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Thursday, May 3d. 1963 THE MeHENRY PLAINDEALEH Twice Told Tales Fifty Years Ago taken From The Files Of May 22, 1918 Njne students will graduate from the McHenry high school next Tuesday evening when exercises will be held at the Central opera house where the junior address will be given by Edward Nickels and the senior response and valedictory* by Inez Bacon. The personnel of the class is as follows: Inez May Bacon, Kathryn Angela Buch, Mary Cecelia Burke, Genevieve Elizabeth Knox, O'Neill John Dcherty, Elsie Lucille Smith, Lora Arline Smith, Agnes Letah Tesch and Frances Elizabeth Welch. A word of thanks should here be given Bill Dunne who lives west of town as he has spent considerable time raking the stones from the road for a couple of miles each way from his place. This is much appreciated by those who travel that way especially those with autos and motorcyles. Work is now going on with the air dome at Riverside park. Improvements have been made and everything looks like a prosperous season for that popular resort on Fox River. John Montgomery, electrician and operator who has had years of experience in the photo play houses in Chicago, will take care of the picture end of the business. A five piece orchestra will furnish the music and the latest and best in pictures will be shown. The lid was clamped on tight on the saloons in McHenry last Sunday and as a result the old town was about as quiet as a cemetery at midnight. Just what the outcome of the closing will be cannot be determined at this time but will be watched with interest. The saloon keepers were notified by the village officers Saturday evening and on Sunday every dramshop was closed tight. Saloonkeepers declare the Sunday closing will kill the town while others think it will be the making of the town. Mrs. Ellen Phalin, one of Mc- Henry's oldest and most respected citizens, passed away at her home on Green street Monday evening at the age of ninety years. The ladies of the R.N. A. sewing circle were entertained at the home of Mrs. W. D. Wentworth, Wednesday afternoon of last week. One of the special features of the afternoon was the raffling off of two quilts that the ladies had made during the past few months. The winners were Mrs. William Spencer and John Neiss, Sr. In the evening one half of the circle at tlie expense of the other half were banqueted at a six o'clock meal ftt the home of Mrs. James Perkins. Forty Years Ajfo Taken From The Files Of May 24, 19*8 Announcement was made from St. Mary's pulpit by the pastor, Rev. Charles S. Nix, last Sunday that one new side altar had been donated to the parish by a Chicago woman. Also that two colored windows had been donated. He also announced that the parish now comprises about 175 families. Excavation for the gym at the site of the new community high school building has been completed and the forms for the cement work are all in. Dr. F, J. Alcher, who has been confined to his home for several weeks on account ol scarlet fever suffered a relapse and was forced to return to his bed last week. The opening of the Fcx dance pavilion one half mile north of the river bridge will take place Tuesday evening May 29, with a second dance the following evening. The Black Cat orchestra of six pieces of Aurora will furnish the music and the place will be conducted the same as last year with the price of 10 cents a dance prevailing. Closing exercises and program by the pupils of St. John's school, Johnsburg, will tako place at the parish hall Friday evening at eight o'clock. The graduates are Bernard Jung, Nicholas Miller, Lyman J. Mueller, Henry Schmitt, Louis J. Schmitt, Clarence J. Smith, Arthur Tonyan, Alice Freund. Marie Klein, Martha Miller, Mildred Miller, Hildegard Schaefer, Margaret Stiiling and Agnes Weingart. Delegates from the McHenry and Johnsburg parishes to attend the diocesan convention of the National Catholic Welfare council as held at Rock ford last Sunday afternoon were as follows: St. Mary's church, McHenry, Peter M. Justen, John Thennes, St. Patrick's church, McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Walsh, St. John's, Johnsburg, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. Twenty-Five Years Ago Taken From The Files Of May 28, 1938 The Plaindealer is well on its way to a grand old age. And unlike some women of today is not afraid to tell its age. It proudly proclaims to all that this week marks its sixty-third birthday. Louise Stilling, a student at the local high school and daughter of Mr. ahd Mrs. George Stilling of Orchard Beach, is one of those selected to receive scholarships at Lake Forest college next year. The awards were made on the basis of results in a competitive scholastig examination held on the Lake Forest college campus, May 7. Misses Clara and Ethel Freund and Mrs. JOe Britz entertained a number of friends and relatives at their home, Sunday afternoon, at a miscellaneous shower in honor of their sister, Miss Alvina Freund, who is to be married to Earl Walsh next month. Little Miss Marilyn Owen entertained a number of friends In honor of her seventh birthday on May 21. Games were played with prizes won by Theresa Miller, John Owen McGee and Richard Stratton. A swallow plane piloted by William Tompkins of Waukegan swooped down over Woodstock and landed on the Rafter field Thursday afternoon to pick up the air mail letters from various places in McHenry county the first day of Air Mail week. Of the 1,497 letters placed on the plane 450 were from McHenry. Miss Marie Miller of Johnsburg who will become the bride of Edward Frett, June 15, was surprised by sixty relatives and friends at a miscellaneous shower at Nell's White House last Thursday evening. The McHenry Country Club, one of the finest golf courses in northern Illinois, was organized seventeen years ago with Harry Hall King and Carl W. Stenger as the principal early promotors. Others interested were Richard B. Walsh, Walter F. Vogt, A. H. Pouse, Ben Stilling and Joe McOmber. On Sunday, May 14, 1921, in $•§• Thirty the directors room of the bank was born the McHenry Country club. Appointed as members of the board were H. H. King, Richard B. Walsh, C. W. Stenger, Ben Stilling, A. H. Hannafin, W. T. Vogt and Atty. A. H. Pouse. Officers elected were H. H. King, president; Richard B. Walsh, vice-president; Atty. A. H. Pouse, secretary; Martin B, Schmitt, assistant secretary and C. W. Goodeli, treasurer. $93,556 INVESTED DURING APRIL IN SAVINGS BONDS McHenry county residents purchased a total of $93,556 in series E and H United States savings bonds in April, according to Donald J. Still, Woodstock, general county chairman of the savings bonds committee. In the first 120 days of this year, January through April, Illinois residents purchased $131,922,000 in series E and H United States savings bonds. April sales in the state were $31,640,477, exceeding April oi last year by 20.6 per cent according to Arnold J. Rauen of McHenry, state director of the U.S. Savings. Bonds division. In January they were up 3.3 per cent, February 7.3 per cent, and March 11.1 per cent above the corresponding month of last year. BE WISE USE THE CLASSIFIED ^trousf R e g u l a r c h e c k - u p s a n d maintenance by our experts, means lower car costs for you. Call us today and find out for yourself. 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