0 Page Eight THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday. January 21, 1960 CROWD HONORS RAY McGEE AT DINNER J,AN. 20 (Continued from Page 1) INAUGURATE NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE IN COUNTY SOON When dial telephone service begins in August at Crystal I,af<e, all telephone number? there unll consist of seven j numerals. At the same time , LEONARD FREUND _ | INSTALLED HEAD OF TOWNSHIP KIWANIS j (Continued from page 1) | gion post the following year. In addition to his service in the campaign against polio,, he also acied as city chairman of | 'h's new, modern se\en-dig' the Boy Scout finance drive numbering system will replace | from 1930 to 1934. and from! the present four digit system] n use at Union. These two communities . w'll be the first in northern Illinois with th1* new numbering plan. . R. O Zahn, Illinois Bell manager said this week. The first three digits for all telephones served by the new j Crystal Lake dial office will bri '•459". All Union telephone ntim 1929 to 1935 served as a member of the county Boy Seoul executive Committee. Mr. Doherty continued to enumerate "the many contributions to the community and county made by the sguest of honor. He recalled that Mr. McGee was elected township clerk in 1934. city chairman of the annual'Rejd Cross drive the, .b ers wi.l.l. ,b egi. n w.i.t.h 1<9n2o3o) .. same year and president of the! "examoles of the new McHenrv County Township Of-: As. exa™P es t01 '?e finals a•s so.c .i avti.o n m 1,09304. andj. numbers. Crystal Lakes tele- pb<jne business offlce number - I will be 459,-9981. Union's fire In 1940 hewas named chair-j department \vill--lT?rve th^ teleman of the finance "committee! ni,nnp rmrnhpr Q0"*-2i21 ' "*he„ St. Patrick's parish cel3-; "The nation is rapljly out- •brated its centennial. j growing the 'two--letter. five-,' Just this fall he retired after: figure' telephone' numbering serving more than twenty-five j system presently in use ir years as postmaster in Mc-! many communities." Zahn said Henry'. However, he remains "Major contributing factors active as treasurer of the Mc-!are the booming population Henry Rotary club, counselor of St. Patrick's parish, to which office he was appointed by the growth and its attendant increase in the number of telephones; new telephone servbishop in 1949; and also be- ices, such as customer dialing longs to the American Legion,' of long distance calls; and new the V.F.W.. Veterans of World; types of telephones and tele- War I Holy Name society and j phone equipment. K-iiarhts of Columbus. j "Studies and tests conducted It was recalled at the dinner i by Bell Telephone Laboratortha: in 1954 he was chosen | ies' engineers show that thb •itizen of the year by the local: new system, called 'All-Num V.F.W. pos: With Mr. McGee at the dinner were his wife, the former Ethel C-allinan of Woodstock, whom he married in .1925. and his son. John Oven. In addition to the summary of his activities given by Mr. ber Calling', has definite advantages -- both present and future -- over the two-letter, five-figure system," Zahn continued. Among All-Number Calling'? advantage are: Numbers can be dialed more easily and ac- Doherty. others who have work-• curately than a cdmbination of ed closely with Mr. McGee | letters and numbers; it eliminates confusion between certain letters and numbers on the dial; and it avoids dialing errors due to mispronunciation* or misspelling of exchange names. McHENRY BANK REVIEWS BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEET McHENRY STATE BANK were introduced and spoke briefly of his outstanding service. They included Rev. Fr. Eugene Parker, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church; Mayor George Freund, and D a 1 c? Boehm, district supervisor for the National Foundation, who presented him with , a certificate of commendation from the Foundation. Later, the M.C. turned the program over to Mr. Doherty for presentation of a substantial check to the county polio fund. It was accepted by A1 Dewey of Crystal Lake, who ably serves as county chairman. Mr. Walsh read a telegram from Gov. Stratton com- -mending Mr. McGee for his outstanding work, also a message from Congressman Elmer Hoffman. (Continued Fr^n Pasre 1) Richard J. Zieman, assistant cashier; Ellen Walsh, auditor. The statement of condi* ion of the McHenry State bank published in last week's Plaindealer, showed an increase ir total resources of well over a $1,000,000, which has enabled the bank to retain its position as McHenry county's largest financial institution with resources just under $16,000,000 The McHenry State bank has thirty, employees.. In add:-, tion to the employees, from the city itself, most of the surrounding communities are represented. IN.MEMORIAM .... In loving memory..of. Marilyn Anderson who passed away January 25, 1959. Upright and just in all her ways. Faithful and true to the j end of her days. j HERE AND THERE In silence she suffered, in ! IN BUSINESS patience she bore GAINS DISTINCTION Till God called her home i C. R. "Chuck" Peterson h^s to suffer no more. N. | gained special distinction from Sadly missed by Morrv^ his company for his production Dad and Carol Jean | of life insurance during 1959 *38 j He has earned" membership in the Grand Slam club, the com- IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE I pany's top club in production. BOLGER'S THE MAGAZINE STOttE The Largest Selection Of The Best Magazines In Town Chances