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m^t ^Irhurgday , March 12,1942 THB HfimmtT PLAIMBXALER SLOCUM LAKE - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, iPrances, were callers at jw : Woodstock last Thursday. rn ,, , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dehne of Glenl: \f 5*®^ were callers last Tuesday at the Koine of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. M. Mrs. Elmer Esping of Starks Station spent Sunday afternoon at the |ome of her father. Willard Darrell. Vi Mr. and Mrs. Johfi Blomgren spent Wriday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J ^Jfraymond Lusk at Maple Park. • ' Wli***. Celia Dowell and son, Meik, ' • -Sfrcre callers at McHenry Saturday. ! ' v_Mr- and Mrs. Ralph Wagner and i children and Mrs. Marlett Henry I t^®re callers at Waukegan Friday. i ? Antone Petraskaa, Mr. and Mrs. I > Jacobs and Joe Petraskas of Chicago "frer* callers Sunday at the home <? ,,l|ir. and Mrs. C. H. Hansen. • C'l. ®®r' an(* ^Ps- Hugh Parks and Mrs. j ^>ar^ts °* Park Ridge, Mr. and I . _l®rs. Asa Crahtree of Gary and Robert j Vooley of East Chicago were callers '> Sunday afternoon at the honi£ of Mr. '<lnd Mrs. W. E. Brooks. ir ^ Lowell was a caller at Mc- Jlenry Monday morning. If'-: -: Harry Matthews presided at the meeting of the Lake County vCwams Bureau at Farmers hall, Grays- Monday. :: Mr. and Mr«. William Harris and ldren of near Woodstock spent 8atiay at the home of Mr; • and Mrs. »y Dowell. ,$1 Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Miller of Island c Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Darrell > two children of Wauconda werv * .Sailer? Monday evening at the home •f Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mrs. Marlett Henry and son, Marlett, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and |trs. LaDoyt Matthews of Oak Park s %ere business callers at Waukegan on Tuesday. i Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren ware Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K Swanson at Highland Park. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris of McHenry spent Sunday evening at the . fcome of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were callers at Waukegan last Saturday; *Iso called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Axel Nerstrom at North Chicago. . Mrs. William Krumpen and Mr&. Sauers of Island Lake were callers at " e home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Books for Buddies Le=^ i Great Britain Hd$ N&W Secret eapotl tailed through insufficiency of yarn. 1 The i " "" Ten million books will be sought for men of the United States armed forces and Merchant Marine through this t>oster, designed by the Nationally known illustrator, G. B. Falls. Sponsors of the Victory Book Campaign are the American Red Cross, American Library Association and the United Service Organizations. I atthews Saturday. JOHMSBUKG Bill Marz and Art Peters called on |tr. and Mrs. Bill Mara at Lake Villa Thursday evening. Mrs. Arthur Klein called on Sylvester Wirfs at St. Therese hospital Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Smith entertained the Five Hundred club Tuesday evening. J*rises were awarded to Mrs. Peter Smith, Mrs. Joe J. Freund and Mrs. Delia Miller. Elmer Meyers was a Woodstock Sailer Tuesday. _ Bili Meyers was a Ring-wood caller Saturday evening. _ Mis? Irene Smith spent Saturday in Chicago. Mrs. Joe King entertained the Five Hundred club Thursday afternoon. Arises were merited by Mrs. Peter F. JVeund, Mrs. Steve May and Mrs. #red Smith. Bod Meyers and Miss Leona Smith tfl«d on Sylvester Wirfs at St. Therhoepital, Waukegan, Saturday **ng. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas pf Woodstock spent Sunday in the home ^ff Mr, and Mrs. Petfr F Freund. Mr. and' Mrs. Eddie Pratt spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. Delia 'Sfiller. ' ^ Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer, Wauae «r*n. spent Sunday in the home of : -Jlr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. •L ***** Katie Pisen of Chicago spent ^Sunday with her father, John Pitzen. Mrs. Joe Kails and Mrs. Math Karls S*ot©red to Chicago Monday morning. • Mr. and Mrs. George ZarnstorfT and -> Sir. and Mrs. Mike Gorski and family Woodstock spent Sunday with Mr. •ttd Mrs. Joe P. Miller. Miss Katherine A 1thoff of Elgin •pent Sunday in the home of her •other, Mrs. William Althoff. the past week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Malsch of Lake Geneva called at the Frank Kil pa trick home Sunday. VOLO SOLON MILLS Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Overton of Milwaukee attended the funeral of Mrs. Cora Richardson Friday and with Mrs. Strt'Ag called in the home of Mr. M Mm WiUis Gardner in the wenis*. Mr. and Mrs. James Gray and children of Glenview called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kilpatrick Saturday evenfcr Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osbwne of Solon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Westmont at Richmond. .-Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Westmont and son of Madison, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gardner..of Solon were dinner guests in the Lawvtnee Jehnson home in Hebron Satur- *7. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kiipatrick ju.t*- Jack Pester spent Tuesday.in Chicago •a bufiqess. Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson .of Solon left Friday ior Wheeling,; W.' Via., expecting td be gone a week. - Mr. and Mrs.1 Ralph Thomas of Solon and Mrs. Arthur Schultz and daughter. Virgene, Richmond, motored to Sharon Thursday to visit Mrs. George Thomas at the home of hex . tapther. ] Mr. and Mrs. John Sugrue of Chi- 1 cago spent the weekend in the home Henry Aubert. I Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nelson and the farmer's brother, Bill, Chicago, spent the weekend in their home here. j Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schwabe and i •on, David, of Chicago were dinner | guest-s in the hqme of Mr. and Mrs.1 ftmk Kilpatrick. Z'Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Johonott spent --afittday in Chicago. Ear] Schultz of LibertyVflle spent! Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Boll.- j 8chultz. . i J 'J*US. Rogers and son, Gene, spent' Mrs. William Wirtz and son, Arnold, visited Mr. and Mrs. Horace Grabbe at Ivanhoe Thursday. The Volo Cemetery society met at the hoijie of Mrs. Frank Wilson last Thursday afternoon. Two tables of airplann bunco and two tables of five hundred furnished the entertainment for the afternoon. Prizes were merited by Mrs. Alvin Case, Mrs. Roy Passfield Mrs. William Wirtz, Miss Ada Dowell, Mrs. Pearl Dowell and Mrs. Russell Magnussen. Dainty refreshments were served at the close of a pleasant afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Fulton spent a few days the past week at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hafer of Fremont township spent Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser. Sr.. have moved from the farm to their apartment in town. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser, Jr., have moved to the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Thorsell Circilson and family of Chicago spent the past wee.k here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burg. , Mrs. Frank St. George called at the' home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hanke in Evanston Thursday. Clinton Raven, Jr., of Slocum Lake spent the weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Dowell. Miss Miriam King of Waukegan spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank King. Mr. and Mm. Walter Vasey and family were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and MrarOtarance drabbr at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bacon visited the tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs Harry Parson, Sr., in Chicago Ttau*. day. Mrfc. Joseph Baumruck and son, Vernon, of Cicero, Mrs. Edw. Baumruk and son, Robert, and Mrs. John Baumruk and sons, Kenneth and Wilbur, of Berwyn spent Sunday st the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. Miss Edna Fisher, Waukegan. spent Sunday with h"«r mother, Mts. Sarah Fish«r. William Wirt*, accompanied W. C. Petty and the county school survey board on a tour Thursday. Miss Ads Dowell accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Raven to Chicago Thursday on business. • Mrs. l>n Littlefield. son, Ralph, and Mrs. Frank St. George motored Rockford Tuesday. Mrs. Kennedy r*>tnr«ed to her home there after spending the past week here with hex granddaughter, Mrs. Len Littiefield. Proves Effective Method of Protecting Convoys. LONDON. -- Latest of Britain's secret weapons, the fighter catapultplane-- which is shot into the air from the decks of certain ships to combat attacking bombers -- has proved an expensive, if effective, method of protecting convoys. Considered by pilots as one of the toughest jobs in the R.A.F., the plane is launched by means of a catapult from its storage place aboard the vessel. After shooting down the raider--or driving it off-- the plane attempts to reach shore, m , if it is too far at sea, comes down into the water. The pilot is usually picked up by ships in the convoy, but the plane is inevitably a total loss. Costing more than $20,000, this is an expensive way of combatting convoy raiders, but when it is taken into consideration that the four-engined Focke- Wulf--chief long-range ocean bomber of the Luftwaffe--costs more than $200,000r the dividend is relatively high. Pilots -- all "ohmteera for this work -- realize thit their only chance of safety lies in either reaching shore or being picked up .by the convoy. When the plane hits the water an automatic dinghy is released which provides--except in very rough weather--the pilot with some means of buoyancy until he can be picked up. Despite the dangers of the service, men from all sections of the R.A.F. flock to volunteer for it. •One of these 'pilots--a former Grand National jockey, and winner of the 1939 race -- Lieutenant Robert Everett has just been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for shooting down one of the Focke- Wolfe Condors. Voodoo Cults in Haitir Are Found to Be Waning WASHINGTON, D. C.