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SECTION 2 - P-WiK > |>l MNDRAIDR a&a^siriaB^^jiTMWMw Twice INCLUDES FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours Includes the Hits Co\bur Own Way, Dreams and Don! Stop FIFTY V fcARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 15. 1927) Attorney V S. Lumley, for­ mer state's attorney of McHenry county, was named state's attorney to fill the vacancy in the office previously held by A H. Pouse. The ap­ pointment was made at the regular December meeting of the board of supervisors held Monday at the courthouse. The office was declared vacant Monday when Supervisor William White of Hartland made a motion to declare it so. The motion was unanimously passed A new McHenry Athletic club is being formed. A meeting was held at the high school Tuesday evening of this week and the decision made to form an organization to cover all forms of athletics, such as basketball, volleyball, etc The board of supervisors in its regular session Monday selected the new grand jury. Earl Monear and W.B. Tonyan • were chosen from McHenry and J.J. Freund from Burton. Another big boxing show is scheduled for the Polly Prim pavilion this evening, with an all-star Joe Coffey card, under the auspices of the Polly Prim Athletic association. Two McHenry county boys will be on the card. * * £ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * t ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * t ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1»77 Coach Reed's boys scored so many points last Friday night against Marengo that even the scorekeepers couldn't be too sure aboilt the final count. The score board at the gym said 'hat McHenry won 70 to 17. The score books say McHenry won 73 to 17. of FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files December 16, 1937) Floyd Covalt, Jr., and William Pries, Jr., arrived home Thursday night from a 9,000-mile trip to New Mexico and the West Coast. Leaving McHenry Oct. 26 in Covalt's '37 Chevrolet coupe with virhich they pulled a sleeping trailer which they had made them­ selves in preparation for the trip, the two young men followed the southern route to Texas and New Mexico. C.F. Renich, editor of the Woodstock Sentinel and owner of the McHenry Plaindealer, is already sporting his 1938 state automobile ' license. The number 611 has appeared on the Renich car since 1914. Another old landmark disappeared when the blacksmith shop on the Fred Beller property at the corner of Green and Waukegan streets, was torn down during the past week in an effort to improve and beautify the location. McHenry is in holiday attire with festoons of colored lights ornamenting the streets of the shopping districts and stores and business places decorated for the Christmas season, with enlarged stocks attracting shoppers who are invited to do their Christmas shopping in their home town. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 26, 1952) - The gay spirit of the holiday season was marred for the Wayne Sherwin family of Woodstock last week when their 3-year-old daughter, Davona Lea, was fatally burned after her clothing had come in contact with a lighted . Christmas candle. The accident occurred in mid-afternoon as Davona and her 4-year-old brother, Sidney Allen, sat playing on the floor. Their mother sat watching them only a few feet away. Two Christ­ mas candles had been placed in two separate dishes on the floor whe$fe the children played and in some manner one caught the dress of the little girl as she came too close to it. She was severely burned on the face and upper body. Herbert Ficken, husband of the former Clarice Schaefer, has returned from a year's service in Korea and probably no other person in McHenry will spend a happier holiday. He will be discharged from the service in the near future. The McHenry wrestling team played host to the Zion-Benton team last Thursday and lost a match that, with an even break, the tables could have been turned. Hughes, Krickl and Mercure are still in the un­ defeated class. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 20, 1967) Two male robbers gained entry to the Sam Shackleford residence at 618 Hill road in Kent Acres, McHenry, about 9:30 Monday night, and made away with $20,000 in $100 bills and $600 in other currency and coins, plus an undetermined amount of Kennedy fifty-cent pieces. The intruders gained entrance by posing as deputy sheriffs and telling Mrs. Shackleford they had in­ formation about her husband. The'State of Illinois Appellate Court Second district has af­ firmed the determination of the Circuit court of McHenry county in the case of the Hugh Lockers and Herman Scholles versus the city of McHenry. The latest ruling would permit the plaintiffs' property to be used for an auto service station as requested. The property in question is a parcel of about 28.000 square feet located on the southwest corner of Elm and Third streets. The voting public in McHenry school districts split their opinion on the expenditure of money for school needs when they approved one referendum and rejected another last Saturday. The request of the board of District 156 for $550,000 for approval of bonds to complete the building and equip the new high school on the Crystal Lake blacktop was approved by a vote of 907 to 806. The . larger referendum requests of District 15 for $2,000,000 for a three-phase program lost by only forty-one votes. The tally was 645 op­ posed and 604 in favor. I COURTBMEFS I Meetings that will be held in the McHenry • County Courthouse include: Dec, 13 - Legislative committee of