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"~v ' * % i> ^ V ^ * >: p;Kp!ftlipS^S!;|;^ »- " .- * * •- A- '^r'1: ifci' "' . . , .'• r". ,f * . *""1 , •• > >. v- .1 I ; * * i&* * «. V' " * uf r/^ Mfry-f *- »* - * - -*/ ? r- * \ \.*.-\ *' ' A- * ? ' . , - . / " " ' ' . ' THE H HEMy PLAINDEALER , THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1928 **< #^-- t tV . :•«, few ' 'rife -W -\ of si fIC.H ressive People! City in Wkick to This week we continue the historical sketch of the early days of otir city, showing who were some of the pioneers, their activities in building up the community and several of the happenings way back years ago. The. continued story will be carried on each week. This series is made possible by the progressive business firms whose ads appear on this page. Each one staftds squarely for a Bigger and Better munity and as leaders in a movement for the betterment of our city, they deserve your patronage. Read each page carefully and learn more about the^ominunity in which you live. „ Save the Tickets for a set of Penn China We are giving a ticket with each 10 cents worth of family wash. Let us demonstrate what We can do on family wash and be sure to save the tickets. Phone 189 and our wagon will call. MCHENRY LAUNDRY J ; L. V. Adams, Prop. McHenry Artificial Stone Company MASON CONTBACTOBS All Kinds of Building Material Office Phone 257 . McHenry, Illinois fe JAMES E. BEAV18 TAILOR Gleaning, Altering, Pressing Centerville McHenry, Illinois New Furnaces or Furnace Repairing w« can save you money on a new furnace or repairing your old one Estimates cheerfully given. Give us a call. JOHN J. VYCITAL GENERAL HAKDWAKX Phone 98-M \ - , Green Street Jantzen Swimming Suits Mallory Hats Ray McGee Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx nersheim Shoes Wilson Bros. Shirts A LOVELY CUSTOM That of sending Personal Greeting Cards during the Holiday Season. Among our selection, we have that card which just expresses your own ihdividuality. Choose now so that your cards can be engraved and held for later delivery. ^ AGATHA SHOP e Visit Our New Store on RIVERSIDE DRIVE and when you need anything in the line of PLUMBING, HEATING, OR ELECTRICAL WORK x let us figure on the cost before placing the contract. We employ experienced workmen ani guarantee satisfaction. H. E. Bach 3 Phone 48 McHsnry EARLY DAYS IN M'HENRY (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) At the first term of the Commissioners' court McHenry county was divided into eight roads districts. The tax rate was also set at one per cent on the dollar on slaves and registered negro servants, on pleasure carriages, distilleries, stock in trade, horses, mules and cattle above three years of age, swine, lumber and one-horse wagons, clocks and watches. At the March term in 1838 the above pro- ' perty was declared taxable at one-half pre cent on the dollar. The people of McHenry have always looked vigilantly after educational interests. Even in pioneer times, when everybody was poor and struggling against adverse conditions to make and pay for a home, they sought to give their children what opportunities they could for school training. A number of schoolhousfes were erected in the county prior to 1840, and at least two terms of school are known to have been taught in the" county in the summer of 1838, only a year after the formal organization of the county. With such commendable enterprise thus early evinced, it would have been strange if the cause of education had not prospered here. According to reliable testimony, the first school in the county was taught in the summer of 1838, in what is now the town of Coral. Miss Caroline Cobb afterwards Mrs. Flanders, was the teacher. Helen Diggins, in the northern part of the county, also taught a short term during the same summer. The first men who taught in the county were William M. Jackson and O. P. Rogers; the former taught in Coral and the latter in Marengo village in the winter of 1838 and 1839. There is no means of ascertaining where the first schoolhouse was built. The first of which there is official mention was built on Section 1, Township 45, Range 9, Dunham, prior to June, 1839. Doubtless others were built at or near the same time. The first official mention of the subject of public schools appears upon the county records under the date of June, 1841. Carlisle Hastings was then appointed "Schoolland Commissioner" and boards of trustees were appointed for each township in the county. The board for McHenrv township consisted of Amory Thomas, Gideon Colby, and Benjamin Tuttle. From that time onward schoolhouses were built and schools supported wherever the population was sufficiently dense to bear the expenditure. As the county became more thickly populated, new districts were formed, so that in a very few years every settler was within a short distance from a schoolhouse. The greatest difficulty in the way of the successful working of the schools was found to be the lack of good teachers. All the diligence of the school officers was not sufficient to remedy this defect, there were not enough competent teachers whose services could be had. Many, it is true, were well qualified for the vocation and labored earnestly, performing their duty nobly, others, however, were employed in the absence of better material, who were sadly deficient both in education and aptitude. The teachers, too, labored under disadvantages. There was nothing like uniformity of text books, and systematic classification was impossible. Only the elementary branches were taught and these often very imperfectly. An insight into the state of the public schools in the early years of our county is obtained from the record of the board of supervisors. On Sept. 11. 