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Work of Champion Quilt Maker 1 & L ' o- | Is a Challenge to All Sewers RINGWOOD By CHERIE NICHOLAS Q it • ' , -AUILTING has been an important part of the fashion scene for many weeks now, with accessories, jackets, coat linings and even skirts made warm as well as attractive by the quilting technique. Home sewers, with a tremendous quantity of quilted fabrics available by the yard, have Wen having fun turning out their own quilted creations. Of course, you may not want to tackle anything so ambitious right away, but the quilt illustrated in the above picture gives you an idea of what can be done by one who makes quilting her hobby. An illness which, ten years ago, confined her to her home for many weeks, has brought to Mrs. Bertha Stenge of Chicago national recognition as champion quilt maker. While she was idle and unable to carry on her usual activities of caring for her home and her flower garden, Mrs. Stenge noticed a Chicago newspaper was promoting a quilt-making contest. She decided to eater the contest, just to get started on a hobby and keep herself occupied. She did not win a prize in this contest, but the quilt she entered won a prize &t a later contest and since that time she has made 20 quilts, all of which have won cash awards and blue ribbons throughout the country. Mrs. Stenge has won nearly 40 prizes in her ten years of entering contests. She has never sold any of her quilts although she has been requested many times to place a sales price on one or another of them. She says she cannot evaluate in dollars and cents the six months or more of effort it takes to . make a quilt. Her Bible quilt has won repeated awards in various contests. In this design, she has pictured incidents of the Bible--Moses in the bulrushes, Daniel in the lion's den, Jonah and the whale and others. Still another ususual design is her Family History quilt. From old portraits, Mrs. Stenge worked into the design, pictures of her father and mother, herself as she started to school, her husband and her daughters, as well as incidents of her married life. In the above illustration Mrs. Stenge is displaying a portion of the Family History quilt and the original photographs. The insets show-other motifs from Mrs. Stenge's quilts. Her top honor up to this year was $750 won at the New York World's fair. Recently, she won the regional contest of $100 and the sweepstakes prize of $1,000 in a national needlework contest conducted by Woman's Day magazine. Mrs. Stenge has won state prizes in Kentucky, home of the appliqued quilt and where fine quilt making is taken as a matter of course. She has won top honors in state, county and city contests in Illinois and just to prove she has abilities in other directions, one year at the Cook County fair she won three baking prizes as well as four quilt prizes. The quilt which won her the sweepstakes prize in the Woman's Day contest was a Victory quilt, an original design. It has a shield outlined in blue and appliqued with white stars around an American eagle in blue, with the Liberty Bell in blue above it. Red V's are plaeed at each corner with the Victory sign t-three dots and a dash--beside each V. Blue 6tars are used as a border around the quilt. An alphabet quilt for a child's bed is another consistent prize winner. And now she is working on a "quilt of quilts." This will display miniature replicas of standard and famous quilt patterns. Mrs. Stenge is a graduate of the University of California, where she majored in art. Her husband is an attorney. They have three daughters and two granddaughters. Htluwd by Western N«wtpftp«r Union. Expertly Styled - ^ % Feature War Stamj^ Prints forlspring Prints will have an exciting story to tell, judging from advance showings. Perhaps the most unique and outstanding at this stage of the game is the new war-stamp print. It has boutonnieres of war stamps spaced all over the background. A dress made of this print with tjefastenings of self fabric is very new looking and, being prettily colored, is exceedingly attractive. Cross-stitch prints for children's dresses are something to consider when buying wash materials for home sewing. You'll love these prints and they authentically reproduce colorful Cross-stitch embroidery effects. Border prints are being used most intriguingly, sometimes with flowers massed at the waistline or along oneside fastenings that extend from neck to hemline. The rest of the gown is made of the spaced little design. r-- ;>••• "V:- This season's fur coats are noted lor their versatile styling. The flatter furs are taking on the suave lines of tailored cloth and the fetching details that give interest to fabric handling are being matched in fur technique. In the high-styled ocelot coat here &hown this point of expert styling is clearly demonstrated. The rolled collar, facing, pockets and tie-fastening, which is drawn through slits at the side and in front (leaving the back give a very youthful effect. tied ), new collections ntjany charming print frocks are seen that ore trimmed with fringe. In the newest technique the fringe is arranged in two tiers on the skirt. Satin Sports Frocks Make Debut in Spring Showings Here's the latest! It's the charming little sports frocks that have just made their debut in the early spring showings. Fashioned of lustrous cotton-and-rayon slipper satin they are in the iriost delectable pastels you can ever imagine. Their sophistication is in the strict simplicity observed in their styling. Some button with the new pottery buttons in the same shade as the satin. Others indulge in self-fabric ties all the way down the front or .side fastening. You can get these adorable dresses in such ravishing shades as copper pink, aqua, ice blue. For winter up north they look charming under fur coats, and they will be delightfully wearable later on as sports frocks. P#:- Cood Milk cheese can be made frisks q " S«lt has been used as a seasoning R. C. Harrison home* Sunday evening, frozen milk, with a slight modifies- 1 'or fooji for so long that historians I „.jh Used Before History (By Helen Johnson) . Mr. and Mrs, William Peters of Woodstock were Sunday afternoon and supper guests in the Frank Wiedrich home. Corp. W. R. Hoffman of Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Hoffman of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson of Deep Lake and Mrs. Andrew Hawley were guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith, Monday evening. .. The W. S. C. S. will meet with .Mrs. Henry Stephenson on Friday instead Of with Mrs. B. T. Butler, as previously announced. Roy Neal spent last week at Oak t#awn with his brother who is seriously ill. Charlie Peet spent Friday in Chi- <fego. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merchant and Alice Howard of Kenosha spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Merchant. Mrs. Eva Ackerman of Hamilton, Mich., was a guest in the John Hogan Rome several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Haberlien of j Chicago spent a few days at their home here. • • ;• ; Mr. and Mrs. Nick 'Tftning;: >sENfSftt j | Wednesday at McHenry. ; : j j Myrtie and 2ella Jayne 6f Algon- i : quin called on Wayne Foss Sunday ; afternoon. ' Mrs. Alec Anderson spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. Ted Kooistra, at Harvard. Mrs. Alfred Steinke of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Walker, Jr., and son, Bob, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin- Walker, Sr., of Waukegan and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Howard of Kenosha were dinner' guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison Sunday. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., spent Wed* nesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brennan at Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bucbert and son of Richmorid called on Jennie Bacon Friday evening. Mrs. Herbie Freund of Johnsburg called on Mrs. Roy Wiedrich, Friday. Mrs. Rose Jepson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roland McCannon,'at Algonquin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stephenson and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cristy attended a party at Belvidere Thursday evening, honoring the rural mail carrier of Garden Prairie, who is retiring. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiedrich and daughter of Caproh spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Sr. Mrs. Wanda Bennett of Fox Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and family, Mrs. Anna Miller and Mrs. Nick Miller of Fox Lake spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger and son of Greenwood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Shephard Sunday. Audrey Merchant spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. Charles Coles, at McCullom's Lake. Corp. and Mrs. W. R Hoffman were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler for supper Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heinze of Crystal Lake were callers in the Harrison- Peet home Sunday afternoon. Bobette Cristy and Alice Mae Lou attended thelU. S. O. party in Waukegan, Sunday evening. Mrs. Glen Benoy and Rita Mae Merchant entertained at a linen shower in honor of Mrs. Wilbur Benoy at the Glen Benoy home, Saturday evening. Airplane bunco furnished the evening's entertainment. Prizes were won by Audrey Merchant and Dora Kooistra. Those from Ringwood attending were Lois and Ethel Krohn, Bobette Cristy, Alice Mae Low, Audrey Merchant and Althea Walkington. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Abendroth of Elgin *pd Mrs, George Bacon xrf Antioch were Saturday afternoon and supper guests of Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mrs. Jack Leonard spent the weekend in Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Spring Grove called on Rev. and Mrs. Collins Saturday afternoon. Rita Mae Merchant of Woodstock spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Merchant. Dorothy Smith entertained twelve girls Thursday evening in honor of her eleventh birthday. Marjorie Marston of Chicago was a caller in the R. C. Harrison home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper, Eleanor Jane and Dorothy Ann, of Chicago spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hawley. Mr. and Mrs. Chaucey Harrison and Carol were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marlowe at Huntley. John Smith spent the weekend with friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer of Wauconda spent Saturday evening in the Ed Bauer home. Red Cross will be held with Mrs. Jennie Bacon on Friday, March 26. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and children were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen at Richmond Sunday evening. Mrs. R. C. Harrison attended a party at Greenwood Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson of Richmond called on Jennie Bacon Sunday. Mr. and. Mrs. Lyle Hopper and daughters of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith Saturday evening. j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bergsma and family of Solon Mills were Sunday afternoon callers in the home of Ed Bauer. Mr. and Mrs. Don Smart and sons of Waukegan spent Sunday afternoon and evening in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. Mr. and Mrs. William Glawe ot Woodstock were supper guests in the Red Cross FielcLDirectors Solve Soldiers' Problems NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A Notice is hereby given that a terrtaand M^s. Francis Muzzy went to the tive budget and appropriation ordinmoving picture show Friday evenmg. , ance fot the town of McHenry, in the Susanne Muzzy srve*t Sunday after-( County of McHenry, State of Illinois, noon with LuAnne Bauer • : for the fiscal beginning Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. George Martm and ; March 30, 1S43, and ending Monday son, Tommy, called on friends At March 27, 1044, will be on file and hSolon Mills Sunday evening. _ (conveniently availatfe to public in- Dorothy Smith had a birthday gpection at the McHenry Postoffice party Thursday evenmg. Those: who ; from and after 5Vclock Tueg_ helped her celebrate her birthday j day, March 30 1943 " are; Jean H^y Carol Harrison, Su- ! Notice is-further given hereby that sanne Muzzy, LuAnne Bauer. Bar- j a public hearing on said budget and bara Lawrence, Jeanette Lawrence, j appropriation ordinance will be held Norma Carlson, Dolores Betts, Dolly at j. 0»cl0ck „ m. Tuesday, April 6 Felts and Muriel Butler. | 1942, at Eva's Cafe, in this town, and Charles and Joe Carr spent the that finaI action on this ordinance' ^ weekend with their grandparents. j ^ taken by the electors at the annual Frank and Dorothy Smith's mother i town meeting to be held at 2 o'clock Photo by Tonl Frtssell Thoiuanda of I). S. fighting men last year the invitation to discos* their personal problems with Red Cross field directors who accompany troops to all parts of the world. This picture, taken in London, shows everyone happy after the field men had satisfactorily solved the problems of the two soldiers at the desk. Contributions to the Red Cross 1943 War Fund, now in progress, make this service possible. WASHINGTON. D. C.--The soldier stormed into the Red Cross office at a southern Army camp. His month #as set In a hard, straight line; his eyes were cold, determined. His wife trailed him as he strode across the reception room; her face was red and swollen from crying. They were not over 22. "I need help," the soldlei told the Red Cross field director at the desk. "And I need it fast." The Red Cross field director smiled, but the soldier did not return it "All right, soldier, let's see what's the trouble." "If I don't get help I'm going over the hill," he blurted. "I'm on alert now --due to move out almost any minute. Tut I'm not going--and leave my wife with no place to stay." Further conversation developed that the young bride was an expectant mother. She was unable to go home because of her stepfather. Her husband had no relatives with whom she could stay. And the allotment he had made to his wife had not yet come through. Two hours later--after much conversation <and planning -- the soldier was shaking the hand of the Red, Cross field director. The Red Cross man had arranged that the soldier's Wife spend the night at the Army camp guest house. Preparttions had been completed with a nearby Red Cross chapter for her transportation back home. The Red Cross chapter In the girl's home town had agreed to see that she had proper care until the baby was born. By that time the allotment would be coming through. In every United States military establishment, at home and abroad, the American Red Cross maintains a field director and staff to help Uncle Sam's fighting men work out such personal problems. More than 1,000,000 servicemen passed through the offices of the Red Cross field directors last year. Their problems covered all phases of lifei -- families needing financial aid, allotments, illnesses, deaths, loss of contact with the home folks. These and other problems are unfolded in a never-ending panorama before Red Cross field directors. Almost always they are solved. The Red Cross field director is ready to furnish informatkra, counsel, and assistance as needed to men of the armed forces. Reaching into every county in the United States through local Red Cross chapters, these workers and local home service chairmen act on behalf of the men of the armed forces and their families in matters affecting the welfare of either or both. ' In addition to the servicemen aided by field directors, more than 500,000 families of men In the service received help through Red Cross chapters and branches. Contributions of the American people to the Red Cross during the $125,- 000,000 War Fund appeal now in progress will help to keep and expand these services to the nation's fighting men. Varied and often unusual are the other demands made of Red Cross field directors. Field director William Fluharty, stationed in a remote Australian area, traveled down to a railroad junction to bring back 6.000 pounds of American magazines for troops to which he was assigned. Returning on a train, he was asked to help deliver a baby for a native woman, belatedly en route to a hospital. Red Cross Field Director Albert 8. Campbell and two assistants, David 8. Oman and John J. Clancy, Jr., distributed clothes, cigarettes, soap, razors, tooth brushes, playing cards and other articles to American fighters during one of the most furious Solomon Islands battles. Whatever the welfare and personal problems of American fighters at home or abroad, the field director, backed up by 3,755 Red Cross chapters and 6,000 branches, Is the serviceman's best friend in time of need. EINOWOOD SCHOOL NEWS (By Robert Brennan and Alfred Young) LeRoy Neal visited friends in Chicago last week. Johnny Neal, Susanne, Frank, and Jean Muzzy, Dolores" Betts, and Mr. '1 Meeting" at McHenry high school Thursday evening. Miss Thompson directed oar music •JX • lesson Friday morning, The lower room is nearly through " with some of their textbooks. returned home from Woodstock. We are glad to, hear this good news. - The lower room is Ieanrnin^'to read notes in music. V Jean Muzzy is back to s<fho$ after several months of illness. Russel Lawrence came home Sat-, urday on leave from the Army. Mr. Andreas \ attended a ' Victory p. iri., Tuesday, April 6, 1SJ4&. Dated this 18th day of March. 1948. < ; MATT N. SCHMITT, . " ' • '-Supervisor. ROBERT Jr CONWAY, CM, J . . ' (Pub. March, 18£ - V&? , < Order your RubW-'gtieaiVi at list >' Flaindeaief'. v-" - il'fe the Roy Harrison home Sunday r ' ternoon. Mrs. Lonnie Smith has returned home after spending several weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Wurtzinger, at .Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Kattner of Spring Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Heller were guests in the Ed Bauer home Sunday evening. Mrs. Joe Miller of Spring Grove and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich called on their father, at, Genoa City, Saturday afternoon. SLOCUM LAKE VOLO (By Mrs. Lloyd Fisher) Mrs. Ernest Ritta and family of Mundelein were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz. Mrs. Florence Grabbe of Crystal Lake spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bacon spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carson, Sr., in Chicago. Mrs. Frank King enjoyed luncheon at the home of Mrs. Richard Cronin in McHenry Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Florence Grabbe at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., of Wauconda were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mrs. Pearl Dowell and daughter, Ada, spent Friday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., in Wauconda. _ and (By Mrs. Harry Matthews) Miss Marion Dofwell of North Chicago and Mrs. Willis Donwaldt of Libertyville spent the weekend at the home of their mother, Mrs. CeLia Dowell. Miss Frances Davis and Martin Bauer spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Converse. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Maple Park snent Sunday at thfe home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Mrs. Lusk daughter, Betty Lou, remained as guests until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook of Roselle were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. John Rogers of Chicago was a call er Sunday at the home of Mr. an4 Mrs. Wm. Burkhart. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren spent last Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lundgren at Wauconda Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Burkhartj Miss Virginia Kelly and Geo- Burgh-, gralf of Chicago were Sunday dinne# guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Burkhart at Williams Park. Mr. and Mrs. Art Smith and family of Wauconda were callers Saturday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs* W. E. Brooks. Mrs. C. H. Hansen visited at th#: home of Mrs. Chas. Shelter in Chi* cago last Thursday. Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer spent las* Thursday at the home of Mr. an»; Mrs. John Blomgren. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz + Mr. and Mrs. Harry. Mat,t h.e.w s »w eri k , Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fi.h« .nd ; ".heho™ cheese-making process, state dairy specialists Y • ' V ; I:ty |' ifti'»•'V. • tion Total requirements for milk on the basis of prospective consumer demand at ceiling prices and military and lease-lend needs will be materiin 1943 than in 1942. . cannot trace its first; use. Vit Saws for Efficiency With new saws hard to get, (dd saws will have to be fitted for. Use in the woods. Rusty saws can be polished with emery cloth or sandpaper wet with kerosene. The teeth will have to be jointed, set, and sharpened to fit the saw for efficient use. .; , , . Community night services will be held at the church Sunday evening, March 2W Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stephenson called on a friend in Elgin Saturday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and Charlie Carr were callers in Waukegan Thursday afternoon.,, Mr. and M«s. Clarence Harrison anci son Richmond were .callers in son, Buddy Thennes, Donald Ahrens, Harry Case, Billy Hook, Clifford Peterson, Robert Allen, Richard Allen and Burnell Russell attended the basketball banquet at the . Wauconda Township High School Thursday evening. ~ Iron and Phosphate Mines / ^ Bone: Third among Algeria's ports and a French naval base, Bone, (Bona) is a typical French seaport of 85,000 people. Sixty miles west of the Tunisia frontier, 270 miles east of Algiers, its modern de* i velopment dates from 1833, when it passed from Arab to French control. Iron and phosphate mines stimulated improvement of the harbor. As Hippo Regius, Bone flourished in jib? RfiUnsn JjiirrijpiiT? r: MS ':•% A"? • of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Donvin ill Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kirwan of Wau*. conda, Mr. and Mrs. F. Dreyer ot T«!an;1 Lake, Mrs, Louis Allen and Mrs. Otten of Roseville vvere puests Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hansen. Mrs. Wm. Burkhart returned to her home at Williams Park last Friday after spending two weeks, with relaU tives in Chicago. Mrs. Bert Ruthenberg of Mylith Park was one of twelve ladies attending a Victory luncheon at the homo of Mrs. F. Koeling in Oak Park laljfc : Monday. | Mr. and Mrs. G. Grossklos of Chl- ; cago were supper guests last Monday St the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. f. UyA. of . '.-So ' . « CLARENCE'S SHOP --^ 9 Place orders for bird houses, lawn chairs, trellises, wlfiSow boxes and pergolas. Also have a full line of house and barn brooms and can brushes, door mats, etc. Have added hand-woven wash baskets, clothes hampers, market and shopping baskets. Also have picket fences. CLARENCE SMITH Phone 625-J-l Johnsburg, I1L mmiimiik Victory Gardenpv. Get in step with the Victory March and start planning your garden right now. Growing vegetables this Spring will save you many dollars on your year's food bill. And when you buy seeds here you'll not only save money but you'll get greater assurance of satisfactory remiltsp Green Street Phone 98-M t, *"*"* * * * - "i ' CHICAGO"! M«f (omfciniM Aimti i V/ place that it at busy as a bargain ba--mtot Oft aalo day. It is"North WamaY! Wood tea* Tmfc •al Potato Yardi The area might wall be called die distributing caulit ~ tot tha"Four F»M--Fighting Foods for Fighting Forces* Not only is htha world'a largost potato yard;It is also . • dapot for other vegetables--onions, cabbages, rutabagas. But their stay 2a brief* America and her uniformed boys must be fed--and soon a generous shsM these foods is transferred to camps to become irholcsome, tasty vchow." % erica's fighting forces are the beet fed in thewot)& orth Western's'* job, as well as that of all othac erican railroads, is to help keep them so; Trainds of food follow them wherever they go--a swift, uninterrupted movement of meats, fruits, vegetables end dairy products; Even the -'hot dogs'* that made |he haxardous trip to the African Front might well jbave begun the first leg of their journey on a "North Western'* train. The transportation of food is only one of **Nuul| Western's" war jobs. Moving men is another; hauling Weapons and the materials from which they are made. Still another. We are eager and proud to serve. But th* 9xt*«t to which u « can do our job dtptnds Isrgtly on ottr mbility to obtain an adequate supply of materials to equipment m perject condition. Uncle Sam always conges he commands, we obey. * • CHICACO and NORTH WESTERN JL ilflkr