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Thursday, Dpcimbm 6, 1951 THE McHfiflft PLAINDEALER Pigi * '.C w?- Twke Told Tales , T Forty Years, Ago " 1 K . C . m i n s t r e l s , t h e s h o w -J^h the "jingle," at the Central fPaturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10. Don't fail to see the air ship for the first time in McHenry. John A. Worts has disposed of Me saloon business on the west Me to Kirk Crane of Solon. r L. EL Nordstrom, the west side shoe merchant, has decided to discontinue business her© and move south. G. A. Sattem, McHenry'* young ~ energetic auctioneer, will 'WhayiB a book booth at the bazaar • ...to- be held at Stoffel's hall Dec. 14 Stiff the benefit of the M. E. church. - At 9 o'clock Thanksgiving morn- % there occurred a wedding of more than ordinary interest to people of the Johnsburg and vicinity when the hands and hearts of Miss Martha B. Mertes and Mr. Peter M. Schaefer were united. Also married there were Miss .Martha Niesen and Bernard reund. , ; • «• it was with the greatest surthat the wedding announcements of *Miss Anna M. Dodge and Mr. Louis P. Kane were received by their friends here the latter part of last week. The marriage closes a short but interesting romance which first started last summer while the bride was a professional nurse engaged to fecare for John Relihan. Relihan hieing an ftncle to the groom gave the latter plenty of opportunities to call at therfiountry home of the Relihans and re was here that the love spark was first ignited. Twenty-Five Tears Ago A deal was closed on Tuesday o f t h i s w e e k w h e r e b y A l e x Schnapp, proprietor of the Wauconda Bakery, purchased the Kent ft Company property on River- ,%side Drive, now occupied by the Bishop & Olson barber shop. ; 1 The second fire to threaten the Oittages at. Emerald Park within • year occurred Wednesday forenoon. The subdivision at Emerald Park has built up quite rapidly and the cottages are close together but the wind was in the right direction to protect them at this time. Work on the bridge across Fox "Vriver 4s soon to commence. The Widell Construction company of Mankato, Minn., which turned in the lowest bid for the construction work, are on the job and will finish unloading twenty, cars of machinery and equipment this Week. The large gas tank ota Horton's sphere, which has been in course of construction on the Jacob F. _ Justen farm, south of town, for vsei&ral weeks, ~|b. Just about finished. That McHenry will have a new bakery is now an assured fact. James Marshall of Champaign was in town last week looking over several' buildings and selecting a Ideation suitable for a modern liakery. He has already purchased the Nlesen building on Green Street which he expects to remodel into a modern up-to-date ^ bakery. Election of officers for the coming years was held at the meeting l)f the McHenry Kiwanis club at the Justen hotel last week. They are Floyd E. Covalt, president; A. E. Nye, first vice-president; C. H. D u k e r, second vice-president; George Johnson, treasurer; J. Scott Matthews, trustees; Charles J. Reihansperger, William Spencer. R. I. Overton, P. W Frett, Ray McGee, Claries tlnti and Roy Kent, directors. V.F.W. NEWS On Sunday, Nov. 18, the Fifth district meeting was held in Wheaton. Members who attehded were Volney Brown, commander; Henry Krause, senior vice-commander; Eniil Schwertfeger, juni o r v i c e - c o m m a n d e r ; R i c h a r d Smith and Frank Low. The Ladies' Auxiliary was also well represented. Attending were Mrs. Richard Smith, president; Mrs. Henry Krause, senior vice-president; Mrs. Frank Low, secretary; Mrs. Emil Schwertfeger, Mrs. Volney Brown, Mrs. Lina Kilday, fifth district historian; and Mrs. Clara Fredrickson. Many important issues were discussed, among them the ever important need for more blood donors. Last Monday a speeial meeting was held by the board of directors and club members. Plans.were discussed for the remodeling of the cocktail lounge and club rooms. " Monday, Dec. 17, the annual Downey Christmas party will be held. Both members of the post and Auxiliary will go to Downey and distribute gifts to the hospitalized veterans. The public is invited to join in this worthwhile „ work. Sunday, Dec. 23, the ' annual children's Christmas party will be held at the clubhouse. Health Talks (This column was inadvertently i omitted from last week's Plaindealer.) How Is Tear Hearing! One of every ten persons in the United States has defective hearing. Three million Children alone have poor hearing, which if detected early, could be corrr«cted, permitting the child to reach adulthood in the proper