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JIM McANDREWS-took first In the 15-16 year old category la the Annnal Jaycees Tennis Tournament in July. McAndrews woa Us semifinal match 1M before moving Qf to easily,takf Ike final malck. grAFr.JWWhW+yW M*M*» » '/ 34 Years In Business Ray Hughes and Lee Sawdo, full of ambition and desire for suc­ cess, started their electrical contracting business from scratch, using their home garage as a base of operations. When their business increased it was decided tq rent store space on Main St., then they started to sell appliances, where in 1952 Gene Adams became a partner and took charge of the appliances. As their business increased and they needed more display room, a new building was planned and construction completed on Front Street in 1963. They have enjoyed a very successful trade at this location for the past 17 years. The younger generation took over in 1973 and Lee & Ray Elec­ tric is now owned and operated by Paul and Greg Adams. The Best Appliances from Hotpoint & Frigidare & ^ hirlpool • CLOTHES WASHERS •CLOTHE* DRYERS • REFRIGERATORS • FREEZERS • DISHWASHERS • RANGES • AMD MOREL champions of the various Softball playoffs In girl's 16", St. Regis upset Oaks Marathon in a close 6-5 contest to reign as champs of the Thursday Division. Foxhole Tap wrapped up both the 16" and 12" crowns for the men to no one's surprise during early Sep­ tember. Against 3-D Bowl in 16", Foxhole won three in a row, 9-6, 8-7 and 10-1 in the finale to take the crown. Against Western Division champion Doherty's, Foxhole capped off a un­ defeated season in 12", whipping Doherty's in the final game, 11-3. Bill Meyers was voted MVP of the playoffs as he hit a homer and a triple with 5 RBIs in the final game and had 11 hits in 18 at bats in the playoffs. Rich Meyer of Foxhole won the 12" batting crown at .667 ahead of Doherty's Matt Oik, who led most of the year, but fell to .645 at season's end. As the summer softball leagues bid farewell, the local high schools got back into the swing of things and the Warriors achieved one of their three, preseason goals by winning its home football opener against Stevenson, 7- 0. A 25-yard pass from Kieth Belzer to Dave D'Angelo spelled the difference. Against Grant the PAGE 2» - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. JANUARY 36. 1M1 JUBILATION-started as players est Oak Park Hotel's women It" softball team realised that they were champions of the Taesday Division. Above Kathy Faehs (left), Cheryl Markvart (center) and Debbie Basldewks (right) have reason to celebrate as tbqr handled Old Bridge, 7-1 In the playoff finals. STAFF PHOTO-JOEL WAKIT8CH at 10-0 and Doherty's finished at 8-S as Matt Oik led the league in hitting at .725. In girls 16" Old Bridge was alone in first at the end of July with a 9-1 mark, while Oak Park Hotel ended the month at 8-2 after staying even with Old Bridge for most of the year. In the Thursday division, Brake Parts held a slim lead over River Shannon and Oaks Marathon. In local Youth League playoffs, the Condors beat the Wrens, 7-5 in the Minor Division, while the Tigers beat the Sox in the Mini Division by the same score behind the strong pitching of Jim Simon, who doubled, homered and had 4 RBIs. In the Major Division, Tim Evans gave up one run on three scattered hits as Payton Chevy beat McHenry Savings and Loan, 6-1 to run their season record to 11-1 and take the Championship. In the Pigtail junior division, Toddler Shop won easily over Europa Motors, 14-6 as Denise Stasik hit went four for four and hit her sixth homer of the year. Adams Brothers Steel edged McHenry Favorite, 4- 3 to take the Ponytail crown on a 7th-inning RBI single by Sherri Knaack. In other baseball news, the local Pitch, Hit and Run winners included Micheal Biba (8 years), Johnathan Bechler (9 years), Darren Marenass (10 years), Marty Quantz (11 years), Tom Wiley (12 years) and Jeff Voss (13 years). Baseball didn't make the only news of the month, however as the McHenry Adult Tennis Tourney produced the following winners: Pat Fabry, Chuck Steiner, Vince Giacomin, Mark Artner, Barb Gilpin and Cathy Greer. Other winners were the double teams of Henry Glick and Mike Ruhnke, Sam Zito and Vince Giacomin, Frank Rhode and Toby Scott, Chuck Steiner and Lindy Jensen and George Custice and Sharon Marunde. In golf news, Mike Erickson shot a hole-in-one at Chapel Hill on the 245- yard 13th using a driver, while Bruce Koepke had one at McHenry Country Club's 18th hole using an eight-iron on Republican Day. John Mclnerney won the seven mile river run in McHenry for the second year in a row at a time of 36 minutes and 30 seconds. AUGUST August saw Art Jackson win the McHenry Country Club scratch championship, posting a 298. The victory over Tim Martin (303) gave Jackson his ninth club title in 12 years. In the Women's Cham­ pionship, Carol Cooney grossed a 271,20 strokes over her closest competitor, Vi Turner with a 291. In softball, the Old Bridge 12" team lost the cham­ pionship game in the Rusty Nail Tourney to the Jokers of Arlington Heights in a 21-1 laugher. Foxhole clinched first place in 12" play by beating Wayne's, 9-3 and putting their record at 13-0. Old Bridge sat in second place at 8-4. i • . Foxhole also clinched first in 16" play by beating Sunnyside 17-4, putting their record at 12-0. Dick Kazlausky of Foxhole eventually won the0 16" batting crown at .625 ( 30-48) while his team ended the season at 14-0. In the First Annual US Slo- pitch World 16" tournament, Hiller and Hamm hosted an won the event by beating Nancy's of Johnsburg 21-3 in the final game. In youth 16" action, Johnsburg Business Men beat B & H Industries 12-6 to take the one-day playoff. The burgers ended the season at 13-2. In Girl's 16", Oak Park upset Old Bridge in the finals to take the Tuesday Division Crown, 7-1. In hardball, Antioch in­ vaded McHenry to win youth tournaments in 10 and 11- year divisions. SEPTEMBER With September came the