1855, Mr. Jewett, of the committee on education presented resolutions declaring: "That there is a sad deficiency of properly and legally qualified teachers in and for the county. "That there is a lick of interest and zeal on the part of the teachers to those weighty responsibilities incumbent upon them in a becoming manner. That there is a lamentable lack of uniformity in the plan of instruction whjch is so desired in every county. "That there has been considerable sums of money expended for the purpose of maintaining and supporting teachers' institutes, the object of thetn to be to remedy the difficulties above mentioned." (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) To Our ^Friends and Customers On and after Wednesday, August 15th, 1928, the\Fox * River Valley State Bank will be known as the Citizens Stajte Bank of McHenry, Illinois. i Check books bearing the new niame of the bank are ready for delivery and can be obtained by calling at tlW bank. " - Citizens State Bank OF M'HENRY, ILLINOIS « Savings and checking depositors are invited to come in and exchange their ~ass books for new ones bearing the new name of the bank. / HEAT A PLENTY .. For Your Home It is easy to banish Chilly Corners, make every room comfortable and livable and save coal and money, too. - Let fes show you the right installation for your home and give you a figtire on a heating plant that will give you the comforts you have been wishing for. WM. H. ALTHOFF HDWE. * Hardware, Paints, Oils, Sporting Goods -- Protane Bottled Gas West McHenry, 111. " ^ Phone 65-J Before You Place Your Order For TIN and COPPER WORK OR FURNACES Let Us Give You Our Estimate • Ail work is personally supervised by John F. Brda. i The best in quality, service and prices. /• Tel 161 BRDA'S HARDWARE Green St. Metaewy I N S U R E When~or where or how fire may visit you and destroy in a few hours or less the results of years of effort, none can tell. The s|rfe way to protect yourself from such loss is through the use 6f the various insurance plans we have for covering such losses. The cost of total coverage is not high. KENT & COMPANY Phone 8 McHenry Contentment For real contentment the next best thing to sitting under a shady tree, with a good book and smoking a good cigar, is eating at Bickler's McHenry House Your problem of where shall I eat is solved SPECIAL FISH DINNERS FRIDAY M'HENRY ARTIFICIAL STONE CO. One of the advertisements to be found on this page is that of the Mclfenry Artificial Stone company, which is well and favorably known in McHenry and vicinity as one of the leading firms of mason contractors. This company, with its several experienced workmen, is always ready to give service and satisfaction in all kinds of cement work as well as plastering and stucco work and supply all kinds of building material. In addition to this work the Artificial Stone company also operates a factory just west^of the railroad tracks where waterproof faced blocks are made and where all kinds of garden furniture may be obtained. This is an old and well established company which has been in business in McHenry for twentyfive years and during these years they have built for themselves a reputation for fine workmanship and square dealing, which has aided in their growth and prosperity. About ten years after their organization they built tie factory which they have since continued to operate in supplying the needs of builders in this community. The Artificial Stone company is now composed of five members, who are all actively interested in the w i?re: George Wirfa, Mat' Steffes, Jacob Steffes, William Meyers and Prank Thurlwell. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS COFFEE, blended, lb*' $1.00; pound 35l£ EARLY JUNE PEAS, sifted, 2 No. 2 cans 34 & PRESERVES, --16-ox. jar 25<£; 2*b jar 50^ CORN FLAKES, Savoy brand _ g large pkgs. 25<^ RAISINS, Del Monte Seedless, 15-oz. pkg. 10<^ TEA, sun-dried Japan, lb 49<£ JOHN STOFFEL N/ Here Is Yuor Chance To Secure PENN CHINA Ask Us--Save Our Cards--They Are Valuable One Card With "Each 25c Purchase PLEASANT VIEW SERVICE STATION George Troyke, Prop. SHELL PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY Light Lunches, Refreshments, Cigars, Cigarettes ~ Chi Route 20, West of N. W. Tracks West McHenry, Illinois Special Bargains in Used Instruments 1 Baldwin $fe50 piano St. $100 1 Gulbransen piano, like new $250 1 Walworth ^piano at $35 1 Trombone, with caafc^^. .$10 phonographs at. $20 \ Used Jtadios Complete at $15 and Upwards . Nye Jewelry, Music and Radio Shop Phone 123'J" West McHenry. 111. In New Quarters and Ready for Business An up-to-date, fully equipped automobile and truck repair shop awaits customers in need of anything in our line. Expert mechanics, satisfaction guaranteed. Give ns a trial. WILKINSON A MEIER ^ Service "K" Station I On Route 61, Hear Mill Tond Bridge ,rWe Make N© Excuses--"We Make Good" I Ik. .rv It;