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PAGE 4-PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. MAY if. 1984 Burglary suspect arrested Columnist recalls hospital costs of old days after high speed chase PtalMkalu mwi service A high speed chase early Thursday in the Highland Shores area of Wonder Lake resulted in the arrest of a burglary suspect, police reported Thursday. McHenry County sheriff's police were called to the area to investigate a report of a vehicle with a noisy muffler, according to the sheriffs department.- When the vehicle was located, it drove away at a high rate of speed, police said. A police squad car chased the vehicle down several streets. The fugitive vehicle went across lawns to avoid road blocks set up by other sheriff's squad cars, police reported. The driver finally had to stop when he was unable *to maneuver the vehicle around r~ some trees. Police said Eugene Lehman. 30. of 406 Church St., Harvard, fled on foot. He was later located by police and arrested on charges of burglary, felony theft, resisting arrest, reckless driving, fleeing and eluding police, stop sign violation, no valid driver's license and no valid registration. The charges were made when police found a quantity of beer, potato chips and snack foods in the vehicle and suspected that an area business may have been burglarized. Police said further in­ vestigation revealed that the Wonder Lake American Legion building at 4117 E. Wonder Lake Road, had been broken into. Lehman was being held Thursday in the McHenry County Jail on $12,000 bond. This column has listed "Then and Now" comparisons in the pa*. A "Then" item is listed this time. I was telling a gal about being hospitalized way back in the deep heart of the depression. It was a six months stay. The first five weeks were spent in a private roam that cost $8 per day. Two nurses at $8 each ran the bill up to the insurmountable total of $24 per day. 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It's the perfect red to try for those not really into drier wines, but would like to move in that direction. BULGARIAN Trakia 1979 Nerlot IREG. 3.391 750 ML Canadian LTD! House ( of Stuart Scotch! *NTK)H 750 ML 750 ML 750 ML 750 ML Pepsi Cola EA PLUS DEP. 8-16 0Z. BOTTLES QUARTS Rf MM EVERYiAY LOW PRICES! flffiaggg. Diet Pepsi • 'or Sag* Fret Mountain Dew, Pepsi Free b«Jir That was great until a relapse sent me back ID the private room. They did make a cut by on|y one nurse. A trip to the Mayo Clinic followed and a private hospital room coat $40 per Times A registered nurse told me she was doing floor doty for board and room plus 75 cents per day. Two nines, who had patients in adjoining rooms, were really dedicated. So I Hear by Earl Walsh They came in at night to make me comfortable. When I asked, "Why do you do this for me?" one of those kind girls replied, "I just gave my patient a sleeping pill and he win sleep all night". Then she added, "That old goat doesn't need me, but he has lots of money and wants to spend it". After leaving that cozy hospital room, I moved into a hotel while taking treatments. That was a big mistake. The hotel room was the same rate, $40 per week, but I had to buy my meals. The hospital was a better deal. A. My train got into Rochester in the night and I asked the cab driver about a hotel. He took me to a small, but clean place. I didn't ten the gal about this experience. The room was $1.25 a day unless you wanted to pay an extra 25 cents and have a private bath. When the date was set for me to enter a hospital. I soaked in the tub for an hour before heading for registration. A pretty, but persuasive nurse, informed me my first move would be to take a bath. Explaining my soaking meant nothing as she said, "Sony. These are hospital regulations". I came clean. Am not sure the gal believed me nor am I sure you do, either. But, that's the way it was some 50 years ago. I didn't win a million dollars as expected, but did get a prise, a little gem called "Black Star of India". Have no idea what it is. Showed it to one person who gave this encouraging word: "It's a small piece of coal." Oak Parker "Biff" Meyer read my Tinlizde column and phoned to teU a good one. (He's pretty good at telling stories). The story was about his father owning an Overland car and loading the whole family in for a trip to Waukegan. Route 120 wasn't paved in those days. The story was that they had 29 flats during that trip to Waukegan and back. Thought he might have been exaggerating, but his sister, Mary Freund, was at his side to verify the story. (I believed Mary). When Alvina bought a pair of toeless, heelless shoes, I won­ dered what she was paying for. Made me think of days when old men had bunions on their little toes and took a jack-knife to cut out the troubled spots in the side of the shoes. A woman, who makes annual service calls, was astonished to see me looking so healthy. Says she, "couple of people your age died since I was here last year". Reminded me of the time I had a clot in my right leg and was having some difficulty in climbing the steps at the old court house in Woodstock. An elderly woman of my acquaintance was coming down the steps and Stopped to question me. I tried to pass it off as just a pain in the leg, but she persisted. So, I told her. "Oh, my God." she exclaimed and snapping her fingers con­ tinued, "That's what my sister had and she went out just like that I smiled aU the way to the top. Richard (Nickie) Freund's coUection of the late Art Stuhlfier's publications gave me a lot of fun. Art had a great collection of reproduced old time McHenry pictures. They are priceless. A1 Boeldt, speech correc- tionist at Valley View came a- callin' and was most welcome. 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