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\ ~ v m+i * ^ lr 4 &&-#. •"•»*" i-'.' •*•?;/*'1"! f# PtcwnbOT 23, txmii McHenry County Through Tie Years C[K TWICE TOLD TALES - ; »C*'* - • 'l - •>. Vr y: ;sh f - v : ' ' "' iszvmi. , J?*' Chapter 8 In the new and* sparsely settled regions early in the history of McHenry county, any building; project or other important undertaking required the united help of all the settlers within the radius of many miles. To prepare logs for a cabin, raise them into position and fit them into any place required just about all of the available male help, both men and boys. There was usually one dominant personality among the men and he took ovef the job' of directing the activities. Often the building of a cabin was a cause for a social gathering as well. The "house-raisers" always were supplied with homemade whiskey or rum. The women probably brought a "dish" to pass at the pot-luck supper." v Disease, which h&s always been a human problem, was no stranger to the early settlers. One common ailment was the ague or "shakes." This was common in the new territories and was thought to be caused by impurities in the new soi' when first turned over. It was a sort of burning fever and chills which left the patient enervated and thoroughly miserable. It sounds like the ancestor of our modern | influenza. All was not hard work and struggle for existence, however. For amusement there was hunting, which embraced naany kinds of hunts, such as bee-hunts and wolf-hunts. Wrestling matches were another source--of recreation. The neighborhood "champ" was refarded with admiration and envy. Ball games were enjoyed by the younger, more agile men and boys. The games they played did not include baseball as we know it today. As the settlement grew and took on the ways of civilization, many schools were established. There sprung up specialized schools such as singing schools, writing schools, spelling schools and schools devoted to other subjects. Parties were popular and "bees" came into being where people gathered to forget their woes and have fun. As long as there are young people in the world, so long v. ill there be ways and means of having fun no matter how simple. These pioneers were, no exception and from this stock we inherit th4 sound balance in our personalities. This balance keeps work and play, in proper balance and makes for well-rounded lives. McHenry county has prospered because of this quality in the inhabitants who still work diligently five or six days a week, often ten and twelve hours in their own businesses, but when their work is done they can be found running their boats up and down the Fox river or bowling, with many evenings taken up by community service. STRICTLY FRESH I^HE State Department reports that two ice-breakers lendleased to Russia during World War II have not yet been returned to the U.S. Ice-breakers should make an ideal cold war issue. • • • The Army has announced its plans to draft 1400 dentists. Nice to know that the men who have been pulling for this country will have a chance to be Yanks as well as Yankers. • • • Headline in a Michigan paper: THUNDERSTORMS I N S P I R X MAN'S WONDER. Particularly at 3 A.M., when he wonders who left that confounded window open. • • • _ People who constantly remind y®u how many shopping days an left until Christmas are prqbabl afraid that Yale forget them. • • • A 96-year-old physician In Glen Palls, N.Y., collected his own life insurance by outliving the span covered in his policy's mortality table. True, but such examples are at a premium. A pietave like tkis of dad aad llw kids wUdi mother snapped m the family'* vacation eertaialjr should be kept for happy remembering Is years to come. It's Round-up Tpma for Your Summer Snapshot* only the prints but the negatives as well because you'll want to have prints made to replace those you sent away and those that are in the various wallets. If you don't take steps \o get them all together, some are bound to get lost. Others will be curled and scratched, their edges cracked from being shoved around in a drawer full of other things. Your snapshots are so well worth preserving, no matter what system you wish to use for keeping them in good order. It doesn't matter if you paste them in a scrapbook with dippings and souvenirs, make little albums, ocjkeep one large one, do keep them in a way that you can enjoy whenever you wish as time goes by. Most of our snapshots are like cheese and good wine -- they improve with age. If you liked them the day they came home in a photofinisher's envelope, you'll enjoy them even more as they freshen memories of good times in the past •-John Van Guilder ITS BEEN a great summer ... much fun ... many snapshots. The snapshots have been very important. You've rushed the film to the j 'ofinisher and all but paced the floor until you got the finished prints. Everyone looked at them, chuckling over remembered fun. You kept them close r' hand for a few days to show to people you thought might be interested in them. But where are they now? Let me guess. First of all, I'd say that some of them are