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HflrfffAT- SECURITY ACT HI SERVED W0RKEB8 ftflt THTRTEEK TEARS The thirteenth anniversary of the stating of the Social Security Act occurred during August, it was pointed out by Bernard Barnett, manager of the local Social Security Administration field office in Waukegan. This law was designed, among other things to provide workers and their families the protection of social insurance and, since that day 'n 1985 when the law was signed by the president, it has become a vital part of the lives of millions of Americans by giving worker* a way to build protection for themselves and their families. , Since 19S7, when the system of old-age and survivors insurance went into effect, Mr. Barnett stated, more than two billion dollars have been paid to retired workers and theirfamilies and to the suryivors of workers Who have died. • j Mr. Barnett, manager of the office in. Waukegan, says further, that the payments are now_ being made to more than two million persons at the rate of 1 more than forty-two million dollars a month. . Offices like the one at Waukegan are located in 475 other towns and lilies throughout the country. . j • NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS-V | ' Sealed proposals for the construction of a reinforced concrete bridge and Portland cement concrete pavement approaches will be received by the Council of the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois until 8:00 o'clock p. m., September 13th, 1948 and at that time publicly opened and read. The proposed work is officially known as Section 2 B. C. S., City of McHenry, Illinois and is to be constructed under the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Plans, specifications and proposal forms may be obtained from Earl R. Walsh, City Clerk, McHenry, Illinois or Victor H. Kasser, Engineer, 202 East Chicago Street, Elgin, Illinois. All proposals must be accompanied by a bank cashier's check or bank draft for ten (10) per cent of the amount of the bid. "The Council reserves the right to reject any or all proposals to waive technicalities. - --------«- BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF McHENRY, September 1. 1948 By EARL R. WALSH, [MARILYN FREUND AT_ LEADERSHIP CAMP AS FHA REPRESENTATIVE Miss Marilyn Freund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe fc. Freund, represented the McHenry high school chapter of F. H. A. at the (Future Homemakers of America leadership training camp last week, August 24- 28 at East 'Bay Camp at Bloomington. Approximately 400 delegates representing the 18,600 F. H. A. members from chapters all over the State of Illinoia worked and played together at this leadership training camp. "F. H. A. in the World Today" was the theme for the week and was carrie3 out through the discussion groups and through the topics ox adult speakers. Speakers on the program included E. E. Hargrave, president of the Illinois Chain Store Council; Patsy Lew, formerly of Shangtii, China, now a student in home economics at Frances Shimer CoH^^6< The state program of work was set up by the delegates and each girl attending returned home with many ideas for improving the chapter program of the local F. H.' A, Chapter mothers were invited for the closing sessions. They met the past state mother and the newly elected 'state mother. AMONG THE SICK 16-2 City Clerk. Gas Tax Allotments Benefit This County Mrs. Florence Thelen of Rt. 1, McHenry has been a medical patient at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Dennis, 2-year-old son of the Nels Dalbys who reside near McHenry, was treated at the Woodstock hospital last Friday for injuries sustained when he fell through a hay chute. Arthur John Wieck of Rt. 2, McHenry, was a surgical patient at St. Therese hospital the past week. Mrs. Ebba Gustafson underwent surgery at the Woodstock hospital l&st week* Mrs. Gilbert 'Burnett has been ill at her home near Island Lake this past week. William Spencer has been a medical patient at the Woodstock hospital. ~ Mrs. C. W. Goodell is reported to be improving nicely from surgery which she underwent at Illinois Masonic hospital in Chicago on Tuesday of this week. >•> BIRTHS Electrification of Farms Given Impetus Under REA Thirteen years ago, about 10 per cent of the nation's farms were electrified. Most power companiea were reluctant to take profit risks involved in making service available to a greater number, and many assumed that such farms as required electricity for major operations already had It. But congress thought differently, and rural electrification administration was established, authorised to