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Twice Told FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 19, 1831) Tragedy haunted the shores of Wonder Lake, when two men were drowned in the icy waters and a woman, the wife of one of the virfime te lir4n«« wOiU Wk MIC puuil of death, following her heroic but ineffectual efforts to rescue them The victims are Martin Klintworth and Harry Butler, a farm hand employed by Klintworth. When Mrs. Klintworth went to the aid of her husband, she, too, broke through the ice. Rev. Windham Bonham, pastor of the M.E. church of this city, took part in a debate given over the radio from station WLS He was one of the students from the Kent college of Law to debate the negative side against the representatives from Notre Dame on the affirmative side, on the question as to whether it should be compulsory for automobile owners to carry accident insurance on their cars. Edwin Hergott, a graduate of the McHenry high school, who is attending Nor­ thwestern university this year, has just won a scholarship from the Joshua B. Nolan fund for full tuition of $300. He was the only boy to win the scholarship, which was also won by three girls. < FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of February 20, 1941) Only fifty-five owners from northern Illinois and suburban areas are listed among the first 1,000 registrants in the booklet of Who's Who Among Automobile Owners in Illinois containing the names of persons issued state licenses between numbers 1 and 25,000. Included in the list of the low numbered plates was Mrs. A L Ericcson of McHenry, with No. 091. Charles Jecks, farmer living between Woodstock and McHenry on Route 20, reports the loss of 50 Red Hampshire hens. ..It is thought the chickens were stolen Saturday night as Mr. Jecks noticed a shortage of eggs Sunday. A fourth quarter spurt brought a trailing M.C.H.S. team to a decisive 46 to 33 victory on the Richmond floor. As in the St. Mary's game of last week, Donald Meyer came into the lineup in the second quarter and, with 21 points, fell just three points short of his brilliant scoring efforts on the Woodstock floor TWENTY-FIVE YEARSAGO » (Taken from the files of February 16, 1966) The assessed valuation for McHenry county has been made known including personal property, lands and lots, railroads and utilities. The figure for 1955 is $220,475,704, which is $8,974,661 higher than the preceding year. The in­ crease was brought about for the most part by an increase in personal property and real estate. Twelve were given tickets for speeding in the city this past week. There was one other traffic violation recorded by local police also. Miss Elaine Turner, How To Suhscrihe to The McHenry Plaiidealer The McHenry Plalndeoler 3812 W. Elm Street McHenry, II. 60050 •2 Years • $25.00 (Best Buy) • I Yeor -$13.50 •i Months-$7.50 • Payment Enclosed Nam# Addrvtt C»«y Price* good in McHenry County. daughter of the Eari Turners of Ringwood, has been named as one of SS students on the first semester honor roll at Quincy college. She la a sophomore majoring in English. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the flies of, February 19, 1971) At the McHenry City Council meeting, the report was made of a letter received by Mayor Doherty advising that the city could advertise for bids for con­ struction of the sewage disposal plant. Undo: terms of the federal grant, no bids could be taken until ap- proved. This is the first breakthrough in long months - * -- 1 • J -- ** oc etioiT toward tnc enure that win eventually MrBHnsn Lakeland Park-Lakeland It was also reported at the meeting ttot the plane by the State preeently call for resurfacing and widening of m. Rt 130 west, starting at the railway tracks. The estimate on this cost is $190,000. It was estimated that an additional $400,000 •mmM ka mmmAmti tn < r Recalling Stagecoach Days (The following is the part of a series of articles written by Hugh Kirk of McHenry on Us return from a trip to Egypt) "In our recent visit to Egypt we took the all train over 300 two moot tanes. uw « one amount, the city would be obligated to pay 40 percent or $100,000. The city's share of the road construction would all be taken from Motor Fuel Tax allotments, no corporate or road and bridge tax money to be ueed. It Bike riding burns up 300 to 600 calories per hour. south to the 'upper Egypt', so called because of the direction of the flow of the Nile. Tuii was uniuc tuiiu class and it must have parallelled in more than one respect what people in the old West had to contend with on the stagecoach through the moutains. "The sideways and up and down motion prevented any possibility of sleep, for it nearly threw you out of the bunk. The sheets were nice and white and had a starch glaze on them that gave you an itch that wouldn't stop. They reminded of nights when you pitched your tent on an ant hill. "Dining was different. Things were edible but so-so, and the meat was tough and had a new, odd flavor. No one was sure what it was, camel or water buffalo. "Hie washroom facilities I. Jl 1 J iViV UIUUI Ml UC UC5UCU. A IIC old fashioned outhouse was much more favorable , "The worst part was the long, long trip back which was on the same train with the same conditions "The trip was very educational. We saw the remaining ruins of the palace at Karnak that covered acres. The huge statues and other monuments left us numbed by their accomplishments 4,S00 years ago. "I was most impressed with the several acrsp of standing, very huge columns of round stone carved and fluted and ornamental supports that were the diameter of our cement silos, but about three times taller It bore a similarity of « u tU --J A UCUI5 111 UIC §MUIi 1 CUWWU forest of California. "At Luxor, there were similar impossible, but real sights of this 2,500 BC civilization. "Back at Giza, near Cairo, were more wonders - the pyramids and the Sphinx I climbed way up on one pyramid and the top was just as far away. There was a side entrance on this one and six of us entered and climbed PAGE 17 - PLAINDEA1JER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2S. 1901 as far as the opening went, Crtua which must have been More than 43 percent of the somewhere near the top. It 34 million households in the ended in a large room with U.S. produced some or aU of the crypt of an ancient their own vegetables in back- ruler" yard gardens in 1900. Ask RTA Wage Freeze Senator Jack Schaffer, R- Cary, has announced that he is proposing to Governor Thompson and legislative leaders that a three-year • k* jmnnaaH on th« the operating costs of the RTA, which are completely out of control, is to im­ plement this type of legislation." salaries at hia emimym who earn in excess of $25,000 a year, along wfh other mandates which would make the RTA operate much more efficiently. "I have written a letter to Governor Thompson and legislative leaders," said Senator Schaffer, "asking them to support my proposal. I have decided that the only way to hold down Jupiter is the only source of high-energy particle radiation in the solar system besides the sun. A year on Jupiter (one revolu­ tion around the sun) lasts nearly 12 earth years. A day on Jupiter lasts less than 10 hours, though, because the planet routes so swiftly. 1 * * iVVili lis "Buy American" American automobile manufacturers make the finest production cars in the world. 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