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V * A* y, February 1,1940 CHURCH SXRTI0K8 (Central Standard Time) (~. St. Mary's CtthoUe Ckmdtv :ip .Jesses: • Sundays: 8:00; 10:80. ' Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:00. i? Weekdays: 8:00. % 'First Friday: Communion at 6:80; Mass at 8:00. ^Confessions: ^Saturdays: 8:00 p.m. 7HI0 p. m .j, Thursday before First Friday. After Mass on Thursday, 3:00 p. m Mid 7:00 p.m. Msgr. C. S. Nix, pastor. - . St Patrick's Catholic Chnrcfe Sundays: 8:00; (>'.,• Weekdays: 7:30. . v \ ' - V -First Fridays: 7:30. :.>J;>*"On First Friday, Communion dis s J j tributed at 6:30, 7:00 and before and durinsr the 7:90 Mass. -&>nfessions: Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. And * 7:00 to 8:00 p. a. ; Thursday before First Friday: 4:00 to 5:00 p. m. and 7:00 to 8:00 • p. m. Rev. Wm. A. 0*Rourke, pastor. ; John's Catholic Church, J«hnittr| Masses: Sundays: 8:00; 10:00. v>;£v':HoIy Days: 7:00 and 0sQlt ;; ^ V" Weekdays: 8:00. t- ' " •\ First Friday: 8:00. v? i I-V::*<fc)nf essions: ^ Saturdays: 2:30 and 7:80. £ • Thursday before First Friday: 2:89 fe N and 7:30. '£'Vv, Rev. A. J. Neidert, pastor.- - Community Chan*. Sunday School: 10 a. m. * Morning Sermon: 11 a. Mfc". Epworth League: 7:30 p.'ffl. Rev. A. W. Blood, .pastor. Lutheran Evangelical Church Sunday Service: 2:15 p.m. . Rev. Herman P. Meyer, pastor. St. Peter's Catholic Church, Spring Grove ses: Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. Holy Days: 6:30 and 9:00. , Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday : 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 2:80 and 7:1#. Thursday before First Ffldly: 2:30 and 7:15. Rev. John L. Daleiden, Pastor. $2.00 to $10.00 Cash for Dead, Down and Crippled HORSES and CATTLE Dead Hogs and Sheep removed ffee! MIDWEST REMOVAL CO. Tel. Woodstock 1624-M-l or Dundee 10--Reverse Charges McHENRY FLORAL CO. -- Phono 608-R-Iy/ • . . . . One Mile South of McHenry om Route 3L Flowers for all occasions! andjpj^ Humo PURE BUNK Tlie steamship office clerk was being pestered by the questions of a fussy customer. A long line was waiting to have business done, so the clerk decided to teach the fussy one a lesson: "-Upper or lower berth?" he asked. "What's the difference?" said the customer. "Well, the difference is five dollars. The lower berth is higher than the upper one. The higher price is for the lower. We sell the uppsr lower than the lower. Some people like the lower. Some people like the lower upper; it's lower, of course, on account of its being higher. When you occupy an upper you have to get up to go to bed and you have to get down to get up." Alarm Two men, one considerably smaller than the other, were crossing the street to enter a public-house, when a youth on a bicycle flashed past them, operating a "buzzer" on the front wheel which emitted a particularly sharp, raucous wail. ' The smaller of the men gkve a nervous jump, and his friend said, "Goodness, what a state you're in-- fancy jumping like that for a bike." "Bike?" retorted the little man. "I wasn't afraid of no bicycle. I thought I heard my missus calling me!" MISHAP MARRIAGE "What a terrible sight you are. You muSt have met with a mishap." "Yes, 1 married her last week." - Familiar Pounding Jones' barn has a metal roof. Mrs. Wilkins was at Jones' house waiting for her husband to call for her in the car. A woodpecker flew onto the barn roof. "Oh, now I hear him coming," she said. "I can tell the sound of our car." EsSEi Papa Who Pay* Mr. Henpeck (hesitantly)--Sir, I-- I think it is just about time I got a raise. Boss--Why, we just put a raise in your envelope Saturday! Henpeck--Why doesn't my , wife fell me these things! v • sHia-"' • • Better Buttons Visitor--Do you think times are getting better? Pastor--Oh, yes; decidedly. We are getting a much better class of buttons in the collection plate now. 1 Unlucky Number I4ttle Susie--Why does a clock have to start all over again when it gets to 12? Johnnie--Why, you boob, it's because 18 is an unlucky number. World's best low-priced stapler. Pint, Staples. Tacks. Baft of LIFETIME steel Rubber treads. $1.50-100staples FREE. WHh Tack-Remover, $IA HAMOtCUP Cempect. ihH ph> riwhr. U--t 2 til** 1/14" 1*9. 5/14" l*|. 