the McHenry County Board, 9:30 a.m.; Health and Agriculture committee, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 14 -- Liquor and License committee, 9:30 a.m.; Purchasing committee, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 15 - Finance committee, 9:15 a.m. Dec. 16 - Zoning committee, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 19 - Transportation committee, 9:30 a.m. Unemployment Statistics Unemployment dropped slightly in metropolitan areas of Illinois in November. Decreases in the Six-county Chicago area, Champaign, E. St. Louis, Peoria, Rockford and Springfield are attributed to construction and recalls to various plants. Increases in unemployment in Bloomington, Decatur and Davenport are due in part to labor disputes and layoffs. New Laboratory Equipment Aids Diagnostic Testing FOR THE PERSON WHO HEARS EVERYTHING... 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"It now takes less than seven minutes to analyze a patient's blood serum using our new laboratory equipment," ac­ cording to G.B. Vuckovic, M.D., pathologist at McHenry hospital. "This rapid testing and computerized print-out of chemical analyses is par­ ticularly. valuable " in emergencies and is now available to physicians at McHenry hospital at any time,; day or night.' The instrument Dr. Vuckovic referred to, which has been installed recently, is called an ACA (Automatic, Clinical Analyzer) and is designed to perform as many as twenty- nine separate diagnostic tests that formerly were done 'manually by medical technologists. "The addition of the ACA gives our laboratory the capacity to respond to the growing need for quick and accurate diagnostic tests without compromising ef­ ficiency," Dr. Vuckovic said. Two medical technologists, Jeanne Wits, MT (ASCP), Srayslake; and Marge Sch­ wab, MT (ASCP), McHenry, recently completed a week-long training session on the operation and maintenance of the ACA at the DuPont In­ strumentation school at Claremont, Calif. They have since trained the rest of the- laboratory staff to operate the ACA twenty-four hours a day. Chemical analyses represent the largest single group of clinical tests performed in any hospital laboratory. "This sophisticated instrument with the present capacity of per­ forming twenty-nine tests, can accept other tests in the future, as they become available. Tests performed on the ACA range from the simple analysis of glucose level in the blood to more sophisticated analyses such as gamma glutamyl transferase used in suspected cases of liver disease," Dr. Vuckovic commented. He added that the ACA has become a valuable asset to the laboratory. "Consistently accurate test results assure both the physician and the patient that there is no possibility of human error," he concluded. Dr. Paul Q. Peterson, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, has issued guidelines for Christmas shoppers in the selection of safe toys. • "Fortunately," he said, "safe toys are more plentiful than ever, but we who purchase them must still exercise some judgment regarding the possible hazard to a small child." WtfAdwDmt 645 McHENRY AVE. (ROUTE 120) WOODSTOCK Has Fireplace Accessories to fit your Christmas Needs! ^ Toy Selection « Guideline * * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ 1 ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ • ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ i * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * / For Shoppers Peterson said that, when shopping for toys, shoppers should look for those that have smooth, rounded edges. "A child can easily be hurt by the sharp edges on some toys," he said. Shoppers should also pur­ chase dolls or stuffed animals that have eyes sewn on instead of attached with sharp prongs. "Eyes attached with prongs j f* V \ (y rtn K Unique selection of top quality items! •Tool Sets •Log Holders, Cribs, carriers - Coal Hods - Brooms - Match holders-Bellows •Unusual Planters and Sconces •Handcrafted BarnWood Plaques and Pictures. •Wrought Iron Trivets •Corn Poppers •Gift Certificates are easy to remove and swallow," he cautioned. Avoid purchasing stuffed animals that have sharp wires in the ears or tails. These wires often poke through the material, and can injure a child. Do not give a small child a doll with sharp, pointed pins in the hair. Stay away from those toys that have small parts which are exposed or easy for a child to remove and swallow or insert into an ear or nostril. Other types »of toys that should not be given to small children include those which contain darts, arrows or other missiles that can be thrown or shot at someone. Electrical toys, especially those which heat up, and toys made of glass or brittle plastic are also hazardous in the hands of small children. Peterson advised shoppers to remember that some toys, no matter how cute or clever they may seem to an adult, are not safe for small children. He described the ideal safe toy as one that is too large to . swallow; has smooth, rounded edges; has no exposed straight pins, sharp wires or nails; has no detachable parts that can lodge in a child's windpipe, ear or nostril; and has no electrical component, especially one that generates heat. TV Popular Based on current statistics, there are about 364 million television sets in the world, ccpn- pared with 380 million telephones and 300 million automobiles and trucks. CHRISTMAS HOURS: MON.-FRI. 10:30 - 8:30 SAT. 10-4 SUNDAY 11-4 WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM DEC. 25 THRU JAN. 3 The Fir* Place II 645 McHENRY AVE. 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