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, <si :] 7',':i •' ' •**. '" J-"*' •,•****,"»'! i* -uf? V: -?k, rf *tessAtif-"'S> II Ht HI IIIII HI MIIMMIi !»hort BET WEEK CL ASSES 44 I I I I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 H I M l » MI **|y lg» (by Jaeque Hopkroa) ' _ ^ _ .... ^ *i *; The newly organised Cat^oUc Youth Organisation has announced that it is sponsoring a dance, to be held Saturday night* Dec. IS. The daiiee will be open to everyone and the music will be furnished by Dick Heuser and his band. The price of admission; 'will be tmrty-ljre, cents each and fifty cents per couple., (The huge saving on couples is not by coincidence, so, take the hint.) j I attended one of the recent meetings of the CYO and I was really; impressed by the \ enthusiasm that j the 100 or more showed. The club } has elected officers, Pat Williams,. president; Tom Kent, vice-president; j and Lorraine Michels, secretarytreasurer. They could not ham. chosen three more capable or efficient officers. The organisation is under the gliding hand of Father Vanderpool of St. Patrick's church, who is really a grand person. _ The eventual aim of the elub is ^ to establish a teen-age club for McHenry and it is working towards that goal by sponsoring: dances and parties to raise the necessary funds. At present, they are meeting in the basement of St. Patrick's church, where they can dance, play games, and carry on the business oi their, meetings. The CYO is an organization tl\at McHenry needs and I am glad to see it established. Our student council inaugurated a unique idea in the line of fund-raising last Tuesday and Wednesday. Instead of the usual method of raising money for the Red Cross, the council gave two shows for the students during the lunch hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. The price of admission was a donation of ten cents or more. T ra KeHsntT turn in worthwl Well, that space so, ______ Be a "A, "Qua," said Bill, as he caufM up with Gus cm the way back to camp, "are all the **st » ®e hunt' ers out of the woods "Yes," said <5us. * ,,, ^ "All six of them?' ,«'• ?•< "Yes." - "And they're all safe? "Yep," answered Gus, "they're all safe." "Then," said Bill, his cheat swelling. "I've shot a'deer." . New Kind of Ce*r . "Oh," said the city girl to the farmer, "what a funny looking cow. No horns " "There, are several reason# amy a cow does not have horns, said the farmer. "Some are born without horns. Some do not grow horns until late in life. Others are dehorned while young. But the chief reason this cow doesn't have any horns is that it ifcn't a cow ... it's a horse." into tiie ^ his seat obvious front he bad was sadly in old-fashioned a production i now where movies Subscribe for The Pla ive a j GIVU&UHOA. Brighten up the home this Chtiemas with ga¥$ colorful plants. We have a ^wonderful variet flowers from which, to choose . . . fresh, fragrant, exquisitely formed radiate Christmas cheer. •V POINSETTIAS CYCLAMEN BEGONIAS ROSES MISTLETOE CENTE& PIECES TO ORDER DOOR PIECES ON ORDER EVERGREEN BLANKETS AND WREATHS F FOR LOVELINESS Choose flowers! What is prettier for Christmas tluh a corsage or bouquet? Let us make up one for yon and she'll thank you a thousand fold for brightening her ensemble or her home. Fresh and "perfect, our blossoms radiate Yuletide ohair* Come ill today, * „ McHenry Floral Co. Greenhouses one mile south of • ' -V McHenry, on State Route SI, . hifttioa As mE uttu movie *" 'n last raw it his doleful much on his Reed of recreatfas. On the Melodrama doubtless made reissued." Cam* heroine, lured sB sMttspecting to the villain's lair, audfenly realued with horror that'll intentions ™ere anything but honorable. Providentially she discovered the handy carving-knife. "Stand back, you unspeakable cad," she cried, brandishing the weapon. "I may be only a poor, weak, friendless woman -- but, by Heaven, I shall sell my honor dearly!" "Profiteers," shouted the troubled httle man. "Everywhere you go, it s high prices." And with that he bolted out of the theater and disappeared into the night. WW Making Utile One* The convict was taken to the rock pile on his first day in jail. The guard gave him a sledge hammer and pointed to a large rock. "Okay, bud," he ordered, **fO ahead and split this rock." The convict eyed the rock curiously. "Why?" he inquired. "What's inside?" WORE HIM DOWM / Ornament l/ttahiny dottay* *Qnclustrp Those colored glass ornaments that we hang on our Chrisbnas trees used to come from Germany, Czechoslovakia and Roland. A small number were made in Japan. When the war cut off these supplies, American glass manufacturers, who had never bothered with these products before, turned part of their fai cilities over to making the pretty ! gewgaws. Mechanical methods were i soon developed that could blow as 1 many ornaments in an hour as ! a European glassblower could make j in a month. Thus modern efficien- | cy may doom this picturesque little | industry, carried on in the moun- ! tainous towns of eastern Europe, j Ornament making is a typical * , "cottage industry" in the little vil- | lages that cling to the steep moun- | tainsides. Families specialize in cer- : tain shapes and designs, patterns | that may date back for hundreds of ( years unchanged. The father, using j a bunsen burner, carefully blows I .'the thin glass tubing to the de- I sired shape, with the aid of an iron mold. His son, acting as mold I boy, removes the hot ornament to a j cooling table. Next the mother silj vers the inside, and finally the [ daughter applies paint and perhaps decorative designs. Phone A chap tried to buy a suit at one of those "walk a flight and save a dollar" establishments. One of the partners tried every suit but one on the customer, turning him around and around again and again, so he could view himself in tlte mirror from every angle. Finally the other partner took over, showed the chap one suit, and made a sale. "You see how easy it was!" he admonished the first salesman. "1 did it on the very first try!" "I know," shrugged the former, "but who made him dizzy?" Christmas Rose Has Real Significance Legend tells us that a young shepherd girl was weeping bitterly as she watched the Wise Men on their way to take gifts to the Christ Child. Like the Ostrieh Two friends were riding.a bus when one noticed the other had his eyes closed. "What's the matter, Mike?" he asked. "Don't you feel food?" "1 