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FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 13, 1927) Mayor Peter W. Frett, who was one of a committee of mayors of the Fox Valley, to hold a conference with Governor Small in Springfield on Tuesday of this week, in­ forms the Plaindealer in a letter from Champaign, that the committee met the governor and provided him with all the data regarding the dam situation in this district. Other mayors on the committee were from Elgin, Cary, Fox River Grove and Algonquin. The conference was very satisfactory, according to Mayor Frett, and it is believed that the governor now fully understands the situation and that there will be no other dams going into the the Fox River above the present one below McHenry. Saturday, Oct. 15, promises to be another one of McHenry's red letter days, as that date has been selected for the fourth semi-annual "Dollar Day". If former days of the same nature are any criterion to go by, there will be hundreds of thrifty shoppers here Saturday of this week. The Empire theater has been undergoing many repairs and improvements during the past few weeks and when the work is completed the theater will be one of the most attractive buildings in this part of the country. Jacob Justen & Sons have also made plans to rebuild the building occupied by Bolger's drug store and the excavating has already been completed for an addition which will be built at the rear of the building. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 14, 1937) Not since the boom days before the many years of depression have we been able to give our readers a story on building and improvements in this vicinity and we are glad to report that once again business along this line is getting back to normalcy with carpenters and contractors again busy in their line of work. With bowling as one of the most popular recreations here during the winter, local people are in­ terested in the four new , bowling alleys now being in­ stalled by the National Bowling company of Chicago at Schaefer's tavern. Among other improvements in this vicinity was the remodeling of the clubhouse at the McHenry Country club completed this spring by E.G. Peterson and his men. Frank Hitchins of Ringwood, speaking for the citizens of Ringwood in general at the county board meeting, asked the board for the consideration of the improvement of the road leading from Route 12 through Ringwood and on to Wonder Lake. He pointed out the vast amount of traffic, which goes over this route throughout the year and what a big job it is to keep the road in any kind of traveling condition. Carl Weber resumed his work at the Elgin State hospital Monday after an illness of many weeks. On July 18, Carl suffered an attack of asthma, the first in six years, from which he suffered all summer losing forty-five pounds during his illness. It is hoped that the frost and change of atmosphere will benefit him. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 23, 1952) St. Patrick's beautiful new school will be dedicated in an impressive ceremony which will take place on the Feast of Christ the King next Sunday, Oct. 26. Officiating at the service will be his Excellenfcy, the Most Rev. John J. Boylan, bishop of Rockford, who will preside at the ceremony in front of the school entrance and later at the services inside the church. The new and modern school was opened after Labor Day this year with 148 pupils enrolled . They are instructed by members of the Sisters of Mercy, who are residing in the recently remodelled B.J. Brefeld home on the corner of Green and Washington streets. The McHenry Women's club is planning its annual teachers' reception Oct. 30 at the high school cafeteria. This will be a pot-luck dinner, served by the members with the teachers, their husbands or wives and the husbands of the members as guests. McHenry's young folks, from kindergarten age through high school, will be entertained again this year by the Chamber of Commerce members on Halloween night. It will be the sixth year this business men's organization has provided entertainment on this special occasion. The McHenry Township Kiwanis club will hold its an­ nual football dinner at the high school Nov. 20 this year. Art Schaettgen again is chairman of the arrangement committee, and has promised the mem­ bership an outstanding program headed by a well known Big Ten football star. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 18, 1967) The question of a frontage road along Crystal Lake road in the vicinity of the new high school was resolved at the City Council meeting Monday night after several weeks of study. The final decision was to eliminate the frontage road and widen Crystal Lake road to four lanes. The final decision followed a written report and a clearly drawn map presented by Tom Dyke, plan consultant of the firm of Harland Bar­ tholomew and Associates of Chicago. The report made recommendations which also cover entrances to the school and stated that a frontage road and the traffic aisle in front of the school represents a duplication of pavements. The last steps of an extensive drainage project undertaken by the city are now in progress on Washington street. Workmen placed 