are we have a magazine pertaining to your favorite sport or hobby -- Golf, o Fishing, Skiing, Sewing, Gardening and Modeling are just a few. OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF POCKET BOOKS, AND CONDENSED NOVELS INCLUDES THE BEST SELLERS BY LOVE POSSESSED AND SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER B0LGER S drag store 103 S. Green St. KY 5.4500 Use. The Free Green Street Parking Area tives, 4-H club, Little League, and the Wonder Lake basketball team. About seventy-five prisons Were in attendance. Horace Wagner, who is also a charter member of the club, expressed appreciation to outj going president, Fred Zandier, for a year of accomplishment, and presented him with a commemorative plnque and past president's pin. Two new members were inducted into Kiwanis by F*ast Lt. Gov. Orville Church of Crystal Lake. They are Kenneth Boyce of Lakeland Park and Arthur Lau of Riiigwood. "Dinner music was supplied by Gordon Fossum at t/ie organ, and Rev. Burton Schroeder led the assembly in spirited group singing. Jess Seeman entertained after dinner with a humorous monologue. The Rev. William F. Peterson of Christ the King church offered the invocation, and Rev. James R. MeChesney of Ringwood Methodist church spoke the benediction. Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AG& Taken From The Files "Of Jan. 6, 1910 / Twenty-five years hence we Mrs. Ediward S. Young, a resident' of this city the past six years, and mother of Mrs. F. E. Cobb, passed away at the hgme of another (laughter, Mrs. CSrney, in Chicago, Friday. A power boat, built bj' meyoung chaps will be sitting ! chanics * at the STt"ar' garage; 4 "' made its initial tnp up and Wy ^ f | down Fox river Christmas day. nhnirt tho genera tion j as high as forty-five miles an 1iQ90O9Q-1'i9Q1i0n . S<n3onnw\n hd r%ifftWs 1i-nn 6mr an°y !j ho^u r was made the first day places in the countr'y are suf-i Tmh. e wor,k ofc t4.a k1 i• ng up the DR. GOETSCHEL SEEKS OFFICE OF COUNTY CORONER (Continued from page 1) his wife and two children. The doctor has been active in many social and civic affairs throughout -the county. His numerous accomplishments include the vice-presidency of the 1959 McHenry Chamber of Commerce, co-chairman of Fiesta Day and co-chairman of the McHenry county emergency polio fund. He is also a member of the American Legion and the Elks club of McHenry County. Accidents In County Increase (Continued from page 1) forty-one killed in 1956; 1,478 accidents, with 664 injured and fifty-two killed in 1957; 1,601 accidents, with 434 injured and twenty-four killed in 1958. McHenry police handled two of the accidents in which deaths occurred. Of the total number of accidents, local police handled 189, the same number taken care of by Crystal Lake police and the largest number except for those handled by the state and sheriff's jffice. There were six handled in Lakemoor, five in Island Lake and nine in McCullom Lake. Save More Shop at Home ficiently deep to defy traffic and rural mail carriers have been unable,' for some time past, to cover their routes. The train service has been badly crippled for some time but on Wednesday of this week the climax was reached ,.,when all train service through McHenry was at a standstill, cutting us off from the world. With the thermometer reaching fifteen below this (Thursday) morning, the chances are poor for trains to. reach this station today. / The ic6 that is . being . harvested by the Borden people -is seventeen inches thick. That is the kind we hear our grandfathers tell about. The month i fourteenth census of the United States will start tomorrow,' Jan. 2. Peter M. Justen has been assigned to the village of McHefiry and Frank Justen will cover all territory in Mc Henry township outside of the village limits. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken From The Files Of Jan. .3, 1935 Miss Irene Conway, daughter of M. A. Conway, of McHenry, was united in marriage to Mr. John G. Meehan. of Jackson ville, Fla., at St. Mary's church Elgin, on Jan. 2, with Rev. Walter Conway, C.S.C., brother of the bride, of New Orleans, officiating. Attendants were of-December. 1909, will go on j Miss Florence Conway and Lerecord as the coldest Decern-! R°y Conway, the bride's brober since 1872, as we had I ther and sister, with Earl Consteady cold all of the month. ! way> a cousin, serving as solo- The \Vest side postoffice was moved from its old location in the C. G. Frett building next to M. J. Walsh's store, to the new N. J. Justen block. This will give Postmaster Mead and +r$ assistants the additional room that has been a long felt want. Miss Gertrude Weber entertained members of the gaietyclub at her home on Washington street, Wednesday evening. Prizes in cinch were awarded Mrs. Jacob Miller of Zenda, Wis., Mrs. William Spencer and Mrs. Josephine Heimer. The only woman trapper in the vicinity, we are informed, resides near Barreville. Thus far this season, besides trapping a goodly number of muskr a t s , s h e h a s c a p t u r e d f o u r mink. That's going some for a woman. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken From The Files Of Jan. 1, 1920 Henry E. Wightman, who for many years conducted a livery business in McHenry and jilso operated the Riverside Hotel for some time, passed away In Wilmette, Dec. 27, at the age of 86. Henry (Boley) Miller and Frank Justen assisted the Hebron town basketball team in trimming the Richmond aggregation, on the Hebron floor, l a s t S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g . T h e score was 19 to 12. Charles Whiting entertained a group of young people at his country home,Friday evening. His guests were Misses J^nni-"1 Mae Cooley, Genevieve Carey Rosina Freund and Viola Pee* rie and Leo Heimer, Walte Carey and Paul' Bonslett. ist. Mr. and Mrs. John Dreymiller entertained members of of their card club at a watch party New Year's Eve. High honors in five hundred were won by Mrs. Alfred Richardson and Jacob Stoffel, with consolations going to Mrs. Jacob Stoffel and Ray Powers. Miss Gwendolyn Overton entertained a party of friends at a miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs. Homer Fitzgerald of Crystal Lake Thursday afternoon. Bridge furnished entertainment, writh prizes merited b y H a z e l K r a m e r a n d M a r i e Freund. The barn on the Thomas Thonnenson farm on the river road, southeast of McHenry, with its entire contents of machinery, hay and grain, was .destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock New Year's morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. HENRY ROEPKEN NAMED DIRECTOR OF RADIO PRESS Henry Roepken, a resident of Lakeland Shores, McHenry, for more than a year, has been named director of WBBM radio press information department. The former Chicago newspaper man joined the station in 1958 as a member of the department he now heads He holds degrees frohi Roosevelt and Northwestern universities. Roepken lives here with his wife, „..Sigrid, and daughter, Karen, 4 years old. Musin' & MeanJeriiT (Continued from page 1) bor who informed us of the coincidence concerned with the first child being born on his father's birthday and the second son on his mother's birthday. K. A. F. ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED MEETING PLANNED JAN. 26 Central school in Crystal liake will be the meeting place of the McHenry County Association for Retarded phildren Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 8:15 p.m. Application is being made by the county group for membership in the Illinois Council for Mentally Retarded Children. Plans are also under- way for a spiritual guidance program for retarded children. The organization would like to present a program to any service club to explain the aims of the county group, the obstacles to social and academic progress of retarded children and the progress the group has already made. Donations to the special education fund for a teacher for a TMH room have been received. Donors are Florence A Colby and Mrs. A. Cole of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Harold Wohnrade of Wonder Lake. PAYS TO ADVERTISE WE RENT HOUSE-CLEANING NEEDS McHENRY MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK WHILE SHOVELLING Carl F. Antonson, 79, who lived With his son, Carl L. Antonson, at 406 Grove avenue, McHenry, died at his home Monday afternoon, Jan. 18, about 2:20 o'clock of a heart attack suffered while he shovelled snow. A retired building construction foreman, he and his wife came to McHenry to make their home with the son about eight y&ars ago. He was born in Sweden April 25, 1880, and came to this country in 1903. He had resided in the Chicago area since he was 23 years old. He is survived by his wife, Edla, arid two sons, Carl' L. and Elmer F. of McHenry. Two brothers preceded him in death. The body rests at the Peter M. Justen funeral home until 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon, when Rev. Carl A. L^- bitz of ,Zion Evangelical Lutheran church will officiate at last rites. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery. Jaycees Hold Charter Banquet This Evening The recently organized McHenry Junior Chamber of Com merce will have their charter night banquet this evening, Jan. 21, at the Wing 'N Fin lodge. Tickets will be available at the door or may be purchased from any member of the Jaycees. There will be a social hour from 7 to 8 p.m., with the dinner to be served at 8 o'clock. VISCOUNTS COLOR GUARD IN FIRST CONTEST SUNDAY The McHenry Viscounts color guard competed in the coter guard contest Sunday, Jan. ^7, at Evergreen,, Park higfi school and placed ninth in ttypir first attempt. The contest was sponsored by Ihe Legion post of Evergreen Park. ^ Units from Milwaukee, Wis., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rockford and other Illinois cities were r e p r e s e n t e d . T h e R o c k f o r d Phantomettes took first place with a score of 86.6. The counts had a s^ore of 63.5. Making up the local color guard unit are Carol Zimny, Eileen Homo, Donna Frett, Mai^ Pat Mrachek, Bonnie Einspar, Bernardine Reid, Susan Gregory, Roberta Donnelly, Judy Hay, Carol Grey, Joy Colburn and Betsy Kilday. Jim Lingehfelter is the sergeant of the group. ^ The next contest will be^n Rockford on Feb. 13. HURT IN ACCIDENT John Clingc of Rt. 2, Crystal' Lake, suffered cuts, bruises, and shock when his car collided with another auto driven by (Charles Heise of the Griswold Lake community at Rt. 59 and Miller road last Fric Authorities said Clinge was tering the intersection after stopping for the sign, and Heise, northbound on Rt. 59, was unable to aVoid the collision. I WISH AND PRAY I may always be the exception that proves the rule. • Vacuum Gleaners # Furnace Vacuums t Furniture Polishers • Floor Scrubbers # Floor Polishers i Rug Shampoo Sets CALL EV 5-2 VnitsdRiiitrQiU, 542 Main St. McHenry, IU. 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