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SECTION 2 - PACK 8 - PLAISDEALERHEK ALI). WEDNESDAY. FEBRL AR\ 20. 1985 Robbers break in Overton's garage FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 21, 1935) Robbers*entered Overton's garage some time Wednesday night and escaped with $700 worth of tires, wholesale price, and the Hartless-Austin laundry truch which is driven by Henry Vogel. The truck was full of clean laundry to be delivered today and this was thrown out onto the greasy floor to make room for the stock of tires which they loaded into the car. TWICE TOLD TAI Edited years gone the spectacular rise in food prices which has been under way for months reached a new peak last Friday when prices of lour important commodities touched the highest level of the past four or five years in the Chicago markets. Beef, pork, butter and eggs are now giving the highest prices to farmers since early m the depression, while city consumers stretch their pennies to make ends meet. Butter which is used on the consumer's dinner table was quoted at 35 cents a pound, the highest price since July, 1931. Cattle were quoted at a top price of $14 a hundred pounds, the highest since 1930. Hogs rose to $8.30 a hundred pounds, a price unequaled since July, 1931. Irene Dunne and Donald Woods starred in "Sweet Adeline" at the Empire Theatre Friday and Saturday. proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of $360,000 for improvements to the waterworks system in the city. The vote results were 183 for the proposition and 30 against. £3-- George Diedrich, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Diedrich of McHenry, suffered head and shoulder usuries when he fell about 15 feet while working on the new addition to the Admiral plant at Harvard Monday. The annual theater party sponsored by the women's auxiliary as a benefit for the McHenry hospital will feature "Holiday for Lovers" with Clifton Webb, Jane Wvmari, Jill St. John, Carol Lyiuey, Paul Henreid and Gary Crosby. TEtf YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 19, 1975) More than 9tf persons, mainly objectors, attended the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals hearing at city hall Thursday regarding a petition to reclassify farm land for operation of a gravel pit on Chapel Hill road. Because of the number of people to be heard, the hearing was continued by Chairman Charles Smith to Feb. 20. A check for $47,000 was resented to the High School MOLLY MILLIGAN Your Home Decorator 1984 Patsy Milli fi Syndicate Farm Bureau members involved in state politics pre Dis FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 22, 1945) Just 45 years ago, on Feb. 18, 1900, residents of Johnsburg were shocked when word spread that fire was destroying their Catholic church. On Feb. 19, 1945, the community was again shocked and for much the same reason; only this time, instead of the church, the parochial school burned to the ground. Youngsters detected smoke at 5 o'clock Monday, but in the short time it took the McHenry fire department to respond to a call, the fire had gained head­ way. Firemen were only able to save the small building known as the district school which stood only a few feet from the larger building. Firemen were unable to determine whether the fire had started from defective wiring or from the chimney. From the headquarters of I strict l.1* president, James Althoff, to fund an "Alternative School" designed to serve drop­ outs and potential drop-outs. Ward Duel, chairman of the district Long Range Planning committee contacted the Chicago Community Trust Bank which arranged the funding. Charlene Weingart has been selected West Campus choice as most deserving of the annual Good Citizen's award given by the Kishwaukee Trail chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). An­ nouncement was marie this week by the Misses Leta and Alice Clark, co-chairmen of the Good Citizen award program for the county. WIRE LESS Dear Molly Mllligui: We are classical music lovers, so mturaly we have records, tapes, headphones, speakers aad miles of wire trailing all over the house. We have two extremely active toddlers who are constantly into our expensive equipment. What can we do with our stereo system to protect it, short of hanging it from the rafters? I'm not afraid to use a hammer and saw. Michael, St. Louis Dear Michael: You might consider converting a clothes closet into a stereo closet. Just install shelves, work lights and an electrical outlet inside the closet. This will cut down on excess cords and wires and will confine your stereo equipment (except speakers) to a single area. Put a latch-type lock at the top of the closet door and you've foiled the mischief makers. No longer will the little kids be able to wreck the big kids' toys. Dear Molly Milligan: What is your opinion of vinyl as opposed to leather? Jean, CarpentersvHIe, IL Dear Jean: Once used only on kitchen chairs, vinyl is now often used on casual upholstered pieces. It is a low-price substitute for leather. In the old days, vinyls often left a great deal to be desired, but they were affordable. In the past decade, however, many improvements have been made in vinyl upholstery material. Occasionally you will find a vinyl piece that actually appears quite leather-like. But only occasionally. Vinyl is sold under many names but Naugahyde is the most familiar. It wears well, cleans easily and can be repaired if it is punctured. Your local hardware store has the special kit. One caveat: If you are planning on buying vinyl-covered furniture, make sure that it is the kind that is fabric-backed. This is very important. Fabric-backed vinyl is quite strong but unsupported vinyl is as weak as water. Dear Molly Milligan: What's the difference between