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* FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 22, 1926) y , . William H. Althoff moved his hardware stock into his store in the new Justen building in West McHenry this week. The store building is a modern structure built on the same site as the building which was burned to the ground early in the Spring. The inside floor space is 1,679 square feet. One hundred and twenty-five road enthusiasts assembled at the Community high school auditorium in McHenry Tuesday evening of this week to discuss what action might be taken to expedite the building of Route 61 which is to run from Route 19 near Crystal Lake, to connect up with Wisconsin Route 12. This road is one of the $100,000,000 bond issue high­ ways. •) Scouts all over McHenry county are all excited over camp, which will be opened Sunday afternoon, July 25, at which time Harvard, Rich­ mond and Solon Mills arrive for the first week's round of good times. Every town and city in the county is going to send a good delegation of campers to take advantage of the fun and frolic this year's program has to offer. Contractor Merrick is making rapid plans for the completion of Route 20. At present he is moving his machines and otherl equipment from Everett rm., to McHenry.. He has rented Weber's hall as the lodging quarters for his crew while here. Another golf course and a $50,000 clubhouse is planned for the McHenry district, an­ nouncement of which was made in the Chicago Tribune last Sunday. It is to be located on the John S. Freund farm, about a half mile east of McHenry, a deal for the piece of land having recently been made through Ben Stilling & Son, local realtors. Lightning struck Buch's plumbing shop last Friday morning. The bolt appeared to come in along the telephone wires. It set the curtains on one window on fire and burned it up completely. No one was hurt by the bolt, although several were present in the shop at the time. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 2$, 1936) The celebration of •• com­ munity's birthday party in honor of ft century of growth and history will provide the occasion for McHenry's Cen­ tennial celebration which opens Friday, July 21, and extends through Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2, and promises to be the biggest celebration that this vicinity has ever witnessed. At least six newspapers in McHenry county will back the Republican ticket from top to bottom in the November election campaign. Editors of the county who openly stated that they were Republican from top to bottom and would use their newspaper columns to aid in electing the entire ticket this fall included M.F. Walsh, Harvard Herald; Albert L. Johnson, Richmond Gazette; Chas. F. Renich, Woodstock Daily Sentinel; Grant Mallory, Hebron Times, Ralph Boyle, Crystal Lake Herald and A.H. Mosher, McHenry Plaindealer. Centennial queen contestants include Jean Whiting, Ethel Granger, Jane Heimer, Vivian Whiting, Eleanor Sutton, Marguerite Johnson and Miriam Sayler. McHenry's newly organized ball team romped to an easy win over the Shamrocks in the first start of the season last Sunday shutting out the visitors completely while twenty runners crossed the plate in behalf of the McHenryites. "Spots" Thuflwell took the mound for McHenry, struck out the first five men to face him, then cbasted through to the fifth inning when southpaw Leo Freund took over the pitching duties. A couple hundred members of the East River Road Boosters club met in the Hickory Grange schoolhouse last Sunday to hear the road commissioner attempt to ex­ plain the deplorable condition ^of the roads. McHenry county has a total of 650 miles of gravel roads according to C.L. Tryon, county surveyor. In addition, there are about 150 miles of unimproved roads and 200 miles of concrete roads, r , TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the flies of July 26, 1951) McHenry will have two lovely Marine day queens Aug. 5, Barbara Simon and Nancy Siemon. The final decision on what to do as the result of Saturday's tie in the municipal election was decided at a dinner meeting at which members of both girls' spon­ soring organizations and representatives of the Businessmen association, whichis sponsoring the sum mer water carnival, were present. Last Saturday afternoon one of McHenry's real old-timers returned to the scenes of his childhood for a few brief hours to renew many pleasant memories of days lmg ago. Edwin W. Owen of Berkeley, Calif., visited at the Owen homestead near the grade school where he was born 90 years ago. Rev. Ft. Eugene Baumhofer, assistant pastor of St. Mary's church, left Wednesday for a tour of Europe. The pilgrimage is being sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of Illinois. Fr. Baumhofer and Ft. Clement Petit of Maytown, HI., were recently appointed by Bishop John J. Boylan of Rock- ford to assist Rt. Rev. Msgr. F.F. Connor, state Chaplain of the C.D. of A. under whose spiritual leadership the tour is being made. Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett has issued charters to several corporations including the Johnsburg Community club, organized for the general welfare of the community. Excitement reigns not only in McHenry, where two Marine day queens were elected last Saturday, but also throughout the county where the junior fair got off to a fine start today, Thursday. This was Future Farmers of America Day and judging was scheduled for all morning and most of the af­ ternoon. Twenty-seven Boy Scouts of Troop No. 162, McHenry, with Fred Wirtz as their driver, left early this week for Camp Lowden for a week's outing. They were accompanied by Alex Wirfs, and family, Scout Jack Wirtz, William Brooks and fapnily and Lawrence Anderson and family. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the flies of July 28, 1966) McHenry Community high school will send its first student abroad to study under the American Field Service program next month. She is 17- year-old Lynn Krebs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Krebs, who learned from AFS headquarters in New York last Friday that she had been selected for a year of study abroad. * Thomas Birmingham, past commander of the Legion Post 491, and Mary Einspar, past president of the auxiliary, were installing officers when Evelyn and Frank Ficek took over their duties as president and commander of the auxiliary and post, respectively, for the year ahead. It is only the second time in local Legion history that a husband and wife team have headed the two groups in the same year. A farm fire which resulted in damage estimated between $25,000 and $30,000 destroyed one building, a large quantity of new hay and much valuable machinery last Sunday af­ ternoon on the George Blake farm at 3018 N. Richmond raod, McHenry. A pert, dark blonde, grey