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\w % ;*)ir\^^5?* W n^i * *5j ^ - ** +e wTw^,W^^ ^<J*w^p F%£\ ,*7*. 4jf."3 ,iJW^rJ^§f - * £,$%">r¥*ty*T V " K " * ",g* ^|^rtlW1;,fe*.'^ t: J Thursday, June20,1940 :?[ % * *v'V >V "" -^ "" V".. '"4 ' ^'.V' ' f 1 <nn Nfemeimr vr.AiwnvAT.vi - %» * ' '* * .*1 ** ~ -? «/*^ -A _i' ..».,» »r*J?*"\ : '•"•/:» -VfV-" ^ SPRING OB0VS v j ' j . i i i n n , -Mr. and Mrs. Josph Wagner and $fcmily of Oak Park visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner, 1 <0k Wednesday. /•'Mrs. Frank Sanders entertained the members of her club at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Two tables of live hundred were in play and prizes Were awarded to Mrs. Leon VanEvery and Mrs. G. H. Jones. Consolation #ent ta Mrs. A. H. Clapp. Traveler's jrriiefi were won by Mrs. VanEvery •and Mrs. Clapp. Refreshments were •erved. This community was deeply grieved % news of the death of Mrs. Marie Kattner on Wtednesday. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. A .large crowd attended funeral services at St. Peter's church on Saturday morning. Pallbearers were Clarence Freund, Arnold Miller, John Thelen, Joseph Schmitt, Arthur Kattner and Ernest Kattner. Interment was at St. Peter's cemetery. * .Eugene Jang returned home on iliursday to spend summer vacation ' with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jnng. He is a student at Sacred Heart Academy in Geneva, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund and ekildren attended graduation exercises -•Hie auditorium in McHenry high of St. Mary - St. Patrick school at school on Friday. A niece, Betty Weber, and two nephews, Harold Michaels and Jimmy Freund, were members of the graduating class. After the program they proceeded to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Freund where a number of relatives and friends had gathered in honor of the occasion. The evening was spent in visiting and general family chatter. Refreshments were served. Paul Weber returned on Friday from a trip through Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. He greatly enjoyd his tour through Yellowstone Park. While at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he met and spoke to Wallace Beery who was on location there. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner, Michael Wagner and his children, Herbert and Richard, left for St. Louis on Friday where they will visit relatives. Mrs. J. G. Wagner and Mrs. B. L. Orvis visited in the Leonard Franzen home at McHenry Tuesday afternoon. Among those employed out of town who spent the weekend with home folks were Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsgern, Lucille Freund, Catherine Freund and Lucille Esh. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Straub and daughter, Yvonne, of Chicago spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Berth* Esh. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders attended the graduation cxercises at Woodstock high school Friday night. SLOcuars lake TBS a. Their son, John, was a member of the graduating class. Jean Benish, Lucille Esh and Hazel Sanders visited friends in ~Wilmot on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Sheets and family were visitors in the Anton May home on Sunday. Eye* Rkamhted:' '5" # Pr. Paul A. Schwabe Woodstock <74 A. K Nye Bid* West McHcary OPTOMBTRIST THURSDAY MORNINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY DANCING EVERY SATURDAY EVENING PINK HARRISON'S : ^ at Pistakee Bay Fried Chicken, 60c Assorted Sandwiches Hot Roast Beef and Pork with French Fries -- 35e - . »• 81,;^^. ,-V- i'A'O Divine Music Perfect Mixed Drinks BARBARA HORICK'S ORCHESTRA U. S. HAS 'SLUMS' IN RURAL AREAS Our Repair Department Is at your service for any troubles you may have with your car or truck. It is one of the best equipped garages in Northern Illinois. Drive in and let us check the car and give you an estimate on the necessary work. Have your truck tested at this garage, which is 'an official testing station, and receive your state sticker. We have a well equipped repair shop to take care of your correction to comply with the law. CENTRAL GARAGE FRK) J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200-J Towing Johnslflfrf Your 1940 Summer Vacation jTtip See the West and all the Seat in a grand All American \ ' -v trip in 19l0. Pick one of these for your vacation*. < ) ( ) < ) YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK plus a visit to Bear tooth Lake Lodge high in the Wyoming Rockies. Take an all expenses paid vacation trip with everything planned, see all of Yellowstone, stay at National Park Hotels. In via the Northern Entrance, leave via the famed Red Lodge Highway. The cost is low, only $124.00 up from McHenry. PACIFIC COAST TOURS including spectacular Canadian Rockies, all the Pacific Coast from Vancouver to Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and Columbia River Highway, San Francisco Exposition^ Hollywood, Catalina Island, San Diego, Tia Juana and Agua Caliente in Old Mexico, rife tba streairtinar*. foafc mikj 9&Q&M up from McHenry. v > 1 ALASKA with choice of three tours, just a cruise for a short trip, or inland to Mt. McKinley