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Twice Told Tales aken from the files of Jan. i, ) Mrs. A.C. Barrett acted as anta Claus to twenty oungsters from the neigh- rhood at a Christmas party Id at their home in the north nd of town on Christmas eve. vn evergreen tree which grows n the front yard at her home tras used for the occasion and /ith its beautiful decorations nd lights presented a sight hat was beautiful. John Karls last Saturday vening opened his new lunch oom and ice cream parlor in ne building on Riverside drive /hich he recently purchased rom Jos. J. Rothermel. Fifty- *vo persons can be served at ne setting. Milk farmers of this com- mnity were pleased to learn ist Friday that they will eceive $2.40 for milk delivered uring the month of January. Sleighing in this community as been very good during the ast two weeks or more and as natural consequence bobs are uite numerous and the sport of hitching on" is affording our ounger people no small >mount of enjoyment. The McHenry Gun club will told a shoot at their grounds vest of the railroad tracks and he Borden milk bottling plant his (New Year's day) af- ernoon. Mrs. P.J. Schaefer en- ertained a company of little folks at her home on Waukegan street Monday afternoon in honor of the birthday an­ niversary of her daughter, Lorraine Katherine. Those present were Genevieve Tueck, Ardine Huff, Donald Meyer, Richard Williams, Beatrice Williams and Evelyn, Lorraine and Donald Schaefer. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 3, 1935) The first alumni school was back in 1892. From the brick building now used as St. Mary's Parochial school came the first alumni in 1892, with the first class composed of nine graduates of this first class, two of the members are residing in McHenry and are Mrs. Loretta Walsh and Dr. Joe E. Wheeler. This school was built in 1859 at a cost of $6,000 and was at first a district school with the addition some years later. Among some of the well remembered of this school were James B. Perry, William Nickle, S.D. Baldwin and J.J. Vasey. In 1891 the first board of education of the village were Isaac Wentworth, George W. Besley, F.K. Granger, E.S. Wheeler, John L. Story, Simon Stoffel and C.H. Fegers. 1934 broke all records with 54 members graduating. Clarence Smith, 20 years old, received a serious injury to his eye when a piece of steel became lodged under the eyeball. He and his brother, Walter, had been cracking nuts and were hitting their ham­ mers together when the piece of steel broke off the hammer and went in the left side of his eye lodging under the eye ball. He was taken to a hospital in Chicago where the steel was removed with a magnet. The barn on the Thomas Thonnenson farm on the river road southeast of McHenry was destroyed by fire New Year's morning. The loss was heavy, one with the barn and its entire contents of machinery, hay and grain destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Conway and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kent spent New Year's in the M.J. Kent home in Chicago. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 12, 1950) A charter was issued last Friday to Bodan Products, Inc., McHenry, Dan R. Creamer, Robert C. Mielke and Helen F. Creamer to buy and sell at retail and wholesale chemical products, etc. A total of 159 men at Mid- dlebury college have been accepted into fraternities. Included among them Mark W. Hopkins of McHenry who has joined Delta Upsilon. Another new business in McHenry is Mike's Auto Repair located on Rt. 120 about one tWuA The clock strikes twelve --time to welcome in the New Year. LOCKER'S FLOWERS 1213 N. Third St. McHenry, Illinois 385-23(fc For Your Information Dear friends, Long delay in filing a Social Security application can cause loss of some benefits, since back payment for monthly cash bene­ fits can be made for no more than twelve months. Application for lump-sum death payment must usually be made within two years of the worker's death. Respectfully, PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry , Illinois • 385-0063 FREE DELIVERY ON ALL OFFICE SUPPLIES WE STOCK A COMPLETE SELECTION OF. •OFFICE FURNITURE •FIL ING SUPPLIES •OFF ICE M ̂ CHINES •LOOSE LEAF EOUIPIv . tNT • l iOOKKEEPING RECORDS " WRITING INSTRUlViENTS DRAFTING SUPPLIES " BUSINESS DISCOUNTS OFFERED P.O. KNUTH Co. >>28 MAIN SI WOODSTOCK, ILL . i/, /// \/\ > < (11 w > w ^ s /v >i< 11 \ < • m w/ ' .s I muhhh Sim ) s n>u iiiki i /> / s / ' / i > 11 < ) ( ) l y S 815-338-3535 quarter mile east of the bridge. Michael J. Kalfus is the owner. Richard Blake of dCamp Hood, Texas, is enjoying a twenty day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake The annual health clinic for McHenry students will be held in the public grade school gymnasium beginning Jan. 17. Mrs. A. Joanne