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y. August IS, 1960 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (From Files of Aug. 4, 1910) A picnic for the benefit of thfc Rockford Catholic diocese orphanage wiU be given under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus of McHenry, at Mineral Springs Park, Saturday, Aug. 13. The Knights of Columbus have the cooperation of both St. Mary's and St. Patr i c k ' s c o n g r e g a t i o n s a n d t h e evfcnt promises to materialize intst one of the most stupendous affairs ever undertaken *#. ^The wideawake0 little Town Journal of Philadelphia offers five five-year subscriptions as special premiums on grain and vegetables at the McHenry Cotinty Fair. Before the eyes of a crowd of summer cottagers attracted to the beach by his cries of distress, but who feared to go to hi^aid, Joseph Gardner, a Mslwwfkee and St. Paul railroad fireman, was drowned in Fox Lake Tuesday of last .week. Thomas Muldoon. 53, died at Mercy Hospital. Chicago, last Wednesday, following a three month's illness. He is survived by his widow, the former Marie Walsh, of McHenry, and seven children. From the Cuban American, of^July 16. published at La Gloria, Cuba, comes news of the death of Mrs. Gertrude Straub Hall, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Straub, former McHenry residents. A number of young men from this vicinity left for the harvest fields of the Dakotas last week. Makes one feel like a refrigerator -- cur ice cream. Pete^ ft Drug Store. Carload of new buggies just arrived. All styles and prices. Wm. Stoffel. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 29, 1920) Hundreds of resorters were attracted to the shore of Pistakee Lake, near Scott's land- 'a*e Thurj'day afternoon, a thirty-two foot passenger boat caught fire. "Little Dark" is the name of the craft and during the rescue two men and two women were taken off with their clothing in flames. J. S. May. the West Side blacksmith, held the lucky number which drew the Overland touring car which was rafflednf^at the.hall grounds 1&4) Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Anna Hein, 94. passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Regner, early TTiursday morning, her death witnessing the going of the last of Johnsburg's original settlers. Misses Lena Stoffel and Bertha Wolft entertained members of the Just Us club and a few iiuated friends at a beach party oiff he banks of Griswold Lake last evening. Games of various kinds, music, dancing and bathing furnished plenty of fun until a late hour, when weenie and marshmallow roasts and plenty of eats were enjoyed. Those who made up the happy party were Misses Elizabeth Miller, Lelah Claxton, Fanny Granger. Lena and Clara Stoffek Lillian Heimer, Anna Fiisbyr Bertha and Elsie Wolff, Kalhryn Burks and Mesdames Walter Warner. F. J. Aicher and P. M. Justen. Miss Etta Powers has been secured for teacher in Sherman Hill school. This makes her twenty-first term. Is there another in McHenry county , who can say as much? Ostend is still without a teacher and BuJ Valley is likewise. No applications as yet. An old saying was one could not kick over a chip but a schoolmarm hopped out. Guess the chips have all been burned. ENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from Hie files of Aug. 1, 1935 The> hot weather this week is bringing out the lotus blossoms of Grass; Lake in a hurry and the 2,000 acre beds are now covered with yellow blossoms. The beds can be viewed from a thirty-foot tower on Blarney Island, in the middle of Grass Lake, or can be seen from boats making regular trips to the famous beds. The Hunter Boat Company runs excursion boats and speed boats to the lake daily. Up to 10.000,000 small fish will be distributed throughout Illinois this fall by the state department of conservation as part of its annual program to re-stock rivers, streams' and lakes. The Walter Walsh h o m e south of this city, was the scene of a merry gathering of relatives and friends Sunday. A cafeteria lunch on the lawn, at noon, was followed by an afternoon of cards, dancing, singing and stunts put on "by the children, with little John Costello as announcer. Erickson prices this Week include Missouri Irish cobblers, per peck, 24 cts., home grown transparent apples, 5 lbs. for 13 cts., sweet cream butter, extra quality, 26 cts. per lb., large size California oranges, 29 cts. per doz. Past worth matrons and patrons of the O.E.S., and guests were entertained by Miss Elsie Vycital at the J. E. Wheeler cottage at Colby's Point, Sunday. Mrs. Christina Buss, 78, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Phil Hoffman, near Terra Cotta Sunday. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 5, 1920) The McHenry County Co-operative Farmers' association is now a reality. A meeting of organization was held at the court house in Woodstock yesterday afternoon, with the result that the above association came into existence. Henry Kamholz. who for many years has been employed with the West Side hardware. about them as they lay unconscious on the ground. The eightieth milestone in the life of George W. Owen of Elgin was happily celebrated by members of his family at a reunion held in the old homestead in this city recently. One of his most prized gifts was a jointed wooden horse, a perfect replica off "George O.", his race horse which was conspicu o u s o n t h e t r a c k s i n t h e eighties. An estimated crowd of 5,000 Page Elevtn has purchased the Schnorr I people attended the annual block in West McHenry. where he will open a hardware store and tinshop in the near future. Airships passed over McHenry on Sunday and Mondav of basket picnic of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee, held at the Pistakee Country Club Sunday. The home of Mr. and. Mrs. NEW TELETYPE NETWORK NOW IN OPERATION Service Aids In Apprehension Of Law Violators FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 11, 1910) The business men of the east and west sides will meet at the McHenry baseball park on Friday afternoon of this week for their annual baseball contest. The game will be played with an indoor baseball, eliminating all roughness of the sport. Of course it is only natural that the businessmen of McHenry have such very soft hands that the regulation baseball could not be used without serious effects. The battle will be for a side bet of a keg of nails, so it is to your interest to be present when the lid is pried open. William J. Schumacher of Chicago, who last year purchased the Perry and Owen property next to the Bank of McHenry building, was in McHenry several days last week completing arrangements for the moving of the cottage in the rear of the lot and the erection of his new business block. The McHenry bakery has been disposed of by Max Zimmerman to Adolph Tietz of Chicago, who will take possession next Monday. "Hobby" and "Sox", who are oassing the summer in camp down Fox river, landed a thirteen- pound eel one day last week. It was "Hobby" who really caught the monster, but before the snake-like animal could bd landed the efforts of both campers were put into play After a battle of several minutes the monster was landed and tied to a stake, there to remain until Sam, the cook, could prepare it for one grand feast which was participated in by twenty-five, friends of the two heroes. Twenty employees of the Hunter Weckler Boat company enjoyed a picnic at Wilmot, Wis., Wednesday. The trip was m a d e i n a t h i r t y - f o o t c a b i n launch owned by E. Hunter, with the following crew in charge: captain. Frank Ward; chief engineer. Chas. Rietesel; assistant engineer, John Worts; chief steward, Joe J. Rothermel (in charge of cigars, etc.); chief cook, Henry Schaffer; assistant cook, John Catlin. this week. One of the machines Chancey Harrison at Ringwood stopped at Pistakee Bay. Post , cards have recently been received by McHenrv friends from Walter J. Freund. was the scene of a pretty midsummer wedding Wednesday, when their daughter, Helen, was united in marriage to Mr. messages in "writing" and a check can be made to make certain messages are properly ^ received. | "How does it work?" said i Zahn. "Suppose your car was i , stolen while you were shopping, j You would call the local po- | lice, describing the car. They would type out your car description on teletype, which would instantly transmit the {information to all agencies on . ~~ „ the network. In this way, a enforcement agency i- whole geographical area or will be able to join a state-wide i oven a whole state would be ee\pe network in the fu- • pUt on the alert for the missrf'r rr- • , . , . ' ing vehicle." T1r ° 1 13 ' m --' "What really happens." said Illinois Association of Chiefs of Zahn "is that several separate ? lCc- axe open cooperating groups become a single coordwith Illinois Bell Telephone ; inated 0 POST 491 by Mary Einspar Friends here have received announcement of the marriage of Miss Ida Lucille Reynolds, the blind bag punching phen- j Henry Marlowe of Huntley. omenon.