The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 27, 1927) McHenry county's first murder case in nearly twenty years ,is now receiving at­ tention in the circuit court, following the killing of Christopher Schumacher, 54- year old farmer, who was slain in the cow barn on his farm, three miles southwest of McHenry Thursday evening of last week at milking time. The oldest son of the dead man, William, 28, admitted the slaying, charging his father was cruel to both wife and children and he. had brooded over plans for revenge for seven years. A complaint has been made to the city authorities that several times shooting has been going on within the city limits and especially where damage has been done repeatedly to the cottage on the mill pond belonging to S. Trenker of Chicago. The Plaindealer has been asked to publish a war-' ning to the parties guilty of this shooting as they are known and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if such practice is repeated. Second Liberty Loan bonds have been called for redemp­ tion on Nov. 15, 1927, and will cease to bear interest after that date. These bonds should be presented on or prior to Nov. 15. The West McHenry bank will be pleased to handle the sale or exchange of these bonds for anyone desiring to do so. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of October 28, 1937) On the back of the 1938 automobile license ideflF* tification card in Illinois will be a form on which courts may record convictions under .the Lewis law, enacted by the legislature last June. Under the law a court may suspend a defendant's driving privilege for periods not to exceed one year upon conviction for drunken or reckless driving or for leaving the scene of an accident. County boards are free to nominate candidates for county welfare superintendents to carry out provisions of the state-federal old age pension law without regard tp party designation, Attorney General Kerner held in an opinion at Springfield Friday. The ruling was against the contention of Gov. Horner and the state "welfare department which required that when county boards nominated five can­ didates for the office, two of them must be from one major political party and three from the other. The McHenry football squad got the treat of the season when they made the long-talked-of • trip to Stafford, Kansas. A squad of twenty-one boys two managers and Coach Reed left McHenry Oct. 21. The Kansas team proved too much and too big for the McHenry boys and they lost 36 to 0. TWENTY-FIVE YEARSAGO (Taken from the files of November 6, 1952) Donald Howard has been named governor of the newly formed ̂ McHenry Moose Lodge No. 691, his election having taken place at the last meeting. ?Ttie lodge now lists 190 mem­ bers, who are planning a fall festival at the V.F.W. clubhouse for members and friends on Nov. 13. Early Sunday evening, Nov. 2, the mail box at the Clarence A. Danglemeyer residence in the Country club subdivision was set afire by unknown persons. When- Mrs. Danglemeyer opened the door to see what was burning, a voice called and informed her that it was her mail box. When Mr. Danglemeyer went out to put out the fire, he found the box had been filled with straw, and straw and tree branches had been piled around the post. Plans go forward for the fifth annual Kiwanis-sponsored football banquet Nov. 20 at which time the popular Coach Russ Aherne, coach of the Hebron Green Giants, 1952 Illinois state champion basketball team, will be guest speaker. The county, state, and nation went Republican with the election of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon as president and vice-president. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of November 3, 1967) An estimated 150 Chicago families of all income levels, races and creeds visited 150 dairy farms in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Sunday af­ ternoon with Pure Milk Association serving as host and the office of Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago cooperating this first major American "people to people" event. Several McHenry families were among those visited. Fire damage estimated by "Chief Ed Justen to "run into four figures" brought firemen to the city hall in the early hours of Wednesday when flames broke out in the city street sweeper. The cab was badly damaged and the wires burned. \ , Work goes forward this week on the township construction project now in progress on the Johnsburg-Wilmot road. The program, which starts at Chapel Hill road, will ac­ complish reconstruction to Church street on Wilmot road, approximately one-half mile. July 1, 1968, has been an­ nounced as the deadline for plans on a McHenry County Junior college site to be drawn up in order to utilize funds as provided by recent action of the State Junior College board. Bids on a building are due by April of the following year. WHAT S NEW A light-sensitive thermo­ stat. Automatically reduces energy demand for heat or