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f \ 1m. . . ' --« .... A 'mJutm ; punaty, January o, im li ..'.? '/ '. i'lt' i ' ]S '" " " * 1* "* 1 P.,LT ,inni->.- >• i."4, u, l iaTt " •r* '**- * ' •* : •:T'•"'n "'j*f f'<i 1***'5 «lsi'^V - •« '*^ ,'^•«•\'v* • > Pdf 6 Flf» BOWLIKG Seargent Baconrolled the top series date st Schaefer's alleys. A neat >28 was his score. v Walter Smith of Long Lake rolled ^ihe top single game on the same alleys on New Year's Day -- 256. ® Mrs. Peter "A. Freund, Jr., (Prances) hit 214 last week to wis the %eekly prize at Schaefer's. Ladies' CN| Ml Place Dsssteis Hapke 128 C. Justen ............. lift M. Kinsala &€ Bellows 146 ^ Vernon Freund hit 284 for top hon- •w. Rita Phannenstill turned in a 420 |or the high series for ladies at the Hame alleys. " * Take a look at that match between ^Speed" Stilling's team and Bob jP'FarrellV five. Herb Simon went to fc>wn in that match and gave the Pal- Ifee spectators plenty to cheer about. Spring Grove League Phannenstill 115 128 125 146 120 115 120--360, 127--369 118--3841 115--345! Totals 600 " Veto Beef Trust L. Littlefteld 101 M. Grimelli .......... 84 A. St. George ...... 67 C. Lensen 89 O. Wagner •«***••*• 1^ 684 608 1842 118 107 97 110 116 97--311 100--291 96--260 85--284 95--318 1 Totals Marshall .. M. Krause Schiessle .. Thennes .... Brefeld .... . Totals Barbian Karls Page .......... L. Krause 448 174 145 155 109 138 543 180 156 128 161 131 473 1459 On the UnsE GUT Karls ... Sanders J. Brown ... L. Lay ....... 120 134 123 118 '193 159 119 114 142 152 182--461 136--389^ 111--348 133--393: 111--406 Totsds. RK.. MMaasy 109 Karls ^......;....;.. 109 6. H. J<mes C. Freund N. Klaus .. Totals 121 121 119 686 127 72 153 98 141 673 2047 124--360 114--295 151--425 150--369 121--381 Covalt Totals r weekly nut story has to do 191 195! the screwball who was sitting ng 'n his cell, playing solitaire. An- 135--418 • ol^er nu* was watching. Finally the 103-363, SP°ke v • ' ..T 1()q 07a! wait a minute!" he cried. "I j just caught you cheating Yourself!" c6e5o3 o2n0-T7A0 first nut placed a finger to Ms lips 135--401J "Shh," he whispered. "Don't tell 125--375 j anybody--but, for years, I've been 134--433 cheating myself at solitaire." 125--382 "You don't say," said his amazed 181--470, pal. "Don't you ever catch* your- ------',-------- < self cheating?" ' ,• • • ,627 744 700 2071 The Srst nut shook his head. ;'"NaW/' he returned proudly., VI'm too cl^vetl"--The New, York American. i\:. 721 181 125 184 104 133 145 125 165 153 166 ifistefe Game# 579 591 660 1830 MH10E, IQKE AND HACK Back on the Jotl "Mael^Twas surprised that Santa Olaus passed me up last Christmas, , IM; I know him so well and made many pairs of new boots for him. But I always mentioned my name 'Mike' and last! time I signed it 'B. Popp.' But, from now on, I *fBl always sign my in*me, 'Mike.' "I know he remembered Minnie, he • brought her a pair of shoes. I don't biow where he got them from, but, anyway, when she is riding in the tumble seat, she needs an extra trail - 0' "I suppose he forgot'that he can 0, get) for the funniest dogs the best fitting shoes at the lowest prices if y#e goes to POPP'S SHOE STORE :'vf^r*er|^ E. Sottori Wilbrandt ...* B. Justen E. Conway *... C. Stilling Totals Canadians A. Schaefer .. P. Freund ..... J. Perkins ..« H. Weber 'X J. Weber ... 122 .... 151 z 110 .« 146 ... 182 166 145 197 180 142 174--1462 136--432 711 880 157 148 128 108 166 115 185 193 169 149 Totals ............ 707 811 777 2295 ' They'd Name Hint "Yessir," said young , Harrv 168--475. Strange, "I've planned just how Hi 174--500, become a successful lawyer,. and 193--5171 die weighted down with money and ji honors. Why, I've written my own 845 2386 epitaph: 'Here Lies Harry, Who i Lived and Died an Honest Law- 166--438 >*"•' " ' 166 4991 Some epitaph!" sniffed a listen- 168 489 er- "They won't even know what your name was!" "Sure they will!" retorted Harry. "When they reed it--they'll say, 'That's Strange!' " 181--408 146--461 IBA Wankegan Erickson Sandus Magode Busick O'Farrell Totals .... 