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VtlWAN MOWN8 ' Bernard Yunker, 21, son of Mr. iftd Mr*. Bn> Yunker, former Elfin residents, drowned in White Bear lflr« |n Minnesota last week. Bernard mi a veteran of World War II and •aw considerable action in Japan theatre of war. He was a member eff the Good Shepard church. Pint Heater LUMi On December 1, 1M1, the lint Edison theater lighting plant start* ed operation in the Bijou theatre, Boston. Valor and Anna" is tha Aottft Tha official flower is od the state bird tha Nat WMheat Water! Allowing birds to ba without tar, even for a dally in hot m . NOTICE FREUNiyS DAIRY BAR will be open daily from •VTT ^ 8 a.m. to 9 p. Dairy Products 3 * JWted Milk -- Ice FREUND'S DAIRY, Rt 1, Richmond Road "In tha history class of a Haw York school tha taachar waa discussing tha Ufa of George Washington. She called tha attention of tha children to a picture of Mount Vernon in their history books. "That," she said, "la thf house In irhich George Wgahiagton lived." One of the boys looked at the teacher queatieningly. "What floor? "he . • fm Llghtteg FMT '7 - Thomas A. Edison opened the first electric lighting plant in the United States, the Pearl street station in New York, September 4, 1882. Original equipment consisted of auc "jumbo" dynamoe, each lighting 800 incandescent lamps. Six miles of wire enclosed in pipe were laid underground prior to the station's opening. Within 14 months the company had 508 customers using 12,732 electric lights. About this time Edison was granted a patent on a chem-' ical meter he invented to measure the electricity used by hia tomers. • • V V ^ V 4 4 V V 'v PUBLIC AUCTION MAY 14 7:30 P. M. WMiwhl WMMM v.v*.: & @0 Yes, we're glad to say it's true. Most out-of-town calls are going through pretty promptly. w • ' Once again Illinois Bell can invite you to use Long Distance. We think you'll like the service. It's getting letter day by day. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ,*y ^ ROTH K. KENT A NN STANTON watched her fcu* band's newspaper for signs of annoyiuice after she told him* Yes, he was lowering it slowly ... his handaome face frowning. "What did you do that for?" Ann buttered her toast. "Why not? I always took Elsie Olson to lunch when she was your secretary." Harry gulped his coffee. "But Elsie was . . . well. . ." Ann leaned back in her chair. Yes, Elsie was 38 and wore cotton stockings. Tess Barclay, the new secretary, was 20 and Harry could tuck her in his pocket. Ann remembered when Elsie Olson resigned and the boss hired Tess for Harry. "Sunny little girl taking Elsie's place," he'd announced. "No bigger than a minute." "Pretty?" she ashed. He'd t&rmgged. pidm?t notice," and that was wbem Amm Hoi unarming. Harry was "30, and after seven years of marriage maybe he was getting a little tired . . . maybe of her. Ann had seen the little new girl one day when she stopped in the Office to see Harry. It was a few days later when she announced at breakfast, "I'm taking* Miss Barclay to lunch today." .A NN walked into the Mayfair ahead of time. She sat studying the wall paper. Yes . . . things were working out right. That young lady wltould have to answer some question). Nice subtle questions, of course. Tess came right on time. Ann held out her hand. "Sit down, Tess," she smiled, "Everyone c,alls you that, don't they?" Tess sat primly. "Yes, Mrs. Stanton." "It was good of you to come," Ann said, "I'm sure you had something more interesting to do." Tess picked *p * fork and turned it over and over, "I... was supposed to do something else," she said, But . . . I'm glad you ashed n$e. I've . . . been wondering bow f could talh to you." Ann's senses pricked up. "You did? Was' there something special you wanted to say?" Tess twisted her napkin. "I . . don't know how to begin. Mrs. Stanton, I ... I want to talk about Mr. Stanton. But . . . maybe you won't