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*" *• •# * 1 vi- * ' V. " ' • by EARL R. WALSH . Wdl, it nhm we opened our *oath «&out pluting • gmrden Mrt Mm or nuMBK and |os should «m we seed catalogs that art enabg *> US. Nowjf aoaMbody can'furnish us with information on spades, teea and rakes that operate under their own power well be all set for a W« They tell> us that Joe MeOmber grants to slfn up with the Monday Majors since he bowled that 183 nme. He's way out of George Thill • dint now. We thought there could be noOrinff worse In the way cflf radio program than a Woman with a Ugh soprano voice nntil oar yoong faSow recently started listening to these weird proinw deeirned to Mil breakfast What we want to hear is some gay who can glamorise good, oldfashioned oat meal. If yon know where we can get some green material for aprons just let us know. The interior of this noble institution, known as the Plaindealer office, is beinjf redecorated and the new color scheme calls for green aprons on "Hap" and Milt. The Schaefer Recreation girls request that we convey their sincere uianks to "Bud" Adams for his help in their match with the Plaindealer Newsboys last Sunday. The girls knew "Bud" was a friend of theirs, ^ ^ u s nitgA lltB but how could they know that he j Yankpps • t "varinum *aLm wo.id b.,p.i «iou,h to QraaflaaiElce YOU ham a . little as Hm yean paaa by. Not much. Juat a little. One of the fttr things rvi learned this aeaaoo, meaning IMS, la that the word "greatest" dwan't bekmg in sport. There is no audi word. There never waa and sever will be a, "greatest" football or Ipueball team-- * "freatest" golfer «r "greatest" pitcher «t "greatest" anything. The word is aimply too big for the human race to handle. The word "good" is different. Svea the word "iwt" inapart has been overused. Look over the list--Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in baseball--Jim Thorpe, Pudge Heffelflnger, Bronko Nsguraki, Red Grange, and 20 others in football. Amauf the pitchers--Cy Young, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, on and on. Amoag the geUers--Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, By rem Nelson, Harry Vardon. AMsg the Ighters w baxara-- Dempsey, Jeffries, Louis. I can give you 10 more. Among the greatest eeOege feetball teams--Army 1949, Notre Dame 1943, Notre Dame 1980, Minnesota, Southern California, Pittsburgh, Alabama 1935, Michigan and Yale in the old days. All good, maybe great. But none of them the greatest. Baseball teams--The Cubs of 1906- 1910, the Athletics of 1910-1913. The JPfUlfOB RUPERT, B. C. -- A over a dfftnet table to the death of Charles 't stomal) was Ailed with . led crefttad a pressure on Ms heart, whfteh caused it to stop beating when be leaned forward during his laugh," Coroner R. E. Coleman testified. •«# TODAY McHenry MCHS met thste had W fat a BMtch Surteee UT 540 in the of at Mar- „ 1® the form °* a Hi*0*8 set bask ftrhlHv flffif flrhacfrm Boc..TtlB. The Warriors pia«ad the towering g ynW 210-SW: R» BsiiiitMfff giants from Manage to * standstill T Sutton, 211-561; B. Bacon? 510; on our, home floor earlier m the: Dt. Smith. 192-497. season, but failed te eosmect on shots1 in this contest. gutter-halls to wind up his third, _ 4 the game. "Bud's" efforts in their behalf. greatest. (rave the girls the match. But, 'taint, J^Uq /. FootbalFx Greatest? fair. The girls had a "6-man" team { " * «WOOM 5 greatest. with "Bud" on their side! Is 000 Blanchard greater than j Bronko Nagurski? Certainly not. Here's hoiw your basketball games i Not yet. In fact Minnesota and are lined up for the next few days.1 Michigan camp followers will tell Let's takei the High School Warriors you that fast 230-pound Bid Daly is first. St. Edward's of Elgin, with a team rating high, will play^_ here Friday night. A friendly but enthusiastic ^^jlry has developed between MCHMfand St Edward's ,in the past couple\of years. A rather nifty football team rep*- resenting