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•Br , cv* sr. « Saudi oritts '" i .<• < I v by EARL R. WALSH . If yoa had wen the thai tint .many «< us nv at the Kiwaais meeting Mob day night you wouldn't wait until aome other day or some other week to dig down -and contribute to the CBOP Cpaeh lteCraekea and his Warrior basketball team got off to a winning start last Friday night with a 36 20 victory over 8t. Mary's of Woodstock on the home floor. Jack Laures, Willo MeCulla, "Red" ,,, _ Olsen, Paul mud and Bob Beekfer BUWImNw NOTB8 started for McHenry, but six other boys viw action at varions times as the game progressed. Scoring was at low ebb in the first quarter. Taylor .finally broke the iee with a basket. Willo MeCulla then started to hit, scoring two baskets and j Sehaefer, 427. free throw.--And that was all the scoring in the first quarter. Free thcows i Thurs. Majors-- $ ' .Jf M l l l t l l M M I I I I l H w ifcHenry Kocrsatton * Wed. Ladies-- B. Freund, 422; F. Idirson. 4SS; ,E. Rand, 453; Es» Peterson, ltS; M. Rochelle, 179; M. Wilbrandt, 448; D. Tin Lieky Prize By ttAfttON SfL,. m ,i . I'l'Js vrtftiiivjr •Npft'Viv lip MCori tb*n miles from San l/wclico on direct tea and air •mi to Australia, American Samoa mrolls a photogenic scan* at palm-decked beaches, framed by green Jungles and forested volcanic mountains. Tutuila Island's deep blue bay, which .was ceded to the United Statea far a naval station in 1872. V hat, carefully removed his rubhaa been called the best and most j bers before stepping Inside on the beautiful harbor in the South Seas.! immaculate flcor. It was good to Administered by the U. S. navy, j be home, to be facing a relaxed only the eastern portion of the i evening while the storm slashed Samoan group comes under Amer- j the outside world. ican rule, notes the National Geo-: "Allie?" he called. The muffled ! graphic society. Western Somoa, reply sounded like: "where else 17RED slapped the water from his r hat. -Pifctureaof children in aterrible state were missed by both teams with a lack V. Jones, 5-8; RPeisert. 210-532; B. with the larger islands of Savii and! would I be, but in the kitchen?" jf malnutrition and in need of a help- of skl11 thnt 18 hoP«d <•««' be blamed onjOyuowa, 207-548; Krause. 508; Surtees.' Unolu where Robert Lm,i« Si.wn.1 .v.. ^ o, fig hand will haunt yon. v To those of us who have children of ilr own, the picture hit right in the '•pit of our stomach. . It is our understanding that you can §'"~ attribute through any church. The irioas fehnrch agencies are set up to •tribute to the needy in foreign lands. . This particular drive is set tip to provide milk products to aid those in need. They don't need help in the far distant future. No. They' need thai help right now. Let's be truly thankful at this Thanksgiving Day time for our many ft. bleseiags and not let the spirit leave ~ «s until we have made ourselves happier by knowing that we have helped others less--much less--fortunate. early season raggedness. McHenry led 16-7 at half time s^nd stretched the margin to 28-16 at the end of three quarters. , Willo MeCulla made a nice percentage of floor shots and was a stand-out in ringing np the victory. McHenry's Junior Varsity won by a 29 tp 17 score and pleased the crowl with their style of play. :' McBeaty, 36 Becker Nye -- W. MeCulla . Lauers B. MeCulla Hiller Miller s Saw the MCHS Warriors in their first ketball game of the season last Friky night. The' home boys defeated t Ooaeh Stuessy's boys and are now faeed ' with tougher opposition. 8tuessy teams will always give you a .jjjittle, but neither he nor "Mac" have atade any reservations for the, state tournament this year, - Willo MeCulla put wp aganie before an old charley horse gave him 1 Jtouble in the last quarter. ^"Red" Olsen put up a strenuous bat- Ik and should click if that left hand ' af his starts hitting the basket. Dowell P. Freund ............ Thies ....;.,u:*jS Totals 48 St Mary's, at^" " %• B. Nthan „0 Stolzke i Taylor Freund ..... Bailey Balzman ... Dewane.... ...2 ...2 ,_0 ...1 -.0 Bailey. ,._0 Yi ,R . 