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PAGE 4-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1973 Ringwood News Rummage Sale Scheduled For Weekend The annual spring rummage sale is this week folks. So mark your calendar and get your time scheduled so that you can come and see what treasures you can find for yourself from our junk. Time is Friday, 9 a.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. See you at the Ringwood church. TRAVELERS John and Curly Skidmore left last January 20 and arrived home last Wednesday March 14. Must be nice to travel and stop and visit friends without a care. Someday it will be our turn, I hope. John and Curly traveled to Hot Springs and they said it wasn't really very hot. Altho John still took those hot baths that Hot Springs is famous for. They also spent a weekend with Bill and Mer­ cedes Hoffman in Blue Eye, Mo. There was snow while they were at the Hoffmans. Think both couples thought that they were out of the snow area. Everybody had another think coming this year. Then on to Ft. Worth, Texas, to daughter, Betty, and Jerry Williams and family. It was cold there also. They spent 2 weeks with Betty and her family. Since it was so cold John and Curly decided to go further South to Padre Island, off the coast of Texas. They had some warm weather here but it was foggy except for one day. •ftiey had one day of bright sunshine and you guessed it. ' John put on his bathing suit and didn't have sense enough to come in soon enough, he got sunburned. They said during all this fog on the island it was beautiful on the mainland They needed a good northern wind to blow the fog out into the gulf. John and Curly spent some time in Brownsville, Texas, and they also spent a day on a bus trip to Metimorese, Mexico, sight­ seeing. The people where they stayed owned an orange grove and so he let them pick their own oranges and grapefruit. The weather has been so wet that there is a lot of waste to the fruit this year, the groves are too muddy to get into them On the way home they also saw Cotton fields that were flooded and the farmers will just plow them under, if it ever dries up enough to do so. ,They left Padre Island /On Monday morning, Marth 12, and arrived home late Wednesday evening, March 14. They remarked that in all the 6,000 miles that they traveled and almost 2 months of being a vagabond the road between Woodstock and here was the worst that they traveled. 'Twas good to get home tho. CANASTA CLUB The Canasta Club met at the home of Bob and Susie Low in McHenry last Saturday evening. The evening was enjoyed very much with delicious refrshments served by the hostess. The high scorers -Open To The Public- McHENRY COUNTRY CLUB 820 N. John St. McHenry LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 'THE KASINOS" 9:00 - 1:00 a.m. Friday, March 23 Saturday, March 24. >00000000000000 for the evening were Shirley Cristy and Frank Harrison. EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE There will be sunrise services held at the Ringwood United Methodist church on Easter Sunday, April 22, at 6 a.m. A breakfast will be served in the dining room following services. ^ PARISH UMYF GROUP The UMYF group will meet Sunday. March 25. 2 o'clock, at Mount Hope United Methodist church to formulate plans for an April Fool's party with the Alden UMYF as guests. ABOUT TOWN Mrs Marian Grosdidier of Azusa, Calif., recently returned home after spending three weeks here with her mother, Mrs. Nellie Hepburn. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Soddy spent last Sunday in the Brennan-Hepburn home. On Monday, they returned to Kenosha with Mrs. Hepburn accompanying them for a short visit. Art and Sandy Gum, with children Angela, Randy arid Jeffrey, were recent guests of Sandy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Josserand. Diane Christopher and Gary Linstad visited the Art Christophers last weekend. Linda and Bill Billikas were weekend visitors of her parents, the Walt Lows. Saturday evening found Linda, Sue and Pam trying to find the right combination to projectors to see some old movies that Mom and Dad had taken years ago. The bulb was burned out on the projector and 'twas too late to call anyone so they'll have to wait until another time to see themselves as movie stars. BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday goes to Daphnee Bruce and Brent Leh- mkuhl on March 25. Robin Fossum has her natal day on March 26, and on March 28 we find Resae Ackerman, Marion Harrison and Ruth Ann Hogan and Darcy Lynn Hogan sharing the day of happy birthdays. Diane Christopher will celebrate her birthday on March 30 of this year. Happy birthday everyone and many, many more of them. Twice Told Tales FORTYYEARSAGO 'Taken from the files of March 30. 