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/ . 7,V' ;r jtJwjF **#?T ^ w - _ .Vi .*dl*.\ji «. . * . * < *. •? J' ! . THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Ptg« Smi McCullom Lake News Mrs. Linda Betts We are very glad to hear that Grace Linder who underwent an eye operation is recovering very nicely. * Mr and Mrs. fiftriisel and their son, will be leaving shortly on a vacation to Florida, after having sold their home recently, and after having Jtved here for eighteen years. will be sorry to see you go, folks, but we wish you every happiness in the new year. Mr. and Mrs. %3arl Olsen and their two sons are the new owners of the Feiereisel home and at this time we would like to extend our "welcome mat" to you folks who have - Joined - our little community. • i' v * V tCongratulations to Mr. and rs. Herb RoeSke who became the proud and beaming parents of a sweet little cherub named "Linda" who was born Nov. 11 and weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz. Baby Linda was christened two weeks ago, and her God Parents were Mr. Joseph Zamiski and Miss Carol Steinke. A lovely dinner was served in Uie afternoon to all their guests ^ honor of this celebration. Happy birthday to the following: Mickey Reid, Nov. 15; Joanne Reid, Dec. 1; Bud Crick, Dec. 13; Carol Michels, Dec. 16; Robert Brand, Dec. 20; Teena Combs, Dec. 24. May we wish you all at this time a very Merry Xmas and a appy New Year fulfilling all 'our hopes for happiness. We would also like to thank fell you folks who have so kindly called and given us news, because as we have said before, it is your news that makes this column, and it is our hope that we may do bettor in the new year. God Bless y.QU-all, and Happy Holidays. J,, WOMAN'S WHEW Often, history has been made at a woman's whim. One of Japan's first conquests of the mainland around 200 A.D. was led by a woman Empress Jingo Kogo. She leff- the decision, whether to start up to the gods. The legendary story is that Jingo went to the seashore and prayed as she dived into tha water, "If I an| to go may my f^air be parted by the waves evenly on either side." When she arose her hair was evenly parted in the middle. Almost immediately, she set sail for a country jto the west and came home with eighteen ships full of loot. The plundered land? Korea. Want Ada, like freedom, are everybody'* business. Far-Off Lands' 6 Come to Life In Yule Toys GEOGRAPHY corner down the chimney on Christmas Eve. In the flood of toys soon to spill out into the nation's living rooms will be the touch of many different lands. Beside a teddy bear, replica of Australia's marsupial furred koalas, perhaps will stand a carved wooden farm scene from German Bavaria, a South American gaucho doll, or a miniature pagoda made in Japan. Similarly, the United States, now the world's leading toy maker, sends abroad its wild west costumes, its shiny playtime trucks and cars and earth-moving equipment, its smallscale railroads and sky scrapers to delight children all over the globe. Toy industries in Germany and Japan are on the upswing again. Germany was among the first nations in the world to make tin horses on wheels, engines that ran, animals that' walked, birds that sang. Now U.S. buyers go back to cities such as Nurnberg for the output of ingenious middle-aged inventors New toys that startle the world often come from Europe. One such is a German duck which, when set on an incline, proudly walks down the slope. Another is a recent gadget from Denmark called a "tippe top," a wobbly sphere about the size of a small apple that suddenly flips upside down and continues spinning on its stem. Winston Churchill was intrigued by the top when he first saw it. In Stockholm, the King of Sweden, a cabinet minister and an atom physicist, a Nobel Prize winner, got down on their hands and knees at a banquet to study the mysterious flipflop action. As a mirror of mankind's culture, toys reflect the progress of civilization. Yet an amazing similarity can sometimes be seen between the toys of long-forgotten eras and the playthings of today. SPRINGFIELD PROGRAM A program of music, other entertainment and candy treats will enliven the traditional Christinas party for boys and girls of the Springfield area to be given in the state armory Saturday morning, Dec. 20, by Governor >fdlai E. Stevenson. The late Governor Henry Horner originated this yule tide fete, and Illinois governors have kept it up through succeeding .years. SUCCESS OF PAIRING METERS REVEALED IN CITY SURVEYS » The Chicago Motor club haa released the results of a parking meter survey which it conducted in cities with more than 5,000 population in 'Illinois and Northern Indiana. Here are the replies which were received from 130 cities queried: Do You Have Parking Meters In Your Community? Yes--80 percent 1 • No--20 percent Do You Feel That Parking M e t e r s A r e T h e C o m p l e t e Answer To Your Parking Prob*- lems ? v •" ' - No--71 percent Yes--13 percent No comment--16 percent ' For What Uses Are Your Parking Meter Funds Spent? Sixty-five percent of the cities said they use part of their parking meter funds for general revenue purposes. Fifty-seven percent of the cities said they use part of their parking meter, funds for traffic purposes. • J Forty-three percent of the cities said they use part of their parking meter funds for develepmepj^ f off-street parking facilities. Has The Installation Of Parking Meters Resulted In a Great-, er Turnover Of Legal Parking Spaces ? Yes--71 