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| v r By Mrs. George Shepard V'MOMa THE McHENBT PLAIKDEALER Thursday. Odober 21. U5»fi The Home Circle met at the home of Mrs. Oscar Berg Thursday. with Mrs. Agnes Jencks as CO*hostess. Luncheon was served and the business meeting followed. A fine program in charge of Mrs. Louis Winn was very much enjoyed. 4he community was saddened by Che death of one of its lifelong citizens, Mrs. Luella Stephenson, who passed away at the Woodstock hospital Saturday. Funeral services were' held at the Peter M. Justen funeral home Monday. •^.Th6 Evening W.S.C.S. met at the pome of Mrs. B. T. Butler Wednesday evening. Mrs. Gordon :FosejDm had the devotionals. A -repoifjt was given on the bake fialejlind also on the picture "The •fjrip |;to Turkey" and the • returns Were very gratifying. ,t !M$3. Kenneth Cristy gave a report on the assembly at Milwaukee, the topic being "Segregation," which was very interesting. . The Senior Youth Fellowship ttet at the John Memler home at Greenwood Sunday evening. The Ringwood W.S.C.S. will meet with Mrs. Oscar Berg on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schaefer and family spent Sunday in the Clarence Adams home. Pvt. Joe Carr was a supper guest in the Elmer Schaefer home Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Belgrade of Chicago was a, visitor in the home of Ethel, Lora and Marian Wiedrich Sunday. William Cruickshank spent from Wednesday until Friday at Knoxville, 111., at a cattle sale. A. W. Smith, Mrs. George Joslin "and Mrs. Joseph Wegener of -McHenry were Elgin visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pagni of Hobart, Ind., were visitors at vheir farm here Saturday and called on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce and family attended a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Whipple at Meadowdale Saturday evening. Mrs. William Cruickshank spent Wednesday afternoon in the Francis Costello home at Hartland. Mrs. Marvin Crandall and daughter of Elgin spent Wednesday with her parents, Mr. and lira. George Joslin. Mrs. Flora Harrison and Stanley Jepson visited in the Louis Schener bom* at Waukegan and the William Harrison home at Round Lake Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson attended the Masonic, banquet at McHenry Saturday evening. George Joslin spent the weekend at Nashville, Tenn., and attended the "Grand Old Opry." jMrs. Flora Harrison and Stanley Jepson returned home Monday from Waubena, Wis., where they visited Mrs. Harrison's son, Jim, and family and at Chetek, Wis., where they visited Mrs. Harrison's daughters, Margaret and Florence, and their husbands. Mrs. Viola Low, Mrs. Emily Beatty and Susie Low were callers in the Leslie Allen home at Harvard Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger and family of Hebron, Wm. Claxton and John Dreymiller of McHenry spent Sunday in the George shepard home. Afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. "Heine of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox of Woodstoek and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Low and family spent Sunday in the Beatty-Low home. Mrs. Gordon Fossum and Mrs. Paul Walkington were visitors at Rockford Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cristy and family visited relatives in Chicago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr were visitors at Green Bay Thursday. Mrs. Pete Sebastian is visiting her aunt at South Bend, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Riggle of Woodstock spent Sunday afternoon in the Fred Bowman home. . Mrs. John Skidmore and mother, Mrs. John Ehlert, visited^ relatives at Wilmot Wednesday. Nelson Cristy and Waiter Low attended the national corn husking contest at Janesville Saturday. Herman Ehlert of Wilmot visited^ his parents/ Mr. and Mrs. John Ehlert, Sunday afternoon. Sunday guests in the Dr. Wm. Hepburn home were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultze and daughter, Ruth, and girl friend, Carolyn, of Milwaukee, Miss Catherine Kramer and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mueller of Des Plaines, Miss Alice Roepke of Richmond"* and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Soddy of Kenosha. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reinwall, Jr., of McHenry spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jordon and two sons of Chicago were visitors in the Roy Harrison home Sunday afternoon. Miss Marian Warren of Waukegan spent Friday and Saturday with her nephew, F. N. Muzzy, and family. Mrs. B. T. Butler, Mrs. Albert Oonk, Miss Heidemann, Wayne Foss and F. N. Muzzy were among the teachers to attend the Northern Illinois State Teachers annual conference at St. Charles Friday, Nov, 14. Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Hepburn and Mrs. Charles Brennan visited Elizabeth and Ray Webb at Antioch Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison and family spent Sunday in the Clarence Harrison home and celebrated the birthdays of Roy and David Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Muzzy and Miss Marian Warren visited Mr. Muzzy's father at Marengo Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler spent Sunday in the Alvin Benoy home at McHenry. Mrs. Arthur Larson of Antioch visited Dr. and Mrs. William Hepburn Saturday. F. N. Muzzy is taking a teachers' art course at Woodstock each week. Among those from here to attend the box social at Greenwood Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James Wegener, Miss Alice Peet and Mr. aitft Mrs. Paul Walkington. Mr. and Mrs. Ardin Frisbie of Greenwood visited her mother, Mrs. Flora Harrison, Sunday afternoon. Captain and Mrs. Scott of Delavan, Wis., spent Saturday with Mrs. Agnes Jencks. o Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison spent Suriflay in the Donald Brenner home at Arlington Heights. Mr. and Mrs. John Linton of Lake Bluff spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Riley of Barrington spent Thursday in the William Haifer home. Mrs. Fred Meyer and Mrs. William Hafer attended the Solon- Richmond Home Bureau at the home of Mrs. Frank Moravec Friday afternoon. Miss Jackie Donash of Wonder Lake spent Sunday with Miss Jean Muzzy and helped her celebrate her birthday. Mr and Mrs. Roland Bauer and family spent Sunday in the Leo Hiller home. Kirk Grain and Dorothy Nordgren of Waukegan spent Wednesday afternoon in the Fred Wiedrich, Jr., home. Mis. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., and Mrs. James Wegener spent Sunday afternoon in the Jack Leonard home at Lake Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. James Wegener and Mr and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., attended the wedding and reception of Carol Olsen and James Kline at Woodstock Saturday. Miss Mary Hogan of Champaign spznt Thursday until Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan. PICKER IS QUICKER THAN THE HAND, ^ RECORD PROVES ¥ According to legend, many a country boy lost this money in the "shell game", at the carnival. And when he failed to guess which shell hid the little dried pea, the carnival slicker always said, "It proves that the hand is quicker than the eye." There's a similar rule for cornpicker operators that can save more than money, says Wendell Bowers, University of Illinois agricultural engineer. That -"the picker is quicker than the hand" can be shown with a pencil and paper -- and hundreds of picker accident victims can testify that it's ttue in the field, too. Bowers says tests prove that it takes you nearly half a second to let go of a stalk once you. realize it's going through the rolls. The snapping rolls pull in seven feet'of stalks per second. That means you're taking a big chance in trying to pull stalks from a picker that's running -- even if you grab the end of the stalk. 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Millions of refugees are flooding displaced persons' camps and other relief (tenters, reducing present supplies to a dangerous, new low. The national CROP food appeal is under the direction of the Rev. Albert W. Farmer.„ CROP seeks farm-grown staple food which is not available from government surplus stocks and gifts to facilitate surplus distribution overseas. The government so far makes available free dairy products and cottonseed oil to Church World Service and other relief agencies. The World Council of Churches assembly at Evanston in August gave expression to its increased concern over expanding distress around the world. This was fol*] milder -: ^ 4the lowed by a re-appraisal arid Christ. 'He -has Jong beenactivSv of church relief ecumenical affairs and orgag- f. ized the 1.948 and 1949 CRQl1 strengthening machinery, in eluding the appointment of former national CROP director John D. Metzler to the World Council staff in. Geneva. 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SPECIMEN BALLOT TO VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION "Shall the County Board of McHenry County Appoint A County Supervisor of Assessments?" to be voted at a Special Election on Tuesday, November 2. 1954, McHenry County, Illinois Polls Open -- 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. COUNTY CLERK ¥ Shall the County Board YES of McHenry County Appoint A County Superof Supervisor of Assessments? NO Specimen Constitution Proposition Ballot To Be Voted at the GENERAL ELECTION on Tuesday, November 2, 1954, McHenry County, Illinois POLLS OPEN - 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. COUNTY CLERK This is a specimen or the ballot you will receive at the Polls known as the "Blue Ballot". The official Constitution ballot will be on Blue Colored Paper. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 6, 7 AND 8 OF ARTICLE IV - (Legislative Apportionment Amendment) Explanation of Amendment This amendment would direct the General Afsembly to redistrict the State for the purpose of electing one Senator from each of 58 senatorial districts and three Representatives from each of 59 representative districts. As concerns the Senate, area would be the "prime consideration" in the formation of the 58 districts. Downstate would be entitled to 34 districts and Cook county to 24 districts, 18 of them in Chicago and six in the county outside Chicago. As concerns the House of Representatives, the 59 districts would be based upon equal population as nearly as practical, except that in' the redisricting prior to the 1960 census, downstate would be entitled to 29 districts and Cook coupty to 30 dis-. tricts, 23 of them in Chicago and seven in the county outside Chicago. The three Representatives from ,each district would be elected by cumulative voting, as at present. Should the General Assembly fail to redistrict as directed, this, duty would fall on a commission appointed -}>y -.the - Governor. -Thev--State .ecntraV mittees of the two major parties would each submit a list of 10 nominees to the Governor, who would appoint five from each list, making a 10 member commission. Should the commission fail to redistrict, Senators coming up at the next election and all Representatives would be elected from the State at large. If the resulting General Assembly still failed to redistrict,. a new commission would be appointed, as before and should this second commission fail to redistrict, legislators would again be elected at large--and so forth until a valid redisricting is secured. PROPOSESp AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 OF ARTICLE V (State Treasurer Amendment) Explanation of Amendment This amendment changes the length of the term of office of the State Treasurer from two years to four years. The Treasurer will remain ineligible to succeed himself in office. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE SEPARATE SECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION PERTAINING TO CANALS AND WATERWAYS (Illinois and Michigan Canal Amendment) Explanation of Amendment This amendment would eliminate: 1. The present requirement that the Illinois and Michigan canal or other canal or waterway may be sold or leased only with specific approval of a majority of the voters participating in a general State election; and 2. the provision under which the Illinois deep waterway was financed and constructed. n Phone 888 YES NO For the proposed amendment to Sections 6, 7 and 8 of Article IV of the Constitution (Legislative Apportionment) YES For the proposed amendment to Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Article V of the Constitution NO (State Treasurer)." YES •For the proposed amendment •to separate section of the ^Constitution pertaining to ^canals and waterways NO ^(Illinois and Michigan Canal) . 3 . -- ,