McHenry last fall ran $nt<jan inspired St. Edward's eleven and had one heck of a time eking out a 18 to 12 victory. TTie Elgin boys are sore to be pepped up for this cage game on Friday night. And don t thmjc that Mac isn't doing everything tdxget his boys ready. tdvgel If you would like . to follo>wW ttMhe Warrior boys Saturday night yon will And them down at wauconda playing some more basketball. Our town team, the Co-ops, will Siy at Crystal Lake to-night (Thursy). The Lakers will be here next Sunday night. Now, don't mix this up with the high school. The Co-ops will travel to Wauconda next Tuesday night. The Co-ops ran into one of the schedule troubles last Sunday night. They scheduled the West Chicago Deaf boys and were supposed to two games. ie visitors Showed up, but without enough men to play two games. What's more they didn't have enough strength on the squad to give the McHenry boys -a Mod workout. It was disappointing,but one of those last minute things that can't be The Ripe Vegetables The following tips are of qual* ity and #hould aid the home gardener, in making good selections at harvest for table use. Snap beans should be foil, tender and snap readily; beeta, smooth and medium size with the tops being well grown and free from discoloration; cabbages, solid, firm and fresh green color; carrots, medium size, orange flesh, fine grained, brittle and or med:um flavor; celery, medium length, thickness and solidity; corn, fresh green; kernels milky well filled; head lettuce, crisp, tender, firm and well formed; peas, bright green color, pods full but not too round; radishes, center leaves green and crisp with root firm fleshed; spinach, clean, dark green tender leaves, not coarse; summer squash, firm bright color, skin tender and easily bruised; tomatoes, uniform deep red color; vine ripe; turnips, firm, smooth, with few fibrous roots; cantaloupes, ripe when it separates from stem easily; watermelon, scratch with fingernail; ripe if outer green peels easily. ' U 1A t ' ; Prashruuk ' If you buy wool yard goods that isn't preshrunk, it's-wise to have it steam-pressed to shrink it. before cutting out a garment. Brand Damage * The damage caused by branding the hides of range cattle--cows and steers alone--amounts to more than $6,000,000 annually. They Also Served At the end of 1944 the total, membership of the Girl Scouts of the United States was 1,035,117, an increase of 193,287 over the membership at the end of 1943. It was the largest yearly increase in the history of Girl Scouting. But-there was another figure that increased even faster. When the Girl Scouts of Greater New York reported a 2,259 gain in membership, they also reported that 5,000 girls were still on their waiting lists. Greater New York was typical «t hundreds of council* that found and trained volunteer troop feudara far their waiting lists only to discover new group# Of girls who wanted to be awaits a greater offensive back than either Nagurski or. Blanchard. And they can be right. I can name you more than a few backs that might be more valuable to a team than either Nagurski or Blanchard. The greatest passer or the greatest pass receiver? Sammy Baugh or Don Hutson. Maybe. But Greasy (Neale says he would rather have jJ5id Luckman than Baugh and Hutson combined. Maybe Greasy is wrong. Maybe he isn't. Who is going to know? Greasy would rather have Van Buren than any back he ever saw. Bert Bell of the Steelers would rather have Bill Dudley for all-around value. I think Clint Frank of Yale is more valuable than either. I put this complicated problejm up to Greasy Neale. "Maybe Fd rather have Clint Frank," he said. "I mean taken every way." As fine as Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis are, I don't think either can do all the things that Clint Frank ciuld do. We can move into other fields to prove there is no such word as "greatest." Man o* War or Exterminator? Man o' War quit as a 2-year-old. Man o' War is the symbol of racing