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J FIFTY Y&ARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 4, 1926) Another of the famous Firemen's dances will be given Saturday, Feb. 13, in Stoffel's hall, West McHenry. The music will be furnished by Doc Watson and his famous Alco orchestra. This orchestra is playing regularly at the Palmer House, Chicago. Turn out, have a good time and help the McHenry Fire depart­ ment. The presentation of the an­ nual Lyceum course, consisting of four numbers by en­ tertainers from the Redpath bureau, two of which have already been given, will be continued in spite of the fact that the course was originally brought here through the ef­ forts of the late Rev. M.J. McEvo^ alone, and that the payments on the same had been personally guaranteed by him. Since death has taken Father McEvoy, it is up to others to continue the work he had begun. Now his friends and the business men of this city have decided to go ahead with the se and to make up the -it which is unavoidable. j are asking for a packed e on the last two nights of entertainment as an ap- iation of what the late Fr.f .voy had done for our town. ' rank J. Green was reelected pt sident of the Milk Producers' association at the annual meeting of that organization in Chicago Tuesday{ the election being without opposition. A big confetti dance which promises plenty of fun for all, will be held at the Solon Mills opera house on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10. The music will be furnished by the Fox River Five. P, FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 6, 1936) With the winter of 1935-36 going down in history as the coldest on record, winds of high velocity brought a snowbound countryside and sub-zero weather in this locality again Tuesday, with road conditions much worse than the traffic blockades of Jan. 22 and following days. Early Wed­ nesday morning the mercury registered as low as 24 below and no relief is in sight for several days. The snowfall in the region was about six inches during Monday night and. blown by the high northwest winds, traces of roads were soon obliterated and the country was practically snowbound Willis J. Kittle, 77, longtime resident of this vicinity, died at his home in Crystal Lake Thursday. He was born on a farm known as the John Gracy farm south of McHenry. He taught for many years in rural schools near McHenry *and Ring wood. In recent years; preceding his retirement, he served as secretary and later as manager of the Milk Producers Assn. Marketing company ih Chicago. Two orders entered in the Circuit court Monday by Judge Edward D. Shurtleff disclose that $43,997.92 will be distributed in dividends from two closed state banks in the county. The banks are the United States bank of Crystal Lake and the Spring Grove State bank. Both distributions coming at this time will be greatly appreciated by the depositors of the banks. Miss Agnes Freund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Freund. became the bride of Mr. Harold Gielow. son of Mr and Mrs. Harry Gielow, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday. Jan. 22 at St. Michels church. Chicago A Junior auxiliary of the American Legion is being formed in McHenry and the organization meeting was held Saturday afternoon when election of officers was held They were: Junior chairman. Marilyn Mertes; vice- chairman, Marie Nickels; chaplain, Ethel Althoff. secretary, Betty Althoff; flag bearers. Joan Reihansperger and Bonnie Frances Page and sergeant-at-arms, Charlene Mertes. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb. 15, 1951) Postal employees and railway express men have spent a busy week since service was restored following one of the longest and costliest rail strikes on record. Restrictions in effect while train operations were disrupted were lifted Thursday and the post office department directed all its offices to resume normal service. The embargoes had cut off the movement of ex­ press in fourteen northeastern states. Arnold Rauen of Pistakee Bay and William Tittle, who resides west of McHenry. were two of three county directors of the McHenry County Theatre guild selected to head a com mittee to meet with the Woodstock Players and reach an understanding on difficulties which have arisen concerning selection of plays and other matters. The MCHS wrestling team again showed a lot of progress m its first year of organization in spite of losing in Waukegan by a team score of 22-16 here last Saturday night. Charles (Ireen. with an impressive record in the 102 pound class, again Rot his team off to a good start winning his tussel 3-Q Hughes and Mercure each added 5 points and Cap! Ar- vidson 3 to win their bouts Mrs Velma Douglas and family have moved from the Country club subdivision to a newly completed apartment in the home of Mrs. Mary Buch Regarding news about our servicemen, we learned that James Wegener who left McHenry Feb 1, is now- stationed at Camp Breckenridge. Ky„ with the 101st airborne division. Raymond Boro, who took boot training at Great Lakes, is now stationed at Pensacola, Fla. Richard Heuser, another Great Lakes graduate, is at Memphis, Tenn. Leslie Krieger, a Lily Lake resident, is at Pimi Island. S C Wilbert Mecht a resident of McCullom Lake, is now stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga and La Verne Lockwood has a P M address out of New York William Schlitt. Jr . O N. Colby and Robert F Hay are all serving at Fort Leonard Wood. Mo. , • i TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Feb 10. 