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Vift its THE McHENRY PUUHDEALMt ^ 1 t.f« ^ •* Wf ; V^' , ;* "Sir*;.'. Hmnktay, Aofnst 10,1M4 SLOCUM LAKE (By Mn. Barry Matthews) iifr. and Mrs. R- W. Lusk and daughter, ®etty Lou, were callers at Oystal Lake Saturday evening. 'Harry Matthews and Uoyd Fisher of Volo attended the regular meetof the Lake County Farm Bureau «t Farmers' hall, Grayslake, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Larsen and daughter of DesPlaines were supper gxiests last Friday at the Blomgren- Lusk home. v. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and Mti, Chesney, were callers at the Dr. Merryman Home at Dundee Sun- Misses Arissa Brown ^and Martha Bates of Wauconda visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lusk and slaughter, Betty Lou, were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs. Lou Lusk east of Volo. Robert D. Matthews is spending this week assisting in the hog division at the Crown Stock farm near Bassett, Wis., under the supervision of Forrest Grunewald. Mr.- and Mta. G. J. Burnett spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler at Round Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Converse and children of Waterloo, Iowa, visited at the Blomgren-iLusk home Sunday evening: while enroute to their home in Iowav after spending a few days at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Convers'e, east of Volo. Mr. and Mrs. H; O'Btien of Rose-, ville and Mrs. C. H. Hansen were; recent callers . at the home of Mr and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burkhart of; WTIMms Park and guests, Mr. and! Mrsf Arnold Burkhart of Chicago,' callers at Waukegan Fri- Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Burkhart re- j turned to their tame in Chicago! Monday evening after enjoying a! week's vacation at the home of thej former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm» j Burkhart at Williams Park. • / i Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping were; callers lasji' Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ben, at Island Lake. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews War Bonds a» Investment for Farmers by Warren V. Hawley, Jr., President New York State Farm Bureau Federation PI CHECKING figures of the Farm Credit Administration, I find that farmers are paying off mortgages faster than at any other period in the history of the Federal Land Bank. At the same time, farmers are building up cash reserves, but the wise investment of this money is an extremely hard job for farmers to undertake. The temptation ij to try and obtain as high an interest rate as possible. Many of us see no reason why we should not get as much interest on our money now as we had to pay the bank when we were forced to borrow during the depression. The answer is that today money is cheap--"expanded", as the bankers express it. Therefore interest rates are low except in very speculative securities. Naturally no farmer wants to risk losing his hard earned cash. We farmers know our own business and we can invest money in it safely because we understand it. However, when we branch off into other fields, especially the highly technical field of investments, most of us encounter sad experiences. In these days it is virtually impossible for farmers to put their surplus cash back into tne farm. War-time conditions prevent us from repairing buildings, and buying new machinery, automobiles, trucks and other equipment we must eventually have if we are going to stay in business. So the smart thing for farmers to do is to invest their surplus money in War Bonds where it is as safe as a dollar bill. These bonds increase in value the longer they are held ; they can be cashed after sixty days in case ol need, and tlie-y will provide a reserve for investment after the war in the business the farmers know best--the business of farming. I confidently predict that if farmers will do this, the dawn of peace will signalize a new day for agriculture. U. S. Treasury Department of Oak Park were Saturday supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping. Mn and Mrs. W. L. Spafford were also supper guests. Miss Marilyn Darrell of Waucpnda returned home with them for % week's vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook of Chicago sponsored a party at their summer home at Williams Park last Tuesday evening in honor of the eighth wedding anniversary of Mr. -and "Mrs. Arnold Burkhart of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burkhart attended the party, Mr. and Mrs. Emit Mentier of Highland Park were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hansen. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Spafford attended the band concert on the McHenry high school grounds at McHenry last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. I. Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bergstrom and Eric Bergstrom of Chicago were guests. Sunday at the Blomgren-Lusk home. IkCr. Asa Crabtree of Cary, Mrs. Jane Keeler of Barrington and Captain E. S. Jason of 'Florida were Sunday guests at the home of Sir. and Mrs. G. J. Bqrnett. r Mr. and Mrs! Wm Burkhart of Williams Park and guests, Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Burkhart of Chicago were callers at Liberty ville last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Motta of Chicago spent last Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett, while other visitors during the week were Mn and Mrs. Carl Cheavens from Island Lake. Mrs. C. H. Hansen and Mrs. Harry Matthews were, callers at Wbukegan Tuesday. Loyalty of Flier ^ Cripples Him for 4ife, Doctor Says Sense of Duly Keeps Him at His Guns Though Bs% Wounded in Fight. McCULLOM LAKE Slack Suit Useful and Will Save Money for War Bonds -j* (By Marie McKim). Otto Ebert is a generous man, we know, but when he is kind enough to give a lady in distress a lift from Crystal Lake to McCullom Lake, he opens the back door of his car, puts her luggage in and tells her to enter, I ask you, "Is that nice, Otto?" "Yardstick, "please find out who this attractive lady is. Otto won't tell! Robert Sales, S-3c, left Monday forenoon to return to Great Lakes, after spending and enjoying his nineday leave between here and Crystal Lake. She is a cute little number, Bob. Happy - landing, Sailor, and good luck. Mrs. Kilfether visited Mrs. Art Hubsch, the former Mildred Cylik, recently and saw the new baby. She reports the baby looks just like its dad, who received a furlough just in time to walk the floor with the newcomer. Mr. and Mrs. Steve . Cylik have a new modern store at Kedzie Avenue and Marquette Road in Chiago. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Burg are proud parents for the second time. The young lady arrived at the West Suburban hospital about ten days ago. Their other child is a boy. Sarg. Tec. Jack JJourelle of the army engineers, visited his sister and friends here a few days ago while on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Guvreau and child are enjoying their vacation at their home here. Eleanor Schaefer is now working at Trigin's store. Not far to go to work, Eleanor. Glad to learn that Mrs. Scharf i.s up and around again after having been confined to bed for the past few weeks. Ensign Edgar H. Buns of the navy air corps is home on leave at McCullom Lake. After his return to the navy he will be stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas, as instructor in aviation. He has been in the service one year and seven monti^, During that 'time^."Ii«t' served /eit-a fighter plane. FLYING FORTRESS BASE IN ENGLAND.--This is the,story of a bombardier who may never walk •gain because his sense of duty kept him at his guns in the torn nose of • Flying Fortress to a freezing hell over Bremen. The army's doctors told Second Lieut. Charles W. Spencer, Peoria, 111., that he will spend the next two years on a hospital bed and will be crippled for life. They told him, too, that his bombardment group had recommended him for America's highest military award--the Congressional Medal of Honor. Turns Flesh Black. It was over 46 degree* below tero that day over Bremen when a 20- mlll|meter,cannon shell ripptd open the'glass nose "of the Flying Fortress "Stardust." The "flak wind" streamed over Spencer at 190 miles an hour, a wind so cold the flesh turns black in a matter of minutes as if it had been seared by a hot iron. Doctors who have seen men exposed to that wind before say most men would not live through it for even a few minutes. The blast of the German shell ripped off Spencer's head gear, slashed his face, and left him unconscious and without oxygen. The Stardust's navigator, Harold J. Rocketto, New York city, was killed instantly. When Engineer Tech. Sergt. Grover C. Mullins, Windsor, Mo., entered the nose to check the damage, he found Spencer on the floor, bleeding and frozen. He dragged him into the passage beneath the pilot's compartment and tried to give him oxygen. But Mullins was a busy man. He had to assist the co-pilot, whose oxygen ha$J been shot away, too, and he had to drop the Stardust's bombs himself, because the release mechanism had been smashed. So he left Spencer in the passage, semiconscious and apparently .close to death. One Main Idea. "He seemed to have one main idea in the back of his mind," Mullins 'explained. "He thought, he ought to release his bombs and mart his guns. He was still conscious enough to crawl back, and after we landed I found him unconscious beneath his guns." , The co-pilot, Second Lieut. McDonald Riddick, Beaumont, Texas, said Spencer insisted on getting back to his guns, "and he "even struggled to get there, although all he could do at first was to roll over." That was on November 26. Spencer's