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'f'V •• .•- r >-tv LT> s' ^ -iv *vf ^ I * t f t- ir* f*'t 4.' ' 1 llS:. 'J ; .f ' V ; v-; ' *?•"^>.? ;:' •'.' ".••• ' U ii ,r *. by EARL R. WALSH bowling hotbb M' The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Stan Thursday, Dec. 11, 1947. One of our readers brought it in to us last week, but--in the spirit of Christmas--decided to hold it over. Those railroad fellows were looking for Santa, too. Here 'tis: 20 Per Cent Mare *n»e Suburban Railroads, having just got a 10 per cent increase in fares, are asking for 20 per cent more. They want the 20 per cent for a service which ia no better, and in some cases worse, than it was in 1910. They want the 20 per cent for 1900-vintage cars with gas lights and gloomy interiors; for heating systems that parch the customer on one side and deep-freeze him on the other; for chocking clouds of smoke and cinders, and green plush seats saturated with dust. They want the 20 per cent for the •64-ride. ticket which clips everybody who cant use more than 45 rides a • month. : They want the 20 per cent for those evening trains which start out 16 minutes late and get progressively later the farther you travel; for the long, dreamy wait in the yar^s within sig"ht of the loop on a frosty - morning. - They want the 20 per cent for a service operated on the principal that if grandfather's transportation isn't good enough for today's generation, today's generation knows what it can do. Wonder if they'll get the 20 per cent? . „ • SCHAEFES8' j Pete Koob flashed his old time i skill and gave the crowd quite aj thrill as he came close to a 700 aeries in a match game between the Volo Bait Shop and DesPlaines Firemen. Pete started off with a 278 game, leaving only two pins on the alleys. Following 7 Mxikes, he got 9 pins ! and a wiggle^ Then came more strikes until his last ball when a pin failed to drop. Games of 209 j jand 190 followed. The Bait Shop team scores were i ! 960-946-946 for a 2852 total against , 2677 for the visiting firemen. Peisert i Irhad 209-581, Krause, 518 and Gnoit j 1221-570. Bill Schlitt, always a top j ! bowler, had one of those nights when i , he failed to hit his real stride. Of! 1 course, a 497 ia plenty goodfor most1 bowlers. ' Wednesday and Thursday night leaguers took nights off to take care of their Santa Claus business. co-ops show cum nrwDnrarono* CRYSTAL LAKX TXAMB The McHenry Co-ope trotted <Mt on the home floor laat Sunday aiffkt peppery as all nt aufc---MAMMI in the classiest new Uniforms you'd want to see. This enthusiasm earned the home boys to a 62 to 46 win over Crystal Lake and gave the fans a glimpse of the Co-ops at their best. « Joe Jackson, in spite of getting a knee bumped against the frail, hpbbled through with the neat total of 23 points in less than three quarters of play. Jerry Larkin was right behind with 21 points and a fine defensive game to his credit. George Jackson and LeRoy Smith were a great pair of guards in there Sunday night. They were an alert pair at intercepting passes and were on the ball nil the time. Higgins, who was a student on rebounding in the first half, suddenly broke out in a scoring rash to sink five shots in the third quarter. This period was Crystal Lake's only bid to match the play of the home squad. The second team game was one of those close, but friendly contests. Bill Bolger's floor play and 14 points stood out for McHenry. But, the last minute heroics went to Don Howard. Don sank three baskets in the last 25 seconds of play to put the game on ice. fmrnSm and People in, this community are pretty hepped up about the railroad serivce. Of course, we haven't asked the railroad company to do any dusting. All we want is a train. _ It's no wonder the <jjads around here spend so much time playing with the toy trains. They see so few real ones! Joe Frett led the Johnsburg bowlers with a 203 game in a 565 series. Score sheets were not completed, but we hate to leave out scores like j these: C. Smith, 529; B. Weingart, j 209-524; B. Freund, 501; G. Hetter- j mann, 210-510; F. May, 220-495; P.' Pitzen, 494; B. Miller, 202. j Jim Larkin started with a 208' game to make suj* of being in the ! 