1 wU--1HX44-. (taffcg oaiy. (Ut-W awM FftEE; HX4tA". Pfc-taq m* Staflnf, 13-00--400 »nuil« J «tapk» FREE. Why Wait? Husband--If I were to die, would you marry again? Modern Wife--You funny man! What gives you the idea I'll wait that long? SCALES WOULD TELL SOCIAL SECURITY OUTFIT. ••.•040 XMM Ijeal Map Bbvdar 8klOK R>oord Sheets Earning Uhaata All Xtstssarf Information !«| Social locality Rocorda il The Plaindealer "As a musician I don't think she weighs much." ^ "Let's get her ti try the scales and see." Not the Same Ones - Customer--Ten years ago I only had to pay 10 cents a pound for these prunes. Grocer--Not these prunes, Mister. These are only five years old. 1939 Hog Production United States producers reported a 21 per cent increase in sows bred to farrow in the spring of 1939 compared with 1938, indicating 1939 pig production might toted 000 head. St. Leger Race - England's Epsom Derby had itp first running in 1780, but the St. Leger has a history beginning in 1776. • TOPICS INSULATED BARN MAY-BE DRAFTY *^7---• i Ventilation Problems Must Be Closely Watched. By E. B. GROSS Although insulated animal shelters represent a great improvement over old-time, drafty farm structures, insulated structures may develop moisture conditions more prominent than those in a leaky building. For this reason, farmers are urged to study the ventilation problems in their barns and shelters before,insulating them. / 1 The day will undoubtedly come when insulated farm structures will be the rule rather than the exception. Insulation for farm buildings is not new, agricultural studies at Rutgers university reveal. The use of sawdust in the ice house is a good example of its early use. Now that farmers are better acquainted with the materials and how to use them and because insulation is now more readily available and reasonable in cost, more farm buildings are being insulated than ever. Generally speaking, it pays to insulate animal shelters. Insulation reduces the rate of heat loss from the building, hence should make it warmer and more comfortable for the live stock. Suppose, however, that cracks around windows and doors allow air leakage causing a greater heat loss than that through the walls themselves. Under these conditions, insulating the wall will do little good and is not advisable unless the doors and windows are also repaired to prevent air leaks. This sort of reasoning must be applied to poultry houses, dairy stables, hog houses, horse barns and the like. Early farm structures made of barn boards and battens had cracks allowing ample ventilation of its kind. The stock lived under reasonably healthful conditions although often at quite low temperatures. Tighter walls resulted in less air movement with consequent condensation on walls and ceiling indicating the need for ventilation. So we see that the use of insulation amplifies the ventilation problem and that the volume of air required for ventilation is so great that the flues must be very large. Government Develops ~ Better Grass Strains " Grass breeding is "catching up" with research on other economically important plant crops, reports M. A. Hein, pasture specialist of the federal bureau of plant industry. Grass long has been recognized as the cheapest of live stock feeds, but until recently little attention was given to better grass strains through breeding. Department forage specialists co-operating with various state experiment stations have showm that grasses can be improved by breeding as much as field crops. Recent studies, for instance, show that length of day, light intensities, air and soil temperatures all play an important part in grass growth. How to induce and increase the production of grass seed^ particularly in the Southeast and the Great Plains where many of the more desirable and most promising grasses fail to produce any quantity of viable seed, is another problem that the scientists want to know more about. Why some grasses are more palatable and higher in nutritive value than others also is being studied. To carry out grass studies as rapidly as possible, the country has been divided into regions where there is a similarity in the problems and consequently in the methods of attack. Adaptation studies of large numbers of domestic and foreign grass species are made at nurseries in the various regions. In this preliminary work studies are made of the palatability and the