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Wonder Lake Mary Jean Huff 728-0267 Snowmobile Club Appoints New Committees The Lakers Snowmobile Club of Wonder Lake meets on the third Wednesday of the month from October through March. The following committees were formed at the October meeting: Trail Committee, Fred Dick- man; Sign Committee, A1 Graff; Entertainment Com­ mittee, Pat McKiernan ; Outing Committee, Cal Kolar; Public Relations Committee, Orville Gosse; Publicity Committee, Rita Graff; Membership Committee, John Sum- merkamp and By-Laws Committee, Orville Gosse. A Christmas party is being planned at the Timbers in Woodstock on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 7 p.m. until ? There will be a buffet dinner, open bar and music. Reservations must be in by Dec. 3, with a check to Laker's Snowmobile Club, P.O. Box 59, Wonder Lake, II. 60097. The next meeting will be held at the Wonder Lake Inn on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. BELATED GREETINGS Belated birthday greetings to Joe Seaver, serving with the U.S. Marines « in sunny California. Joe, who celebrated his birthday on Nov. 15, recently spent two months in Japan and experienced some exciting moments in a typhoon! HALLOWEEN PARTY Over 250 children in the county attended a Halloween party sponsored by the Ladies Sodality of Christ the King at the church hall on Saturday, Nov. 30. There was a costume parade, balloons, games and refreshments. The ladies are grateful to all those who at­ tended and to all the people who made it all possible. FIRST CHILD Tom and Cathy Majercik are welcoming their first child, a daughter, born on Nov. 9, in Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock. The little girl weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz., at birth, was 20 inches long and has been named Margaret Julia. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Allen Phillips, Wonder Lake, and maternal grand­ parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bud M c M a h o n , C h i c a g o . "Maggie's" mom is the former Cathy McMahon. ANNUALDANCE Don't forget Saturday night, Nov. 20, at Christ the King hall, the Wonder Lake Social Athletic club will sponsor its first annual dance, beginning at 9 p.m. Come on down for a fun evening of good fellowship and good entertainment. „ ANNIVERSARY Happy fourth wedding an­ niversary to Phil and Debbie Johnson on Nov. 18. WOMEN 'S CLUB The Women's club of Wonder Lake will meet on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at Nativity Lutheran church. There will be a demonstration of educational toys from a shop in Woodstock. Mrs. Marchi of the Woodstock Public Library will discuss the Rural District 200 Library Referendum. Refreshments will be served by this month's hostesses, Gerri Ernst, Charlene Crosby, Valerie Cwinski, Jo Ann Firnbach and Pat Fitzgerald. Area residents Hinioflwiifiiin / Ix 10 » I (Mt fr/rfMMr fhSH) MT OUR MNSI N VAC-HMMW i bM witar ssrf titatting wlrtiw mi lifta all dirt CHAM. FRESH ni ODOR-FREEI^H (12% MRS* • $6.00 MIN.) HOUR OVERNIGHT SPECIAL! 8:00 P.M. »9:00 A.M. ' $10.00 HORNSBYS f a m i l y c c n f r r s 1 4400 W. ROUTE 120 1 McHENRV. ILL! are invited to attend. The Women's club will sponsor a boot and skate exchange this winter. Anyone interested can contact Rose Merkel at 385- 9254. BIRTHDAYS Happy seventeenth birthday to Marge Gibbons on Nov. 19. Happy birthday to Alan Mrowka on Nov. 20. Happy fourteenth birthday to Bobby Weber on Nov. 21. Happy birth­ day to Peggy Liggett on Nov. 23. Happy birthday to Kate Jarvis on Nov. 23. Best wishes to all YOUNG AT HEARTS The Wonder Lake Young at. Hearts met on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Christ the King hall. A delicious luncheon was served and birthday greetings were sung to Rose Walitzer, Ruth Tjernberg arid Tillie Anderson. The group happily welcomed back Lucille Gildemeister after her illness and extended get-well wishes to Ed Dolan who was hospitalized in Woodstock. An afternoon of card playing followed lunch. Coming events for the Young at Hearts include a Christmas shopping trip and the annual' Christmas party in