. (Nursery Facilities Available) St. Peter's Catholic Church Spring Grove, Illinois Rev. Kilduff, Pastor Phone 815-675-2288 MASSES: Daily 8a.m. Saturday-7:30 p.m. Sunday-7a.m.,9a.m., 11a.m. First United Methodist Chuich 3717 West Main Street Church phone 385-0931 Ralph Smith, Pastor Parsonage Phone: 385-1352 Worship Services Sunday Morning-9:30& 10:45 Chiirch School - 11:00 a.m. Sunday Church of God Greenleaf Ave at Fairfield Dr Island Lake School Services: Sunday School-1 OA.M Church Service -11 a.m. Evangelistic Service -7p.m. Telephone: 312-526-8056 St Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Eugene Baumhofer Sat., Eve., Mass -5 p.m. Fulfills Sun., obligation. Sunday Masses - 6:30, 8, 9:30 9:45,10:45,11,12 noon. Alliance Bible Church 3815 W.John St. Rev. Gerald Robertson Sunday School -9:45 A.M Service -11:00 P.M. Service - 7:00 Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 8:00 p.m. Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Lester W. Moore Branch President Phone: 312-658-5847 Meetings held at 820 Darlington Lane in Coventry School in Crystal Lake, III. Sunday School-10:30 every Sun Sacrament Meeting-12 Noon 1st Sun. of Month 5:00 p.m. other Sundays Geoige R. J us ten Funeral Home 3519 W. Elm Street McHenry. III. 385-2400 (*laviano's Interiors & Palatine Millwork 3K-3764 or 385-3765 414 S Route 31 JmH Sotth*A McHenry Floral Brake Parts Co. P O box 11 He Henry. III. 385 7000 Ace Hardware 3729 W. Elm Street McHenry. III. 385-0722 Tonyan Construction Co. 1C?9 N. Borden Street McHenry, III. 385-5520 Christ The King Catholic Church 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake, Illinois Sunday Masses: 8,10a.m. and .noon. Eve., Mass: 8p.m. Fulfills Sunday Obligation. Ringwood Methodist Church Ringwood, Illinois Rev. Ruth Wegner Res. 648-2848 Church 653-6956 Sunday-9:30 a.m. Church Ser­ vice. Church School Also at 9:30 Chain OlakesEvangefical Covenant Church 4815 N. Wilmot Rd. Rev. Mitchell Considine Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Church Phone - 497-3000 Parsonage - 497-3050 rSt. Patrick's Catholic Church Rev. Edmund Petit, Pastor Rev. Michael Douglas, Assoc., Pastor Sat., Eve. (Sun., obligation fulfilled5p.m.) Sunday 7:15; 8:30,9:45,11 and 12:15 Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 404 N. Green St. Rev. Roger W. Schneider Phone 385-7786 or 385-4030 Family worship and Sunday School - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Nursery facilities available. St. Francis National Catholic Church Flanders Rd., east of Ringwood Rd., Sunday Masses - 10 a.m. Father L. Dobranski - Pastor Spring Grove Church United Methodist, 8102 N. Blivin, Spring Grove, III. Rev. Len Schoenherr - Pastor Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. Christian Science Society Lincoln Road and Eastwood Lane Sunday Service - 10:30a.m. Sunday School -10:30a.in. Wed. Eve., Meeting Every Third Wed. -8:00 p.m. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 4206 W Waukegan Rd. (W Rt. 120) Rev. Herman F. Graef 385-0859 385-1616 Sunday Worship - 7:45 and 10:30 Nursery Services provided at 10:30. Education for Eternity Sunday School - Children and Youth. 9 a.m. First National Bank of McHenry 3814 W. Elm Street McHenry, III 385-5400 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 N Green Street McHenry. Ill 385-3000 Locker s Flowers 1213 Third Street McHenry. III. 385-2300 The Bath Shop 3012 W Rte. 120 McHenry. Ill 385-0048 McHenr\ State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry. III. 385-1040 Peter M. Justen Funeral Home 3807 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-0063 Guettler s Service, Inc. 818 N. Front Street McHenry, III 385-9831 Mitchell Sales, Inc. Buick Olds - Opel 903 N Front McHenry 385-7200 The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 West Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 Coast to Coast Hardware 4400 W Rte 120 McHenry Market Place 385-6655 September.. . and now there is Friday the 13th of December. Yes...on the list of so-called unlucky days, Friday, when it falls on the 13th, ranks especially high. Friday is an unlucky day . . 