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mm* o LY AT ghkulmaA Catolt PITAL ; 3m Xotiday OU&umn&A QB (Jo*k ~ '• •• * AGAIN at this Yuletide season the strains of Christmas carols are floating into the hearts and \Jyomes of millions of people, carry- ' log the spirit of Christmas. It is at this holiday season that the impulse to sing grips everyone, from the crooning infant to the oldest and akpst confirmed "monotone." < "There are many kinds of carols, some for every mood and taste. . Hymns or chants celebrating the Nativity have been sang since the earliest days of the Christian church. : Some of the carols, like "Deck the Hall with Boughs of Roily/' "Good King Wenceslas" and the wassailing songs, have no direct relation to the Nativity, yet they are fully expressive of various phases of the Christspirit. most frequently is "Silent Night." tgme in the hamith Germany, rntiful song was .Best loved sung of the f It was Clu : let at Obe 1818 that world, was written by Phillips Brooks, a Boston minister. On * trip to the. HoJgJauid, Brooks stood on the starlit hills on Christmas Eve and looked down upon the little city of Bethlehem lying still and peaceful in the night. On the next Christmas, back in America, he wrote the song that was to become famous: . -• "O UttUi town *t Bothlohom How stiU we tee thee lie Written for Sunday school singing, the song at first was anonymous but, when the hymn gained immediate favor, Brooks admitted authorship. Many musical settings of this beautiful poem have been made, the two most ooonmonly used being by the English composer, Joseph Barnby, and the American composer, Louis H. Redner. Charles Wesley, younger brother of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist denomination, shares with N* \ . The recent omHIkk of a stateaided eancer dnMMstic clinic at Victory Memorial MSpital in Waukagan was anneinwsd this week by Dr. Roland It. Creep, Illinois director of public health. Under the direction of the radiologist, Dr. E. W. Speckman, clink sessions are held every Thursday beginning at 9 o'clock in the morning. Dr. John C. McCarter is serving the new. clinic as pathologist. l%e Opening of the clinic at Waukegan brings to seventeen the numbea of audi centers which are in operation throughout the state. Others are located , at Bloomington, Canton, Champaign, Chicago, Danville, East St Lo«b, Elgin, Cranston, Herein, Jacksonville, Ottawa, Peoria, Rockford, Savanna and Springfield. Any resident of Illinois who has symptoms suggestive of cancer may arrange through his attending physician for admission to any one of theee cancer <nsgnietic clinics. Dr. Cross pointed out that mortality from rsnfli has increased steadily in Illinois during the past tea years. IDoaths from cancer among all age groope stood at 12,847 in 1946, as compared with 5,585 in 19S6, an increase of 43 per cent in tm years, or an average increase of about 4 per cent annually. "Cancer can be cured in a large number of cases if it is recqpnised soon enough and treated properly. Periodic check-Ope would bring to light pre- cancerous conditions that might be readily corrected in many people. While much research won is Doing carried on and promising new methods of treatment are beipg developed, relianeo must still placed on X-fray and surgery for control of the dbaase," Dr. Cross concluded. , Ants' Hairy Herd Ants milk aphMs for honey dew and herd them like any dairyman* does his herd. of Jhe. _ iy of Northern WON awarded prises --.--_ tor the best 1947 su^gestioas submitted under the company's sngrestion systiftm at a year-end eonerence or the utility's officials hold last week at the Palmer House, Chicago. Bri tton I. Budd, president, presented a top award of $200 to Norman Flynn and John Bourg, Joliet, of the company's southern division meter department for suggseting the design and construction of a wood frame extension to be attached to standard outdoor meter boxes at installations requiring deeper boxes. SeOond prise winner was Thomas Sneddon of Evergreen Park, who received. §180, for suggesting a method of finding gas main joints in the ground by means of a radio pipe locator. Willis A. George, Waukegan, and Albert L. Cappelen, Northbrook, tied for third plaee and each was awarded $100 for Ms suggestion. George suggested an ingenious braking method whieh makes it possible to stop pilot motors at generating stations more quickly and efficiently, whilf Cappeler's idea incorporated an improvement in the flood control equipment used in gas pressure regulator vaults. Three employes, Mary Ariagno, Joliet, Walter Ahr', Maywood, and Robert Cain, West Chicago, Were each given $26 awards for submitii •••ITltwF' ]r * - t- tn a s _ ft**, -5>rvij* were three wljtS men tresc Uncle Sam Says and da; ting the largest suggestions durlngtap The year-end Prtgjt Hon to own Sven to the i^lnnlll eir suggestions ^^he" utility's founded in 1911 the country, •record during }m\ gestions submitted, were accepted fw a approximately t5tOW Trespassers la^ifOd The number of trespassers fatall, tniured on railway property KamgM t?om 1,499 to 2.801 an*uily 19S4. Orthodox Bags if you find a square or Greek cross worked into the design of your Oriental rug, you will know that the rug is not woven by an orthodox Mohammedan. ' , Man or You can tell the difference between a man and a mouse by their heart beats. A man's heart beats about 70 times a minute, a mouse's 700 times First Pin • .