December. Their next meeting will be on Wednesday, Nov. 17. BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Get ready for - Breakfast with Santa - in Wonder Lake. The Ladies Sodality of Christ the King church are busy making arrangements for this big event which will be held on Sunday, Dec. 12 at Christ the King hall. There will also be a bazaar where children will have an opportunity to pur­ chase Christmas gifts for their parents, brothers and sisters and friends. Keep reading the Plaindealer for more details. NEW SON Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mueller of Indian Ridge announce the birth of a son, Paul Frederich, on Oct. 18, in Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock. The young fellow weighed 9 lbs., 4 oz., at birth and was 21 inches long. He has two sisters, Denise, 12, and Cindy, 5. Paternal grand­ parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mueller, Wonder Lake, and maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Martin Akers, Wonder Lake. The baby's mother is the former Linda Akers. MUSICAL PROGRAM To a very large crowd of parents, relatives and "fans", the music department of Harrison School put on its first performance of the school year on Wednesday, Nov. 10 in the school gym. The junior varsity band began the program followed by the junior varsity chorus and the girls ensemble. Members of the ensemble are: Angela Anderson, Heide Bender, Mary Higgins, Kerri Nielsen, Christine Prignits, Philanne Scully and Dawn Sturm. The varsity chorus and the varsity band then per­ formed. A combined band and chorus presented "The American Heritage", narrated by Tom Kendal. Accompanists for the evening were Mrs. D. Olson, Pam Smidt, Angela Anderson and Brady Anderson. Vocal director at Harrison is Mona Brown and band director is Tom Rome. HAPPINESS IS... Happiness is...meeting Plaindealer readers from Rich­ mond, Jake and Tridy Buchert, while out "having a bite to eat". Happiness is...the first snow. Happiness is...knowing there is enough anti freeze in your car radiator. Happiness is...Bobby Weber, back on his paper route, after a long "vacation" with his broken leg. Happiness is...being warm. Happiness is., sending the kids back to school after a hectic day off. COMMUNITY CALENDAR NOVEMBER 17 Lakers Snowmobile Meeting, Wonder Lake Inn, 8 p.m. Young at Hearts Meeting, Christ the King Hall NOVEMBER 18 Wonder Lake Woman's Club Meeting, 8 p.m. Nativity Lutheran Church NOVEMBER 20 Cub Scout Bake Sale, McHenry Hornsby's Wonder Lake Social Athletic Club First Annual Dance, Christ the King Hall, 9 p.m. NOVEMBER 24 Cub Scout Pack 145 Meeting DECEMBER 9 Lower Grade Christmas Program, Harrison School, 7:30 p.m. DECEMBER 11 Lakers Snowmobile Club Christmas Party, Timber, 7 p.m. DECEMBER 12 Breakfast with Santa, Christ the King Hall Looking Back RECIPE SECTION 2 - PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1976 "LABOR" IN FRONTIER ILLINOIS Know SlMt This year weather fore­ casters tell us the early snows and hard freezes in­ dicate we're in for an unu­ sually cold winter. Also, those who believe plants and animals accurately foretell the coming winter are saying that nature's clues are pointing to a cold, severe winter this year. Birds began migrating earlier than usual. How they know just when to leave is a question, and how they know a winter will be severe or mild, one can­ not say. Other creatures follow a definite pattern. Bees are vicious atless than 50 de­ crees and ants will stay home at a slightly higher temperature. There are those who believe that the cricket's chirp will give you a temperature reading. Another sign points to nut and berry producing plants and trees. Thisyear trees and plants are heav­ ily fruited-producing an In frontier Illinois the pro­ blems of labor were posed by nature to everyone alike. The "bofes" was each man's will to survive, and the worker's real tasks were to provide himself with the ele­ ments of food, clothing, and shelter. There was no division of labor and little distinction between "management" and "labor." For the first genera­ tion following statehood in 1818, nearly every man farmed, hunted, and