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Thursday, December 22 Page Firi We were stunned REED RAMBLERS BEAT - --I1 Twas like the old boy had put u« through a clinic and recorded Oui every Whimand speechless! ANDERSON'S SERVICE McHENRY BOYS ARE HOT swirrcnanu a FLANCHER FLASHES TEAM SHOWS SCORING ON SHOTS AS THEY TRIM The largest river entirely CROWDED PLENTY PUNCH IN TWO WINS Switzerland is the ST. MARY'S FIVE, 49-16 miles long. ..WISH WH GOOD GROOMINB! m , lENTHEBIC contributes an urge to ,/ jwwUiM vanity In tiMir Thiee "' If ujtetMri--a trio of good gioom- ., " requisite*. Aitar Shcrr* Lotion, VV. / , 7"' " feau d« Cologn®. and Scalp Sttam- "Mi lant in triangular 11 aeons, arc pr*> ; tooted in a band-box smartly d»cs- • «ID^ MUM im ~ ^ maaculiM activities. ;*)feurChristmaa compliment to hi»l *•»'- $1.95 's Phone 40 EARL WALSH Last night we were dreaming. _ -- i -- Who should drive up to our door but old Santa himself! : , •; Never was that graftd old fellow so real. Never before did he put his hand on our shoulder with such firmness, such sincerity, such kindness nor in such a queer manner. --n-- m Always before Santa'Vntered swiftly into or midst and just as swiftly disappeared. Not this time. - --»-- - .He had work to be done, but the strain of it all had finally caught up to him. He needed help. {Somebody must have clipped a coupon and sent in our name.) «- v-..-'^rrV^ 5/':- 'V :Said the jolly old fellow, *Toii.liave had your fun jail year--sometimes worrying your readers for fear tbat they might be next to fall victims to your queer sense of humor--sometimes; a word of "theer and credit--sometimes rib to a fellow who didn't do or think your way. Now, the time has ccftne for you to do some of the good Store deeds, you have hinted were in your Green Street ] heart if not in your pen. COME TO THE GREEN STREET TAVERN and enjoy your favorite MEISTER BRAU BEER. We have no Restaurant or Bowling Alley -- We have no Ice Cream or Dance Floor -- We have no Jitterbug Dancers or Fancy Entertainers; BUT, We have the good old MEISTER BRAU BEER and the best bowl of HOME-MADE CHILI in town at 10^ Per bowl! ! ! The Green Street Tavern "Smiling Joe," Prop.. McHenry, Illinois "Radio's SPARTON SEE OUR COMPLETE, NEW DISPLAY * r Green Street McHenry, 111. ~f&k -rite HOUDW BOLGER'S Drug Store TAYLOR'S WINES The Cheapest Domestic Wine--Port - Sherry - Tokay - Burgundy - Riesling Rhine and S&uterne. 98^ a fifth SOLO WHISKEY -- 3 years 4 months old -- Str'ght Kentucky Bourbon HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Our Best Buy --- $1.00 : 50c4 Per Pint V2 Pint SANTA ALICIA WINE Th^ Best California Wine T ^ - ^ S H E R R Y -- -- B U R G U N D Y RE1SL1NG -- MUSCATEL -- CK ~~"Holiday Special 59c fifth* BONDED LIQUORS:- .^•;HMd Grandad Old Taylor Belmont Canadian Club "Private Stock--v. Seagram's V. O. ^ STRAIGHT LIQUORS: Jim Beam First Prize" Clinton Club fechenley [ ; P*en High Cedardale Old Quaker Cream of Kentucky Johnny Walker Red Label House of Stuart Teacher's Martin's V. V. 0. McNiven's SCOTCH Haig & Haig Vat 69 White Horse Black & White Cutty Sark Ballantine's FIRST PRIZE 2 'TEAR OLD STRAIGHT BOURBON Special 83c per pint ^i ia We have the most complete line of Holiday Wine, Whiskey, Cordials, Brandies, Rum and Bitters that ianeeded for your Holiday Dinner! The white be-whiskered old gentleman had a plan. Our ears perked up. .Thursday, evening, December 15th, Anderson's Service basketball team traveled „to Lake Geneva, and MfcHenry beat Huntley last Friday, but were crowded all the wayv Final - •- t- -- v.