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Council accepts street lighting contract 50 YEARS (Taken from the files of November 16, 1933). At the regular stated meeting of the City Council, the new ornamental s t ree t l igh t ing con t rac t was Twice Told Tales: as read. The Public Service will paint the light police at the rate of $3 per pole in case the city wants it. The regu la r business meeting of t he Ca tho l ic daughte rs of America was held at the K of C hall with Mrs. May Martin, the new grand regen t , Friends of the fo rmer Rev . Winham Bonham will be interested to know that he will be appointed assistant states attorney of Cook County in consideration of his pre-election work. Kir. Bonham was admitted to the Chicage Bar early this year. 40 YEARS (Taken from the files of December 2, 1943) Even before November ended, the first call for December was issued by Board One including many McHenry County Boys, five from McHenry, William H. Colcord, Charles N. Freund, William A. Wolf, Demund Lef fe lman and Men's club to help in recycling Co-sponsoring the McHenry County Defender recycling drive Saturday, Nov. 19, will be the United Methodist Men of the Lake-in- the-Hills Church, 1319 Monroe Street. These drives which are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month will continue at their present location - - tne West C a m p u s o f McHenry Community High School, 4724 West Crystal Lake Road. From 9 a.m. to 1 D.m. In addition to h e l p i n g t h e participating groups, bringing 100 percent aluminum cans to the drive is a good way to earn money for those Christmas presents waiting to be purchased. These cans, if clean and crushd, will net the bringer 36 cents per pound. Uncrusned cans of the same kind will be bought for 34 cents per pound. Other items which can be brought to the drive and b e n e f i t t h e participating organiztions include newspapers with no magazines or junk mail included, "tin" cans that have been flattened, glass containers witn all plastic and metal removed , m o t o r i c a rdboard brown paper tied in manageable bundles , and aluminum scrap of all kinds. > For fu r ther information about recycling or how an organization can participate in a fu tu re d r ive , contact a a Defender resentative at 12. Rudolph McDaniel. Clarence J. Tonyan was called from Ringwood. "Reunion in France" was the name of a movie, but McHenry has had its "Reunion in Italy" recently in at least two cases. Alfred Miller writes home that he met two hometown boys within the last few weeks, Fred Meyer and Bill Bockman. Both boys he reports as 1 looking in the picture of health. We have also received word that George Kinsala and his brother-in- law, Cor so, recently met in Italy. 25 YEARS (Taken from the files of December 5, 1958). Elizabeth Krickl will be installed as a worthy matron and her husband , George Krickl, as wor tnv pa t ron , when the order of the Eastern Star holds one of its most impressive ceremonies of the year, Dec. 6, in Acacia Hall. , 2 More than 100 member of Marian committees of the 14 McHenry County parishes in the $1 mi l l ion Uni ted Action c campaign t o f i n a n c e cons t ruc t ion of ; Marian Catholic High School at the eastern limits of Woodstock met for an informative rally in Woods tock . Marian committee members hear the R e v . E . C . Baumhofer, superintendent of the new school, speak about the need for Christ- centered education for teenagers in today's troubled world. 10 YEARS (Taken from the files of December 7, 1973). Mayor Joseph , Stanek read a letter < of resignation and m a d e t w o appointments at the C i t y C o u n c i l m e e t i n g . - H e accep ted - t he res igna t ion of Warren Kuhlman from the Plan Commission. The mayor nominated Fred Lamb to serve as chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals to replace Richard Zieman, who restored last month. Ronald J. W i l k i n s w a s nominated by the mayor to fill the vacancy on the Zoning board. Both nominations were accepted. Jewelry stolen from a home in the City of McHenry was recovered by members of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department, assisted by the Crystal Lake Police Department. Valued at $28,000, the jewelry was found in a vacant lot in the Bay View Beach subdivision. Two Crystal Lake y o u t h s w e r e a r res ted and charged wi th burglary. SK« "HON 2 - PACK S - PL AINDE ALER - FRIDAY. 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