spent whatever time remained in idle­ ness. He felt little need for the things he could not produce himself. In the sparsely populated north fur-trading remained the important economic activity. Game abounded and the pelts of deer, bear, raccoon, muskrat, otter, beaver, cat, fox, and mink were sent from the Illi­ nois River region to the little settlement of Chicago. Voy- ageurs or engages, halfbreeds whose French and Indian an­ cestors roamed the wilderness for more than a century be­ fore, brought the peltry to col­ lection points. Forcing loaded canoes or Mackinac boats over the water and portaging around falls or rapids was physically debilitating, and life expec­ tancy was short. In the more populated south the lack of transporta­ tion facilities and of a laboring class wwfe marked. Because overland travel was slow and hazardous, settlers built cabins along the rivers where they could benefit from the steam­ boat traffic just beginning in 1818. The most logical solu­ tion to the labor shortage was the importation of workers from the East. This was a slow process; few were attracted by frontier conditions, and as soon as men arrived they tended to seek independence by taking up cheap land. Skilled workers were scarce indeed. A typical plea in the Illinois Intelligencer of 1818 read: "Mechanics of every descrip­ tion are much wanted at Ed- wardsville; more particularly the following, a Taylor, Shoe­ maker, Waggon Maker, Hatter, Saddler, Tanner and Courier. From four to six Carpenters and Joiners, and from four to six ax-men, and from six to eight farming labourers will find immediate employment and good wages." Salt works in Gallatin County and elsewhere were operated primarily by slaves from the surrounding areas, their labor in the salines autho­ rized by the territorial legisla- ample supply for birds and animals. 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OF RTL 120 - McHENRY, ILL SUNDAY, NOV. 21,1976 AT 1:00 PM Air Impact wrtnches • Vi Clrd* Hand power taw* Sabar Saws Orbital tandart Bait typa tandart Ditk Orlndart and ftuffart •lactric drills (all tliat) Air power chltel, drills A tandart Ranch vltet (large and tmall) Hydraulic jaUtt Bench grindert Large attainment of tocket tett Sliet - •/«, >/i, * Extent Ion CordtHedge trimming toolt Plumbing toolt Tap A Die tett Drill Mt tett Tool bOKei (all tiiet) Air hotat Torch hotat Screwdriver tett Oil lampt Knife tett Impact tockett, Vi Torque wrenchet Pipe wrenchet Fire Extlnguithert Allen wrenchet Small appliancet Hacktawt Hacktaw bladet Creeperi Trouble lightt Yard lights Jumper cablet Wall dock! Car Cleaning Kit! Yard Oamet Sandpaper TV antannat Open and boxed end wrenchet Elactrk rical tape Truck tarpt Trailer hitctiet Transistor radios Watchet • men't A women's Glassware Carpenters tools Metric tocket sets Metric Wrenches Open end - Box end Drop cards Cable power pulls Measurement tapes Hemp rope Routers Reciprocal saws AdiustaMe wrench Universal socket ten Battery chargers Wheel Goods Wine KiH Channelock tools Hand toals (hammer, pile Electric Impact wrenches iers) CHRISTMAS TOYS AND GIFTS! MERCHANDISE GUARANTEED BY FACTORY WARRANTY ["CASiTOR APPROVED CHECK WITH PROPER I.D. I Not Responsible for Accidents or Property After Sold. All items Subject to Price Sale Not Responsible for changes Due to Strikes and Shipping Schedules. AUCTIONEER COL DON FLUGER 385-5218 AIIPTinNPFR NfiTF* SALE ITEMS CAN BE'INSPECTED ONE Ruuiurittn HUIL. HOUR BEFORE SALE TIME! ture in 1814. Slavery was above all a system of labor. Its advocates pressed for its estab­ lishment in Illinois as one way to solve the labor shortage. The constitution of 1818 pro­ hibited slavery and involuntary servitude but permitted an in­ denture system. Until the 1830s Illinois re­ ceived its population from neighboring states, but in that decade increasing numbers of Germans, Irish, and Scandina­ vians began to arrive. Miners found work in the lead mines of Galena in the '20s and '30s, still a boisterous camp in the wilderness. Many laborers were required for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, begun in 1836 to connect the Illinois River with Lake Michigan. The