air-conditioning when the building is unoccupied. Christmas Decorations. for you to make for yourself or for the Christmas Bazaar * Vineyard in The Making When John Berezinski was a boy his Russian immigrant father grew grapes in his backyard in New Jersey. Now Berezinski is establishing a vineyard on a hill behind the applied science building at McHenry County college. A Carpentersville resident, Berezinski worked for eighteen years in electronics and owned his own business. Now he works an evening job so he can spend his days studying greenhouse management at MCC. Part of this classwork in­ cludes testing soil in the vineyard which will yield grapes within three years and give other MCC students a chance to learn about their propagation and grafting. "MCC can't compete with the University of Illinois growing corn or soybeans, but no one else around here is growing grapes. We've already got* twenty varieties growing and next year we'll have forty. Some day the college will have a vineyard as good as any in the state," Berezinski said. Berezinski laughs at sceptics who say you can't grow grapes in Illinois. He points out that Leif Ericson called America "Vinland" because of all the river grapes and x>ther wild grape varieties which grew all over the east coast before the land was settled by Europeans. The problem was that American native grapes didn't taste like European grapes and so the immigrants ignored them. "If work had begun to develop the native American grapes 200 years ago, we would have been the leading grape producer, not France. Instead, the work is just getting under way now," Berezinski said. The MCC student can also show sceptics his own backyard where more the forty grape varieties flourish. He started his vineyard ton years ago, and spends time recording "the yields from his vines as well as photographing the grapes he grows. He is involved in testing N«w Legislation May Result From Plumber Discussion Legislation which could make possible the deputizing of local plumbing inspectors as deputy state plumbing in­ spectors may result from a recent panel discussion on the Illinois Plumbing License law and the Illinoia Plumbing code. The discussion, "The Illinois Plumbing License Law, Illinois Plumbing Code • Who Needs Them?" was sponsored by the Plumbing and Heating Con­ tractors association of Lake and McHenry counties with L.E. (Ozzie) Koetz, of Zion, vice-president of the Illinois Association of Plumbing- Heating-Cooling Contractors and a member of the Illinois Plumbing code Advisory board, serving as moderator. * The Illinois Plumbing License law provides that all plumbing be installed and maintained by journeymen plumbers licensed by the state of Illinois or apprentices registered with the state. The law also requires that all plumbing inspectors be licensed journeymen plumbers, a root cause of some of the problems under discussion by the panel. different varieties of grape vines sent from a New York state experimental station and also finds times to make wine for his family from his grape crop. Berezinski recently planted new grapevines at MCC and said he plans to cover them to give the young plants some help against the Illinois winter this year. But in the future the vines won't need protection, he said. The grape varieties he's planted at the college include white, red and black seedless grapes as well as a small concord grape that is also seedless. There are both table grapes and wine grape varieties in the young vineyard and there are even some ex­ perimental varieties that aren't being sold commercially. Berezinski said he planted five vines of each variety* He explained it will probably take five years before the vines will be mature and producing at full capacity. MCC horticulture students will prune the vines each year to encourage grape production. The students will also get experience grafting the grapevines because some of the varieties that are desirable for eating or wine have to be grafted onto roots of a heartier variety to survive here. The grafting can also be used to make the grapes ripen faster to beat the fall frost, he said. Berezinski admits some of the younger students in his horticulture classes think he is "weird" to be going to college and getting involved in the vineyard. But he tells them that even if his grapes don't flourish, "even if nothing comes of it, we all have our dreams, don't we?" He is pretty sure of his dream. He's been encouraged by MCC's agriculture coor­ dinator Don Barrett and the soil on the hill seems exceptionally good for grape growing. I TAXFACTS | Employers must report and pay Social Security and withheld federal income taxes for the third quarter of 1977 by Oct. 31. Persons who have deposited the entire quarterly tax liability on time in a Federal Reserve bank or authorized commercial bank, have until Nov. 10 to file Form 941 "Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return," the Internal Revenue Service said. ' Employers