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SECTION 2 - PAGE • - PLAINDE ALER-FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24,1976 I Twice *> FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 23, 1926) •Carl Weber has opened a new rndio shop located in the North­ western hotel, which will be t&own as the Northwestern Radio shop. This will be a rrtodern, up-to-date shop where ajiy make of radio can be ba&ght with an additional new ffeft known as the Komac. Which is made in Waukegan. Mr. Weber is very proficient in this line of work and will also do installing and repairing. Bids were opened at Springfield Wednesday by the Illinois Highway department for the erection of a reinforced concrete bridge over the Fox river on Route 20 in McHenry. Nine bids were received, the highest proposal being that of W.E. Ule, a contractor now located in McHenry. The lowest bid was that of the Widel company of Mankato, Minn. The Illinois Children's Home and Aid society has established a home just outside of arir city on a farm formerly owned by the Hanly estate on the Crystal Lake road. The home now Come in and browse, you'll get ideas for furnishing1 your bath and discover many charming gifts. 3012 W. Rte. 120, McHenry East of New Bridge - Free Parking 385-0048 Mon.-Thurs. 9-5:30, Fri. 9-9, Sat. 9-6 Complete planning and installation of fixtures and accessories. accommodates about six boys but Mr. Detrick, who now owns the property, intends to either rebuild the house or erect a new residence on a nearby site so that there will be room for more children and perhaps also serve as a rest home for mothers. The first mausoleum to be erected in McHenry is now being built in St. Patrick's cemetery by the McHenry Artificial Stone Co. This company with the experienced workmen was engaged by Mrs. George Sayer to build a vault large enough for two bodies upon her lot in St. Patrick's cemetery, and when it is completed Mr. Sayer's body will be removed from the cemetery in Chicago, where it now rests, to the fjnal resting place here. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 24, 1936) Injuries received early Sunday morning when George H. Hapke, 50, was attacked by a bull in his barnyard proved fatal at 10:15 o'clock Sunday night when he died at St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin. LeRoy Kamholz and Stanley Schaffer arrived home Friday night from a- 2,000-mile trip through the West which they made on their motorcycles, covering a period of eight days. The young men had set Yellowstone Park as their destination, but when they ran into mud in the Big Horn Mountains and running short on time, they turned back, hoping to reach Yellowstone at some future date. They experienced all sorts of weather from warm, summer days to a snowstorm, but travelled only about half a day in rain. With the return to school days after a summer vacation of work and play, trips, visits and numerous activities, the Boy Scouts of' Troop 162 of McHenry, with their scout­ master, M L. Schoenholtz, are again turning their attention to scouting, with plans for a fall and winter program of interest to every boy. McHenry, as well as many northern Illinois towns, will return to standard time Sunday morning, Sept. 27, at 12:10 o'clock, ending five months of daylight saving time. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 27, 1951) Those most interested in the McHenry Public library will put forth great effort in the next two weeks to raise the $1,000 necessary to pay indebtedness on the recently purchased Tesch residence on the corner of Main and Green streets. This will some day be the home of the new library. McHenry friends who missed seeing Herbert L. Bennett during the brief visit he paid to McHenry last Saturday will be happy to learn that he is well and at present enjoying a vacation with friends at Racine, Wis. Mr. Bennett holds the distinction of having sub­ scribed to the Plaindealer as long or longer than anyone in our memory, having first started reading the weekly paper in 1882. A long time McHenry resident of earlier days, Mr. Bennett now resides in St. Paul, Minn. If darkness seems to creep up on you long before the lawn is mowed at night-long before it's time for the little ones to be in bed-you may have had an idea that the winter season was approaching. But for those who require a more startling change to awaken them, the moment is almost at hand, for after this weekend darkness will begin to descend shortly after 6 o'clock each evening with the change to central standard time. McHenry has many growing organizations, large and small, but probably the one whose work is least known is the rifle squad of the American Legion which was signally honored earlier this month at the annual Legion state convention, held in Chicago. At that time, because of the post's outstanding membership drive resulting in the greatest increase .in members in the district, the McHenry rifle squad led those of DuPage, Will, McHenry and Kane counties making up the district, in the parade down Michigan avenue. The local team, composed of twenty - three members, was formed in the spring of 1949. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 29, 1966) ISM _ Dress Up Your Home This Fall With One Of Our SUPER VALUES I IT COSTS IISS ATSKORBERG'S TO FURNISH YOUR HOME!' SAVE 3 PC. MODERN GROUP Sofa, loveseat, and chair in modern style with belted accents. Come in today!! Sofa, loveseat, and chair-inl modern style. Durable fab­ ric cover. 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Phone 459-5070 Mon.AFri. 9-9; T-W-Th -Sa 9-5; Sun. 12-5 Principal Marvin Martin has announced that two seniors at McHenry Community high school have been named semi finalists in the 1966-67 Merit Scholarship competition. Those cited for their high achievement are Howard A. Brody and Lawrence K. Young. They are among the highest- scoring students in the state of Illinois on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test, administered last spring in 17,500 schools nationwide. More than 14,000 semi-finalists were appointed across the country. Thomas J. Kilroy, 54, a summer resident of the McHenry community for twenty-five years, died in Hines Veterans hospital on the evening of Sept. 21 of injuries suffered two days previous in an auto accident. » Plans are under way for another McHenry high school homecoming, with the dates of Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22, set for festivities. The