make self-liquidating loans to bring electric service to unserved persons In rural areas, says the U. 8. depart* ment of agriculture. REA operates no facilities, has no field offices, and makes no grants. Its loans are made on the basis of full coverage of areas served. While It was assumed that existing power companies would use REA lending facilities to extend electrification, such companies borrowed less than one one-hundredth of the starting fund made available 1935-36. Today 90 per cent of REA borrowers are rural electric co-ops--independent. locally owned business enterprises-- most of which operate distribution systems only, purchasing i power from commercial power companies or public agencies. Relatively little has been loaned to finance generating plants, transmission facilities, or the installation of | wiring, equipment, or appliances on consumer premises. Loans are made for 35 years at a flat 2 per cent interest, the amount REA can loan annually being fixed by congress. Before the war, the program was geared to loans of $40,000,- 000 annually, in 1947 alone, however, REA advanced more than $225,000,- 000 in response to actual demand. tiruuur FaaAalM Him %1/HEN a certain demagogic se»> •• ator, now happily retired w> holding forth in Washington, he w*. constantly engaged in feuds wit his fellow-legislators, and., in con sequence, spent most of his timeon the floor of the senate, denounr ing various and sundry enemies ir potently picturesque terms. Whenever this gentleman arose »< speak, most of hi$ colleagues fie the chamber; but one, a former col lege professor, always remained u his seat, listening with profouno attention. '"Why." a fellow-member demand ed, "do you always stay here U listen to that insufferable wind bag?" The professor laughed. "He fascinates me. I have yet to, hear hiii. male# a grammati'cal error!" MAN* BOSSES Mrs. Frank Kempfer, Jr., and son, Albert, left last weekend for their home in Medford, Okla., after spending a vacation with her /parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vsles. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hunter spent a few days in northern Wisconsin last week. Mr and Mrs. R. Bruelheide of McCullom Lake, have returned home from a trip to West Bend, Iowa, and St. Peter, Minn. They spent two Visiting hours and number of visitors in hospitals have been strictly regulated in accordance with a ruling from the state department of Public Health. Visiting hours at the Woodstock hospital are for wards and two-<bed rooms, daily between 2 p.m. and 4 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8:80 p. m., and for single rooms, daily between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. and 7 p. m. -and 8:80 p. m. The* hospital says that the rule weeks visiting relatives and friends, hardest for the public to under- Mrs. Mary McCabe of Chicago ! ""tad and accept is the one concernvisited friends and relatives here in*. obstetrical patients has been last Sunday. ! limited to husband and mother, or Sharon Freund of Spring Grove!n>>rMt relative, for twenty minutes spent last week visiting Miss Joyce'onee P*r day only during visiting Weber. I hours. No mors than two visitors Walworth Ooonty Fair EULES B? Will Open September i HEALTH DEPARTMENT The one-hundred and sixth Walworth county fair, packed with exhibits and entertainment, opens at Elkhorn, Sept. 8 for four days, closing Labor Day night. The first big horse show ever held in connection with the fair will open the exhibition that afternoon and evening, replacing the harness racing program for the day. Featuring Zacchini, the human buK let, who is shot from a cannon on the midway twice each day, the Gem City carnival is geared to take care of the Children^ day crowd on Friday. Musk for the fair will be furnished by the Elkhorn high school band on Friday, Delavaq high schcfol on Saturday, Whitewater city high on Sunday and the Burlington KUfiwi anis The Elkhorn VFW Miss Georgianna Donahue of Hunt-P®r . Th®, hospital is over- ^um^and^Bueie ^Corns^ will offer iSL!?r? *v5 feW dvyS this week with »roIJ^an.h^~t*fed ^U8e °a\ intricate marching dSm^strations Miss Genevieve Knox. a severe shortage of nurses, and B , .. th R &ont« in th#» fl** ElJSr* ^dMMr"' {°5n. Ayl*«jd^of Jjj* fJJfe^J.^b^^ance of these rules | ceremonje8 before (he evening show. „ariPret ty\™Td of pubUc W,U ** * Very gn* \ Exhibits, both competitive and com- ,cago were McHenry visitors on Sun-!heJP- „ mercisl, have filled the grounds to I w . ,, ! On Monday, Aug. 80, Miss Corrinne j capacity. One of the largest 4-H ™ • s-Clarence Whiting and L. Voight, R. N., from Chadron,; exhibits in history is ready to show, son, Claire, of Elgin attended the Neb., became the new superintendent Special dormitory tents have been °f the Woodstock Public Hospital, jerected to house. 