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Notes larfist H county met last allied far _ te tki* am, evenlnff in the Society K. of C. hall to hear an totaraatf^ talk by State Commander Arthur ' Canty. Commander Canty spoke on aiding World War ll veterans. Other »»•»••«**•••••••*'* **•* ; officers in attendance -were J. I* Dohryft, i With ^ / i arty, eleventh district commander of Mfe F Co rait St. Charles, Arvid Bergsten, adju- CiVcle 1 W S. €. &, will meet on tant of the eleventh district, and tfiday ifternWT Hay 8T*r the E>avid Ralston, tweifth^Hstricteom. home of Mrs. Floyd Covalt. jmander. . _ Pv •* Itariker ReaMeats •are Wed April 6 Friends have received' announce- St. Clara's Court Holds Installation ( St. Clara's Court, Lady Foresters, Ifethk °f °Bl<Sr°bSth onIdT^i?d^yalveSatthe °cemnony residing in Dundee, They wfr* forlocal residents. Restaurant. Mrs. Edward Buss, as toastmistress, called on Sister Heimer, first CTfief Ranger, who gave a4 ^ * short talk. Rev. Eugene Baumhofer and Msgr. C. S. Nix, Katherine Conroy, district deputy, and High Chief Ranger Miss Mary E. McCullough all were called upon for a few words. Following the dinner, installation was held in the school hall. Four juvenile members, Eileen Smith, Bernice Smith, Shirley Weber and Cath- *• - -u p. T. A. Mart V*"'4 Laacheoa Reservations^ Mrs. Albert Bjirbian Man of St. Ifary's-St. Patrick's school P. T. announces that due to prevailing conditions it will be accessary, to limit luncheoh reservations for members and guests. Thi® spring event is scheduled for May 10, erjne Gerasch, acted as escorts, and reservations must be made withj f^e following were installed at the social chairman not later than; ^|,e service: May 7. Admission to the luncheon Qjjgf Ranger--Kathryn Worts. will be $1.50, with cards being "played j vice-Chief Ranger--Mary Freund. afterwards and. beautiful table prises j Recording Secy.;--Mathilda FreundL being awaded. I Financial Secy.--Lillian Stoffel, The committee in charge <ff _ar- Treasurer--Helen Weber. ; : f , v ipagements includes Mrs. Fred First Trustee--Helen Wegener' Rogers, Mrs. Harvey Nye, Mrs. Ed- j Trustee--Susie Justen. • * gar Landgren and Mrs. Al. Henri. Trustee--Martha Freund. Mrs. Clarence Anglese will T>e toast-. senjor Conductor--Evelyn Blake. Junior Conductor--Gertrude Webttr. Inner Sentinel--Margaret Schmitt. Outer Sentinel--Mary Freund. Good of Order--Celia Blake, Eva Blake, Rena Smith, Olive May. Helen Smith. C. S. Nix. listress. Double Celebration At John Wirt* Hone Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wirt* en , tertained at their home on Riverside Musician Drive last Sunday in honor of their Chaplain--Msgr, Amateur Magidui't Needle Trick MImm BARTELSVILLE, OKLA. -- Richard Yeager, It, amateur magician, went to a hospital from the effects of sleight-of-hand tricks^ While giving a demonstration of illusory "needle swallowing" Yeager became confused with his hocus-pocus. Result: Physicians were called upon to remove the steel sliver. Risked Health i%» n: f Bold Experiment Two Doctors Volunteered lor Study of'Bond*.' St. LOUIS, MO.--Two doctors who voluntarily exposed-^themselye* in the interests of science to repeated excursions into thin air at 42,000 feet simulated altitude; developed active tuberculosis of the lungs. This tuberculosis, it was reported to the Aero Medical association, was not caught (tbcctly In the altitude experiments, lut was caused by thin air reopening old, long healed tubercular spots in their lungs. The report was made by Dra. Alvan L. Barach, Artell E. Johnson and Colter Rule of the college of physicians and surgeons, Columbia university. The doctors making the experiments were not identified. Both since have recovered. The physicians were studying the 'beqds," a painful condition which son, Francis, who recently returned; The local officers were presented j home after spending two years over- wjth small corsages and the visiting aeas, and in honor of their daughter, officers presented with gifts from Bette, who celebrated her twentieth the court. Sisters were present from birthday anniversary. The afternoon various courts in this vicinity, was spent in bowling and visiting,1 Following the meeting, refreshwith a delicious lunch being served ments were served by Sister Celia by the hostess. Miss Wirtz was the Blake and her committee. recipient of many lovely gifts. Those present to enjoy the day^wereMr.j Woll Will Speak and Mrs. Mel Miller of Woodstock,. , . . Mr. and Mrs. Tony Neuman and j Beforo YOUIlg City OfflCUUS... daughters of Chicago, Fred Wirtz of i Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Leo | On Tuesday, May 8, thirteen Thompson and daughter, Gerry, Mr. youths 0f Chicago will t^ke over and Mrs. Tony Wirtz and son, Jack, yari0us municipal offices for the and Mrs. Al. Wirtz and children of day> jn an effort to acquaint the Chicago. j future leaders of Chicago with the Large Crowd at Public Card Party duties of the city officials, the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce is sponsoring this Youth Week jA large crowd was in attendance activity. at the public card party held last The Junior association will enter- Sunday evening in St. Patrick's tain the young men and the city church hall. Mrs, Edwin Sullivan and officials whom they supplant at a Miss Nellie Doherty served as chair- luncheon in the Louis XVI Room of men. Prizes in pinochle were the Sherman hotel at noon on the awarded Edward Sutton, Mrs. Fred same day. J.* Albert Woll, U. -S. Schoewer and Mrs. Joseph May; in district attorney, will be the prinfive hundred to Thomas A. Bolger cipal speaker. and Mrs. George-Miller; in auction ( bridge to Mrs. Edw. Whiting and Mrs. Kathryn Conway; in contract bridge to Mrs. Clarence Martin and j Miss Marie Powers; jn euchre to! Clarence Martin, and in bunco to Dorothy Doherty. . . Special prizes were won by Mrs.' Christian Mothers Meeting. W. Peters and Miss Mabel Knox. A May 6 lovely lunch was served at the close Choral Concert. of the party. [ May 7 --- The next regular meeting of the: Altar and Rosary Sodality--Meet- Altar and Rosary sodality will be; ing held at 8 o'clock in the Legion hall next Monday evenings The committee in charge includes Helen Knox,1 Covalt. ^airmanBetty Wirtz, Dorothy and caused by nitrogen bubbles forming in the blood and tissues. The chokes, an affliction of extremely high altitude flying, were also described to the medical association. The chokes are coughing, something like asthma. Of themselves, they are not dangerous, but they endanger combat aviators because a choking pnan cannot keep on his oxygen mask. Scientists of the college of medicine of the University of Cincinnati, which has made studies of the chokes, said they apparently are due to bubbles of nitrogen forming in the throat membranes due to aeroembolism-- a high altitude trouble' somewhat like the deep aaa "bends." ---- COMING EVENTS -- _ May 3 C. D. of A.--Election of Officers. . May 4 *• May 8 Circle 1, W. $. C. S. -Mrs. Floyd Heuser. Eleanor Reid McCannon. and Patricia Wedding, Johnsburg. May 9 Dancer- Nell's Pavilion, Soprano To Appear At Mothers Club Miss Wylma Fletcher of Chicago, colored dramatic soprano, will appear as guest soloist at the next meeting of the Mothers club to be held on Friday aftefhoon, May 11, . in the Legion hall. This is not Miss Flethcher's first appearance here, for in January >he... came to the Annual »Birfchday Tea--W. 8. Community Methodist church to pre-! ' May 23 sent a program of songs. She pos- Fox River Valley Camp,^ N. A., sesses an unusually large and bril- Card Party. ,ir;v': - liant voice and a charming person- v May 25-26 1 ality Those who like music will Rummaf?e Sale--City Hall^Spon-, aorely not want to miss this oppor- sored by Cij.cle 2> W. S. C. S, tunity to hear a fine singer. Mrs. ; June 5 May 10 ~ ' Mothers' Tea--Given by G. A. A. and Homemaking classes. * May. 11 - - Mothers' Club--Legion.Hall. ' . May 14 Mothers' Day Party--C. Pr~of-A.. Eva's Restaurant. • May 17 , C. S, /Clarence Anglese will present a re-! View of "Green Dofphin Street." With two such popular guests on the program, there will doubtless; be a large crowd present. Mrs. C-' J. Reihansperger is chairman of Hie program. Legionnaires Hear |tatc Commander A record crowd of 150 persons, the Home Bureau--Mrs. son. T C< L Harri- Allies Execute 16 Italian Spies Hired by Nazis ROME. -- The Allies have executed 16 German-hired Italian spies and "many more" have been sentenced to death recently,' it was revealed. Since the beginning of June, well over 100 enemy agents have been arrested, mostly in Rome. Some of these already are on trial and other hearings are scheduled in the near future. An Allied statement published in the Italian press warned that Allied intelligence has the names of many Italians who now are engaged in spying or who plan to help the Germans. It urged such persons to give up now. "Tho&e who have been executed did not give themselves up," it said. "All those who have given themselves up are still alive." JOHN C. KENNEDY Liberated by Americans recently was Lt. John C. Kennedy, son