Philippine mahogany and plain, old mahogany? John, Elgin, IL Dear John: Mahogany is a strong, red-brown wood of medium hardness, with a very fine grain. It is a beautiful wood, usually found in formal furniture and it is rather expensive. Philippine mahogany is not true mahogany, but it is similar in appearance. It is an excellent wood for furniture and less expensive. DearMolly Milligan: The rope on my mini blind is broken. Can it be repaired or is it finished for good? Irma, Bangor, ME > Dear Irma: Most mini-blinds can be restrung. Return it to the store where it was purchased and they will send it back to the manufacturer for repair. If you don't know from whence it came, try the yellow pages, there should be a handy Andy who can fix your blind for a fraction of what a new blind would cost. If you have a question for Your Home Decorator, send it along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Molly Milligan, P.O. Box 14, Dundee, IL 60118. Allow four weeks for a reply. AVIATION GROUP The Experimental Aircraft Assoication (EAA), a non-profit organization dedicated to sport aviation, will meet next at 7:30 p.m.,Tuesday, Feb. 26 at Skokie Federal Savings in Barrington. The speaker will be Ken Flaglor, who built a replica of a GBY, a 1930's sport plane that looks much like a Bendix racer. For details call Ron Romer (815) 459-3963. Illinois Farm Bureau leaders will gather in Springfield Feb. 25 to 27 to implement a resolution passed at the 1984 convention, authorizing greater political involvement by Farm Bureau. This is a major step by Farm Bureau, because under prescribed circumstances and after following established procedures, Farm Bureau can support a political candidate. Mel Von Bergen, McHenry County Farm Bureau president, will head the local delegation which will include Rob « Richardson of Spring Grove, vice-president and Larry Harris, manager. The meeting will include setting up the procedures and personnel to launch the Activator Program, Harris said. The Activator Program allows individual Farm Bureau members to make contributions to a political involvement fund. The funds would be used to provide "in-kind" services to Illinois General Assembly and U.S. House candidates. No state or national candidates would be endorsed. In the past, the Illinois Farm Bureau has been active in lobbying for its views in state and national arenas but has not directly endorsed candidates. "In-kind" services might range from providing campaign workers to aid in a candidates' mailings to providing workers to handle phone calls. Farm Bureau has a ratings scale and will use it to help choose can­ didates to be considered for support. vl The sal e thafs far from customary. Be Wise! 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Johnson has been stationed in the India- Burma theater for the past seven months. The award Was made for "extraordinary achievement in serial flight , according to his citation. He had flown more than 75 fighter missions over the enemy held territory of Burma. Instructions for cleaning walls and woodwork included the following: "Make a thin soap jelly from the leftover soap scraps by melting the scraps in about 10 parts of water to one part soap. Dilute the jelly with warm water if still too thick. Apply it to painted walls and woodwork with a sponge or soft cloth. Rinse throughly with cloths wrung out in cool clear water and wipe dry TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 18, 1960) A small but decisive vote by the citizens of McHenry Tuesday approved the NOTICE The fol lowing copy on the back page of the J.C Fenney Home Furnishings Rebate Sale Circular in today's new spaper is incorrect . I t should read as fol lows: Sale pr ices on regular ly pr iced furni ture and furni ture accessories in our Furni ture Department ef fect ive thru Sa f tmiaj . March 2nd, (not March 22nd) We regret any inconvenience this might have caused you. JCPenney * THIS WEEKS SPECIAL * WEXFORD CLASSICS GLASSWARE Chaci of Candy Doh w/Ccm, 10" tailor 10%" VIM UM m»$7.99«C» mm:. »./• "#5 It's no stranger. You let it in.Trusted it. Relied on it. Basked in the warmth it provided for years. And for years, it's lx?en robbing you blind. You see, all gas furnaces waste • money. And most of them waste a lot of money. Because most gas furnaces only work efficiently when the <aitsidc temperature is at or below freezing. But here in northern Illinois, it doesn't-get that cold nearly as often as you might think. Just thirty- six percent of the time between fal! and spring. Which means that the other sixty-four percent of the time, almost two out of every three hours, your furnace has to do a lot of stopping and in your starting. And like a car, that wastes a 1< >t < if gas. Almost half of every dollars wotih of natural gas you pay for. An electric heat pump, on the < >thei hand, wastes nothing. Because unlike the gas furnace, it bums nothing. Creates no heat from scratch. It simply Likes the heat from the sun that's already in the air outside and brings it inside. And unlike the gas furnace, an electric heat pump is most efficient when the temperature is above freezing. So efficient, in fact, that it gives you more BTUs of heat than you pay for, not less. Twice as many, on average. Gmsidering it can do that most < »f the time, two out of every three hours, it makes a whole lot of sense to add a heat pump to your forced-air system. Especially since it can do one other thing your furnace can't. It can reverse itself in the summer and become a central air conditioner. Just by flicking a switch. L(x>k into it. Send for haver Winter Hills with an Add-On Heat Pump to: Energy Information, Box /67, Chicago, Illinois 60690. Anything else is a crime. The Heat Pump. II heels. It cools. It saves. @ Commonwealth Edison