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PAGE 4 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY?, 1983 LARL W ALSH So I Hear Considering storms, floods and other serious problems in other parts of the country makes a fellow think that living in McHenry County isn't so bad. Met Barb Weber at McHenry Country Club. We were dining this time, not riding in a golf cart. -- ) Ed Buss is home from parts where the sun is higher and his tan shows he didn't spend his time at watering troughs. OLD SAYINGS: Oh dear Bread and beer, If I were in heaven, I wouldn't be here. You can't fire me. I quit. For a long time we have saved our magazines for Bertilla Freund and her cohorts to take to a veterans' hospital. The girl^, after doing an admirable job, have found it necessary to discontinue the trips. They would be pleased to turn it over to some willing and able men. One thought is to take the magazines to various doctors' offices. Compared to some we have seen, ours are current. A packed house gathered at McHenry Country Club Saturday night for the McHenry Hospital an­ nual dinner meeting. They have a new name now. It was slippery underfoot Saturday night so Virginia Williams and I marched along arm in arm while entering. When leaving, Betty Phalen grabbed my arm and we were off to a great start when suddenly she asked, "Where's your car?" When I pointed to way to hellangone down the pike, she dropped me like a hot potato. Fleeting fancy. Merwyn Schmitt (a Sox fan) came to our table to ask what we are going to do with Ron LeFlore. I suggested we give him to the Cubs as a generous gesture. He seconded the motion. Now is the time for our local Chamber of Commerce to send out pictures of our beautiful snow covered trees. In that care of your car program on TV, we were advised to rub a potato over your windshield when you know it is going to rain. That's a raw potato, not mashed nor a sweet potato. Politicans are telling what they have done and what they plan to do. Forget all that baloney and let's" help those less fortunate who are hungry and without heat. All the poverty isn't in far away places. Don Howard has an old time picture of Grandpa and Grandma Weber's home on Riverside Drive. He has promised to let us use it for publication after his mother identifies those in the picture. It is a real prize. Weber's Hall stood across the street on what is now the beach on Fox River. Seems to me it wasn't far south from the Frank and Avis Gans home. Weber's Hall brings back memories. How well I remember when a group of us young sprouts chipped in and paid the two dollar sTMSN-- 801 H. RIVER RD.-McHEHKV OPEN LUNCH « DINNER DISCOUNT t FREE COFFEE TO SR. CITIZEN rental on the hall to hold a Halloween party. Leaving the hall to take my date home (mothers expected you to bring their precious daughters home at a certain hour), I found the air had been let out of all the tires. Five boys stood nearby professing their innocence. I didn't buy that and as Irish blood took over for better judgment, I of­ fered to take them on one at a time. They were amused. Pumping up four tires with a little hand pump wasn't very amusing to me. / One time some of us young 'uns joined some oldsters at a dance in Weber's Hall. Bill Quinn and Mike Conway brought their fiddles. Bill also brought some jugs of homemade wine. When some thought Bill had imbibed enough, they hid the jug. That brought on a roaring storm' Mike took the jugs home and every time Bill came for a visit, the wine was served. Bill never got through bragging up the fine wine served by Mike. The floor in the old hall got shaky and the building started to lean. No more dances. Just memories. Pork Producers' Annual Banquet Set The McHenry-Lake Pork Producers will be holding their eighth annual banquet Thursday, Feb. 17, at Deeter's restaurant in Woodstock. The business meeting will follow the cocktail hour and dinner which will begin at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. respec­ tively. . Sharon Cooper, Executive Coor­ dinator of Education and Promotion for the Illinois Pork Producers' association, will present the keynote address. Her presentation will be followed by a slide show on Bangladesh. Tickets are available by contacting Rob Richardson, president, at 675- 2011. DISCUSS TRADE FAIR PLANS-Chairman Sue Low of the 1983 McHenry Trade Fair, shown center, discusses the format for the posters and flyers with designers Kathy Mathews and Mike Cajthaml, who are part of the expanded Trade Fair committee. A total of 20,000 flyers and 500 posters will be distributed in McHenry and the surrounding area to herald this McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce tenth anniversary event. Dates for the fair are April 8,9 and 10 at Parkland school. LAKELAND PARK & LAKELAND SHORES Carol Cominsky 085-7246 Snowmobilers Be Careful I 7 The snow finally came to McHenry last week so out came the shovels, snowmobiles, sleds and snowblowers. Everyone had just about resigned themselves to the fact