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fttfhNw THE 'McHENRY' PLAlNDEALER $ K . 9HcqH/w^ ^ l. They say it is a sure sign of ' Old age when you start living in the past. But, there may be an excuse for us Sitting here trying > to start a column in the still of & night that relentlessly moves . ,K.j toward the start of another day. i i v. Our old "Boss" is gone. For 4 many years we sparred in this column with "Mose" about politics, expense accounts and a flock of problems that were never solved. Sure -- it's tough to lose an Old friend. But, when pleasant memories remain it is much easier to accept God's will. ^Maybe we should have told ^*Mose" sometime along the line that we sent him that Christmas card,. signed "Rev. Schickelgruber" asking for a donation and reminding that "The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver." Maybe he was wise to our little joke and didn't let on. And maybe we should have told him that we instigated that write-in vote (just 5 voters were all we asked) to give "l^ose" some recognition in an aldermanic election. And maybe he guessed who sent all that "Dear Fellow Democrat" literature to him that was so promptly filed in the waste basket And maybe we should have had that copy in on time. But, .he couldn't bawl us out more than a minute without smiling. Hiose were good old days. We had our fun and more time to cook up more fun. So long, "Mose." Maybe well get up your way some day. Tou know who has a girl behind the counter named '.'Pat" Wirtz who has been doing her Christmas shopping? Suppose she is winding up the '55 list Or do. people get mixed up when they work around that fellow? Max Brady announces his re- TOURNEY ENDS IN BLAZE OF EXCITEMENT McHenry Teams Win Three Trophies In Finals Last Sunday A rousing finish marked the conclusion of the Tenth Annual Forester State Basketball tournament at the local gym Sunday night. The program, planned primarily as a recreational outlet for young members of the C.O.F. has blossomed into a fast-moving spOrts and entertainment program for the young, the old and the in-between ages. Guided by Fred Meyer, a man who comes up with unusual ideas and the ability to promote, the Forester tourney has gained high rating throughout the state. The final game of the tournament Sunday night turned out to be a wow. It was another Johnsburg-McHenry clash. This time the clash was louder because the game was between the heavyweights. McHenry staged a thrilling comeback in the last half to win the game 61 to 55. Many fans left the game at half time with Johnsburg leading 37 to- 24. McHenry's second platoon had given ground in the second quarter, but back came the starters full of vim for the last half. Jim Busch played a terrific game, scoring 17 of his 23 points during the last half. "Chuck" Heelein scored only one point in the first half, then sank 14 in the last portion. Glenn Peterson seemed to hold the team together while Jim Kennebeck's rebounding and Harold Michels' floor play all added up to turn the trick. • On the Johnsburg side it was Jim Jackson leading the scoring with 21 points while the balance of the scoring was well spread. Big Connie Miller was his usual self, a goodrnatured tower of strength. But Connie, like some of his mates, found two games in one day too much to withstand such play as shown by Busch, Heelein and company. In the first game in the after- St. Gregory; Mike Low, McHenry; J. Kiple, Sacred Heart Grayslake. Rangers -- Eichinger, McHenry; Conway, McHenry; Joe Hiller, Johnsburg; Schell and J. Ritt, St Gregory. Seniors -- Jim Huemann, Johnsburg; Jarka, Aurora; Pichert, Aurora; Beck, McHenry; Scjiroeder, St. Gregory. Heavyweights -- Jim Jackson, Johnsburg," Jim Kennebeck, McHenry; Blick, Moline; Soris, Aurora; Tom Oeffling, Johnsburg. Dick Tobin, State Secretary of the C.O.F., must have known everybody in the gym. At least, everybody knew Dick. He wore a green tie Sunday night. Not too vivid. Just a warmup for S.t. Patrick's Day. There's a fine broth of a lad who needs nary a green adornment to identify his ancestry. tirement from the coaching noon, the Johnsburg Heavies deranks at Crystal Lake High. We feated a good~ Moline team 68 to "Biff" Meyer and 'his Moose quartet, known as the'Corn Poppers; entertained real melodiously. They had an accordion player in their group of entertainers who is a real crowd pleaser. Bob Freund recognized him as an old buddy in the U.S. Marines. Dick Fredrick, Bud TTiennes and Jack Phalen spent enough time at the officials' table to deserve pillows. It's a long grind, but those fellows do a real good job. Couldn't begin to name the ticket sellers, ticket takers and all the other willing workers. Music by the Weber family kept the entire tournament from hitting the low spots when time drags. Another big undertaking has been accomplished by the C.O.F. It is a bushel of work for a few and a carload of entertainment for many. Congratulations. feel That "he has been a credit to sports and wish his successor, Bob Menke, continued success except when his teams play McHenry. Local residents returning from Florida tell us that "Schmaltz" Miller has developed a new business down there. He's a fish peddler. Seems "Schmaltz" was catching so many fish there was nothing to do but go out and sell a few. There wasn't much time to organize the trip, but our police department members (Joe Grobel, Bart Yegge and Bill Pearson) Secured the help of Ben Francke, George Rodenkirch, Bernie Buss and Florian Schmitt to take 40 boys from Junior High and St. Pat's to see Golden Gloves fights at the Chicago Stadium. Who said it first? Fog: Stuff that is dangerous to drive in, especially if its mental. A motorist is a person who, after seeing a wreck, drives carefully for several blocks. The advantage of being bald is that when you expect callers, all you have to do is straighten your tie. A true friend is one who thinks you're a good egg even when you're busted. 65. St. Nicholas came up with a big scoring punch to beat a wellbalanced Senior team from Johnsburg 72 to 61. John Steinbach rolled up 22 points as St. Mary's Juniors breezed along to a 46-26 victory over St. Gregory. The St. Mary Rangers of McHenry were far and away too sharp for the St. Gregory five in a 68 to 35 walkaway. SchiU scored 28 points for the losers, but McHenry had scoring punch from too many positions. Heavies St John's - Johnsburg (68) B F J. Jackson 9 L. Freund 3 T. Oef fling 7 C. Miller 4 F. Oeffling 1 Totals 24 20 15 St Anne's • Moline (63) B Baker 3 Van Quathem 0 Frehan 4 Blick ... _ 10 Ward 6 Schulte 0 Schulty 3 Hubbs 2 Totals 28 Johnsburg 17 19 16 16--68 Moline 14 12 19 1&--63 F 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 Johnsburg 16 21 - 9 ftr-55 • • ' Benlors St Nicholas - Aurora (12) *" BE* Phillips 7 8 2 Pickert 10 6 3 Jarka 4 14 Meyer * 3 01 Beach 4 Govi * . 0 Medernafch 0 Totals 28 16 15 St John's • Johnsburg (Bl) B P p 1 3 0 1 0 1 Schmitt 7 1 0 J. Huemann 5 8 5 B. Huemann" 3 0 5 B. Weber 3 1 5 J. Huff 5 2 2 Schafer - 0 0 2 L. Schmitt 1 1 0 Totals 24 13 19 Aurora 14 18 23 17--72 Johnsburg * 16 14 15 16--61 Rangers St. Mary's - McHenry (08) . ^ ** fit F r Conway 7 5 i Hauser 2 0 i Freund 1 0 i Justen 5 8 4 Vycital 7 5 1 Eichinger 3 0 0 Walsh 0 0 1 Totals 25 18 9 St. Gregory • Chicago (36) B F P Long 1 0 5 Sw&nson 0 0 4 .Neihengen «• 0 0 1 Schell 11 6 4 Ritt 3 0 0 O'Donnell 0 0 1 Totals 15 6 15 McHenry 15 13 15 25--68 Chicago 9 10 5 12-^36 Juniors St. Mary's - McHenry (46) B Olson 2 2 0 Chelini 0 1 0 Low 1 2 1 Steinbach 9 4 4 Steffan 2 1.. 