--The Haitian voodoo cult, famed for its "black magic" religious ceremonies, is nearing its last days, according to Dr. Alfredo Metraus, Smithsonian Institution archeologist, who has just returned with one of the finest collections of voodoo ceremonial paraphernalia. The decline of voodooism is associated with an intensive drive by missionaries, who discovered that some of the most ardent members of the cult were prominent in various Christian churches. They recognized no essential discrepancy between the two loyalties. As a result of the missionary endeavors a great number of voodoo objects--vases, drums, pipes, wooden bowls, satchels of earth, stone axes, rattles and images of saints-- have been discarded. Sacred fig treles are being felled and large ists representing African gods are ting destroyed. The voodoo cultists also are taking oaths to forswear any association with the African deities of their forefathers, and only in the remote jungles of the West Indian republic is voodooism still practiced as before. Si Ikm Where It Hurts .... BUY BONDS! \ ' Make no mistake--this is a life or death struggle. Men are dying in your defense Dying that America may be safe! CHte our fighting mfcn the •una, the planes, the tanks they wdl Bonds buy bombs. Every dime, every dollar you put Into Defense Bonds and Stamps |p a blow at the enemy. Hit them where it hurts -- buy bonds I Sends cost as little as $18.75 up-- stamps as little as 10 cents up. - Dieting Adds Pound a Day, Gets Him Into Air Corps LONDON, QNT.--Recently a slim, good-looking young Londoner applied for enlistment in the R.C.A.F. as a pilot observer "You are an 'A' medioally, but you are four or five rrtwrin .underweight," the medical officer advised. "You had better fatten up and come back in a month or so." So {he young man studied up on fat-producing calorics, doubled up on his meals and went to. bed early each night. A few days ago he returned to enlist. A surprised medical officer weighed him and found he had gained at the rate of a pound a day. Being several pounds over the minimum requirement, he was immediately enlisted. A careful search failed to produce any lead weighta. Only Curiosity Keeps British Taxpayer Alive LONDON.--London business men are chuckling over this letter which ia circulating throughout the finan cial district: "The Collector of Taxes. Dear Sir--For the following reasons I am unable to fneet your demand- note for income tax. "I have been bombed, blasted, burnt, sandbagged, walked upon, sat upon, held up, held down, fiat tened out and squeezed by income tax, super tax, tobacco tax, pur chase tax, beer tax. spirit tax. motor tax. "The only reason 1 am clinging to life at all is to see what is go^ng to happen next." lED CBOSS HOTBaf "* '• 1 The work of knitters must be cur- Florist Pulls Gun; Skunk Is Too Fast EMPORIA, KAN. - Greenhouses ordinarily wear a pleasant perfume. That's why Mayor Ore Rindom, who is a florist, sniffed suspiciously. He opened a desk drawer and out jumped a skunk. The mayor grabbed a gun, but the maladorous kitten heat him to the dfaw. All iiis rose® couldn't help. gratitude of all workers is due our production chairman, Elvira Durland. On account of wool shortage, she will rest from duties of knitting instructor. f --R--C-- Donations for the past <#ed were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson, McHenry route 2, $5.00; Sisters at Johnsburg Parochial school, a check for $5.00, signed Sr. M. Bonavita, O. F., and the ladies in Joh&burg Red Cross unit realized $8.15 on a rug made by Gertrude Justen. The society accepts and acknowledges this generosity with many thanks. --R--C-- LeeOrra Seyfferth, Lily Moor, S#* propriated her spacious dining room for the Red Cross workers in her branch. Mary Klabough is chairman and Mrs* M« Winkel, • knitting instructor. --r--C-- • " • • • " Joanne Rulien, our efficient school nurse, with a desire to co-operate with the local Red Cross organization, in addition to her work in the scholos, registered fifty-seven women at the community high school for First Aid on Friday afternoon. Inasmuch as many of the men in the community are urged to register for the course, they will be accommodated. A