-^vho is this year traveling with) the London shows. The cards were mailed in Vermont. A cablegram was received by Mrs. D. G. Wells on Sunday. telling her of the safe arrival at Liverpool of her husband and son, Glenn, who left Montreal, Can., July 24, to be gone until the middle of September. A brand new top was delivcompany for several years in planning and designing the system. The new network provides for the first time a flat monthly charge for messages from unit. And. this means quick and efficient Iftw enforcement for the public." SUMMER CIRCUIT The silo circuit of summer law, enforcement groups using\ stock and community plays has a teletype system. Previously made a popular addition to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al- 1 charges were figured on a'mile- million things to see and do in j Henry county beri C. Reynolds, former Mc- a^e ^asis- : Illinois. The Peoria • Players | Lois Weeks. McHenry county Henry residents, to Mr. Charl-! various police and law es Misieka. on Aug. 3, in Chi- \ enfr"'ccment agencies avail eago. They will reside in Mt. : themselves of this service." siiid R. C. Zahn, manager, "it will he' a boon in aiding the apprehension of law violators Henry Unit are Ruth Mracheck Marie Howe, Mary Einspar, Dorothy Diedrich, Delia I Freund, Lauretta Homo and Mary Kantorski. Alternates are Eleanor Creutz, Midge Scharf, Earl Pietsch, Lois Mc- Cormick, Helen Birmingham The McHenry county council • and Eleanor Reid. of the American Legion auxili- . The next, meeting of the Mcary met Friday, Aug. 5, at Henry unit auxiliary will be- Wonder Lake. McHenry unit held on Sept. 19. president, Marie Howe. Ruth i ' Mracheck, Mary Einspar, Dorothy Diedrich, Lauretta Homo and Eva Bacon represented our unit. Mae Chesak installed the new slate of officers for 1960- 61 as follows: Marion Cannon, president; Winifred Hammond, first vice-president; Hazel Purvey, second vice-president; Jeire Elbersen. secretary;: Gail Benton, treasurer; Elsie Jordi, historian; Florence Kraft, assistant sergeant at arms. Our last year's president, Ruth Mradheck, was appqinted Americanism chairman for Mc- Vernon, Ohio. A reunion of the Emil Peterson family was- held at the Alvin Peterson home Sunday, will present, a series of three i commander of the American plays through > Aug. 13. Quad j Legion, was introduced and of- City Music Guild offers pre- I fered her congratulations and sentations July 14 through { best wishes for success in the Aug. 7 at Moline. Plays include \ forthcoming year to the new "Bells are Ringing" and "Kiss ! officers ered here by two large auto ! with twenty-six relatives pretrucks from Chicago, last Sat- j sent. urday night and was used for j Miss Agnes Steffes and Augthe first time by the Walter { ustine Freund honored Berniece L. Main shows at their two per- j Weber and Bernard Freund. a formances on Monday. The top, ' bride and groom of the near the publicity director of the shows informed a Plaindealer scribe, represents an outlay of $5,000. Arthur Hunter, Sr.. brother of the head of the local manufacturing plant, has secured passport and will leave for a two months' visit to his old home in England Aug. 16. -•$ Arrangements were c o m - pleted by the director of the Paulist choir of Chicago for the appearance of the singers at the city park on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15. In case of rain it will be held at the Empire Theatre. Tags will be sold 1 by the boys who are now at * . .. _ , „ the choir's summer home. Pis-j 1 ^ ,e~ says Dr. H. E. takee Bay ' Veen, McHenry coun- The A. W. B. girls are enjoy- j ing a week's' encampment at i Bally O'Greg on Fox river. Those making up the jolly crowd are Misses Rosemarv . , . , . Nye. Genevieve Carey. Maryia"d \wo *?ats- The vvlde ran6e Walsh, Marguerite Overton. °n infcc1od an'm?ls shows that Adelia Heimer and Rosina !n11 vvarm-bloori«' animals may future, at a gathering at the Steffes home Sunday evening, and on Tuesday evening the prospective bride was again feted at a miscellaneous showe n b y M i s s L i l l i a n F round. RABIES CONTROL OFFICER WAfeNS OF DISEASE THREAT Tn 19.