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by EARL R. WALSH We are sorry to hear thai Art lnotnyeoti wu unfortunate enough to break a leg. Howerer, we learn that he has recovered to the potait where he can at least take a little liquid nourishment What's more --he has a baby sitter! Yep. Ou Friday nights, when Mrs. Tnomp- i ^on hbwls, a baby titter takes over w> watcharer Art. Her name Is! Fred. *' I McHENRY WARRIOR ,#'• >n feMf'sta-'w That "Mutctir is a disagreeable fellow. Jnat because he hasn't had his name in S. I. H. (or some time, (e glres the girts oilers that we have to pay tor oar cigars from now on. He's the kind of a guy that recommends reducing pills to us-- then tries to sell us malteds to ild up. Well, hell be moving to Arlington one of these days and everything will get back to normal. , Anyhow, we still like his clerks. People ask, "Did yon order this snow?" , No. We didn% But, we know the fellow that caused It all. Ben j Diets rolled up sleeves early this j week and started to clean up Mb : yard. Spring had come. I .^Confidentially, Ben hit the gro- TOries too hard this winter and packed an extra 10 pounds around the middle. Then he reiki about the ball players going into spring training and couldn't wait. V VARSITY Photo by A, Worwlok. McHwry Bob McCulla, Willard McCulla, Jac t Leures, Paul Preund, Harvey N> e, Bob Becker* Leslie "Red" Olsen. Bob Miller, Ed "Ossle" Jackson, D ck Hiller. Thought we would review* the regional tournament, but feel that j is past history at this time. You konw that McHenry didn't beat Dundee, bat that Elgin did. g .You know, sometimes we fellows •Jfllo flash press cards are treated real nice by people in charge of __ athletic events. Then, again-- . Well, we must not fail to mention that the officials in charge of the tournament at Woodstock ! were regular fellows. Superinten-j dent Stork, Principal Chenoweth,. Coaches "Dixie" O'Hara and Guy I Curtwright and everybody around the gym handled the tournament t in nice style. * ^We even bumped into Chief ^Tiny" Hansman in the parking lot and found him in good form Instead of yelling at- us to gethelloutathere, "Tiny" moved us along gently but firmly. The tournament vn handled ably. We think such treatment builds much good will. A farmer was berating his hired hand for using a lantern to call ou his best girl. > ^ "What a waste!" he stormed. fyWhen I was courtln' I never carried no lantern. I went in the a dark." 1 - "Yes, I know," said the hired E hand, "and look what you got." m.mm 177-4tS; M. Klnsala, 4M; M. Don nelly, M»-534. •rHEHRY RECREATK) Bennett, 515; Kreutier, 206-518; Krauae, 233-610; Miller. S3S; Bacon, 1S5-233-201-599; Sutton. 503; Steffes, 519; Schlitt, 603; R. Pelsert. 200-538; R. Justen. 51«; E. Peisert. 501; R. Michel, 504; G. Schaifer, 514; Larktn, 613; Kraus, 201. k . .. • C. 0. P. -- * * • C. J. Stilling, 204-5«f; Leo Wlnkel, 232-587; L. Thennes, 508; B. Klapperich, 210-547; R. Fredricks, 620; H. Steffan, 529; L. Stilling, 224-&70; U Smith, &4I. Jofcnsbsrfr-- G. Schoans, 527; L. Smith, 202- 526; B. Meyers, 517; P. Pitsen, 208, Kite Owls-- * • . M. Simon, 43S; A. Ram, 441; L. Schmltt, 423; F. Freund, 426; M. Wesson. 441; B. Stackhouse, 446. K. of CV- ? B. Koslnskl. 501; A. Blake, 206; H. Steffan, 520; H. Morris, 208- 516; L. Stilling, 155-225-244-624. Hatch-- (For Sister Kenny West, 1965; East* 1972. (4-men teams) S. Duttko, 210, 204, 159, 572, J. Rogers, 522; Tony Noonan, 522. West Ladies won from East Ladled. V. P. W. -- Pries, 526; Thompson, Smith, 5l2;*Kralowetz, 555. 820; Cona'L-- G. Schacfer, 554; B. Pelscert, 242- 548; D. Kennebec*, &U* L. Adams, 559.. ' . -v,-; /-s V.-' " BastaessMea-- "*• ONLY 1,100 OF AU. ACCIDENT DEATHS DOT TO DISASTERS MeBXRST LAMBS WOT TOP SPOTS nroovim BOWLING TOUBKAMEHT NET NATIONAL TEA Ql 1948 8MT RECORD The following official prise list According to tnformat for the 8th handicap tournament, I appears in the annual ^do^oI sponsored by the McHenry County 'H 'T McNamara "r^SS? 2 Women s Bowling AssociaUon, has j National Tea Company, IMS rnVit •k8» en relea8e^- You note and earnings reached ther highest ^ ^ loca! gi,rls were ***** ln I level in Its history. evidence, winning several top prises.. c Son, 2557. 