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w • Pig* Tw»l*« McHENRY PLAINDEALER | spring, is employed to teach in one of the neighboring county districts. IN McHENRY and VICINAGE 1 " ^ "5 """"",ha REVIEWING EARLY HAPPENINGS Plaindealer Files Furnish Memories of Yesteryears Compiled by A. H. Moaher •?.; a number of the class of 1914 are Y j arranging to go elsewhere this A 1 year, among them "feeing Edyth T' Petesch, Illinois university; Es- £ i ther Stoffel, Northwestern unitiversity; and Harry Stephenson, * Illinois university. FORTY YEARS AGO From Issue of August 26, 1915 Slashes Auto Driver-- from McHenry and vicinity this I week. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Miss Anna Weber is enjoying I From issue of August 14, 19S0 „ . ' a well-deserved vacation from her, cjv v^ars Old ^ e^n»D,™n ,y n^ridUtlM "• the Smlth Bros- ««•;• Little Donald Sehaefer, ,on of ed being run into by an auto- Mrs Martin B. Schmitt is taking 1 an(i Mrs Peter Sehaefer of mobile. Mr. Diedrich had quite her nlaf>e 6 ™r- a"a MI?- f e„ J\. * „ . naptv nf wua„ ner Piace- this city, entertained a party or a load in his rag when the near Four wag-on loads of gypsies his little schoolmates at his home accident occurred. He was driv- passed through town Tuesday .Jast Thursday afternoon, in honor ing along when a small yellow j noon They were of the usual of his sixth birthday anniversary, car. of the racing type, came j dirty variety and their stops in A birthday luncheon was served ^ aii^ t • t j McHtenry were very short. ; at a prettily decorated table with rich pulled out just as far as,he A vast improvement has been the coiois of pink and white P°SSi?y C?f U f W! ,Ut endange T r" made around the Central opera, can ied out in favors of paper ing himself of tipping over In h6use corner by the removal of, dolls rlul cups and an attractive passing, he declares, the machine the old hitching posts. Through bi,.th'day cake Those present came within a fraction of an the removal • of these posts the .. Jacob Brefeld Esther inch of hitting his buggy^ At ; corner has been suddenly trans- Althoff, Frances Glosson, Jane least it came close enough so formed from its way-back-behind-: Marshali Bettv and Ethel Alq »t Mr. Diedrich w«3 able to the.„meS-to a real up-to-date. HessLorraine. and ' f t '*'31?' * ' r, August 18# slash the driver with his whip. He has the driver's number, who, he says, resides at Libertyville, and trouble is very likely to follow. Smith-Boutelle-- At high noon on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the home of the bride's parents at Emerald Parte, occurred the wedding of Miss Mayme Smith of this place and Mr. Fuller Boutelle of Lake Geneva, Wis., the ceremony having been performed by Rev. Robert McDonald, pastor of the Baptist church at Lake Geneva. Three Big Days At Vol©---• The great "Volo Day" is approaching. Preparations have been made to accommodate a record-breaking attendance. The good tidings of this reunion of all our friends and neighbors for two days of unprecedented pleasures in a picturesque environment of that little hamlet, Volo, is rapidly spreading through all adjacent towns like wild-fire through our western prairies. Page-Thomas-- Miss Letah Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page, and Mr. Allen Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thomas, stole away from their respective homes last Saturday morning and journeyed over to Woodstock, where they procured a license to, wed. At high noon on the same day the two were quietly married at the Methodist parsonage at the county seat and soon afterward were on their honeymoon trip, Which they are now spending in Wisconsin. Items of Local Interest-- The county fair at Woodstock is drawing its usual large crowds citv scene. Activity Among Seniors-- We are pleased to note that more of our high school graduates of last year will continue their education in higher institutions of learning than ever before, notwithstanding that it was a smaller class, numbering only ten. Germer Petesch has made arrangements to enter Illinois uni I Evelyn Sehaefer and cousins, ' Laverne and Shirley May Real, of Chicago. New Pastor at Johnsburg-- Rev. A. J. Vollman is now in charge at Johnsburg and will fill the vacancy c&used by the resignation of Father Weber, pastor of St. John's church for the" past sixteen years. Father Vollman comes to Johnsburg versity, Urbana, to take up the:'™"1, °"g0"' VS cchneemmiiccaali eenmgriinneeeerriinage ccoouurrssee. eighteen years m work at thfe 0regon church and the Byron Mary Bonslett, we understand,. Mission chUrch. intends to enter Lewis Institute, 1 Chicago, to pursue the domestic I bought ror The Weeks c i e n c e a n d l i t e r a r y c o u r s e , a f t e r 1 . . . , . . _ her return from a trip io the i world .s a looking glass. California exposition. and S'ves back t0 every m,n the Irene Vasey, who made special reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it. and it is a jolly, kind companion."