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

Install New Kiwanis Members Spengel Stars In "Abner" Leap year is traditionally the vear of Sadie Hawkins and girl-catches-boy romances. Commemorating this event, the Woodstock Musical Theatre company has chosen "L'il Abner",,as its Spring production. the musical will be presented for three con­ secutive weekends begin­ ning April 11 at the Wood­ stock Opera House. This current production will close out the 1979-80 season for the WMTC, and will be tfie~ seventh major musical production of the group. Based upon the comic strip bylhe late A1 Capp, the stpry line of the play revolves around the events in the town of Dogpatch during the week of the Sadie Hawkins day race. During this race, any Dogpatch female has the chance to catch the bachelor she wants for a husband. Songs from the production include "If I Had My Druthers," "Love in a Home", "Jubilation T. C o r n p o n e " , a n d "Matrimonial Stomp". Abner Ybkum will be played by Craig Spengel of Wonder Lake. Craig has been with the WMTC since it began its musical format, and has been active in both on-stage and off-stage capacities. His previous roles include Lt'. Joe Cable in "South Pacific", Lancelot in "Camelot" and Charlie in "Annie Get Your Gun". His pursuer, Daisy Mae, will be portrayed by Missy Schlomer of Barrington. This will be her first show with the WMTC. She is currently a dance instructor and choreographer for Maine South High School. Previous performing ex­ perience includes Rosie in PAGE 21 -PLAINDEALER .FRIDAY. MARCH 7, I960 Ticket reservations and information can be obtained by calling the Woodstock Opera House box office. Curtain times will be 8:30 for all Friday and Saturday evening performances and 6 p.m. for the two. Sunday matinees. There will also be dinner-theatre arrange­ ments available, but these are not yet« finalized. "Bye, Bye Birdie". General Bullmoose, the conniving corporation head, will be portrayed by Phil Cooper of Woodstock. Carol Hamilton and Frank Raye, both of McHenry, will portray Mammy and Pappy Yokum. Both have appeared in chorus roles in several WMTC productions. This will be the first lead roles for the two. The role of Marryin' Sam is played by Don Martello of Marengo. Rounding out the cast include Tom Rapach, Charlaine Tiffany, Pat Rapach and c Rob Thomas from McHenry. The production is being directed by Sharon Hafrison of Woodstock. Sharon is co- founder of the WMTC and has been involved in Opera House productions for 12 years. Under Pressure A diamond is actually -a very pure tarbon, formed millions of years ago under intense heat and pressure of the earth s liquid magma, says National Geographic. Kiwanis Lt. Governor Ray Horning (not pictured) installed eight new members of the Kiwanis club of McHenry recently. From left to right are Jim Miller, Dan DeRoche, George Lane, Dan Jannotta, Ed Houlihan, Bill Busse, Pete Merkel andTomRupp. The first community activity these men will be involved in is McHenry Kiwanis club's annual corned beef and cabbage dinner to be held March 17 at the Johnsburg Community club. Tickets- are available from any club member or by contacting Bill Dodds at 385-7050. Twice Told Tales FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 13, 1930) Checks totaling $1,331.50 covering claims for sheep killed by dogs in McHenry county during the past year were mailed out by Harry Petit, assistant in the office of F.J. Hendricks, county treasurer. This amount comes out of the dog tax fund. Stevenson Brothers, Dunham, had 14 sheep killed and were reimbursed to the amount of $210. Although spring is not officially here until March 21,; yet we have been en­ joying a sample of delightful spring weather for some time and people generally seem to hold their breath and wonder if it's going to last. The robins have been seen for some time and the early Spring flowers are beginning to peep through tfie earth and we begin to think that perhaps we will have an early Spring after all. From Bacon's Strip: "Babe Ruth finally con­ sented to sign for a mere $80,000 a year for ., two seasons. Certainly are cutting salaries on the poor fellow. Wait until you see the contracts start booming around local quarters and then compare the amounts." (Editor's note: "Was that a step towards the $700,000 contract for Bruce Sutter of the Cubs, fifty years later?"). FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 7, 1940) At one household in every ten, the enumerators taking the decennial federal census of population will ask a series of thirty-one housing census questions in addition to the fifty population census inquiries to be put to every man, woman and child in the United States. The housing questions will bear on the type of structure, equipment and ownership of the dwelling place involved and from an analysis of the 10 percent sampling is ex­ pected to come a com­ prehensive picture of housing and home ownership throughout a nation of ap­ proximately 35,000,000 dwellings. Getting ready for housing census inquiries won't be quite as big a task as the pouplation and agriculture censuses presented to those involved, but there are a few tricky items on the list in order to give the "guinea pigs" an advance opportunity to get ready. Twelve persons were made citizens of the United States at the Woodstock Circuit court. Four petitions were continued and one denied. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 10, 1955) On March 12 The Gift Port will have a new home at 112 E- Elm street, McHenry, having moved from Riverside drive where the popular gift shop has been located since it was opened by Mildred Hohman four years ago. Otto Heinz, who took over operation of the McHenry Department store on Riverside drive, has an­ nounced grand opening dates, March 11 and 12. The store will open as usual on Friday but has extended the closing hour of 9:30 on Saturday. Tonyan's Home Fur­ nishings, owned, and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tonyan, have moved from Elm street into their new and spacious quarters in the north part of the theatre building. At least one contest is scheduled in the election for school board members this spring. The two members whose terms expire, George Hiller and Donald Howard, have filed for reelection for three-year terms. Also filing for three-year terms are Henry C. Setzler of Wonder Lake and H. Ralph Bennett of Riverside drive in District 156. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of March 13, 1970) 'Gp CUSTOM DRAPERIES BEDSPREADS AND YARD GOODS MAR. 8th-MAR. 22nd WAVERLY FABRICS FREE MEASURING SERVICE d\J[c<Ji£.nxy U^%afi£.xy 1253 N. Green St. McHenry 385-7531 On a second, unanimous vote, the board of Con­ solidated School District 15 selected Parkland school as the name of the new Junior high school to be erected on Rt. 120 and Ringwood road. In a memorable Court of Honor held at Wonder Lake's Christ the King church, David Betts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Betts of Ringwood, became the first Eagle Scout from Wonder Lake Troop 145. Miss Dolores E. Diedrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfons J. Diedrich, a sophomore at Mundelein college, Chciago, is spending her winter term studying in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She will be at the Spanish Language school of the Center for Intercultural Documentation at Rancho Tetela, Cuernavaca, through the end of March. Purpose of the study-abroad program is to give students the op­ portunity to study the Spanish language in a country where it is spoken and to immerse themselves into the life and culture of the Hispanic people. No Collision "You say you never clash with your wife?" "Never, she goes hen way and I go hers." Time To Smile "How are you this morn­ ing?" "All right." "Well, you ought to notify your face." Crystal Lake Hearing Aid Center •All in the ear aids •Discount to Senior Citizens 37 McHenry Avenue Crystal lake 459-1193 Now | know why they're called White Sales. When you look at the price tags, that's what you turn. utdoor Furnish! •ti From | •jlowerwcoa SAVE 20% «o40% On All Summer Furniture *40% OFF 42 WROUGHT IRON SET with 4 chairs. .NOW *199°° *40% OFF HOMECREST VINYL FLORAL CUSHIONED CHAIR PIECES *WINSTON CUSHION SOFA, COFFEE TABLE & 2 CHAIRS Reg. $530.00...NOW *29900 J owe rwoo Rt. 17 & 176, Crystal Lake, III. 815-459-6200 Hours: Mon.-Fri.9-5:30; Sat.9-5; Sun. 10-4 You're not alone in the fight against inflation.. .We Can Help! - W IAPI * ' W* iff ' . ' ! . • V . t l lU \ ) 11 T" 1 h • . • 1 The stock market is down. prire> going- up and your salary.has lew! common phrases we hear today • again. -Inflation has reached . corner and every pocketb<>ok. But you're not concerned body.. . you're worried ab« >ut y< family. How to surviveevery m week, maybe every day It 's t rue that inflation has hit hard and we at Marengo Federal don't pivsnmt' to have all the answers on solving sin h a monumental problem. What we would l ike you to know is that we're here to help you in any way we can! And we can help you. We 1. o\. fif ty-four years of sound experience in handling all kinds of f inancial matters both large and small We've helped thousands of McHenry County residents save for a better future And we're here to help McHenry County people, folks just l ike you. r ight now. So. if you're concerned about your financial outlook stop into any of our f< hi r convenient offices. One of our highly trained financial advisers will be happy to discuss your financial future. Remember, you're not alone, We Can Help! ntfs Marengo Federal Savings and loan association FSLJC arse » - ~ - • l lNOM . MARENGO: 200 E.GrantXighwav 815/568-7258 • McHENRY: 4400 «N Route 120 *815/344-1900 • WOODSTOCK: 118 Cass Street • 815/338-2900 WOODSTOCK DRIVE-UP: Route 47 and Calhoun Street • 815/338-7440 CR. jTAL LAKE: 550 Barley Rd. & Rt. 14 815/455-4300