balance of fitting into the social world. With the new and improved hearing devices that are available, it is truly unfortunate that the number of persons with this handicap is not reduced, observes a HEALTH TALK of the educational committee of the Illinois State Medical society. The human hearing apparatus is complex. Sound waves travel first through the passages of the outer or external ear. These passages admit air into the middle ear so that the air pressure on each side of the eardrum is equal. Normally sound waves pass freely to the eardrum, a small membrane that separates the outer from the middle ear. Attached to the inside of the eardrum is one end of a chain of three tiny bones which are called, because of their shapes, the hammer, the anvil and the stirrup. Individually these parts carry the sound vibrations to the fluid of the inner ear which, in turn, transmits them to the auditory nerves and thus to the hearing area of the brain. Catarrhal inflammation and abscess from infection in the middle ear form the most common type of deafness. Catarrh of the middle e&r is almost always associated with enlarged adenoids and abscess in the membrane lining the middle ear cavity. The condition is known as abscessed or a "running" ear. The danger is that the infection may spread to the cells in the mastoid bone. If the abscess breaks of its own accord, pus may spread and cause a meningitis or a brain abscess. Measles, scarlet fever and diphtheria are the diseases most likely to cause "running" ears. Blowing the hose too hard may force germs up through the passages or Eustachian tubes which extend from the throat to each ear. Swimming and diving may also give opportunity for germs to reach the middle ear and thns the child with a cold or sore throat should avoid these sports. Persons who cannot hear are divided into two classes: the congenital deaf, those born deaf; and the "acquired" deaf, those born with normal hearing but deafened somehow later. Congenital deafness is a difficult problem and 8 u c h children require special skilled care so they may learn to talk. As one authority has pointed out, a world of silence is a lonely place. This state can be often avoided by proper treatment, beginning with a hearing tes£. Often a child, ordinarily dull and slow in school, can be restored to a normal alertness &y correction of poor hearing. If the child cannot hear well, the mind does not learn well. In the same way, deafened adults may Seem stupid or inattentive. every child should have a hearing test. If the hearing loss is as great as 15 percent, a doctor should be consulted to determine if the impairm&it is caused by a physical defect or disease and to prescribe treatment. There are more than thirty approved devices to enable a person to hear and delicate operations have been perfected Which, in many instances, restore normal hearing. # Understanding _ is one of the inost notable contributions of medicine to the world. Through research, mediqfne solves many problems, but it is up to those responsible for the guidance of the handicapped to apply the knowledge. The shame is not in the handicap, but in neglecting to do something about it Christmas cards, it seems, have aft unsuspected therapeutic value. Doctors frequently recommend that invalids make book-marks, jewelry boxes, waste baskets, etc., from Christmas card collections during their convalescence. ONE ASPHYXIATED One youth was asphyxiated and two others were taken to St. Charles hospital in Aurora as result of carbon monoxide gas poisoning which they suffered while sleeping in a parked truck at the intersestion of routes 65' and 59 last week Wednesday night John W. Burgess, 18. of Waukegan, was dead when passing motorists discovered the plight of his two companions. Walter E. Davis, 17, of North Chicago and Robert D. Radke, 18. of Zion, were in a serious condition but attending physicians said both probably would recover unless complications,, developed. Clarence's Shop Christmas Gifts .. .Children's Barn Yards, Garagas, Tabla and Chair Sais, Writing Desk*. Kitchen Cabinaii, Toy Chests, etc. . Unfinished Cabinets, Chests of Drawers. End Tables, etc. / Full Line of Lawn Furniture, Bird Houses, ate. Leather Belts, Billfolds, Baskets, etc. Cement Cess Pool Rings and Coters. - CLARENCE J. SMITH TEL. 583-J-l JOHNSBURG New Classified Ads Appear. Old Ads Disappear. Quick Basalt* v * , % I > •.* * * ;>•«&» - ' ' ' ' 1 ' N' " I :|m --FRESH DRUGS PLU* PERSONAL CARE ; Fresh drugs, plus personal care, are a winning combination when you have your doctor's prescription filled. 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