13 an unlucky number ... put the two together, and they are doubly unlucky! Many Americans believe - or perhaps half-believe - that Friday the 13th is a day one might better spend in bed. And yet. . . is it fact . . or fiction? Perhaps you believe in lucky and unlucky days and in lucky or unlucky numbers . . . and perhaps you don't. But there are many people who cast suspicious eyes at Friday the 13th counting it a day of twofold bad luck. But is the number 13 par­ ticularly unlucky? Well, surely it is not for the United States. For as we all know, our beloved nation was built on a 13-cornered foundation, and from a nucleus of 13 colonies has grown the greatest nation on earth! And so it is that Old Glory bears 13 stripes and on the Great Seal of the United States there are 13 stars and 13 bars. Also portrayed on the seal is an eagle with 13 feathers in its tail. The eagle holds in its left claw 13 darts and in its right claw an ! THINK ABOUT IT! j BOB JUSTEN Chistmas is coming. . . . And once again, the days proceeding Chirstmas, as usual, have little meaning for what the true meaning of Christmas represents . . . In these pre-Christmas days, should not more of us realize we are preparing to celebrate the birthday anniversary of the most influential Person ever born? Should we not give some thought to what this world would be without the pervasive majesty of Chirst? Should we not include thoughts about His brief but beautifully exampled life on earth? For some strange reason we call these pre-Christmas days the Christmas season. Fine. Wonderful. But should we not make a better effort to be more like the Person whose birth we will soon observe? Should we not make an equally strong effort toextend the mean­ ing of the Christmas seaon throughout the coming year? GEORGE R. JUSTEN FUNERAL HOME' 3519 W. Elm St., McHenry, Illinois olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 olives. And our country's motto - meaning one out of many is "E PLURIBUS UNUM, " which has 13 letters. The cornerstone of the White House in Washington was laid in 1792 on Oct. 13. Francis Scott Key wrote our National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner ", in 1814, on the night of Sept. 13. So. actually the number 13 figures more prominently than any other number in the em­ blems and history of the United States. But what about the day . . . Friday? Isn't it a day of ill-luck and of misfortune? Not for America. A surprsing number of men who have shaped our destiny were born on Friday. Among them, Daniel Webster, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain on Aug. 3, 1492 - a Friday. Christopher Columbus) sighted land in the New wWd on Oct. 12, 1492 - a Friday. The Mayflower arrived off our Eastern coast on November 10,1620 - the Pilgrim fathers first went ashore at Plymouth on December 22, 1620 - a Friday. And the United States took its place among the nations of the world when France became the first to recognize our In­ dependence on Jan. 16, 1778 - a Friday. And so ... if you believe or half-believe - in lucky days and lucky numbers, America's are Friday ... and 13! And .. that is a fact . . . not fiction! (Copyright, 1974, John A. 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It is a n a t i o n - w i d e a n t i - l i t t e r p r o g r a m s p o n s o r e d b y t h e United States Brewers association and its associated industries. The program invites all Americans to join in the task of ridding their communities of litter. How can you pitch-in? First, the public can put all garbage in its proper place, not on the sides of the roads or in parking lots. The Scouts of Troop 162 are now, and will continue to pass out litterbags for cars in the n e x t f e w w e e k s . T h e y a r e a t ­ tempting to do their part to pitch-in. They ask the public to help. Consumers' Corner Electronic Calculators Small, silent, fast, accurate, easy to use -- these are charac­ teristics of the modern, hand­ held electronic calculating ma­ chines flooding the market today. Many of these calculators solve highly complex problems. The av­ erage consumer, though, will use the machine for standard arith­ metical processes -- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. If you're considering purchas­ ing one of these small pocket models be sure it includes a "clear" key, a K constant key and a floating deciman. It should op­ erate off the regular 120-volt power supply plus a built in or rechargeable battery. Avoid cal­ culators utilizing disposable bat­ teries -- they have a short life. Check calculators prior to pur­ chase by working out some prob­ lems with known answers. Dis­ played answers should be readily visible, clear and bright -- with viewing available from any an­ gle. The better ones flash illumi­ nated numbers in a matchstick like formation. New! "NATURAL" WATER PILL Reduces Bloat and Swelling during the Menstrual Cycle New 0DRINIL, a "Natural" Water pill can help you lose excess weight, swelling and uncomfortable body bloat (puffiness in ankles, arms, stomach) due to excess water retention during the entire menstrual cycle. 0DRINIL is a gentle diuretic compound - contains natural herbs in a tablet that is fast- acting and effective. 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