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_J[w/ce Told Tales FORTY YEARS AGO rounding territory on Tuesday, from the files of March the fourth official day of spring* < 1"30) with traffic practically blocked blizzard from the northeast and the snow piling high in drifts McHenry and its sur- along the streets and highways. After nearly forty-eight hours of its sustained fury, it is what was termed by many as the worst blizzard in fifty years. A choir of the Methodist church will give a cantata "The Lord At Eastertime," on Eas- * < « M *'V" ' mmjm C 3NTEST WINNERS -- Easter contest winners aj 'Valley View school are pictured, left to right: James Wyman, Susan Schiller, Beverly Hromec, Joe La Jone and Jean Markovic. Steph­ en Huff and Diane Johnson were absent when picture was taken. ter Sunday which will take the place of the regular session. The members' of the choir, un­ der the direction of Mrs. Lil­ lian Cox, have already com­ menced practice for the cantata. This prelude "CalVary" will be rendered by the orchestra un­ der the direction of Miss Elsie Vycltal. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Freund welcomed a little son to their home on Pearl street, March 23. Mrs. Mary Tonyan and Mrs. Elolse W. Vasey are the two gold star mothers In McHenry who may visit the graves of their Easter was the Inspiration for another contest sponsored by the Valley View school li­ brary. Tfie contest was planned especially for the first and sec­ ond grades and about 200 chil­ dren participated. Each child was given the out­ line of an Easter egg and was asked to color it, working out his own design. Third grade teachers selected room win­ ners. Mr. Don Neubauer, art instructor, also chose a number of eggs which he considered most artistic. All winners received smalL awards presented by Miss Al­ ice Clark, school librarian. First prize in first grade went to Diane Johnson and other room winners were James Wy­ man and Jean Markovic. In sec­ ond grade, the first award went to Susan Schiller. Other room winners were Joe La Jone, Bev­ erly Hromec and Stephen Huff. , loved ones this spring at the ex­ pense of the United States(gov- ernment. Mrs. Tonyan lost her son, Ed Tonyan, in the world war, his body being interred in Meuse-Argonne cemetery. Mrs. Eloise Vasey is the moth­ er of Harry W. Vasey interred in St. Mihiel cemetery. There are thirty-three gold star moth­ ers and widows in the eleventh district who are eligible to make this trip as guests of the gov­ ernment, several of them hav­ ing already Indicated their intention of doing so during the summer of 1930. John E. Freund returned home after a four months' mo­ tor trip through the west to the Pacific coast in which he saw much beautiful country. Mrs. F.J. Aicher was hostess to members of the Just Eight club at he!* home on Waukegan street. Bridge was played and prizes were won by Mrs. Anna Barron and Mrs. George John­ son. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the Hies of March 29, 1945) Three McHenry persons were injured Monday morning of this week in an automobile- truck collision. The accident occurred at the intersection of Shoefactory road and Route 59 east of Elgin. Elmer Nelson was driving his truck west when he hit the auto in which Mr. and Mrs. George Witt and their granddaughter, Dee Ann Austin, 6, were riding. The Witts were Color! Texture! Print Neve... We're sewing up all the news in the spring and Easter fabric story to bring you an exciting choice of colors, textures, prints. SEW-IN- Poly Bonded Tazzetts (lib '-f >J n uv m «.! *» - > * Regular .4? •"".J IMHi | ji IT And 99* A Yard Piece Goods uality to 1 Knits Regular Accepting Applications For I f Sewing Classes Starting April 1st. 3 Lessons for 6 2 Hrs. Per Lesson ' : , 1 Mon. and Tuesday 10 to 2 and 2 to 4. Friday 2 to 4. We trill have regular sewing classes and lingerie sewing classes! • COLORFUL SILKS • PRINTED COTTONS • GABARDINE, TWILL • LIGHTWEIGHT WOOLS « Store Hours: Monday-Tuesday -Wednesday-Thursday- Saturday 9 to 5:30 Friday . 9 to 9 M l ' m 3611 Elm Street I 385-8750 McHenry, Illinois travelling south on Route 59. Both vehicles went through nearby fences stopping in a field. All suffered bruises and ctfts and little Miss Austin an injury to her eye. . McHenry folks are happy to learn of the opening of a new business in McHenry. More than that it is especially good news because the new manager is one of our veterans of World War n, one of McHenry s youth who has been given an honor­ able discharge from army ser­ vice after being wounded over­ seas. Elmer G. Smith will re­ open the former Shell Service Station at the intersection of routes 31 and 120. The station in the future will be known <as Smith's Service Station. Miss Bonnie Page, daugh-\ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Page, left on Sunday for Cook Coun­ ty Hospital School of Nursing, Chicago, where she has en­ rolled as a student nurse. Mr. and Mrs. George Stilling left Wednesday morning for Co­ lumbia, S.C., where they will spend the Easter holiday with their son, Bob, who will have a 71 hour pass. . The OPA last week set up rules by which it hopes to |Cut down shoppers prices of clothing, textiles, furniture and PG. 4 - PLAlNDtALER- WED. APRIL 1, 1970 house furnishings. Overnight the agency froze the price mark ups of approximately 300,000 retailers on sales of the ef­ fected items. Each store was forbidden to charge a greater margin over its own cost than it did the day previous to thi new order. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 31, 1960) At a meeting of 200 Elks and their ladles of the northeast district gathered at the Wood­ stock lodge March 27, It was announced that Judy Hans, Mc­ Henry high school senior, had tied for third place in the dis­ trict youth activities contest. At same time, Edward Hall, chairman of the Woodstock lod­ ge youth activities committee, told the assembled crowd that Miss Hans had been named win­ ner of the McHenry county con­ test. June Marie Miller of Spring Grove was second and Linda Rae Sutton of Richmond, third. Rev, Walter K. Conway, C.S.C. of McHenry, outstand­ ing missionary in the Holy Cross Order of Notre Dame, died unexpectedly March 26, while eating his noon lunch at Notre Dame. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurckes are the parents of a son born March 22'at Memorial hospital. The body of a McHenry man, Raymond Klawitter, was found floating in the Fox River near Oakhurst subdivision March 26. It was not determined how long the body had been in the river, but the man: had not been seen since Feb. 15. The body was found by Cy Thyrion of Fox Lake. The man believed to have been about 65 years of age was last known to have worked for Dr. S.H. Flke, veterinarian, whose employment he left Feb. 15. Leo C. Thompson of Park avenue, McHenry, district rep­ resentative for Public Service company of Crystal Lake, marked his thirtieth anniver­ sary with the utility this month. Michael J. Wieser and Robert L. Brennan, both of Ringwood, have just returned after com­ pleting the auctioneers course consisting of all types of auc­ tion sales at the Relsch Amer­ ican School of Auctioneering held in Mason City, Iowa. FOREMOST/ OK- » A M E R I C A ' S D I S C O U N T L I Q U O R S U P t R M A R K f T S Sale at this store ONLY - April 1st through April 4th. |Wednescfay - Thursday • Friday - Saturday 4512 West Route 120 - McHenry THESE VALUES! 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