superiors thought at first of recommending him for the Distinguished Service Cross. Then the mcdical report showed the full implications of his experience and they decided to recommend him for the highest award--for gallantry "above and beyond the call of duty." Doctors hope to make Spencer a new man with plastic surgery, but it will be a long, slow process, and it will never fully restore the use of his crippled hand and foot. "Nothing but grit and courage enabled this man to live," was the report of Flight Surgeon Capt. Harold Broady, Lowell, Mass. . " t err * ell-rounded wardrobe should include a alack «uit. They are practical •in! appropriate, whether you play golf or work in a defense plant. Smart in itii Mmplicitv i* this outfit of brown slack* and jacket with beige front worn by a I'oners n.otlel. You will want to make and wear it, and buy War Bonds with the inoner vou save by tewing. A suitable pattern may be obtained at your local More. £/. S. Treasury Department Women's Suits What about suits for the woman with large hips? A fitted suit jacket ending just above the largest part of the hips will tend to increase the size by calling attention to the circumference outlined by the bottom of the skirt. A jacket length just covering the widest part will in many cases cut the figure in half, resulting "ah unpleasant proportions. Avoid theoiseof two colors in jacket and skirt, as such a combination divides the figure and calls attention to the wrong part of it. 8 Billions in Minerals Mined in U. S. in 1943 WASHINGTON. -- Reporting that $8,000,000,000 worth of minerals, an all-time record, was dug, scooped and pumped from United States soil in 1943, Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes expressed concern aver dwindling resources and called for measures to assure this country "its share of the world's minerals at fair prices." The Secretary made public yearend estimates by the bureau of mines, headed by Dr. R. R. Sayers. Metallic products for the year were valued at $2,500,000,000, a 6 per cent gain; mineral fuels, $4,566,000,- 000, a 12 per cent gain; other nonmetallic minerals, $964,000,000, a decline of 14 per cent. This decline was mainly in sand, gravel, stone and cement and reflected the reduction in construction activities. Aluminum production increased more than 75 per cent from 621,106 short tons in 1942 to about "920,000 tons in 1943. SE Roftr B. Whitman--WNU hlturtt, FIREPLACE CHIMNEY Question: One of our three chimneys is not in use except for a Franklin stove set up in the living room. Is it possible, without completely rebuilding it, to convert this chimney into a fireplace chimney, to give us a fireplace in the living room? Als&, what can be done to stop "creosote" from running down the wallpaper on the chimney in the room on the third floor? Answer: A good mason who is familiar with chimney and flreplacs construction should be able to do whatever is necessary to give you a fireplace. It may not take as much rebuilding as you would suppose. When wood burns, especially greenwood* saps and gums become vaporized and start up the chimney ss smoke. If the chimney is warm to the top, these vapors pass out without raakiAjr trouble. On the other hand, if the upper part of the" chimney is cool the vapors condense and turn into creosote. This may •oak through the brickwork and come out on the plaster. It may drip through jointa in smoke pipes. Xn time it will form a hard lining in the flue. An inside chimney connected to a range or stove in which there is a continual flre will remain warm. An outside chimney, with thin walls, and connected with a stove having a low lire, or one that ic only lighted occasionally, is the commonest cause of creosote trouble. In building a chimney the flues should have flre clay linings to keep creosote from soaking into the brickwork, and the walls of the chimney that are exposed to weather should be at least eight inches thick. Coal would be a better fuel than wood. • • • „ BOILER PIT Question: I am having tnrable with a steam heating system that recently was installed. The boiler was put in a pit nine Inches below the surface of the cellar floor. Water iiiii i n keeps seeping in and around the level of the heater. The firm that put in the heating system rebuilt the pit, but water still comes in. Please advise. ^Answer: A reliable mason contractor or waterproofer should be called in to rebuild the pit with a good, dense waterproof concrete of, sufficient thickness to withstand water pressure. Ask your dealer in mason materials to recommend a good contractor for the work. • * * Oil Burner Puffs Back Question: There is a downdraft in my chimney, and every time I start my oil burner it will gag and puff back, shaking the whole house. To overcome this I have to close the draft control entirely._ How can I correct this condition? Answer: There are several reasons why the oil burner puffs back. A faulty shutoff valve back of the] nozzle in the burner, an automatic draft control improperly adjusted or CHURCH SERVICES St. Mary'a CathoUr Chnrek Masses: ,,, ^ Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:00. Week Days: 6:45 and 8:00. First Friday: 640 and 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 8:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Thursday before First Friday-- After 8:00 Mass on Thuraday; 3:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Msgr. C. 8. Nix, Paator. fit. Patrick'sCatholic CtaKft Masses: Sunday: 8:00, 9:00,10:00and 11:00 Weekdays:" 7:80. .First Fridays: 7:80. On First Friday, Caanoaka distributed at 6:30, 7.