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PG.4, - PLAINDEALER - WED ; t 1*68 ? />\) FORTY YEARS AGO K (Taken from the files of Nov. |s||J 29,1928) "S-jV ' t#pS Hie corner at one of Mc-^ I- Henry's most quiet and beau- " tiful residential streets has ^ been transformed into a hustl- , ^ ing; busy place of business Ngi|| where cars from all directions hurry through or stop' for gas vf and other accommodations at ' - the new filling station recently put up by the progressive pro- ; prietor of the Knox Motor Sales, JoHh R. Knox. Mrs. Simon Michels was hostess to the members of the Merry Eight Bridge club at her home on Riverside Drive. A change was again made in the mail delivery service at McHenry whereby the mail and parcel post is brought from Crystal Lake by the milk train as it passes through here in the wee small hours of the morning. Since Nov. 1 the mail did not arrive until the 10 o'clock train and the rural carriers could not leave the postofflce for their routes until nearly noon. A dance was held at the Lily Lake Tower Saturday evening for the benefit of the Lily Lake ; school of which Miss Mary Bolger is teacher. Music was furni- I shed by the Gold Coast orchest- V The Christmas seal sale is I being put on in McHenry county j again this year with Mrs. Ethel | Coe in charge. Mrs. C.W. Goo- ] dell is the chairman of this ci- | ty. Seventy- five cents of eveiy / dollar is used in each county | for local control and eradication ,f of tuberculosis, mostly through i child health education and nur- * • sing service and health literaj'ture. i ( I TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO \ (Taken from the files of Dec. ;• 2, 1943) Mrs. Varina Marshall, a former resident of McHenry, was married on Nov. 6 to Charles Lougges of Rockford. The ceremony took place in the Rectory of St. Mary's church in < that city. Local high school basketball players knew they were confronted with a transportation problem but several sport followers have offered to drive their cars on at least one trip during.the season,; , Hie state division of waterways has awarded a $9,585 contract to the C.E. Carson company of Chicago to complete stone facing of the McHenry dam in the Fox River. After one and one half years in the navy Francis (Frank) Wirtz of Riverside drive is now seeing action. After his boot training at Great Lakes, he was sent to a number of states in this country and later was sent to New York from where he was sent to England. He is a cookin the navy. Elmer Montgomery, a former McHenry resident, died Wednesday in a Waukegan hospital. Friends here will remember that Montgomery in his early thirties was near death last spring and blood donors were sought to save his life. At that time he was suffering from a rare blood-disease. He was an employee of the Omar Bakery. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Nov. 20, 1958) George Edgar Tripp, Johnsburg, packaging engineer at the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the armed forces, Chicago, left last Hiursday for Harwell, England, where he will address the European meeting on "The Use of Ionizing Radiation for Food Preservation". The meeting is being sponsored by the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations. Miss Karen Schmelzer of McHenry, and outstanding EXPERT GROOMING * BOARDING (Individual Kennels) * TRAINING * BATHING Rudy Becker's Kennels ( , 1018 W. TJnrola Bd. * McHenry Phone 38&MM (1 Mile East of the Skyline Drive-In) 0k : • lj|? Kr-M >,<• ri* v • U '<31 A spurgeons SENIO OF McHENRY (55 AND OVER) rNT SATURDAY NIGHT DEC. 14th 6 P.M. - 9 P.M. PRIZE-FOR OLDEST CITIZEN Charge it At Spurgeon9» / member> in the county for eral years and county 4-H queen two years ago, has been selected to attend the 4-H club Congress in Chicago Nov. 30to Dec. 4. The trip is the highestaward that can be offered any member of the organization. Last year Mark Zimmerman of McHenry, now residing in Elgin attended. One of the Knox college varsity cheerleaders this year is Mary Lou Watkins of 18 Orchard Beach. Mrs. William Spencer was a guests in the Robert Kerwin home in Crystal Lake, Saturday evening, where she attended a family gathering and dinner honoring her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Peake, of Crystal Lake on her eighty-seventh birthday. Robert Barry, 63, who resided in Bally CP Gregg, south of McHenry, suffered a fatal heart attack, at ids home, Non Mr. and Mrs. George P. Freund and son, James, left 0>Hare Field, Chicago, Nov. 18, with 126 case farm equipment dealers from Wisconsin andllllnois for a five day international sales meeting at Nassau in the Bahamas. . CHURCH SPEAKER " George Mally, Administrative director for the family Service |and Mental Health Clinic for ^McHenry County, will address the Brotherhood of Grace Lutheran church, Woodstock, at its monthly dinner meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Mally has been with the Mental Health Clinic of McHenry County for four and one half years. This clinic recently merged with the Family Service Agency of McHenry County. Reservations may be made with DickSchroeder 338-0777 or the church ofkfice, Guest Speaker At FarmCity Night Ten formers were present as guests of the Wonder Lake Kiwanis club "when Farm-City night was observed. Guests included Henry Edgerton of the McHenry County F&rm Bureaus; Don Justen, Gleiin Eppel, Gene Eppel, Glen Walkington, Willie McDonald, John Hogan, Kenny Eppers and George Madden* Guest speaker was Jeff Gaines, assistant secretary of marketing for the Illinois Agriculture association, with headquarters in Blcomington. He spoke on the field of marketing, stressing the fact that more than twenty-five percent of form production is exported. SHOP IN McHENRY AN AUTUMN DAY IN RECOLLECTION The following thoughts which she entitles "A Memorable Autumn Day" were sent to the Plaindealer by Kathryn Wagner " of 1612 Flowed street, McHenry. Hiey take on added meaning to everyone in these days preceding the official start of winter, when the landscape has turned colorless, awaiting a white cover of snow. "It was the second morning of my vacation at Front Royal, Va. The smell of pines was in the air. The lowering clouds of the night had drifted into white flecks and crimson and gold streaks when the sun rose on the dawn of this colorfol day. "My eyes beheld the grand panorama of nature that unfolded for miles around. The crimson and gold faded. The sun suddenly made its appearance. I observed the elory of autumn In a new perspective. ; / "Trees in the distant hills jrere like multi-colored ornaments - upon an earthly carpet stretching shyward - theirvivid colors muted by the distant haze. Grouped together they constituted a scene of the utmost loveliness and grandeur. The sunlight dancing iqxm the dewywet leaves sparkled the red and golden maples. , "The muted leaves of the sycamores -- the all golden white ash -- the deep crimson and orange black oaks -- there was fusion of red, greefi ah^ maroon of thev red oaks £n<|/ locusts, some of the red on (Hie side,, green on the cool side. " There were orange and yellow beeches and shagbark hickories, fringed by the ever colorful sumacs. ^ "Autumn points no two trees alike at once. It goes from one }ugh to another with myriads of .colors so hard to descrtijp. "The day wore on. Ireflected on the beauty the Creator has given us to enjoy. 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