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Here & There In BUSINESS Twice Told Tales PREPARES TV SPECIAL -- Dick Matt (fore­ ground) prepares for a film sequence in a tel­ evision special to be aired at 4 p.m. this Sun­ day on NBC. With Matt is Ed McMahon, tele­ vision personality who is host for the hour- long special showing skiing and boating se­ quences at Cypress Gardens. Matt lives at McHenry and has his film and production business, Mattco Associates, also at Mc­ Henry. He's considered one of the country's top photographers and producers of outdoor action and adventure films by the movie and television industries. The climax to months of work to produce a one-hour television show comes this Sunday af­ ternoon for a McHenry crafts­ man. Dick Matt, who has headed his own photography and film pro­ duction business since 194&- since 1963 in McHenry-will sit back and smile with pleasure as he and his wife, Yvonne, watch an NBC special at 4 p.m. Sun­ day, an hour long show that Dick directed and photographed. Ten days of shooting this spe­ cial "The Greatest Show cm Water," at Cypress Gardens, was only the beginning of this challenging assignment. At his McHenry facilities, he and his staff edited the film and or­ ganized it for televffeion per­ fection, an effort that was spread over four months of e- valuation. He is proud of another facet of the show-Mattco Associates produced the commercials which will be used by the spon­ sors on the show. Featured in the hour-long skiing and boat­ ing spectacular is Ed McMahon, the genial host for the Tonight television show. Matt, who has photographed and produced films all over the world, believes this weekend's show surpasses a similar water show special he prepared for television showing a dozen years ago. He's also proud that a "National Boating Test" spe­ cial his company produced will be shown a second time be­ cause of its popularity. This program, presented originally about a year ago, features tel­ evision personality Ed Herlihy, and will be aired on NBC at Sunday, April 11. Matt, who accompanied her husband on the shooting ses­ sion in Florida, is involved in artistic endeavors of her spe­ cial talents. For the second year she is in charge of or­ ganizing and developing the Mc­ Henry hospital auxiliary's Country Art Fair. ^JLp.m. S Mrs. James E. Collins, Jr., of 325 South Shore drive, Crystal Lake, has filed his candidacy for membership on the McHen­ ry County College board. Mr. Collins is chief pharmacist of McHenry hospital. Here & There In BUSINESS County Men Attend Land Bank Meeting Attending the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis Stockholders meeting in St. Louis March 1-2 were Kenneth Denman, Lake Villa; Donald Stoxen, Harvard; Edgar Kirchhoff, Harvard; Frank P. Meyers, Belvidere; Gene Simes, Hebron; and Rob­ ert E. Coots, manager, Fed­ eral Land Bank association of Woodstock. The Federal Land Bank of St. Louis serves the three-state area of Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas through its fifty-nine Federal Land Bank associations. Keynoting the conference was Glenn E. Heitz, president of The Federal Land bank of St. Louis, who said, "We are extremely fortunate in the Land Bank sys­ tem to have so much basic strength during what is the most challenging period faced by this system since the 1930'o, and perhaps in Land Bank his­ tory. This system is blessed in having such a strong finan­ cial position, so many dedicat­ ed and able people in both the bank and the associations, as well as the finest reputation in this country for providing farm families with the kind of long term credit they need and de­ serve." Heitz went on to say, "The single greatest problem of the bank was the high cost of money obtained by the Land bank, re­ sulting in high interest rates to farmers. However, during the last half of 1970 and the first months of 1971, we have been able to lower our interest rate from a record 9.0 percent to its present 7.50 percent per an­ num effective March 1." When asked about the recent reduction in the interest rate to 7.50 percent, Robert E. Coots stated, "Our reduction to 7.50 SEMI-ANNUAL SALE March 15th thru the 27th BRING IN YOUR MEASUREMENTS AND SAVE 20% on CUSTOM MADE DRAPERIES ALSO ON SALE FINE QUALITY CARPETING 10% OFF IN STOCK UPHOLSTERY FABRIC 50% OFF SCRUBBABLE WALLPAPERS 10% OFF Closiig Out "MARTEX" TOWELS Reg. 4.00 Bath NOW *2.80 Reg. 2.75 Bath NOW *1.95 GUEST, FINGER TIPS AND WASH CLOTHS ALSO REDUCED MCHENRY DRAPERY & CARPET CO. 1253 N. Green St. McHenry 385-7531 percent is a result of the re­ cent improvement in the mon­ etary market starting in the last half of 1970, coupled with our obligation to make long term loans to farmers on the most favorable terms possible. Our cost of money has dropped sub­ stantially, permitting us to re­ duce our interest rate twice in the past five months to its cur­ rent level of 7.50 percent." The Federal Land Bank as­ sociation of Woodstock has total loans outstanding of $14 million serving over 500 members in the counties of Lake, Boone and McHenry. General Opinion Go Into Telephone Surveys Mails Terry Biroschik, commer­ cial manager for General Tel­ ephone Company in Wonder Lake, has announced that many of the customers in Wonder Lake will be receiving a cus­ tomer opinion survey with the next few days. The survey is being taken to determine customer attitude to­ ward the company, and prob­ lem areas that need to be cor­ rected, Biroschik stated. The survey will be a scientific sampling of customers, with each class of service being rep­ resented. General Telephone company began conducting these surveys two years ago on a state-wide basis, so that community inter­ est and service could better be served. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 26, 1931) The members of the James B. Perry Fortress, Daughters of the G.A.R., are makingplans for establishing a fitting mem­ orial to the memory of the sol­ diers in this vicinity, who gave their lives for their country in the Civil War, Spanish- American war and the World war. They expect to have the memorial in place ready for dedication on Memorial Day. James Beavis has moved his tailor shop from the Heimer building to the Hunter building on Green street. Friends of Rev. W. Bonham, pastor of the M.E. church of this city, will sponsor a pub­ lic card party for his benefit at Stoffel's hall, March 2. Mrs. Bonham, who has been in the Wesley Memorial hospital in Chicago for more than a month, will undergo an operation this week and it is to help in meet­ ing the expense that the money is being raised. Mrs. Samantha Button, Mc­ Henry* s oldest citizen, who is in her one hundredth year, has given expression to her pa­ triotic spirit in verse which she has composed in honor of George Washington, whose birthday we celebrated this week. Mrs. Button is also the only living mother of a Civil war veteran and is most alert and interested in the affairs of the country today. The verse she composed is as follows "George Washington's memory will never grow dim, but will sparkle and brighten for ages to come, For he left his coun­ try so full of freedom and love, That we still follow him in thought to his home above." TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 28, 1946) Wonder Lake fires called Mc­ Henry fire department out twice on Sunday. The first call came in the morning where they ex­ tinguished a chimney fire atthe Methodist church, near the Ro- laine Grill. At 6:30 in the eve­ ning they were called to extin­ guish a fire in a 1935 Plymouth which was already almost com­ pletely destroyed. The fire be­ gan on the inside of the car. Many businesses are expand­ ing these days and not to be out­ done is the former Chuck's Trucking Company, which on March 1, will add two more owners and will be called Mc­ Henry Sand and Gravel com­ pany. Charles Miller, a former sole owner, has formed a part­ nership with his brothers, Jer­ ome and Eugene, and will con­ tinue to do excavating, hauling black dirt and trucking in ad­ dition to the sand and gravel business. A forty year old institution around which our growing com­ munity and its various busin­ esses revolve will change its name effective March 1. It is the West McHenry State Bank, which on that date will, for convenience sake, eliminate the West and hereafter be known as YOU HAVE GOOD, EFFICIENT, HONEST GOVERNMENT IN McHENRY TOWNSHIP RETAIN IT ON APRIL 6, 1971 TOWNSHIP ELECTION 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. *********************************** For Supervisor WALTER J. DEAN *********************************** For Highway Commissioner CLARENCE REGNER * ' * **** :»:***************************** WE PLEDGE TO OPERATE McHENRY TOWNSHIP AND McHENRY TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT ON A STRICTLY NON-PARTISAN BASIS WITH FAIRNESS TO ALL CITIZENS. U)dAtB VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE QUALIFIED, CAPABLE, HAVE THE TIME AND HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE... ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. the McHenry State Bank. Mrs. Annabel Aicher is spending several weeks as the guest of Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Robert Engel of Or­ ange, Tex. Enroute she spent a few days in New Orleans and plans to visit Houston and Dal­ las before returning home. Joan Collins entertained sev­ eral friends and classmates at the home of her parents on John street on Saturday af­ ternoon in observance of her birthday anniversary. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 2, 1961) James Alicoate, a summer resident of Wonder Lake for many years, was killed last Sunday morning, Feb. 26, when the car he was driving skidded on ice and crashed on U.S. Rt. 30 in the Sterling-Rock Falls community. The community was saddened Monday, Feb. 27, with the un­ timely death of Glen F. Wat­ tles, 58, of Main street which occurred at Memorial hospi­ tal, Woodstock, where he had been a patient since the third of the month. The excitement of their first experience with high school life awaits approximately 366 young eighth graders when they take part in pre-registration on Freshman night at the McHen­ ry high school gymnasium March 6. Freshman night reg­ istration last year totalled a - bout 300 of whom 280 enroll­ ed in the fall. F.E. Wood of Rt. 1, McHen­ ry, has been appointed direc­ tor of product design at Auto­ matic Electric Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of General Telephone and Electronics Corp. Wood holds thirty-one patents in his nearly thirty years with the company. He joined Automatic Electric in 1930 as an engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fritz of Johnsburg were completely surprised at a gathering held honoring their fifty-fifth wed­ ding anniversary. The dinner was planned by members of the Jak-Ana Heights association. , Members of the VFW aux­ iliary unit recently presented an American flag to the Com­ munity Methodist church. PAGE 15-PLAINDEALER Debra Hamsher Is Graduate Of Worsham College \<fri COLLEGE SHOWS FILM The film club of McHenry County college will show the movie, "Bullit", starringSteve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, in the college union at the school Friday, March 12, at 8 p.m. The public is invited. DEBRA ANN HAMSHER Debra Ann Hamsher of Fox Lake, daughter of Kenneth and Thelma Hamsher, is a member of the 1971 graduating class at the Worsham college of Mor­ tuary Science in Chicago. Grad­ uation exercises were held March 10. Prior to her graduation from Worsham's, Miss Hamsher graduated from Grant Commun- FRIDAY, MARCH 12, ity high school in Foot Lake with the class of 1968. Sh® W®*1 attended Northern Illinois uni­ versity at DeKalb. Future edu­ cational plans Include the ser­ ving of an apprenticeship at her father's funeral hom©£Mtos Hamsher also plana to com­ plete a 1-year course urJne art of hair styling and cqsjpe- tology, to supplement her-AnA - tuary science education. The Hams hers formerly made their home in this <u>ea. tioioio John Wayne stars in "ftto Lobo" a film which Ja|es place near the end of the CUxil War. Wayne, as Col. 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