1 Freund 2 0 0 Wirtz 1 0 .0 Herdrich 1 0 0 Totals 18 10 8 St. Gregory's • Chicago (26) B F P J. Keenan 0 0 1 M. Cully 4 0 2 J. Tougy 2 0 2 C. Dunne 1 0 2 B. Kelly 0 0 1 T. Egan 5 2 2 Totals 12 2 10 McHenry 8 14 11 13--46 Chicago 6 2 8 10--26 Northern 1 Ilini Bowmen N ews Tourney Notes Earl Duffy, State Chief Ranger, was on hand throughout the tournament and handled the announcements at trophy time with his usual skill. It takes a lot of cooperation to stage this event. Many people helped along the line. George Rodenkirch, Chief Ranger of St. Mary's Court, has been a willing helper for years. This year was his turn to thank others -- and he did it sincerely. Jim Doran's basketball team from St. Mary's school swept through to many honors tha^past season and almost pulled one out of the fire against Dundee in the Tri-County tourney at Lake Zurich Saturday night. They lost by two points but won many hearts by their courageous fight in the last quarter. They packed the local gym for the Globetrotter-House of David game Monday night. Of course, the Trotters won with ease and gave the fans plenty of laughs. The big squawk of the tournament came on a freak play. It was one of those last second long shots and the ball hit the ceiling, bounced to the floor and then went through the basket. The basket did not count. However, it sent the boys to the rule book. We won't go into that one. It gets complicated, but still does not count on the score board. Here are the All-Stars: Juniors -- Steinbach. McHenry; B. Oeffling, Johnsburg; Cully, St Mary's - McHenry (61) Kennebeck Busch H. Michels R. Michels Heelein P. Freund Stilling Knox Nye Peterson McGee Andreas Totals St. John's - J. Jackson L. Freund C. Miller T. Oeffling F. Oeffling D. Weber Totals McHenry B F P 2 0 2 9 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 23 15 15 sbnrg (55) B F P 7 7 2 1 2 2 4 4 A 4 2 5 3 2 2 0 0 1 19 17 16 14 10 19 18--61 Art Jackson's 652 series and Nadine Larkin's 235 game draw the honors in bowling circles this week. May the Luck of the Irish be yours on St. Patrick's Day. DAILY PINUPS: Variety is the. spice of life; vanity is the sugar coating. Sentiment is silver; good sense is gold. Being yourself is true distinction; being a facsimile is frustration. A practical joke is seldom a matter. * Anonymous IT'S HERE! SANBTdNE SOH-SEI® WISH . for w@oi ©tfher suit fabrics Suits, coats and dresses keep original luster, perfect drape and springy softness through cleaning after cleaning. AA-14 Phone 927 For Service M Bk IMII © W CLEANERS North Front St McHenry Around corner North of National Tea the favorite narrow brim style An important N.I.B. meeting will be held Tuesday night, March 20, at 8 p.m. at the American Legion home. All members should attend.. Work day oh the range will be March 25. Club merftbers Irene Adams and Phil Wheelock were interviewed by Scott Bradley over Station WKRS last Saturday morning on the McHenry Date Book. A big thank you goes to Van Sells and the WKRS personnel for being so nice to us. We hope the listeners enjoyed the program as much as we enjoyed doing it. '• Protect -'a Our N ATION'S Youth LEAGUE By Bill Bolger Pony League baseball got its start in the area surrounding Washington, D.C. It was started by a group of men who helped to organize "Little League" and then saw the necessity of some advanced type of baseball for Little. League graduates. Lewis W. Hays of Washington, D.C., is serving as full time commissioner and he deserves