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Call a McHenry Cab Phone 723 ' TRAVEL IN COMFORT n> You'll heave a sign7of comfort as you ride in our modern cabs. Every trip is free of bumps and jars--you arrive at your, destination, safely and ori time, today. ' TWICE TOLD .Jb:.- TALKS mt latereet Taksa fwm |he Piles of the Plaiadaalar •( Years Ago Ostend. A family moved to the Wallis farm and send their children here They belong in Bull Valley. Members of the McHenry Country club will, no doubt be pleased to learn that Albert L. Purvey has been re-engaged as caretaker of the grounds for another year. (ladies of the Willing Workers Society | ; at the city hall, on Friday evening! last, drew out a large crowd and all' | acknowledged that tbey never sat | | down to a more appetizing repnst. i ;The supper and entertainment netted I the ladies the handsome sum of $38.45. FORTY YEARS AGO SIXTY YEARS AGO TWENTY-FIVB YEARS AGO ' - Final arrangements have been com- [ i pleted whereby Prof. W; N. Sears of j ' Harrington will take charge of the j McHenry community high school orchestra. 1 Dr. A. I. Froehlich of this city has , purchased and is now having installed . in his office on ^he ., west side, an 1 X-r«\y machine of the very latest' type. ' .' i i~wo new pupils in our school at PENSTIX CONTROL MASTITIS t caass< by ttisplacsccas %5K |lick> «t active pfnitHln- ••sy to «M-wMfc fast --economical m . Revofufwnary -- because so sim- / pie and effective. No apparatus; . -no solutions to prepare. Harmless : to cows and milk. Get important Information folder -- ask us for your free copy right away. Bolger's Drug Store PHONE 40 McHENRY, ILL. TfpTrt^T," /i T^^rr^V'jrjC'J\Tn\ Probably one of the most disappointed young men in town l"st Tuesday was ' Peggy" Feltz. "Peggy" has always been a most ardent supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and when the sad news of his fnvorites defeat reached him, the ever jovial fellow fell into a most gloomy disposition. Ben Stilling and his assistants have agi in started their annual carp fishing at Pistakee Bay and already several good hauls have been made. Fr;:nk E. Block, the railway mnil clerk, is now putting in his working hours between Chicago and Lake Geneva, having exchanged runs with Mr. Buell. Th is campaign is tAe quietest and most listless? we ever saw. The voters are taking little if any. interest in the campaign, apparently. Just what *' is npathv portends is not known, but somehow the impression is that it bodes no good for the party in ^o««r.' " 6 • FIFTY TEARS AGO W. A. Cristy has moved his jtustice, «fllice to th? rooms, over Evuison'*; store, whero i-»n l»e foifn<l on Saturday and Monday of ipaclv week. The Town Clr-rk's ^office i< also at the same place. John Juston is painting the fence In front of the two residences owned by him on Elm street, which not only imnvoves the appearances of the premises by the -street as well, j The Chicago Telephone company have moverl the:r centr'al station from the store of Owen & ChapelPs to Si'iinn StoflTel's on the west side. The Harvest Home supper given by There will be a meeting at the new | citv hall on Saturday next at onej o'clock for the purpose of organising two Are departments in the village. At the same time those interested! will receive instrnctkms in the me- • thod of operating engins. ,| Mr. S^ade will nreach an "Autumn' Sermon" next Sunday movning and in the evening his subject will be Man The Brother." : Hon. Chas. E. Fuller Rrpnhlican cendii fate for St^te Senator from this district, is speaking in Lake County this week, finishing at Waucoirrta on rriday night. » • r •«Cpa8b#H nn^ family moved to Rockford this week. Cure for Snow Trouble Dr. H. S. Krakauer of Boston, N. Y., doesn't worry any more about ice or snow blocking his car in the garage of his modern new home when he has urgent calls to make. Vhen snow begins to fall, Dr. Kraauer merely turns up a small gas- >ired heater in fhe garage. Hot water is pumped tWough sinuous coils of lVi-inch wrought iron pipe embedded in the concrete of the 45- foot driveway to the street. He keeps the snow melting system in operation until the storm subsides and all the snow is melted. Antifreeze is added to the water to protect it while the system is not op- Ben Franklin on Taxes In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin says: "Friends and neighbora, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones wa had to pay, we might the mora easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us harken to good ad> vice, and something may be dcaae lor us. 