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Told TWENTY VEARS AGO ||The July price of milk is fSLSS per tudied pounds, an increase at 28 ^flBtB over the price paid in June. Within an hoar after a bolt ef Kfthtning had struck the barn cn tin 3MkC0b PT Diedricn farm, six mites east of HcHenry, on Monday evening of this week, tiie bam, house and wood silo, together with moat of their eon* tents, lay a mass of rains. Aoeseting to a very eossaervativ* 1JUX5 people were carried to over the C. & H, W. raftroad the holiday vacation. The appearance upon oar streets luid in business places «d mm and women attired only in bathing suits ha* been the cause of more or less complaint being: registered by some of our citizens. OftjMfe Witoh ha* warned several against'the practice imd arrests are sure to foHew tf Ms •Imrning is not heeded. 4- THIRTY TEARS AGO Always «fpe your electric iron with a clean dofii before heating It. to remove any dust or dirt. + • • When baking bread, if the oven bakes so that the upper crust is brawn pad the lower 4b still pale, turn the bread upside down hrtbe ****** leave it until the bottom is slightly browned. • • • When eggs are high, insfead d tg batter and bread crumbs to brush over fish when preparing for frying use a paste madeef flour and water, then dust with crumbs and fry fish at once. It makes an excellent substitute. • • • Never salt meat that Js to be grilled as ft hardens the fibers and tends to extract the Juices. Salt it on the platter jtffet before sending it to the table. No mfeat should be salted uncooked, but after the sur. face has been seared said the meat partly cooked. - 'AtnoriaM lbV9tp«ri--WNti Servlc*.! fcE'8 TOO LATE BEBTOKEH tL tJLm M jk WRSNT. H. M eh ring, who for nearly a quarter of a century was pastor of 8t John's Catholic church at Johnsburgh, and who about three years ago was ^relieved from his duties by Arch- JKshop Quigley, passedaway at Bt Scholastics academy, Chicago, last Sunday morning, following a general breakdown in hefclth. Butter was declared firm st 23 cents the Elgin board of trade. The city <xf Woodstock is sprinkling tr stress with oil, just as an experi- (ent. McAllister A Co., has just received elegant new postcard rack and are now carrying in stock a larger and iiore complete line of postcards than has ever been carried on fte Wed Side before. | |P0WT TEARS AGO tThe 6ail Borden Condensing factory u opened for business last Monday, large amount of milk was received. ^ Wm Merz, who has been visiting relatives in Germany for several! Months past, returned to McHenry Ust Saturday. J Father Barth is making a number improvements in the pastoral residence which will add-much to the comfbrt. The kitchen is being enlarged, a porch added and the exterior is receiving a fresh coat of paint. - He will also have a barn built. James Ladd, who is now in Iowa, Drill return the latter part of the week. fie will bring another carload of f . A pastor of a suburban church made it a point to welcome strangers cordially after the completion of the service. One Sunday evening a Swedish girl, employed In an aristocratic home, altmdsd services. Thi pastor extended bis hand and expressed the hope she would come again, adding that if Ae would be at home scene evening during the week, he would be pleased to call. 'Tank you," rite murmured, "but Ay have a fella." spent the of her Art THOUGH many people believe On * ange Pekoe tea has some ro» man tic connection with oranges, either in flavor, color or with orange blossoms, the truth is quite the opposite. Orange Pekoe is so-named merely because of the size of the leaf, lite four grades ef black tea* in descending order of quality, are listed by scientists as Orange Pekoe, Pekoe, Pekoe Suchong and SOIK chong. Orange Pekoe is the smallest and youngest leaf. The word Pekoe is itself usually mispronounced ; it should be like "peckoe" rather than "peek-p." (Public i«r-Wiftl SmlwJ oice cattle which will be for sale at ingwood. FIFTY TEARS AGO C-: Owen has commenced Hie #-ection of another cottage, at Pistfcqua Bay. The front of Althoff ft Co.'s store Jtes been treated to a coat of paint tlie past week which much improves Us appearance. •'y The weather is*as fine as they make II now-a-days. The thermometer Ganges in the 80's and the corn grows so fast it throws dirt in your eyes jfhen you pass a cornfield. 