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Present Essay Awards SECTION 2 - PAGE 1 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978 Twice Told Tales Awards were presented at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 to the high school studnets who participated in the annual "Voice of Democracy" essay contest. First place entrant, Bennett May berry, is shown at the left with Barb Ansell, contestant; Bob Roberts, commander of the post; Vi Abbink, chairman and president of the Ladies auxiliary and Keven Kangas, contestant. Pat Harker, another contestant was unable to attend. The Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 gave recognition at the post home recently to high school students who competed in the annual "Voice of Democracy" essay contest Bennett Mayberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mayberry, received a $50 government bond for his essay which took first place. Bennett is a junior at West campus high school and is studying journalism. Keven Kangus, who took second place received a $25 government bond Pat Harker and Barb Ansell, who placed third and fourth, received cash awards. Virginia Orr, president of the Professional and Business Women in McHenry; Evelyn Traskaski, a substitute teacher in the McHenry area; and Robert Steckroth, retired lieutenant colonel in the Corp of Engineers, judged the essays. Bennett's essay, which was forwarded to Fifth district. Veterans of Foreign Wars competition, reads as follows: My Responsibility To America "Being born an American citizen, I inherited the responsibilities from my forefathers to maintain and preserve the ideals which they set forth in the preamble of our Constitution. This stated, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. "To establish justice, one must first be just in their every day affairs. You can do this by obeying the law and main­ taining what you believe to be right and fair. By electing qualified officials with in­ tegrity, we insure ourselves that justice will be maintained. If we participate in revision of laws we keep our demands of justice up to date "To insure our domestic tranquility, we must take a democratic approach to our problems on a personal basis. The tranquility or peace in our country will be achieved if our citizens understand the intent of the law and are willing to abide by it. Our duty as citizens is to harmonize with the law. "Accepting the responsibility for providing for the common defense includes one's willingness to serve his country This could be in a military effort, or by paying your federal taxes, by par­ ticipating in national and in­ ternational affairs, and with supporting good foreign relations. Our main respon­ sibility is to make sure our country remains strong. "It is our responsibility to maintain or improve an ac­ ceptable standard of living for all people of the United States. It is also to provide an education for our citizens. A major way in which to promote the general welfare is to make the best possible use of all our nations resources. "An individual will secure the blessings of liberty if he takes the responsibility of not abusing his freedom. The blessings of liberty are that a person can remain being an. individual, pursue his own interests, participate in his government, vote for the in­ dividual of his own choosing, and follow his own religious beliefs. "My view is that my forefathers were born with the same task that I was, and that is responsibility to my country. Totally, this can never be reached, but it is our duty to carry out as much of it as is possible. "In the future, I'm sure that there will be some changes in responsibility for young people, . FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February %16, 1928) The Fox River Conservancy district river beautification project taking in virtually the entire river-lakes region from the Fox river's mouth near Ottawa to the Wisconsin state line was declared invalid Saturday afternoon in an oral opinion rendered in the Circuit court at Yorkville by Judge William J. Fulton of Sycamore says the Waukegan Daily Sun. The trustees decided not to appeal and that the matter would probably be submitted to a vote of the people again. The conservancy has been in operation for sixteen months. It would be excellent to have the people go to the polls and re- indorse it after having it in actual operation. Besides that method would be far cheaper than an appeal. With the announcement of Peter W. Frett, mayor of McHenry, that he now intends to go back to his original plan of running for the Republican nomination for representative from the Eighth Senatorial district, after agreeing at a meeting Wednesday night of last week to enter the senatorial race, it begins to look like there is going to be a full track when the candidates assemble under the wire at the polls on April 10. Thomas A. Bolger has an­ nounced thatAie will be a candidate forWhe Democratic nomination for state representative at the primary on April 10. He is a well known farmer, residing south of McHenry in Nunda township. He has always taken a keen interest in farm organization work and in community affairs in general FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 17, 1938) The $10,000 damage suit of but basically their obligations to their country will remain the same. My role in citizenship for the future will be to pass on my inbred patriotism to my children. "I believe that if everyone does their best to carry out their obligation to this coutnry, we can make our country a better place. I know that I will do all I can to