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P<0> 4 McHENRY PLAINDEALER Section A To--day, AuouttS, 1915 Community McCULLOM LAKE: A tribute to one of our own people Gene Huff, a 35-year resident, is our special person for this week. He married his wife Ann in 1900 and they have two children, Laura and Steve. Gene has operated his own painting and decorating business for the last 25 years. You have prob­ ably seen the sign on McCuUom Lake Road in front of his home. Gene has been an active member in the Conservation .Club for 10 years, serving as vice-president, secretary and board member. He also served on the village board as trustee for at least 15 years. As you can see, Gene is a concerned resi­ dent about his community and lake. His list of hobbies include fishing Dawn Miller 385-4901 and ducks, '""I it. wood decoys, such as. become very good at It has been a pleasure writing about such a hard working person. Yes, it was a caboose that flat bed trailer was hauling through Green­ wood Place Monday afternoon, July 29. The owners of the redwood, 44-ft. long, 22-ton caboose are Jack and Dorothy Vick. It had to be moved from the Crys­ tal Lake blacktop to their property behind their home on Park View. It took two flat bed trailers, one for the wheels and one for the caboose. They could only travel approxi­ mately 15 m.nJi., so it was a long and slow haul, watching for wires that hang across the road. Two cranes were used to lift the caboose off and back on to their wheels that rest on the railroad track Jack layed down. As the kids would say, "It was awesome." The Vicks have four lucky grand­ children who will enjoy playing on the caboose. BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday wishes for this week go to Dave Pendelton, sharing Aug. 8 with Timothy turning two, and Katrina Blair turning four on that date. Bonnie Morris toasts in another year Aug. 10 and Bill Held turns over the calendar Aug. 11. We wish all our celebrants much happiness on their special days. ANNIVERSARIES Anniversary wishes are extended to Don and Sandy Lasco, sharing 12 years of marriage Aug. 11; and Pe­ ter and Julia Safran, summer resi­ dents, celebrating 51 years of bliss Aug. 12. May both couples be blessed with iness always. MM. CALENDAR AUG. 7-BEACH GALS MEET­ ING, 7:30 P.M., AT THE BEACH HOUSE. ALL LADIES WELCOME TO THE SUPER SALAD SUMMER SUPPER. BRING DISH TO PASS. AUG. 8-LADIES OF THE LAKE ANNUAL PICNIC AT THE BEACH. ALL MEMBERS BRING DISH TO PASS. AUG. 13-REVENUE SHARING MEETING, 7:15 P.M.-REGULAR BOARD MEETING IMMEDIATE­ LY FOLLOWING. ALL RESI­ DENTS URGED TO ATTEND. Boat racing on the Fox planned as 1935 event FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 8, 1035) Four boat races sponsored by the McHenry businessmen are sched­ uled Aug. 11 and Sept. 2, Labor Day. Fifteen entrants have already regis­ tered at the Riverside Hotel, mostly in the outboard category. Cups will be awarded to winners of first place and awards will also be made to winners of second and third places in the several classes. The events will start between the two bridges on the Fox River and the length of the races will depend on the category. The annual basket picnic of the McHenry County Democratic Cen­ tral Committee was held at the Pis- takee Country Club, private golf course of William Skidmore, Sun­ day, Aug. 4. Dennis Kelly, County Central Chairman, welcomed the crowd and thanked Skidmore for his generous hospitality. Thomas One of the most attractive fea­ tures of the St. Mary's Carnival Aug. 11 and 12 will be the delicious duck dinner served by the ladies of the church Sunday. Three local Boy Scouts brought home honor badges for good behav­ ior at the Camp Rotary Jamboree last week. They were Harry Con­ way, Jack Hess and Gerald Miller. Two boys, Joe Gausden and Harry Conway, advanced in Rank and are now first class scouts. Others re­ ceiving badges for good campers were Bruce Klontz, Richard freund, Wilbert Schaefer, Harry Ferwerda, Joe Gauden and Raymond powers. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 9, 1945) A new list of 12 registrants has been released, the men to be called into the armed forces in the near future by Board One. While none of these are from McHenry, one is such a well known young man that his absence will be noted by the entire county. That seviceman-to-be is Howard K. Judson, well known Hebron athlete who has been invad­ ing the sports field in almost every line in all parts of the county for many years. From the 15th AAF in Italy: Pvt. Donald J. Schaefer, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Schaefer, West Mc­ Henry, is an aircraft mechanic with a B-24 liberator heavy bombard­ ment group which was awarded re­ cently a war department unit citation. It was the third citation for the group and was awarded for the highly successful strategic bombing of the Bratislava Oil Refineries in Czechoslovakia, June 1944. Twice before, for the support of ground forces during sustained operations from bases in the Libyan Desert and for leading the low level attack on the Ploesti Oil Fields in August, 1943, the group was cited by the President of the United States. Pvt. Schaefer, before entering the army, April, 1943 was employed in his fa­ ther's grocery store. Coroner Harry L. Ehorn of Rich­ mond and Deputy