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• A Sixteen tm mmsmY pumtfemb Thursday, February 25, 1^60 twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS ACJO Taken From the Files of Feb, 17, 1910 Robert Schiessle who operated the Northwestern hotel for many years before his retirement, passed, away at the family home on Main street Monday morning at the age of 66 years. Jacob .Cleary, an old time resident of this vicinity, died at the Hartland Rome last week. Services were held from St. Patrick's church, with Rev Fr. D. Lehane officiating. In response to a call for seventy men, at the Terra Cottia factory, forty-four signed up at a meeting held Saturday evening. The working day is ten hours, .six days a week, at a starting wage of 17 cents an hour. Quite a number of residents ot Barreville and Terra Cotta have expressed their willingness to move to McHenry if housing can be secured and it looks like the first' day of March will s£e a special workmen's train pulling out of McHenry. The ice season is over in McHenry and the local Borden factory has shipped a large quantity of the frozen water to plants at Ridgefield. Woodstock. Hebron, Hampshire and West Chicago where ice is unobtainable. The ice is probably the purest as well as thickest ever taken from the mill pond. A single cake that measured twenty-four inches square was weighed one day last week and was found to tip the beam at 485 pounds.We can see where the poor ice man has his rtoubles next summer. Charles Nickles has moved 3lis family to Woodstock, where .-he has secured a good position .in the Oliver Typewriter family. The house formerly occupied by the Nickles family is now housing the Rossman family, which for many years occupied the little brick house on - Waukegan street. FORTY YEARS AC.O Taken From the Files of Feb. 12, 1920 Two more pioneers, who both -lived to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversaries, passed -away the past week. They were "John Gibbs, who died on Feb. 6 at the age of 74, and Mrs. George W. Rothmermel, whose Zdeath occurred Feb. 9 and whose age was also 74 years. Miss Leone Givens entertained a few of her young friends on Monday evening, the Occasion being her birthday. She was presented with a two and one-half dollar gold piece by the guests, who were. Adelle Pufahl, Helen Welch, Eleanor Walsh, Alvera Heimer, Pamela and Gladys Rietesel. The nine-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thompson, who passed away at the family home in Ringwood Wednesday, was laid to rest in St. Mary's cemetery Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmer and son. Leo, of Long Grove, are moving to McHenry and will make their home in the H. J. Schaffer bungalow on Green street. The present tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doherty. will move to her father's farm near Ringwood. Robert Thompson, who has conducted the Owen estate farm the past few years, had a public auction last Saturday and has given up farming. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Schmitt will occupy the farm after March 1. '< The Plaindealer is in receipt of a letter from Peter W.. Frett, who with his family moved to Butte, Mont., recently. He states he has a fine position and that they are located 4.000 feet tip in the Rocky Mts. 2.000 miles from home. j. J. Vycital has rented the Fred Deutschmann place on Fox river and he and his family will spend the summer there. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Taken From the Files of Feb. 14, 19S5 Mr; and Mrs. William Tesch attended the funeral of their nephew. Bert Schenning, at B u r l i n g t o n , W i s . , T u e s d a y . Schenning, a deputy sheriff and veteran of the police force, died in Burlington Memorial hospital as the result of injuries sustained in a gunfight with a holdup man on a lonely road near Burlington Friday. With the arrest Wednesday of last week of Chester Kolbusz. 21. of Chicago, Sheriff Henry Nulle believes the $1,800 torture robbery of the Emma Ibsch home at McHenry a year ago, has been solyed. He was identified by Miss Ibsch in the bull pen of the' county jail, as the one who used the red hot poker to torture her and make her tell where the money was hidden Mrs. Pearl Sayler Brown, 44, a native of McHenry, died in New York City. Feb. 12, after a long illness. She was the daughter of Mrs. D. E. Sayler of Elgin, and wife of Colvin Brown, vice-president and general manager of the Quigley Publishing company of New York. A group of Girl Scouts and friends enjoyed a Valentine party and chop suey dinner at the home of Mary * Durland Wednesday evening. Pistaira* Highlands WILL RESUME ASSOCIATION MEETINGS MAR. 2 Hazel Morley Hyatt 7-S320 The regular monthly meetings of the Pistakee Highlands association will resume the meetings March 2 at