^. score 35 to 27. ueneva, ana won a He had a magic wand. It was to be J The first quarter found both teams thrilling game from the Dunn's Coals in our possession as long as we wield-1 trying to handle the bc^ll with care, by the score of 38 to 22. ed it with good intentions. Of course, The defense closed in fast as each: This was the first defeat for the the whole plan was a deep dark sec-j team tried--like a couple of prize fight- strong Lake Geneva aggreeation wt never to appear in print !«*-»• wtet *e other team real-j Thf ^ we„ in were -- H-- 5 V- ;ly had. It was Huntley 6 to 4 it quar A secret. Ah me! How this column ter time. loves secrets. •; * i The .McHenry boys showed their n o j .. , --jgr eatest spurt of determination during' n . if/ aft®rn°on they won from We're into Ala dream. how! the second'* quarter. Their passing'^tuessys boys;35 to 16^at St. Marys the heck are we going to get oUt? 'wasn't accurate or hard enough in A3^' ,M<F '. Decorn*>er 22nd> ^he : this quarter, but they came along STT t^.™takes on FoX With short words o{ warning, our nicely. It was McHenry 13 to 11 atj ' X . 0 ^ . dream visitor went out into the night, half time. . . ; f ; leaving us alone to prove our right , Schulz found himself in the third! erson Service -- S8 . ' to possession of the magic wand. quarter and put four shots tfirough'v AHnmo /. 4 * the net. That helped. It was stiU h AnSon f o At,first confused, we soon found our- McHenry 26 to 21 at the three-quarter 'c, Anderson' g (purple and white suits, which :donated by John Anderson. 1-7 i: 4- 2 i self wafting, that magic stick hither mark. G Amipr<5nn cr and yon. " Huntley, with that never-say-die R' Feru-erda' f """" r T; ..".spirit, caused some anxious moments H CMW»V » WE -- ; in the last period--especially when our - > f Dried up a good slice of the oeean; starting guards. Laures and Sreund,"... built onto Europe; remapped l»©undarj.' w®r>t out on fouls. But," it was in the; DunnV lines; and gave each country more °pok for McHenry to win and the boys space than they will ever need. - ' didn't spoil the last chapter of the S^hryver f ' SWung that wand over Hitler^1*ilu"s- Pet-et4ftn,',y solini and all the boys, telling them tb Wfltzien, Huntley center, showed up C. Gerber, c' forget that war business -4or else, advance dope by sinking 14 points C. Petersonf Put cash in every^ -poor family'sbis team. Schplz led McHenry Brigger,"* ./ pocket and told them to hife right out'-'^^1.--^ points. Knox had 10 points, Quimniarnon^^ x and pajftheir "bills. / -v sinking 6 free throws out of 1^chances. Klabunde,' g Put a good limb under Monte Strat- The second teams put on a rare bat- " '• ton, gave him a pop-gun and told him waiting until the last half to 'Totals " " 7 ^ 1 1 to get in there and pitch. at their -scoring. Huntley led 1 to O :;"v Gave every dirty-faced kid a bar of at Quarter and the score was 3-all Anderson's Service -- 3^ soap and told him to clean that mush McHenry stepped out1 - 4 -"'FG up as pure as the little heart under jP 'as^ quarter to Avind up with a V. Adams, c, f-.v.^tlK.;;...-.. I1- his shirt 23 to 16 win. H. Anderson, f ..*4? 8 Bought food, clothing, fuel, toys, Coach FlancheT hasn't too much ma- C. Anderson,^c ..^C.tT;......'^ 5; books, dolls, baseballs, footballs and ^er'a^ w,ork with at Huntley, but G. Anderson, g S what not for everj' family in need-- deserves real credit for turning out R- Ferwerda, g 0 no question as to whether they were '"teresting teams. He has a gentle- H. Conway, g 0 deserving or not (Who are we to manlv b"nch of boys who ask n<| - judge?) • quarter! and give none, fou have to Made wortry Vanish into thin air 11184 team- ' 1 with the idea of lifting that bunion: •.; r--,-- ;vy ; for a period of ten days. (It wouldn't! McHenry -- 85 2 2 0 V & 0 TP 10 IS 6 < 0 Q 1PT 0 /d : o 6 J) 0 0 38 TP '••'A There isn't much to get steamed up about in a report of the M. C. H. S.