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HERE AMD THERE IN BUSINESS OCT. 4, 1967 - PtMNDEALER - SEC. 1, PG; 3 TTOf County, 1832-1968 Is Recorded ' '?r' *• "£>.* . McHENRY PLAINDEALER Established 1875 8812 West Elm Street Phone 385-0170 McHenry, Illinois -- <{0050 | Publi^ied Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry, 111. Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry, Illinois by McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY Adele Froehlich, Editor NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Larry E. Lund -- Publisher V. NEWSPAPER 19 6 7 HON Subscription Hates 1 Year $5.00 6 Mos. $2.75 3 Mos. ... .6 $2.00 In McHenry County Young Artist Is Featured Violinist Stephanie Chase, a dark-blonde, blue eyed child, just 10 years old Oct. 1, will be as exciting a celebrity as the Creative Living Series of the women's guild of the Fine Arts association has ever presented. Her performance, first in the series, is on Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. in the Opera House in Woodstock. In order that McHenry county students may have an opportunity to hear her she will repeat her program for them at 1 p.m. Everyone hearing this young prodigy sits spellbound at her amazing artistry. Stephanie was discovered by her parents playing two sticks like a violin at the age of two. When given a tiny violin of her own she was soon playing little pieces and appeared in her first pupil's recital at age two-and-a-half. This year she and a 13-year-old cellist were winners of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. . Youth: coippatitioiv They appeared with Je&n Martinon, Chicago Sjymphqiny director, on the Artiptfs Showcase program which won television's 1967 Peabody award for distinguished achievement. At the "old" age of six Stephanie was the youngest contestant ever to appear on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour on the CBS network. As a three time winner, she appeared on the Ted Mack finals. At eight, she was first presented as a full-fledged artist on the WGNTV Artist's Showcase. Barely nine, in the fall of 1966, she won first prize in the Chicago Symphony Youth Concert auditions. Since this time she has played a concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for four youth concerts. Mrs. Charles Wright, Creative Living Series chairman, says the public may purchase single performance tickets at the door. Luncheon, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Herbert Burgess, will be served in the Green room of the Opera House, immediately following the program. A small cost is charged those who wish to stay for this informal get-together and to meet Stephanie and her parents. No book except the Bible or Koran has ever had as much influence on human race as had the Iliad or the Odyssey. tvrtha -r_ •XOMTrV_s hT5 Customed Designed Christmas Cards From your Photograph . . your home -- your business favorite vacation or fishing spot. No orders will be taken after Nov. 10th. MAQTWA TMOMPSON t , i ki , 1m, * 'V- ti £*? 1 Year $5.50 6 Mos $3.00 3 Mos. $2.25 Outside McHenry County LAKE KIWANIS PEANUT SALES OVER $1,000 The Peanut chairman reported to the Wonder Lake Kiwanis club that incomplete returns will show that Peanut Day grossed over $1,000. Complete report will be reaty at next week's meeting. Guests at the meeting were Ted Fbin and Russ Garman of the Dundee Township Kiwanis club, who extended a personal invitation to Kiwanis Ladies' Nite hosted by the Dundee club at the Evergreens, Oct. 10th. President Phil Kinzer responded that Wonder Lake will have enough members and wives in attendance to make an entire club. President Phil appointed Bob Howe, Joe Sullivan and himself on the nominating committee for 1968 officers. The speaker was Bill Tammeus, who spoke on the New History of McHenry County which will be distributed in mid-1968. He supplemented his talk with illustrated slides of some of the sketches. Editor Lowell Nye and the township historian are busy try* ing^ to 'compile histories on all the families who were in the county before 1922. Proclamation PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the more than five hundred sixty lions clubs of Illinois are again this year sponsoring a state-wide campaign to aid the blind; and WHEREAS, the theme of this program -- "Be Thankful You Can See" -- is designed to remind our citizens of the means whereby they can help those who have been denied the gift of sight; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald P. Doherty, Mayor of McHenry, do hereby proclaim the week of Oct. 1 