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^ - < L J 1- ^ • ST m. THBMcHHTOYBLAINDEALER rli 'H'^^'W"1 <'•!' 'l»i'•!• ifr«HHfr*I"t"l'4"l"I' 'I' •;• 'I*'!* •;••;• !• •!' '!• 't't 'i' !• •!• 'I1;!1 't 'I1 i 'I SI' M REVIEWING EARLY m McHENRY and VICINAGE • Plalndealer Files Furnish Memories • ol Yesteryears " Compiled by A. H. Mosher ^ORIT YEARS AGO Issue of February 25, 1915 McHenry Downs Harvard The McHenry high school basketball - team journeyed over to Horv&rii last Friday night, where they defeated the Harvard thigh by ?ar close score of 16 to 13. The lineup"«f the McHenry team follows: F. Bonslett, Justen, L. Bacon, "Petesch, G. Bacon, Richard^ n, giinter. y Surprise^- mber of her schoolmates riends tendered Delia Heia pleasant surprise at her on the West Side last Sunday . afternoon. Those present Wefe Rosemary Nye, Genevieve Bonslett, /Villa Rothermel, Jiilia Weber, Margaret Freund, Caroline Miller, Delia Stoffel, Thressia Herbes, Helen Freund, Mary Meyers, „ Helen Justen, Rosina ^Freund, Genevieve Brefeld, Cornelia IFreund, Bertha Sjbhiessle, Loretta Steffes, Alvera Heimer, Rose Laures, Margaret Eiauer and Helen Smalley. home Tbwn Caucus March 20-- Locat politic^ are. beginning to warm ii|> a bit and from now on until tfhe April elections the voters will be given an opportunity to"? cuss and discuss the variou#%ipandidates who will .be. in the fi$a? for nomination and election. Thfc \iate for the holding* of the ' annual town primary or caucus, as it is familiarly known, has been set for Saturday, Mfcr. 20, three weeks from next Saturday, Joins Chicago Ptilice Force-- John Gibbs has gone to Chi. cago to join the police force in that city. Mr.- Gibbs took the examination some time ago and his call, to the city was not a surprised as fhe has been looking fbr just such a thing to happen right along. items of Local Interest-- George Justen is in Chicago, where he is taking a course in undertaking. Spring must surely be very close, as the never failing sign-- marbles--has made its appearance. Automobile traffic in McHenry is growing and it will not 'be long ere the chug of the motor boat will be heard on Fox river. 0 A couple of drunks made themselves conspicuous on our street one day last week. They drovef^ through the village in a wagon. One was doing the driving, while the other lay in the bottoith of the box. Many who saw them thought that the man lying in the box was dead. No arrests were made. G. A. Stilling has taken the agency for Haynes automobiles. Walter Freund will appear in his bag punching act at Wilmot, Wis., tomorrow night. Who will be the first to operate a jitney bus in McHenry ? All other cities are going to have them, so why not McHenry? TWENTY-FIVE TEARS AGO Issue of February 20, 1980 ^Peterson Brothers Fly-- Earl Peterson and his brother, Glenn, made a business trip to Springfield , in .the former's airplane on Tuesday of this week. They took off from the Palwaukee airport somewhat later than they had planned because of the heavy fog wthich hung like a blanket over the earth Tuesday morning'. They made the trip without any trouble and reached their destination safely. Polly Prim Pavilion-- The Polly Prim pavilion, owned by Henry G. Saal, has been sold to Charles f. Howe, an attorney, of Coldwater, Mich. This popular amusement hall, located at the corner of Fox and Charles streets, McHenry, on Route 20, was given by Mr. Saal as. part payment for the Curberdor apartments, located at 4407-19 North Linden 'Street, Chicago. The apa^ment building contains forty-two apartments. Awarded Hero Medal-r William Pries, Jr., 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pries of Waukegan, and at one time a resident of this city, -has been awarded a hero medal by the Ralstrom commission. The commemoration -of the act dates back to Sept. 18. 1929, when young Pries saved his sister, Eleanor, aged 4 years, from drowning in Lake Geneva. The medal was forthcoming and unknown to the Pries family and William was elected to receive the recognition. proaching passenger train, which struck the car from the track, completely .HAwniiphing p«rt2 of the - car were scattered - for several feet in all directions, hitting store windows and breaking the windshield of a car parked nearby. Mir. May was taken to tihe Woodstock hospital for ex. amination and complained of his legs hurting, although he was able to walk. PageThbleen Surprised on Birthday-- Several of her friends . surprised Miss Flora Freund Saturday evening, the affair being planned in honor of her birthday anniversary. The Valentine party at the high school was attended first, after which tlhe remainder of it was spent at the home of Miss Freund on Riverside Drive. Those present were J$H,a Bacon, Gwendolyn Overton, Lois Bacon, Flora Freund, Bernice Weber, Virginia Engeln, Mildred Gans, May Justen, Oliver Stratton, Clarence Oelrioh, Harold Stone, Harold Jensen, Harold Leonard, Stanley Pierson. Has Vttmw