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Fourth" THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER •"tMpMifcii -iw- McHenry County Through The Years by Marie Soluw*tt£en Chapter 12 V FIFTY MILLIONTH Wolves In Mclienry County , PERSON SERVED ' Wolves in the early history of IfcHenry county were strictly of gY ELECTRICITY _ the four-legged variety, or at | , »fea«t history does not record the somewhere inJ the United whistling wolf. A bounty of $10' States on Thursday, Jan. 28, ' Was paid for each wolf killed, j during the hour from 12 noon to §*rairie wolves were worth only i j p m {Chicago time), Ameri- * §5. It was not necessary; to show ! ca>s 50,000,000th electric -fusto- $he court the entire carcass in mer began getting service '• jjrder to collect the bounty. All ? Edison Electric Institute llhat was required was _ the scalp . ca^ujate(j that approximate- 5f the wolf with tbe ear i left j iv 600 additional customers were itact. » ' connected throughout the coun- In 1839 the. polls were' opened j ^ry during that hour and one of for a vote on dividing McHeni'y ! thera was the 50,000,000th to county. The center of the Fox ^ service. Exactly who the liver was to be the dividing linegp,000,000th customer is never Jind all of the territory east of' will be known, as it was not •that line was to become Lake practical to Work out a method for determining it. This milestone has special sip» nificance at this time because 1954 is being observed as Light's Diamond Jubilee :n honor of the invention seventy-five years ago by Thomas A. Edison of the first practical incandescent lamp. Potentially, the 50,000,000th customer could have been one of about twenty to twenty-five customers the Commonwealth Edison company and its Public Service Division anticipated would be added to the system during the designated hour. The Commonwealth system is adding approximately 170 customers daily. The increase in 1953 totalled 42,382. A national committee is now setting up a program for observation throughout 1954 of Light's Diamond Jubilee. Willis Gale, chairman of Commonwealth Edison company, is the committee member from the Chicago area. 'founty. Instead of the center of |he river line it was decided to /Tgive Lake county all £>f pe, territory three miles east fit the north and south section line. In 1840 Bela H. Tryon, Jonathan Kimball and William Mc- Connell were appoihted judges of , an election to be held at Solon Mills for the purpose of establishing a precinct known as Independent Precinct. By 1843 those who lived at a distance west of McHenry were beginning to voice their dissatisfaction with having to travel to McHenry for county business Crystal Lake, Walkup's Corner, four miles east of Woodstock and the center of the county (now Woodstock) set up their claims to the county seat. Wood- Stock was successful in securing it and still retains the county seat. McHenry's reign as county seat was short-lived. The cou:thouse at Woodstock, a plain 2-story frame structure, stood in the center of the public square. This building was considered inadequate, so a building was erected to house the offices for the county officers. The building was built to be fireproof and modern for that day. Fire-proofing meant, mainly, that it had a tin roof. One day, during a severe wind storm, the tin roof blew off. In the fury of the storm the men inside ran but of the building as fast as possible. A merchant, Henry Petrie, tlhen considered a violent Whig dissatisfied with the Democrats in power, exclaimed, "See the d--d rats crawl out of their holes." Thereafter whenever the building w?s mentioned in the records or elsewhere it was referred to as t>ie "Rat Hole." 7t was sold by the sheriff in February of 1853 to Lindsay Joslyn for $723 In 1855 an effort was made to have the county seat moved to Algonquin township. This was voted down. In 1856 a new courthouse and jail were erected -«t 4 cost of about $47,000. Who, MEf iilif ill i' j rmki* by Robert Osboim 1 HI Ul L L X m Travtkn SdMy tuirki WTTW - Window To The World New Call Letters For Channel It FT Thtursday, February 18; 195# Channel 11 "has its call letters. Chicago's forthcoming educational television station has been named WTTW -- Window to the World . -- Edward L. Ryerson has announced. The call letters were selected from more than 350 suggestions submitted to the Chicago Educational Television association, nonprofit corporation sponsoring Channel 11. Mr. Ryerson is president of tihe association. "In the judgment ofthe board of trustees and other Channel 11 advisors, WTTW is most indicative of the purpose of Channel 11," Mr. Ryerson said. "The new station, with fts unlimited opportunities for < education and community service, will add a new window to every Chicago area home -- 'A window to the world.' . "Through this magic window," he declared, "the five-and-a-half million people of this community can see the wonders of all our great artistic, educational and cultural institutions sponsoring this pioneer project." WTTW was suggested by Mrs. Rachel Marshall Goets, 1882 56th street, Chicago. Nearly 300 men and women throughout the Chicago area and from nearby cities in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana responded to a newspaper appeal with one or more suggestions; and a national magazine story brought additional replies from as far