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A-?. • vf ur'&r ^::s •v> w* & ry^if .«vsr • V •>• - • &*** f 1 '"":• rf^A-n^ ; ';>"'!\:*:%"*j Nminai , IIMirliki | *".. f |)imtiM>Mi»iM»im<» jjjv* • By VaiMM 8eDa o TIm Christmas trees and Iuf niafci St si shine the dark, nless nights that we have been ng. The spirit of love for their odf neighborhood stores of cheer into ! fellowman also burn* in the hearts i of oorr merchants M they plan a united Christinas party on Christmas ere afternoon for the children of the district. Children were to register at each of the stores and the bvsincas tttpo planning the party «III then present a little present to each of the participating children. Another Christmas party -will tike place x>n Monday evening, December 22 at 7:80 p. m. for Die children of Christ the King Mission fmm t0?°IHE NEW: IfWjfrredJby Agricultural Dipt., CkUmgo Joumml e/ Ciwwwti ^ Meat Supplies jeopardized | y^ATTLE in the Middle West corn belt were rc^l L< duced Sharply in November. . . . The government estimates tttr- Apfryy-- as much as 25 per cent from the same month last year whBa the total for the July-November period was believed to be 17 per flfnt below the corresponding period last year. . . . The movement at huge quantities of gialn overseas and threats of price controls aw- ^questionably the chief factors In Influencing feeders to curtaft, operations. J"? This means leas meat for consumers. inefficient marketing of cattle jeyrying poor Quality and less manure for improving soil fertility., -Authorities point out that moving 500,000 cattle to slaughter tag dead of Into feed lots means that only 180,000,000 pounds of beef will., be produced whereas 280.000.000 pounds would have been made available If there had been no redaction in cattle feeding. . . . It is believed probable also that the average feeding period will be shortened in tt* period. further curtailment of production as It jt drawn that each 10-pound decrease in average slaughter weight qf cattle means a loss of nearly 25.000.000 pounds of beef. jf:- The com belt states ordinarily represent about 75 per cent of the number fed, according to Department of Agriculture flgv -- an average feeding period of 200 days. The average weight at Imclnnlnr at feeding Is shown to be around 650 pounds and the avei mtak per Im** around 360 pounds. The feed required to fatten cattle, enthe average, included 47 bushels of corn, or its equivalent In othct id around 65 pounds of high-protein feed. Hay and other •mi* up the balance of most rations. THIS COLUMN IS SPONSORED BY MCHENRY CO. FARMERS CO-OP, Assn. iowb » 52S Waakegan ! -- r--^ BATTERIES There are none bettor, battery. We allow- $2 to $4 for your old AND MUD TIRES Just the kind yon need for those bad roada during the winter months. We can supply them* If yon prefer chains we have ten tor trncks and tractors. ears, WALTER J. FREUND Tires -- Tabes - Batteries -- Acceaaoriea Tire and Tabe Valcanlsing > All Work Guaranteed OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS sFor f'Kat * Exclusive ClflRUS * * ffATUKINf SMWHIC TRAM MARK eeable 35 MM CAMERA; i$116S A'so Available--Eastman Vigilant ana onitor and Ansco Cameras" WORWICK'S STUDIO"^ I& RlVERSIpE^ORlVB'£».• »' • 'Mtrffttf toddlers There eighth _ a grab bag. from either of Shore Hills of Indian Thqaj» attending the mid-winter choral concert at McHenry high on Sunday line thril youngsters singing, and playing in the from Wonder Lake. treated •voices Many of the in the phorua orchestra were Among those ! toft, and saw and recognised were Joan Dorabush, Janet VaaKanegan, Ardelle Krueger, Sally Smalc, Ellen Eltof Joan Big-gers, Nancy Cristy Sharon Sells. If there were others, they will forgive me if I missed their smiling faces as some of them have grown so tall that it is difficult for me to recognise them now that they are teenagers. I particularly enjoyed "Ten Little Indian," and the ta&leaus. knarr a* tMm' JL u w niimlt tHtt Judith Ann Jurgenqohn, aged one month, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John jurgensohn, was christened at, Christ the King. Mission by Father James Vanderpool on Sunday, December IS. Victor Jurgensohn of Wonder Lake and Betty Mae Balanger of Oak Park served as sponsors for the little lady. Her christening gown was a gift of great-aunt, Miss [elen McMahon* and her blue knitted cap and botties were a gift of a neighbor, Mrs. Josephine Wendt. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, Thomas P. Mathews, who celebrated twenty-two years of marriage on Dec. 16 by taking in dinner and a show in Chicago, Congratulations to Walter Frost, who was elected to the vice-presidency of the Keyboard Club of the Woodstock Typewriter Co., at their Christmas party held Saturday night, Dec. 16^ which Started Kith turkey dinner at 6:30 p. m. for 170. Happy 'Birthday to Brian Powers, who was four yiars old on Dec. 16 and who celebrated with ice cream and cake. Also congratulations to Bobbie Cormier, who was ten years old on Dec. 11. He celebrated with a small party to which five of his friends were invited. Three present Thursday Wonder Lake boys were at the 'banquet given on evening in the dining room of the Wodstock Community High School Iby the Woodstock Chamber -of Commence anil the Woodstock Lions Club for 4his season's football players on all Woodstock teams; those from St. Mary's, those from Todd; and thoee from Woodstock High. The Wonder Lakers, all frtin W. C. H. S., were Donald Grill of Wickline Bay; Pelham Woodward of Wonder .Woods, and Richard Richards of Lookout Point. On the program which followed the banquet, pictures of the 1947 game between Wisconsin and Northwestern were shown and George Lanphear, freshman coach at the University of Wisconsin, gave an inspiring address. The featured ftoloist at the marriage of Dpifene Thomaen and H*wUd. t linttv in Woodstock, last Sunday, wai Mtt. Rogers Hansen. The groom is ftauployed at the Woodstock Dfc ft Ifold Co., Inc., of WMch Marius Hansen is one of the ownigfe. Mrs VjTeods Greenwald day Mr. and Lake Zurich man wen home. Dorothj^"'THomas of Winder was a visitor last week at e home of sister, Mrs. William fit r , .fear Kenosha. On Son- Earl Pre tz man of Mr. and Mrs. Pretsat the Thomas I am in that dass animals. If you put a late a room it will » wall. Have ypu ever that? . . • -- results of oor W-D may oa growing corn was nffcythree bMhMs per acre on the treated plot and thirty on the untreated plot. Pt«t W. 0. Scott o< the agronomy, department and I shucked a 400>-fodt row in each plot last Thursday. There was about the same difference in the number of stalks par 100 feet in the two pfote as there was difference in the yield showing, that weeds in the row had completely crowded out the corn plants in the untreated plot, making the difference in yield chiefly a result in difference in stand. The treated plot produced decidedly better quality corn. Smart weeds were the ones that did most of ne damage. _ „ , "Food Control During Forty-Six Centuries," a contribution to the history of price fixing by Mary G. Lacy, librarian of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. D. A., prepared for the Agricultural History Society, has some interesting statements from history to wit: "The history of government limitation of price seems to teach one clear lesson, that in attempting to ease the burdens of the pe6ple in a time of high pricen by artifically setting a limit to them, the people are not relieved but only exchange one set of ills for another which is greater. Among these ills are (1) the withholding of goods from the market, because consumers being in the majority, price fixing is usually in their interest; (2) the dividing of the community into two hostile camps, one only of which considers CLASSES NOW FORMING ROOKFOKD SCHOOL Beauty that the wM* in the wif the and -EGYPT, 2880 B. cbnttrol of the grate th» pwple from OV«r the land in "CHINA, 424-887 out a system of and demand whieh mal. She seems to only country which whole price question as being a symptom and not the Hjpwast itself, and because she re€0*nix«d t his fact seems to have come nearer