15-inch title from Court to Washington, past St. Patrick's school, to combat a long time drainage problem. The larger size title was selected to prevent the necessity for further work if future expansion is needed. The new Spurgeon store in the McHenry Market Place will have grand opening this Thursday, Oct. 19, when Mayor Donald Doherty will be present to preside at the ribbon Cutting ceremony. Last Saturday the bubble burst. The undefeated skein of the Warriors was ended in a convincing manner by an ex­ tremely strong team from Barrington. The bubble was not only broken, it was destroyed by an awesome display of Bronco offensive fire power and a Scrooge like defense. The Warriors in contrast, looked anything like a ball club which had confidently marched to four straight squeaker wins in a row. The score was 37-0 SECTION 2-PAGE 9-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, OCTDBER IT, 1977 Telephone Smut HB 1002 to combat telephone smut calls by making them Class B misdemeanors has been signed into law by the governor. Sponsors were Rep. Ellis Levin, Chicago, and Sen. Max Coffey, Charleston. Compensation The victim of a crime can receive court ordered monetary compensation for property loss or damage under SB 968, sponsored by Sen. Robert Lane, Chicago Heights and Rep. Michael Getty, Dolton and recently signed by Gov. James Thompson. " The governor also signed HB 1112 to provide injunctive court relief for battered spouses. That bill's sponsors were Rep. Alan J. Greiman, Skokie, and Sen. Arthur L. Berman, Chicago. •&&& .'A f*r£r':'l , 'i jv Lakeland Park and Lakeland Shores Sharon Gacek 385-3777 Anne Moore 385-6448 Women's Club Hosts Meet And Greet Meeting By now every home in our area has received a letter from the officers and members of Lakeland Park Women's club. It is our way of personally inviting every woman to come out and join our club. Our "Meet and greet" meeting will be held this Thursday evening at the community house, 1717 N. Sunset. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Hostesses for this month's meeting are Beverly Walinski and Pat Lasko. After a brief business meeting we will have a chance to get to know one another. Do plan to come on over to the community house and join our active group. PARTY PLANS Sunday, Oct. 30, is the day set aside in our area for the children's Halloween party sponsored by Lakeland Park Women's club. Reservations are a must and a parent must accompany their child to our spooky event. Costumes will be judged and prizes will be awarded. Games will be played and home made gobblin doughnuts will be the main treat at the party. Of course, there will be witches brew and ghosts delights for all the youngsters, too. Call your columnist, Sharon or Anne, today and make sure your child-children don't miss this spooky event! SURPRISE VISIT The Gacek family had a wonderful surprise when Pfc. Penny Schaan came over for a visit. Jay and Toni were very happy to see Penny again. Penny is stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison in In­ dianapolis, Ind. with the Army. The Gacek s enjoyed their visit with Penny and hope Bobby will be awake the next time Penny comes for a visit. BLUE BLANKET Proud parents Herbert and Janet Heritage announce the arrival of their son, Philip John, who was born at Mchenry hospital, Sunday, Oct. 2 at 9:23 p.m. Philip weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 inches in length. Blue will be the predominate color in baby Philip's nursery B B Q If you were a burglar, which house would you burgle? Unlighted houses are burglars' favorite targets; so for reasons of security alone, exterior lighting makes sense for homeowners. Perhaps the most effective protection comes from floodlights which can bathe large areas in light. These can be arranged to spotlight passageways or penetrate the darkest corner of your property, and can be automatically or manually controlled inside your house. Other forms of outdoor lighting do more than just protect. Post lights on front and back walkways discourage unwanted visitors and make walks and stairs safer. Low-voltage garden lights provide good lighting and beautify your landscaping as well. Exterior lighting is a real bargain when you consider all the security, safety, and beauty you get for just a few dollars. And since energy consumption goes way down at night, you won't be contributing to any energy shortages. Commonwealth Edison has a large reservoir of night­ time power which is rarely tapped. To learn more about what lighting can do for you, see your lighting dealer, hard­ ware or department store. Commonwealth Edison Working for you. with many trucks and trains to decorate his room. Baby Philip has two older sisters to spoil him. They are Ann who is 14 and Mary, 13, years of age. Proud grandparents are Mrs. Philip Smith of Evansville, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heritage of Edgerton, Wis. Our congratulations to the Heritage family! 