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\ >. r •- -\ Pagr 5 • PLAIN DEALER-HER \LI). ̂ EI)NESI)A\ . 3 \M VIH 'i . I98 ."i Court case against bank is settled Extension advisors attend conference . Snow tubing •FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the files of Jan. 10, „ 1935) A court case started in Sept., 1929 against the stockholders of the Citizens Bank of McHenry was decided by Judge E D. Shurtleff in Circuit Court Monday, in favor of the complainants. The case was brought by air of the depositors and creditors of the bank against all of the stockholders. The total amount sued for was $122,000. Cupid had a good year in McHenry County in 1934 with is­ suance of 635 marriage licenses. June, as usual, was the banner month with 100 licenses being issued. Hard water toilet soap sold for 22 cents for five bars and finest creamery butter sold for 34 cents per pound at Erickson's Dept. Store. -- . . - Justen's Hotel advertised an Old Time Fiddlers' Contest for Jan. 12 with judges coming from out-of- town. Chicken dinnej; was also of­ fered for 25 cents. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 11, 1945) Pvt. Donald J. Schaefer, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Schaefer, Main St., West McHenry is an aircraft mechanic with a B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group which was recently awarded a war department unit citation in Italy. Hoogasian is honored Outgoing Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit Jack Hoogasian was recently honored by the Court Services Department of Lake County at a Christmas celebration inWaukegan. Judge Hoogasian was presented with an engraved clock-plaque as a reminder to him of the time he spent during the past two years overseeing the efforts the Court Services personnel. . In presenting the award Direc­ tor of Court Services George Gallaugher, cited Hoogasian for support of Court Services and its programs during the past two years. One of Judge Hoogasian's duties was to organize the old juvenile, adult, and detention departments into a modern Court Services Department. The citation was awarded for the highly successful strategic bomb­ ing of the Bratislava Oil Refinery in Czechoslovakia in June, 1944. Evening classes for farmers will start next week. A machinery repair course, conducted by George P. Freund, will begin at the Case Implement Shop on Jan. 17. Other courses, mostly on soils, will be offered at area schools. TWICE TALES Edited from our files of /years gone by -t Compliments of the House... COMPLETE DINNER INCLUDING FULL SALAD BAR WITH 3 COMPLETE DINNERS AT REGULAR PRICE (Free Dinner Must Be of Equal Or Less Value) (OFFER GOOD THRU 1 /31 /85) RESTAURANT & LOUNGE ON THE FOX RIVER BETWEEN "THE BRIDGES •385-2014 Retail Prices JAN. 4th thru JAN. 14th Dsum KNITS • SPORTSHIRTS • VELOURS ' • OUTERWEAR • TIES • BELTS • GLOVES • HATS/SCARVES • QUILTED SPORTSHIRTS • ROBES • PAJAMAS • SLIPPERS • JEANS • UNDERWEAR •ALL SALES FINAL / *N0 EXCHANGES •NO REFUNDS •NO CREDIT 3SS-0019 i&undk tTABF CAR MEN V STORE FOR MEN • • 1J I4N Gr»*nS» MtM«c»ry DAILY 9 io 5 30 FRI 9 (o 8 SAT 9 5 Bolger's ' their ma eluding th odus" and' as The Satui advertised t.ion: in- s "Ex- at well ost. Fifty-seven persons died in McHenry County during 1944. The Statement of Condition of the West McHenry State Bank showed total resources of $3,833,834.40, at the end of 1944. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 7, 1960) A kick-off meeting for workers in the campaign for the new Johnsburg rescue squad building fund was held last week, with a high note of enthusiasm shown among those who will be soliciting money to erect the new building. The $7,500 building will be located on Bridge View drive in Johnsburg. Members of the squad, as well as many generous people working in the building trades have volunteered to do most of the labor connected with the project. Postmaster J.W. Hettermann has announced receipt of an award stating that McHenry city post office drivers have earned the 1959 post office regional opera­ tions director's award for safety. The McHenry Choral Club will begin rehearsals for the spring season Jan. 11. The theme for the spring program is "One World in Song." St. Mary of Woodstock in the grade school division and St. John of Johnsburg in the parish division won championships in the seventh annual Knights of Columbus Basketball Tournament recently TEN tuiuUi AGO (Taken from the files of. Jan. 8, 1975) Earl Walsh resigned Monday night as City Clerk of McHenry after 38 years of uninterrupted service. He had never missed at­ tendance at a meeting. Prior to Walsh's announcement, City Treasurer Thomas F. Bolger also submitted a letter of resignation to become effective. May lyJoseph J. Dietrich, amm*eiy/faithfui employee of the city retired Jan. 1 after 22 years of service with the Sewer and Water department. Mayor Joseph Stanek has re­ quested interested persons to send resumes to fill the vacated posts of city clerk and city treasurer. Newly-elected officials of the Chain of Lakes-Fox River com­ mission discussed the commis­ sion's goals with State Sen. Jack Schaffer (R-Cary) at their meeting recentl^^ In 4-H new pt Bull Valley Seekers reportecron a December meeting where Kristine Salman gave a talk on hair health and Kim Salman gave a talk about colds. Jeff Muir's project talk was on rabbits and Chris Poehlmann gave his project talk about line art. Four McHenry County and local area '"Extensibn advisers recently attended a week-long conference designed for in- » service education and professional exchange ^n the Univej^yLQl Illinois campus in Champaign-Urbana. "Internal Strength for Ex­ ternal Excellence" was the theme of the conference. The U of I Cooperative Ex­ tension Service currently in­ cludes a professional staff of 359 county advisers. 185 campus- based faculty members and administrators and 20 area > advisers housed in regional .offices throughout the state. The staff conducts educational work statewide through 103 county offices in four program areas: agriculture and natural resources, home economics and family development, com­ munity resource developments and 4-H and youth. Local Extension staff . members participating in the conference were Kathy Halstead, Brian Sager, Bruce Spangenberg, and Mary Widolff. • The local county Extension office is located at 789 McHenry Ave., Woodstock. A Personal Wellness and Fitness pay was a major new addition to the annual con­ ference Extension staff. While on campus, the advisers had an opportunity to participate in some 70 different professional and personal improvement sessions, ranging from "Basic Counseling with Commericial Farmers" to "Energy Retrofits of Houses for the 21st Century," "Meeting Needs of early Adoloscents and Their Families," and "Balancing Work and Family" to "Using Computers to Reach Extension Audiences." outing set The Y-Trail Blazers of the Lake Region YMCA will be sponsoring a s n o w t u b i n g o u t i n g a t Maplehurst Cycle Park. Wilmot Road, Spring Grove. The cost will be $7 per person Cars will leave from the V facili ty at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. .Jan 12 The whole family is invited. The Trail Blazer program is a father and son organization for fourth, fifth and sixth graders throughout McHenry County For more information on the Trail Blazers ' monthly events, contact Stan Penczak at (312) 65H-6956' TAKE IT OFF SUCCESSFUL WEIGHT LOSS! 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