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£*: T i »'v -1/" • v v -v *; ij, January It##****" Page Three i ' S&P'r* 4lr TwiM Told Talaa ^ • • t if fntomt TrWb Titm the Piles of the Plaindealsr of Years Ago TWENTY YEARS AGO m Phge, -one of oar rani letter rriers, landed an eight pound pickat Pistakee Bay on Tuesday. He ports a number of very fine catches late. Fox river is once more free of ice J^nd were it not for the fact that the Cwater it at a. low level, the stream t this time would present a mider appearance. i! > Mr. ami Mrs. Fred* C. Schoewer have rented quarters in the Parks fijiouse on the corner of Center and streets on the West Side and are preparing to take up their abode ^'therein. ^,r ,s . . Farm rentals are on the decline and 'those having farms to rent must be ".Villing to take a smaller rental the • coming year if they want their places occupied. THIRTY YEARS AGO Th« collectors of the various towns in McHenry county have received their books and are now busily en- , gaged in getting things in shape to Start the work of collecting the tax , money. Collector John Niesen has his t>ooks all in shape and will start out after the money next Monday morning, so be prepared to meet him with - a smile. Oliver Moore, a former West Side Saloon keeper, and who lost a foot in the canning factory explosion, is again •*Hi McHenry resident and is now employed in the E. Hunter boat factory. •number of miniature lakes have again formed along our public highyeays and the nuisance is causing our . Citizens considerable annoyance and . - discomfiture. Air Conditioned Bed J Offers Restful Sleep Either Warm or Cold Air Can Be Circulated. SEATTLE.--Invention of an airconditioned bed was announced at the University of Washington. The bed warms a person in winter and cools him in summer. He dials his own weather for the night with a knob at the head of the bed. An air cushion under him and a new form air blanket over him make? this possible. The inventor. Dr. F. R. Kirsten, aeronautical engineer, estimates that the new bed can be manufactured for less cost than present highclass beds. (Dr. Kirsten is the inventor of the Kirsten metal-stemmed pipe for cool smoking.) The bed is a sheet metal box, minus a top. Over this space is stretched a fabric sufficiently airtight to form a good cushion when the box is filled with compressed air But the fabric is porous enough to permit slow seepage of this com pressed air, whether warmed or cooled, up and around the sleeper Asbestos lines the steel interior, and an electric heating tube in the box warms the air. If cooling is wanted, it is only necessary to turn down the heater, for the air always comes into the box cooled automat ically by expansion. The compressed air comes from a basement tank, at 150 pounds per square inch. In the bed this pressure reduces to only one-quarter pound a square inch. The expansion automatically reduces the temperature to 52 degrees Fahrenheit A single special cover goes over the sleeper. It is a hollow blanket Air . from the bed passes through fine tubes into the foot of this blan ket and rolls forward inside the sleeper's shoulders. But by the time the air reaches there, Dr. Kirsten says, it has lost its speed and temperature so that there is no draft blowing on the sleeper's neck. FORTY YEARS AGO The Rev. Father Kirsch, who has been pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church in this village, for more than six years has been promoted to • large parish in Chicago. Hie concert given by the McHenry Military band last Friday evening was a grand success. The hall was filled to overflowing with a sympathetic and Appreciative audience. H. C. Mead is in attendance at the Farmer's Institute at Hebron today. He will take part on the program by responding to the address of welcome by Frank Rowe. Simon Stoffel has a book of over 400 cuts representing masquerade costumes on axhibition in th^ store. ' FIFTY YEARS AGO Wt understand that James Carr, of j flingwood, waa severely bitten in the hand by a hog he was butchering on Monday. An Epworth League Social will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Wentworth on Thursday evening from 8 to 10 o'clock. A programme has been prepared. H. L. Rounds has moved his barber Shop to Elgin, where he has bought Out another party, and will hereafter run the business. - L. E. "Bennett, -Commander of thfe G. A. R. post here, has received the appointment of Aid-dec Camp to the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the United States. We congratulate Mr. Benrtett on his honorabel recognition. -s SIXTY YEARS AGO / E. M. Owen now sports the nobbiest Cutter in town. It is of the Cortland Inake and is indeed a beauty. It should 'also be known that E. W. Owen & Son handle the goods of this company. The Social of the M. E. church will meet next Wednesday afternoon and evening, February 2, at the house of William Paige. A very pleasant surprise party was held at the resjdence of H. C. Smith |>n Thursday evening last. There were bout seventy persons present and all enjoyfd themselves in the best of manner. , Let those dance now that never danced before, and those dance who always dance now dance the more, because the Ivy Social Club will give a party at grand hall on Friday iwp faf. * SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE ' OPENS FEB. 4, HIGH SCHOOL Beginning February 4. a social •Science course, No. 340, will be taught on Tuesday evenings at seven o'clock in the McHenry Community High school by Dr. E. C. O. Beatty of the extension service of Northern Ililnois State Teachers college - of DeKalb. ^Persons, interested in the course may obtain detailed information fay addressing the extension service. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Rev. J. Heber Miller of the Community Methodist church has announced that the title of his sermon next Sunday will be "Marred Clay Remodeled/' and the scripture is from Jeremiah 18:1-12. Advertise for Ratal The Scurry County Times of Texas ; published a special spread of advertising asking for rain. Mer- Mtfs took advertising space with the understanding that if half an inch of rain fell within a week after the paper was issued, they would pay the regular rates. No rata, no pay- Increasing Soil Erosion Menaces U. S. Agriculture 'CHICAGO. -- Soil erosion was branded a "fifth column" enemy that is menacing the security of American agriculture, in a state njent made public here by the Middle West Soil Improvement committee. Warning that alarming damage has already been inflicted on midwestern soils, the statement quotes a recent bulletin by Prof. M. F Miller of the department of soils of the University of Missouri, as follows: "Throughout America erosion and exhaustive systems of cropping have taken a terrific toll from the soil These losses have been so great that we no longer have a comfortable margin of safety for the man on the land or for the maintenance of the highest degree of public welfare." • The statement points out that recent surveys by the Soil Conservation service in five states in the upper Mississippi valley revealed thai 40 per cent of the land area in Illinois is damaged to some extent by erosion, 57 per cent in Iowa, 75 per cent in Missouri, and 45 per cent in Wisconsin. "Investigation in other states would reveal corresponding inroads into soil fertility," it declares. "Sole hope for the future lies in unswerving adherence to intelligent soil conservation measures. Practical results on thousands of farms of the restoration of fertility and crop productivity by sound soil management and the use of fertilizers offer the securest means of combatting depletion. "With an ever-widening knowledge of the soil and with increasing facilities available through state agricultural colleges, experiment stations and county agents for determining the requirements of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, oo farmer today needs to be ignorant of the fertility account of his soil." Teaches First Grade 47 Years; Decides to Retire CLARKSBURG, W. VA.--After 47 years as a first grade teacher, Mrs Clara Conrad decided to retire. She never taught in apy other grade. "When the children first start t< school," she said, "they are so ea ger and honest that you can really work with them and see the results from day to day." Last Name Is First, First Name, Safety CRESCENT, OKLA. -- Safety First is not a slogan with a 20- /aar -old medical student at the University of Oklahoma--it's his name. And Safety firmly believes there is something in a name. Although he likes black cats and doesn't bother to walk around a stepladder, he never has been injured 'or seriously ill. He flies an airplane and drives an automobile, too. Safety, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. R. First, says his name has made life interesting. The problem of introducing himself obviously leads him into all kinds of situations. Commonest is this one: "How do you do? I'm Safety First." "Safety First, ah? Ha, haf I'm Be Prepared." 'Animal' Not in "ftfe Notwithstanding the fact that we associate animals with the story of Noah's ark, the word "animal*4 does not once occur in the Bible. f Yellow Fever To aid the fight on yellow fever, the Upckefeller Foundation has spent, since 1915. $6,000,0*. with (290 .000 alloted last year. Need Rubber,Stamps? Order at The Plaindeaier. " snore okoto Mrs. Catherine Nimsgren and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nimsgem and son of McHenry were visitors in the Math Nimsgern home on Sunday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fiennd and Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer enjoyed an evening at cards in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown last Sun* day. Mrs. Frank Sanders entertained members of her club at her home on Thursday night. Five hundred was the evening's diversion and prize winners were Mrs. Sanders and Mrs. Math Nimsgern while consolation went to Mrs. Ernest Peacock. Refreshments wore served following cards. A party of friends, which included Rev. John Daleiden, the ushers of St. Peter's fhurch, their wives and friends, enjoyed a banquet at Hettermann's tavern in Johnsburg last Tuesday night. Preceding the meal cards furnished the entertainment