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PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. JUNE 8.1979 Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of June 5, 1929) McHenry paid tribute to its soldier dead May 30 with ap­ propriate services held at the Community high school auditorium, under the auspices of the local American Legion post. The services were followed by the march to the three cemeteries where flowers were placed on the graves of the soldier dead. Several days ago two men answering to the names of ftartman and Nelson were arrested in Wisconsin for robbery. The tools found in their possession answered the same description as those used in the robbery of the Nobby Style Shop in McHenry a few weeks ago, the same size drill being used. Office Phil Guinto received a tip regarding the situation and left for Wisconsin immediately to begin in­ vestigation. The Sherman Hill schoolhouse was sold at public auction last week and went to C.E. Sherman for a con­ sideration of $240. The school was organized 58 years ago, at which time the present building was erected on one-half acre of land purchased by C.E. Sherman's father. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of June 15, 1939) The four major offices in the courthouse earned a total of $37,050.89 for the six-month period ending May 31. As usual, the office of the county treasurer heads the list in total earnings with $19,499.45. The net earnings of the four offices totals $17,780 with the treasurer's office leading the list with $13,687.84. The tool expenses for the six-month period amounted to $15,185.07. Richard J. Lyons, former state representative and Republican nominee for United States senator last year, sur­ prised all the politicians except his closet associates by an­ nouncing his candidacy for governor in 1940. TWENTY-FIVE YEARSAGO (Taken from the files of June 10, 1954) JOHN L. FREUND Freund Funeral Home Serving Wonder Lake and Chicagoland Area 815-7280233 American Legion Post 491 - RINGW00D ROAD, McHENRY - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY 15:00 • 9:00 P.M.I •PERCH-ALL YOU CAN EAT •OTHER MENU AVAILABLE "McHenry lights up" on June 18, the date selected for turning on the new and modern street lights which will brighten the city greatly in the future. A dedication program is also being planned. One of the at­ tractions of the day-long program will be an auto show to be held in the city ball park. The latest models of cars and trucks, special models and some of the very newest sports cars are being brought to McHenry by the various car dealers. Miss Joan Nimsgern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nimsgern, was one in a class of eleven girls to graduate from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Aurora. She will take her state board examinations next September. Hugh Murphy went back to the mound chores last Sunday and whipped the Crystal Lake Boosters 7 to 1 in a full distance performance for the McHenry Shamrocks on the home diamond. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of June 6, 1969) McHenry firemen, with the assistance of the county sheriff's office, located a 300- gallon gasoline type tank that had been buried in the area of the Villa Nursing home, possibly for 50 years, and had rusted. It caused a gasoline odor throughout the area which resulted in concern for the safety of residents. It was learned that a red liquid was making its way into drains and a dry well. After water had been pumped into the drains, machinery was used to locate the underground tank. The all- clear safety signal was an­ nounced. McHenry City Council received a second application for Community Antennae Television, known as CATV or cable television. The proposal stated that a twenty-channel system would be built, initially to furnish reception from sixteen stations from Chicago, Rockford and Milwaukee area. School and other community events would also be covered. Subscribers would be charged $5 monthly for the service and the city would receive 5 percent of the gross charges. Joys Of Florida Living | Sweet Dreams The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. (By Father William O. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, Episcopal, Kenil worth, a former McHenry resident now living in Florida). We ex-IUinoisians settle to the joys of Florida living easily. Once in a while I think of Cuba's proximity but missiles are close to everyone in the worldso I dismiss them for immediate pleasures. There are two wonderful times in the year of Florida. One is May and the other is November arid early December. Then visiters have flown and we have the State to ourselves. The rates on motels go down; the dining rooms are less crowded (but not less expensive) so we hie ourselves out to see friends in other parts of the State or to do a little sightseeing ourselves. Rose and I had read, during the winter, Eugenia Prices' novel, Maria, which is laid in St. Augustine and starts at date 1728 A.D. running till just before the Revolution. Her husband builds for their home THE "ROADMASTERS" SAT. NITE MON.