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Wfell, Ire shed a tear or two because pretty soon "they'll" be going. Sharon (familiarly known to our readers as S. Sells) won't .fee with ns any more--sob Shar- < #n and other seniors feel that • •chool won't be much fun for any- , '#lie without them, but we'll man- ..-I!*e--somehow! It seems every Senior class is sure that everything will stop as soon as they're nfotie. As far as I can see. It's going' to be pretty pleasant without them. Think how many less •epple there will be cluttering up fhft halls, and what an easier life Itr. Buckner will hare so many Ifess unexcused absences. The #qrst part about this graduation that it is getting pretty moist airound the chorus room. The music is getting positively soggy! Oh, well, girl's and boys, "Loyal •parts will not forget"--for m few 4jhys anyway. •" .|j Prom . iGirls in frothy formats and boys summer tuxes, what a sight! i the music of a fine band, liraples danced, tore down decollations, ate cookies and chattered. The gym. decorated in a Hawaiian theme, was really striking. Bach window was covered with a htt!u girt in the foreground and ft swaying palm tree in the back. smalt stage where the band *as situated was covered in white representing sea foam. The background for the orchestra were #psens of fish and sea horses litde of red and silver . paper, suspended on a net. Along the fides of the gym rope, representing the sideB of a ship separated . He dance floor. , Favors in the form of leis were * jfiven out at the door bv "Hawaiian-" Ilene Bassett, Tom Huefftann, Stan Aim and Chuck Johntton. Pat Owen and Val Coppell presided at the punch table. 1 Each table had a small palm tree or tiny sailboat placed in the Renter. The Juniors really deserve te of thanks from the seniors t such an outstanding prom hey not only worked liard prior 1° the big night, but spent several <fays cleaning up. •/* Baad And Orchestra At Work Under the direction of Mr. says that every year. Fourteen of these people are orchestra members. Among replacements coming in are Adele Schmitt, aboe; Marge Rogers and Darlene Andreas. french horn; Doris Bauer, clarinet; Dick Ziolkowski, trombone. Several members have been promoted to first chairs, and itr. Yanda has more coming in. , (U.A. Board Meeting Miss Taylor's apartment wit the scene of a jammed, hungry group of G.A.A. Officers. The girls all went to supper at Miss "T's" then proceeded with the business meeting. A constitution, previously drawn up. was voted upon. Important committees, connected with the annual G.A.A. banquet May 23 were appointed by Joan Freund. president. Other business was discussed and the meeting turned out very profitably. Among those present were Nancy Seemon. chairman of the board; Eva Unti and Sally King, secretarymanagers; Mary A. Bolger, magazine secretary; Elaine and Marilyn Freund, senior board members; Rita Bolger and Jeri Einspar. representatives at large; Sharon Sells, vice-president; Louise Barbier and Peg Selsdorf, junior board members and Darlene Andreas and Doris Bauer sophomore board members. Joan Ximsgern, treasurer of the organization, was unable to attend. Junior Newspapers Several of the junior English classes are putting out newspapers as projects. The papers that have "been put out so far have shown originality and literary ability. Names such as "Junior Crier" and the "Critical Chronical" have headed news stories and gossip which compose the papers. Assembly Program To Be Held Thursday morning another of the programs presented us by the University of Wisconsin will be viewed by the students' of Mc- Henry. Peats of magicf and optical illusions, will thrill the audience --says the advance publicity. Anyway, it promises to be a very interesting performance. Vocational Gnidence Much in the way of vocational guidence has been offered the anda, the orchestra is practic-' students of this school lately, for graduation. The graduates i Last week, Mrs. Alice Noran of .march to the tune of "Pomp Wonder Lake spoke to the typing. Circumstance." Several other ^umbers will be played, and one |heme "Pique Dame", featuring Ann Bolger and Cella Page a Onto and clarinet duet. Mary Wtedrich will sing, to the ac- 40mpanlement of the orchestra, *Ave Maria". The program profrtm to be very enjoyable. Miss Froehlich's choruses will sing Several numbers at Baccalaureate. ' The Band is beginning to practice for Memorial Day. Marches •w being prepared. Band majorette Ann Paluch, who swung her "baton so hard last year that she plroke a light in the band room Is now using a straw to direct. jMuch safer that way. It's awful when flying glass gets down the tubas. We also hear that Mr. Yanda is beginning to whip his city band into shape. Several high school students aro members of this organisation. stenography and