ox Mrs. Leonie Kennedy of Woodstock. He was freed, from a German prison camp near Moosburg, Germany. Lt. Kennedy was an army air corps naviator and was taken prisoner on ov. 6, 1944. ga No Sfeli Miss Batty Blake underwent^ an appendectomy at tt he Woodstock pital on Saturday. RBeettttyy 'LLeePPaaggee hh as been a medical patient at Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan. a Miss Laura Sherman underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital last week. Mrs. William Heimer is a patient at Sherman hospital, Elgin, this week. Reginald Rix has been confined to his home in. Niensen's subdivision because of illness. Friends will te sorry to hear that John Phannenstill is again a patient at Victory Memorial hospital, W*ukegan. Louis Smith is still eonflqpd to his home on iQre«i street afttr being taken ill last Friday* His oonditioh riatains about the *a«fake. Ralph Bennett, Jr., underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital the vst of the week. Mrs. Geo? ge Lindsay ' underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital on Monday. Mrs. T. J. Walsh, a former Mc- Henry resident, is seriously ill at the home of her son, Richard Walsh, in Los Angeles, Calif- CARD OF TH^TKS In this manner we wou^d like to express our sincere thanks to all of tha kind friends and neighbors for floral offerings, donations of cars and many other kindnesses extended recent bereavement. THE WOLF FAMILY. CARD OF THANKS In this manner may we thank the many kind friends and neighbors for floral offerings, spiritual bouquets, donations of cars and the many other kindnesses extended at the time Mrs. John King passed away. We are especially grateful for the sympathetic services of Msgr. Nix, Rev. Baumhofer, Rev. Neidert | and Rev. Miller, also > Jacob Justen Sons. THE FAMILY. RICHARD HOWELL A telegram arriving at the home of Mrs. Richard Howell in Wooa-» stock this week informed her that her husband, Lieut. Richard "Howell, has been liberated Irom a German prison camp near Moosburg, Germany. It is expected that all prisoners bf war released will be sent home as quickly As possible. He had been held since . June 18, 1944. Destroy Fabrics Strong acids or strong alkalies destroy wool fabrics. Even if a mild acid is used in cleaning or a mild alkali--as a weak solution of ammonia, borax, or washing sodarinse it out well. First on the Sfring THE MALLORY Captives Beat Up Nazi For Writing to Father OMAHA.--A German prisoner of war at the Scotts Bluff, Neb., camp who wanted to write to his father, a resident of the United States, was severely beaten by fellow prisoners, who declared the father was "not a good Nazi," the Seventh Service oormiand announced. The prisoner was a member of a group captured^near Cherbourg. - "Two or three^bf the other prisoners told him that He couM^-write his father because the fadHSps ncft a good Nazi," the armysaraf Vbut the prisoner insisted on writing and was beaten so badly he was taken to the camp hospital." 789,539,390 Letters Have Gone by V-Mail WASHINGTON .--The army and navy postal services have transmitted 789,539,390 V-mail letters to and from members of the armed forces overseas since the system was established in mid-1942, the Office of War Information stated. Deliveries were at peak for both services in April with the army delivering 63,638,405 V-mail letters to the navy's 56,060,703. The army has handled 689,536,939 letters since its .service was established while the navy, which began operations in March, 1943, has delivered 100,002,- 451. Plans are under way to establish a large V-mail station in France this fall. . Wood Waste New England's wood waste and low grade wood could produce 1,000,- 000 tons of protein feed. Order your rubber stamps at tile Plaindealer. Radioni£:?f r Hearing Al# Complete with crystal microphone, ratfionic tubes, batteriet and battery-saver circuit. i qwttty--ZmM'i laatf to otm--m JBuuty Tffea* V ilnirriran Bfrt*!r-- ^ y ^qftirn Councilen Phytieai Therapj* Bolger's Drug Store GREEN STREET M'HENRY ^ -- -- I ^ IJLAJS #LAY W1M FAVOE WITH OAPAOITT AUDSKOS The seniors at the local high school last Friday evening presented their annual class play, which was generally concluded to be about the lift performance yet witnessed on that stage. Whether the two fine shows given by the Juniors last fall had anything to do with inspiring the Seniors 'to equal or better those performances, we cannot be sure, but at any rate the thirteen members of the cast made use of a great deal of dramatic talent in enacting the roles of a vairety