-00 and before and during tne 740 Maas. Confessions: ( . Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 p. a. I 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. Thursday SWore First Friday * 4«M to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 8:09 Rev. Wm. A. CBourke, patter. St. Joke's Catholic ChudL Masses: Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, and llriMfc Holy Days: 7:00 and 9.-00. Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: 8:00. Confessions: Saturday*: 240 and 74t> Thursday before First Friday: and 7:80. Rev. A. J, Neidert, pastor. I'M Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church John St. East of Highway 31 West McHenry, 111. Herman C. Noll, pastor, Round Lake, Illinois. j A cordial welcome is extended to all who lave no church affiliation to worship with us. The message heard from our pulpit, we are sure, will fill your heart with- hope $nd courage. . ' Services 9 a.m. Sunday School ............10 aim. "Christ Our Only Talking Point!" W E L C O M E Listen to the International Lutheran Hour Sundays--W. G. N., 2:80 p.m. Community Charclr Sunday School: 10:00 a. m. Worship Service: 11:00 a. a. Jtftiior League:. 0:80 p. m. Epworth League: 8:00 p.m. Rev. Mack Powell, pastor. St. Peter's Catholic Charek, . Spriag Grove Masses: Sundays: 8:00 snd 10:00: Holy Days: 6:30 aod 9KM. Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: <4:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 2:80 and 7:l£ Thursday before First Friday: 1:80 and 7:15. Rev. John L. Daletfen, Paator. Wonder Lake Ev. Luth. Church (Missouri Synod) ' Sunday school--10:00 a. m. v Divine services--3:00 p. m. H. L. PFOTENHAUER^ Pastor Grace Lutheran Chnreii Richmond Sunday Schodl: 10:30 a. m. Adult Service: 11:00 a. m. John W. Gable, pastor. Need Constantly One cannot get too much vitamin^' C, as the excess is carried away ' by the kidneys, but the ability oiS the body to store this vitamin ijp limited, therefore * the daily dieffe; should be rich in it. BR.B. --- Dentist -- J *' - 120 Green .^Street Pfcene 292-J.' McHenry ,. ^ Honrs: 10 s.bl to 5 pan. daily except Wednesday. ..Tueadky and Friday nights to 8:80 pja. Other hoars by appointment. • ' •. ' Office Henri--Dally Enept Yhnrs. 10 to 12,140 to 4:30, Mon^ Wei, Fri. Nights: 7 to 8. Other Hoars by Appointasent H. 8. TAN DENSURGH, DC, PhC - Chiropractor 120 Green St. Tel. 292-R. McHenry Reeidenee Phone Hebron 928 : -4^ :V1.'. v j • ' V -w.' , • . \:v. • : :: ' :' * " V ' . '• TEL. WONDER LAKE 418 jg i»: c. £. WATkiirg Dentist - Office Honra"* Taeeday A Saturdays: 9 ajn. to 5 pun, Bveninge and Saaday Mornings by AppointaMnt! ' ••Imit Pourt WiMn Lake, at Ok. h. s. roar Veterinarian 306 Waukegan St. Phwse St McHENRT, ILL. McHENRY FLORAL CO. -- Phone 608-R-1 -- One Milf South of ttfcjgenry on Ronte 31. Flowers for all occasions! Phone 48 Vernon J. Knot- ATTORNEY AT LAW -- OFFICE HOURS -- Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment McHenry . - . . JlHnofe Rittgwood Charek v : Ringwood, 111. Sanday--Public worship, 9:80. Church School, 10:30. Choir Rehearsals--Wednesday eveinstalled in the wrong place, or tooling. Mrs. Kenneth Cristy, director, much baffling in the furnace are Soldier Draws a Blank With His Notjs to Donor AKRON, OHIO.--Somewhere overseas is a disillusioned soldier.- Behind his sadness is the story of workers in a war plant here who took up a collection to buy cigarettes for the boys overseas. Some of them included their names with tho smokes. -- The soldier who received his was much impressed with the name of the donor--"Fay Willoughby." He was so impressed that he wrote back a thank-you letter, ending it with a romantic p.s.: "Who knows? This note may be from your future husband." Back to the romantic doughboy came the answer--from a Mrs. Willoughby, who kindly explained that Fay was married to her and made a very nice husband. Fin and Grlpff From a medical viewpoint, the terms flu and grippe are synonymous, says Dr. Rufus S. Reeves, Philadelphia director of public health, but the general public generally considers influenza as including along with the usual aching and elevated temperature, symptoms of running nose and sometimes a