220 214 177 177 136 214 183 194 202 175 221--655 170--567 172--543 180--559 151--462 HIS CHOICE 924 968 894 2786 Selling's All-Stars More next week in this same corner EMPIRE THEATRE Week Days 7:20--9:20 FRIDAY -- SATURDAY January 7 -- 8 Joan Crawford -- Franchot Tone 'THE BRIDE WORE RED* Alan -- Comedy and Cartoon SUNDAY AND MONDAY January 9 -- 10 William Powell -- Myraa Loy ' 'DOUBLE WEDDING" Also--Comedy - News • Cartoon Sunday Matinee, 3:15 Continaoaa lie -- TUESDAY -- Me (Doable Feature) Will Rogers (1) "Judge Priert'V (2) " Borrowing Trouble" WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Preston Foster -- Carol Hughes "THE WESTLAKD CASE" Special--Hie only complete picture of the attack that shocked the world 'Bombing of U. S. S. Pan&y' and Shorts! Steffes Stilling ... L. Bacon . E. Smith . Simon Totals Irish A. Krause . W. Sutton"; J. Frisby ... F. Unti L. Coifway 185 167 187 179 223 171 158 171 171 227 179--535 163--488 205--563 193--543 189--639 941 898 929 2768 126 134 207 170 181 168 156 171 128 170 "Don't ye love de babbling brook , an' de shady copse?" 156--4501 "De brooks is all right, but I 137--4271 don't love no cops, shady or other- 183--561! wise- They never 4id nothin' but 186 484' harm ter me-" 167--518! Diogenes and His Lantern Totals Volo Vultures C. Lutz J. Lenzen ...; N. Molidor ......... J. J. Warner ..... J. Q. Wagner 818 793 829 2440 227 199 147 137 123 171 156 171 170 135 • Totals Volo Vultures C. Lutz J. Lenzen N. Molidor J. J. Wagnex .... J. G. Wagner , Totals Volo Wolves W. Wirt* ............ B. Grimelli --.... Bloom R. Shepard ...... A. Phannenstill Totals ........ 4 833 803 879 2515 "How do you use a lantern in your search for an honest man," asked the citizen. "I lend it to a man," answered Diogenes, "and if he returns it I know he's one in ten thousand. You iqk 000! see' the lantern test is best 135 393 available. The umbrella Isis not yet been invented." 175--573 198--553 180--498 177 204 192 169 202 Serving the King -• , Passing through a village street 216 216--609 a recruiting sergeant met a young 155 214--578: farmhand delivering milk. 130 189--511 j "Now, my lad, wouldn't you like 191 147--507 j to serve the king?" he asked. 168 146--516, "I would mister," replied the oth- • j er, "but can only let him have a 944 860 912 2716 quart at night an' a pint ,ia the morning."--London Tit-Bits* 162 180 148--499 17ft 156 180--511 188 238 164--589 156 111 245--512 162 191 147--490' ttsai H^AR" EARL WALSH -V? ' Away we go with the first week of the new year, determined to give you what you want in this column and the entire sport page. -JSometimes we hear that some local Sport item was overlooked. Sometimes those items are in a separate story and not .in the column. Sometimes. During the year we will probably pick on quite a few people--and during the year quite a few people will pick right back at us. V / " . - 8 - It's nice work if you can take.tt£ r Flash! V _•••• LaVerhe Harrison washed windows Tuesday afternoon. e (All afternoon). Can spring be far away ?. „ - In case you didn't knowjfiaiTtfsori is now affectionately known as "Uncle Bob." You busy mamas can now send the kiddies in to see "Uncle Bob" ansj he will read stories to them for hbart at a time. • ^ r • i,: Questions galore came to us regarding the identity of Little Eva, Topsy, Vncle Tom and Little Eva's City cousin. :HA. ^ --I-- ' '/;< ?•- Some even accuse us of writing those contributions just to make our read editor think that somebody reads this blamed column. It's a compliment, but we are unable to take the bow. age should be encouraged in the lipe: of sports. They could be in milch worse places than in a gymnasium. The boys have a feeling that school authorities are hot anxious for them to use the gymnasium. We hope this is not true. In fact, we have made uvu m ^P^n- Mondiy. ""l^rbojs are making good ur V1 a !0Upl* progress toward their goal in passing 8£!!d Jefi"]tely tests or as we call it advancement ^ ^ ^ 8h°^d 1,6. Three boys passed the very difficult ncouraged. i first aid test at the first meeting of xt , , • " , , _ I,the year, and I really mean these fel- Now, let 8 do something ibout the lows knew their stuff like a group of situation. The season is well along. - K P After a big holiday for the Scouts^ they all turned up for a fine meeting The question of price has been the thorn in the side. veterans. The boys that were not pass jng any tests watched the first aiders in action and next week they will get , , We fre "ow a chance to "strut" their suff, too. W rS 8?me /nisun j d€;stan.d" lni be no anaP. **"*> 80 I would