and the lovely awards for high scores were won by Mi3s Alyce Nodland, Mrs. Raymond Freund, Albert Britz, and Anton Meyer. Consolation prizes went to Mrs. Anton Meyer «nd Ed Bauer. At 10:30 o'clock a delicious threecourse dinner was served. Father Daleiden, acting as toastmaster, called on several of the ushers for after dinner speeches, which proved to be not only interesting but entertaining as well. Those who made up this happy gathering were Rev. John Daleiden, Messrs. and Mesdmaes Edwin Freund, Charles May, Anton Meyer, Raymond Freund, Ed Bauer, Albert Britz, Ben May, Gregory Kattner; also Paul Weber, Misses Alyce Nodland and Anne Spindler. Sharon Freund was absent from school several days last week due to illness caused by an infected tooth. Arnold May, student at the University of Illinois, is enjoying a vacation at his home here. Members of her club met at the home of Mrs. Ernest Peacock on: Thursday afternoon in honor of her birthday. Cards were played throughout the afternoon and prizes were merited by Mrs. Frank May and Mrs. J. J. Freund while Mrs. Jennie Ox-! toby received consolation. Traveler's prises were won by Mrs. May and Mrs. William Bowman. At the conclusion of cards a lunch was served.' Mi. and Mrs. Anton Widhalm, son,! Raymond, and the Charles May family | were dinner guests in the home of j their mother, Mrs. J. J. Freund, on Sunday. j Mr. and Mrs. John Sanborn and j family of Chicago visited in the Mike Huff and Byron Orvis homes this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Klaus of Chicago spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lay. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer visited relatives in Rockford ove% the weekend. The Community club held its regular meeting on Monday night at St. Peter's parish hall. Following the meeting, cards were enjoyed and refreshments were served by the com* mittee in chajge. Ocean Supplied. _ Valuable Metal New Process Takes Huge Amounts of Magnesium Out of Water. MIDLAND, MICH.--Aft industrial frontier containing thousands of billions of dollars' worth of metals and other elements has been scratched again by one of the world's leading chemical companies. This virtually untouched "frontier" is the sea, containing among other things gold, silver, magnesium, copper, iron, potassium, aluminum, calcium, radium, strontium, chlorine, bromine, iodine and sulphur. The company is the Dow Chemical company, whose main plant is at Midland, Mich. Build New Texas Plant. Six years ago the company (whose net income has not dropped below the 3H million mark in the subsequent years) startled the scientific and industrial worlds with a method of removing bromine--an essential ingredient in antiknock motor fuels --from sea water. The latest venture of Dow Chemical is a $5,000,000 plani on the Gulf of Mexico off Freeport, Texas, for the extraction ! Lake and RINGWOOD Wm. M. Carroll, Attorney Woodstock. Illinois, NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of PEARL CLAXTON DREYMILLER, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons that Monday, February Srd, 1M1, is the claim date in the estate of PEARL CLAXTON DREYMILLER, Deceased, pending in the County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on. or before said date without issuance of summons. JOHN DREYMILLER, Executes*. <Fbb. January 16 - 28 - 30) STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of McHenry, ss. IN THE COUNTY COURT, IN PROBATE. THEODORE HAMER, Administrator of the Estate of HARRIET C. MAYNE, Deceased, Petitioner, vs. GEORGE GALLAGHER, e't al Defendants, JNo. 11469. Petition to Sell Real Estate To Pay Debts. Notice is hereby given you Leo Gallagher, Nora Murphy, Leo Murphp, "Unknown Heirs" of Harriet C. Mayne, deceased and "Unknown Owners" that Theodore Hamer, Administrator of the estate of Harriet C. Mayne, deceased, on the 27th day of January, 1941, filed his petition in this Court to sell Lot Number Eight-one (81) of the Assessor's Plat of Section Number Thirty-six (36), in Town- • ship Number Forty-four (44) North. Range Number Five (5) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, situated in tne City of Marengo, County of McHenry, State of Illinois. owned by said decedent at the time of her demise, to pay the debts of her estate, and that said cause is now pending in said Court against you and others. And you are further notified that unless on or before the First Monday of March, 1941, you shall appear and defend in said cause, judgment by default may be entered against yoa op the day following or thereafter. R. D. WOODS, Clerk of the above-named Court. (Pub. Jan. 30 - Feb. 6-13) of magnesium from the sea This new plant will boost the company's yearly production of ma? nesium to more than 25.000 00° pounds, more than doubling the present output taken from the brine deposits at Midland. Dow Chemical is the world's leading producer o* magnesium, which has become e strategic metal in the construction of airplanes. Light in weight and .with a relatively great toughness and strength, magnesium is chemically active and is never found in a pure state. Scientists and mining