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RINGW00D The uul btuiseea meet The program «u f}a*- PUmMIHIIIIIIIMHII# • p (By Mn. Gmom ShsaanD % The Home Cirele wu entertained in w home of Mr*. Mitchell Kane, Thurawith Mra. Rose Jepaon and Mra. Laoia Hawley aa co-hoeteaaea. A 1 efcloek luncheon waa wmd. Boll call waa answered by giving a Thanksgiving mb. A fine program in charge of Mia. C. L. Harrison was enjoyed. The December meeting will be held at (he kame of Mrs. Louis Hawley. Boll call Will be "What I want most for Xmas." VJi pot-lack dinner will be served. j* The W. 8. C. 8. will meet at the home m Mrs. Mabel Collins on Thursday, fir. 18, Mrs. Bussell Toddy of Kenosha will be guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy entertained the Five-Hundred club at their Thursday evening. Prizes were]fruits and vegetables, to Mary Hogan *** iif WM he1 ned for the next aiz months. DUien*- aion on "Marriage and the Family Life" was held. Patty Low had her tonaila removed at St. Thereae hospital at Waukegaa, Saturday. The infant daaghter of Mr. and Mra. Gordon Fossum was christened "Cristy Catherine" at the Methodist church in Bingwood Sunday morning. They were entertained for dinner at the home of Mrs. Fossum's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy. Mr. and Mrs. John Cristy and family of Huntley were also guests in the Cristy home. Achievement awards were given to the 4-H girls at the McHenry audi torium Saturday evening. An award certificate was presented to Charlotte and Mary Hogan for fire prevention. The national 4-H blue ribbon went to Carol Harrison,'Ferol Martin and Charlotte Hogan 'for the preservation of for leadership. Ferol Martin and Char lotte Hogan are to go to East Bay to 4-H leadership camp at Bhyopiington. The county blue ribbon award for & •warded to Mrs. Paul Walkipgton and % T. Butler, high and Mra. E. B. Vhiting and George Shepard, low. • The Youth Fellowship group met with . Carolyn Laurence, Saturday evening. 4 H '^ord contest went the usual business meeting was held ^ Charlotte Hogan and Perol MarUn. i Louise Hunt and Dorothv Smith refillowed bj games . ceived blue ribbons for their county I'll a D TTr» Alain mal a f rnA tlAVWII* _ . . . demonstration on tossed salad. Mrs. Liseiibv of Woodstock 'spent Sunday in the Dick Oldson home. Mrs. Manos and Mrs. King of Crystal Lake visited Mrs. James Conway Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene OxtOby spent Sunday with relatives at Crystal Lake. Jay Cristy, attended the homethe University at Cham- The Round-Up club met at the home flif Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Kane Satur- AUG T I O N Leonard and.Vofl, Auctioneers The farm having been sold and party yrrhaalng same, having been given I e°m,n8 Inadlate posseasion of same, will sell j Pa,8n Saturday at Public Auction on the farm known as Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler spent Jha Flood farm, ItrcsttS tins half j 8unday in the Harold Stanek home at of Woodstock on the Dean street: Ridgefield. on Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison, Mrs. j Louis Hawley. Mrs. J. C. Pearson, Mra. BUND AT, 1COV. 21 | Andrew Hawley, Mrs. Mabel Collins, O--.M lonelng at 12:80 p_. h_l . s,hka.r_p the ^Mrs. B oy Harrison and daughter, Edith and MiM Ethrf KrQ«n attended deacrlbed property to-wit: 11 HBAD LIVESTOCK consisting of COWS--7 Holstolas and 1 Brown •elsteln Bull. of Horses--Good wockors. 45 chickens, l year old. docks. HAT, GRAIN AND MAOHZKEBT Eastern 8tar at McHenry Tuesday evening. Mrs. Bose Jepson and daughter, Virginia, spent Wednesday and Thursj day at her home here. Louis Hawley, S. W. Brown, Clarence Pearson, Bob Brennan and C. C. Harrison attended a hockey game in Chicago Sunday. j. Mr. and Mrs. CNyrtffia Harrison spent Monday afternoon in tlV home of their bales of alfalfa hay, 1st cutting; i daughter, Mrs. Yem Malsch. 300 bales of mixed hay; about 751 Mrs. Marie Wegner is visiting rela* straw; some corn In crib. | tives at La Cross. Wis. KeD. Big 6 mower, McD. cultivator, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heine of Chicago >EcD. corn planter with fert. and bean: and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger and attachment, McD. disc, New Idea ma- j family of Hebron spent Sunday in the •no spreader, 3-sec. drag, sulky plow, j George Shepard home. *. D. walking plow, rubber tired wagon i Mrs. Perry and daughter of Algon With rack, steel wheel wagon with rack, I quin are keeping house for her mother Mrs. Marie Wegner, while she is on vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harrison of Bound Lake visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kattner of Solon Mills spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Hacrison Mafeatga Mrs. Dsn Lanimu*, Phyllis Bvrnette and Joan Vofel of HUM spoilt Thursday