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pe*s*ioeat Mtay. I1U .Ml.it Hay 8, lWt. $2.50 tWTOMALSOCJATtON 'Sf$ TOO LATE TO 0LA8SIFT Want Ads on Page Nine FOR SALB FOR SALB--1938 Ford Club Coupfc. si ne# , tires; :&&oi heater; good >»liinn«t. TTVrunllyu H^ktrninl Rockv s Tayern, Lily Law J.1B90-R-1. ip! Rocky's I ne McHenry <• 36! SALE--108 AAA 1 Black Min- • ora pullets, starting to lay. Also &bout 100 white Muscovy ducks, *J?9pH>ice breeding stock. Chain-o-Lakes Fields. Phone 166. 36 MISCELLANEOUS by fntna By VIRGINIA TALK. ALL through the year we hear ** tales about how popular this or that movie star is-- then along comes news of who brought in the most money at the box ofQce. The national poll of motion picture exhibitors taken annually by Showmen's Trade Review shows that Greer Garson and#Van Johnson topped the 1944-45 list. Bing Crosby (first last year) was second, followed by Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper and Roy Rogers. The actresses ran Judy Garland, Betty, Grable (who led the list the last three years) Betty Hutton and Margaret O'Brien. And the picture that topped all the others was/Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo/' with "National Velvet" in second place. Bob Hawk can keep a secret. For three years the idea for his current Monday night series, the CBS "Bob Hawk Show," was locked in a safe, pending the end of the war. His "Thanks to the Yanks'* was splendid %ANT YOUR LIVESTOCK CAREFULLY HANDLED? We haul to Chicago night or day. Phone Mc-! " Henry 103-R, or Richmond 637. Berg .& Brennan. 36-4 Iadia's Population India has one-fifth of the world's population. A complete census has " never been taken. Prewar Poland Labor Poland was one of the first countries in Europe to introduce an eight-hour day. In 1918 the law went j into effect and provided for a 46- hour week. Due to the competition of the less socially advanced countries, this had to be changed in 1934 to a 48-hour week. Improved Nursing Bottle The patent office has granted a patent on a nursing bottle designed fo eliminate the necessity of "burping" the baby' after feeding. Joseph tfarry Boxley, Richmond, is the inventor of the bottle, which has a Vent hole through a knob on the f style. But the poor child's typed-- iide to prevent the baby from swal- j at her a get #owing a lot of air with the milk. i • •- BOB HAWK for wartime, but now he's the big five-and-five man, with contestants answering five questions for their first prize and one question with five parts for the second half. It's being told around that little Margaret O'Brien is; getting awfully tired of plaintive little girls she has to play--especially since Jimmy Durante tayght her to sing "I Want to Be Happy" in his own special Order your rubber stamps at the Plaindealer. McHenry, Illinois CLOSED TEMPORARILY Will open about February 8, or when sufficient help is obtained. , - * Loais flayward's postwar screen career leaped forward wben he was signed for one of the lop roles opposite Hedy * Lamarr in "The Strange Woman": that came as a result of the sneak preview of Hunt Stromberg's "Young Widow," in which he's co-starred with Jane Russell. He pnt in three years with the marine corps; as captain of a photographic unit, he filmed the bat- Ue of Tarawa. Sheik, the Palomino Ra$r Milland rides in "California," had to have two stand-ins--one, for rearing, one for falling. It's a technicolor picture so they had to be dyed to match Sheik. But as they were both dark horses, they had to be bleached first! .«*. That MBS science series, "Exploring the Unknown," is receiving new honors. Selected by the armed service forces as one of the most popular transcription programs for G.I.s overseas, the Sunday series is being distributed by the Hew York university film library ' to schools throughout the country, and the American Cancer society is using yn5 gf the broadcasts in its educational work. --*-- ^ WAMTED A steady cashier ' Adfress application in carel! have p52a& iHe* Smith io i i , • - ii, .. ... I! broadcast before a studio audience of theatre. All applications ; handled tonHdentially. ; The wises Louisa Stoffel, Phyllis Lan and Clarice May wan Chicago cellars on Friday of last week. Lt. and Mrs. Nathan Kildahl and Russell Oyen of Chicago spent Standay evening visiting the George Reikers and Milt Pederson. Charles Sutton spent last wade visiting relatives- in Chicago* Miss Maud Granger, who is spending the winter months in Elgin, meat the,, weekend visiting in the Robert Thenieaoa Mae. * Miss Ruth Jenks of Elgin spent Sunday 'with