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Ex woeeooooeeoeoooooe wice FIFTY YEARS AGQ (Taken from the files of December 2, 1926) The business section of McHenry was threatened with destruction for a time Sunday night by a spectacular fire that destroyed the McHenry bakery witti an estimated total loss of $20,000. The building was owned by Walter Carey. The fire broke out early in the evening and spread rapidly and "Centerville", as that section of the city is commonly called, would have been completely wiped out by the flames if it had not been for the quick action of the McHenry fire department. The heroic and efficient manner in which the firemen and other volunteers fought the fire called forth many words of praise from the onlookers and grateful words of thanks from those who were threatened by the flames. Five yOung men, four from McHenry and one from near Greenwood, had a miraculous escape from death or serious injury Sunday evening while riding in a Dodge touring car from Woodstock to McHenry. They are Carl Weber,owner and driver, Paul Patske, Herman Kreutzer, George Thurwell and Hadley Thomp­ son, the latter from Green­ wood. The quintet had gone to the county seat intending to go to the movie show. While waiting for the second show they heard the alarm of fire and, on discovering that the blaze was in McHenry, im­ mediately started for their home town. Driving at a speed of between 50 and 55 miles per hour, they were approaching the end of the pavement near Sherman's hill, when one of the front tires blew out, causing the car to swerve and become unmanageable. The car skidded and ended upside down in a ditch. Fortunately everyone of the Ave escaped with hardly a scratch. Fred Kamholz has moved his barber shop from the Mat Laures building on Main street to the rear of the Henry Heimer building on the same street. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 3, 1936) "The Grade Tribune" is the name of a new newspaper in McHenry, issued by pupils of the eighth grade as a project in their study of English and Literature. The Thanksgiving issue of the Grade Tribune appeared on Wednesday of last week when about sixty copies were issued to members of the seventh and eighth grades, teachers and others. The . editing of the paper, which is purely an eighth grade project supervised by the teacher of the eighth grade and principal of the grade school, M.L. Schoenholtz, is the result of several weeks of planning and preparation and is an ac­ complishment of which the students may be proud. Members of the editing staff are: Erwin Laures, editor-in- chief; Betty Engeln, assistant editor; Peggy Schaefer and Cynthia Erickson, hec- tographers; Betty Nielsen and Eleanor Pries, typists and Donald Howard, cartoonist. Since it was opened not so many months ago, the McHenry Public Library has gained in popularity steadily until it may now be considered as one of the most outstanding public benefits of this city. The library which is sponsored by the Mothers Club and located in the Community high school, is open on Friday of every week when an average of more than 100 books are loaned weekly. The annual roll call of the American Red Cross in McHenry has been completed with a total of $211.05 having been collected by the workers. This is the largest amount collected in McHenry for several years and James Walsh, chairman of the roll call, is to be complimented upon his great success. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 6, 1951) Two programs with a holiday theme will be held in McHenry next Sunday, Dec. 9, the first to occur at 3 o'clock in the af­ ternoon in the high school auditorium, sponsored by St. Mary's-St. Patrick's school P.T.A. The attractive title is "A Christmas Dream". The second of next Sunday's programs in a holiday mood is the choral concert to be presented by the various choral groups of the high school. The program will be held in the auditorium with 160 student vocalists taking part. Ringwall Farms in their first showing at the recent in­ ternational Live Stock show held at Chicago won first prize with their twelve-month old bull calf, "Ringwood Illustrious", he later sold for $2,000 to Johnson brothers of Exira, la. The McHenry Warriors gained their first conference victory by beating Burlington 43-37 last Friday night. A large home crowd was present to watch Coach Fulton's boys play fine team ball. A big addition to the Warriors was big Ron Ford who sure scored rebounds when it counted. Impressive ceremonies marked the installation of newly elected officers of the local chapter O.E.S. last Saturday evening in the Masonic hall. The retiring matron, Elizabeth Bohr, and Dr. Milton Smith a past patron, welcomed the guests in a room attractively decorated in the O.E.S. colors of red and white. Newly installed matron was Alice Hoeft. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 8, 1966) Early this week, Post 591 of the American Legion added the latest chapter to its long and proud recorded history in McHenry \vhen members moved into their new home on Ringwood road, north of Rt. 120. It was their third home since organization of the pdfct in 1920. Thomas E. Gausden, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Gausden of 905 N. Allen avenue, McHenry, is one of ten Boy Scouts and Explorers approved to attend the XII World Jamboree as representatives of the Blackhawk area council ac­ cording to an announcement made this week. The World Jamboree will be held at Farragut State park, Idaho, from Aug. 1 to 9, the first time the Boy Scouts organization has served as host to this type of world-wide encampment. Bids have just gone out for the three-storied McHenry Community high school to be built on Crystal Lake road in McHenry. The library-centered high school, designed by Fridstein & Fritch, Chicago architectural firih, will be built in two phases. The unique plan has the library as the focus of the school, located on the second and third floors in the center of the structure. Classrooms completely circle the library on both floors and feed directly into it. First Lt. Mark A. Vycital arrived home recently and surprised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Vycital, who hadn't expected to see him until 1969. He and his crew flew a C130 cargo plane to "St. Petersburg, Fla., from Okinawa for an overhauling, --permitting the young ser­ viceman to come home. He remained over Thanksgiving and left Nov. 28 when he took another plane on the return trip to Okinawa. 