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Thursday, May \A. 1964 . ^ 1 ^ * -f „ 4 & _J_ * ^ * rfiVv' , .'*&&:•• THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Page Eleven -i Sfii ;,1 Twice Told Talej FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Muy 15, 1924) The "Polly Prim Tavern" is the* name that has been selected for ' the new road house which is being erected by A. J. Pouliot on his property east of Fox river near this city. Miss Margaret Stenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stenger of tljis city, was one of the three young ladies to give a piano recital at the Academy of Our Lady, Chicago, on Friday everting. Walter J. Donavin, West side plumber and steam fitter, has rented the quarters in the Joseph W. Freund block on Main street recently vacated by Vogt's drug store and is now getting the place in readiness for occupancy. Gypsies travelling in motor cars paid Mcllenry a visit (in Monday of .this week. Their stay was short. Golf enthusiasts of this entire section are very much interested in the match to be staged between "Chick" Evans and Kddie Loose at the Oak Woods lodge, formerly known as Walkup Woods, Crystal Lake, on Sunday morning. Dr. F. L. Minick, chiropractor, who has been located in the Brefeld building on the West side during the past nine months or more, this week sold his practice to Dr. S. J. Fowler of Woodstock, who will conduct the McHenry office with that of his Woodstock place, lie will be in McHenry Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Rainy weather has held up the construction on the Mc- Henry-Volo stretch of road. Work of pouring cement was again resumed last Saturday and they have now reached a point near the Lily Lake school house. The rural eighth grade graduation will be held at the school auditorium this Thursday evening. The' McHenry high schol orchestra will open the program. The class to graduate will be a large one and the program gives promise of being an interesting one. Ten cents admission will be charged. Next Sunday morning the Rev. Luther Riley Robinson of St. Paul, Minn., superintendent of the mid-western district, will address the Universalists of McHenry. Mr. Robinson is an able speaker and his position has acquainted him thoroughly with the status of liberal religion in the midlde west. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of May 11, 1939) Joseph Justen visited the World's Fair in New York, making the trrp^by-^iriotorcycle. Contract bids for the construction of a grade separation at the intersection of Routes 14 and 31 south east of Crystal Lake, will be received at Springfield May 12. This was made known Friday following the securing of the final rightof- way. The new grade separation will cost $250,000, it was estimated by members of the right-of-way committee of the county board. After three hours of deliberation, a jury in the condemnation suit of the department of Public Works of the state of Illinois vs Thomas A. and Grace Bolger of McHenry to obtain approximately fifty-seven acres of land returned a verdict awarding the Bolgers $6,000 shortly after midnight Wednesday. morning. ( The senior class play, "You're the Doctor", will be presented on May 1!). Those taking part in the play are Herb Reihanspcrger, I5ob Knox, Jerry Miller, James Larkin, Richard Williams, Gene Weideman, Kugene Nielsen, Catherine Rothermel, Kathryn Coyne, Dorothy Lay, Angelo Unti, Jane Durland, Rita Weingart and Delores Wagner. Before the curtain rises the high school orch slra will play a group of songs. Between acts the girls' trio composed of Louise Gerrard, Catherine Rothermel and Helen Kilday will sing and Barry Taxman will play two selections. The Johnsburg community club is planning a huge celebration at the dedication of their beautiful new bridge spanning Fox river. Meningitis and influenza complications on Sunday, May 7, proved fatal to Arnold Brown, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brown who reside near Volo. The youth died in the ambulance as he was being- rushed to the hospital. The Mother's club will meet at the home of Mrs. Wallace Dobyns. She will be assisted by Mrs. Ed. Sutton, Mrs. Clarence Martin, Mrs. J. M. Phalin, Mrs. Albert Vales, Mrs. W. Tonyan, Mrs. Eleanor Nye and Mrs. George Barbian. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of May 13, 1954) On Sunday morning, May 9, St. Mary's church was the scene of a beautiful and impressive ceremony when seventy children received their first Holy Communion. M. L. Schoenholtz and Miss Genevieve Knox were honored last week Wednesday night in recognition of their twenty-five years of service as teachers in District 15. The staff of the McHenry Medical Group has recently been increased by the association of Dr. George AI vary, who is a graduate of the New York Stale college of Medicine,. Clarence Martin, 68, died in Waukegan Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. The Toddler shop and Young Teen corner will present a benefit, "Prevues of Summer" next Sunday, with proceeds used to furnish the children's reading room in the public library.. The McHenry Choral club will be taking a brief visit through European countries in song and scene, and in native dress for those who attend the annual spring performance. The two daughters of thd Arnold' Larsens observed their birthday anniversaries with parties recently. Karen, who was 3, entertained a number •of little friends April 28 and Linnea observed her seventh birthday on May 7 with a party after school. 