National Park, Anchorage, Matanuska Valley, Fairbanks, or up the Yukon to Dawson and Whitehorse. Escorted by DON ECK in person. Every item of expense paid before your journey, even the tips are paid. Cost only $298.00 from McHenry. ( ) HONOLULU and the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. See these tropical Islands on a planned vacation trip, all reservations made and o paid for before you start, travel on American Linen, stop at il* hotels. Cost only $325.00 from McHenry. ( ) NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR with all expenses schedules and routes to choose from. Chicago. r'd, many up from ( ) COLONIAL AMERICA. Here's one you have been looking for -- see Old New England, Boston, Concord. Montreal, Quebec, down the St. Lawrence, 1000 islands, all you have been looking for and more too. Cost only $145.00 up from Chicago. ( ) GREAT LAKES CRUISES, June, July and August, many sailings, rates lower than ever, a short four to seven day cruise -- see Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, , md Niagara Falls. Cost only $69.60 from Chicago. ( ) OLD MEXICO South of the Border. See MEXICO this Summer but make your reservations now, all expense, escorted tours with everything paid, rail and motor tours for economy or deluxe tours, cost only $167.60 up from Chicago. ( ) TRAVEL AMBRICA this year. See our Natural wonderlands. The cost is low and the service great. Make your reservations or inquire fpr schedules now. If you wish to check the reliability ' of DON ECK TOURS see your local newspaper publisher In whose paper you are reading this a*; ha knows «*.' DON ECK TOURS am• i2is -- « , Times BUg. -- »1 W. Waekar Drive CHICAGO, ILLINOIS * ( ) Check trip wanted. Clip this ad and mail for free information, THE McHENRY PLAINDBALEB* McHenry, pifaafc Willard Darrell attended an executive meeting of the Lake-Cook farm supply company at DesPlaines Motday. Mrs. C. H. Hansen was a cailer at McHenry Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping were callers at Oak Park Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder and daughter of Libertyville spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, were callers at Waukegan last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner and son, Gerald, spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. George Lundgren of Wauconda were callers Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Callahan and daughter, Jane, and Wm. Wager of Chicago spent Sunday at their cottage at Slocum Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner and son, Gerald, spent last Wednesday evning at the home of Mrs. Ida Wirts at Ivanhoe. Mrs. IS. L. Twiford and son of Goshen, Ind., spent the past two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J." Baker at Williams Park. Mrs. Etta Converse of Roseville is spending a few weeks at the home of her son, Earl Converse. Mrs. Anna Sten and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbertson and little daughter of Chicago spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chseney, were recent callers at Palatine. p Miss Alice Johnson of the "Flats" was a caller at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews last Thursday. Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, and Otis Phillips Spent last Thurday at the home of Mrs. Ella Parks at Park Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler, Round Lake, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Crabtree .and R. G. Grantham of Cary were Sunday evening callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Mrs. Celia Dowell and daughter, Marion, were business callers at Wau* kegan Monday afternoon. Mrs. S. J. Baker of Williams Park spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Webster. Miss Ethel Dowell was a business caller at Barrington laat Thursday afternoon. Mrs. John Blomgren,1 Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Lyle, Mrs. Elmer Esping: and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Oak Park motored to Maple Park Wednesday and spent the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping, Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Lyle, enjoyed a picnic supper at Lake ftarie Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Emfl Mentsen, Highland Park and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Dehney of Northbrook spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hansen. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond VanNatta of Elgin spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. Oallers during the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett were Mr. and Mrs Arthur Hillier of Barrington, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Deforest of Chicago and Mint. C. H. Hansen. Serious Conditions Revealed By Housing Survey. A department of agriculture survey of almost 600,000 farm houses scattered through 46 states discloses that many families live in houses as bad as, or worse than, those found in city slums. Only 14 per cent had water piped into the house. In many cases the water supply was inadequate and insanitary. Only 9 per cent of the houses surveyed had indoor toilets. Many of them had no toilet facilities whatever, even of the most primitive sort. As a result, in some rural areas as high as 50 per cent of the school children are infected by hookworm. More than 25 per cent of the houses had no screens to keep out di&easecaiTying insects. Forty per cent were unpaintcd. Serious conditions in rural housing have not attracted as much attention as city slums, and comparatively little has been done to alleviate them, says the Farm Security administration. But the FSA, in connection with its program for rehabilitating low-income farm families, has had to face the rural housing problem. It has bUilt or directed the building of more than 12,000 houses in the last few years. In an effort to find good but cheap housing materials as well as plans and construction jnethods, the FSA has done considerable experimenting. It has tried conventional lumber houses of many different kinds, steel houses, adobe houses, native stones, brick, and even cotton in one or two cases. No final appraisal of these experimental houses will be made by FSA engineers until they have been thoroughly tested under actual living conditions. Meanwhile, the engineers point to their simply constructed and planned lumber houses as the best low-cost rural housing ever developed. ,, ,S ".p" CLAIMS) FOR OLD-AGE INSURANCE PAYMENTS MAY - BE FILED AFTER AGE €6 Workers can file their claims for old-age and Survivors Insurance at age sixty-five or any time thereafter, whether or not they plan to retire, Albert S. Lewis, manager of the Social Security Board's office at Waukegan, pointed out recently. He explained however, that insurance payments will not be made to any worker as long as he is employed--that is, the worker will not receive an insurance payment for any month in which he earns as much as fifteen dollars on a job covered by the law. Mr. Lewis stated that workers age sixty-five or older who are planning to file a claim for insurance payments should consult the Social Security Board office on two separate points. First, the employee may not have worked long enough to be eligible for benefits, but if he continues to work he may qualify later. Any worker who plans to retire in order to get his insurance payments should inquire whether he is eligible before quitting his job. The second point on which Mr. Lewis advises workers of sixty-five or more to consult the Social Security office is concerned with the amount of the worker's benefits, He explained that the amount of each employee's benefit will be determined by the monthly average of wages he has received under the system prior to the he applies for benefits, whether he continues to work or not. In some instances where the employee continued to work, the amount of his benefit would be increased if he waits and files his claim later. In other cases where the employee is working at a lower wage than formerly, it might be to his advantage to* file his claim at once. INFORMED OF DEATH OF FRANCISCAN NUN OVER-EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT MAY BE DANGEROUS TO HEALTH While sunlight has many healthgiving qualities and helps the human body to build up resistance for the rigors of winter, large doses of it on the unprotected skin may be dangerous to the person who has tuberculosis of the lungs, says the Illinois Tuberculosis Association in a statement issued recently. It is a well known fact that overexposure to sunlight may reactivate the disease in the chest. Sunlight properly administered is of value in certain forms of tuberculosis, of the glands, bones and joints, but it needs to be prescribed with a great deal of care and should never be taken except under the direction of a physician. Tuberculosis patients desiring to procure that fashionable coat of tan should remember that exposure to sunlight may be a dangerous procedure unless it is accurately controlled by a competent physician. Order your Rubber Stemgt a* The Plaindeale- Many relatives have been informed of the death of Sister Mary Euphemia, the former (Christina Wagner, who was born eighty-seven years ago near Johnsburg. Bom the daughter of Math - and Gertrude Wagner, Christina joined the Sisters of St. Francis, whose Motherhouse was at Joliet, when she was twenty-three years old. Her sister, who had also joined this order, founded the convent at Rochester, Minn., which is connected with tile Mayo Brothers clinic. The latter, Mother Mathilda, who was the former Catherine Wagner, died two years ago at the age of eighty-seven. Her followers now continue to care for St. Mary's hospital at Rochester. The passing of Sister Euphemia on Friday meant the last of the Wagner family which once consisted of three girls and one boy. She leaves two first cousins in McHenry, Mrs. Gertrude Jus ten and Mrs. Hubert Weber, and two second cousins. Mrs. Clara Noonan and Mrs. Pink Harrison. The funeral took place Monday morning at 10 'clock in the chapti ai" the Motherhouse. " vj A truck driver in Dallas, Texas, asked officers for a traffic ticket, explaining: "I've been trying to get the boss to have the truck lights repaired, and I believe I can convince him this way" 'n"> «"><i oblige JL i'- •"- II 'V JOHNSBIJRG Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls were Woodstock callers Monday. Mrs. Fred Smith, John Pltxen and Mrs. Joe J. Freund spent Thursday with Mrs. Frank Kempfer at Twin Lakes, Wis. Mrs. Jack Bode is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. A1 Ward at Mundelein. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huemann, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hettermann, Miss Rosemary Hettermann and Clarence Stilling called on Mrs. Leo Smith at the Woodstock hospital Friday evening. Mrs. Rose Hoffine and children of Genoa, Wis., called on her sister, Mrs. George King, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer, Waukegan, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zoellner of Chicago spent the weekend with Art Peters. Mr. , and Mrs. Alex Freund and daughter of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chamberlin and children of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with John Pitzen. Miss Annabel Meyers and Mrs. Geo. King were Woodstock callers Wednesday. Mrs. George King and Mrs. Joe Karls called on Mrs. Leo Smith and Mrs. Leo King at the Woodstock hospital Friday. Miss Marie King of Genoa, Wis., spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs. George King. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas of Woodstock visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Freund. Jerry Baer and friends of Ghicago were callers- here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Zarnstorff and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski adn children of Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller. Charged with over-time parking, a Grand Rapids, Mich., woman explained: "I was in a store trying on a *rirdle. The clerk zipped it up and then went to answer the phone. -1 'couldnt unsip it, so there I waa.** > „ Grasshopper Threat Is Less Than 1939 .Grasshoppers are a much less serious crop threat this year than in 1939 or 1938, according to Dr. Lee. A. Strong, chief of the United States department of agriculture bureau of entorpology and plant quarantine. Nevertheless, enough hoppers will hatch in many parts of the great plains to do a great deal of damage, unless adverse weather or control measures stop them. Dr. Strong says that concerted efforts by all farmers in the graashopper infested states, aided by federal and state agencies, are needed to control a plague that has cost U. & farmers millions since the first settlers entered the West The co-operating state agencies estimate that crops valued at $128, 000,000 were saved by the co-opera tive control work of last season which cost $2,600,000, exclusive of labor and other contributed assist ance. More than 153,000 tons of poison bait were spread over about 25,000,000 acres in 24 states, through the co-operative efforts of the United States department of agriculture, the states, local agencies, and 235,- 000 farmers. | Crop damage by grasshoppers in 1939--estimated at $48,000,000--is materially less than in any year since 1934, when these insects became a national problem and the federal-state control program was Started. Fence Post Tips For fence posts pick the tree which grows where the "going is tough" is a good rule suggested by T. E. Shaw, Purdue university extension forester. Trees grow faster in the open than under crowded conditions but their wood is less durable than that of trees grown in competition with others. Aside from osage orange, which is not so plentiful, the black locust, red cedar, mulberry, northern white cedar, catalpa and chestnut are the best sources of fence post material ia the order named. Eradicating Fleas ~ To rid a farm of fleas, give close attention to the two favorite hosts, the dog and the hog. Destroy all old bedding from the quarters of these animals. Turn the hogs out on pasture and spray their pens and shelters with a strong dip of equal parts of kerosene and used crankcase or crude oil. Repeat the spray after a few days. The dogs meanwhile can be treated with a good flea powder. *- Life of Dams Check dams of brush have a relatively short life while rock dams last the longest, according to experience with soil erosion control work. Although check dams may hold only two and one-half to three years, they are in long enough for vegetation to grow on the silt accumulated in the gullies behind them. Better than brush dams are pole dams, which may last a year or ao longer. Eventually, however, the poles decay. Bahama Conch Shells Many conch shells are exported from the Bahama islands to Italy and France, where they are carved into cameos. Others bear valuable pearls, and all contain a sea snail or slug which is eaten by many West Indians. To catch them, native fishermen bait an empty shell with a piece of ham. The odor of the food attracts large numbers of live conches, and divers have only to drop overboard in order to reap harvast. IP l-4 We Are Serving Our Delicious on •?: . i • Perch Potatoes and JSalad «• Phone 379 door to the McHenry Brewery Pearl aad Green Streets . - ----: McHenry < ^ TJs .sif. f n. jfl ' | J| "v ^ -V- r - f -.'*-Ww , ;; * j Hf \* WCmV1" NOTICE! SAME LOW PRICES FXTENDED TO WH01ESAIERS. 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