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TSE M'HBHRY PLAINDKALER THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1939 - 1 • RINOWOOD • 5)ftr. atid Mrs. Sam Beafcty, lUrs. Viola Low and son, Robert, and Mr. «nd Mrs. Georjfe Harrison were Woodstock visitors Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young were visitors at Spring Grove Wednesday afternoon. W. P. Stevens of Solon Mills spent Thursday and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Flanders. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard and family spent Thursday evening in Woodstock. - Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Howard and daughters, Dorothy 41*1 Alice, and Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Eagle of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sunday in the Ray Merchant home. The members of the Bunco club motored to McHenry and spent the afternoon with Mrs. George Worts •on ; Pan_Dora Anderson. Thursday. Bunco was P ayed, with . Broom_Mae prizes going to Mrs. Ben Justen, first | ^ Kettle_^ohn Noble. ?^Edt J TT rji M™' TJJS F«ther ^>uster Bertha Justen, third, andMrs^Lester ^ --Alice Mae Lo*. Cook_Gladys shepard. Carr the consolation MJSS Erna Me- Man-Kenneth Franze*. Cannon was awarded the prize for the „. 8 one having made the most buncos Mr. and Mrs. David Stanley and Miss Hazel Hutson of Woodstock spent Sunday afternoon in the William Kelley home. Mrs. William Hepburn and Mrs. Frank Block spent Wednesday in Elgin. Mrs. C. J. Balfe of Williams Bay spent Thursday night and Friday with Dr. and Mrs. William Hepburn. Mrs. William Kelley and Cora Beth were visitors at Crystal Lake Sunday. Byron Hitchens of Chicago and Miss Lucy Thomas of Woodstock spent Sunday evening in the F. A. HitcbePS hone. "The Kitchen Clock" • A musical make-believe in a prologue and one act will be given by the children of the Primary room at the Woodman hall on April 5, at 8 o'clock. Kitchen Cfock--Virginia Jepson. Tea Kettle--Lucille Peet. At the close refreshments were served and a pleasant afternoon was spent. Mrs. Gus Pearson spent a few days the past week with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Matsen, in Chicago. Mrs. Viola Low and daughter, Alice Mae. Gwendolyn and Arline Jackson and Mrs. G. E. Shepard were McHenry visitors Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith - of McHenry were callers in the George Young home Wednesday. Mrs. Ed Thompson and son, John, were Woodstock callers Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Matsen and son of Chicago spent the week-end in the Gus Pearson home. Ifrs. Stephen Schmidt and Mrs. Arthur Smith of McHenry were callers in the George Young home Thursday afternoon. Ben Stevens is spending a few days with Richmond friends. Mr. and Mrs. Cark Huson and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Peck and son, Richard, of Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huson and daughters of Mundelein spent Sunday in the C. J. Jepson home. They celebrated the birthday anniversaries of Mr. Huson and his granddaughter, Virginia Jepson. . Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bell of Richmond were callers in the George Young home Thursday evening. Mrs. F. A. Hitchens entertained the Social Wheel at her home Thursday afternoon. Five hundred was played. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, first; Mrs. Minnie Miller, second; and Mrs. Frank Peet the consolation. A lovely lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens entertained the members of the Home Bureau and their families at a bunco party Friday evening. Prizes were awarded to C. J. Jepson and Mildred Jepson firsts, and Helen and Earl Harrison the consolations. At the close of the games lunch was served. The Butler reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens eta Sunday. Those in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Butler and daughter, Julian Butler and Miss Alta Stover of Chicago,. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Butler, and daughter of Elgin, Mrs. J. M. Butler of Bath, 111., and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler and daughter of Ring-wood. Church services at the M. E. church will be at 9:30 next Sunday and Sunday school at 10:30. There will be services at the M. E. church on Friday evening at J :30. All come. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henzie of Crystal Lake F^er.t Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spent Monday afternoon in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. William McCannon and Miss Erna McCannon spent uesd »y in Woodstock. H- E. Kelley of Crystal Lake spent Sunday morning in Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Block of Kenosha spent Sunday in the Dr. Hepfcnm home. Mrs. Clay Rager and daughter, Mae, and Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin were Richmond visitors Saturday. Miss Bertha Justen was a guest fan the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Justen, last week. We have all the necessities for spring: housecleaning. Our wall paper books have many new and at tractive patterns to choose from Erickson Dept. Store. 43 Stars--Marjorie Noble, Sylvia Freund. Night Lady--Noreen Krohn. Sleepy Children--LeRov Neal. Shirley Hawley, Clare Whiting, Pearl Smith, Nearby and Yonder ... by T. T. MAXUY Tschischiwapelci TSCfllSCllIWAl'EKI, an Indlaa name, meaning a highly salted body of water, has been contracted to Chesapeake, the name of that alluring inland sea that cuts Virginia In twain and almost bisects the state of Maryland. No wider than a* river at Its head, the Chesapeake broadens to a width of 22 miles in the 195 miles to its join* ing with the sea. Its maximum depth it 165 feet and gross area about 5.000 square miles. It is fed by some 50 tributaries, ranging from two to 100 miles In length, the cftief one of which is the historic l*otomac. These tributaries harbor many quaint villages of quiet charm'that hold ancient &»• lonial homes of rare beauty. This romantic bay became known to white men quite by accident in. 1607 when some passing vessels were blown into its^iouth. The Chesapeake is a great $0a-food TAXES! The county treasurer has authorized this bank to receive taxes. We win* , appreciate your paying them hert. West McHenry State Bank. 42tf ' Bartons Thiag, Lo-4* • Life Is n love affair. • faun# people In love are preparing t» con tlnne love affairs In the next generation. This love we langh and weep about is the most serious thing In the world": we should give It all the Intelligence we pan cqjnmani-- PL W. Howe's Monthly. Howard Shepard, Elsie Doberstein ' bin, producing more oysters than any Rita Mae Merchant. Gromes and Elves--Fred Krohn, Clarence Tonyan, Zane Gray, .Neil Harrison, Charles Thompson, Floyd Freund. Chorus of Rag-tag Men--Kenneth Noble, Walter Low, Owen Carlson, Stanley Young, Lor en Thomas. Shadow People--Amy Lawrence, Dora Anderson. Prologue: The night lady weaves other body of water In the world. Duty Ing one year, Maryland and Virginia which embrace it, produced oysters, clams, crabs, terrapin and fish valued at almost $14,000,000. It also Is a great wild-fowl refuge, its shelters be-, ing famed as habitats for myriads of the winged tribes. A^ain. It Is an outstaqding commercial utility, bearing upon Us bosom great cargoes of the world's goods between Baltim6re and . Western Newspaper Unloa.) • ' Of course* the women spread a good deal of gossip, and they get much of it from the men. -ik-i--""J' «. The sovereign voters of Massachus- B",J etts have approved Sunday baseball good time However, the cook or *hatever It Is thpy play. The next thing the farmers will be asking for is relief from the advice that comes to them over the radio. dreams for sleepy children, and tells j other world ports in both this and them the story of the night promising: foreign I«nd9- to show the children strange sights tc.i - . e when they are asleep. PlaJ: The kithen clock is discontented with her life and. complains bitterly over her constant work. The tea kettle and other friends feeling sorry for the clock undertake to give her loses the key and neglects to wind the clock, which runs down and narrowly escapes being taken to Rickety Row by the rag-tag man. The clock is finally saved by her friends who find the key and wind her just in time and the clock is glad to go back to work. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Sanborn of Spring Grove were callers at ( the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Abbott Saturday. Sibre Whiting attended a basketball gamein Chicago Thursday evening. William Doherty of McHenry was a caller at Thomas Doherty's Monday. George Adams was a business caller in Woodstock Thursday. Thomas Rafter of Woodstock was a caller in Ringwood Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mat Weber and family were recent callers at Hartland. Pay your taxes at the Citizens State Bank, McHenry. 