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itsr -. v f i 1 t • -m "SO I HEAR" by EARL R. WALSH MEDM1N HIT THE NET FOE 54 POINTS TO BEAT HUNTLEY i. fitSC iUf Thf Reedmen met the Buntley cagrers on our home floor last Friday night and -went on a scoring spree that ended up with a 54 to 20 victory. Now, the boys have nothing in the world against Huntley except a 31 tt> 30 setback suffered early in the season. Memories of that unexpectSM ; There ought to be a law! Mayor Bowling News, but dog^oned if* We Overton sends this message on a card, could leave you out of S. I. H. &om Florida: ."Ihave found a way to gut rid of that snow, just send it i Doctor Chamberlin and Howard down here." j Wattles saw Dundee beat the Hebron t!oss seemed to loom up as the game f « 1 basketball team last Saturday night, °Pened ^ Friday night and the boys . 1 Guess most people didn't think of The score was 39 to 35. Dundee held °P«ned ri*ht UP ™th a scoring bar- Hlorida when thinking of a destina- Hudson to nine points and got him raKe- , , . t. Mon for this snow. We heard several out on fouls in the last Quarter. That's , Rosmg s shooting was the big when Dundee forged ahead. You factor early »n the game as McHenry can't take a Judson off team mi# went into a 17 to 6 first Quarter lead, still hold the pace. IJunt'ey had a slight edge in the second period. Excitement bogged down. lay they wished somebody would get it "to baU" out of here. ;•; Now, we find that Cktm Wirfs Taised that V-corn displayed in Joe Miller's. Well, if he didn't raise it, he brought it in! Alphabetical corn Ijpay be the next thing on the mark^. *" There has been considerable local interest in the news thjat Nick Etten .lias been sold up the ladder, transilrring from the lowly Phils to the ^fMnkees* - • • .'Vv.--r Many '•fatten'*, freinds and relatives of both here and in Spring The doctor was tellfHfI -stwmge So did the scoring. Half-time score fact about the second team game. was. Mchenry 20--Huntley 10. , They saw the Hebron team go Bolger took over the scori^ Biegerts. Art Krause, 551; Math through their entire gamg^ without leadership in the second half and six j Schmitt, 5Q3jEd Peisert,S6®| Herb scoring a basket. They made six ~*l"~ --- points, all on free throws. t- That's one for somebody's book. " ' other players entered the scoring Sijnon, 521. circle to run up a comfortable margin. : • ,, .Glenn Peterson's play stood out Victory Ladie^-- , r throughout the game, not alone for j Stilling"? "66" woti two from Marllie basketball season, la list draw- points he scored, but for down- ion's Beauty Shop. Mi Schaefer, 4^9.; ing to a close, so let's remember that right determination. |'B. Justen, 415; M. Krause, 410; M. our high school boys play at Zion- ,.For the curtain-raiser, fans got a JAPS, BEWARE! BOWLING NOTES LICENSE PLATES OF 1942 WILL BE ' / USED FOR SALVAGE SCHAEFER'S Match--. The McHenry Beer tear# to town, rolling up 2558 pins in beating "LARRY" HUCK Wife have shown you a picture of Larry Huck "before." This is "after." .a., vt t• . , * •• •• Looks like our sailors are saving oft Stilling, 409. Nadine bchaefer was on razors and metar_ Wowie! We'd hate to run into a group of U. S. sailors "if. Btvibtkry of State Ewd. J. Hughes recently requested Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor Club, to take part in a program to collect 1942 license plates for salvage. Mr. Hughes in his letter to Mr. Hayes fe "There are approximately two mil- Hon pairs of license plates in the state of Illinois, each pair weighing about a° pourid. If the majority of these plates were delivered to the local salvage committees in this state, they cou'd bj converted almost at once into very high grade steel. I; •know that everjr owner of a motor ve-j jhicle would' wish to co-operate in 1 this patriotic program, and I would | deeply appreciate your co-operation !in bringing the suggestion to the atjtention of the citizens of Illinois through the chane's of the Chicago Motor Club." V Page Tlwt . Tea Bashes ia South • ™e® bushes are grown in tha South as ornamental plantings. Tpooi "bad it takes 10 years for cuttings to mature. Tea was grown in the South in colonial times and could be quite a helD again. Fur Bearing Frogs In the state of Washington, bullfrogs are clasped as "fur-bearing animals" in ord^r that Deople farm frogs under existing erning fur farmers. v W : **»d' Cat« £ -su-ia, That dogs and cats are (jescenS. arits of the same ancestral stock was the view of the late Prof. W. D. Matthew of the University of fallfornia. ; ^ Another Mystery ,3p ^ie people of Shakespeare** era understood life and each other as profoundly as Shakespeare's plays show they did, it is mystifying that they couHnt get on better together* .