special instructor, Eugene O'Brien, of Woodstock has been procured. The ladies will be divided into two groups and special instructors will assist Mrs. Rulien in the work. The Red Cross motor corps will afford transportation to instructors to and from Crystal Lake. It is hoped that all citizens will lean their minds on this defense aid. Mrs. Rulien will be assisted by a class of trained students in the McHenry Community High school. All work will be uncksr the leadership «t Mra. Rulien. R C Our Canteen Corps will swing into action just as soon as orders from headquarters come in. A co-operative plan and demonstration will be inaugurated soon. The local Red Cross will sponsor the project. Mrs. Floyd Covalt, Sr., is named chairman. --R--C-- The Motor Corps will visit the soldiers in camp' at Ft. Sheridan and Camp Grant March 26. They will pick up bundles on Wednesday. Places will be designated by posters placed in post offices. Mary Owen and Minnie Green, our capably trained motor corps, will operate this division of the Red Cross work. --R--C-- What do you do with the knitted garments ? A ISnely sentry paces his beat to brave wintry blasts while guarding some strategic point -- a bridge--a rooftop. A sailor stands watch in the teeth of a wild Atlantic gale. A coast guardsman keepe his icy vigil on a wave-lashed sea wall. Thousands of others like them, particularly in the northern stations, welcome the added protection afforded by the Red Cross knitters. They are now being enjoyed by Uncle Sam's soldiers, sailors and marines in Iceland, Newfoundland, Greenland, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Saint Lucia, British Guiana, I\mama and Alaska. Height in Stratosphere Balloons Men in stratosphere balloons have risen more than 13 miles above sea level, and that is higher than anyone has gone in an airplane. MANY AN ys.rf, AMNOTjjs •>•*» DMple aajr tl^ h " to TOP atUU reUere QUICKLY. OnSgStfhmAOLA. Thomas P. Bolger. Draggist Read the Want Ads! ' •* * - / • Uncle Sam •••11 •••M Millions of telephone calls will be required during 1942 in carrying out the tremendous task of producing the 60,000 planes and 45,000 tanks and 20,000 anti-aircraft guns and 8,000,000 tons of merchant shipping called for by our President. Unde Sam MUST have the fastest and finest' telephone service it is possible to provide. And that, precisely, b the Order-of-the> Day for the men and women of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company -- a trained army 30,000 strong, working as never before to maintain and operate lines of communica tion needed for HUnois* part in *li«« greet production program. Like all good citizens, they will devole their skill and strength and purpose to the work of helping America wage all-out war and win all-out Victory. They also will ds level best to furnish you the friendly, high-grade local and Long Dfc»> tance telephone serviee you come to expect. their lev* tLUMOIf 9WLL TKLKPMOm BUY BONDSI BUY ST AM TTI J. ^ ' J YKrti»il^ °Per*ti0 «1 FT M1 Modern work-savers to last you . through the times ahead ,1m electric laundiy help* ere mora than just mevniapsos. Thej add hours to your free time, they spend their energy to save yours. Be*id*s the savings you make on home laundiy with up-to-date •Nfuipment, you'll find the prices are reasonable.' Today these important worksavers are available to y-- -ouue in and see them! „' No Snakes la Ireland Snakes are found in every country in ttie world--except Ireland and New Zealand and a few ifrfatad aea islands like the Azores. U. 8. Leads TThe United States is way out in front for the world's divorcfr 4record. One out of eight married wornen in this country gets a divorce. It is one out of 80 in Great Britain, one in 30 in France, one in 200 In' Germany and one in 1,300 in Japan. Outer Home of Bananas Tha hj^roe land of the banana believed tropical Asia. . . - ' Though the Outer Banks of North Carolina contain a dozen villages, the largest with 800 persons, there la no civic or local government whatwve* m Banks, i - , Tkor -Tb-a^rbott-*"^ •79* vgter 6 * | proof, e»*y 10 cU* „ • st IS biSSS-" tsti , Ho1*!* 8 ol 1517 .# ' • J * * v •. ' ^ i- t. Tour Dealer Also Carries Good Values in Home , JLaundry Equipment Tfcor Gtadiron •3495 • Compact and light. Stores on shelf or in closet when not in use, easily carried. t Irons Inside Sleeves. Sou 11 diameter roll can be placed intide sleeves, skirts, or trouser legs for easy ironing. • Thor Dialastat. Keep* shoe at the exact trrnperalure Wanted tot varioas materials. 9 Double Open End Roll. Work can extend beyond the roll at either end. Roll extension clothes rod is provided eotfart flat work ewendjagjufoadsaM wQl not wrinkle. I PUBLIC SERVICE COMPAN1 OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Porce/ai EndHail W-CT V.^+ :> ;' v'i IflndoiMffl-ltt - i X ' •£"