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PAGE 10 -PLAINDEALER- WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1977 Tell Your Friends The Facts... NOW YOU CAN GET ONE YEAR FOR J 2mm lliflli lilli! mm • • • • • A New One Year Subscription to the McHenry Plaindealer Regularly $10.50 NOW ONLY... • PREPAID Offer Good September 1 st thru September 30th (In McHenry and Lake Counties Only!) The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. ELM STREET -McHENRY ILL. TELL THEM TODAY I! 38 FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 22. 1927) What are the riparian rights of the people of the Fox river valley, in connection with the proposed construction of another dam over the river at Nippersink point? This question is being asked by the mayors of the various cities from McHenry to Ottawa, enlisted in the fight to prevent the construction of the dam, for which the last legislature voted $175,000. Is the river the riparian rights, the heritage of the people of the valley? Have any group of citizens the right to lower the water levels? It has been suggested that Silas Strawn of Chicago, a lawyer of international repute, render an opinion on the question of riparian rights of the property owners of the valley. The September term of the McHenry county circuit court will open next Monday with Judge E D. Shurtleff presiding. Court dockets are being printed this week and will be ready for distribution Monday. The same grand jury which acted during the May term will act during the September term. This was the wish of Circuit Judge Shurtleff and the decision of the board of supervisors in their last session. The first relief from the in­ tensity of the heat under which McHenry and the country in general suffered for several days, came on last Thursday afternoon when the ther­ mometer dropped several degrees after a cooling shower. Because of the intense heat the schools in McHenry were closed Thursday afternoon and dismissed somewhat earlier on the previous afternoon. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 23, 1937) The palatial home of the late George Sayer, located at Pistakee Bay was purchased by W.R. Skidmore about a year and a half ago and is now being remodeled into a suitable country home for Mr. and Mrs. Skidmore. The new buildings on the latest addition to the Skidmore Pine Tree Dairy farms are also completed and attract the attention of motorists on Route 20. A survey of about 1,000 farms in McHenry county is being made in the 1937 agricultural conservation program with sixteen inspectors working under the direction of Bert Bridges of Harvard, chairman. A second inspection is to be made the last of October. The initial survey is being made earlier than usual this year so that much of the routine work may be completed before the final inspection period, making it possible to speed payments to farmers for their part in the program. Illinois highway policemen have been ordered to begin enforcement of the motor vehicle code requiring the use of hand signals by motorists as notice of intention to turn, to reduce speed suddenly or to stop. The law requiring hand signals was passed in 1933 but has never been enforced and the majority of motorists do not practice this safety measure. When 100 feet from making a turn the signal should be given. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Oc­ tober 2, 1962) Formation of a . McHenry county Citizens' committee to concyjlftL a campaign, for adoption of the Blue ballot Banking amendment at the Nov. 4 general election was announced this past week. Membership in the McHenry county committee includes representatives of business, labor, agriculture and other civic groups, including -Earl Walsh. McHenry. the Banking amendment' is one of four amendments that will appear on the Blue ballot in November . It would eliminate present constitutional provisions for double liability on state bank stock that discriminate against state banks and weaken the state's dual banking system Plans are progressing nicely for the poster contest which will be a feature of Fire Prevention week to be observed in McHenry and in the nation from Oct. 5 through 11. The contest, sponsored by the fire department, the Chamber of Commerce, the Legion and V.F.W. posts, is designed to make the young folks of the community conscious of the tragedy that can be associated with carelessness in connection with fires. The Johnsburg Tigers, top team in the McHenry county league baseball standings, came through with a 10-4 win over Richmond in the John­ sburg diamond in the rubber game of the play-off semifinals.1 Next Sunday on the same diamond the Tigers will start a two out of three series with Algonquin for the 1962 cham­ pionship. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Sep­ tember 28, 1967) One of the biggest and most important changes in the McHenry Plaindealer's history is scheduled to be undertaken starting Oct. 1, when the ninety- two year old newspaper will become a biweekly publication. Effective that date the Plaindealer will go into the mails on Wednesday and Friday of each week. This twice-a-week schedule will be in effect on a trial basis for a period of six months, to April 1, 1968, testing the response of the public to the change. Dr. Edward F. Wilt, Jr., of McHenry, president of the McHenry county Board of Health, wilrattend the fifteenth annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Boards of Health. The meeting will be the seventh joint conference with the Illinois Association of Medical Health officers, and will be held at the Holiday Inn East in Springfield. Plaindealer Staffer Tom Miller attended the Illinois Press association's week-long short course in ad writing, layout and selling held recently on the U. of I. Urbana campus. Saturday, Oct. 1, will be Progress day at the site of the new McHenry high school on the Crystal Lake blacktop. Interested people may tour the building, guided by architects, administrators and board members. Only Four! Only four kinds of poisonous snakes live in the United States--rattlesnake, water moc­ casin, copperhead and coral • w . v . - y K > • + « « « * ik ̂ * « * « « « » * * * * » • < • * » 1 " * *v Ask about Cfixllp (Junds Any home improvement is an easier improvement to make if it's financed by our wide-awake bank. It can be major work. It can be minor work' You can do the work yourself. You can hire someone else to do the work. One way or another, just make it nice. And make it easy. Use our fix-up funds. The wide-awake bank makes home improvements all so easy. 53 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF McHENRY 3814 W. ELM, McHENRY, ILL PHONE 385-5400 SM C 1972 Leon Shtfltr Golnick Adv Inc - \ £r EQUAL HOUSING LENDER