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Thtirsday, April 12/1962 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Page Fifteen McHenry Library Corner Main and Green Sta. 19 Houua Friday Evenings: 7 to 9 p.m. Daily, including Saturday: 2 to 5 p.m. "THE BULL FROM THE SEA", by Mary Renault. This is the'story of Theseus, ~ King of Athens. The book opens with his triumphant return from Crete, after slaying the Minotaur, to mount the throne left empty by the death of his father, Aigeus. The youth of Theseus was the subject of the "King Must Pie," oije of the cost highly praised novels of recent years. Now, from the many classical myths ^ and legends that surround his later career, Miss Renault has reconstructed the heroic exploits of Theseus the king. All through his reign, Theseus is torn between his genius for kingship and his truant craving for adventure. His love of danger draws him to challenge the pirate prince Pirithoos, to recognize him as a -kindred spirit, and to join his W forays. As Theseus is setting out toward Crete for a dynastig marriage with Phaedra, Pirithoos lures him off to explore the unknown Euzine, where he meeis and captures the young Warrior priesiess Hip$olyta. She is the love of his life, and that love is the crux of his fate. Only after Hippolyta has borne him a son, and later fal- ^ len at Theseus' side fighting off the great Scythian invasion, only then does he bring home his neglected queen. Phaedra meets Hippolytos, the center of his- father's love, pride, and unacknowledged envy; and the Great Goddess whom Theseus ha)> defied so often takes her full revenge. The bull of Marathon, the battle of the Lapiths and Ken- ^ptaurs, and the moon-goddess cult of Pontos are but a portion of the legendary material that Miss Renault weaves into the fabric of great historical fiction. Whether or not these myths have their fardistant origin in actual events, the author's imagination and scholarship have invested them with an immediate and magical reality. • "WHAT'S A WOMAN DOINCi HERE?" by Dickey ChapeHe. A combat reporter's report on herself. 24 pages of photogra'phs. Combat reporting is an area u s u a l l y m a r k e d " f o r m e n only." But Dickey Chapelle (who stands just over five feet in .her paratrooper's boots* has ^ never paid homage to the usual ^ ronvention. As a "cub" reporter out of Milwaukee she sold a story to the New York Times detailing her sensations in the open cockpit of a Navy fighter while making a terminal velocity power dive. From that time on, "What's a woman doing here?" has been a question asked by other pilots, para troopers, U. ^S. Marines, Hungarian Freedom Fighters, Russian secret police, Cuban and Algerian revolutionaries and Americans the world over. . .when, for example, Dickey Chapelle --dodged Japanese bullets on an Iwo Jima hill-top. . . --talked her way ashore on Okinawa to join a Marine combat patrol in front of the front lines, . . --parachute jumped with our troops in Korea. . . --was smuggled into Algeria and witnessed the FLN trial and execution of. a traitor. --took some of the first photos of Castro's troops in action. . . --landed with the Marines in Lebanon. . , --was caught behind the Iron Curtain during the Hungarian uprising and held prisoner for 80 days by the secret police (most of it in Solitary confinement ). Dicky Chafbelle's adventures have given her a deep insight into the American fighting man and his counterpart the world over. But it is the insight into the philosophy and courage of the author herself that will linger perhaps longest with the reader. Her account of her experiences is, of course, often amusing; more frequently it is moving, and always it is spirited. As a reporter she has accepted assignments that would give a brave man pause. She has done so not because she loves danger or violence, but because as a woman she has always sought the truth. Here is a story of enormous human interest. "THE GUVS OF AUGUST," by Barbara W. Tuchman. The shock of the opening clash in August, 1914, and the thirtv days of battle which followed determined the future course ot the^irst World War and the sfmpe ~^of nations in our time; its tense drama is the subject of this magnificent history. The German, French, English and Russiari general staffs had had their plans for war completed as early as ten years before hostilities began; Germany intended to invade France- not across their common border-- but by a giant sweep through Belgium. England, through her military conversations, had committed her army to cooperation with the French Army. France, bolstered by her alliance with Russian and 'entente" with Britain, and dreaming of regaining Alsace and Lorraine, designed her strategy in terms solely of the offensive and the attaque brusquee Russia planned a pioneer invasion of East Prussia, while the main German armies were involved in the West. None of these plans allowed for the contingoncies of the others, or recognized their own intrinsic errors. Yet for perhaps five years before the war began each general staff kiK'W what the other would do; all was planned: the campaign, the number of divisions, and deployment of troops, the lines of transportation, the monstrous siege guns, the shine on cavalry sabers, ever ything down to the last button on the last infantryman's uniform. In the summer of 1914, Europe was a heap of swords piled as delicately as iackstraws, and not one could be (drawn out without upsetting the others. They were to be undeceived. The holocaust of August was the prelude to four bitter years of deadlocked war that cost a generation of European lives. The bloody catalogue of the battles of August, 1914, in- ' eludes the almost mythic 0 REGISTER NOW FOR TER BASKETS NO PURCHASE NECESSARY! Again this year we are giving away twelve EASTER BASKETS as Door. Prizes. These beautiful baskets filled with lots of goodies will thrill the hearts of youngsters Easter Morning. Don't wait 'till the last day to have your family's Easter clothes cleaned and pressed; Bring them in NOW and register, for drawing at the same time. REGISTER OFTEN! Winners will be notified Sai. Noon, April 