-..I .... John Ireland Howe, Derby, Coqn., invented and patented the first pinmanufacturing machine that proved practical in- 1882. Ho received a silver medal - at the American- In* atitute fair tn New York. jiiiw " 11 by a And on they w*i---« UMU they came «MN ' £3wiien they canas unto that #|nr« our beloved Mwtah waa ffcsy humbly cast them at Ms feet With gifts of goM sndtaeanss swaei VETERAN BB8T MAN - "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride," has Don Johnson of Barrington a bit concerned, but he is optimistic and hopes it doesn't apply to a feest man. , For ttoe Popular young veteran perhaps holds the best man record in the • community. Saturday evening when he eerved in that role at the wedding of Ovid (Stormy) Neagle Jr. and Mias Bar- Thumau at the Methodist church, is was the eighth time he has performed as beet man since his discharge from ^ VA^ nfc force in November, 1945. Kangaroo Leather Australia furnished the United States with U7 species of knngarot Aiwa for:, 'entk-f»r. ororti.ntinn Complete flr.e of Beebelivestock remedies M Wattles Drug Store, Mc- "Henry. . •. W Christmas 1*87 the market everywhere whfteh last only wyi, . of the foeiplent this Christens, 10 years hisee when it wffl " at flw rate of $4 for < for it now. That's Ua tags Bonds. Santa win ho say to your l*wd and "Marty Carlstmi the wesent with a groat | Ineluca yonr hank or pest o|iee sat Infs bond window on yew Ghristl| m^s shopping tour. .. Ipmposed. A i young priest, Father Jbsef Mohr, was returning from the bedside of a parishioner when he .looked down'upon the sleeping hamlet surrounded by snow. It lay there silent in the dark night, lighted only fey the bright stars and a few glimsnering candles. That first Christmas, he thought, must have been Hke this and there came to him these ffords: "SiUmt Night, Hob Nig s'?. All it calm, M it bright In his study he finished the verses, Jfeen took them to Franz Gruber, the organist, who caught the spirit of a hymn. "Silent Night" was sung *>r the first time in the little wooden Church in Obernsdorf that Christanas Eve. Latet- a group of Austrian Tyrol mountain folksong sing- 'ers introduced the carol to other parts of the world, including America. Published in 1840, it has been translated intfe*. almost every language and is a favorite throughgut the world. j| "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" or lAdeste Fideles" is another hymn v the ages which apparently is des- * lined to live for centuries. It has feen translated into 76 languages. * The words are sometimes as- fibed to St. Bonaventura. bishop Albano, in the thirteenth century, is most commonly believed, how- Iyer, that it was not written until |he seventeenth or eighteenth cen- 'lury. The hymn often is called the - 4Portuguese hymn because it was tfung in the Portuguese chapel in ilxjndon about 1785 to the tune*now inseparable from it: • "Ob com*. mU y* fmlkftd, joyfml end triumphant; ^ . I Ob come ye, ob comic ye to Bethlehem ..." I A# American song wfiich carries ' the spirit of Christmas is the sweet 2and beautiful carol, "It Came Upon . %he Midnight Clear." The poem was 'written by Edmund H. Sears, a New England minister, in a religious journal. The music is by the American composer, Richard S. Willis, who was struck by the unusual beauty of the poem and "just set down the notes that fit the words": I "U came upon the midnight clem • Tb*t glorious song of old . . ." One of the most popular Yuletide hymns, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" follows the traditional carol style. The first two stanzas depict the angels hovering over the earth . and singing their joyous song, the third brings words of comfort to the . weary and the fourth prophesies the happy days when all the world shall join in the angel's song. "O Little Town of Bethlehem," another America^ contribution to the famous Christmas songs of the Isaac Watts the honor of being the greatest producer of hymns. His "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," first published in 1739, is among the most popular Christmas carols although it has undergone . man^ changes. . ^ "H*rk! tb* herald tmgelt ting, " Glory to the now-born King . . .