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w r v" - r - - V - *^8? ^s*\ -V^< W» ,VViW, ' , \»* M%' » "'Vv;^;':%!fP-i'>r*i?K • '•£•-,;i', Fourteen j < t H U H H 1 11 IH Iff •l"l< III 1 111 mill! >M I > HI If} REVIEWING EARLY HAPPENINGS IN McHENRY and VICINAGE Plaindealer Files Furnish Memories , ~ of Yesteryears •^o^npiled by A. H. Mosher »•;•fr fr* -H-i' •!• •!••!• •;• •» •}• •> •}• •}• .h-M-H-H-Hcompletely remodeled, and ready for occupancy, when Mr. Althoff will move his stoek of hardware into the new location. FORTY YEARS^Oq Issue of Feb. ll, t "Fun In a Hotel"-- At the Central, Sunday, Feb. 14, the laughable tabloid, entitled "Fun In a Hotel," will be presented by local artists. The cast includes Lillian Heilner, Dr. A. Mueller, Edwin Heimer, Paul Barbian, George Bohr and J. W. Smith. A Real Surprise-- Mrs. Nick Freund was the victim of a genuine surprise at her home on Front street on Tuesday of this week when a company of relatives and friends called on her unexpectedly just to remind toer that the occasion was the fiftieth anniversary of her jbirth, fhose present were: Messrs. and Mesdames Henry Klapperich, S. H. Freund, John J. Schmitt, John M, Schmitt, John P. Schaefer, Jacob Schumacher, Anton P. Freund, H. E. Buch; Misses Rosa and Veronica Huemann, Susanna Schmitt, Susie Klapperich, Celia, Helen, Bertilla Freund, Theresa Schmitt, Eva Schaefer; Messrs. Anton and Stephen Schmitt, Henry Klapperich, Peter, Joe and Henry Freund. high school auditorium, the Jun ior class presented their play, "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy T" last Thursday evening to hundreds of interested patrons. To ctooose any one star would be a rather difficult task, inasmuch as all took their parts splendidly and some real, natural taient was displayed. Perhaps the feature of the play was the presence of two very black people, Pluribus, general utility at the sanitarium, enacted by Lowell Nye, and Pendie, a maid enacted by Christine Wegener, who carried out their parts to perfection. Buys Business Building-- An important ousiness transaction took place last Week when William H. Althoff purchased the brick building at the corner of Main street and Route 61 in West McHenry from Peter Williams. Work was commenced on the building Saturday and will continue until the store ?ias been Spring Grove Resident Dies Math J. May passed away at his home at Spring Grove Tuesday morning. TEN YEARS AGO Issue of February 1, 1945 Clara Bennett Pics Older residents of McHenry will read with regret of the passing of one of the city's "old time" residents, Mrs. J. Sorenson, nee Clara Bennett, who passed away on Thursday, Jan. 25, at Racine, Wis. She was 'the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bennett, Mr. Bennett being photographer here from 1881 to 1901. Thought For the Week-- "I^ie when I may, I want it said of me by thosie who know me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."--Abraham Lincoln. HATCHERIES Illinois commercial hatcheries set 380,000 eggs for broilers during the week ending Jan. 22, an increase of 2 per cent over the preceding week, according to tlhe state and federal departments of agriculture. Thomas Kelter Dies-- At 5 o'clock Sunday morning, Jan. 21, 1915, Thomas Kelter, an old soldier of the Civil War, passed away at the National Soldiers' Home, Milwaukee, Wis. He- was born at Bigwood, county of Kilkenny, Ireland, March 17, 1837. He was an old settler of McHenry,, having landed here July 4, 1841. He was brought up on a farm until of age, when be enlisted in the army, serving through the war. He was with General Sheridan's Northwestern expedition and also with General Custer against the Indian uprisings. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Issue of February 6, 1BS0 Wedding Anniversary-- Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer of McHenry celebrated their forty-fifth wedding anniversary Sunday, Feb. 2. Mr. &nd Mrs. Schoewer were married at St. John's church in Johnsburg. They spent the first year of their married life in Ringwood and have raince made their home in McHenry, occupying the same house here for forty-three years. Junior Class Play- Before an audience .that completely filled the Community FARM SERVICE WAY AUCTION Earl Elfers and Forrest Grunewald, Auctioneers The undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the farm located 6 miles Northwest of Zion, HI., on Route Illinois 31 and Wisconsin 131 known as the Green Bay Road 1 mile North of State Line, then % mile East on Springbrook Road known as Route 174 or 7 miles Southeast of Kenosha, Wis., on Route 174 on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1955 