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Thursday, September 24, 1964 Twice Told Tales FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of September 25, 1924) _ 'ast Scout meeting on Monday night, seven more boys applied for memberships. They were Charles Dowe, Louis Oertel, Ira Dowell, Orval Granger, Donald Granger, Alvin Rothermel and James Powers. We now have a full troop of Scouts and three extras; that is, thirty- five boys. A radio broadcasting outfit from Station WDAP, Edgewater Beach, Chicago, will be brought to Woodstock next Monday night from which city a radio program will be broadcasted. The outfit, encased in glass.is mounted on a truck, giving the audience a clear view of the instruments as used. The burning of a pile of rubbish at the west end of the G. A. Stilling garage caused quite a scare on Wednesday noon. The prompt action of volunteers saved ^the building and probably averted a serious loss to the garage owner. The Valvoline Oil Co., of which John A. Thennes is the local agent, has just completed the work of installing another storage tank of 12,000 gallons capacity. The tank is to be used for the storage of fuel oil. Joseph Justen and Mrs. Emma Sherfick were united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic church. The cermony was performed by Rev. Chas. S. Nix, while the witnesses were Mrs. Geo. Bohr and Jacob F. Justen, the latter a son of the groom. ' Coach Gordon Stringer will take his high school football team to Marengo Saturday afternoon, where they are scheduled to do battle with the Marengo team. W. L. Howell & Co., are this week using a large display space in which ,they tell of the new Super Synchophase, the latest thing in radio as now being produced by the "Grebe" people. We were very agreeably surprised at the wonderful results experienced on that night, when conditions were anything but perfect for such a demonstration. Programs as broadcasted from stations in New York, St. Louis, Kansas City and other points came in with remarkable clearness. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AOO (Taken from the files of September 21, 1939) The bell in the old Universalist church on Court street will no longer pour out its melodious enchantment to the people of McHenry for the huge structure was carted away Tuesday to the purchasers at Barrington. With it went the sentiments of many former members of the church who listened to its gentle peal for many years. Miss Myrtle Huffman of Terra Cotta and Willard Thurlwell were married at Woodstock Saturday evening, Sept. 16. Those engaged in the building trades course at the high school have begun work. Recently they received and constructed twenty new lockers for the school. The boys are busy learning how to make concrete and are working on the building of a garage. Allison Hunt of Waukegan, a tree surgeon, fell Saturday afternoon and was seriously injured while he was working at McHenry. Mrs. Charles Herdrich, who has been travelling in Europe during the past few months, telegrammed members of her family that she has applied for passage to America at some Italian port, but will have to wait her turn. Mrs. Herdich visited in several European countries including Germany, France Hungary and Bavaria and was in Switzerland when the war broke out. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wirfs presented a baby son, born Thursday, Sept. 14, at Woodstock hospital. Robert Doherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Doherty, and John Wagner of Volo returned home Wednesday from a 5,000- mile trip through the West. On their twelve-day trip they visited the Fair at San Francisco and many other points of interest in that direction. The big series is over. Johnsburg came down last Sunday and wound up the series by beating McHenry 8 to 7. It was their third straight win. The Patzke twins, Jack and James, little sons of Mrs. Carl Patzke, celebrated their sixth birthday Sunday afternoon by inviting a number of little friends to a party at their home. Mr. Yahda called the band and orchestra members together for organization the first week of school. The orchestra has twenty-one members, thirteen new this year. The band has forty-one members, seventeen new this year. TEN YEARS AOO (Taken from the files of September 23, 1954) Clarence Anglese received a beautiful watch at the annual faculty-board dinner held at the McHenry Country club. Mr. Anglese received the award for having served twenty-five years on the local teaching staff. A fire of undetermined origin caused considerable damage to the J. L. Nickels home in Country Club drive early Tuesday morning, but fortunately members of the family escaped unharmed. Donald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton F. Blake, arrived home this week on a fourteen-day furlough. Upon his return he will report to a camp in Georgia. Susie Conway celebrated her fourth birthday on Sept. 15 by inviting twelve young friends to a party at the home of her parents, the Harry Conways. The Warriors opened their football season with a game at Marengo, winning with a score of 13-6. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nimsgern spent the weekend Stacyville, Iowa. On Sunday they attended the golden wedding celebration of the Nick Muellers at Riceville, Iowa. Thomas P. Freund, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund of Spring Grove, will resume his studies for the priesthood at Major seminary, Lanaham, Md., and will attend Catholic university, Washington, D. C. He left for Washington Sept. 13. Each year more and more of McHenry's graduates are seeking a higher education in the country's colleges and universities. Many of the girls and boys of McHenry are leaving this week to attend schools of their choice. The McHenry Plaindealer proudly prints its largest edition in its long history this week--forty pages. Many of them will be found devoted to the quadrennial tax report. N. S. Weingart of McHenry has been elected president of the National Farm Loan association to fill the unexpired term of William Meyer of Marengo, who retired. The average American consumes 100,000 pounds of food during a lifetime of 70 years. m DOOR 12 -F1EEZEH BIG ZERO-DEGREE FREEZER HOLDS UP TO 84 lbs. FROZEN FOODS! AUTOMATA DEFROST REFRIGERATOR! ONLY 28" Willi 2-000R W1M1ENCE! • 3 Cabinet Shelves • Porcelain Enamel Vegetable Bin • Butter Compartment • 2 Ice Trays with Wire Rack Cover to simplify removal • 2 Door Shelves • 12 Cu. Ft Net Volume Model TB-303V Model TB-303Y ONLY" " " W/T Easy tanas, big trades! CMEY ibpiaiflce, 1241 N. Green Street Phone 885-5500 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER / \S Mr and. Mrs. Rudolph Muska and three children of Tiffin, Ohio, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Muska. Mr. Muska is a professor at Heidelburg College and they were accompanied by an exchange student from Brazil. Mrs. Velma Douglas returned recently from an enjoyable motor trip through northern Wisconsin and Michigan. She was accompanied by her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Stoughton, Wis. Mrs. Walter Walsh has re turned from a several days visit in the home of her nephew, John Dwyer, and family in Peoria. Claudia and Mike Sapp of Champaign are making their home with their aunt, Mrs. Lester D. Bacon, and attending the local schools. Mrs. Gertrude Pidgeon, Mrs. Laura Brennan and Mrs. Alma McAuliff of Chicago Were guests of Mrs. Walter Brooks Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Dale Dixon and family and Gary RickCr were Freeport visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. William Phelen and children of Chicagb were here to attend the Mahoney-Hettermann wedding, Saturday and spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. Eleanor Foley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tomlinson and daughter, Lynn, were Sunday visitors in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tomlinson, in New Lenox. Sunday guests in the Leslie Olson home were Mrs. Thurlow York of Sharon, Wis., and Mrs. Neil Jones and children of Beloit. Evening visitors were Mr. and Mrs. James Kline of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ulrich and Miss Helen Modine, of St. Charles were dinner guests of Mrs. Rita Ulrich in the Nellie Bacon home Sunday. Jack Schoenholtz has returned to Northern Illinois University where he is working for his Master's degree. Mrs. James West of Itasca was a caller in the home of Nellie Bacon Wednesday. Miss Ann Frisby returned home with her for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Howard McGillivray were guests in the home of their cousins, Mrs. Jennie Mae Richardson and Floyd Cooley the past week enroute from Waterveliet, Mich., to their winter home in Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. Clinton Martin was en- Wftaindd in the home of Mrs. Glenn Morrison in Evansville, Wis., a few days the past week, and while there in company with Mrs. Morrison, called on friends in Richland Center and Yuba, Wis. Mrs. Loretta Kae returned to her home in Chicago Saturday, after a visit in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Einspar. Mr. and Mrs. Art Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Freund and Mrs. Ben Freund motored to Michigan City, Ind., Sunday to spend the day in the Robert Rusboldt home. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson hgts returned from a trip to Denver, Colo., where she accompanied her sister, Mrs. Tena Kist, and a group of ladies from Chicago, on a tour. Mrs. John Lay, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weigart, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, Keith Wein- Walter Andef'son, Keith Weingart, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gregory attended the celebration of the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the former's daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Klaus, in Mount Prospect Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marc Zengerle of Niles and Miss Clara Thomas of Chicago were guests in the homes of their cousins, Mrs. Fred Schoewer and Mrs. Eleanor Young Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thompson accompanied their son, Roger, to Champaign, Thursday, where he entered his sophomore year at the University. Mrs. Ernestine Christian of Chicago was a weekend guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Freund. Other visitors in their home on Saturday were their granddaughter, Mrs. William Brennan, and husband of Glen Ellyn. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Amo and Mrs. Mr .and Mrs. George Rauen, WITNESSES MAKE ELABORATE PLANS FOR CONVENTION The more than 1,200 Jehovah's Witnesses who will meet at the Community high school in Geneva the weekend of Oct. 2 to 4 will create a challenge to the organizational abilities of scores of volunteers who will feed, house and otherwise work to serve the convening delegates. Dominick Font .'inn presiding minister of Jehovah's Witnesses in the McHenry area, said this week, "The volunteers are already at work arranging for sleeping accommodations for out of town *conventionors." Most of the delegates will be family groups of from two to as many as eight members. "Designing and building an attractive setting for the speakers will call for volunteers skilled in carpentry, painting, arranging of flowers and the operating of a public address system," Fontana explained. A cafeteria will be,,provided for the delegates which will serve supper Friday night and three meals each day on Saturday a-nd Sunday. The menu Harold Rolfs of Kenosha were here to attend the Cusack- Glosson wedding Saturday. Mrs. Joe May, Mrs. Irene Guffey and Miss Laura Weber attended the Flower and Garden Show at the Newman Foundation in DeKalb, Sunday and later paid their last respects to the latter's brotherin- law, Arthur Broecker, at the Schmidt Funeral home in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Freund accompanied by their grandchildren, Donna and Marsha Freund of Wauconda, visited their daughter, Sister Mary Charles, a teacher at St. Theresa's School, in Aurora, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vycital spent the weekend with their son, Gary, in St. Paul, Minn. Jane and Paul McCracken have returned to their home in ^(ensenville after spending three weeks in the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McCracken. will range from meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy to oven-fried chicken with parsley potatoes, vegetables, salad and dessert. "When the assembly is over, a volunteer staff will dismantle all the equipment, pack it, and clean lip after themselves^ Section Two -- Page 0 Three hours after the last session is ended, it will be impossible to tell that so many hundreds of people had been in the building for the weekend," Fontana concluded. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE A crocodile skull over 6 feet long was recently discovered In the Big Bend area of Texas. This is twice the length of the previous record -- found, near the Indian Ocean. ^ ^ People usually feel blue when they're in the red. AN ADVERTISMENT THIS SIZE W@isld Cost $' Postage Alone . . . if you put i t on a p o s t c a r d and mailed i t to the 5,100 f a m i l i e s now receiving The McHenry Plaindealer. . . . i t w o u l d c o s t y o u o n l y $ 9 . 9 0 , i f r u n i n t h e P l a i n d e a l e r . . . . And it wouldn't be tossed in the wastebasket either! People PAY to get the newspaper. And one of the main things they pay for is the advertisements which guide them in all their buying habits. The McHenry Plaindealer Today is '65 Pontiac Day. J : The year of the Quick Wide-Tracks Wmm LeMans What do we mean by "quick"? Just this: A new-all-over Pontiac Pontile offering a new Turfe® Hydra-Ms --the silkiest, swiftest-shifting automatic transmission you ever toughed a tea to; eager new Trophy power; new steering igiSity; a surer-footed Wide-Track ride. And a new Pontiac Tempest that's become even more of a Pontiac vslih new style, new length and Pontiac-qulck reflexes to match. Ym eiever knew ©$rs could be so beautiful, and so keenly alert to your touch. This is your year to drive a IWs-TracE^pi©!! 'Qtj Pontiac Pontiac ^ow ^oes tfie success car outd° itself for 1965? Beautifully, just beautifully. But this Pontiac has no intention of getting by on looks alone, though it could. So there's new quickness, Pontiac style. A new nimbleness. New fuel savings. A smooth, easy new ride. Drive a '65 Pontiac and see how one success leads to another. '65 Pontiac Tempest Tempest's even more of a Pontiac now, and what more could a car be than that! The '65 Tempest r looks like a Pontiac, as you can see. Rides like a Pontiac on Wide-Track. Goes like a Pontiac, too: a 140-hp six is standard. Or you can get a quick V-8, up to 285 hp. You'll wonder how we can keep the price so low on so much car. SEE THE NEW BONNEVILLE, STAR CHIEF, GRAND PRIX, CATAUNA, LE MANS AND TEMPEST AT YOUR AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER. OVERTOI LAC - P0NTI 1112 N. FRONT STREET PHONE 385-6000