greatness. But Exterminator ran and won for many years--from six furlongs to two miles--from 120 pounds to 140 pounds. As we movo along t atfB say there la am greatest. There Is mifher an iadivktaal star, a foam or a horse that any eae eaa pat above all ethers ia gem petition. AMhsagh Fndge Hefemger had MM --haflenged football raawi at least. Ho waa an AB-Amerlea la INI and Jut aa good It years later whei'~he waa 53. Who can aay whether Bobby Jones, Harry Vardon, Walter Hagen or Byron Nelson was the greater golfer? Hagen beat Jones 12 and II in a 72-hale match. But Jonas beat Hagen 10 straight years in the U. S. Open, where the blue chips were down. Modern Advantages Only yesterday I ran across an old-timer who had run the 100-yard dash against Arthur Duffy and Bernie Wefers, in the fast time of 9.6. "Don't forget," he said, "this time was over a slow track with bad running shoes. Under modern conditions either Duffy or Wefers could have beaten Jease Owen, Paddock or any other modern sprinter. So, again, who is the greatest sprinter? The answer jm nobody. Games are played under different conditions, where the modern bunch have all the better of the breaks in every way. They get the faster tracks, the better equipment, the better groomed and easier golf courses, the better coaching and training in every form of sport, the -better chance to improve. There isn't a man connected with sport for the last 50 years, or a team, that could be called "the greatest." There has never been a greatest football player, a greatest baseball player, or a greatest anything else. _ In other words, sport has known no superman, and neither has the human race in aaiy other form of existence. Unknown thousands with the aame break eeuld have surpassed famous names. This outburst is a part answer to those who keep writlug in asking about "the greatest" la various lines. It is still worth while Ju|t to he good. Irish Dress I .Inane . Now that Irish dress linens will be reappearing in stores again, it's good to know that -they are being made even more crease-resistant than before. Scientists have developed new processes for treating the fabric that reduces uwinktfng toward the vanishing point At the same time, these new finishes uttoufy improve the beauty of - ftp- teaturi and the suppleness jof the iRMyxu • Older your •t the Married to Pa? First Husband Wea Reported Killed in Action. On Friday night of this week, St. Edward's of Elgin wfil play here. McHenry will travel to Wauconda the following night MARENGO FG Hahn Miller Behnke Sheaer Baseley Stieg .. Penny SPOKANE. -- Two soldiers, on? of whom returned from a Jap prison camp to find his bride marriei again and the mother of a threemonth- old daughter by her new husband, waited for the girl to make her choice. ® t The girl remarried after her husband had been reported killed in action and the government began sending her insurance checks. Now the first soldier has returned and is convalescing at Fort Lewis, Wash. His identity had been unknown for more than a year at the Jap camp because of a temporary loss of memory. , The'story was disclosed recently by Ihe Rev. D. A. Russell, Presbyterian pastor and director of the Inteichurch Servicemen's center here He said that the second husband had told him of the case after he had entered the service center to make a long-distance telephone call to the first husband. The pastor said he did not know the names of those involved. "What makes the case so poignant is the fact that the two husbands are close friends, and both courted the girl two years ago," the pastor said. "The Spokane bey bowed out in favor of his pal then. When his friend was reported killed, however, he married the girl." The two soldier-friends agreed to let their wife make her choice, and now "she is in a terrible state of mind because she loves them both and doesn't want to hurt either of them," the Rev. Mr. Russell said. Thursday Nighters-- McHenry Laundry, S--Niesens, 0. Joe Weber, 211-644; Justen, 224-566. Bakkont, 2 -- Kleinhans, 1. Rasmussen, 210-500; F. Wesson, 211-584. Norsemen, 2-*-Tavern Pale, 1. Bennett, 214-524. Atlas Prager, 2--Old Bridge Tavern, 1. Don Scbaefcr, 6Q2; J>evik, 190-492. / . TOTALS McHENRY F« FT Buss „ . 