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Pa#* 10 - PLAINDEALER-HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 15.1985 National Royal Neighbors celebrate 40th FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Mar. 14, 1935) The Royal Neighbors of America Riverview Camp will celebrate the national organization's 40th anniversary and the local camp's 25th an­ niversary this month. Seven charter members of the camp were guests of honor for a bir­ thday commemoration Tuesday night. A pot luck dinner, a talk by Mrs. Bratzler, district deputy, and cards highlighted the celebration. wice McHenry Community High School seniors are planning their commencement exercises. In keeping with the modern trend of the present generation, they have chosen for their class motto, "A Non-stop Flight to Success." How different from the mottoes of several years ago which now sound old-fashioned and prosaic. Slogans such as "Excelsior" and "Out of the Harbor Into the Deep" are different t/om the new one. The class colots chosen by the seniors are lM rose and silver. Hie commencement invitations have been selected and each senior has been measured for a cap and grown. An electric score board will be the gift of the graduates to their anna mater this year. G.W. Thomas of Chicago and Dale Thomas, who has moved here from Iowa, took over the McHenry Dairy March 1, buying it from Lester Hapner, who has operated it during the past year. Tne Thomas brothers are ex­ perienced in this line of work and are owners of a farm near Chicago where Guernsey cer­ tified milk is produced. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Mar. 15, 1945) Incumbents in city offices have filed petitions for election under the Progressive ticket, headed by Mayor R.I. Overton. Earl Walsh seeks re-election to the office of city clerk. Alder­ man George P. Freund, A.E. Nye and Joseph M. Regner seek re-election in their various wards. Robert L. Weber, cashier of the West McHenry State Bank, has been petitioned and filed under the same ticket for the office of city treasurer. Overton will be opposed for the office of mayor by Alfred Tonyan, who has served for the past two years as alderman. No opposition has been filed for the offices of clerk or treasurer. In the aldermanic races, Harold P. Owen will oppose Joseph M. Regner in the first ward. William H. Althoff will seek the alderman post now held by A.E. Nye in the second ward. unique JL : - V still vivid ofa : ,i:r '.1. <:>i If •••••• snow storm, of age also became the young at heart and their en- i could not be denied. Even with a bit remaining in the air, an occasional convertible could be seen on the course It meant the sniffles on Monday morning; and of ; course it was not to last; but nothing could stifle the peataip desire of youth to yield to the spirit of abandon and take to the highway (n a vehicle that the driver to the elements. IN OUR BACK YARD, tiger lillies thrust their beads Wove the soil as another indication that changes are coming of the welcome kind. The fact that they are moving very i is about fa Driving in the nearness of the March H the extreme heat southern climes, are quacking their way northward. chatter accompanying their flight can be heard into the evening hours if one is in the right pla< of the season. ice and alert to the usin & anderin BY KAF •It: 'r* BONFIRES, TOO, have a way of heralding the arrival of warmer weather. Trash buried beneath heavy coverings of mow is now being greeted with a repugnance that prompts burning sessions. Sometimes there is a fine line between use legal methods and those which are not, but they seldom deter the homeowner who must dtestroy the unwanted at any cost. Outside our own door, birds which had almost abandoned the feeding stations are gathering noisily and in great numbers. The mtMjays and cardinals that ventured out in severe weather a are being joined by the smaller, common varieties. Everyime wants to get in on the act--and the food. THE MORE COURAGEOUS robins, who left their southern vacation spots are i of something new and green, commonly called more serious side, election signs appear with in- on lawns and on utility poles. More r-- messages are hung on our door for and decision making. 