4-H members who COMING EVEttTg ! stay over j vision. under leadership super-' McHenry county and the municipalities of Harvard and Woodstock1 received $73,408 in allotments from Illinois state gasoline taxes in the first six months of 1948, compared with 164,779 in the same period of, 1947jftccording to a statistical analysis. This was an increase of $8,629. The increase was due to steadily rising gasoline consumption which j boosted motor fuel taxes, the ft-j nancial firm stated. McHenry county proper received $62,492 in the first six months of 1948, a gain of $7,404. For Illinois as a whole, allotments to counties and cities from gas tax receipts in the first six months of 1948, totaled $14,240,358, compared With $12,508,848</the year before, a fise of $1,731,510. Mr. and Mrs! Arthur Jackson are the parents of a son, born at the Woodstock hospital on Aug. 23. Mrs. Jackson is the former Miss Glorice Freund. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glaser of Lily Lake on Aug. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Varese announce the birth of a daughter at the Woodstock hospital on Aug. 26. Mr. and Mrs. Harold 'Lindsay are the parents of a son, born on Aug. 27 at the Woodstock hospital. They have one other child, a daughter, i Linda. Mr. and Mr::. Gene Adams are the parents of a son, born on Aug. 31 at the Wooustock hospital. SPEED RECORD Jack Williamson, former resident' of Barrington who was head trainer of the United States track stars at the Olympic races in London, wound' by achieving a speed record for: mself recently. j Leaving London Thursday, he flewj to Chicago and arrived in time to see the All7Star football game at Soldiers' (Field Friday night. The, All-Stars are trained by Carl Erick-: son, Mr. Williamson's brother-in-law. j Diesel Output Up 60% j Ratio of steam locomotive produc- Hon to that of diesel-electric type* is shrinking sharply. One manufacturer , jjhme reports that diesel-electrics ac- | •ounted for 85 per cent of its production in 1947, a rise of 60 per cent over 1946. Early Days of Ced Cross Red Cross societies of San Francisco, Berkeley. Oakland, and several other California cities sprang into existence in the early days of the Spanish- American war to serve^troops of th? California national guard, known as the, First California Volunteers, who had been ordered to Manila. The effect of the surrender of the Spanish army at Santiago, Cuba, less than three months after the declaration of war, was to cause the theater of war to b? transferred speedily from ..ie Caribbean to the Philippines. Troops for this campaign, which was to last three years, came-from all parts of the country and were mobilized in San Francisco. This ^nobilizatlon developed the need of a broad, active Red Cross program. Know Fire Control ABC's, Expert Suggests to Farmers A survey showed that 81 per cent of farmers were tolerating dangerous fire hazards that could be remedied easily. Fire prevention and fire protection begin with fundamentals, says O. B. Copeland, extension service editoFri-- Athens, Ga., "but many farmers still | do not seem to realize that there are three basic types of fires and th§t onch should be handled In a different way. "Class A fires," he said, "involve wood, trash, paper and other combustibles and can be fought effectivefy with soda-acid extinsquishsrs. Class 1 fires are grease, oil and gasoline fires and should be smothered with "arbon dioxide, foam or vanorizing I'quid extinguishers. Class C fires are electrical fires and should ba controlled with carbon dioxide or vaporizing liquid extinguishers. If possible, the current should be shut off. In all cases, extinguishers approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories should be used." Failure to appreciate the ABC fundamentals of fire costs farmers an estimated $90,000,000 worth of proparty and kills approximately 3,500 people on farms each year. i Sutton family reunion on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gustafson of Chicago were guests in the home of Mrs. Edith Hayes on Sunday. Their i daughter, Mercedes, returned home- - . J ,with them after a week's visit here.' September 2 *' • Don't be a holiday killer! Forty j George Brda left last week for a C* D^ of A. Business Meeting, .. ' percent of all 1947 traffic deaths , vacation trip to California. " j Sept. 3, 4, 5 and 6 j occurred on weekends, according to ( Lee Hughes has returned to To-1 Annual Fall Festival Christ the the Accident Prevention Department,, peka, Kas., after spending a week , King Church, Wonder Lake. , Association of Casualty and Surety tVisiting friends and relatives/ in this | September 4, 5, 6 ! companies. During the Labor Day .Community. ! Carnival and Festival' at Club Lily- weekend when you do a lot of | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Anglese and j moor -- Sponsored by Property traveling, drive carefully. Drive ^daughter, Kathleen, spent the past Owners Association. j carefully every day. * jWeek at Morrison, 111. j September 7 1 11 1 i Ada Hoelscher • of Elgin Johnsburg Community Club--Nell's, . XT A i>nhhnr * ohU* mt visited her sisters, Mrs. R. I. Over- iiallroom ,'i Stamps7. OW«, at -*>n !ast week. Fox Valley Camp, R. N. A--Meet- The plaindealer- \ Mrs. Nick B. Freund, Mrs. George ing--Woodman Hall. < Freund and Mrs. A. H. Freund September 9 Visited friends in Aurora last Thurs- Circle. 3, W. S. C. S.--Mrs. French, , j McCullom Lakfe. , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May and East River Road Pinochle Club--Mrs. j daughters, Joann and Lois, visited: B. Juerjens. scenic spots in Wisconsin on Monday.1 September 10 | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buck of Elgin Mothers Club--Legion Hall. and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Freund of> . September 23 1 Woodstock were Sunday evening Bazaar and Card Party--Acacia Hall !visitors in the Peter W. Freund, --Sponsored by O. EL S. November 4 Public Party--Sponsored by C. D. of A. "Tell me, sir, who is the reaT66iS' Polscn tvyr poison oak and poison NPIP Sp?Us More Eggs at your home?' "Well, my wife bosses ihe children, and the children boss the dog and cat, but I can say anything I want to the petunias." Slight Handicap •* "Now we know that the earth is round," said the schoolmaster. "Tell me, Thomas, would it be possible for you to walk around the earth?" "No, sir," replied Thomas. "And why not?" "Because," was the unexpected reply. "I twisted my ankle playing football " STATION IDENTIFICATION Little Boy: "Mama, what was the name of the last station the train stopped at?" Mother: "Don't bother me, I don't know. Don't yoa see I'm reading? Why do you ask?" Little Boy: "Because little brother got off there." range is 600 yards, but your sight is set at 300." Said the recruit: "See that tittle rock halfway along? Well, bouncing 'em off that." Toni Permanent Wave Kits, $1.25 and $2.00. Wattles Drug Store. 35-tf Subscribe for The Plaindealer No Wonder it's the Official Sock of the 1948 Olympics National poultry improvement plan has proved, says Albert B. Godfrey! of the bureau of animal industry, "a very efficient program for tha id?nti- "'cation, ©multiplication, and distribution of superior strr'^s of poultry breeding stock." Since th? plans were put Into operation, says the U. S. department of agriculture, the annual rate of lay in the United States has increased from . 122 to 155 errgs a year, based on the number of layers in flocks. Other factors contributed, but the bureau says the improvement nlan was a major factor. All states but Nevada now cooperate in the olan which involves about 27 million birds that are tested for pullorum 'isease and selected to improve breeding qualities. The cooperating j down on a piece of paper." states have adopted uniform terminology and are obligated to meet at laast the minimum requirements of the plan. home • on West .Waukegan street. Three Poison Plants sumac inspire the same kind of rash --a patchy, blistery. angry skin surface that may remain localized, but too often spreads like mad. And the three plants give off the same kind of po'e^nous oily substance Con^)lete Official Tfsts Of Ingfeside Dairy Cows Several registered Holstein-Friesian cows in the dairy herd owned which i by Henry Wegener, Ingleside. have causes the rash when it penetrates I recently completed official production the skin. The plants are most dan- , ^sts in Herd Improvement Registry Serous In the spring and summer I Jest, The Holstein-Fnesian Assoc.a- . . . . j , t i o n o f A m e r i c a a n n o u n c e s . when their Ju,ce Is in abundance. The highest producer was Lilac One can pick up the oil by touching (Hin Barbetta ifiess, Fobes, with a the plant, by torching a rake that j (ff 702 pounds of butterfat and has touched* the plant (and the oil ^949 poUnds of milk. The test Was has been known to stick to garden 1 completed in 365 days on two milktools as long as a year), by contact with the clothing or fre3hly anointed skin of anybody or anything--even the family dog - where It has touched the' plant. -j------ * New Accessor!