her uncle and family, the Lawrence Huclcs. Mrs. Anita Courier and daughters, Carol Ann and Rita May, of Marengo visited her mother, Mrs. Nellie Bacon, on Sunday. -•«* Miss Ituth Hendricks of Milfhall, Rl, Spent last week with Miss Marguerite Johnson. The two girls served together in the WAVEs during tiie war. » ' , Mrs. Paul Schwerman and Miss Rita Martin are spending this week in Milwaukee, Wis., where they are attending meetings at which they are learning a new bookkeeping system employed by the Chevrolet company. Joe Young and family of .Woodstock were callers in the Martin J. Stoffel home here on Friday evening. Mta. James Sayler is spending a few weeks at Sacred Heart sanitarium in Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thompson and family of Wauconda were Sunday visitors in the Joseph May home. Miss Katherine Reuland of the high school faculty spent the weekend at her home in Chicago. Mr. arid Mrs. Peter Roche called on relatives in° Rockford on Saturday. Mrs. Agnes Lewis returned last week to Kenosha, Wis., after spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Teach. Miss Terry Phalin leaves today (Thursday) for Washington, D. C., where she will continue her government work. She transferred there from her Chicago office. Mr. and Mrs. James Downs brought Mrs. Caroline Downs home from St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thennes, Louis Diedrich and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Adams and son, Thomas, witnessed the ski jumps at Fox River Grove last Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Kagan of Spring Grove visited in the home of Mrs. Kathryn Schneider and daughter, Helen, on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Blake and daughter, Betty, visited Mrs. Peter Doherty in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Damm of Kenosha, Wis., their son, Wilfred, recently discharged from service, and another son, Ralph, home on leave from duty at Cherry Point, N. Car., visited in the home of Mrs. i Zena Bacon on Friday Friday. | Mr. and Mrs. Paul Albert and > son, Ronald, spent Saturday in Chi-1 fir. and Mrs. William Johns and daughter, Carol, and Walter .Warner | of Elgin visited relatives in McHenry on Sunday. Mr. Johns was recently discharged from service after many months of duty on Saipan. Mayor R. I. Overton feaa a Chicago caller on Tuesday afternoon. 'Mr. and Mrs. George Kramer and daughter, Betty, and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kramer visited in Maywood on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Justen attended the christening of their twin grandchildren in Chicago last Sunday. Mr. Justen served as sponsor for one of the babies. Mrs. John Bolger and daughter, Mercedes, of Woodstock visited relatives here on Sunday. In the afternoon, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doherty, they visited Donald Doherty at Fort Sheridan. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. S. Nix left the first of the week on a vacation trip to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. George Wirfs and Mrs. Clemens Wirfs were Rockford callers on Tuesday evening, where they visited Mrs. Vincent mm, who is confined to the Swedish-American hospital, and also Sylvester Wirfs, who is at Camp Grant following his 1Mb a stone or glass container. Dissolve the lye in the water, stirring with a wooden spoon or paddle until dissolved. Mix In a well ventilated ream hut not In a breeze. Let the lye water cool until the container feels cool to the hand. Melt the fat in aft enameled pan and stir with an enameled spoon jor a wooden paddle. Cool the fat to the correct temperature throughout the pan. Cool the fat until the spoon begins to leave a track in the mixture. Pour thi fee solution into the fht in a small, steady stream, stii ring slowly in one direction.' Continue stirring until the mixture is a honey-like texture. Let it stand for 10 to 15 minutes until the mixture becomes thick like salad dressing and then pour into molds or wooden boxes, lined with Waxed paper. After 24 hours it is ready to cut.Cure soap for sev^ , eral weeks before using and never let it freeze. ' Tens of Cigarettes • United States uses about %000 tons of cigarette paper a year. ,• Canned Vegetables Production of canned vegetables has increased from an average of about 118 million cases in 1937-41 to about 188 million qases in 1944. Lake Herring Lake Superior herring is now being marketed commercially. Fillet* ed and frozen, it has proven so successful that other fresh water fish are being processed in