stuffed into a desk or table drawer. Others are likely to have found their way into the wallets of various members of the family. Some may even have gone for a plane or train ride as enclosures to letters to friends and relatives in other places. A few may even have been stuck inside the cover of your album, awaiting mounting. With all these possible answers to where are the summer's snapshots, obviously it's time to round them up. Time to round up not '•j Party Years The workmen employed by the Western United Gas & Electric company Are now making their headquarters in McHenry. Most of the gang are putting up in the canning factory building, where temporary quarters have been rigged up. The factory at Terra Cotta, which gives employment to some thirty McHenryites, closed last night to give the empldyeea in opportunity to enjoy the holiday vacation. Work on the new bank addition, which la to ly occupied by the Plaindealer, goes merrily on. C. G. FTett informs us that he has been notified that the seats In the Central Opera house must all be fastened to the floof. This order is, undoubtedly, the result of the recent visit of the two state fire marshals to this village. The McHenry business men report an excellent holiday business. Some report the very bit; gest in years. " • We have a post card from Jacob Buss, formerly telegraph operator at the North Western station here. The card was mailed at San Francisco. It is with a heavy heart and tear stained eye that we. at this, the Yuletide season, are asked to tell our readers of the untimely death of our beloved sister, Margaret B. Schreiner, youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary Schreiner. On and • after Jan. 1 next the West Si.de meat market, which during the past seven years has been owned and successfully conducted by E. F. Mathtjws, will be under the management of G. C. Bosma, until recently foreman at the Borden milk bottling plant here. Public Aid Rolls Remained Stationary During Month Of ntlwrfs public aid rolls remained almost stationary in October, Garrett W. Keaster, executive secretary of the Illinois Public Aid commission said last week. Keaster said there were 238,- 400 persons on the assistance rolls in October, a gain of twenty- three over September figures'. It was the second consecutive month in which there was little change in the number of aid recipients. (2,432,644 or ail average ei (83- .20; general assistance to 49,866 persons amounted to 11,930,440, an average of $38.71; 6,093 recipients of disability assistance received $363,437 or $71.37 each; and blind assistance to 3,746 persons totaled ,$230,960 or $61- .66 a person. Caseloads and payments of the five public aid programs in McHenry county were as foli lows: "MWS¥WI •Aid to dependent bHnd assistance, ^ j • •Maim. * assistance, 112, WOTTage assistance, 3ST, 871. iriffcirt THE Total expenditures tn the five state aid programs were ' "flO,- ' giXUHttimi IMIII.Miy 686,177 in October, an increase1 ~ * of $58,559 over September. Keaster said the increase Was due to the usual rise in costs per recipient in the fall months and a five per cent increase in the standard of food, clothing and personal incidentals for blind assistance recipients authorized by the General Assembly. Oetobef was the second consecutive month in which general assistance rolls increased, Keaster said. He attributed an increase of 1,400 recipients of direct relief in October to "some dislocation in industry." October aid to dependent children showed a drop of about 800 recipients, and old age assistance, a drop of about 550. Blind assistance and disability assistance caseloads remained almost static, he aid. October payments to 104,173 aged persons totaled $5,728,676, an average of $54.99 each; 75,- 547 persons on the aid to dependent children rolls received NICKEL ALLOYS Production of alloys rimtiiii>| received great tmpetva the period of increased ilriustrisl activity that followed World War L Then, as now, there was a steadily expanding demand for stronger and more durable metals for the new machines, products and appliances that were being invented and developed. ' .-v RIVERSIDE BAKE SHOP WQJ. BE OPEH Monday, Dec. 28th Marvin Wirtz, McHenry, recently sold a registered Holsteln- Friesian bull to L>. B. Andersen, Wheeling. j U M t l M 1 111' •!t M 'l 'I I tMH 14 h > 11 1 i <• i t i 11 '1' I» Dairymen facing a short feed supply are advised to cull closely and get rid of the low producers and diseased animals. LAY AWAY YOUR v SEWING MACHINE . . NOW r For Christmds Easy terms, no, interest or carrying charges New and used straight sewers and Zig Zag» FftEUtto'S SEWING MACMNE «•* i" Sales & Service Across from HuaterviUe Subd. PHONE 664-J-2 McHENRY, ILL. BUY CONCRETE the modern way. , . clclimvii READY MIXED To Butlders: We can supply Ready-Mixed Concrete for mty kind of job--from a back-yard lily pool to a complete new home or building. Prompt, quick «elivery mm> % actly where and when needed. w Our Ready-Mixed Concrete is unifbi mly dense, enduring and strong--as yon expect ot good concrete. 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