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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
PA GRADUATE FROM
ZION-BENTON GRADE SCHOOLS

Two hundred and fourteen students
this year were graduated from the
various elementary schools located in
the Zion-Benton township high school
district. And judging from the re-
cent registration at the local high
school, over 205 Of them will COM
prise the freshman class at Zion-Ben-
ton next fall.
One-hundred and thirty-one of these
graduates are from the local school
system, with 60 completing their stu
dies at Lakeview, 80 at Elmwood and
80 at Central. Bonnie Brook will
graduate % students, Winthrop Har-
Dor FL, Beach Is, Howe 9, and North
Prairie 7.
The Beach-Park Consolidated schools
which include Beach, Howe and Bon
nie Brook held their graduation
exercises in the Zion-Benton town.
ship high school auditorium Thurs
day, May 81 at 500 o'clock. Dean Lit
tleford, pastor of the Christ church
in Waukegan, delivered the principal
address. The diplomas were presented
by William Jonas, board president.
Following are the names of the stu
dents, released by Bert Williams, su-
perintendent of the Beach-Park Con-
solidated school system:
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
fife TheOCraf

The North Prairie school also
held it's graduation exercises May ~
in the North Prairie Church at 7:45
o'clock. The Rev. Russell Lyle, pas
tor delivered the principal address.
Following are the names of the grad
yates:
North Prairie School
Mrs. P. E. Bracket, Teacher
Esther Bauroth, Imogene Brewer,
George Cornell, Jr., Eugene Fennell,
James Fout, Harvey Hartness and
Wilma Hardness.
Graduation exercises were held for
Winthrop Harbor students at the
Winthrop Harbor Methodist church
Tuesday evening, May 25th. The
main speaker was Hubert w. Pearce,
principal at Zion-Benton high school,
and special piano selections were rem
dered by students, Gail Crazy, Jayne
Pastel and Evelyn Borman. Honor
students, Jane Engels and Robert De-
Voc, both spoke. The diplomas were
presented by Albion Hargrave, Secre-
tary-Treasurer of the school board.
Honor student awards were present.
ed by Robert Boose of the Winthrop
Harbor Young Mems club. Alex Ford
Wilson, Zion Commissioner, present
ed athletic awards to Richard Eng
lish, the best all-around athlete, and
Leon Smith, the athlete displaying the
best craftsmanship. Baccalaureate
services were held from the Winthrop
Harbor church Sunday evening, with
the Rev. Carl G.. Melting of the
Zion Memorial Methodist church de-
livering the sermon. Following are
the names of the graduates.
Winthrop Harbor School
Anthony Pleviak, Principal
Barbara Baggerson, Stuart Bond,
Evelyn Borman, Loren Garfield, Gail
Crary, Robert DeVoe, Fred Draudt,
Jane Engels, Richard English, Ronald
English, Kermit Freeman, Thomas
Halsema, Louis Laffredi, Dolores
Nelson, Jayne Pastel, DIN Patty,
Anna Randell, Kenneth Rodero, De-
lores Swanson, Leonard Swanson,
Ray White, William Zika.
Officers of the graduating class
are Jayne Pastel, president; Ronald
English, vice president; Evelyn Bor-
man, secretary and Robert DeVoe,
treasurer.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
GOLF SCHEDULES

Lowell D. Rutherford, general tournament chairman OF
the Chicago District Golf Association, has completed MS
task of synchronizng 1948 golf schedule tor midwest
erners with CDGA sponsoring 81 days OF tournament
Following is the 1913 golf tournament schedule of in
terest to midwesterners:
June rr
U. S. Open qualifying round, Calumet c. c., Home
wood, Ill.
Sc Veterans Day tournaments, CDGA member CLUBS.
8 Illinois Seniors, Flossmoor c. c., F1ossmoor IL
Pre- qualifying round U. 5. Public LINKS, Whte
Pines G. C.
1912 United States Open Riviera C. c., Pacific Palisades,
II Pre-qualfying round U. S. Public Links Cherry
Hills G. C.
IA Preqq q3f round u s. Public Links Bunker
1919 Womens National Collegiate Ohio State Universe
ty, Columbus.
Is Chicago Womens District Flossmoor G. c.
1919 Southern Amateur, Capital City c. c., Atlanta Ca
1919 Junior Purdue University Lafayette Ind
1920 Chicago Victory National Championships, Mdloth-
ian c. G.
81 CDGA Pro-Amateur Tam O'Shanter G. c.
21-26 Womens Western Open, Skycrest c. c, Prairie
View, ILL.,
2126 National Collegiate (mens Stanford University,
Is One Day Handicap Glen Oak C. c.
20 Final Qualifying round U. S. Public Links Edge
wood Valley c. C.
June 28Juy Qualifying round Hearst National Junior,
Jackson Park c. c.
June 28-July Illinois State Women's Championship,
Rockford C. c.. Rockford.
June 28-July British Open, Murfield G. c., Gullane,
Scotland.
June 2sJuly Western Amateur Wichita c. c., Kansas.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02

