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IWtiE II BUYS RESERVE CHAMPION-Jim Marinangle, vice-president of the McHenry Savings and Loan association, purchased the Reserve Champion pair shown and raised by Keith Guenther, Woodstock. The hog was purchased for $1.00 a pound and will be donated to Valley Hi Nursing jiome. From left are Marinangle, Guenther and Barbara Tymec, 1975 Miss McHenry County. (Don Peasley Photography by Kaaren Dodge) Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 6, 1925) Joe Harres, owner of the C.B. Durkee farm at Ostend, was successful in getting a good supply of water after drilling 116 feet Kent and Green, realtors of McHenry, announce the opening of a new office at Genoa CiLy, Wis. Office quarters will be in the large hotel building on the state high­ way going to Lake Geneva. The officers of the Parent- Teachers association are desirous of appropriating the sum of $25 toward the piano fund of the McHenry Com­ munity high school. If there are any members not in favor of this notify Mrs. Jack Walsh, president. Mrs. Julius Keg and Mrs. Albert Purvey will entertain the members of the social Wheel at the home of Mrs. Keg on Elgin road. Have you tried one of those famous chocolate sodas made with Hershey's chocolate at Bolger's Fountain. Plans are under way for a big homecoming celebration to be held in McHenry Sept. 5, 6 and 7. Miss Jeanne Powers, daughter of Mrs. Mary S. Powers, entertained her cousins and a number of friends at a birthday party Friday. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 8, 1935) The eightieth milestone in the life of George W. Owen of Elgin was celebrated by members of his family who honored him at a reunion held in the old Owen homestead at McHenry. The ladies of the Methodist church will serve a Swiss steak dinner at the church August 15. Sealed proposals for the construction of a sewage treatment plant, pipe lines and other appurtenances for the ^i"ity of McHenry were received by the city until August 2 when they were read Friday af­ ternoon at the city hall. William Pries, proprietor of the Central Market received serious injury to his right hand when he cut it on a steak knife. Five stitches were taken in the injured hand, three stitches in the middle finger and two stitches in the first finger. Plans are being made by the business men of McHenry for the boat races on Fox River to be held Aug. 11 and Labor Day Sept. 2. Four big races are scheduled to start between the McHenry bridges. John Karls will put on his annual party for the kids Friday afternoon when all the youngsters who come to his restaurant on Riverside drive between 2 and 2:30 p.m. will be given a free ice cream cone. A group of friends gathered in the home of Agnes Steffes last Sunday evening where Miss Steffes and Augustine M. Freund gave a surprise party for Berniece Weber and Ber­ nard H. Freund. The honored couple will be married this month. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 17, 1950) Revival of the Little German A-l HEARING AID SERVICE ,, Free Loaners-Complete Service on all Makes Custom Earmolds-30 Day Trial on New Aids Try Before You Buy! Maico-Zenith-Radio Ear Qualitone ROBL STENSLAND & ASSOC. 3937 W. Main St. 385-7661 Behind-the-ear AID Reg. $239 *199 Wrong Name A soldier in the army of the Duke of Marlborough once took the name of that general for his own. The Duke reprimanded the errant warrior who defended himself resolutely: "I am not to blame. General. I did the best I could. If I could have found a more illustrious name than yours I would have used it." FORMAL WEAR RENTAL for ALL OCCASIONS & Stat 1214 N. Green St., McHenry View Freedom Train As "Opening Hearts, Eyes" Band which started twenty years ago set many people to reminiscing especially since it occurred on Marine Day. Prominent in the first band as today were the Vycital brothers, Charles, Harold and Richard, and the Schaefer team composed of Henry, the director, and Stanley, his son, on the baritone. Other mem­ bers included Eugene Sayler and Melvin Belcher, the latter of Woodstock. The first ap­ pearance of the Little German Band formed about 1930 was before the community club of Johnsburg. Other appearances included concerts at Mooseheart, Elgin state hospital. Round Lake, Volo, Spring Grove and Johnsburg church picnics. Observing her eighty-second birthday anniversary August 15 was Mrs. John J. Sullivan, a resident of Woodstock for many years and now residing with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Yegge. Sgt. James McCulla of Park street, Cpl. William W. Hecht of McCullom Lake, and Sgt. Laurence W. Haug of Shalimar are spending a fifteen day encampment period at Camp McCoy, Wis., with the forty- fourth infantry division of the Illinois National guard. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buckner and daughter, Nancy, are spending two weeks with relatives in Carrier Mills, 111. They will return home Aug. 20, so that he may complete preparations for the opening of the high school. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 12, 1965) David Burton, McHenry, high school faculty member, was one of two men credited with saving the life of a St. Charles woman who narrowly escaped burning to death Sunday evening. Daniel M. Johnson of Pistakee Highlands has been named "Amvet of the year 1965" in McHenry and awarded a trophy in recognition of the honor. Presentation was made at the recent dedication and installation of officers of Eugene M. Weideman Post No. 260. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehredt will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their farm home near Volo. Masonic funeral services were conducted by McHenry Lodge No. 158 A.F.&A.M. Saturday morning for C. Stuart Rode, 78, of Riverside drive, McHenry Shores. Mr. Rode died on Aug. 4 of an apparent heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tonyan announce the birth of a daughter, Aug. 2, at McHenry hospital. The August meeting of McHenry Barracks No. 1315 of the Veterans of World War I was held Aug. 5. Commander Pat Owen and his wife, Reba, were the hosts for this outdoor dinner meeting at their home on Country Club drive. (by Father William O. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church. Episcopal, Kenil worth) By 7:30 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 6, Mrs. Hanner and I were down in Crystal Lake standing in line for the Freedom Train. The line was only about a block long, which isn't much for this event. The line moves rapidly. It was good discipline to be on hand early. We were disciplined by the exuberance of several of our younger citizens just in front of us in the line where brother and sister bickered and teased each other. Behind us were Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Adam of 222 Pomeroy, Crystal Lake. These good people are of German ancestry. He was born of German parents in America, she immigrated from the same land in her teens. It was a rich experience to eye the native siblings ahead of us and visit with the solid citizens behind us. The train opened at 8 a.m. right on the button. We were inside in a few moments. Ahead of us lay the exhibits that have been praised and found fault with by sundry columnists- lauded and pulled apart; ex­ tolled and run down; praised and berated; here it was. Each of the twelve cars takes a different aspect of our national life. There is no way to do justice to it all; some will like it; some will find fault. One car dwelt on the beginnings of our nation, another on Indians, ̂ another on the life drawn from im­ migration abroad, another on sports, inventions, labor, business, the professions, performing arts, race relations hut I saw nothing about the struggle for the West, Louis and Clark nor the work of the churches. Why? As anyone can plainly see you can't get everything in. There was not enough, time. A moving aisle (separate for each car > took you along. There was no way to stop and look, but you didn't have to peek over some one else's shoulder and no one pushed you from behind blowing last night's garlic or beer breath in your face. We were out at 8:25. Our time on the train had been a little short of twenty minutes. Some one said they wanted more time. Yes. I would have loved to linger. However, it was a fine lesson in Americanism and the idea of each one getting exactly the same time as every other person appealed to me. Old &nd young, pensioner and worker, man and woman, junior high school and earned PhD, black or white (or oriental» each got his eighteen minutes (this is about the time). It was a good teaching. Would God each American.got the same equal opportunity in •everything in all his life. The train has covered the northeast portion of the U.S. It is to continue on the road till December. 1976. By this time it will have covered the whole of the country. This venture was boldy conceived. It took work, brains and money to get the show on the road It cannot help but do good. It cannot help but pull our land together. This is valuable. This is a national asset. ' How little we know of our history, how little of ocur resources, our opportunities, our fellow citizens. How great is this land, how wasted and dedicated to accumulation of this and that its people. How shallow its trust and faith in some quarters are. A war gets us all pulling together -- a Freedom Train won't do this but it may help - it may ^pen a few more hearts and eyes and minds and this would indeed be a blessing Irom God. We started back home. I got to thinking. That day - August the sixth - is the Christian Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord (we went to church, I try not to miss on Transfiguration) and thirty years before, to the day, the first atomic bomb was dropped. * * * * Helping o thers in the bat t le of l i fe i s jus t as heroic as rescuingthe v ic­ t ims of misfor tunes . Defenders,} St. Paul Church Aid Recycling Due to the depressed market for steel, the recycling plants are less interested in bi metal cans. Bi-metal cans are the pull top beverage cans that many soft drinks, beer, and some fruit juicies come in. Only the sides and bottoms are steel and the tops are aluminum Consequently, at McHenry's recycling drives the bi-metal cans must now be separated from the all-steel and all aluminum cans. This causes additional problems and work for the recyclers the day of the drive. Because of this and because of lack of space of storage, unflattened cans of any sort will not be accepted. As they have done in the past, the McHenry County Defenders encourage everyone to buy their beverages in returnable bottles, A returnable bottle has an average life of nineteen trips to the store compared with the one trip pollution problems of ck non-returnable bottle or can* St. Paul's church will be worked along with the McHenry Countv Defenders Julie Cepulis Trains For AKC Licensed Judge It 's a dog's life if he's obedient at the Illinois State Fair 's Dog Obedience show. Aug. 14. If he listens to his master's commands to sit, heel, retrieve «and drop, he could win a portion of the $702 in premiums offered by the fair. Starting at 8:30 a.m., about 225 dogs will perform for judges and spectators in the South show areija at the Junior Livestock building. To handle the growing interest and participation in the dog show, a third performance has been added to the arena this year. The new American Kennel club, (AKC) rules will be used in the judging. There will be two r j\KC-licensed judges. Charles Bradshaw of Midlothian and John Hasiber of Des Plaines. Also judging will be Julie Cepulis of McHenry, who is training to be an AKC- licensed judge. The Dog Obedience show will be divided into seven classes. The highest scoring dog in the novice, graduate novice or open class will be the Grand Champion in Dog Obedience. The Klover K-9 4-H club of Will county will provide twelve trophies to winners in the show. The trophy for the highest scoring poodle in each class will be donated by a "Friend of WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13,1975 Saturday. Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on this month's recycling drive. Bundled opaper, magazines, and card­ board; flattened all steel, bi­ metal, and aluminum cans with paper lables removed; and clean clear, green, and brown glass with all metal and plastic removed, will be received by workers that day and moved on to the next step toward being recycled. It is a credit to all McHenry citizens cooperating in these drives that close to 1 million pounds (500 ton) of paper products alone have been recycled since these drives began. Anyone having any questions regarding preparation of materials, etc., should call the McHenry County Defenders representative at 385-8512. 4-H". Kankakee Valley Dog Training club will provide a trophy for the hjghest scoring Sheltie. "GOOD W0 from the Bible if any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: be he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? Corinthians 3 1 5 - 1 6 3-DAY FREEZER SALE Freeze more, save more 16-cu.ft. upright gives you plenty of room on shelves and in door. Safety lock with key secures door, keeps food locked in, children out. Roomy 20-cu.ft. chest holds so much that you can cut shopping trips. 1 Handy lift-out basket keeps small packages in easy reach, organized. ROOMY 16-cu.ft. 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