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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 9 Feb 1956, p. 5

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SSL- • Thursday, February 9, 1956 McHENBY PLAINDEALER Page F1T§ M.C.H.S. News F,R«fi.A> The members of the F.B.L.A. ^fe working on a mobile exhibit that is to be shown at the state convention, which will foe held at Springfield on March 16 and 17. Co-chairmen are Baibs Jorden and Don Jbhnson. About fifty students from McHenry Community high school will attend this convention. F.H.A. 4m'The local p.H.A. members have vffeen invited by Crystal Lake ®\H.A. to attend their February meeting at 8 p.m. Film slides will be shown on civil defense in the library on the second floor. The slides will be shown by Mr. Querhammer, a citizen of Crystal Lake who took pictures of the tests while he was in Yucca Flats, Utah. BAND AND ORCHESTRA On Sunday, Feb. 12, the select band, made up of 100 players who are the best from each of the' eight schools in the county, are goings to Woodstock to .practice their music -for the festival, which will be held on Monday, Feb. 13. On Monday, seventy-five members of our school will leave at 51 for Woodstock, to have a day •f practice before they give their concert at 8 in the evening. I The orchestra has been invited to play at the county Education meeting on March 9. Some of the local instrumental groups are to give a radio program on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Waukegan. Prominent Pastor Speaks For Club The McHenry Woman's club will meet Friday, Feb. 10, at the Legion home1 at 2 o'clock, at which time Mrs. C. W. Goodell, program chairman, will present the Rev. A. E. McKenney. Rev. McKenney, who has been pastor at the First Baptist church in Elgin for thirteen years, will speak on "My Trip Through the Holy Lands." Last year the visiting pastor led the Illinois Baptists Ministers' council as president. He is also a former president of the Kiwanis club and has served on the family welfare board and on the civic welfare board of the Elgin Watch company. His activities have long included work for the Y.M.C.A. Last summer Rev. McKenney was a delegate to the World Alliance. of Baptists and visited Palestine and several European countries^ ^ The musical portion of the program of the next club meeting will be music by the high school string quartet and a piano solo by Patsy McCracken. The club Is busy planning for the novelty .social,, "Luncheon Is Served," on Feb. 21, which will be given at the Legion home at 1 o'clock.* McHenry - merchants are planning for the biggest Dollar Days ever held here Feb. 17-18. • NEW SUBURBAN CARS The Chicago and North Western railway has just placed its third purchase order for a fleet of sixteen double-deck suburban cars costing $2,320,000 and expects to have" a total of fortyeight of the streamlined, air* conditioned "Superbanites" in service by the end of this year. TAX DISBURSEMENT Under provision of the Municipal^ Retailers' Occupation .tax act, passed by the 69th General Assembly, disbursements of taxes paid by retailers on October, 1955, sales, were made in January. The amount totalled $3,143,- 814.37 of which McHenry received $3,754.77. Buy U.S. Sayings Bonds LINCOLN RECORDS fa One of the few existing records Of Abraham Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln, and other members of the family is now on exhibit in the Horner-Lincoln room of the state historical library at Springfield. It is -a deerskin- bound record book of the Little Pigeon Creek Baptist church in southern Indiana for fche years 1816-1840, and carries numerous entries about the Lin- ^oln family. Thomas Lincoln and nis wife, Sara Bush Lincoln, Abraham's stepmother, joined the Little Pigeon