Rulien, school nurse, is in charge of the clinic which is conducted by local physicians. In compliance with the order of the interstate commerce commission to curtail train service operated by coal burning locomotives. Due to the coal emergency the Chicago and Northwestern Railway is discontinuing operation of some of its suburban trains between Chicago and suburbs to the north, northwest and west. The Ira Dowells k^ave moved from the former Earl Dowell house on Broad street to the Campbell apartment above the Wattles drug store. Frank Blake recently purchased the Dowell home. V TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 7, 1965) The dedication of the new library will be held Sunday afternoon Jan. 10. Former Mayor George P. Freund and Superintendent of Public Works Fred Meyer are in charge of the program. City Clerk Earl R. Walsh will act as master of ceremonies and short talks will be given by Mayor Donald P. Doherty, Library Board President William Bolger and by Vice-President and dedication chairman George P. Freund. A part of the McHenry Choral club will be heard in two ap­ propriate selections. For the opening weeks Mrs. Lee Gladstone and Mrs. Richard Wilhelm have lent a number of their beautiful paintings for the walls. David Wayne Motter was the first baby born in 1965 at the McHenry hospital. He is the son of Jeremiah and Sharon Motter of Ingleside. Charles H. Nave, Jr., of Pistakee Bay, died early Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, of a heart attack. He was 51 years old Tell Nominees For Board Of Memorial Hospital Three prospective new board members are among nominees to serve on the board of directors of the Memorial Hospital for McHenry County association. The nominating committee has announced its proposed slate of nominees for directors and also for officers The appointment of Stanley C. Lezak of McHenry, as an authorized Mason shoe store dealer was announced by the Mason Shoe Manufacturing company of Chippewa Falls, Wis. He will service customers in this area. Clint Claypool was reelected president of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting. Reelected with him were Donald Howard, vice- president, and Richard Zieman, treasurer. Reelected to membership on the board were Larry Lund, Ed Pieroni and Donald Howard. James Lightner replaced Charles Smith. of the county-wide organization. The annual meeting of the association will be held Jan. 28 at the Branded Steak House, Crystal Lake, where the election will take place during the business session. One new board member nominated for a one-year term will fill the unexpired term left vacant by the resignation of Jack Byers, Woodstock, president who has served on the board a total of eleven years- nine of those years as president and one year secretary. Also retiring is Ludwig Kulovsek, a board member of eight years. Both men in­ dicated business interests require their resignation from this public service respon­ sibility as directors. Kulvosek is the present treasurer. Richard Thompson, six-year board member who is chair­ man of the credentials com­ mittee, is retiring after serving two full terms. Nominated to PAGE 15 - PLAINDEALER-TUESDAY. DECEMBER SI, 1914 succeed Thompson, Woodstock businessman who lives in Greenwood, is Farliti Caufield, Woodstock resident who is an executive with a Hebron firm. Ronald Huber and Gordon Thurow^ both of Woodstock, have each been nominated for one year terms. All three members of the board representing the Women's auxiliary have been nominated for reelection for one year each: Mrs. Robert Emery, Mrs. Roy Habeck and Mrs. Rex Linder, all of Woodstock Four men have nominated for reelection for three-year terms each: Wayne L. Brown, William Caldwell, Jr., Donald J. Cooney and Mark T. Hansen, all of Woodstock. The new board will reorganize following the association's annual meeting and the nominating committee has prepared this slate of of* ficers: Richard Zieman, president; KennethSchuh, first vice-president; Don Cooney, second vice-president; Bill Caldwell, secretary, and Wayne L. Brown, treasurer. Mark Domoto Ends Semester In Practice Teaching Students in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign preparing to teach in elementary and secondary schools have finished a semester which included practice teaching. They have returned home for a Christmas holiday that will last until Jan. 15 when registration for the spring semester begins. Among the students and their teaching assignments was Mark Domoto, 311 N. River road, McHenry, Franklin Junior high school, Champaign. For most of the students, practice teaching gave them their first opportunity to apply what they had learned in college classes to teaching youngsters in a school classroom. 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