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tlx Maddn house en Park Avenoe, which Mr. Friaby has purchased* VN. J. Justen has sold to Chester Goodman fifty-six arces of the John Freund farm just east of the Clare* mont house on the Ringwood road. Chester Will farm it. The McHenry Light. Power arid Heat company is now in full' Operation. The lights thus far have been satisfactory. VOLO THIRTY YEARS AGO SIXTY YEARS AG<^ ^ JCNie dollar buys of fionslett & _l£toffel 7 gals, of 150 per cent kerosene oil; 25 lbs. choice codfish. 8 lbs. good roasted coffee, 8 lbs. good green - eoffee, 22 lbs. nice clean broken rice, •X+t 4 iBs! of. good Japan teacV The department of agriculture at ^Washington has favored us with a • choice collection of seeds. Do not forget theHst Carnival at. 4,the Riverside Skajtfljftei^ik on Saturday evening of tMMweek. The weather for tfliFftast week has , been beautiful and the snow is fast disappearing. Everything now ; indicates an early spring. . • i>,.; Vjvn::; "FIFTY YEARS, AGO -v James Powers has moved his fanv ily from, his farm at Ridgefield to the Mrs. j Bert Matthews house on John street on the West side. Butter on the Elgin boartf of trade sold at 30 cents per pound last Saturday. George Justen is in Chicago, where he is taking a course in undertaking. The Meyers Bros. "Ice Company is now ready to delver you. ice for. the coming season. TWENTY YEARS AGO J. D. Lodtz and wife were attending to business in Chicago on Tuesday. Mr. Lodtz was looking out for his spring stock. Miss Bemice Perry was the recipient of a very pleasant surprise on" Saturday evening, by a p.arty of. young people from Woodstock. Six dozen new "Dutcheese" all wool pants just received. Prices $2, -J8 and $3.25, at S. Stoffel's. Buy your clothing at the "new schedule" prices at Perry & Owen's. $20 suits now $15. $18 suits now $14. AH very low in price. Misses Kathryn- McCabe and Carolyn Miller of this city " recently completed courses at a Marihello Beauty shop in Chicago. The river is once, more almost entirely free from its ice coating and with the advent of the first real spring weather we expect to once more see considerable "activity along this beautiful stream. John M.' Phalin has rented the H. H. Fay house on Maple avenue in this city and expects to move his family to this city from his farm, south of town, shortly. ! Mr. and Mrs. Peter Freund and family of Johnsburgh expect to move to Chicago next week. FORTY YEARS AGO Gilbert Bros, have sold their .vacant store building on Green street to John Heimer, the deal being closed : Monday. Consideration $2,500. John B. Frisby and family have moved into town and are occupying t Irish PcfatO After much investigauolil^He Encyclopaedia Brit^nnica, it nBis to be accepted that the originarn^bitat of the wild potato is either Peru or Chile. Here it has grown for centuries and supplied the stocks which have been distributed to most countries of the world. Some authorities believe it was Sir Walter Raleigh who brought potatoes to Ireland and to England. Others say that Sir 'Francis Drake did so in 1580. Order your 'Rubber Stamps at^The Plaindealer. (By Mrs. Lloyd Fisher) Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fishery Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hafer of Fremont township, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley and Mrs. A. Golding of Norwood, Park were Sunday evening and dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., in WaucOnda. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz, Mrs. [ Carl Thorsell and A. L. Ritta motor-" ed to Waukesha, Wis., Monday. Mrs. Wirtz, Mrs. Thorsell and A. L. Ritta spent the past week ^receiving treatments at the Dehrens Spa. Miss Irene Thennes of 'McHenry spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Thennes. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Float at Hamsphire, 111., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, Mrs. Alvin Case, Mrs. Roland Lueder, Mrs. Edwin Underwood and William Wirtz attended the funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hakris at Wauconda Sunday. v I Mr. and Mrs! Philip Thennes spefit Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Leo ! Deidrich at Huntley, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Case were jWsukegan callers Saturday.' | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey and famity spent Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Florence Grabbe at Cryst&l Lake, in honor of Donald Grabbe's sixteenth birthday anniversary. | Mrs. Roland Lueder . and daughter, Bemiece, returned to their home~ here Saturday, after spending the past month at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Alvin