In the IM lone. Mrs. Paul Collins and daughters of Arlington Heights called on Mrs. Mabel Collins Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lena Put and daughter, Alice, spent 8unday evening with Mr. and Broadhead, Wis., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., and daughter, Mary Ann, were visitors at Biodhead, Wis., 8unday. Sunday guests in the Wm. Pagni home were ,Mr. and Mrs. George Augusti, Mr. and Mrs. E. Henzel, Mr. and Mrs. James Lane, P. Puccinelli and daughter, Lillian, Mr. and Mra. M. Cornelia of Waukegan. Mrs. Louis Hawley and- daughter, Marian, spent Monday in Chicago. Mrs. S. W. Smith and Mra. AndrewI Hawley called on Mrs. Luella Stephen I son and Mrs. Edith Turner at the Solon' Mills Best home Thursday afternoon. | Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley visited I relatives at Crystal Lake Sunday after-1 noon. i Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith called ! on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J5, W. i Smith, Saturday afternoon. i Mrs. Viola Low and son, Robert, and] Mrs. Emily Beatty were Sunday guests^ in the Walter Low home. Ed and Herb Huber of Highland! Park spent Thursday in the Frank; Wiedrich home. Mr. and Mrs. David Porter of Rockford spent the weekend with the latterV parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peet. William Peters and son of Woodstock were visitors in the Frank Wiedrich home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peet and Mr. and Mrs. David Porter were 8undav dinner guests in the Ben Fout home at 8pring Grove. • Mrs. Eft Bauer and children called on Mra. Elizabeth Weber at Antioch 8unday evening. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler attended a dinner and dance at Franklinville Wednesday evening, given for the teachers, board members- and bus drivers of District 10. There were seventy:five present. Mrs. Andrew Hawley, Wayne Foss, F. N. Muzzy and Weldon Andreas attended a teachers' meeting at English Prairie Friday afternoon for the Mc- Henry-Biehmond group. I FUBXXO lOfUll Mr. and Mfa. David Bedmond of NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE Glen Ellyn and lira. Miagel Andreas; IN SCHEDULE of Marengo spent the weeKend in the• To the Patrons pf the Illinois Belt Weldon Andreas home. Miss Lake spent 8unday with her parents Mr. and Mrs E. E. Whiting. Telephone Compan The Illinois Bell T 7' Marjorie Whiting of Crystal i. xu° "V""™ T«leP|»0»« Co«panr fin«nl»v- With her | hereby gives notiee to the pubhe that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a proposed change In its rates and charges for telephone service in the State of Illinois and that said change involves a general increase in the rates and charges for local exchange services, intrastate toll services and special contract services. A copy of the proposed change in -- » » • « « « < * , | u.«d i» •sv:, srssjsjsz target area for the U. S. navy, • Most 'Shot At' Island Kahoolawe is an island in the Hawaiian chain that holds the distinction of being the most "shot at" spot on the face of the globe. The 45-square-mile patch of lava rock marine corps and air force. So ; many unexploded shells and bombs ! infest the little spot that even military men hesitate to land. Inspec-: tions when necessary are made .from the air. The navy warmed up its guns on Kahoolawe before nearly every major Pacific battle. Military experts say they expect to use Kahoolawe for a target range indefinitely. of this company. All parties interested in this matter may obtain information with respect thereto either directly from this Company or by addressing the Secretary of the Illinois Commerce Commission at Springfield, Illinois. ^ ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. By L. G. Bratton, General Commercial Manager. (Pub. Nov.. 18 and 25) iag International Livestock ffrp--I Edmund M. Hay den, 12-year-old farm | tion and Horse 8how, which is sehedaMI boy of Woodstock, wiU show an Aber-1 toT Nov- 27 through Dee. d«en Anffus calf in the Junior Live-|Chka«° Stock Yards. stock feeding contest of the forthcom-1 Subscribe for The fialndaalw HASTINGS ; • • w YourBath Boom ^'THE NEW LOOK AHrectiva rooms are made wwMit wMi HasMags AlwnHfla, the entering wal Kb «Im» /lasts Rfetime of yew heme. AvaflaUe ia rl4 beaetifiil eeiets. Less thaa half Mm mm* of ker. cosvairtieaal i3» ' HOWABD FBEUND Johnsburg B-l McHenry, DL " TeL McHenry 646-&-S . fRead the WuA A^t I Order your rubber stamps lit The i Plaindealer. DO YOU KNOW! That you can g«t * FREE GREASE OR WASH JOB s Service Station Ask for particulars at the station ~ Cor. Routes ^1 and 120 BIcHftnry, III AS USUAL . 