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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 18 May 1967, p. 36

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CHAIN O LAKES IS RESORT AREA What We Have To Offer You will remember the story of the man who hunted the world over for diamonds and then found them in his back yard. This can be repeated in your hunt for yearround recreation. It is all near by you. Chain of Lakes area has everything you want of inland lakes and its surrounding scenery, and it calls for only a few miles of travel. This is no extravagant statement. Thousands of vacationers for decades have found this a paradise with the result that on retirement they have adopted this lake region as their permanent home. Could there be any better testimony? The Chain of Lakes Area is a place to spend a day, a week, or the rest of your life. FISHING * Whether you like to cast for the fighting bass, the big pickerel or northern pike, or any of the many game fish, or lie back in the sun and fish for blue gill, sun fish, crappie, perch, cat fish and other types of pan fish, using the fly rod or just hook and bobber, you will find everything to your heart's desire right here and in abundance. Fox River, which flows through some of the lakes provides a movement of waters that keeps them well aerated and the natural marsh and sand bottoms make excellent spawning grounds. Add to this the stock supplied by the Department of Conservation and you know the fish are there. The challenge is to catch them. ICE FISHING Fishing is not just a summertime sport in the Chain of Lakes area. There is ice fishing, too. Rarely does an ice fisherman come home empty-handed. Fishing contests with valuable prizes draw hundreds to some of the lakes, and they find that every variety of fish is just as hungry and susceptible to the lure in winter as in summer. BOATING Boating is on the increase as one of the Chain of Lakes pleasures. Whether you just like to exercise at rowing, to putt-putt or humm over the waters in an outboard, or zip along in an inboard power boat, this area offers you all of it.. Plenty of fine marine bases provide boat launching, docking, mooring and storage. Canoeing, sailing, water skiing are but a few of the many diversions of water travel. The many miles of interlocking lakes gives you continuous new scenery--sights that are thrilling. Excursion boats are available at all times. The Chain 0* Lakes is under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard for your protection. SWIMMING If you like to swim, the well-guarded beaches with their soft sandy shores are on the list of the area's attractions. Thousands find relief from the heat in the cool clear waters of our lakes. j GOLFING i Well kept and challenging golf courses are nearby, and are open to the public at modest fees. You will soon find the links that appeals to you and club house service is excellent. PICNICKING Nearly every lake has its picnic grbund where you can come for a day of relaxation. The children will find places for games; some grounds have playground equipment and of course there is always a place for baseball games, volley ball, horse shoes and the many activities that go with a day's outing. Some picnic grounds are prepared to entertain the largest of groups. A children's zoo is one of the fine attractions. winter sporti* WINTER SPORTS The Chain of Lakes Area is a sportsman's paradise in that it provides year-'round sports. No sooner does the warm weather activities end than the fall and winter ones begin. HUNTING No finer hunting grounds exist in Northern Illinois than do the ones in this area. Thousands hunt wild ducks and geese of many species as they light at this natural feeding grounds on their way south in the fall. Blinds dot some of the lakes. Pheasants, rabbit and squirrel are here in abundance. Some hunting areas are state controlled. On the other hand there are privately owned grounds which are stocked for public hunting at a fee. ICE AND SNOW SPORTS Freezing over of the lakes signals the end of duck hunting and the start of winter sports. Ice fishing begins. Skating and ice boat sailing becomes popular and the hills around the lakes lend themselves to tobogganing and skiing. PLACES TO STAY The Chain of Lakes area is noted for its many fine resorts, hotels, cabins, and motels. Situated at the water's edge, they look out over scenes of water sports, and in other cases beautiful waters and islands that are restful to the eye. Good food, excellent service, and friendly attitude on the part of the hosts cause many to retain reservations year after year. Some establishments are open the year 'round to offer shelter for the winter sportsman. Modern motels with nearby restaurants are numerous or if you prefer your own private cottage, it too is available in various sizes and equipment. SHOPPING CENTERS Nearby villages with modern stores can supply all of your needs with prices to fit every budget. It is only a 15 minute trip at the most to a shopping area where you can purchase that emergency need or spend hours selecting valuable possessions. The stores here are modern and the merchants friendly. You can shop in vacation clothing for the spirit of relaxation prevails. REMEMBER THIS... All you need to do in coming to this vacation land is bring yourself and a desire to have a good time. All sports equipment is available either through rental or purchase and you get the very best Fishing and hunting license fees are low to the Illinois resident, higher to the out of state resident on reciprocal basis. They may be purchased at most sporting goods places, resorts, or village offics. Three railroads and numerous bus lines serve the Chain of Lakes area. The Soo Line to Antioch from Chicago, with bus service during the summer, services that area. Taxi cabs will take you directly to where you want to go. The Milwaukee Road to Round Lake, Long Lake, Fox Lake and intervening points serves another area and the Northwestern to McHenry is the gateway to still another part of the vast Chain of Lakes waterways. Bus lines and taxi cab lines supplement these means of transportation. Tri-State Tollway, U.S. Highways 41, 45, and 12, and State Highways 21, 31, 83, 59 and 173 are routes by which you approach or enter this vacation land. FOX TRAILS euiM-ojuu I"""**' * HW .