Case and, Mrs. Lloyd -Fisher attended an Alumni party Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Archie Foss in Libertyville. Mrs. Cecil Anderson, Mrs. Howard Converse, Mrs. Carl Fink,, Mrs. Layton Hubbard, Mrs. A. Clements, Mrs. Alvin Case, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs^ Kenneth Peterson, Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mrs. James Nance, Mrs; A. Eisenbise. Mrs. Margaret Schubert, Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, Mrs. Homer Cook, Mrs. Leonard Peterson, Mrs. Raymond Lusk, Mrs. John Lewjs Allen, Mrs. Wendell Dickson, Mrs. Hugh O'Brien, Mrs. Edwin Underwood and Mrs. Laura Shreck attended the annual meeting of the Lake County HMM inn Wd «t the Methodist church «t Libertyville Thursday. William Wirt* spent WfldnftfAp.Jn Chicago on business. ELECTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 17t day of April, A. D., 1945, at designated polling places in each ward in the City of McHenry, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, an election will be held for Mayor, Clerk, Alderman (one in each ward) and Treasurer.. The polls of said election will be opened at six a'clock in the morning, and will close at five o'clock in the evening of that day. Dated at McHenry, Illinois, this first day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred, and forty-five. £ARL R WALSH, Ifc-ily '•- Clerk.. JOHNSBURG Vaudeville Born in Valley Of Vire in Normandy • "Vaudeville" was derived from Val or Vau de Vire (Valley of the Vire) which was later corrupted into the present form. In a wooded gorge of tiie Vire in Normandy stood • mill which belonged to the ancestors of Olivier Basselin; to Olivier were ascribed the "Vaux de Vire," drinking songs first published in the 17th century, which sounded the keynote of early Vaudeville entertainment. Five roads converging on Vire made it locally famous as a cattle market and horse fair. Woolen mills in the town produced much of the poilu-blue cloth for French uniforms in the first World w%r. Near-by granite quanies were extensively worked. Vire grew up outside the walls of the fortlike castle, now in ruins, built by Henry I of England in the 12th century, Three sides of the castle were inaccessible because of steep cliffs. The town trails down (he fourth side of the hill toward the river. The Gothic gateway of the old town wall was still standing before the war. Dominating the scene was an old dock tower. The medieval Church of Notre Dame faces a limebordered .terrace Overlooking the valley. Order your Rubber Stamps at The Plaindealer. RED CROSS WAR FUND Do you know ALL that the RED CROSS does, for America's loved ones in every phase and branch of the war? For one thing -- it t provides life-giving blood plasma on the very spot where a man . lies wounded. Field directors help to settle family problems. Red \ Cross directs its efforts to rehabilitating the wounded; getting food and maii to the prisoners of war. Through its offices are recruited Army and Navy nurses. It operates clubmobiles for men at isolated posts; supplies-- * emergency foreigit war relief; teaches first aid; trains nurses' aides -- and performs many more services that make wartime suffering less horrible -- m o r e bearable. When you give to the Red Cross War Fund you make certain that Your RED CROSS is at his side! * • " • -- . (By "Tippy** Klein) Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pitsen, Mrs. Elisabeth Michels and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kempfer were guests in the Jos. J. Freund home Thursday evening. . Mrs. Catherine Smith, Mrs. Mamie King and Eugene King celebrated the first birthday anniversary of Larry Geier in McHenry, Friday. Miss Phyllis Smith celebrated her twelveth birthday anniversary in die home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Smith, Sunday. Those that enjoyed the day with her were: Ellen Adams, Jane Schmitt, Marilyn Turner, Doris Jean, John and Jane Michels, Marilyn Freund, Sally Mae King, Dolores Michels, Patsy Huemann, Marilyn Smith, Mrs. Catherine Smith, Mrs. Mamie King, Eugene King, Elaine Freund and Lucina Thelen. Sunday guests in the Art Klein home celebrating the dual birthday anniversaries of Peggy Ann and Art were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Britz, Norman Britz, Mr. .and Mrs. Norbert Klaus and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Britz and family of Spring Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prosser and family and Seaman apd Mrs. Hank Britz and daughter of Chicago; Benny Britz of Rockford, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis and son. Miss Shirley Britz and Mrs. Lorraine