Plan to market your cocker
els as soon as they have reach
ed market size. To hold them
longer may mean reduced pro-
fits because of the added in
take of costly feed.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
Bonnie Brook School
Bessie Hussey, Teacher

Leroy Berg, David Brosier, William
Buh, Dorothy Burris, Antonnette Car
rison, Edith Coleman, Richard Conn,
Wilma DeBoer, Chester DeBois, Rom
aid Ekquist, Jeanne Gruener, Robert
Hagman, Milton Hoyle, Eldin Mar
shall, William helms, Lillian New
bert, Charles Newberry, Sue Pavek,
Jennie Perez, James Schaffer, Rose
Mary Stahl, Robert Van Treeck, Mari
yn Weidner, Alfred Wienke, William
Wulff, Anna Yukase and Mary Lou
Swalley.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
Beach School
Mary Calkins, Teache

Mary CaIklns, Teacher
Evelyn Arrowwood, Mary Ann
Bambrough, Florence Brock, John
Busick, Robert Busick, Beverly Day.
ton, Howard Hudson, Helen Johnson,
Richard Mathews, Michael Mulimen-
ko, James O'Conner, Grace Peters,
Peter Reinier, Walter Robbins, Joan
Roth, Beatrice Wollert and Patty
Smith.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
Howe School

Mae Marshman, Teacher
Lloyd DeTienne, Mary Lou Dowdal,
Ronald Irving, Betty Johnson, Della
Naffziger, Mason Patty, Robert Rad
ke, Milton Westberg, Joan Burkey.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
FIRST AID ~G
F' =" The A1llNs HousE
" WV = BY Roger c. Whitman

QUESTION: Our old house is full
of chemneys, some of which we
would like to use occasionally. They
don't smoke, but they are open with
no damper, SO that they really con-
sumo warm air and fuel Can
damper be purchased that will not
require taking out half the chimney
to install
ANSWER: That cannot be done
in chimney that is already built.
If you wish to close off the fireplace
opening much of the time, have a
sheet metal panel made to fit the
opening that can be taken out when
the fireplace is to be used. This
panel will prevent the escape of
warm air up the chimney.
QUESTION: I have a large win
dow, the pane of which when broken
is expensive to replace. I am Won
dering if it would be practical to
put in vertical strip to divide the
sash. thus using two panes half the
present size. Could do it myself?
ANSWER: 1t would be best to
take the sash to a millwork shop to
have the muffin bar inserted there.
The sash will have to be grooved TO
hold the bar in place. If there is
no mill handy, competent carpen-
ter should be able to do this for you.
QUESTION:: How do you re-
move black marks on a vanished
floor caused by bed rollers?
ANSWER: Rub lightly with a
handful CT very fine steel wool
moistened with turpentire. then
touch up the spots with a little
paste wax.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
T,Uenty.Came Pitchers

How many 20-game pitchers, on
the winning side, will there be this
season? The crop will be extremely
thin.
When the 1913 season opened, the
leading probabilities included Black
well, Newhauser, Teller, Lemon,
Reynolds, Dobson, Munger, Marchil-
don, Trout, Sain, SPAIN, Jansen and
Branca. could mention one or two
others.
How many of these will make it?
Blackwell and Teller, two Of the
favored sons, certainly two of the
best, are out of it, unless they fin
ish like a brace of Citations.
Blackwell with a bad arm, has
three victories out of eight starts.
At this time last year Ewell, the lone
pine, was on his way to l6 straight.
Teller has been battling to break
even. 1t might also be noted that
Teller has been driven from the field
of glory seven times, at least, in
less than two months.
Hal Newhouser drew the toughest
start of the bunch, losing four of his
first five games. But the scrappy
and skillful Tiger put on a hot rail-
ly and proceeded to win seven in a
row. He still has an outside chance
to reach the olive crowned circle.
Red Munger of the Cardinals has
been one of the seasons major dis
appointments. Picked as 25-game
l.. Al
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Citations Goals

