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PAGE 4-McHENRY i'iJ^LNDEALER, WF.DNKSPAY. .JANUARY 30. jir 4ays| CHOOSE FROM OUR HUGE SELECTION OF DOLLAR DAY BARGAINS SEE OUR SPECIAL 1974 m DOLLAR DAY^ BARGAIN TABLE J VYCITALS PRO-HARDWARE 1228 N. Green St McHenry EKEENSTBEETMALLI YouXZan Dolt, BY GEORGE! vBy George Montgomery^ Actor/Custom Furniture Maker REPAIRING CHAIRS The furniture buff, even If he specializes In new creations, sooner or later will use his skills as a handyman. In al­ most every home there Is fur­ niture that needs repairing. Perhaps the finish needs brightening. Or perhaps a table leg or a chair rung has come unglued or been broken. Chairs, because of the rugged use they get, are per- h a p s m o s t l i k e l y p i e c e s of furniture to require repair. As a first step I always dls-assemble the parts of the chair that need fixing. I use a soft­ wood malliet to g e n t l y t a p apart loose or b r o k e n l e g s , rungs, spindles and the like. Be careful not to scar the wood by using the mallet too energetically. If It is just a matter of re- gluing, all you need do Is re­ move the old glue from the socket holes and the ends of rung, leg or whatever part you are fixing. A rat-tall file or rasp will do this job. George Montgomery DOLLAR DAYS IN McHENRY UEDFF mm CERAMIC TILE KADISAK Tile isjA*. MTke. 120 McHenry Phone: Mwtlv w/iimv Broken rUngs or spindles probably can be replaced with dowels from your lumber yard. Get exactly the fight thick­ ness and cut to the right length. Then taper the ends with a raspy file for accurate fits In the socket hole* < Your next step is^to place furniture glue on the tapered ends and in the socket holes, and gently hammer the parts together. You will again use your softwood mallet. The glued parts must be tightly clamped while the glue dries. For this I suggest a length of clothes line used as a tourniquet. Place pads of newspaper between the cord and the wood to prevent bruis­ ing, and twist the tourniquet tight with a long spike or piece of wood. Wipe away surplus glue. Much the same procedure may be followed In correcting wobbly arms and legs. But here Is an additional sugges­ tion: if the ends of the arms or legs seem to fit too loosely, tap tiny wood wedges Into the sockets around them. Any vis­ ible parts of these wedges must be cut away with a saw or sharp knife. Repairing backs of chairs may be more complicated. You may be able to taper or bulb spindles and even shape back pieces. But the better part of valor may well be to g6t com­ plicated pieces turned or cut at your local lumber yard. Spindles may often be reset for gluing in their sockets by bending them. If this won't work, deepen the socket In the upper part of the chair back. Then push the end of the spin­ dles into the deep hole and slide down into the hole in the seat. If you want to try replacing an odd-shaped back piece, start by extracting the broken part. Now trace its shape on a new piece of wood, drill a starter hole for your coping saw and cut out the part. It will need further shaping and smoothing with sandpaper be­ fore being glued In place. * * * >- Dear George: I have some very beautiful furniture that my friends tell me is veneered. Can you tell me what veneer is? Marian Brovm Baltimore, Md. Dear Marian: Veneer is a very thin layer of wood, usually selected for the beauty or originality of Its grain, glued over other thick­ er wood -- as in the case of your furniture. Usually it is cut from a hardwood, like ma­ hogany, rosewood or teak. The The Wild Turkey The little child whose only idea of a turkey is the frozen, headless and featherless, huge- breasted domestic bird mom brings home from the super­ market, probably would not recognize the tall, lean and bearded wild turkey as turkey. The wild turkey has darker and more irridescent feathers than the domestic breed. It is thinner, longer-legged and smaller-headed. This stream­ lined body enables America's native gamebird to achieve a flying speed of 55 m.p.h. and a four-foot stride run. It also lias a prominent and peculiar c h a r a c t e r i s t i c c a l l e d t h e 'beard', a long, bristle-like ap­ pendage hanging from the breast. Wild turkeys like mature for­ est and plenty of range; an av­ erage flock may cover up to 18,000 acres and have a daily feeding range of seven or eight miles. And they're not very tol­ erant of human beings disturb­ ing the solitude of their range. The turkey has been impor­ tant food since the earliest p r i m i t i v e m a n a r r i v e d i n America. It was found every­ where once, but now it is most abundant in the south, south­ west, California and Pennsyl­ vania, pushed into pockets by dwindling forests. A domesticated type of tur­ key was taken from Central America to Europe by the Spaniards around 1518 and spread rapidly from country to country. When settlers ar­ rived in North America the na­ tive wild bird surprised them with its 'p r o d i g i o u s multi­ tudes', and it was considered a greater delicacy than the do­ mestic turkeys they'd brought from Europe. Not only was the turkey made a symbol of our national thicker wood base to which It is glued often is of a cheaper variety. For example, the base wood of early American fur­ niture was pine. Veneered wood calls for more care than solid wood furniture. I like to protect the sheen of my veneered furni­ ture from time to time with a coat of enriched Pledge. It has two natural waxes that not only protect the finish but also give a hand-rubbed luster without rubbing. Veneer is liable to damage from hard use, age and dampness. And a word of advice: never place a hot utensil on a veneered surface. George Montgomery Extraordinary Bird holiday, Thanksgiving, but Ben Franklin championed the wild turkey as a morally superior bird to the bald eagle. Various products have been named af­ ter it, including one brand of another famous American pro­ duct, bourbon. Wild Turkey Kentucky Bourbon, a 101-proof mellow liquor is as sought af­ ter as its namesake and as rel­ ished by gourmets and appre- ciators of good living, but hap­ pily is much easier to come by than the shrewd game bird. Hunters consider the wild torn turkey the most difficult, frustrating bird to hunt in America, much tougher to bag than deer or elk. In New York's spring hunting season, for instance, only one hunter in 33 will be successful. The wild turkey is not an endan­ gered species. It took 400 years and a cross­ ing of the Atlantic for our do mestic turkey to evolve as it is today. The process is still obscure because no one kept breeding records. 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