fulfill mine." Mrs. Minnie Hapke of McHenry, administratrix of the estate of her husband, George Hapke, against Ward T. Huston, started in Circuit court at Woodstock, Wednesday. Attorney Vernon Knox and Attorney V.S. Lumley represent Mrs. Hapke and Attorney D R. Joslyn is counsel for Huston. The Hapke family operated the Huston farm when Mr. Hapke was injured by an ugly bull and died soon after. The plaintiff claims that they had advised Mr. Huston that he should dispose of the bull because of his ugliness but that the animal was left on the place. Excerts from the editor's note book: "Sunday arrived, with the temperature again up to 60 above. We take a stroll down to the river's edge to look at the water and find that "Toddy" Englen is fixing up his pier with some of the lumber salvaged from the stream as it floated by. "Toddy" suggests that we take a ride in his out­ board motor boat. The motor is started, we pass under the iron bridge, glide by the Hunter Boat Co., where the big ex­ cursion steamer of a few years back rests peacefully on the shore, out of commission long ago, now just a reminder to many people of happy days and nights on the beautiful Fox river. One can hardly imagine taking a pleasure trip in a motor boat on the thirteenth day of February in northern Illinois, with a temperature at 60 degrees, when ordinarily it should be nearer 6 below. TWENTY-FIVE YEAR&AGO (Taken from the files of February 19, 1953) In spite of the splendid spirit and cooperation by local tradesmen in giving their time that our community may soon have a library of which we can be proud, there is immediate need for carpenters this weeek to complete the project. Since custom has made libraries civic projects, it is hoped that carpenters in McHenry or the adjacent area will catch a spark of enthusiasm and give a few hours of their time as a donation to the new library. It seems certain that benefits derived from a library, whether directly or indirectly, will be evident in the development of our com­ munity. McHenry merchants have selected Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21, for the first semi-annual Dollar Days of the year. They could not have made a more timely choice for it is an "in-between" season when most everybody has the desire for something new in preparation for approaching spring. They call it the "Biggest Bargain in Illinois in 1953" as the wheels start rolling for the seventh annual C.O.F state basketball tournament, to be held in McHenry, starting Sunday, March 1. So successful has the tournament been in McHenry that it returns here for the fourth consecutive year. With Fred Meyer and his on- the-ball committees showing a keeness for detail and un­ derstanding of crowd appeal, the tournaments have developed into more than basketball games, more than fraternalism, more than a show. TEN YEARS AGO • (Taken from the files of February 21, 1968) The state of Illinois has issued a "Not for Profit" corporation charter to the Green street Mall, a group formed to foster the retail, professional and service groups on Green street and the im­ mediate area. The first cor­ poration meeting was held on Feb. 14, at the city hall, with the following officers elected: President, John Shay; first vice-president, Allan Leibsohn; second vice-president, Charles Vycital; third vice-president, Harry Dean; secretary, Mary Czochara, treasurer, Don Weingart. McHenry Rotary club this week announced a total of $2,400 in |ts Student Loan fund, a total collected through the club's fun%nd-frolic fines in the eleven years it has been in existence. During this time, fifteen students in the McHenry high school have been assisted through an expenditure of $6,275. The loan fund is available to juniors and seniors in college on a non-interest basis. Although there is no; requirement that the loan be returned, all those made in the past have been paid back. I Fire damage estimated to: run in the neighborhood of $17,000 destroyed a lean-to at the rear of Ace Hardware of Elm street last Saturday morning. Fire Chief Ed Justen said cause of the flames was undetermined. The lean-to contained a considerable amount of equipment and such items as grass, fertilizer, etc. Leukemia Radiothon Set For Feb. 25-26 Radio station WCFL is one of the major stations par­ ticipating in the sixth antral national Radiothon to be held Saturday, Feb. 25, from 5 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 26, en­ ding at 5 p.m. This is a giant effort over seventy-five radio stations throughout the United States to raise funds for research. The total net receipts raised go exclusively to research. Over the past five years 1.5 million has been raised in the fight against leukemia. Shirley Jones, national chairwoman of the Radiothon, predicted during a recent board of directors meeting, "Based on our past performance, plus the addition of several key stations, we should have pledges exceeding $800,000 nationally. Leukemia is a term which covers a group of serious blood diseases affecting the white blood cells. It is commonly thought of as a disease of the blood, but, it is, in fact, a disease of the tissues that form the blood-bone marrow and lymphoid tissues. Though long considered a childhood disease, in total numbers, more adults than children are stricken and the incidence of the disease in adults seems to be rising. Many, many volunteers are urgently needed to answer phones and record the pledges of the thousands who will be a part of this Radiothon in a common desire to help in fin­ ding the cure for this disease. 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