Sale to Start at 11:00 AJML -- Lunch Wagon on Grounds 45 PUREBRED & HIGRADE HOLSTEINS 27 COWS--20 fresh or springing. Balance milking good. 7 springing heifers; 3 open heifers, 1 year old; 5 heifers, 2 to 8 months old; 3 Black Angus steers, fat. MILKING EQUIPMENT -- 3 Surge milking machines with motor and compressor; 29 8-gal. milk cans; 5 stainless steel milk pedis; 2 stainless steel milk strainers; Esco 12 can milk cooler. GRAIN, HAY, FEED -- 2000 bales alfalfa hay, 1st crop; 1000 bales alfalfa hay, 2nd crop; 700 bales straw; 600 bu. oats; 2000 bu. ear corn; 25 ft. ensilage in 14 ft. silo. TRACTORS A EQUIPMENT -- Oliver "77" trac.; Massey-Harris "22" trac. with culti.; 2 sets trac. chains; Oliver 2-16 in. trac. gang plow; Massey-Harris 8 ft. tandem disk; Oliver manure spreader on rubber; M-H field digger; Papec hammer mill; New Idea 7 ft. power mower; New Holland No. 77 hay baler, new; M-H 2 row mounted corn planter; M-H manure loader with snow bucket; Oliver 7 ft. combine, model 15 with P.T.O.; J.D. grain blower. CORN PICKER -- Wood Broq. corn picker. FARM MACHINERY -- McD. corn binder; Oliver 10 ft. grain drill with fertilizer & grass seed attach.; 7 ft. roller; 2 grapple forks; 2 stock tanks; hay rope; 5 section lever drag; Ez-Flo 8 ft. fertilizer sower on rubber; steel wheel farm wagon; 2 high speed trailer wagons on rub. with racks and other items. TRUCK -- 1948 Dodge 1 ton truck. Usual Farm Auction Service Terms. SPRINGBROOK FARM Waller H. Larson, Owner - Don Holcomb, Mgr. FARM AUCTION SERVICE, INC. Clerking MARVIN KADDATZ, Kingman MCHENRY Thursday, February 10,1955 Come Down To The BOAT SHOW AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE 42ND AND HALSTED -- CHICAGO, ILL. THE NEW Switzercraft WITH "NEW VELVET RIDE" Borum "Luxury Liner" Tomahawk WITH "FIBRE GLASS BOTTOM" Foster Portal Pier BUILD IT YOURSELF AND SAVE 30 Ft. Pier, 5 Ft. Wide Can Be Built For $131.00 plus Approximately $45.00 Lumber. AND DON'T MISS THE NEW Quiet Motors for '55 Johnson Sea-Horse CRITICS UNITE TO GIVE ACCLAIM TO CHICAGO PLAY For the first time in years all four Chicago critics united to welcome a new play with unanimous acclaim. The play in question is "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!" the Edward Chodorov comedy starring Ralph Bellamy at • the Harris Theatre, where it appeals destined - to remain for niahy laugh-filled months. "Even in . a gayer season than this one, 'Oh, Men! Oh, Women!' would be fun," wrote Claudia Cassidy in the Chicago Tribune, and continued by describing it as "An amusing fiesta with unexpected spurts of hilarity, gaily staged, acted in high spirits, and stabbed with twinges of tru.th." . "A wish fulfilled," was Sidney J. Harris* summation of "Oh, Menr Oh, Women!" in the Daily News. He goes on to call it 4,a brisk penetrating and amusing comedy, written with wit, *£$le and understanding." $ Roger Dettmer, wilting In the American, hailed the , play as "A winner, a first-class piece of work," and saluted Ralph Bellamy with the following encomium: "He plays with extraordinary and effective restraint, with a sense of timing that could not be much righter." As for me rourth member of the critical quartet, Herman Kogan wrc£e, "Almost everyone in 'Oh, Men! Oh, Women!' is a bit daffy -- humorously, even hilariously daffy," and went on to praise its "High spirited httmor . . whacxy cnatm." Outstanding in Ralph Bellamy's supporting company are such fine actors as Joan Gray, Larry Blyden, Patrick O'Neal, Peggy Cass, Henry Sharp , and Diana Florey, all of whom received only the highest critical praise for1 their performance. "Oh, Men; Oh, Women!" plays nightly, including Sunday evenings, at 8:30,' with matinees on Saturday ©fily at % :30,at the Harris Theatre, qhicago* 4, - DENTAL HEALTtl Only one mpiois child out of four is receiving adequate dental care. This statement was made by Dr. Roland R. Cross, ^rector of the state Department of Public Health, as the commented on the observance of Children's Dental Health Week, proclaimed for Feb. 7 to 13 by Governor William G. Stratton. Dr. Gross recommended a four-point program of care for children's teeth: Toothbrushing, immediately after each meal; a nourishing, well-balanced diet, low in (sweets; early detection (and treatment of dental defects, and the application of sodium fluoride directly to the teeth, or fluoridation of public water supplies. w\ HOG PRICES Stanley Freund was represented at the Chicago Stock Yard market this week with a shipment of heavyweight butchers. Freund's consignment to the market was comprised of 12 crossbred butchers that averaged 388 pounds each and sold at $15.50 per cwt., top price paid for hogs of this weight. MEW RECORD f A: Michigan 'teen-ager's hassler with barbed wire produced 144 stitches on his hands arid arms, earned .him a headlined-- and probably sewed up some sort of record for wire-pulling. Savings Jnveszea m Crystal Lake Savings and Loan earn 2%% pHis y2% extra. 