0. The Mahsdealer is now printed by fteam, and we do not exaggerate when #e say we now have the finest equip* Sid country office to be found in orthern Illinois. We have just put ih a new Shipman engine and 4W»y. SIXTY TEARS AGO Tha jMcHenry boys who are working in the Pullman brick works at Chicago, accompanied by superintendent Went worth, were out to spend fe Fourth. They all look as though at business agreed with them. . i The business at the clover dryer is about closed out as far as clover is «K>3perned, but they intend to dry corn fhere the present season. The business has been so successful here this fear that Mr. Clayson contemplates largely increasing it next season. ~ The (past week the travel to Geneva Snd Fox Lakes has been immense, • qvery train being loaded to its utmost ^Capacity. The hot weather drives fveryone from the city who can afford or their business will allow them to -4®- . Stevens and Schnorr are on the Wool jfrarket again this season, prepared to ^|ay the highest market price for the ^ifame. QABBY (JERTIE "A girl is still tare champs* )( the sheriff whip# third husband." •Half-Pay 1810 to ISM economical RAN*' were very popular in America, jinated fay Mrs. Stephen Decar, theywere known e%?gup£w. 4 t.S-H -'fV-. • J£-i- Never Was TheW " ,~J'" Long's Peak, Colo., is named lor Major Long, yet he never got any :arer to it than the South Platte iver, between 50 and 100 miles .way. . , JOgaiettes Per Capita , /V- ^ Per capita production of cigai'etwi •' 4n the U. S. yearly has reached an equivalent of 68 packs of 20 cigarettes each, census figures show* & He Liquor Advertising ' ^ The Minneapolis Star Journal does not accept liquor advertising. It states that "as a family journal, it is edited for young and old alike. Wesson Pesteasters ' During the last seven years, I? "per cent of all postmasters in the 'wiled ~ " WelgMf«ftitaitt A number of years ago, Br. Heyl of the National Bureau of Standards set up a miniature system of earths and moons in his underground laboratory. His work was to measure the attraction of these bodies for one another. By determining how and to what extent the force of gravitation acts between the miniature planets in the laboratory, Dr. Heyl arrived at the gravitational constant. When this was determined it was merely a problem in mathematics to apply this constant to the earth and compute its mass. Dog Names Did you ever wonder why certain breeds of dogs had their particular names? The chow chow was named from the Chinese word for food, "chow." He was once an article of food, eaten with much relish. The word terrier, descriptive of many separate breeds, comes from the French "terre" meaning earth. All terriers are diggers by nature, having been originally bred to hunt ver» min. The stately Newfoundland is named from the province of his origin, as are many other breeds Enjoyable CDssate Nassau, Bahamas, can boast of a far more enjoyable climate than most cities in the United States- In winter the nearby Gulf Stream makes a balmy winter playland for the thousands of winter vacationists who visit here and in the summer the island is "air conditioned" by the trade winds. Average temperature the year-round is 77 degrees. • ., Qenld Be Worse : MJohnny, I am rather sheefce&. I have hid a note from your teacher in which she tells me that you are last in a class of 30 boys and girls. What have you to offer as an explanation for such marks?" "Well, dad, I'm sorry, but it might have been worse." "How could it have been worse?" "It might have been » larger dnsst" Always the Loser Street Young Thing--Do you be- Mrs. PMsr flirt® entertained the Five Hundred tinb iSiesday evening with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Peter F. Freund, Mrs. Peter Smith and' Mrs. Wm. J. ttafen. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Baer of Chicago called on Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith Tuesday evening. Mrs. George Michels and daughter and Mrs. Gas Lonkenheimer were Woodstock callers Wednesday. Mr. and IKri. Everett Thomas and Mrs. Peter F. Pieund are spending a week at Yellowstone park. Mr. and Mrs. Hdie Frett of Chicago spent the weekend at the home of lira. Delia Miss Katharine Althoff of Elgin df July af tTie home Wm. Althoff. Ibe Fourth of July with xalativea in Libertvville. lBssse BMBOT and Sally King and Miss LaVetna Freund motored to Wankegmn Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Landren and chtUhren of Chicago spent a few days In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karl*. Mr. and Mrs* Schults of Chicago spent Sunday with John Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. S4 WilUe of Chicago visited with Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Freund Sunday Mr. and Mrs. 8tfcnley Zolloner of Chicago spent the weekend with Art Peters. Miss Kails PHsen of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and son, LeRoy, called on Mr. and Mrs. tfeve in the old saying that marriage Walter Freund at Pox Lake Saturday is h lottery? Married Man--I certainly don't. A man is supposed to have a chftnce in a lottery. IT ALWAYS LEAKS OOt Kid--Daddy, what is a secret? Dad--Well, I heard your mother say it's anything that's not broadcast, but--er--just leaks out. evening. John Pltsen was a Woodstock caller Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer, Waukegan, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Freund of Fox Lake were callers here Mr. and Mrs. George Zarnstorff of Woodstock were caller* here Sunday. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Loo Miller of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P Miller. Jack Keenan and family of Peoria are spending a few days in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Hettermann. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers were Woodstock callers Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hoven and daughter of Solon Mills were callers here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and daughter, Nancy, of Chicago spent nday with Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Read Ao Want Ads Mrs. John Baumruk and son, Mrs. Edward Baumruk and son and Mrs. Helen Jelinek and sons of Berwyn spent Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St, George. Marvin Wirt* and Richard Fisher attended the district 4-H camp at Rockford the past week. Mrs. Sarah Fisher spent a few days the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Leslie Davis, at Slocum Lake. The Volo unit of the Lake County Home Bureau met at the home of Mrs. Harry Matthews Wednesday* with Mrs. John Blomgren as co-hostess. "Qnergency Meals" was the major lesson given by Mrs. William Wirts and Mrs. Beatrice Wilson. Outdoor recreation for the family will be the minor lesson given by Mrs. Frank Arney. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirts and sons, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker at Caprun. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thorsell are pleased to learn of their speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reiland of' Northbrook spent Thursday evening at then* home here. Misses Shirley and Ruth thinker of Capron, 111., are visiting Lilsh and Arvilla Fisher for a few days. A. B. Combs of Fort Hill called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann Tuesday. Mrs. William Wirts and family called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ge<k Scheid, Jr., In Wauconda Thursday. Mrs. Louis Behm and daughter and Mrs. S. Bauer of Grayslake called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher Tuesday evening. Everett Tomolson spent a few days with relatives at PennfieM, 111., the past week. Mr. and Mrs. EHwood Dowell and son, Thomas, of Grayslake spent last Wednesday evenirijg at'the home of Senator and Mrs. Ray Paddock. Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., and daughter, Lillian, of Wauconda, William Lohmann and son. Raymond, of Libertvville. and Gerald Willis of Deerfleld spent Sunday evening at the ho** Mrs. Llojd FUhl* • "f--v-ya - ' "•Grass Roots' "Grass mots," a favorite tern lot the humble citizenry qnd often a gold mine for political orators, was used back in 1880, but in those days it actually did refer to go)d mining. It referred, however, to the top oi the ground, not the bottom ef flMB electorate. Summer Vacation School " Month of July through August 15tH ' For children 3 tolO years of age -- • •' In the Kindergarten Room of the McHenry Public Grade pc)iOQl .,s . 