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A-?>r sSieiis Thorsell, 185-490; D. Heoser, 1*7- 1«»; H Conway, ISMOt; J. AMhaff, 97-199-148-S88} N. Knaack, 177-48$; Wheelock, 182-491. Smith, 801; Hagberg, 196-619; H. Snrith, 615; Crouch. 196-202-224-622; H. Kreutaer, 497; Jonm, 511; Otto Pyrits, 604; Holt, 480; Gnoit, 509: J. Carlson, 514; N. Carlson, 518; Wei ser, 206-588; Steffes, 506 m 7 00-0*8 M ,WAJTtHG UST IH '47 The Co-opt cot off to a poor start floo " HEAR" ftt:I by EARL R. WALSH i 3 The usual January thaw is a little . ftto this year, bat a -welcome sight, spring is in the air, hot let's not ..take off those long ones until it's definite. February is full of special days. on the local floor Sunday night as Waueonda went into an early lead of 11 to 0. The home squad recovered frtfra the early shock, but finally lost out by one point, 50 to 49. Fischer's two long shots and free throw in the closing seconds put the finishing touches on the victory. 'Navotany, a speedy little forward, watf the liot-shot of the winners with 19 points. All of his points were maue in the first three quarters. The Co-ops were in a fair way of snatching the victory late in the game when they suddenly found Lowest earnings i in company history, with some impirovemeat foreseen, a 50% slash in the telephone waiting list, and record net plant additions of $68,000,000 were announced by G. L. Wilbum, manager for the Illinois <B«U Telephone ] Company, coincident with the issu- ' ---- ance of the company's 1947 annual! These bowling notes were held report. j over from the week of Feb." 12, due Company earnings for 1947 were to the shortage of space. ninety cents a share on the 1,949,976; BOWLING H0TE8 t>. of (A. (list week)-- C. Wagner, 427; B, O'BriM, 1*8- #40. | This Week)--^ U. Kinsala, 185-461; & Miner, 181- #72; E. WinkeL 160-400; A. Oaulke, 161-431; B. OT " ~ Hoobs, 420. 'Brien, 182-447; 1* Kk>--can you blame a fellow for get- I themselves and went into a 4 point gng mixed up? R<Jy Miller's family j lead. Then came a highly question shares outstanding. Total dividend paid during the year amounted to * $1.50, the lowest in the company's history, and was made possible by deduction from s ^r plus. The company's rate of return ob invested Will long remember Lincoln's Birth- ! able bit of strategy--calling time out i caP'tal was 1.4 per cent for the year A missed long shot; ^^pared with a previous -- PALACE '•••). Old TUaera-- Bacon, 189-215-287i#H; Page* 189- 490; Downs, 528. C. O. F.-- Schaeferett E. Peterson, 186-491; B. Jtisten, 467; M. Stilling, 161-422; J. Oxtoby, 168-425; B. Buergler, 430; M. Rochelle, 163-407; R. Freund, 414; F Larson, 407; E. Blake, 178-462; F. Dean, 411; B. Regner, 161-435; M. Doherty, 162-457; M. Wiibrandt. 174- 464; E. Meeker, 162-407; L. Miller, day--for it was on that day, thatj and cooling off. iddy brought home valentine reibrances for mama and all the Sttle MiUers. "CITY SIGHTS-- ".A Doctor Froehlich ridini H 6reen Street in a model sedan--a holdover from the k ICwenties. with Dick Overton as chauf- •fei and a ragged pass then gave Wau cocnda possesion of the ball. Both times they capitalised on the Co ops failure ball, The game had all the closeness to Ford'give the crowd what they like in a gay basketbaU game. ten-year average cf 5 .7 per cent. "Under present rates and expense loads," the report said, "we do not H. G. JVeber, 209-573; A1 Wein-i £1-426;D. Schaefer, 426; E. Rand! rt, 502; H. M. Weber, 212-561; j Steffes, 508; E. Freund. 509; Geo. -r F. Freund. 