** Motorists soon will have all modern conveniences in their automobiles if the present flood at new inventions continues. Typical of gadgings daily and at the age of 7 years 3 months. The second highest producer was Lilac Hill Bernice Sensation, with 693 pounds of butterfat and 18,668 pounds of milk made in 365 days on twta milkings daily and at the age of 9 years 1 month. $100,000 SUIT or $100,000 da been filed by Mrs. Mertell PLASTIC CURLERS puis tax A suit for damages Wicl has ickizer, venuons conunues. lypicw 01 g««s- g() of Wast;0i aRainst Fred Hummel ets for motorists recently intro- | an(j Fre(j Hummel, Jr., also of Wasduced are the two-passenger folding |co>.in ty,e Kane County Circuit Court Jtent that is mounted on top of a car 1 at Geneva Mrs. Wickizer charges and inside of which are two air mat- j that sh6 was permanently blinded tresses; a collapsible canvas trailer | when a cleaning preparation which weighing only 45 pounds with a load | had been given to her by the Hum- New Technique • "How the deuce," asked the officer on the rifle range, "did you --0-~-„ r , -- . get those four straight bulls? Your 1 capacity of 400 pounds, which dis- j mels exploded as she was cleaning rah uamIq hut vniir eicrht assembled fits in a car trunk, a | the drain 01 her sink. light, folding three-wheel motor , _ . ~ ~ „„„„ gage space, a steering wheel to en-1 and other jatest styles. Elizabeth DOlgcI tertam children that is made of soft j p.ch Green street( McHenry. 16 rubber, equipped with a built-in j I PHONE 40 horn and fastens to the dashboard ( Need "Rubber Stamps? Order of a car by suction cups. -- - IT'S NEW' Toni Creme Shampoo 4-OZ.JAB 95« 1-OZ.TUM 4* I'm Poor Memory A suburbanite whose clock, haci run down was sending his boy to town to get the correct time. "But Pa. I can't bring the cor rect time. I have no watch." "What do you want a watch for? If . you can't remember, write it ROBERT TEE LBE -McHENRY, ILL. The Plaindealer. llW m Famous English Bells Bells have bet 1 part of Ergland's life for close to a thousand years, the first record of bell-founding In this country dating back around A. D 940. Bell-founding is thus one of th" oldest crafts in England, a craft which has changed little In those thousand years. When an old oversea- ->eal>iaa lost its harmony, or a b=" 'i cracked, it Is the English bellfounders who puts things right. Bip Ben weighs 13!/2 tons, yet is not the biggest bell in London. That distinction belongs to Great Paul who hangs in one j>f the cathedral's towers and weighs 16% tons Paul Is also the heaviest bell In the empire. These however, are little more than hand-j bells compared with the great bell of'j Moscow, which one presumes still exists behind the iron curtain. The weight of this bell is 128 tons. Chin* Son: "Dad, was Tee robber they sing about. man?" Dad (pu ed): "Te* Lee» What song is about him?" 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Captured fireflies provide the Weaver bird with a well lighted nest to India, according to legends there. Work Saver First Bride: "I've got my hus band where he eats right out of mv hand." Second bride: "I wish 1 could do that. It certainly would save a lot of dishwashing, wouldn't it." Problem la Finance The absent-minded customer started out of the restaurant with out paying his check and the sweet young thing at the cashier desk said: "Hey. Doc Just how do you want to finance this?" VACATION DAYS ABE JUST ABOUT OVER, AND THE "BACK TO SCHOOLM TREK WILL SOON BEGIN. MAKE YOUR FIRST WEEK AT SCHOOL EASIER BY HAVING YOHR SCHOOL SUPPLIES EARLY. „ 0 EDWARD CARS DIES Edward E. Carr, 64, died at his home on Keystone Corners, Richmond, on Monday, Aug. 80. Last rites were conducted on Wednesday afternoon from the Richmond Community church, with bvrial in Harrison- Carr cemetery in Ringwood. Mead Bobber Stamps? Order a* the FMndrnm Dust Ma Off! Little Dickie's mother, trying to talk him into a bath, urged, "Surely y&u want to ba a clean little boy, don't you?" "Yes," tearfully agreed Dick, "but couldn't you Just dust ma?'* The first malleable Iron fell from the sky in the form <* meteorite^ Primitive man regarded it aa a gift from the dcy-gods. * Apple trees do not start to pcoduee pkofltabla crape until they are seven to 10 years of age and have made a growth large qnottgh to support three FINEL1NE PENCILS made to last " 11.00 5 PLASTIC RULERS AH Colors 15c -- CRAYOLAS Binney and Smith 16 colors 16c NOTEBOOK FILLERS heavy stock bi# count 10c TWO RING BINDERS very colorful and sturdy 30c " BALL-iPOlOT PENS Made in U.S.A. by Fineline Division of Schaeffer Pe$ tte. 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