through Oct. 7, 1967,/to be LIONS WEEK FOR THE7 VEU ALLY HANDICAPPED with special emphasis on CANDY DAY FOR THE BLIND, Friday, Oct. 6, 1967, and urge all citizens to support the campaign of the McHenry Lions Club for this worthy purpose. Dated this 18th day of September, A.D., 1967. Donald P. Doherty Mayor DONALD CRABILL NEW SUPERVISOR Donald L. Crabill, a McHenry resident,- has been named sales branch of Airwork corporation. He had been a field salesman there. Crabill joined General Aircraft Supply Corporation in Detroit, a subsidiary of Airwork in 1959. Except for one year leave of absence in 1964-65, Crabill has remained with Airwork. In his new post, Crabill will be responsible for sales at the Airwork Chicago branch. He will supervise the staff of inside and field salesmen. Crabill spends about 40 hours a month piloting an aircraft to cover a sales territory which includes the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Crabill is a former president and secretary of the Michigan Aviation Trades association, and was on the Michigan Week committee in 1965. lie is married and the father of three children, and lives with his family at 5011 W. Bonner drive, McHenry. He was graduated from Pontiac high school in Pontiac, Mich. TEN YEAR'S SERVICE Oliver Urban, 1006 West Hayden drive, McHenry, recently celebrated ten years of service with Chicago Aerial Industries, Inc., Barrington. He is a tool and modelmaker in the aerospace firm's machine shop. Active in local civic affairs, Urban in serving on a committee for the Whispering Hills Community center. Urban and his wife, Joan, have a daughter, Judith Ann, and a son, Oliver William. Chicago Aerial Industries, a subsidiary of Bourns, Inc., Riverside, Calif., is a leading producer of aerial reconnaissance systems for the military and the aerospace industry. FASHION SHOW There will be a fashion show and luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. at the Fox Hole Restaurant and Lounge on Oct. 11. Winter Activity Program Planned By Garden Club The AlcHenfy~~ Garden club preceded its meeting on Sept. 21 at a luncheon in Wilmette. Mrs. Herman Albery, an honorary member, and Mrs. Anthony Malpede, a guest, were welcome additions to the group. Comprehensive plans were made for winter activities. Mrs. Charles Wagner, will attendthe autumn meeting of the Presidents' Council of the Garden Clubs of Illinois. Progress in the various activities, such as highway beautification, state parks, and other civic aspects will be discussed. Detailed instructions will be given for methods in carrying out the functions of the club. Following the meeting, a tour of the hostess' garden was made to provide a subject for group discussion of the various plantings. Upon admission of Alaska as a state, the territories and possessions of U.S. dropped to a mere 10,957 square miles in total area. I 1 6909 MoCullom Lake Rd. Wonder Lake 65S-5621 I Factory to YOU |:|| Nationally Advertised >:•: STUART McGUIRE $ FOOTWEAR g With Patented i|:j Ortho-Vent Spring Step Cushion ... :j:J NO BREAKING IN | All Sizes Men-Women-Children :j£ ; Casual - Dress - Work Write or Phone for FREE Color Catalog Days 385-0258 Evening* 385-7756 g : Robert C. Anderson j| 1712 N. Riverside Dr. • McHenry, III. jij: EARLY AGRICULTURE Farming, was of course, the county's only industry in those early days after the Gillilans broke the first soil for cultivation in that spring of 1835. The 1885 History says "Holsteins, Alderneys and Herefords can be seen in all parts of the county. Hie combining of the stock and dairy interests has been attended with most satisfactory results, and both branches of the business are fast increasing. "Hie raising of fruits and vegetables is fast becoming one of the industries of the county. The somewhat novel industry of pickle-growing and picklemaking here finds its fullest development. The rapid growth of the business shows that it is profitable." The McHenry County Agricultural society was organized in 1852. Capt. William R. Stewart and Col. J.M. Strode were named to the organizing committee. William M. Jackson was the first president and Capt. Stewart was the first secretary- treasurer and drafted thp by-laws. The Society, in 1859, was able to buy ten acres of land which was the beginning of the McHenry County Fair at Woodstock. (More on this in Chapter n.) RAILROADS It was the railroads that made this county in those early days. The years 1854, 1855 and 1856 were eventful ones because they marked the completion of three railroads through the county, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS TO CHURCH GROUP There will be an open meeting of St. Patrick's Home and School association on Monday, Oct. 9, in the church hall. An invitation is extended to all to attend. Guest speaker is Vincent Burke from the Chicago Police department, his subject, "Juvenile Delinquency". This is a subject of interest to everyone who has children and also those who do not. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Lucille Krusucki, sixth grade room mother, and her committee. THE Eg World I Of • Pharmacy Robert Sehultac, Donald Doherty RkPh. NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK October 1 - 7th, 1967 At this time each year we sort of review the progress made in the conquest of disease and say a quiet thank you to the dedicated research physicians and pharmacologists involved. Because the American Pharmaceutical Industry is willing to underwrite the tremendous cost of medical research, the life expectancy of the Average citizen gets better each year. Slowly- one at a time the killers have been overcome. Smallpox, diptheria, polio, measles and many other diseases, once the scourge of man, have been brought to heel. A few still remain like cancer and arthritis; but dedicated students are hard at work and someday soon another enemy of man will bite the dust. Hard at work also are the pharmacists at Bolger's. They, too, are part of the health team extending constant and dedicated effort to bring you the results of their more gifted colleagues. We are proud of the work we do. Let us work for you when the need arises. We are at 1259 N. Green, or phone 385-4500. two of which have long since been forgotten. But for the record, it was the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad in 1854; the Chicago, St. 'Paul and Fon du Lac reached Woodstock in June, 1855, and extended to Harvard a year later; and the third was the Fox River Valley road (which in 1885 came to be known as the Elgin & State Line Railroad.) POLITICS It may surprise the county's citizens in 1968 to know that McHemy county came into the state's political life as a Democratic stronghold, although that word may be poorly used, since the entire state,, from 1831 to .1843, had only three congressional districts. McHenry county was included in the Third, when it was formed in that year of 1836. In 1843 the county was put in the Fourth Congressional distrid:. Then in 1852, and lasting until 1861, the county was in the First district. The county's first Congressmen were John T. Stuart, 1839- 43; John Wentworth, 1843-51; Richard S. Molony, 1852-53; Elihu B. Washburn, 1853-63. The 1885 History has a complete list of state senators and representatives up to that time. The first state senator was Ebenezer Peck, followed by James H. Woodworth 1838-40; But it appears the first state senator to reside in this county was George Gage of McHenry, 1854-58. Our first state representative in 1838 was Dr. Richard Murphy, Democrat, elected over Giles Spring, Whig, by a considerable majority. At the first election in the county on June 1, 1837, the whole number of votes cast was 115. The election, for county officers, was held at the store of Hiram Kennicott, near Half Day, on the DesPlaines river (when Lake county was still part of McHenry county.) And how did the county vote for President in those early years? It went like this: 1844 Polk, Dem„ 668; Clay, Whig, 488. 1848--Cass, Dem., 1,096; Taylor, Whig, 660. 1852-- Pierce, Dem., 1,199; Scott, Whig, 866; Hale, Freesoil, 645. And then the "worm" started to turn. This county, which has never gone Democratic since the Civil War, gave its first Republican vote to a Presidential candidate in 1856, when it went: 1856--Fremont, Rep. 2,869; Buchanan, Dem. 945. EARLY SCHOOLING The county's first school appeared in 1836 in Dorr Township. It was taught by Alvira Cornish in the house of Uriah Cattle. There were seven students. (For the complete story (Hi McHenry county education, public and parochial, see Chapter vn.) FIRST NEWSPAPERS Woodstock and Dorr township also lay claim to the county's first newspaper, the "Illinois Republican," first published in 1846. This became the "Republican Free-Press in 1854, and then the "Woodstock Sentinel" on July 17,1856--a year before the present courthouse was built. The Sentinel at that time was a weekly, published each Thursday. For other early newspapers, begun after 1857, See Chaper n. FIRST COUNTY OFFICIALS First clerk of the circuit court--Seth Washbvjrn, 1837; first sheriff, Henry B. Steele, 1837-39; first state's attorney, Alonzo Huntington, 1837-40; first county clerk, Hamilton Dennison, 