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Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of January 16, 1930) McHemy is again en­ veloped in snow in the second big snowstorm of the season. All day Thursday McHenry struggled to keep traffic moving and^ com­ munications open as the blizzard, borne on a" north­ west gale, piled the city streets high with the white flakes and threatened to effect a complete tie-up of highway travel and possible serious wrecking of railway schedules. On Friday the merchants of our city turned out in a combined effort to clear the streets of some of the snow and open the curbs so as to make the parking of cars possible and the streets are again irS good condition for motorists and shoppers. William M. Carroll of " Woodstock, assistant state's attorney of McHenry county, announced that he had decided to run for representative from the Eighth Senatorial district, which includes Lake, Boone and McHenry counties. The Anaconda team from Kenosha appeared in the McHenry gym and looked to be about the best that McHenry has faced this season in administering a neat 39 to 25 victory over the slipping M.A.A.C.'s. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of January 18, 1949) Cities and villages will raise $130,315 in 1939 taxes. This is a decrease of $2,132 from the amount raised from 1938 taxes. The amount to be raised is for all purposes including general, library, band, fire and other special items. Woodstock will raise $32,381 or the highest of both cities and villages. Harvard is second with $21,544. Spring Grove will raise the lowest with $794, Lily Lake, McHenry county's newest village, will raise $965. Route 12 between Rich­ mond and Fox Lake was opened Jan. 9 after being closed since last fall from Spring Grove east for the rebuilding of a bridge and abutments to take care of surface water near the McHenry-Lake county line. TWENTY-FIVE YEARSAGO (Taken from the files of January 13, 1955) Complaints continue to be made by local school bus d r i v e r s c o n c e r n i n g motorists who fail to stop when approaching a bus which has stopped to pick up or discharge passengers. Police officiers have ap­ prehended a number of those offenders. Bus drivers wish to remind motorists again that whether approaching the bus from the rear or in front, it is necessary to stop until the bus is again~4n~*- motion. This is election year in the city of McHenry and the time has come to look into dates applying to various procedures. For instance Jan. 24 is the first day to file nomination papers, Feb. 28 is the last day to file. Election day will be April 19 and three aldermen will be chosen at that time. The annual report of the county zoning board reveals that nearly five and a half KNTMSQlUlC the professional do-it-yourself carpet cleaning system first Hour of Rental million dollars was ex­ pended in McHenry county rural districts during 1954 in construction of new buildings. The report shows that 842 building permits were issued in areas outside corporate limits of cities and villages. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of January 16, 1970) The future of a proposed $1.00 per hour . . . for every hour thereafter. (Example 2 hours . . . total charge $1 plus tax.) NO MINIMUM s=s==$pecial Rental Rate Good Monday thru Thursday RINSENVAC cleans the way professionals do. at a traction ot the cost gravel pit east of Cuhlman road and south of Bay road, long a controversial issue, remains in. doubt, although members of the county board of supervisors thought the matter had been settled by a vote taken in Decem­ ber. The gravel pit petition, long in the news, was made by William M. Hamil and Donald J. Butler, doing business as Pistakee Sand and Gravel. In the request they asked for a conditional use permit to operate the pit for a 15-year period on a fifty-five-acre plot. Police Chief Ken Espey has admitted a report of the year's activities to McHenry's "City Council in --1 which it was noted that for the past twelve months, squad cars accumulated a total of 148,068 miles of travel. McHenry high school wrestlers defeated three strong opponents to win their own quadrangular meet. They defeated Round Lake, Crown and Batavia. Young^As You Feel It has been observed that women live longer than men. Possibly be­ cause they remain girls for so many years. -Courier; Craig, Col. American Legion Post 491 - RINGW00D ROAD. McHENRY - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY (5:00:9:00 P.M.) •PERCH-ALL rOU CAN EAT *0THER MENU AVAILABLE SAT. NIGHT BOB & THE BLUE TONES„ b-- ! 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