4 » I t 1' •a-.. Totals --*-.T,..........l0 ' 6 22 FLASH! Delav*n beat our MCHS basket Well team here last (Tuesday) night in an overtime batfle, 43 to 42. McHenry I led 21 to 20 at half time. "Mac" had the boys using a rone, defense effectively, but the offense will RAILROAD COMMUTERS meed much sharpening. The game of basketball is fast-moving today with atauy teams following the rule that the best defense is a good offense. 518; Bennett, 223-555: V. Freund, 201 5*9: J. Lark in, 199 545; Schlitt. 535; T. Sutton. S00 528kJ*. 530; 8. Miller, 518. V • Business Mew-^- - Widen, 200-549; Ross, 203; Noonan, 206; A. Blake, 207; Ronrke, 210; Thomas, 502; Lay, 519j Wieser, 51JL Johasburg-- P. Freund, 203-539. Friday Ladii E. Hoyte. 420; M. Hettcrmaattv ffS- 469; R. Hettermann, 466; S. Weber, 430: Edith. 174 504; B. Hulouist, 432; N. Larkin, 435; Frances, 425. v. F. w.-- Lay, 212-SM; Bacon, 5S9; Conway, 50L . . * Upolu where Robert Louis Stevenson once lived and was buried, is governed by New Zealand under United Nations trusteeship. ,Por all its handsome scenery, however, and the fertility that offers native Polynesians a living Pushing open the door, Fred sniffed appreciatively and kissed his wife. "Apple pie I Hmmmm The boys home yet?" he in K. of <3^ . L. Stiliintr. 529; C. Mansfield. 502; O. Lnrkin, 210-516; H. Steffan, 207-5Sf0;* L. Pitien, 200 523; T. Miller, 200. D. of A.-- A. Gaulke, 495. ^cStQo^"1^iJiCked frr glancing at the headlines "R«lPh » But Jack won't be home ! --they're canes have brought devastation and j having some kind of ban- quet at gchooL "i,i »» i Allie observed: "It's too bad they One of the worst 'blows" came m h.w_ _._K "^.1," . r*^ 1889, wrecking the rival warships » * *** for the bm«° of Great Britain, Germany and the i p ..3. „ . United States, facing one another ! A .. . * * • P** smelled in the Apia harbor of Western JelicioJ»- • • . Apprehension gripped Samoa. After the storm, the three | What bingo party? powers agreed on neutral control j Ralph barged in and his mother oI the islands, which lasted un-1 gave the boy an amused glance, eaaily until 1899, when Great Brit- ] "Your father has the queerest memain withdrew, in favor of the | ory. If it were a wrestling match United Statea and Germany. After World War I, Germany's western share came under New Zealand's mandate; * This Swani League is plenty tough and the Warriors have a job cut oat for themselves. EXPRESS PREFERENCE FOR COACH DECORATION Commuters on the Chicago and North Western Railway have voted overwhelmingly for a suburban coach interior decoration scheme featuring brown p l u s h s e a t s , brown c u r t a i n s , cream and McHenry's snappy, Tittle clieerlead-, frreen Linotile flooring, green and white .ats carried over from the football sea *(j|n with a yell, "We want a touchdown." Their faces were slightly red. Wked Joe what he was doing. Says Joe, "What does it look liket" "It looks like you're scraping him," came back the little girl. walls, and aluminum baggage racks, it has been announced. In a unique pall, the commuters were .' . ... „ .... [invited to inspect a typical suburban It happened last Baturday night when j eoaoTi divided into four parts--each Joe Guzzardo was shaving Dick Hester.. decorated in a different color scheme. £ little_8inclair girl from»Wonder Lake I Tijpij. voteg determined the interior decor to be used on approximately 100 coaches involved in the suburban rehabilitation program initiated by the railroad this year. Of the 6,455 commuters who inspected the coach during the eighty-day balloting period. 3.520 or 54.53 per cent favored the brown, white and green color scheme which was listed as number four on the ballot. The "referendum" car was parked in the station for the convenience of the suburban "voters," and balloting began on the day before the national election. Second choice with the commuter* (38.03 per cent) was a blue color scheme, including blue leatherette seat covering, blue curtains, brown linoleum floor, blue and off-white walls and aluminum baggage racks. A dark green and dark tan combination, with a red floor, was third and a dark green and light tan interior was least popular. Commuter comments on suburban service, obtained daring the poll, are. being compiled and. studied by railroad officials. ftverheard: * A womaii wnlking dbwn Green Street Ytmarked--"With all the building gof «jg on in McHepTy, you'd think it was ifceap." We learn that some of those egg-laying stories we printed recently were not complete. Joe Regner's farm pro ==^ded straw that made beauty-rest:: Bests for the hens. They love that straw! The next basketball game on the lifCHS schedule will be with White- Water--here--Friday--Dec. 3. Town teams are now organising and ill play Libertyville here next Sunday ght, Nov. C8. • The Co-ops have Glenn Peterson, Joe Jackson, Art Jackson, "Sonny" Miller, XfeRoy Smith, Jerry Larkin, Carl Niess and Bud Miller on their squad. This bunch should be able to play some high class teams. Plenty of size on the team no matter how they line up. i ' The preliminary game Will be played ' by the Forester team, but we do aot have a list of players on the squad. The boys want you to turn out Sunday to help get the season off to a -good start. Short week. The presses run early. , But, before signing off, we want to express the wish that you will have many blessings to make yonr Thanksgiving a happy day. Muatering-Out Pay Is Due Next-of-Kin The next-of -kin Of many deceased Illinois World War;II veterans are entitled to collect mustering-out_ pay due to the deceased veteran, Homer G. Bradney, administrator of the Illionis Veterans Commission, has pointed out. --"This back pay now is made available by the war and navy departments under the recent extension of the dead line for applications for .mustering-out pay for veterans who were discharged prior to Feb. 3, 1944. These veterans or their dependants now have until Feb. 3„ 1950, to collect the mustering-out pav. If a veteran failed to collect his mustering-out pay before the old deadline of Feb. 3, 1946, and later died, his nearest survivor may ap&iy for tho beneit. , T? •: Comm'l.-- R. Just en, 200: C. Thorsell, 204-562: L. Adaaw, 211; B. Peistrt, 509. v --PALACB -- City- Rogers, 532; Olson, 212-532; Thompson, 526; Blake, 502; Downs, 216-169- 201-586; Rogers, 507. Majors-- Rosing, 537; 8«hlitt, 549; tttlw, 202- 546; Bacon, 214-532; Schreiner, 519; Tonyan. 517; Peisert, 200- 570. McGee's team rolled a 943 total in the third Wheelock. 201-573; Downs, 506; j Watch Fat* Win Main at ExptsitiM Easy-to-read watch faces surrounded by rubies and emeralds were Judged the most popular styles for 1949 at the world-famous exposition of watches and jewels held in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 15,000 stylists and visor a ball game--" Looking at Fred "The bingo party I bought the tickets for last Monday. We have to go tonight." He hedged. "Why do we have to go? You bought the tickets, that was the main thing they were interested in." "Bmt I Mr tm pUyf «*» tmbtti. "Tbry btv* tbt grimdttt ami yom knom bow Imrkji I am!" Thinking of the warmth, the unread magazines, Fred reflected unhappily that Allie might be lucky, but he most certainly was not. For Fred it was a particularly He got no pleasure itors from all over the world viewed a two million-dollar collection of dull evening precious watches, gems and jewelry | at au from pushing little "wooden at the exposition, which each year I squares around on a piece of cardfeatures the creations of leading! board, and certainly no material a?* "1*^' » .u Sam came his way. Empty-handed. came., wneeioeK. uowns, nu«;' Also feature--d at. jthe exposition aafnteerr ttwwoo hours of tire^e effort Crouch. 224-194 193 611; Budler. 503; *ere masterpieces of the highest he looked Rodenkirk, 198-544; Justen, 502; Barth.l 515; Rogers, 198- 573; H. Sinith, 567.! C. O. F.-- Leo Winkel. 215 535: H. Freund. 