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> Twice To BSSSSSSSS FORTY YEARSAGO (Taken from the fifes of January 6, 1938) One of the oldest buildings in McHenry, -thes Owen homestead, is 100 years old this year and is replete with family history of interest to many friends and readers of the Plaindealer. In 1837 Daniel Owen and his two sons, Edwin M and Herman N., erected a house in McHenry now known< :, as the old E.M. Owen house, situated in back of the present grade school Interesting to old timers is the fact that now in 1938, just 100 years later, Daniel Owen's great-grandson and great-great grandaughters have returned to live in the same house, making the fifth generation of Owens to enjoy the charming old homestead. Early this past summer Charles Owen's son, Harold Patterson, with his wife, came to McHenry with their two small daughters to spend the summer. They were so pleased with the old house and McHenry in general, they decided to live there The two daughters are now the fifth generation« of direct descen­ dants to live in this pioneer McHenry home Almost 20 cents of every dollar earned by every person in America next year will be paid in taxes, raising collec­ tions to a new high, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States reported The Chamber estimated that the tax total-federal, state and lcoal -for 1938 will reach $13,500,000,000, an increase of $1.500,000,000 over estimated levies TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO i Taken from the files of January 8, 1953) After twenty-four years as Ford dealer in McHenry, Edward Buss has sold his business to his son, Edward Buss. Jr., the transaction having taken effect Jan 1 of this year The elder Mr Buss, who until December, 1928, had been an employee of the late John R Knox, took over the Ford dealership in a part nership arrangement at that time The Ford agency had been established by Mr Knox in 1910 in McHenry and Mr Buss became an employee in 1919 The report of conditions of the McHenry State bank, which is published elsewhere in this edition", reveals some very interesting figures which reflect the growth of the local bank during the past year Total resources of the bank have reached an all time high of $9,016,148.64 Customers' deposits total $8,448,705, which is an increase of more than one and one quarter million dollars over the previous year This gain in deposits has made it possible to increase the loans by $606,000 in the last year Th^ Namb Nurse Coordinator To State Advisory Unit outstanding loans total $3,101,856.01. The advance in deposits has " also made it possible to invest an additional $6,000 in bonds. The McHenry State bank now has more than four and one-half million, dollars invested in bonds which can be readily converted to cash The two men who were arrested by McHenry police just west of McHenry after they had robbed the First National Bank of Antioch Nov 14, were sentenced to serve twelve and one-half years in federal prison The men had made away with $6,670 after threatening the bank em­ ployees. of TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files January 10, 1968) With divided opinion on the courthouse problem among the board of supervisors at Mon­ day's meeting of that board and the Woodstock City Council^ some action was expected at the Tuesday afternoon supervisor's session. During the Monday meeting, the Council sought to show a $126,000 saving from use of the Annex property over the Austin site for a proposed new court building. No mention was made of the fairgrounds location At the special meeting on Monday night of this week, Dr H S Sundin of the Baxter and Woodman engineering firm gave a further report on his findings and recommendations for expansion of the sewage treatment plant and sanitary sewer additions Annexations and the fast development of new areas will make it necessary to expand the sewage treatment system in the near future Dr Sundin will present further reports later this month for a thorough study before v a definite course of action is determined. After a day and night in­ vestigation which took place from Dec 28 through last Thursday, Lt Robert Madsen of the McHenry County Sheriff's office apprehended two youths in connection with burglary and vandalism at eighteen Coon Island homes on Pistakee Bay Because they were 13 and 14 years of age. their names cannot be revealed The approximate estimate of damage to each home was set at $2,000 to $2,500 Last Friday night the tem­ perature outside plunged below zero and the McHenry Warriors plunged to their ninth defeat without a win The burly Broncos from Barrington bombed them 70-43 Kathleen Fleming LaGreca, R.N., nurse coordinator of the Mobile Intensiye Care pro­ gram for McHenry county and Western Lake county, has been appointed to the Mobile ICU Advisory board of the State of Illinois Department of Public Health. The two-year appointment was made by IDPH director Paul Q Peterson, M.D., MPH, and was approved by Governor James Thompson Ms. LaGreca is a graduate of the. Little Company of Mary hospital school of nursing and served five years in intensive care-critical care nursing at Christ Community hospital, Oak Lawn, and McHenry hospital. She also did postgraduate study and clinical experience at the Loyola University Mcdical center's burn unit. Since September, 1975, when the MICU program was inaugurated at the .McHenry Hospital Trauma center, Ms. LaGreca has f served as its nurse coordinator. She has taught the emergency medical technicians-II (paramedics) of McHenry county and western Lake county and has super­ vised the continuing education and clinical experience for already-certified paramedics. Ms LaGreca is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and has studied under the sponsorship of the American Heart association, the Chicago Heart association, the American Diabetes association,, and the Emergency Department Nurses association. Wonder Lake Mary Jean Huff 728-0267 PAY HIKE Illinois Comptroller Michael J Bakalis has announced a 7 percent across-the-board pay hike for virtually all employees in the Comptroller's office Cubs Enjoy Yule Party- Receive Awards The meeting of Cub Scout Pack No 456 Dec 16, was a short one > because of registration for Cub Scouts, Webeloes and Boy Scouts. Awards were given out by Doug Albrecht The Christmas tree was decorated with handmade ornaments by the Scouts. After the meeting there was a sing-a- long of Christmas songs by all in attendance The highlight of the evening was the arrival of Santa Claus with his sack of goodies Coming events for Pack No 456 include inspection night Jan 19, the Blue and Gold banquet F eb. 19 and a January outing to Eagle cave. Wis., for the Boy Scouts BIRTHDAYS Due to the rush of the holiday season < and hey - you forgot to call with your news!) we didn't have a column last week and missed the opportunity to wish some very fine people a happy birthday Our belated greetings to the following - Marty Gibbons, who was seventeen years old Dec. 28; Kimberly Ann Jones who was seven years old Dec 29; Dorothy Bazan who celebrated Dec 30; Evelyn Liehr, Dec. 31; Eddie Gallagher, who was eleven years old Dec 31; Kathy Kittl Jan 2; and Tommy Kacprowicz, who was nine years old Jan 2. Happy birthday to Bob Pitts Jan 5; to Teresa Berner Jan. 7; and to Rosemary Wagner Jan ANNIVERSARIES Belated anniversary greetings to George and Joyce Brinkmann, who celebrated their twenty-first anniversary Dec. 29, and to Joyce's parents, David and Evelyn Liehr, who were married forty-four years ago Dec. 31. Hope your days were happy ones! Happy thirty-first wedding anniversary to Dr. Santo and Mary Ruggero Jan. 4. 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