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Residents swelter in record-breaking heat SECTION 2 - PAGE 9 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, JULY 25,1884 FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 26, 1934) All heat records for July were broken in this territory Tuesday and residents sweltered in a long seven day heat spell which brought a toll of over 700 deaths throughout the country. Forecaster Donnel of Chicago stated that the official tem­ perature of 109 degrees in Chicago was the highest ever reached on a government thermometer here since the establishment of the weather bureau in 1871. Hot nights as well as days brought no relief and local residents have suf­ fered from the heat and drought of the past several days. TWICE rwn lOLD TALES Edited years gone • The sweltering heat of the weekend sent hundreds of persons seeking relief to lakes and rivers in this region and resulted in three deaths in Lake and McHenry counties. The Standard Oil Service offered "the finest motor oil" for 26 cents per quart. Tike Palace Tavern on Green Street called itself "The Coolest Place in Town" and advertised "Our beer is cooled by electric refrigeration and, therefore, it's abetter. A trial will convince." local soldier. He was confined to a hospital in Naples for 10 days, after which he returned to his company. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 23, 1959) A meeting of the Taxpayers Protest Group of McHenry township was held Monday evening, July 20, at the John- sburg Community Club. Aproximately 200 people turned out and about 100 of these filed official protest of their tax bills. Included in this group of protestors are residents from Sunnyside Estates, Village of Sunnyside, Jak-Ana Heights, Pistakee Highlands, Niesen's subdivision, Oeffling's sub­ division, Wonder Lake, Mc- Cullom Lake, Eastwood Manor and Johnsburg. The meeting was presided over by Tom Hanahan. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson received the award for good citizenship given every year by the V.F.W. during the «nnn«i carnival. Mrs. Thompson, who is an active member of the auxiliary and the Catholic Daughters of America, has given generously of her time to help those in need. She has been associated on a voluntary basis with the local hospital for two years and has spent over 300 hours entertaining the veterans at Downey hospital. A young Wonder Lake college student, James Brolin, 20, who was working as flagman for the state highway department during summer vacation, was pinned against an embankment when two cars collided last Friday near Eastwood Manor subdivision on Route 120. Brolin was reported recovering at the McHenry hospital. (Taken from the files of July 24, 1974) The new Northern Illinois Medical center, to be built on Route 31 between McHenry and Crystal Lake, will be designed and engineered by the firms of Welton Becket and Associates and Medical Architectonics," LeRoy E. Olsen, president of the McHenry hospital board of directors, announced this week. "We will continue to enlarge our medical staff of physician specialists and general prac­ titioners in independent and group practice," Olsen stated. The Northern Illinois Medical center, which has been five years in the planning, has received the approval of the Fox Dairy princess in state competition I FORTY YEARS AGO ; (Taken from the files of July ;27, 1944) • The County 4-H Club I Federation, made up of 315 girls 'and 225 boys, are busy raising ; money to buy an ambulance to ;be presented to the army this | fall. One of the first county-wide ! activities to be sponsored by the |4-H's will be a paper drive. A ! freight car, holding fromJJQ to 25 I tons of paper, willbeloaded ; August 15 SO' folks are urged to ,i gather up all waste paper, tie it ! up and have it ready when the 4- ! H truck drives by. ; One of the first stories from the battlefront came to the ' Plaindealer when Fred J. ! Meyers, who is now enjoying a ! 21-day furlough with his family r7 ; came home. Meyers is the proud J possessor of the Purple Heart | award, the good conduct medal, i the Eastern, African, ! Mediterranean and European I ribbon with two bronze stars. He : received the Purple Heart as the ; result of action Oct. 21 near the ' Volturoo River in Italy during ! an air raid. Fred was lying on ! the ground in a ditch beside the ; road, with one of his buddies in ; front and one in back of him. An enemy bomb exploded about eight feet to the side of them, "shrapnel killing his companions and causing a chest concussion and punctured eardrum to our TEN YEARS AGO Valley Hospital Planning council, and an initial permit to build from the State of Illinois Dept. of Public Health, Bureau of Hospitals. Howard Weiss, 50, for 24 years a commercial pilot with United Airlines, died in the crash of two boats just north of the John­ sburg bridge last Thursday night. Mr. Weiss was believed to have died instantly in the impact and was thrown from his tri-hull inboard-outboard craft. Preparing for Saturday night's Sing-Along at St. Patrick's Catholic church were Joan Bauer, chairman; Mary Kantorski and Ray McGee. Mary Ann Sharp provided piano accompaniment. Sharon Ainger, McHenry County Dairy Princess the past year, will be one of none can­ didates seeking the American Dairy Association of Illinois Dairy Princess title this week. The candidates were to meet at Quincy yesterday to give a five-minute presentation on the importance of dairy products and discuss any special promotion ideas they have that may make their candidacy stand out. Sharon is the daugher of Mr. and Mrs. George Ainger, Harvard. For the past year she has represented the McHenry County Dairy Promotion Council, her sponsor in the statewide competition. Her duties have included talks before civic groups, ap­ pearances at grocery store promotions, radio interviews, help at the Dairy Booth during the McHenry County Fair, and participation in many parades. J The Dairy Princess coronation took place at the Ramada Inn in Quincy following the Dairy Banquet sponsored by local hosts. The ADA of Illinois supervises the contest. Judging stresses the winner's knowledge of dairy products and the dairy industry and an ability to vocalize that knowledge in an understandable and friendly manner. ARE YOU NEW IN The McHenry Areo? Do You Know Someone New? We Would Like To Extend A Royal Welcome To Every Newcomer To Our Area!!! CALL LORRAINE MONAHAN 385-5475 i urn MICIHI °BLIq AT'ON MM mittm mmimi * ROYAL WELCOME Know Your Area-Royal Welcome Does It Best Rezoning sought for new garage A petition has been filed for hearing before the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals by petitioners, Richard D. Matthews and Carole L. Mat­ thews for a variation to the McHenry County Zoning Or­ dinance's "R-l" residential district to permit the replacement of a deteriorated non-conforming carport with an attached garage. The property is in McHenry Township and is located at 1117 West Rocky Beach Road, McHenry, and consists of ap­ proximately 1.5 acres. Hie, hearing on the petition will be held on July 26, at 2 p.m., ;in Room 203 of the McHenry County Courthouse, 2200 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. All i those who are interested may ! appear and be heard. • NEW ^EMPLOYEE < A motion to hire Maureen Serritella, daughter of the . Fourth Ward Alderman Cecilia ^ Serritella, as a part-time clerk in the Park Department, recently passed the McHerofy 1 City Council by six votes. Serritella was recorded as not r voting. Make this TT a birthday to remember! You can make beautiful music together with our novelty musical panties. 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