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Page Fourteen THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday* January 21# 19$0 i i * '8 <• •> .g- •£• .a. <• Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO ' Taken From The Files Of January 13, 1910 Freeman Whiting, one of the earliest settlers of McHenry county, was eighty-eight years old last Saturday. Mr. Whiting came to McHenry to reside permanently in 1846. The" day also marked the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Whiting. Due to their advanced age the -day was observed quietly,- The first strawberries of the season appeared iiv southern •markets a few weeks ago, and dealers received a • dollar a quart. Cranberries cost only a. tenth- as /flkuch, are quite as red and little, if any, sourer. A. G. Bishop, who resides between this place and Ringwood. has'disposed of his-twenty acre farm to Delbert Whiting, the price paid by the purchaser "being $285 an a'cre. Mr: Bishop plans to leave for Oregon to reside about March 1. The McHenry. employees at the Terra Cotta works were obliged to "hoof." it home "on several different occasions during the recent crippled condition of the train seryiee. The hike was a ---very Airfpleasant one, with the thermometer registering fifteen below zero. • Misses Anna and Irene Fris-; by, Mabel and Florence Gran- j ger, and Anna Cleary, Messrs. | George Johnson, Floyd Thomp-! son, John Gibbs and Thomas Bolger were guests in the R. G. Sutton home Sunday evening. FORTY YEARS AGO Taken From The Files Of January 8, 1920 The Paulist Choristers, one of the most famous musical organizations in the central west, will spend the summer! at Stilling's resort. Pistakeej Bay. j Chas. W. Biggs, of this place! and Ben Winner of Richmond i were » at Arlington Heights; Wednesday, where they aided! in the organization of a farm j bureau, the first of the kind j to be launched in Cook county, i Miss Fanny Granger enter-1 tained members of the Just Us i club with a bob ride out to1 the country horne of Mr-, and Mrs. H. E. Clemens Wednesday evening, where a few enjoyable hours were spent and an oyster supper served. A. C. Behlke, who a few yeacs ago conducted a harness shop in West McHenry, passed away at his late home in Davenport. Iowa, Monday. He leaves a wife and five child ren. The coldest weather of the season visited us last week when thermometers registered all the way from fourteen to twenty, below zero. The freezing of hands, feet, faces and ears were quite numerous among ice workers and the bursting of water pipes a round i the Village kept plumbers busy. 'Joseph Michels has purchased the West Side market and grocery from Peter W. Frett who took over the business from Schneider Brothers two years ago. . - V TWENTY-FIVE . YEARS AGO . Taken From The,- Files Of January 10, 1935 Lee Murray, 54 years old, died -gt his farm home near) Wauconda, Monday, after a brief illness of pneumonia, j Christmas cards b r o u g h t J greetings to local people from j friends far and near but prob-1 „ably the card from the greatest1 distance was received by Mrs. N. E. Barbian. This came from Miss Laura Savage in England who was nurse for Mrs. Bar- • bian's son, Ernest, eight years1 ago. London had nothing on us in the line of'fog this week, which descended upon McHenry Sund a y a f t e r n o o n , r e m a i n e d a l l night and Monday, getting; more dense Monday fright. Au-; tomobile traffic was retarded, as roads ' became obscured by ; the "heavy fog and Monday! night motorists starting for; Woodstock were forced to turn back. ! Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Doro- j thy Johnson of River Forest j to Mr. Hughie Kirk- of Chicago, • which took place Dec, 20. They will make their home in Emerald Park. Mrs. Albef-ert Barbian entertained at a 1 o'clock luncheon Sunday, honoring Mtes Elizabeth Miller who wilt^oe a bride this month. Miss Miller was previously feted at showers given by, relatives and friends in Chicago and Kenosha, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. John I^egner announce the marriage of their daughter, Catherine, to Pr. J. P. Frey of Chicago. Mrs. John Olson, who carne from Oregon to care for her mother who is ill. was surprised by a groui?' of friends at (he home of her sister, Mrs. M. Worts, honoring her fiftyl'ourth birthday. Miss Emily Smith, who will become a bride Jan: 19, was h o n o r e d a t t w o s h o w e r s t h e past week. One,was given by Mrs. Ben Bauer and the other by Mrs. Nick M, Justen and Mrs. Ben Kennebeck. w Can I ? TRAFFIC TOLL FIGURES Illinois has reduced its New J Year's traffic toll for the second consecutive year, th^ office of Gov. William G. Stratton announced. The final count at midnight Jan. 3 was 15 persons dead as compared with 17 last year. The governor's office also announced provisional figures showing that Illinois' traffic death toll in 1959 was, i35 less than in 1958. This ip the? fourth consecutive year that Illinois has reduced its traffic deaths, for a total of 815 lives saved since 1955. Fatalities in 1958 totalled 1886. In 1959 there were 1751 deaths. EDDIE the EDUCATQRr says ~ ~ IPft- Aufomation has freed man's : mind and handt for doing other things. Schools help to determine' what these things shall be. Illinois Education Association By ANNE ASHLEY Q. How can I mix my