23 CANDLES Twenty-three candles decorated a pretty and delicious chocolate birthday cake at the Warren home last week. But, no one > in their family turned 23 years old. The fact is they celebrated three birthdays. There were eight blue can­ dles on the cake for Joel and eight pink candles for Julie. The twins' actual birthday was Sept. 27. There were also seven yellow candles on the cake for Emily who was seven Oct. 7. Seventeen friends of the Warren children were guests at the fun party. Their mom, Sue, assisted the children with the games and everyone enjoyed the delicious cake and ice cream. No one went home empty handed as they each received their own bag of treats before they left the party. Guests who sang the birthday son three times were Brian Busse, Danny Drake, Jenny and Monica Helley, Kristie Heuer, Eric Salamon, Ted Sanders, Renada Niebuda, Jimmy Hammer, Lisa Lucarz, John and Antoinette Gacek, Kevin, Brian and Suzanne More and Misty, Evette and Trishia. Needless to say, the Warren children received many, many lovely presents and are busy these days deciding what to play with first. They sure en­ joyed their birthdays this year! SILVER BELLS •' Max and Shirley Koch celebrated twenty-five years of wedded bliss Sept. 25. Their actual anniversary date was the twenty-seventh of Sep­ tember. Father Lutz officiated as Max and Shirley renewed their marriage vows at St. Patrick's church and the pews were filled with their many friends, neigh­ bors, and relatives. A big surprise for the happy couple was seeing Shirley's sister, Helen, and brother-in- law, Orin Cox, Jr., of Florida, and her brother, Ron, and sister-in-law, Gail Meilahn, of Minnesota. Michael, John and wife, Denise, Danny, Beth, Marc, Trudy, Jamey, Max and Terese, the Koch children, made this beautiful twenty-fifth anniversary party for their parents, and provided them with a day they will always remember. Both mothers, Marie Koch and Gertrude Meilahn, at­ tended with Bob and Ruth LaFreniere of Glen Ellyn, Jack and Judy Meilahn of Warrenville and Max's sister, Dorothy, and brother-in-law, Joseph May, along with the many friends and neighbors enjoyed the delicious buffet and jazz music in St. Pat's hall. A beautiful and scrumptious whip cream cake with fresh strawberry filling put the finishing touches on this beautiful afternoon. Our best wishes to Max and Shirley! PACKER FANS John and Nancy Lucarz with daughter Lisa spent a very memorable weekend in Green Bay, Wis. recently. They visited the Packer Hall of Fame and viewed the many exhibits which explained how the Packers got their start. John, Nancy and Lisa en­ joyed their weekend get-a-way and had lots of fun swimming and just plain relaxing. GET WELL WISHES Hope Gerry Wagner is feeling better. Gerry, all your friends and neighbors are thinking of you and send their get well wishes to you* CONGRATULATIONS! Word comes from the folks on Bonner drive that Linda Hastings is to be congratulated. Seems she just received her drivers license last week. Lots of good driving to you, Linda, from all of your friends. CANDLE OCCASIONS Oct. 12 is special for Patricia Johnson as she'll celebrate her tenth birthday. Ernie Schooley will be the birthday dad at this home Oct. 13. Steve Mai will celebrate his birthday Oct. 15 and Pat Rogers will celebrate her birthday Oct. 16. Betty Bockman will hear the birthday song Oct. 17. Judy Irwin, Theresa Licastro, Jeff Lense and Carolyn Stupey were all born the same day, Oct. 18. Theresa will be 15 years old and Jeff will celebrate his twelfth birthday. Happy birthday to you all! by JOSEPH COOLS staff psychologist -- news from the Family Strvice and Mental Health Clinic of McHenry County (Editor's note: This is the forty-eighth in a series of especially written articles for McHenry county readers. Joseph Cools is a psychologist on the Family Service and Community Mental Health center staff. This article is "Coping - Children and Divorce.") Divorce is quite obviously a traumatic and confusing oc­ currence to children in the family, but there are ways that can lessen the emotional im­ pact on children. Most im­ portant, the children should be told the truth, as much as they can understand, about the fact of divorce. Even very small children should be told about the fact that mother and father are not going to be living together. Children usually have many questions about the reason for divorce. Foremost in their minds is usually that they themselves have something to< do with the parents' difficulties. Parents (both parents) should take great pains to explain to the children that the difficulty is between the parents and that the children had nothing to do with the divorce. Children should, of course, be spared all of the details surrounding the marital problems. Both parents must explain to the children who is going to be liivng where. In the majority of divorce cases the children continue to live with the mother. Unless both parents have an agreement as to other living arrangements, children should not be placed in the position of having to choose which parent to live with. Forcing the children to "take sides" in the divorce can be extremely traumatic to the child. Despite the great emotional turmoil that the parents go through, it is necessary to give the children constant love and reassurance during the divorce period. Hopefully the parent living away from the children would make as many visits to the children as possible. 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