<$rove, were 3>ieaaed to bear- of his Benton tomorrow (Friday) night.. glimpse of the grade school warriors, the beam with a 529 series. ----- , / ; ^ under the direction of Mike Schoen- Farmers Mill won the first iwo, dui t>I_v )r.-ktftll_K Now, here's a change to remember."^0ltl-. Carl N^iss rolled up 19 points \'i ScTiaef^r's 197 fame in a 507 series ' : 4j, nicture wr<! ^ Richmond vrill be here n£xt Thursday *or hiis^team in an easy win,over the gave Schaefer's Market the third.- B. ffllrtolie. '/ night, Feb. 1-1. Most games are on Huntley grade school team.- ..Several i Krause, > Friday night, so remember this boys on the teamishow that^ they ate fer, 172-454. v.v \ Nick has Wunced arour^'c^^fer- change. , .»•. v - < s^hing about handling _a ably in his baseballl career, hitting : ^ basketball. They'll be coming up in Mveral minor and major league • -; A couple *£ C^teONitinis 8 ff1- ?***** * camps. Nick is a first baseman by j too late last week. They were follow- McHenry F.6i: tirade and a hitter of some note. He {ups on our remarks of the week pre- losing ....... vious. Get 'em in early. We can use Mccracken help. ; V : Bolger Bonslett i.. Michels ..... Miller .. Peterson Crouch Carver .. has had some experienec in the out- Held, but reports have it that as an outfielder, he makes a whale of a first baseman. Local fans wish him luck in his new surroundings. - Here's the hottest piece of bowling news we have had. It deserves headlines, but Mike Budler asks us not to make too much fuss over it. Well, We Mijoyid a visit to ft* meeting of the Johnsburg Community club on Tuesday night. That's a live organization. % Fred J. Smith does a fine j66 as ; Jackson leader of the club. Everybody is .... 7 • ... 1 .... 8 ... 0 1 ... 0 ... 5 1 ^ 0 ^... 1 :IM.v W,:- i o .6 0 d fouls i l 1 0 ' 4 0 3 .... 1 • 4 Lfflty. Hope you, won't mindi. ATHLETIC CLUB just because Mike is the proprietor of *iven a chance to voice opinions the Palace alleys is no sign his mod- We missed seeing some of the boys j 'Huntley estv should keep this news from get- but Jordi ting air. Mike shot a total of 1115 «'ho a^f in aI™ed serv,ce- , c>ark D pins in five games last Sunday with _th°!e _^h.°_a!5 the following run of games: 244-245- J72-232-222. Nbw, isntVthat beautiful to behold? f awaiting the safe return of those boys Drendel . are mighty proud of them. Clark, J. : : Stading . Father Neidert's fine talk again Colons ... proved that he is equal to any occa- Hetining The games were ro'led in tbe cham- sion. Covering both our duties and pionshi^) match going on at the Pal- rjghts in-- these war times, Father ace. Since that grand total last Neidert talked less and said more thain Sunday, Mike is on the top rung. We skipped reports on the first round last week so Mike is bashful about us mentioning his feat this week. most speakers we have heard. Of course, he mixed his .ready wit into his remarks. ..24 6 18 F.G F.l V W>uls 0 ' ^ 0 . 0 1 0 . > 2 . ......... 1 : s 0 0 0 .0 4 0 4 «»...... 0 . -V* 2 .......... 1 v # 3 •• - 11 McArthur Girls-- , r v M. Beatty's 401 and R. Stitlirig's 40$ > Withrthe addition of four new aieiW* led McHenry Lumber to three straight' last Thursday, together' with from McHenry Beer'. Vi Schafer hit three 11,6 ^ek before, the club is 414 for the losers. " again reaching major proportions., Fanny Freund's 528 and D. Cleve- Newpst members are Marty and Helen | land's 420 gave Bernie's Oasis..three J;onwa>" Madclirie Freund and from Bast's ^Variety. B. Karls iound Georjjje Egbert. the range in the third, rolling a 182 game for a 419 series. What the heck! Nobody had such a score last week, or any other week. Now, here's a bit of news on the state basketball tournament to be played in Champaign March 18-20. Sixteen teams will compete. Adult tickets for the entire tournament will High school students can secuw tickets for $2.35. All season four rounds of five tickets must be ordered through the maiL It would be well to have your tickets ordered before Feb. 8. Tickets may not be readyj! for delivery before March 1st. Order from C. W. Lyon, University of Illinois Ticket Office, According to schedule (plans, we will give you the totals next week on be $3.85. the first three rounds. There will be twenty games games each. And, of course, the champion will be announced the following week. > \ "Hup" Smith led the first round ; Illini Hall, Champaign, 111. with a 935 total. Bill Schlitt, Bruno j -- Grimelli and Willys Schreirier are Quite a party for Bob Adams last crowding the top, but things change fast. We shall see. night. Bob is starting out to win the war today. Some of the best of us are swearing off parties. We're going Anyhow, congratulations on that! to have to get some pumps if these fine score, Mike. We left you out of I social affairs keep up. REEDMEN WIN FOURTEAM INVITATIONAL TOURNEY AT MARENGO Coach Reed's boys gave Marengo litis an example of their Bharp-shoot- TWIN DEER NOVEL f ETS OF POPULACE OF ALMENA, WIS. 