Escape-- The age of miracles is not past. Of this we are convinced when we hear tlhe story of Ben j May of Spring Grove, who was hit by a' fast - passenger train at Woodstock Friday morning and who is alive and practically uninjured arid able to tell the story. Mr. May was driving his automobile west on Church street in the county-seat about 11 o'clock Friday morning and as he was about to cross the track he saw a freight train standing just ,«sputhea8t of the main crossing. He saw the wig-wag signal working, but thought it was the signal for the freight standing on the track. He started to drive across the track only to run directly into the path of the ap- ROBERT HAY "THE LOW OVERHEAD WAY" General Contractor ^few Construction and Remodeling LET US FIGURE FOR YOU Phone 622-W-2 ROUTE 4 McHENRY, ILLINOIS TEN TEARS AGO Issue of February 15, 1945 Pupils "On Honor Roll-- High school students are now well on their way in the third quarter of the '1944-45 years. A new system was devised in the past few months whereby students were allowed only a limited number of absences from school in addition to having a higth scholastic standing in order to be exempt from taking exams. Those who were on the honor roll for the last quarter, were the following: Seniors--Carl Adams, Shirley Bienapfl, Dorothy Freund, Gloriee Freund, Junilla Freund, Margaret Frcurid, Carolyn Hay. Nornian Kn&ack, Dean McCracken, Charles Maftlri, Theresa Mergen, Marylyn Mertes, Mary Grace Murphy, Mary Ann Noonan, Dolores Peisert, Terry Phalin, Paul Schmitt, Gladys Stilling, Jean Marie Thome, Annamae Vogt, Adolph Weideman and George Whiting. Juniors--Nan?y Carey, Mary Douglas, Lloyd Freund, Marion Freund, George Gorenson, Marie' Justen, Ercell Lock, blai*ice May,' Kathryn Nye, Elida F«ge, Schaefer, Bernice Smith, Eileen, Smith aitd Roger Wilbrandt. Sophomores--Bavbara Freundf Loretta Kunz, Joan May, Robfert "Sherman, Doris Smith, Marion Smith, Lois Eideman, Ray Williams and Alfred Young. Freshmen--Dagtnar Andree, LuAnn Bauer, Alan Bockman, Margaret J3olger,. Robert French, Diane Freund, Virginia Freund,' Carol Harrison, Loretta Hunter, Mary Lee McCarroll, Lorraine Michels, Elainfe Nell, Ray Noren, Marie Smith and Ray Theleh. Weddings-- On Saturday, Feb. 3, ..in a! nuptial ceremony solemhbs£d at St. Mary's church. Miss Shirley Neal became the bride of Mir. Andy Ramaeker. Both bride and groom are RingWood residents,, St. Mary's church was' the scene of a,, lovely wedding on Saturday, Jan. 27, when Miss Lucille Simon of this city became the bride of Sgt. James E. Wagner of Milton Junction, Wis. The couple are now making their home at Blytheville, Ark., where the groom is stationed. At a 9 o'clock nuptial mass solemnized < at St. Patrick's church on Wednesday; Feb. 7, Miss Bernice Ramaeker, of Scranton, Iowa, became the bride of Mr. Gerald Miller, of Ringwood. Rev. Wm. O'Rourke officiated at the ceremony. Thought For The Week-- "Give me the money that (has been spent in wars, and I will clothe every man, woman and child in an attire of which kings and queens would be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley of the wihole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship, consecrated to the gospel of peace."--Charles Sumner. 1ARDEST BUSIEST CHEAPEST WORKERS IN TOWN PLA1NDEALER WANT AOS 'i WHY PAY RENT? Now you can buy a 3 bedroom home for $10,475.00 and up, lot included, having the following features: • Architect designed \ •.Carpenter built f ¥. • • Grading and seeding • Gravel drive • Sidewalk from lot line to front and rear door • Aluminum comb, screen a&d storm windows • Combination screen .and storm doors • Completely decorated interior and exterior • Plastic wall tile in bath • Exhause fan in kitchen • Frigidaire automatic washer VETERAJNS only *525.00 down $55.82 Per Mo., Prln. & Int. NON-VETERANS only *1900.00 down $68.60 Per Mo., Prin. & Int. Veterans and non-veterans may further reduce the down payment by doing some work themselves -- such as grading and seeding, etc. AnjK home that you may select from our architect designed plans may be built on: , • Your paid up lot , • A lot on which you have made a down payment • Anywhere in McHenry County STOP AT OUR OFFICE Jos. Frett & Son SM E. ELM ST. PHONE 076 McHENRY, ILL. f0 IN decorating your home You will be thrilled ot the beautiful array of colors displayed in EHIott's Color Harmonics Color System, Here is iust th*. color you are looking for and it is* available in the new lowodor alkyd flat and semi-gfoss enamel finishes. See your Elliott dealer at once! VYCITAL'S PHONE 98 HARDWARE 132 SO. GREEN STREET SHEET METAL SHOP McHENW, DLL. Farmers' Outlook <&», Milk Marketing Charge Range Dairy farmers get about a dime a quttit, U.S. average, for the milk that city families buy. City families pay 16 to 27 cents •4 quart for the;same milk. Variations in marketing • charges are responsible for most of the differences in prices paid by consumers. Milk