28-tf BUY V 3AVINGS BONDS NOW! Low Cost Fuel Al Your Door Why use out-moded fuels with all the extra work they cause? We will deliver convenient, thrifty, safe Bottled Gas direct to your door, wherever you live. ALTHOFFS HARDWARE "McHenry County's Leading Hardware" Phone 284 501 Main St. McHenry, 111. FARM SERVICE WAY AUCTION Grunewald, Russell, Elfers and Vpjjel* Auctioneers The undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the JteConnell Farm on the West edge of Richmond, 111., just off Highway 173 on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1955 Sale to Start at 10:30 AM. -- Lunch Wagon out Grounds 90 PUREBRED REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 42 COWS--20 are fresh in last 60 days. Balance springing and milking. 20 bred heifers; 10 open heifers; 17 heifers, 3 to 14 months old. Pabst Johanna Rag Apple and Ty Vic breeding predominates. N.JJB.C. bulls used for last 8 years. For catalogue write Farm Auction Service, Inc., Lake Geneva, Wis., or Forrest Grunewald, Wauconda, 111. MILKING EQUIPMENT--2 Surge milking machines I Cherry-Burrel 300 gal. bulk milk cooler with 3 h.p. motor, new; 9 strainers; 2 wash tanks; 30 gal. hot water heater. ' 69 HEAD HOGS & EQUIP. -- 4 brood sows to furrow in March; 65 pigs, wgt. 150 lbs.; 3 Jamesway hog feeders; heated hog waterer. 175 POULTRY & EQUIPMENT -- 175 White Leghorn pullets; 4 chick feeders; 4 chick founts. GRAIN, HAY, FEED -- 4500 bales alfalfa hay, 1st crop; 1100 bales alfalfa hay, 2nd crop; 1200 bu. ear corn; 10 ft. silage in 16 ft. silo. TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT -- McD. M trac. with culti.; McD. H trac. with culti.; McD. Cub trac. with culti. and blade; McD. F-20 trac. on rub.; McD. 2-14 in. trac. gang plow; McD. 3-14 in. trac. gang- plow; McD. 8 ft. tandem disk; McD. 200 trac. manure spreader; Gehl hammer mill with cutter head; 75 ft. 7 in. rubber drive belt; McD. 7 ft. power mower; McD. 50-T hay baler; Gehl chopper with motor and corn and hay attach.; McD. 4 row corn planter; Horn manure loader for M and H tractor; Gehl blower with unloading jack; McD. 64 combine with sickle and pickup, new; McD. 8 ft. windrower. 2 M.E. mounted corn picker and other farm machinery..,. Usual Farm Auction Service, Inc. Terms. V - FRANK VALENTINE, GLENN MORRISON FARM AUCTION SERVICE, INC,, denying FORREST GRUNEWALD, Sale Maimer ©I* ASS for .fin* flavor protection " Yee .. . there's nothing uko glass to protect the delicate flavor of finsst foods. That's why glass bottles and jars ON by far the favored container for milk, syrup, ketchup, vinegar, and many other fins foods and ingredients. Handy glass bottles assure honest measure of contents .. . nevor leak. Buy your milk by the quart or by the economy gallon or half gallon ... but buy it in glass .. • and. be sure* f Mickey the Milkman sayst 'YOU'LL ENJOY THI CONVENIENCE OF OUR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE" For Your Convenience We Deliver Two Half Gallons at Gallon Prices. FREUND'S DAIRY. Inc. Route 31 Phone McHenry 195 2% Miles North Of McHenry THE COST-OF-LIVING BIRD (He's twice as big aa he was 25 yean ago) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY'S (He still coats you pennies a day) c. E.C* THESE PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE AT • 1 S How Public your Cost of living has doubled, but electricity, your taken-fbr-granted lifeline to better living, actually costs you less per kilowatthoi^r than it did 25 years ago. One of the ways Public Service Company keeps your electric bill down is by planning tomorrow's power supply. For instance, we have a miniature electric system with which pur engineers can calculate a new neighborhood's power needs 5, 8, even 10 years ahead. That way, we know what kind of lines to use and where to locate them to bring you better service for less. So today, while you're using far more electricity than 25 years ago, you're getting almost twice as much of it for your money* ill down (while everything else goes up) • Il)i than 14 is all it take* for ihtWdty writ* 8 cups of coffM and • piicw of toot* for your breakfast. !••• than your whol«" wook's warfi b dono in your wofk-iavlng auto* watic oloctric wothor. Sovm time, toa ® u t b o a r d M O T O R S 10454 SO. RIVERSIDE DRIVE PHONE 1076 McHENRY, ILL. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY • Ciawniltt Mm < TTT