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•1-<•'•• ••••i •• MPWMiK It Mhof into " •m* *r* *nm Omi Tar •«? ot bright color, ** aid Mm Brnest DeMvestri from blade coalW t Now Tttr*! Day lift tv abt# and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Michela. Mrs. Soil IpMte ®®d imimi u i n n nMn i i H Ow*g» Ifrtsais Mr. and and family, Mr. and Mm. «rf Miller, Lonnie Mieheb ufork111' smite Wonder Lake to tha Mass ham mrtsss they l h 1m Am> decided, therein*, to hfOMthftparty perhaps (with a new name, of course) for the boys of the club as soon as the wsather Is a little more co-operative. Miss Marge Kott, of Chicago, who has been the teacher at the Gospel club since April of last year, will not be with as anymore. It was with regret and heartache that the children saw her leave. However, as great as the loss is to us, we understand that the business transfer to New York, is a fine promotion for for «*ni a mtrXt, them aroond, they ***** only gather to the private homes, which fa a hit wearing, for those who have home big enough. Some of the mothers and fathers sit in their basements with their ears plugged, so that the young folks can entertain a little. The gregarious need for gathering in the young is a wellrecognised fact, and most communities, have at least a candy kitchen, where the mid-young*uns can be together and indulge ih their particular brand of humor, repartee, or dancing without the disapproval, disgust or just plain misunderstanding of their elders. This past week the Teeners rented (or wanted to rent, and it was donated for their use) the Grill, and they just came and sat around, just enjoying the "togetherness' of the occasion, which had no particular 6 This skilled, registered f hsrmarist is symbolic of par service* He aad his associates to Ascscsfalcos^owMiiagof --^attatapidmtaOTtfiinrM fresh, potest drags. It also permits as |b stock the pewest specialties aa4 aacoasmon drags, pcescribedatlafteqaeat itMtnlk For Medse sanies, fcrisig yoar fteicrifdoat htm; (By Vanese Sella) Bello Again: *One thing about the weatfier _ _ around here--it may not always be; Miss Kott. For her new undertaking, delightful, but it can be depended jour very best wishes go with her. on to be consistently different. Then; There will always be a special place we are always getting a bunch of i„ the hearts of Wonder Lake young- *flrats" or "worsts." Last week the sters reserved especially for this weather man managed to push charming young woman who gave winter, spring and fall into a three- ; so freely of her time in order that day period, and captured several ; they might have some religious in-1 purpose. superlatives. One of the "worst" struetion. | • If you have a teener in your house, =-- or a potential teener and are *a .Whether or not there's weather,' member of the Rod and Gun Auxilthey tell me there is nothing but i*1?, get behind this movement to I spring at the home of the Wally Lar-; build a club house and push--hard! I sons. TTiat mailOr is home from the Then when the call for aid goes out, i sea--for good!,We are all glad for get your trusty rolling-pin, and drag " " " j your brawny "ball and chain" down I for the diggin*. Mrs. J. * H. Nixon )iad an extra •scans Brtattn Here's how to determine whether your bristles Bi your vacuum cleaner are long enough to sweep the cupet Lay a card across the nozzle. If bristles touch card, they'll touch the carpet. Too short? Learn how to lower the brush -- there's probably a pin or slot mechanism or a flat screw, at the ends of the rott. state's first twesn • - lodge, in whoee fwa the early legislatures cherry tree was planted in and cherry trees today capitolpark. 1' fogs in history was with us on Thursday--and we went to Chicago that day. Took us three and onehalf hours to come home--I was stiff for two days from my back seat driving! Tnen came the rains-- surely a "worst" although I didn't'^ LaTWm family, hear anything official about it. The ™ iamny. 'rain was a welcome relief after the snow and ice, even with the mud. . , . 4 _ <• %ith which I find it impossible to - Remove an stains before washing lace tablecloths. Soak the cloth in warm water for a short time in neutral soapsuds. Squeeze water through the cloth carefully and rinse thoroughly in warm water. If placed in a cloth or net bag the tablecloth can be given a few minutes la the washing machine. If cloth is to be hung up, squeeze the water out gently and shake well first To stretch the cloth, do not squeeze water out, but stretch while very hot. Footon blankets A»iM in warm water with a neutral The blankets rinsed jn warm _ the same temperature as tint for washing. Instead at them, hang on the fine to ter to drip off. The aide squeezed occasionally to cess water. Blankets this way will be soft Striped blankets are hung ao I •tripes lie lengthwise. Thus if is a tendency for the color to N% it wili run toward the end el ft|' stripe, not onto the blanket Subscribe for The Plaindeslair k'TV-'i special visitor last week. Her young i -- ine *na °} grandson, from Chicago, spent a! memyer' " few days out here. He learned that'*1®1"8 a. y°ur The end of the line for this week. you are busy making house, let me know! « * THOMAS P. BOLGER ' *'Tke McHenry Druggist' <pope. I spend all my spare time Coping, too, with big, medium, do*„ . . . , , and cat tracks.