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Thursday, October 16, 1958 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER * Twice Told Tales M^eaos^^QQQEasiQEaaQsiaaEk _FORTY YEARS AGO ~ From issue of Oct. 17, 1918 The village of McHenry, in perfect keeping with the spirit that she has shown since the outbreak of the present war with Germany, went "over the top" and over-subscribed her quota by over $20,000 to the fourth liberty loan. Due to the influenza epidemic. Rev. Fr. Martin McEvoy annq^ pces there will be no public services at St. Patrick's church until further notice. Masks were worn by the workmen in the Martin B. Schmitt tonsorial shop on the West Side last week. They were discarded this week but are being held in readiness for any emergency that may arise. Miss Aileen O'Reilly, one of the operators in that village, ch^tge of the Chicago Telephone company, was pressed into service at the Barrington exchange fast week, occasioned through the illness of three of the operators in that illage. H. E. Clemens, who resides south of town, sent to our office last week a tomato he had grown which measured 15 Mi i inches in circumference and we^hed exactly one and oneha ™ pounds. A number of McHenry automobile owners used their cars last Sunday when it was absolutely unnecessary. This is anything but in keeping with the spirit of the times and unpatriotic to say the least. Henry Wharton, 37, cashier of the Ringwood bank, passed away <at his home Oct. 14, after a days' illness of pneumonia, and Westfall Woodburn, 35, a native of McHenry, died at his home in Rockford Friday night of the same disease. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO from issue of Oct. 19, 1933 Miss Rosella Freund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Freund, and Mr. Henry Sc4Anitt, son of the John Schmitts of Johnsburg, were married at St. Mary's church on Oct. 18, and Miss Virginia Hanes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hanes of Woodstock, exchanged marriage vows with Albert Blake, son of the John Blakes of McHenry, at St. Mary's church, Woodstock. Oct. 17. Members of the Sutton family^ njqyed a family "dinner at the M. A. Sutton home Sunday, honoring Miss Alice Sutton, who is visiting here on her way from Oneonta, N. Y., to Pasedena, Cal. The Canada Euchre club held its first meeting of the season with Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Frisby Wednesday evening. The Mothers' club met at thj§. home of Mrs. George H. Johnson Friday afternoon, with Mrs. C. W. Goodell assisting. Plans were made for the reception for the teachers and board members to be held Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Wirtz, who recently returned from their honeymoon and are residing in the Frank Cobb home on Elgin road, were surpH| §kl by twenty-five friends Tuesday evening, when, after a charivari, they walked in with gifts and eats. Mrs. Herbert Freund, 29, died at her home on Elm St.. Oct. 15, after an illness of eleven weeks and Edmund Knox, 82, passed away at his home on Waukegan street Sunday morning after several mt^ths of failing health. Mrs. Thomas Wilson suffered a double fracture of the leg when she slipped on the last step while going down stairs at her home Sunday. She is being cared for at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Stilling. . TEN YEARS AGO from issue of Oct. 14, 1948 Rhearsals started this week, at the high school for the junior class play "The Mummy and the Mumps" to be presented on Nov. 15, under the direction cf Doyne Hoover. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner will hold open house at their home in Spring Grpve Oct. 18, in observance of their fiftyfifth wedding anniversary. Charles Runyard, 68, passed away pf a heart attack while visiting in the home of his sister- in-law, Mrs. Fred Fowles, Friday. Services were held in Antioch, with burial in Grass Lake cemetery. Mrs. Catherine Gilles Althoff 84, a native of Johnsburg, passed away at St. Joseph's home at Freeport Sunday. Services were held in the chapel at the home. Wednesday, with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery there. W. B. Bjorkman and son will hold a grand opening at their new hardware store on Riverside Drive next Saturday, Oct. 16. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sutton entertained thirty workmen and their families in the newly completed guest house on the Sutton estate „last Saturday evening. Weddings the past weeks included Mary Paula Feeney of Chicago and Herbert Harrison of Pistakee Bay at Our Lady of Peace. Chicago," Oct. 6; Virginia Witt and Norman Freund at St. Patrick's church Oct. 9; Miss Agnes Pfeiffer and Joseph Powers at St. Thomas, Crystal Lake, Oct. 9; and Gloria Johnson and Thomas Bradley of McHenry in Woodstock, Oct. 2. MOOSE LODGE F.A.A. Last week, on Oct. 3, the McHenry F.F.A. chapter sent five delegates to a soil judging contest, located on the Northern Pump Farms. The delegates wer^ Larry Stilling, Wilfred Blake, Edward Haack, Ken Pope and Wesley Bruce. They were accompanied by Richard Srriith, the McHenry Agriculture teacher. Out of the teaifis "fir the judging contest, the McHenry boys came in ninth place. It was a tough contest and the boys all tried their best. Last Sunday, Edward Haack and Wilfred Blake were picked to go to the national F.F.A. convention in Kansas City. These boys are on a week's vacation from their home school and are enjoying every minute of it, but they still have a lot of hard "work ahead of them. Reporter, Chuck Schuringa Thomas Alva Edison, the immortal inventor of the electric light, phonograph, and other major items, was a man of such varied talents, according to the archives of Mc- Graw-Edison company, that he even experimented with and marketed cement--and Edison concrete was used to build such structures as the Yankee Stadium in New York. KING KORN STAMPS at RPlace Tavern with package goods. 