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NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL MENU Large Lobster Prime Rib 4050 *550 Plus our Salad Bar & Regular Menu Please call 385-1488 for special menu1 cBrc New Year Favors & Midnite Buffet On Pistakee Lake Harmony Resort 614 W Baldkfiob 385-1488 McHenry January 6. 19391 At the regular meeting of the City Council, a less than average amount of bills was the cheery note of the meeting. The Council members welcome a breathing spell after the unusual emergency ex­ penditures on sewer and water repairs and improvements in past months Fred C. Feltz. caretaker of the city disposal plant, reported a very favorable comparison of gallonage pumped during the month of December as com­ pared with the same month in 1937* This indicates to the Council that new and improved sewers are eliminating^ the excessive infiltration of surface water The Farm Credit Record, a circular published monthly by the Farm Credit Ad­ ministration of St. Louis. Mo., printed in its December issue, a picture of the Henry J Stilling farm and one of the owner and his son. also an account entitled '.'Stilling Family Noted For Neatness". TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO 'Taken from the files of December 31. 1953) National recognition was awarded three registered Holstein show animals owned by Hickory Creek Farms recently when they were nominated for ail-American honors by a committee of nationally known cattle judges The contest is conducted an­ nually in an effort to recognize the continent's top contenders The first Pontifical Mass of the Most Rev Raymond Hillinger. D.D . Bishop of Rockford. will be sung at 10:30 am on Jan I at Angel Guardian orphanage. Chicago McHenry police officers received their most unusual request of the year one recent day when a call summoned them to the L Diedrich home on Riverside drive. Mrs. Diedrich reported that two goats were looking in her picture window. Officer John Weichmann hurried to the home and without too much opposition the goats were put into the squad car and taken to Dr Fike's dog pound, where they were claimed by their owner later in the day. TEN YEARS AGO < Taken from the files of Jan 3. 19691' McHenry regained its firm hold on second place in McHenry county in collections from taxpayers filing with the State of Illinois Department of Revenue for July. August and September tax liability. The McHenry figure totalled $53,094. broken down to $17,364, $16,530 and $19,200 for each month Crystal Lake topped the county with a total of $66,865. followed by Woodstock with $45,881 and Harvard with $22,681 Mayor Donald Doherty listed his No l item of current plans for the city as the sewage treatment plant enlargement which received public support in a recent referendum He expects work to begin in Sep­ tember on both the expansion of the plant and extension of mains into Lakeland Park '/The Chamber of Commerce will progress to a point in keeping with the rapid growth and will aid in making and executing the plans McHenry needs to remain in the forefront", stated William Nye. president of the Chamber ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN IU lt<l\ \l.lt III \c. w None of the European leaders put it in just these words in my recent meetings with them, but it did not take much reading between the-lines to get the message stop your on-again. off-again policy contradictions if you expect our confidence in the United States to be restored For defense reasons and economic ones, our Western European allies have good r e a s o n t o w o r r y w h e n I J . S actions are inconsistent and seem to lack a coherent design They live under the shadow of Russian SS 20 rockets and 50.000 Warsaw Pact nation tanks, most of them not more1 than three hours' drive from West Germany's capital of Bonn These allies depend to a far greater extent then we on export trade And. when the dollar weakens because of sustained deficits and the in flat ion and cheapened money supply the deficits produce, our allies worry about how such problems will echo through their own economies The start of the new European monetary system is at least partially a defensive move by nations concerned that we will not act fast enough to cure our economic problems and strengthen the dollar Has the White House gotten the message0 One gets the clear impression that the message has been delivered all right, but also that it is possible no one in Washington was listening The contradictory policies continue Consider two actions which were reported on successive days a few days ago They are symptomatic of the confused signals the ad ministration is sending out One headline proclaimed "Carter Renews Adherence to a Tough Rights Policy " It reported a speech by Mr Carter at a White House ceremony on the 30th an niversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights It was a ringing speech To "regimes which persist in wholesale violations of human rights,' he said "we will not hesitate to convey our outrage nor will we pretend that our relations are unaffected " He proceeded to list governments that practice repression, with the Soviet Union heading the list He added. "Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy " How's that again" The day after the president delivered his rhetorical c o m in i t m e n t h u rn a n rights. Secretary of the Treasury Michael Blumentahl was in Moscow for trade talks He delivered a little lecture to the Soviets for arresting a US businessman last summer on trumped up charges But, having done this, he then unleashed on his hosts the terrible swift sword of the Carter administration s human rights poljcy he announced that a much-sought after purchase of $65 million of oil and gas exploration equipment by the Soviets from American companies had at last been approved by our government' And we wonder why our allies seem so critical of us Gem Society Meets Tuesday The Hiawatha Gem and Mineral society will meet Tuesday. Jan 2. at 7 30 p m in the Lake Villa township hall, corner of Grand avenue and Fairfield road The program will be an illustrated presentation by Fred Leffer on "Land Forms We See and How They Came About Through Mountain Building and Leveling" (Part ID Members are reminded to bring a rock or mineral specimen for the silent auction Anyone interested in rocks, minerals and fossils is invited to the meeting Blouses are most attractive this season. Holiday creations are sleek sophistication. There are so many styles to choose from in crepe de Chine, silk and satin. Velvet skirts or pants with the right blouse is most attractive. PAGF 4 - P1X4NDEALER - FRIDAY. DECEMBER ». 