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The unidentified performer who crashed farthest from shore was taken to McHenry hospital for observation after suffering shock. The left picture above shows the three graceful kite flyers in action at the moment of impact by the two on the right. The middle photo shows the. tremendous splash which followed the one skier's plunge into the water. Pictures on right give close-up views of rescue operations. About thirty members of the Chicagoland Water Ski association participated in the impressive show, which was narrated by a member of their own troupe. The two-hour performance included precision ballet, shoe skiing, two-man slalom, mixed doubles, human pyramid, barefoot skiing and the exciting kite flying. William Dumalski was chairman of the event. PLAINDEALER PHOTOS Recall County History At Society's Outing j ^basically the same. He said that he has also learned many interesting things about the types of architecture used in houses in the early days of the county, and hopes eventually to have photos of all of the houses shown in the atlas. - four persons attended the third annual picnic of ths McHenry County Historical society at Veterans' Acres, Crystal Lake, on Sunday afternoon, July 14th. Former county residents and relatives from as for away as Baraboo, Wis., and Cleveland, Ohio, attended. After lunch, Mrs. Dorothy McEachren, president, greeted the guests and opened the meeting with a resume of the society's aims and accomplishments. She told of the many requests from descendants of early settlers for genealogical information. Early deed information, which is available at the courthouse, is examinsdand sent to the people who inquire. No charge is made by the society for this service, but a donation to the society is requested. These donations are earmarked for the museum building fund, as is any money received from overpayment of dues. The annual dues are barely enough to cover the cost of mailings and administration expenses. The president requested volunteers to furnish this genealogical information, and also for help for a few hours each week in accessioning items that are donated to the society. This is the process of numbering and writing descriptions of such items and acknowledging them to the doners. SURVEYING HISTORY Mrs. McEachren read excerpts from the 1885 McHenry County History which told of the surveying of McHenry county by John Brink, the government surveyor whose territory was really southern Wisconsin, bu( who did much of the early surveying of our county. He Was also the person trho named Lake Geneva. It was his job to name each body of water in the area with Indian names. However, Lake Geneva reminded him of a lake In his home state of New York jby the same name. John Brink's purveying instrument, which he (Required in 1832, was displayed. S is considered the society's most valuable acquisition, historically. i The president then called tgpon Robert Thompson of McHenry, who read a paper about manufacturing of brick in IcHenry county. He said that sre were brickyards in Mclenry, Woodstock, Algonquin "nd Terra Cotta. The earliest records that he found told m a man by the name of Smith Cttvey, who manufactured brick on the site of the McHenry high school. In 1869 and 1870, a Mr. Hanley built the McHenry Brick mill. It was located just north of where the Spring Grove Lumber company is now. There were many clay holes in the county which produced a fine quality clay for making bricks, and luckily, near each clay hole was fine sand which was sprinkled on the clay to keep it from getting hard before it was molded into bricks. An interesting description of the process used at that time in making bricks was read, and it was also noted that molding sand was shipped from here to Chicago. He said that the clay holes had now all been filled in. The president asked if people who have, or would be interested in having a hobby of investigating subjects relating to early manufacturing or activities in the county, wouldprepare papers on these subjects to be read at society meetings. The society is also compiling a list of all the early settlers of the county, and has forms to be filled out. Each person who had brought historical items for display was asked to come forward and describe them. Mrs. Mable Schroeder of Crystal Lake showed several items of pewterware; a rolling pin and potato masher carved from solid pieces of wood, a wood butter paddle, wooden bootjack, wool carders and, a, candle-mold, also a cast-iron ..apple peeler. Robert! Tho ^ -»;i showed a husking pin used inh iskiig com and an identification tag used for identifying horses parked in livery stables. Richard Richardson of Richmond showed a fluting iron used by his mother before and after her marriage in 1886, for the making of ruffles and channels for dre- SS6S MORE DISPLAYS Miss Alice Clark displayed a very pretty enameled coffee pot and a piece of pewterware, origin unknown, and asked for help in identifying these pieces. She also told of research which is being done regarding Ostend community. Ostend is listed in a current State Library report which lists all the towns which have ever been in existence in the state of Illinois. Fred Crichton of Crystal Lake showed a photostat of a school house which was erected about 1856, and is located at what is now Routes 25 and 62. It is now used as a police station. Mrs. Lettie Murphy Brauer showed photographs of -her ancestors who-were early settlers in the community and A. B. McConnell showed a brick which he had found on his property and which had been made in the county. Shuji Kimura of Crystal Lake has photographed many of the houses still in existence which are shown in the McHenry County Atlas of 1872. He said that it is not difficult to recognize these houses, because although some changes and additions have been made, the architectural lines are PROPERTY TAX HEAD, ^ Charles F. Pierce, Chicago, is the new chief of the Division of Local Governmental Affairs and Property Taxes in the Department of Revenue. He succeeds Harold A. Caswell, who resigned to join the national Tas foundation. Pierce has had 32 years' experience in property and excise tax fields. As manager of the General Tax department of the Pure Oil Company, he was in charge of the collection and payment of $142 million in taxes in 47 states. * , We're Now Paying a Whopping GREETINGCARDS {EthJnWr nDo you have a 'sorry* card for a boy-friend who suffered a black eye last night at your wedding GAYLOMD Call 3 'V/i now for an appointment to have your most memorable day photographed by The Recommended Photographer mm 4* Per Annul As of January 1,1113 we have interest rate of I • j • WAUCONDA Wauconda, Illinois 312-526-6604 ^ ^V\ > \.\ >Vs^