6. Harvard, Goodall's Cash Hardi ware, 2548. j 7. JiJcHenry, Bart's Tavern, 2536. 8. Woodstock, Cement 2522. Net fncome amounted to 34,064,- 006. This is equal after |ii 1 fm red dividends to $5 08 a common share and compares with 1947 proAt $3,597,154 or $5.45 on a smaller number of shares. * , Sales soared to $270,176,795 MM $217,915^97. Increases in inventories to $1*- 1156,425 at the end of 1948 from $17,- Freund and 556.572 a year earlier, McNamara" -Teams ' .1. Woodstock, R. W. Schultx, 2690 2. Woodstock, Barman's Bucka- 53,597,154 roos, 2598. 3 Harvard, Yllmain and Larsen, 258S. 4. McHenry, Al's White House, 2570. 5. McHenry, S. H Ball, 54S; Winters, 612. ». af A.-- B. O'Brien, 172-470. 4 PALACE . * Tavern-- 'Duttko. 514; Bell, 509; Noonan, 542; H. Behnke. 216-548. City-- Stdler, 647; Paluch, St*; Coaway, 208-534; Kreutier, 514; Carr, 201-627: Holt, 504; Zuelsdorf, 538: Meyers. 526, Behnke, 502; Weingart, 232-502; Schaeffer, §14. 9. Crystal Lake, C. L. Cleaners, 2508. 10. Woodstock, Menzel's, 2507. All-Events up to 125 , ^ Harvard, H.l.„ b.mnW«, 1« Majors- B. Schlitt. 510; Catastrophes in which the toll was at least five lives occurred much less frequently ln 1948 than ifl 1947, according to the annual accident summary of the National Safety Council. The number of deaths in such catastrophes totaled about 1,100, as compared with 2,100 in 1947. Only one catastrophe in 194S caused as many as fifty deaths--the Oregon-Washington/ flood. Five others caused between twenty-five and up, 1334. and fifty deaths--three . airplane' Fox River Grove, Ann Stoltencrashes, the Illinois tornado and a! kerg, 1446. swamped launch. Donbles As in the past, the bulk of the „ ^cHenry, Edith Rand, Marie accident toll was made ap of one-; ® „ 3 _ „ «r two-death accidents. I 2 McHenry, Bea Buergler, Lil- The Council announced that the' lia»n <ver rnv« r 1948 toll of all accidents was 98.000 TnSeJsoiI Too? fniurles2 Injuries totaled about 10,300,000, | Da*m Hmeye^r, 1S000. n Clover, Helen SS^iS" ^r,.C.ro>r,, J«m.Evte Home accidents caused the most 6. McHenrv, Rita Miller, Frances deaths--34,500. Motor vehicle ac- Weingart. 995. cidents took 32,000 lives; occupa-,' 7. McHenry, Mary Powers, tional, 16,500, and public (not motor j Marion Donnelly, 994. vehicle), 16,500. J s. Crystal Lake, Margaret Knietbush, Clara Vickery, 992 ' Q MrMonru Qhlvlnv Wc said, was caused by higher modity pitices and the need tor larger4 stocks because of the creased volume of sales, McNamara Mixers, called last year's inventory tont> over the best the firm ever " Vogue of the 659 stores in at the year-end, 569 had i markets and ninety were conventional grocery stores, he stated. A Tyear previously, there were IMS 1 * M, • • " Tip to homebntlAerst ; safety and you'll build for life, v For a treat try Crosse and D1M> well chocolate nut bread. Paaliy Delicacies, McHenry. 41 H Steffes, 201; rAR1> <>F THANKS ! 9. McHenry, Shirley Weber, Bettv Miller, 209-594; Bacon. 522; Ton 1 I wish in this way to express my LoU Weben. 991. ^ y an. 220-233-148-601: Peisert. 205-1 slncere thanks to all ray good: 10. McHenrv, Mable Smith, 524; Rodenkirk, 502: Justen. 508; > friends and neighbors for their Laura Schmitt, 988. Barth. 200-533; Rogers, 204-568; i many cards, letters and flowers sent Singles Smith. 558; Budler, 241-577; 4 to me during my recent illness. Ii 1. McHenrv, Nadine Larkih, 582 Crouch. 503. appreciated all these kindnesses. I 2. Fox River Grove. Eleanor 42 MRS. HENRY SOMPEL Christensen. 568. 3. Fox River Grove, Marie Rus- TRAP SHOOT Sl'NBAY sel, 5J3 « The McHenry Sportman's club j 4. Fox River Grove, Ann Stoltenwill hold another trap shoot at , berg, 561. their clubhouse on Sunday, March i 5. McHenry, Helen Low, 554. 20, starting at 11 o'clock. Other i 6. McHenry, Frances Freund, 550 important features are also in- 7 o'clock ladies-- I. Stoller, 179-465; E. Conway. 176-441; E. Hester, 178-485; M. Pagni, 424; E. Gnoit, 474. Tavern - j Meath, 201-503; Booster, 616; Joe : McAndrews, 530. Old Timers-- Thurlwell, 223-626; Crtsty, t21- 628; Blake, 206-567; Rogers, 640; Johnson. 503. eluded in the day's program. 7. Fox River Grove, Katherine Atkinson. 548 8. Woodstock. Loretta Kohl. 545. 9. McHenry, Bea Buergler, 542. 10. McHenry, Louise Smith. A cand from Art Henschel tells* as that he Is doing his best down STARTING ln Mexico and other pointTas "Ambassador from McHenry". j A letter from Pete Justen indicates that he is also renjemberthe old. home town while spending some time in Tuscon, Arizona. Pete is living near the George Ton-, yans and sees them frequently. States that the Ben Justen, Mrs. Nick Freund and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kane called on him recently. Pete also tells that one of his high school classmates. Prank E. Block, is First Ass't to the Postmaster in Tuscon. Also that he and Rob Sutton called on the H. ^7. Kamholx family la Phoenix. In Phoenix he called on Mary (Friaby) O'Connell. A clipping from the Tosoon Dally GUMb IWs the name at «aa «f our former Platakee Bay residents, Wm. A. Small, aa President of the The letter also has a booklet enclosed telling of the dvftc problems in Tfcscon and how they are jaet. We hare turned this book- ^t over to John Loose. President of the McHenry Business Men's Association. Thought ** jmmU be able to give sone glowing reports f^om another "Ambassador of Good will" this winter, but plans fell through. "Admiral" Masher was let for a long boat trip on one of the U. 8. battleships. Most have been with President Trnman's approval. You know, (he Democrats "Save another PubMaher, the late Prank Knox, a Mr job ln the U. S. Navy and we felt sore that "Mose" was In line for something big. But, plans go wrong. Guess "Mose" will have to confine his boat rides to cruises up and down the Pox River next summer. Happened to look over some bowling scores that happened during our absence a few weeks ago and noted some scores that were pissed. Moet noteworthy was a 236-698 and 227-619 rolled by Gus Freund. That's an average of 208 plus per game for six consecutive games. And it's a wonder Clarence Stilling hasn't said something about his 694 series that was omitted at the same time. 8cores were left in the book instead of in the Score Box. We add Lt. Philip Carroll of Wondar Lake to 8. I. H. readers 4pot mentioning subtractions). And a foine broth of a lad from the ould sod Is Lt Carroll. We • hear that Mike 8chbenholt* and hte basketball boys ww> tk. tonrnimeat at Lake Swish, going. the Nlee The boys are all amssed at the tee bowling scores termed in by •rale Preund since Joe Keener took over and coached him on the ^ne points. A Milwaukee brewery Is districting » s|gn that nada: "Why lks it ve are soon old, and so late sfthmartT*^ JUNIOR VAllSITV • • • > •». vv.nxuk. t..u Richard Michaels, Don Andreas, George McGrath, Jim "Hup" Kennebeck, Jack Thies. Dwight Dowe l, Don Freund, John Knox, Danny Carton, Don McCracken, Dale Hough .on, D-r ie Schm^tke Jim Sales The above pictures show you the high school boys who packed McH^nry's gym during the past besketball season. While the season record was not too impressive, the teatps had explosive power that let looae when least expected. A victory over Woodstock was one high spot. Another bright spot was the upset of Lake Geneva, leading team in the Swani League. • a**fork ladles-- G. Barbian, 171-486; Vehicle mileage in 1948 is estimated at 7 per cent above 1947 and 19 per cent above 1941. The I Peggy Kraus. 528. " National Safety Council says the I -- traffic death rate per 100 million | Complete Jine of Lee's poultry j vehicle miles was estimated at CI-- 1 remediemt Wattles Drug Store, Me Yeggs,' the lowest rate on record. j Henry. 8-tf Call a ^ McHenry Cab Phone 723 Wherever you are or whereever you're going ear taxi service is waiting for jenr call. Ride the safe,/f»n>niral way--la oar taxis. NATIONAL'S CO-OPS ENTERED IN COUNTY TOURNAMENT FRIDAY LOCAL C. 0. F. TEAMS ADVANCE IN STATE asks mjm Forrest Dale Rose. Jr., adm'niv _ . ... trator of the estate of his father, BASKETBALL TOURNEY Forrest Dale Rose, Sr., and Mrs. a Irene Rose,' his mother, filed suit1 ,, T, _ • . f in the circuit court Friday morn- i The McHenry Co-ops ai The McHenry Forester teams ing agaitl8t CharleB B Scharntered in the McHenry County «_ thp Tnnmsv Basketball Tournament for inie-: ^Ve^ eames were run off ^n the weber of Woodstock, asking jud,;- penuent teams. The toarney, start- McHenry gym last Sunday m«nt in the amount of $27,500. ing Friday night 61 this wee*, will j * |n th. 14 and 15 vpar _ ' eronir 1 The suit involves an accident iii b e played in the Vooastock ; the McHenry boys staged a real wblch the ,alher WM injured and Armory. 'comeback to beat St. Raphael's of died as the result. It took place h,.ghts teams . are entered and Chicago 50 to 32. !on B°ute 14. three miles southeast wilt be battling for the four tro- The local Senior Division team, of Cry*441 Lake. phies to be awarded. consisting of several Co-op players,, The son is asking judgment in McHenry will meet the Wood- had little trouble as they beat Our the amount of $15,000 for the itock Townsends at 7 o'clock Sat- Lady of Good Counsel team' from' <Jeath of his father aad $2,600 for urday night. The Co-ops expect; Aurora 64 to 26. There is no age damages to his father's car. The quite a tussle in this game since ' limit in this group. j mother is asking Jadgement in the TO SAVE YOU MORE- ;ale GVf Vh.se Fancy Na.co Quality strawberry full Poun the Townsends, at full strength, can be plenty gooa. The schedule of games is as follows: Friday • .• £r' 7:00--Woodstock Legion ys. VaMKgo Legion. , 9:«0--Richmond vs. bron A. C. Satarday ?:ft| -McHanry Co-ostk ta UmAstock Townsends. 9:00--Harvard Legion m Algonquin. Snnday 1:30--Winners of gamea 1 and ( 3:30--Winners of gamea 3 and C At 7 p. m. Sunday, the losers of the afternoon seim-ftnals will meet for third and fourth place. The championship game will b4r staged at 9 p. m. Sunday. This tournament will, wind up th« season. for most of the teams so you can expect to see them shoot the works In trying to win a trophy. The tournament now moves to j amount of $10,000. Aurora for the semi-finals, but it i is not known where the finals will be staged. Check Tow Car<~~ Check Aod- Palls, always a heavy killer, brought death to 27,000 persons in 1948, or 3 per cant mora than In 1947, according ta the National 1 Safety Council. EQUIPMENT ORDERS OF NORTH WE8TSRN AMOUNT TO $9,300000 New equipment orders involving a cost of approximately $9,300,000 have been placed by the Chicago and , North Western Railway- Company for the purchase of fortythree 1500 - horsepower dlesel freight locomotive units and eleven other dlesels of various types, R. L. Williams, president of the railway company has announced. Orders for the purchase of fortythree dlesel freight locomotlWS units, consisting of thirty "A" unit# and thirteen "B" units, have been placed with the Electro-Mottve division of General Motors Corporation, LaGrange, 111. The orders are part of the railway's 1949 program for capital improvements and acquisition of new equipment totaling $48,480,000. PAT FOR ANIMALS DESTROYED From the office of County Treasurer Henry A. Nulle a total of $997 was paid oat of the 1948 dog tax for shaep, turkeys snd a horse destroyed by dogs .(taring the ysar. id the West Ada. dnaa are payable and how would we Ilka to walk away from the first shoot of the season, March 20, with a brand new Winchester Pump Gun. < Wall, somebody is going to get that Winchester. We'll eettle tor a cork gun. asfrtpseadtha aesra that shoot--March % DON'T TAKE A CHANCE! Don't take a chance on that old worn out tire, Mister! It's apt to blow when you need it most. Play it smart and bay TIRES They're made of the best possible material and in the newest design to give yon better traction for safer driving. Prevent accidents by getting new Firestonee today. We have them in all sixes to fit can aj»ii trucks. How about a new FIRgTONE batterjr; TTe fam them also to fit your needs. Mian IIIIWLI Kwy*y Lav MM Mp Yoa $ME M EVEIYMY F06BS Ot M1SMRY FLOUR « I * JLK ffiffig&MILK 3S*35« BARGAklNi. 2-^ 47* . £ 15* ® 2^25* 2^25* B ?3S* NATOO PUM , . 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