--TUES.--WED.--THURS.--FRIDAY 3:30 to 6:00 Cut Prices COCKTAIL HOUR 7611 HANCOCK OR WONDER LAKE SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! JUNE17 • i hell look sleeker, slimmer in Arrow Brigade The shirt for the dad with the trim figure who likes to show it. Very tailored, with a tapered waist, sleeves and body. Topped off with the new, shorter, Cambridge collar. 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We had not been in this city for twenty-five years. A tour of the city was indicated. I would recommend such a visit to my readers the next time you are in Florida. St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest town in the United States, was founded in 1565 by a military office, Pedro Menendez de Aviles. The first Catholic church in our country was started then and the often reconstructed chapel can still be visited. It is repaired but in the main unaltered from early days plans. The city had passed from SDain to England; back to Spain and eventually to the United States. The Spaniards first conceived it as a fort and place of protection for the galleons returning to Spain laden with the treasure of South America, Panama and Mexico. They followed the Gulf Stream on the return voyage. Therfore the city was originally built to protect Spain against the raids of American or English pirates. A becalmed ship was easy pickings for professional pirates or freebooters. In St. Augustine there are real (daces to see. The great old fort, still standing, can be visited. The first house, told of in Maria, is in good repair with its original two rooms* and present eight. The original tabby floors are the ones you walk on today. The later chapel and bedrooms cause 1979 visitors a quick breath when we see how hard life must then have been. The pioneers had a bravery we little evince today. (Yet today bravery shows in different ways and is not an absent quality in our decades.) The tabby floors are a mixture of lime, sand and ground sea shells. They are as hard as rock. The walls are cochina: a natural shellstone found on Anastasia Island across the bay. Other old houses and the fort and city gates are of the same material. The old Spanish houses had no fire places; they used charcoal braziers. They used wooden shutters to keep out weather and enemies. (I guess the Florida mosquito must have been a frequent and honored guest). There are secluded patios in the rear; the gardens were nearby and in them grow all manner of local fruits and vegetables, oranges, lemons, pompegranites and fig trees with shade trees near by. Doors and windows were fixed - to catch the sea breeze, a constant air conditioner in those early days and even today. The St. Augustine Historical society has preserved, restored and shown the house for 60 years, since 1918. From the old city gates a street has been restored. It is two blocks long with 12 restorations of houses and shops. Other projects are still going on. Restoration has been constant since World War I. One house shows the making of candles, another the furniture of the last 400 years as used in St. Augustine, a silver-smith plies his trade, textile arts with spinning, dying and weaving are demonstrated, a stand for liquers and "segars" (made on the premises) claims a look, and an infantry man's house, a cavalry man's quarters, a carpenter shop, a cabinet maker, and a blacksmith call for attention. Other work of restoration still proceeds. Americans should have a wider knowledge of St. Augustine than they have. We tend to look to England for our founding--but there is also > Spanish flavor here in Florida where Spain guarded her trade routes. We visited the magnificent Catholic Cathedral (St. Augustine is an archdiocese), the rich Flagler Memorial Presbyterian church, where Henry Flagler, the bringer of railroad and tourist hotels and Florida development lies buried in a great church he built as a memorial to a daughter who died in childbirth. The Ep- sicopalians enlarged the church by making the old church, transepts of the new. Go to St. Augustine when you are south. You appreciate your country when you know it better. • Then when you get to California, New Mexico and Arizona you'll more understand our Spanish antecedants. Blessings on McHenry and all who live there! Books teach us very little of the world. -Oliver Goldsmith. Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw, with verac­ ity. -Thomas Gray. A m e r i c a n V i e w p o i n t s Thomas c A Carpets & Furnishings 8 1 5 4 5 9 3 2 1 1 325 V i rg in ia S t (R t 14 ) Crys ta l Lake . I l l i no i s SUPER SALE -Arrow- Z/W//A MILLIKEN CARPETS The good lite at your teet Jfcfc Moguo/ (Wmslana ¥7 CARPETS YES, THESE TWO FAMOUS MAKER CARPETS ARE NOW ON SALE AT $400 $£00 O to o YD. OFF REG. PRICE SAVE ON ALL WAREHOUSE STOCK SAVEi ! 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