reaction of the introduced grasses to grazing. As far as possible those that fail to show promise in this initial phase of the breeding program are eliminated. g R. E. A. Dollars For each dollar loaned by the Rural Electrification administration to bring central station service to farm communities, the farmer spends ap proximately another dollar for wiring and appliances so as to take advantage of the energy brought to his home, REA records show. Available electricity creates' a demand for radios, irons, washing machines water puinps, vacuum cleaners, and many other items that bring comfort and entertainment to the farm home and employment to industry Skimmed Milk ^31. farmers know that skimmed milk is a good feed for pigs, but m'&ny people do not know just what its feeding value is. Skimmed milk, arid buttermilk too, are both deficient in vitamins A and D and in iron. Vitamin D, which aids in the assimilation of minerals, is supplied by the sun. Vitamin A and other vitamins, proteins and minerals, including iron, are supplied by, good pasture, and to- some extent by green, leafy legitme hay. Canadian Sport Fishing Remarkable progress in too development and extension of sport fishing areas in the national parks of Canada is reported by the department of mines and resources, Ottawa, which administers Canada's system of national parks. As a result of biological surveys and subsequent stocking operations in the various lakes and streams, particularly waters once barren of fish, visiting anglers may now enjoy good fishing in many waters where previously there was little or no fishing available. One of the outstanding achievements has been the successful introduction of the speckled trout from its native haunts in eastern Canada into many of the clear, cold waters of the national parks in ttye Rockies. Nickel in Television Television promises a new outlet for nickel. Vital as the device that translates the electrical impulses into visual patterns, the cathode-ray tybe may require up to eight times as much nickel in its construction as does the conventional wireless tube. Associated with it in the receiving set are 18 to 36 radio tubes, as compared with 4 to 16 employed in the metal and its alloys are also used in the transmitting equipment. VOLO The Friendly Neighbors society of the Volo Community Bible church met at the home of Mrs. Russell Magnussen Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in selecting a pattern for a quilt. The next meeting- will be held at the home of Mrs. Frank King. This will be an all day event and everyoYie is requested to bring a covered dish for a pot-luck dinner. Mr. and Mrs. G. Thelen and daughter of Chicago were Sunday guests of Miss Vinnie Bacon. Mrs. Arthur Kaiser and son called on her mother, Mrs. Catherine Wagner, at Slocum's Lake Thursday. The Volo Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. Joseph Wiser Monday. Mrs. Leslie Davis and son of Slocum's Lake visited Mrs. Sarah Fisher Wednesday. I ^, ' . *•&/ ..." '•* • JV. f •" • ^; _ . * ?*-' Wright, Mrs. Ida Geske, Mrs. Marie Ross man, Mrs. Florence Grabbe, Mrs. Jeanette Ackerson, Mrs. Lydia 'Roesman, Mrs. Esther Schwemm of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Pearl Dunker pleasantly surprised Mrs. Walter Vaaey at her home Wednesday afternoon. They presented Kenneth Lee Vasriy with many useful gifts. A pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by all present. PigeThm McCULLOM LAKE A number of friends and neighbors in this vicinity will be sorry to hear that Frank Wilson of Wonder Lake passed away January 25 at Los Angeles, Calif., where he had been spending the winter. He was a very close friend of Art Stuhlfeier and Joe Matherer of McCollum Lake. At one time Joe Matherer and Frank Wilson played in vaudeville together. A Senator Ray Paddock is ill at his I "um^er ®f fo,1!s here wi!1 remember Doubles In Mirror* The balcony of the Forum restaurant, which opened recently in Chicago, is designed as half a room, but diners feel that they are in a whole room twice as large. The room is "completed" by reflection from a huge plate glass mirror which covers one wall. The lighting fixture is a half-circle of plate glass, also "completed" by the mirror. Francis Bacon's Hobby Francis Bacon, the essayist, spent his spare time devising new styles in men's