Wagon drivers and deal, ers take from 7 to 17 cents a quart, ' in different ciUes, for bottling, delivery and selling. Tfhese figures are from, a recent tJSDA study of milk marketing margins in 25 major U.S. cities. Lowest margins in Washington. Members of Congress seem to get a "good break." For milk sbld in stores, the average marketing margins in Washington in 1954 were only about 7 ceiits a quart, the lowest of all the cities studied. For milk delivered at home, the margin was 10 cents a quart, second lowest of twenty-five ipajor cities. Big margins in Chcago. Bggest marketing margins in the nation •were found in Chicago. For home delivery, bottling and delivery charges amounted to 17 cents a quart. On store sales, the margins averaged 12 cents on Single quarts and 10 cents a quart for larger amounts. Both were the second largest found in any of the cities studied. Most midwestern cities have much lower marketing charges for milk than does Chicago. In three cities, Milwaukee, Detroit and Kansas City, the marketing chatges for home-delivered milk were 5 cents a quart lower than in Chicago. In three other cities, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Omaha; the bottling and delivery charges were 6 cents a quart lower thah in Cbic#£0. ; Prices in 'feipire®. MarkMiftg jnargins for mtticv&ld in stores also are much lower in most mldweistern cities-t%an in Chicago. In four cities, Cleveland, Omaha, Detroit and Milwaukee, the margins on milk sold through Stores averaged 2 cents a; quart less than in Chicago. In Kansas City the margin was 3 cehts less knd in Minneapolis -4, cents less. An increasing amount of milk is being sold throiigh stores in half-gtdlon and gallon containers. Most midwestern cities have lower marketing margins on such sales than does Chicago. In Cleveland, Detroit and Kansas City, this job Was done for about 8 cents a qu&Tt. In Milwaukee the margin was nearly one cent more, and in Omaha 1% cents more. In Chicago " t/he margins obtained on half-gallon and gallan sales wire 2 cents a quart more than iri' the first three midwestern cities mentioned; Many different items go to make up marketing cofets, but. the largest singe expense is always payrolls. WORWICK'S McHenry Camera Center Cameras Photographic Equipment Amateur and Professional Bought, Sold and Exchanged PHOTO SUPPLIES View Masters and Reels Color Films Processed Family Albums 8ee Us Before You Boy Worwick's Studio 117 N. Riverside Drive PHONE McHENRY 275 Comparable figures on mar-, ketliig margins afe not available for St. Louis, the second 4nost important .market for Illinois farmers. "" Retail prices, a recent survey of seven midwest cities showed lowest retail prices in Minneapolis, where consumers paid about 17 cents a quart in stores and 18 cents delivered at the home. Second lowest prices were found in St. Louis, where milk was selling for around 20 cents a quart in stores and 21 and 22 cents delivered to the home. Chicago families paid an average of 21% cents a quart in stores and 25% cents for home delivery. These prices are the second highest and highest, respectively, of those in the seven midwest cities. Good subject for investigation. Some price differences are justi- -A your hoar that natural appumn-- (•sum weti-groomed hair thai leys right loafts right Says right M All day long MMyfftk 6urattM BULGERS DRUG STORE Phone 40 S. Green St McHenry, IU. fied, but there sefems little reasdh fdr the' b'uge • dSfiferetfc^s 'in marketing charge* no# i&vetfect for milk. The USDA ivpoH did not ekplain why the ehaigeii are more than 50 per cent greater in some cities than in others. It appears that this might be a proper subject for serious Inquiry by farm organizations, consumers and Congress. ,;ii YOU GAN You can tell when an industry is losing money. Its leaders begin to believe in government ownership. 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Now's the time to start having your milk delivered ... in glass. You'll like our other fine dairy foods, too. They're wholesome, flavorful and brought to you dairy fresh. Call us real soon. Th» beautiful abfcAIr Sjpart Co*p»wMi Body by Rttw It's highway robbery t •) Mickey Hie Milkman says: "DELIVERED MILK IS FRESH... ONLY HOURS FROM THE FARM'* For Your Convenience We Deliver Two Hall Gallons at Gallon Prices. FREUND'S DAIRY, he. -Route 31 Phone McHenry 195 2 i/i fiOlu North Of McHenry For sheer fun out on the road, Chevrolet's stealing the thunder from the high-priced cars! Up to this year, maybe there were reasons for wanting one of the higher-priced cars. If you demanded something really special in the way of driving fun, you simply had to pay a premium to get it. > Not any more! The Motoramic Chevrolet has changed til that. Who could wish for more excitement than the new 162-h.p. "Turbo-Fire V8" delivers? (For those who do, 180-h.p. is optional at extra cost in all V8 models.) 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