22-e.o.w. SHOP IN McHENRY jgagip HAVE A KODAK CAMERA HANDY, TOO Women of the Moose Our Oct. 7 meeting was call-, ed to order by the senior regent Mable Thomas, with eight officers, nine chairman and four escorts present. A very poor showing especially ,on initiation' night. Mary Meyer, Mooseheart chairman and her committee were in charge of the evening, Mary's two little girls entertained us, Kathleen played two very lovely pieces on the piano and Charlene demontrated how to use the Hoola Hoop. If anyone wants lessons see Charlene, it looked real easy, for her I mean. Two candidates were initiated, Jane Roewer sponsored by Olga Johnson and Loraine Smith sponsored by Marge Fernstrom. DaJe and Mable Thomas and Bill and Hazel Struwe attended the state convention in St. Louis. They spent the weekend at the Broadview hotei. Mable gave us some of the highlights of the convention which is very beneficial io the chapter. Hazel also had a few words to say. Has anyone noticed the lovely plaque on the wall at the Lodge? It is the academy of friendship plaque which was contributed by the academy of friendship committee of last year. This beautiful plaque was the idea of Eleanor Brusso and to our knowledge there is no other like it. Eleanor also loaned her artificial Christmas tree for the Mooseheart committee to use for the evening for our Christmas in October for Mooseheart and Moosehaven. A lot of lovely gifts were donated by the girls and anyone wishing to contribute may do so by calling Mary Meyer who is in charge of this. Oct. 14 is Crystal Lake's Christmas in October and all have been invited to attend. Convocation is to be held Oct. 26, will let you know where later. The rummage sale is Oct. 17 and 18, one door east of John the tailor. Nov. 9 is the bake sale at the Riverside bakery. Many of our girls are down with the flu and hope they will be ablo to be at our next meeting Oct. 21. as we miss you. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the girl9 who sent me cards and called while I was sick, it surely was appreciated, thank you. Please do no forget that our meetings start at 8 sharp. Hope to see a larger attendance Oct. 21. Wonderful refreshments were served by Mary Meyer, Mooseheart chairman and her committee. Olga Johnson, ^ Publicity Chairman McHenry Shores Halloween To Be Fun f%r The Children by Clare Mjueller gytpttUUUt OFFER IN •HIAPPIR SPICIAI ...»¥(U3(2>ONTS •3.44 wULLu NOW, LIMITED TIME ONLY $2.§S Sihesffer Skripwrt Pesaffiaib Pe0,Package el 5 Skrfp Cartridges, Hcndurritiaf Inprovefnent BesMo?!! SS SV V N # A BROWNIE WaufWt FLASH OUTFIT 0 Featuring the •world s most popular camera! there's everything needed to launch a photo career in this handsomely packaged gift outfit -- from camera arid film right on down to bulbs and batteries for the flasholder. And talk about values! The camera is Kodak's thoroughly capable Brownie Hawkeye -- the most popular camerq ever built! Bolger's drag store 108 So. Green St. 7-- PHONE 40 McHenry, 111. SHEAFFEF^S Take advantage of this once-m-a-lifetime offer by the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company. $3.44 value for only 75^. Get yours today. Available only at BOLGER'S DRUG STORE „ Green St. McHenry The children's $pi*rty with ! ghosts and goblirt^ aftd witches | will be held Thursday, Oct. 30 . at the beach picnic grounds. It will be climaxed .with a bon- | fire and weenie foa^^Our hats are off to Jack^is^irig for his i generous donatio# to help, as- | sure the youngsters a ^ood time. The adults, in {jpstume, will have their fling Country Motors (thanks to flon JSmith) --Saturday, Nov. ^M&nbers of the McHenry Shores club who are in igoodfs^Hflipg: jvill b<» eligible to attemir; Tickets may be obtained from Connie Lindwall, chairlady, or any members of the ways and means committee. Contributions will help pay for the prizes., refreshments and fried chicken the girls are going to serve. I ? Wind We'll be itiore than glad to help you locate the owners of an}; garbage cans, TV antennae, lawn chairs, etc. found in your lawns after that big blow of last Thursday. Visits and Visitors Bill Cagne, one of our boys in uniform, enjoyed a weekend at home after completing his basic training. James Handzlik and Joyce Raczka, both from Chicago, dropped by to say hello to Jerry Mueller. Our Patty attended, the birthday party of her cousin, Gail Ambrose, in West Chicago. All the girls invited attended a matinee in Wheaton. Page Eleven GOVERNOR DAVIS