bookkeeping classes about jobs (how to get) and emp'oyers (how to impress). Many helpful suggestions were absorbed by the audience, who seemed very interested and who had a great many questions to offer. Also in this line. Miss Linda Crosby, of the Katherine Gibbs secretarial school for girls, adressed the stenography classes. She bad interviewed many employers and told the girls what they notice in applicants and added to some of the things yiat Mrs. Noran had told them. Stenography girls who have just passed their 100 word shorthand test are Eva Unti, Marie Stoffel and Joan Freund. In the shorthand I class, Charlene Dowe and Audrey Andreas have passed I their §0 word test. History of Ey*W«ar Harfctd with Fmbliftf ~ Every normal human hai two ears and a nose, which provide a logical means of holding a pair of lenses before the eyes. What could be more natural than to saddle the nose with a neat, snug-fitting bridge and keep the spectacles in place with a couple of hooks behind the ears? Natural or not, the early spectacle- makers didn't do It. As you look over the drawings and prints representing ancient glasses, a question keeps repeating itself in your mind. How in the world did the wearer hold them in place? So it happens that the history of frame-making is very largely a story of methods--some ingenious, the majority clumsy--of attaching binocular spectacles to the face. The earliest lenses were single glasses, held in the hand, so the problem of facial attachment did not arise. They were of the type of the emerald lens through which, according to Pliny (23-79 A.D.), Nero regaled his beastly soul by gazing at the gladiatoriaf fights in the Roman arena. These were the first "opera glasses", so to speak. Optical science paused for centuries before developing into eyecare, after Euclid wrote his classic treatise on optics (third century R.C.), and Seneea discovered that o b j e c t s w e r e m a g n i f i e d when viewed through a glass globe filled with water (first century A.D.), and Claudius Ptolemaeus (150 A.D.) founded the science of optics by calculating the refraction of light to water (• evils 1.333*) and In glass. LANDING FIELDS. The state Department W Aeronautics issued certificates of approval for four new restricted landing areas for private aircraft during March, and rescinded permits for six, making the total 288 in Illinois. Certificates were also issued for the abandonment of commercial airports at Clinton and Rockford, bringing the total of these to 164. Joseph K. McLaughlin, department director, reports ^continuing high interest in private aviation, and predicts the number of private landing fields In Illinois will reach 400 this year. Read the Want W \ X V \ u •\ Is My tM PUTLIX your mus f$t nt net HI¥IT ttttir mr $»tr tmt mecttr tit ft mi e*n em y»t,. Covers Wollpoper, Paint or Plaster, Ifs easier to put on because St'i mad* with OIL not water-thinned. Goes on smoothly, no brush marks. Apply w»h FIATLUX Brush. One Gallon covers •he average room } ^7 v HI OAUON Rooms radiate charm when styled \ In the modem, tingle color way with MS Identically Matched Colors FIATLUX • SATIN-LUX • GLOSLUX. Atk for Descriptive Fofcferf N S AKMN1 BOLGER'S DRUG STORE* PHONE m StcHENRY, ILL TRIAL AIRLIFT The recent trial emergency airlift conducted at Peoria, in which more than 1000 civil d'effense workers and flying farmers took part, showed the potential value of private aircraft for bringing supplies to any community hit by enemy bombing attack. So says Director Joseph K. McLaughlin of the state Department of Aeronautics. He . reports that the Peoria trial resulted in the transportation of twenty-three tons of needed supplies by 140 planes within an hour after an emergency call was sounded. SmI Hm| FrfM A M»# Will K«*p BMt Ml Whrtw Use the shade trees in your yard as a cafeteria for birds this winter. Hang suet fi om a branch or erect a simple little feeding station lkeneath a tree. That will bring many winter birds to your door tor breakfast, lunch and dinner. And they may remain until spring returns. Nourishing food may mean the difference between life add death for a bird in the stormy cold. The birds will repay you in the joyous sight of watching them feed and cultivating their friendship. But more than that, they are beneficial to your trees and garden, eating overwintering insect egg» snd, like the woodpeckers, devouring harmful bark insect pests. Woodpeckers, nuthatches; chickadees, brown creepers and jays are meateaters. They like "meat" such as suet or any kind of fat in thefir diet. Peanut butter because of Its oO is a good substitute. The vegetable eaters arte the finches, cardinals, song sparrows, tree sparrows, juncos, chickadees, jays and nuthatches like sunflower seeds. ' - A feeding shelf or station may be a flat board a foot or more square hung from a tree or held by a pole. If it is surrounded by a coping aft inch or two high, there will be1 less likelihood of food being seratche# away. The shelf may have a simple .