percent No--1 percent ? No comment--25 .percent Does Your City Have Any Metered Off-Street Parking Vacilities ? No--84 percent Yes--16 percent - Have Any Off-Street forking Facilities Betn Developed Wilh Funds From Your Parking Meters? No--76 percent Yes--24 percent. Eleven per cent of the communities participating in the survey pointed out that parking meters are doing a good job. Some miscellaneous uses for which, parking meter funds were used included oiling streets, street repairs, purchase of snow loaders, alley repairs and maintenance, purchase of motorcycle radios. Renew that subscription lo the Plaindealer now! ijucky You 1 by Dick Shaw MS tffl Lncky yon--yon cheated the undertaker with your broken down car LIBRARY COLLECTION . A valuable new item has just been added to the Illinois state h i s t o r i c a l l i b r a r y ' s e x t e n s i o n Lincoln collection--a lea the."- bound book with hand-illuminated vellum pages containing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, his second inaugural address, and Walt Whitman's poem, "'O Captain, My Captain." Designed, illuminated and bound in London, the volume was exhibited at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition as an example of fine British craftmanship. Friends of the late Governor Henry Horner purchased it and presented it to him in 1935. The governor eventually gave it to a relative, Henry H. Straus, of Chicago, who now has presented it to the Historical Library. "Valued at J7.000. the newly acquired volume is on exhibition in the Hornet- Lincoln room of the library in the Centennial building, Springfield. POLIO DEATH The first Elgin area polio fatality in several weeks occurred last week when a Hampshire child. Mark Crane, 7. died in Sherman hospital, five hours after he was admitted. Ill since the previous Friday, the boy was brought to the hospital and the ailment was immediately diagnosed as the highly fatal bulbar type of paralysis. Previously symptoms had been similar to pneumonia. l»l!l:i!l!IJ!l!l!IMLI.111 Ml UllilM LI CliU IMilMM! BUMUM III l!l 1111 l!l Br.UIWII niiMOIMHM COLLECTIONS FROMr FRANCHISE TAXES ; AT RECORD HIGH Collections from franchise taxes and Incorporation fees in Illinois will be , more than a quarter of a million dollars greater in 1952 than they were in 1951, Secretary of State Edward J., Barrett has announced. At the end of November, collections totalled $4,256,340.25, a figure that is already $227,523.- 51 above the 1951 total, he said. With collections in the later months of the year running between $40,000 and $50,000 per Current DivMend Fate Marengo Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION MaxsBgo. Illinois f o r ' PIANOS ORGANS 8M 'I';: the largest and finest selection fel the Fox ValUg -- at -- We baj, tell, trade, and sendee all makes. Open Moa. ft Fri. til 9 P. M. 26-28 N. QfWe Phone 6-8148 ELGIN, ILL.. "Buy with Confidence" month, the December figure will bring the year's total somewhere between $4,500,000 and $4,750,000, compared with the 1951 total of $4,028,816.74. Secretary Barrett said that for the second consecutive year, the collections will be the largest since the business corporation act went into effect in 1933. Catting Ms When cutting marshmallowt iNf desserts, dip the shears into warm water betwen nips the Job is more easily done. j, * 1 ' " Ictag' 1 Icing will neither sugar nor grata when it dries on a cake if a pinefc ef salt is added to the ingredient* JlifktUuf, tlte hOcuf ta "ItoaiuXm QifU - LANTERNS fop outdoor posts and doors •,;r'I;CrafMtoien • in handwrought metal Specialties: ~ . .Weather Vanes, Fireplace Sets, .Flower Stands and Mail Boxes. VISIT OUR RTE. 31 SHOWROOM •1 •' LASTING MEMORIES -- * REWARD THOUGHTFUL GIYINO S , -- OPEN EVENINGS -- SCHR0EDER IRON WORKS S Mites South of McHenry a ' PHONE tW .'"y-N * JluicJzl There is a Difference! ANOTHER FUL L ER TURTLES KITCHEN HELPER 'A ah*-- in av Your Ntm», Addrtti OPEN anj Ttltohont Here BOLGER'S DRUG STORE EVENINGS TIL 9 GREEN STREET PHONE 40 McHENRY, ILL. T. E. 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Add as much as you like, any time . .. in person or by mail Monev •*»vea with us by January 10th tarns from January Iff? be WORRY-FREE McHenry Floral Co. 1 Mile South of McHenry on Route 31 PHONE McHENRY 404 [Fruit-Nut la'Crenui .Puddnui St* 10 rudtffot} mixta* v. --h • < . It wouldn't seem like the holidiyS^ without a festive ice cream delicacy -- iaj| tbisone is the delicacy supreme ^ a mountain 'of ^wonderfully delicious ice cream, generously felled and topped with colorful fruits, crunchy macaroofi| ^and toasted pecans, like an old-fashioned pudding. ^To accent further the traditions of Christmas you can the mirth of holly and the enchantment of candlelight. A, (There's a practical side, too. Modestly priced and packaged in a Jade-iti • Fire-King mixing bowl, this Sealtesc pudding is the kind of unusuii value you welcome on your holiday shopping listj ^ Available now from your Sealtest dealef.> Just Look What This Offers 1. Three pints of Luick Seallesl French ice cream thai is jam-packed with lucious fruit, pecans and macaroons in a holiday piidding\{iapft. 2. An attractive, useful Jade-Ite fire 'king mixing bowl thai everf^lloustwife will keep in her kitchen. ( 3. A price that brings this holiday desert within the reach of « budget. CATER TO HOLIDAY APPETITES * With These Special Flavors PEPPERMENT STICK - EGG NOG AND CHRISTMAS TREE CENTER ICE CREAM BOLGER'S - : D R U G S T O R E PHONE 40 McHENRY 1 /A