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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 25 Jun 1969, p. 15

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/ "SERVINQ THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" Section 2 - Rage 1 Wed. June 25, 1969 (tmsx How Can. I? By Anne Ashley ~... Q. How can I deal with the stains on my marble tabletop? - A. One effective method is - ^to apply a thickpaste of household cleanser and hot watef , letting this dry thoroughly (it may take a day or two), then removing by dampening slightly, rinsing the area, and finally jviping dry with a soft cloth. oQ. How can I prevent that familiar dark ring from formihg around the yolk of a hardboiled egg? A. By boiling the egg no longer than fifteen minutes, then placing it in cold water. My household - hints manual contains" many other such workable tips for inand around the home. Q. What can I do about wallpaper than has become mildewed? A. Many times, nothing at all. However, first try to dry out the paint and plaster behind the paper by heating the room quite warm for several hours or even several days. Then wipe the paper clean with a soft cloth. Q. How can I remove shoeleather stains from light - colored hose? A. A tablespoon of borax added to'^your wash water should help considerably. Q. How can I restore the di&oglprfed inside of aluminum cookware? A. By filling the vessel with water, adding a little vinegar, then letting the mixture boil for five or ten minutes. Q. What can I do about a concrete ^basement floor that has begun to get powdery? A. You can give this floor a nice, finished look by first washing it thoroughly with soap and water, then applying boiled flinseed oil liberally with a paintbrush. After a couple of days, wash the floor again and give it another coat of boiled linseed oil. And for a really good job, a third treat ment in still another couple of days wili do the trick. Q. What can I do when I am hanging new wallpaper, and bubbles begin popping up under the new paper? i A. Clamp down on them im-/ mediately with a piece of tisF sue paper held in place wiih a warm iron. Q. How can I prepare a good Welsh rarebit? A. Melt a tablespoon of but- ,ter over a low flame. Add a cup of grated cheese. As it melts, add M cup of beer. Add V2 teaspoon of dry mustard, and a dash of cayenne to a well-beaten egg. Add this to the cheese-beer mixture, stir well, and cook one minute longer. Q. How can I mcke a good, dead-black, non-glossy paint? A. By thinning some lampblack wijth turpentine or mineral spirits. Q. How can I sharpen the biatie of a knife, a plane, a chisel, or any other cutting tool when there is no honing stone available? A. You can do a very good sharpening job with a piece of emery cloth laid out on a flat, smooth surface. Be sure to vary the pressure On the tool, bearing down hard at first in order to wear down the edge even, then gradually decreasing your pressure 'so as to produce a keen cutting edge. JOINS ANGUS GROUP Robert D. Doessel Jr., Mc- Henry, has been granted junior membership in the American Angus association at St. Joseph, Mo., announces Oqyd D. Miller, secretary. This new junior membership entitles the member to register purebred Angus at re^ulajf?membership rates and to the privileges of the Association until the age of 21. At that time junior members are eligible to convert to lifetime memberships in the association. There were 177 young people in the United States to receive junior memberships last month. Thousands of round stones, hurietr by Roman catapults during the siege of Masada, Palestine, by the armies of Titus in 70 A.D. still lie where they fell, sometimes several feet deep. CHECKS EXHIBIT -- Mrs. Louise Wanger, Woodstock artist, checked her exhibit which was part of the Country Art Fair in the Junior High gymnasium showing at this three-day event which opened Friday afternoon. It was sponsored in behalf of McHenry hospital by the woman's auxiliary. DON PEASLEY PHOTO r COUNTRY CLUB NEWS GERI NFIJBAUER 385-7194 LOCAL BOYS IN ORGANIZED LITTLE LEAGUE Many oi our area boys are involved in the organized league games played at the VFW field: The miniatures include Brian Becker, Ed Walker, Lee Woodward, Mark Ziszic, directed by Ron Becker of Charlotte Ave, who is also the coach of the Sox. Tom WaFren of Country Club drive is coach of the "Indians. Area boys playing in the'Minor League are Scott Donarski, Bret Jackson, Jim McMahon, Jerry Pepping, Kevin Rourke, Dave Wilkey and Bobby Buss. Tom Jackson of Victoria street is ( the coach of the Orioles. Area boys-playing in the Major League