Unless something of harsh ply
steal nature happens to Calumet's
Citation, he is almost certain to reach
two coveted goals
l. To finish the high-money win
ner of all time-above one million
dollars in total purses.
2. To be ranked as the top horse
of all time-rated definitely above
Man O War.
There is little doubt of his pass
ing the one million dollar mark un-
less he breaks leg or is badly in
jured. The Calumet star already has
slipped by the S544,0OO mark, and
he is just warming up with such
stakes as the Arlington Classic in
Chicago and the 100000 Interna-
tional Gold Cup race, at Belmont
on his list.
There is more than 100000 in big
stake purses left on the '48 schedule
and Citation is still young three
year-old.
There will be much baying and
braying among many members of
the old guard in placing any horse
above Man O. War. But don't for
get two things-that Man O. War
ceased firing as a three-year-old
and that Man O. War never won a
handicap race. He never ran
against older horses-eXcept Sir
Barton who, at the time, was bad
ly crippled.
Man O War was a great race horse.
But the big test comes in the handi-
cap division where you might give
away weight, where you must carry
from 100 to lao pounds to prove
your place. There is no reason to
believe Man O War couldn't have
carried this weight. He never was
asked to match Exterminator, for
example, in this respect.
Citation already has run against
older horses and beaten them. Two
of these were Armed and Buzfuz in
the Seminole handicap.
Citation can finish his three-year-
old career on even terms with Man
O War, getting none the best of
things. But if he goes on from there
into the handicap division to meet
older horses, he is almost sure to
finish as the greatest race horse
this country ever has known
1t is always just as well to wait
until a competitor has at least
reached the stretch of his career be-
fore he is finally judged and placed.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
by Roger c. Whitman

QUESTION: Could I use a lac
quer paint on my concrete floor?
The cement work is a home job, and
it seems to be coming off in spots.
1t washes off like pieces of sand or
small stones.
ANSWER: Give up the idea Of
painting the floor with lacquer. You
might be able TO pour a new topping
coat on the present floor, since it
probably is rough enough already.
1t might be better to break it up
and use it as base for a new sur
facing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Time Is Valuable

A farmer boy was sitting on the
bank Of creek fishing when a city
visitor came up to him and re-
marked, Your time must not be
very valuable to you, young fellow.
I've been watching you for three
hours and you haven't had a single
bite"
well, stranger" the boy rejolned,
"my time may not be worth much
to me but it's too valuable for me
to waste three hours watching
another guy fishing when he amt
catching"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Keeping Bees

Persons who are planning to go
into Bookkeeping should consider
first their personal reaction to
stings. relations with the neighbors
and suitability Of their locality. In
the early days bees were kept to
supply the only natural sweet avail
able, but they were also kept by
some for observation. for the inter-
est in their life and habits. Bee
keeping is interesting, independent
work. which may be practiced with
supplementary agriculture or some
other occupation. 1t is also a fas-
cinating hobby.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
TarZan's' Bed

Johnny 'Tarzan" Weismuller is
reported to have the biggest bed in
Hollywood. 1t measures seven by
eight feet. Actually, sleep is him
dered if bed is too small, but tall
people don't have to be movie stars
to remedy the situation. Extra
length, extra width bedding now can
be obtained at small extra cost.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
DOUBLE CHECK

A cautious man wrote the fol-
lowing to a mail-order house:
please forward to me one of
those gasoline engines you de-
scribe on page 1875 of your cata-
log. If the engines any good,
I'll send you a check for it,"
A few days later he received
this answer from the mail-order
house: please send check, and
if it's any good, we'll send you
the engine"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Marriage Is An Out

Mrs. Boggs: cts not till you
marry a man that you find him
out"
Mrs. Noggs: That's right 1t was
not till I'd married Noggs that l
found he was out every night"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
- ~ e