the same way, most of it for the army. Colorttil Country Land of the equator, Ecuador lies astride that parallel. Balsa wood, quinine and cocoa come from Ecuador. This country can boast of volcanoes, exquisite architectural ex» amples, colorful local life. Immigration Only those aliens who are mentally sound, morally clean and phprs* ically fit shall enter the -United States. If a person is a Ujuted States citizen he need pass no physical test to reenter this. country. Harmless Weapons. Ammunition, gases, guns, tanks, other combat vehicles and secret military equipment that are no longer needed by the war department will be disarmed or demilitarized before being offered for disposal as surplus property. National defense and public safety and health require that a considerable part of this combat mrterial be rendered innocuous or stripped of secret parts, and the armed services themselves are in the best position to do this- Tinting and Dyeing The only difference between tinting and dyeing is in method. In tinting, you simply rinse the article in a lukewarm solution for a short period of time. The resulting color will survive a number o' laundertags, but it wi J not be a fast color in the commonly accepted meaning af the term. It is dyeing that produces fastness in color. This is done by use of hot water (not boiling) article in the dye-bath. Complete or nearly complete saturation "is thus achieved. And, whereas a single vessel is emp'oyed in tinting, two vessels ara r ;comtrended for the dyeing process One vessel is used to prepare the dye solution-- the dye being stirred in a quart of warm water until dissolved. The second vessel is for. the dye-bath itself. I* contairs the article to be dyed. Peppers Vitamin Bieh Peppers are rich in both vitamin •S i : MILLER Woodstock, HI. SATURDAY ONLY, JAN. 26 'DON JUAN QUILLiGAN" |Wa. Bentfcx -- Joan Blondell Pins: "MAMA LOVES PAPA" with Leon Errol SUNDAY AND MONDAY January 27-28 1 "JOHNNY ANGEL" with Raft -- Signe --Plas: Hit No. 2-- "BEDSIDE MANNER*', with John Carroll Humey -- Charles Ruggl JBBDAY (ONE DAY), Jan. ["IRISH EYES ARE SMILING" ineolor Dick Hayan Wfe>., TOURS., FBI. * SAT. January 30-S1 -February 1-2 Matinee Wednesday Coatiaaous ^ - Shows from I'M on "OUBVINB6 HAVE YBNDBR GRAPES" ef Ufa on a Wi A ptfltare for yoaag " it! again; they all asked for tickets. So she's now doing her Friday night "Kate Smith Sings" program from CBS's Playhouse 4, it's largest, seating 1,ISA. The repeat broadcast for the West coast will take care of another 1,1M, so in about 4S weeks Kate will have caught up with the accumulated requests. SVrr? Raihananerwr 'A Md C when are at acc^pSkdthefr' £nf^«b^S£e j *age- but the|r.lhoT5 from Madison, Wis., last weekend ftmtrksbl* increase U they red- Sw tSHSto- Ten varieties of peppers grown the at the Rhode Island Station tan creased an average of 3,175 per cent in carotene and 49 per cent in ascorbic acid as they became red. Sa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales, j Pimiento peppers grown at the Ir. Kempfer spent the weekend here! G«,rBia Station and harvested late University of pkondn. Mrs. Frank Kempfer, Jr., and son, Albert, of Chicago"spent a few days the last of the week with her with him on On his "Dave Elman's Radio Auction," Wednesday nights on Mutual, Elman has auctioned everything from Hitler's personal dice to Marie Antoinette's pillow slips -- with proof befoge they were sold that the articles were authentic. The Radio Writers association voted it the most novel show on the air. He's just sent eight people off to scour the world for a year for historical curios to be auctioned later. --*-- and his family returned to Chicago j ih* season after frost were 60 per famMirl.y aanndd MMrrss.. GLersatnetr WFricekuanrdd aanndd i hhaarrvveesstteedd eeaarrllv,'^ iinn tthhee^ sseeaassoonn*. son of Woodstock were Sunday vis- Even the small amounts itors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. peppers ordinarily used stuffed or Peter W: Freund on Waukegan st. | in salad, or to add color and flavor to main dishes may do a consider- Pew are. aware that an. even more forward-looking law provides'an educational allowance to children of men and women who died in war-time service. This latter benefit is payable on behalf of orphaned children starting with the age of 16, to encourage them to remain in school and complete their education. The allowance, administered by the Department of Registration and Education, of which Frank G. Thompson is director, may be continued so long as the young man or woman remains