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»' » « H ' « r: V * # . Good Fellows collect for Christmas baskets 50 YEARS AGO - (Takerf from the files of Dec. 21, 1933) Only a few days remain beforcr Christmas and Good Fellows in this vicintiy are busy with final plans for Christmas baskets and the necessary relief work. Local 40 Y€ARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dedr 30, 1943) y" Lieut. Martin Cooney, now serving with the Army at Boca Raton Hield, Fla., was one of the McHenry servicemen fortunate enough to / be able to spend residents are asked to - look Christmas at home. He will through clothes closets and any wice Told Tales castoff clothing will be a great help to officers of the association in assisting relief; The Pure Milk asociation has offered a can of milk per day and plans are being made to care for the milk Mr. and Mrs. Sirtion Stoffel,. well known residents of McHenry County, celebrated their golden „ wedding an­ niversary at their home on Main street, Dec^lft, 1[he couple was married in Johnsburg in 1883 and Mr. Stoffel started a mer­ cantile business ip McHenry in that same year. : return to Florida on Jan. 2. Lieut. Cooney has served his country about as long a period as any other loc$l seviceman. He was stationed^at Scott Field, 111., where he was an instructor in a radio school. Last March he wrote an article, "Direction By Radio" which was printed in Air Tech magazine. Herb Reihansperger, who is studying under the A.S.T.P. program at Columbus, Ohio, was among those who spent the Christmas holiday their homes. Jerry Larkin, stationed at Lockport, HI., also spent the Christmas holiday at home. Vernon Kramer, who has been stationed at Kokomo, Ind., is now out of the United States, having left from New York. * 25 YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 30, 1958) The Illinois State Scholarship 8sion\gnnounced the of 3,718 high school s who will be considered for state scholarships to*attend Illinois colleges and universities next fall. Among them were 13 from the McHenry area, largest ^number from any one com­ munity in the county. Ten of the 13 listed with McHenry addresses attend the McHenry high school and three are Wauconda students. The local students are Richard C. Antonson, Dale Bares, Robert Bates, Albert Cajthaml, Dorothy Cook, James Jones, John Moss, Robert Regner, Richard Smith, and Smith. The three attendif .Wauconda schdol but with McHenry addresses are Joan Marsh, Lynn Rodelwald and Carole Vasey. * r * , It's nice to know the old custom of caroling has not completely disappeared from the holiday scene. A group of teenagers took time from a busy pre-Christmas schedule to sing in various parts of the city. 10 YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Dec. 21, 1973) V McHenry may have its first r #• roof top restaurant if plans olutlined by developer Ralph Edgar at the City Council meeting are carried ouit. Edgar appeared before the Council to seek approval of a revised plan concerning property located in back of the McHenry Savings and Loan building on Green Street. The original plan, which was approved in October, called for two seven-story twin towers to be erected containing 96 apartments and providing 161 parking spaces on the site. A restaurant would be located between the two towers. As a busy person if you want something done. Wisdom of that old adage was evident again this past week when Mrs. Dorothy Hollander, a teacher at Valley View school, assumed the role of coordinator o( & new project to feed McHehry's wild duck population ./Students in the first five grades of Valley View responded with enthusiasm and started at once to make canisters which they will place in the various stores. Under the guidance of volunteer teachers, collections will be made from time to time and money used to rchase corn and other edibles the ducks?'- *• . • United -Way drive jumps $70,000 in 10-day period Led by a record single pledge of $23,710, pledges to the 1983 McHenry County United Way campaign jumped $70,000 over a ten-day period, to a total of $177,000 on Dec. 8. ' In announcing updated campaign results, campaign chairman, Ron Prather, stated: "We have continued to ex­ perience excellent campaign support from people and organizations throughout NJcHenry County, and, recent reports from several large employers throughout the county have been truly spec­ tacular. > • • * •«. i United Way's 15-member agencies have completed their internal employee campaigns. They achieved record giving of $12,946, exceeding their $10,000 goal by 29 percent. Uffltfd Way's Edti&tion Division is closing in on 1962's record giving total of $14,172. A pledge of $1,360 from the teachers and staff of Cary Elementary School District No. 26 has increased the division's total pledges reported to date to $13,721. .» " * In concluding his latest campaign progress report, Prather said: "I think it is also time for us to indicate the progress of our Residential campaign. This division gets a late start each year because it is timed to avoid conflicting with solicitation of people where they work, and it requires a large : mail effort - 48,000 homes year. "It may well be that our ability to reach our Residential Campaign goal will mean the difference in whether or not we ultimately achieve our total $225,000 campaign goal. We hope that people planning to support United Way through our residential mail appeal will do directi C thi6 V€ S 200E MORE TORO FOR YOU! THE MODEL S-200E ELECTRIC START With it's High Torque1 engine gives you the power to throw up to 600 pounds of snow o minute. You con clear 6 inches of snow from o 50-foot, 2-car drive in about 15 minutes. All from the Toro S-200 snowthrower with wide 20" clearing swath. Toro's High Torque* engine has an automatic compression release which makes the recoil starter easier to pull. 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