eyed little miss from Island Lake was declared Little Miss Peanut last Monday evening in the annual contest sponsored by the McHenry Kiwanis club. Claudia Gray topped a field of thirty-five pretty contestants in very close competition. The McHenry County League All Stars yrtll take on the Johnsburg Tigers, 1965 league champions, at Johnsburg. There was a lot of interest shown by the players and managers in choosing the all stars this year. Undo- the new policy of the board of High School District 156 established the past year granting sabbatical leaves, Miss Maurie Taylor has been granted a year in which to pursue research and writing. A faculty member for many years in the local high school, Miss Taylor has taught French, headed the language depart­ ment and directed the language laboratory, in addition to counseling duties. On June 11, 1778, bands of residents roamed the streets of New York at­ tacking suspected tories. The Provincial Congress condemned these acts though they rationalized that "a real regard to liber­ ty" caused this mob be­ havior. The Provincial gress also instructed delegation in Phlladelphii they were not authorized "to give the sense of this Colony on the question of declaring it to be, and con­ tinue, an independent "Educate For Safety" Jdly Farm Week Theme The week of July 25-31 has been proclaimed National Farm Safety week by President Ford. The theme of this year's observance sponsored by the National Safety Council (NSC), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is "Educate for Safety." This marks the thirty-third con­ secutive observance of an annual safety event that began during World War II in an effort to promote safety con­ sciousness and reduce costly accidents that cut agricultural productivity. Accidents in 1975 claimed the lives of approximately 5,500 farm residents and caused about 500,000 disabling injuries, according to the National Safety Council. More than half of the deaths occurred on motor vehicle accidents. About one- fourth of the deaths and 140,000 disabling injuries were caused by farm work accident!. The cost of farm accidents, in­ cluding farm fires, is estimated at 83 billion annually. Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz said: "American farmers pride themselves in being safety-minded and safety-motivated. They are both the teachers and the taught. They are the parties at risk when accidents occur and they know it. , "Agricultural safety education involves person to person training ' in a work situation. It requires a teacher aware of hazards and an at­ tentive learner to whom example is more effective than written text. Safety education pays off by preventing human suffering and economic loss. The best instruction, however, is meaningless unless farmers, ranchers, their families and employees remain constantly alert and use good judgment on the job." A recent one-year survey conducted by the National Safety Council in fifteen heavily agricultural states, showed an estimated 204,000 injuries to farm workers, residents, and visitors in those areas. Farm machinery was involved in the greatest number of injuries (22 per­ cent), followed by animals (13 percent), hand tools (8 per­ cent), and power tools (5 percent). "It is evident that we still have a long way to go in educating people how to use farm tools, machinery, and equipment safely," the NSC saidT Farmers and ranchers are urged to train their workers- both family and employed. Show them how to do each job safely. Supervise them until they can manage the work with competence and safety. Read safety articles and items in publications. Read and heed instruction manuals and product labels. Education today can prevent accidents tomorrow. You And Your Pet FINPTHE LETTEfcS IN THIS PICTURE THAf5PeiX PRESIDENT fOUV (By Robert L. Stear, D.V.M.) An ptimated sixty percent of all American families today own pets. That's roughly 100 million dogs and cats, 22 million birds and 8 million horses. Little wonder that this column is read with special interest by millions of pet owners across the country! We offer "You and Your Pet" as a basic guide to the health and well-being of family pets everywhere. We try to keep technical details and medical phraseology at a minimum and concentrate on subjects that everyone can understand: keeping a pet well-fed ... problem behavior ... pet ailments and diseases ... good grooming ... breeding guidelines ... and even some observations on the particular value of pet companionship to children and older persons. We do not intend for readers to use the pet health column for diagnosis and treatment. We aim to help you recognize symptoms and to guide you in knowing when to get your pet to your .veterinarian. Allergies, intestinal parasites, eye disorders, inherited defects and PAGE 21 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JULY 7t1976 adjusted pet is what this column is all about. Whether it's selecting a bird, training a dog, or caring for an aging cat, we have some basic and easy- to-follow advice on every aspect of pet ownership for you to read. so forth - your veterinarian is able to give better treatment when such problems are brought to him during the earliest stages. If your pet must be hospitalized with a serious illness or injury, we tell you what to expect' during the hospital stay. Animal patients today are treated, both medically and surgically, similar to humans. Their condition is evaluated through the use of blood tests, urinalysis, chemical tests and x-rays. Treatment often con­ sists of blood and fluid tran­ sfusions, antibiotics, vaccines, physical therapy and surgical procedures identical to those used in man.. We've seen tremendous strides made in veterinary research in recent years, with the result that animals once considered in hopeless con­ dition, are now being saved routinely in veterinary hospitals. However, it's up to you to see that your pet has proper care, exercise and grooming day by day. And helping you to raise a healthy, happy and well- (Dr. Stear regrets that he is unable to personally answer letters from pet owners. He suggests that readers consult their own veterinarians when their pets have problems). HEALTH BOARD VACANCY Due to a resignation, the Health and Agriculture com­ mittee of the McHenry County board is accepting applications from interested dentists for a vacancy on the McHenry County Board of Health, the term to expire July 1, 1978. Applications are available from and should be returned to the secretary of the McHenry County board, McHenry county courthouse, Route 47, Wood­ stock, 60098. Is the pen really mightier than the sword? Scholars say that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death with the pointed metal styluses that Roman senators used to write onward slates. 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