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Twice Told Tales sssssssssssssssssssesssssea FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 5, 1928) Borden's milk plant in this city was closed on April 1 and the factory building was taken over by the Matthews-Tonyan company. The milk which has been going to the Borden's factory is now being trucked into Chicago where it is received at one of the Bowman company's factories in that city. The farmers now deliver the milk to a receiving platform at the Farmers mill and from there it is hauled to the city by Joe Wagner, who has pur­ chased a truck and trailer for this purpose. This is the last one of Borden's factories to close in this locality, although the farmers have known for some time that such a move by the company was imminent. Kent & Company announce the sale of the Tempus Fugit property on Elm street, the property being sold for Mrs. Laura Kent to Ben J. Dietz. Mr. Dietz also owns the adjoining property on the west of that just recently purchased which now gives him a 176-foot frontage on Elm str**et and Route 20 instead of 132. Mort Ritt is now comofrtably located in the J.J. Marshall building on Green street, where he has opened his jewelry shop and is now prepared to give his customers the same prompt and courteous service as has been his policy in the past. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 7, 1938) With five days left until the primary election of April 12, the various candidates for county offices are getting ready for that all important last push. To date the campaign has been quiet, with the candidates doing their campaigning in the usual manner of going from city to city, village to village and in general just a handshaking tour of the county. An event of elegance was the version of over 300 ladies who attended the dessert-bridge party and style show Tuesday afternoon, April 5, at the Riverside hotel, sponsored by the Mothers club of this city, an organization that has to its credit many civic ac­ complishments. Not alone were members of the club in this g r a n d u n d e r t a k i n g . Cooperating with them were two well known stylists, Mrs. Betty Nielsen,~ whose dress shop is located on Riverside drive, and Mrs. Charles Pich, whose millinery parlor is on Green street. Both are well established and whether for a long or short period of time, displayed works of art in their respective lines inside the Venetian dining room at the aforesaid place on Tuesday. Mrs; Floyd Cooley has been engaged to teach the Hard- scrabble school for the remainder of the term. The school, closed for some time, has been reopened to ac­ commodate pupils who moved into the district recently. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 9, 1953) The City Council might have held a mortgage burning ceremony Monday night as they approved the final payment on their contract with the Duncan Parking Meter corporation. It was on Oct. 9, 1950, that the first coin was dropped in the McHenry of mind* That's what American Family can bring you with our Special Homeowners Package Policy. It's the most comprehensive homeowners protection we've ever offered. And it includes a lot of automatic extras that you won't get with other policies. Call me today. I'll tell you all you need to know. FICX OMR NEW LOCATION Corner of Cyrstal Lake Blacktop ft Rt 120 McHenry CALL US FOR DETAILS 385-2304 aUBKMBMim AUTO HOM£ BUSMffSS NUALTM Uft\ American Family Mutual InsurwwaCo. Madison, Wis meters. The city did not lay out any money for the installation or purchase, the agreement being that one half of the receipts or a minimum of $350 per month would be paid on the purchase price. The total contract was $11,016.25. McHenry was the last city of comparable size in this area to join the parking meter trend. Pros and cons were tossed around for a time. Some who opposed meters finally came to look upoir them as necessary evils in the solution of the ever increasing parking problem. From reports on the con­ dition of street light cables and poles, it appears that action is necessary in the movement for new lights. Trouble has raised its ugly head on Riverside drive and Main street the past two weeks, necessitating some overhead wiring to keep the lights in operation. Inspection has ilso revealed that many metal posts have gone beyond their time of safe usage. It's later than most people thought. The picture of either new lights or dark nights hovers over McHenry. Probably the most envied people in McHenry today are Dr. and Mrs: Lee Gladstone who left last week on a six weeks' trip to Europe. During their travels they will visit Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Spain. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of April 10, 1968) Walter Dean was selected by an unanimous vote of the County Board of Supervisors to serve as chairman for another year. Action was taken Tuesday morning at the regular meeting. By a vote of 13 to U, the board approved placing the fairgrounds site on the November ballot for voter approval as a site for a new court house. The board ordered the County Treasurer to issue anticipation warrants, one in the amount of $6,000 for Mental Health and the other totalling $15,000 for the Illinois Municipal Retirement fund. Business and community service were stressed in the Declaration of Purpose adopted at the regular monthly meeting of the Green Street Mall, Inc., a newly formed organization of businesses operating on and near Green street in McHenry. While business is certainly one of the main concerns, the members felt it important to identify with the overall needs of the McHenry area. Inspections of food service establishments, including restaurants, taverns, markets, groceries and similar places of business started last week in the McHenry community. In charge of the inspection is John Raber, who is carrying on the program in cooperation with the city of McHenry. The louder he talked about his honor the faster we counted our spoons. -R.W. Emerson. I- lood Insurance Illinois Secretary of Tran sportation John I). Kramer urged citizens to protect themselves against potential spring flood damage from this winter's heavy snow by ob­ taining flood insurance now. There are 665 city, county and village governments in Illinois,' sais Kramer, which have agreed to place controls on public and private construction in floodplains and are therefore eligible to be part of the National Flood Insurance program. 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