'Ya Gotta Get Up' You "gotta get up" at 0545 at United States army camps nowadays. Taps, when you're supposed to be tucked in for the night, is sounded at 2200. Dropped from the military record book, at least for the duration, are the well-known symbols, A. M. and P. M. Under the 24-hour system adopted July 1 by the army, Tin Pan Alley's Chattanooga-bound flier leaves the Pennsylvania station, not at "a quarter to four," but at 1545. To experienced travelers there Is nothing new about the army's new time. It has been in use by governments, railways, steamship companies and airlines throughout continental * Europe for many years. France officially adopted the 24-hour system in 1912, having used it as early, as 1884. American overseas forces became acquainted with it in 1917 and 1918, when it was standard for all Allied military and naval messages and records. The former two, are not altogether i strangers to the-club for they were Match faithful memjblers 'last yea$ Like The Meister Brau Girls proved W th* rest of us- the additional responstrong for McGee's goys last Sunday sibilities of the war left them little in a 2313 to 2240 victory. Fanny time for leisure so their re-entrance Freund's 212-537 anchored while Vi into the °lub postponed until af- Schaefer was leading off with a 498 j year. Bob Newkirk's 512 and Jim j i 500 kept McGee's in the j. To l°°k at P«*ite Mrs. Egbert Wie , . < would hardly expect her to fare well ^ . when on the gym floor with some of Thursday Commercial-- our brawny masculine members. She The Regners put on a father and foole<1 eyerone though by holding her son act to win two for McHenry own amidst them all on the volley- Laundry from Kleinhans. jim rolled ^H floor and also proving herself a a 200-525 series while his dad came j valuable basketball guard. through with 540. Let's not overlook series. Larkin's game. a 187 game in a-473 rolled by Heide for the losers. Hup Smith's 214J-528, strongly supported by John Zen's 483 series led Old Bridge to three straight from Pu" to ®ach step we run. Prager. Ralph Justen's 187-497 paced ( the Pragers. Her older team/ mates are all envious of Madeline Freund's agility but must remember that she is a graduate of 1942. A few years add a Present members of the organization include the following: thirty per- Honorable Mention-- sons: Evelyn Anderson, Marion And- Bill A'thoff's 522 series in a pick-i4> e,son- Mabel Bo'ger. Viola Brda, Earl match draws honorable mention. Conway, Helen Conway, Janet Dolan, „ George Egbert, Inez Egbert, Madeline Freund, Nick Freund, Adele Froehlich, George Jackson, Joe Jackson, Frank Johnson, Ruth Klodzinski, Helen Knox, James Larkin, Margaret Larkin, Jerry Larkin, John Loose, Malcolm Melntyre, Alice Mclntyre, Joyce Newkirk, Robert Newkirk, Mary* Vycital, Charles Vycital. Beatrice Williams, Virginia Willianu^limd' Donald Weingant. Meister Brau, 3--Althoffs, 0. Koob, 595; "Hup" Smith, 525; Ted Budil, 513. Pabst, 2--McHenry Beer, 1. Peiseit, 570; Mike Schaefer, 51S. Pete Olsen rolled a 226 for hig game, PALACE An interesting letter from Jos. N. Miller of Turtle Lake, Wis., this week ing ability last Saturday night when included the following article and they defeated the Marengo five 59 to , the picture to accompany it • r 29 in the finals of the four-team invitational tournament. Genoa and Capron were the other two teams entered. , McHenry went back to Marengo on Tuesday night of this week and won a regular scheduled game by a 47 to 31 count. Bolger's eight baskets and six by Michels led the scoring. Mc- Benry m 29 to 8 at the half. Try a Scotchman The man who boasts he won't i|§ce "no" for an answer has probably never tried to get a loan onl of a Scotchman. "Denny Kuchenmeister, little grandson of Jos. N. Miller, is feeding the Mil Striving for Unity fnvasion-threatened India, striving for unity against great