533; Gus Freund, 203-570; Thennes, 213-536.! the recent winner of the world standards of the Swiss watchmak-1 ers art--the world's smallest watch, the most accurate, the most complicated and the thinnest watches ever made. The most accurate was across the room to find Allie triumphantly gathering up a set of glass ash trays and a string of plastic measuring spoons. "I told you I was lucky!" she crowed, ignoring Mrs. Deerfield Lo^al residents who attended funeral services in Franklin Park last week for Mrs. Maurice Van Natta, a former resident, were Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Thomson, Misses Eleanor and Mildred; Kinsale, Mrs. Ella Buss and Mrs. Ber-' t h a J e n s e n and Mrs. A r l e n e P e a r s o n o f i Ringwood. They learned that Mrs. Van ' Natta had died unexpectedly of a' heart attack on the previous Monday.! Susan Olsen, daughter of Mrs. Leslie* Olsen, spent last weekend in the home) of Mrs. and Mrs. Ralph L a w r e n c e . Don) Hale of Whitewater came down with ^ the Lawrences when they returned i Susan to her home. Mrs. Frank Thurlwell entertained her1 uncle Adam Klein of Omaha, Nebraska and her sister Mrs. Eva Balser of Chi cago for a few days the past week. Mrs. Signe Miller entertained mem bers of her evening bridge group last week and prizes were awarded to Mrs.' Robert Thompson and Mrs. George j Johnson. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Aliee Lindsay. | Miss Myra Speaker spent Sunday in I the Leslie Olsen home. Last Thursday, George Scheid visited' his daughter in Chicago. Mrs. George Rauen of Kenosha, Wis., spent several days last week with her father, Math Glosdon. . Altar and Rosary 8odality of St. (Patrick's have postponed their next meeting until January 3rd at which time they will have their holiday party. Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow York and sons, William and George, of Sharon, Wis., were ^entertained at Sunday supper in the Leslie Olsen home. .Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kaelin of Aurora visited relatives and friends in this vicinity on Sunday. Sunday guests in the Frank Thurlwell home were Mr. and Mrs. John Bushaw, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. John Bushaw, Jr., and family, all of Rockford; and Mr.'and Mrs. Arvid Dalin of Chicago. A four generation picture was taken of Mrs. Thurlwell, her son, John Bushaw, 8r., his son, John, Jr. and the great grandson, Gerald Bushaw. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hunt, were Sunday visitors in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund. Master Sargeant James Doherty, wife and small son are spending a -twenty, day furlough with his parents, Mr. and; Mrs. William F. Doherty on Crystal! Lake Road. Sgt. Doherty is stationed i at Topeka, Kansas. ' John Stolfel of McHenrv is improving nicely at St. Therese hospital, Wauke gaii, from recent surgery,. j ',i "ll . by Ed Marphy The Junior Athletic League reOeivaa a boost from yet another soaree. We*vfc been informed that the MeHmT Choral Group-will turn over ita artiM proceeds to our youth artivititfs, sttli proceeds to be gained from the forthcoming concert and show. We kt«v that friends »f Junior Rperta will eftjoy helping the kids' program ahnS in this entertaining way. Tickets wfll soon go on sale and there will be i pie notice about time, theme, loeat and price. Plans are under way to include tha K'^ls of the community in the program. Within a short while they will have asi opportunity to express preference for various types of activities such as archery, field hockey, softball, or whatever sport8 girls like. So if the young la* dies of the area will gather their gestions together they will soon have the occasion to present them. A'gain may we remind any boy whose age next spring will He between fourteen and seventeen to register for tie upper bracket baseball teams. Aildress applications to Shorty Loafc- Wankegan 8t., McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mahoaey aa£' family of River Forest were Suadajr visitors in the William ¥i Doheriv home. „ William Whiting has retamed ho**' from the Woodstock hospital wheSa he was a patiejpt for a few days. NOTICB Nye's Drug Store, on Riverside will close at noon Thankariviac -- 1 Nov. 25. ™ * Read the Want A< WATCH FOR THE OPENING OF A NEW STORE December 4th C. O. F.-- L. Stilling, 521; H. Steffan, 5J57. City-- Hagberg, Jr., 523; Hagberg, Sr., 543; Meath. 202-547; Behnke. 201-512; Weingart. 557; Carlson, 213-537: Wheelock. 534; Noonan, 205-556. McHenry Mills werp gunning for 1000 in ( the third game--settled for 969. Weiser, £02; Steffes, 526. "Concours de Reglage," or timing ! was struggling past her with contest, held last month in Neu- j 8 set °* glass crystal boudoir lamps. "Cihatel. j a LLIE chattered happily all the The most elaborate watch was aj *V way home; the rain had stoppocket model which tells times, ped and a half moon was struggling days, date and month; a stop-watch , to come through the clouds. "Of Subscribe for The Plaindealer mechanism; gives the phases of the moon -- to mention only a few j of its uses! The thinnest was a | man's pocket watch which easily1 could be slipped between the teeth of a comb. The smallest watch would fit neatly into ope end of an elbow macaroni! A U C T I O N F a c t s A b o u t R a b i e s Rabies is spread by the bite of, William B. Sullivan and William H. Russel, Auctioneers SURVEY REVEALS NEED OF $5,500,000,000 FOR INPROVEMENT OF ROADS A firm of consulting engineers says it will cost nearly $5,500,00,000 to put the Illinois road system into first class shape and maintain it that way for ten years. This estimate was made following a lengthy .survey of the state's 124,185 miles of thoroughfares ranging from country by-ways to city boulevards, the first in history. KttIt was contained in a report by Griffenhagen Associates, Chicago consulting engineers, tb the Illinois highway traffic problems commission set up by the 1947 general assembly. Copies were mailed to the commission's seventeen members, who will meet Nov. 29 in Chicago to discuss the having expired, the undersigned decided to quit farming under the present arrangement, we will sell at public auction on the Charles J. O'Brien Farm, situated 6 miles Southwest of Woodstock, 4 miles Northeast of Marengo, 1 mile west of Franklinville- Woodirtoek blacktop, on road known as Veraont Street, on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8 Commencing at 11:00 o'clock sharp the following described property, to-- wit: > 41 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK Consisting of v 16 High Grade Holstein Dairy Cattle An exceptionally ftne dairy. S heifers, 2V« years old, brad; 4 coating 8 year old heifers, ready to breed; 1 heifer, 14 months old; 2 heifers, 10 moa. old; 2 heifer calves, 4yt moa. old. 14 feeder pigs about 80 lbs. each. 150 hens, 80 Hampshire pullets. Hay and drain 1000 ba. Viclaad oats, 3800 bales j hay, 760 bales straw, 700 ha. af oorn | in crib, quantity of dairy feed. j Machinery j New Holland 1-aun baler, Maasey-! Harris 2-row corn picker, self propelled, | Massey-Harris combine, 7-ft. cut, self; propelled; Massey-Harris No. 44 tractor and cult., hydraulic lift; Massey-Harris | No. 30 tractor and cult., hydraulic lift; j Hart-Parr tractor, good condition; < Universal grain and hay elevator, on| rubber, 40-ft., McD. power binder with bundle carrier, Papec silo filler, 20 ft. j pipe; Mollne 16-in. 3-bot. plow; Massey-' Mas-1 rabid animals--usually rabid dogs. But man also may get the disease if a rabid animal licks a scratch ! or wound. Any dog which has bitten other animals or humans should ] be confined for two weeks; if it dies ' within this period it may have had! rabies. A veterinarian should send ! the dog's head to a laboratory for | examination. If the animal is alive i and well after two weeks, there is ! little danger of rabies. A dog sus-1 pec ted of having rabies should not j be killed by shooting it in the head. This destroys the brain which is. needed for rabies examination. When bitten by ^ dog or other ani- ( dial wash the wound immediately | with soap and water. Then consult a physician who will decide wheth- , er the Pasteur treatment is neceaoourse, we had plenty of ash trays, but they'll save me the expense of buying something the next time I entertain the club. As they rolled into the drive Fred saw people standing on their porch. "Gosh--Allie--look! Do you suppose there's been a fire?" He slammed on the brakes. "Oh, Mrs. Jemison!" That was Mrs Haggerty who lived next door. "Oh--if you'd been home!" SALE--Friday and Saturday NOVEMBER'26 and 27 15% off on all WINDOW SHADES. 10% off on aU TRAVESE RODS C for your draw drapes Special sixes made to order fi • NIESEN'S FLOORSiS ; ; • h' , ' Located at Peter M. Justen Furniture St<*» v 521 Main St., West McHenry PHONES McHENRY 03 or 38 III qp.ywtlillli III>11 Egg-Eating Hens Egg-eating may get started in a flock as a result of poor feeding and management practices. Thin; the boys?" be;-an Allie fearfully •hell eggs that get broken easily -//•, tt» >wr Tb* Lacky Number prousually start an outbreak Of egg- , gram! Tbty called your mnmbtr ami if you'd eating in a flock. At the first signs hrn borne they were |0fci| to give yu a Ajpprebeasiaa gripped him. What happened? Is it the--is it of this vice, check to sec that the birds are having access to plenty of clean oyster shell or limestone grit, and direct sunshirie or an adequate supply of cod liver oil or other sources of vitamin D. 'In order to make thick, strong eggshells a bird must have plenty of lime in the form of ground lime. Harris 14-in. 3-bot. tractor plo~, stone in the mash, or in the form survey and begin formulation of a road | gey-Harris side delivery rake; Gehl! of oyster shell or limestone grit program for presentation to the legisla- j hammer mill with cutter head. New j from hoppers, combined with vita-, ture in January. j Holland power corn sheller, Massey-! min D. A shortage of either lime The cost estimate- puf at $6,896,261, Harris mower,>7-ft. cut, power take-off,! or vitamin D will result in the pro- 000 for ,a road rehabilitation, program McCormick bundle loader, electric hoist! duction of thin shell eggs* extended to twenty yea.rs was called "conservative." The engineers recommended abolition _ of township and .road commission ad i m0wer. ministered over local access country j with 3 hp. motor; F. M. C. air com-! • pressor, with motor, paint pail, 150-ft.. hose; Briggs ft Stratton power lawn' Bubbles in Paint Shaking of paint, varnish and lacand transfer of ,bi. ,».«!«» «o | 2 county BOvernment,. _ . W. 1°™ tow; McCormick a «. "VHf™"2? ™ SCHOOL BUBNS ' The Vasey elementary school, three quarters of a mile east of Volo, on Callahan road, Lake county, was destroyed by fire last Monday night. The oae-story brick structure served about fourteen farm children in that area. ---4- • i . Biggest Ore BeU ' Biggest and fastest Great Lakes carrier will be launched before hWO by the Inland Steel company of Chicago. The new ship, designed by American Ship Building company, will be 668 feet long--over two-thirda the length of the Queen Elizabeth--and will carry an estimated 20,000 gross tons of cargo. Powered by a gepred turbine delivering 7,000 horsepower, the vessel will make 13% knots when fully leaded. They also suggested steps for stricter enforcement of laws governing weight and speed of heavy trucks on state highways, improved employment conditions for state highway engineers iind revision of highway laws to eliminate inconsistencies, j tandem disc, John Deere 10-ft. Broad- minute air bubbles which may cause > pin prick blisters on the finished j job. Such products should be stirred j cast seeder, J. D. 14-in. 2-bot. tractor plow, hand garden cultivator, hand corn, . , , , , , . sheUer, new, horse drawn cult., f&rnUn* I carefully and thoroughly before use mill with screens, 2 rubber tired, bail! find then "boxed by pouring two bearing wagons, with grain boxes and I or three times from ojie container hay racks, iron wheel* wagon, manure | to another. Finally, straining the spreader on rubber, Starline silage cart, i finish through an old silk stocking Driving Nails 150-ft. 1 Vi-in. steel cable, 150-ft. 't in. j or fine cloth will remove any specks Mails driven into pre-bored holes cable TS-ft e-in drtve belt, 20 ft of slightly small diameter have a drive belt, Ru«ell weed cultivators, set; „„ i f . . . 3 - h p . g a s e n g i n e , 4 - s e c . d r a g , b u s s s a w , . £ Junesway hog feeder, 10-section; 2 hog jwaterers with fountain, wagon hitch, < {quantity baling twine, 175-gal. gasoline j {drum with hose and noszle. j j Milking Equipment DeLaval 2-unit milking machine, pipe; without lead holes and splitting is ^reduced by the same operation. or lumps which may have been missed in the stirring, if the user desires maximum assurance of a perfect finish. This procedure is especially advised when a finish has been opened previously and left standing, with possible development of a skin. tbouiaud dollartl I beat on yom door, tbink mg mmybe you didn't bear--" "No," said Allie, slowly . . . "We weren't at home tonight." With head high, she marched past into the house. Fred put away the car. A thousand dollars, Just for staying at home, being comfortable! Going in the house, he didn't bother to wipe his feet. Allie was in the living room, the prizes nowhere in sight. 6 - "Luck always hits twice," she said loudly. "Even lightning bits twice in the same place sometimes Why, some people sa/ what happens once will happen three tirres . . . you can't tell, can you, Fred?" . "Nope," he grunted, easing out of his shoes. Allie leaned forward " eagerly "We'll stay home every night-- by pouring two ! maybe they'll call again--they could do it,r couldn't they, Fred?" He thought of the happy evenings at home which now confronted him "Why sure they could!" he agreed heartily. Again: "Sure it could happen again!" He reacht 1 for a magazine, leaned back. He didn't know when a thou sand dollars he hadn't gotten had ever bought as much • Rrln«4 fey #Nll F«wn» Is There a Television Set In Your Building? We advise checking your Windstorm, Fin and tended Coverage, Public Liability and policies to be rare that proper coverage it afforded. This may apply to both owners and EARLgR. WALSH INSURANCE AGENCY PHONE McHENRY 43 * • ' •&». Complete Hae af Beebe livestock remedies at Wattles Drag Store. McHenry. 8-tl 8. Meat Consumptioa -Amtrage meat consumption per ;for 28 milkers, 9 milk cans, strip pail, capita in the U. S. was 155 pounds ! strainers, utensils, many other articles in 1947, which was the highest aver- j numerous to mention. age since 1908. Each person's share TERMS^All sums of f2^ wd under of .m.je.a t .i n.. 1948 is estimated at 144 ^ * pounds, but tAhUa t. i.s six pound, s more |i credit of six montns at 6 per cent will on note8 appr0ved by the than annual average for the ^ desiring credit kindly .... year 1939, when there were no ra- make arrangeinents before purchase is ie8sly throws a pitchfork on the controls and when meat prices made No pr0perty to be removed until ] ground is planning a tragedy for were much below present levels. 1 * H ® s ' Total U. S. meat consumption now is more than 30 per cent higher than in the late 1930s, due to population increase and to higher per capita consumption. v settled for. - WILFORD J. DECGOK 'V Landlord 1 . ' P E T E S M I T H , . Tenant' State Bank of Woodstock, Clerking 'An Ounce of Prevention' The farmer who leaves a stock watering tank uncovered is laying a death trap for some little boy who wants to "sail wood boats on the water." The helper who carea group of youngsters who rush outside to play "Indians." A ladder leaning against a building is an open invitation to injury to all. children who like to climb. 1 Wheelchair Towil A community of houses built around a wheelchair, is springing j up in Needham, Mass., a suburb of { Boston. The houses are designed 1 so paraplegic veterans can maneuver about unhampered by the us- > ual architectural restrictions. Doors ; are a foot and a half wider to per- i mit free passage of wheelchairs and there are no thresholds. Toni Permanent Wave Kits. J1.25 ! and (2.00. Wattles Drug Store. 35-tf Cmutv Pius t it Give Him Fine Hardware for a Gift He Will Appreciate If he's either a professional or an amateur ear- . penter he'll like a set of fine chisels as a gift. Oar quality punch and chisel sets are expertly g made from hammer-forged steel, heat treated, hardened and tempered. The square shaped stock with rounded corners keeps them from rolling when dropped and offer easier grip for easier work. Heads, shafts and edges withstand heavy blows. Choose his gift here tod^y. ^NICKELS HARDWARE I Phone 2 -- Main St. West McHenry • > "5 - • , t ,:3 yM ^