in school up to and including the age of 21. In addition, these children, too, are given scholarships at the University of Illinois and the State Normal schools. Hie $160 allowance can be used for any ordinary education expenae-- board, tuition, fees, books, clothing, etc. No extra tuition allowance is given while, attending other than State schools. Occasionally other scholarships may be available through other sources. Service Officer William R. Cairns of the Illinois Veterans' Commission, who has offices in the Murphy Block*, Woodstock, will be glad to aid these children in securing the Sllowance and scholarships. Office ours are 8:30 to 6:00 through Friday and until noon on Saturaays. Line Silos Farmers line old silos with exteHor type (waterproof) plywood because the thin sheets can be easily moulded io fit the silo and a smooth inner surface results. Heating Unit Costs In selecting heating equipment for the home, it should be remembered that there are two costs--original and operating--to be considered. The cheapest heating system from the standpoint of original first cost is very likely to be the most expensive tb operate. The few. dollars difference between dependable, wellmade equipment and something which will have to be replaced in a few years is very small when compared with the annual expense . of fueL . . Subscribe for The Plaindealer grovs io' ttjiipri G_ y n eeratfea* Popcorn ba'is shaped iike farttr inJ covered with cellophane (•«. with a bright ribbon make Chftfstma* docorati'ms. iMhH* Gmm - ^ ^IWIalanA el CMha ia niiWaiii y enfett :af, eane, pt»- afrwfr per cent of tb* el this type ef sugar. IMa the chief occupation of thai*. y»* Puerto Rico *HI the- Bnwaiian Wands are-other islania "hidi rank high in tiiis respect. ^ "vq _ "* ~ H: • . '»*; • •• -i'v 9M - h0ib«en his promism, os ho agrees to d% s, rM of cro^t worlhinesfc g:-' demoiwrtroled Ms ability fo iy# he has met the second requirement. If ho seeks funds for a constructive purpose and has a systematic plan for paying - off the loan, he*has complied with the third ; (r credit rule. If a loan will benefit you or your business, come in and see us. * ^ If* "; <5 j West McHenry Stale Dantt Member Federal Reserve System t Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatiofi ,|i .|. |.»•» •> <• •> •> •?' < lilt»» 6 - • •-- -- - • -im- 4m Children's Prices Ranging From To Be Sold At ONE-HALF Regular Prices. BUY NOW FOR " NEXT SEASON O tt a Plan Big Breakfasts fTtttritionists and medical authorities state that breakfast should provide from one-quarter to one-third of the day's total food requirements, not only in calories but so far as possible in protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals# able bit toward adding food value to family meals, especially if they are allowed to become red-ripe. Stuffed red peppers are attractive, and delicious, and sliced red peppers add appetizing color and flavor to salads as do green, say nutrition specialists. ODDS AND ENDS-Drew Allen of Monogram'* "The Gmy Cavalier," says the fint word* of hit year-old ton Stepl were "On stage"--so he's registered <he baby with Centrul Casting. . . . Geoffrey Barnes, host and narrator of NBCs "Mys- |l tery Theater," is frequently seen at the police line-up at New York police headquarters; says it's a good source of material for his show. . . . Dick Jones, the third "Henry" on "The Aldrich Family," entered the army last spring, and is now stationed in Alaska. . . . Robert Young's new picture, Paramount's "The Searching Wind," is his diamond jubilee film; he's made 75 pictures in the IS years he's been in Y-Jr " 'J* . •. . . . . . ^i trV--j y... A/1 • ' • ':?}*» vt 'IS'-'rf ' I S • •> lit .^3 Sweeten Cereals To save sugar, <cook raisins or prunes with cereals to sweeten thau). - Substitute far tag Oil A new type of casting sealant, now being used on B-29 bombers and other military aircraft, frees the Uaited' Stales tram ^pendancy on lnr»tgn.prnHi««w1 tung oil for imnregnatioo of aluminum and magnesium airplane parts. It .is e thetie produel - - your DOCTOR diagnose... w ELL MEANING friends and neighbor! may have "just the thing" for your condition. But the only safe course is to consult your physician--and abide by His experienced counsel. We hope, too, you'll accept his recommendation to bring his prescriptions to this "Reliable" Pharmacy for careful ompounding. Wc assure y o prompt, precise service tod fair prices. Regular $6.75 Now $3*38 - Regular $24.75 Now 'S THOMAS P. BOLGER "The McHenry Drug gist" :'p DEPT. STORE McHenry, Illinois ^ Phone 182 - j?