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mm. • i A, if, urscfay, 'January 19, 1956* THE tfcHENRY PLAINDEALER Pag® LAKEMOOR & LILYMOOR By Ann Brzezinski Village News V special board meeting' will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 8:30 p.m. at the fire department community house.. Mr. Clem of the Illinois State Waterway Division will attend the meeting and a discussion will take place on dredging from Lily Lake to Pistakee Bay. The meeting" is open to the public. I* Fire Deportment *n election of officers was held at the Jan. 10 meeting. The following men were elected: Prank Bitterman, fire chief, Larry Booster, assistant fire chief, and Fred Checchin, secretary. We wish you all a very successful year. Be sure and keep , Feb. 11 open for fun. This is the night of the Valentine dance. Get your tickets any fireman. Cub Scouts The weather cooperated with the Cub Scouts last Saturday. Pack 361 spent a wonderful day at the Museum of Science and Industry. LM. The L.I.A. meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at 8:30 pV. at the fire department community house. Please try to attend as several things will come up for discussion. Auxiliary The ladies auxiliary meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. Social hour will follow the meeting. A McHenry Bible Church T^ick Beahler was in charge of the B.C. 'Teens meeting on Sunday, Jan. 15. Th£^ ladies of the McHenry Bible church held a meeting on Jan. 17 at 8 p.m.„. Thursday Socials The Thursday night socials are being held at Wally's Oasis every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. P.T.A. The Thursday, Feb. 2, meeting of the Lily Lake P.T.A. will be omitted. Founders Day tvill be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the fire department community house. The sale of vanilla flavoring is still going on. Proceeds of this sale» ire to go for the purchase of a coffee urn. ^ Congratulations Congratulations to Mr. and MrSi John Sulak on their new venture into business. Also to Mr. and Mrs. Hank Parratore, who are also going into business. We. wish you both much success. given by Steph Szarek and friend^ for Mrs. Winnie Steadman on Friday. Many friends were present and many lovely gifts were received by Winnie. Delicious jello molds, cakes and coffee were enjoyed by everyone. Fun Club The Fun club met at the home of Mrs. Irene Godina on Wednesday. The evening was spent playing bunco and lovely prizes were won by Lu Bitterman, Pat Morrison and Irene Godina. A delicious light luncheon of tuna fish salad, egg salad, cake and coffee were Servo*!. Hospital and Sick News Henry Fast underwent surgery on Friday morning at Sherman hospital at Elgin. Mrs. Erna Hoppert, who sprained her ankle before Christmas, is able to take a few steps now. Stanley Zabroski is still at home* recuperating due to the autopiobile accident he had before Christmas. His wife, Myra, is over her pneumonia bout and is feeling much better. There is much joy and excitement at • the. CynovV'a home. Chipper, who was burned very bad in an accident several months ago, came home froip the hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 18. He will go back to the hospital for a checkup about a month from now. Great-Grandchild Congratulations to Mr. and Mis'. Frank Harder on their new great-granddaughter, K a t h r y n Elizabeth Ktmkle, born in California on Dec. \21. She is 'the seventh great-grandchild in the Harder, family. -V, - ~"A Birthdays A belated happy birthday to Butch Kosup, who was 16 years old on Jan. 4. He celebrated it with a "sweei sixteen" party. Patty Zabroski was five years old on Thursday,' Jan. 12. | Baby Shower A wonderful baby shower was Family Reunion On Sunday, Jan. 8, Mr. and Mrs. John Bonder enjoyed the day with relatives at a family reunion. The following guests were present: Mrs. John Bonder, Sr., Judge and Mrs. John S. Gonas of South Bend, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Kanchier, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bonder and family and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bonder and family of Chicago. Some of the children were not present, as they are away tat school. and Mrs. J. Lorenzana, and Mrs. Ina Moore from Fayetteville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Mrs- Mtoore is i Pat's aunt whom she hadn't ^Seen for about 16 years. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Foss, Sr.", were out Friday to see their son, Harold Foss, aiu^family. Jessie and Olive Corbett entertained the following guests on Wednesday evening: Mesdames Irene Leon, Apn Bolda, Helen Para, Marcella Foss and Ann Breezinski. A »game of cards, cake anjl coffee were enjoyed by the ladies. Phil and Doris Kibbe are enjoying a two-week vacation. They spent a few days in Florida with Doris' parents and -the®rest of the time are travelling through the southern states. .Grandma, from Des Plaines, is having fun taking care of the children while Phil and Doris are having fun. Dick - Werner of Chicago spent last weekend at the home of Mr. and- Mrs. Ted Beahler. John Hansen, Dick Beahler and Butchie Povidis enjoyed themselves on Sunday looking over all the new cars at the automobile show. Visiting Mr. ; and Mrs. Tony Leon on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. John Leon and family from Berkeley, 111., and their daughter, Mrs. Jay Smith, and family. '*»•* ft PRICE INDEX A two-point increase in the allcommodity index of prices received by Illinois farmers occurred during the month ending Dec. 15, according to the state and federal departments of agriculture. The continuing decline in livestock values was more than offset by' the first upturn of the year in all-crops prices, the report said. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds POKER AND HISTORY Poker is sometimes referred to asthe national card game of the United States. There's some basis for the statement, as Poker and American history are frequently intertwined. Like everything else American. Poker's ancestors ' were mixed Some elements of t h e game cOme f r o m As Nas, an ancient Pers i a n c a r d game; others from Poque. a F r e n c h g a m e . I t s E n g l i s h cousin is Brag and another French cousin is Ambigu. The entire family or so-called "bragging" games is derived from the Italian game. PrimerO. f American Poker probably originated around 1830 in New Orleans ^among French sailors who had seen service in Persia. Americans who picked up the new game are believed to have made the usual mispronunciation of the French Poque (pronounced poke) by dividing the word into two syllables. Thus, by stages it became po-que, later corrupted to Poker. From New Orleans, Poker spread up the Mississippi River via steamboat traffic until by the 1840's it was the principal card game of the fron> tier. Poker and the Poker player became as much a part of American folklore as cowboys and ^Indians, ranchers and settlers, sheriff^ and outlaws. Poker players enjoyec) their game without official rules for nearly fifty years. Then, shortly after the Civil War. our Ambassador to Great Britain, Robert Schenck. wrote down some rules for play at the request of Queen Victoria. A copy drifted back to the American Press and the author was from that time on known as "Poker Schenck."' His rules, the first to be written about the game, brought it even greater popularity. The game spread throughout the world and soon became a favorite with men in the United States. Poker has countless variations but all Versions take either of two basic forms, draw or stud: that is, either J^ou are given the chance to improve your original hand by discarding and drawing new cards or you must play the original hand. Since draw puts more cards in plav, hand£ have great variation and mak;e for spectacular play. Stud Poker, on the other hand, is fast. ~ tight, and almost entirely strategical. For these reasons, several card experts have hailed Poker as the most skillful of all card games. The game has been popular for such a long time' in this country that its colorful expressions have crept into our language. Every American, Poker player or not, knows what it Is to have an ace in the hole,, to be in the chips, to call a bluff, stand pat, four-flush, have a showdown, or get into situations where the chips are down. It is indeed a truly American game. 6.658 DRIVERSLICENSES REVOKED IN STATE LAST YEAR A total of 6,658 drivers' li- i censes, chauffers' licenses and j driving privileges were revoked) during 1955 and an additional1 1,220 licenses were suspended for varying lengths of time. Secretary of State Charles F. Carpen-1 tier reported. " ! This compares with 5,588 re-! vocations and 525 suspensions in 1954, he saia. Secretary Carpentier attributed the increase to steadily growing importance of the driver control j file, enabling the state to detect! dangerous drivers before they are! involved in serious collisions. The ; file is based on reports from I police and courts, and maintains j an individual record on every! driver convicted of a traffic violation or who is involved in an accident. The effectiveness of the file is shown in the increase from thirty-nine to„110 revocations for three or more convictions within one year for traffic law violations, artd the increase from four to eighty-four for habitually reckless or negligent driving, Mr. Carpentier said. The three violations reason accounted for an increase in ,suspensions from seventy-one to 528, and the habitually reckless or negligent driving reason accounted .for-an increase -from - two1 to 119. • "Without the wholehearted cooperation of police departments and courts throughout the state, we could not have learned that those individuals were dangerous drivers, and they would still be on the roads," Secretary Carpentier said. By far' the leading cause for revocation was driving while intoxicated, Mr. Carpentier said, pf the 4,655 mandatory revocations,! 4,112 were for that reason, an increase of 414. CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Construction and improvements of 898 miles of the primary and secondary road systems of Illinois, costing* $96,000,000, were completed during 1955, according to a year-end summing up of hia highway program by Governor William G. Stratton. Completed highway work in 1964 amounted to $98,404,000. For 1953 the total was $83,860,000. The onset of winter closed the 1955 paving ^season about a month sooner than in the preceding year. This prevented the 1955 construction total from approximating one hundred million dollars. BETTER SCHOOLS BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES If you can't bear to be alone, you must suffer the consequences and expense of companionship#... Here & There On Friday, Marty and Dorothy Wrublewski enjoyed the company of Dorothy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swanson. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Morrison entertained Pat's parents, Mr. Am Post 491 n Legion McHenry, Illinois presents Jeanne Randolph at the Hammond Org&n Friday, Saturday & Sunday Evenings - FISH FRY - EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Served by American Legion Auxiliary Package Liquor Store and Tavern PIZZA Italian Spaghetti Sandwiches KITCHEN CLOSED ON TUESDAY'S McHENRY 336 ISO So. Green St., McHenry, 111. Support the March of Dimes Concrete .. .CUT DOWN WASTE Stop wasting materials by on-the-job mixing! 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