are Bill Rowe, Charles Jesky and Joe Walker. Miniatures games are played on, Wednesdays and Sundays, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., respectively. The minor and major league games are played at 6 and 8 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday an& Sunday. Let's try and get to some of tfte games and let the boys know we're behind them. These kids play some real exciting ball games and ^their sportsmanship and spirit are great. Even if you don't have a boy in the games come out anyway, you'll have an enjoyable time cheering for these kids. * AREA SCOUTS ENJOY FAMILY NIGHT Cub Scout Pack No. 131, including area Den No. 3 had a "family-nite" meeting andouting at McHenry dam state park on Thursday evening. Included with the regular meeting was fishing and picnicking. Ail the dens of Pack 131 are alsoplanning a combined den meeting at the city park for June 26 at 12 noon. The boys will bring their lunch, after a tour of the post office the Scouts will picnic and play a few games. i VACATION TIME Mrs. Helen Rohrdanz of Virginia avenue has just recently ' returned from a three week trip to Iowa. Mrs. Rohrdanz spent her vacation travelling and visiting friends. HAPPY FOURTH! Pd like to wish you all a happy fourth! I know many of CHANGE BUS SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER TRIPS On June 30, "Y" buses will be changed so trippers will visit the places they ^did not see the previous week. The four Monday trips scheduled for July are a Chicago Northwestern Railroad ride, Lake Michigin boat trip, Cubs ball gams, River Trail Nature center, Thunderbird farm for a ,swim, and the YMCA hotel, and the polo game at Oak Brook. The August trips include an airplane ride, roller skating, £j.eld Museum, and a Chicago * Northwestern Railroad ride. Individual schedules will be sent to all registered trippers for each trip. Registrations for bus trips should be completed at the Lake Region YMCA,^ 95 Gra:;t street, Crystal fJTRe, on our area residents go camping over the holiday weekend and many of our residents start their summer vacations this weekend, so to those of you who are packing up - have a ball, but drive safely. And to those of us who aren't going any place, relax, take it easy. Everybody let me know about your weekend so our summer columns will be interesting...and weekly... Till next week... MILK PRICES A superpool blend price of at least $4.99 per hundredweight highest May blend price in the history of the Chicago milk market, will be paid dairy farmers for Grade A milk delivered during May to Chicago-market plants within zone 1 of the Chicago regional federal milk order. The $4.99 applies to milk of 3.5 percent butterfat content and is a blend of the May average superpool price of approx- |lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltl£ |.Kiwanis News | WONDER LAKE CLUB Nominations for officers were made at the club's June 16 meeting. Bill Cristy, the chairmah of the nominating committee, read the report of his committee. Speaker for the meeting was Don Burns, who spoke on a new safety device for automobiles. The device, called the two plan gyro-gyromatic safety control, is a sealed unit enery weighing about 62 pounds. Hie unit is bolted into the trunk of a car behind the rear wheels to allow better control and prevent skids. Three Kiwanis members, Joe^Sehuller, Tom Mathews and Art Christopher, tried driving with the device and praised the results. imately $5.78 per hundredweight for Class I (bottling) milk and $4.37 per hundredweight for Class n milk (milk used for other than bottling purposes). SUMMER VALUE SALE SALE NOW THRU JUNE 29th 1327 N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE MCHENRY NATIONALLY ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE ON SALE EVERYDAY! See*1* Reg- NOW Knife electric * Reg.***5 OUR CIRCULAR FOR MANY OTHER VALUES 1.49 SIZE - 20 OZ. 1.69 BOX OF 40 NOV1 spurgeons Market Place Shopping Plaza Route 120 McHenry// SUMMER SHOE Not a single pair withheld! Our entire stock of flats, heels, in whites and colors . . . REDUCED FOR THIS SALE Regular or Super LISTERINE TAMPAX TAMPONS 119 products o* V* oo*s w Every Pair of Every Pair of Reg. 3.99-4.99 4 *3 Regular 5.99 $4 Every Pair of Every Pair of Regular 6.99 *5 Regular 7.99 *6 Unbreakabl PITCHER Decanter 1/2 gal Limit 2 HA** •jru-tbstt OUTDOOR PAINT Reg- . T.95 ^ Regpow* , 4-tB. BAG SERVES GRASS Reg. $1.19 tfattonoBy Advert* HAMMOCK! A" Reg- 96.58 :15P » v . 8 8l HO STAND I Pharmacy 1327 N. Riverside Drive 385-4426 McHenry it&z ^ ' j

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