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PAGE 17 - PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 19<7 FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 3, 1927) Work on the connecting links in Route 20 is progressing nicely and some day in the near future the residents in this - community will realize the fact that State Highway No. 20, which extends from Woodstock to Waukegan, is completed and that dreams have become actual facts. The juveniles of Riverview camp, Royal Neighbors of America, enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon at their, installation of officers on Saturday, Jan. 29, at the K.C. hall. The young people per­ formed their work beautifully and forty-eight juveniles and their mothers witnessed the installation ceremonies. The new officers are Bernice Weber, junior oracle; Marian Krause, junior past-oracle^ Virginia Engeln, junior vice- oracle; Dorothy Wormly, junior chancellor; Mildred Joos, junior recorder; Evelyn Karls, Juanita Keg, junior marshal; Mildred Gans, junior assistant marshal; Stanley Cobb, junior inner sentinel; Jack Purvey, junior outer sentinel; and Mae Justen, musician. The M.A.A.C. walloped the Lake Zurich team in a 45-16 battle held Sunday at the local high school gym. Whiting was high scorer, making an aggregate of fourteen points; Gus Freund, came second, totaling ten points. The city vehicle tax plates are now ready and can be ob­ tained at either Vogt's or Bolger's drug stores. Owners of cars are requested to secure their license plates now. R.F. Conway, city clerk. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 4, 1937) At the February meeting of the McHenry City Council held Monday night at the city hall, licenses were raised about 50 per cent and it was voted for an amendment to this effect to be added to the ordinance. Class A license, authorizes the retail sale, on the premises specified, of alcoholic liquor, for con­ sumption on the premises, the annual fee to be $350. Class B licenses, for retail sale of bottled beer in restaurants, when purchased with food only, to be $60. Class C license, retail sale of package liquor, to be $110. Class D authorizes the retail sale of beer for con­ sumption in dance halls or dance pavilions only, to be $150. Class E license, authorizes the retail sale in original packages only by breweries, to be $75. Two new licenses were granted to Nick Nett to open a tavern in the Matthews building on Main street, and to John Thennes to open a tavern in the Huck building. David R. Joslyn, Sr., one of the most prominent members of the McHenry county bar, and a well known lawyer throughout the northern part of the state, passed away Jan. 30 at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 7, 1952) At a recent meeting of the McHenry Library board, it was decided to publish a list of donations made toward securing the new library site. The board wishes to emphasize that small donations are gratefully accepted. There is still need for funds to complete the remodelling planned. Sufficient funds have now been 60/»itr0/l +s\ nnm niofo rrio nnr. 3vvMl VM W VV»»»J/*VW Vtiv chasc of the site. A special effort must now be made to swell the fund so that the entire project can be completed. Vernon Ficken of McHenry was seriously injured and his wife, Vivian Peterson Ficken, and Mrs. Donald Peterson received cuts and bruises in a head-on collision of two autos early Monday morning, Feb. 4. Also hurt was the driver of the second car, Pvt. Joseph Pica, of Detroit, Mich. The accident occurred on U.S. Highway 66 in St. Louis county about 6 a.m. as the three McHenry residents were returning home after having taken Pvt. Donald Peterson back to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., following a weekend pass. Interested persons are reminded of the benefit party which American Legion Post No. 491 is sponsoring Feb. 13 at the Legion home. Proceeds will be put into the fund for the purchase of new and modern street lights for the business districts of the city. The county collector's office in Woodstock, in cooperation with a tax committee from the board of supervisors, has been making a strenuous campaign to collect the personal property back taxes in McHenry county and for the past six weeks the collector's office has had a deputy working in McHenry township. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 9, 1967 An outstanding speaker, nationally acclaimed for his work with his fellow man, headlines the talking portion of the program at the McHenry Hospital corporation annual meeting this Saturday night, Feb. 11. The speaker will be the Rev. James Jones, Jr., the white Episcopal urban vicar of the diocese of Chicago who moved into a Negro ghetto to assist the downtrodden. The official ground breaking ceremony for the new McHenry high school 'will be held at the site of the new high school on Crystal Lake road Saturday, Feb. 11. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and be a part of this memorable oc­ casion. Contracts were recently awarded to six low-bidder firms for construction, headed by Tony an Construction Co., of McHenry which received the $2,352,000 contract for general work. A report from Warren A. Kuhlman, chairman of the McHenry Planning com­ mission, recommending zoning in the annexed Lakeland Park «area, was received by the City Council Monday night. At a meeting, the commission resolved to recommend that all lots along Route 120 starting from the west end of lots where "Chick-Inn"- is located and extending east along Route 120 shall be classified as B-l 'business' zoning. It was fur­ ther recommended that all of the remaining residential lots in Lakeland Park and Lakeland Shores be classified as R-3 zoning. This is for single unit dwellings. Patrolman Dan Kinnerk is a former McHenry wrestling star and a navy veteran. While attending McHenry from 1958 to 1962, Kinnerk was con­ ference champion at 103 lb. Weight class and fourth in the state at the same weight. In his senior year he was conference champion at 127 lbs., and district champion at 120 lbs. Aerospace--Impacting Education It's almost a decade since an American astronaut first set foot on the moon. As a nation, we h^ve become blase about all that space stuff. Or have we? President Ford has said, "Despite all the other Twen­ tieth Century achievements of technology, radio, the automobile and television, our era will "probably be known best as the Age of Flight. . ." He is right. And the Age of Flight--whether flight to the Moon or Mars via spacecraft or to a nearby town via a single-engine airplane -- impacts deeply into our society. For example: Aviation and space play a vital role in our national security. In the past year more than 200 million people travelled via America's airlines. There are, in the United States alone, 13,000 airports, nearly 200,- 000 aircraft, some 700,000 pilots, and nearly one million people employed in the aerospace industry. Aerospace equipment composed 70 per cent of the total U.S. trade balance. And, beyond the direct benefits of aviation and space, the benefits to society of research and technology in­ itiated in aviation and space programs are reaching into fields as diverse as medicine and consumer goods. To properly utilize this important corner of technology, Americans must know and understand aviation and space. Steps have been taken to make that happen. At the elementary level, teachers have discovered that aviation and space subjects generate spontaneous pupil interest in learning. Elementary teachers are able to teach the basic subjects such as Math, Science, English, and Social Studies using aerospace as a motivating and meaningful medium. At the secondary level, more than 2000 high schools now offer aerospace courses for credit. These courses in­ clude introductory aviation or space programs, flight training, aviation mechanics, training in air traffic con­ trol and other aviation career oriented courses. At the higher level, some 600 colleges and universi­ ties are providing courses of study in aviation and space. In addition, 124 aerospace education resource centers have been established throughout the nation. Last year more than 10,000 teachers attended some 300 aerospace education workshops. With all of the interest in aerospace, industry, gov­ ernment and educational leaders working in the field recently established an American Society for Aerospace Education to help coordinate the thousands of efforts and provide assistance to teachers. The Society has al­ ready produced a Directory of aerospace materials for the classroom and a monthly Journal aimed at all levels of education. For more information contact the Society at 806 15th Street. N W. Washington, D.C. 20005. gg Potato Chips Potato chips, it's said, were in­ vented in the last century when a diner kept refusing his french fries, demanding thinner ones. 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