eight o'clock. This will be the first meeting since December and if you are interested in your community affairs we are taking this opportunity to remind all the readers of the March meeting in time to make. arrangements to attend. The association hopes to have Senator Robert MpClory as guest speaker for the meeting. The senator has another speaking commitment earlier in the evening but promised President McCreery that he would make every effort to be present. Girl Scoots Meeting March 4 March 4, the Girl Scouts will resume their regular monthlymeetings at the community center from 7:30 to 9. So mothers please note the date so your girls can attend. Birthdays and Anniversary. Milestones Birthday children soon to celebrate their natal days are Clettis Mayer, Feb. 26, Jane Peloquin, Feb. 26, Tina O'Malley, Feb. 28, Loraine. Lindemann. March 7. To the four of you we wish many happy returns of the day. Two couples will be celebrat: ing their anniversaries. They are Joseph and Irene Novotny, who will celebrate their anniversary March 1 and James and Ruth Lemmons who will celebrate their anniversary March 7. A CHAT WITH US Regular check-ups and maintenance by our experts, means lower car costs to you! Call us today and find out for yourself. Brake Service All Mechanical Repairs Complete Motor Overhauling BUTCH'S 24 HOUR TOWING SERVICE 516 Front St. McHenry, Dl EVergreen 6-0811 News of Your Friends and Neighbors Leo Orlowski and Kay Sielisch attended the fund drive meeting for the Johnsburg rescue squad Feb. 16. They enjoyed meeting many new folks and both are very interested in the rescue squad's progress. Floyd and Vi Johnson opened their basement recreation room to many of the 'teens on Valentine's night. The 'teens enjoyed dancing, popcorn and pop. The Johnsons' son, Lee, was the host for the evening. The Carl Haefligers were Sunday guests of the James Foxes in Long Lake last Sunday. They Spent the afternoon visiting. Last Tuesday Anna Cohrs attended a church luncheon in Lake Zurich. Terrjr Pfingsten's mother, Mrs. Anne Voilers, spent a couple of wieeks with her to give Terry a helping hand when she got home \yith the new baby girl. They have named the baby Lisa Marese. We are sorry to report that Elmer Martineau's father, who makes his home with Elmer, has been very ill. The officers of the Woman's club meet at the home of vjee president Marcia Dowd Feb 15, to make plans for the February meeting, which will feature the cherry tree. James Bures, the storekeeper in the Highlands, was more that a good neighbor last Saturday. He was on his way home when he saw Carl and Blanche Haefliger stuck in a ditch. Jim came back to the scene with a big pail of sand and a shovel and got the Haefligers back on the" road. If you did not receive your mail last week, it >^as because the approach to your box was not shovelled. The . mailman can not make the deliveries if the snow is too deep. Pat Pedersen and children spent several days in Chicago last week and got stranded in the blizzard. Norman came to her rescue Saturday. Roy Snell attended a meeting in McHenry Feb. 16, for the last minute details of the fund raising drive for the McHenry hospital. If you still have the census card the Boy Scouts left with vyou to be filled in and mailed, please send it in. The Stouts spent many hours going from door to door. Belated birthday greetings go to the Scout Master Joe Murray, who celebrated his birthday Saturday, Feb. 13. Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Van- Zevern attended the dinner held in Crystal Lake, Feb. 15, for the committee men and women of McHenry county to introduce the candidates for delegates to the national convention. A steak dinner and interesting speeches were enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Mary Granger announced the need for workers in the census to be taken of McHenry county. They have need for tvjrentytwo people for the areai; Any one interested must be 18 years of age and older and if , they can complete the necessary application. For further information you can call Marilyn at Hyatt 7-3202. he will give you all the details. Marilyn is also the registrar in the Highlands and if you are not registered, better get busy so you" csih vote. Any one interested in buying one of the St. John's cook books can get than from Mrs. Richard Fredrick, Lake View avenue,, in Sunnyside or call her at Evergreen 5-5205. The Haefligers spent last weekend in, Streator, visiting with .Blanche's sister, Dorothy Johnson, and her niece, Alice Evans. Welcome Son Mr. and Mrs. Bob O'Mally welcomed-a son at the Woodstock hospital on Feb. 13. The baby weighed 7 lbs., 14% ozs. and will answer to the name Joseph. This is their fifth child and also their fifth son. Congratulations. Bine and Gold Dinner The Blue and Gold dinner held on