Coroner Harry C. Shales conducted 32 inquests and 25 inquiries in McHenry County from Dec. 1, 1943 to Dec. 1, 1944, there being 57 deaths in all. Heart ail­ ments led in the cause of death 26 persons passing away from this Cause. TWENTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 4,1980 A beautiful tanned, dark-haired, dark-eyed beauty from McHenry - Twice Told Tales Miss Judy Hans - won the coveted title of Miss McHenry County and was crowned on the fairgrounds at Woodstock last Thursday night dur­ ing the opening grandstand pro­ gram of the County Junior Fair. The charming Miss Hans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hans of Lincoln Road, was crowned by the 1959 queen, Miss Susan Budde of Crystal Lake. The 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wahl, Sr. of Or­ chard Beach, suffered a flesh wound of the left knee last monday evening when he was accidently shot. Fred Wahl and a friend were shooting rats on the Walter Bolger farm south of McHenry, when a bullet shot by his friend richocheted off a gate and struck Wahl. From among nine applicants for volunteer firemen for Company 1 of the McHenry Township Fire Protec­ tion District, three were named at a meeting held Monday evening. They are Jack Powers, Tom Theenes and Gary Gough. The advisability of establishing bus transportation from nearby sib- divisions into McHenry was dis­ cussed during the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce board of di­ rectors this past weekend. Rooke, Dick Zieman, Charles Smith, Gene Adams and Bob Justen were ap­ pointed to a committee to give fur­ ther consideration and study to the It was 25 years ago in August, 1935, that Earl R. Walsh started writing his now widely read column in the Plaindealer and also assumed the title of sports editor for the newspaper. A number of local young people received top honors in competition at the Mchenry County Junior fair held four days last week. Among winners were Donald Osterby, 1, of McCullom Lake who won a blue ribbon and a championship ribbon in 4-H competition in- the heavy- Two scholarships at MCC Two memorial scholarships are available to women entering the In­ dustrial Engineering program at McHenry County College this fall. Women of all ages are encour­ aged to apply for the $396 Marge Wedekind Memorial Scholarship. This award is for one semester and applicants must be full-time stu­ dents and live in the MCC district. Part-time female students are en­ couraged to apply for the Rosetta Cayll Memorial Scholarship. This award is for one semester and totals $168. The recipient must reside in MCCs district. The application deadline is Aug. 26. Applications are available in the MCC financial aid office, room 154 ofthemainluUl. weight hereford Breed class. Anoth­ er mcCullom Lake bby, Ronnie Gel- vin, won the showmanship award, a blue ribbon in the lightweight divi­ sion of Herefords and was named reservce champion in the Hereford competition. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of Aug. 6,1975 When Jay Van Slyke launched an odd-looking journal with the front page covered with advertisement in August of 1875, his most fantastic dreams could neVer have envi­ sioned the changes that would take place in the next 100 years. In fact, the gaunt editor and publisher who had his first look at the inside of a newspaper office at the age of 12, could hardly have been sure his efforts would be carried forth by others over such a long period of time. The foregoing paragraph began the lead story as the Plaindealer published the 100th anniversary isue of the paper, it was noted that the centennial issue completed 1,360,000 pages, 19,000 pounds or 9-1/2 tons of newsprint and if the pages wre placed end on end, the papers would stretch a distance of 490 miles. Fire Chief Glenn Peterson esti­ mated a $4,000 loss by fire to a 21- foot inboard-outboard Mark Twain boat that exploded in. the Fox River early Monday afternoon. Carol Hu- dek of Barrington had just filled the family craft with gas at the Riviera Yacht Basin. Ms. Hudek started the motor, it died, and then the boat exploded, die told Peterson. Pictures of the old homes of Mc­ Henry featured in the centennial edition of the newspaper included the former Meik Justen home, lo­ cated at the corner of Elm and Park Streets, currently being used as a health food store. "FOOO THAT CREATES CONVERSTAION SINCE 1921' Kuaonnauii t5s» S5» MONDAY KOAST POM WITH SAUERKRAUT 8 DUMPLINGS TUESDAY BAtBfOUl BACK RIBS 4 CHICKEN COMBINATION W SPAGHETTI WEDNESDAY ITALIAN FIESTA PLATE .... (free glass of wine) *4" SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN t • (AII-U-Cib^I)^. *4* THURSDAY .... PRIME RIB S6W CRAB IE6S (AH-U-Can-Eal)........ FRIDAY FISH FRY (AH-U-CM-Eaf) l4" CRAB LEGS (All-U-Can-Eaf) *9" FRIED SHMMP (All-U-Can-Eaf) *6" ALL SPECIALS INCLUDE SOUP 8 SALAD BAR ••ANQUET FACILITIES AVAIUBLE •MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED! •OPEN 7 DAYS A WOK HUNCH FROM 11-3 PM Guitar Gil Herald News Service photo by Scott J. Brooks ORSOLINI'S mi24 3WMCHM0ND' (M5)678-66 W Awdee Norton of Wonder Lake displayed her_singlng and guitar- playing talents at the recent McHenry Count many who thrilled the audiences at a talent show Friday night. ity Fair. 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