1 On the frivolous s&e, Easter bunnies greet us from counter of every store we enter. Not far behind, take the forefront as winter sale items are •> a grim reminder that nature is still a j ' reckoned with when it chooses to vent its its path. While the good things that come with si / the bad, there is a widespread feeling tnat ft is not coincidence that many of our old timers are taken from us at this time of year. ONE OF TOE CITY'S oldest residents, Rose Schaefer, left a ' of spirit and zest for life which started as a waitress in rerside Hotel of 1899. These qualities remained her 98 years. occupies a wonderful place in our existence. force to be In the township election, H. Walter Anderson will seek re­ election; Joe N. Schmitt, assessor; Albert Krause and Sibre Whiting, justice of the peace; Frank C. Meyer, con­ stable, with Louis Schroeder in rition. >ring fever hit McHenry this week. Robins made more frequent appearances and one evening about 75 geese, in perfect "V" formation flew low over McHenry. Their loud "honking" seemed to be trying to draw attention to their return. Jumping ropes, roller skates and tennis rackets have come into evidence over the past weekend, also. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Mar. 12, 1960) With the adoption of an or­ dinance governing the issuance of $300,000 general obligation bonds, as approved by the voters Fob. 16, the McHenry City Council moved a step closer Monday night toward tne goals providing adequate water supply to the city. Fred Bond was elected president of the new organization for the betterment of the Country Club Estates subdividion. Henry Leisten was elected vice-president; Ed Schultz, secretary; Roman Bauer, treasurer; Sam Sch- munk, road comminissioner; Leonard Gehrke, election commissioner; Louis Blomgren, social commissioner. S£{?L'Vv" A 12-year-old McHenry boy who had been apprehended for taking a small model car from a Green street store last week approached Judge Donald Howard in a pre-hearing talk to say very frankly, "Judge, I've been resisting temptation for years and finally I had to take it." TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Mar. 12, 1975) Damage to Valley View school by fire, smoke and vandalism Saturday afternoon is expected to run1 between $150,000 and $200,000, according to the estimate of county authorities and Fire Chief Glenn Peterson. Authorities said it was apparent the school had been forcibly entered, ransacked and burglarized. A large vote in 14 county precints last Saturday approved the McHenry County college request for a boost in the annual tax rate for educational pur- noses of .05 percent, raising it from .07 to .12 percent. The affirmative vote is expected to keep the college solvent for about two years. Coach Ken Ludwig's "Fighting Warriors" won the Belvidere regional last Friday night when they defeated the host school 80 to 60. It was the third regional championship in the past four years for the Warriors, and puts them in the Rockford Jefferson Sectional where they meet Harlem of Loves Park. c\' > ? > > . ' . • - I *ik- : ' r - W - * ; %:1 . ; v , , - •• - V L .-X Guitarist Jeffrey John Kust practices for the recital he will give at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake. Kust is a music instructor at McHenry County College and the recital will feature his performance on one of two classical guitars recently donated to the college. Admission will be $3. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Guitarist to give recital lite Guitarist Jeffrey .John Kust will give a recital at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake. He will perform on one of two classical guitars recently donated to McHenry County College by Dale Kneupfer of Harvard. The recital will feature works by Bach, Bleckwood, Brouwer, Morens-Torroba, Rodrigo, Sor and Villa-Lobos. Kust is a part-time instructor at MCC and Columbia College in addition to maintaining an active concert schedule, per­ forming throughout the Chicago area and the midwest. COUNTY BOARD The regular March meeting of the McHenry County Board will be held at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 20, at the court house, 2200 N. Seminary Ave., (Route 47 north) in Woodstock. fourth guitarist in the 125-year history of the Peabody to achieve that degree. His undergraduate training was completed at the St. Louis Conservatory, St. Louis, MO. He has a master's degree in guitar performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD. He was only the Admission will be $3. Tickets will be available at the door. WILL IT LAST? v VALUE Step up to a New LENNOX Pulse furnace and high efficiency LENNOX AirConditioner. GAS: YOUR BEST ENERGY VALUE HEATING AND COOLING SINCE 1931 3511 S.WRIGHT RD. CRYSTAL LAKE 815/459-2300 FINANCING AVAILABLE SALES 24 HOUR SERVICE Happy 70th Birthday Dadf Grandpa! Love, Your Kids & Grandkids Looking For Leprechauns CACTUS PATCH Join Us For Toe-Tapping Saturday Night At 8PM •Pot O'Gold Full Of Prizes •Corned Beef Sandwrches PLUS! ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY AT 6PM 818 S. Rte. 31 •344-5*00 (across from new hospifal) Dick Peterson 'Ouch' stands among most appropriate words Ouch. Isn't that one of the best words in the language? It's short. It's pretty easy to spell if you don't like pronouncing four-letter words around kids. It sounds almost primitive, a word our caveman an­ cestors would have used. Pain is a primitive feeling. It needs a like word. There are several varieties of pain, the most common of which are aching pain, emotional pain and pain-pain. Aching pain is caused by things like the flu. When a nasty cad really hits below the belt and says your mother wears army boots, that causes emotional pain. In both instances, you are unlikely to say ouch. It's not an appropriate usage. Pain-pain is different. Let's say you poke yourself in the eye. You aren't going to moan or cry, you're going to say, "Ouch." Then it feels all better. We don't appreciate pain, although I'm not advocating a Pain Appreciation Week. We don't want to appreciate pain. We want to say "ouch" and forget about it as soon as possible. That's natural. But, when you think about it, is there any other feeling that can be so consuming, a feeling that makes you direct ail of your attention to it? If you have the flu and you stub four toe on the dresser while shuffling to the bathroom, you brget all about the flu and concentrate on the pain. We see a lot of pain on television. A night doesn't go by r; where someone isn't shot or critically injured. If you're a gouged in the eyes by Larry. Three Stooges fan, a program doesn't go by where Mo isn't Generally, none of this looks like it really hurts. Maybe shot doesn't hurt; I've never been shot, so I don't ow. Maybe it is very difficult for actors to portray pain. The last good pain I saw in the movies was a half a year ago when a character had his thumb removed gangland style. I cringed. I thought, "Ouch." For all of the violence on television, the best depiction of pain occurs during those commercials about dentures. In the commercial, an old codger talks about the slipping and sliding of false teeth. In his discussion, he includes a few examples of the problems encountered, the worst of which is getting a seed caught under your dentures. I don't wear dentures, but I can imagine how painful that might be. It makes me glad I have a full set of real teeth. If I wore dentures, I would never risk eating seeds. I can pic­ ture myself bellying up to a bowlful of seeds, then crunching down on one stuck under my upper plate. Ouch. It's minor pain like that that we are most accustomed to. While the pain may be shortlived, it certainly gets our at­ tention. The last painful thing I did was to bump my head against a sharp protrusion on a door. I don't knowhow I did it, bein that the protrusion was in the middle of the door, but I di and did it hurt. Ouch. Because it just kind of sits there on your shoulders, the head gets in tne way of a lot of things- open cupboard doors, low-hanging light fixtures and flying projectiles. Many times I think God made a design error when he put our heads where they are. It seems to be such an easy target. I've had a large knot on the back of my head for about 90 years as proof of that. Toes are the same way. Who hasn't stubbed his toe on a piece of furniture? The pain doesn't last more than a minute, but it is so pervasive. When I stub my toe, I usually added numerous O's to my ouch. Then I give it an ex­ clamation point. (Isn't punctuation wonderful, too.) Fingers are even worse. They can be pounded, doors can close on them, they burn easily. You'd have to be com­ pletely inept as a household tinkerer to pound your toe with a hammer. And if you have to put your foot in the door to make a sale, you deserve to have it closed on your toe. And if you stand on the stove while making mashed pototoes, you also deserve to have your toe burned. The most painful thing I've done in years happened to my thumb about four months ago. I closed a car door on my thumb. Again, I'm not sure how I did it, but the pain was enough to make me see stars. I said "ouch" and I used a few expletives, too. For two days the thumb throbbed, which was nagging pain, not pain-pain. And for the past three months, I've slowly been losing the thumbnail, which is emotional pain. It was a nice nail. I've had it all my life. Now it's a hang nail, literally. It's about half gone and half attached to my thumb. And I won't mess around with it until it falls off. I could pull it off, I suppose, but that would hurt. That would be pain-pain again for my thumb. Once is enough. Crystal Lake Expo slated The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce's EXPO '85 will utilize McHenry County College facilities for 160 exhibition booths. EXPO 85 will feature products made in Crystal Lake, mer­ chandise available in the area, and a wide array of services. A fashion show will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the theatre. 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