own i cement for mending some i crockery? ! A. Here's one which might j take a very long time to 'dry, \ but is well worth it, for it will stand up under heat and water. Just mix a little pure white lead with some linseed oil, and use it very thick on the broken edges of your crockery. Let it set for at least a week. Q. How can I put some life and crispness into a limp veil? A. This 1 rouble can often be cured by putting the veil between two pieces of waxed paper and running a moderately warm iron over it. Q. How can I prevent snow and sleet from sticking to the windshield of my ear? A. Try rubbing a cut raw onion over the outside surface of the glass. Q. How can I preserve.apples for future pies? A. Fill a sterilized jar half full of the sliced fruit, add an aspirin tablet, and finish by filling the jar with apples. Run cold tap v^ater into the jar until it - overflows and seal with a sterilized lid. When you are ready to use your apples, rinse them thoroughly wi>h cold water. f -Q- How can I prevent scales from forming von the inside of my teakettle? A. One preventive is to keep an oyster shell in the kettle, replacing this when it has accumulated all the scale it can hold. Q. How can I get oil into machinery spots which are hard to reach even with a very small oilcan? A. Try attaching an ordinary straw to your oilcan as an emergency extension. Q. How can I avoid the tarnishing of some of my brass articles? A. You can prevent danger of tarnish with a coat of clear metal lacquer. Be sure the sur- For That MAN In Your LIFE and GHMDPA ho There's nothing that gets so dose,to a Dad as a gift of wearables. Chopse from our complete selections. McGEE S Store for Men 117S. Green St. Phone EV 5-0047 McHenry, 111. Open Daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Fridays 8 a.m. to 9 p.m Sundays 9 a.m. 'til 12 Noon TORTURE TESTED! ^ • : New McCulloch: :@NI/4O •: • • •••••• • Most Chain Saw For The Money •Torture-Tested for Dependability as low as Lose weight fast with Kessamin-- forget hunger pangs! Now--reducing no longer means agonizing hunger pangs. 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Equally famous for its many outstanding plus features, the Super 88 Series for '60 brings you many more as standard rtfuipment--safety-padded instrument panel, front compartment courtesy lifihls, extra-deep foam seat cushions, and wheel trim rings! See it today! O LDSM O B I LE -- SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED QUALITY DEALER face is clean and free of polish before applying the lacquer. A second coat .will, provide even greater insurance. Q. How can . I produce a good gloss on my bathroom tile? A. Aft<^ washing the tile, cover it with a thin coating of laundry starch, allow this to dry. ,then polish it off with a dry soft cloth. Q: How' can I prevent milk -from scorching the dish or pan in which it is to be heated? A: By rinsing the utensil in cold water before pouring your milk into it. Q. What is an easy way of stripping an electric wire, thai is, removing the rubber insulation for the purpose of making a connection? , A. One very easy way is to make use of the nail-pulling claw on your hammer. Pull the two strands of your wire apart, then insert one of these at a time clear do&n to the bottom of th.r- "v" in the claw of the hammer, and pull the rubber off in bites of about two inches. The aircraft cairrier USS Forrest,al's air conditioning system is powerful enough to completely air condition two buildings the size of the Empire State building. Pep without purpose is piffle. COMPANY SALES GAIN H. V. McNamara, president of tne National Tea Co., reported a new record high in. annual sales reaching more than $829 millionpfor a gain of over $35 million compared to the previous year, and the seventeenth consecutive sales record for the Chicago based Midwestern food cnain. Sales for the four weeks ending January 2, 1960 were $66,- 012,432, which was an increase of $1,421,122, for a gain of 2.2 percent over the corresponding four weeks of 1958, when sales were $64,591,310. , National Tea Co.'s consolidated sales for the 52 weeks ending January 2, 1960, which comprised the company's 1959 operating calendar year, totaled $829,518,275 as compared with total sales of $794,162,- 135 for the 53 weeks ending ED'S RENTAL RENTS Electric Hammers to Wheel Chairs EVergreen 5-4123 January 3, 1959, which comprised the company's operating calendar for, the year 1958. While the 1959 •"operating cal- I endar only provided 52 weeks I of sales as compared with 53 I weeks ih the company's operating calendar for the previous year? the loss of one full week of sales was made up in ain additional increase of $35,356;140 in sales for a gain of 4.45. per cent in sales for. 52 weeks in 1959 as compared with "53 weeks of ^958. 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S °° $1.0Q Size SERUTAN PLUS CAPSULES U 23 COLD REMEDIES THOREXIN COUGH MEDICINE TABLETS C0LDENE BEAU KREML TONIC 69< BANTRON HELPS BREAK THE CIGARETTE BOLGER'S DRUG STORE R. J. OVERTON MOTOR SALES 403 Front St. McHENRY. ILL. Visit The Olds Exhibit At The Chicago Auto Show • International Amphitheater, January 14-24 703 S. GREEN STREET gy 5.45QO USE THE FREE UR££N STREET PARKING OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL 10 Plus 10*/. Federal Excite Tax on Toiletries