1966) Coach Glen Anderson said he would give Sports Editor Earl Walsh something to write about this week and sure enough they did -- the Warriors upset Zion by scoring an impressive 82 points against 75 for the losers Phil Schimke. Rich Soda and Kit Carstens led the team to its second conference win McHenry's Council cham­ bers were crowded to capacity Monday night as a large group came from the southerly section of Front street to protest the idea of being an­ nexed to the city in contrast, another group from Lakeland Park, represented by Attorney Francis Higgins. presented a stack of petitions reported to have 500 signatures affixed, asking for annexation to the city of McHenry. At a dinner given recently by the members of McHenry Fire Protection District. Company - PAGE S - PUIMItALfe 2. Otto Adams was honored He was presented a fire truck inscribed with the members names on it and an honorary badge. He was a charter member of the company which was formed in 1954 and served as assistant chief Before retirement, he was captain of Company 2. Mrs Amy Thonneson. former McHenry business woman for many years, died in St Petersburg. Fla.i Feb 2. at the age of 82 She and her late husband. Thomas, operated an awning business on Riverside drive for a number of years and during World War 11. operated a tent factory, under govern ment contract, near their farm home on River road Sophomore girls won the volleybalt tournament at McHenry Community high school recently. The winning team featured Kathy Bolger. Kim Davis, Diane Dimon, Shirley Doherty. Mary Ellen Freund, Candy Fooum, Lois Hansen, Nancy Jorgenson^ Candy Lominson. Debbie Meyer. Lori Sanford and Libby Stinespring Why is it that the igno­ rant talk and the intelli­ gent so often remain si­ lent? L-tKIUAV. rtlWtAHl ». Ill* ' | 4-H NEWS f LINCOLN (itOVERLKAVKA j The first meeting of the Uncoln Clover lea res for lf76 was called to order by President Judy Vyduna Tbi» American pledge was led Bev Finkbeiner and the 4-11 pledge by Lynn Podpora Shelflr Von Bruechenheim was elected new Federation delegate and Chris Dixon was electeti recreation leader Share the Fun skits will fee held March 5 and 6 and m'r l ere*ted people signed up to be in the contest It was an-' ndunced that our club sub- - mitted 15.456 ballots in the Colgate contest or 464 ballots per member We are doing a special* project in our chib called People-to-People. We had two' special guests to speak to us.' Sudha Paranan from Penang ' West Malaysia, who showed* slides of her country and told us about living there, and Teresita' Arrieta L from Santiago. Chile.' who also spoke about he*' country. The next meeting will be Feb 9 Robin Nolan. Reporter They came in sixteen-tw on a ship named the Me they sailed from Plymor to live here and to be fr- they t x>k the hardship r and e scaped the Englisl ntv H >wer, 'i, England, >e iving /n and it's power. * * ...anc more people cami ;r< m ^ alm% t every country on :his globe... They t>uilt this land, this nation, V and formed it into a new ontinent which promises every ma pea' , liberty and hope. All ' is is this land America anc /tore... Its , ople have a thousand different faces and if you walk from house to house they can greet you, with a different tongue wh< n they open wide their door... • * * * * * * - * . * m ve all should be tha kful -- : ebrave men. who ga > e us this land ma! we can live in peace, together as "ne nation, as Americans... Maria Heiser ' The people who came over here from the sixteenth century on... un'.i) today... i their freedom and liberty V is ?M1 a guarantee wh h is denied to many people wi live far, far {iway... An ?rica, the lane, of iree people is t iday still aliv< and strong as 1 mg as we all walk under one flag, the stars and stripes. . anc. the people of thh continent know in their he. rt, -here they belong.. Al: this is Amer :a, a land where pe ile live free ari the birthday rf t.iis nation si juld be celeb ed v th a look bar nto history... " or Freedom • ot given to any man i a Right"... ( has to be r< y to tight sometimes n die . re he can live in pt. ce and liberty. I pledge allegiance to the flag . . . This 4th of July, during the era of the ^American Revolution Bicentennial, letV show r * ' m ' ' ' our colors . . . take pride in our heritage! Let's stand by our flag and repledge ourselves to the American way of life. This is a good time to r;member how privileged we are to live in a country where there is freedom for all. The S"» Henry State Bank proudly displa y the American Revolution Bicentennial Flag and affirms its faith in -our Country and our Community, knowing that the services provided by a bank are essential to a city's growth and prosperity. * It is with this in mind, that we c o n t i n u e t o b r i n g y o u . . . . .THE SAFEST, MOST MODERN AND COMPREHENSIVE BANKING FACILITY IN McHENRY COUNTY. WHBRY 51*1 E BANK McHenry State Bank "WHERE PEOPLE COl/JVT MORE THA.V MOJVEV" 3510 W. Elm Street Phone 385-1MO A FULL SERVICE BANK * ¥ * * * * * * * •¥ GIFT TO LIBRARY - Walter Gerth, right, McHenry County college instructor, presents Howard Dun lap, director of MCC's ^ , Learning Resources center, with a copy of the American Translation of the Holy Bible by Dr. William F. Beck. The translation was published in January of 1B7C and, according to Gerth, is the only American translation of the Bible. This publication will be added to the MCC Library and will be available to both students and the general public. POET'S CORNER WHAT IS AMERICA What is this land, called At lerica? ' What is it all about? It is filled with people young, old, tall and proud, who came from countries, near and far. They came to live in this ru> on which is now, still a free nent. They came and they still e... and all join in, in this joyful celebration the 200th birthday of thi; * * * * * * * * * of the United Stales and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, w liberty and justice for all.