ad- ^ •PrlCe ciiarfired /or the v^e that all of you who intend to pass gym. The price as first understood test better weaV that old book out. was exhorbitant. This, of course, led the boys to ask why they were being The next meeting will take up the Little Eva's contributions were mailed and post-marked McHenry, but the others are from out of town. That's all we know -- for sure. --IThe City Cousin came through this week with a response to last week's suggestion about naming the Old Clsiy Hole. '• --BHere it is: You can call it the ArenS,^the Skatorium or Rink, You can call it anything you wuit , From the parlor to the sini£*-.»i But, I'll be darned if I can change That childhood memory, Though long ago, I skated there, It's the "Old Clay Hole" to me. "LITTLE EVA'S CITY COUSIN." -fl- Our high school basketball squad} . will get back into action Friday night at Huntley. The Huntley boys are not rated as tops, but we have admired them greatly during the last couple of lean years. They fight hard against odds. f .•v. --j-- Last year that Huntley crew upset us and gave some of the other towns a chance to rib us. It was hard to explain that defeat. We beat Woodstock and crowed plenty in these columns. Then Huntley took us down the line. All we could say was, Whathell! --I-- The Little,Five Tourament will be played at Hebron this year on Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15. • --I-- 1 It is called the Little Five, but only four teams enter. Marengo has not charged much more'than other organ" Sig,nalin5" izations using the evm A lair one* 8UpPose that y°u "l1 know that the tion. ' ™ - ••• (Very important mode of communica- \ v j tion used duirng the World War was However, like any old 'plank, there 80'dieM 1«s«d are two sides to this question. The ^ g* unTL^!T ^ W school board must set up rules. We t for long distances) and the Semmake no pretense of tellittg them what k *** 77 iapidJtheir rules' should be, W i ScodVes and pass aii^oth er of the ha^d 1 . * , * I tp Our stand is this. As long as thiS i -- * v • i. - . •' ' 1-' '.l-;- V group of youAg fellows conduct them-1 the strings? Well, tho selves as good sports and enjoy clean, I arc now making whistle cords competitive athletics, we are for them;from heretofore useless string. The to the last ditch. We trust that they' more van«d the hues of the string, the will continue to respect authority as niore ^r'W'ant the lanyards. These are good citizens. We hope that these made much the same as roPe is twir»- problems, which have been on the ed". A 1,ttle machine first winds the tongues of sport fans in this com- s^r'n&s together and then with the munity for several weeks, can be ad- hand' the bo-Vs the string. Pretr justed in a fair, gentlemanly, manner. ^ soon the public will see all the - Scouts wearing their whistles on these very fine cords. This now ends the review of the first meeting of the new year in the series that started way back when and Art Two--Ladies bearnie Ill-Ohl ,o itffl Ye., md«d / A^ . . . f l U , t h e f l a g r e m a m s m t h e p o s s e s s i o n o f - "* re"*C- Sc»«» ">«' th. troop during tk. Art Thre«--Somebody Kftd. bouquet i "VT"' SU" of cabbage leave., (A «r,'i'h" hin"® " " °'d " comforting gesture.) ' Act Four--A worm found in cabbage m CHBL SCOUTS At Monday's meeting patrol cor<«j Bers were had first and as there wa4 no business to discuss All went to Ropp's room and played games. It was announced that we wool#, have Our investment ceremonies the new members either next wade or •' *;•% the week after, depending whethar OR-'-« i not Miss Fisher receives the pins- r"<: | We are also happy to announce that over three-fourths of all the Girl ,.v Scouts now have their uniforms. ; We all want to extend ojrt- wishes fo* tips happiest New Year/evei* > " Scribe Marilyn Merte#., > first Blood in Independence War The first blood of the American war of independence was shed, moat historians agree, in the Westminster, Vt., massacre, March 13, 1779. Anwnni Favorite COFFEE! Mystery Story: s * Act One--Ladies enjoy little game of cards. Ladies also enjoy snappy refreshments. bouquet was boxed up and mail- - ed$o two gentlemen. , Curtain -DNow, the mystery is this. Who sent the bouquet? The ladies have] a sneaking hunch that sweet husbands are responsible. We do not know, but You boys who haven't joined