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1968 Chrysler Styling is Evolutionary *• ^ ~ « History Of County, 1832- 1968 Is Recorded The successful evolutionary styling which has characterized Chrysler for the past several years is continued in 1968. , Styling improvements have been made to '«r the front and rear, a new roof is provided for three different hardtops, and several convenience features have been added to the line. Refinements which make each of the 15 models more luxurious and the styling changes establish strong identity for each of the five series: Newport, Newport Custom, 300, New Yorker, and Town & Country Wagons. The sporty 300 series, above, available in convertible, two-door and four-door hardtops, offers headlamps which are concealed behind movable doors which match the rest of the grille. Numerous chahges have be^n made in the engines to improve high-speed performance. Wagons have wood-grain body side ornamentation. An optional tailgate window washer-wiper is offered for the first time. News About Our Servicemen Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Frank W. Plushkis, Jr., USN, husband of the former Miss Nancy D. Petersen of 2804 Myang,Mc Henry, was graduated from the Aviation Electricians school at the Naval Air Technical Training center, Jacksonville, Fla. By attending the school, he learned the fundamentals of electricity, electronics, aircraft electrical and instrument systems, troubleshooting and repair of aircraft electrical parts. he learned supply administration, allotments, funds, functional accounts and accounting. Storekeeper Seaman Matthew T. Yegge, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Yegge, Sr., of Woodstock, husband of the former Miss Nancy C. Dowell of 2640 Sutton Court, McHenry, was graduated from the Storekeeper school at the Naval Supply schools, Newport, R.I. During the ten-week course, ESCAPES INJURY Micheal Stuart of Holly court, McHenry, who was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident last week, was neither injured nor treated in the McHenry hospital, as reported to the newspaper from a county police department account of the accident. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS V.ERY I.MPRESSIVE P.HOTOGRAPHY bt Tlx* \V»'lt*T Family ik 6 CRYSTAL LAKE PLAZA J CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. 60014 815-459-6140 This year of 1840 saw McHenry county getting its first courthouse. After many false starts on the subject, issuing orders and a few days later countermandering them, (all detailed in the History of 1885), the county commissioners finally, on Aug. 5, 1840, held their first session in a building in McHenry built by William H. Beach expressly as a courthouse and jail. He was under a $5,000 bond to have it completed by Aug. 1, that year. However, a commission order of Oct. 5, 1840, names Rufus Soules and Caleb Davidson as the. builders of the first court- • house and accepts their work. It was a frame building, located on Riverside Drive on the same corner where the Town House is now located. This courthouse disposition was short-lived. In the next three years, dissatisfaction arose in the county that the courthouse was not centrally located. An election was held Sept. 4, 1843, to move the seat of justice to "the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter Section 5, township 44, range 7, east of the third principal meridian," more easily identified as Centerville, now Woodstock. The proposal was acknowledged to receive the majority vote at the December session of the commissioners. Another whole year slipped by, however, before the commissioners at their September, 1844, term accepted the warranty deed and building offered by George C. Dean "conveying to the county of McHenry two acres of land as described therein, for a public square at Centerville, in said county, with the .court-house and jail for said county situated thereon." And so, on the 23rd of September 1844 , the courthouse was moved to a plain twostory frame structure nearly in the center of the public •square in Centerville (Woodstock) and the first commissioner meeting was held there the following Dec. 2. The name Centerville, incidentally, was changed to Woodstock by state statute in February, 1845. The old courthouse in Mc- ^ Henry was ordered sold to thef highest bidder on Jan. 8, 1844, with Henry M. Wait, sheriff, ' conducting the sale. Mr. Dean's frame building soon proved to be too small. It did not contain offices for the county officers. So now comes the rather humorous incident in McHenry County courthouse history concerning a certain "Rat Hole." At the June, 1846, term, the commissioners advertised for bids to erect a fire-proof building "at this place, for the two clerk's offices, recorder's office, and probate justice's office." The building, a brick structure with thick walls, was erected by H.M. Wait and others, contractors. And here we print direct from the 1885 history: "It (the building) did not receive its name until the year after its erection, the occasion of its christening being as follows: The building, when completed was surmounted by, a tin roof, to make it "fireproof," according to the intention of its builders. Along in the winter there came a heavy wind which suddenly lifted the roof and carried it some distance away. The county officers, in their offices at the timfe, naturally did not care to remain longer under such a condition of affairs, and rushed out with all possible haste. As they came forth, they were greeted with a derisive shout and laughter from Henry Petrie a merchant of Woodstock, who exclaimed in great glee: "See the d--d rajs crawl out of their holes!" Petrie was a Whig of very pronounced opinions, and had no sympathy with the Democratic party to which the county officers belonged." The Rat Hole, McHenry county's third courthouse building, was actually on county records by that name and continued to serve the county until it was sold at a sheriffs sale on Feb. 25, 1856, to Lindsay Joslyn for $723. The building was still there in 1884, known as Markus' saloon. Returning to our chronology of the Forties, we come to the important date of Dec. 5, 1849, when action began so that the county's township names could be finally drawn up in what appeared to be almost permanent form. The people had voted, on Nov. 6, 1849, to adopt the township system of government. So the county commissioner court acknowledged the vote of 1,943 ballots in favor of the township organization and on Dec. 5 named Carlisle Hastings, Phineas W. Piatt, and Frederick W. Smith to divide the county into townships/ The townships formed by this commission, together with the names of their first judges of election, appointed June 5, 1850, were: Benton--Gideon Cooley, Harvey, Wilson, James Thompson. Richmond--W.A. McConnell, John Purdy, R.R. Crosby. Hebron--E.W. Smith, Zenas Pierce, N.W. Herrick. Alden--G. W. Dana, N.'M. Capron, T.B. Wakeman. Chemung--D.P. Hutchinson, J.C. Thompson, George Wooster.' Byron--Dexter Barrows, S. H. Sails,' N.C. Dodge. Hartland--Joel G. Wood, Edward Murphy, Cornelius Desmond. Greenwood--Orestes Garrison, N.G. Dufield, A.A. Scheu. McHenry--Ira Colby, B.B. Brom, John McOmber. Brooklyn--G.A. Palmer, W. M. Holcomb, Josiah Walkup. Center--Rosswell Enos, T. B. Bidwell, Arad Sly. Seneca--George T. Kasson, T. McD. Richards, Simeon Beau. Marengo--L.L. Crandall, H. H. Chapman, John Poger. Riley--N.E. Barnes, Clark Richardson, Enoch Babcock. Coral--L. C. Anderson, Peres Brown, Jr., R.B. Simpkins. Grafton--Thomas S. Huntley, SEPT. 14, 1967 - PLAIN DEALER - SfC. 2, PG. 9 Martin Costigan, Lewis Holdridge. Algonquin--J.T. Pierson, H. B. Throop, H.C. Wells. During the year 1950, the name of Brooklyn was changed to Niinda, Byron to Dunham. Center to Dorr, and Benton to Burton. SHOP IN MCHENRY /-4s* Sign Up For LIS. Savings Bonds/ New Freedom Shares 11IJ II and you can cut the cost Cost of major sui gi-i y--or any serious illness or juvidont- can easily run into . four figures. Reduce the worry -of big bills with Medical Catastrophe coverage from Country Life -'Insurance Company. It takes over -\yhciv your regular health policy leaves olT. The unexpected can happen to anyone. So let's discuss Medical Catastrophe proI, KK B. tection for you and your familv. KORTEMKIKK off. ssa-'iono U. S. 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