'God helps them that help '.themselves.'" NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of William Spencer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons that, December 6th, 1948, is the ; claim date in the estate of William Spencer, Deceased, pending in the County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said date without issuance of summons. ! MARY FRANCES SPENCER. ; j Executor. • Fred B. Bennett, Attorney. . v ' 1 Woodstock, 111. < • \ (Pub. Oct. fcl-28. Novi 4ft ; >• Sutocrib# ittr iV Fiuiid^ ler _ . ; > » ? i j j i t r Subject to Lead Poteoaiag Jy^eording to Iowa veterinary au« thoritles, hogs being treated for mange may get lead poisoning if sprayed with crankcase oil from motors using ethyl gasoline. To Uf--fy Hoaay Place a container of honey In a bowl of warm water--not warmer than the hang can bear--until all crystals are melted. See that the honey container does not rest on the bottom of the water container. Monnmeat to Indian Leader World's greatest sculptural eftfifl^ has been started on the top of Thunderhead mountain in the Black HiBa of South Dakota. It will become the 500-foot high figure of Crazy Horse, the 8ioux chieftain who led the charge against Gen. George Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana. It is believed that about SO years will be required to niiiiiil>|» the project. GOUERnOR CREEI1S nuompiiSHmEMS Citizens of Illinois are manifestly proud of what Governor Dwight H. Green's ad* ministration has BdffiTfbr Farmers, Waiters, Businessmen, for Veterans, the Aged;* Dependent Children, the Blind and in other constructive programs that affect the entire population. Every citizen -in-every County has benefited. Below are speetfs benefits of Governor Green's administration ' FOR McHENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS. McHenry coij.nty\s shaie of the state school fund was $1.")(},()1)5.6,> for 1H47-48* I'lid^r (lovernor Green each session of the legislature 'has increased common school gTants. The present appropriation is 155'< pi-eater than '11KJ9-41, the last under the Democratic, administration. • Under the. present administration the University of Illinois re ceived appropi :a ons of $S4,594,118 for the present biennium. (The lT. of I. re<'cived $17,K>1,.").'>(> for the hiennium of the last Democratic administration.) • •'.. ' • ^ VETERANS' BONUS. The Ihnt 4^916 veterans in McHenry county to i»et their bonus received $726,467.85. When completed some 3,540 Mi-Henry county veterans will receive approximately $1,342,2*23.69. PUBIIC AID. $1,308,964-46 expended for General Relief, Old A*e, Blind, and Mothers' Pensions and Aid to Dependent Children since 1940. State 'contributions, including federal assistance, totaled $1,041,142.07. Only 20.5'/ on $267,822.39.wai» obtaw^_by local ta«x levies for general relief in McHenry county. --HIGHWAYS. $610,669.59 highway construction awards have been let for McHenry county since 1940 . . . $678,841.66 expended for highways maintenance . . . $920,643.53 Motor Fuel Tax . . . $199,143.03 for township roads (the first ever appropriated by any administra tion) in the 1945-47 biennium. Another similar appropriation is now being allocated ... a grand total of $2,409,29/.81 for M<jHenry county loads. r . WELFARE. Expended $79,518.00 for care of 137 McHenry county patients in Welfare Institutions during 194< and a total i>f $363,- 767.00 during Governor Green's administration. POST-WAR PLANNING. Post-War Planning Commission has allot'd $24,551.00 to McHenry county, its cities and school districts for plan preparations of public.works projects, which will cost $1,- 689,190.00 when completed. , } • •STATE PARKS. Purchased Illinois Beach, first park of its kind in ptate . . . Built roads and parking area, installed utility system . . . Built concession, service building and first of 10 bath houses, each to care for 7,200 bathers. CONSERVATION. Approximately 12,673 pheasants and 5,830,436 fish distributed as well as 220,000 trees and shrubs, costing approximately $60,000. , • ^ Senator Bay Paddock and Rep. Nick Keller have outstanding records under Governor Green's administration and have played an important part in the accomplishments listed here for McHenry county. Harvey Pearson can also be depended upon to support as State Representative those things which are of greatest value to McHenry county under the next Green administration. 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