the Scouts, see the tradition that '?Troop 162" has behind it. Come around and have some real times ,and experiences! SCOUT HAROLD TAXMAN. O'CLOCK POLK** FANCY '"•If Vi International Boundary Marking* The land part of the international boundary between the tJnited States . , and Canada, which is about 1,749 always like to be helpful in this col-^ miles in length, is marked variously umn. j--\ I With monuments of iron, aluminumbronze set on concrete, stone cairns and concrete, placed at points ranging from two and a half to four miles apart. A vista has been cut through the trees where the line runs over wooded areas. The water part of the boundary is defined by courses and distances between turning points that are referred to as lighthouses or markers of metal or concrete on th,e shores of Lakes and banks of streams. The question is almost aa perplexing to us as the old song, "Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" NOTICE OF MEETING A special meeting of the McHenry Universalist Church Society will be held on Thursday evening, Jan. 13, 1938, at 8 o'clock, at the M. E. church for the purposes of discussing and voting on the question of transferring the title of the McHenry Universalist. church property, being lot 5 of block' Stone Forests Thousands of people each year 21 of the Original Plat of the Village1 *i®it the great cavern of stope fbr- (now city) of McHenry, situated in the! ests at Millau, where within the City of McHenry, County of McHenry 1 depths of the earth are found every and State of Illinois, to the M. E.lf°r™ o£ brilliant stalagmites. Of flraptMft . 1* 888 880 888 2601 Veta'a V Vnlehevt C. Lute 180 186 m--4«i J. Lenaen 177 199 197--678 N. Molidor ---,..,186 169 187--642 J. J. Wagner ...... 189 211 130--480 J. G. Wagnar-- 156 161 167--488 Breaking It Gently-. "I understand that your daughter is going to take music,lessons." "Not exactly," replied Farmer Corntossel. '.'We haven't the heart to tell her that her voice sounds terrible, so we're going to hive a regular teacher to do it." MILLER LAST GREAT TIMES TONITE Loretta Young -- Tyrone Power 'SECOND HONEYMOON' Also March of Time No. 4 FRIDAY ONLY Ladies' Golden Amber Dinnerware Nite! Phyllis Brooks -- Cesar Romero 'DANGEROUSLY YOUBS' SATURDAY SPECIAL Matinee at 2:30 Pat O'Brien -- Joan Blondell 'BACK IN CIRCULATION' AND William Boyd as Hopalong Casaidy "TEXAS TRAIL" -- Both Too Good To Miss -- SUNDAY AND MONDAY -- Continuous from 2:30 Sunday -- Robert Young -- Lionel Bsrrymore And An All-Star Cast in The Thrilling Romantic 'NAVY BLUE AND GOLD Also Musical 'HARRIS IN THE SPRING" Color Cartoon -- News TUESDAY, BARGAIN NIGHT Lewis Stone -- Mickev Roouey "YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE" Also Kg Special Attractions WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY EDW. G. ROBINSON in "LAST GANGSTER" Totals 837 875 857 2569 McHenry Left-Handers W. Kreutzer 198 166 168--532 H. Schaefer 146 131 119--396 C. Eddy 192 171 146--500 L, Smith . 148 157 212--512 M. Schaefer „^ 148 189 189--526 They Oome High Army Surgeon (proudly Admiring his work)--Outside the army that operation would cost you $500. Doughboy Patient (bemoaning his stitches)--I still say what this country needs is a good five-cent scar. Totals 827 &14 884 8475 fcefC. Stilling Green Unti ............. Wiser Matthews ..... Stilling Totala Winkel Conway ..., Larkin Tonyan Thennes Winkel Going Some "What do they mem when they say motorists drive their cars ahead of their lights at night? I thought light traveled very fast." "So do some motorists."--Portland Express. MOTHERS FIT IN 125 123 117 180 134 150 141 126 157 133 153--428 150--414 155--398 180--517 201--468 679 707 889 2225' 164 111 137 161 218 154 144 102 155 187 199--517 109--3641 197--436! 133--449 188-588 Totals . Schreiner Fits ...... Weber Sutton Nye .. Schreiner ..., Totals Freund O'Shea Schmitt .... J. Frisby .. G. Frisby Freund Totals 786 742 826 2854 "Do you find cooking very irk some when on your camping trips?' "Oh no, we take mother along to cook." *4T 138--4001 -724 720. 131--408 Right! 