engineers have discovered that the magnesium compounds are more easily taken from brine (salt water) than from the earth. * Enough for 8N Years. Dow's research men estimate that one cubic mile of ocean water contains 5,700,000 tons of magnesium-- enough to keep the Freeport plant working at full capacity for 800 years. It is estimated that each of the 320,000,000 cubic miles of the sea contains 175,000,000 tons of elements, with a potential value of $5,000,000,- 000. These precious, semiprecious and necessary elements are in minute particles and can be removed only through chemical filter processes. A separate process is required for each element and each compound and. although progress is being made in the field, comparatively few of the elements can be removed as yet on a commercially profitable basis. At the bromine plant near Wilmington, N. C., 200,000 gallons of sea water are treated every minute. It was discovered that the minute particles of gold passing through the treatment process were "ionized," that is, charged with electricity. By-Products Are Many. According to scientists, it will be possible soon to remove many of the elements from the ocean as a by-product of the production of bromine and magnesium through discovery of the ionization principle. The Freeport plant now in process of construction will have a capacity of 12,000,000 gallons of sea water a day--enough If measured in terms of fresh water, to supply a city of 120,000 inhabitants. Little is publicly known about the chemical process used by Dow Chemical to take metal from sea water, but the brine is pumped through huge intakes into settling basins before the chemical action is started. Mrs. Edgar Thomas entertained the Bunco club at her home Thursday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Wm. MCannon, Mrs. Ed Thompson and Mrs. Viola Low. • Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard entertained the five hundred club at the Claxton home at McHenry Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. E. Whiting an& George Young for high scores and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler, low. < Mesdames Louis Hawl^r, B. T. Butler, Wm. Wurtzinger, Lonnie Smith and Miss Mercedes Lindemann entertained at a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Andrew Hawley at her school room Wednesday evening. A fine program of piano duets and readings were enjoyed after which ice cream and cake and coffee were served. She received many very nice gifts for her home. Mrs. F. A. Hitchens returned to her home in Forest Park Thursday evening after a week's visit with relatives and friends. Wayne Foss spent Friday evening with friends at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. James lindemann and Miss Mercedes Lindemann of Crystal Will Hoffman of Chicago family spent Friday with relatives at Marengo. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norman, Evanston, spent the weekend in the C. J. Jepson home. Mrs. S. W. Brown spent from Tuesday until Friday with friends in Chicago. Miss Patricia Coyne spent the weekend in the Ralph Simpson home at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and family of Algonquin spent Sunday in the C. J. Jepson home. Will Beatty of Keystone spent Saturday with his sister, Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison called on friends in Woodstock Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Simpson of Crystal Lake was a caller here Saturday. This community was saddened by the death of one of its highly esteemed citizens, Mrs. Rilla Foss, wba passed away Monday at noon. CARD OF THANES We wish, in this way, to express our. sincere gratitude and appreciation to all those who remembered us on our birthdays with cards and flowers. MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL KNOX. 87 --V Soda Water Costs $600 When Family Picnics PEEKSKILL, N. Y.-It cost the New York Central railroad $600 and required the removal, twice in one day, of four tons of track, but Ray Douglas' children got their soda pop and sandwiches. Douglas owns a 22-foot cabin cruiser, the Dottie, which he moors in a Hudson river inlet near his summer cottage at Peekskill, N. Y. Across the river are plenty of refreshment stands. But the inlet is blocked at the mouth by a bridge, over which run some of the New York Central's fastest trains. It had been a drawbridge, but when sand barge traffic ceased the railroad built solid rails across it and the Dottie couldn't get under it. Douglas reported this to the war department, which controls inland waterways. As he suspected, drawbridges must be opened on request He asked passage at 10:30 a. m and 1:30 p. m. The Douglas family had decided to sail forth for refresh ments. So the railroad had a sec tion crew of 30 remove 240 feet ol track to let the Dottie out. The track was quickly replaced, only to be removed again for the Dottie's return trip and then replaced. Finds Bottle Set Adrift Nfcv. 2, 1910, Near Japan ABERDEEN, WASH. -- Frank Burke picked up a barnacle encrusted bottle along the beach near here. Inside it Burke found a well preserved card printed in English and Japanese which revealed the object was set adrift just east of the Japanese islands by the government hydrographic department on November 1910. Newspapers in Burlington, Vt., carried this ad recently when news spread that'J. E. Wadsworth had been killed in a bus accident: "Mr. J. E. Wadsworth wishes to say that the report of his death and burial is, absolutely false." ' CbflAjH thespent Sunday evening in the S. W. Smith home. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hawley spent Sunday in the D. C. Bacon home at Crystal Lake. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Chas. Brennan and Helen Johnson were hostesses to a past nuptial shower in honor of Betty Lenard. Twenty-four guests were present from Lake Geneva, Walworth, Waukegan, Elkhom, Harvard, Antioch and Selon Mills. She received many lovely and useful gifts. . Mrs. Lonnie Smith and children visited in the Wm. Wurtzinger home at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. The Home Circle will meet with Mrs. C. J. Jepson Wednesday, February 12. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Jones of Spring Grove spent Sunday afternoon with Rev. and Mrs. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison wefe carters in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ardin Frisbee, and family at Greenwood Saturday afternoon. Miss Rita Mae Merchant of Wi stock spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Merchant. Mrs. S. W. Smith, Mrs. Louis Hawley and Mrs. Andrew Hawley attended a one o'clock luncheon and kitchen shower for Mrs. Andrew Hawley in the home of Mrs. Cora Walters at Crystal Lake Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Collins attended a luncheon Tuesday in the Leon Van Every home at Spring Grove. The P.-T. A. met at the schoolhouse Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jackson of Johnsburg spent Saturday evening in the George Young home. Mr .and Mrs. Stanley Hunt and family visited relatives at Woodstock Thursday. Quite a few from here attended the milk meeting at Woodstock Friday. Urben Bauer spent Saturday at Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce are the oa rents of a 9-lb. son, bom at the Woodstock hospital January 26. Mr. and Mrs. George Young spent Monday evening in the Ford Jackson home at Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hunt and ftwrlei 1T. 8. GeM Most of the gold of the United States is not buried--in the ground-- in the hills of Kentucky--as we may have been led to believe. Seventyfive per cent is in the vaults of the Federal Reserve bank of New York and at various mints in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco and only 25 per cent is stored in Fort Knox, Ky. McOOLLUMLAKS Mrs. Charlie Broclcen entertained her bowling club Tuesday and a delicious lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Warn Barber of Chicago spent the weekend at thier home here. Tone? Protraski of Chicago spent Sunday at his home here. Charlie Brocken of Chicago spent the weekend at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDonald entertained friends from Chicago Sunday. Elmer Schaefer was a visitor at the Clayton Bruce home at Wonder Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Fleury of Chicago spent the weekend at their home here. Mrs. Jos. A. Schaefer spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski at Woodstock. Edd Keefe of Spring Grove was a visitor at McCollum Lake Saturday J Ji|5' •J/. -3 Taeatan Interests Yucatan, now a province of modern Mexico, enjoyed a magnificent ancient Mayan civilization where great cities had flourished on every Side. Lofty pyramid-temples and splendid palace3 of cut stone, abundant with spacious plazas and courts filled with elaborately carved monuments of strange yet imposing dignity. Market places, terraces, causeways were to be counted, not by tens and scores, but by hundreds and thousands. Today one may visit Chichenitza, capital of the onetime Mayan empire, for fascinating explorations in the imposing ruins. X masks the spoil • Maybe youVe never made and closed tb incoming cdHa this mistake---but othqg* If you have party-line ser- peoplV--e h1 ave. _ . Iim MM When you replace your handset receiver a little on the slant, as shown, the plunger may not go down far enough to disconnect. (The same is true when a book or other object is left under one end of the receiver.) In such cases, your telephone is "busy" at the.ceatral office vice, of course this ties up all telephones on your line. The telephone instrument in your home is an intricate mechanism, made up of 248 separate parts and using thirty-four different materials. Handled with reasonable care, it will give you wellnigh perfect service. . . . do* •km Tmm fti "INSmtmONS Hour* WMT 7 P. M.. WMA* Personal That big special offer is back again! 100 LONG SHEETS 100 SHORT SHEETS 100 ENVELOPES wttli yiiBC.-. name aad .address printed thereon. All in beautiful box for $1.Q0 H^desired you may have four different colors of paper and envelopes, 26 of each color -- blue, gray, ivory and white. Order today, while this special i* still on! The McHenry Plaindeaier r WANT ADS