223-518; Gus Freund, 221- I La£,es~, 187-199-608; C. J. Stilling, 500; Eld | ^M. Miller, 444; L. Miller, 445; H. tMigij m down eep possesion of the|enter 19f8 with normal earnings of Smith 222-221-135-578; Ed Thennes,, Fuchs, 488; B. Hulquist, 494; S. pre-war levels. However, the outlook 202-565; L. Winkel, 216-552; L. Still- Weber, 412; E. Gniot, 516; M. Weinfor earnings that will attract capital inK> 230-586; R. Jager, 209-515; G. " ~ - 501; B. Kreuzter, 497; 198-528v Iisdifs L. Steffes, 172-414; M. Donnelly, 4»; * B. Wdb«*. T. Grwwr, WTttSflow Marshall, 434; M. Ttg|«, 419. «l; J. Krfcloweti, «4; E. Con„.j; I TfcfudSSS. TAVEBN AND BARBXCU* 111 Sim St., McHenry I % * L ..l1* ^ CLOSED FOB ALTERATIONS L-i •« Date, FRIDAY, FEB: needed for continuing our service Rodenkirk. improvement and expansion program , j eur. (That big Buick was disabled wiith^ a*-3^2 ^to r1^8 victory. d n^am W*lk*d 0ff!»nd demands for telephone service gart, 420; B. Blake, 409; C. Mertes 448; H. S. Heide, 406; B. Hecht, 439; ^. Adams, 404; M. Simon, 41$; tilling, 471. - - Rod the old Tin-Lizzie came to the fescue.) History repeats. It was Waaconda some 80 years ago that the doctor, Lundsten bounced4 over the couiitryside in a | Fischer model "T," administering to -•the Grimes .... •Ick. .Oswald ... ... --: Navotany A' couple of weeks continues strong. City- ago we menTotals tioned those four girls (Katie,^Gertie, | Nettie and Clara) all having those' _ unusual runs in a pinochle game.: IfcTiat we failed to rreeppoorrtt was that ™eyers --• the runs were all in diamonds. A. Jackson » Neiss George P. Jfreund's bowling team ^came through nicely to place second in the county bowling tournament at Crystal Lake the past week-end. Sight pins behind was to third place. Nice going. With all this talk about balancing the budget nobody offers much help to budgeting our balance. Larkin Smith Miller Petersen • Totals -- m i V* 6 FG 2 I 7« 0 1 4 FT MP 0, 1 • m . | Unfilled orders for telphone service ! v | totaled 42,000 at the end of 1947, the i Kreutxer, 493, FT 0 0 . 1 0 0 0 ,0 '£• PF 1 1, 1: Herendeen, 24 Scone by Quarters: Wauconda 20-27-39-50. McHenry 8-26-36-49. . We have received several boxes of Christmas cards for the disabled "veterans. The Ames|can Legion Auxiliary will follow through with tiie ideas so^you may expect to hear from them. The basketball season is nearing the end of the trail. The Warriors travel to Delavan Friday night for the last game in the Swani League. A week lrom Friday they are scheduled to play St. Mary's at Wood- Stock. Then comes the regional tour- • aament at 'Elgin. TWICE TOLD TALES Items of Interest Taken Froi the File* of the Plsindealer of Years Ago Crouch, 533; H. L. Smith, 500; B. ' .m,i liuT i To",y*^S BR,!dWU(S; J05^und' 1 j l«6T0i« new telephones, bringine the 1 IS"5|U . M0® Jonef lSi1 Doherty, McHenry, S7S. ! bTlhenUcomp.ny t'. ! M»i H»gberg.>3-5W'; Hejter, 520; j Grow, 56». company had begun 1947 with 87,000 j J* ' ' Ro**ra' ; i delayed orders. w ' j 'To meet the public's demand for. K1R. ol-viv <m. Tin*- telephone service," the report said, 4qr i';nnnhT ' "our physical plant was expanded ^l ,^ 5 ^b^'498' L,ncoln' j more in 1947 than in any previous] ; year. Every working day, on the j % , average, over a quarter of a million . 1 dollars' worth of additiotial equip-; ^oonan, 198-510; Kannholz,, 190» ment was placed at the service of. Meath, 523'; Dean, 194- 510; our customers." ' Duttko, 501; Virgil Adams, 503; J. __ In summary the most, recent of Rogers, 193-535; Art Jackson, 533; ! Tavern--» three storms which resulted in a total , Wheelock, 544. „ j Virgil Adams, of nearly $4,000.00(» in damage, the! , .. >7 ~ ~ 1 drews. 524; Duttko" 515« "Dean" 211- report declared that "the ice storm j (Additional bowling'Brtites on Page j 571; Repan, 524; J. Rogers ^50*7- A | of New Year's Day, 1948, was one t Jackson, 522; Zuelsdorf 'SOT*' G* of the worst in company history;^ --SCHAEFERS'-- jKnox, 192-496. * * * ],25,3GO telephones were put out of Johnsburg-- j -- service; 8,500 poles were broken off J. Jackson, 589; L. Freund, 964-' WauconrTa-- " or down; 950 long distant circuits 486; B. Weingart, 519; L. Smith, 204- Garland, 204-564; Peat 212-560' were out; and thirty-four of dur 539; G. Nowak, 192-487; N. Smith,; Laurence, 214-527; Boehmke, 199-515* -- PALACE -- Ladies County Tournament (con- ! tinues through March 7th at Palace) Mabel Ehrke, Crystal Lake, 650. _ Zelma Thurston, Crystal, 537. •Doubles: Barbara Freund, Dorothy Schaefer. McHenry, 1082. \ Pearl Schultz, Oral Woodstock, 1054. Marie Yeg&e. Mildred Kinsala, McHenry, 1037. Lucille Deutschman, Helen Deutschman, Crystal Lake, 101$. 