9:30 to 12 o'clock Mondays through Ysid&ys. yU-1 --Class conducted by--. Miss Marie Ropp ^ Phone 23&-J for further information. ^ USI THS OLASSmS) ooLums ros quick bssoms m m m*T m *r • • r • • - • n r^n Wt HEAR a lot these days about mechanized and motorized forces.... But this is not a new ides. Have you ever noticed Illinois Bell Telephone line crews along the highway? These are mechanised, motorized units --each with skilled snd seasoned men--each equipped With tools. It is because your telephone company prepares for possible in norma! times --' 'r and because it can summon ai<& - if necessary, from any of the 2^- -• other Bell System operatingr#< companies--that it can give yo«| the efficient, low-cost and depend* mble service you expect. . . * Illinois Bell Telephone C* -/ Turn* lm "TnTiLPiioORHSi nBoevran " «wwrrjry mIfe •m•f ay, 7 Mft Smimg Time, WMAQ Easy Moaey Said the artist--Fll give you |B if you'll let me paint you. The old mountaineer shifted his legs from one position to the other j and back again. "It's easy money," said the artist. \ "Thar hain't no question 'bout' thet," the mountaineer seplied. was jes' a-wonderin* how I'd git the paint off afterward!" Perfect Deterrent Mr. Smith--Your wife used to be so nervous, now she doesn't seem to show a sign of it. What did you do for her? Mr. Brown--That was easy; the doctor simply told her nervousness was a sign of age. Nature will cool your house at night., if you give it a chance! He'll Need It % ' "Why do you want such a 1 Sink?" asked the plumber. "Well," explained the man who was building a new home, "when my wife leaves in the summer, rite's generally gone for a month." . Necessary Organ A small boy at the zoo asked why the giraffe had such a long neck. "Well, you see," said the keeper gravely, "the giraffe's head is so far removed from his body that a taf neck is absolutely necessary." r -+ ZT z * , '• \'w: \ '"I Additions and alterations to existing dwellings constituted an important phase of modernization work under the Federal Housing administration's modernization credit plan in the year ending June, 1940. The FHA reported 63,308 loans for this type of work during that period. Springtime The springtime rain is falling In valley and in dell Oh, that the cost of living Could only fall as welL HIGHER PLAN#,: 1 A complete changeef w# -- in 3 min vies or Itstl Lot the coolness in with a__ "Do you think life will ever be on higher plane?" "Sure; airplanes will soon be as t automobiles ace Abseat-Minde* Professor -- Didn't you have a brother in this class last year? Student--No, sir, it was I. I'm taking it oven Professor--Extraordinary blance. And Worth Their Salt Little Boy (reading item from Manchuria)--What does it mean here by "seasoned troops," Dad? Dad (immediately)--Mustered by the officer and peppered by the enemy. .... in »1 1 « 1.,. Open Window Urged Car windows should be open at least an inch or two, even in the coldest weather. Carbon monoxide sometimes collects in closed cars and menaces the driver. Carbon monoxide can make you drowsy and fatigued and in extreme cases cause ,ikm 'X: T , I NIGHT AIK COOLING SYSTEM At raadown, open the downstaixs windows sad turn on the attic fc|;; As the powerful fan pulls in cool night air, stale hot air is expclle<Jfc> In 3 minutes or less, the air in every loom hs» bfm wiiirli itlj rhinint Provides am entire might ef rest/ml ikep for less than the cmt ^ mm he cream Odd, isn't it, that during the summer we * spend mMf a hot, sleepless night in housed tW are entirely surrounded by cool night air! But now, hundreds of families have found how to move disc cool air indoors. It's done with a Night Air Cooling System. This is a wonderfully efficient method of driving out hot, stale air snd replacing it with fresh night sir, by using special fans that displace 10 times as much air as ordinary fans. Families who use this system marvel st how simple fc is snd how quietly it funs^ 4nd they find it costs only s fcw cents e <ky to operate. Fans can be had in Portable Models, ready for instant use in any room or in the attic, «r in Built-in Attic Models, which can be installed in a few hours. Electricity is Cheap I Ward Night Air Cooling Unit v L'FC-36) ONLY *545C ^ A ewnp*ct, sturdily-buih fan foe use in the attic Has powerful, rubber -mounted motoc f ml dynamically balanced blades for maximum operating efficiency. Ask for complete details 00 construction and installaooo. r T rr -1 ' " • • •""" PUBLIC SERVICI COMPANY of Northern c fervioe Order --101 Williams St, Cry stol Lhk#--Telephone KaUriuriM 410|.