Manx of Fox Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jackson speiit Monday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Math Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Freund,' Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weingart were Saturday evening callers in the Ford Jackson home. Pvt. Ray Blake has been transferred from an army base in Alaska to one in the Aleutian Islands. Mrs. Marie Freund, Misses Dorothy,* Bette and Anita Freund visited with Miss Alice Slavin in Hebron," Sunday. - Visitors in the Bernard A. Freund home Tuesday were Mrs. Philip Thennes, Mrs. Charles Stilling and family, Mrs. Anna Freund, Miss Josephine Freund, Miss Dorothy Freund, Mrs. Jos. M. Schaefer and Mr. and Mrs. John P. Schaefer. Mrs. Francis Schmitt and infant son returned home from St. Therese hospital last week. About forty-six men attended the Community meeting Tuesday evening. Father Neidert gave his usual interesting talk and cards and refreshments concluded an enjoyable evening. Mrs. Elizabeth Mathieu has been on the sick list the past week. Her two sisters from Chicago spent weekend^ with he* - • / CHURCH SERVICE* St. Mary*a CatfcoHr Ch Sunday: 7:00, 8:80, 10:00 and 1140 Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:0tr™1 Week Days: 0:46 and 8:00. First Friday: 6:80 and 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 8:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. as. Thursday before First Friday-- After 8:00 Maas on Thursday; 8:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Msgr. C. 8. JUk, 4 M. Patrick's CathaHe Own* Ifasaes: * Sunday: 8:00, MsOOi a Weekdays; 740. \ First Fridays: 7:80. On Firat Friday, Communion datributed at 6:80,7:00 and befogs and during the 7:80 Maaa. Confessions: ,:i, Saturdays: 4:00 to BtfO p. n, and 7:00 to 8:00 p.nt Thursday before Hut Friday; 4:00 to 6K)0 p. m. and 7:00 tc 8:06 Bern. Wm. A; OVouriri, pastor. St Joka'a Oa|kaik Chanh, Masses: Sunday: 8:00 10:00. Holy Days: 7:00 and 9:00. Weekdaya: 8:00. I First Friday: 8:00. Confeasions: Saturdays: 2:80 and 7:80. Thursday before First Friday: SJO and 7:80. Rev A. J. Neidert, pastor. . Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church John St.. Eaat of Highway 81 West McHenry, 111'. Herman C. Noll, pastor,-Round Lake, Illinois. A cordial welcome is extended to all whe>have no church affiliation to. worship with us. The message heard from our pulpit, We are sure, will fill your heart with hope and courage. Services 9 a.ra; Sunday School ...... 10 a.m.' "Christ Our Only Talking Point!'* W E L C O M E Listen to the International Lutheran Hour Sundays--WGN 11:30 a. as. Nocturns t Animals Lemurs, which are monkey-like animals found chiefly in Madagascar, frequently go blind when kept in atrong light in zoos. The animals are nocturnal and their eyes are designed for diqi illumination.. When exposed to strong light fcr a long time; the retinas of their eyea de? teriorate. . CokOlftptial . «#Text to iron ore jpfe most; impolftant raw ipaterial going into the making of steel is coke. In 1943 the steel industry used 108 million tons 'of iron ore, 57 million tons of coke^ produced ifirom 81 million tons of coal--and 24 million tons of limestone. Because of its importance in steel operations, practically every pig iron producing plant in the country is now equipped to produce its own coke. Three quarters of the total coke capacity in the country is operated today by producers of pig iron and steel, many of whom normally sell surplus coke on tha> .open market. Com ability Charch Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Junior League: 6:80 p.m. Epworth League: 8:00 p.m. Rev. Mack PowelL pastor. St. Peter's Catholic Charch, Spring Grove Masses: Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. • Holy Daya: 6:80 and 9;00. j Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: 8:01, 1. " Confessions: v Saturdays: 2:80 and 7:16. Thursday before First Friday: SJ0 and 7:15. Rev. John L. Daleiden, PnstMvv Wonder Lake Ev. Luth. Chu*dl (Missouri Synod) Sunday school--10:00 a. m. Divine services--3:00 p. m. H. L. PFOTENHAUER, Paster Weight Conservation Wearing wet clothes for ' comfort When working in very hot environments saves workers from loss of weight dtie to effort in the excessive heat. Hie weight saving is greatest when the humidity is lowest. At a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit, with the humidity 25 per cent and an air movement of 25 feet a minute, a weight conservation of six ounces an hour while resting and 11 ounces while working was credited to the wet clothing. Individuals in the nude were used for comparison. When the humidity rose to 39 per cent the weight saving disappeared. At a lower temperature, 97 degrees, a relative humidity of 67 per • cent, and with the air moving twice as fast, 50 feet a minute, the weight conservation was lowered to 'hree ounces at rest and four ounces vhile working. . Grace Lutheran Charch . • Richmond * . v 'Sunday1,School: 10:15 a. m. The Service: 11:00 a. m. John W. Gable, pastsfs^ Ringwood Chnr^."