little sore throat and slight coagh. J some of the possible causes. Have an expert oil-burner serviceman check these and other possibilities for you. I am, of course, taking for granted that the chimney is large enough and has no obstructions. • •> • Drafty Kitehen Windows Question: My kitchen windows are weatherstripped, but there~is a draft on windy days. Because ol certain conditions I am unable to place storm windows on the outside. Could I put storm sash on the inside? Answer: Yes; storm sash can be installed on the inside, and will help to cut down the draft. You should, however, have some way to ventilate the kitchen. v • • • Painting Venetian Bliads Question: I should like to repaint my Venetian blinds. They face the sun all day. Shall I use indoor ot outdoor paint? Answer: Use a good quality, quick-drying synthetic resin enamel.' Apply it according to directions given on the can, a$d see that the surfaces are clean and dry. • • • Preserving Eggs . Question: What is the method ol preserving eggsyby the us® of silicate of soda? Answer: * Clean, a five - gallon "stone" crock or jar and scald ii thoroughly. Boil nine quarts of water and allow to cool; then add one quart of sodium silicate (watei glass), mixing thoroughly with water. The eggs must be covered al all times with at least two inches o| this solution. Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly covered to prevent evaporation. McHENRY LODGE A. F. & A. M. McHenry Lodge No. 158 meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hall on Court street. A. WORWICK PHOTOGRAPHER Portraiture - Coatmercial Photography - Photo-Finishing Enlarging - Copying - Framing Phone 275 -- Riverside Drive McHENRT. ILL. auto INSURANCE F t A,5S EARL R. WALSH Presenting Reliable Companies Whin yon need insurance of any triad Phone 43 or 118-M Green & Elm McHenry Syrup From Sap Traditional practices in maple tree sugar production have been succeeded in some measure by better forestry, by improvements in collecting and processing the sap, by temperature and density control with instruments. Before wartime restrictions took effect, the trend was toward tin buckets hung on wire hooks attached to metal ^spouts driven into the trees. Sap was piped to vats placed near sugar houses. From' the vats the sap ran automatically into evaporators and waa quickly converted into sirup or sugar. Telephone No. 800 *« . Stoffel ft Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY - - ILLINOIS Need Rubber Stamps? Order at The PlaindenlsTi Largest City Capital and largest city of Eire is Dublin, reported to have 482,000 residents in 1039. Well below 100,000 stood the ports of Cork, Limerick, and Waterford in order listed. Cut Early The best quality hay and most favorable yields, considering both digestible protein and total ^digestible nutrients, are obtained when tho hay crop is cut in the initial or early bloom stags. Early Chicks Chicks should be started early because early chicks "grow faster and have a lower mortality. Furthermore, the early cockerels can be sold while the prices, are higher and the pullets will come into production early in the fall when high egg prices prevail. Chicks for flock replacement should be obtained from flocks which have been tested arid found to be free of pollorum. The brooder house should be cleaned thoroughly and the brooder put into operation a day or two before the chicks arrive. KDWARD SCHMITT Roofing Contractor A8bestea and Insul Brick Siding 1 Estimates Furnished Phone 603-R-l Box 368 McHenry, HL A. P. Freund Co Excavating Contractor Trucking, Hydraulic and Crane Service. --Road Building- Tel 204-M McHenry, lit Care of Honey "• T»->!'.quefy honey that has granulated or solidified place the container in a bowl of warm water--not Warmer Jhan the hand can bear-- 'uitil all crystals are melted. To store honey, keep liquid honey in a warm dry place where the temperature is 75 degrees F or over, ur in a cold place where the temperature is below 55 degrees F. Freezing does not injure the color or flavor but may hasten granulation. Avoid damp places for storage because hdhey has the property of absorbing and retaining moisture. Do not put comb honey in the refrigerator. It is better kept at room temperature. Commerieial Forests Commercial forests cover 58 per. oent ol North Carolina's S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Our Experience is at Your Service , in Building Your Wants. Phone 56-W McHenry Phone McHenry 677-R-l -- Basement Excavating -- NETT'S SAND & GRAVEL Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . Black Dirt . . Power Leveling and Grading. V J. E. NETT Johnsbprg P. O.--McHenry WANTED TO BUY We pay $5 to $15 for Old or Injured Horses or Cows Standing or Down if Alive. Matt's Mink Ranch Johnsburg - Spring Grove Rond Phone Johnsburg 659-J-2 AT 0NCE ON DEAD HOGS, HORSES A CATTLE JEgJgg. phone charm, x ( - V*' ***"J ' •