of personalities. -Leading roles were taken by D^an McCracken and Betty Lou Kramer as typical parents, Mary Gttee Murphy, Tarry Phalin and George Whiting as their capricious children, and Charles leal SS&TSS Glorice Fremiti, Gladys Stilling Noonan. It was impossible. to aeeomrn the many people who came to the play and many of those who not jmrchased ticket* before night were turned away at the The capacity crowd had only prai for the cast and the director. Mi Helen Stevens. CARD OF THANKS We desire- in this manner to press our sincere thanks for floi offering*, spiritual bouquets, don: tions of cars and the many othi kindnesses extended in our, recei bereavement. rppi THE CAREY FAMILY. Read .the Want Ada WEDDING DANCE i<T, • " C " * - i J ; " ' V / , NELL'S BALLROOM .sii a- ; ; *V8MIH0, 9: ;"'*^;^::--,;SwaU,« Orchertra * Spring Choral Concert » Admission 20c HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM on • 4 , SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 6 at 8:15 p. BL Tickets Sold at Door yr- 1^- NOW IS THE TIME! CALL WONDER LAKE 568 FOR HOUSEHOLD AND COMMERCIAXi REFRIGERATION f- REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL MAKES Wonder Lake ^"Refrigeration Service 24-HOUR SERVICE ROUTE 1, RINGWOOD, ILL. LT. WM. L. CLANTON The name of Lt. Wjn. L. Clanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clanton of Huntley, appeared on a list of American prisoners liberated from a German prison camp, near Moosburg, Germany. He had been, held prisoner since June 14, 1944. RATION GUIDE If you want to Je casual but correct--gay but not giddy-- step in and see The Mallory DALLAS the next time you pass by. You'll really go for its smart Western flair, its airy breeziness, and its "he-man" masculinity. You'll go, too, for its incredible resilience that can take all kinds of punishment without losing its freshness or shape. That's because The DALLAS is made of Pliafelt --an exclusive Mallory process that proves conclusively Mallory makes America's finer lightweight hats. Try it pn in our wide a r r a y o f s p r i n g c o l o r s . . . . . . . . . . • ^ MALLORY HATS $5 to $10 * McGEE'S Hatfield-McCby Feud on Again, but Against Hitter .ON THE ROAD TO PARIS.-The Hatfields and the McCoys were 'feuding agpin recently, but not with each other as U. S. patrols reached the v^inity of Paris and the suburbs OT Versailles. e They were Phillips Hatfield, Sprigg* W. Va., and Hotner L. McCoy, Avondale, W. Va., who said ^they were kin. to the original feudists. "This time we got a mad on against Hitler and are not quarreling among ourselves," said McCoy. P R O C E S S E D F O O D S -- B l u e stamps C-2, D-2, E-2, F-2, G-2 good through April 28; H-2, J-2, K-2, 1^-2, M-2 good through June 2; N-2, P-2, §-2, R-2, S-2 good through June 30; -2, U-2, V-2, W-2, X-2 good through July 31; Y-2 Z-2, A-l, B-l, C-l, good May 1 through August 81. (Book 4--10 points each.) MEATS, CHEESE, FATS, CANNED MILK--Red stamps T-5, U-5, V-5, W-5, X-5 good throhgh April 28; Y-5, Z-5, A-2, B-2, C-2, D-2 good through June 2; E-2, F-2, G-2, H-2,; J-2 goods through June 30; H-2, L-2, M-2, N-2, P-2 good through July 31; Q-2, R-2, S-2, T-2, U-2 good May 1, through August 31. (Book 4--10 points each.) SUGAR--Sugar Stamp No. for 5 pounds through June 2. Stamp No. 36 good May 1 through August 31 for 5 pounds. (Book 4.) SHOES--Airplane atamps 1, 2 and 3 (book 3) each good for one pair indefinitely. t FUEL OIL--Period coupons 4 and 6 of the 1943-44 heating season and period coupons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the 1944-45 heating season., good through August 31, 1945. GASOLINE--A-15 good for 4 gallons each through June 21. B-6, C-6, B-7, C-7 good for 5 gallons each until further notice. « . FATS--Each pound worth two red ration points and 4 cen$s. Wax Linol Lengthen the lif<euol^rour linoleum by applying a coating of wax immediately after laying. --The Store for McHENRY 'Need Care • To weir* and give good service, harness must be properly cared for. This means keeping it repaired and in a pliable condition by regular washing and oiling. A good harness Oil is made by using 10 ounces of neat's foot oil, 2 ounces of oil of turpentine, 4 ounces of petrolatum and one-half ounce of lamp black. Mix the lamp black with the turpentine and neat's foot oil, melt tha petrolatum and mix by shaking toajlttwr, ,L Tooth Decay Tooth decay in school children ip 28 cities in 13 states has been found to correlate with the fluorine deficiency of the milk supply. 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