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SECTION 2-PAGE 6-PLAINDEALER-WED., DEC. 11, 1974 ;: * '<w.w to " 1'iTiTi r " "• '* McHenry County club of O.E.S., matrons and patrons of 1933, were present. Mrs. Floyd Cooley of Ft. Wayne, Ind., was guest of honor at a party given by Miss Stevens in the J.M. Phalin home Tuesday evening. McHenry and Marengo battled it out for the first three quarters on even terms but McHenry's defense functioned in perfect order during the last period and Captain Richie Vycital's three field goals in that period enabled MCHS to score their first triumph of the season by a 22-13 count. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 22, 1949) McHenry has a new business in the East Side, Welding and and Repair Shop, which opened this week in a new structure on Route 120 east of this city near The Pit. Partners in this en­ terprise are Otto Mueller of McHenry and A.W. Pretzman of Richmond, machinists. For the third time the teenagers of McHenry have gathered at the Legion Home for entertainment sponsored by the Business Men's association. Every other Tuesday evening is set aside for the enjoyment of these young people from 13 to 19 years old. Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett announced the holders of the first 100 Illinois automobile license plates for 1950. The number 1 license went to the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Chicago. Miss Margaret Johnson of Wauconda, a former employee at the McHenry bank, visited friends here following her return from New York. She called on friends in Oneonta and also saw Niagara Falls. Kenneth K. Hamsher was a member of the December graduating class at Worsham's College of Mortuary Science in Chicago. He is the husband of the former Thelma Lay of Johnsburg. Tte many friends of Mrs. EditW McAndrews will be happy to learn that she is now able to get out of her wheel chair without assistance. She has been home for five months, after 10 days spent in a Canadian hospital and eight weeks in St. Anne's, Chicago. Mrs. McAndrews broke her hip when she fell on a train while enroute to Canada. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 17, 19f*> Mr. \and Mrs. Morris Clark spent the past two weeks in Hawaii^ Visiting their daughter, Ellen: The latter has been accepted into the Peace Corps and left Dec. 10 for Hong Kong and then on to Sabah State in Malaysia where she will be stationed for two years. The Community Methodist church is planning a live nativity scene to be displayed on the church lawn Dec. 22 and 23 from 7 to 9 p.m., as part of the Christmas observance at the church. Working on this arrangement are Edwin Wittrock and Donald Virgens of the worship commission. Twins, a boy and a girl, were born Dec. 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sundberg of McCullom Lake at the McHenry hospital. County history records the first white settler coming to this area in 1837. Three students representing McHenry high school will be members of the panel on the t e l e v i s i o n p r o g r a m "Academic" Saturday evening, Dec. 19.The students are Paul Liebman, Lynn Gallas and Vic Beck. The advisors were Miss FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 11, 1924) A number of friends tendered Mrs. Jack Walsh a very pleasant surprise at her home on Main street on Friday of last week, the occasion of her birth­ day anniversary. Those present were Mesdames C.W. Gibbs, George H. Johnson, Martha Page, W.F. Vogt, C.W. Stenger, A.I. Froehlich, William J. Welch, F A. Bolander and R.G. Chamberlin. Attorney A.H. Pouse of this city who recently assumed the office of state's attorney for McHenry county was tendered a banquet and presented with a gold star by about fifty of his friends at the McHenry house dining hall. Henry Degen has been successful in securing a tenant for his farm southwest of town and next spring with his wife will once more move into his home on John street in this city. Simon Stoffel, local in­ surance man, has established somewhat of a record for losses adjusted during the past eleven months and we doubt if there is another man or agency in McHenry county who can lay claim to as good or better record. During the period starting Jan. 1,1924, and ending Dec. 1, 1924, the McHenry man has adjusted claims amounting to a grand total of $19,400.35. The high school which has two glee clubs and the M.C.H.S. orchestra are planning on organizing a band. This band is to be composed of anyone who wants to play. At present the members are Mr. Koerner, cornet, Anna Popp, clarinet, Hubert Schoewer, trombone, Earl Conway, trombone, Charles Vycital, comet, Mrs. Talmadge, cornet, Harold Jepson, flute and Carl Weber, drums. The band will play at all the basketball games. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 13, 1934) With the arrival of winter and snow some of our residents are heeding the call of the sunn, southland and are planning to leave for Florida. Those leaving now are Mrs. Mary Carey and daughters, Evelyn and Florence; Dr. and Mrs. N.J. Nye and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cropley. Mrs. Albert Purvey is recovering from injuries received in the recent barn dance catastrophe and expects to be able to walk without crutches by the last of the week. Paul H. Schwerman has taken over the local Chevrolet agency and garage which will be known as Schwerman Chevrolet Sales Service. J.D. Lotz and Son Cleaners and Dyers are now located in their new location, corner of Green and Elm streets. The new 1935 license plates have arrived. They are bat­ tleship gray and blue numerals. McHenry escaped a blizzard that swept Chicago Monday causing suffering and blocked traffic. While the sun was shining in this vicinity more than 10 inches of snow fell in Chicago. Miss Elsie and Frances Vycital attended a Christmas party at the G.A. Parker home, Woodstock. Members of the Rockford club and of the "When garbage can ran generators and light up your home, ills not garbage anymore.' "In fact, when we use garbage in one of our generators, we won't even call it garbage!' Gene Bailey, engineer in charge of Commonwealth Edison's trash-burning project, turned from his desk for a moment, then swiveled back with a plastic bag full of strange-looking confetti. "This is prepared refuse! It's what's left of what you throw in your garbage can, after the city shreds it and extracts any metal that can be recycled!' In the trash-burning experi­ ment worked out between Commonwealth Edison and the City of Chicago, garbage will be collected as usual. Evepr day, a thousand tons of it will be shredded and filtered in the new $14 million plant being constructed by the City of Chicago. It is there that just plain garbage becomes "prepared refuse!' Then, early every morning, 700 tons of last night's leftovers will be sent through an air tunnel at a mile a minute to Commonwealth Edison's Crawford Station, where it will be burned in a mixture of 90% coal, 10% trash. This system is slated to start operation in the fall of 1975. Mr. Bailey estimates that during each year of operation this project will save 100,000 tons of coal--enough to provide electricity for 45,000 homes. "And instead of ending up as hundreds of acres of landfill, the trash can be put to work as a fuel that meets and beats the standards set by the Environ­ mental Protection Agency!' He put the plastic bag back in its place atop a stack of progress reports. "Some of my colleagues wonder how I can get so excited about burning trash. Well it's simple. This program will make use of a plentiful resource, save our countryside, and cut down on pollution. I happen to think it's one of the finest things I've ever been involved in!' SIXTH GRADE JUNIOR HIGH Montini students, winners of the eighth grade competition in mathematics at the McHenry Area Mathematics contest hosted by Harrison school Saturday, Nov. 23, are shown in top photo. From left, front row, they are Chris Pollock, Jill Schaefer and Bill Knor. In back are Ruth Marshall, Annette Brefeld, Angela Balchunas, Colleen Sweeney and Patti Pintozzi. In middle photo, front row! (Montini seventh graders) left to right, are Carrie Freund, Cindy Knox and Maureen Adams; in back, from left, Butch Pintozzi, Ron Waytula, Tim Sabatka, Chris Juzwik and Mary Nett. In bottom photo, (McHenry Junior high sixth graders) left to right, are Jim Wilkey, Dawn Ortman, Cindy Chappell, Barb Pintozzi, Becky Thompson (with trophy), Gabi Suhr, Linda Waller and Stephanie Allen. STAFF PHOTOS-BARBARA GILPIN 1975 Natidnal Feed Grain Allotment Told A 1975 National Feed Grain Allotment of 89 million acres - the same as for 1974 - was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The allotment represents the number of harvested acres of feed grains, based on the estimated national average yield, need to produce the quantity of feed grains (less imports) that will be used