much of the credit for the fine success of Pony League baseball this far. ' The president of the National Organization is a fellow who has done just about everything. He is the famous comedian, Joe E. Brown. Mri Brown was a minor league ball player in his younger days and may have been one of our major league stars had not a broken leg ended his playing career. Pony League baseball is just five years old. Since its birth in the eastern part of the United States, it has spread to every state in the Union and parts of Canada and Mexico. Its rapid spread throughout the country is proof enough of its beneficial effects on the youth of America. Locally, some of the ideas advanced so far are to ask permission of the V.F.W. club and the City of McHenry to use their diamonds for Pony League ball. If this course is followed, the Pony League schedule will have to be worked out so as not to conflict with the schedules of the ball teams that are nt)w using those playing fields. In most towns where Pony League is played, the number of teams - they have is usually one or two. It is quite probable that if there is enough interest in McHenry we will try to have a four-teiam league. Occasionally games could be scheduled with teams from other towns. If we have four teams, the talent may be spread evenly among the teams and possibly our best team might1 not -be as good as a team from a town that only had one team.vHftwever, with four teams, more local boys will have a chance to play and I believe that is the Irhportant thing. ADOPT SALES TAX. •> , The list of Illinois municipalities which have adopted the onehalf cent city sales tax as a means of raising revenues continues to lengthen. The January collection report of state ^ revenue director Richard J. "Lyons shows that 629 Illinois cities and villages netted a total of $4,266,- 716 from this tax on December business transactions. By mid- February, Lyons reports, 720 municipalities were employing the sales tax. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds The IVY LEAGUE by STETSON Look at it from every angle. The Ivy League gives you that neat look --trim, crisp, wide awake. The face-flatter* ing narrow brim, the tapered crown and the stylish center crease make it the favorite of men Avith a future. *10 White's Men's Shop 208 S. Green St., McHenry, III. Phone 19 SATURDAY MATINEE 1:30 to 4 PJ4 Opening Evenings Tues., Wed., FrL, Sat. and Sun., 8 to 11 p. m. JUST FOE FUN HOLLER HINK McHENRY, ILLINOIS mm t&e facte a&out USTS -- BEAUTIFIES ROTECTS COSTS LESS COMPIIiaV SATISFIES HOLDS VJfllB mhsONRY BEST BY TEST ALEXANDER ' LUMBER Co. PHONE McHENRY 1424 547 W. Main St. • McHenry, UL ft THE GREAT OUTDOORS By Jack Walsh Hie ice fishing at Meyer's Bay was very good last weekend. More than one fisherman walked off the ice with 100 or more bluegills. A few crappies and perch were also caught. Saturday morning, about 11:00 one fellow's tip-up went up and he- landed a bass that weighed about 4Vn lbs. About five minutes later another flag went up and a 6% lb. bass was landed. From a distance it looked like a carp it was so big. A while later another bass was caught which weighed about 2 Vz Or 3 lbs. Later Saturday afternoon a dogfish was caught ^by the same fellow who caught the 6% lb, baps. "Hiis fish was chopped up With an ice bar by two fellows who thought they would make a good meal for the seagulls. We hear that Art Boger took a dip Saturday. He went through the ice in one of the channels leading into Meyer's Bay. He got out all right, but was so wet that he had to go home. Remember, the ice is getting weak in spots. It is still pretty safe in some places, but it pays. to watch your step. Jim