Irish particularly settled in large groups along the canal, popu­ lating Joliet, Peru, LaSalle, and the adjoining counties. Illinois continued to grow, and by 1850 the state had a population of some 851,470 with Chicago as its boom city of 29,963. The foundation for future growth had been laid by the muscle and sweat of its first generation of workers toil­ ing on pioneer farms, on the canal, in the salt works, in the lead mines of Galena, and in the embryo industries of a frontier economy. Manufacturing was still in the shop or handicraft stage, closely related to the pioneer home. The 200-odd manufac­ turing concerns in Chicago were small, employing some 1400 men, 250 of them in the meat-packing industry. They were apprentices, journeymen, and masters of an earlier age. Employer and employee labored side by side, preventing all but periodic labor con­ sciousness. Yet dissatisfaction over long hours, unhealthful conditions, stringent liquor regulations, and heartless fore­ men had already manifested themselves on several occa­ sions. The growth of cities and manufacturing awaited the rail­ roads, and organized labor as we know it today awaited those developments. Pity The Young Pity the poor high school kids! They have to walk nearly as far to get their parked cars as we used to walk to school. -Appeal, Memphis. By Sarah Anne Sheridan The busy working wife can serve her family's fa­ vorite pie with little extra effort if she will keep a supply of ready prepared pie crusts in the freezer. Lemon Cream Pie 4 eggs (separated) 2 heaping T flour 2 lemons (grated rind and juice) 1 c sugar \Vz c boiling water Beat yolks and whites, separately, using 2 Table­ spoons sugar in whites. To the yolks add remain­ ing sugar, flour, lemon juice, rind and boiling wa­ ter. Cook in double-doiler. When it begins to thicken add one-half stifly beaten egg whites, stir and cook until thick. 4 Pour in cooked pie shell, top with remaining egg whites, brown and chill before serving. Pecan <j£ie c butter 2/3 c brown sugar (packed) l/4 t salt % c dark Karo syrup 3 eggs beaten 1 t vanilla 1 c pecans(chopped) Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add next four ingredients. Sprinkle pe­ cans over uncooked crust and pour filling over pe­ cans. Bake 450 degrees for ten minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue cooking for 35 minutes or until a knife blade comes out clean. Courthouse Squares d fatter (f&K k&M Sunrise, sunset Russian novelist Leo Tolstoi is best remembered for his monumental work. War and Peace. But his short story, Three Arshins of Land, also has a compelling message. In brief, here it is. A greedy son who inherited his father's farm wanted still more acreage. A stranger, posing as a man of wealth, promised him as much free land as he could walk around in one day. "Start at this point," the stranger said, "which is your father's grave. Walk as far as you wish, but make a com­ plete square, and be here by sundown. If you're not back by sundown, you get nothing." The son's first hope was that he might cover a tract six miles square between sunup and sundown. Then he decided to go for nine, then 12, and finally 15, which meant he must walk 60 miles by sunset. By noon he had covered two sides of the square, having walked 30 miles, with 30 more to go. Not bothering to eat, drink or rest, he pushed himself to the point of exhaustion. True, he reached the starting point by sundown, but he was completely spent, and fell dead. The stranger, who was then revealed to be Death, said, "He got exactly what he deserved, three arshins of land, enough to bury him. I've kept my promise." (An arshin is a Russian measure of 28 inches, which means this covetous fellow earned a little over six feet of dirt for his day's effort.) Someone asked a wealthy person how much money he wanted in life. He replied, "Just a little bit more." Who can measure the emotional and physical pain caused by wanting just "a little bit more"? It's strange, but true, that some people find happiness in life even though they have little of this world's goods. The reason? 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