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THE McEllfllT PLMMDEALER Told Tate* F0RTV YEARS AGO > v -(Taken from the files of ||g Apdl n, 1924>- ' Work at the community high actiool building has been moving along more rapidly during the past week or .more and things nOw begin to look as if the structure wbuld be ready for occupancy at the beginning of next fall's term. Jufit received a new shipment of Easter bonnets, Blake Sisters millinery. Frank Gans, Jr., who is now the director and manager of the Fox River Four, a local circhestra, informs us that he is now booking many engagements and from present indications the coming season is almost certain to prove the biggest and most successful ever enjoyed by the organization. Tne Orchard Beach hotel located on the west bank of Fox River will inaugurate its own bus line between the North Western station in this city and the Orchard Beach hotel subdivision. Miss Rosemary Nye of Notre Dame, Ind., is spending a week's vacation at her home. Genevieve Carey, Alice Mil-: er, : Leo Winkle, Earl Walsh nd . John Vycital, all alumni members of the McHenry comiriuhity high school who are attending the University of Illinois; this year, are spending a lew'days ^t ; their homes here. <J:L JFLGTARS AGO - (Taken Ft-om the fires of ^ ; April 15, 1954) became a bright Spot on the map for three days ifist; week as dairymen from throughout the U.S.A. and a ftUmber of foreign countries Converged on Hickory Creek Farm aild the most outstanding cattle sale ever held in this fir£a: A total * of 338 head of !regi&tei$d Holsteins sold for $350,-985, the sale having been Arranged ;by A. C. "Whitey" "Thomson; >vho has been herdsman'at the farm for a period of seven years. . McHehry's high school musicians topped the ten schools competing in District I last Saturday when three out of the four: organisations entered in Competition at Maine township high! school were given superior, state final ratings. Both tfye boys' and the girls' chorus- 4& atod tlfe orchestra will now go into rehearsals for the state nnal$ contest in Peoria on April 30 aiid; May 1. Over ninety Stydeilts • will be making the trip as the refeult of winning Saturday. u The MdlJS baseball team gol 6tjt to a flying start on the iuftn'e ,diamond Tuesday afterttaNOtl by edging the Woodstock StreakB3to 2. ' Mrs. Mkty Peters of Barringtoh, ; niother; of Mrs. George Fbalin of McHenry, died in Sherman hospital of a heart id tack oil Friday. YEARS AGO CTakeii from the files of \ April 13, 1939) Miss Arierte Warner of El- t^ell known in this city has many relatives, Wgfc-i^.vpjE :th^ sixteen nomijchbaen last Wednesday af- ^m6on-at the* Elgin National W^tCh ebrfipany for the title of "Lady felgin*'. Fellow workiheh' made the selection and i>ver 2,000 ballots were cast. At the personal request of Gov. Henry Horner, Phil Guinto was notified of his promotion to the position of Lieutenant of District 3 effective April 8, 1939. Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron, sister of Mrs. Robert Thompson and Miss Maud Granger, both of this city, last week received a special delivery letter announcing that she was first prize winner in a favorite recipe contest sponsored by the Capper's Farmer, a weekly magazine. She received her prize for her. recipe pf salmon mousse. Paul Shadie, member of the Public speaking class at the local high school who came to this country from Germany with his parents about a year ago, Tuesday • spoke before the Kiwanis club at Marengo. His first hand knowledge of con- , ditions in Germany evoked a great deal of interest and fol- , lowing his interesting speech the audience was permitted to ask questions. Tom Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Harrison of Pistakete Bay, carried off the school! championship in the 115 pound class event in the ninth annual boxing finals of Fenwick high school in Chicago. As winner over his opponent he was awarded silver gloves with championship F. Twelve members and one guest of the Woman's club of Hebron motored to the home of Mrs. C. W. Klontz in this city last Thursday afternoon to view her art exhibit. Stanley Schaffer whose marriage. to Louise Weingart which will take place Saturday was surprised by a group of his pals at the Clarence Martin home where an enjoyable evening was spent with cards and visiting. Service To Hospitals UNIT 491 by Mary Einspar '"4 ROTARY NEWS Last Week President Herb Reihansperger and President- Elect Moe Buch received club banners from the newly formed Palatine club. Bill Malpede accepted the banners at the chapter night meeting for Palatine recently, on .behalf of our club. Ron Fredrickson and Ted Wickman, Co - Chairmen for "On to Pheasant Run-for Fun", announce the following program which is sure to attract the attention of Rotarians ahd their Rotary Anns. Tuesday, April 14: Conference luncheon Counat 12, speaker, Jean Beliard, Consul General of France, .subject, "France and the World Situation"; 2 p.m., tour of a pottery works for the ladies; 6:30 p.m., district governor's dinner honoring all club presidents of District' 644 and their wives-no speakers, the entertainment being the mixed chorus from Lake Park high school, Medinah, plus Wes Harrison, the King of Sound Effects. Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m.; Ladies* event, photographic prize winners. Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen, Sr., will show some of her international prize winning photographs and describe' the interesting situations surrounding their capture, noon, Conference Luncheon for men, speaker, James F. Conway, second vice-president, Rotary International, Rockville, Center, New York; 12:30, conference luncheon for the ladies, a joint session with the women of the Rotary club of Chicago; 6:30, forty-ninth annual conference, banquet-speaker, Dr. Edward A- Annis, president World Medical association an^nfcesident, American Medical.Association, subject "Recent Developments in Medicine and What They Mean to You". Reservations can still be made by contacting Ron or Dick, but you must hurry. Oscar Iber, our Number One Rotarian from Chicagq, has been convalescing at his home 2919 No. Regner road. Why not say "hello" with a greeting card? As a neglected garden is sooty filled with weeds, so a negl^ttd friendship or marriage is submerged with distracting elements. i Thursday, kpxil 18, Ii64 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Distribution of a lnrger-thanever annual Illinois Calendar of Events was begun last week by the Illinois Information Service. The 36-page booklet lists dates of community events throughout the, state; information about tours offered to the public by plants; museums and educational institutions; baseball and football schedules; dates 'of county fairs and a map of state parks; memorials and conservation areas. Free copies of the Calendar of Events, may be obtained by writing to ' Illinois Information Service, 406 State Capitol, Springfield. ; The American Legion auxiliary presented a flag to St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg, in a very impressive ceremony. Pastor of St. John's, Father Dording, spoke to the assembled children about the meaning of the flag. Past Commander of the American Legion Tom Birmingham and President of the Eighth grade class David Weber then retired the old flag while John Zimny played the retreat. President of the American Legion auxiliary, Betty Lingenfelter - and Americanism Chairman of the Junior Auxiliary Betsy Kilday presented the new flag to Father Dording. Mr. Birmingham and David Weber then raised the new flag while John. Zimny played to the colors. The flag was then lowered to half-mast in memory of the late General Douglas McArthur. The students then closed the ceremonies with. the pledge of allegiance. The Past Presidents Parley of McHenry Unit 491 met April 9 at the home of Dorothy Diedrich with Marge Mikota acting as co-hostess. Other members who attended were Ruth Mrachek, Lauretta Homo, Agnes Schaefer, Ann Thennes, Eleanore Reid, Dorothy Weickmann, Frances White, Pearl Sanders, Marie Howe, Elizabeth Schoewer, and Mary Einspar. Ttyenty- five hankie corsages were made to be distributed to the women patients at Downey hospital. The County Past Presidents will meet for dinner at the Richmond American Legion Home April 16. The next meeting of the McHenry Parley will be held in July at the home of Pearl Sanders. Frances White will serve as co-hostess. On April 20, McHenry Unit 491 will hold their regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Second vice-president Bobby Carroll is in charge of the refreshment* committee with members Louise Berquist, Annette Brogan, Elaine Gray, Jean DeCarlo, Lois Crouch, Lillian Miller, Delia Freund, Betty Schmidt, Shirley Ballowe, Marilyn Phalin, Bess Grobel and Suzanne Homo. Congratulations to the American Legion auxiliary bowling team who took frst place in the McHenry county bowling tournament. On Monday, April 6, the woman's auxiliary to McHenry hospital instituted a new service. The acquisition of a handsome gift cart enables the volunteers to the Woman's auxiliary to bring the Pink Lady shoppe to the patient's bedside. Gift care service cheerfully given helps the auxiliary to realize its goals of service to patients and hospital personnel and good public relations. Mrs. Lou Consago of McHenry is chairman of the Gift Cart committee. The gift cart will be staffed by Pink Lady volunteers, who will make tfteir rounds daily between the hours of 12 and 2, at present, but subject to change if other times are considered preferable. The Auxiliary Leader, a journal published by the American Hospital association says, "When Hospital patients reach the recuperative stage they begin to think about three things: (a) appearance, (b). writing thank you notes, and (e) going home. As a result, items carried on the gift cart are selected with the purpose of anticipating these needs and others. TODD SCHOOL HALL DESTROYED BY BULLDOZER * Another piece of Woodstock's nostalgic ties to its past went under the wrecker's bulldozer last week--a regretful bow to progress at historic "Six Corners." Rambling Wallingford Hall, once the hub of famed Todd School for Boys, is coming down, making way for the new W<*>dstock Residence's expansion and landscaping program. Mrs. Roger Hill, wife of the man Who operated the private school from 1929 to 1953, recalled hearing how lumber was brought for the building to Waukegan by boat, then hauled by oxcart over a trail that Illinois Route 120 was built on. According to best estimates parts of the building are at least 101 years old. The three-story Wallingford Hall has twenty-three pillars on its boxlike front--sixteen of them are nine feet long. Wreckers started on the front of the building, once the home for forty of Todd School's 100 boys. Students ranged in age from 6 to 18, and the youngest ones lived in Wallingford Hall--the first building of the Todd School campus. Richard Kimball Todd started Todd school in 1848 and operated it for forty years. Wallingford Hall first consisted of two living rooms and two upstairs bedrooms. Gradually additions increased it to its present size. Last addition was to expand the dining room about twenty years ago. Noble Hill operated this outstanding school for forty years and in 1929 his son, Rog&r, took over management. At the same time Toney Roskie joined the staff as head of athletics and as counselor. Orson Welles is one of Todd's most illustrious graduates. He was a 1931 graduate and his brilliance as an actor and artist showed up even in his Todd School days, old-timers recall. Many young people in the Chicago area have fond memories of Todd school, and often these men named their youngsters "Todd" in acknowledgement of the school's influence on their lives. OXYGEN EQUIPPED SERVICE Phone 3854)063 FOR THAT OLD FASHIONED COME TO WILLI KOENSMANN • 22 VARIETIES OF SAUSAGES • TRUE GERMAN STYLE FLAVORS • LEAN HICKORY SMOKED BACON • DELICIOUS HICKORY SMOKED 1IAMS ' .. .. • COUNTRY MADE SAUSAGES Phono 385-6230 Route 120 -- Just East of Route 13 -- VoJ^ UL REMODELING Need a Room, , New Kitchen, Garage? 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