domestically and for export during the 1975-76 marketing year. Projected 1975 per bushel feed grain yields on which the allotment is based are 93.0 for corn, 60.0 for grain sorghum and 45.5 for barley. The allotment does not represent a limit on acreage but is com­ puted only for the purpose of distributing payments to producers should payments be required. The Department al%^, an­ nounced : The average loan rates in effect in 1974 for wheat and feed grains will be continued at the Maurie Taylor and Mrs. Karen Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Earl McAn­ drews were in Mundelein Tuesday evening to help his aunt, Mrs. Alice Keough, celebrate her 103rd birthday. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., has announced that W.T. Bischoff, Memory Terrace, McHenry, is the leading salesman in the nationwide marketing of the company's line of rubber sheet packings for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. Mr. Bischoff is associated with the Chicago district office of Raybestos-Manhattan and received his award from R.B. Hazard vice-president of sales. same levels for the 1975 crops. The present per bushel loan rates are $1.37 for wheat, $1.10 for corn, $1.05 for grain sorghum $1.88 per hun­ dredweight), $0 90 for barley, $.054 for oats and $9.89 for rye. There will be no loan programs for soybeans, dry edible beans, flaxseed, gum naval stores and honey, beginning with the 1975 crops. The department said little use has been made of the loan program for these permissive- support commodities in recent years because market prices are two to three times loan levels. Continuation of loan support on these commodities when not needed would require unnecessary administrative expenditure, the Department pointed out. Wheat and feed grain loans will no longer have identical maturity dates but will mature 12 months from the first day of the month in which the loan is made. This procedure should assure producers more flexibility in marketing crops under loan. A purchase program for honey for which price support is mandatory will continue to be available. Resale prices per bushel (not including carrying charges which vary) will be $2.36 for wheat, $1.59 for corn, $1.51 for grain sorghum ($2.70 per hundredweight) and $1.30 for barley. This established rate of resale will assure producers that Government-owned grain which may be acquired v ill not be used to drive market prices down to target levels. Oats and rye which do not have target prices will be resold at $0.78 and $1.28 per bushel average, respectively, plus carrying charges, which makes the resale prices comparable to those commodities which do have target prices. A resale policy on any honey acquired under the purchase program will be announced later. On April 11 the Department announced a 1975 National Wheat allotment of 53.5 million acres. The allotment does not represent a limit on the amount of wheat that may be planted. It is used solely to determine what payments would be made to wheat growers if the national average market price for wheat during July-November 1975 falls below $2.05 a bushel. The 1974 national wheat allotment was 55 million acres and farmers planted 70 million acres. Year End Tax Planning Tips Year end tax planning tips and alternative methods of cash leasing are the subjects to be covered at the University of Illinois Extension Service- sponsored meeting Dec. 11, 8 p.m. at the Farm bureau auditorium in Woodstock. Don Muehling, area adviser in Farm Management, and George Young, McHenry county Extension adviser with the University, will discuss steps farmers can take to in­ sure more income in the bank after taxes are paid. They also will discuss self adjusting cash land leases that are tied to market price of grain. Call Young at the Extension office for more details. One-seventh of the world's farmland is planted to wheat. It grows from the Arctic Zone to the equator, from sea level to 11,000 foot altitude, and has 15,000 known strains. Every day of the year, farmers, someplace on earth, are planting or harvesting wheat. Math Contest Winners EIGHTH GRADE MONTINI SEVENTH GRADE MONTINI Commonwealth Edison REPLACE BROKEN GLASS ( W,TH 9A?0P QUAUTY ACRYUC PLASTIC W* FLEX-O-GLAZE FTJ CLEAR LIKE GLASS, NON-YELLOWING, GUARANTEED SHATTER PROOF IN COMBINATION SCREEN & STORM. DOORS FLEX-O-GLAZE meets all rigid safety standards required by law. 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