517; Joe McAn- ^ ""The God of Creation' jfc SOUND-COLOR FILM tiyDr. Irwin A. Moon $' • * - ' Will Be Shown At WONDER LAKE GOSPEL 0ENTE$ THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19# ; at 8;QG P. M. • No Admission Charge Everybody Welcome SIXTY YEARS AGO exchanges were isolated. Bell system 205-500; J. Smith, 520. teamwork was again brought into play. Crews and heavy trucks rolled Wonder Lake Business Men-- to the stricken area from Alabama, G. Freund, 523; Marke, 491; John- Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, son, 543; Rom. 5061 Louisiana, dryland, Minnesota, .» Missouri, New York, Pennsyvania, Majors-- Wtest Virginia and Wisconsin, to aid "Scjiaefer, 212-552; Bennett, 199- the %ntire Illnois Bell and local Long 535; Jones, 182-214-201-597; Hag- Lines construction force which had been mobilized on New Year's Day." On the employee side, the company reports that some 19,000 Illinois Hironimous, 501. Old TiiBL._ Bacon, 505; ifiarbian; 502; Dewrfek, 493; Cristy, 524; Rogers, 209-644; Jones, 490. C. O. F. -- . S. \Virfs, 485; L. Stillfffg, 513; B. Bell men and women are purchasing' Sutton, 619; Larkin, 518; Rodenkirk, berg. 502; Justen, 529; Kraus, 199- Kreutser, 483; R. Jager, 196-484; J. 537; N. Justen, 208-502; Meier, 562; , Regner, 211-576; H. G. Weber, 222- Hup Smith, 190-200-218-608; Vernj550; H. M. Weber, 221-528; Ed Freund, 201-575; Kralow^t®, 509;. Thennes, 217-570; Fred Meyer, 502 This is nes--A baby girl has come ^ ^ to make her home in the Howard for g trip through Iowa. _ . more than 100,000 shares of Ameri- F. A. Parker started on Tuesday can Telephone and Telegraph battles apartment building-Nine ir' lates^in^ Ihat' sta^e e«?v ' St°S.°n 8 month}y insta11- bundles from heaven have previously ^mllate_s_,m_V,nK 10 that 8Ute early ment Plan- These aggregate arrived to make their home there-- AU of them boys--The little queen has come to bless the LeRoy Smiths. It isn't "Boys' Town" anymore-- 197-518; Smith, 211-135-211-557; Getner. 221-190-188-599. Wed. Business Men--* H. Mahlstrom, 196-478. ELKHORN WINS HARD BATTLE FROM MOHS WARRIORS 37 TO'33 h A new Warrior lineup put plenty man. effort in their chores here last Stephen Raymond informs us that Friday night, but fell short in the he will, the last ol thts month, move -lal count with Elkhorn, 37 to 33. with his family to Britt, Iowa, where Golbeck and Laures were the n«w he has purchased a farm. starters, teaming with Becker, Mc- j <3ulla and Bockman. FIFTY YEARS AGO A drive, led>y McCulla, put C. M. Adams has just received the , , . savings in the spring. / amount to over $500,000 per month, Married--At the Catholic church or more than $6,000,000 per year. in this village, Wednesday, Feb. 1,. As the company entered 1948, total Mr. Patrick Cleary to Miss Maggie i employee payroll deductions--mostly Boyle. The bride was arrayed in ! for savings plans of various types-- beautiful olive silk. While the groom were at the rate of $11,000,000 was finely attired in black. annually. The higher department of our public school has been closed since. Complete line of Lee's poultry CommW j Wednesday last, on account of ^{remedies at Wattles Drug Store, Mc- D. Conway, 216-589; R. Scharlow,, sickness of the principal, F. R. Jack-, Henry. 