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~r Told Tales FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan. 30, 1930) W.E. Whiting left Wednesday morning for Springfield where i he will spend the remainder of the week at the annual meeting , the UA.A. Mr. Whiting was / chosen as a delegate at the meeting of the executive^ com­ mittee (m Saturday and will J probably be the only represen­ tative from McHenry. Martin S. Freund, 67, died at St. Theresa's hospital, Wau- kegan, Tuesday night following an operation. McHenry Chapter ofthelzaak Walton League will be host to Chapters of Boone and McHen- * ry county as well as those in­ terested in the development of our natural resources in our own community at a meeting to be held Feb. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dona- vin and daughters have moved from ^(ain street to their new home on Waukegan street. The house which was just completed ** was built by F.E. Covalt and n t is constructed in the colonial style, Jan. 20 marked the opening of the second semester at the McHenry Community higl school at which time the names of seven new pupils were add­ ed to the roll of members, Five of these new students were seniors from Richmond who will come to McHenry to com­ plete their high school course and graduate from an accred­ ited high school. The names of these seniors are Edith Vo- gel, Edwin Austin, Elsie Val­ entine, Clarence Pierce and Frances Collison, all of Rich­ mond. With the addition of these students the senior class now numbers twenty-seven students, dents. « TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 1, 1945) Henry Buch arrived home early this week the proud pos­ sessor of his silver wings and a commission of second lieu­ tenant. Henry graduated from the flying school at San Angelo, Tex., Jan. 27, as a bombar­ dier, one of a class of 186. After a fourteen day furlough, he will return to San Angelo for re-assignment. Older residents of McHenry will read with regret of the passing of one of the city's old time residents, Mrs. J. Sor- enson, nee Clara Bennett, who passed away on Thursday, Jan. 25, in Racine, Wis. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bennett, Mr. Bennett being photographer here from 1881 to 1901. ' , r. ~ 1. " 1 J.L. Nelson, vfce-president of the Wolverine Portland Ce- fej •' ment company, has announced »? '* the appointment of Richard C. |j stenger as sales manager, his appointment having become ef- fective this month. Mr. Stenger was formerly sales represen- ^ tative and later assistant man­ ia ager of Wolverine. On Monday Mr. and Mrs. § George Kramer of McHenry and J| Mrs. George Meyers of Wood- ? sock visited the Seneca ship yards where they witnessed the * christening and launching of an L.S.T. boat. A winter carnival will be the attractiSlT atv the Bridge ball­ room Feb. 10. The event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 4, 1960) Dr. William Hepburn, who has been confined to bed for six years, observed his eighty- sixth birthday last Saturday. This kindly and beloved doctor had practiced longer than any other physician in McHenry county when he retired from active practice in the Ringwood community. He came to Ring- wood sixty years ago. More than $1,000 has been collected in the McHenry March of Dimes drive to date. - The McHenry Township Re­ publican Women's club will sponsor a Valentine dance Feb. §* Bib 6, at the V.F.W. clubhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Roberts welcomed a son on Jan. 30 at Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean have announced the grand open­ ing of their fabric shop for to­ day, Feb. 4. Manager of the store will be Mrs. Eleanor Mur­ phy of McHenry, assisted by Miss Judy Baur. The Deans have been McHenry residents for the past eight years, when they took over operation of the Ben Franklin store. Willy Wolter of Mullheim- Ruhr, Germany, has been visit­ ing his sister, Mrs. Carl Behn- ke, for their first visit in thir­ ty years. He arrived by plane last August and will leave for home, Feb. 11, on the S.S. U- nited States for Bremen, Ger­ many. John Vyciial, engineman third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vycital, has reenlisted for a six year period in the Navy. For the next three years he will be stationed in French Morocco. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Jan.' 30, 1930) Jas. J. Wagner of Spring Grove has accepted a position with the Bowman Dairy Co., in Chicago. Even the heavy blanket of snow need not stop the skating on the river if you have the ambition that Bud Frazer, Hugh Kirk and the Armet boys have. They cleared off a space on the lower Fox and enjoyed a game of hockey last Sunday. On Tuesday evening of last week the members of the "Why Worry" club journeyed to North Chicago where they were enter­ tained at the home of Mrt and Mrs. Ed Cook. A delightful evening was enjoyed by this party of optimistic folks who true to their name, believe in enjoying each day to its fullest extent. Among those from this vicinity who attended the party were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jus- ten, Mr. andMrs.RusselGibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Freund, Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. John Molidor and Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday. The Lutheran church of this city and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church of Woodstock have been fortunate in securing Rev. Herman P. Meyer to ser­ ve as their regular pastor. Rev. Meyer is a graduate of Concor­ dia college, St. Louis, Mo., and Here And There In Business i IN-SERVICE TRAINING -- A group of tea­ chers from School District 15 are shown at one of the faculty meetings held Jan. 28. School classes were dismissed after a regular morn­ ing session so that the first of Ave 1970 training meetings could be held. Others are scheduled for the remaining months of the school year. ° PLAINDEALER PHOTO recently comes from a pastor­ ate in Chicago. He and his bride of two months will live in the parsonage at.Woodstock. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 1, 1945) * A very interesting letter re­ ceived from Frank W. Bennett of St. Paul, Minn. He recalls the fact that the Old Timers club was started just nine years ago. Mr. Bennett says he en­ joys reading the Plaindealer very much and especially looks forward to "Twice Told Tales Several hundred were in at­ tendance at\the public party held in St. Maryrs-^t. Patrick's school hall for Ahe benefit of the Catholic Youtn organization. Proceeds from the party will be used to buy a juke box for the school hall. A very beautiful winter wed­ ding was solemnized at St. Mary's church, McHenry, Jan. 26, uniting in marriage Miss Lucille Simon of this city and Sgt; James E. Wagner of Mil­ ton Junction, Wis. Rev. Fr. Baumhofer officiated at the ser­ vice. Leroy J. Welter, graduate of the John Marshall Law school of Chicago, has just been grant­ ed his license to practice law in the state of Illinois in cer­ emonies held at Springfield by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Mr. Welter is a graduate of the McHenry Community high school and a former University of Illinois student. Mr. and Mrs. John Freund are moving from the home of their son, Vernon, on East River road to their new home east of the river. TEN YEARS AGO ° (Taken from the files of Feb. 4, 1960) Mrs.' Annabel Aicher and Miss Clara Miller left Sunday by jet for Lauderdale-by-the- sea, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where they plan to spend the month of February. George T. Wilkins, state su­ perintendent of public instruc­ tions, this week announced that two graduates of McHenry high school, Mary Lou and Suzanne Miller, -twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller of Wonder Lake, have be&n awarded tea­ cher education scholarships. They are freshmen students at Local Men Rate High In. Recent Tellers' School The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Banking has issued grades of a recent tellers' school held at chapter Northern Illinois university. The Warriors won an over­ time game with a score of 66 to 69 from the Dundee Cardin­ als on McHenry*s home floor. At this time McHenry is tied for first place with Barrington. The players on the McHenry* team against the Cardinals were T. Creighton, Morenz, M. Creighton* Oeffling, Hester and Stein bach. The McHenry Savings and Loan association has distribut­ ed some very fine maps of the world to the various schools in the McHenry area. McHenry County was well represented at the "Dinner With Ike" attended by Vice-President Nixon at the International Am­ phitheatre in Chicago. The county delegation headed by Central Committee chairman Chuck Miller, included Tony Varese and Richard Overtoh of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Boynton and family have moved into their newly purchased home in Jak- Ana Heights from a home in McHenry headquarters in Chicago. The final results showed two Mc­ Henry State Bank tellers among the top students. The two local men complet-. ing the course were James J. Glosson and Norbert "Buddy" Smith. Glosson ranked first in the class and Smith ranked third. The students were test­ ed at both the start and com­ pletion of the course. Jim's test score improved 28 percentage points after a week of inten­ sive study and class discus­ sion. Both young men felt that the school was most beneficial as it gave them an opportunity to dis­ cuss their work with tellers from other areas. PG. 9 - PLAINDEALER FRIDAY, FEB. 6,19/0 the son of Mr. and Glosson and resides Grand avenue in le has been employ- fcHenry State Bank for approximately one year. Buddy is the son of Mrs. and Mrs. Norbert Smith of 3707 North Fairview in Johnsburg. 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