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-J v . i - r i- • ' » -- • : » • -- f c - r" T PLA1RDXALEB ii '•;•.•••' '• ; v "*; ; vvVT. ,\<y " '• • • • , r i ; ' ' & 1311 An old adage assures as that *^8ence is golden," bat, on the Eve of New Year's, we can hardly agree. We believe this is the time to speak up a^d tell you how much we hive appreciated your during the part to wish yoa good luck in 1944. >V:-7. for a *Happy New Year'.' is the assurance that all of us keep right on bpying War Bonds to* the best of pur ability! / r:.;" V *V-; - '* URL I. WALSH V This is a land of plenty-- and of a resolute people. Our resources and joined forces shall surely bring quick Victory! mo tMK TiTBifi Floyd Coleman To keep this great, wonderful land of ours friee is our wish for this New Year. Save, fight and buy "War Bonds so we'll all realize that wish more quickly! SCHWERMAN CHEVROLET SALES • The success we enjoyed in 1943 is not merely tin 1 result of chance. It is the accumulating reward of long years of effort on our part to give the nasi in quality and service for your money. That policy holds good in 1944, H year which, we hope, will shower many blessings upon you. ALBERT KRAUSE, NEWS AGENCY The show goes on--and may 1944 mean "curtains" for the enemy! That is our constructive wish for the year ahead--and Jie know yoashare It with us! SCHAEFER'S GROCERY AND i With a merry tune and a warming toast to your good fortune, we help you welcome the New Year. May it abound with beauty and success for Jrou. RIVERSIDE BAKERY tiappnHtuiyui* ^ The first Union Flag of 13 stripes was unfurled by George Washington on New Year's Day, 1776. This is another good reason for rejoicing at this time, for Old Glory is a symbol of freedom wherever it waves. So, Happiest New Year to you, and God bless you, one and all! • ' • • h/-; • • ' PETER M. JtJSTEH FURNITURE CD. • -j Wide Sleeves and Back Key to To be satisfactory i of any working outfit. It must have room for lots of action--reaching, walking, bending and sitting. This means that the sleeves should have sufficient width through the upper arm and fullness in the blouse is necessary, especially through the back. There must be plenty of width in the skirt with no strain on buttons and pleats. The style should be simple, yet becoming, with no fancy designing or trimming to interfere with easy laundering. Pockets are convenience and should be well placed and sufficient In size to be useful. Since the house dress is the garment which will be worn many hours of the day, it should be becoming and attractive, one that the family as well as the homemaker likes* While it is difficult to find exactly what we want these days, there are lots of beautiful materials still on the market. Color and design as well as comfort and durability should be considered when making the selection. Percale, seersucker, gingham and chambray are suitable and some are available in most mar* kets. . . - r:' the dress is made at home or a ready-to-wear, the design should be simple, for it is not only most beautiful. * Cornhutlwr't Pri<U Sol at Lincoln looU 1 „ - ,-^y •; V; - ]* fj ^ • . . . • safe; Mm --^epawoe* McCULLOM LAKE Nylon Rope One of the most interesting nylon applications is rope, a development which dates back to 1940, when it was produced for use for "on-thefly" airmail pickup. Nylon's unusual combination of lightness, strength and elasticity made it ideal for this purpose, as it took up the sudden shock of contact between the grabhook of the plane and the mail container. When the army entered upon its glider program and decided to pick up gliders off the field, just as the mail plane picked up mail at the whistle stops," it tried nylon out and found it most suitable. It combines the strength of steel cable with some of the springiness of rubber. Nylon ropes are also used When the glider and tow plane take off from the field together. The rope Which recently towed the first glider across the Atlantic, from Montreal to London, was made of nylon and it is possible that some of the glider troops who spearheaded the invasion of Sicily were carried oyer on the end of nylon ropes. Greenhouse Crops Higher fuel cost, lower /vturns, and flower diseases that attack the vegetable crops are the major problems of vegetable production under glass that a florist is apt to encounter. On the other hand, the vegetables require less labor than the flowers. Important greenhouse crops are tomatoes, leaf lettuce, cucumbers, radishs, together with beet greens and bunching onions. Cucumbers and radishes, however, because of their low vitamin and food value, are now classed as unessential vegetables and their production if not recommended. Lettuce, beet, onion, and radish seed is usually sown in September to February or April for winter and spring crops. Tomatoes, the most important greenhouse vegetable, are best sown in November or December for a spring crop. The lettuce, beets and onions are the most satisfactory winter greenhouse crops. Blimps Aid Fishing ZCavy blimps in northwestern areas are helping the war food program, says Office of the Coordinator of Fisheries. Blimps sighting schools of fish are Communicating this news by short wave to fishing vessels. first Missionary Francis "N. Blanchet, a French- Canadian, was the first Catholic missionary sent into the Oregon territory. At the request of the Iroquois Indians, predominantly Catholic, he was sent into the upper Willamette valley in 1838. Father Blanchet founded a number of schools and churches and was made archbishop in 1884. (By Marie McKim) On Christmas Eve the following were out singing Christmas Carols jaround the property: Otto Pyritz played the piano accordion and sang, along with his wife, Emma, Mr. and Mrs. Struck, Mr. and Mrs. Lock, Mr. and Mrs. Sp'wjdo and Mr. and Mrs. Grotthuss. Also Ed Doran. At the time they were doing their good deed Win Doran was doing her singing in the bath tub. The carol singers visited the Smith home, where they were served refreshments. Phyllis Nimtz entertained at the piano with Christmas songs. Robert Wetle of the navy air corp of Durham, N. Carolina, enjoyed a few days' Christmas leave with his parents. On Christmas Day on their way to the railroad station in Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. and Bob Wetle visited the Geo. Boyle home in Elmwood Park to see Allan McKim S 2-C who was visiting at his sister's home after being released from Sick Bay on Christmas eve. The two Sailors were glad to see each other and have mach in common. Bob looks like the navy agrees with him, he likes his new duties fine. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteman of Indiana, Phyllis, Dick and Jerry Nimtz were guests at the Syd Smith home on Christmas Day for dinner. The Smiths received word from Mr. and Mrs. F. Ball of Cplif., telling them they like Chicago weather best. Gregory Burg S. 2-C and wife are proud parents of a baby son born a few weeks Ago. Visitors at tthe WVn. Rochelle home on Sunday were her brother, Mr. Leon Nelson, of the U. S. N. Also her sister and husb&nd, Mr. and Mrs. McCauley, all of Indiana. Keith B,ain and daughter, also his brother, Dave, spent Christmas with their mother and sisters in Minnesota. Gwyn stayed over, she expects to return home Sunday. Jerry Nimtz and Loretta Larson both celebrated, their birthdays on Dec. 20. , George Reid A. M. M. 2-C., of the U. S. navy, is enjoying a Short leave, spent Christmas with his parents. George, looks fine. ' Leo Sales spent a few days with his family, including Christmas. On Monday he left to return to E. Louis, where he is employed. Wilbur Schaefer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schaefer, formerly of here and now of Petite Lake, is now stationed in England. 1 understand their other son, Jim, has signed up for the service too. In the U-12. Mrs. Boyle has been spending some time in Chicago and Elmwood Park where she was v»3fting her son, Ross, of the navy and his family, while he was on leave,* She was awaiting the arrival of her other son, Lieut. John of the army air corp from England. Up to Christmas Day he had not Arrived. Pvt. Dave is also expected home on a furlough. Monday Mr. George Boyle received a. telegram from Lieut. John Boyle from Florida, saying he is on his way home. Jean McDonald is on the sick list. Her two cousins, Sarah Keegan, and sister, Hlazel Jager, and daughter were guests for Christmas dinner. Much oblidged for the invitations Jean and Hugh. George Goranson is the proud owner of a Ford car, Let Tops Fall Onions should not be harvested until the tops have fallen over and have begun to shrivel. As long as the tops remain even partly green the bulbs continue to grow in else. Cause for Rivalry International rivalry for Spitsbergen-- stimulated in early days by the valuable whaling fields near by, and later by the discoveries of the coal wealth--has often been acute. Norway's claim to the islands was finally recognized by treaty in 1920. The Scandinavian country took over officially five years later. From time to time Spitsbergen has served as a base for scientific and exploration parties working in the Arctic. r Men and Women AH over the world we wish | • a victorious New Year with It happy ending Knight's Refrigeration Service / Peace On Earth.^ ntlU YEAR JOY 19+4 J i ON THE THRESHOLD OF 1944 IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO ^ ENVISION A BETTER WORLD ... "A WORLD WHICH SHALk AFFORD TO ALL NATIONS THE MEANS OF DWELLING IN SAFETY WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES. AND WHICH WILL AFFORD ASSURANCE THAT ALL MEN IN ALL LANDS MAY LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND WANT." MAY GOO SPEED THAT DAY, WE PRAY, AS WE SEND YOU OUR NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS. Y : ' * • V* -V A. S. BLAKE MOTOR SALES DODGE - PLYMOUTH McHENRY, ILUNQtS - ' / •May this New Year's • ' hear a photographic Uenei, to the one of \ - four hearts desire, and may 1944 be a* album pf 366 very happy y- days. This, friends and patrons, is our Netf .: • v Mr sra Xw;*wUh for you. » I1) 14 CENTRAL GARAGE lilt 111 YEAR v:;v:: •f •' ! • 1 r " • - ' - • ' • ' ' ' J; t. " • , m Jii-;- it put in writing--our com- •" A-;4'. '; . ...J "vv" v'. -'.'fV. As each moment of the hour glass passes, may we be so much cFoser to Victory--and may your life be full of geod things. JOHN STIUIHG SERVICE STATION We publicly rededicate our> selves to the cause of Vie*» tory in '44! And in th#fe year we hope to serve you to the ibest of our wartime capacity! . BETTY NIELSEN The top of the world to you, folks! And now listen! We're going to give you still better aerv ice in 1944, Think we can? We've got a record to beat, but just watch us. This is our New Years pledge to old customers, T™1 SMHmSm CAREY ElfCTtlC SHOP Let's de our best to clean up the Axis!--with more nd more War Bonds, and more and more diligent work on the home front! That's our wish for a Victorious New Year. McHENRY BAKERY This is just a sample *£ our good wishes for yon •nd yours as a New Year is marked on our calendar. Ilay "home sweet home" ever be a peaceful haven, *, WMWICK HBPPI ?r The hum of those Liberators high mthe sky is a portent of progress---« glimpse of the reality that, speed tht day! lies beyond the turn of die road. Freedom Is on the mardk! That you may participate m all of die good things that 1944 may bring is ew sincere New Year's wish for you. jWe. McHENRY FLOUR MIUS O o c»