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SUPER SAVINGS m Sfsm' Wm Our R«g< 2 For 93c *2££5iS :£ ViL £Enritf: i$G \^r WRITING rr V* TABLET vXv! rr Our Reg> 47c oa. PAP.E 16 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY 31,1975 Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 5, 1925) Members of the McHenry and Ringwood units of the Milk Producers association have gotten together and will stage an athletic show and old time IS ON THE WAY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR *g THE BEST VALUES! 1974 GOLDEN GHOST The quick and quiet snowmobile • Two-cylinder - 30 h.p. engine! • Super-Torque transmission! • MagFlash ™ CD ignition! • Electric starting! • Wide-Trac design! • Reverse! • Neutral! sw TEST RIDE # O N E T O D A Y A T . 4019 E. LAKE SHORE DR. TRI MARINE WONDER LAKE • (815)653-3000 3r M J - H iSrii • : M iSP H iSrii • : M iSP V -'Itflp M li m '! Wit 4 % dance in the new community high school gymnasium. Members of the local unit of the Home Bureau held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Jack Walsh. The response at roll call was New Year's resolutions. "That's one on Bill", a three act comedy drama, will be presented at the Empire theatre in this city. The comedy is being put on under the auspices of the McHenry post American Legion. Miss Nellie Miller, a member of the community high school faculty of this city, will direct the play. Miss Viola Stilling is now employed at the Cary State Bank, having started work there a short time ago. Postmaster Nick F. Steilen assumed his new duties on Monday morning of this week. He has as his assistants, Florence Conway and Leone Givens. The average McHenry county farmer's income in 1924 was $2,936 according to the Blue Valley Creamery in­ stitute. This estimate, based on the most accurate available data, covers the yield acreage and animal production on farms in this section of Illinois. R.S. Howard, who is acting as traveling representative for a Chicago fur house, and who has been spending most of the winter in upper Wisconsin, spent the weekend with his wife and family here. FORTY YEARSAGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 7, 1935) Noonan's garage was badly damaged by fire Saturday evening, the blaze burning the roof and other woodwork on the interior of the brick walls. The garage situated on Route U.S. 12 in McHenry was built about three years ago by Allan Noonan who has done repair work, sold Phillips 66 gas and had the agency for Plymouth cars. Dr. Charles F. Deatherage, D.D.S., superintendent of mouth hygiene Illinois department of Health, will be in McHenry and will talk to the student assembly in the high school auditorium. He states he will bring the electrical mouth hygiene exhibit. Tonight finds McHenry playing at Hebron in the first round of the little conference tournament and McHenry is" the favorite for the first time in many a year. Their opponent is Huntley. The first of a series of three conferences sponsored by the Division of Child Hygiene, Illinois State Department of health was held Feb. 2 at the Y.W.C.A., Elgin. A number of nurses were assigned various topics relating to Fundamental Principles of Public Health nursing as applied to school nursing. Mrs. Rulien, local school nurse, gave a ten minute report on "The Observance of Professional Ethics in school of nursing. Mrs. J.E. Wheeler with Mrs. Emma Buell of Woodstock went to Freeport Friday where she attended the official visit of the worthy grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star and on Saturday a school of instruction for Eastern Star members and officers. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 1 16, 1950) Mr. and Mrs. Anton May of Spring Grove will celebrate their golden wedding day on Sunday, Feb. 19, with a family dinner at Solon Mills. Two McHenry couples, Mr. and Mrs. James Lennon and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barbian. are the first from this com­ munity to leave on the Holy Year Pilgrimage to Europe. The tour is sponsored by the American Express Catholic Travel League. They will board the S.S. Atlantic, Feb. 18, from New York for a trip which will cover a little less than two l months. The February tour is the first of the American Ex­ press Catholic Travel League and will be headed by Francis Cardinal Spellman. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rhoeder have moved from Burton's Bridge to the apartment in the rear of John the Tailor's shop. Funeral'services will be held Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Etta Wattles widow of the late Frank Wattles one time mayor of McHenry. She was 79 years old and had been in poor health for the past year. A very beautiful wedding was solemnized at. St. Mary's church Feb. 11 when Miss Albina Samec became the bride of Mr. John Prince of Wonder Lake. Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer officiated at the ceremony. Suburban service of the Chicago and North Western Railway was reduced Feb. 11 as a result of the order received from the Inter State Commerce commission to reduce operation of coal burning locomotives. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoppe, Mrs; Thomas Kane and Mrs. Eddie Meath attended Farm and Home week in Urbana last week. * % ml A v&M*., 33% Off Our G<§ery I. Velvet, 1-2-3 Paint Sets po0in"bvanrmbWJrh..H#Pan.l, Our oaint brushes and In- Reg. structions Included for your 83c ea> painting fun. Don't Miss Our Coke Decorating Demonstration Saturday- Fd.ruory 8 From 10 00 a.m. to V.00 P-m- * skilled instructor from the Wilton school of cake decorahng show you how easy it .s. SUPER SAVINGS rmmm m WW YE, rn/fi ARSAGO he files of Feb. TEN YI (Taken from/ 11, 1965) f: Flames which caused an estimated $20,000 worth of damage to the McHenry Music Center of Elm street was brought under control by members of Company I after two hours of work early Monday morning Feb. 8. George B. Kane, 69, who had operated his own painting and decorating business for many years in McHenry, died unexpectedly of a heart attack while enroute to McHenry hospital, Feb 4. At the meeting of the Board of School District 15 two ad­ ministrative changes in the system were announced ef­ fective next fall. With the resignation of Mrs/ Eleanor Foley who has successfully acted as principal at Edgebrook school for many years. Mrs. Dorothy Ullrich, now principal at Hilltop school, will take over the top position at Edgebrook. Robert Putnam principal of Landmark will be transferred to Hilltop to • replace Mrs. Ullrich. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Doherty were guests at a large gathering of relatives and friends last Sunday in ob­ servance of their forty-fifth wedding anniversary. The affair was planned and carried out by their daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas' Babcock. It was held at their new home in Walkup Woods, Crystal Lake. 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Corn: The production of corn for grain in 1974 is estimated at 4,651 million bushels, 18 percent less than the record production of £>,647 million bushels in 1973 and 17 percent less than the 5,573 million bushels in 1972. The lower production, despite a larger acreage, was due to the poorest yields in a decade. The U.S. average yield was 71.3 bushels per acre, off 19.9 bushels per acre from 1973. The acres harvested for grain in 1974 are estimated at 65.2 million acres, 5 percent more than the 61.9 million in 1973 and 14 percent more than the 57.4 million acres in 1972. Oats: The oat production is estimated at 621 million bushels, 7 percent less than the 667 million bushel output from the 1973 crop. The acres har­ vested for grain was down 5 percent to 13.3 million acres from the 1973 acreage of 14.1 million acres. The acres abandoned and used for pur­ poses other than grain ac­ counted for 26.4 percent of the planted acreages, about the same as last years 26.5 percent. 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