500 class in the K. of C. league. In ! fact, he was 84 pins over the mark^ Not many big scores, but those 188 ^ games by Ted Miller and Harold \ Freund aren't bad. v * Let's see what's been happening in high school basketball. We can go back to last week and report that the Delavan Varsity gave our team quite a trimming, 56 to 83. t The visitors held only a 3-point "edge at half time but came out agunnin' as the second half opened! Mac had his boys try the zone defense for the first time. Unfortunately they ran into a long distance Isharp-shooter in a fellow named York to upset the zone plan. York couldn't sink 'em from quite as far out, but he brought hack memories of Harry Anderson. The McHenry Junior Varsity lost an overtime battle to Delavan, 28 to , 27. McCulla raced the clock and won to sink the basket that broought about a 26-all tie at the finish. Jack Laures put McHenry ahead in the overtime, but Babcock sank both a field goal and free throw to gain the edge. Twas a good game. The Warriors lost a close one, 38 to 86, to Northbrook in the Wauconda tournament last Friday night. Willard McCulla turned an ankle early in this game, but got taped up and sank 17 points. It was on free throws (i0 out of 17 attempts) that Northbrook gained the edge. Monday Cemm'L Carl Thorsell (the Mayor of Volo) rolled a 202 game--then relaxed. Joe Yeager started, with a 186 game and fell jtast 5 pins short of 500. R. Scarlow was over the hump--518. K. Foster started with 182 and was gunnin' for the mark. Had to settle Don Schaefer's 190 helped in a 528 series. McHenry.- A. Jackson • /..w... •j. jacksfciv,^*^.;;;. Miller ; Peterson Larkin G. Jackson L. Smith. J.. Totals Crystal Lake Zamnecich Feu Hey Tessendorf • •< Higgins Lockwood v Etling Adams . Zimmerman FG FT PF 2 0 0 IP , .3 2 0 0 r t 1 e l 1 • - 1 o £ 3 28 6 11 FGf FT FP ; S 0 % I 3 % • v --0 0 2 1 2 3 S 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 otals to 6 14 Score by Quarters ---- McHenry: 12-$l-47*4& Crystal Lake: 9-15-82-46. McHenry beat Wauconda 28 to" 17 on Saturday night. • Belgian Horse* There are more of the famous Belgian horses in that country mow than before the war, but export has been restricted. of Battle The battle of Tours, in which Charles Martel defeated the Saracens In 732, is considered as having contributed to horse breeding in La Perche and Normandy. When the spoils of war were distributed, .many Saracen horses went to these provinces, where they were crossed with the mares of Brittany. On the luxuriant pastures of France a draft horse known as the Percheron was developed. * PALACE % | £us FTeund had one of, .those dream series (200-204-231-635) with the Foresters. On the same team was Clarence Stilling with 539. { Other good ones: Steffes, 205-578; i H. M. Weber, 548; John Herdrich, i 511. In the Forester 7 o'clock group, Joe Regner startedvwith 200 and had j 518 total pins. Beorge Rodenkirk' had a 200 game, but was off stride j in the other two. Those amazing Palace Pin Boys I beat the Fox Hole 2476-2362. Don : Paluch hit 502, Marty Klapperich | 501 and Andy McCarroll 489. Areg- j ger kept the losers in the match with 521 pins. J Jinu. Carlson hit 600 on the noseJ to lead the City league (215-211-' 174). Gnoit, 551; Steffes, 201-531; ' Schlitt, 218-528; Wright, 524; L.! Smith, 208-528; Bill Tonan, 543; Stoller, 510; Crouch, 543; Jones, 209- { 562; Rosing, 552.--And here's Joe i Guzzardo with 179-450! He's on the way up. Don't see any 500 series for the ' Ladies, but Min Green' came close, 205-495. So did Maureen Doherty, I 174-494. Gert Barbian, 170-479; E. i Conway, 444; P. Miller, 186-452; R. j Marshall, 171-478; P. Pries, 433; L. Smith, 457; B. Weber, 478; A. Gaulke, 459. Overton's won a fast match from Tonan's 2668-2591. Ralph Bennett was the King-Pin with 201-186-214-601. Hup Smith hit 551 and "Uncle Ed" had 204-540. CARD OF THANKS I would like in this manner to thank all my friends who sent me cards and gilts and who remembered me in other ways at Christmas time. This thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated. MRS. LOUELLA STEPHENSON •33 Magician Entertained At Christmas Party Allan Leibsohn of 108 (Elm street, entertained at a magic party on afternoon, Dec. 