9CONSUMER GUIDELINES If you know that your child has swallowed un- prescribed medicine or some household chemical, don't wait to see what effect it may have. Contact your doctor or poison control center immediately. The center or your doctor will tell you what to do until professional aid is ren­ dered. CALLING COLLEEN: Father's Friend Is Obnoxious PAGE 21-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1976 Highway Conditions Available From Police BY COLLEEN DUDGEON obnoxious This man- ART IN EXHIBIT-Mrs. James Quinn, left, of Harbor Point drive, Chicago, discusses the drawings of Bob Lossmann at a special showing of the works of young Chicago area artists at the Roy Boyd Gallery, 233 East Ontario street, Chicago. Lossmann, one of ten artists exhibiting, is a graduate of the College of Lake County and Northern Illinois university, lie resides in McHenry. The showing will continue through Dec 2. "7*~ Insight THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY By Larry Swaim Man hat many basic desires. No desire is more universal than the desire for happiness and security. Instinctively, man tries to avoid the unexpected and uncertain; especailly as man grows older he tends to seek familiar places and familiar activities, and to avoid that which is new and untried. Hie old and familiar have great security. Throughout the ages men have placed their security in various sources! Some have placed security and money in material possessions. Such was the case of the rich man w h o s e e m i n g l y h a d everything. His story is recorded in Luke 12:16-21. To paraphrase the parable, his b a n k b a l a n c e w a s tremendous, his home was paid for, his landholdings were many, and he thought he had everything. He said, "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry. But God said unto him, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Luke 12: 19-21. Our Lord said, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, whan moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal." Matthew 6:19-20. Jesus also taught, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever." I John 11:16-17. It is this last promise of Jesus that, I believe, is most meaningful and in which we find true security. John 14:1-3, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you into myself; that where I am, there ye may be Livestock Mineral Sale per ton WE'RE TAKING ANY SIZE ORDERS NOW FOR DELIVERY OF A SEMI LOAD OF FS MINERALS IN EARLY JANUARY. PLACE YOUR ODER NOW AND SAVE ON ALL YOU MINERAL NEEDS THIS SPRING! McHENRY FS Woodstock McHenry Bkhom, Wise. Marengo Huntley also." John 14:1-3. The only true security in life comes when we are living ina proper relationship with God through Jesus. Rinse-added fabric softeners should be used only in the final rinse and never with soap, detergent, bleach, bluing or packaged water conditioners. These laundry aids neutralize chemicals in the fabric softeners, leaving a sticky white residue on clothes. At times, this is mis­ taken for lint. I don't want to hurt my fathers' feelings, but one of his best friends is the most man I have ever met. has gone so far as to suggest that we go out and have a good time. Of course, he's married and his wife is also great friends with my mother. They always come over to our house for dinner or just to visit. I live at home and attend college nearby to save money. This man will corner me in the kitchen when nobody else is around and start his awful flirt­ ing. It's really disgusting when he pinches my leg under the table with his wife sitting right next to Km. I don't want to tell my father because this would make him very, very mad. They have been friends forever and I know if I squealed it would be the end of a long relationship. However, I can't think of any way to get this man off my back -- I'm quite rude to him when he makes these advances but nothing I say will stop his annoying remarks. TURNED OFF Dear Turned Off: Maybe your father's friend is trying to be cute by asking you out and flirting around But if it seems like his in­ tentions are not only in fun (some- people have weird ideas of what "fun" is)\ien tell him if his behavior doesn't improve you plan to tell your father. This will probably scare him into acting more like a gentlemen in your presence. And if at all possible, try to slip away from your house over to the student union or a friends place when you know he's coming for dinner I'm 25 years old and 1 can't wait to meet a man. fall in love, and have a family. The only problem is I'm overweight (180 lbs.) and no man will even give me a chance My friends are always trying to fix me up with eligible bachelors, but once they see me it's all over. I try to dress nicely and be friendly but my weight turns men off completely. Yes, I've tried to diet and exer­ cise but as soon as I take it off. it reappears. I also get very de­ pressed when I never go out so the refrigerator is my best friend. How can I convince people that fat women are lovable too? HEAVY AND MANLESS Illinois highway condition information is available to the public from special weather phones installed in state police d i s t r i c t h e a d q u a r t e r s throughout Illinois. The service is offered from Nov. 1 through April 15 of each year. The prerecorded report is updated daily at 5 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. -- more frequently if conditions change. These weather phones were installed to provide motorists with accurate information about highway conditions, and at the same time, keep regular police telephone lines open for emergeny calls. The telephone Dear Heavy: Stop feeling sorry for yourself. When there are countless ways to get rid of that extra weight successfully, the last thing you should do is look for excuses that will prevent weight loss. Go see your doctor and start now on a weight reducing plan. You'll feel better about yourself and then maybe you'll get more than a refrigerator as a com­ panion. I'll agree that fat women can be lovable -- but "thin is in" and you'll be out forever if you don't quit eating. (If you would like Colleen s comments on your particular situation or problem write COLLEEN. Box639 Frankfort. Ky 40601 ) number for the area of Lake, Kane, McHenry, DeKalb and DuPage counties is 312 742-7642. Persons wishing specific in­ formation about the Cook county area may call 312 827- 7101. During holiday periods, the Illinois state police will be providing weather and road condition reports to police departments having computer terminals. If motorists find the state police weather phone lines busy, they may call the local police departments to secure the information. If conditions warrant, reports from the surrounding states of Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota are included in these reports. Dry Ice Helps If you need to pack frozen food or just keep a picnic lunch from spoiling, dry ice will keep it really cold. Dry ice changes directly from its solid form to a gas -- without becoming liquid -- so you have none of the mess you might have with melt­ ing ice. Remember to keep it at the top of your ice chest so its cooling gases can flow down. Never keep dry ice in an air-tight container -- it could explode. V\< INK .( >VXI KY BELLRINGER SALE SALE ENDS SATURDAY, DEC. 4th Good times ahead. Our After-5 fashions are ready and waiting. Juniors 'Misses * Half-sizes The Gala After-5 collection is our special way of easing you into the holiday spirit. 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