--William Makepeace Thackery. preparation for teaching, has succeeded in being employed to teach the village school in her home district of Volo. Jane Owen will be a regular student of the liberal arts and i science department of the State university, Urbana. Guy Bacon, we are informed, has just been engaged to teach a school in Lake county. Lenore Freund, who prepared for the teachers' exam last! Shop at Home and SAVE! VILLA NURSING HOME ON PISTAKEE BAY, NEAR McHENRY Home for the Aqed SENILE • BED PATIENTS PHONE McHENRY 461 > • "How do you get her to 1 cook in this weather?" N u "Easy, I got her a new ic range!" Keep your 10 degrees cooler with a new electric range! Recent impartial baking tests (made by independent engineers of the R. W. Hunt Company) prove that modern electric ranges keep your kitchen an average of 10 degrees cooler than the most modern flame type ranges. • • * New Share-The-Cost Installation Plan saves you important money. Own an electric range for as low as $2.16 a week --installed! or Al: "Well, T know they're a lot cooler to cook on, but..." Bill: "Man, that's not the half of it! Ann says our new electric's just as fast as any other kind. And it sure is cleaner. Haven't had to wash the kitchen walls once since we got it!'1 Al: "Sounds kinda rich for my blood. What'd it set you back?" Bill: "Not so much. We're paying it off a couple of bucks a week. Besides, they brought in 240-volt wiring when they put in the range. And boy, do.we need it with all the appliances we've added. Hey, here comes the coffee!" SEE YOUR DEHIEK PUBUC COMPANY NEW MORTALITY STUDY STARTED BY LIFE COMPANIES Just what effects overweight and high blood pressure have had on longevity in recent years are to be ascertained from a new, massive study being undertaken by the life insurance business, covering the experience among hundreds of thousands of policyholders. Plans for the 1955 Build and Blood Pressure study have been made public by the Committee on Mortality of the Society of Actuaries. This will be the fifst study of mortality in relation to build in nearly 25 years and the first investigation of persons with abnormal 'blood pressure since before \Vorld War H. Covers 19 Years iFifty United States ari^ Canadian- life insurance compj&nies, with some 50,000,000 ordinary life insurance policies in force, have been invited to participate in the study, The ' investigation will cover the experience under both standard and substandard ordinary Insurance issued during the years 1935 to 1953 inclusive. It will include on:y policies issued with a medical examination and only those on persons 15 to 69 years of age. The experience will be analyze^ in relation to variations in height and weight, blood pressure, and with respect to several categories of minor impairments existing at time • of issuance 'of the policy. The analysis will be I carried out separately for men and women. The study is expected to produce evidence as to the mortality among persons originally classified as overweight who later reduced their weight sufficiently to have their policies put on a standard rate basis. It has long been the belief of underwriters and medical men that such persons show a materially lower death rate than those who remain overweight. Such evidence should be an important factor in persuading people generally to control their weight. Package Liquor Store and Tavern PIZZA Italian Spaghetti Sandwiches KITCHEN CLOSED ON TUESDAY'S McHENRY 336 130 So. Green St., McHenry, IUL The study is being directed by the Committee _on Morality of the Society of Actuaries, a professional organization of nearly 1,500 actuaries in the United States and Canada. They will be in consultation with the mortality committee of the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors throughout the investigation. *Buy U.S. Savings Bonds •• CHAIN LINK fa MEANS SAFETY & PROTECTION FOR YOUR CHILDREN -- ALSO -- RUSTIC WOOD FENCES For FREE estimates - Phone McHenry 724 ANDERSON FENCE and SUPPLY McHenry, HI. Lyle D. Anderson NEW Revolutionary SERVICE son water serwce ls 3 typical SERViSOFT installation showing the small size unit io a jaundry room. With adequate piping arrangement!, your uoit can be installed in a similar spot, your kitchen, utility room, bathroom, or wherever your prefer. THERE'S NO EQUIPMENT TO PURCHASE NO WORK FOR YOU TO DO . . . . • NO CONTRACT TO SIGNI AS LOW AS $2.75 EACH 28 DAYS R. O. ANDREW Co. WOODSTOCK 428 1 8 5 5 • • A C E N T U R Y O F G A S S E R V I C E * • 1 9 5 5 Zke Campligkter My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky. It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seaty With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea, And my papa's a banker and as rich as he can be; But /, when I am stronger and can choose what I'm to do, 0 Leerie, I'll go round at ni^ht and light the lamps with you! For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, And Leerie stops to light it as he Ijghts so many more; And O before you hurry by with ladder and with light, "0 Leerie, I'll Go Round at Night 0 ZZZ'ZT " and Light the Lamps with You . # # . Robert Louis Stevenson / Following the introduction of gas lighting in Ottawa, Illinois, in 1855, the era of the village lamplighter came to many of the towns tiow served by the Northern Illinois Gas Company. In those days many youngsters like the one Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about undoubtedly had childish admiration for the local "Leerie". Those, tooj were the days of man-sized beards and of dainty bonnets, "sweep-the-floor" calicoes^ days when the rumble of buckboards and carriages could be heard on the rutted streets, There also must have been lively conversation about the new "gas plant". "It probably will never be practical. Gas for street lighting, for home lighting. Impossible." It's been a hundred years now and those who envisioned the practical use of gas were > ' • „ i ,• • right. The homemaker of today enjoys fast, clean, economical cooking * with gas--speedy, low-cost water * m heating--silent trouble-free refrigeration and the many other convenient services gas performs. Today, the more than half a million homes and industries we serve in northern Illinois use gas in a ' myriad of ways never dreamed-of a century ago? Penny Flame* says: "Now, more than ever--Gas Does It Better--For Less " N. I. GAS Co. COPYRIGHT 1955, NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY-*Trade-Mark NORTHERN I L L I N O I S !t> COMPANY