24. Guests includcftl Barbara and Norman Eggert Wednesday afternoon Penny Nye, Sara Kay Douglas* Joan Collins, Penny Scholtz, Vernon Block and Ricky Koenig. Magician Herman Phillips had a bag pf clever tricks, some of which caused wide-eyed amazement. The necromancy over, guests were served refreshments, following which they vied with each other in duplicating some of the tricks energetically, albeit, unsuccessfully. Need Rubber Stamps ? Order, ? at The Plaindealer. * Byfi**iyirT.tBman Are y«u ready for the New Year? If you fined a friend on the street the aOir day and didn't speak, if you if*, holding a grudge, if you are just doing tile things you want to do, if you are keeping your circle too small, then you are not ready. Ready means more than a house swept clean, it means our hearts swept cleaii too. A long time ago, some twenty odd years, I read two poems that indented themselves on my memory and I have never forgotten them. I am not quite sure as to their origin, but I think one was written by Lord Byron and the other by Markam. "He draw a circle that left me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout, But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in." tiler all of st the 1 wonder what termann, wife of thought, wfcm she rasslvuf as her jgifts on Christmas a huge filled wKtt ash trays, catsup . coke bottles i£i ok just everything immiMjtyi&b? To compenbox sate for this, though, was a tiny box at the very bottom of the heap, and in it was a lovely watch given to her by Jim and Eddia. The prettiest Christmas tree I've seen in many a year is standing in Mrs. Helen Hettermann's living room. Matt Wolfe and . Mne, ef Johnsburg. Tfcellunday week at Vtt Jot : very hacky people oWf® Wa, ... cure and HWHIL ye# King home. The i w . . receiving prizes, -- ---- Mrs. Sterne May, fiijrt; Mrs. j u-. gaBng, second; Mrs. Ben Fmmd. J Watt£ The next meeting of the Johns-! H*nry* burg Comiqunity club will be held I an. 6 at Nell's ballrooitu . . .••I1*l »|J M»H HMMH "In men whom man Condemn as .ill,' I find so much of goodness still; In men whom men pronounce devine, I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Beteween the two where God has not." Phalln-Zoia Engageeieat Told At a Christmas, dinner held at the John Phalin home, Mr. and Mrs. George Phalin announced the engager'u- i «. HZ v . . „ i ment of their only daughter, Terry, day^ hosta^Mw. to John Zoia, son of Mr. and Mn! ^VCTV Sm>th. Mamie Charles Zoia of Woodstock. Na Kihg had as their guests the Alex j wedding plans have been made. of i K i t o i k r S S t i o n e d , o t h e r s p r « « , t . t t h e ' d i n n * familv of Joe RMnn-. Mr anH Mn n*m>an i fP . family and Mr. and Mrs. James 1948 A very Happy New Year tp all of you... While listening to the radio the other day I heard something that I thought made a, good deal of sense and I would like to pass it on to all of you. "The best present of all is your presence--donTt let "Death take your holiday." •' Friends of Mike Pudil, who lives in Sunset View, will be glad to hear that he is well on the road to re-, covery. Mike, as you know, suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. Guests on Christmas day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Freund were the families of Bill May ' and Clarence Freund of Johnsburg and Steve Freund of Spring Grove. On Christmas Eve, Mn. and Mrs. Arthur Inman of Sunset View accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kurth, also of 'Stanset View, to the home of their daughter and sonin- law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boyle of McCullom Lake. Mrs. Kurth, befitting the occasion was all dressed up to look like Santa, even to the pack on her back. This waft for the benefit of her young grandson, Johnny Scott Boyle, whose eyes grew as round as saucers when sne made her entrance. Mrs. Kurth has had a great deal of practice playing Santa as she has done this for years for her many nieces and nephews in Chicago. I would like to add that I've never seen a better on£! Hubert Freund and Mrs. Elizabeth Freund of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Freund of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Freund, Miss Lorraine Freund, Mrs. Delia K. Miller, the Leo Freund and Edward Frett i Mahoney^and*0children*1 o^blS^ MrfSmS Wotwce <* Mr d Mrs Howard Phalin 7nd jncxienry. . [Mrs. Mildred Cue of Wilmette, the u. «_ L ... t , j Robert Knox, Thomas Phalin, Harold "pent the!Phalin and George Phalin families, weekend visiting friends in McHenry i all of McHenry. and Johnsburg. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Anbejo Di Bona of Marengo and the families of Lao ? Michaels, Albert Huff, Annie Michels| and Clarence Michels, spent a very| enjoyable Christmas with theirf parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michaels.' " AT • -T/,': BOLGERS Our Well Liked n>kmlT Tor 1948 Has ArrtvwL Please Call For Yoar Cop* i n i i n i n m i m M H H i i f ik . . 'last week Mrs. Louis Wolf ot, McHenry was hostess to the Cousins Club. Prize winners were Mrs. Mattt' Freund, first; Mrs. Nick Pitzen second; Mrs. Herb Simon, third. ' '• •V vv •? | Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkie of Chicago and their two children, Susan and James, had as their Christmas guests, Peter F. Freund, Miss La- Verne Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Snyder ef Johnsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Everett ^Thomas of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Di Pirro. spent Christmas alternating between their folks Mr. and Mrs. Herman Di Pirro of Marengo and Mr. and Mrs. Steve May of Johnsburg. < The William Pierce family of Pistakee Bay were hosts on Christmas to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wolfe an<f daughter Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wolfe of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. ATTENTION TtoCAOO COMHOTZSS Green Trading Stamps • la 1891 the first trading stamps were originated by Thomas A. Sperry, Bridgeport, Conn., the "Little Green Stamp" business was put Into effect in 1896. Complete line of Beebe livestock remedies at Wattles Drug Store, McHenry. S*tf GOVERNMENT SURPLUS BUILDINGS! and FIXTURES Your Opportunity To Buy: ^ RAMATIOlf PIPE TOILETS LAVATORIES. IJRINALS " WATER TANKS HARD WOOD FLOQjRPifi SHELVING PLYWOOD ^ WALLBOARD WINDOWS, COMPLEiQK FRAMES AND SCREENS DOORS - ' x - - - - LUMBER OF ALL DIMENSIONS HARDWOOD FLOORING, FREE OF ALL NAILS TABLES, ETC. Drive Out and Make Tour Selection^ . ; at Substantial Savings Do Not Delay, PAY AND TAKE '£M AWAtH B0SLEY WRECKING CO. Great Lakes Naval Station SHERIDAN ROAD,. HOSPITAL ENTRANCE "WHAT ARE YOU DOING *11^** Train No. 644--Williams Bay to Chicago awning train -- is NOW operating on a slightly earlier schedule between Wllllaow Bay and MeHearv. as Mtovs: «:15 A. % 6:28 A. M. 6:42 A. M. 6:46 A. M. 6:54 A. M. 7H>1 A. M. ^ 8?10 A. M. No change in schedule of this train between Barrington and Chicago. For further information, consult our local Ticket Agent CHICAGO and JKQ&TH WESTERN RAILWAY Lv. Williams Bay Lv. Lake Genera Lv. Genoa City Lv. Richmond Lv. Ringwood Lv. McHenry Ar. Chicago Wa stand at tha tad of ooa y«(| and are about to enter upon a anr. We are not sorry to bid farewell to 1947 and we greet 194t with that traditional hope and faith that wall eternally in HH breast of huaan-Uad. Hay Ilia New Year Ma and happier eat fer alll 4 :*W si , ^ •§ • S A. S. Blake Motor Sales, lac|f DODGE - PLYMOUTH ** ? " DQWE JOB.Ri.TEa> TOUCKA H/' -'M HAPPINESS we greet tibe New Yecir in the traditional manner--with pealing bells, with fun and gaiety, laughter and music, i NEW YEAR'S EVE? fl "DAN" DANIELS invites you to a HIT PARADE of MIRTH and MELODY ' NO COYER OR MINIMUM CHARGK HORNS NOISEA^AKERS Despite his ingenuity, man still persists ln **wat&iing the old year out and greeting the new year" in almost the identical manner of Jus forefather!* In that same identical manner, we extend our fraditional New Year's greeting to you: MAY HEALTH, HAPPINESS -AND PROSPERITY BE YOURS TODAY AND I THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAflt . W&9 * / HAMMOND ORGAN ENTERTAINMENT WITH "DAN" AT THF CONSOLE McHENRY CITY COUNCIL Jt l OVERTON, Mayer BARL R. WALSH, 0|y CM * WILLIAM H. ALTHOFT ARNOLD ANDERSON GEORGE J. FREUffD GEORGE P. FREUND . JOSEPH M. REGNE& f ALFRED TON YitH , AT ULY UMCE McHENRY 590^J.t kki