-oof but enclosures eft the itti will scare away birds. „ Horse Show To Close On May 20 Only a few days remain to enjoy the thrills of the fifth'annual Chicago Horse show, which will wind up its ten-day run Sunday night, May 20, at the Coliseum, Wabash avenue at 15th 'street. Meanwhile, there will be strenuous competition in the tanbark arena each evening starting at 8 o'clock, with matinees Saturday and Sunday beginning at 2 o'clock. The brilliant show; which has won the plaudits of crowds since opening night, will present numerous stake and grand championship events at each remaining performance. All told, $42,000, the richest purses of any horse show this year, will reward place winners in the 114 classes of competition. Leading stables, numbering 179 and including those from this area, have sent the pick of their strings into the ring. Entries average fourteen per class and performances are restricted to two and one-half hours. Each program presents an"aVerttgc of eight competitive events, augmented by three special attractions. Most sensational and popular among these features are the exhibitions by the White Horse Mounted Patrol from Sioux City, la., a famed combination of Arabian horses and skilled riders engaging in group maneuvers and individual specialties. A popular price scale has been established for the show, which has attracted a following from this area, due to keen interest in horses, riders and drivers entered in the gaited, harness, hunter, jumper, equitation, stock, Palomino and other classes. Canadian River The Canadian river is fKrt In Canada. It's a branch of the Arkansas river, which rises- in New Mexico and flows through Texas and Oklahoma. Here's the SOFTENER that Automatically takes Care of Uselil abes Ifca nstl STOVER MmM rXMt PACMAKtlt ...NOW iiicnmio Now you can have a water •oftener in your home th&t it as easy to operate as your refrigerator. TTiin newest Stover model brings you the famous STOVER Auto-Shift Valve operated electrically. You get • all the other features, too, that make STOVER the most satisfactory source of all the soft water you can use--all the time. Gome in and let us show you how easy it is now to have glorious foft >ater in your home to make all housework easier. The savings you make in soap, cleaning coa» : pounds, plumbing repairs and wear on clothing soon pay for your Stover Softener. ^ JQONVENIENT TERMS IP DESIRED H. E. BUCH & SON IIS RITERSIDE DRIVE PHONE »cHE5*f t8 . WONDER LAKE HOME APPLIANCES HON0ER LAKE, ILL. -- " PHONE WONDER LAKE Hi 10 Tear Guarantee -- Terms - Whitesmith 91 Mfteksmith gets his name for working in iron and other black {fretfels while his opposite number, the whitesmith, is so called for his us# of white rnetals. Hke tin'. Cotton Pitts Cut Yiild 16.6 Pir CiRt Ir I960 In dollars and cents insect damage to cotton in 1950 was the second highest in history, totaling $S0|,- 965,000, according to a preliminary unofficial estimate released by tye national cotton council. Loses tils season have been exceeded only by the record high of $617,874jl86 fo 1949. The council estimated that the boll weevil, bollworm, leaf worm, pink bollworm and other pests reduced the total yield 16.5 per cent-- more than two and a half million bales of cotton and over four million tons of cottonseed. Texas, the largest cotton producing state, led in the value of l|nt and seed destroyed, with losies amounting to $107,036,000. The toll in Mississippi was estimated at $101,239,000, and Alabama was W* to the tune of $74,031,000. Yield reduction, percentagewise, was greatest in North Carolina, where an estimated 35 per cent of the crop was destroyed. Losses te South Carolina and Alabama totaled 28 per cent, and Georgia production was slashed 27 per cent. An unusually mild winter which favored a high survival of Weevils from 1949--one of history's worst insect years -- plus unfavorable weather fov poisoning during the season, both contributed to the heavy damage this year, the council explained. The council added that cotton farmers in 1950 used a record amount of insecticide* and that this program of cotton insect control prevented even moxfe disastrous losses than those which actually occurred. this their ear 'ripf ,lor driving la lssmM,> »6torf** »r the Chicago Mlttf the. "word", invkhort, i> that getting a car ready for warm weather driving la last as Important as preparing It for winter driving. The advice in detail betfhs advisedly with a trip to a feHable garage for an . inspection and change-over with, e$tphaals on the following: 1, CQQliftg system; 2, engine tune-up; - I, lubricatie»; and 4, chassis. Draining and ot the