clothes. He made 1,200 drawings of freakish raiment and had tailors make some of them up. When no friends of his would wear any of the wild and giddy costumes, he hired men to put them on and promenade the London streets. Cleveland Relief Measure ' Cleveland relief authorities have ordered the impounding of license plates of relief clients and members of their families who own automobiles. "If these people want to own and operate cars," City Relief Commissioner Frank G. Jones said, "they will get themselves cut off relief rolls." New Copper Discoveries New discoveries of copper ore ISO miles southeast of Yellowknife, Alberta, flourishing subarctic mining camp, have been reported. They are expected to give added importance to the northern mineral fields, particularly in view of the war demand for basic minerals. Giant Electric Shml' A giant electric shovel, which will be able to dig through earth as deep as a six-story building, wide as a four-lane highway and deposit it 226 feet away, is under construction at Marion, Ohio. It will be used in strip mining work in Indiana coal fields. home here. Mrs. Frank St. George visited Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hanke in Evanston Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Dowell spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wiemuth in Cuba township. Don't forget the card party arid' dance at the Volo public school Friday evening, February 2. Carl Thorsell spent a few days the j nast week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ritta at Mundelein. Mrs. Ed Bacon and daughters were Tuesday evening guests of Miss Vinnie Bacon. Miss Edna Fisher returned to her home in Waukegan Tuesday, after spending a week with her mother, Mrs Sarah Fisher! , Mrs. Ellwood Dowell spent a few days with her narents. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Boucher, at Libertyville. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dusil. Mr: atid Mrs. James Dusil and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sirovtka and son of Berwyn were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Frank St. Georere. Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid. Jr.. of Wauconda snent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Raven and daughters of Slocum's Lake were Sundnv visitor* at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Baselev and familv called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mort Baselev in Wauconda on- Wednesday evening. Mr' nnd Mrs. R Dowell and family of Slocum's Lake w»re Wednesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Passfield. Orn^n CronV. d«ii<>'M'>r of Mr. and Mrs. Wlalter Crook, is ill at her home here with whooning cough. Mrs. Sarah Fisher is still onf.ned to her bed. hut i« elowly re"ovorin«. M»*. and M'-«. Herman Dunker and daughters «<5n*»«>r at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd^Ben well near McHenry. Mrs. Louise Irvwin. Mrs. Mary Detetrioh, Mrs. Elizabeth Krueger, Mrs. Mae Morheiser, Mrs. Susan him by the performance he gave when McCollum Lake Community club held their dance last September at Nell's. Also for the Social Club of District 1. Mr. Wilson was well known on the stage for thirty-seven years and recently on the radio. The body was sent to Maywood, ni„ for burial.. The funeral was Tuesday at 2:30. Mr. Burzinski and Mr. Feieriesel, Bill Schaffer and A1 Elarton have been busy over the weekend chopping holes in the ice to save the fish. We are told that the ice is from twenty to twenty-two inches thick in some parts. Mrs. Holley and Mrs. Kilfether were guests at Cyliks on Friday evening A very enjoyable time was spent playing pinochle. Stephen Huska, Jr., and Allan Mc- Kim were out of school Monday with colds. Mr. and Mrs. Feiereisel and son spent Saturday in Chicago visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Scatnick entertained their daughter and son-in-law on Sanday. Mr. and Mrs. Schlitt attended a birthday party in honor of her brother in Chicago on Saturday evening. On Sunday evening, they attended the card party at St. Mary - St. Patrick's hall. Mrs. Kilfether, Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Beatty were also prpsent. Mr. and Mrs. Feiereisel celebrated their tenth annversary January 18 and on. January 21, Mr. and Mrs. Kurth celebrated