1837; first county judge, Amory Thomas, 1839; first county treasurer, Andrew S. Wells, 1837-38; first county commissioners, Charles H. Bartlett, Matthias Mason, Solomon Norton, Samuel Sherman, 1837; first county surveyor, C. E. Moore, 1837; first coroner, Michael C. McGuire, 1837; first superintendent of schools (known then as a school commissioner) Carlisle Hastings, 1841. FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1850--Present at the first meeting in Woodstock on Nov. 11, 1850; were Chemung, James C. Thompson; Byron (now Dunham), Cyrus Allen; Marengo, Amos B. Coon; Riley, Ira E. Searls; Seneca, Calvin Pike; Hart land, Alonzo Golder; Alden, Andrew East on; Hebron, Josiah H. Giddings (chairman); Greenwood, Joseph N Barber; Centre, (now Dorr) Elzaphan J. Smith; Algonquin, Elias A. Thomas; Brooklyn (Nunda), William Salisbury; Richmond, Charles H. Russell; Benton (Burton) Sylvanus S. Stillson; Coral, Charles Crego; Grafton, Thomas S. Huntley;'McHenry, Alex H. Nixon. These were all the "firsts." See 1885 History for many other early county officials. FIRST COUNTY VALUATION There may have been, and probably were, earlier figures, but the earliest breakdown of county wealth this editor has seen was in 1855. The total in that year was $6,947,537. The 1966 published total is $465,- 771,863. FIRST ROADS According to the 1885 History, the county's first roads emanated from McHenry village. At the September term of the commissioner's court begun Sept. 4, 1837, a committee of Daniel Newcomb, John McCullom and Doctor Hale was named "to view, survey and lay off a road to commenceat McHenry village and running north to the state line." (We can only guess that this would roughly approximate State Route 31 going from McHenry to Richmond.) Three other road surveyings were named in that same session. One presumably started at what is now Algonquin described thus: "Commencing at or near Dr. A. Cornish's, thence running- to McHenry, crossing English Prairie to the north line of said county of McHenry." Another first road's description was amusing, In the light of modern day: "At the east line of Winnebago county, west of Belden's Grove; thence east to Joseph Belden's; thence east along the edge of the timber to the Kishwaukee, near Robert G. White's; thence across the Kishwaukee; then on the nearest and best route to the bridge on Fox River, near Samuel Gillon's." This would be Samuel Gillilan, our first white settler there at Algonquin. One more: "from McHenry village, running a southwest course across Wm. M. Holenback's claim, near his house, to William liar man's in Virginia Settlement; thence through the Bay settlement to the Kishwaukee, at or near Mr. White's (Robert G. White's)". The installments you have been reading in the Plaindealer (Mi the History of McHenry County are only from Chapter I. The book is to contain twentyfour additional chapters, edited fay Lowell Nye of Harvard, ft will be published in July, 1968. The price to Jan 1, 1968, is $16 per copy, of which $5 can be paid with the order. The post publication price will be $18.50. Place your order now, to be sure of getting a copy, with H. Walter Anderson, 511 N. Green, McHenry, or with W. H. Tammeus, business manager for the board of supervisors, Box 848, Woodstock. The book will have an entire chapter on McHenry township. Early orders will help in determining the number of copies to print. Please order today. • PRESENTS TRAVEL FILM Former Elgin resident, Julian Gromer, world traveler and photographer, will present his travel film "Hawaiian Paradise" Thursday, Oct* 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Larkin high school auditorium in Elgin. This is the first in a series of six travel films to be shown at Larkin during this school year. The series is jointly sponsored hy Elgin Community college and the Elgin Women's club. "Hawaiian Paradise," with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, tours the Hawaiian Islands, showingtheparticular characteristics of each island and its people. CARD-GAME PARTY Catholic Daughters of America, Court Joyce Kilmer, No. 573, will sponsor a card and game party at the K. of C. hall on Thursday evening, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m. There will be prizes and refreshments. CORN YIELD CALCULATOR Corn yields can be calculated with 95-percent accuracy without husking an ear or correcting for moisture. Get anew slide rule corn-yield calculator for 50 cents. Phone 338- 3737 for one. HEARING AIDS Batteries and Service Call 31*5-0125 th. Blouse Beautiful! 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