that this might be a snowless winter. I can un­ derstand everyone's excitement when the white stuff kept coming, but some ^ 1^ IF YOU WANT DELICIOUS FOOD •> * "O mRRTIN^/coM 5 TUI IDCn A V SERVED WITH HOME-STYLE WARMTH IN THE FRIENDLIEST ATMOSPHERE AVAILABLE, WE CATER TO YOU THIS WEEK'S DINNER SPECIALS SATURDAY --n SUNDAY PRIME RIB COUNTRY STEAK AND AND PEPPER STEAK ALL U CAN-EAT FRIED $ FISH FRY llimt* ̂ WATCH FOR OUR ^ WEEKLY DINNER SPECIALS. YOU DESERVE TO BE WAITED ON! amroclc CLEANERS "JhfL $futile, Jouch, of, fctsqanai" 4 Excellent Reasons For Trying Us 1. Convenient Shopping Center V Location W/Ample Parking 2. Open 63 Hours Per Week 3. Fast Service-Mon. thru Fri. 4. All Cleaning Processed At Our Location s McHENRY MARKET PLACE 4400 West Elm Street McHenry 3*5-1944 HOURS: MON-FRI7-6 SAT 8:30-4:30 Fireplace Safety Never burn coal, charcoal, or any type of polystyrene in a fireplace, the National Safety council advises. The combustion of these products creates a significant amount of carbon monoxide. The council also advises persons not to combine or add an artificial log to a natural wood fire. This could result In a flare-up. Artificial logs shouldn't be poked, because the flaming wax may stick to the poker and drop onto the floor or carpet. snowmobile owners weren't thinking. There were children playing in their front yards building snowmen after dark when some machines flew across the yard. We could have had some serious injuries if these kids had not moved quickly. There are many miles of trails for snowmobiles and I hope these offenders remember to use them next time they go out. NOMINATIONS BEING TAKEN The .Lakeland Park Property Owners association will be filling some positions on the board at the annual meeting in March. The nomination committee this year is; Frank Svyeeney, 385-8322, Wendy Honea, 385-5113, Ceil Serritella, 385- 1480. If you are interested in running or would like to nominate someone you can contact any of them. Some people new to our area might not even be aware that we have an association that does many fine things for our community. Why not call and find out more about this club; new people with fresh ideas are always welcomed. TROOP 407 Jodie Doud is the reporter of the week for Brownie Troop 407. She told me her troop is putting on a play telling about the state of Kentucky which they will do at Nickel Day on Feb. 19. The girls got their scripts last week so they could begin practicing. They are also taking orders for cookies until Feb. 13. SURPRIZE!! When Barb Steinsdoerfer went to work Monday, Jan. 31, she walked into a baby shower held in her honor. Paul Hawkins, Robin Gillespie, Mary Ruhnke, Paul Fallow, Mike Dargatz and Laurie Rossa presented her with a stroller, bunting, pajamas and other baby things for the new addition expected in April. BIRTHDAYS Vicki Bottari will be another yean older on Feb. 9. Christopher Conway^ turns seven on the 10th and he celebrates with Cheryl Henderson^ Diane Bergdorf and Theresa Danielson. The 'coupon lady' wishes Matthew Asevedo a happy seventh and Jami says have a good one to Elroy Flicek (her godfather) on Feb. 12. Cecilia Serritella will be 17 years old on Valentines Day. Feb. 15 is birthday time for Kathy Becker, Gerry Wagner and Sally Albertson. ANNIVERSARIES Feb. 10 is the date Rich and Marty McGrath celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. Valentines Day is the day Florian and Mary Malina are together another year. Wishes to. each of you for many more happyt years. .tnim "Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man." Sophocles' WH pr>or ° TODAY THIS HOUSE IS JUST SMART TOMORROW ITU •BE BRUIAm f? 1 V Nobody has to tell you what's happening to the cost of energy today. It's all up, up, up. So if you're looking for a new house, it makes a whole lot of sense to look for one with an Energy Smart sign out front. One that uses energy like a miser. That keeps the cost down, down, down. That means a house with double-glazed windows. With ceilings insulated to a minimum rating of R-19. With walls insulated to at least R-ll. , With exterior openings carefully weather-stripped and caulked. And with an Electric Heat Pump instead of a central air conditioner and furnace That's the key. The Heat Pump. All summer long it works just like central air condi­ tioning. But in the winter it reverses itself. It takes heat from the air outside and pumps it inside to keep you warm. What's more, the Heat Pump does that so efficiently it provides at least 50 percent more energy (heat) than the energy (electri­ city) it uses. And that's very, very smart when you consider that the cost of natural gas has gone ROLUHS • _Mc. tu»- 1 ,lOCAt»°N ...MASH® W®- ,.30-5-op q.30-5-30 Vso-5-w tuts. 9.4W „0 -sr & && Better vet, it'll be downright brilliant when natural gas gets deregulated or OPEC bumps up the price of oil a tew more times. The Energy Smart house. It can mate tomorrow a lot easier to live with. Commonwealth Edison Dorit take tomorrow fcr granted. . .- '7 , .