their twentieth anniversary. Jeanette Boyle entered the Woodstock hospital on Monday for observation. - • . Mrs. McDonald spent a few days in 3- Chicago last week visiting relatives. Visitors at McKims on Sunday were Mr. Martin and Mr. Wliite of Wonder Lake, Joe Weber of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. G. Boyle and Carl Alt1 of Chicago. Leo Freisinger, of Chicago and McCollum Lake, scoring 130 points at LaCrosse, Wis., on Sunday, January 28, won the national men's title in the speed skating championship «f the United States, in Pettibone Parte, along the upper Mississippi. He dc? throned Dan Bartholomew of Minneapolis. »- Some of the folks who enjoyed the weekend and winter sports here, were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Gooth and Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Makofski and Alfredia, Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith and children, Mr. and Mrs. Carlson. Mr. and Mrs. Elarton, Mr. and Mrs Warling, Mr. and Mrs. Lennox, Mr. and Mr#. Hallev, Art Hiebsch. the Colin family, Ruden-family, Johncoe family. Mr. Stuhlfeier and son-in-law, Frank Kurth. Guests at the Huska home on Friday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt of Berwyn: on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Burtr. Gerald and Mary, and , on Monday, Art Burg, Jr., wife and infant son of Chicago. Visitors at the Sales home on Sanday were Mr. and Mrs. Lortie and sons. - > ryi-h SEND FINN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Dauntless little Finland needs YOUR h®lp* ~ Sympatic is not enough. . The Finnish i>eople, victims of an unwarranted attack, already have won your admiration^ Translate that, feeling into action now, TODAY, by ending your gift to Finnish Relief to The McHenry Plaiiuloaler. All contributions will be acknowledged and will be turned over to the FINNISH RELIEF FUND ('OMMITTEE, headed by Former President Herbert Hoover. Your Name ; A ddress I.;...:.... Contributions will be reported weekly in this newspaper Forty-five Pounds of Pennies Forty-five pounds of pennies were collected by members of the Swedish Evangelical Mission church at Atchison, Kan., this year. They were the savings from small banks of members. The money will go to missions in China. Mountain-climbers Best Years ago Dr. Valentine T. Mo Gillycuddy, Berkeley, Calif., was the first man to climb Harney peak in South Dakota's Black Hills. Now deceased, his ashes will rest on the summit at his own request. Braille Invention When he was three years old, Louis Braille inventor of the Braille system, became blind. At 10 he went to a Paris institution for blind foundlings. At 19 he began teaching the blind. • Aviation Employment Hp As the result of sharp increases in both foreign and domestic airplane orders, California's aviation industry is employing 60 per cent more mail than a year ago. Long-Run Plays "Tobacco Road" and "Abie's Irish. Rose" are the only two stage plays that have run long enough on Broadway to score as many as 2,000 performances. 'Dressing-ap' Onion* Farm experts are "dressing up" Louisiana's Creole onion by inbreeding and selection to improve its yield, quality and market value. Egyptians Cultivated Grapes Grapes are believed to be the first fruit cultivated by man. Grape seeds at least 3,000 years old have been found in Egyptian tombs. ^ Early School Superintendents In 1837 Buffalo, N. Y.. and Louisville, Ky., each established the position of jcity superintendent of schools. * ** Good Neighbor Poffey Louisiana State university plans to offer special agricultural courses for boys from Latin American countries. U. S. Home Paint ' Fifty per cent of American home exteriors are painted white, less I per cent red or blqt. First Mystery Storf The first great mystery story was "The Castle of Ontranto: A Gothic Romance," by Horace Walpele, published in 1765. It was the forerunner of modern mystery stories. Its influence was even manifested in the work of early American writers, including Charles Brockden, Edgar Align Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. loWP^i AKf A iWttWO out on the road, and we plowlaeyw • one of the biggest surprises a low-priced car ever gave you. You'll find vourself gHaing softly along in real big-car comfort. 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