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4^'/4. , Jtme tf, 1935 ANNIVERSARY Page EleveA REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- ^ Mike and Minnie came to McHenry and how they . : • got- here?:.; >._.: -y.; ..V; • o;;--vv In 1922 we came from Chicago to Johnsburg, which i I Btill think is one of "the loveliest little plac(ea in Illinois. That was the place where we planted our first potatoes and saw the first hen laying an egg in our lives. After being there a short time I bought for myself" a horse at $6.10 from Ben Thonnesen and then rented a store where we are now and started this business and come'traveling every day with my $5 horse and buggy, in the morning and back to fTohnsburg at night, until one year: later, .in 1923, we disposed \o"f"in'.. Jotmsburg/;aiiid bought this buildjng^ where we' are still located and ' we wishtp serve ;^r customers many m6r& years and many friends whom we have to thank for keeping Mike and M i n n i e * a l i v e . ' : M > ' S s Shoe Store* Our Own Expert Shoe Repair Department • ** Main St., West McHenry Telephone 16j2' REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- The farmers sold their hogs at the stock yards located where the Alexander Lumber company now stands and then ate dinner at Robert Schiessle's? Fifty:one years in thfe same location is the record of th e Norfli west ern Hotel. Coming here in 1884, Robert Schiessle and his family located on the corner where in 1902 the new. Northwestern Hotel was completed. It was just fifteen years ago, on May 29, that Clara Schiessle and Mrs. Nettie Scliiesslfe Weber opened their hotel and fountain service where they have continued to serve transient as well as local people. ..V This family, with a record of fifty-ohe years in the „^c^muniiyri^pi^ttd of itrTecoTd7^s°tlii"Plaindealer is proud of its sixty years in McHeiiry. A record of more than half a century in one locality gives evidence that the good will and confidence of the people have been yWith us. • Greetings to the ^Plaindealer on lhis anniversary Northwestern Hotel Main Street West McHenry REMEMBER WAY BACK WHENThe boys had to pull the hose cart to a fire unless there was a horse and buggy handy? McHENRY Old Enough To $e . EXPERIENCED Young Enough To Be ACTIVE West McHenry Phone 48 REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- Nine carloads of hogs were shipped from. McHenry in three days at a price averaging tour . ^ oents a pound? McHenry Artificial Stone Co. In number of years, the Artificial Stone company it* just-half as t>ld as the Plaindealer, yet in w work the experience of the company is wide and varied. Realizing that the road to success is beset with difficulties, the Artificial Stone company congratulates the Plaindealer upon its 60 years of growth and achievement. The company wa^ organized by George Wirfs and Mat Steffes, who commenced the manufacture of artificial stone and blocks at Johnsburg in 1905. In thev moved their business to McHenry, where they worked for a year or two at the home of Mat Steffes," who lived on the corner of Main and Third streets. In 1915 Jacob. Steffes was taken int^tlie business, about, three years* iater "William Meyers became a member of" the firmand then Frank Thurlwell was taken in. - These men comprise the company of today, with Jacob Steffes as president and George Wirfs as secretary and treasurer. Soon after coming to McHenry, Oeorge Wirfs bought the Ed Hanly place where the" factory was built, and in 1922 he sold To the company. *, The Artificial Stone company handles all, building material for masonry, and its workmen are expert in masonry such as plaster, stone and brick work. They also manufacture attractive garden furniture, including stone benches, flower vases and bird baths and anyofce^ wishing to place their order may call McHenry '257 SPRING GROVE CHURCH SPRANG FROM JOHNSBURG FR_ DALEIDEN ^WRITES STORY OF PASf t Dear Friends: ; :V*- . Inclosed find the history of -St. Peter's church at Spring Groves ^ I join your many friends by Congratulating you on this hapfpy, occasion and J-wish to thank you' f 91 all past favors and may you prosper for many; years to come. y Ll. .. Sincerely, • „ • < * JOHN L. DA LEIDEN V ^Pastor, St. Peter's Church The; parish church at J"ohnsbjirg, Illinois, having been destroyed by fire, about thirty