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*£Xl' Page Fourteen EASTWOOD MANOR by Peggy Garrelts Christmas Party The children's Christmas party turned out to be a big success. Approximately children were on hand to greet Santa, who put in a last minute appearance before the twenty-fourth deadline. Each child received a gift, a stocking chuck full of goodies and also a box of candy. Helen Mathes played the piano and the kids from one. to sixty all sang carols. Cartoon movies were shown, much 'to the delight of the kiddies. All in all, the children'had a ball and the grownups had a fine time keeping tabs on their own gang! A merry (and hectic) time was had by all! fourth birthday the twenty-Seventh of this month and Eugene Tinkler will . celebrate Jus $>velfth birthday on the same tfajwHappy birthday, boys. ie Birthdays Cary Fenner is ce'stffating his Winter Increases Destruction By Rats and Mice Anniversaries The Monroe Woods celebrated their tenth weddingn anhiv'ersary on Dec. 16. .Belated congratulations, Woody and Gerry. The Francis Picketts will celebrate seven years of wedded bliss Pec. 27. Best wishes, Francis and Margaret. RODENTS ARE A COMMUNITY PROBLEM, both rural and urban, and winter is the time they strike in greatest numbers. Cold weather and lack of food drive them into barns, granaries and even homes. A single rat on a farm can cost the farmer $20 a year! A pair of rats can eat 54 pounds of food in a year and will destroy ten times tne amount they eat! Rats annually destroy as much food in the United States as one out of every 25 farms produce. Contamination of grain by rodent droppings, hairs and urine has cost the farmer thousands of dollars through down-grading from grain suitable for human food to that usable only as animal feed. Mouse contamination of grain is increasingly becoming important in many areas where rat populations have been drastically reduced and the mouse population is growing. Such are the alarming, but true statistics furnished by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and compiled in a brochure published by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Founda- ' tion of Madison, Wisconsin. It is obvious in the face of facts available that some constructive action must be taken to fight an enemy that last year alone destroyed the production of more than 100,000 farms--enough to feed 1 person out of every 15! Clean grain means money in the farmer's pocket Today the fanner is not as helpless in the face of rat menace as he was ten years ago. In addition to the traditional defensive measures, he can now actively fight this menace with the proven, easy-to-u^S'rat and mouse •killer, warfarin. Discovered in the laboratories of Professor Karl Paul Link of the University of Wisconsin, warfarin was patented by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Warfarin kills rodents by thinning their blood until they die of internal hemorrhage, over a period of 5 to 14 days. It is not a "quick kill" poison and there is no bait shyness. The rodents simply eat warfarin containing baits until they die. Warfarin is comparatively safe when there are children about, because it is slow acting and usually mixed with unappetizing cereal baits to be fed to the rats and mice. The entire community, working ^ together, can win the war against rodents, a campaign that is bound to add up to a cleaner neighborhood, a safer community and the prevention of waste. A few basic steps to remember in personally fighting this enemy are to keep garbage and refuse containers tightly covered, ratproof _ buildings by closing all holes in exterior walls, and make use of any of the rodenticides containing warfarin, available, under various trade names in stores throughout the country. Additional information may be secured by calling your county agricultural agent or local health officer. £ood-by to the old year, hello to j| the new! We hope that it § brings you all the | KNOX REAL ESTATE PHONE 421-J 405 RICHMOND ED. McHENRY, ILL. This and That Georgia and Craig Sigman travelled to Columbus, Ohio, this past week and were joined by Wally in time to celebrate the holidays with her folks. Frank and Dolores Woolwine and their children spent Christinas day in Addison with her folks. Bertha and Robert Stoll and their son, Gary, took off for Washington, D.C. to spend Christmas with her folks. Mrs. Dorothy Haun of Salem, 111., spent last weekend, visiting at the Francis Pickett home. The Fultz a£id -Simpson fahiilies had an egg-nog • party at the Simpson home Sunday night. Eighteen of the neighbors enjoyed the grand old yule-time drink. Christmas Eve, Santa Claus popped into the Simpson home as Rita and Tom were entertaining his relatives. Turned out it was Danny Carey, a friend of the Simpsons, who was helping old Saint Nick out. Tom Simpson has just returned from a four-day trip to Colorado. Made it hoipe just in time for the egg-nog party. Rosemary and Bob Newlon entertained her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Syl Gilloffo, and her sister, Nannette, for Christmas. rm APPLE CROP THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER ; vrrrrwould like to ask everyone to have a "shopping good" New Year's Eve '--but .please drive carefully. We would like all of you with us in good condition in 1958. After all, you have,to call in your news items this coming year to keep us gOing! So Happy New Year to each and every one. May your cup run over with good health, wealth and good cheer. The. commercial apple crop in Illinois totaled two and. a half million "bushels this year, down 2 percent from 1956, the state Department of Agriculture said. According to the state-federal crop reporting service, quality was not up to a year ago because of extremely wet weather which delayed spraying and promoted scab. Late frost damage also caused some reduction iri quant* ity and. quality of the crop. ' _ HIGHWAY .CONTRACTS Award -of highway construction contracts totalling $388,551 and involving projects in seven Counties in connection with William G. Stratton's 1957 road program was announced by the state Division of Highways. Thursday, December 26, 195' J*?*' l': 0ri- - y •• HAPPY NEW YEAR!! . . . . K A free press is vital to the lib- ts erty of any people and when you R V# j, ufZ__ Yi R see governments surpressing freedom of spe; you witness a government that is getting ready to rule without regard to the •vishes of the majority. One strange thing in life is that the very persons you don't want to see appear when you least want to see them. JHelp! Help! Seems everyone has been so busy with last minute shopping and Christmas doings that they failed to call in this week. Please give me a ring at 2101 so we can have a long and newsy column. Exit '57 -- Enter '58 This being the last column before the New Year begins, we EAGLE - PICHER /JlumUtum STORM WINDOWS and DOORS JALOUSIE DOORS & WINDOWS Narrow Sturdy Frames All Inserts Glide Easily Self Storing Simple Seasonal Changin; Liberal Trade In Allowance on your Old Door and Windows. V -(y/ieetinoA- f 1 May good health, good friends, good cheer be yours all year. RIVERSIDE RETAIL OUTLET 200 Riverside Dr. -- McHenry PHONE 39 * ORDER NOW ^ephyr Ventilated Aluminum Awnings and Door Canopies. Color and Style for Every Home. ARTHUR BOGER PHONE 1180 307 E. Waukegan Road McHenry JACOB FRITZ 1 REALTOR | Q Jim Hettermann, Associate • Johnsburg I SSSK" 1958 mm SYSTEMS JETS AND Submersible Pumps We sincerely hope that the New Year, now bowing onto the stage, will give a 365-day performance that will win the hearty applauiie of all our good friends and neighbors. ACE HARDWARE W. B. 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"til 5 P.M. y ' your New Year be as smooth and serene as a graceful waltz, gliding you through pleasant times that are light with laughter, bright with happiness, wcpm mth love, friendship and deep contentment! KLEIN HANS BUILDING SERVICE PHONE 771-R Highway 120 East McHenrv. I1L lOBOl \ %j& 1958 bows in, here's hoping that it will hold for you a generous helping of happiness and success along with an abundance of good health. HESTOR OIL SERVICE STATIONS McHENRY- TT i RICKSSOStij, 38RKitos^i2S5tieat!w*«b^)isaamwsiMe($6«feawato^ iiftfrr-i----