than any other country to , solving the problem of supplying the .people with the feed they needed at a price they could pay. "ATHENS, 404-387 B. C., regulated the grain trade and set prices by legal enactment but found herself unabft fb enforce them. "ROME, 301^61 A. D„ made a colossal experiment in controlling prices by legal enactment, _ but it utterly failed. \ . • "GREAT BRITAIN, 1199-1815, had on her statute books laws fixing the price of bread continuously for more than 500 years. The price of wheat, fish, and wine was also regn- Culture EKBOLL NOW or Write for Information -5' Further NO OBLIGATION 307 W. STATE gbOCKFORD, ILLINOIS Phone 3-6833 cSlISn I"A £ entire legislation for ita 1770 ami has lifcrned in the hard achool of experithat even in tfmea of faadne, fixing is a vary daagaraos 1688-1779, tiled . , it *t varkma •9mm but failed utterly te mrtiateetmry reswHa. ReUtiv* la their iwwttve sheet paraona have larger brains than tall . FOB IMMEDIATE DELIVERY I-Beams, Ooltunns, Aiiftes Basement Sash of all Static We Specialise in Oraa&ital Iron Bailhigs^ To Order. SCHROEDER IRON WORKS P. 0. Address: Rt. 3, Box 514 McBfenry, XOL two Miles Sonth of McHenry on III State Route 81 -^OIFTS FOR ALL One quick trip downtown will complete your .Christmas shopping. You'll find armloads of bargains, gifts of every descrip* tion for every person at VYCITAL'S HARDWARE TABLE AND CHAIR SETS 17.25 - $10^0 $17.50 |ted or Blue Plaid Overstuffed TOY ; ROCKERS Midget 8ise $1^& Others at $1.98 - $4.50 Mr. and t Hf4vin OIsoq of Wonder' Lijn annouitce the engtura- "f"4 of tl*oir daughter, Irene, to Albert Steinwehe Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Steinwehe of Woodstock. The marriage will take place in the spring, & of Aristotle There we're seventeen present at the meeting of the Great Books Club last Tuesday when "Antiend "Oedipus Rex" by the Iramatiat Sophoclse, ware discussed. Preseht from Wonder Lake tfw feting which was held in Todd 8dwoi, Woodstock were Mrs. Jf"? Ljy Cunan, Alice Noren, Fojrsberg, Mrs. Batty Seladorf, «nd Mrs. Esther Chase. At Panned for January 18, the "Poetic«'f A-1- wiH be the 4*eson. Mlaa Loviise Behrens of Wonder Lake i* 09 Meident patient ^*- the Woodstock Hoapital. • Goapel Center Four more children were enrolled in our Sunday Bible School last Sun- ^ • There were also a number of vteitors at the morning service from Chicago and Woodstock. The Confirmation Class will henceforth meet on Wednesday afternoons at 4:80 instead of Saturday mornings in order to make it. more convenient for some df the members. A Silent Messenger in the form of an outdoor Sign Board wiH soon be visable on th^ front lawn of the G. C., with a message and an invitation to all who passes bv. We are indebted to Mr. Wm. Martin for this fine work. Once more would we remind ' friends and neighbors about •Special Holiday Services. Christmas Matin Service in the earliest hour Of Christmas Day, at 12:01 a. m. A candlelight ^ service. The Sunday School Festival and Program to be riven on, Sunday Evening, Dec. There will all Service on N< p. m. Servir«g next Sunday, Dec. 21 will at 10 J. m., Sunday School,' and Morning Semee at 11 o'clock. Ser- ^ FARM ADVISER'S COMMENTS A\OLINE I 01am BuckH - 4 CRANE Clam can' be opened or closed any position. Cab tested to hold 250 lbs. ^ Each $0.50 M: . #. MECHANICAL TRAINS at $4.50 EUectric Train w Transformer $14.75 Ajlr M-1-: IRISH MAIL $7.98 CASSEROLE $9.95 r Padcn City, 93-pi<fe- DramwwAM SET • $§6.7]5, Special .fjfeX $39.50 ^ fitted wav elxctiuc 0BnanK *15.9$ Weat McHeary • ' 514 W. Main St, McHenry OPEN SUNDAY MOKNING8 ^ Till Xmai 332 SOUTH GREEN ST., fTESCO 10-piec^ Clut ALUMINUM WAR| $19.96 SHOE SKATES Men's Box Toe $12.50 White $U.5° Junior Johnson __ $1050 » * . . • ICE HOCKEY GAME $1.98 Aluminum Largs Size Roastfti* $3.98 - $5.49 Sergeant % SAWS ™ $12.75 StainlessStorf KITCHEN TOOCl The set including rack, blue, yellow or red plastic handles. $4.50 set TOY SWKXPlfes Mo Jungle Aim Shooting Game Special value at ^ 49c . . 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