feel fine," . Mike replied, "but 1 can't bear to see women standing." Serbian Christmdg ^ Falls in January The Serbian Christmas is rich hti its symbolism of Our Lord's birth! in Birthlehem. It is celebrated on January 7 in accordance with Jul- i ian calendar, established in 46 B. C.i and used when Christ was born. , ' j The head of the family brings a1 small Christmas tree into the house! and burns part of it. The spares! signify how the shepherds came; into the manger to see the Christ child and warm themselves. In' Europe, the Serbs place the un-j burned part of the tree in the barn or stable to signify fruitfulness. In another custom, the father leads the family into the house, and they scatter straw over the floor to! signify the warmth of the stable. Called raiiiitlil In World War II the American Vice Industry was declared "essential" by the war manpower commission. A similar action was by the Romans in 61 B. C., when a law was passed exempting members of the spice industry from military service. Order your rubber stamps at Thej Plaindealer. j J; = first Earliest railroads in the United States were built of wooden rails capped with thin strips or "straps" of iron to provide a running surface for the wheels. These were called "strap-rails." Iron rails 18 feet in length were imported from England as early as 1831, and by 1845 or 18S0 most railroads were being built of iron rails. First Bessemer steel rails manufactured in the United States were rolled at Chicago. May 29, 1885, and by 1880 about 30 per cent of all tracks in the United States was laid with steel rails. Orieatal New im CMy Mew York City is now the world's greatest market place tor Oriental rugs. Each year importers in the metropolis receive millions oi do^ lars worth of hand-woven ru|| which ultimately And their way iB homes throughout the world. . ftenewal ef Patents Patents may be renewed act of congress, a thing practically unheard of. Patenting of an improvement does not extend the life of a patent. At the end of 17 years after grant of a patent, the invention passes into public domain and may be made, used or sold by anyone, incorporating every feature disclosed in the patent. Sixtyfive to 75 per cent of the functional components of the modem motor vehicle have originated witlr independent inventors and are made complete by independent smaller manufacturers. r • , Bnll-Headedness Most sot-in-his-ways man I ever heard of was a letter carrier lived up Laconia way some years ago. If he was used to crossing a vacant lot, and somebody built a home there, like as not he'd ride through the back door and out the front rather than change his routine. One day a newcofner to town watched him hoist his bicycle over a pasture fence and start along the patch for the other side. Half way across a bull saw him and took after him. Panting some, he got himself and his bike over safely. "Darned near got you, didn't he?" said the sympathetic bystander. "Darned near gits me every time," was theuujiconcerned response. -- / u\j: An angel appeared, and after ascertaining why the young girl was crying, she waved her wand, and instantly the ground was carpeted with glittering white Christmas roses. The young girl quickly gathered these blooms. When she presented her gift, the Christ Child smiled, and as his fingers* touched the white flowers the petals became tinged with pink. mt i ON THE BOTfONf TH*T? This custom originated with the Dutch. They used their wooden shoes instead of stockings. When the Dutch come to New Amsterdam, this custom Came with ihem--the wooden shoes being gradually replaced by stockings made for the occasion out of net-like materials. As nearly every home had a fireplace the usual place to hang the stockings was over the fireplace. •Did you get hurt when you were the football eleven?" 'Nq; it was while the, eleven were so mi Hsmer Knew 8aasaga Ssosage was known as far back as 850 B. c., according to "Odyssey," attributed to Homer. Recerdiac Early Law lodge Ephriam Kir by published the first law reports printed in the United States in 1789. The first law ifhoftl in America wee tended in Litchfield, Conn., in 1784 by Judge Tapping Reeve. It was called the Litchfield Law school, and he was n>« sole instructor. Open Evenings From December 15 Until Christmas. For your shopping convenience McHenry stores that feature GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS will be open evenings. Those stores which normally are closed on Thursday afternoons, will be open Dec. 18th, Thursday afternoon, also. Why b6 pushed around by the bigger city crowds? ^ Try McHenry stores first. McHenry Business Mens' Associatio - Treating Trees To Preserve Needles Dropping needles or leaves of Christmas trees, which strip the trees of color and litter the floor, long have been a Yuletide bane. Therefore, the discovery of the New York State College of Forestry that waterglass spray, will prevent the spruce leaves from falling comes as welcome news to family and housewife alike. Besides preserving the foliage, the waterglass spray adds to the decorative effect of the spruce by leaving a slight silver sheen to the green of the needle-like leaves. The waterglass also has been found to be a good fire retardant. The college found that the shedding of spruce leaves also can be retarded by placing the base of the tree in a bucket of moist earth, peat moss or water. Users have reported Jhs,, «ucce#» of lhi» tresfc ment. '• Our Most Famous Christmas Trees Most famous of the nation's Christmas trees are growing on the wooded rolling acres of the Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. Developed as a result of hobby which occupied much of the late Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's spare time, the groves ot Yule trees now are scattered on odd patches and parcels of land throughout the estate. The trees, about 270,000 in number, axe principally of Norway spruce, white spruce and Douglas .fir, with a few balsams also included. Although the tree growing was a hobby with the late president, he Insisted that the project pay its own way. Consequently about 2,000 ° to 3,000 trees are marketed ev$iy Christmas season. • Another Circle ef Efcith Enough Douglas fir plywood was manufactured last year to make a board walk eight feet wide and %- |nch thick, which would more than 'encircle the entire earth at the "equator. 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