church June 7, 1623. Thomas became one of the church trustees and committee {members. This agefl chronicle of 'the spectral past shows the marks of time. Its faded leaves are now protected by sheets of film; leaves and cover have been {^bound in goatskin. ^ » FRIDAY HEARING Friday of this week has been set as the date for a hearing on a motion for a new trial for Joe Jordan, convicted recently on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. He was found guilty of stabbing to death Auward McNutt last August near the Algonquin <3d am. : RAINBOW'S FEBRUARY SPECIAL Get in on our.. . SBHi&TI^IAAL S^JIITGNE^ TIE EXCHANGE POOL I VV":: RED LABEL * CREAM STYLE or WHOLE KERNEL This Only --A Special Feature,of- NHT10UAL TIE CLEANING TIME If theV can be made wearable by dry cleaning bring in your neckties and we'll swap your tie for a tie from our pool of new ties and trade-ins . . . everyone guaranteed wearable alid as spic and span as the day it first left the store. All you pay is the cost of dry cleaning. No Hmit to tfye number you can swap. Here's your chance to get rid of the ties you're tired of and those gift ties you never really liked. Do it now while the selection of all types is good. IT WORKS LIKE THI5 . . . ' V Bring in any number of ties that can be dry cleaned. Exchange each one for another you like or keep your own. You pay only the cost of dry cleaning the tie*. Do it now. RAINBOW CLEANERS NORTH FRONT ST., McHENRY Around Corner North of National Tea PHONE 927 FO" pickup OME IN SEE THE TIE BAI fIlWflUIAbOl T HRYSLER IN HISTORY! 303 Tin CORN Picked Freslh Packed Fresh 6-69 HEINZ -- No. 1 Tin TOMATO SOUP 10$1°° DELMONTE -- Sliced or Halves - 303 Tins EACHES 5»*1°° HEINZ -- 14 Oz. Btl. KETCHUP 2'«45 THOMAS J. WEBB Coffee ] Lk. Tin 2 lb. tin $1.77 Chicken of the Sea CHUNK STYLE Tuna M Size Tin 3 F°r 89' COUNTRY FRESH FARM Doz- U. S. Government Graded 8c Stamped Choice Corn Fed Beef Standing Rib f ROAST We will cut & wrap for your freezer at no extra cost Small Lean ' Lean - Boston Butt Well Trimmed - Short "Cut CENTER CUT SEMI-BONELESS BEEF :: tow Stea k Pork Chops Pork Roast Rib Steaks A C, £ 59L 39k 69i THE YEAR-AHEAD CAR! 4<si5' t Here's dramatic proof that there's more that's new in Chrysler than in all other competitive cars combined! Newlnl9S6 Chrysler Comparablypriced Car "B" Comparablypriced Cor "O" Comparablypriced Car "Rft" Major style changes* YES , NO NO NO Longer Body YES NO NO YES New Pushbutton Drive Control* YES NO NO NO New Revolutionary Brake System YES NO , NO NO Hi-Fi Record Player* YES NO, NO NO Increased Horsepower YES YES YES YES Instant Heating System* YES NO NO NO And tlw other 3 cars still do not have full-time power steering and the airplane-type V-8 engine ... major advances which Chrysler has had for years! And you can own a bigger, more powerful Chrysler Windsor V-8 for the cost of a medium-price car . . . even for the cost of a "low-price" car with all the optional equipment. »UV Of ALL CARS •Optional at small, extra cost MOTOR Our "Quality 1st" Used Cars are the best Used Cart in town -- only at the Chrysler "Sign of Quality." S. Main Si - C. L. 1110 ENTER THE $150,000 LUCKY MOTOR NUMBER SWEEPSTAKES AT YOUR CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH DEALER'S Armour Star Tenderized - Whole or String Half Smoked Hams 4 BUTT PORTION 59c Lb. Extra Fancy Wisconsin White Potatoes 100 lb. bag $2.50 Fancy Yellow Dry Onions J lb. bag Frozen Foods BIRDSEYE - 9 Oz. Pkg. French Fries 2 2 9 BIRDSEYE - 6 Oz. Tin Orange Juice 2 f°r 29 BIRDSEYE - 8 Oz. Pkp. Chicken - Turkey or Beef POT PIES . 4 8 9 ' CORNER of GREEN and ELM STREETS McHENRY, ILL. ' PHONE (We reserve the right, to limit-quantities) ON SALE THURg., FRI. & SAT. ONLY!

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