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Thursday; August 18, 1955 THE McHENRT PLMNDEALER V . ' W 111* sky is one of the best, most flattering natural backgrounds against which to picture your favorite people. Good Backgrounds Are Natural or Neutral Of course, your subject is the most important part of a picture --but you can easily ruin the best of subjects by failing to look "behind" them in your viewfinder. The eye can easily skip over a couple of garbage cans and a patterned fence to concentrate on a cute child, but the camera isn't so selective. It will record anything within its field of vision. So, a ^good background is important. To give you a quick idea of what we mean by "good" backgrounds, let's just roughly divide them into two broad classifications: neutral and natural. A neutral background is one that makes the subject Stand out merely because it itself is completely inconspicuous, adding nothing to the story the picture tells. Plain walls, the sky, a grassy lawn, the sweep of wide open spaces--these are the most common neutral backgrounds. If you want to take a snapshot that will tell more of a story, try placing the subject against what we call a natural background-- one that serves as a stage setting for the action being performed by the person in your picture. A proud fisherman would probably look best against the wooded bank of his favorite stream, the professor at his desk in his book-lined study. The garden would be a natural setting for the attractive young girl carrying a basket of flowers, the home workshop for the "do-it-yourself" weekend carpenter. Whichever type of background you choose, however, remember that color contrast is important for the best results. Be sure to pose light subjects against rather dark backgrounds^ and vice versa. You" can readily see that a dark green hedge would be a poor background choice for a dark-haired girl in a black dress--but she would certainly: be a stand-out against a white garden-gate or a creamcolored convertible! --John Van Guilder NEWS FROM Wonder Lake SIGN CONTRACT TO > BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Bj Yanesse Sells BOY SCOUTS Among the advantages enjoyed by boys living in the McHenry community is a well organized Scouting program. At present there are about- 190 boys participating, beginning as Cub Scouts at 8 years of age and becoming Explorers at 14 years. To advise and direct their activities, approximately eighty adults devote considerable time and effort. The ratio of adults to Scouts is high and marks McHenry as a community which takes an active interest in the growth of its young people. The sponsoring organizations *are the American Legion Post, No. 491, the McHenry Community P.T.A., the Men's club of the Community Methodist church and the McHenry Moose L<odge, No. 691. Thursday, Sept. 1, there will be a porch light drive between 7 and 9 p.m. to help support Scouting. All contributions will be greatly appreciated. 1956 CANDIDATE Charles R. Lindsay, St. Charles, Kane county, has announced that he is a candidate for election as a delegate for the 14th Congressional district to the Republican Presidential convention to be held in San Francisco in the fall of 1956. Two delegates and two alternates will be elected at the primaries next April to represent the 14th district, which consists of the counties of Du Page, Kane and McHenry. Business and Service Directory o! WONDER LAKE WONDER LAKE BUILDERS SUPPLY %, Free Estimates A Delivery Phone ' W. L. 3231 CRISTY and STENDEBACH General Contractor* NEW HOMES and REMODELING Phone Wonder Lake 5432 -- 2464 -- 5301 Ed & John's Wonder Lake Standard Service Phone: W. L. 8241 or S46S All Minor Mechanical Repairs § Lubrication • Washing 0 Tires & Accessories "If you can't stop in smile as you go by!" "BUD" Radio STANDARD Ton' Expect More From Standard And Get It! Shop Located Above Hickory Falls "66" Station Phone Wonder Lake 6572 or 4442 If you have news items of interest to your neighbors in Wonder Lake, please contact your correspondent, Van Sells, at Wonder Lake 2933. Joint Installation Friday evening the American Legion post at Wonder Lake and the auxiliary will join in installation ceremonies at the post home, to which the public is invited. Mrs. Lois Weeks will take oath of office as commander of the post, the first woman in McHenry county to ever, head a Legion group. Mrs. Weeks, a WAC veteran of World War H, is one of three women . members of the post. The other two are Louise Pilgrim and Irma Rockstead. Mrs. Leota Freund of Rin^- \Vood will take oath of office as the new president of the auxiliary. On Aug. 28 the auxiliary is planning a style show for the grade school set, called a "Preschool Gaze." The clothing for the pint-sized models will be provided by the Toddler shop in McHenry. The style show will be held at the Harrison school and tickets are now available at several of the Wonder Lake stores and from auxiliary members. Hostess at Convention The Professional Bookmen of America held their seventh national convention in Chicago last