TO SPEAK BEFORE RICHMOND ROTARY } Prominent businessmen of j the Richmond area will attend i the weekly luncheon meeting of the Richmond Rotary club Siihhh Don'! forget dad--you'v^ a baby sitting date the twentytnird of October. Whispers Ladies don't forget this date -- Oct. 23. Off the chest Oomp on guys and dolls - don't let the girls down who worked so hard to get this column in our paper---keep the <| news coming in--call 553-R-l. Let's surprise Louise Winters with lots of news next week. Each year the district governor for some forty Rotary clubs in the general area of Chicago makes an annual yisit to member clubs, said Theron J. Ehorn, Richmond Rotary president. Davis, who just retired as president of the founder club of some 10.000 clubs ia the world-- the Rotary Club of Chicago-- will report of the projects of Rotary clubs and the principles behind the eagerness of .business to be associated with this unusual organization wtyjse motto is "HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST." "Unusual, too," Mr. Ehorn said, "is that Governor Davis is senior partner of Davis/Dietch and Ryan, whose founder was Paul P. Harris, the founder of all Rotary clubs some fifty- ; three years ago." HERE AND THERE IK BUSINESS SALES CONTEST WINNER Nick Miller, 604 Front street, McHenry. is, a winner in the recently concluded 'Jeep' Summer Jamboree, a national sales contest. Awards were haded on sales achievements . during the three-month period ending Sept. 10. A mercandise prize was awarded the dealer based on the number of points he accumulated during the contest. SHOP IN McHENRY j TWITCHKL DAVIS j Tuesday,, 0£t. 28, at 6:15, p.m. j at the Village Inn, featuring ' Mitchel P. Davis, district governor from Chicago. Vacations We wish your reporter, Louise Winters and her hUsbana, Sam, a pleasant vacation trip. They ducked the wind and left for a class reunion in Philadelphia. ^ * . Gerald and Vy Morris returned from their much too short vacation spent Mn the graveyard of the Atlantic, Cape Hatteras, off the Carolina coast. Both enjoyed the deep sea fishing. Gerald states that he caught a 42'£ lb. drum fisn. Vy j brought back quite a few sou- ' venirs from her beachcombing i jaunts. j Convalescing; Reports are that Irene Middlekauif is doing well at the Woodstock. Memorial hospital and expects to be home sometime this week. Bring The Children! Save Money! Have Fun. PICK YOUR OWN BELL'S MOSSLEY HILL ORCHARDS V S. Rt. 12 at III. 22 63 -- Between Barrington and Lake Zurich, IIL Enjoy an "apple-piekin' " outing now at Chicagoland's largest and most beautiful orchard. Red or Golden Delicious, Macintosh and Jonathans are at their tree-ripened best. Bring your family, children. Come for a picnic supper after work on uncrowded weekdays. Table! available. Pick as many apples as you want -only $2.50 per bushel. Red or Golden Delicious, $2.75. It's easy and fun. Saves money, too. Orchard is open daily including Saturday and Sunday --• 9:00 A.M. until dark. Baskets Available • Plenty of Parking Space Who Said Taxis Are A Luxury? Add thfl eost of cleaning this man's rain-soaked clothes and you'll agree door-to-door taxi actually saves money. A cab can help In a hundred different ways. When you need one. Radio Dispatched McHENRY CAB Come in today for a j Sharppoo and Set, Tint j o r P e r m a n e n t . N e c k i massage included with i every shampoo. Give yourself a manicure with all materials furbished, "with no cq$t to you!" ' Phone 890 Today ALICE MARIE BEAUTY SHOP 202 N. Riverside Drive PHONE 723 ! Open 6 days a week and evenings HERE TOMORROW! Ford bringsThuncjerbird elegance to the low-price field w ith LIT tfz I |V Tmm Fans yoa've f«t to try! Far left is the new Thunderbird . . . center, the new Custom 300 Tudor Sedan . . . and above, the 9-passen9er Country Sedan. Tm elegant new Fairtone 500 Tow* Victoria WITT CUSS AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL for btaulihl froportioru-- t>r ">• Comite Francois dt fffajanc* oi Hi* SruiMfe World't Fair Styled, powered and priced for today's driving! There never was a l'ord like this before! Its classic new design was awarded the Gold Medal of the Comite Fran^ais de l'El^gance at the Brussels World's Fair! With new Thunderbird flavor in each lively line and tastefully new interiors, these 59 Fords are beautifully proportioned for elegant driving. Power, performance and economy are served up in new proportions, too. All standard Ford ^engines --Six t>r Thunderbird V-8 --thrive on regular gasoline at regular prices. You save up to 5 rents on each gallon! There's a new alimiini/ ed muffler that normally will last twice as long as conventional mutilers used on other cars . . . full-flow oil filtration that lets you change oil at 4000 miles instead of the 1000 often retominciuled . . . new lyrex cord tires (or greater economy and safety ... a brilliant new Diamond Lustre Raked Enamel Finish that's so durable you won't have to wax it ever . . . and two new economy power-transmission teams that will bring you savingautomatically. That's why we say, lor 7>9, Ford is truly a masterpiece of underpi icing! NEW economy team Number One! 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