Raycraft reports that about 1500, geese have been landing on his farm to feed every evening for the last three" weeks. He says they leave in the daytime and come back in the evening. Geese are pretty smart and being so near St.' Patrick's pay *ca~yi§\\\ SOAKS as H /* ' llM l\ *• CLEANS as it RINSES Scetf CAR OWNER MOM! Pfiable, scratch-proof, moulded robber brush cap permits Instant change of brush. Five water holas to brush head for perfect cleansing Qnd rinsing odten. lightweight 36" handle with water shut'off valx* ottocfyd, is dvtadiabla foe fyrthaf Icngthm- Sng. Complete with h o r s e h a i r b r a i b . . . g/fl ®E MOOEU-Z.C 5CJ I0 ; 5375 Connects Direct to Hom vYcimrs Hardware • Sheet Metal Shop 1906 - Our 50th Year - 1956 PHONE 98 132 S. Gr^en St. McHenry, 111. IIM THEATRE phone JAokson 6-1421 Wauconda, HI. Route 176 Adults 60c. Children (under 12) 25c Open Dally at 6:46 p.m. Open Sundays at 2?30 p.m. FREE PARKING - 125 CARS they probably can tell ihe farm belongs to a good Irishman. - We haven't heard from Charles Schaefer in two weeks and wonder if anything has gone wrong with him. We hope not because his articles made an interesting addition to our column. THURS., FRI. & SAT. MAR. 15-16-17 Released Tfiru PHOTUGKAFHtD U ^ HUNT BY TECHNICOLOR Special Sal. Matinee MARCH 17 Doors Open 1:00 P.M. Show Starts. 1:30 P.M. SUN., MON. & TUES. MAR. 18-19-20 SPECIAL SUN. MATINEE Starts At 1:30 p.m. "Bonzo Goes To College' and 4 Cartoons IPftrBrooaRt prFwnta I BURT ANNA | LffNCASTEl • MAGNflNI toHapliM lWMthma lolf is" TENNESSEE WILLIAM? . THE ROSE TATTOO mlfm Starts at 4:00 p.m. Not recommended for children Starts WEDNESDAY FOR 2 DAYS BIN MEMORIAM In loving memory of our dear husband, father and brother,. John Schmitt, who passed away eight years ago, March 14, 1948. Til memory fades and life departs, You will live forever in our hearts. Loving wife , • • • Gerald and Helen 45 Brothers and Sisters Crystal Lake, HI. Phone 644 Sundays Gonfc. from 3:00 p.m. Saturday Matinee 2:15 p.m. Week Days . 7:15 p.m. THURS., FRI. & SAT. MAR. 15-16-17 Also Saturday Matinee "WICHITA" Joel McCrea - Vera - Miles Cinemascope & Technicolor SUN., MON. & TUES. MAR. 18-19-20 "THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR" Lana Turner - Richard Burton Fred MacMurray Cinemascope & Color by Deluxe WED. & THUR. MAR. 21-22 "THE WARRIORS" - Errol Flynh - Joanne Dru Cinemascope & Technicolor mi.jL.mn NOW thru SATURDAY 'THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR" In Cinemascope - Plus "BOBBY WARE IS . MISSING" SUN., MON. & TUES. "THE TALL MEN" Clark Gable - Jane Russell In Cinemascope - Plus colored Disney & News Starts WED., MARCH 21 "SEVEN CITIESOF GOLD" In Cinemascope - Plus Latest color cartoon .*«« Ill VltV I 218 So. Green St. [Mc Henry, Illinois PHONE 1441 FREE PARKXNG THURS., FRI. & SAT. MAR. 15-1647 Double Feature and -Warner BROS, mar zero tb» Story at #fc» ©5 MM Mgfcting <>< f ™ 'STARRING _ RICH 60OTE" PEGGIE. GfiSIU SUN., MON. & TUES. MAR. 18-19-20 ALL NEW! IN WARNERCOLOR WARMER BROS...--I UM (USDS CM MOORE • UT SILVE1HEELS • ME lOTSt* W Mitt tumm • P[8!t 10PEZ • am » sua tuata STUABT HttSLEB .-IM1II& . BCIIUTKI • also Jack Webb in "24 HOUR ALERT" WED. & THURS. MAR. 21-22 FAMED STAGE [ • . HIT NOW ON | ; THE SCREEN' . MV.-M |>rc<.-nls KISMET '• C,0,-0R CINEMASCOPE NEXT WEEK "ROSE TATTOO" COME IN TEST DRIVC THE NEW? 1956 FORDS m hi '.? ! -.y (No Obligation^ Of Course} rha -re r B U S S M 0 T 0 R S A L E S •.'A jivjzqin. , wV G1 WE'RE OOTTO^M&kE 1956 OUR BIGGEST YEAR IN SALES! WE ARE OFFERING THE BIGGEST TRADE-INS IN OUR HISTORY! COME IN NOW AND HEAR OUR EXCELLENT PROPOSITION. or McHenry 1 881 W. Main St., McHenry; HI. 6 ? j