should use the pre-addressed Forms 941 mailed to them by the IRS, or obtain copies of the form from the nearest IRS office. IRS Publication 15, "Circular E -Employer's Tax Guide," provides more information and is available free from local IRS offices. SECTION 2 - PAGE 1 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28 1977 Gift Of Pork To West Campus From Farm Women i»> josmi COOLS staff /H I WWI vvQivv on rsnmy aw WHiwiHiniTy Mtfini I'MMIM UmP fOf Mcnwry LOU wry - (Editor's note: This is the fiftieth 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 Organized Sports.") To some parents and coaches of young children in organized sporting activities, the adage by the late Vince Lombardi, "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing," seems to apply to their child or the child's team. If anyone doubts this, all that needs to be done is to go to a little league baseball game, or a park district football or hockey game and observe the parents. In some cases one would think it was the last quarter of the Super Bowl or the final game of the World Series. The pressure put on the child during a game is only part of the problem. During prac­ tice, before a game, after a game, and during the week, coaches and parents too often emphasize winning and ex­ cellence of play. This pressure on a child can have several implications. In a child with marginal interest in the sport, it can cause him to take an active dislike to the' sport. In a child with marginal ability, it can cause the child to feel inadequate and unable to live up to his parents' ex­ pectations. Even in children who excel in the sport and really enjoy playing, the pressure of winning at any cost is a dangerous lesson to be learned so early in life. In many organized sports there is a kind of mimicking of professional sports, with team uniforms, professional rules, expensive equipment, com­ plicated plays, and a "dedicated" coaching staff. Sometimes the recreation and fun aspects of the game are completely lost in the sense of competition. How many parents ask their children "did you have fun at the game:", instead of "did you win today?" Winning isn't everything, fun is part of the game. Children are not little professionals, they are merely children playing a game. Let them play. * • • • Religion isn't a man- made science, and some people overlook this fact. The McHenry County Farm Bureau Women's committee has designated October as Pork Promotion month. They have donated 5 lbs., of pork patties to five of the counties' high schools to be used in the Home Economics department. It is hoped that the promotion can enable them to have good wholesome meat to use in their classrooms. The five high schools donated the pork are Woodstbck, Marengo, Harvard, McHenry- West and Crystal Lake. COURT BRIEFS Meetings that will be held in the McHenry County Courthouse include: Oct. 28 - Zoning, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 1 - Zoning Board of Appeals, 8:30 a.m.; Transportation committee, 9:30 a.m. Use safety glasses. They can give the eyes the extra protection they may need while gardening, cleaning, repairing, and other eye-risky situations. For free information, write Prevent Blindness, 79 Madison avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. i '% HANGING ORNAMENTS Stamped on felt for easy applique. 4 Ornaments *6°° CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS Felt applique and knitted *5to*6«k GHHSHUS THE SKIRTS May also be used as table centers stamped on felt for $Of|00 simple applique.... £|J each START N0W( It's getting late. -At. we^thecvAne yacn shop 1313 N. RIVERSIDE DR. McHENRY, ILL 815-385-0884 Cash & Charge Sales Only No Lay-A-Ways ONE DAY ONLY -- SUNDAY OCTOBER 30 -- FROM 10 TO 5 SADIES DRESSES (ffMpHINOTH) REG. 13.00 to O C O / 2 5 . 0 0 A V / O Off LADIES BLUE JEANS o VINYL TABLE CLOTHS REG. 9.44 to 19.99 FLANNEL SACKED 3.99*4.99 VALUES 4 SIZES 2.59 EA. SAVE UP TO 80% MENS FLANNEL SHIRTS REG. 6.00 A /Q00 4.88EA. Ms/ M MENS FLIGHT SNORKEL JACKETS BLUE!'GREEN WITH HOOD REG. 23.00 & 25.00 ' 1066 I D SAVE IK ~ TOSS* SAVE UP TO 18% LADIES COORDINATES RUSS CATAUNA KNEE HIGH HOSE SANOAlfOO? 59'VALUES EA. SUNTAN « BSKH SSSSSi CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAP • • ' • • -y! ASST. PATTERNS V 19 REG. 1.79 1 SAV8 84% SNOWMOBILE SUITS WITH HOODS WATERPROOF REG. 18.99 ]£ (ft • ""W SAVE UP TO 28% \ ' , V 14'7 I •• SAVEUP GOLD VINYL RUNNER # MENS BLUE JEANS • WRANGLER • CHEAP JEANS • MR. LEGOS REG. 15.00 10'7 • SAVE 2/% v. -i - • . *9 V' •V V • M • • ,.# 1 1 £k' !|j ' - /•'4 ; <| ' . • ' 5- | ASST. STYLESt COLORS REG. 10.59 & 12.00 AFGAN KITS BOXED CHRISTMAS CARDS REG. 1.59 BOX IJERA. spurgeons 4400 W. RTE.120 • McHENRY. ILL. McHENRY MARKET PLACE -- (»15) 3*5-4100 ' FT. SAVE 21% Hlib "i jte :V-.7 .' •Hi 1^® f w • • v.-.- W . •* f reaBBB i .. V. V 088 W "VE VI UP TO 24% REG. 79* FT. SAVE NOWI AND BUY THAT SPECIAL GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY I