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Kathleen Norris Says: Just What Are You Doing? >; •kvKh;'- <s> f. POU6WA5 RV!AM RINGWOOD (by Helen Johnson) The Ringwood Sunshine girls held their regular meetirig Thursday evening. Roll call was answered by Wilmot, spent Sunday with Mr. and ] _i_ DMrs. Walter Harrison. ' Moi^ Carlo Picturesque Mr. and Mrs. clay Hughes of Crys-! Mediterranean Playground tal Lake and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. ! Seen fro mthe sea, Monte Carlo, Stephenson called on Mr. and Mrs.; in the days before the war, made a Frank Hughes of Elkhorn Sunday. ^ memorable picture of gaily tinted Mrs; Harold Aim and son. Roy, of I buildings set in green gardens. McHenry and Roy DeChaine of Wan- ! Gleaming yachts rode lazily at ankegan were callers in the Fred Wied-| chor in the Port of Hercules, big Sea Transport There has never been any road or railway co/inecting Burma with India. The country is so difficult that sea-transport is cheaper and quicker. * Thursday, July 13, 1944 Device foi The seed of the sugar beet is not a single c»ll but a cluster of cells as in beans and corn. A novel device splits the clusters into units of single cells. ® v t vuii^xo an ^"v * * vu *vu * W1 * iWlVUiCfl, VAg giving your favorite name. Lillian j rich, Jr., home, Saturday afternoon.! tourist steamers waited outside the harbor for passengers goggling at the sights ashore. Upward, the eye ranged over the white terraces shimmering in the Ackerman gave a talk on the Home j Miss Edith Darby is attending the Bureau meeting the 4-H girls and j Soropornist National, Convention at their mothers were invited to attend, j St. Louis this week. Ferel Martin gave a demonstration! Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peters of. Har- -- : - o -- -- on how to enlarge a pattern and 1 vard were callers in the B. T. Butler sun> palatial hotels dotting the Carol Harrison gave a demonstration home Saturday evening. j s^°Pes ?f Mount Beausoleil, the railoft the care of the hair. Phyllis | Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer attended climbing the hill to La Turbie, Bruce demonstrated the proper w&y j a farewell party lor Melvin Kattner * , sn<Jwy summits of the Maritime to care for your teeth. The 4-H j at Richmond, SuncTay ° evening--Mel-: „ ps" n v^is Plush-and-gold setting, club will collect scrap paper, rags vin leaves soon to join the army air i °w pQ a?'ng be<^ame a fine art. and waste fats on July 15 The pro- corps I „„^?n c£ ° W?S bea,utlf t uI' clean' c, eo, ds to -b e ju sedt t-o wi ards l.-t he am-i.11 Mrs. R.„ E . Fr- an.k otf» CAry sitia l Lake i n'cciloocrKk . Ounncree tthhe^ ^cr^rowwHdks had en- bulance fund Loca achievement; was a caller in the R. C. Harrison tered the garish tals of the com. day will be held July 19.--Mary Ann , home Sunday. , ' j bination theater and casino, the Wiedrich, reporter. I Alice Peet has returned to Elgin I town was stilled until the flurry of The Ringwood Jr. Dairymen 4-H a^r spending a weeks Vacation with ! traffic at the end of the performance. club held their regular meeting at her parents. , Chance was king in the casino the Ringwood school. The meeting Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Saunders and that flourished in the domain of a called to order by spying the Johnny Holmes of Sycamore and prince. The grant for the gaming Mrs. Bertha! Saunders . of Harvard, concession in the prosperous pre was 4-H pledge. Don/Rink^nberger gav« • •.--• a talk on: his Angus project and spent Sunday in the Frpd Wiedrich, Charles Martin talked on T. B. and h°me- Bang's test. The date for the nextj Mrs. Matt Schaeffer of Johnsburg meeting was set for July 17. Ferel, sP»nt Tuesday evening with Mrs. Martin, reporter. - Nick Young. Miss Phyllis Darby of St: Peters- rt Frank Hawley of Chicago and Mrs. burg Florida is spending a monll: if, E?ean°f Bac0" °f Ijak Q e v'8,t' the Walter Harrison home. , edJLn the J- 5 Ha?le,y h°me ^ _ „ Mr. and Mrs. »Lyle Hopper and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown and daughters of Chicago spent Saturday daughters and Helen Bilstien of Chi* j with .Mr and Mrs s w Smith> cago _spent Tuesday with Mr. and; Mr and Mrs. LeSiie Neff of Richy "Nothing iut soup. crackers and r<>oktes, butlhou thom tired men and. women (Uick to the cot ntcr nflcr work hoii'*!" - , : ' GET A JOB! By KATHLEEN NORRIS Y i WOMAN asked me the' other day if the letters I' k-quote in these columns are genuine letters. I could answer her truthfully that every one is a real true human problem, but that I generally shift about the exact details, change the locate,' and substitute for the real names other names that aren't parti cularly identifiable, like Brown, Baker, Davis, Smith. In the fifteen years during which I have been answering letters in this weekly article, I have never betrayed a confidence or been accused of publicizing what was meant to be private inforrria-' ' tion. • '• So when today I quote the letters f of several women you may be sure they are real, live American women who have handled the difficulties of war times, each in her own way. In- every case,-they are women who j have discovered that the only cure ; for nerves and sleeplessness and bit- i ter anxieties, in these days, is work, hard work, an3~plenty of it. There is a job for every one of us now, and the on^y happy women in the world today are the women who are busy. Get absorbed in some. u u * j helpful activity, get yourself so tired *er.house instea^ that a smooth bed, a reading light ^'Tg spaf 18 at and a book look like heaven to you. v! * and,,her °ld" every night and you'll get through ™ ^°USJ ^Ve" this crisis successfully. To be idle, fi"e So' 2 She llVeS' reading the papers, listening to the ' An ?h OUP Bar ^akes Money M ' • Another smart woman is Mrs Get into some useful tmr tcorfc, Kathleen ISorris advises all women who are alone because their husbands or sons are away in service. Even women who have a little spare time can do something useful--and at the same time occupy their minds, and calm their nerves. There is no cure for war jitters lihe hard work--plenty-of work. People who come home too tired to do anything but drop into bed don't worry much--they're too exhausted. Jobs are everywhere --not only in factories but in restaurants, , hospitals, Red Cross cant tens--even your own home! One married woman with two children cares for two or more children of uar workers. Another runs a "soup bar * near an airplane factory. Many women are making a tidy income serving in some useful way. The money can go into war bonds, or a savings account for the time when HE comes home. Mrs. Ed Bauer and family. Arlene and Annabelle Nett spent Sunday evening with Mr. and- Mrs, John Skidmore. v Patsy Ann Clay of Rockford is spending two weeks with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Peet. The Ringwood Sunday school wil) hold a picnic this Sunday, rain or' shine--everyone is invited. Please bring- sandwiches( a dish to pass and dishes for your own family--pop and ice cream will be furnished.' Mary Hogan has returned home after spending a month with her grandparents at Belvidere. " Kenneth Cristy returned to Great Lakes Thursday after spending a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Gristy. Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch called on Mrs. Jennie Bacon, Friday evening. Those attending the reunion at the C. Harrison home July 4 were Mr. and Mrs. William Wurtzinger, Roxy ' and Naricy, Esther Smith, Mrs. WiU bur Benoy and daughter of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harri- ; son and Carol, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marliwjfe and children of Huntley, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith, Charles, Frank, Dorothy and Sam, Mr. and | , Mrs. Clayton Harrison and the R. C. Harrison family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Welterer of Chi^ j cago spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley. Viola Low attended the county auxiliary meeting at Algonquin Friday evening. Mrs. Rose Jepson spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Roland Mc- Cannon and children of Woodstock. The W. S. C. S. will meet with Mrs. Kenneth Cristy Friday, July 21. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., enter- : tained fourteen members of the Christ church guild of( Harvard at a one o'clock luncheon, Wednesday. Mrs. Wilmer Montayne and children of Woodstock were callers in the Beatty-Low home Saturday afternoon.. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young and Mrs. mofid called, on Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jr., Thursday evening. Healing Drags There has been no drug in history that is both therapeutically active and non-toxic. ASPHALT I « • « 4* :• Dust Layer f ROAD SURFACING Skokie Valley j; Asphalt Co. DesPlaines, III. Phone 1165 war year pf 1937 was about half a million dollars, half the Principality's public expenditures, m, recent' year. •, •' .• "' ' - " ' T,_«V 'WVts Fluff Nap While corduroy is drying it should be brushed occasionally with a whiskbroom or clothesbrush, to fluff up the nap. When completely dry, press lightly on the wrong side, padding the ironing board with a terrycloth towel. Brush in one direction as a final step. * » » <•» * I •!' H > '!• t 'I'»•»•» » » » » »'I» » Few Discos** Causa Poultry Man Such Ion* When you notice wet beaki osr wheeling, get bu*v quickly with aJthar cf ^theee convenient, totted twaimentfc For odds »nd breathing troubles. Helps prevent iprwui; relieves •vmptoms. Works from the lnild« against such disorders. Deed alone, or in severe cases,! with VAPO-SPRAY. SPRAY WITH VAPO-SPRAY 01ST lwsrts of the birds. Rapid io : •etisa, high in antiseptic and in-^ hakatvalue. Get VAPO-SPRAY1 or Leenulsioo NOW, and be pre-' pared. Bolger's Drug Store Green Street McHenry CLARENCE'S SHOP Bird Houses, Lawn Chairs, Pier Benches, Swings, Trellises, Wheelbarrows, Wagons, etc. Barn and House Brooms, Market Baskets and Wash Baskets, hand woven; genuine Leather Belts, Billfolds ^ . ' CLARENCE J. SMITH JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS HANDLE YOU! TELEPHONE WITH CARE ~\ YOUtf telephone is a vital unit in the nation's communica* lions system. With all telephone facilities still needed for War uses, many civilian requests for service cannot now bie met. We are doing all we can to shorten tlie waiting list. • Keep your telephone on a firm table or desk where it'a not apt to be knocked to the floor. • Avoid placing your telephone too near a desk corner where th« IOOM cord may be caught on a knob or handle. • Be careful to keep your telephone cord straight and even. Untwist it whenever it gets kinky. • When washing woodwork or mopping floors, be sure not to let die cord get water-soaked. Don't leave it near an open window. • Always replace the receiver carefully. Banging it down may break it. • Please don't use a pendt or any other sharp point on the dial of any telephone. "€> ILLINOIS BILL fILBPHONI COMPANY •iisp tthhee shortest way to a breakdown wt61* 8pent M°nday Pt Burling- Mrs. Brown Boards Children. » Well, then, here's Mrs. Brown ol Kansas City,, aged 29, with two young children. Mrs. Brown boards children at one dollar a day, keeps them overnight for two dollars a night. She has four regular little , customers, whose mothers are war lives near a big plane factory; she ; Wis , __ „T ^ TT . had opened a soup bar. Mr- and "rs- Walter Harrison and Nothing but soup, crackers and iEarle- Phyllis and Edith Darby, cookies, but how the tired men and sPcnt Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. women flock to the counter after ! Bert Doolittle and family of Antiodh. work hours! She has "rush hours" Mr- and Mrs* Ly!e Ehlert and of course, but also she has a steady children of Richmond spent Sundaytrickle of customers from 10 o'clock t afternoon in the John Skidmore homa* •--"C--war | in the morning until she closes the i Darlene and Audrey Andreas are workers and find the comfortable | bar at nine at night. She has two visiting: their grandparentsyat-^Clgon- Brown home and garden a miracu- I girls helping her; serves two soups quin. toys help. They call for their chil- i daily. One a cream vegetable soup, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer, Marvin dren every afternoon. Other young | the other a regular meal, like and Joan spent Sunday with Mr. and mothers, who need a day m town, I Italian minestrone. Beans, peas. Mrs. Marvin Arseneau of Crystal onions, noodles, macaroni, tomatoes, : Lake. soup bones-everything goes into it Mrs. Joe Miller and children Of £he charges 25 cents a service and McHenry and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and m t ^in?S a[e nuf0F granted children visited their father, Albert Not the least contribution to the Schultz of Genoa City. America ^ % '•? postwar R^v- and Mrs. H. J. Collins Spent who are oroviS tS >h,ese u.omen ' Sunday with their son, Paul, and' hairs ouVi„,nstp P eidweit.frily„of, Ar]i^i He%. ^ worn grooves to establish 'them- ; T F Collms and selves financially. Perhaps the mil- ^ £1C^--V . • , j lions of magnificent nurses and Red f MV T ^l K'rlJPatl"lck a»d Cross workers, the women who are u ^L 6 moved to Belo,t to make giving their whole lives in the army th^r»Ju>,n*- ,4 • . ... or . y. - - 's 'higher because of a completer sacrifice. But there is many a man out on the battle fronts now who would be glad to receive a certain type of letter from a day weekly fdr the Red Cross, gladly avail themselves of the Brown nursery. Two little brothers have stayed day and night for a month; Mrs. Brown gets $65 per month each for this care. ^ Does she get tired? Oh, yes, too tired to do anything, but drop into bed after small boots have been cleaned and small clothes laid out after dinner. And what does Mr Brown think of it? He likes it. His salary hasn't gone up in the last years; other expenses have. It was Mr. Brown who recently said to his Wife that her nursery activities had removed the last gnawing worry that h,e had, in making him feel that should anything happen to him--the - spectre that haunts all husbands and fathers"!--she could I the moping, self-pitying little" worn Hike care of the children. an he left at home. A letter sayine t.1h.er.e,ls Mrs. Davis of Oak- that she has waked up and is busv land, Lalif. Mrs. .Davis' husband <*nd i and absorbed and that when he get* both sons are away in the services ' 1 " meditated opening a boarding navy services, are showing a Be"y "Itz .is visiting her aunt ier type of patriotism, becaucp ' a"d uncle> Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ehlert of Richmond. Mrs. Lester Carr was hostess to the Bunco Club Thursday afternoon*-- prizes were won by Mrs. William McCannon and Mrs. Oscar Berg. Shirlgy Woodward and4 Marion Hawley spent Tuesday in Chicago. • - -- Mrs. Joh'n Hogan and children and home there will be a neat little Janet Johnson attended the circu# nest-egg ready for a celebration. 'n Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Jack Leonard is spending a week Eggs are Protein Food »tioned eggs*, are a source of with friends at Chippewa Falls, Wis* Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spen& one of the best protein foods and so i Sunday at McHenry. |ake the place of meat. In addi- Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe and Jack tion, their present low cost makes I Woodstock called on Mrs. Jennie them an excellent source of prac- Bacon Saturday evening. tically all the known vitamins except vitamin C and of several minerals needed in the daily meals. Those who wish to buy eggs now at low prices can easily store 15 or " dozen or more in crocks ~ Help in a Red Crofs'icanteen . . V Tough Initiation The knocking out of boys' teeth |pi a test of endurance during initiation ceremonies is a fairly common practice among tribesmen, especially in Australia. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard were callers in Woodstock Saturday. Members of the Ringwood Homa Bureau who attended the annual meeting were--Mrs. Ed Peet, Mrs. wooden tnhc nr i "" . w i Ed Carr, Mrs. Chancey Harrison, use of water elTS ^3'^' thf i Mrs" L1°yd Benwell. Mrs. Walter Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clay, Patty,; . Maxine and David and Edna Peet of _ . . Read Labels Rockford spent Tuesday with Mr. In giving medicines, get the habit j a"d Mrs. Ed Peet. Split Wood Green wood ftve inches or more in diameter should be split if it is to be burned soon. Even a few days time will dry the split wood somewhat, and the split wood catches Are more easily in stove or furnace. of reading the labels twice so there'll be no mixup. The bitter taste of some medicines is concealed if followed by a sip of very cold water. tJse Leftovers Some popular dishes which ara improved by leftover turkey, duck, goose or chicken are soaps, broths, stews, casseroles, creamed salads, and hash. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Treon of Cryf. tal Lake were callers in the Harrison- Feet home Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison and Carol were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marlowe of Huntley. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich and Mae wewi callers in Genoa City, Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cruckman, Bessie Burrow and Edith Faulkner of Times (IN RtMiii) Food should be washed clean Oh send an orchid to Emma J. Thistle ' Who washes vegetables clean as a whistle But fie on the canner so inexpert ' Wh<£ cans the vegetable and the dirt Avoid unnecessary de'ays -- work rapidly Bottleneck Bertha is all atremble . Her canning equipment she didn't She must wash jars that she forgot V^^hile all her foodstuffs stand and rot. Prepare correct amount of food Miss Annie Ample so I was told Prepared more food than her house'd hold Since she was such a canning fbol She's forced to live in ker vestibule. Fc'Iow time chert faithfully . Gabbie Gertie all saucer-eyed Forgets to consult her canning guide You can find out later who's conval So hang up, Gert, your canner's processing. tftrrj Store jars in proper place Though an expert canner, Mist Lulu Belle Bryce Took no heed of good storage advice But chose her attic like a stubborn mole (A good storage place should be dry, dark and cool.) Make sure that jars are sealed Good Mrs. Bustle who canned with great 2C*1 Hit the all time high for imperfect jar seal With tears in her eyes, clothespin on her nose Out to the garbage with canning she goes. YOU AftfcN'T A BOTTLENECK BERTHA, OF CDURS1. . . But did any of your home-canned food spoil last year? If so, try for a perfect score this war year.*Save next winter's food new by des-% troying Lactcrla c.nd other invisible stowav/cys that cause food spoilage. Read the article "How To Avoid Spoilage" in the 1944 CANNING GUIDE available to you at your Public Service srore. This 32-page illustrated booklet also contains a jar cap guide, a story on "51 Ways to Serve Your Home-canned roccr," cac mucli other useful information. , .. v •II Ii I II, II1(I,IIII,I[,IKSIIIIii>nn|I,inriii)I>1 i inn', • PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0 a - •' o 0 a Q Q