sheriff's office is in­ vestigating a burglary at Robison's Food Mart, Wonder Lake, in which an undisclosed amount of cash and other items were taken. The figure is said to be in excess of $100. From S.I.H.: Might as well confess that we went to see the Cubs play ball last week. Maybe we can blame it on our fellow baseball bug, Walt Freund. Frankly, his leanings toward the Cubs this year has us worried. When we pulled into the parking lot across from Wrigley field, who should pull in beside us but Hugh Fanning, Ray McGee, Walter Carey and Howard Cairns. DEDICATE HYMN BOARD - Mr. and Mrs. John Licastro of McHenry, left, are shown with Rev. Arthur McKay at the dedication of a memorial hymn board .for St. Paul's Episcopal church. The portable stand, a gift in memory of Mrs. Licastro's parents, Canna and James Wilkinson, was blessed prior to the offertory during Sunday, Sept. 19, services. The Vocational Center V.A. NEWS A once-a-year Veterans administration payment totalling more than $9 million was mailed recently to disabled veterans who wear protheses. Annual clothing allowance checks for $175 have been mailed to almost 52,000 service- disabled veterans, the Veterans administration reported. Veterans compensated by the VA for service-connected disabilities, requiring use of prosthetic or orthopedic ap­ pliances, receive the allowance to offset expenses incurred in wear and tear on clothing. Appliances considered include artificial limbs, braces and wheelchairs. It was explained that after initial application, veterans on VA compensation rolls receive the annual allowance automatically. Military retirees with disabilities requiring use of prosthetic devices, but who are not receiving VA com­ pensation, must make ap­ plication each year for the clothing allowance. Retirees are not required to waive any portion of their retirement pay to receive the allowance, the VA noted. "CARNIVAL" "Carnival", the Broadway musical based on the movie Lili, raises the curtain on Season 16 at the PM&L Theatre, 877 Main street, Antioch Oct. 9,15,16, 22 and 23. Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. Experience has shown that the two primary benefactors of an area vocational center are the students and the employers. The students develop an entry level skill and the employers can hire people who have been screened and possess basic job skills. Why do we need an area vocational center? The county's high schools have been doing an excellent job preparing students for college; but, programs for the non- college student leaves something to be desired. It is estimated that 60 percent of the county's youth do not go to college. These students need programs that will prepare them to earn a living. The proposed Area Vocational center would offer the following twenty-one vocational education programs designed to prepare students for jobs: Farm and Industrial Power, Agriculture Supplies and Services, Office Oc­ cupations, Data Processing, Sales and Marketing, Health Occupations, Auto Body Repair, Automotive Service, Aircraft Mechanics, Electrical Occupations, Graphic Com­ munications, Welding and Fabrication, Building Service, Special Assistance, Diesel Mechanics, Horticulture, Drafting, Machine Tool, Child Care, Cosmetology and Food Service. How much time will the student spend at the Area center? The students will enroll in the home high school , take the general education courses at the home high school, and graduate from the home high school. The student will attend the Area Vocational center on a part-time basis,usually two hours per day. The McHenry County Area Vocational center is a joint effort by the nine high school districts in the county. It is a cooperative that was organized to plan, develop and operate a vocational school to meet the vocational training needs of the eleventh and twelfth grade students in the county's thirteen high schools. At present, the total project RENTAL '6 75 per month NO installation charge NEW fully automatic softeners TWO year option to buy with * FULL rental fee deducted 0N£ phone call can answer any questions PHONE 312-259-3393 Aitowfo* Soft Wok Co. DIVISION OF RENT-A-SOFT INC. SERVING NORTH ft NORTHWEST SUBURBS cost is estimated at $5,300,000 with 60 percent or $3,180,000 paid by the state and 40 percent or $2,120,000 paid by the nine high school districts in the county. There is a state debt retirement assistance that will pay 20 percent of the yearly bond and interest payment which will make the cost to the homeowner with a home assessed at $10,000 less than $5. The .05 percent tax rate will be levied for approximately six years in Huntley, seven years in Marengo and Harvard, eight years in Woodstock and Alden- Hebron, nine years in Rich­ mond, Crystal Lake, and McHenry and ten years in Johnsburg. There will be a county-wide referendum on Oct. 2 to ap­ prove a .05 percent rate to build the Area Vocational center. Public Hearing On Alcoholism Plan Sopt. 30 A public hearing will be held Thursday, Sept. 30, in Room 1818,160 N. LaSalle, Chicago, to get comments and recom­ mendations from interested persons on planning the three- year Illinois State Plan for the Prevention, Treatment, and Control of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the fiscal years 1978 through 1980. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the formal hearing to begin at 10 a.m. and will conlcude after all formal presentations have been heard. Individuals planning to present formal comments at the hearing are required to submit four typed copies of •their prepared presentation to Samuel S. Cardone, Ph. D., regional alcoholism coor­ dinator, 160 N. LaSalle street, Chicago, II., 60601. The hearing will be chaired by Prakash N. Desai, M.D., Region 2 ad­ ministrator. AH formal comments must be referenced to specific sections of the existing Illinois State Alcoholism plan and ad- dendums. Comments not referenced to existing state alcoholism plans and ad- dendums will be considered as general commentary. Copies of existing state alcoholism plans and addendums can be ob­ tained from Samuel S. Car- done, Ph.D., alcoholism coordinator for Region 2, which includes Chicago, Cook county and the eight surrounding counties. Will Be Hard One of the hardest jobs of reconversion is making a school pupil out of a vacationer. -Herald, Boston. Always Why do the rainy days you save for usually come on your vacation? -Journal, Atlanta. 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