.2AWXNDI
-RIE

TT is only fitting that the heavy
weight championship of the world
was decided between two Negroes,
since most of the better fighters in
the last few years have belonged
to the Negro race. l might mention
Joe Louis, Joe Walcott, Ray Robin
son, Ikee Williams, Ezzard Charles,
Beau Jack and few others. The
only two white entries l can think
of now who belong around the top
are Tony Zale and Gus Lesnevich.
"Why is this?" I asked a we'll
known trainer.
Here's the trouble" he said.
"Most of the white fighters are lazy
or yellow. They won't train and
they can't take it."
This is a minor detail that the
white section might consider. Re-
member this: "They won't train and
they can't take it."
Good white fighters have become
about as scarce as the extinct dodo.
Zale and Lesnevich are exceptions.
So is Willie Pep.
Outside of Zale, Pep and Lesne-
vich, most of the white fighters
that know are crude, lazy and in
competent. They dislike the train
ing routine or, like Rocky Grail
anO, they won't learn their trade
how to box. "A right hand will
do it," was Rocky's answer. Only
it didn't.
Zale is a professional. Graziano
isn't. He never will be, except on
the financial side. Graziano will
never be the pro that Zale is.
strictly pro-" Francis Albertanti
says of Zale. "Graziano? Maybe a
semipro. But never a pro-"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Times Up!

A passenger on his first airplane
flight was being comforted by a
fellow traveller.
You have nothing to worry
about" said his pal. If your time
has come, you can't do anything
about it."
That's OK" he answered, but
what bothers me is suppose the
pilots time has come and mine
hasn't! What happens them"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Identification

u" My girl" said Smith. 'is one of
a pair of twins
How do you tell them apart?"
a friend asked
Easy" said Smith. Her brother
is taller"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
A Promise

Husband Aren't you ready YETI"
Wife: Il wish you'd quit that yap-
ping. l told you two hours ago l
would be ready in just a few min
uteS,"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
Good Medicine

"Well, do say" said the sweet
old lady upon tasting her first glass
of beer, lit tastes exactly like the
medicine my husband has been TAX
ing for the last 80 years"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
MARRIAGE FEES

Son: Papa, how much does it cost
to get married."
Papa: "There's two-dollar down
payment and then you pay your en-
tire salary every week for the rest
of your life
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
~
JEST

Teaching Philosophy

John HOWARD VAN AMRINGE,
y who occupies IN important niche
in the history of Columbia university,
was sworn enemy of coeducation.
"You cannot" he asserted on one
occasion, teach boy mathematics
if there's a girl in the room"
But, professor" someone OBJ
jected, you might"
Then" observed the worldly
wise Van Am, "he isn't worth
teaching"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-23
End Table

If all the students who sleep in
class were laid end to end-they
would be more comfortable.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-15
Here's an Easy Method
OF Burning Stumps

HERE is a new method of getting
rid of stumps that is easy, inexpen-
sive and thorough.
First bore a vertical hole from one
to one and one-ha1f inches in diam
eter and Is inches deep into the
stump. Put from one to one and one-
half ounces of salt peter into the
hole. Fill the hole with water and
plug tightly. This job is to be done
this fall.
Next spring take out the plug and
fill the hole with petroleum. Used
crankcase oil will do. Light this and
the stump will smolder away with
out blazing until even the roots are
burned to ashes.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-15
Protective Service
Wheel Chair Racket
Still Practiced