* The music is by that distinguished composer, Felix Mendelssohn-Barholdy and hence was written long after Wesley died. Watts' principal contribution to the world's holiday joy is the carol, "Joy to the World." The tune, "Antioch," is an adaptation of Handel's oratorio, "Messiah." "Joy to the world, the Lord it comot ° Lot erntb receive her King . . Watts, too, was a minister. While officiating as pastor of Market Lane church in England his health failed although he was still a young man. He turned to writing verse and became a great poet. The First Noel," meaning the first Christmas, is one of the oldest songs about the coming of Christ. One of the ancient medieval carols, it probably is about 400 years old. The poetry is crude, merely a peasant's attempt to present the New Testament story in rhyme (thus making it easy to remember) but thoroughly sincere and devout The music likewise is simple, being practically one little strain sung three times, but it is vigorous, joyous, fresh and virile. T4# first Noel tbo Angel did ur$, Wmt to certain poor shepherds In fields st they lay ..." Caroling or wassailing is an old English custom. The original words of this traditional English Christmas song began "Here we come a-wassailing" and continued in the chorus. "Love and joy come to you. and to your wassail too." The old song commonly was sung by groups of revelers, particularly yoyng women, who went about offering a hot drink, a merry song and a pretty curtsey in exchange for a small gift. The word "wassail" comes from the Anglo-Saxon "Waes hael," meaning "Be in health." And, of course, Merry ChristmslV would be less merry to both childrer and adults without that little jingle "Jingle Bells," to jingle all the way tjhrough the Yuletide season with its mythical one-horse sloigh--which in most parts of America belongs to| another day. But, s'ans the sleigl bells and the sleigh, who is there child or adult, who does not love" that gay and rollicking Chriatma*. ditty to which dear old Santa claiu^ comes skimming into town or to iso* la ted country homea behind his eight reindeer. We Still Travel to Grandmother's on Christmas "To grandmother's house for Christmas. . . V" That part of the holiday theme has become as much a part of the Yule season as the mistletoe and holly. And where, in days of yore, the trip to grandmother's house was made by sleigh, it now is being made by airplane. With more planes available and expanded facilities, airlines are anticipating the greatest travel season in history. Many families are making "split trips"--the children going unescorted aboard flights from their home to the destination airport, where they are met by their grand* parents. Mother and father follow later after completing various tasks essential to a complete Christmas. "To grandmother's house for Christmas. . . ." goes the old song. And this year throughout the nation the trip is being made by ths modern mode of sir ttaniportatioQ. - ? M MoHenry, Illinois SUN. - MON, DEC. 28 - 29 Cary Grant * Myraa Lay Shirley Temple "THE BACHELOR A NO THE BOBBY SOXER Abo--Cartoon-N ovelty And World News - COMPACTS St. 'M TUESDAY (One Day) PILCHER BUTCH" Jenkins Francis Gifford "LITTLE MR. JIM" pSatittflFiilly decorated, sturdily eon> itructed compacts, by a world famous ibanufacturer, that will make anj. feminine heart flutter on Xmas mora-* fag Priced from $1.50 to $10.09 See Tbttwi Compacts on Display at Foot Ball Thrills A Novelty WEDNESDAY - CLOSED ALL DAY DECEMBER 31, NEW YEAR'S EVE THURS. - FRL Van Johnson - Thoaaa MiicheH Janet Leigh THE ROMANCE OP ROSY RIDGE" Matinee - 2:45 centina Now Year's Dfey m ^ - - 7' T.. famdit oolyP I^VBRY day you tee then. m yoa am for hi^h advefiture. ONLY SUICK HAS All THIS! WHd Pigs far Figs-- The natmog pigeons, slso known aa tte white pigeons In Austrstts, fssd on wild figs. Vast flocks wing •cross Torres strait, between New Odlnea and Australia to the Queensland coast to breed. Like most P%MBS, they are lazy nest builden, s lew twigs supporting a single large white egg. They are good •sting snd lugger crews, after pearl dbsU snd trodiua, huntiag them at night oa (h* reef islands they nest. •ssd the Wanv Ads nrJfsad m our *am«l Now Wood is growhSZm forest at the rate of about 13^70,000,000 c\iMs feet per year or about 25,500 enhfts feet per minute. Wood is being taken from the forest at the rata of about 13,500,000,000 cubic feat par year, of which 1,500,000,000 cubic feet is lost due to fire, insects snd disease. If these destroyers oould be controlled, present Orobd growth would alaaost b» Complete lino of Lee's remedies at Wattlee Drag tees, Henry. M -1,^' 'i iwin|in| smoothly by. And every time you see them, like as not* tto ssme tUag hsppens. Yoa ftsney yourself traveling in •tyle that's tmmtstaksble anywhere, snd eye-oatehinf wher> ever you to. You |»iet«ir* the fas you eotdd have behind this big boanetful of •Firebsll power, eager for your treadle-foot's nudge, as avii You {Motore fte glorious comfort there must be in soft, coil springs all around and a ride as laval as an honest man's look. You picture the peace of mind that oould be yours in a carriage so big* to sure, so steady---a ear whose very wheel-rims lend .security and control as well at aoftneaa to your going. Well sir/ Why tet^tooh pleasant fancies k#ow Buick only from Ae ^wslpc, when every day that 0g9fes |eould be bringing yo^ aetfer Id owning eneP is simply to mske up you're goin| to of these style is to see your Buick #alsr. ike your order, your* to you he : * , / R. L Oviertoii U >tor Sales / front St, West McHenry, QL -222 N: WnSfc,Crystal Iudce.111. BUICK *