-- St. Mary's game on^ Tuesday night McHenry won 49 to 16. In summing up the game, it can be said that the local boys were hot on' shots while the visiting squad Was' anything but hot. In all fairness and in view of past performances this year, the St. Mary's crew should have given McHenry more of a battle. However, the local five would be rated tha favorites by -any method of comparison. M The McHenry boys showed the cleverest brand of basketball shown this season as they opened up in the second quarter. It seemed they were Just warmed up to go to town at this point of the game. It was McIIenry's game all the wayi The boys have speed and showed it 0 22 ' ' Mcflienry G. Miler, f . . 2 1). Meyer, f J ' % ,,;G.'Kno», f 6 , .8 2|5Veber, f 1;. 0 g j S c h u l z . c • . . f r ' O McAndrews, c 4 "• 0 .4fFreund,.g i. ".It ; 2 . U n t i . g - " 0; Laures, g 1 Larkm, ^ 0 0 PP % 1 2 0 1 a 0 8 0 FT 1 a 0 '!• 1 Totals St Mary's -- II' i .r.1 FG 1 -...fc. 0 0 20 9 10 ^ Totals ................. Stuessy's Monograi 17 1 -- 16 FG FT TP 8 ; Wickham, f 16'Brandlin, f 10 Hickel, f ... 6; Mockey, c . O .Coonoy, c . 0-( Leonard, g , Conway, g . be so good if we never worried. \Ve! _ v might never know the joys of having Knox, f trouble lifted from"our tiring should- Weber f ers.) Arranged a fair price on milk pro- G. Miller, f D. Meyers, f .... duced by the farmers. (Now, we're go- McAndrews, c ing places.) Schulz, c ............ Waved that wand over Dreyfniller's Ground, g head and landed him in his own bar- ^ •""••• ber chair while we gave him the j^urcs, g woAs. (It's a wonder Santa didn't * n' g take our rights away on that one.) Waved that wand right and left,, restoring millions of people to good health. . • Raised h--- with .gossip" -mongers and character destroyers. V^XT !*' Put a smile on every kid in the z world. Totals Rnntley • Trainor, 1 1 0 PG_PT PF Baier, f l Q ... 2 1 Trainor. f 0 10 0 Dit'tberner, .c ,.,"8' 2 TWede, g;.;^., ... 1 0 0 Buchley, g ft .1 • 0' • Q - ^ • - *• Totali ... 0 . . . „ . fT.. 1 as.Kuppe, g i. . [Murphy, g TP , J. Kuppe, ff0 FT 1 0 8 0 0 1 .3 . 0 •: 0 0 PF iSLerrtfi^iric ..'Introduces-- A" Vanity Duet pii. K «« ttoo-7o*e QoldPlate -1- ^"PxqutsTtely shaped Uke a mfiftf- .' ' ture pocket book, diis L«ntMr«c Vdouble vanity makes each ifiterr' lude most opportune for pterin; at the image between the covers. " v It coaxes you to be as vain^orious as your accessory. In a lustrous tweed-pattern o« -gold plate (illustrated) or duotone gold plate (not illustrated) with a center band, wide enough for monogramming. In a handsome gift bwu :'ik I'm :fh-; $5.00 Totals 4 8 10 Phone 40 Bolger's Drug Store Green Street ....X..... Weltzion, c Whoa! Where am I? There goes ^mmond.y« i.no-^JL* Clanton, gv?. (Brion, g .. ..... V »"• * • ' * MV-»V that alarm clock. Ring, you sinner! There; has been big doings in a ser-- ies of matches between "Matt's Tav-- trn" team and "Harry's New York, Bar." • . --H-- "Matt's Tavern" had the following lineup: Bill Kreutzer, "Egg" Landgren, Dorothy Page, "Hup" Smith and Art Meyers. "Harry's New York Bar" Totals f RECREATION PROGRAM o! ATTRACTS LARGE GROUPS The recreation program on Thursday night, December 22nd, will be cancelled because of the operetta being given , in the auditorium above. Also the play period on Sunday (Christmas Day) and Sunday (Now Year's) will be cancelled. Otherwise the recreation program through the vacation period will be run as usual. Large groups have been coming out Father Walter Conway, who was called here by the death of his broth- . . , er, Ray Conway, is remaining to spend Kro.ups ha)'\h^ co^ng out the holidays with his brother, M. A. ^h o%on!nP and Sunday afternoon, Conwav. ' |o ut there is room for everyone. i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander 8ome who ^ve not 1 Hebron spent Sunday in the home of L , P , the Pr°Rram, they are „ MMrr.. aanndd MMrrss.. RRoobher.r tt TThhonmmpnso,nri! „w here welcome and encouraged to come down to the gym and join in the fun at any Sc#iuw Mrs. Alexander's birthday was cele- ^jme Q brated. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson with ; TL" their, EUc,U,»nd Mi« Maud Granger if""1 plan " »* *»>» W* jnotoml > Wauk(?ean in the after- T^day Nigh«-Girl, beyond High M.' ' . ISchool age. ' *<*»•*** Nigljt--Basketball for L T. , i Wednesday to mm and boy/bey^nd high school spend the holidays with her parents, age f . ^ Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson. linpd iin thi«s w«v" FVMio Scouts had a surprise at M™rrss.. AAggnneess LLeewwiiss ooff KKeennoosshhaa,, WWiiss.., "Ki" Smueker, "Sehm.lt." Miller,' S? "P* ".onda.y night. December ^ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm "Dukes" Knox and^BUl Wolf. ^ Ant^kMann o, Elgin .pen, "Harrv'a" fnnlr tho fir.t and a new fla^*staff. A Board of Re- a few days the past week in the home h..f £Tl- • • 1 ! I ^iew- whose members were Mr. Duk- of Mrs. J. F. Claxton. The MV-off 6ameontath m'n« ^ er' <*eor^e Stilling, and Mr. Leo Mrs. John Meehan, who was called „ ^ * Stilling met in conjunction with here by the death of her brother, Ray M " . .j . Scout meeting, and several boys were Conway, returned to "her home in .ft ^®yers ar0se. f°..„ advanced in Scouting. B. Hoag, W. Jacksonville, Florida, Tuesday afterwith a 231 game wh,le "Hup" Smith^Brda and B. Weideman were okkyed noon. turned in a 205. Hup s average was for Second Class ranking. E. Corey ' Miss Mary Durland of Clarke Colup all the way through. passed on Merit Badges for Public lege, Dubuque, Iowa, is spending the „ Health, Bookbinding and First Aid. holidays with her parenta. Mr. and The scores weren t so hot, but every. Jack Hoag also went before the Board Mrs. Harry Durland. body had a lot of fun. to pass for Public Health, Personal; .Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson «IT I/J F _»r ON an<* F!rst Merit Badges., will motor to Champaign tomorrow : Trt_ Uncalled For~ G. Peterson, Jr. also passed on the (Friday) to bring their sons, George Joe Sutton says he thought of us pensonal Health Badge. _ land Frank, home for their vacation when a sale sign m a hat-cleaning As the closing event of the evenshop met his eyes. "Uncalled For ing we played a couple games, includ- Hats" is what he saw. He knew we ing "Steal the Bacon" and the "Centifelt that way about these little num* P®de Race." J Last week the sixth, seventh and eighth grades met in the school gymour, nasium to watch Mr. Duker and Mr. E. D. Murphy present Ted Belling and Glenn Peterson with Second Class badges and Jack Hoag and Edwin Corey with First Class badges. The latter boy received a Merit Badge in Per- | We hate to single out a man for sonal Health. special credit. They are all doing their. Christmas holdiays present you boys jobs right fancy. Scoring has been WIt^ numerous opportunities to pass well-divided. Much credit must go to , our guards, who not only get hold of i ; that old ball, but .know what to do-j , with it when they get it. It.appears that we have a team hew tSat cat)! | really turn on the steam. ] Monday night my patrol had a Xmas i --h party for the rest of the scouts at | Take a squint at the Anderson ISef- school. First they, played games in | vice scores. Now, there's a team that the scout room, then sang Christmas ; goes out and gets points. V - carols, and last of all, the refresh- --II-- ments were served and we received The McHenry Merchants are start* our gifts and prizes. ing off with a free game on Friday Charlene Krohn won the question night of this week. They want a full and answer game and Nadine Schaefhouse. The boys are out for the mostler won the game .where words were successful season in years. Bill Green, jumbled together and when arranged is back in the harness to manage the correctly spelled