77:'.' I DINNER will be served at * BUCK'S TOWN CLUB TUBkn with all the trimmings Served from 12:30 to 9 p. m. ' , wheel wagon with box, potato hill 6-tooth cultivator, S sots double har- •, forks shovels, and some other tools. press, 3 small brooders, 6 8-gal. cans, milk palls and strainers, crib, snow fencing, 100 ft., lawn some doors, kindling wood, Alcken waterers and feeders, some Iron' Ed Bauer and family, peats. | Mr. and Mrs. Boy Wiedrich and _ _____ ' f a m i l y v i s i t e d h i s p a r e n t s , Mr. and . ,u HOUSEHOLD OOODS j Mrg Fred Wiedrich gr Sunday after-, •K12 linoleum rug, some linoleum by! nooIU me yard, seroral tables, haU tree Boy Neal of Waukegan spent the 2""* b0Xi weekend at his home here. springs, dressers, kitchen i |^rg j0hn Blackman visited relatives •aMaet, stone jars, some fruit Jars, d friends at Antioeh 8unday. «lwMc sweeper, hand sweeper, set box- Miu Marion Peet o( Elgin Spent the tog floves, other articles too numerous weekend with her mother, Mra. Lena la mention. jPeet Ba^ garden stones. j Mra. George Bacon of An- BiiTT. SOHNBXDBK tioch spent Sunday with his mother, , Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Bank of Woodstock, Clerking Mrs. C. L. Harrison and Mrs. Frank FEATHER PARTY BOB'S CORNER Burton's Bridge ' SATURDAY NITE, NOV. 2» TURKEY, GEESE & DUCKS WINTER DRIVING EasyJor Yourself! This coming winter don't struggle with chains, or be marooned at home or get caught in snowdrifts-- Simply have us recap your rear tires with GOODYEAR'S famous patented MUD & SNOW SUPER SURE GRIP design.--Then you'll be able to go anywhere, anytime, regardless of weather conditions.-- And we will loan you tires without charge while yours are being renewed: Come in now before the rush. P. S. Present this ad for a 10% discount. •MM Marticke & Nixon, Inc. Goodyear Distributors Rivemfoe A Ehn McHenry, Illinois Wk, telephone prices is necessary wiwrv iiiey arc ivy comparison. Sinco 1940, prices have gone sky high. Telephone prices art rela- (lOCAi MS VOU) i»15% UP--IAKMNOS DOWN Price* that are too low--expaoMM thst km income--tell the story of knrar end lower farced to ask the Illinois Commerce the pricewe mey daerge for iacroesb* ttiKR fmi mad why Wre to let us irtry Hlin6ie Bell commtmity--added more then e milium miles ot Wire in cable, built 77 new or enlarged building* put in thousends of Sew central office switchboards--ell to meet demand for more'Of-v ;• r MVS im PKTUtK STOKYt ore up 38% per are up 53% MVBTOtS NKUSAKY POt OOOO SMVICI We can continue good and espanriing service only so long as we have the support of investors who provide the money needed for new and Improved equipment Hence, financial stability is a requisite for suo> «--Ail1y imyrfiiig nuf ptihlif O ' . EARNINGS TOO LOW TO ATTRACT INVISTORS 1*40 So, earnings per telephone Ore down 44% (ARMINSI. t] Of STNCI IHeifSTMCS 9WO-TMROS OP TBJPHONI COMPANY DCPMSIS ARK WAGM Because we self a highly personal service, two-thirds of every dollar of operating expense goes out for payroll costs. Wage costs have almost trebled since 1940. In that year, our total payroll was $47 million. This year it will be $139 million--a $92 million increase. And the annual effect ot recent "third round" general wage iiiiuassS is not included in the above figures. Ibday the equipment behind each new" telephone costs mora. .{f||pper, lead, poles and building costs have advanced overall more than 60% since 1946, when we asked for our first price increase. This means many more dollars we invested in telephone service--and we" pay a reasonable return for the use of these additional investment dollars. Thus, even without latest wage increases we would still need a price increase. WTRI TRYING TO MKT PUBLIC MMAND FOR SMVICI--WK WANT TO CONTINUK As the only telephone company in the field in this community, we have an obligation to provide the best kind of telephone service to everyone who , ids it Since the war, weVe added equipment fts^ Sight now the telephone company is not Sharing in the prosperity common to most business. A recent study showed that 440 leading manufacturers, with Whom we must compete for the investor's dollar, earn an average several limes greater than this company. We do not say we should earn as much. We do (By investors make the final choice and that the gap on the chart must be narrowed promptly. Ibday, with ear trend downward, that gap is getting wider. Currently, our rate of earnings, taking into consideration "third round* wage increases, is lower than when we applied for rate relief in 1946, and we can forseee our PROMPT CORMCTIVI ACTION NCCISSARY Such an abnormally low earn* ings level seriously threatens the heart and core of good telephone service. Tb relieve the grip of inflation, and protect the public's telephone service, our prices must advance without unnecessary delay. The increase we need and have requested is small in coce^ with today's price levels %qpossc^oew iMss ore on #fe of peer tehphom Bee. Year service nprawMiM wtf be UPHOM COMPANY V v.-** to mippfy heal