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PAGE 12-PIAINDEALEK--FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1972 Twice Told Tales FORTS' YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 25, 1932^ Rudolph E. Johnson. A E Nye and William H. Althoff attended the tenth annual convention of the Illinois Division of the Izaak Walton League of America held at Bloommgton Feb 17, 18 and 19 as delegates from the McHenry chapter with headquarters at the Illinois hotel John Bolger, father of Thomas P. Bolger, McHenry druggist, passed away at his home in Woodstock. Feb 24, after an extended illness, aged 71 years The many friends of Anthony Schneider of McHenry will have the pleasure of hearing him tonight over the air at 10 :30 and again Saturday at 3:45 p.m. from station K.F.L.V. at Rock- ford Considerable business ac­ tivity was noticed on Wed nesdav of this week when the Plaindealer reporter strolled into the Tri-County Produce Co , on Main street. One would never realize that any depression was on. as Peter W. Frett and Son. the proprietors, were both very busy and they also employ both men and women as assistants. There we saw more poultry and eggs than for many years. The eggs were being candled, weighed and sorted, ready to fill many orders Mrs. Jack Walsh and sister, Mrs. C.W. Gibbs of Lake Geneva, visited their sister, Mrs. B Costello, in Elgin recently. Mr. and Mrs. E E. Bassett, son. Lisle, and daughter, Mrs. Henry Vogel, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krause, Leo Winkel and Celia Thennes attended the postmasters banquet and meeting at Union. A full house greeted the Washington Bicentennial celebration at the high school auditorium on the evening of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of this great statestman and leader Supt. C.H Duker introduced Ernest C. Waggoner head of the science department of the Elgin high school who was in charge of the official pictures for the celebration of Washington's birth. Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson will return this week from Terra Haute. Ind., and will open their barbecue stand on Route 20 east of the river bridge on Saturday. The barbecue has been closed for the winter. The Young Ladies Sodality of St Patrick's church will sponsor a card party and dance, March 17, at Stoffel's hall. Miss Mary and Dorothy Walsh. Pender and Katherine Walsh and Mrs. Richard Overton called on Mrs. Marie Host at Lake Geneva on Sun­ day Miss Agnes Whiting and Mr. John Grasser, Jr., were united in marriage at St. Mary's pastor's home Wednesday evening They were attended by Miss Rose Grasser and Flovd Whiting. Bert Merchant of Ringwood passed away at his home Feb. 13. On Sunday afternoon Miss Helen Miller entertained a number of guests in honor of her birthday anniversary. Bunco was played in the af­ ternoon after which a delicious supper was served. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 27, 1947) While the nation celebrated Saturday, Feb. 22, by honoring our first president of the United States friends and family were offering felicitations to another fine American citizen, a McHenry resident, Mrs. William Hay. Observing her birthday anniversary the same day as Washington, Mrs. Hay was eighty-two years old. Delphin, Irvin and Ralph Freund are now operating the dredging and excavating business formerly owned by their father, A.P. Freund. The change in ownership was made on Jan. 1 of this year, the business now being operated as A.P. Freund Sons. Among the longest married couples in our community and certainly among the most respected are Mr. and Mrs. William Tesch, who on March 1 will celebrate their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary. The play "Dear Brutus", a drama written by Sir James M. Barrie, will be the spring play presented by the Blackburn Players at Dawes gymnasium, Blackburn college of Carlin- ville, 111. The male lead role was awarded to Lyle Franzen of Spring Grove Mr. and Mrs. John Hay an­ nounce the engagement of their daughter. Jeanne, to Donald Schaefer of West McHenry. During the recent trip into the southwest of Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.S. Nix and Rt. Rev. Msgr. „ Fred T Connor of Holy Angels Catholic church, Aurora, had a reunion with two army officer friends, Brig.Gen. J.I. Martin and Brig. Gen. J.M. Willis which took place at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. In 1942 the men came to McHenry to take part in the flag raising ceremony which drew hun­ dreds of parishioners and friends to St. Mary's church. A very charming young lady arrived in McHenry, Feb. 21, after a trip of several thousand miles and promptly decided that she was going to like her future home of McHenry. She was Mary Dickerson Kilday, wife of Robert Kilday, who had made the long trip from her native Irthlingborough, England, in only nine days. Arriving with Mrs. Kilday was her little daughter, Leslie Ann. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien was christened Susan Jean in a recent baptismal service at which Rev. Charles O'Brien, uncle of the baby officiated. A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. O'Brien's mother on East River road. Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff have been attending the annual hardware convention held at the Stevens hotel in Chicago this week. Local residents reported hearing Mr. Althoff talk over W.L.S. High school students will be interested to learn that the local auxiliary of the V.F.W. is joining the national and state auxiliaries in sponsoring an annual essay contest in the local school. The subject of the essay must be "The Home--The Cradle of Good Citizenship." The auxiliary committee, in­ cluding Mildred Reese and Marion Schoenholtz, will be assisted by Miss Helen Stevens of the high school. Mr. arid Mrs. Gene Dowell have moved from McHenry to Woodstock Dr. and Mrs. Henry Freund and Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Wirtz attended the wedding of the former's niece, Lucille Eaton, R.N., and Dr. Donald Sloan of Princeton. The marriage took place at Highland, Ark. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 1, 1962) Robert J. Poblocki of Ringwood suffered minor cuts when his car was involved in a head on collision with another auto driven by Mary O. Chism of Elgin on Route 31. The crash occurred where drifting snow had narrowed the road to little more than one lane of traffic. Mrs. Susan Adams of Washington street was rushed to McHenry hospital with an injured hip last Thursday after she was found on the floor of her bedroom by her pephew, Arthur Boger, of Waukegan Road. Mrs. John (Polly) Stevens, 48, Sunnyside Estates correspondent for the McHenry Plaindealer, died suddenly of a heart attack, Feb. 28. Miss Sandra Walsh was a lovely bride when she ap­ proached the altar at St. Patrick's Catholic church, Feb. 24, to become the bride of Mr. Martin Foley. Rev. Fr. Edwin C. Coakley officiated at the nuptial rite. A rummage sale for the benefit of the cerebral palsy association will be held at the American Legion home March 3. The John Gallas family has moved from the Steinbach place on Center street to Beasenville. Miss Ellen Clark of John street, McHenry, has gained the distinction of being placed on the dean's list at Clark college, Dubuque, Iowa. Webb C. Hewitt, Circle drive, Island Lake, a commercial sales representative in this area for Northern Illinois Gas company will observe his twenty-fifth anniversary in the utility business on March 3. Dr. Benjamin Massouda of McHenry recently returned from the annual meeting of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada held at Toronto He attended the convocation to receive the degree of fellowship granted to him in 1961 and to present a paper on "Liver Cirrhosis". Dr. Massouda was one of the ten doctors in the United States in 1961 who were presented with fellowship certificates from the Royal College which is the highest degree that can be received. John F. Yardas of Kent Acres has been elected by the Illinois grade school band association to judge at the District IGSBA solo and ensemble contest March 3. He will also judge first division winners from the district meets at the state contest site later in April. Raymond F. Scharlow of McHenry is celebrating twenty- AMP/lfed CO OUA IOO.OOO- P O L I C Y H O L D E R S (-fndkeu c /(olhAun /e~n yn /enney 190 UNCOlNJHIPf DO CJYJTAi if.ki Another Happy Homeowner Mr.and Mrs. Andrew L. Tenney, shown above wi th Jack Byers, President of McHenry County Ti t le Company, are the proud recip ients of the 100,000th Owner 's Ti t le Insurance Pol icy issued by that f i rm and a new 25 inch Zeni th color TV console they received as a g i f t to commemorate th is event . The pol icy insured the Tenney's new home at 190 Lincolnshire Dr ive, Crysta l Lake, and Mrs. Tenney has al ready p icked out a spot in the l iv ing room for the color set . When making the presentat ion Mr. Byers said that he hoped the set would be as t rouble f ree as the t i t le to thei r new home. McHenry County Title Company 101 N. Throop Street Woodstock, Illinois five years service at Automatic Electric Co., Nor- thlake. Scharlow joined the company in . 1936 in the Automatic screw machine department. Mrs. Marie Then and Mr. Phillip Thennes oif McHenry were married Feb. 24 at St. Patrick's church, McHenry. Dr. and Mr. Howard S. Fike were in Springfield last week attending the eightieth annual convention of the Illinois state v e t e r i n a r y m e d i c a l association. School desks and equipment were moved into the new building at Spring Grove on Feb. 24. Mrs. Ethel Quaintance my THM OLD TIMKR From G. R. Hill, Seagoville, Tex.: I remember when corsages were worn around the waist. A large percentage of couples were married sitting in buggies. School teachers were paid ten dollars a week. In some towns speed limits were five and ten miles per hour and you had to pull over to the side of the road when meeting a horse-drawn vehicle. Ice cream suppers were one of the most, and best forms of summer enter- McKeil, 55, of Johnsburg road, McHenry, died of a heart at­ tack as she was leaving the Admiral plant in Harvard where she was employed. tainment "General Merchandise Stores" carried everything from snuff to hoop cheese, to calico prints, buggies, wagons, and plows. The pompadour haircuts was the vogue for boys and young men. The young men wore bell- bottom trousers, striped silk shirts, and carried a silk hand­ kerchief. Knee length dresses and bobbed hair came in fashion. It took a bold woman to follow the fashions in those times. You could hunt or fish on most any tract of land without the owner's permission. When folks used to fish because they liked to eat fish. These are just some of the things I remember. (S««4 matrifcrtiMM * OM Tim*r, ki *99, ftufcfart. Ky. 40*01) A tablespoon of tobacco seed will plant 6M acres. Buy a large, tturdy bag (light- weight meih for daily 'hopping and heavier canvatt or lailcloth for heavy shopping) and carry H to the market. Have your grocer­ ies packed in your bag, not the store's paper bag*. It will be a truly positive ttep in the direc­ tion of a cleaner and better en­ vironment. Remember, it t up to you, too. DISCOVER .A SHIPLOAD OF NEW-CAR VALUES AT BUSS FORD! 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