- The sunshine on lt reml fun to have a sled on, imnreem Mirrors Sundav rave me a touch of eld- * country road, particularly tf you I «..., .. -^7^ , . fja sh»i.o n*e dj spring f«e ver, and, .i t was • knaaovne aa cchnaarrmmiinnfgf &anndd lwifaAuiiutiifuuil.' Mtihrtr omrsA irnfi rtihnf*t Mbskthirnoaot iAK namikyiL bme with great restraint that I kept f^t ndJoth" P»U * We hear m^«ne from running out and planting some- ^at Mrs. Nixon was pretty exhaust-: • «Jr Ihing. Winter is creeping back b? the the y°unK te"ow left,1 venient wall space. At least one again, now, and it will probably bo j w*® *un* at least a couple of days before we mirror should be low enough tor children. A wall mirror over the With the torrents of rain on Sat- THE OLD JUDGE SAYS & begin the cycle of the season again. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Troxell were: lavatbry, extending high enough for j entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Edwin • the grownups and low enough to Anderson of Chicago this week.. The reach the edge of the lavatory at the Andersons, old friends, are soon to wall, will not only be convenient for go to Idaho, where they will make the youngsters, but will also protect ; their home on a fruit ranch. Some- the wall at the back of the lavatory thing different from that navy rou- from splashing. tine Mr. Anderson is endeavorir - to forget A#T: "bmrym at the movies last night. Judge. That was quite a weekend that alcoholic went through, wasn't it?" OLD JUDGE: "Sure was, but I'm afraid most people won't really understand it" ART: "What do you mean. Judge?" OLD JUDGE: "Simply this. That poor chap was really a sick man...not just a drunk. Studies by famous psychiatrists and the medical profusion show that alcoholism is «mi cma$i by a craving for alcohol... it it usually the result of some deep-rooted social phy#calqr emotional condition. If that fel> loir had not tunMtl to alcohol fcr ckbpk, he would have turned to something dae." ART: "Are there many that get in that condition. Judge?" OLD JUDGE: "Fortunately not Art. Sci- 'entists at a great university have stated that approximately 96% of the people who drink do so sensibly. Only 5% are immoderate at, times. In that 5% is the small number known as alcoholics. And the beverage distilling industry which does not want a single person to use its product immoderately, is cooperating fully in the solution of this problem." Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fiala and sis-' ter-in-law 1>f Mrs. Victor Milbrandt.i were out over the weekend visiting, and making plans for the spring, when they will be out here permanently. Mrs. Milbrandt will return | to Chicago with the Fialas and do her January shopping. I hope that she has better luck than I do--every, time I ask for something the salesg i r l f i x e s me w i t h a b a l e f u l g l a r e , j and says, ' Lady, don't you know there is a strike on," I Boiling Cracked Eggs A cracked egg can be boiled if it is rubbed with salt before putting it in the water as' this will seal the eraclr. VOGUE CLEANERS Service Direct From Plant To Consumer 10§"sLn -UP AND DELIVERY Street Phone McHenry 104-M wcttenry vieaners ana Lauflary services DON HOWARD Thi* atfmtitmmm* i^«m»r«rf Iy C» n/iu n if Almkttit Brnmrnft tmlmtitim, tm. A great celebration is going on at | t h e home of Wm. K. W r i g h t t h i s j ' week. His brother, former Staff Sgt. ( Walter Wright of Lewistown, Mon-! tana, is here for a visit. This is,1' the first time in years that the11 brothers have been able to get to- J, gether. (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) fteport of the Condition of West McHenry State Si' - 'V* ^ 1 Mr. Wright, a veteran of three < years and nine months army service,' spent fifteen months overseas--!< through England, France, Belgium, 11 Luxemburg, Germany and Austria. He was attached to the eleventh 1 armored division. Mr. Wright ha* i <hree major battle stars. With Mr. Wright on this visit, is Miss Melvina E. Lent, his 18-year-old niece. Mr. Wright had just com-j pleted a visit with the L. Lents of Oak Park, before coming to Wonder, Lake. ' All the good luck that he can usej' is our wish for this returned soldier j1 --and from now on! -m. Our sick list is still growing. Alan Armstrong has been ve: Mrs. ry ill, hopes soon to be back to normal. Mr>. but is now on the mend, and McHenry. I1L (P. O. West McHenry) transmitted in response to call of the Auditor of Public Accounts, pursuant to law and showing condition at the close of business oir the ;iUt day of December, 1945. B&SOURCBS 1. Cash and due from banks 031,14^.1*2 3. United States Government obligations, direct and/or fully guaranteed , .v,,r' • , 2,822,326.50 4. Otlier bonds, stocks and securities 371,0fc4.90 vj 5. Loans and discounts - '• afi9T1-2i).l.T «•. :C 6. Overdrafts ^ ..t v :t>-L'•••• 344.51 1 ^ 7. Banking house, $16,349.00; Furniture and fixtures, $3,538.00 Vera Henthorne is one of those confined to her bed at home. Arthur Wingren, and Edward C. Borcher* are both patients in the Woodstock hospital. Our very best wishes, and "get well soon" to all these mem bers of our community. . Grand Total Resources _1_9__,8__8_7_._0_0_ f Mr. and Mrs. Morton Bennett wii> soon be leaving our district. A business transfer for Mr. Bennett is taking them to the west coast, where they will make there home hereafter. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have made many friends in the community, but we are glad that they can leave the snow, slush and sleet behind them. The Bennett's have sold their charming hojn,e to Mr. and Mrs. George Martin of Ringwood, who will soon make this their permanent home. I The. children in both classrooms at Harrison school had group pictures taken this welk. It will be nice to have those pictures for the family album. Before leaving for Florida, Ronnie Fredrickson told the other children that, just when he was thinking that all he had to do was lie on the san 1 and dream, he found that his mother, was hiring a tutor so that he would not get behind with his schoolwork while he is gone! Sometimes a boy just can't win. ^ Joan Biggers was thrilled this wetter* when Mr. Yanda told her to report for practice with the high J school band. She will play with the third clarinets. This year imffion« of men will change firen uniforms to "civvies** and begin a new dupt^ in their' careers. : • • V . ... •' fil I ' " (% im«nia BeH Telephone Company, toO, If j starting a new chapter. We have turned the cornef from shortages and we're on the road to more anf better service! Ahead of us we see a lot of har« > trork--much careful planning, much costly cois gtruction. The result will be finer and faster telo phone service--with enough for all who wish it New improvonents in telephone technique^ are on the way from the Bell Laboratories* f^f^Weeleta Electric'* manufacturing facilities af|j • ^ i Jn fadl-apeed production of lel^ieBe e^pmMit. A t J The Auxiliary of the Wonder 'Lake Rod and Gun club Sunday at i the Harrison school. Plans that had been made for _ a sleigh ri<le, seemed a little odd in the light of the streaming sunlight of Sunday i afternoon. But it still will happen i if we get the right kind of snow-- and there is no use fooling ourselves, I we probably will have. The bowling contingent are making a regular i thing of their Sunday games. Every . Sunday frorti three to five of the 'alleys in McHenry are reserved for th« men and women of the two clubs that go in for this particular sport. ' After the business of the meeting was settled, general discussion began , concerning the club house that is the favorite dream and hope of every | woman. 'Course no one knows where this projected-clubhouse will be, but i the gals are determined that a piece of land will have to materialize be- •t-veen now and spring. Then, com? j spring, each gal will collar her lord [and master for a Sunday picnic, and I the gals will provide a big, big I dinner, but the £oys will have to i labor for it! They will have to dig iand put in a basement. If a club-' 1 house isn't forthcoming any other iway, the girts will help dig! Outside j of the eluVs need for this club house, iI tints |s' the c. oVo- stMir UN: vA JW ' r .••if-."'-0 ' LIABILITIES 12. Capital stock 11. Surplus 15. Undivided profits (Net) 16. Reserve accounts .... 17. Demand deposits "IS. Time defx>sits ...1« Total of deposits; ..„$5,113,9iai6 . ' ' • ; " " ' - " ' r ^ 50,000.00 t ; _./;• 84,224.51 52,500.00 * ^078,591.42 1,784,661.98 (1) Secured by pledge of assets $ 428,570.83" (2) Not secured by pledge of assets ...... 4,434,682.57 (3) Total deposits 25. Other liabilities „„ ...JH863*253-40 Grand Total Liabilitiee 13^40.3§ ..$5^113,918.16 Memorandum: Assets Pledged to Secure Liabilities: 26. Assets pledged: ^ * U. S. Government obligations direct and/or fully guarantee^ ... .$ 1,500.00 Total Amount of Assets Pledge^ (excluding » . i t.. t.. rediscounts) $ 1911,500.00 - 27. Purj)0'se and Amount of Pledge: . (a) Against U. S. Government and postal savings) deposits l._ (bj Against funds of State of Illinois r " 29,000.00 Total Amount of^ Assets Pledged $ 9ii,5oaoo m >' '-o^- i* I, Robert L. Weber, Cashier of the above named bank, do EOIemnl v swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the items and amounts shown above agree ^ witji the items and amounts shown in the report made to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, pursuant to law. ROBERT L. WEBER, Ca$lww. Correct, Attest: ^ WILLIAM M. CABBOLI,, " - ?>» • i >. J. e of Illinois, County of McHenry. M. • b v Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day* of January ?V"v:i946. " " 1JLLIAN H. LARSON, _^[8EAM Notary PuhBe. Csiwil Jeasgh W Q«ra)d J. Guf ' •*# . . . ,«.*» v ••V ;