WHILE THE WHEEL CHAIR,
iron lung or what-have-you-for-
veterans racket has been thoroughly
exposed and discredited, there r
indications that it is still being prac-
ticed in various parts of the country.
About a year ago Montana had a
definite invasion of magazine sales
men who represented themselves
as collecting funds for equipment
for local hospitals. At that time
Montana Farmer-Stockman prOtec-
tive service department presented
articles exposing the racket and
warning of its presence in the state.
Now it is bobbing up again and a
further warning is in order.
The usual procedure of the sales
men is to claim sponsorship of a
local veterans or patriotic %organiza-
ton. In some cases this may be en-
tirely false or it may be true in that
a local organization has agreed to
accept a small percentage of funds
solicited. The organization will have
accepted this in good faith but soon
finds that the statesmen are repre-
senting themselves as direct col
lectors for the organization and CIV
ing donors" or victims the impress
sion that most or all of the money
they pay is going to the local cause.
Actually only a small percentage
of money taken is turned back to
the organization, while the donor
finds later that he has become a
10 to 15-year subscriber for some
magazine.
In at least n case in Montana a
veterans auxiliary found it neces-
sary to issue a public Qualification
of its association with such a sale:
crew and deny that it had authorized
the crew to make direct solicitation!
in its name.
In other states the wheelchair
high pressure sales method has beer
condemned by veterans agencies
and publically outlawed.
Montanans should continue to b,
on the alert for such practices ant
report to authorities any appearance
of the racket. Montana Farmer
Stockman's protective department
repeats: If you wish to give to bon
fide veterans causes, by all mean
do so as generously as you can;
you wish to subscribe to a magazine
do SO; but don't be hoodwinked int
buying something you may not war
under the false impression that yo
are contributing to a worthy caus'
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-15

The oil in your gear boxes is continually churned
and squeezed under heats that will boil water!
Cheap lubricants won't take this. They oxidize
and thicken, then cease to lubricate altogether.
For this reason it's important to use quality gear
oils like A. P. GEAR LUBRICANTS. Tests in
both laboratory and field have proved that A.P
GEAR LUBRICANTS have the toughness and
stability to resist extreme temperature and pres
sure under all farm operating conditions. There.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-15
Montana Farmer-Stockman

Published twice a month. on the LIST ana 18th.
by The Montana Farmer. Inc. Great Falls,
Mont Entered as second class matter at the
Postoffice at Great Falls. Mon ~
tana under act Of March 3. 1879 %E|%sS
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Bv L0veU MeHeff

From all one can learn the Presi-
dents state Of the Union message,
now in course of preparation, is
going to read remarkably like the
Evening star., 1948-12-21
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ssA-l7
", a, ~

bettors, which would be a severe
blow to the treasury.
So, plans whereby these bookie
establishments can be made into
veritable health resorts are being
considered. Naturally, they will
have to be legalized. and this has
been proposed by the soon-to-be
State Racing Commission Chair
man, Leo Edwards. The nag en-
poriums would be operated by the
State, and only In counties where
there were no tracks, in order not
to jeopardize attendance at the
tracks.
Mr.. Edwards has not yet revealed
what these State-operated bookie
joints - pardon, solariums - would
of1er, but imagine they would fea-
ture such items as these:
Retiring rooms with q doctor in
constant attendance for $50 and
500 players whose horses were
beaten in photo finishes, and free
lunches for those who wanted to
stay late and wager on the Cali
fornia tracks.
Professional optimists to cheer up
those poor souls whose horse won
but was disqualified for conduct un-
becoming a thoroughbred.
Free Touting Service.
Air conditioning, sun lamps, free
touting service, and carfare home
for those who gave their all to the
State.
A card on which stars could be
Evening star., 1948-12-21

are legal, the Henry MeLeners.
bettor is a man to be reckoned with.
A juicy percentage of the dollars
he wagers finds its way back to
the State capitol and later may be
admired in the concrete of high
ways, the walls Of school buildings,
the folding money in veterans wal
lets, and the trees and flowers OF
public parks.
Fear for Players Health.
At the moment Florida is thor
oughly worried about its "hoss"
players. Too few Of them are show
ing up at the track, and the sus-
picion has grown that they are
wagering away from the track, max
ing their bets with bookmakers, a
group Of men who up until now have
shown little willingness to share
their profits with the State. Being
outside the law In Florida, book
makers never have been able to
make their parlors Of chance very
attractive. More often than not
they are tucked away in an obscure
building, have about as much SUM-
light and fresh air as a can Of to-
matoes, and in general offer very
little In the way Of health.
Florida seems to feel that If "hoss"
players continue to patronize such
places they will lose their health,
and, In time. Florida will be without
Evening star., 1948-12-21
McLemore-
Would Send Bills
To 'Hoss' Players
By Henry McLemore

Like all other States whose treas
uries are fattened by race tracks,
Florida is deeply interested in the
improvement Of the breed of the
horSe nlaver
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Bv Doris FIeeson

Senator Taft's calm assumption
that he and others who dominated
the Senate in the Eightieth Con.
gress will continue to lead the Re-