^9 Illinois state laboratories diagnosed sixty cases of rabies in animals, indicating this disease still presents a vetotal includes one rat, eleven ; cattle, nine cats, eight dogs, one squirrel, five foxes, one raccoon, twenty-two skunks crossing city and county lines." "The reliability and speed of the teletype network will strengthen police communications r.nd put law enforcement agencies in all corners of the state in constant and irrt'mediate touch with each other," he said. Messages sent from any point can be received in a matter of minutes by all participating agencies. The system could flash detailed descriptions of missing or wanted persons; lost, found or stolen property; stolen automobiles: crime, reports a n d o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n . W i t h teletype, accuracy is coupled with speed both sending and receiving stations get duplicate officers. The state convention convenes today at the Morrison hotel at 9:30 a.m.. with State President Helen Healv presiding. Guest speaker for rffle opening ceremonies will beSiational auxiliary president. Vara Gray. ingmg Me Kate." For the fifteenth year. "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" will be presented in Kelso Hollow at New Salem State Park, Aug. 25 to 28 and Sept. 2 to 4. The D. G. Buckles group of New York will offer a new play each Wednesday through Sun- j Delegates" attending from Mc day jduring the months of July | and August at Lake Spring-; field. They include "The Gaze- j bo." "Bell. Book and Candle." j and "The Moon is Blue." their ( final offering Aug. 31-Sept. 4. 1 The Pandora Players, opening their ninth season at the Com- 1 munitv Center in Chatham, j will present such plays as "Lo l and Behold" and "Girls in I 509." Their weekend presentations continue through Aug. 28. ARNOLD MAY PRESENTED WITH K OF C HONOR PIN At the Thursday evening meeting of the McHenry council. Knights; of Columbus, Arnold May was presented with his past grand knight's pin after successfully heading the organization for two years. It was announced that the club would sponsor a fund raising project in the near' future, with tickets UTUP sold among menrbtfrSTFunds derived from the program will help defray the expense of remodelling the new club, with a completion date set for fall. Arrangements are being made, to provide a bus to Milwaukee on Sept. 11 so that members and their wives may enjoy seeing the Braves play baseball. The bus will leave at noon. At the Aug. 25 meeting of officers and special chairmen, a program for the year ahead will be planned. Buy Lumber For Cash and SAVE 25% CASH and CARRY Buy from SPRING GROVE LUMBER CO. rWaWNNER!; •ante 12, North of F«x Ltk* Freund. contract rabies. This includes manf Many rabid wild animals lose their natural fear of humans. Children are apt to mistake this as a friendly attitude. However, Dr. Van Der Veen advises parents to discourage children from playing with such animals as wild mice, skunks, squirrels and bats, lightning struck a tree near , These animals may be infected i where they were standing at , and become vicious, attacking the Nick Justen service station without provocation. | at the intersection of Routes ; Because wild animals are a 20 and U.S. 12, in McHenry. continual source of infection The men were thrown to the for roaming pets, yearly vacground by the lightning bolt,-i cination of pets remains the with th° clothes torn from their most effective way to control bodies and hanging in shreds ; rabies. I [• I I TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of v- V? Aug. 8, 19815) Frank Meyer, Ford salesman for the Buss-Page Motor Sales of this city, and Lavern Sandberg of Minneapolis, Minn., were severly injured when Lunch! Sunday Brunch! Enjoy Beautiful Organ Musie While Dining Open Daily 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. 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It's an experience that could pay you big dividends. 4 "That 6-cylinder engine really performs," says Bobby Fox. "It's got the lugging we need in the woods walks right along with a full load OB the highway." WORTH MORE BECAUSE THEY WORK MORE! CHEVROLET STURDI BILTIRUCKS Trade now during your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's Truck Value Roundup! ROY A. WAGNER. Owner" McHENRY STATE BANK. Clark CLARK CHEVROLET SALES 204 W. ELM ST.4 McHENRY. ILL. EVERGREEN 5-0277