radiator and cooling system, adding of fresh water and ft rust inhibitor is recommended for the cooling system. Most antl-freexe solutions contain chemicals which prevent the formation of rust and scale, but when anti-freeae has been drained, a rust and scale preventative should be a<)ded to provide added prQtection. Inspection of radiator hoses and removal and replacement of - winter thermostat with a summer, type, are also suggested* Ignition wires, cdil, distributor points, spark plugs, battery, fan belt and carbureter are some of the important items for che<;k and adjustment in the engine-;tiiue up. In changing to summer grades of oil and grease, the club advises consulting a competent service station operator or the manufacturer's manual to- Iqara what products to use. Attention to th« chassis at the time of this check-up will also reward the careful car owaer, the club adtiseB. Winter slush and snow thrown up under the car, in many cases containing, chemicals spread to improve traction, has a harmful effect on all parts, of the chassis. A lubrieating jofc is a much needed service at this time, the club said, and in addition all chassis and body bolts should be checked and tightened. Additional steps recommended to the motorist is readying his car for spring and summer are: 1.--Drain the motor oil and flush the crankcase with a goqd flush, containing a detergent so that it OH f«PB» to 'lM9$v|i* hi tin; a ^ of the' - Tarloai changes. *.--Tafet alr &a»- 4Ht off fiat «h0M»ghty «imi tt «i/ w USSSi * \n>x • .vi •• V v--> v TlMiMtp. Mar 17. >" fi ' ni» JUED OCLLYsMWmUOF mmivpkDjmr A* A* i w* ccHctnk>...pia fLAJTC ntapc&sAmMLLALom Mms&r ir**.* • "word to ihev^jt*". •Wit- f(p|^ mAciumuta ofmml Selsdorf and CNtSL TWKTST A THOUSAND: WHW WANTED? -MINES OUTPUT The shipping mines of Illinois produced ' 4,411,$86 tons of coal during March, an increase of 136,180 tons over the February output, according to the monthly report of the state Department 6f Mines and Mineral*. The March production came from 19 strip mines employing 2,678 men ajtjl turning' out 1,284,863 tons and <9 shaft mines working 20,767 men and hoisting 3,126,623 tons. 1 WE HAVE Sunbeam l&jja&BEr AUTOMATIC MODEL K tM to sprinkle any size circle from Jto$0 feet with turn of dial Preferred by home owners everywhere. A turn of the dial sets the correct spray and watering range for the desired area mmtommticmlly. The Rain King Automatic provides a natural rains like shower. WfA feplace with motor oti. ijjjr filters are so equip?** standard differential sod transit mission, change, by flushing and adding the proper grade of greasf. 4 --Inspect the fan belt to sea that It Is In serviceable conditio* --replace if necessary--and <ad- " just tt to proper tension, fi.--Roa a can of Qum-out through tho carburetor to remove the gum o# all operating parts as well «i burn out. any moisture accumulated during the winter. 6.--ReA inove spark Mugs, clean *&d re^ Sip--replace If necessary. Kxame all ignitldn wires and dealt the top of the distributor cap with a good solvent. Check Ignition points and replace if necessary or adjust where replacement Is not necessary. Have ignition timing checked by a competent mechanic, using » timing light 7.--Have front wheels unpacked; car lubrl-^ dated throughout; battery cables' taken off and cleaned with solution, reinstalled and coated With grease. Have brakes adjust^ e'd and the master cylinder pro|^ 4rly filled with brake fluid. Alrfo have lights on car inspected and checked to see that the front lights are properly tocus«H| FAIR FEATURES | H. Elliott, general manager Of the Illinois State Fair, has a*v nounced plans for the first Annual steer sale, to be held in coa» nection with the fair, on Friday, Aug. 17. All steers exhibited at the fair will be eligible for thla sale, but consignment is entirelyvoluntary. Another new feature of this year's fair will be the selection of a "Grand Champion Steer^ Over All Breeds," winner to get^ $100 and a trophy, and the picking of a "Reserve Grand Champ* < lojo," for a ifO V * trophy. V Registered Cews About 87 per cent of the cows |§k < d|Ut7 herd improvement associt* tions in the U. S. are reglrtared. A NEW Treat - Just For Fun f in bmntihl Fox Rim Picnic Grove Merry-Go-Round Aate Rides. Pony Mil , Train Rldef - •Iber Attnctitfu KIDDIE PARK Fox River Grove, b • " GHAITO OPKHtMO CELEBRATION SATURDAY » SUNDAY, MAY 19-20 v It -- 8FSC1AL PRICES -- FOR CHILDREN -- 9c ; HO ADX1S&IOH CHARGE -- FRfiE PARKING AREA What's the la^iword? MODULH Perfect for any lawn. Ideal for newly seeded areas. 300 gallons per br. oa 20 lbs. pressure when set for fine HOSC NUAuK Chrome-plated, unfarnishable. Machined from solid brass. Adjustable for ballet-like stream or Um** asisty spray* tstih **d fmiekly. 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