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McHenrv Shores Mrs. ROM LiUegard 385-8501 Observe Special Week Newspapers-Where History Begins PAGE 11 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1973 Santa Claus Will Visit Children In Village Marie your calendars for Saturday, Dec. 22, for that is the day that Santa will be visiting the children in the village. Along with Santa there will be carolers comprised of local children. Santa will be carrying stockings for youngsters filled with candy and small toys. Within the next week each house will receive a registration certificate which you are asked to return to the village clerk. With Santa being so busy and so many children it is impossible to be accurate where all the children live, so please return your registration certificates with the proper information by Dec. 15. If by some chance you do not receive a flyer explaining the festivities call the village clerk today 385- 8500. There are wily so many stockings available and first come first serve. Santa Claus coming to the village just didn't happen, it was planned by the women's social committee of the community. They invited him and he most cordially accepted to participate. Other functions planned by the women's social committee include the following: April, annual garage sale; June, family bring a dish picnic ; July 4, wheel decorating contest and parade; July, teenage street dance; October, Halloween costume contest; November, village bazaar all home made items; and an adult dance with the date to be announced. This women's group is now made up of seven women with each taking the chairmanship of (me function. Men or women who recognize the need of this group are asked to participate by the donation of their time for one function. It is only with the help of all that this committee can succeed to bring to your community the necessary social functions I'm sure we would all like to see. Don't just think about it, call today to offer your services, 385-8500. WATER TOWER CEREMONIES On Sunday, Nov. 25, the new water tower was viewed by President Bieritz, Trustee Olbinski, Water * company owner T.P. Mathews and Frank Higgins. The EPA had in­ spected the tower Nov. 19 and Statehood Day is being celebrated in Illinois Dec. 3 and Gov. Dan Walker has proclaimed Nov. 26-Dec. 3 as Illinois History week. Historical and civic organizations will observe the state's 155th birthday. It will occasion a special observance by the Illinois State Historical library and the State Historical found that the violations were society. Together they form the 25 YEARS OF HAPPINESS O u r h e a r t w a r m i n g congratulations to Leon and Aldona Zelvis on their twenty- fifth wedding anniversary. It was just 25 years ago Nov. 20 that Leon and Aldona said those magic words of "I Do". It was a complete surprise when the Zelvises were entertained in Richmond, 111. In attendance were some twenty-five relatives all wishing the happy couple best of congratulations. The Zelvises reside on Stillhill drive with their eight children, seven girls and one boy. MARY CARROLL HOSPITALIZED A well liked and well known former resident of our village is recovering from major surgery at St. Francis hospital, 530 N.E. Glenoak, Peoria, 111., Rm. 360.1 know she would appreciate receiving cards from her many friends. corrected *and ever, seemed in order. Additional tests are being run before being put into operation. Although the ban on additional hook-ups has not been formally lifted as of this column, Nov. 27, it will probably be lifted in the next week or so. TOLL FREE PHONE Car stickers will go on sale Dec. 1 at the clerk's office. The temporary hours being Mon­ day, Wednesday and Friday, 2 to 4 p.m. Additional hours will be established at a later date. Please come prepared with your state 1974 registration card. We will not issue vehicle stickers unless you present your new registration card. If you have a question pertaining to your state registration there is a toll free phone number direct to Springfield (800-252-8980). A staff of trained personnel will answer the toll free calls. If an immediate answer isn't possible, they will provide one within 24 hours. At present, service at the state office will be maintained from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. WELCOME TO HE ALTENBERN FAMILY Last week the Altenbern family joined our community and now reside in the residence formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harper. Our welcome to you. The Harpers now reside in Woodstock. BOWLING HIGHLITES Team standings as of Nov. 23: Alley Cats, 18-10, Sen- sationals, 16-12, Undecided, 14- 14, Unbelievables, 13-15, Power House, 12-16, and the Lucky Strikes, 11-17. Splits by Eleanor Reed, 5-10, and Pauline Szer- szen, 5-10. Three game scratch series by Mary Lou Heald, 409, and Linda Kurowski also with a 409. High series with handicap went to the Sensational^<wit^ a 1673? Apparfently we alll&emed' to have eaten too much turkey the day before. The bowling ball felt heavier and our feet were dragging. I even saw one ball dropped backward but of course our fingers were cold and the children were home from school. The most amazing game of the day showed two gutters in the first frame, strike the second frame, two more gutters in the third and strikes in the fourth and fifth for a total score of 93. Now I wonder who that could have been, maybe someday I may get brave and tell you all. We are in desperate need of two subs for now and very possibly for permanent positions in the near future. SORRY Sorry for no column last week only state-wide organization devoted to the collection and dissemination of Illinois history. Their work is coor­ dinated by the state Historian, William K. Alderfer, who serves as head of the library and executive director of the society. The library is located at the Old State Capitol in downtown Springfield, as are the offices of the society. While the library collects books, manuscripts, pictures, maps, and historical memorabilia, its most im­ portant day-to-day source of Illinois history, according to Alderfer, is its collection of Illinois newspapers. The lar­ gest such collection to be found anywhere, it is in con­ stant use by authors as the source for articles and books and by students to provide material for their theses. It is also an invaluable source of genealogical data ; lawyers use it in preparing their cases. This collection has grown to more than 43,425 reels of microfilm and is increasing daily - 303 newspapers (dailies, weeklies and semi-weeklies) are received regularly and old papers are acquired as they become available. When the library began microfilming more than twenty years ago it had some 11,000 volumes of bound newspapers plus thousands of loose papers; storage space was rapidly running out. Microfilming was the answer to the space problem - a four-inch square microfilm box is much more easily stored and handled than a 20 by 24-inch, 10-pound book. Alderfer points out that the library's current collection represents more than 40 million newspaper pages - a stack of newsprint about two miles high. One microfilm reel 100 feet long can contain as much as a four-year file of the early four-page weekly papers or as few as four days of some of the qhicago dailies. as the news was not there to publish. I often wonder how many readers I have and now I know by the number of phone calls that you are out there and do enjoy the column. If there is some particular format or article you would like to see appear under this column we would be more than happy to oblige. Saunas In Finland, saunas are often built as separate cabins made of wood, sometimes roofed with sod, and preferably next to one of the nation's 70,000 lakes. 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