^^3'^. Ringwood, 111., . Sunday--Public worship, 9:30. Ghurch School, 10:30. „ Choir Rehearsals--Wednesday evening. Mrs. Kenneth Cristy, director. wm* a ton of kard^oalwill leaf* from 800 to 818 poind* of aatajt to fea ramoved, a cm* hardwood will leave ^oljr 00 poadB of aahaa. Their tenting value is about a<iudl» T*. MeHavy 243-J ffltolD H. BBtL l Decorating •ml ' " PaperhaagtaT , f j>epwdaMa Work 105 N. GREEN IK, lf^wmv S. H. Freund & Son 00NTRA0T0R8 AND BUII^DEBS Our Experience ia at Tour Servian in Bailding Tour Wanta. Phone M-W McHonxy 'M:: WAMfIB 16 tttT? We pajrJC to $15 for Old or Injured Jfeoraes or Cows Standi^ or Down if Alive. 7 ; ' Hatt's Bflnk Ranch . Johnaburg - Spring Grove Koad Phone Johnsbuxg 659-J-2 CALL At ONCE ON DEAD , HOGS, HORSES A CATTLE We pay phone chargea. 1 ; i -sr.: JOHN F. BRDA. SHEET METAL WORK • Famaeee, Pipe, FHttnga and Oatters 101 N. Green SU McH Fheae 848-K DR. H. 8. TIKE Feterlnariaa i 806 Wankegan St. Phane 81 McHENRT, ILL;" Office Haara--Daily Except Thara. 10 ta 12,1:30 ta <3:30, Moa^ Wed^ Fri. Nights: 7 to 8. Other Hoars by Appointment M. S. VAN DEN BURGH. DC^ PhC Chiro praetor 120 Green St. Tel. 292-R. McHenry Residence Phon^> Hebron 926 ^ " TEL. WONDER LAKE 418 ^DR. C. L. WATKI1C8 1 Dentist - '• Office Honsa - - Tnfaday A Satnrdays: 9 a.m. ta 5 p.*. Evealaga and Saaday Morniaga by Appointment! Lookaot Point Wonder Lake, IIL AI's Welding Service At Schwenasn's Chevrolet^Salea Electric Portable Welding Acetylene WekHi»g sad Catting ALEX W. WIRFS. Operator Pfeane 615-W-l ar 277 ar 177 M'HENRY, ILE: MeHENRT LODGE A.F. ft A.M. BicHenry Lodge No. 168 assets the first and third Tuesdays of each month •t the hall on Court stiaai. •" Tankers Expemtve A modern tanker costs about $2,800,000 to build. The tanker is over 500 feet long, is powered by engines which generate 6,600 horsepower and which can drive the big craft at 18 knots or more. According to Ships magazine, these new tankers chn carry 140,000 barrels of petroleum products to our plane% machines and ships in combat * * ' GAS ELECTRIC COMPANY Favorite Odors Rose, liked by 85 per cent of people interviewed in a recent survey, was the favorite odor. Tied for second place, with 83 per cent, were lilac and pine. Next in order among the first ten came lily-of-the-valley and violet, 77; coffee and balsam. 76; cedar, 73; wintergreen, 67; chocolate, 66; carnation, 65"; orange, 63; vanilla 62, • ' The dislikes were exhibited in a more positive fashion than the likes. No one, for example, liked the odor of perspiration, which had the lowest score on the list, but a close second was garlic, whose odor only 1 per cent admitted they liked. The -<ext of the ten lowest in their order from the bottom of the list were: lard, 2", rubber, 4; olive o'l, 6; kerosene. 7; fish, 10; turpentine, 11; vinegar, 11; or""n. 13. and gasoline, 17. Read the Want Ads Vernon J. Knox ATTORNEY AT" LAW ^ OFFICE HOURS -- ; Taeedaya and Fridays Other.,Days by Appointment McHenry •< HHnak Signal Corps Pboio Paratrooper Pvt. W. H. Higgins, ir'i «r.°Ps 'n unexpectedly on his dad, Merchant Marine Capt. Higgins, aboard ship at Naples. The son s chutes and father's ship were bought with War Bond funds. Buy War Bonds. U. H.Lrtatury Dtpartmtut iig'1 ^ " Phone McHenry 677-R-l -- Basement Excavating -- NETT'S SAND ft GRAVEL Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . Black Dirt INwai Leveling and Grading. J. E.NETT Johnabarg P. O.--McHenry DR. R. DeROME . -- Deatiat -- 186 Green Street Pbane 8M-J. McBesn Office Hears: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesday. HTa» day and Friday nighta to 8:30 p.m. Other haara by appatotaieat. McHENRT FLORAL CO. One Mile South o f McHenry on Route 31 Flbwerg for a]] occasions!. A. P. Freund Co. Excavating Contractor trucking. Hydraalic' . • * and Crane Service. , --Road Bnilding-- Tel. 204-M McHenry, 111.-- A. WORWICK PHOTOGRAPHEB Portrait arc - Camsserciai Photography - Phato-Finishiag Enlargiag - Cepyiag . Fraaiag Phane 875 -- Rivaraide Drive McHENRT. ILL. IlSft INSURANCE F£5Z EARL 1 WALSI Prsa--ting Reliable Companies Whm inanraaee of any kind l Phane 48 ar 118-M , ' ' h Owen A Elm McHenry Telephone No. 806 Stoffel A Reihaniperger Insurance agenta for all classes eg1 property in the beat eo^iaaiea. WEST McHENRT J. ILLUME -J' #«•:-- J - v I .I1- -i V \