1964 WHEAT PROGRAM SIGN UP NOW UNDER WAY The sign-up for the 1964 voluntary wheat program is now underway at the ASCS county office Bert Bridges, chairman, McHenry County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, has announced. Interested growers are urged to file their applications now, since the sign-up will extend only through May 15. Wheat growers may take part in the program or not, just as they choose. Those who sign up and participate will be eligible for diversion payments and marketing certificates on most of their wheat production. The choice to participate is entirely up to the farmer. Producers who do not file intentions under the new program, but did plant within the established farm allotment will be eligible for price support at the $1.30 per bushel national, average. The diversion payments under the voluntary wheat program will be made for shifting an acreage at least equal to 11.11 percent of the farm allotment to approved conserving uses. Another requirement is that the conserving base for the farm be maintained this year. Diversion payments will be based on 20 percent of the county price support loan rate times the farm normal yield. Provision is also marie for diverting additional wheat acreage under the program. As in previous years, all the wheat produced on a participating farm will be eligible for price support loans, based on an estimated county average rate of $1.44 per bushel. In addition, marketing certificates, with a cash value of 70 cents per bushel for domestic and 25 cents for export, will in general be available for 90 percent of the normal production of the farm allotment - but not'more than the normal production of the allotment acres actually planted for harvest. Legals MEETING NOTICE The next regular meeting of the City Council of the City of McHenry, Illinois has been changed from Monday, May 18, 1964 to Tuesday, May 19, 1964. The meeting will be held in the City Hall at 8 P.M. (D.S.T.). DONALD P. DOHERTY Mayor EARL R. WALSH City Clerk (Pub. May 14, 1964) NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 12th, A.D. 1964, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as M&K COMPANY, located at 1110 N. Hillside Lane, McHenry, Illinois. Dated this 12th day of May, A.D. 1964. VERNON W. KAYS County Clerk (Pub. May 14-21-28, 1964) FILES $25,000 SUIT A $25,000 suit has been filed in Circuit court by Frances M. Naughton agains1 Ray G>: Wenk of Wonder Lawe as the result of a bite by a dog allegedly belonging to the defendant. The incident occurred July 20 of 1963 as she was walking on Lake Shore drive, Wonder.Lake, according to the complaint. -- Per&onaid -- The McHenry County Past Oracles club held its annual spring luncheon at a popular eatir/g place near Crystal Lake Wednesday. Attending from McHenry were Susan Olsen, Agnes Wissell, Beatrice Peterson, Frances Peterson, Mabel Johnson, jMary Kantorski and a friend, Mrs Murphy from Fox River Valley camp; Ethel Holly, Alpha Pederseh, Kfthrya Worts and Elizabeth Schoewer of Rivervicw Camp. A business meeting followed the luncheon and plans were made to hold the June meeting in McHenry with past Oracles of Riverview Camp serving as hostesses. Approximately 140 people called to extend .congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kaelin on their golden wedding anniversary on May 3. among them being folks from St. Petersburg, Fla., Tulsa, Okla. Chicago Elgin, Belvidere Aurora, Naperville Lisle, Antioch and many <flher neighboring towns. Relatives who came from a distance included a niece, Mrs. Frank Lee of Belvidere, aiid thivc nephews, Edward Miller of Tidsa, Okla., C^rl Shoger LaCrosse, Wis., and Fred Shoger and wife of Aurora. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johnson and Mrs. Frank Johnson Were Mother's Day guests in the George E. Johnson home in Arlington Heights. Dr and Mrs. Harry Hartley and Mrs. Tena. Kist of Chicago were guests of .McHenry relatives over the weekend. C. II. Duker spent a few days last week in the home of his son Guy, in Champaign where he attended a musical concert in which his grandson look part as a soloist. Rev. Father Clarence Thennes of Stockton attended a Mother's Day get-together of the Thennes family held at the Jonh Thennes 'home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Freund attended a family gathering at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Jay Seymour, in Wheeling Sunday honoring their grandson, Bradley Seymour who made his first Communion at St. Joseph The Wforker church in that city that day. Other guesls were the Norman Freund family of Wauconda. Mr and Mrs. Robert Brugger of Kenosha, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sedar and children of Waukegan were entertained in the Fred; Bienapfl home on Mother's Day. Guests on Monday were Mr. and Mrs. George Merkt and Mrs. Alma Riggs of Silvo Lake Wis., Ihe latter remained to spend the week with her sister while her daughter and husband wore vacationing. Mrs. Robert Conway returned Saturday from a week's trip to Nebraska where her mother, Mrs. Carl Blanner of Rockford, accompanied her to visit an aunt, Mrs. George Fornoff, in Omaha. Mrs. Conway also spent some time with her sister-in-law, Sister Mary St. Hilda (Mary Conway) in Lincoln, while gone. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Schoenholtz attended the funeral of his uncle, Philip Schoenholtz, in Scarboro, III., Friday. Mrs. Veima Douglas spent a few days last week with relatives in Racine, Wis. Mrs. Robert Rusboldt of Michigan City, Ind., spent a few days with relatives here. Mrs. H. P. Zenncr and a friend of Chicago visited the Zenner cottage at Indian Ridge on Fox river last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lockwood and son, Laverne, of Lake Geneva, Wis., motored to Madison Wis., Sunday. The latter's son, Timmv, a surgical patient at Madison General hospital the past week and his mother who had been with* him returned to Lake Geneva with them. Mr. and'Mps. James Mahoney of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Giant Pritchant and three children of Aurora were out of town guests in the home of Mrs. A. D. Foley on Mother's Day. Mr. and Mrs. Renard Blum of Chicago spent the weekend at their summer home at Indian Ridge on Fox River. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knox, Mrs. A. I). Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phalin of Waukegan and Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney of Chicago attended the dedication- of Notre Dame university's new library at Notre Dame last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Purvey were Mother's Day guests in the home of Mrs. John Purvey in Crystal Lake. Mrs Jessie Runyard of Trevor, Wis., Mrs, Mary Runyard and Mrs. 'Edna Cable of Antioch were dinner and over-night guests of their sister, Mrs. Fred Fovvles. Tuesday of last week and on Wedneday accompanied her to Bcloit where they visited another sister, Mrs. Andrew Krull, and celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. Jesse Runyard and Mrs. Fowles. The Krulls moved to Bcloit from Tucson, Ariz., recently and it was the first time in many years the five sisters had a chance to celebrate together. Mrs. George Fitzgerald and family of Mary Crest, Kankakee, were Sunday guests of her mother, Mrs. Ann Rodenkirch. The Joseph J. Millers entertained on Mother's Day. Mrs. Clarice Purvey, son, Alan, of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan and family, Elkhorn, Wis., the Gerald J. Miller and Robert Becker families of McHenry were their guests. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Miller were visitors last week in Elkhorn Wis. Mrs. George Rogers of Morris spent last weekend visiting her nephew, and wife, Mr. and Mrs. James Curran. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: The Annual sale of Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, an organization chartered by the Congress, has been officially recognized and endorsed by the President o£ the United States and the Veterans Administration; and WHEREAS: The proceeds of this worthy fund-raising campaign are used exclusively for the benefit of disabled and needy veterans, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans; and WHEREAS: The basic purpose of the annual sale of Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of Foreign Wars is eloquently reflected in the desire to "Honor The Dead By Helping The Living;" therefore, I, DONALD P. DOHERTY, Mayor of the city of McHenry, do hereby recognize the patriotic merits of this cause by urging the citizens of this community to contribute generously to its support through the purchase of Buddy Poppies, on the day (or days) set aside for the distribution of these symbols of loyalty in this city. I urge all patriotic citizens to wear a Buddy Poppy as mute evidence of our gratitute to the men of this country who have risked their lives in defense of the freedoms which we continue to enjoy as American citizens. Signed: DONALD P. DOHERTY, Mayor. IT PMS ADVERTISE! i > u. ©oes ** ' mm none 381 Spring Grove MARIAN PUPILS ENJOY TOUR OF CHINA TOWN Eva Freund Students from Spring Grove who attend Marian Central high school travelled with a group of Marian students from neighboring towns to Chicago Thursday, They toured China Town, attended Mass there and had dinner. Those who went all report having had a very good time. PTA Wednesday evening, May 6, the Public School PTA held its hieeting at the school. Following officers were installed for the coming year, Mrs. Becker, president; Mrs. William Lennon, vice-president; Mrs. Hill, secretary; Mrs. • Basting, treasurer. This year's graduates were honored guests. They are Randy Nimsgern, Michael Glorvigan, Don Heft, Michael Ku'nze and John Trkvosky. There were dancing and games for the young folks. Tables were beautifully decorated with flowers and the school colors of blue and gold. There was also a decorated cake which was served. Lotus Club The May 6 meeting of the Lotus Country Women's Club was held at the home of Mrs. Alice Stevens with Mrs. Peggy Buesseler and Mrs. Helen Creighton as hostesses. A report of the card party held at Richmond Country Club was given. The proceeds of about $200 was given to the McHenry County Retarded Children's school in Wonder Lake. The club voted to donate $10 to the General Federation of Women's Clubs as a memorial to honor the women who gave their lives in the war service. They also voted to sponsor the Brownie scouts of Spring Grove. They are now sponsoring the Girl SCQUtS. Attend Club Mrs. Arthur Kattner, Mrs. Agnes May, Mrs. Charles Freund, Mrs. Ray May and Mrs. Edward May attended a club meeting at the home of Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer in Round Lake Friday night. A dessert lunch was served and games of five hundred were played. Prize winners were Mrs. Kattner, Mrs. Eldred Johnson of Woodstock and Mrs. Freund. Mrs. Johnson will be the next hostess for the club. Birth Mr. and Mrs. George A. May are the proud grandparents of a new granddaughter. The Kenneth Mays of Rockford have a baby girl, Cynthia Ann, weighing 6 lbs., 13 ozs., born April 26. 500 C lub met at Tillie May's on Thursday afternoon. Prizes went to Frances Busch, Mame Tinney, Frankie Shotliff, Tillie May and Annie Sanders. A lunch was served by the hostess. Postmasters Meet Eva Freund, postmaster, at*- 1 ended, ihe McHenry County Postmasters' meeting at Belvidere Wednesday night. Plans were discussed for the convention which will be in Belleville May 20 to 23. 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