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Page Twenty-Two -X. THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday. October 19* 1961 Twice fold Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 19, 1911 Miss Mary Anna Freund, oldest daughter of Supervisor and Mrs. S. H. Freund, were united in marriage to Mr. Henry E. Buch, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Buch, in a ceremony rfcad by Rev. A. Royer at St. Mary's church at P o'clock Wednesday morning. Oct. 18. Mrs. Mary Weber, mother of Misses Gertrude and Kathryn Weber of this village and Mrs. Math Smith of Zenda, .Wis.; passed away at the family home this morning after a four days' illness. The Girls' G»ee club of the McHenry public school now has thirty-one members, namely, Ella Mollohan, Margaret Buss. Anna Knox, Eleanor Phalin, Marguerite, Gen e v i e v e and Florence Knox, Frances Welch, Mary Burke, Katie Buch. Elsie Smith, Edna Phalin, Esther Stoffel, Mamie Buss, Elsie Wolff, Agnes Conway, Corabel M c O m b e r , E r i y t h P e t e s c h , ~E?Tah Page, Lelah Claxton, Belle Carey, Ethel Harrison, Julia Freund, Lenore Freund, Verena Justen, Mary Bonslett, Clara Miller, Helen Weber. Laura Barbian, Anna Wrede, Irene Vasey and Irene Buhr. How do you suppose our fathers managed to make a living "in the good old days' when calico was 40 cents a Legal (Continued from Page 21) shall be held invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this ordinance. Section 15. That all ordinances, resolutions, or orders, yard, sugar 18 cents a pound, coal oil 35 cents a gallon and their corn brought only 10 cents a bushel and had to be brought 100 miles to market. Hard times! We never knew what hard times were. Ann ounce ment has been made of the marriage of Miss Ony Turner of Belvidere, and Dr. J. E. Wheller of this place, which took place at the home of the bride at high noon yesterday. The mother of Carl W. Stenger. cashier of the West McIIenry State bank, passed away at her home in Green Bay, Wis.; Friday of last week. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 13, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kimball celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at Woodman hall on Tuesday evening of this week. They arc parents of ten children who were all present with the excention df Grover, who lives in Hunter. N. D. A groun of McHenry relatives attended a gathering at the home of Mrs: S. S. Chapel! in Chicago" Sunday, honoring her mother, Mrs. H. C. Smith of McHenry. on her eightysecond birthday. Joe Eneeln. the Riverside Drive machinist, is this week constructing a lanre addition to his boat storage house, which, when completed, will eive him a capacity for storing at least from twenty-five to thirtylaunches. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Schaffer very delightfully entertained a large number of friends at a private dancing party at the American Leeion hall Tuesday evening. Sixty couples were present, to enioy dancing to the music of Mc- Andrews' orchestra of Woodstock. When John Givens. employed at the Unti ice cream parlor, opened the place Wednesday morning he found the pla^e had been entered during the night or parts thereof, in conflict , an.d a revolver an.d pun..c hboar,d,, with .th. e provisions of, .th. i.s ,'p r i z e s t, o t h e v a l u e o t n e a r l y to the tune of a $175 refrigerator, and now Danny O'Shea's flat on Riverside Drive contains this useful gift. Mrs. O'Shea is the daughter of .Ray Conway, the.G.O.P. committeeman. We are told that a vase of sunflowers adorns the" top of the refrigerator. Miss Dorothy Powers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Powers, became the bride of Mr. Sibre Whiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Whiting, in a service read by Rev. William O'Rourke at St. Patrick's church Saturday morning, Oct. 3, and at 4:30 that afternoon Miss Florence Steffes, dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffes, was united in marriage to Mr. Ralph Schroeder of Palatine at St. Mary's parish house, Msgr. Charles Nix officiating. Mrs. Amelia Eibisch, 71, sister of Mrs. Fred Kamholz of McHenry, died suddenly while sitting at the table at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Nelson, in Crystal Lake Tuesday morning. Mrs. Henry Passf ield, t he former Ann Eliza Vasey, died at her home near Volo Oct. 2. at the age of 60 years, and Mrs. Gertrude Uecker. sister of Math and Henry Heimer of McHenry, passed away at her home in Chicago last week at the age of 74 years. The McHenry Country club, whose 18-hole golf course is the most popular recreation center in McHenry, has completed another successful season, with approximately 7,500 players having registered during the season, in addition to its membership of about 140 golfers. ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Section 16. That this ordinance, after its passage and approval by the Mayor shall be published once in the McHenry Plaindealer, a newspa- $100 taken. Howard Phalin and Ear1 Walsh of this village. Roy Thompson o£, Greenwood ard Edwin Kuecker of Seneca are home from a trip to the National Daily show at St. Paul, Minn.: where they represented the state of Illinois in the cow per published and having a j 1estinK contest general circulation in the City . The pnintPrs at St. Mary's of McHenry, and shall be in > new parsonage are r.ow putting full force and effect after such | the finishing touches on the inpublication in the manner, < terjnr 0f the structure which form and time as providedi w i l l soon be ready for occu by the laws of the State of Illinois thereunto enabling. Passed October 16, 1961 Approved October 16, 1961 Ayes: Bolger, Brown, Conway, Pitzen. Schaefer, Smith, j commit lee awards a wonderful Nayes: None prize to a Republican precincl DONALD P. DOHERTY committeeman. that's news. Mayor ; But that is iust what happened EARL R. WALSH1 at the Richmond picnic last Clerk j Sunday. The "good neighbor" (Pub. Oct. 19, 1961) I spirit was being fallowed out pancy. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken from the Files of Oct. 8, 1936 When a Democratic picnic CANDY FOR BLIND The Fox Lake Lions club will conduct "Candy Day for the Blind" on Oct. 20 and 21. On those days, members and their wives and friends will dct street corners in that area, giving candy in return for contributions which help the Lions to continue to "help the blind help themselves." Andrew Jackson, after spending a lifetime in government service, had $90.00 cash oh hand when he retired to the Hermitage. Holiday Hills AWAIT PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT NEW PILLARS Entrance Of Subdivision To Be Enhanced Inez Young The Woman's club has finally received official permission to erect the pillars at the entrance, and as soon as a building permit is received from Woodstock, actual work will commence. By doing the work ourselves, a considerable amount ot money can be saved. If yoti can help, please call Vi Abbink at EV. 5-6060. It is hoped that the weather will hold out so that the pillars can be started this fall. This will surely do a lot to improve the appearance of the entrance to our subdivision. Pre-Halloween Party The Holiday Hills Woman's club held their annual' Halloween party on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at St. John's Lutheran church. The ladies came up with some real rare costumes. Among them were a gorilla, a bunny rabbit, a kitten, a hobo. Mae West and many more. The eostumers paraded before the officers who were the judges and prizes were awarded to Vi Abbink, Lorraine Bemis and Inez Young. Business for the evening included requests for cupcakes and doughnuts for the children's Halloween parade which will conclude at the lake beach with a bonfire and refreshments served. Another request was made for cakes (no box mixesV for the next meeting, held on Nov. 8, when we will have a cake sale. - Ladies, please bring guests. The business meeting was followed by dunking for apples, games and refreshments served by Chadie Ary, Connie Catanzaro, Ellen Erickson and Josephine Janik. Road Improvements Jim Harper had the assistance of Hal Breede, Herb Landis, Earl Stoddard and Jack White on the cold patch repair work on the holes on Sunset Drive. The Holiday Hills Proj>erty Owners association has paid for the materials used for this improvement. More Improvements The Girl Scouts of Troop 478 of Holiday Hills used their last meeting day to dig flower beds in the shape of the Girl Scout emblem at the River Bend beach, and will soon plant them with bulbs. Please be kind enough not to disturb these beds because next spring they will surely beautify the area. The girls also plan to put flower beds in the park area at the end of the lake channel on Pine and Lilac streets. Boy Scouts The Boy Scouts of Troop 132 went back to the Chain O* [ Lakes state park again on Oct. 7 and 8. A fine time was had by all, what with good food and no rain such as they had on their last trip. With the trees beginning to color and a clear night, the camp-out was a huge success. Happy Birthday Dawn Heise had a big day Sunday, Oct. 8, when she celebrated her fifth birthday and lost her first tooth all in one day. The birthday was celebrated with a dinner for Grandma and Grandpa Heise, Grandma and Grandpa Godfrey, Great-Grandmother, T e a g u c, Godparents, Bob and Dolores Anders, and their children, Robin and Billy, and Toots and Allen Nickolay and their children, Terry Lee and Colleen. The party was a success and the tooth was sent to fairyland for inspection. A bejated happy birthday to Bill Boettcher on his twentyfirst birthday, Oct. 13. Have you registered yet, Bill? Anniversary Greeting A happy twenty-third wedding anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. James Hawhee of Pine street. Jesse and Jim will celebrate by going to Rockford for the weekend with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Brook Spears. ty squad. Jim Dowhin, senior, is a guard and has put a lot of time on the gridiron. The next time you go to a game look for Jim -- number 64. We also have two more boys playing football for McHenry high. Victor Justes and Danny McGrane are playing on the freshman football team. Let's get out there and cheer these boys on to victory. Get Well Wishes This week we're sending get well wishes to Helen Larie, who is in McHenry hospital recuperating from surgery. Attend Wedding Lorraine Bemis, accompanied by Edna Holman, traveled to Macomb, 111., to attend the wedding of Lorraine's niece, LuAnn Doll, to Harold Brown of Monmouth, 111. The wedding was hel4 in the R^E. church of Macomb at 4 Pm. on Sunday, Oct. 8. A recent study by a Chicago safety board revealed that the average driver must make 100 decisions every mile that he drives. These 100 decisions make him take some sort of action 20 times a mile -- mostly defensive moves. Engagement Mr. and Mrs. A. Ahlgrim announce the engagement of their daughter, Joyce, to Roger S. Kenny of Deckerville, Mich. The couple plan a June wedding. Football Fan? Are you a football fan? 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