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ACTION 2 -J»AGE 1 - I'LAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,1975 FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Nov. 19, 1925) The art of being grateful will be the subject of the sermon Sunday morning in the M.E. church. Miss Grace Granger will lead the discussion of the devotional hour. The McHenry Plaindealer has moved into another home and now has larger and better quarters in which to publish the newspaper which has been going into the homes of some of its present subscribers for a period of fifty years. The office is now located in the Barbian building on Green street. Clarence E. Cobb, highly esteemed citizen of this city, passed away at the home of his son, Frank E. Cobb, on Elgin road, Nov. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Will Miller of Ring wood celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary Sunday, Nov. 15. A public dance will be given at Kempfer's hall, Johnsburg, by the "Girls' Wide-a-Wake" club on Wednesday night. The music will be furnished by the Twentieth Century Har- monizers of Chicago. Mrs. John Niesen entertained at dinner on Thursday in honor of her mother who patched three quilts at the age of eighty- four years. After knotting the three quilts, the ladies played dominoes. Plans have been made for a big balloon dance to be given at the Polly Prim Tavern Thanksgiving night. A seven piece orchestra will furnish the music. Plans are being made by the members of the Methodist church to hold a Father and Son banquet in the near future. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Nov. 21, 1935) Fred Feltz, 59, received serious injuries Monday while at work on the construction of a sewage plant for McHenry, known as Federal Public Works project No. 8155. Mr. Feltz was engaged in rubbing down the runways of the seration tank when in changing his position he lost his balance and fell more than ten feet into the tank. He was taken to St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, where X-rays were taken and several broken bones and several bruises were found. "The Peter Schoewer home on John street is to be occupied by the family of Mrs. John Miller, who will "move from the Wentworth house on Waukegan street. McHenry's local state police officers were stationed in Centerville Saturday evening checking on cars with only one headlight and no taillight. About 200 persons were present at the basket social held at the Barreville school house. The main feature of the evening was a popularity contest in which Caroline Johnson of Crystal Lake and Nellie Pearson of McHenry were proclaimed the winners. Prizes in this contest were two permanent waves. Mrs. Mary Hopp of Niesen's subdivision passed away at her home in Chicago Saturday, Nov. 16. She had spent the entire summer at her son's cottage and did not return to Chicago until Nov. 11. The sewing circle of Ringwood met at the home of Mrs. B.T. Butler Friday, a pot- luck dinner was served at noon. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Nov. 30, 1950) ' The Rev. Eugene Junfe, M.S.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jung of Spring Grove, will be ordained to the Holy Priesthood today, Nov. 30, at St. Peter's church in Mansfield, Ohio. In recognition of their twenty-five years of service, five employees of Kropp Forge Co., Chicago, were presented with gold watches. Among the five men was Gustaf Tranberg of McCullom Lake. A lifelong resident of the McHenry vicinity, Vincent Martin, 75 years old, died Nov. 27, at the home of his son, Charles, near Spring Grove. Gerald Reed of Oshkosh, Wis., a former teacher in the local high school, was a Thanksgiving day guest in the Paul R. Yanda home. Pvt. Dorothy L. Schroeder, 27, daughter of Charles Schroeder of McCullom Lake, has reported to Lackland AFB, Tex., the "Gateway to the Air Force,", to begin an in­ doctrination course at the women of the air force training center. The annual holiday party for the children is being planned by the McHenry Women's club to take place in the Legion home, Friday, Dec. 8. A new 4-H club, their third, was organized in the Ringwood community recently. The name Ringwood Happy Hour was selecfed for this party-a-mohth club at the John Hogan home. Charlotte Hogan is club leader with Mary Hogan junior leader. There are now twenty mem­ bers, both boys and girls bet­ ween the ages of 10 and 14 years. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Nov. 24, 1965) The holiday ballet production of "Alice In Wonderland" to be presented Dec. 4 at McHenry junior high school. There will be two performances in the afternoon, sponsored by the Cadette Girl Scouts of McHenry. The Cornelius Miller family including six children 12 years and under were left homeless last Thursday afternoon when fire swept through the residence in Lakemoor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurckes became parents of a son, Nov. 15 at McHenry hospital. Mark, 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knox of Barreville road, McHenry, escaped with only a bruise when he was struck by a truck near his home. Thomas Thennes, son of the Edward Thenneses, and his wife have returned from Kiserslattern, Germany, where he has been serving in the army the past fourteen months and are now at home in Woodstock. A large home was once oc­ cupied by McHenry's prominent banker, J.B. Perry and his family, when the Perry family made their home here probably seventy years ago. It was located at the corner of Richmond road and Elm street, where the Sinclair station now stands. At that ^ime there was no Elm street connecting the business districts. Today the Perry house is occupied by Cecelia Knox and is located farther north on Richmond road. What About Reading And Writing in Education? The old saying goes that education should be concerned with "reading, writing and arithmetic." English offerings deal with two of these critical skills: reading and writing. A third skill, speaking, is also an important part of the English curriculum. McHenry high school has made some important changes in its English curriculum so that the three areas of reading, writing, and speaking can be emphasized for every high school student. Let's face it, students in public schools seem to be doing worse in these areas than ever before. The high school is very aware that the elementary districts in McHenry, Wonder Lake, and Johnsburg are all working hard to improve the reading, writing, and speaking skills in the elementary programs. McHenry high school is also working on the problem through recent changes in the curriculum. At East campus last year a new course was created to work with young people who were not performing well, especially with respect to reading. Also, quarter courses have been started at East campus beginning during the 1975-76 school year. These courses allow teachers to concentrate or focus on given skills to assure better student un­ derstanding and performance. For example, some courses deal with just reading and allow some students to start on a basic level or more advanced students to read more challenging material. West campus also introduced a curriculum last school year which allowed students to learn with others who have the same needs. With this type of curriculum, students who need more help can be given in­ dividual attention while high achievers are allowed to challenge themselves with college type material. Another new approach at West campus was to offer a course which dealt with English as it related to business procedures. This new course was appropriately called Business English. Both East and West campus faculties identified in their department evaluations that much more needs to be done. Students continue to have problems with, reading, writing, and speaking. McHenry high school's staff feels that the English curriculum needs to be coor­ dinated especially in dealing with those students who need to start on a basic skills level. Presently, McHenry offers over forty courses in English, but the goal still remains to create courses that will help all students to at least achieve basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking. We're working on it! • Mrs. Delight (meeting politician at party)-*Tve heard a great deal about you." Politician (absently)-- "Possibly, but you can't prove it." w HORNSBYS family centers f T 4400 W. ROUTE 120, MCHENRY RTE. 47 * COUNTRY CLUB RD. WOODSTOCK, ILL. HOURS: DAILY 9 til 9 SUNDAY 10 til 6 C 2L 'coming fo*n SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1:00-5:00 P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1:00-5:00 P.M Santa makes his official entrance to McHenry this weekend and has stocked our store full of toys for boys and girls of all ages. We have the largest and most complete selection of toys in the McHenry area. 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