the names of fateam. Bill has pounded over the hard- mous Christmas carols. Doris Thomwood floors for quite a spell now and as got the most words out of "Merry has been successful in managing teams Christmas" and Charlene Mertes won the past five years. His presence the rebuses in which there was a pic-' Thursday Night--Volley ball for all boys and man. Sunday, afternoon -- Basketball for all boys and men. In addition to these major activities Ping - Pong ;and Shuffle Board are available at any time. N O T I C E A Meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, December 27, at the City Hall in McHenry at 8 o'clock for the pur« pose of organizing a McHenry chapter of the McHenry County Sportsmen's League. All who are interested in conservation are cordialjy invited to attend. r . John Sotton of Dixon is spending some time with relatives heret Theatre Woodstock FRIDAY -- Lace Club Critics Rave About . . . 'MAN TO REMEMBER" SATURDAY -- 2 Big Hits "Barefoot Boy" ^ AND--.--• "Law West of Tombstone*' SUNDAY AND MONDAY Special Holiday Shows! Both Days --Continuous froai 2:30 TK CKATTST III DIUMA (MIUUK sa IT-- MCOjje^ FRED MKMURRAY RAY MILLAN0 LOUISE CAMPBELL 10c -- Tuesday -- 16c "WANTED BY POLICE" --- PLUS 60 BIG REASONS Wednesday - Thursday JANE WITHERS in "ALYAYS IN TROUBLE" Gala New Year's Eve Show! hers the gals are wearing. In case you haven't noticed, basketball boys are going along just fine. The high school speedsters were way out in front of St. Mary's on Tuesday night. with numerous opportunities more tests. SCOUT DAVE SWANSOII. GIRL SCOUTS Late shoppers will find here the itenu they wiU want to present to relatives or friends. Give Furniture should help the boys along. COMING EVENTS December 22 v»« .owu« Christmas Party--St. Mary - St. Pat- i cream, cake, cookies, and ture such as a basket and a ball. Below the picture was a hint which m this case was "a sport." The answer was, of course, basketball. { After singing Christmas carols, ice milk were rick School--Parent-Teachers' Assn. I served _and e. D. of A. i the prizes were given to the winners Christmas Cantata--Pupils of Public to find their wraps in Miss Althoff's Grade School--High School. v | clothes closet and after succeeding left Christmas Party--W. C. O. F. us to clean up. T> * OL December 23 ^ BONNIE PAGE. Benefit Show--Given by Mothers Club,! C. D. of A. and Empire theatre--; i Empire theatre--2:30 p. m. I December 26 Dinner^Dance--Alumni AssiL-^-prirslal Lodge, Crystal Lake. December 27 ^ Meeting -- McHenry County Sportsmen's. League--City Hall--8 p. m. January 3 Meeting--Fo* River Valley Camp, R . January 6 • Meetii^-^Christian Mothers. January 10 Meetings--Past Oracles-- I Ebel--Crystal Lake. 'A Little Bird Told Me' This mild expression, "a little bird told me," for "I won't betray my informer," is not a literal quotation,. but is undoubtedly borrowed from Ecclesiastes 10:29: "Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought: and curse not the rich in thy bed-., chamber: for a bird of the air shqll carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." A burglar alarm protected the auto-' Mrs. Camille j mobile owned by A. T. Sublett of Beltop, & C^iatii thieves stole the alarm. Solid Wal. Occasional Chairs with a beautiful selection of covers $6.50 to $12-50. LANE CEDAR CHESTS *15 to $33 LOUNGE CHAIRS $19 50 to $36-00 Governor Winthrop Secretary: ----Desk •.- • $3350 Open Every Evening 'til Christmas. $1.00 to $9.50 Knee-hole Desks for HOME Gifts, suitable for Living Room or Den, in walnut or maple --•- $1)8.00 to $38-00. KROEHLER CHAIR r and OTTOMAN $26-50 -- $31 oo A large selection of Jr. Reflector - Bridge - Table or Boudoir Lamps. $1.00 to $12-50 i^r the! 55th time we wish yfti . • A Merry Christmas! N. J. JUSTEN & SON „ Next door to West McHenry State Bank