understand." Ann braced herself. "I'll try to understand." The big blue eyes looked into Ann's . . . begged, "Is . . . does Mr. Stanton have good health?" \ X T ELL! So ndw Ann knew. And this innocent-looking youngster had figured all the angles. Even to Harry's health. No doubt Harry seemed pretty sold to her and she of SPRING GROVE (bar Mrs. Charles Prasad) Mrs. Arthur Kattner, Mrs. George W. May, Mrs. Edward May, Mrs. iy May, Mrs. L.' L. Kagan and re. Charles Freund attended a club Meeting at the heme tf Mrs. Norbert Klaus In Fox Lake on Thursday afternoon. A luncheon was served at one o'clock and the afternoon was spent at cards. Prize winners were Mrs. Klaus, Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer, Mrs. Steve Schaafer and Mrs. PatU Lewis. The club will meet next at the home Mrs. Arthur Kattner. Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest peacock were Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hoeffline of Muscatine, Iowa. Mrs. Hoeeline is Mrs. Peacockfs sister, Ada. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. I. Herberts of Burlington were dinner guests. Juniors and Seniors of Burton- Richmond high school enjoyed the 5rom at Hunter Golf Clubhouse at Richmond on Saturday night. The Andy Straub family of Chicago spent &inday with her mother Mrs. Bertha Esh. Walter Brown spent the weekend with home folks at Stacyville, Iowa. Mrs. Brown and daughter, Pauline (Wattles Subdivision) 903 Center Street McH$nry, 111. Ann, Mtanw) •pent tMpaat y iftth him, having , past waek inlewa. Mrs. Hide Freund, waa pleasantly surprised on her birthday when a party of friends gathered at her home on Sunday night. The evening was spent at cards and a tasty lunch was served. Those to make up this party were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyer, Sr* "'*ri M Fru,k*»y. Mr. apt Mr* Tot Mevsr, Mr. aad JC Gsorge A- May, Mr. and Mrs. Jb*r Smith and children and Mr. ari Mrs. Victor Freund and childna eC McHenry. Miss Catherine Huff spent the weekend with hei Mike Huff. N O T I C E ICE DELIVERY SERVICE 0ALL . \ ^ jk McHenry 406-Wpr $79 '""T" % • : m. , . f. _ ILw; ICE i>V" • %V *f «#?•%:% . *OROHY KRAUSE 302 Park St McHenry, UHnois i- j . : Tha naif secretary was 'M and Harry eonld tuck her in his pocket. wanted to be sure he. wouldn't turn senile the minute she caught him. Ann's voice was Cold. "He's perfectly healthy." " I . . . I t h o u g h t m a y b e ho was s k h . That would excuse MM. I meam ... Mr. Stanton's a nice mom hut..." Test loohed almost frightened. "Heft to impatient. I simply can't work for him any more. I make ... mistakes, and bo ... really Mrs. Stanton he makef nee work at moon 4o fix them. Ob i&r, I hope yom aren't hurt." "Hurt?" All |he buds on the wall paper seemed ,to burst into bloom for Ann. She could almost smell their fragrance^ Impulsively she put j her hand over the small one drumming nervously on the table. "Of course I'm not hurt, my dear. You mustn't be either. Harry's been ac customed to Miss Olson . . . she was there years and years and was sort of a machine. Don't quit, Tess," | Ann found herself begging, "You can take it. And you'll have a good position. I'll walk back to the office with you when we finish." Harry was puzzling over some in voices when /fan and Tess- came into the office, arm in arm. "Here's your secretary to do that," Ann smiled. She slipped out and smiled at the girls in the outer office, but was almost ashamed. to face them. Ann knew they would say, "That Mrs. Stanton is such a wonderful woman. Not the least bii jealous of Mr. Stanton's secretaries." Released by WNU Features. 10 per cent down* 40 per cent within ten days and befwre occupying home. Balance as soon as titl&tan be delivered. ^ Attention, F.B.1. Ants are notorious kidnapers and think nothing of raiding the nuraeries of their neighboring ant hills. 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