Feb. 15 at the Johnsburg hall was attended by over 100 persons. The Scouts and their parents enjoyed a delicious beef dinner served to them by seven Girl Scouts. The girls serving were Dawn Misavice, Linda Ullo, Janet Wilson, Lynn Johnson, Diane Johnson, Debbie Montabano and Sandra : Heir. A speech #as given on Indian lore. Around the Highlands The Heirs and the Kittermanns attended the boat show in Chicago a while back. We regret that we forgot to wish happy birthday to Warren Heir who was 9 years old on Feb. 12. Happy birthday this coming Sunday, Feb. 28, to Ricky Madock who will be 5 years old. He had a party with his friends and cousins. We also have two March first birthdays. They belong to my two boys. Michael will be five and Gary will be three. They will celebrate, with friends and their grandparents. Vi Schuble and Marge Moreth became members of the McHenry Women's club last week. They were sponsored by Margaret Bolin Linda Dobecki entertained a group of her school chums in her home for a valentine party. They played games and . enjoyed the sandwiches, chips, pop and cake served by Mrs. Dobecki. They also. exchanged Valentines. Don DoBecki and his brother Bill spent last weekend,,. in South Bend, Ind. They visited their dad in the hospital who r e c e n t l y u n d e r w e n t s u r g e r y and visited with their mother. Martin and Hazel Rogde entertained guests from Chicago last Sundjay in honor of Trudy's birthday. • . . / $ We are sorry to report that Mrs, Callahan of, Rand drive fell0 in Chicago during the recent blizzard and broke her shoulder and has a hip out of place. Because of the storm it was impossible to get an ambulance to the scene of the accident and she had to be taken to the hospital on the 'L*. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope it won't be too long before she will be back in the Highlands visiting with her friends and neighbors! "'This Sunday, Bob and Lorraine Hurckes and family will be among the many to help Lorraine's grandfather, Paul Schulz, celebrate his eightysecond birthday. Mr. Schulz is a well known resident of Johnsburg. Do You Live In A Vacuum Bottle? How fresh to the heated air you breathe In your home? If your home is heated by' a warm air furnace Send for a free copy of this informative article FRESH-AIR COMFORT 6328 N. Nordica Chicago 81, Illinois We ate sorry we forgot: to wish Jeanene Barron a happy birthday on Feb. 13. Belated happy birthday, Jeanene. Jtfrs. Loraine Lindemann spent four days last week visiting with her daughter, Marilyn, in Lansing, 111. While there another daughter, Pat, came from Chicago for a visit. Mrs. Lindemamt's trips to Lansing will be more frequent to keep her daughter and three grandchildren company while he's away. Dogs are still running loose turning oyer garbage cans and just being a menace and nuisance to, the. community. If you are the owner of a dog running loose, won't you please make an attempt to keep them on your own property? Fun Fair The Johnsburg school will hold its annual Fun Fair on AprilD in the school. There will be a white elephant sale, bake booth, games for adults as well as the children, food concession and just gobs of fun in store for all who attend. Articles for the white elephant sale are still needed. If you have clothing, trinkets, knick-knacks or any other things suitable for the sale, they will be greatly appreciated. Mrs. Klotz will see that your items are picked up. You may call her at EV. 5-1914 and she will take care of the rest. Mark it on yow cafctftgflr, April 9. See you there? Well friends that's our .Heftumn for this week. We you enjoy reading it as r1-- as we enjoy gathering thfe and putting the column bef| you each week. We appreel* all those who faithfully supply us with our news items. Bye now, see you next week. :j SERVICE NEWS: GOPPINGEN, GERMANY -- Army PFC Charles J. Gr^, whose wife, Peggy, lives Jan Route 1, Spring Grove, h(., participated with; othej: personnel from the 4th armored division in Exercise Win i pr Shield at the Grafenwohr-Hohenels training area in southern Germany Feb. 1-7. Winter Shield, an annual Seventh Army winter maneuver, involved 60,000 troops. The 24-year-old soldier, son of Mrs. Erma Donlin, RoutflSj, Benton, Ark., is a member erf Company A of the division's 4th quartermaster battalion in Goppingen. He entered the Army in September 1958 and completed basic training at Fort Hood, Tex. TV channels have been defined as ruts worn by taking the path of least resisancy^. Seed Cleaning and Panogen Treatment Spring will soon be HERE! Avoid that last minute rusli^ Get your cleaning done now! Increase your yields by using our modern equipment the Panogen: why. o - Turner's Seed Cleaning Service Phone Hebron 2742 Rt. S, Woodstock, IB. 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