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PAGE4-PLAINDEALERWEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY1S, 1980 DDDDD Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 20, 1930) McHenry will pay an in­ crease of 83 cents in tax rates this year, which is the highest increase in the county. This is due to an advance in the corporation tax of 59 cents. The rates for McHenry for 1928 and 1929 are as follows: State, 50-39; County, 34-50; Town 07-08; road and Bridge, 33-33; Corporation, 81-1.40; School, 68-76; High school, 69-70. An increase of 31 cents is shown in Hebron, Crystal Lake has an increase of 32 cents and Huntley, 11 cents. Richmond is one of the few which has a slight increase. It won't be long now until taxes are due and they are a dreaded but expected necessity. Tony Wirtz of McGee's Clothing store sjgent last week in Chicago where he attended a conference of leading shoe retailers from every part of the country. He returns with the latest ideas in shoe fitting and foot comfort to place at the service of the community. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the 'files of February 22, 1940) Comes the announcement from high school officials Bennington Solid Pine and Cherry 'Only Good Things Last /i •All Merchandise Reduced inlcuding living room, bedroom and dining room furniture •All Special Orders Reduced including Bennington Pine •We now offer Dining Tables Custom Built to your specifications in Pine, Oak or Maple Freedom Period Furniture Strode's Colonial Vermont Furniture Exclusive Early American Furniture Shop Main Street Huntley, Illinois 60142 (312) 669-3500 Take Route 47 South from Wooditock to Huntley. Turn left on Main Street and you'll find us across from the Village Green. CDCC nci llfCDV Regular Store Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9 to 5 rncc UCLIVCn.T Friday 9 to 9. Closed Sunday and Monday IS.. 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The first bouts will And our ? pwn high school boys paired against each other in an inter-class tournament. These will be elimination bouts, the winners to take on Louis Orr's youthful sluggers from Grant high in the second slugfest the following week. Antioch high may also enter a team, making it a three-way tourney. The entire proceeds Of these shows will go into a fund for the purchase of and installation of lights for the football field next fall. As the filing office closed, the filings resulted in the surprising revelation that there will only be a single contest in the April primaries in McHenry county. The lone contest concerns the position of county coroner and will bring the two candidates, Edward H. Cook of Huntley, seeking reelection, and Harry Ehorn of Richmond. Numberous contests have been registered for national, state, district and senatorial offices. TWENTY-FIVE YEARSAGO (Taken from the files of February 17, 1955) Audrey Glosson, Red Cross fund drive chairman, her co-chairman, Verona Kent, and Gertrude Barbian, local branch chairman, are busy with plans for the forth­ coming annual drive, which will be held throughout the county the first week in March. The campaign in McHenry will get off to an enthusiastic start when volunteer workers will gather to plan for raising the $3,000 quota for this area. The county board of supervisors is looking ahead to the election on June 13 of a person to fill the post of supervisor of assessment. In the near future, they will ask for applicants to take an examination for the position coated by the voters at a recent election. Two are reported in the field at this early date. One is Ray Dusenberry, who has been serving in a similar capacity out of the treasurer's office. The second candidate is Stanley Cornue of Hebron, who is retiring as supervisor in April to be eligible for the position. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 18, 1970) The possibility of organizing a Jaycee chapter in McHenry will be aired at an open meeting which has been scheduled by the Crystal Lake Jaycees. According to the Crystal Lake Jaycees, the meeting was set at the request of many city young men who have expressed an interest in forming a Jaycee unit here. Dairy farmers from nearly 350 farms in Lake and most of McHenry counties will organize a new district of the Tri-State Region, Associated Milk Producers, Inc., at a meeting Feb. 19. A full program is planned for the League of women Voters of Woodstock- McHenry. Con-Con is the regularly scheduled item, with Suffrage and Ap­ portionment slated for discussion. Also on the agenda is a short film ahout League of Women Voter Pep corps visits to .the Con­ stitutional Convention in Springfield. Washington Birthday Mail Schedule Set The McHenry post office will operate on a holiday mail schedule during its Monday, Feb. 18 observance of Washington's birthday. Postmaster Leroy Smith said there will be no regular residential and business deliveries, and the usual post office lobby services will not be available with the ex­ ception of lockbox service. Delivery of certain ex­ pedited mail services will continue during the holiday weekend. These include special delivery. Mailers should call the post office at 38!>-0816 for information about rates and holiday schedules. Pick-up from collection boxes will be on a holiday schedule as posted on the individuial boxes, or determined by calling the post office, the postmaster said. „ Normal mail service will resume Tuesday, Feb. 19. First Meeting Held By Regional Police The Nunda Regional Police department met under its by-laws for the first time Jan. 31. Dave Masters, president of Prairie Grove, is the first chairman of NRPD. Dave Grimes, president of McHenry Shores, will serve as its second chairman. The final charter and by­ laws were approved and common insurance carrier proposals will be evaluated at the next meeting. The •police contractor report was given by Lt. Tom Bangston. The next meeting of the NRPD will be held at Prairie Grove school Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Cited For Civilian Service Pleased with receiving the award for Meritorious Civilian Service, Dr. Joseph R. Mayersak, technical director for the Armament division's deputy for development and acquisition returns to his basy work schedule. ̂ ' (U.S. Air Force Photo by SSgt. Harold 8enn) Dr. Joseph R. Mayersak, technical director of the Arihament division's deputy The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 West £lm Street (USPS 335 7001 Estoblithed 1875 Phone 3BS 0170 McHenry Illinois 60050 Published Every Wednesday 4 Friday at McHenry Illinois Second Closs Postage Paid ot McHenry Illinois By McHENRV PUBLISHING COMPANY Subtcribvrt arc requeued to provide immediate notice ol change ot address to The McHenry Plaindealer 3111 W tlm S» McHenry III *0050 A deduction ol one month from the eipiration ot o tubtcnption will be made where a change ol ad- dress is provided through the Post Office department t a r r y E . L u n d P u b l i s h e r \ NEWSPAPER In McHenry County Adple Frophlich-Editor MWN mm «juiMi. lirtHlIt^ Tiff NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES $13.50 I Year $19.00 Outside McHenry County for development and acquisition, was presented the Award for Meritorious Civilian Service recently at Eglin AFB. A registered professional engineer in the state of Michigan, he is married to the former Diane Gale Dyslin of McHenry. They have three children. His distinguished per­ formance as chief scientist of the Air Force Armament Laboratory (AFATL), from February, 1978 to July, 1979, won him the certificate and medal presented by Maj. Gen. .Robert M. Bond, commander of the Ar­ mament division. The major elements of his accomplishments were his initiation and completion of broad-scale cooperative planning efforts, and his implementation of formal cooperative agreements between the Air Force through AFATL and the Army for armament programs. 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Dr. Mayersak is a recognized expert in the area of terminally guided missiles, store dispensing systems, guidance systems, and infrared and millimeter wave radiometric seeker systems. He has managed the development and test of seeker signal processing logics and sensor fuze logics under a variety of contracts to the Federal Republic of Germany and the U.S. Ar­ my. He has held positions as associate professor at the Michigan Technological university sand as instructor at Rice university, in Com­ puter Design and Analysis, Heat Transfer, Statistical Thermodynamics and the design of „• Optimum Aerodynamics Systems. Dr. Mayersak holds BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological university and a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rice university. • * • • Most people are afraid to face the complete truth including you and me. • • • • It's about time for baseball fans to watch training camp games. • • * * One thing that fiction often has on life is the happy ending. 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