1978 Restraining Order Halts Alleged $400,000 Fraud Illinois Attorney General William J Scott has won a Cook County Circuit Court temporary restraining order halting an alleged $400.000 fraud by two Chicago-area men engaged in an unusual scheme to bilk about 1.000 Illinois citizens w ho have purchased lots in Colorado Attorney General Scott said the "reverse" fraud involved the defendants convincing the lot buyers'that they had been defrauded in their purchase of lots from Great Western Cities, the owner and developer of Colorado City The defendants then persuaded purchasers join their organization which they promised would get the pur­ chaser money back The purchasers were charged $400 or more in "research and legal fees" by the defendants Defendants in Scott's suit are the Cplorado City Lot Owners & Tax Payers association, of Fox Lake, and association organizers. Marlrl5 Bihstein, Oradell, N.J and Myron Rr Lucyshynm. Chicago Scott said Binstein held about five meetings in the Chicago area, enlisted at least 1,000 Colorado lot owners as„ members by persuading them that they had been defrauded and that his association could ^get their money back Scott noted that Binstein told the lot owners that large sums of money were necessary for research and legal fees, and that he. himself, received only a consultation fee for his ef­ forts. "When, in fact." Scott's suit said, "he has been accused in Wisconsin and Indiana of misappropriating the vast majority of funds collected, and not paying attorneys retained by the Lot Owners' association.'" Scott said Binstein..who was convicted of violating federal securities laws in 1971. represents himself as an in terstate land sales and land fraud expert Instead, since 1971. he has specialized in organizing law suits against land developers. Scott said The Circuit Court order by- Judge Nathan Cohen requires the defendants to account for funds collected and disbursed. It also freezes all the defen­ dants' cash on hand and states that the Attorney General's Office should audit fhe cash balances every seven days until the order expires Jan 10 or a new order is issued. . The order also calls for a seven-day inventory of all mail from the defendants' post office box which is to go to the At­ torney General's Office1_ People who feel they have been defrauded by the operation should submit written complaints to the At­ torney General's Office. Consumer Fraud and Protection Division. 228 N I^aSalle St .Chicago. 60601 Handling the case for Scott is FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of December 27. 19281 The McHenry Pleasure club celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at the club rooms on Green street The McHenry Pleasure club was organized in the winter of 1902, but the equipment was not completed and the club going good until 19CI3 At the present time there Assistant Attorney General Derek A Gilna of the Consumer Fraud and Protection Envision FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken .from the files of are but three of the charter members still residing in McHenry. being Jacob Justen. F G Schreiner and Dr D G Wells "William M. Carroll has been reappointed assistant state's attorney by VS. Lumley. following Mr Lumley's entry on a new term of four years as state's attorney. Post office records for both incoming and outgoing mail during the Christmas holidays were shattered 475S1 mm MARENGO HDtRAl SAV.NGS 4 LOAN ASSOC.AT.ON YEAR ENDING 1978 •«"V Pa* to TM€ O»0£« (Mir OUT eighteen ilvxisivxl s<)\crs S6.900.<X)0.0() Qda/WhM In keep ing wi th the sp i r i t o f g iv ing , we ' r e happy to announce , t ha t du r ing the yea r o f 1978 we pa id ou t ove r $6 ,900 ,000 .00 in in te res t t o our save r s . I t you ' r e th ink ing tha t ' s a lo t o f money . . . you ' r e r igh t . And the r eason we can de l ive r such a hea l thy re tu rn i s t ha t we pay our depos i to r s the h ighes t in t e res t r a t e s a sav ings and loan i s a l lowed to pay by l aw. Ano the r r eason i s t ha t we ' r e a Mutua l Assoc ia t ion which means the re a re -no s tockho lde r s to pay . Our ne t income dur ­ ing each yea r i s d i s t r ibu ted to our save r s in the fo rm of in ­ t e res t . w h ich a l l adds up to more money fo r you . I he funds remain ing a f t e r ope ra t ing expenses and save r s have been pa id goes in to bu i ld ing up our a l r eady s t rong re ­ se rves . which he lps us to se rve you be t t e r . In add i t ion , eve ry do l l a r you depos i t w i th us i s p ro tec ted up to $40 ,000 by an agency of t he fede ra l government . Bes t o f a l l t h i s money i s d i s t r ibu ted to r e s iden t s o f the McHenry coun ty a rea , which in tu rn he lps us keep a s tu rdy economic f low o t money w i th in ou r ow n communi ty . So i f you 've been look ing fo r a good p lace to inves t your money , save where your f r i ends do . save wi th us . We ' re the p lace where many happy re tu rns happen a l l yea r round . ntfs MARENGO F E D E R A L S A V I N G S and loan association • MARENGO: 200 E. Grant Highway • 815/568-7258 • McHENRY 4400 W Route 120 • 815/344-1900 • WOODSTOCK: 118 Cass Street • 815/338-2900 -oooooo- .:0Q00-00C0'-. .-•cacocoo-