week at the Shoreland hotel. A total of 272 persons were present and Mrs. Ben Redman of Wonder Lake was the official national hostess at the affair. Ben Redman served as publicity chairman and as secretary and treasurer of the Kappa chapter of Illinois of the PBA, host group at the meeting. Plan Finance Drive A finance drive for the I?oy Scouts of Wonder Lake will be conducted Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Aug. 26 to 29, according to Bill Kamp, finance drive director. Kamp says that it costs about teft dollars per Scout per year, in the Blackhawk area council, in which Wonder Lake lies. The dollar you donate is spent in this manner: 19 cents for camping facilities; 18 cents for activities; 26. cents for field service; 18 cents for recruiting and training leaders; 17 cents for general administration; and two cents for national service. Nativity Lutheran Church An ice cream social will be held on the grounds of Nativity Lutheran church Saturday evening', starting at 7 o'clock. The social, sponsored by the women of the church, will feature cake and pie, as well as ice cream. Everyone is invited to attend and join in the fellowship. Sunday morning at Nativity, the Rev. Burton Schroeder will preach a sermon entitled "Where the Heart Is" at both the 8 a.m. and the 10:45 a.m. services. This will also be transfer Sunday, when families will be received into the church by letter of transfer from other Lutheran churches. R E K I E F . . . and security for the UPTURED NON-SKID SPOT FAD TRUSSES 0 While truttet may be considered • necessary evil, that is no reason why you should be resigned to the wearing of a clumsy harness. The Non-Sldd Spot Pad Truss will hold your Hernia, just like your finger tips, with a fraction of the pressure of ordinary trusses. Hernia when treated in the early stage* can often be cured, and the application of this scientifically constructed Truss with the raised Spot Pad helps to hold the Hernia, thus assisting nature. Our trained fitters will gladly demonstrate this new apliance, also the various typea of Abdominal Supporters, Klastic Hosiery! Shoulder Braces, etc. BOLGER'S DRUG STORE PHONE 40 103 So. Green St., McHenry, 111. Commonwealth Edison company recently signed a contract With General Electric company for the construction of a nuclear power plant to be built entirely with private funds at a cost of $45,000,000, it was announced by Willis Gale, chairman of Commonwealth. The contract calls for the building of the 180,000-kilowatt boiling reactor plant which was announced on March 31, 1955, when Commonwealth, ,on behalf of Nuclear Power Group, filed ia proposal with the Atomic Energy Commission. The plant will be built" on the Illinois waterway 47 miles southwest of Chicago. Its output will feed into the Commonwealth. Edison system serving' Chicago and Northern Illinois. The plant, to be owned and operated by Commonwealth, is co-sponsored by eight companies which are sharing in the developmental expense of the project. It is the largest all-nuclear plant yet scheduled. Simultaneously, it was announced that the eight sponsoring companies had formally incorporated to carry out the research and developmental part of the construction. The new corporation, which is called Nuclear power Group-, Inc., succeeds an informal organization of a similar name which the participating companies have maintained for the last two years. Announcement of the incorporation was made by Philip Sporn, president of Am«rican Gas and Electric Service corporation, who is president of the new company. Of the $45,000,000 contract, price of the nuclear plant, Commonwealth Edison will pay $30,- 000,000 while the Nuclear Power Group members will pay the balance of $15,000,000 as developmental expense. Tlie plant is scheduled for completion by 1960. The actual construction work at the plant site will be preceded by extensive engineering and "developmental work. POLICE! AWST WMOUS WUCE ORSANIZAnON IN THe WORLD t6*am.AM> YAKB ITS M0OO MEN RCTROL AND SSBVICE 7S* SQUARE MILES OP LONEON. 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Here are some points to keep in mind for good battery care. Keep the water level about three-eighths of an inch above the plates. The battery will be damaged and its life shortened if the water level drops below the top of the plates. During summer months check the water in the battery once a week or oft'ener. But don't overfill it. If it gets . too full; the water and acid mixture will spill over and cause corrosion of the terminals. Use baking soda and' water to clean the top of the tiatte^r and 'corroded terminals. Rinse with clear water and put grease on the terminals to help prevent further corrosion. Use clear, clean water in your J tractor battery. You can catch rain in a large dish or jar. Then store it in glass jars until needed. It's better not to use hard water -- but any kind of water is better than none, Weber says. If a fairly new battery uses tod much water, the charging rate may be too high. 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