0 Althoff 1 0 Neiss 2 Murphy VV- 1 Freund W. Miller • Loekwood 0*Victory Ladtarrs--g-.'v ' -- 1 Petersons Boats, 2--Fanners' Mill, 13II. B. Freund, 174-414; & Peterson, m TOTALS 1 Score by Quarters--- Marengo 8 27 41 55 McHenry 2 10 21 38 SOHAEFER GIRLS TRIM PLAINDKALXR BOYS SUNDAY AFTKRHOON • Last Sunday afternoon the Schac- brandt/4j5.' m fer Recreation Girls were right on Sutton, 429. the beam, taking the ill-famed 1452. PFj Selling's "66," 2--Harrisons, 1. SIE. Freund, 425; E. Rand, 202-500; n D. Schaefer, 420. S1 Rochelles Const., 2--Nielsen's Dress ijShop, 1. M. RocheUe, 180-456. o 0 Match-- : 2 Schaefers Rec. Girls, 2117--Plain- -- {dealer Boys, 2079. E. Hoyte. 419; 91M. Sutton, 432; E. Freund, 42S; P. vKraus, 490. MacArthur League-*- Vogue, 3--Farmhouse, 0. M. Fox, 419; E. Rand, 409. Fenske, 2--Bank, 1. F. Pederson, 185-417; H. Surteee, 454; P. Krause, 415. Wattles, 2 -- Fitzgeralds, 1. E. Heimer, 416; E. Hoyte, 452; M. Wil- Weingart, 439; M. Thennes, fllSf. P. JVeund, Themtea, 505; H. 2- Effsetivo **, will take sf#r --MMy 1 B-Q, his bushteSO Shorty's Tire Shop. Mr.' OW Of ** toc cracka and crevice rtth thl, ! SptSiSS of' staple homemade tool. Take a ; the recapping of vm clothespin which has been split in j truck, tractor and ear repahra. half and whittle the tapered end to will also operate a sharp point. You will find this handy little tool win not mar your woodwork and will always float in the pail of water. connection with the Order your rubber stamps at Plaindealer. ail . -t Sherman Tank Attacked By Frightened Horse WITH THE MARINES.-Marine tanks were meeting little opposition during the early days on Okinawa, that is until they ran up against one unit of unmounted Jap "cavalry." A 32-ton Sherman tank commanded by Gy/Sgt. William R. Ford of Duquoin, III., actually was attacked by a frightened horse, according to Sgt. A. D. Hawkins, USMC combat' correspondent. "The horse got up on its front legs and tried to kick in the side of our tank with its hoofs. We stopped the tank so the horse wouldn't get hurt. After we let him blast away a while he got tired. Finally he trotted off in a h Plaindealer Newsboys down the line Schaefers Majors -- in a close match. The girls finished Hester ou 2--Bemies Oaais, 1. stoutly to catch the boys at the Hester, 513; Koob, 520; J. Wrublew- ^'rej„ br thirty-eight pins. Capt .ski> 216-578; E. Smith, 526. "Bud ' Adams lielped his cause by The 3-Baste. 0. L. Adams, f a s w i t c h , w h e n h e 5 1 4 ; K i n s a l a , 5 8 1 ; J . C a r l s o n , 2 2 5 - rolled two gutter balls in the tenth 519; Krause, 222-579 frame of the last game, which handed! Rockys Tavern, 2--Oak Park Hotel the girls the match. The usual ,i. Surtees, 209-540; Miller, "507; H. excuses followed asithe boys raved; Smith 626; Sutton, 538; Thoraell, about losing their best bowler, Don 53^ Schaefer; and having been out too, late the night before. What counts! "" --Palace-- is that the girls won! Scores were! , ! as follows: I Match-- " Schaefer Girls, 2417--Plaindealer ( Woodstock Rec. 2559--Palace, 2499. : Newsboys, 2079. gne Hoyte, 419; gd Thennes, 201-214-145-560; Dick 1 Dorothy Schafer 858; Mary Sutton, • Hester 524 432; Ethel Freund, 428; Pejrjry Kraus, * * 490; "Bud" Adams, 406; Chuck Inpr-' Match (Girk) ^,ol'/21j1Q Ro're J r8' 45°: . j McHenry, 2060--Johnsbw*, 19W. | Schaefer. 418; and Ray Smith, 384. ]M. Miller^ 460; L. Budlerl91-481; ! CANINE CONTRIBUTION j LaVcm. Freun^tig. 1 As a wartime contribution to hos-: Ladies 9 O'clock-- | pitalised vets, Martin Hogan, pro-| Fox Hole, 2--Old Bridge, 1. M. j prietor of the Bamnpton Hogan Yegge, 420; P. Pries. 