#?v - Y.t> i A world of winter fun for the ski enthusiast can be found just 30 minutes from Chicago's northwest side at Fox Trails, located in Cary, Illinois. The slopes, lighted at night, are a joy for the experienced skier and the beginner as well. Fox Trails offers a certified ski school, directed by ArneMarthinson of Norway and Aspen, Colorado. A special program for the ladies is featured. Fox Trails is opened seven days a week until 10:30 p.m. Parking is free. Monday through Friday the slopes are open from 11 akm. with a ski tow fee of $2.75. Saturdays, holidays and Christmas vacation they are open from 9 a.m. and the fee is $3.75. The same fee is charged on Sundays when the slopes are open between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Private lessons per hour are priced at $10, plus additional persons, $3. Group lessons, for two hours are $4. In addition, the Fox Trails swim and tennis area is open May through October for swimming, tennis, boating, fishing, water skiing, archery, volleyballt meetings, (fining and lounging. Fox Trails is located in Cary on the Cary-Algonquin Road, three miles from Route 31. Cary may be reached by the Northwestern railroad, the Northwest Tollway and Route 31, Route 14 and Route 22. Free pickup from the Cary train station may be arranged by phoning ME 9-3866 and the Trails' ski busses will serve any community or group requiring transportation. News of snow conditions and further information may be obtained by calling ME 9-3866. BUFFALO PARK Seven nights a week the Chicago-area skier may find fun and relaxation on the slopes of Buffalo Park, Algonquin, Illinois, 30 miles northwest of the city on Route 31, overlooking the Fox River. ^ A skiers delight, Buffalo Park offers a run with a 200-foot vertical drop, five rope tows, a complete rental department, day and night skiing, an excellent hill for beginners, individual instruction, lunch facilities, a ski school and a ski patrol. When the snowfall is light, the park has facilities for making artificial snow. The entire area is lighted at night. The slopes are open Monday through Friday from noon to 10 p.m., on Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Christmas Day from noon to 10 p.m. To reach Buffalo Park from the north or west sides, take the Northwest Tollway to Route 31, then go north five miles. From the south, take the Tri-State north to the Northwest Tollway, west on Route 31, then go north five miles. From the south, take the Tri-State north to the Northwest Tollway, west on Route 31 then north five miles. News of snow conditions may be obtained by phoning CE 6-SNOW in Chicago or Buffalo Park, 426-7328. Art Schuring is area manager for Buffalo Park. Assistant manager is David Shinkle. Adolph Schumann is director of the park ski school and Ted Sogard is patrol leader. The tow rates for adults Tuesday through Friday is $2.50. On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays the fee is $3.50, Rates for high school and grade school students are lower and on Monday the cost is $1.50 for everyone. Filiral [" '11934 The Harvard Federal Savings and Loan Association, 58 N. Ayer St., Harvard was organized in 1934 in the years followingthe Great Depression, as a means of promoting thrift and encouraging home ownership. In its thirty three years of existence, this locally operated Association has financed over eleven hundred homes and at the present time has several thousand investors, who have total private investment in the Association ?f six and a half million dollars. The Association purchased and remodeled their own office building at 58 N. Ayer Street, Harvard to which they moved in October of 1959, where with a first floor location they could more readily serve their members. In 1964 they converted their operation to machine posting, being the first Harvard financial institution to go into machine operation, as a convenience to their members and to improve their ovo./iV operation. The Association is governed by a board of directors of nine members, elected by the membership. The present directors are Edward Deneen, Clarence Goodall, George Lake, Paul Neidhold, E. M. Schutt, Earle Stafford, Fred J. Stahl, Dr. L. M.Tobisonand James Weir. Paul Neidhold Is now serving as President, E. M. Schutt and Edward Deneen as Vice Presidents, Catherine Oost, Secretary-Treasurer and Bonnie Blazer as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. Other employees of the Association are Carol Reising, Carol Bell andLanaCarbonetti. The^Association is currently paying their members a dividend of 4 3/4% per annum, which is payable semiannually on June 30th and December 31st. All accounts are insured up to $15,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

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