away as Alberta, Canada. "We appreciate this overwhelming response, which is another indication of the community's interest in its forthcoming station," Mr. Ryerson commented. Selection of the call letters was governed by regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, which specified that Channel ll's letters must start with "W" and must not duplicate those already in use by other stations and ship to shore telephones across the country. This eliminated three-letter combinations, all of which are in use, as well as many four-letter combinations which sound like those held by other stations. FOOD GUIDE FOR OLDER FOLKS NO| MADE AVAILABl "Food Guide for Older Folks" Is a bulletin designed to help men and women make a strong ally of food, making iv help them in every possible way to keep healthy and happy. Features of. the bulletin, published by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, include a daily food guide-list for selecting a balanced diet and also a sample market list and menus. Suggestions are given for the older person who cooks for one or two or who hagn't much cooking equipment^ or who must have food ' of Illinois, Urbana. easy to chew, or who has * to watch weight. All through life, says the bulletin, you need foods that con* tain protein and minerals to take care of repair work on bones and body tissues. Foods that contain many different vitamins are also needed to keep, ihe body running smoothly. A third need is for fopd that provides fuel for energy and warmth. All foods supply some calories for this purpose, although some foods provide more than others. Getting too many calories is a frequent problem among some persons, who are usually less active than in earlier years and need fewer calories. For your copy of "Food Guide for Older Folks," write to Horn®/ Economics -Extension, University In 1952, 8,650 pedestrians wars killed and 265,000 hurt. Only YOU can prevent traffic accidents) TAX COLLECTIONS fuel tax refunds during 1953 State Director of Revenue > totaled $$17,589,331. Refunds to Lyons reports collection of $37,- I farmers amounted to $9,934,175. 358,818 from six major sources Motor fuel tax refunds are made during January. This is an in- j on motor fuel purchased for noncrease of $1,359,588 over similar I highway uses. collections in January, 1953. The " ; director also reports that motor I Read The Want Ads! INDEX PRICES i An increase of about 4 per j cent in the all-commo/&u}y index j of prices received ^by Illinois farmers occurred ruring the 30- day period ending Jan. 15, 1954, according to the state and federal departments of agriculture. The level of these prices in mid- January was 2 per cent higher than in January, 1953. Both the sea horse and the chameleon can move one eye without moving the other, and they can move both eyes in opposite directions. R A D 1 0 N I C Television - Radio Bales & Sefvice B. Elm St Phone 1444-4 McHenry, 111. AUTHORIZED DEALER f o r . . . . Stewart -Warner Zenith Television -- Radios Hi-Fi Radio Batteries Tubes -- Phono Needles Phono Cartridges Save on repair bills by bringi ing your work in--You pay only for actual time spent on the job, and not for Travel or Service Charges. Tubes may be brought' in for Free Testing. Hours: Daily 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Open Mon., Weds. & Fri. Evenings untU 9 P.M. LYLE R. ALLEN, Owner WMW. Just One of the Many Convenient Services Available to Our Savers 4 SIMPLE STEPS • Make out a check or money order in the amount you*re going to save • Place check or money br« der and your passbook in an envelope addressed to this association. (If you're opening a new account, include your name and address) e Drop envelope in the near* est mail box e We'll send back your credited passbook by return mail AUCTION Located 15 miles West of Waukegan, 111., 8 miles East of McHenry, 3 miles Southwest of Grayslake, 1 mile South of Round Lake, l'i miles North of Route 59A, or 34 mile South of Route 120 on the Potter Road, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TBJ Commencing at 1:00 o'clock . II HD. REGISTERED HOLS. CATTLE - 5 MILCH COWS -- 1 fresh balance milking good, 1 close springing first calf hfr., 5 hfrs., 4 to 14 mos. old. . " HOGS -- 7 purebred Hampshire sows due to farrow in April, 1 Purebred Hampshire boar, 55 feeder pigs approx. 100 lbs. DAIRY" EQUIPMENT -- 8 8-gal. milk cans, 800 lb. cream separator, 2 gal. elec. pasteurizer, pails and strainer HOG Si POULTRY EQUIPMENT -- Several steel hog feeders, hog crate, hog and chicken waterers and feeders and quantity of poultry wire "• PRODUCE -- 700 bu. oats, 500 bu. corn, 600 bales oat straw, 200 bales 1st & 2nd cut. alf. hay TRACTOR A FARM MACHINERY -- Case model SC trac. on rub w/starter and lights, NI trac. spreader on rub., Harvey corn shelter, Case hammermill and misc. other machinery and tools. COLDSPOT 19 cu. ft. freezer. ARTHUR EGLESTON, Owne* ROBERS £ BEHM, Auctioneers WIS. SALES CORP,, PHONE 195 Union Grove, Wis. IF YOU ARE PLANNING A FUTURE AUCTION -- Call Wisconsin Sales Corporation, Union Grove, Wis., 195, for your March or April date --- low rates, your choice of experienced auctioneers, prompt and reliaible serVTce and PLANNED ADVERTISING. TCS IT! pi 1011 arnitU . . . con you count the factor* entering bio your p r e s c r i p t i o n . 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