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yooooocoooooonoooocoooobooopoooooooooooooocQ I Twice Told Tales reeooo aooi>u u ix>oooocoeoooonoi> oooooooooooot FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oc­ tober 14, 1926) Ten million dollars damage has been done to Illinois corn crop. Director Standard of the state department of agriculture has estmated. Of the three hundred million bushels estimated in the field above 30 percent is considered damaged by water to the extent of ten cents a bushel. This will total about $9,000,000. Fifty thousand acres of corn, it is estimated, have been totally destroyed. The week started out in a very promising manner for work on Route 20 and early Monday morning the pouring of cement was commenced to join the old slab on Sherman's hill. The rain on Thursday, however, put a stop to the cement work, making the ground so soft that it was im­ possible to get material in the mixer. The Christensen brothers, who have conducted the Rosedale Greenhouses for the past few years, left quite suddenly one day last week. George Moncur, well known florist of Woodstock, has taken over the concern from the owner, Mrs. Minnie Miller, and has placed in charge of the work Harry Anderson of Woodstock. Mr. Anderson expects to occupy the cottage on the river in a few weeks and says that they will continue to supply retail trade. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oc­ tober 15, 1936) Members of McHenry Post of the American Legion held their first meeting in their new hall Monday evening when in­ stallation of officers took place. About fifty members, including guests from Algonquin and Woodstock were present to enjoy the memorable occasion and to look over the new Legion home, which is a most spacious and comfortable one. Governor Henry Horner and other Democratic candidates for state offices will be the speakers at a meeting to be held in the Miller theatre, Woodstock, Saturday, Oct. 17. With the governor will be John Stelle, candidate for lieutenant- governor; Edward J. Hughes, candidate for secretary of state; John C. Marton, can­ didate for state treasurer; E.V. Champion, candidate for congressman-at-large; also McHenry county and district candidates. The Green Street Business Men's association are planning for a big Dollar Day sale to be put on Saturday of next week, Oct. 24. The advertising for this sales event will be found in next week's Plaindealer. It has been a long time since McHenry has had a Dollar Day. Now the merchants of Green Street have decided to sponsor another one with the date selected as mentioned above. From S.I.H. -- Rumor has it that John (Gabby) Dreymiller, the enterprising, wide-awake Centerville businessman, the pride of Hampshire, charter member of the Annanias club is, after years of painstaking efforts in his chosen vocation, about to lay away the lather, brush and razor, and take up the reigns of a new profession, that of constructing shelters for homeless pups. John built his first dog kennel last week and when completed he en­ countered some little difficulty in getting it out into the open, this was finally accomplished however, by tearing out part of the wall. The name of Dreymiller on a dog house means the same as the sterling mark on your silverware. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oc­ tober 18, 1951) From the time the first cheer sounded at Thursday evening's bon fire until the last couple had departed from the floor at the post-game dance Friday night, everything about the homecoming of 1951, was a huge success. Louise Barbier and Richard Fuhler were named queen and king. This fall the McHenry State Bank begins its forty-sixth year having first opened its door to the public forty-five years ago, Sept. 7, 1906. At that time the bank was located in the Brefeld building on the south side of Main street in West McHenry. The present building was erected in 1915. The original board of directors was com­ posed of Simon Stoffel, Frank H. Wattles, George R. Hanley, Parker S. Webster and Edwin L. Wagner. Carl W. Stenger served as cashier from the time of the opening until 1924. The question of the ad­ visability of one large hospital for McHenry county has been discussed throughout this area since last week's meeting of the board of supervisors when Supervisor Stanley Cornue of Hebron suggested that as a logical solution to the problem of inadequate hosptial facilities. A work shop in mental health, sponsored by the League of Woman Voters, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 o'clock in the home of Sara Ann Corbett, 204 Main street, McHenry. It is planned to have three or more sessions on this subject, where those attending will learn the problems of mental health in Illinois and what the state is doing through mental hosptials and mental hygiene clinics; also what individual citizens can do. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oc­ tober 20, 1966) In a small but decisive vote both city bond issues met with favor on Tuesday of this week. The $35,000 issue for traffic signal lights Jiad 223 yes votes and 71 opposed. In ward I the vote was 52 to 26 in favor; ward 2, $8 to 15; ward 3, 33 to 15; waid 4, 40 to 15. All wards also voted in favor of the storm sewer bond issue with a total yes votes of 205 and 90 no votes. Both projects will now swing inter action. The city will sell general obligation bonds on a bid basis in hopes of getting the lowest interest rate possible. The bond maturity dates have been scheduled to meet with present long term bonded in­ debtedness to avoid too heavy a load in any year. At the City Council meeting Monday night, Mayor Doherty announced the retirement of Police Chief Lemker, effective Nov. 1. Mayor Doherty, with Council approval, named Lt. Richard Clark to be chief of police and promoted Sgt. Kenneth Espey to lieutenant. These appointments will be effective Nov. 1. This past week on Tuesday, the McHenry cross country team dedicated their new Whispering Oaks course with a smashing victory over Lake Zurich, 15-50. The new two mile course located just west of the Crystal Lake blacktop was the scene of a disaster for the Lake Zurich Thinclads. The Dundee Cardunals edged the Warriors 18-16 as a blocked kick in the fourth period led the way to victory. Rainbow Cause A rainbow is caused by sunlight playing on water, usually rain, though mist from a waterfall or a garden sprinkler can create the same effect The sun's rays are refracted, or bent, as they enter the water drops. The light is broken up into the colors of the solar spectrum. The rainbow ac­ tually forms a complete circle, but the bottom half is cut off by the horizon Anthony's ( cUKJ furnishing mmJD Carpets • Furni ture • Wal lpaper 11 in \i.s /\ sio/<i REDUCED ( NOW I ILL Ot T I Kill) ( OMI'I III I'KOI I SSI<M.I/ l \ 11 l\l< )f\ hi Sl<; \ SI R\ 'l( I \ 1 N I 325 \ IR< .1M \ ( R> SI \L LAkt "TTT HI 5-459-321 1 Open 1/ h I I I V Jii-f), Siir I if-6, / //( s d- In V MbV O SJT 8? ¥ O Thursday, October 14Wthru Saturday Oct. 23rd Designer Wedding Gowns *25 to M00 AND UP VALUES TO $300.00 Bridat Veils • Mantillas Mother of the Wedding • Sample Bridesmaids Bridal Accessories • Special Occasion Gowns Long Half Slips • Peignoirs DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES SAVE UP TO 50% SPECIAL HOURS - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Regular Hours Through October 23 Adviser Says Flowing Grain Is Farmers' Foe Flowing grain in trucks, storage and holding bins claims the lives of farmers, farm employees and children every year. Most frequently these ac­ cidents involve a person at­ tempting to break up crusted grain which is blocking the flow. While doing so, he is sucked into the center of the flow cone. Within seconds he is completely buried and most ""efforts to free himself are fruitless. A six-inch unloading auger with a capacity of 1,000 bushels per hour can bury the entire human body within 22 seconds. Grain handling accidents also occur in wet holding bins which automatically feed into dryers. Children are usually ' victims when left in the box of a grain truck while it is being unloaded. The pull of the flowing grain on a youngster's body is amazingly strong. Too often children suffocate before they are discovered. Dust and mold from spoiled erain are other health hazards. Persons falling into grain or breaking through a crust breathe the toxic dusts and become ill. Following are guidelines to prevent grain handling ac­ cidents : -Install ladders in all bins. A rope, chain or pipe ladder hanging from the roof may also help save a life. -Don't enter a bin or truck which is being unloaded unless you stop the flow of grain first. -If you must enter a bin during unloading, use a rope and safety harness and keep two men outside the bin who can lift you out. -If you are trapped inside a flowing bin or silo, stay near the outside wall. Grain flow is slowest here. You can walk the bin down until the flow has stopped. - Use a breathing mask with disposable or washable filters when entering a bin of spoiled grain. Although there are no statistics on grain-handling accidents, research indicates that there are at least 100 ac­ cidents every year in the grainbelt. Soil Testing This is a basic crop management tool that allows you to take inventory of your soil's limestone, phosphorus and potash needs. It gives you a guideline to follow in your