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• 'AGE 18 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 l i l l l l M B l l l l l B l l l l l i m i l i B Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of September 11, 1930) The home of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert A. Thomas, just west of this city, was the scene of a family reunion when members of the Thomas family for miles around gathered to spend the day. There were 89 guests present to enjoy the day and nearly every family of the relatives was represented at the reunion, including four generations, which consisted of gray haired great grand­ parents down to the young children. The old homestead occupied by E.A. Thomas and family was bought from the government by the present owner's grand­ father, Andrew Thomas, in 1840 for $1.25 an acre. The first deed of the land bears the signature of Zachary Taylor, president of the United States. Walt Freund has a real treat for the fans who have so loyally supported the new M A.A C. baseball team. The Stanczak brothers, team championship brothers nine of the world, will display their wares against the M A.A C. in a game that should show all the ear­ marks of a major league performance. The team is composed of ten Stanczak brothers and they are supported by some other Waukegan players that make the outfit a very for­ midable one (Taken from the files of September 18, 1930) Two youthful bandits, one just out of the short pants age, and the other several years under the voting age, are residing in the McHenry Your Business Insurance Specialists Business insurance is one of our specialties. Casualty, property, key man, employment benefit plans... we can advise you on all these importantafeas. Find out what^e can do for your business. Call us now for details. Insurance for your business, farm, life, health, home and auto. 11909 McConn»l Rd. Woodstock Your Country Companies Agents. county jail following a short career of crime. They are two brothers, 15 and 17, of Richmond who have con­ fessed to breaking into the John Stilling garage three different times. Announcements were received this week by friends telling of the marriage of Miss Verona Niesen and Mr. Roy A. Kent on Aug. 5. The ceremony took place at St. Mary's parish house with Rev. Fr. Charles Nix officiating. The Stanczak brothers, all ten of them, came, saw and conquered the McHenry baseball team in a game that was none too crowded with good baseball, but was a mighty interesting conflict, nevertheless. The final score was 9 to 6 in favor of the visitors in spite of the fact that McHenry outhit the brothers 13-7. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of September 12, 1940) All of McHenry county was shocked to learn that M.F. Walsh, for almost 53 years editor of the Harvard Herald, had passed away at the Augustana hospital in Chicago, Sept. 11. On Dec. 22, 1887, when not quite 21 years of age Mr. Walsh, possessed of a small amount of capital, purchased the necessary equipment and established the Harvard Herald. His association with the newspaper lasted for 52 years, despite his many political appointments. The annual tax levy or­ dinance calling for the sum of $153,000 to be levied on ail taxable property was passed by the County board of supervisors when they met in the courthouse at Woodstock. This is a decrease of $10,000 over the previous years. Now that the two new busses have been installed at the McHenry Community high school, it is necessary that the local folks be in­ formed of the rules and regulations which apply to a bus of this kind. Anyone following a bus shall not when bus is stopped ar children are getting off, but the stop sign must be out on the bus. (Taken from the files of September 19, 1940) According to a report from the chairman of the house numbering committee, A.E. Nye, the aluminous num­ bers, which will be placed on every residence and business house in town, have been received and the task of putting them up will be started next week by the high school boys of the Building Trade class. A number has been assigned to KKITN SOMNKHSEN McHENRY. ILLINOIS PM. 344-2771 TrueStory LOR EN MILLER RICHMOND, ILLINOIS Ml. 47S-4491 -January, 1979- Mr. X of McHenry bought eyeglasses from someone else costing him $106.00 and waited 6 weeks for delivery. --Junt, 1990-- Mr. X came to McHenry Opticians, bought glasses costing him $44.00 and waited only 26 minutest DON FORTIN WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS FN. 330-31*4 "$•• th« diff*r*nc*! Mr. X *av«d $42 and you'll b» $$$ ah»ad too." Insuranc e and Iment Servkfs McHENRY OPTICIANS 1301 Riverside Dr. McHenry £%*i «r (Acro«» f rom Fo* Hol t ) I l l inois New home construction is way down. As a result, many carpet installers are out looking for more work. We asked them...reduce your price., we'll reduce ours even more and pass the savings on to the customer. So...for a two-week period only (ending September 20th) Plywood Minnesota will install jute-back carpeting for only 78* per square yard. ...an offer we've never made before. It's a bargain you can't afford to miss -- 78* a square yard on carpet installation -- now through September 20th!* 'Limit 200 yards per customer Does not apply to prepadded carpets. Minnesota WOODSTOCK 1230 Davis Road (Bypass Rt. 14 & 47) I Monday thru Thursday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; b n Friday 9a.m. -8:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a. mT7 5 p.m. 815-338-1440 P« WOODSTOCK each lot, or to every sixty-six foot frontage. The boys will determine the exact number by measuring the distance from the corner. A levy of $106,107 for road and bridge purposes have been filed with Countv Clerk Raymond D. Woods for the 17 townships in McHenry county. This is a decrease of $1,917 over last year. Six of the townships showing higher levies are McHenry, Burton, Greenwood, Coral, Chemung and Riley, while others " show slight decreases. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of September 8, 1955) The McHenry Choral club will open its tenth con­ secutive season Sept. 12 in the high school music room. Last Fall's membership was at an all-time high with sixty-five members, a figure which dropped only slightly by Spring. With a record enrollment of over 1 00, the Johnsburg elementary school began the 1955-56 school year, ac­ cording to Mr. Philip L; Shutt, principal. The local Red Cross is continuing its efforts to assist the national organization in contributing money to aid in the relief of flood victims in northeastern states. To thousands in the flood stricken northeast, Hurricane Diane is still front page news. The waters have receded, the soup kitchens are disappearing and the temporary public shelters are being abandoned. Now comes the depressing, seemingly endless struggle to restore lives and families and communities to normal in this work the Red Cross plays a unique and in­ dispensable part. A large group of parishioners of St. Patrick's church and friends gathered in the church to honor Rev. Fr. John J. McGowan at a farewell party. He leaves this week for service as a chaplain in the Air Force. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of a c i t i z e n s h i p m e d a l , recognizing the popular priest for his outstanding service to youth of the community in sports and other activities. (Taken from the files of September 15, 1955) Word from County Treasurer Vernon W. Kays this p&qfcpreek reveals that a total of $5,214,805.02 has been collected from the 1954 tax bill in the county, which amounted to $5,652,713. Of this amount $4,033,720.72 has been distributed. The seventh annual "99" airmeet presented by the Chicago area chapter of this international organization of licensed women pilots will be at the DuPage county air­ port, West Chicago. Florence Lacy, McHenry's young lady pilot, who won four trophies in the 1964 meet, will be participating in events again this year. The local fire department was called to the McCullom Lake blacktop road to ex­ tinguish a car fire which completely destroyed a car owned by Richard Barrows. Mrs. Barrows was driving to McHenry when the auto suddenly burst into flames. The Crystal Lake Mer­ chants came to town and beat our McHenry Shamrocks 3 to 2 in a rousing battle that took 11 innings to decide. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of September 4, 1970) Mrs. Alfred (Marie) Oeffling was elected and installed a national director of the National Catholic Society of Foresters at the twelfth quadrennial sessions of the international con­ vention held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chicago. Mrs. Oeffling is the immediate past president of St. Agatha Court No. 777 at Johnsburg, where she has been a member since 1933. Prior to being elected president, she was the financial secretary for 17 years. A school bus was involved in an accident with two cars on the opening day of school, but neither the drivers nor the children were injured. During the two days the Christmas Seal X-ray unit was in McHenry, a total of 1,375 persons crowded into the small vehicle. Mr. and Mrs. H. Walter Anderson were in charge. (Taken from the files of September 9, 1970) An enrollment report presented to the Marian Central Catholic High School Council of Administration at its regular monthly meeting showed a total of 433 pupils had enrolled at Marian for the 1970-71 school year. Included in the total are III seniors, 105 juniors, 120 sophomores and 97 fresh­ men. The school opened its doors for its twelfth year on Aug. 31 and all school ac­ tivities are now in full swing. Marian Central serves the fourteen Catholic parishes in McHenry county. Voters in Johnsburg School District 12 went to the polls and by a large margin defeated two proposals which would have increased the maximum annual tax rates for educational and building purposes. The worst McCullom Lake Margaret Loewe 344-0811 New Officers Are Elected At the Sept. 3 meeting, elections for vice-president and treasurer were held. This columnist is the new ^ice-president and Chris Lawson is the new treasurer. We are both looking forward to seeing new faces at the meetings and urge everyone to attend. The aerobic dancing exhibition went off very well. We were glad to see so many women of the village come to it. BLOCK PARTIES Sergio and Cindy martini had a Labor Day bash on Monday. Thirty-five friends and relatives helped to celebrate the day and they also helped break in the Martinis' new sundeck. Besides great food, everyone had loads of fun playing v o l l e y b a l l . E v e r y o n e seemed to really enjoy themselves. For Life Safety CHRISTENED Ashlie Lasco was christened Aug. 21 and after the ceremony, Don and Sandy had a party at their home. Her godmother is Sue Smith, Sandy's sister. Sue's husband Steve is the baby's godfather. Twenty-five friends and relatives helped Ashlie celebrate the special day. She was the prize of the party and beamed with happiness at all the attention given to her. BIRTHDAYS Three people share Sept 12 as their birthday. First, Wade Loewe turns two years old that day, and Millie Wright and Todd ShaflWw share the same day. The following day, Sandy Keith is another year older. Finally, Ronny Yates celebrates Ma big day Sept. 15 BELATED BIRTHDAYS On Sept. 8, Deanne Fischer was 16. Kevin Harwell was 1 year old on Sept. 9. Hope both of you enjoyed the day. Authorize $860,000 In Bonds; Tax Levy Hie board of High School District 156 adopted a resolution that authorizes the issuance of $860,000 in bonds and the tax levy on real estate to pay the principal and interest at a special meeting. * In bidding for issuance of the bonds, the board ac­ cepted the low proposal of Harris Trust and Savings and the American Bank and defeat was on the building rate, to which 633 were opposed and 379 in favor. The educational rate in­ crease lest by a vote of 585 to 401. Progress continues on the new Parkland school located on the corner of Rt. 120 and Ringwood road, west of McHenry. A target opening date is set for early next year. The Glosson site was purchased at a cost of $45,000 for the 83,400 square foot building. Probable cost, based on figures of last April 30, is expected to be about $1,925,000. Trust, both of Chicago, at the July 15 meeting. The net cost of the issue was figured as $456,137.50 with an effective interest rate of 6.6396 per­ cent. The proceeds of the bond sale are to be used to pay for life safety code work at both the West and East cam1 puses. The levy rate will be determined when the total of real estate assessments has been established for the current year, and will be set for each year during the 10- year life of the bond issue. Low Grade One student enrolled for thi fall term. He spent most of the time at football games and in I beer bars. When he didn't course, hp complained mently to his instructor, claim! he really didn't deserve an F. "Actually I don't think yowl deserve an F either," replied t)|R professor, "but unfortunately tt$ the lowest grade I can give you.* THESE GUYS CAN MAKE YOU LOOK UKE A GENHS. There are build­ ers and there are builders. The builders in this ad are the creme de la creme. They're the ones who can make you look like the smartest guy on the block because they can put you in the smartest house on the'block. The SS smart house has double-glazed win­ dows. 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