8-tf 213-542; E. Engersol, 196-492; C. i City-- W. Kreutser, 191-618; Budler, 600; Green, 199-560; R. Jubten, 615; j^chlitt, 536; J. Regner, 498; E. M. -•mm 5 vi "i hi "-y i You'll O* AtiTTU FIT IN HHIMKm McGee's McHmiry • > S 'J ti T i m i m i i i i m n i i h u m m m i i m n m n i » m , , K. of C. ! H. Knox, 185-509; G. Barbian, 523;| A. Justen, 176-477; G. Amann, 188- 466; E. Frost, 170-451; L. Stilling, i 483; T. Millet, 475. I great tiie Warriors out in front late in appointment oi postmaster at Johnsthe game, but the local boys were un- burg. So we are informed. able to hold the pace. To McCulla Fred Mathews, of Barreville, and goes special mention for a great Miss Ada Buck, of Terra Cotta, will effort. His pws interceptions alone be married at Woodstock today, played a big part in keeping Mc- Wednesday £Henry in thegame Becker's floor Wm. McLaughlin informs us that ay and ball handling were also he has re8igned his position in ight spots m the McHenry Picture. Evanson's store. He has held a posi- Elkhorn put a classy second team tion there for several years and has the floor winning by a 37 to 26 been a faithful and trusted em: •eova. Blkhorn Quaes Huesser Matheson -- Van Scotter Jones ............ Biagi Casark l*nny PP 8 2 0 S 0 Totals • « cHenry ker McCulla ..... Laures Peterson'...... Bockman ... Golbeck ..... Aregger ».... Score by Elkhorn 11-13-25-87. McHenry 8-15-24-88. 0 0 I t 8 8 14 ft 16 FG FT PP 0 0 2 ft \ 1 1 « > ft 1 0 0 ' 4 8 ft 2 , 8 2 9 e 0 James V. Aldrkh received tne pointment of postmaster at Ricl mond. •of' . Complete line of Le«* pottftory limedies at Wattles Drag Store, Mc: Henry. FORTY YEARS AGO ' ' --Rutter was declared firm at 88 cents on the Elgin hoard of trade Monday. McHenry township has a total tax of $21,813.46 this year. The rural mail carriers experienced a few troubles of their own last Saturday. John Knox of route 2 ports four tip-overs. Not one of t! carriers was able to make the^ com plete route. Bordens expect within a few days to cut their second crop of Ice. The second crop will be shipped to houses where ice is not to be had. CLARENCE'S SHOP Bird houses, lawn furniture, lawn and porch swings, pier and park benches, picnic tables, window boxes, trellises, etc. Kitchen cabinets and cupboards made to crder, hand woven wash baskets, shopping and market baskets. Full line of leather belts, suspenders, billfolds, etc. CLARENCE SMITH Til. MeHenxy 883-J-l Johnsbuxg, 111. IF yea doa't ml c«r, hat N*a to riie in eae . . . * IF you like • -ww*-;' f! - WHEN yoa're fat a hmtf ta ««* some p l a c e f a s t . . . . TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Louis AJthoff of Johnsburg, who of late has been employed at the I Ringwood blacksmith shop, until Recently conducted by Hettermann Bros., last week closed a deal ii| McHenry whereby he comes inte possession of the Joe May shop, lo- 8_tf, cated on Waukegan street. Lester "Butch Bacon, McHenry's champion skater, copped the afternoon's honors in the major event of an ice carnival pulled off at the Crystal Lake municipal skating pond last Sunday, The Wagner-Freund wedding dance/ held at the Solon Mills Improvement, club hall on Wednesday evening of last week, was largely attended, there being about 100 numbers present. Music was furnished by the Fox River orchestra of McHenry. Mrs. Hubert Kails passed away at her late home at Johnsburg this Thursday morning. hat BUT ALWAYS McHENRY CAB »" PHONE 472-J , Can Yea Spare a Mapf Think twice before tossing etdai 1p file shabby man who bleats, . "Brother, can you spare a dime?*' This ia the advice of American Pub* Be Welfare association, who found that in North Carolina some pan* handlers are making $4,000 a year; The study was conducted by a state committee and served as groundwork for a strict new law requiring beggars who ply their trade iit. North Carolina to have solicitations licenses. Most 'of the beggars iivf terviewed admitted making no more;' than $25 a week. One man said hi£ panhandling netted an average of about $15 a day. The incomes of j several others, who own property in I the state, were estimated u bt ] least $4,000 a year. < Apnencan ramny Stse ; The average American consists of 4.1 persona, according to government figures Toni Permanent Wave Kits, $1-25 and $2.00. 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