159--442 Instructor--You say in this paper 145--466' that you know the connecting link 147--489! between the animal and'vegetable kingdoms. What is it? 720 2154' Situdeni--Stew. 125 110 152 172 155 148 135 152 139 159 125--398 162--407 152--456 111--422 116--430 714 723 666 2113 Give Him Time! "Has the joke editor got m# joke yet?" asked the contributor. "Not yet," said the officp boy. "but he'» tryW t jl J : v Bow Safety Glass Is Mad* Safety glass is made by firmly' sealing together two thin pieces of plate glass with a tough, transparent film of cellulose plastic. To as-' sure perfect transparency, this compound is rolled into thin sheets on special monel-covered rollers, since this rustproof metal allows no rust particles or other products of corrosion to discolor the film and affect its transparency. 1 entered since 1935. McHenry will meetj result of • Richmond in the first round and will be followed by the Hebron-Huntley dash. * -IWe think McHenry is due to win that crown this year. Hebron took us out of play in *86, then went on to win from the claaay Richmond five. Richmond figured to win that year. --I-- . Laat year Richmond nosed ns out in a whooperdo of a finish. --IThis year we shall aee what we shall see. Don't bet your money, but the crystal glass tells us that McHenry will be in there against Hebron in th; f i n a l s / ^ --I-- That part is easy, but listen to this. We can see a close contest. McHenry comes through to win by a five point margin. The McHenry dressing room is liminated with smiles. Even Coach Reed is satisfied this time. Holy Smokers! He's even smiling at a jubilant sports writer. --I-- Life has its moments even for a country boy, struggling to write a weekly column. -I-- A very nice letter from "Fan-Reader Hamer" -- "alias Marge," gave us a lift this week. Marge is now secretary in the office of our County Treasurer, "Doc" Edinger, and brethern, that "ain't" all she is to some folks in these parts. There is no use. We can't keep that fellow out of here. Dreymiller is peddling milk now. Well, he carries little milk pails around, anyhow, and runs up on people's porches. ' - --I-- Many sport fans feel that there is no news on a sport page unless a good baseball story appears. We, too, confess a strong leaning to the bat and ball game. When we hear that the Cubs will send a delegation to training camp the middle of next month, it makes us feel that all is well in the sport world. --I-- And speaking of batting. You should know how, questions are being batted at this department about the town basketball situation. We have tried j to avoid discussion in print, but everybody and his brother seems to be] talking about the set-up and think w-s should give the story a little air. ... • V We have a group of young felrows in this community who want to play some basketball. In fact, they are playing--out of town. . ' --'-- These boys need help in organizing irteam. It is no small job. --i;-- We feel that young fellows at this all the caverns in the neighborhood the Aven-Armand is the most amazingly magnificent. The discoverer, Armand, went down a chimney by a rope ladder and at the bottom found himself In what has since come to be called "a virgin forest' of stalagmites in a vaulted dome high enough to permit the placing of Notre Dime and its towers. nation, church of McHenry, to be used for community services. s ETHEL, JONES, Pres. ALICE LINDSAY, Sec'y. 32-8 Trouble and Imartaation "Trouble," said Uncle Eben, 3NO. t Affeji cans Zt* ^JUN4K »hI2S«' IONA SPINACH, a RUN SCANS OH A A P FANCY 4 . 3K-J25* KARS, PKACHM Oft PLUMS. 2^2* SUNNYFIELO T Rolled Oats . . Id&lSt PnWM^LARA.SjZ? .3 LBS. 2to Navy Beau p?ck% . 6>-s« 2Se HMtarTaa°P?KNoiE. 33* Crackers premium • 2jfe>x2St Apple Bvtter brown* 3 Hj'AS?25e AAP FRESH--CRACKED < Wheat Bread . 2L&&s15t Swingle Tissae. 3 rolls 20b LITE CLEANS, OCOOOftlZCa, SOrriNS WATER 2rV&15c 24-OZ. PKO. STALSY'S CRIAM CORN STUMS 1-ue. pkos. 25* ftOA* rLANXft s»3i:t5c 4 •-r-M A&PF00D STORES TRANSPORTATION The luxury of a few years ago has become the necessity of today. The automobile has brought widely separated comunities into compact areas and promoted the expansion • pi men's undertakings. Just as the automobile, has become one of the nation's greatest industries, so has the selling and maintenance of them become one of McHenry's - Many of our citizens gaan tncbr livelihood in this arid its many allied industries. To these men and women we pay tribute. Many of the firm$ they represent rely on us for rail of their printing needs. We produce quality printing helps GW 4? as for _____ _ - •*v-'