42tf Mrs. Thelen Pich invites you to bring in your old hat to have it retrimmed at her millinery shop on Riverside drive. EDDIE, THE AD MAN "Going fishing" Is an old device frequently employed by men who wish to get away to themselves and think hard. Rumors circulate to the effect that pne of our most eminent aviators is in love. An aviator, wings and all. Is only human. The cold bath fiend has had a little trouble in the last day or two describing his fortitude, doe to a nasty touch of laryngitis. What lias become of the girl who used to ride around on the back of a motor cycle--the one who bounced off occasionally? ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETING AND ELECTION Notice is hereby given to the legal voters, residents of the township of McHenry, County of McHenry, Illinois, that the annual township meeting and election of officers of said township will take p^ace Tuesday, the 2nd day of April proximo, being the first Tuesday in said month. The election will begin at the hoar of 7 a. m. and close at 5 p. m. in the places designated as follows: Precinct No. 1, Woodman Hall, Ringwood, 111. Precinct No. 2, City Hall, McHenry, m. * Preeinct No. 3, Colby Bldg., McHenry, 111. " The officers to be elected are: , One Supervisor, two Justices of the Peace, two Constables. The town meeting will open in the City Hall, McHenry, I1L, at the hour of 2 p. m. and after choosing a moderator, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, to appropriate money to defray the necessary expenses of the township, and to deliberate and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meetiyg. Given under my hand this 19th day of March, A. D. 1929. CHAS. B. HARMSEN, 42-2 Township Clerk. 1 Who can remember when the of the large stone crocks in the bases, ment were occupied 1>y home-mad# salt-water picklesi Turkish women have abandoned their veils, without promise of anjp great change of results in next Suns* mer's beauty shows. The promoter of talk marathon IS" looking for a topic. We nominate th#1 traffic problem in this fair and perplexed city of ours. It Is reported there are fewer chesty nuts this year than In any previoui year on record, and some of the worms may have to double up. -- »:.• ' > r? We seem gradually to b0 working around to the point where calling lite doctor in the first place Is yj^ccd* nomicat as a daily apple. . e Mi . * Toting Westlnghoose's tick eradication, of which >so nfa Is said nowadays, in dairy sections, would be to oil the clock. The London Standard explains that "lady" is derived from an old English word signifying dough-kneader. Not dough-neeaer, by any chance? a«nr~it S. H. Freund & Son I General Building Contractors Phone 127-R Cor. Pearl and Park Sts McHenry, 111. aaann CENTRAL GARAGE JOHN8BURG FRED J. SMITH, Proprietor Chevrolet Sales. General Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble Day Phone 200-J Night Phone 640-J-2 "I don't see how I can popularise this new model of mine," remarked the famed Parisian costume designed "if nobody will call It ridiculous." Whatever became of the old-fashioned clever fellow at the party wha got mandolin effects by laying a sheet of music across the piano strings? Thomas Jefferson hitched his horse to a tree while being sworn to his duties as President. This time the President will park his automobile. The duke of Gloucester, on an Afrl can hunt, has shot a fringe-eyed oryx, a beast which we do not recall ever having tracked down in a cross-word. Little Willy wanted to know. what a circular letter was, the. other night, and Brother Charley, the eighteen year-old wisecracker, said eleliteenlt v?as O. - n> - illira j cei A fossil, said to be six million years old, has been unearthed in central Asia. Now we know the origin of the "old stuff" credited to political speakers. .N • '4[ >4- & Hettermann Motor Sales \ k . .. All kinds of car and truck and general repairing, also welding, 4one by expert mechanics. \; Main St., West McHenry' Phone 191\ I < • < , as l i i i i i i • « t f r f f 111 |1|U I Overheard in a theater lobby: "What is that loud, excruciating sound?" "Oh, that's the cafe waiter in the talking picture jingling his tips." Another great truth, established by almost every husband at some time in his experience, Is that a breakfast nook is a little too cozy for five-handed poker. Assuming that fltes, parsnips, weevils, ctc., have a place in the scheme of things or they wouldn't be here, we Atili are vague about tha hg£ caper sauce. The'big Zeppelin *was sold "before It crossed the ocean. This fact makes It an example of modern progress not only in air travel; hat la feigh-pfwer salesmanship. /- < *.4 OURE, I HAVE DISSATISFIED fWTROUS OCCASIONALLY• A FEUOW WHO GOT A , joe $25 A WEEK MORE, "THROUGH OWE OP OUR. Lit. WAWT AOS is SORE WOW eeCAUSE HE piowr ADVERTISE SOOMER % HERMAN J. 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