190-492; M. i Kennels, has been putting a team Green, 413; M. Kniuse, 425. of five dogs through their paces for Althoffs, a--Barbians, 0. R. Marjthe entertainment of servicemen at shall, 486; E. Althoff, 485; M. Kin- : Great Lakes, Gardiner General and s#ia, 174-473; K. Brefeld, 181-457; J. Mclntyre-Lawrence hospitals. The Kralowet*. 419; L. Thennes, 462: i dogs, springer spaniels, demonstrated q. Barbian 458. obedience to . command and use ia ' ' the field. . Veteran Strikes Gold In Old Leased CRIPPLE CREEK, QOLO --Herman Conrow found a gold-lined foxhole when he was .discharged from the army six months ago. He says he has taken $25,000 out of it. He obtained a lease on the Portland Gold Mine's No. 1 shaft under the split-check leasing system, with no investment except his labor. In a few days he picked into gold ore so rich that it was sacked for shipment to the mill, instead of being loaded into cars in the customary fashion. Much of this ore run 80 ounces of gold (at $35 an ounce) to the ton. t Under the.,leasing system the mining company furnishes all equipment; Conrow does the work, and they split 50-50. Private John Doe Waa * - Expectant of Good Meal REGINA, SASK. -- Tom Melville, recently returned to Canada from a German prisoner of war camp, told this story: Liberated prisoners of war flocked back to England in such large numbers that authorities were unable to supply them food ration cards.,However, there was an abundance of extra ration cards for expectant mothers. In order to eat, a group of Dieppe prisoners were given cards which read: "It is hereby certified that Pvt. John Doe is an expectant mother and in need of extra rations." Ladies 7 O'Clock-- McHenry Lumber, 2--Palace Recs, naMiT iriMrii* ^• A. Rothermel, 189-448; M. Miller, w 1^ ^ Favorite 190-190-143-523; A. Froehlich, 456 Molded cranberry salad is always A. Nett 178-469 U holiday favorite. This year serve Riverside Dairy, 8--McHenry Colt with a mustard mayonnaise dress» ops, 0. L. Budler, 411; M. Larkin, ing and hear the murmurs of praise. , 408. ' About one tablespoon of prepared ! ---- mustard to one-half cop mayonnaise j Old Ti does it. How to Wash Pillows It's eaay to wash pillows'. tTso a weak washing-soda solution in the water with lots of warm suds. Two washings may be necessary to get the feathers thoroughly clean. Rinse the pillows two or three times in lukewarm water, then aqueeze the water out. Dry them in the warm, not hot sun and beat the pillows several timea ao that they wiU eome out fluffy. Need Rubber Stamps! Plaindealer. Order at Freunds, 2537--Bacons, 2876. J. Sayler, 544: Les Bacon, 228-541; M. Schaeffer, 212-527; A. Blake, 194- 513; N. Freund, 212-510; W. Meyers, 209-540. Jones, 2242 -- Rogers, 2224. . V. Jones, 531. < ' Johnsburg-- Jacksons, 2 -- Freunds, 1. Joe Schmitt, 180; Geo. Jackson, 522. Fretts, 3--R. Fretts, 0. B. Martinec, 524; Jos. Frett 231-588. Smiths, 2--Freunds, 1. Leo Smith, 185; J. Weingart, 195-531. Smiths, 8---Miehels, 0. W. Smith, 186-490. C. O. F.-- Skniths, 2489--Freunds, 2865. Qjtstiny Works Overt'me, Finally Unites Brothers NEW YORK. -- The long arm of coincidence, after much persuasion, brought two soldier-brothers home together from Europe. Pvts. Vestil. and Isaac Lawing of Greenville, Tenn., hadn't seen each other for four years, during which two ot£6r brothers in the family were lulled in action. Vestil and Isaac were 40 miles apart at Munich after V-E Day and didn't know it. Next they were in the same army camp near London for five days and didn't know it. Finally, they didn't know they were in the same room together until they looked up. Knight's Refrigeration ' $"« Commercial* Refrigerating Machinery |to 50 H. P. FREEZERS FOR FARM OR HOMX MILK COOLERS • i ' j • • • • . We build coolers any site--Over 26 yean experience CALL U8 FOR REPAIR SERVICE PHON EJMcHENRY 439-W Prepare Salad Quickly 1 M you're planning on a raw salad or slaw, don't make it too long before serving time. The vitatnin C in your foods gets away faster when peeled or cut. 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