families living in the northern part of' the parish met and decided among themselves to erect a church at Spring Grove, situated four and one-half miles north of Johnsburg, thus separating themselves entirely from the mother parish.' A committee composed of Nicholas Freund, John Wagner, Martin Freund and J-. Carey called on Archbishop Feehan. His Grhce granted' the de- JUDGE BARNES RECALLS EASILY DAYS ON SOUTH PRAIRIE A. H. Mosher, Esq., ' . Editor McHenry #l|!iidealert McHenry, 111. .' Friend Mosher: I sincerely congratulate you on the Sixtieth anniversary of The Plaindealer. Under your able management The plaindealer has been greatly improv-* until HOW it is one of .the leading Weekly newspapers of o,ur county and. I believe all of your readers fully appreciate the splendid paper; you are turning out weekly.,' ; * U - ' I notice that you? paper is boosting strong for, everything fh and around McHenry' that is of interest JUDGE SHURTLEFF REC^LLS OLD DAYS . OF JAY VAN SLYKE The McHenry Pdaindealer, McHenry, Illinois. Gentlemen: / . : . ' ; I wish to congratulate you upon your celebration of the Sixtieth anniversary of The McHenry Plaindealer. I remember very well the Plaindealer back in the old days of Jay Van- Slyke. and much about the politics of McHenry during those early days of the i)0's, when McHenry was strongly Democratic, after which- it turned strongly Republican as everything else did, and since; has gone to the Democratic times. Where we will be tomorrow nobody to the merchants and-other ptfbple byt Tou have lfty very best jrouf coiftrtitiriit^ [wishes for your paper, its influence, first acquainta^With: ^nd f ir"st 11 U^3 ry was on the Fourth' \>t Julv 1873 the p^ic view for ^nothet -:7L-• -1 !sj)cty years, j/y,: ' • W i t h : : r n y ; ' ; y e ^ k p e r s 6 h < ally,-I am :• i • Sincerely, ' . • ; EDWARD D. SHURTLEFP FRIENDLY VOICE FROM OLD TIMER IN .OHIO when I was of the age of eleven years, and working on the South Prairie, eight months at $7 per month, for Andrew Robinson, and- the farm that I worked on that summer" later became a part of the John Gracy farm. When I went to Woodstock in the year of 1S81 to commence the study of law, I soon became acquainted with Attorneys F. K. Granger and Richard Bishop, then of your village, ami later, after I was admitted to the bar, I held the office of village attorney ot f . Mc»H enry for several years under T1. m . , , „.~ John I. Sc to* ry, w,h o was then presito The Plamdealer over 31 vears. dent pf the village board of trustees. I hav'e always. had many warm friends in what is now the flourishing' city of McHe'nry and some of t hem have since passed away. Let your paper and all of your citizens continue to -pull together for your city and it will continue to grow i'.nd prof per with the^^ help„ of Tfcs; I'laindealer. • Very sincerely vours, CHARLES P. BARNES From PORTLAND, ORE. •W FATHER DAI K1DEN i4 i red permission to-start a parish, provided they themselves could find a priest willing to take charge. At once the building of a church was undertaken and as the structure was nearing completion,, the Rev. Clemens Duerr, who was then practically retired, volunteered to take charge. On Candlemas Day, 1901, th# church was solemnly dedicated. In the summer following the rectory was built, but the parish was heavily in debt and only through the sacrifices of the pastor were the parishioners able to keep things going. In 1905 a brick addition was built to the church, which was used as a school fpr a number or years, but now serves as a parish hall. The school was in charge of a lay teacher until the coming of the Sisters of-St. Frances in 1915. . In 1910 the R*v. C. Duerr retired on account of his advanced age and he was succeeded by the Rev. William Dommermuth, whrf built a home for j the Sister^-in 1915. ! The following have succeeded the I Rev. Wm. Dommermuth; Rev. B. Hil- ! dehrand, 1919-1926; Rev. Anthony | Schunick. 