1933) Otto F. Sohm died at his home on the east shores of Fox River, Wednesday, after a long illness. He was seventy-three years old Mr. Sohm had been a resident of McHenry for the past fifteen years when he retired from active business in the Pioneer Paper company of Chicago. Hundreds of people in and around McHenry are looking forward to April 7 on which day beer can again be sold legally in any communities throughout the United States. One noticeable change is already in evidence in our city at the corner of Route 20 and Court street, at which point the building which has stood unoccupied for several years, will be transformed into a wholesale house and central office for Atlas Special brew. The property has been owned since 1923 by Ben J. Dietz, who now becomes the county distributor for the Atlas Brewing company. Local people, no doubt, have an added interest in the Golden Gloves tournament which opened in Chicago Wednesday night because John Pacek, C h i c a g o ' s h e a v y w e i g h t champion, has been a resident of this vicinity and at one time attended the McHenry high school and is well known here. He will meet Steve Dudas of New York. Chicken thieves were busy in Ringwood Friday night. All but four were taken from Lewis Schroeder's and a half of James Rainy's were taken. Coach F.S. Orr, the new man who has shown up so capable on his job the last year, is in charge of the new little con­ ference that was newly organized at a meeting Monday night at McHenry. This is quite a distinction for a new man in the community and shows the high regard that the neigh­ boring coaches have for Orr's ability. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 1, 1948) FORDS FRSTBIGRQ4R _OFlHE RQ4RRMG73& BUSS FORD SALES During the next ten days, more than 100 young McHenry musicians, both vocal and instrumental, will take part in the annual northeastern Illinois music contest this year to be held in Cry stal Lake. More than 800 high school musicians from this part of the state are ex­ pected to be present. A perk, blond German Boxer dog about one and one half years old who answers to the name of Clinaude's Scoop, won over sixty-two other boxers entered in competition at the all Breeds Show of the American Kennel club, held in the In­ ternational Amphitheatre in Chicago. He is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fischer, who have been summer residents of the Country club subdivision for eight years and permanent residents for the past year. Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Reihan- sperger announce the engagement of their daughter, Joan, to Elliott C. Timms of Oak Park. Snuffy's Restaurant will open Friday, April 2. New hours of operation will be from 7 in the evening until 8 a.m. Eva Cromwell. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mikoleit of Channel Lake purchased the Joseph Brown tavern in Spring Grove and have begun operating it as of last Thur­ sday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown have moved to McHenry. In a collision with a truck on route 120 on Sherman's Hill, Mrs. Theodor Olson suffered a fractured leg and bruises while Mr. Olson suffered from severe shock. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 4, 1963) Walter Dean of Wonder Lake was elected new supervisor in McHenry township last Tuesday as head of the Progressive party ticket and sweeping into office with him were Edward J. Buss of McHenry and Thomas Huemann of Johnsburg. Another winner at the polls was Charles J. "Chuck" Miller, who was returned to office for the fourth time as highway com­ missioner. He is starting his fifth four year term. Miss Sue Nowak, 16 year old junior in the McHenry high school, was selected recently by a vote of the faculty to at­ tend Girls State, mythical ^ government state set-up to teach outstanding students throughout the state the meaning of citizenship and how Spring- Rains Maroon Pastor On Trip South The following is the latest in a series of reports on his winter trip through the South, written for the Plaindealer by the Rev. William O. Hanner, retired Episcopal pastot who resides in Whispering Oaks. "One week ago today I wrote my last report and told of the appearance of the mountains on a beautiful day. Now it has been raining for a steady thirty- six hours. The elevation here is about 2,000 feet so on a dark day the clouds invade our mountain top. Mrs. Hanner says it is foggy or misty but it isn't really-it is just cloudy because we are so high up. The wispy strands prod up into our valleys and coves tentatively feeling their way. Then they sort of sneak over the top of the valley and leave their trail of whiteness behind, shutting out the light and leaving us greys in different tones. Greys always remind me of Mrs. Charles Brooks of -St. Mark's parish in Geneva, II who used to embroider altar linens for my altar when a young priest. One \ took her to Aurora with me to try to match some threads we needed. It was a grey and rainy day-dark and to me un­ pleasant. My passenger kept exlaiming as we drove along about how beautiful it was, I remember her summing it all up in an exclamation,"How beautiful these changing greys are!" "And then today when the clouds lift a bit you can see seven waterfalls charging down our valley walls. They do not all "fall", they tumble headlong in aquatic leaps and dances jumping from some disturbing rock in showery silver leaps. All the channels through the rocks are so full that the water gives voice. It is not the tinkle or babble of the woods brook; today it is like the roar of the sea, the deeper baritones and basses of the horns of nature. And it comes in through the closed doors and the various levels of govern­ ment function. Miss Eva Stilling of Pearl street died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, March 29, where she had been confined for a week. William H. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hansen of Freund avenue, McHenry, is home on a fourteen day leave after completing training for hospital corpsman at Great I^kes Naval training center. windows like the roar of the sea at night. "Now and then lightening flashes and the water's husky shouts are punctuated by the echoing thunder that the hills toss back and forth. Storms are beautiful, too. Eons of storms, ages of rain and wind and running water have carved our landscapes and the work of creation is going on today as the ancient forces of the primeval world still carve and change our valley. "Since I wrote the descrip­ tion above I have gone into teKvn for the mail. Now it has rained for forty hours. Over seven inches has fallen. The valley roads are closing. Schools terminated at one o'clock. My phone has gone out. Now we are marooned, in a sense-Oh not really, we could get out but man's roads are awash, his phone lines shorted, his schools closed, his tran­ sportation halted, the misty clouds close in. * __ 'And this is the night the Minneapolis Symphony or­ chestra, 100 strong is to come to the University. It has been planned for many months. We will try to go. A good symphony is hard to miss. "The day before yesterday we returned to the famous distillery in these mountains. It is nationally advertised and lies near the courthouse town I told about last August. Then there were so many Deople we could not get in. We tried again. There were too many steps for me to try and climb since my hospitalization, so regretfully, we let the tour start without us. "Now the hostess came to our rescue. "You look so disappointed won't you have lunch with me on the corporation? We go to a boarding house in town." "Indeed yes and thank you!" "The boarding house was an old mansion. One only light bulb hung from the ceiling. But there were fresh flowers upon the table. The dishes didn't all match but they were Spode. The silver was real. Tvvelve of us sat down to lunch. We were served by a white coated black butler whose wife had done the cooking. It was family style. There was roast chicken and dressing, Tennessee good, there was roast beef. A tossed salad and a fruit salad (fresh) were laid on. There was macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes with butter swimming on top, there was apple sauce and cranberry Promote Bill Assuring Board Of Review Quality A bill that would help assure the technical competence of board of review members, while further removing the judiciary from the political process, has been introduced by State Rep. Cal Skinner, Jr. (R-Crystal Lake). The bill transfers the power to appoint one Republican and one Democrat board of review member from the judiciary to the chairmen of the various county boards. The third member is presently the county board chairman or his designate. "There is nothing much more political than the assessment process. I believe this bill will implement the intention of the 1970 constitution to get our judges as far out of the political arena as possible," Skinner commented. "In addition, my bill will require that potential board of review members in the larger countie&must pass a qualifying test administered by the State prior to taking office. That should assure at least technical competence for the people who review assessment complaints throught downstate Illinois." "State law now requires supervisors of assessments to pass qualifying examinations. Since board of review members are supposed to be a check on the supervisors of assessments, it would seem appropriate that the taxpayers be assured of their technical competence," Skinner explained. The bill would make tests mandatory in counties over 100.000 and optional in smaller counties beginning in mid-1974. Boards could be composed of three members from the county board or any combination thereof. ON THE DOLLAR President Nixon reports that the United States must have power to raise trade barriers as well as lower them to gain a fair share for American business in world trade. This followed a 10 per cent devaluation of the dollar. sauce, there were beaten biscuits and honey and six side dishes of kinds I cannot now recall. The dessert was the flakiest hot raisin pie I've seen in many a day. What a treat. They only serve their regular customers, no transients. The distillery takes twelve plates each day. 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