fertility program. Give me a call for proper sampling techniques. Lab cost for sampling a 40 acre field is approximately $15 and we suggest sampling a field once every four years. This figures out to about 9 cents per acre per year. Solar Energy Wayne McBride of Harvard, is remodeling his forced air grain drying system to utilize solar energy as a supplemental heat service. The walls and roof of an adjacent building or the walls of a drying bin make good solar collectors. Other alternatives that have proved successful in collecting solar energy include portable solar collectors constructed like the side of a barn, plastic bags and dual walls on the sides of bins. Wooden fence rows have also been converted to provide supplemental solar heat. A new Agricultural Engineering tips sheet. Processing No. 35, titled "Examples of Solar Collectors on Agricultural Structures," is available in our office. L'se Insulation To Reduce Fuel Costs With increased energy cost you may find it economical to increase your home's in­ sulation. Recommendations for a home in Illinois are for about 10 inches of insulation (R-30) in the ceiling, full insulation in the walls, about six inches (R-19) in floors over cold spaces, and storm sashes for all windows with more than 9 square feet of area. The resistance or "R" value of insulation is the measure of its ability to decrease heat flow. Although two insulations may be different thicknesses, they will perform equally well if the "R" numbers are the same. Materials with higher "R" values perform better. Soil Fungicide Plot Len Schultz of Woodstock will be helping the University of Illinois Plant Pathology department as they conduct research on preventing vegetable crop diseases. Cooperative Month And Pork Month October is Cooperative Month in Illinois and it is also Pork month. We wish these groups the best as they celebrate. McHenry counties 200 pork producers raise ap­ proximately 60,000 hogs a year. Agricultural cooperatives in the county are the McHenry county Farm bureau, Production Credit association, Federal Land Bank association, McHenry FS Inc., PAGE 19 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 19?« Solar Energy Fair Of Defenders This Weekend cell display Among other exhibitors will be Edward Hines Lumber Co. with its solar heat collector. The school playground will be the site of the exhibits' and working models, while small displays and informational materials will be available in the nearby gym. There will be no entrance fee to the fair, either for exhibitors or visitors. True Words Committees have be­ come so important that a subcommittee has to be appointed to do the work. -Gazette, Augusta, Kan. SOLAR NOW, the solar energy fair currently being organized by the McHenry County Defenders, will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16 and 17, at Parkland Junior high school in McHenry. The fair will focus attention on devices that can be obtained or constructed now, demon­ strating that utilization of direct or indirect solar energy is not something in the distant future. Originally intended to provide low-technology in­ formation aimed primarily at do-it-yourselfers, the fair has been opened to all exhibitors since a great deal of interest has been shown by manufac­ turers and suppliers of alternate energy devices. On Saturday evening at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. two architects will present slide lectures dealing with the uses of solar energy. They are Charles William Brubaker of Perkins and Will, and Robert I. Selby of RWA Ltd. Last fall, the Defenders sponsored an energy fair that focused on conservation, as well as renewable sources of energy. Attendance exceeded 2,000. Among the exhibitors were Northern Illinois Gas, Fermi National Laboratory, RESTING...Heavyweight Commonwealth Edison, and champ Muhammad Ali re- Argonne National Laboratory. laXes at his new apartment This year's exhibitors will j„ Cherry Hill. N.J., ap- again include Argonne with a parently unworried by his display of parabolic solar upcoming 9/28 title defense collectors, and M7, Inc.'s solar agafnst Ken Norton. Ali has moved back to New Jersey and Dunham and Chemung after having lelt the area lor Mutual Fire Insurance. several years. 0 (J) & R 'S ^tiidad 118 No. Benton in tl\C 338-1210 3 o U 00 REGULAR PRICE DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS... DUT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE The McHenry Plaindealer Order Your Subscription During This Special Offi TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS in Lake & McHenry Co. ONLY A 12 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION REG. 10.50 NOW ONLY Offer Good Month of October