1926-1929; Rev. Amhro o i Weitekamp, 1929-1932;-O'lfttfitr./Charles ! Meehan, 1932-1933. j In 1927 the school was transferred ! to the old rectory and a large piece of property together with a residence, | the home of the late Rev. C. Duerr. which now serves as the rectory, was ; purchased for the sum of sis thousand; dollars. The -first baptism: Christina, daughter of William and Margaret Freund, baptized February, 1901. The ; first marriage: Anthony Gaiden and Frances Kinne . At phesent the number of families are seventy-five. Charles Ni May and Anthony Meyer are the trustees.: The Rev. John L. Daleiden, present pastor, was born at Aurora, 111., May 19, 1896. He received his early education at St. Nicholas parochial school. His classical studies were made at St. Joseph's college, Renso . Uar, Indiana. ------• In September, 1919, he e"ntered Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinati, Ohio, and was ordained i» Rockford by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Muldoon, D. D. April :13, 1925. j He came to Spring Grove, July 25, 1933, from Elizabeth, Illinois, where he served as paster to St. Mary's church for four y ars. Prion to this he served as assistant pastor in Savanna, Illinois, Freeport, and Rockford, : Illinois. The parishioners of St." Peter's together with their pastor,' congratulate The Plaindealer' on the occasion r.f its 60th anniversary and wish it many I prosperous years. I FomU Remain* of Aniuli a i The single district in the tJnlted ' States where more different types of fossil remains have been, found thar any other is the district within <he city limits of Los Anjreles, Cftlif., known as the La Urea .pits. I>a lirea is Spanish; meaning "'the- tar," and these pits are so called because of a iar$e yield of . tar which comes from them, in. which the. remains of a large Dumber- of pre-historic animals were embedded. Apparently the tar ensnared xiiese animals at the time it was formed and the bones are in a remark able state of preservation In many case*.' We are glad to hear that The McHenry Plandealer 'is J^oon to obseri'e its Sixtieth anniversary. We wish to s(>nd our congratulations to the staff of the'paper and greetings to our McHenry friends, the readers - of -The I'laindealer. We have read The McHenry Plaindealer ever since m^ing to Portland, Oregon, over twenty-five years ago, and have always enjoyed getting Alvada, Ohio, May 21, 1935 The McHenry Plaindealer: I send my greetings and best wishes to The Plaindealer on its 60th anniversary. I have been a subscriber I was married on Jan. 12, 1904, and then wo lived two^ years at Jphnsburg. The first year i worked with the st^ne mason's and * the second year I went with the carpenters and on March 15, 1906, we moved to Ohio, where we kept house for my wife's father for four years and then I rented a farm for five years. I bought farm. . I .ani- living- twenty-five years here now, only thirty rods from church and school. We. had nine children, five boys and four pirls aild they all went to this school,, one girl is agoing- to school,yet. She is twelve years old. Two l>oys and one girl are married .and we lost the youngest boy over three years agio. He was. seventeen years old. I have gsbt no complaint to make, we had a wet spell ami did not work on the pround since May 1 until yesterday, May 20. We had ai pretty fair crop last year with all the dry weather we had. I sold forty-two hojrs last winter. They averaged over 220 lbs . for some I got $9.75 a c\Vt. That was REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- The Parker House was located on ibe corner now occupied by Erickson's Store? ; V: • ; #,'Roofmg" ^ i : -- P l a s t e r , B r i c k - t ^ and Trie, Co^I, Coke and Wood, .Lawn f r' aJld Fertilizer. the news from the home town The Northwest is havinp fine spring '• better than a year or two ago, when weather, with gardens and lawns at' we only got $3.00 a cwttheir very best. Portland is preparing for the annual rose festival, which will be held the .first week in June. I am always glad when the Plaindealer obnfnes. I don't know very many of the young folks, but I know We wish you continued success and , quite a few of the older ones. With assure you that we will look forward j best wishes to The Plaindealer, I am to the coming issues of The Plain- yours truly, dealer. MRS. E. A. SMITH, . - Miss Clara E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Sayler E. Smith, . Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Covell. Portland, Oregon JOHN A. BUGNER It I« Said Thai--i 411 the salt In the oceans froold cover the United States with a layer a mile and, a half deep. Phone 5 West McHenry REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- Bliss Kate Howe,conducted a Kindergarten school in McHenry? ^ - We are pleased to join ^Ive Plaindealer and those vrho are brjnginjr back memories of Jhose characters !who p)it MeHenr\' on the map and kept it there. It has who lvave.onpe lived in onr town have alwaysreserved & soft spot ill the i r heart s for M cHenry. This Agency,though.yoiuig, has selected line old etimpanies to represent. It is our sincere hope that in years to come we can look back^ with pride to many satisfactory business transactions with good friends. Earl R. Walsh INSURANCE Phones 43 or 61-11 •£ SSf V, iV' REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN-- v - GEORGE HANLY TOOK PREMIUMS AT WOODSTOCK AND WAUKEGAN FAIRS WITH HIS HALJNORMAN HORSE? •' /• ANOTHER OF McHENRYf8 OLDEST INSTITUTIONS i: ;:For sixty years McHenry flour as been paramount in quality. Established even before the birth of the Plaindealer the first flour mill in this section has {?ro.wn and improved with the modern trend of times, even as the Plaindealer has done and in this anniversary number .the owner, William-Spencer, takes this opportunity to" wish for the Plaindealer eon- ^nued suedes^, tuid "prosperity., ^ ; Both the newspaper and the n\ili are important institutions in a,city iind a community. Each -.has a definite function that is of value or othei"wise to a community de{lending on the service given to the public and the .support given in turn by that public. Whether it's making flour for bread for tlie hungry populace or milling news for hungry readers, the support and co-operation of the public is needed in making the venture a success. :* In the first issue of the Plaindealer, printed sixty years ago appears the ad of A. 1L ^ J JT I" Mills and Champion brick yard. -- From the dripping paddles of the Lcfel water wheel, the turbine, the wasteful steam plant with its tons of coal to the Diesel of today is the history of the milling industry. A. H. Manly, who built the mill with bricks made of clay dug from his owri land, was born in. 1816 in Nlew .York state. When Hanly, at the "age of-twenty years, came here^ ' lie was without,capital. When he1 died he left, 800 acres of land, a milk distributing business, an ice business and a brick yard, where the bricks that went, into the mill were mad§. In 1906 the .McHenry Floivi^l ill was purchased by John Spencer, who is yet living. lie is the father of William Spencer, the present owner. He was born in Kngland where, ht? was a machinist ^ and his first job in this country vras in the locomoiive shops, building engines for the iliicago & Rock Island railway . -Saving his money, he later combined wittr^T a man named Huke to build printing pressti at 81.and 83 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. He also built presses for printing books for the blind and for many years all the books for the blinB.' were printed on presses built by Huke & Spencer. t In 1881» John S^>encer sold his interest in the press company and moved to Wauconda «iiere he bought the (floiu* and grist mill' which he operated for more than a quarter of a century. , , . In July 1906 the mill was destroyed by 'fire, there was no insurance,;and John Spencer came to McHenry to start over" again. He l>ought the mill from the Hanlys, improved it and made it an achievement to evoke admiration. Later on he retired and went to Chicago to live and in 1914 li'is son, William, took over the busyiess, supplying customers for the past twenty-one years, who come here from miles Jaround* The inatn building of t he niill was^^^^b^^^^^ in 1870 and stands three stories above the ground. Twenty years ago the north .building;, was erected and before that the elevator which holds 10,(XX) bushels of grain. In a year this mill produces, on au average, 20,000 barrels of flour, feed and meal, - At the mill is niat'iuf act tired Early feiser . Flour, Graham Flour, Whole Wheat Flout; Self-rising Buckwheat Flour, Corn Meal and : Breakfast Foods, manufactures poultry feeds and deals in grain. ^ ~ •In its entire history> tt*£ inaill has been owned by but two families, Its products have •been a matter, of pride to the community awell as the owners. Here may yet be seen the old millstones imported from Verdunl 'JWilliam Spencer is heart A»d soul with the Plaiud^al^CJWl4 wishes its management a.I kinds of'success, « The McHenry Flour