21st. Children Must Be Accompanied By Parent GEM i HOUR CLEANERS News About Our Servicemen PVT. L. R. STILLING Pvt. Lawrence R. Stilling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Stilling of 4302 W. Ringwood road, McHenry. was enlisted in Woodstock by Sgt. Arihur R. Nelson, U.S. Army recruiter, on Jan. 8 ot this year. He completed his basic tiaining at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and was then sent to For' Belvoir. Va., for fourteen weeks of engineer training which was guaranteed before his enlistment • The 20-year-old soldier is a 1960 graduate of the McHenry high school. A McHenry navy man was promoted to the rank of lieutenant recently in ceremonies held at the Naval air station. Quonset Point, R. I. He is Terrence E. Ward, son of Mr. and names of Liege, Tannenberg. Mons, thf Battle of the Frontiers arid Charleroi. ench name signifying also careers made or broken, opportunities grasped or missed, individual heroism or personal blindness. Here is Joffre indomitably rebuilding his shattered French armies, and Samsonov dying a suicide after the annihilation of the Russian Second Army, von Kluck stubbornly commit tir.g his fatal mistake, and Admiral Souchon choosing his desperate and fateful course for Constantinople. Here is the valor of Relgium personified in her hero king and ardor of Britain expressed in her Expeditionary Force. Mrs. Tuehjnan lu.s made her book doubly exciting in the revelation of the human reasons for the disa.-.ter of war. Mrs. Marcellus L. Ward of 615 Allen avenue. McHeniy. Prior to entering the service in September, 1957, Lt. Ward was graduated from Mount Carmel high school at Chicago. ILLESHEIM. GERMANY -- Army Pvt. Ronald L. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Smith, 1407 W. Channel Beach, McHenry, recently arrived in Germany and is now assigned to the 4th armored division. A clerk in i headquarters company of the division's 66th Armor in Illesheim, Smitn entered the Army last September and completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. Army Pvt. Michael R. Kosian. son of Mr. and Mis. Arthur Kosian, 4919 S. Wildwoud drive, McHeniy, recently completed the twelve work e.urin e e r e q u i p m e n t m e c h a n i c course at the engineer school, Fort B^lvoir, Va. Kosian was trained to repair and perform maintenance on heavy - construction equipment i n c l u d i n g t r a c t o r s , g r a d e r s , crane shovels and air compressors. The 20-year-old soldier entered the Army last November and completed basic combat training at Fort Knox, Ky. BAPTISTS BEGIN TWO-WEEK RITES EASTER SUNDAY More than 100. Baptist churches ol northern Illinois, including the First Baplisi church of McHenry. will begin two-week evangelistic services on Easter Sunday morning. This will mark the eighth year for such efforts among the more than .'V2.000 churches ot the Southern Baplisi convention. The several Southern Baptist churches have found there is a special strength in large groups of ehurcjics holding these series of nuvt'ngs at the same time. In 1954, Vhe convention , ol churches held their first simultaneous crusade. During this first effort, the churches enjoyed the largest percentage increase in membership of any ' ime in history. Since ih;<t tim^ the simultaneous emphasis has grown with each passing year. The year, 1961, will mark the second large effort computable to the 1954 "campaign. "Baptist Jubilee" is the slogan accepted by seveial Baptist groyps in America signifying the 150th year of organized Baptist work in this country. The jubilee year is 1964. SHOP AT HOME MUSICAL GROUP TO APPEAR AT BIBLE CHURCH The ladies' ensemble from the Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music, Grand Rapids. Mich., will present a sacred musical at the Wondei Lake Bible church on April 15 at 11 a.m. This ten-voice group will present a well-rounded program of songs and hymns of the church". This year the group is .f ravel ling through Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan on a tour that will include nineteen appearances. Included within the group are a trio and violinist. The Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music has been training men and women for various types of Christian work for sixteen years. Craduales are now servim in the People Of All Faiths To Help World's. Hungry And Homeless Over the years, Americans have taken into their hearts the needs of the hungry, homeless and destitute millions throughout the world. In his inaugural address, the President ret erred n> this generosity and the motive behind it as being not tor so many possible reasons of gain but "because it is righi." Because it is right, millions of Americans will respond to the appeals to aid those stricken by disasters, by malnutrition. hy political displacement jind impoverishment, by flood, famine, disease, poverty and ignorance. Catholics will respond through "The Bishops' Relief Fund" Protestants through "One Great Hour of Sharing" both on Sunday, April 1, and Jewish people through the United Jewish Appeal, a continuing effort highlighted during this season. Through these efforts, the traditional compassion of Americans for those less fortunate than themselves will live in devils throughout the year. Through them, hundreds of millions of pounds of food, clothing and medicines, including U.S. government-donated surplus commodities, will be distributed free to the hungry, homeless and destitute. • Orphanages, schools and hospitals, tuberculosis and other health projects will be supported, programs of resettlenient and constructive development maintained, agricultural, vocational and other educational projects will be carried on. guiding hundred* of thousands to self-sufficiencv. Many people can't see the point until they're up against United States and on the major mission fields of the world. The public is cordially in- i it. vited to attend. j : There will be a special Gcxxl | We have noticed that few Friday service scheduled for j fire companies fight fire with 7:45 p.m. April 20. fire. DAILY. 9-6 !••( CHECK OUR FRI . 9-9 SUPRISE ROOM •MM. 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