odds, ' faces problems never encountered i by American Revolutionists in their struggle for independence and union, Old Timers-- "Uncle Ed's* fed his *6 a 26-pin win over Les Adams & Co. George Johnson, 195-494. Another close one! Nick Freund's 201-550 and Bob Thompson's 188-485 led their team to a 14-pin win over ftogers' 520 and Jake 187-503. ,:.j --'-- • • ' ' . ' - The high school girls are very C o p_. anxious to schedule a basketball game Winkel's 199-537 and Vic Freund's with the "Thursday Nighters." Our 492 beat Ed Thennes' team and is 506. coach, Mac, is against it on the George Justen's 510 led the Smiths grounds that they will "mow us We expected LeRoy Hettermann with us for a few weeks but before the club met last week we heard that he had been recalled and was in the CPY naval reserves at Madison, Wis. His Schaefer's address is 740 Langdon street, . in winning from the Stilling's. H. Saa Diego Base One of the largest marina corpa bases, San Diego, Calif., was first occupied by marines in December, 192;. twin fawns in back of his daddy's store in Almena, Wisconsin. "Last May a few boys from Almena found the baby fawn caught in a fence while playing in the woods near Almena. They brought them hom«. where Joe Ruff, father of one of the boys, raised them on a bottle. All summer Mr. Ruff bought milk and fed the little spotted fawns with a bottle. Ttiere in their pen they got to be not only Almena's pets, but all the surrounding country's. Toward fall they lost their spots and were outgrowing their pen, so Mr. Ruff put a bell on each deer and turned them loose. Their wild sipirit, fiowever, has not claimed them, as yet, for they still stay close to Almena, going from door to door for tid-bits that are handed out to them. Every afternoon they come to Denny's daddy's store; where they beg for cookies. "Every day they still go home for their milk, but they have become wary of their pen. The deer called Baby goes into get her ration while, the other. Lady, stands guard. Then Baby comes out to let Lady get her sharte. They never enter the pen at the same time. Almena is hoping nature will not claim her unusual pets for a long time." says a bulletin from the National : Schaefer, 492; Jack..188^71; C Geographic society. Stilling, 191-484. An idea of the magnitude of Inwon two from Mi Plicei Open-- • „ Min Green rolled a 502 series Saturday night. The best of 'em ean*l &> that every Saturday night! _• Orient Soybeans New kinds of soybeans have been bi-ought to the United States by a government plant explorer who g|>ent two years in the Orient. ; ^ Order your Rubber Stamps at *Hie Plaindealer. SPRING Is just around the corner, so start planning your Victory garden. When it comes to seeds--see us we have a complete supply.^ NICKELS' Hardware Phone 2 : West McHenry '> ' BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS dia's problem may be gained by imagining the difficulties the 13 American colonies would have faced te seeking Independence if: (1) they had had a poly got population of 39,- 000,000 like India's, compressed into an area little larger than half the present United States; (2) instead of a common tongue, Americans had spoke 220 languages, and Sunday Night Club-- scarcely 10 per cent could read; (3) instead of a mild rivalry among Christians, there had been two dominant, dissimilar religions embittered by almost 1,000 years of struggle; and (4) in place of the colonies, there had been 11 provinces and 528 states governed by native princes. down." Some of our girls, however, recall the time we played an all star high school team before a large audience two years ago. Mac made the 7 O'clock Ladies-- ; same prediction then but the final Nothine startling. The Palace girls whistle saw us trailing with a -score , of only 4-2. Defense Aid for India To aid in the defense of India and to assist in the distribution of war materials to the United Nations Nick Freund's 231-600 put him right up at the head of the class. "Hup" Smith's 214-583 was ne^ct in line for honors. The girls did right well in this group, too. Agnes Freund rolled 178-18ible for his winning. 194-109. (What's that 10& doing in j ; • there?) Min Green, 192-461; Julia { The club will meet on Wednesday Kralowetz, 196-451; Rose Freund, ! evening Feb. 10, instead of Thursday Best news of the week, .saved until last, is that out of a field of eighteen high school boys and Athletic club male members entered in a ping pong tourney last week, Frank Johnson of the latter group defeated Art Jackson in the finals. Frank was the only semi-finalist'left from the club so our entire hope was in him. We prayed and Frank played and we'll probably never know just which vnas reapon- 449; Emily Hester, 407. Filled With Soldien j ; St. Hyaeinfhe, Quebec, an mdtwin the Far East, an American Tech- trial city 48 miles south of Montreal, as there will that evening. be a basketball game nical mission was sent to India in March, 1942, headed by Henry F. Grady. A new assembly plant has recently been built in India by the United States from which army automobiles are supplied to Russia. Several important recommendations of the Grady commission have already been implemented. : _\. - ' Water la Feed LMtfNWeats have 80 per water, oranges 87 per cent, while peanuts have only 10 per cent, says tba bureau of home economics, at Washington. Carrots have nearly 90 and cabbage slightly <wer 90 per cent. Representative Nick Keller to Serve on Various Committees Must Cool Milk Even though the' evenings are getting cooler, dairy specialists remind dairymen that milk must be cooled. Milk plants are alert and .watchful In regard to the quality of milk received. was founded in 1760 and is kijown for its Casavant organs and farming machinery. Its' is now a large army training center. 7 Only Little Brothers Many (Doukhobors) will not even •kill mosquitoes. They bare their ^Shoulders to them to show that small winged creatures are only little brothers 8. F. Reiben, secretary to the leader of the cult. Prevent Forest Fires • Carelessness on the part of some person may start a fire that will destroy thousands of acres of timber. Foresters urge all to be careful with fire in the woods,-and to report the Start of any fire that may occur. Word was received this week that Congressman Nick Keller of Waukegan has been assigned to the following committees by the Speaker of the House Elmer J. Schnackenberg: chairman of the house committee to visit and inspect educational institutions; banks and building loan associations; efficiency and economy; executive, military affairs; railroads; aviation; transportation and revenue. Cinema Map • Every motion picture theater In Stockholm is indicated on a new kind of map just published. The city has a great number of cinemas, and the maps have proved very popular, especially with strangers. Greek Meets Spaniard New evidence that the Greeks had contacts with Spain in ancient times :js a helmet such as Corinthian soldiers wore in the Sixth century B. C., I found on the southwest coast of ! Spain. African Desert Obstacle Northwest Egypt's desolate Quattara depression, one of the world's most extensive areas below sea level, lies in the territory between Libya and the Nile delta, reaching at one point within less than 40 miles of the Mediterranean coast, says a bulletin from the National Geographic society in regard to the country in which the great Battle of Egypt is being fought. This great sink in the desert forms an obstacle which tends to funnel the attacking units intt) a narrow coastal strip. At the height of the dry season it might be possible for motorized equipment to cross through the depression over alkali flats. It is probable, however, that in July many of these fiat, low areas ±re still marshy. Pretty Fuss Men patronize beauty shops. Their beauty shop is the barber's. A good clean shave makes most men as beautiful as is humany possible. Hydrogen and Helium ft is found that by mixing on* part of helium gas with four parts of hydrogen an inflammable gas is produced. Astronomic if Equipment A new piece of astronomical equipment is an observer's platform which revolves in any desired direction, to aid in use of an astronomical twlwsropp , \ " Merely Types Studying life isn't half as Inter* esting at 60 as it is at about 35. By 60, you have got everybody classified and ttiey are merely types. Staffy, Hah? ? Lungfish come to the surface of the water at intervals in order to breathe air into their lungs. #ewer Grizzlies Grizzly bears have decreased rapidly in national forests in the last five years. Order your Rubber Stamps at.Hie Plaindealer. X A service at our Funeral Home is not only a conr V venience for friends, hut ft,'/ definite economy as well. Jacob Justen Sons. -- Funeral Directors --* Phone McHenry 103-R Residence, McHenry 112-W Green Street, corner Elm -- McHeffiry •AKDtN FRESH •a tin marsh aaaoLKi^L y. GRAPEFRUIT . ..10 ^ 39* Florida S1« a«M ORANGES.*.25* ROLLS •lit®* fancy Melntoall . APPLES • B B S a 3 UM. 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