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You'd think it would be birthdays of people in school, but some of these people we've never heard of before. There's a birthday of some guy in Fairbanks, Alaska. We school, elected captains and chose teams. Captaining the. Seniors will be Mary Jane Qerasch and Renee Kalsch; Pat Goranson and Louise Hunt will captain the Juniors, and Janice Oeffling and June Kurbyun will lead the Sophomores. The Freshmen will hold their own' separate tournament. with four teams in.'competitionc^ hese. teams will be lead bv Bamara Cable. Rita Barbian, Peggy Whiting * and Pat Rosing. Telephone DemonMiration Held Wednesday morning, a representative of the Illinois Bell Telephone company, with his various equipment presented a demonstration to an entranced student body. The equipment was very intricate' and look several hours to set up. An interesting part of equipment was a coaxial didn't even know the school buses went that far. What's worse, after i this a little investigating, we discover- | cable, the kind used in transmited that this guy isn't even human ! ting impulses to your trtevisiov --he's a polar bear! Another |set favorite trick of the "Warrior" is , , to fill a whole page with a big! OLD BRIDGES calendar. This Is to announce' Illinois has eighteen old-time "Coming Events". The reason | covered wooden bridges. Half of they have to use the calendar ; them are still in fair to good conidea is because there just aren't J dition; the others are in poor any events, coming or going! So, ; shape. The state Division of the whole enormous thing is | Highways has issued a report ' empty except right in the middle | showing that these relics of a of the page is a large sign that j bygone time are from 83 to 112 says "P. T. A. Meeting". But we j years old. Three of these bridges can't use such little gimicks to j are in Brown county, two each in fill space, (although these things I Bureau. Henderson, Sangamon are pretty useful for that) so we j and Warren, and one each in must insist that you students | Adams. Hancock. Knox, Pike, • make some news. You might-won- Randolph, Shelby and Vermilion der how you may do this. You 1 counties. A 117-foot span over might, for instance, hold a meet- 1 Henderson creek in Henderson ing of some sort. We love to write ! county is the oldest of these about meetings. A bunch of girls structures, having been erected could meet and maybe knit or about 1S40. The reason for putting something. Presto, a whole page a roof on these early bridges, acfor us to write. Or some boy could cording to the division, was not to keep horses from shying at the water or to make it easier to drive cattle across. It was to protect the bridge from wind and weather. A roof ,is said to add twenty to forty years to the life of a bridge. say to some other boys, come over to my house tonight and we'll wrestle. Another page of facinating information. You see, we're not very fussy about the quality of the stuff we write. So, you kids get to work on it. F. H. A. Holds Meeting The F. H. A. held the first of their lecture groups on vocational guidance last week. Mr. Anglese spoke to ttyfs girls on the value of school, ^ave several good reasons why/ you should remain in high schobt and some pointers on whether/ycli should go on to college. | J Other^ business at the meeting ineluded the appointment of a committee to plan the F. H. A. party which will take the place of tl)e Valentine dinner-dance. Appointed to the committee were. Gerry Thompson. Mary Hogan, Elaine Turner, Louise Hunt, Merle Widman, Dorothy Hiller, Dian Weingrad and Jeannette Scholtz. These girls met Monday at noon to discuss plans and decided to have an informal Valentine's dance. They are also planning some novelties for the affair, so plan to attend. Girls Begin Tournament The Seniors and Sophomores commenced the girlB' basketball schedule Monday n i g h t . Last week, the girls practiced after | Chorea, or popularly called St Vitus' Dance, is a condition marked chiefly by lack of coordination throughout the body generally, resulting in jerky, purposeless movements and causing the victim very often to harm himself if not closely watched, the educational committee of the Illinois State Medical society in a HElXLTH TALK. A disease of the nervous system, the condition was once ktfown as the "Dancing Mania." Its name, "St. Vitus' Danes," comes from the patron saint of the sufferers, of the disease, said to arise from a legend of the fourteenth century. In 1686, Sydenham. an English physician, described the condition; hence the name Sydenham's chorea. Generally believed to be caused by a germ of the streptococcus type, chorea is definitely related to rheumatic fever. In both, the heart may be affected. It chiefly attacks the age group from 5 to 15 and girls more often than boys. Apparently the causative agent gets in the brain and nervous system, accounting for the characteristic symptoms of nervousness and a "fidgety" lack of muscle control. Inability to coordinate is also manifested by stumbling, jerking, a shaking inability to button clothes or pick up objects because of the shaking of the arms and hands. The strange jerky movements are apparently all different in character, since no two seem to be alike. The twitching Mil range from a slight tremor to almost violent movements. W£en the facial muscles are affected, the distortions are indeed a pathetic sight. It is difficult to when the disease starts. There may be dizziness^ headache, vomiting and even a slight fever before the jerky, purposeless movements' appear. Weakness, awkwardness, llstlessness, restlessness, inability to- pay attention are other signs. Rest in bed is important for the child with chorea. He should be wutched carefully, since very often he can harm himself by, £he spasmodic movements, particularly if he throws himself out of bed as frequently occurs, or striking his head, a leg or arin against the bedpost or a wall. , The attitude to the victim of chorea should be soothing and comforting, since there is & tendency to emotional imbalance. The patient is aware Of his spasmodic "threshing about" He becomes oversensitive and irritable. The sufferer should be supervised closely by a physician who, very often, can prescribe certain medicines that will tend to make the purposeless movements leas violent, obviating the chances of producing physical harm. Convalescence generally requires from two to six months. The diet should be nourishing and contain ample fluids. After care should include adequate diet, controlled exercise and play. These coupled with proper relaxation and rest should prevent any permanent damage to the victim of St. Vitus' Dance. (By Mrs. Charles Freund) Subscribe for the Plain dealer 24 Row Towing derrtoe START NOW Start witli oar Winterizing service, and thea let a? eontlnoe to service jam ear all during the cold months. BUTCH'S We Do Complete Motor Overhai 309 W. Elm Street McHenry, BL Phone 811 Residence 91-R The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bdwin Klein was christened Barbara Mary at St. Peter's church Sunday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Thorlund Tjtiorson of Chicago were sponsors for the baby. Mrs. Thorson is the former Miss. Dorothy Klein. The firemen held their regular meeting at the Are house <9n Monday night. Plans were made for a dance to be held on Saturday night,, Feb. 16, at the fire house. Everyone is welcome to attend. A fr«e lunch will be serveg,r ^kfter the meeting there was a Social evening at cards. • j i i • . i i y. j ' . „i Mrs./Beh May entertained taem bers of her club at her hoiti'e on Thursday afternoob. Games of five-hundred were played and Prizes awarded those achieving high scores. A lovely lanch was served after cards. The Cathotlc Yottth club enjoyed an evening of ice skating on Monday night and followed it up with hot chocolate served in St Peter's parish hall. MAry Ann May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles May, underwent an appendectomy at Burlington hospital on Friday morning. We are happy to report that she is coming along nicely. The George W. May family of Richmond Were Sunday afternoon callers hi the Charles Freund home. Clarence Miller and Leander Lay bowled in the C. 0. F. tournament at McHenry on Sunday. Members of the Holy Name society enjoyed an evening of Thursday, January: 31* 1962 NOTHING SPARED IN YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS No effort or expense is spared when we compound your doctor's prescription. We stock only the freshest, highest quality drugs and insist that each prescription is double-checked for accuracy. Trust us to fill all your prescriptions. N Y E Vilcj Drucj Si U9 II. 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